[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

Holding the steaming tea in his hand and his legs covered with a thick fur coat, Guo Jia looked at the curling aroma wafting from the incense burner, and was a little lost in thought for a moment.He ran all the way, even when the high fever persisted, his nerves did not relax for a moment, but now, he tried several times, but it was still difficult to concentrate.Perhaps, it was really Xun Yu's words "don't worry", which made him relax subconsciously even though he knew that things were not as Xun Yu knew and expected.And this pine, the tiredness that had been suppressed for many days also rushed out like a flood breaking an embankment.

When Xun Yu looked over, he happened to see the tired look on Guo Jia's eyebrows: "It's Yu who was negligent. Feng Xiao must be tired after traveling all the way, Yu will take you to rest first."

"Don't, it's rare for Wen Ruo to take the initiative to take Jia to drink, and Jia can't bear to be tired." Guo Jia hurriedly suppressed the tired look on his face.He drank all the tea, and when he put down the cup, his eyes seemed to have regained the brilliance of the past, "A gentleman promises a thousand gold, and Jia won't let Wen Ruo break his promise, so he can't be a gentleman."

Xun Yu smiled slightly, pretending not to hear the reluctance in Guo Jia's teasing words, but said lightly: "Feng Xiao, at least in front of Yu, you don't have to take everything on your shoulders."

"...But it is because of you that Jia is afraid."

"Afraid, Yu will have a quarrel with the lord, and will be used by those who want to make a big fuss?" Xun Yu said calmly, "Feng Xiao, Yu has been in this Xu capital for so many years, seeing the treacherous plots in this city, it is not inferior. On the battlefield. If someone wants to make trouble in Xudu after making troubles in Yecheng, you should worry about this person, not me."

"Pfft." Hearing Xun Yu's words, Guo Jia finally laughed sincerely, "Then what if Jia wants to make trouble in Xudu?"

"Then you should worry about your body." Seeing Guo Jia's mood improved, Xun Yu couldn't help but smile, and joked, "Mo Rang Yu wants to punish you, but he can't do anything."

"Yes yes yes, I would like to follow your instruction." Guo Jia laughed.After that, he became curious again, "How did Wenruo know about Yecheng? How did he know that Jiahui came to Xudu?"

Xun Yu poured another cup of tea for him, and said, "Ten days ago, Yecheng sent a memorial to my lord, requesting the Holy Majesty to remove your official position and title."

Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a lot more at ease: "I'm already thinking about writing the memorial. It seems that the prime minister's headache isn't that serious... Ah, Jia shouldn't have interrupted, Wen Ruo, you continue."

"According to the story, Sifang's letter was first submitted to the Shangshutai, and the prime minister's memorial is also the same. Yu sent another letter to Gongda, and got a general understanding of Yecheng. The letter also said that you have left Yecheng, Yu thought, with your temperament, you will definitely come to Xudu to find Yuanchang and find out about this matter." Compared with Yecheng, Xudu is actually more mixed up. Since Guo Jia joined Cao Ying, he has made countless enemies. Now And without the protection of the octopus, if you investigate alone with commoners, you will lose your life, let alone find the truth.After weighing the balance, the best strategy Xun Yu could think of was to use Xun Manor's carriage to pick up the people at the gate of the city in person after receiving the news, and to tell the people who were about to move openly that Guo Jia was standing behind him. Xun Wenruo.

In this way, we should also thank the owl guard for his spare no effort to hunt down, so that those who want to take this opportunity to kill the killer will be afraid.

"Yu did not present that memorial to His Majesty. So you are still two thousand stones, Marquis of Weiyang Ting. Yu, as the order of the Minister, promoted you to record the affairs of the Minister and assist in the government affairs of the Minister. Regarding the arrangement of the document, Yu yesterday It has been sent to Yecheng, and I believe it will arrive soon."

Pulling the target of public criticism under his wings, withholding Cao Cao's memorial according to the story, openly disobeying Cao Cao's orders... putting it on other people, I'm afraid I dare not even think about it, but Xun Yu did it, and he did it firmly , without any hesitation.Guo Jia is not a person who does not know the world, and because of this, he is more aware of how much resistance Xun Yu will face and how much risk he will bear in doing these things.

He felt a warm current rushing through his heart, but besides that, there was also a sourness that could not be ignored.Guo Jia always thought that apart from the part he gave to Cao Cao, his temperament was only cold and thin, his heart was colder than ice and harder than stone.However, when he faced Xun Yu, he would still feel distressed again and again.Xun Yu was too magnanimous and upright in doing things for others, which made Guo Jia dare not, let alone lose a single iota of it.

But in the vortex of power, is there room for a gentleman?

Guo Jia lowered his eyes and said softly, "Wen Ruo, don't you want to ask Jia what happened?"

"If you want to talk, you don't need to ask. If you don't want to talk, why should you ask?" In fact, Xun Yu had already noticed that Guo Jia's mood was down again for some reason, but he didn't point it out. He just continued to say softly, "Yu just mentioned the official title to you to tell you that you don't have to be afraid to act in Xudu. You are from the Shangshutai and have the right to ask about those things. I don't believe that you will betray the lord, but other than that, Yu will not interfere with your private affairs with the lord, unless you want Yu to know."

"Wen Ruo is not afraid that Jia will cause trouble for you?"

"Aren't you causing too much trouble?" Xun Yu patted Guo Jia's forehead with a smile, then restrained his face slightly, "I trust you, and you won't make things difficult for Yu unless you have to."

"..."

As soon as Xun Yu finished speaking, the carriage stopped. Naturally, he missed the flash of darkness in Guo Jia's eyes.The coachman came forward to report that the restaurant had arrived.

It was Xu's first time seeing such a distinguished carriage, and the liquor seller of the restaurant immediately came out to greet the guests in person.When she saw Guo Jia getting off the carriage, she was taken aback for a moment, with hesitation in her voice: "Guo Jijiu?"

Guo Jia who cried out was also taken aback.With the light of the restaurant, he carefully looked at the wine seller for a long time, and finally through many years, he found some traces of familiarity: "Ah Ying?"

"It's me!" The wine seller who was called "A Ying" nodded heavily, and couldn't hide the excited expression on her face, "Mr. Xun came a few days ago and asked me to prepare a few jars of wine in advance. I thought about it later. I found out that it’s all your favorite drink. I thought it was a coincidence, but I didn’t expect you to really come.” After she finished speaking, she gave Guo Jia a playful and angry look, “I don’t know Guo Jijiu, you haven’t seen it in the past few years. Come on, how many customers are missing here."

"Isn't Jia busy fighting the war? I'm not blessed to be immersed in the beauty town every day." When coaxing the little girl, Guo Jiasu was familiar with the road, and Aying laughed without saying a few words.It wasn't until he and Xun Yu followed Ah Ying to the store and sat down that they realized something was wrong: "Whether Jialai comes to your place has anything to do with whether you have guests here?"

"How can it be okay? It's a big relationship." A Ying said while pouring wine for them, "At the beginning of the 13th year of Jian'an, everyone knew that Cao Sikong came back with your coffin, and Mr. Xun, when he came to our this……"

"Ah Ying!" Xun Yu rarely had a look of unnaturalness on his face, and was caught by Guo Jia.

"Cough," Ah Ying didn't mean it either.She promised to help Xun Yu keep the secret, but she didn't think about it, and said it out of the mouth, "In short, you came back from the dead later, and people around here are talking about what happened. It is said that you were rescued by an outsider. Yes, there are people who say that you are blessed with immortality by ghosts and gods, but if you want me to say that there is no such thing as evil, you must be—"

"Drink your wine and come back from the dead?"

"Guo Jijiu still understands the thoughts of slaves so well." She cast a coquettish glance, and then her voice carried a trace of mourning, "In the beginning, there were a lot of guests, but after a long time since you came to my place, they all thought I was here Liar, gradually there will be no customers.”

Guo Jia sighed: "There is no business without treachery."

"Anyway, you can make up for my loss by ordering more wine today." Ah Ying said, "By the way, today's account should still be counted on Sikong's account?"

Xun Yu said: "Ji Xunfu's account."

"Got it."

Guo Jia took a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and turned to look at Ah Ying, who was greeting other guests. She had grown older, and under the orange light, the beautiful woman who was chatting and laughing with the guests was still so cute and smiling, with a sense of worldliness. Warm smoke.Unable to help, he sighed softly:

"so good."

"Ok?"

"No matter how unpredictable the political situation is, it's just a joke after dinner. People have their own memories. Even if Jia is not Guo Jijiu, and the prime minister is not Sikong, they still remember it so firmly... We remember it ourselves."

Looking at Guo Jia's faint smile, Xun Yu couldn't help but feel distressed.When he was in the carriage, he discovered that Guo Jia called Cao Cao only "Prime Minister" and not "Master".Xun You only knew about what happened, so he only wrote a rough outline in the letter. Xun You didn't know what happened between Cao Cao and Guo Jia in private, so he could make Guo Jia, who was willing to die for Cao Cao, make such a decisive decision.

In fact, he didn't know how to comfort Guo Jia.Guo Jia sees a lot of things more clearly than he does, and because he is too transparent, once he makes a decision, he never turns back.

But at least for now, he still has one thing to do.

Under Guo Jia's surprised gaze, Xun Yu picked up the wine bowl and drank it down in one gulp.

"Feng Xiao, Yu is willing to get drunk with you, and if you don't get drunk, you won't return."

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"Report to my lord, Guo Jia has already entered Xudu."

"Ah."

The octopus kneeling on the ground heard Cao Cao's deep answer, and then fell silent again.He didn't dare to raise his head to inquire. From the corner of his eyes, he could only see the pendant of the fan bouncing up and down with Cao Cao's playing, just like his heartbeat at this moment, hitting his chest.

The previous order was to take Guo Jia back to Yecheng before he entered Xudu, but now that Guo Jia entered Xudu safely, Cao Cao didn't seem to be angry.It's getting harder and harder to guess the thoughts of Prime Minister Cao, who is so powerful.

"Prime Minister, we can't blame the octopus for this matter." Kong Guiwen said, "The octopus is concerned about Mr. Guo's health and dare not press him with every step, and with the help of Sun Bofu, it is reasonable for the octopus to be unable to complete the task. It's just..." There was a look of worry between his brows, "Wei also inquired about the news outside the city of Xudu, and Mr. Xun Lingjun personally picked up Mr. Guo at the gate of the city. I don't know if it will be..."

Cao Cao raised his eyes slightly: "Are you implying that Gu and Wen Ruo are also involved?"

Kong Gui seemed to be in a difficult situation, but out of publicity, he had no choice but to say: "Lingjun and Mr. Guo have known each other since childhood, and they have always been loyal to the Han Dynasty. Maybe..."

"Who gave you the courage to offend Lingjun!"

Cao Cao was furious, Kong Gui immediately fell to his knees in horror.But he didn't understand why he made Cao Cao angry.Even if Xun Yu had never been involved in this matter before, he chose to pick up Guo Jia at the gate of the city without avoiding suspicion, clearly defying Cao Cao's wishes.Coupled with the subtle relationship between Xun Yu, Cao Cao, and the Han Dynasty, shouldn't what he said hit Cao Cao's mind, but why would Cao Cao defend Xun Yu instead?

Thinking of Cao Cao's indifferent reaction after hearing the report just now, Kong Gui's doubts became even greater.

I thought that I would face Cao Cao's thunderous anger, but after a long time, the hall was still silent.After a long time, Cao Cao sat back on the mat as if he had turned off the fire, looked at Kong Gui who was kneeling on the ground with his head bowed, and sighed softly, "You know you're wrong, just get up."

"Yes."

"Yuwu, come in too."

Hearing Cao Cao's voice, Xi Wu, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, walked into the hall.When she saw Kong Gui wearing a familiar green shirt, her footsteps paused imperceptibly, but she quickly returned to normal, knelt on one knee and saluted Cao Cao.

"Shu Lin, Xiwu will follow you from now on. She has been in Tulu for many years, so she can help you."

"Prime Minister, this..."

"What?" Cao Cao squinted his long and narrow phoenix eyes, with a smile that was not a smile, "I just remember, you like to have this girl by your side the most."

The "you" in this sentence obviously does not refer to Kong Gui, whom Xi Wu has known for less than a month, but someone else.Thinking of Hua Tuo who suddenly returned to Yecheng yesterday to give Cao Cao a pulse and prescribe medicine, and then contacting Xi Wu, who now Cao Cao has no blame for trespassing the Weetweed Office to save people, Kong Gui finally cleared his confusion.Cao Cao must have believed that it was Guo Jia's instruction that Xiwu, who had followed Guo Jia's order, would bring Hua Tuo back to Yecheng.In other words, although Guo Jia left without saying goodbye, he was still worried about Cao Cao's health, and he affirmed this

After one point, Cao Cao's anger was reduced by half.

The overlord of the world, Cao Cao, who has great ambitions, has repeatedly softened his heart towards Guo Jia, and even made such a weak thing as replacing Guo Jia with him. It's really... ridiculous.

Since Cao Cao wants to deceive himself and others, he will naturally push the boat along.It was part of the plan for him to replace Guo Jia.

"My minister obeys."

After saluting, he stood up and looked at Xiwu, and said with a smile: "From now on, I will trouble Miss Xiwu."

"... Oh." Xi Wu reluctantly responded, which was considered a response.Kong Gui smiled more gently, no matter whether Cao Cao still doesn't trust him, or wants to make him more like Guo Jia, this Xi Wu is a man without a city, so it's not a worry to stay.

"Let Wen Ruo take care of Xudu's affairs, and you don't need to interfere any more. I'm lonely, you all go down."

"promise."

Walking out of the lobby, Xiwu disdained to go with Kong Gui, and left by herself.Kong Gui walked a little slower, just walking side by side with the weed guard who walked out of the lobby after him.

He lowered his voice: "Tell Your Highness, the chess game in Yecheng has been decided. Next, it depends on how she plays in Xudu."

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"Yao remembers that you love blue shirts the most, when did you change your temper and wear red clothes?"

"The blue shirt is pale, so it can't compare to the red one. Why, isn't it good-looking?"

"But why are your clothes so much bigger, as if they were on you?"

"...Well, Jia, to be honest, Jia's clothes were randomly turned over from Wen Ruo." Guo Jia rolled up his sleeves and finally exposed his hands from the big sleeves, "Jia last night Going to drink with Wen Ruo, I got up late this morning, so I borrowed Wen Ruo's clothes."

"Ling Jun going to drink with you?" Zhong Yao was surprised, and then immediately warned, "You can tell you, the letter from Gongda was sent to you before you arrived. He especially told you , I need to watch you more, lest you harm my innocent and gullible uncle."

"Simple and easy to be deceived...Gongda is really humble for his uncle." As he spoke, Guo Jia told Zhong Yao what happened last night with a bitter face.And when he finished speaking, Zhong Yao couldn't help laughing already.

"If you still want to drink wine to trick Lingjun? Even if it is night, you can't tolerate such a dream." Zhong Yao still couldn't help laughing out loud, "Lingjun is in a high position and the prime minister of state affairs , Some people put their minds on him. In all these years, he has never seen any tricks, such as tricks like drinking wine, you still have the nerve to bring it in front of Ling Jun, he is very merciful if he just counts you down. Yao heard from Gongda that a few small officials were worried that the palace was the worst, so they entrusted someone to offer wine to beg for favor, and ordered the emperor to go, but they used the wine to trick out those officials who robbed the people's fields and filled their pockets. In the end, don't talk about being promoted, you will go directly to prison for questioning. Since then, you must be the first and the last one who dares to make such an idea."

"But Wen Ruo can't start with Jia's refusal to take medicine when he was a teenager..." Guo Jia looked back with a look of embarrassment, "Besides, those officials are there for business, Jia just wanted to ask..."

"What do you want to ask?"

"Why, are you interested?" Sensing Zhong Yao's sudden change of expression, Guo Jia couldn't help smiling when he thought of his friend's interest in anecdotes, "I won't tell you, give up."

"……see a visitor out."

"Hey!" Guo Jia said hurriedly, "Jia came to you because I have something serious to ask."

"However, Yao has not recovered from his serious injury and is so exhausted that he is really powerless."

"...Can Jia tell you about Mr. Pi and Zhongda?"

"three item."

"make a deal!"

Guo Jia, who is well versed in the way of "dead friends never die poor people", sold Cao Pi and Sima Yi without any psychological pressure. Anyway, this is not the first time.The bamboo slips recorded by Zhong Yao here are at least three or four volumes.

"Okay, you can ask." When it came to business, Zhong Yao changed his unserious attitude and became serious, "But you know that you want to ask Kong Gui about it, even if you don't tell me."

Guo Jia nodded: "Did you find anything wrong with him along the way?"

"Isn't his appearance the biggest problem?" Zhong Yao said, "At this moment, such a person suddenly appeared, do you believe it's a coincidence?"

"But he came to Xudu in the early years of Jian'an, and we had already met him at that time. If it was intentional, would it have started preparations so early, and endured it for more than ten years before actually doing it?"

"When he came to Xudu for the first time, Yao was not there, but you, the lord, Lingjun, Gongda, everyone who met him, did anyone leave a deep impression on him?" Zhong Yao He said, "There is a little bit of resemblance, and the difference is not a little bit. You haven't noticed this person, which can only show that his appearance back then was not surprising. As for what you think Kong Gui was already in the early years of Jian'an This appearance is more likely because of what I saw today, and subconsciously changed the memory."

"You're right." Guo Jia nodded. With what Zhong Yao said, he could really connect the recent events, "Leave aside the past. Your injury is..."

Suddenly, a violent noise erupted outside the house.After a while, the old butler of the Zhong Mansion ran in while wiping his sweat, bowed his body and reported to Zhong Yao: "Master, Madam is here. She insists on coming in to see the master, saying..." He glanced at Guo Jia , hesitated for a long time, but could not continue.

"Madam, is there something urgent?" Guo Jia is very reasonable, "If there is something urgent, Jia can wait first. Or, Jia avoid it first?"

"No, no, about Mr. Guo..." The old housekeeper repeatedly denied it, but he couldn't tell what it was. Instead, the sweat on his forehead became denser.

Zhong Yao looked at the old housekeeper's unspeakable appearance, looked at Guo Jia's big red clothes, and thought of his wife's temperament, and suddenly realized: "Did Mrs. Sun say outside, Are you meeting a beautiful woman privately in this room?"

"Uh..." The old butler couldn't speak, and could only nod his head repeatedly.

Zhong Yao suppressed a smile, and continued to ask: "You didn't tell her that the person in the room is Weiyang Tinghou?"

"That's what I said, but... the lady said that what her maid saw was a girl in red, what can we say about the lady..."

"Haha, don't blame her." Zhong Yao said with a smile.He pointed at Guo Jia with his eyes, "Blame him. He is so weak and has a good face, isn't he a beautiful woman?" Speaking of this, he looked around for a while. "Yao remembers that Kong Gui always wears ochre-colored clothes, but he is a beauty in his bones, and he will never be able to honor you with a three-pointed elegance. You can tell Yao two things later, which is enough to count as one. "

"Yuan Chang, Jia has been seriously thinking about a problem since just now." Guo Jia said very seriously, "Did Jia offend you?"

"Of course not." Zhong Yao smiled as usual, "It's just that you have a bad memory and always forget how the words you wrote to Gongda were passed on to the whole army. Do you remember Feng Xiao?"

"...The culprit is obviously Cao Mengde."

"It's human nature to bully the weak and fear the hard."

After successfully teasing Guo Jia, Zhong Yao felt a sense of accomplishment, and gradually stopped joking.He turned his head and said to the old housekeeper: "Okay, go and tell Madam, Yao is talking about business. When the matter here is over, Yao will go to see her."

The old housekeeper didn't think whether these words could persuade Madam, but since he got the order, he could only follow it.As he retreated outside, he kept wiping the sweat from his forehead, half because he was anxious when he couldn't say what his wife said, and the other half was frightened when he heard Guo Jia call Cao Cao by his name.

"You are still recovering from your injuries, yet it was you who came to see her, not her to see you." Guo Jia sighed, "It's really pitiful."

"Beauty, no matter how troublesome it is, I have to bear it." Zhong Yao didn't care about this, and seemed to be used to it long ago.He brought up the matter again: "Did you just want to ask about Yao's attack?"

"Yes."

"To be honest, on the contrary, you probably know the least about this matter." Zhong Yao said, "The bandits came to attack the camp that day, and as soon as you walked out of the tent, you were shot by an arrow. It's almost gone. According to the doctor, the arrow is only four inches away from the vital point, and if you are not careful, you will die."

"Do you still have that arrow?"

"The doctor threw it away when he was treating the wound. But Mrs. Sun looked carefully, and she was sure that it was only used by Xiliang cavalry."

"Sure enough, it's Xiliang again." The previous guess was verified, and Guo Jia was thoughtful, "However, this doesn't explain anything. At that time, there were also Xiliang people who accompanied the army in your camp, and they said they accidentally shot arrows to attack the bandits. It makes sense to accidentally injure you, of course, Jia doesn’t believe it.” He thought for a while, then asked, “Yuan Chang, you are injured, who will be in charge in the army?”

"The two lieutenants supervised the camp at the same time, but..."

"But without you, the lieutenant general's ability and power can't control those Xiliang people." Guo Jia said, "In other words, if someone wants to do something during this period, as long as they are careful, they can do it without knowing the truth. feel." Speaking of this, he couldn't help smiling, "In this way, Jia will understand everything."

Zhong Yao raised the corners of his lips slightly.He has far less information than Guo Jia, so he doesn't know what "everything" Guo Jia understands.But with Guo Jia's ability, as long as he thinks it through, no one can continue to make trouble.

Unless Guo Jia intends to indulge it.

"Now that I understand, do you want to go back to Ye City with Yao in a few days? You..." Having said this, Zhong Yao, who was looking at Guo Jia, was suddenly taken aback.Before saying that Guo Jia was a "beautiful woman" was purely joking, but for a moment just now, he was really almost taken aback by Guo Jia's smile.As Guo Jia said before, the blue shirt is elegant but dull, elegant and refined but not as rich and colorful as the red dress. This red shirt alone makes Guo Jia's whole person shine, especially the pair of smiling peach blossom eyes, It is not an exaggeration to say that it is breathtaking, "you will wear this clothes and look at the lord like this, Yao promises that the lord will lose all his anger."

Guo Jia blinked, and leaned on the soft spot on the couch: "Jia is not going back to Yecheng. Since they spent so much effort to lure Jia to Xudu, Jia wants to see, what else do they want to do. Thinking of this, he smiled brighter and brighter, "Jia will never give up until the interest is met."

At this time, another voice came from outside the house, causing Zhong Yao to frown, thinking that it was Mrs. Sun who was still going on.It is a very interesting little thing for a woman to be a little jealous, but it is really too much if she is unreasonable and unreasonable after telling each other well.The door was pushed open, and it was the old housekeeper who came in, but behind him was not Mrs. Sun, but a servant in the palace.

"I've seen Dongwu Tinghou." The servant saluted Zhong Yao respectfully, and then looked at Guo Jia who was leaning aside. Due to the angle, he couldn't see Guo Jia's appearance clearly, and he didn't know how to address him.Fortunately, everyone in the palace was smart. Seeing that Zhong Yao didn't emphasize that person, and the servants pretended not to see anything, they didn't speculate much, and they didn't lie. There are five lotus silks, five dragons and tigers, and a bronze mirror."

"It's really a great fortune for Yu Guo to have a pregnancy in the middle palace." Zhong Yao said, "It's a pity that you are injured and can't get up to thank you."

"It's okay, it's okay, Master Hou doesn't need to be so polite." The servant quickly waved his hands, his face full of joy, "I have to go to other houses again, so I won't disturb Dongwu Tinghou to rest here."

"Walk slowly."

When the servant left the room, Zhong Yao's smile disappeared instantly: "Why is the queen suddenly pregnant?"

"Yeah, why did you suddenly become pregnant?" Guo Jia also asked.But the same words were repeated from his mouth again, showing a completely different meaning, "It's not too soon, not too late, just at this time, let all civil and military officials know that there is a pregnancy in the middle palace, and the emperor will have an heir... After the country, the mind and strategy are really not comparable to Dong Cheng's short-sighted people."

He shifted his gaze to the bronze mirror, engraved with the inscription "Prosperity and Prosperity for Children and Grandchildren" on the side of the mirror, plus the lotus silk that symbolizes many children and the dragon and tiger silk that symbolizes the sex of men and women, it can be seen how much Your Majesty is. Congratulations, how much I have high hopes for this child.

"Then I hope that this prince won't be stillborn again this time."