[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

Guo Yan is drinking tea in the main hall.

Since becoming the old lady, he is the person with the highest status in the current generation of the Guo clan. After the master Guo Lin passed away, Guo Jia has never left the house since that day, and Guo Yan has actually become the master of the house. .He had ordered last night that all the hidden guards in the house should come forward to investigate Guo Purn's hidden property and hidden clues.Although there is no news yet, it is only less than two days. After Guo Jia is eliminated, he still has a long time to investigate, so he is not in a hurry, and he is in a good mood.

"Father, Guo Jia has never left the house, and his maid has never left Guo Jia's yard except to order dishes in the kitchen." Guo Tu came in and reported to Guo Yan.

"A child is a child," Guo Yan put down his teacup and sneered, "I talked so much that day, but now there is nothing I can do?"

Guo Tu knew that his father never cared about Guo Jia, but he felt a little uneasy.Originally, he had always only regarded Guo Jia as a naive child protected by Guo Purlin who was too good and ignorant of the world, but the look in his eyes that night made him feel that he had always underestimated Guo Jia.

He subconsciously felt that it wasn't that Guo Jia didn't understand, he couldn't, but that under the protection of Guo Purlin, he had every condition to pretend that he didn't understand, and he didn't need to understand or know.

"Father, Tu always feels that Guo Jia shouldn't be given these three days, and things will change if it's too late, not to mention it's hard to explain to the family." After thinking about it, Guo Tu still expressed his worries.

"You child is overthinking." Guo Yan obviously disagreed with Guo Tu's cautiousness, "I have already promised him as a father, how can we still break the promise? What's more, these three days, it seems that my Guo family treats others You are so kind, and let the rumors spread have more basis. By the way, how about the rumors that my father asked you to arrange?"

"Father, don't worry, the plan was arranged yesterday. Tomorrow at the latest, the rumor that Guo Jia killed his grandfather and father for his maid will spread throughout Yangdi."

The aristocratic family has the best reputation, and even a little rumor will deal a great blow to the children of the aristocratic family, not to mention that this is completely against human ethics. Even if they can't get real evidence to prove that Guo Jia really killed his father and let the government convict him, the Guo family will not Guo Jia was able to be removed from the clan, and even executed secretly.

Although the reputation of the Guo family clan will be affected in this way, the advantages always outweigh the disadvantages.

Guo Yan nodded in satisfaction.The son he single-handedly raised is a hundred times better than Guo Purlin's, and he can't do everything. This is the one who can inherit the Guo family and add glory to the Guo family in the future.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the hall.Guo Yan and Guo Tu looked at each other, went out of the hall and asked the servant what happened.

"Flooded! Master Guo Jia's yard is flooded!"

Guo Jia's maid Liu He accidentally knocked down the candle while chatting with her mother Zhang Ma in the house, because she happened to have a lot of uncollected silk and satin in the house at that time, and the fire burned quickly. The houses of Xiwu connected to it were completely burned down, and Guo Jia's house was also implicated in the fire. Fortunately, Xiwu found it in time, and Guo Jia escaped, but both Liu He and Zhang Ma died in the sea of ​​fire.

After hearing the news of Liu He's death, Guo Jia still cried a lot beside the burnt wood. It can be said that those who heard it were sad, and anyone who saw it would feel the deep love between master and servant.

"Father..." Guo Tu called Guo Yan softly. After learning that half of Guo Jia's yard was burned, Guo Yan's face was even more gloomy than the gradually darkening sky, and he was very scary under the light of the fire. .

"Qian donkey is poor! He destroyed it once and for all, destroying the traces that may be left behind, but there is no way to prove that girl is innocent!" Guo Tu deliberately pretended not to care as he observed his father's expression carefully. Tell Guo Yan, sure enough, Guo Yan's complexion gradually improved.

After the fire was extinguished, as an uncle, he cared for Guo Jia kindly for a while, and then Guo Yan asked everyone to return to their rooms as soon as possible.During this time, he also specially guarded against Xi Wu if he would run away, but Xi Wu just stood quietly beside Guo Jia, comforting him from time to time.

"Go back." Reassured a little, Guo Yan led Guo Tu and finally left.

He wants to see what Guo Jia can do with only one day left.

Because of the preparations, the information collected by the octopus guards in the past two days was placed in Guo Jiaxin's room after the fire.Originally, Guo Jia thought that he was lucky to find some, but in the past two days, the bamboo slips had filled the hidden compartments in the room, and most of them could only be scattered on the bookshelves, mixed with ordinary books.

Corruption, rape, murder... Under the glamorous appearance, there is an extremely ugly truth.

For example, Guo Yan once secretly cooperated with bandits in the mountains for a farm house, and slaughtered all 21 members of the owner's family of that farm house, leaving only a girl less than two years old, who took him in after he took over the farm house. He lost that girl and gained a reputation for benevolence.However, when this incident was gradually forgotten by the world, the little girl suddenly died of a sudden illness, but the bamboo slips emphasized that the so-called girl who died of a sudden illness had a lot of signs of abuse before she was put into the coffin.

Another example is Guo Tu, not long after he reached the crown, he already had many private houses where he raised singers, and the utensils used in the houses were all worth thousands of gold.A few years ago, because money could not support his extravagance, he took advantage of the rampant plague and used the Guo family's secret connections to suppress the purchase of medicinal materials at a low price, and then sold them at a high price, earning all the life-saving money of the people and finally building the sixth place House.

As for the secret intrigues of the women in the backyard, even though it was shocking to watch, Guo Jia knew that it was useless.Even if someone is killed in the backyard, as long as there is a reasonable explanation to the outside world, no one will go into it. Even if they know that it is not simple, they will only regard it as something that happens to every family. said.

Putting down another bamboo slip, Guo Jia sneered mockingly.

The hearts of the people are very simple. The Guo family's porridge every festival is enough to make them feel grateful, but who would have thought that the so-called kind family they are grateful for is so rotten that they cannot be seen directly. They are the ones who indirectly lead to the world. Messy people.

It's a pity that people in the world are always obsessed with false fame, but those who have truly contributed to the world are unable to create any image.

If someone has the courage to break the shackles without fear of infamy, to open up a new path to enlighten the people's wisdom, over time, the people will gradually understand that a stable life is more trustworthy than a vain reputation, but it does take time .

The sages said that killing leads to benevolence, but now it is necessary for people to give up their names and seek benevolence.However, in this era that is gradually ushering in the end and sunset, most of them are just old-fashioned people who are unwilling to adapt, and they will only end up destroying together with rotten things.

The Guo family is rotten, so is it not the case for other aristocratic families, and the Han Dynasty, which relies on the aristocratic families...

"Cough cough." There was a sudden throbbing pain in his chest, and Guo Jia lowered his head and coughed a few times. He could feel that his physical condition was gradually getting worse in the past few days, but in such an urgent situation, he could only endure it.But this time, the coughing couldn't stop, he bent down so much that he almost coughed out his lungs.

"Master!" Xi Wu, who had been waiting by the side, hurried forward.

Even though the young master always looked normal, and sometimes comforted her with a smile, she never relaxed for a moment.

Such a calm and indifferent young master scared her.

The young master she knew was that sleepy, sweet-toothed boy who especially liked to joke around with her.But since that night, the young master has never closed her eyes. Sometimes she fell asleep because she was too tired. When she woke up, the young master didn't even move his posture and was still reading the materials secretly sent, and even the meals for the past two days The young master just put down his chopsticks after taking one or two mouthfuls, which can almost be regarded as a drop of water.

She would rather the young master cry aloud and vent out the sadness in her heart, rather than accumulate it in her heart like this and become more and more pressure.The smile on the corner of the young master's mouth became softer and more distant, as if that smile gradually became his protection.

The young master is forcing herself to support everything, but she is really worried that with the young master's body, this string will break sooner or later. At that time——

Xiwu helped Guo Jia up, only to find that Guo Jia's body was as thin as a piece of paper, lying powerlessly in her arms, and Guo Jia was already unconscious.

The hand covering the coughing mouth stretched out feebly, dripping with blood.

Cao Cao has been a little irritable for the past two days.

Jizhou Inspector Wang Fen, Xu You and Zhou Jing teamed up with local heroes to plan to abolish Emperor Ling and establish Hefei Marquis. They also told him about this, hoping to gain his support.

Naturally, Cao Cao would not agree. Whether it was from the perspective of his courtiers or the feasibility of this matter, he didn't want to have anything to do with this matter at all.But he refused happily, but he couldn't stand Xu You, a kind person who knew where his family lived, came to his house every other day as a lobbyist. After being completely annoyed, he simply left the house to hide somewhere else.He happened to remember that his grandfather had an old friend in Yingchuan, so he ran over to avoid Xu You, and secretly observed the people here.

But unfortunately he was bumped into by Xu You again, in order not to let Xu You know that he lived there, he didn't even go back to Guo Zhai.After two days of dawdling with each other, Xu Youcai finally calmed Cao Cao's ears because Wang Fen urgently asked him to go to Montenegro to discuss matters.

After returning to the Guo residence, Cao Cao let out a long sigh of relief as he lay on the soft couch in the room.The past few days have been exhausted with Xu You, and the idea of ​​exploring the people's sentiments has been stranded, and I don't know if any major events have happened in the past two days.

However, I was not in Guo's residence last night, so how did Guo Jia's dinner be resolved?

The corner of Cao Cao's mouth curled up slightly when he thought of Guo Jia who came to him for food every day under the name of "not enough to eat".

Wait a while for someone to ask.

The servant laid out the dishes for him on the stone table outside the door without saying a word, while Cao Cao was playing with the white jade jug, waiting quietly for his arrival.

However, until the sunset was gone, the moon was in the sky, the delicacies were cold, and there was no clear shadow peeking out from the gate of the courtyard, I couldn't help but feel irritable.In fact, it's natural for people not to come to eat, but he just couldn't help but start thinking to himself, the more he thought about it, the more strange it became, and he laughed at how he was pulled by a boy he met by chance.

If people don't come, he can't stop eating.Depressedly, he picked up the bamboo chopsticks and ate without taste.It so happened that a servant passed by the courtyard at this time, and he pretended not to care and asked someone to come and ask:

"How come I haven't seen the young master in your mansion recently, what's going on in the mansion?"

Unexpectedly, when he asked this, the maidservant's eyes turned red immediately, and tears fell down for nothing.Cao Cao was a little embarrassed and puzzled, but when the person finished talking about what happened, he just froze there.

He once sent Guo Jia back to his house, and Cao Cao probably remembered the way there.He rushed over in a hurry, while reminding himself that he should not meddle in Guo's family affairs, while he couldn't stop his faster and faster pace.

There is an unexplainable fear in his heart, he is afraid that if he slows down, he will not be able to catch up.

Panting for breath, he pushed open the side door of Guo Jia's room, and when he saw the pale-faced person lying on the bed through the ear room, he clearly felt his heart skip a beat.

Cao Cao felt that he had lost his composure for one person, he was really crazy.

Xiwu nervously guarded Guo Jia's bedside.From Youshi, Guo Jia kept coughing up blood, and it got worse and worse, almost coughing up his lungs.She wanted to ask for a doctor, but Guo Jia stopped her with a pale face.Now the mansion is full of Guo Yan's people, if he knows that Guo Jia's illness has become like this, and he has other thoughts, even if he invites the doctor Guo Jia, he will not dare to use it.Fortunately, Guo Jia has always been weak, and there are always medicinal materials and pots for cooking medicine in the house, so that she can cook some medicine in Guo Jia's backyard according to the prescription left by Doctor Hua without disturbing others.

After drinking the medicine, Guo Jia finally stopped coughing, but this is not a long-term solution.Guo Jia has fallen into a coma now, if he doesn't feel better tomorrow, Guo Yan will still see it.

"What's wrong with your young master?!" Cao Cao asked Xi Wu calmly, forcing himself to ignore his violent heartbeat.

Facing Cao Cao, Xi Wu bit her lip and knelt down to Cao Cao resolutely:

"Please save the young master!"

"You get up first."

"Please save the young master!"

Xiwu resolutely refused to get up, Cao Cao sighed, and said: "Uncle Guo and I are old acquaintances, I will not sit idly by. Get up first, and tell me slowly."

Only then did Xiwu stand up, saluted Cao Cao again, and then said slowly:

"It was Guo Yan who killed the master. The young master fought for three days to find evidence. The young master should have brought the evidence to see Guo Yan tomorrow, but now the young master..."

"I understand." Cao Cao nodded, walked to the desk and picked up the three scrolls of bamboo slips, "Just leave it to me." Just as he was about to go out, he walked to the door and added: "Take good care of your family." Master."

Deliberately avoiding people and returning to his other courtyard, Cao Cao walked into the inner room, locked the door from the inside, and opened the bamboo slips.

He thought it would be some kind of evidence, but when he opened it, he found that the crime in it completely exceeded his expectations.

In an instant, he understood Guo Jia's plan: Instead of looking for useless evidence, it is better to find the weakness of the Guo family's main members and force them not to pursue it any further.

Being able to hold back the hatred of killing his father and do this step calmly, Guo Jia, is really worthy of his admiration.

However, if you want the Guo family to stop completely, these are not enough now.

Cao Cao put down the bamboo slips, walked to the window, and blew a secret whistle.

"My lord." In the shadow of the courtyard, there seemed to be a person kneeling and bowing to Cao Cao.

"Send him a message and tell him I'm here."

"Yes."

"Master, people have already left."

Guo Jia, who was supposed to be in a coma, slowly opened his eyes. Although he was pretending to be asleep just now, his physical weakness and exhaustion are hard to get rid of. It's just that he won't feel at ease if he doesn't hear someone responding to this matter with his own ears.

The courtyard where Cao Cao lived was completely isolated from Guo Zhai, and even the servants used in it had nothing to do with Guo Zhai.Moreover, after Guo Yan took over the Guo residence, he knew that there was a guest in the other courtyard, and he deliberately asked the servants to avoid it, so none of Cao Cao's servants actually knew what happened.

And the maid who happened to appear in front of Cao Cao was specially arranged by Guo Jia.

He wanted to gamble and try, betting that Cao Cao should not intervene in the Guo family's family affairs even though he knew he should.Facts have proved that he was right in betting, at least Cao Cao went to find Guo Yan for him tomorrow.

Moreover, if Cao Cao came by himself, and the request was made through Xiwu's mouth, then it would not be considered that he, Guo Jia, owed Cao Cao a favor.In other words, this favor is not so obvious, and he can leave room for whether he repays it or not in the future.

Of course, Cao Cao and Guo Jia are a little guilty of such calculations. The heroes in history are likely to chop themselves off before they turn their heads.However, the present matter is the most difficult, and the future matter will be discussed in the future. He guessed that Cao Cao would not care too much with him, an unknown and invisible person.

I'm so tired.

Closing his eyes tiredly, Guo Jia completely let himself fall into a deep sleep this time.

He has done what he can do, and the next step is to do his best and obey the destiny.