Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 658
Seeing that Mrs. Wu's face was pale and her body was shaking, Zhen Mi couldn't help but said to Guo Jia: "Sir, should we let Mrs. Wu rest first and talk about it tomorrow?"

Guo Jia said calmly: "It's possible, but it will only delay the process for a day and will not help the overall situation."

"But Madam, you can think carefully about what to do after your return."

Mrs. Wu bit her lip, slowly raised her head and said, "I'm fine, sir, please give me some advice."

Seeing that his face was getting uglier, Zhen Mi said to Guo Jia, "Should Mrs. Lu and I avoid what the gentleman said?"

Guo Jia looked solemn, "Mrs. Lu must listen. As for madam, I suggest that if you want to take on the responsibilities of the Yuan family's mistress, you cannot avoid it."

Lu Lingqi listened on the sidelines and said puzzledly: "It's just related to me, why does Mrs. Zhen have to listen?"

Guo Jia said calmly: "Because this is the responsibility of being a female member of the Yuan family."

"When I finish speaking, you will understand. If there are any objections at that time, I will not intervene in this matter again."

Mrs. Wu calmed down and said softly: "Please give me some advice, sir."

After hearing this, Guo Jia showed a smile on his face, "As expected of you, madam, then I will say so."

"Madam, you should have seen it. Sun Bofu was assassinated. The arrow was poisonous. His life was at stake."

Although Zhen Mi and Lu Lingqi had already guessed it, they still couldn't help but look at Mrs. Wu when they heard Guo Jia tell the news.

Mrs. Wu suppressed her grief and said, "How did you guess my identity, sir?"

Guo Jia spoke up: "As the envoy's mastermind, if you can't even guess these things, and if you allow hostile people to mix into the inner chamber, then Jia Zhi will be negligent in his responsibility."

After hearing this, Zhen Mi smiled bitterly. She had known Guo Jia for several years and knew Guo Jia's style of doing things, but she kept her expression straight and said that this was a matter of business, making it clear that she had no intention of pleasing the inner house.

Zhen Mi couldn't help but wonder, among so many subordinates, Guo Jia is actually the most loyal to her husband, right?
Mrs. Wu looked at the bamboo slips blankly and said softly: "I can't do anything right now."

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "No, Madam can do much more than Madam thinks."

"Let me put it bluntly, if Sun Bofu dies, Jiangdong is likely to be in chaos."

"The generals in Jiangdong are all gathered together because of Sun Bofu. Now that something happens to the person at the helm, the situation there is very complicated."

"I guess that Sun Boxu will definitely pass his position to the Sun family, but with all due respect, the Sun family members are still young, and the generals of the mother family, the Wu family, are too far apart, and they cannot overwhelm their subordinates."

"And many of Sun Bofu's generals were previously overlords of a separate territory. They can be subdued by Sun Bofu, but they may not be able to convince others."

"Under such circumstances, if someone has evil intentions, at least the situation in Jiangdong will be unstable, and at worst, it will cause civil strife and attack each other."

"Jiangdong's plan to attack Jiangxia has come to nothing, and when Liu Biao and Huang Zu saw the war in Jiangdong, they might not take advantage of it."

"If Jiangdong doesn't handle it well, it will be in danger of overthrowing. It's hard to say how many people from the Sun and Wu families will survive by then."

Mrs. Wu turned pale after hearing this, but she was extremely experienced in domestic affairs. She immediately understood the implication of Guo Jia's words and said, "Sir, do you want me to return to Jiangdong to take charge of the overall situation?"

Guo Jia smiled. "Exactly."

Neither Zhen Mi nor Lu Lingqi expected that Guo Jia would pay such attention. They both looked over in surprise, but Guo Jia said calmly: "With my wife's seniority and relationship with Sun Boxu, she is the most suitable to calm down the situation in Jiangdong." people."

Mrs. Wu thought of the still young Yuan Qian, and was extremely confused, "But if Jiang Dong knows about my relationship with my husband..."

Guo Jia said: "Madam, please rest assured. Youzhou has hidden her identity very well, and will give a reasonable explanation when the time comes, but the child must stay in Youzhou."

"Even if Sun Bofu can guess some clues, madam, there is no need to worry. After all, there is nothing he can say about the relationship between mother and son."

Mrs. Wu lowered her head and said nothing, then raised her head after a while, "Sir, aren't you worried that after I return to Jiangdong, I will side with the Sun family again and become the enemy of Youzhou?"

Guo Jia smiled and said: "That was my mistake. I will apologize to the envoy when the time comes."

"Of course, whether Madam can go back or not, I still have to make a decision when you come back."

"Moreover, Sun Bofu may not be hopeless. Mr. Yuanhua is now with the envoy in Huaicheng. With his medical skills, he may not be able to save Sun Bofu."

"Although the hope is not great, it is worth a try."

"Currently, the premise is that Mrs. Lu can persuade the commander to come back, and that the lady can explain it to him face to face, so that the commander can nod in person."

"My wife also wants to see her son whose life or death is uncertain, right?"

Zhen Mi was a little shocked. No wonder Guo Jia had to persuade Lu Lingqi to go to Huaicheng first. It turned out that Mrs. Wu had a relationship behind her!
Guo Jia's approach is one step after another. He may have anticipated all the situations, and he has analyzed and controlled people's hearts in extremely subtle ways. The path placed in front of Lu Lingqi and Mrs. Wu was carefully chosen by him, and he treated the two women The best choice for you, one you can’t refuse!
Guo Jia said in a deep voice: "Of course, Jia is just a counselor. Everything is decided by the ladies. Jia has no right to force anything."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wu said with complicated emotions: "I will wait for my husband to come back and make a request to him in person."

Lu Lingqi also stood up, her body swayed slightly, then stood firm, and said with determination, "I will pack my bags now and rush to Huaicheng from the Black Mountain Passage overnight!" Zhen Mi saw that the two women had made up their minds, so she stood up and paid her respects. Said: "I would like to thank the two ladies on behalf of my husband."

Guo Jia nodded slightly, "In that case, I will arrange the soldiers and carriages to escort Mrs. Lu south, and then I will take my leave!"

The girls sent Guo Jia out, each with their own concerns. Zhen Mi wanted to comfort Lu Lingqi and Mrs. Wu, but the two girls said no and went back to their rooms separately.

Zhen Mi stood in the courtyard in a daze, thinking of Guo Jia's meaningful look when he left, she couldn't help feeling a little chilly in her heart.

She had no doubt about Guo Jia's loyalty, but the other party's actions tonight didn't seem that simple.

Guo Jia was sitting in a carriage on the bluestone road in the city. The biting cold wind slipped in through the gap in the curtains and filled the carriage with coldness.

Guo Jia felt a little cold. He raised the wine bottle in his hand and took a big sip into his mouth. The wine was already cold. When he drank it, his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

He knew that this kind of behavior was extremely harmful to his body, but he didn't care, and the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Because what I am doing now is really interesting. As a qualified counselor, I must not only deceive the enemy, but also deceive my own people.

Just like tonight when he went to talk to the three daughters of the Zhen family with great fanfare, in fact, his real intention was much more than that.

If you want to make a lie sound like the truth, you have to mix nine percent of the truth with one percent of the lie, making it impossible for people to tell the difference.

Just like Lu Lingqi, Guo Jia did not tell the whole story.

In Guo Jia's view, maybe Cao Cao needed to please the emperor, but Yuan Xi did not. On this matter, Guo Jia and Jushou had great differences.

Previously, Guo Jia was very happy to build momentum for Yuan Xi in Taiping Road, because after all, the Yuan family's great cause for supremacy in the world is to replace the Han Dynasty, so whether it is Cangtian is dead or the person who replaces the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao, it is extremely suitable for the Yuan family. path of.

And what is it to serve the emperor and revive the Han Dynasty? Isn't it just a drag?
To fight for world hegemony, all you need is enough strength!

So at this point, Guo Jia's thoughts were more in favor of Yuan Shao's approach, which was not to directly control the emperor, nor to let hostile forces control him.

So Yuan Shao chose to let his subordinate Cao Cao take control on his behalf, but Cao Cao turned against Yuan Shao, just like last time, Chang'an was picked off by Dong Zhuo, and he got away with it again.

As for Lu Bu, Guo Jia had long hoped that he would die. After all, from his reputation to his connections, Guo Jia regarded him as a mere burden. It would be beneficial to Yuan Xi to get rid of this burden as soon as possible.

There is only one strong lord in Youzhou, and that is Yuan Xi. There is no need for any other superior elders!

Although Guo Jia felt a little guilty for taking advantage of Lu Lingqi, it was only a little. After all, if Lu Lingqi was still following Lu Bu, she would have died by now.

She followed Yuan Xi, and because Lu Bu died in the battle, her future prospects were many times better.

As for Mrs. Wu, Guo Jia's thoughts are even more impure.

It is true that Jiangdong really needs to stabilize the situation after Sun Ce was assassinated, but on the other hand, the loyalty of Jiangdong's generals is definitely not as bad as Guo Jia said.

On the contrary, among the Jiangdong counselors, Zhou Yu, for example, is able to take charge of the overall situation. If he is determined to make progress, the best way is to secretly blame Yuan Xi for Sun Ce's assassination, and then take the opportunity to find excuses to encroach on Lujiang and Jiujiang, or even Go north to stabilize the people in Jiangdong.

This was undoubtedly unacceptable to Yuan Xi, who had finally conquered the Jianghuai area. However, for at least one to two years, Yuan Xi needed to concentrate on dealing with Cao Cao and could not spare any time to deploy defenses in the Jianghuai area.

So Guo Jia thought over and over again and decided to throw away Mrs. Wu as a chess piece and throw herself into Jiangdong to disrupt the situation.

Since Mrs. Wu has a child with Yuan Xi, she naturally prefers Yuan Xi in her heart. Therefore, after arriving in Jiangdong, she will be vaguely biased towards Yuan Xi in domestic and foreign affairs. Her status can suppress Zhou Yu and prevent him from doing anything to Yuan Xi's territory. Take drastic action.

To put it bluntly, even if Mrs. Wu is biased towards the Sun family or the Wu family, this is more in Guo Jia's wish. If she is biased towards the Sun family in plotting Yuan Xi's territory, Guo Jia can throw out Yuan Qian's big deal. The killing weapon made it impossible for Mrs. Wu to do whatever she wanted.

It would be better if he is biased towards the Wu family. If there is even a slight provocation, the relationship between the Wu family and the Sun family will be cracked. Under the internal strife, how can Jiangdong still have the energy to expand?

By the time Yuan Xi pacifies the Central Plains and goes south to Jianghuai, Jiangdong will have lost its best opportunity and will be defeated by Yuan Xi sooner or later.

Although this move was unethical to Mrs. Wu, for a counselor like Guo Jia, it was enough as long as he acted with a clear conscience towards Yuan Xi.

Thinking of this, Guo Jia took another big gulp of wine.

For him, Yuan Xi is not a lord who is very in line with his own wishes. He acts with too much consideration and is too benevolent. This may not necessarily be a good thing in the process of fighting for world hegemony. After all, this process is full of conspiracies and intrigues. If you don't Do it and others will do it to you.

However, Cao Cao, who was unscrupulous and decisive, was more attracted to Guo Jia.

However, Yuan Xi was kind to him, and Guo Jia did not intend to change his family. In this case, he would do the dirty things that Yuan Xi was unwilling to do or was not suitable to do.

This is Guo Jia's way as a counselor.

However, everyone has different opinions. For example, Xu You in Yecheng had completely different ideas from Guo Jia.

(End of this chapter)