Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 83 Guo Jia VS Jia Xu
After getting Yuan Shang's instructions, Guo Jia drove to Jia's house early the next morning, intending to meet this famous scholar.

After arriving outside the Jia Mansion, Guo Jia handed his business card to the doorman: "I am the chief clerk Guo Jia, and I am here to visit Guanglu Xun."

"Master clerk?"

The concierge was a middle-aged man with a somewhat harsh look. When he heard Guo Jia's official title, he immediately showed contempt and threw the business card back directly: "Sorry, my master is not seeing guests today."

It's all big shots who come to visit these days.

Either they hold an important position or they come from a prominent family.

A small clerk dares to come to visit, and he doesn't even get any benefits, and you still want him to report?

Go dream!

Guo Jia looked at the business card that was thrown back to him and couldn't help but frown, feeling a little headache.

Today he came to visit only in his personal capacity, and did not use the name of Yuan Shang; it was no wonder that a small clerk visiting Guanglu Xun was looked down upon by the doorman.

"It's true that it's easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with little ghosts." Guo Jia shook his head, but at this time a voice suddenly came.

"Master Guo?"

The tone was slightly surprised.

Guo Jia turned around and saw Jia Xu, a slightly plump man with a mustache, coming out and looking at him with a puzzled look.

Guo Jia immediately bowed and said, "Meet Guanglu Xun."

Jia Xu was just about to go out to visit other advisers' homes, but he didn't expect to run into Guo Jia at the door. He was surprised and delighted at the same time.

He had been waiting for the young man to visit.

After all, among so many counselors, except Xu You, who was a good friend of Yuan Shao, only Guo Jia did not come.

Jia Xu smiled and stepped forward and said, "Master Guo, there is no need to be so polite. Why are you standing outside the mansion and not coming in to sit down?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "I was just about to visit, but I heard from the doorman that Guanglu Xun was not seeing guests today, so I decided to visit again another day."

"Oh?"

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes and cast his gaze at the doorman who was already pale and trembling all over.

Without saying a word, he slapped him hard!

Although Jia Xu was a scholar, he was quite strong and slapped the doorman's face so hard that it became swollen.

"How dare you, a blind man, make decisions for me?"

Jia Xu's face was filled with anger, and his voice was even more sinister.

He has always believed in not making enemies with others easily and is very good at dealing with people, but this doorman refused to let the guest in without authorization!
Even if this was the doorman sent by Yuan Shao, we had to find a way to replace him.

"Master, have mercy on me! Master, have mercy on me!"

The doorman kowtowed so much that blood soon came out of his forehead.

"roll!"

Jia Xu kicked him away, then looked at Guo Jia and said amiably, "I am sorry to have embarrassed you, Master Guo, for your humbleness. Please come in and have a seat."

Guo Jia smiled and said, "It is better to obey than to be respectful."

So he followed Jia Xu into the mansion.

When they arrived at the main hall, Jia Xu personally served Guo Jia good tea and asked the housekeeper to prepare lunch.

"Master Guo, you must stay for dinner today so that I can apologize for my servant's rudeness." Jia Xu said apologetically, not looking down on Guo Jia at all because of his status.

Guo Jia smiled faintly: "Guanglu Xun's words are too serious. It's just a harmless and trivial matter. It's not worth mentioning."

Jia Xu had been observing Guo Jia's demeanor and found that he behaved naturally, without any sign of restraint or anger at being humiliated by the doorman. He remained calm and composed, and his opinion of him could not help but increase a bit.

He is a man of talent. After praising him in his heart, Jia Xu continued to ask, "Why did Master Guo come to visit you today?"

Guo Jia did not beat around the bush and said directly: "To be honest with you, Guanglu Xun, I am here to visit you today on behalf of the Third Young Master."

"The Third Young Master has often heard of Guanglu Xun's reputation and has admired him for a long time, but unfortunately he has been very busy recently and cannot spare time, so he asked me to come and visit him on his behalf and give him a small gift to congratulate Guanglu Xun on his move to a new home."

Guo Jia said as he took out a gift list from his arms.

Jia Xu took a look and saw that this was a gift that was no less generous than the one given by Yuan Xi.

"These two young men from the Yuan family are really..."

Holding the gift list, Jia Xu felt a little annoyed. He really didn't want to get involved in these trivial matters concerning the family property.

The brothers are fighting with each other, and if you get involved, you might get dragged into it and die if you are not careful.

This is inconsistent with his consistent life creed.

So he said to Guo Jia bluntly: "I can accept the gift, but I'm sorry to refuse the kindness. I don't intend to get involved in the affairs between the two gentlemen, and I will not accept the solicitation of either of them."

"I will definitely convey the truth to the Third Young Master." Guo Jia nodded and agreed without saying a word.

As a newly arrived strategist, it is not wise to not help Yuan Shao with his advice, but to be impatient to get involved in the fight between other people's sons.

Jia Xu was somewhat surprised by Guo Jia's straightforward attitude. He looked at Guo Jia in astonishment and said, "Didn't Master Guo come here to lobby for the Third Young Master?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Everything should be done within one's ability. If Guanglu Xun does not want to accept your invitation, how can I persuade him if I am of low rank and have little influence?"

"If you persuade him, you will only bring disgrace upon yourself and make Guanglu Xun hate you. In the end, you won't even be able to eat a single bite of food and will be driven out of the house."

Jia Xu laughed loudly upon hearing this: "Master Guo is such a funny man! Just based on what he said, I will definitely treat him to lunch today."

People who can speak well are always liked by others. Jia Xu found it very interesting to chat with Guo Jia.

"However, there is one thing I don't understand. I hope that Master Guo can help me clear it up."

Guo Jia said: "Guanglu Xun, please speak."

Jia Xu said: "From what I have seen of Fengxiao's words and deeds, he is indeed not an ordinary person. Why has he remained unknown under the command of the general? And why did he help the third young master? Could it be that the third young master has some outstanding talent that Fengxiao is willing to submit to him?"

There are commonalities between smart people.

Just by talking for a few sentences, he could judge the other party's level. In Jia Xu's eyes, Guo Jia was a smart man.

So he was curious why such a person did not come to the fore, and why he would help a kid like Yuan Shang.

This time he did not call Guo Jia "Guo Zhubu", but called Guo Jia by his courtesy name, which also meant that this was his personal question and Guo Jia could choose to answer or not.

Guo Jia put his hands together and smiled, "Sir, why did you join the general? Can the general make someone like Mr. Jia submit to him? Or... do you have other intentions?"

The smile on Jia Xu's face slowly faded, and he began to carefully examine the young man in front of him.

Guo Jia's expression was calm, without any disturbance.

"So……"

Jia Xu sat up straight, looked at Guo Jia with deep eyes, and asked slowly: "I wonder what Feng Xiao is planning?"

"Nothing else." Facing Jia Xu's question with a hidden meaning, Guo Jia said with a smile: "Only to support the Han Dynasty and punish the rebels!"

When Jia Xu heard this, his face remained unchanged, but his heart was surging.

Guo Jia's words have a double meaning.

One was to support the Han Dynasty for the emperor and to fight against the rebellious princes including Yuan Shao.

The second was to help Yuan Shao support the Han Dynasty and attack the princes who were hostile to Yuan Shao.

This coincides with what Jia Xu had in mind.

(End of this chapter)