The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 150
In the golden autumn of October, Guo Jia was delighted to have a son, named Guo Jin, which means virtue.

Farmers all over the country were busy harvesting grain, and Guo Jia unexpectedly received many grain and livestock from people in different places as congratulatory gifts.

The things sent by the simple people made Guo Jia feel warm in his heart. After two years of recuperation, the people's recognition of his rule is the best compliment to him.

On a rare occasion, he led the guards to travel to Taoyuan Village in the west of Chengdu to inspect the people's livelihood. Guo Jia wanted to see how the new households who migrated after the war in the old village lived.

Guo Jia, who was traveling on horseback, was not in a hurry and chatted with Xiao Yi all the way.

"My lord, I wonder if you have heard of the Three Immortals of Taoyuan?"

Guo Jia's gentle expression suddenly asked solemnly: "Is there someone pretending to be a ghost? Bewitching the people of Taoyuan Village?"

Xiao Yi shook his head and chuckled, "Since the lord doesn't know, then please wait and see."

I don't know what Xiao Yi's words mean, Guo Jia thinks it shouldn't be a bad thing, otherwise Xiao Yi wouldn't be in the mood to joke with him.

Taoyuan Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery, and it is rare to have a piece of peaceful and peaceful land.

Seeing the outline of the village in the distance, the closer Guo Jia rode on the horse to Taoyuan Village, the harder it was for him to look away.

Under the towering old tree outside the village, a young woman dressed in white snow was sitting beside the tree, surrounded by a dozen children, listening attentively to the woman's vivid story telling to them.

At the intersection outside the village, another woman in Tsing Yi Luo skirt looked towards Guo Jia's guard team with a soft smile. Not far behind, there was another woman with a slightly petite figure helping the newcomers People settle down.

"These are the Three Immortals of Taoyuan?" Guo Jia was more than 100 meters away from the entrance of the village, and turned to Xiao Yi and asked.

Xiao Yi smiled and nodded.

Xiao Qiao, who was telling stories to the children under the tree, noticed that Guo Jia came in person. After getting away from the children, she came to her sister Da Qiao, and at the same time turned around and waved to Wu Cheng, asking her to welcome Guo Jia together.

Leading the personal guards to the village, Guo Jia got off his horse and came, laughing loudly: "Three Immortals of Taoyuan, if you are not fairies who have fallen into the mortal world, what are you?"

Blush appeared on Wu Cheng's holy face, and the corners of Xiao Qiao's mouth were slightly raised, unable to restrain his joy. Da Qiao always kept a soft smile, stepped aside and said, "The general condescends to come here, please come inside."

Guo Jia looked around and saw that Taoyuan Village was full of women except children, he waved his hands and said, "No, I have committed a lot of crimes, and entering Taoyuan Village may spoil the peaceful atmosphere here. I came here this time to give some Food and winter clothing were given to the newly arrived people."

Xiao Yi didn't prevent Guo Jia and the three of them from reminiscing about the old days, so he directed the personal guards to send the supplies they brought to Taoyuan Village.

There is a gazebo beside the road outside the village, and Guo Jia and the three daughters rested in the gazebo and talked.

Guo Jia was a little surprised that Wu Cheng was here, and asked, "Why is Miss Wu here? Your elder brother recruited his brother Wu Ban to join the Jinfan Army. Did you come here to take refuge because you were wronged in Chengdu? "

Guo Jia didn't know what the Wu family's situation was like in Chengdu. He was afraid that new bullies would appear to bully the lonely Wu family. I'm afraid I don't even have one to rely on.

Wu Cheng denied Guo Jia's conjecture, and said softly: "No, everything in the Wu family is fine. The general ruled the law strictly, and no villain did evil. When I met the general last time, I, I feel ashamed of the general. , so I come here to help the general as much as I can, and I hope the general will forgive me for my previous crime of disrespect."

When the two met for the first time, Wu Cheng did use some dishonorable means to save Wu Yi, but Guo Jia didn't take it seriously, and said, "Hey, I've forgotten what happened earlier, so don't worry about it. If you want to atone for your sins, then you don’t have to come here to suffer.”

"No, General, I am very happy to be here and help the common people together with my two sisters. General, please don't drive me away." Wu Cheng looked at Guo Jia with a begging look on his face.

Guo Jia was dumbfounded, and when he came back to his senses, he smiled and said, "I won't force you to do what you want. Since you want to stay here, it's up to you."

Turning his gaze, Guo Jia said to Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao with emotion: "Thank you for your hard work. You have suffered hardships with me, and sometimes you are frightened. Seeing you makes my heart full of guilt."

Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao came to Guo Jia's side from left to right, and reached out to hold his hand at the same time, Da Qiao said softly: "General, without you, Xiao Qiao and I would have died a long time ago. , but Xiao Qiao and I don’t think so, we can help others with our own hands, which makes us feel very satisfied.”

Xiao Qiao took Guo Jia's arm and said quietly: "General, you are as important to Xiao Qiao as a mountain. Xiao Qiao is grateful to the general. It is Xiao Qiao's greatest happiness to be able to share the general's worries with her sister."

Looking left and right, Guo Jia was very moved, and held Da Qiao's hand instead, and asked softly, "Da Qiao, are you in your [-]th year this year?"

Da Qiao nodded silently, with a slightly sad expression on his lowered head.

Guo Jia raised her hand to lift her chin, leaned over and looked at Da Qiao's clear and soft eyes at close range, and said firmly: "Two years later, I will marry you. If you don't agree, I will use force."

Tears welled up in Da Qiao's eyes, and Da Qiao's expression was full of disbelief. She had been waiting for these words for more than five years!
From the moment Guo Jia resolutely refused to allow them to commit themselves to thieves in Xuzhou City, he has been waiting until today!

Da Qiao burst into tears with excitement, and Xiao Qiao on the other side also burst into tears, even crying more fiercely than Da Qiao, and let go of Guo Jia's arm, turned around and wanted to run.

Guo Jia, who was quick-eyed and quick-witted, grabbed Xiao Qiao by the waist and hugged her back. Xiao Qiao covered her face and kept struggling in his arms, crying, "General, you only like your sister, you don't like Xiao Qiao. You want to marry my sister." , Xiao Qiao blesses you, woo woo..."

Guo Jia bent down, leaned in front of her cheeks covered with hands, and said softly: "If Xiao Qiao doesn't want to marry me, then I can't force it either, I can only feel sad alone."

After crying, Xiao Qiao opened her hands and saw Guo Jia who was smiling close at hand, her eyes were reddish, and she still asked in a crying voice, "Does the general want to marry Xiao Qiao?"

Guo Jia nodded, and said softly, "If Xiao Qiao falls into someone else's arms, I'll be so heartbroken."

Xiao Qiao wiped away her tears and smiled, but turned her face away embarrassingly.

"General, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Guo Jia helped her up, let her sit down, and asked, "Are you impatient or am I deliberately teasing you?"

Xiao Qiao glared at Guo Jia reproachfully, the big stone in her heart for a long time finally fell, she didn't care about other things, it didn't matter if she was laughed at or teased by others.

Holding Guo Jia's hand a little harder, Xiao Qiao asked again: "Why do you have to wait until my sister and I are double ten to get married?"

Da Qiao was so ashamed that Xia Fei's cheeks were so ashamed, and she secretly cast a wink at her sister, how could she speak without being shy at all, and was she in such a hurry to get married?
It's really hard for Guo Jia to answer this question. It's common for women to marry at thirteen, four or five years, but he can only explain: "After getting married, there are many rules. I'm afraid that you will be restricted everywhere."

Xiao Qiao seems to understand, she is in a happy mood and has hope. Now she starts to count the days with her fingers every day, hoping that she will grow up to be 20 years old soon.

"Ms. Wu laughed."

After all, there was an outsider present, and Guo Jia's behavior and words, which were a bit like a marriage proposal, were presented in front of Wu Cheng, and she was embarrassed.

Wu Cheng shook her head slightly and smiled back. She had heard Xiao Qiao tell her the story between them and Guo Jia, and felt deeply happy for the two sisters.

It's just that she didn't know how envious she was looking at Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao at this moment.

When Guo Jia was resting and recuperating in Yizhou, and even had time to talk about love, the situation in the Central Plains, which never stopped the war, revived.

After the autumn harvest, Yuan Shu withdrew from Nanyang. There were two reasons. Yuan Shu was not a master who could live a hard life. He could distribute the officials and nobles he needed to win the hearts of the people, but he could only obtain gold, silver, money and food by searching around. Secondly, although Liu Biao of Jingzhou did not confront Yuan Shu head-on, he took a slanted sword and ordered Huang Zu, who guarded Jiangxia, to cut off Yuan Shu's southern grain road, and Yuan Shu had to leave Nanyang.

Yuan Shu gathered troops and horses to command Yanzhou, intending to swallow Yanzhou before Cao Cao had a firm foothold.

In terms of military strength, Yuan Shu was not inferior, but he was not a qualified commander. The strongest soldiers under his command belonged to Sun Jian's old army, so he did not take them with him.Fighting soldiers and horses is the foundation, and the decisive victory depends on the general's command ability. In this regard, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao are far apart, and they are like clouds.

In the confrontation at Kuangting, Cao Cao won the first battle, Yuan Shu was defeated, and then fled for his life all the way. Cao Cao followed closely to the border of Ningling. Cao Cao's army surrounded Yuan Shu's troops, and Yuan Shu was in danger.

Cao Cao, who was as imposing as a rainbow, stood in front of the formation, looking at the remnants of Yuan Shu who were besieged, and was about to order Yuan Shu to be destroyed, but Cheng Yu, a counselor beside him, said in a low voice: "My lord, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, my heart is for Yuan Shao, If Gongsun Zan is defeated in Hebei, Yuan Shao and Liu Biao will join forces to attack north and south... let Yuan Shu go back to Yangzhou and continue to contain Liu Biao."

Cao Cao closed his eyes and pondered. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to temporarily let Yuan Shu go. Keeping him is far more useful than killing him now.

Yuan Shu, who was in desperation over there, begged Cao Cao for peace, rode out alone in his armor, and came to the front of the battle and said to Cao Cao: "Meng De, if you let me go today, I will tell you that Luoyang The mastermind behind setting up a situation in the city to kill you."

Yuan Shu didn't know that Cao Cao would let him go if he didn't negotiate terms, but at this time Cao Cao wanted to know the inside story of that day.

"Brother Lu, I promise you."

Cao Cao rode his horse forward, [-] steps away from Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu was in a panic, Cao Cao was calm, the situation of victory and defeat was clearly seen on the faces of the two coaches.

"Yuan Shao was the one who set up a trap in Luoyang to harm you back then, and it was he who encouraged me to attack Guo Jia."

After Yuan Shu finished speaking, he looked at Cao Cao nervously, fearing that Cao Cao would not give him a way out. As for betraying Yuan Shao, he should have done so long ago.

After hearing this, Cao Cao closed his eyes, waved his hands to get the soldiers out of the way, and let Yuan Shu go.

Yuan Shu was eager to flee for his life, and escaped from the encirclement with the remnants of his troops, heading straight to Jiujiang, Yangzhou.

On a sunny day, the wind and cloud suddenly changed suddenly, and it began to rain coldly.

Cao Cao, who was riding on a horse, was drenched all over by the rain, but his heart was still not as cold as his.

Xun Yu once analyzed for him that it was Yuan Shao who set up the trap that day, but he still chose not to believe his feelings. Now, Yuan Shu himself confessed, which made Cao Cao feel terribly cold.

"At the beginning, you and I have a friendship of more than 30 years, how can you trap me in injustice? Even you are harming me behind my back, who else can I trust?"

Cao Cao would understand if Yuan Shao set up a scheme behind his back to harm Cao Cao now, but in Luoyang back then, Cao Cao's people were soft-spoken, and Yuan Shao harmed him regardless of his affection, which made him feel like he was hit hard.

Cao Cao in the rain raised his head slowly, his rough appearance could not conceal his majesty, and his eyes were sharp.

"Yuan Shao, there will eventually be a battle between you and me."

(End of this chapter)