The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 32
Yu Ji had good intentions, but he didn't expect Guo Jia to be ungrateful, and insisted on entering Xuzhou City.

"Little grandpa, could it be that you can't believe in poverty?" Yu Ji looked anxious.

But Guo Jia said with a sassy smile: "Old Daoist, I can trust you. You said that I will be in great trouble in Xuzhou, I believe it."

"Then why?" Yu Ji didn't understand. The world seeks good luck and avoids bad luck, but Guo Jia does the opposite?

Guo Jia casually said: "Fortune is where misfortune lies, and misfortune is what fortune relies on. Fortune and misfortune depend on each other. Who knows that there is no great blessing in this catastrophe? Besides, I don't understand divination. Today you said that there is trouble ahead. So I avoided it, and if things go on like this, wouldn’t I, Guo Jia, believe in the divination and not myself? In such a life, being at the mercy of the divination, what fun can I have in living? Let alone any ambitions.”

With Yu Ji's thoughtful expression, Guo Jia took out the money and took Xiao Qiao and Xiao's four tigers into Xuzhou City.

If there is God's will, Guo Jia would rather follow the sky, God's will let him have a catastrophe in his life, and he is willing to go through this ordeal.

Because Guo Jia is well aware of an unchanging truth: when the sky is about to send a great mission to the people, one must first work hard on one's will and one's muscles and bones.

Guo Jia does have the advantage of foresight as a traveler, but how can a successful person who wants to achieve a career be smooth sailing?Don't talk about the past or the future, just talk about the heroes of the Three Kingdoms period. Which one of the successful ones did not have a thorny road behind them, and what happened to those potential heroes who had great fortunes and had no wind and rain in the end?
In the end, among the heroes who achieved Wang Tu's hegemony, which one didn't achieve the right result after all kinds of difficulties and dangers?Cao Cao?He was denounced as an eunuch and ugly, and was in danger of dying several times. First, he was defeated by assassinating the director alone. Later, when the Kwantung Army attacked Dong Zhuo and was ambushed, his life was in danger. The land of the remaining three counties almost went to Yuan Shao. Without the support of Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, there would be no later Emperor Wu of Wei. After that, Cao Cao also fell into death many times. Guo Jia often lamented that if the battle of Guandu would kill Cao Cao Not to have Yuan Shao, that would be the injustice of God.

As for Liu Bei, he was exiled and sent under the fence, and many princes wanted to kill him. Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, and Sun Quan all wanted to kill him and then quickly. Liu Bei finally established the Shuhan regime in Yizhou. It can be said that [-]% of his hits were escaped with fear.

And Sun Quan, who seems to be sitting back and enjoying the benefits, is not as comfortable as it seems on the surface. It is difficult to convince the crowd when he is the master. , in a cage.Later, during the Yiling War, Liu Bei sent all his troops to attack Wu, and that was for the goal of destroying Soochow. If Lu Xun hadn't stepped forward and Liu Bei's absurd [-]-li company battalion resisted the enemy, the generals of Soochow would have gone straight up and fought against the enemy. If Liu Bei fights, I am afraid that after the soldiers and horses are exhausted, Soochow will perish.

Look at these well-known figures who are walking on thin ice. It was difficult to start a business. Guo Jia came to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Does the circle achieve something?
After entering Xuzhou City, Guo Jia quickly found Zhou Tai and Gan Ning at the nearest restaurant after entering the city.

The two were gloomily drinking together, Guo Jia sat down and wanted to make some jokes, but seeing the gloomy faces of the two, he gave up.

"You two, Xuzhou City is in a state of chaos, why are you unhappy?"

Zhou Tai picked up the wine bowl and drank it with his head up, and said harshly: "Tao Qian is not a thing either. Look at his generals, Cao Bao, Sun Guan, Zang Ba, they are all bandits and wolves."

Hearing this, Guo Jia became interested. He thought that Tao Qian was a benevolent and honest man among these princes. He didn't expect Zhou Tai and Gan Ning to be so contemptuous?
After Gan Ning's calm explanation, Guo Jia understood some clues.

Gan Ning is not as excited as Zhou Tai at the moment, because since he left Yizhou, he has seen through the world, now seeing Tao Qian's deeds in Xuzhou, it just caused some ripples in his heart, while Zhou Tai had just arrived, he was furious Burning is also justifiable.

It turned out that Gan Ning and Zhou Tai came to Xuzhou first. After visiting the surrounding counties, they found that Tao Qian's subordinates Cao Bao, Zang Ba, Sun Guan and other generals often ran amok in the counties and counties in the name of suppressing bandits. The Danyang soldiers they brought were also arrogant and domineering, beating and scolding the villagers at will, and the local gentry in Xuzhou were no longer quite critical of the generals promoted by Tao Qian, and they were almost at the point of bitterness and hatred. Xuzhou City seemed to be peaceful, The actual situation is turbulent, and it is often reported that the Xuzhou gentry clashed with the subordinates brought by Tao Qian.

Zhou Tai couldn't calm down his anger, and asked Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, tell me, this Tao Qian indulges his cronies, treats others with cronyism, and turns a blind eye to his subordinates' wrongdoing. Why did the imperial court send him to be Xuzhou Shepherd?"

Guo Jia felt a little tired, his shoulders slumped, and he said lazily: "Who is sent by the imperial court to be an official in what place? It’s hard to say whether it’s true or not.”

Gan Ning's eyes lit up, he poured a glass of wine for Guo Jia, and said, "I also want to hear about Feng Xiaogao."

Guo Jia drank the wine and said in a low mood: "Tao Gongzu led the Danyang soldiers to Xuzhou to suppress the thieves and made great achievements. He also recruited the bandits and the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Xuzhou. Then he became a shepherd in Xuzhou, but Tao Gongzu met a man like Sun Wentai. The situation under his rule, who is the master? Is it the aristocratic family that controls the place or the officials appointed by the imperial court? Sun Wentai wanted to let the Sun family take root in Jingzhou, but the Jingxiang family refused, so Sun Wentai went on a killing spree. Tao Gongzu did not Sun Wentai's aura can only be shown slowly, so he vigorously promoted his cronies and let them compete with the local gentry in Xuzhou. Anyway, Tao Gongzu held the military power, and when the trouble came to an end, he came forward to mediate with a butcher's knife. Tao Gongzu couldn't afford to offend the gentry, but he also wanted to support his own power, so he sent his subordinates to fight with the gentry. If he won, Tao Gongzu would reap the benefits of being a fisherman. A generous and honest name."

Gan Ning and Zhou Tai were suddenly enlightened, and Gan Ning continued to ask: "According to what Fengxiao saw, can Tao Gongzu fulfill his wish?"

Guo Jia curled his lips and said, "Sun Wentai killed a river of blood but failed to suppress the gentry. Those few soldiers and crab generals under Tao Gongzu wanted to divide the benefits from the gentry. Isn't this whimsical?"

Not only that, regardless of Tao Qian's reputation, after the death of illness, the Xuzhou gentry immediately elected Liu Bei to the top, which was also caused by deep-seated grievances.

Tao Qian's passing away to Xuzhou was just a word of mouth from Mi Zhu. God knows if there is such a thing.The first two times to let Xuzhou be Tao Qian's temptation to Liu Bei. If Liu Bei dared to ask for it, Tao Qian dared to cut off Liu Bei's head.

At that time, Liu Bei was sent to rescue Xuzhou by Tian Kai, the governor of Qingzhou appointed by Gongsun Zan. What kind of fame can make Xuzhou highly respected?In the end, Tao Qian was voted in and got [-] Danyang soldiers, plus the two generals of Xiong Hu and Guan Zhang. Most of the Xuzhou gentry pushed Liu Bei to the top because of Liu Bei's lack of power, and used Liu Bei's hand to suppress the generals of the Danyang faction to do anything wrong.

Even Cao Cao suffered from the gentry in his early years. When he conquered Xuzhou for the first time to avenge his father, a fire broke out in his backyard. Zhang Miao and Chen Gong welcomed Lu Bu to attack Yanzhou. The entire Yanzhou?The reason why the gentry defected was because Cao Cao casually killed the famous scholar Bian Rang. Everyone in the gentry was in danger, afraid of becoming the next dead soul under Cao Mengde's knife, and the collective rebellion cooperated with Lu Buli.

After drinking for a while, Gan Ning and Zhou Tai felt that there was nothing to stay in Xuzhou, so they asked Guo Jia if he wanted to leave, and went north to Qingzhou, and west to Yanzhou and Yuzhou.

Guo Jia planned to continue going north, so everyone decided to stay overnight in Xuzhou City and leave tomorrow.

But when Guo Jia and his party walked out of the restaurant, they saw a servant coming to Guo Jia and said respectfully: "I am here to invite you to visit my house by the order of my young master."

Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Qiao all stared at Guo Jia with strange expressions: "Is the little grandpa really so famous?"Wherever you go, people come to invite you as guests?
To know the thoughts of these people, Guo Jia must explain it well.

Invited by Shuijing Villa, Na Sima Hui and him are from the same hometown, and the two have long been known to each other.

As for Sun Jian, it just happened to be a meeting. If there had been no friction with Sun Ce, there might not have been any subsequent events.

As for the current servant, Guo Jia can only think of two families, and this should be an invitation.

Is it Chen Gui and his son or the Mi family?
"What is your young master's name?"

Guo Jia asked lightly.

Sure enough, the family Ding replied respectfully: "My young master's surname is Mi and his name is Zhu Zizhong."

Guo Jia touched the Lun scarf on Xiao Qiao's head, shrugged and said, "Xingba Youping, let's go, the Mi family, a rich businessman from Xuzhou, has invited us, we have to give him face, living in Mi's mansion is more comfortable than staying in an inn. "

Gan Ning said very displeasedly: "Why is the little grandpa always courted by big households wherever he goes, but no one cares about the Jinfan thief?"

Zhou Tai laughed loudly and said: "The little grandpa is handsome. The rich family came to invite the little grandpa. Naturally, the young lady in the family has taken a fancy to the little grandpa. But, the little grandpa has good luck, haha."

Big and small Qiao's face was crimson and her cheeks were like peach blossoms. She hid behind Guo Jia and dared not raise her head.

Guo Jia pointed at Zhou Tai, but finally shook his head with a wry smile, and could only lament how careless he was in making friends.

A group of people headed towards Mi's house in a mighty manner. After arriving outside Mi's house, Guo Jia looked in surprise at the wide open door of the mansion and a young Confucian scholar who had been waiting for a long time at the door. With a refined appearance, it is estimated that this person is Mi Zhu.

Just as Guo Jia expected, Mi Zhu went out to greet Guo Jia in person, bowed his hands to Guo Jia, and said gently: "Mi Zhu has long admired the name of Guo Jia, a ghostly talent in Yingchuan, and today he was rewarded by the little prince to visit the humble house, please come in quickly."

(End of this chapter)