The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 394
Gan Ning kept his promise and let Wu Yi go.

After riding a horse all the way out of the city to the wilderness ten miles outside Jiangling, Wu Yi put Pang Tong who was held hostage by him to the ground.

Pang Tong, who was bumping all the way on the horse's back and almost had his internal organs shifted, wobbled and finally stood still. With a pale face, he straightened the Jinxian crown on his head.

"The military division has suffered."

It was dark and dark, and Wu Yi was ashamed. Pang Tong took the risk because of him alone, and he suffered so much flesh and blood on the way to escape, he was really grateful.

Pang Tong waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and then said in a deep voice: "The general is out of trouble, and the governor will definitely sue the villain first. After the general returns to the new city, he should write a secret letter to the lord, explaining the crisis in Jingzhou. Please wait and see for a while, don't be too aggressive. For example, we will make a decision after the governor of the capital attacks Fancheng, at least let General Wen Yuan in Guanzhong secretly dispatch troops to return to Yizhou to make sure."

Wu Yi felt as if a boulder had weighed on his heart, and he felt heavy even while he was breathing. After hearing Pang Tong's words, he took it for granted.

Without further ado, Wu Yi bid farewell to Pang Tong and rode off on his horse.

In the wilderness, Pang Tong walked back towards Jiangling slowly with his hands behind his hands. After walking for half an hour, Gan Ning led his army and came to meet Pang Tong.

Wu Yi, who had fled back to the new city, came to the county office immediately after entering the city. Fazheng, who was busy with his official duties inside, was surprised to see Wu Yi's tired and serious face, and immediately got up to greet him.

"Why didn't the general greet you in advance when he returned to the city? Why didn't I receive the news of the soldiers entering the city?"

Fazheng was very strange. Wu Yi escorted the supplies to Jiangling. Calculating the time, it was almost time to come back, but he didn't say hello in advance. He always felt that something happened.

Wu Yi sat down, picked up the water bottle and poured it in gulp. After taking a few breaths, he said in a deep voice, "I came back alone, and the [-] soldiers accompanying me are still in Jiangling."

After hearing this, Fazheng knelt and sat aside, waiting for the next sentence.

Afterwards, Wu Yi told Fazheng exactly what happened to him in Jiangling.

"I have already planned to write a secret letter to the lord immediately, reminding the lord to prepare for the emergency."

After finishing speaking, Wu Yi saw Fazheng's thoughtful appearance, and after calling out several times, Fazheng came back to his senses, then cupped his hands and said, "The general did the right thing, so I should write to my lord immediately."

Seeing that Fazheng agreed, Wu Yi immediately took up a handwriting on the main seat, and Fazheng walked to the door, staring at the sky in a daze.

Pang Shiyuan, ruthless enough.

There was a wry smile on the corner of Fazheng's mouth. If the situation had evolved to the present situation, if he hadn't known it in advance, he might have been cold all over his body and shocked.

After Wu Yi finished writing the letter, he handed it to Fazheng for review, and Fazheng had no objection after reading it, so Wu Yi immediately ordered someone to send it to Chengdu by starry night.

That night, Fazheng also revised a letter and sent it to Guo Jia in secret.

Since the successful recovery of the Northwest, the imperial examination selection system under Guo Jia's rule has become every three years, and the time is also pressed before the beginning of spring.

The reason is that at the beginning of the imperial examination, most of the Yizhou gentry and exiled gentry were willing to bow to Guo Jia to take the exam. As Guo Jia worked hard for [-] years, more and more children of ordinary people participated in the imperial examination after getting an education. First of all, as the officialdom stabilizes, fewer and fewer talents are selected every year, so it has become a three-year imperial examination. Food is the most important thing for the people, and too many scholars who take the exam have to take care of their homes, so it has to come in spring. If you completed the imperial examination before, you can't delay the spring plowing at home. If you pass the exam, it's another matter. If you fail the exam, at least it won't affect your basic livelihood.

In this year's imperial examination, two people were particularly outstanding, so Guo Jia personally interviewed them.

In the lobby of Yizhou Mansion, the civil servants were busy with their official duties step by step, while Guo Jia chatted with the two winners of the imperial examination in the side hall.

One is Dong He and the other is Xiang Lang.

Dong He's ancestors were in Yizhou, but he was from Nanjun, Jingzhou. When the feudal lords separatized the world and the world was in chaos, Dong He and his family moved back to Yizhou, and it was only now that he really entered Guo Jia's sight.

Xiang Lang was a member of the Jingxiang family. He and Pang Tong were brothers of the same school. They both sat down and listened to Sima Hui. When Pang Tong was in Jiangling, he visited Xiang Lang. It was Pang Tong who recommended him to Yizhou to take the imperial examination. , can be regarded as living up to expectations and standing out.

They didn't expect that Guo Jia's approachable person would talk to them about everything, from Anbang's strategy of governing the country to the way of survival of traffickers and pawns, and everything about their family, country, and world. Unknowingly, the two also had a deeper understanding of Guo Jia. .

After chatting happily, Guo Jia suddenly said to Dong He: "Youzai, I heard that you have a son named Yun in your family, why didn't you see him come to take the imperial examination?"

Dong He could be regarded as a middle-aged man, and his son Dong Yun was very young and hadn't even performed the coronation ceremony yet. Hearing Guo Jia's question, he immediately thought it was a bit of a joke.

Father and son take exams together and compete together, if the son overwhelms the father, where will the father's face be put?
However, Dong He could see that Guo Jia attached great importance to him, and even brought up his somewhat talented son, which showed that Guo Jia was not talking about the scene.

"Hehe, since the lord has said so, in three years' time, Quanzi will come to Jincheng to take the imperial examination."

Dong He agreed with a smile on his face. Since Guo Jia is a monarch worthy of allegiance, it is definitely a happy event for his family to let his son serve as an official.

Just when Guo Jia smiled and wanted to say something more, Xiao Yi walked in, handed a secret letter to Guo Jia, and then turned and left.

Xiang Lang and Dong He were present, Guo Jia did not shy away, opened the secret letter and took a look.

Frowning slightly, Guo Jia was slightly surprised, but more puzzled.

Xiang Lang and Dong He had just started their careers, and the specific official appointments had not yet been confirmed. It was not easy to ask Guo Jia or advise him.

But Guo Jia passed the letter to the two of them indifferently, asking them to read it again.

Dong He read the letter first, with a serious expression on his face, not knowing what to say.

Wu Yi, the prefect of Xincheng, wrote a letter to expose that Gan Ning, the governor of the Taiping Army, was not a minister, and recruited [-] soldiers in Jiangling privately.
After Xiang Lang looked at it, he said, "This is a false accusation."

Guo Jia smiled slightly, Xiang Lang was indeed a talent taught by Sima Hui, regardless of other things, at least he saw through the crux of the matter at a glance.

After Guo Jia saw this letter, regardless of Wu Yi's motives, at least the contents inside could never be true.

Wu Yi is a general, he has some talent in marching and fighting, but his mind is still not careful enough.

Even if Gan Ning recruited troops in Jiangling, how could there be [-] troops?

If he conquered the Jingnan counties, he would be able to recruit [-] troops. Based on the three counties of Nanjun and Yidu Jianping alone, he could only recruit [-] to [-] troops.

But even if he really recruited [-] soldiers, where would he get money and food to support them?
Another ten thousand steps back, such a big movement of recruiting soldiers, will it be kept airtight?
That being the case, why didn't Wu Yi seek proof?

Here are the things that Guo Jia couldn't figure out. Obviously, Wu Yi sent the secret letter in a critical situation that he didn't have time to think about.

Xiang Lang only said one sentence, and he didn't dare to say anything further.

Since it was Wu Yi who framed Gan Ning, why did he do this?

Not yet entered the center of the Guo Jia Group, what Xiang Lang could guess was nothing more than a game in the army.

Maybe it was Wu Yi who wanted to overthrow Gan Ning, maybe it was the new generals who had not followed Guo Jia into Shu and were suppressed below, they were not convinced and wanted to fight for power.

No matter what it is, Xiang Lang won't say much. The end of participating in this kind of struggle is often two extremes.

But Wu Yi's method was too clumsy after all.

Dong He and Xiang Lang looked at each other in blank dismay, each tacitly silent.

Dong He also thought that it was an internal political struggle, but not necessarily only the generals in the army were involved. Wu Yi, the prefect of Xincheng, was beside him, but there was also a military adviser, Fazheng, who was in the Guojia Group's position. What did Wu Yi do? Surely Fazheng would know about it, so why did Guo Jia still have this letter?Did Fazheng also think that Gan Ning dared to recruit troops in Jiangling, even if he dared, could he really recruit [-] troops?
Therefore, Fazheng was obviously on Wu Yi's side, but it seemed a very stupid act.

When the two were quiet, Guo Jia was also meditating with his eyes closed, Xiao Yi walked in again, this time, he handed Guo Jia two secret letters.

Guo Jia grinned happily, there were a lot of things to do today.

These two secret letters were written by Fa Zheng and Pang Tong. After Guo Jia read them, he did not let Xiang Lang and Dong He read them as before.

The doubts dissipated, and Guo Jia finally understood what happened in Jingzhou after reading the secret letter of the two advisers.

"You two, let me go to the lobby next door to discuss matters."

Guo Jia got up and invited the two of them to come to the main hall of Yizhou Mansion and take the seat of honor. Guo Jia ordered people to summon the civil and military officials in Chengdu to discuss the matter.

Guo Jia, who was seated in the main seat, let Xiang Lang and Dong He truly see what city power and momentum are. Guo Jia, who had talked with them very happily and approachable before, exuded invisible majesty only under the momentary calm expression.

Not angry but powerful, Guo Jia's expression told everyone that what he was going to talk about next was unusual.

The generals who rushed over from the barracks thought that there was a war broke out, and they all stood in the hall holding their breath, ready to listen to Guo Jia's orders.

When Wendong Wuxi was not bad, Guo Jia asked Xiao Yi to read Wu Yi's secret letter in public.

In this letter, Wu Yi said that he hoped that Guo Jia would keep quiet for the time being, and that Gan Ning would be punished after the Battle of Fancheng was over.

After Xiao Yi finished reading aloud, Xu Chu immediately stood up angrily and shouted: "Nonsense! Nonsense! This Wu Yi has a dark heart. He intends to slander the governor. This matter cannot be lightly forgiven. My lord, I guarantee it with my head. I will never act without orders, and I will never betray my lord."

The other generals, Dian Wei, Gao Shun, Zhang Yan, Deng Zhi, Zhang Ren, etc. came out together to support Xu Chu, and together they used their heads as guarantees.

However, Guo Jia was unmoved, his face sank like water.

Xi Zhicai came out calmly, cupped his hands and said softly: "Although this matter is strange, it may not be groundless, my lord must handle it carefully."

Xi Zhicai's words made the generals very uncomfortable, so Dian Wei turned his head and asked him: "Master Xi, what do you mean by this? Do you believe that the governor will betray the lord?"

Xi Zhicai bowed his head indifferently, and said indifferently: "If you are right about the matter and not against the person, if the governor acts properly, then if you investigate the matter to the bottom, isn't it just a proof for the governor?"

(End of this chapter)