The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 395
From a general point of view, the civil servants and generals Guo Jia needs can be divided into two categories, talent and courage.

The civil servants are talented, the generals are bloody, and the right way to govern is to combine the strength and softness of the civil and military.

No matter which side is light and which side is heavy, it is not conducive to ruling. Even if there is almost no worry, it will surely bring disaster to the future.

Therefore, Xi Zhicai is right about things and not people. Guo Jia seems to be right. Xu Chu believes in Gan Ning without asking indiscriminately or pursuing the truth. From Guo Jia's point of view, he is not wrong either.

As a monarch, what Guo Jia has to do is to achieve a balance between talent and bravery, and go hand in hand with both approaches.

Qin Mi, Jia Xu, Fei Shi, Zhen Yan and other civil officials all supported Xi Zhicai's words.

If Gan Ning acted openly and followed the rules, then Guo Jia would investigate, did he have any objections?
This is not because Guo Jia suspected Gan Ning for no reason, but because someone did expose and provoked the incident.

As for how to settle the matter, it is up to Guo Jia to deal with it.

Tang Wenwu was deadlocked, and Xiang Lang and Dong He, who participated in the discussion for the first time, were shocked.

Unexpectedly, when he just became an official, he caught up with such an event called an earthquake.

Either way, it's not a good sign.

If it is found that Gan Ning is indeed guilty, the best outcome is to replace him and punish him.

However, the Taiping Army originally planned to launch an attack on Xiangfan in May, and changed their commanders just before the battle. This is a taboo in the army that all three-year-old children know!
If it turns out that Gan Ning is innocent, then Wu Yi's crime of slander against Gan Ning will be enough to destroy Wu Yi, and in the end the Taiping Army will still be a self-destructive result.

As soon as Guo Jia, who was sitting on the main seat, raised his hand, the noise in the hall stopped immediately, and there was no sound. Everyone stared at Guo Jia to see how he would make a decision.

"Gao Shun, as soon as we return to the camp, we will gather a thousand camps, and ride a fast horse to Jiangling with me. Qin Mi, write a military order in hand to Wu Yi, asking him to meet me in Jiangling."

Gao Shun and Qin Mi came out to take the order. Everyone saw that Guo Jia was planning to go to Jiangling to investigate the matter in person. The generals held their heads high and their chests up, as if they were showing a clear conscience for Gan Ning. On the civil servant side, Xi Zhicai He hesitated to speak, but finally remained silent.

If Gan Ning was really disobedient, wouldn't Guo Jia be sent to die if he went to Jiangling?

Worrying about this point is superfluous. Even if Xi Zhicai thinks about the worst, he can't imagine that Gan Ning can confuse the Taiping Army in Jiangling from top to bottom. , the officers all know Guo Jia, do they really dare to rebel against Guo Jia?Picture what?Why?What's good?

Therefore, Guo Jia went in person, even if Gan Ning wanted to rebel, he would not dare to do anything to Guo Jia, otherwise he would end up betraying his relatives.

Planning a mutiny first requires conflicts, secondly requires long-term preparations, and finally calculates whether the benefits are worth the risk. No matter which point, it seems that Gan Ning is unlikely to choose to betray Guo Jia.

Therefore, even though the civil servants unanimously asked Guo Jia to investigate the matter, they still trusted Gan Ning, but the state-owned state-law family had family rules, and Guo Jia had to do so.

Gao Shun ordered Qi soldiers and horses to wait outside the Yizhou mansion, Guo Jia came out lightly, and when he was about to leave, Xiao Ren came on horseback and whispered something in Guo Jia's ear.

Things really came one after another.

Guo Jia asked Gao Shun to wait outside the city. He first rode his horse and Xiao Ren to a mansion in the south of the city, which was the residence of Sun Shangxiang.

The house was a lonely and desolate scene. Guo Jia would only stay here for two nights a month at most, and every time he left, Sun Shangxiang would stay in bed for several days.

In the boudoir where Sun Shangxiang lived, she was wearing a snow-white obscene dress and sitting in front of the bronze mirror, her eyes were dazed, tears fell silently, and her right hand was tightly clutching the skirt of her bosom, as if she was struggling fiercely.

She had been in Chengdu for several months, Guo Jia only came to her about ten times, while Guo Jia's wives and concubines came here much more frequently, but she was always indifferent to each other, the relationship between the two parties was very unharmonious, and there was no progress at all.

Guo Jia walked around the hallway to the inner room, before the bronze mirror, and lightly pressed her hands on her shoulders, which made Sun Shangxiang's body tremble like a conditioned reflex.

The man behind her was tormenting her like a ghost, but she had to admit that it seemed that after a while, at a certain moment, she had become dependent on Guo Jia. At some point, Guo Jia's words would appear in her mind in the dead of night. Sound and smile.

Such thoughts made her suffer even more, and her self-blame and hatred were intertwined, causing her to almost collapse.

Guo Jia's hand slowly slid across her chest, and it didn't stop until her abdomen. Sun Shangxiang let go of her tightly clenched hand like an electric shock, and took the initiative to let Guo Jia's hand stick to her lower abdomen.

"Take good care of the fetus and secure the fetus. I hope to see a healthy child born."

Even if Guo Jia abuses Sun Shangxiang in bed, he regards her as a pawn to provoke Sun Quan and declare war on Jiangdong invisibly, but the grievances of this generation, which cannot even be called entanglements of grievances, should not be implicated the next generation.

Just now that she was pregnant with Liujia, Sun Shangxiang felt as if she had been struck by a bolt from the blue. She couldn't believe it. Her own future was in darkness, so how could she see the light of her child?

What's more, this is her and Guo Jia's flesh and blood, which makes her unacceptable.

Even if she is depraved, she is willing to be Guo Jia's plaything, but she does not want this humiliation to continue on her descendants.

Suddenly, Sun Shangxiang turned around, knelt down in front of Guo Jia, and begged with tears streaming down his face: "Husband, just, let the concubine take away the child in her womb."

Guo Jia reached out to wipe away her tears, and said softly, "Give me a reason."

reason?

Sun Shangxiang couldn't speak, so she could only cry helplessly.

Now she only has fear of Guo Jia, not even hatred, her mental and psychological defenses have been destroyed by Guo Jia long ago, she dare not resist, dare not disobey, it seems that the whole world has long been shrouded in darkness and will never see light.

"Are you afraid that after the child is born, I will take it away?"

Guo Jia cupped her face and looked at her.

In the clear eyes, there was panic and horror, Sun Shangxiang didn't want to admit it, but in fact, Guo Jia was right.

No matter what, as a mother, Sun Shangxiang would not really have the heart to have an abortion, but even her niece Sun Xiaohu was separated by Guo Jia. Sun Shangxiang was very sure subconsciously that if the child was born, Sun Shangxiang might I can't even see it, and I will live in endless pain and suffering.

Feeling her helpless trembling, Guo Jia's heart trembled suddenly, feeling inexplicably heavy.

This is a turbulent era full of wars. Sun Shangxiang is the younger sister of Marquis Wu and Sun Quan, and Guo Jia is the overlord of one side. There may be happiness to speak of.

If it was a peaceful and prosperous age, Guo Jia might face a beauty like Sun Shangxiang, and he should be in love with each other, or he would live together with his sword.

But the identity, position, and future all make Lang's concubine love not exist between the two of them.

Guo Jia couldn't give her a life-and-death promise, and couldn't produce a love that lasted forever, but perhaps, the best ending for the two of them was to be able to witness the vicissitudes of life together.

To attack Sun Quan and humiliate Jiangdong, Guo Jia's goal has been achieved, maybe despicable, maybe shameless, and sacrificed all these heavy weights to Sun Shangxiang, but Guo Jia doesn't feel ashamed, a gentleman can't win the world, since Guo Jia doesn't do it It is not surprising that a hero who acts as a hero would show no kindness to Sun Shangxiang.

"Listen to me, and raise your baby with peace of mind."

Guo Jia gently caressed her face, but Sun Shangxiang burst into tears, but shook his head slightly but did not dare to say no.

"If I want to threaten you, it's very simple. If there is anything wrong with this child, I will not leave any one in the Sun family in the future, and I will bury them all with him. But I don't want to treat you like this. Listen, you are the mother of this child. After the child is born , you have to raise him to grow up, I will not tear you apart."

Sun Shangxiang stared blankly at Guo Jia, surprised at what he said, and seemed suspicious.

She didn't know when she fell into a deep sleep, and when she woke up again, it was already night.

Exuding a lazy atmosphere, Sun Shangxiang was wrapped in a thin quilt, straightened up and looked around Kong Kong, Guo Jia had disappeared, and only the traces on the bed showed that everything before was not an illusion.

Fell asleep?
Sun Shangxiang herself found it unbelievable that she felt very comfortable and stable this time. In the past, when Guo Jia came to her, every time she passed out instead of falling asleep peacefully, today was the first time.

There was a line of writing on the dressing table. Sun Shangxiang got out of bed wrapped in a quilt and walked over, leaning over to read it carefully.

"Ma'am, I said that you were born into the Sun family and it is your fate, but this country is too heavy, you should forget that I have no enmity with the Sun family, but this world cannot tolerate my coexistence with the Sun family. I hope that in the future, you can forget My own identity, to live simply, one day, I hope to take you to see this beautiful country, there is a sentence for you: Facing the sea, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming."

Sun Shangxiang was lost in thought, murmuring the last sentence repeatedly.

Facing the Ocean, Spring and Blossom.

Sitting blankly in front of the dressing table, Sun Shangxiang unconsciously showed a vague smile.

(End of this chapter)