The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 51
Although the man is in decline, the imperial city of Luoyang is still a prosperous place, with all kinds of businesses flourishing and bustling.

After all, this is the imperial city, the capital of the empire, where there are many wealthy families, merchants flock to Luoyang one after another, not only the children of the rich and powerful spend a lot of money, but also this place is well-informed and connected in all directions.

Taking the big and small Qiao to wander around the Luoyang Chengdong Market, Guo Jia was happy and happy. She had to stay in front of every stall for a while, and it was even more difficult for her to choose some favorite gadgets. She didn't want to cost Guo Jia, but she couldn't bear to miss them.

Guo Jia was also generous, and the four tigers of the Xiao family who followed him would come up to pay from time to time.

"My lord, do you think this looks good?" Xiao Qiao picked up a sapphire hairpin and asked Guo Jia.

Da Qiao saw that her younger sister didn't know how to restrain herself, and she was afraid that Guo Jia would spend more money, so she secretly shook her head at her sister, with reproach in her eyes.

Seeing her sister's expression, Xiao Qiao suddenly realized it, immediately put down her hairpin, waved her hand and said, "This is not pretty, son, let's go."

Guo Jia, who couldn't laugh or cry, gestured to the Xiao family brothers behind him. After they left, Xiao Ren went up to bargain with the shopkeeper and bought the hairpin.

Although Guo Jia did not have a great cause for everyone, the Zhen family would send a huge amount of money every year, and Guo Jia did not refuse. Most of it was left for the poor children to improve their lives, and the rest was brought with them for emergencies.

Although this money was a gift from the Zhen family, Guo Jia used it with no mercy and no shame. You must know that the Zhen family has amassed astronomical amounts of money from wealthy families in various places every year with drunken wine. Compared with the amount donated to Guo Jia, It's just a drop in the bucket, Guo Jia will not pretend to be lofty, and use it calmly.

While strolling happily in the market, a group of people blocked Guo Jia's way.

The leader, dressed in a blue silk brocade robe, looked at Xiao Qiao in front of Guo Jia with a smile on his face, and stretched out his hand, intending to tease Xiao Qiao's cheek.

Xiao Qiao, who was looking at the novelty clay figurines in the stall next to her, didn't notice it, but was suddenly pulled behind by Guo Jia. Then she looked up in confusion and found a group of unexpected guests.

Guo Jia, who was standing in front of Xiao Qiao, said calmly: "Brother, please respect yourself."

The person who came was Yuan Shu. He laughed indifferently, looked Guo Jia up and down, and said with a sly smile, "You are the Guo Jia who made Yuan Benchu ​​a laughing stock in the Cai Mansion yesterday? You are so arrogant, a commoner, how dare you Threatening the Imperial Sili Captain, not bad."

Guo Jia frowned slightly, not knowing who the other party was, and asked tentatively, "Your Excellency?"

Seeing Guo Jia's cautious yet timid look, Yuan Shu laughed loudly and said without shame: "My son, Yuan Shu, Guo Jia, you have ruined Yuan Benchu's face and made my Yuan family laugh at me. I came today to ask you for an explanation, but well, I think the two women behind you are quite pretty, why don't you hand over these two women, I will stop here, and instead recommend to the imperial court for you, to help you What do you think of your appointment?"

Xiao Qiao heard that Yuan Shu asked Guo Jia for the two of them, and her face turned pale with fright. The two people in Xuzhou City had offered to sacrifice their lives to relieve Guo Jia's danger, but at one time, the two daughters were more grateful to Guo Jia than personal affection. Now , naturally unwilling to leave Guo Jia for half a step.

And even though Tao Qian in Xuzhou City is called the state shepherd and the lord of the state, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, in the imperial city of the imperial capital, there are powerful people who are more powerful than Tao Qian, so whether Guo Jia will submit or not, no one knows. Dare to guarantee.

"Yuan Gonglu, hehe, are you standing up for Yuan Benchu? Did I hear you right? Since when did you and Yuan Benchu ​​have the same heart and mind? Could it be that the world only knows that the Yuan family has a Yuan Benchu ​​but not Yuan Gonggong, so you want to take advantage of this opportunity?" Opportunity to become famous all over the world? Tsk tsk, I, Guo Jia, can be a stepping stone for you, Yuan Gonglu, and I feel very honored."

Before finding out who the other party was, Guo Jia was indeed very apprehensive, but when he heard that the other party was Yuan Shu, he felt relieved.

This sarcasm falling into Yuan Shu's ears naturally made him furious, Yuan Shu narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a sneer, "So, are you toasting instead of fine wine?"

Guo Jia turned a blind eye to his threatening words, and said with a light smile: "The imperial capital, the imperial city, do you dare to be presumptuous?"

This time, Guo Jia really miscalculated.

He had forgotten who Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao were, he was used to misbehavior in Luoyang City when he was young, who dared to snatch a bride in public, how could he have any scruples?
However, it is indeed unreasonable to say that the teacher came from Wuming, so Yuan Shu stretched out his hand and pointed at Xiao Qiao, and said sharply: "These two girls are maidservants in my house, Guo Jia, you dare to kidnap two people, and now you dare to refuse to return them, how can I, Yuan Shu?" You are allowed to be presumptuous, come and take down this lunatic for me!"

As Yuan Shu's righteous words fell, the family soldiers who had already hidden around rushed up, no less than a hundred people surrounded Guo Jia and his party.

Guo Jia, whose pupils shrank, finally realized the seriousness of the matter.

Asking for Xiao Qiao is just an excuse. Whether Yuan Shu is serious or not is hard to draw a conclusion, but he will never go to war for the two women, let alone come prepared.

It must be something else, just using Xiao Qiao as an excuse to play, but judging from this posture, the people brought by Yuan Shu have already shown their weapons, obviously intending to kill Guo Jia on the spot.

The four tigers of the Xiao family protected Guo Jia and Xiao Qiao from all sides, their swords were out of their sheaths, and they were lying in front of them. A big battle was imminent.

"Xiao Ren, Xiao Yi, take Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao out first, inform the others, and leave Luoyang quickly." Guo Jia ordered in a low voice, tilting his head.

"My lord." Xiao Qiao looked anxious, not wanting to leave him.

But Guo Jia turned around and held her face, and said softly: "Although I like your stupidity, I don't want you to be really stupid at this moment."

Xiao Qiao was confused by what she heard, but Da Qiao knew that the presence of the two daughters would become a burden, so she grabbed her sister and was ready to follow Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi to break out of the encirclement at any time.

"Catch the thief first to capture the king."

After Guo Jia gave a low shout, Xiao Zhong and Xiao Yong attacked Yuan Shu together.

Ding

Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu was already on guard, drew out his saber to block Xiao Zhong and Xiao Yong's attack, looked up, and found that Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi had already covered Xiao Qiao and rushed out from behind by taking advantage of this gap.

But he didn't care, the person he wanted to kill was Guo Jia, and the others ran away as soon as they ran, and the family soldiers had also been instructed before that they could let anyone go, but Guo Jia's head must be kept.

"Ghost in Yingchuan? Hehe, Guo Jia, do you think I, Yuan Shu, is that old man like Tao Qian? You want to take me as a hostage? Hahaha, what a fool's dream." Yuan Shu turned pale, and slowly backed away, allowing the soldiers to surround Guo Jiahe Xiao Zhong Xiao Yong.

After retreating to the periphery, Yuan Shu's complexion changed, his eyes became stern, and he said in a deep voice, "Kill! Whoever cuts off Guo Jia's head will be rewarded with a hundred taels!"

The pavements on Chengdong Avenue had already been removed, and the doors of the shops were closed, for fear of causing trouble to the upper body.

In just a moment, the bustling streets were suddenly depressed.

Guo Jia snatched the sword from the next person, and Xiao Zhong and Xiao Yong leaned against each other, forming a tripod posture, while killing the soldiers of the Yuan family who rushed up, they moved towards the east gate of the city.

Guo Jia, who was in a tight siege and fighting desperately, underestimated the degree of Yuan Shu's audacity, and Yuan Shu, who was watching coldly and cruelly, also underestimated Guo Jia's bravery.

The Yuan family brothers who were flying eagles and lackeys acted recklessly when they were young. Yuan Benchu ​​likes to make friends with famous scholars to gain fame. Yuan Gonglu is not to be outdone. However, there are quite a few talents who are not weak in martial arts. Yuan Shu carefully selected the soldiers with extraordinary martial arts skills. Bao Zhili even killed many soldiers of Yuan Shu's family. The corpses lay in a pool of blood, and a road of blood flowed out on Dongmen Street.

Xiao Zhong and Xiao Yong's martial arts were so powerful that they killed Yuan Shu's soldiers with fear. The two of them were able to handle it with ease, and they were not injured. , A lot of blood seeped out and stained the skirt of his clothes red, but Guo Jia did not frown, his expression remained the same, and he swung his sword as before, and moved towards the gate of Chengdong with Xiao Zhong and Xiao Yong while killing the enemy.

"This guy is so difficult to fight?" Yuan Shu murmured secretly, seeing that there were many casualties among the family soldiers, it might be difficult to lay siege to Guo Jia in a while. If Guo Jia is allowed to escape by then, there will be endless troubles , not only will Yuan Shao not be able to fulfill the agreement, he will also become the target of Guo Jia's revenge.

"Go ask Luoyang Dongdong Captain to come and suppress the bandits, and say that Guo Jia assassinated this general." Yuan Shu sent a man to rescue the soldiers.

Luoyang Dongfang Wei was originally in charge of public security in the east of the city, so it was only natural to invite Guo Jia to be besieged and killed.

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Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi escorted Xiao Qiao back to Xun Yu's mansion, and after informing everyone that Guo Jia was besieged in the east of the city, Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi obeyed Guo Jia's order, and immediately prepared his chariots and horses to leave the city through the north gate, and then detoured Luoyang meets Guo Jia in the east.

But Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi couldn't command people like Gan Ning Zhou Tai, Gan Ning Zhou Tai, Xu Chu Dianwei rushed out of the house immediately when they heard that Guo Jia was besieged, and rushed to the east of the city, while Zhang Liao Gao Shun was faster than them After all, not only Guo Jia was besieged, but also their righteous brothers Xiao Zhong and Xiao Yong were also under siege.

Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi, who had no choice but to let them go to the rescue, could only prepare to leave Luoyang. After Xun Yu learned about it, he also assisted. After getting into the carriage, Xiao Qiao also packed up his luggage and got into the carriage. Although he was worried about Guo Jia, he could only silently pray to God to bless him safe and sound.

There was a commotion inside and outside Xun Yu's mansion, no one noticed that in a remote corner outside the mansion, a figure was hiding in the dark, staring at the busy scene in Xun Yu's mansion and frowning secretly, the man hesitated for a long time, and finally stepped down Determined, while there was no one outside the mansion, he quietly climbed into an unmanned carriage outside the mansion.

(End of this chapter)