The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 54 The Ghost Talent Guo Jia
Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi, who were meeting in the east of Luoyang City, saw Gan Ning and others rushing towards Guo Jia with their backs on their backs, but they didn't see their elder brother and second brother. They vaguely guessed the reason, but they still stepped forward and asked Zhang Liao in a trembling voice: "I Big brother, where's the second brother?"

Gan Ning and the others all had an angry and sad look on their faces, Gao Shun said in a shy voice, "The two brothers Zhongyong died alone and did not leave the city."

The guesses in Xiao Ren and Xiao Yi's minds were confirmed. They knew that the two elder brothers would never surrender, they would only fight to the end to buy more time for the little prince to escape.

Xiao Yi got on his horse and was about to rush towards Luoyang, Gan Ning stepped forward to grab the reins, and shouted: "The Zhongyong two sacrificed their lives for righteousness, do you want to let down everything they have exchanged for with their lives? Don't let your two elder brothers go for nothing!"

Xiao Yi's hand holding the rein was already bleeding, and after struggling for a while, he gave up the idea of ​​going back to Luoyang.

Xiao Ren took Guo Jia from Dian Wei's back, walked to a carriage, and carried Guo Jia into the carriage.

Opening the curtain, just about to enter, a cold light flashed in the corner of Xiao Ren's eyes, and he saw a dagger stabbing straight at Guo Jia's chest. At the very moment, Xiao Ren grabbed the dagger with his hand, looked up, An expression of anger and doubt.

The terrified Cai Yan stared blankly at the dagger in his hand, it didn't pierce Guo Jia's body, but was held by Xiao Ren, blood dripped from Xiao Ren's hand, but his expression didn't change at all.

Cai Yan let go of the dagger with a scream, and retreated to the corner of the carriage, trembling.

After hearing the woman screaming, the others also ran to the carriage, and when they saw Cai Yan in the carriage, they all showed incredible expressions. None of them recognized this brightly dressed woman, Dian Wei did not Feeling sorry for the fragrance and cherishing the jade, when he was about to get in the car and crush Cai Yan to death, he was stopped by Gan Ning.

"Wait until the little prince wakes up before making a decision. Maybe this woman and the little prince still have a relationship."

Xiao Ren went up and knocked Cai Yan unconscious, and then handed it over to another carriage for Xiao Qiao and Diao Chan to watch carefully.

Guo Jia, who was pale in a coma, was put into the carriage, Xiao Ren helped him treat the wound, Xiao Yi drove the carriage, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun drove the other carriage, Gan Ning Zhou Tai, Xu Chudianwei got on the horse.

Smoke and dust rose, and the group quickly disappeared to the east of Luoyang City.

The massacre at the east gate of Luoyang City soon became a household name, and everyone in the court was shocked, because Guo Jia escaped from death, the Xiyuan Army and Yuan Shu's soldiers killed hundreds, and the injured were not counted.

Having no time to pay attention to outside criticism and the court's movements, Yuan Shu rushed to Yuan Shao's mansion angrily.

Seeing Yuan Shu approaching with a bad expression, Yuan Shao waved his hands to screen off the people, and when there were only two people left in the hall, Yuan Shu took the lead and punched the table in front of Yuan Shao: "Yuan Benchu! You set up a trap to harm me!"

Yuan Shao's expression remained unchanged, calm as usual, he picked up the books on the table and read them leisurely, and said, "Oh? Why did Gonglu say that?"

"You know it well! I won't waste my words anymore. When will you return to your hometown in Runan and enshrine me in front of the ancestral tablet?" Yuan Shu gritted his teeth with a gloomy expression on his face.

Yuan Shao threw the slip of paper in his hand onto the table, and slowly turned his gaze to Yuan Shu, pretending to be at a loss, and said, "Why should I serve you as master? Is Guo Jia dead?"

Suffocated, Yuan Shu's heart fluctuated, and he narrowed his eyes and stared at Yuan Shao sullenly. After a long while, Yuan Shu forced him to ask, "Do you really dare to break the contract?"

Knowing that this was not the time for the brothers to turn against each other, Yuan Shao straightened his sleeves and said calmly: "When you and I agreed, we made it very clear that if Guo Jia died, I would give up the family business, but now? Guo Jia escaped, it was you I haven’t fulfilled the agreement. But, just for the sake of brotherhood, Gonglu, I promise you today that I, Yuan Shao, will never return to my hometown in Runan, what do you think?”

Yuan Shu took a breath and looked at Yuan Shao in surprise. Although Yuan Shao did not regard him as the master, Yuan Shao never returned to his hometown in Runan. When the time came, he was the only one who would take over the position of Patriarch in front of the clan!

This is tantamount to giving up the position of Patriarch in disguise.

The goal was achieved, Yuan Shu calmed down a bit and left Yuan Shao's mansion.

Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Shu's back and sighed softly: "Gaolu, the four generations and three princes of the Yuan family are famous all over the world, but now you and I are in the hearts of the world, who is strong and who is weak, who is high and who is low, there is no need to fight anymore , A nominal family business, if you want it, just take it, I, Yuan Shao, can give up the family business, because what I want is a hegemony."

After the chaos in the east of the city was over, Cao Cao returned home alone, drinking in the gazebo in the courtyard to soothe his worries.

The figures of fearless and brave warriors kept flashing in his mind. After drinking a glass of wine, Cao Cao sighed bitterly: "What face does Cao have to make friends with the heroes of the world?"

Just as Cao Cao was in distress, his servants came over. Cao Cao became angry and shouted, "Didn't I say that you are not allowed to disturb me? Get out!"

The servant knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "General, there is a man named Xun Yu outside the mansion begging to see the general."

"Get out, see you." Cao Cao continued to drink, but a thought reflexively flashed in his mind: Xun Yu, Wang Zuozhi!

The servant who was about to walk out of the courtyard was stopped by Cao Cao again, ordering him to invite him into the mansion respectfully.

Xun Yu had just sent Xiao Ren and the others away, and now he came to visit Cao Cao with a solemn expression. In fact, he was also puzzled. Guo Jia and he admired Cao Cao a lot in their conversation yesterday. Why did they form an alliance with Cao Cao today? A death feud.

The most important thing is that Cao Cao is a person who would appear on the scene for no reason, and he rushed to be the protagonist in such a timely manner.

Entering the courtyard, I saw Cao Cao drinking in the gazebo to relieve his worries. Xun Yu stepped forward and bowed. Cao Cao stretched out his hand and asked him to sit with him. I’m asking you for an explanation on behalf of my good friend Guo Jia, as a lieutenant of the Dian Army of the Xiyuan Army, why did you help Yuan Shu do evil when you don’t train on the school grounds?”

Cao Cao looked at the solemn Xun Yu with a complex expression, shook his head bitterly and said, "Cao also wants to ask for an explanation, why Cao appeared there, I'm sorry Cao can't answer your questions."

Seeing Cao Cao's sad expression, Xun Yu became suspicious: Could there be something else hidden?

"General Cao, if it is convenient, please inform me in detail about today's events."

Seeing Xun Yu's questioning, Cao Cao thought to himself that this person has the reputation of Wang Zuozhi's talent, and maybe he was suspicious that he could answer, so he didn't hide anything, and told Xun Yu everything that happened today.

From when he was invited to solve Yuan Shu's crisis in the school grounds, to when he arrived at the scene and found that right and wrong were reversed, and in the end he could only act according to the law. There was something strange about it, but he couldn't guess who was behind the scenes. In short, Cao Cao understood She was framed, but she didn't know who set it up.

After hearing this, Xun Yu closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, then opened his eyes and looked at Cao Cao: "Is there anyone in General Cao's heart who can frame you?"

Cao Cao shook his head sadly, and said: "There are not many people in this imperial city who can plot against Yuan Shu and a certain Cao, and there are even fewer people who do everything possible to destroy the reputation of Yuan Shu and me."

Within the Imperial City, there are really not many people capable of setting up this situation. It is not difficult to lure Cao Cao, but it is difficult to make Yuan Shu mess up.

As for the relatives and eunuchs of the two major powers in the court, Yuan Shu will give his life to the eunuchs?Although he is not as wise as the sea, he is not stupid enough to dig his own grave.The general can command Yuan Shu, but now that the prince is fighting for the heir, and the gentry are against the emperor's abolition of the elders and the establishment of the young, even if the general wants to deal with the Yuan family, it will not be at this time, let alone the general's treatment of Yuan Shao in the past few years. However, he has a lot of trust, and he is also courteous to the Yuan family who has four generations and three fathers.

So Cao Cao really couldn't think of anyone else who would frame him and Yuan Shu for injustice. Offending Cao Cao now would at most be a future trouble, but offending the Yuan family now would be tantamount to a blatant fight.

After pondering for a long time, Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao and said two words in a deep voice: "Yuan Shao."

Cao Cao was stunned, then shook his head and said: "Yuan Benchu's most important reputation, Yuan Shu is the son of the Yuan family, what happened today, the Yuan family's prestige will also be damaged, I am afraid that this matter is not Yuan Benchu's actions, moreover, Cao and Benchu Knowing Weifa, dealing with adversity, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion, they worked together to make contributions. Cao did not believe that he would fall into Cao's injustice at the beginning, not to mention that he was so scheming and indecisive. One of the people in this situation was his younger brother. How could he be so decisive when he was a child?"

Xun Yu couldn't agree with this, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were really petty, but it would be nonsense to say that they were friends in adversity.At most, they fought side by side when the Yellow Turban was put down, and the most dangerous battle of the Yellow Turban Rebellion was the battle of soldiers forcing the imperial capital, and the remnants of the Yellow Turban rebellion were vulnerable.

"General Cao, forgive me for speaking bluntly. There are many doubts about what happened today, but in hindsight, if Yuan Shu loses his reputation, who will benefit the most? It is Yuan Shao's younger brother but the son of a direct descendant. Normally, Yuan Shu should inherit the Yuan family business. Therefore, sooner or later, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao will have to compete. One is to let the people in the world know who is the one that everyone expects from the Yuan family. Finally, the Yuan family must end the dispute as soon as possible, otherwise, when the world falls apart, how can the Yuan family have the qualifications to stand up?"

Cao Cao held his wine glass for a long time and nodded solemnly. Xun Yu's analysis made him suddenly enlightened. He had also thought about the two sons of the Yuan family, and there would be another one after the other, but he didn't dare to think about the two sons fighting each other. Will really disregard family prestige.

However, Cao Cao still has doubts. It is reasonable for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to fight each other. Yuan Shao must have a way to make Yuan Shu do stupid things. As long as he gives enough benefits, Yuan Shu will be tempted.But why did Yuan Shao drag him into the water?Cao Cao couldn't figure it out.

"Cao and Benchu ​​have neither old grudges nor power struggles. Why did Benchu ​​frame Cao?"

Xun Yu let out a long sigh and said, "General Cao and Yuan Benchu ​​have no grudges in the past, and they have no grievances in the present, and they don't have power and interests right now, but Yuan Shao may be like another person. The feudal lords are fighting for hegemony, and General Cao will also be involved in the situation."

Cao Cao's face was full of shock. He also often thought that the situation of the Han Dynasty would be out of control in the future. As long as the emperor died, the battle for the survival of the relatives and eunuchs above the temple would be imminent, and the state pastors outside the imperial city would also take the opportunity to separate themselves Hegemony dominates one side.

The princes are fighting for hegemony, and the world is in chaos!
And the Yuan family's four generations and three princes will definitely do something in troubled times, and Cao Cao himself is well versed in the truth that the times make heroes.

Unexpectedly, there are other people with such foresight, Cao Cao couldn't help asking: "You said Yuan Shao harmed me because you saw the future situation, so who is the other person?"

Xun Yu smiled bitterly, and said lightly: "Yesterday, the man told me General Cao's great talent and strategy, and he intended to serve him well. It's better for the general not to ask about that man's name."

Cao Cao's heart moved, and he asked tremblingly, "Who is that person?"

"Ghost talent Guo Jia."

(End of this chapter)