The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 66
On the vast wilderness, horseshoes are flying, and a group of six riders are galloping.

Guo Jia, who rode his horse against the wind, turned his head and looked at the pale and distressed young man next to him, he laughed and said, "Third Young Master, you have been running non-stop for five consecutive days. It seems that you, a scholar, can't take it anymore."

The third son is naturally Zhen Yao, the third son of the Zhen family.

The whole body was sore and unbearable, as if the bones had been dismantled, Zhen Yao persisted, and shouted to Guo Jia, "It's really hard for my whole body to bear such a rush, but I feel happier than ever in my heart. To tell you the truth about Fengxiao, I have long wanted to go on a long trip to see some things, but my parents are not traveling far, and now I can cross the world with Fengxiao, haha, what a joy in life!"

He played a good show in Zhen's mansion for Pan Fenghe's trial match, and let Zhen Yao's golden cicada escape from his shell. Guo Jia's trip to Jizhou has gained a lot.

Not only did he get the full support of the Zhen family, but he also solved Han Fu's courtship by the way.

Now, everyone in the world knows that Guo Jia has committed another heinous crime and killed the third son of the Zhen family. The Zhen family will not only use Zhen Jiang as a shield for fear of Guo Jia's revenge, but also vent their anger on Han Fu. Even if he was wrong, he didn't dare to act recklessly against the Zhen family.

Guo Jia's tricks can accomplish many things in one fell swoop.

Zhen Yao, who was galloping on horseback, remembered something, and shouted to Guo Jia with shame on his face: "Feng Xiao, the person you mentioned in your letters several times in recent years, my Zhen family went to search and found this person."

Immediately, Guo Jia's eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly, "Have you ever recruited this person?"

Zhen Yao shook his head and sighed: "This person is also quite prestigious in the local area. He leads the village to resist the invading bandits bravely. He doesn't want to go to Zhongshan Country to serve my second brother."

After hearing this, Guo Jia sighed, shook his head regrettably, and didn't ask any more questions.

Chang Shan Zhao Zilong, can it be that you and I can only be enemies in this life?

The left neighbor of Zhongshan Country is Changshan County. Guo Jia and the Zhen family have written many times in letters, hoping that the Zhen family can go to the Zhending area of ​​Changshan County to look for Zhao Yun. If they can be found, they will do their best to recruit him.

However, he did not expect that Zhao Yun would be regarded as a young hero when he led the villagers to defend their homeland. It was wishful thinking to ask him to serve as the prefect of Zhongshan.

If Zhao Yun wanted to leave his hometown, he had to wait until the world was in chaos. Even if Guo Jia went to look for him at this time, most of them would be turned away. After all, although Guo Jia is not notorious now, he is barely notorious .

Guo Jia just felt a pity that he failed to recruit Zhao Yun. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty when there were so many heroes, Guo Jia was able to have Xu Chu Dianwei, Gan Ning Zhou Tai, Zhang Liao Gaoshun, and he felt that the heroes of the world would become mad with jealousy in the future.

Guo Jia, who was very interested in testing Zhen Yao's talents, turned his head and asked: "Now I, Guo Jia, enter the sea like a blue dragon. The sky and the earth are big, and I can go anywhere. Third son, where do you think I should raise my troops?"

Zhen Yao, who was bouncing up and down on the horse, raised his head and looked up at the sky. After thinking for a while, he shouted to Guo Jia: "The Central Plains extend in all directions, surrounded by powerful enemies, and it is not easy to gain a foothold. Only the remote places can make trouble. Youzhou has Gongsun Zan." Baima Yicong, the prestige of controlling strings cannot be stopped by elite soldiers and strong generals, not in Youzhou. There is a famous man in Bingzhou, Lu Bu, and Ding Yuan. For several years in Liang, Qiang troops were recruited and surrendered. They were good at riding and shooting. Xiliang's iron cavalry is famous all over the world. Danyang is dangerous, and the people are strong and strong. He led Danyang soldiers into Xuzhou, and he is not underestimated. Counting back and forth, if Feng Xiao raised his troops, there are only three places left, Yangzhou is the top, Jingzhou is the second, and Yizhou is the bottom."

Guo Jia laughed boldly, and praised Zhen Yao: "I haven't seen you for a few years, and the third son has impressed me. Then let me ask you again, why is it best for me to enter Yangzhou? Why is Yizhou the worst?"

Zhen Yao chuckled and shouted: "Take Yangzhou and you will have a source of troops from Danyang. This is a long-term plan. After occupying Yangzhou, you can also go north to Xuzhou or west to Jingzhou. This is a good location. Jingzhou, the Jingxiang family is not Yi Yi's generation." If you are not careful, you may be harmed by it, but Jingzhou also has advantages. If you defend Jiangxia and Xiangfan, you can protect yourself, and then you can go west to Sichuan and Shu, or go to Yangzhou in the east. As for Yizhou, the land of abundance, although there are mountains and mountains around the border Foreign enemies, but once they enter Sichuan and Sichuan, it is okay to dominate one side, but it is difficult to enter the world. Besides, Liu Yan has just led his army into Yizhou, and if he wants to take Yizhou, he may suffer too many casualties."

After listening to Zhen Yao's analysis, Guo Jia smiled but refused to comment, but his evaluation of Zhen Yao in his heart had risen several levels from the exaggerated son before.

……

"Guo Jia, Guo Jia, Jiang Er, this is the Guo Jia you've been thinking about day and night! Your brother died tragically at his hands, don't you give up on him?"

After Pan Feng and the trial match were sent away, the Zhen family began to deal with Zhen Yao's affairs.

At this moment, mother Zhen, who was wearing mourning clothes and turned away from her jewelry, was immersed in the pain of losing her son. When she saw Zhen Jiang kneeling in front of Zhen Yao's spiritual throne and weeping, she became furious.

Zhen Jiang's eyes were empty and his expression was numb. He knelt in front of the coffin, motionless like a sculpture, and let his mother scold and teach him a lesson, but he never responded at all.

After being reprimanded for a long time, Zhen Jiang did not see anything. Mother Zhen raised her palm angrily and wanted to give her a slap in the face to wake her up, but the palm that was lifted in mid-air couldn't fall down. Finally, she sighed and said angrily: "Whoever you are, Would you like to, get married in half a year, then mother will find you a good husband's family."

After finishing speaking, Mother Zhen waved her sleeves, and walked out of the mourning hall intertwined with grief and anger.

The empty gray eyes seemed to have lost all vitality, Zhen Jiang kept looking down at the ground, letting the cold tears fall from the corners of his eyes.

A white jade-like hand reached into his bosom, and when he slowly pulled it out, he held a dagger with a cold light in his hand.

The dry and white red lips parted slightly, and said a word inaudibly: "Third brother, I know he killed you, I should hate him, but I really can't hate him, third brother, I'm sorry. Feng Xiao , if there is an afterlife, will you climb over the wall and enter the hospital to chant poems for Jiang Er?"

The dagger was aimed at his chest, Zhen Jiang wanted to die, and he used all his strength to hold the dagger and stab inward.

"Sister! What are you doing?"

Holding Zhen Jiang's wrist with a big hand, Zhen Yu watched in shock as the tip of the dagger sank into Zhen Jiang's chest. Blood flowed, staining Zhen Jiang's pale mourning clothes red.

Although Zhen Jiang was held by Zhen Yu's wrist, she was still stabbing the dagger into her chest with all her strength. She didn't seem to notice the pain coming from her chest, and she just wanted to end her life as soon as possible.

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Zhen Yu pulled out the dagger forcefully and fell to the ground, holding Zhen Jiang's hand and pressing it against the wound on his chest to stop the blood from flowing out.

"Come on! Come on!"

Zhen Jiang, who was lying in his elder brother's arms, wept silently, choking with sobs.

"Brother, you can fulfill me. Fengxiao killed the third brother, but I still miss Fengxiao in my heart. How can I face the spirit of the third brother? Brother, I just want to die. If I can't do it today, I will ask for it tomorrow." die."

Zhen Yu was most worried about Zhen Jiang doing stupid things, so when Zhen's mother walked out of the mourning hall, he walked in and wanted to enlighten Zhen Jiang, but luckily he came, otherwise Zhen Jiang would have died in vain.

Sighing helplessly, Zhen Yu saw the servants outside the mourning hall rushing over, quickly lowered his head and whispered a few words in Zhen Jiang's ear.

Zhen Jiang looked at his elder brother in shock, and when he saw his elder brother nodding solemnly, he believed his words.

……

After leaving Jizhou, he went north to Youzhou, and then transferred to Bingzhou to return to the foot of Taihang Mountain. It took Guo Jia a full three months to return home in a big circle.

When he just returned to his temporary residence at the foot of Taihang Mountain, Guo Jia saw Zhang Yan, Zhang Baiqi, Xu He, and Sima Ju who had finished his arrangements and returned to his command.

A large tent was newly built behind the wooden house, and a map of all states in the world was hung behind the main seat.

Guo Jia sat on the main seat and introduced Zhen Yao to everyone. In the tent, Xu Shu also brought Guo Xiu, Guo Qi, Guo Zhi, and Guo Ping to join him. As for the villagers and elders in Chenliu, Zuo Ci He and Yu Jidai take care of them.

There was a row of counselors and a row of generals. Guo Jia sat on the main seat and said to everyone: "I think everyone has heard of the Zhen family, which is the world's richest man. Now I have the support of the Zhen family. In the days to come, the Zhen family will secretly use weapons. The armored horses and food are delivered to me, and when the strength is accumulated, I will take advantage of the situation to seize the land of a state, lay down a foundation, and then plan for the world."

Xu Shu said with a smile on his face: "When the news of the tragic death of the third son of the Zhen family came, I expected that the little prince was behind the scenes, and it was as expected. If you want to make trouble, which state will you seize?"

Guo Jia got up and walked in front of the crowd. On the left were gentle people, and on the right were Xiong Wuhan. Seeing their expectant eyes, Guo Jia said indifferently: "Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou, one of them, as for which one is it?" State, I haven't made up my mind yet, I will make a detailed plan after I think it over."

Everyone is good, but the general policy still needs to be considered in the long run, and it is impossible to make a hasty decision in a moment.

After the discussion was over, as soon as Guo Jia came out of the big tent, Xiao Yi walked up with a heavy expression, and whispered to Guo Jia: "Little Grandpa, Miss Cai, something happened to Miss Cai, it has been spread in the imperial city for a month, and after a month, Miss Cai News that he will be punished."

Guo Jia's heart was shocked!Blunted: "Why is she in Luoyang?"

Corruption punishment, also known as palace punishment, is commonplace for men, such as the famous Sima Qian.It is rare for women to suffer this kind of punishment. It is extremely cruel to use a sharp weapon to stab the lower part of the body.

"Two months ago, Ms. Cai insisted on returning home in Luoyang. I couldn't wait to persuade her, so I escorted her back. This matter was decided by the theater artist." Xiao Yi seemed to feel that he had made a mistake after speaking. matter, bowed his head silently.

Cai Yan is leaving, maybe no one here has a reason to keep her, besides, her parents are both in Luoyang, missing for more than a month, the family doesn't know what to worry about, it is reasonable for her to go home.

"What crime did she commit?" Guo Jia closed his eyes and showed a struggling expression.

Guo Jia, who was already thinking about how to save Cai Yan, suddenly opened his eyes, because Xiao Yi said something that made his whole body tremble.

"There are rumors in the imperial city that Ms. Cai is pregnant with Liujia. Ms. Cai herself admitted that the father of the fetus in her womb is the little prince."

(End of this chapter)