Others didn't know the situation in Guanzhong, but Jia Xu, who was secretly in charge of Zhang Xiujun's internal and external intelligence system, was extremely aware of the current situation of Duan Xuan and other Xiliang warlords.

In October last year, Cao Cao's servant Pei Mao gathered the warlords of Guanzhong, including Duan Xuan, to attack Li Dao's headquarters. By April of this year, Li Dao, who had been defeated in consecutive battles, was surrounded in Huangbaicheng. More than ten days later, Zhang Heng and Liang Xing, two Xiliang warlords, broke through the city, and Li Wei's head was sent to Xuchang to be hung in public.

Duan Xuan performed well in the attack on Li Dao, and was appreciated by Cao Cao, and was praised as the general of Annan, leading the northern land to guard the position. And what Jia Xu knew was that when Duan Xuan moved to Beidi County, according to Cao Cao's request, he sent his family to Xuchang via Nanyang.

Jia Xu naturally knew in his heart what Cao Cao's intentions were. Because as early as when Dong Zhuo's power was in full swing, Jia Xu noticed Cao Cao, the captain of the Xiaocai school, who was indulgent and had no lower limit.

However, compared with Cao Mengde, Jia Xu has a better understanding of Dong Zhuo's character and personality. Therefore, when doing things under Dong Zhuo, Jia Xu has always remained silent and has not made any suggestions.

Although he knew in his heart that after his family arrived in Xuchang, he would become Cao Cao's weapon against Zhang Xiu and himself. But the poisoner is really helpless this time, after all, Shouchun and Nanyang are thousands of miles away, and Jia Xu is a poisoner and not Zhang Liang, so he can only sigh and be powerless in this case.

But fortunately, there are two heavyweight chips on his side, Guo Jia and Xu Chu, and compared with the value of the cards, Jia Xu has no need to worry about the safety of his family.

mentioned Guo Jia and Xu Chu, Jia Xu couldn't help but think of Zhang Xiu. It has been two years since Zhang Xiu was behind the scenes, and Jia Xu obviously felt a desire from Zhang Xiu for capable ministers and good generals, just like Zhang Xiu would not hesitate to use forced surrender and forced deduction in order to take Li Tong and Han Song for his own use.

Although the means and methods are somewhat unacceptable, it is undeniable that Zhang Xiu is indeed a lord who is eager to seek talent. Although many times Zhang Xiu may not be good at expressing this emotion because of his personality, after getting along for a long time, most people can feel Zhang Xiu's quality of being a corporal from Zhang Xiu's actions.

When Guo Jia and Xu Chu were captured, almost everyone thought that Zhang Xiu wanted to use the ghosts and tiger idiots for his own use by recruiting Li Tong and Han Song. But the strange thing is that more than half a year has passed, on the one hand, Zhang Xiu did not give Cao Cao eye medicine to the fact that Xu Chu was forcibly sent to the battlefield for his own use, and on the other hand, although Guo Jia was used, he also kept Guo Jia using Jia Fuzi's pseudonym to do things, so that Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao's reputation would not be damaged.

In this case, most of Zhang Xiujun's civil and military forces muttered in their hearts: Is this the upgraded version 2.0 of Zhang Xiu's recruitment of talents?

But only Jia Xu knows that Zhang Xiu doesn't really want to recruit Guo Jia and Xu Chu in his heart, or he doesn't have such an idea for the time being. The reason is not that Guo Jia and Xu Chu are loyal to Cao Cao, but because Zhang Xiu has long predicted what may happen today.

Yes, the real reason why Zhang Xiu has never expressed any intention of soliciting Guo Jia and Xu Chu for most of the year is because Zhang Xiu took into account Jia Xu's family members who are still in Duan Xuan's place.

In fact, the reason why today's Jia Xu, Chen Gong, Liu Ye, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Ji Ling and others are loyal to Zhang Xiu is because each of them can feel what they expect from Zhang Xiu.

For example, Ji Ling and Zhang Xunping always admired the way of loyalty and righteousness the most, and Zhang Xiu preserved Yuan Shu's bloodline behavior so that the two of them could complete the festival of loyalty. For example, Gao Shun, what he needs is an uncapricious lord, and Zhang Xiu happens to be a master who uses people without doubt. Another example is Zhang Liao, what he needs is a chance to prove that he can be on his own, and Zhang Xiu made him fight alone in Huiji County to make Jiangdong famous.

Another example is Liu Ye and Chen Gong, they need a master with great talent and strategy to show their wit, and Zhang Xiu has been constantly proving himself. Finally, it is the old poisoner who has seen through human nature and time, although Zhang Xiu still has a certain personal gap compared with Cao Cao, but the point is that Jia Xu has seen a lot of valuable flashes and countless possible plasticity from Zhang Xiu!

Today's Dr. Jia Xujia believes in a possibility, and the name of this possibility is "time"!

It's just that now Jia Xu, or Zhang Xiu, didn't take into account the situation that Jia Xu's family would escape from Cao Jun's imprisonment halfway and flee all the way to Huainan!

Jia Xu knows the abilities of his sons, although they all have a little ability, but they will never have the opportunity to escape the supervision of heavy soldiers and the resourcefulness to hide for thousands of miles.

But if there is the help of the person in front of you, then everything that is happening now can be explained.

Because of the man, his name is Li Ru.

The carriage and horses turned around, and the group returned to Jiafu halfway. Although Jia Xu was invited, Li Ru just refused to board the carriage and ride with Jia Xu. Although Jia Xu's guards all dismounted and vacated their seats, none of them gave their horses to Li Ru, who seemed to be suffering the most, and finally Li Ru walked back to Jiafu with his bare feet covered with blood scars.

When he entered the door, Li Ru did not enter the house through the middle door like others, but entered the door through the side door alone. Jia Xu didn't say much about this, but Guo Jia, who was still buried in the bamboo slips in the middle hall, didn't even raise his head for everything that happened.

Jia Xu's half-closed eyes swept slightly over a spare top door bar in the corner of his house, and said to Li Ru with a peaceful smile on his face: "Wenyou has worked hard all the way, I will first ask the maid to prepare hot water and clothes for you, can you and I drink a few cups first?" ”

Li Ru bowed to Jia Xu from beginning to end: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

Jiafu, which is lonely on weekdays because of the closed door of the guests, finally gained popularity, and more than a dozen guards helped the servants and servants to fetch water and boil it, clean and take care of the house, but only Guo Fengxiao was lying on the desk motionless, and no one bothered him.

After about half an hour, Guo Fengxiao finally raised his head and got up, first moved his legs and feet, then picked up a bamboo slip and a brush, and walked straight to the back hall.

Guarding the door of the back hall is an old servant beside Jia Xu, and the same thing as Jia Xu is that this old servant also likes to half-close his eyes, as if he has Jia Xu's infection.

Without waiting for Guo Jia to get closer, the old servant spoke: "The doctor is meeting friends, don't enter the hall when you are idle." ”

Guo Jia paused, hesitated for a moment with a bamboo slip and a brush, first took a step forward, and then immediately stopped as if he was thinking about this thing in his mind, and after pausing for a while, he turned around and went back to the middle hall.

After nibbling on the brush in the middle hall and turning around several times, Guo Jia picked up another blank bamboo slip from the desk and walked straight to the door.

There was a seven or eight-year-old doorman at the door, and when he saw Guo Jia going out, he just glanced at it habitually.

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Shouchun Palace.

The layout of Shouchun Palace has never changed since Zhang Xiu became the ruler of Huainan. Although because of the etiquette system, Zhang Xiu has never lived in Shouchun Palace. However, because Zhang Xiu renamed the original Zhongshi Palace as the Dahan Palace, although the Shouchun Palace is still inhabitable, it is still possible to temporarily serve as a place for soldiers in the name of stationing guards.

The Shouchun Palace set up by Zhang Xiu and Yuan Yin's public office is also here. Although the current position of Shouchun Palace Order cannot be compared with the original Danyang Taishou, for a person with a special identity and background like Yuan Yin, this is already the best result.

As the commander of the Shouchun Palace, Yuan Yin's power is not less than that of the Shouchun County Order, and his status is not much lower than that of the Jiujiang County Commander. Within a radius of three miles from Shouchun Palace, there is the power of life and death. After all, the palace order has the color of supreme imperial power.

Guo Jia walked into the palace order yamen as if nothing happened, and the two guards with swords at the door just glanced at Guo Jia, and did not make any blocking moves.

Yuan Yin is actually still a person with some ability, after all, he is the half-brother of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and he still has the basic Wen Tao Wu strategy. Even to a certain extent, his ability is not weaker than Yuan Shu, but it is a pity that compared to his two brothers, he lacks the temperament and courage of a monarch.

When Guo Jia saw Yuan Yin, Yuan Yin was dealing with affairs, and the large and small bamboo slips on the desk were neatly visited, and the pen in his hand was flying.

Seeing the comer, Yuan Yin immediately put down the brush in his hand and got up. In fact, in terms of official status, he doesn't have to be like this at all, but who made the current Guo Jia the person next to Dr. Jia Xu.

"What is the business trip of Jia Ji's visit?"

Guo Jia accepted the salute calmly and said casually: "My family was originally scheduled to visit the prison today, but I met my old friend halfway and was not allowed to come as scheduled. I didn't want to bother Yuan Gongling to re-write the text tomorrow, so I ordered the book to pick up a prisoner from the prison and borrow a team of soldiers to escort him to the house, and he would be escorted back tonight. ”

There are three prisons in Shouchun City. One of them is a county jail under the command of Shouchun County, and the prisoners are all inconsequential local misdemeanors in Shouchun. The other is jointly managed by the Yangzhou Assassin History Department and the Jiujiang County Guard, and is imprisoned for felons such as Jiangyang bandit leaders.

The last prison was the "heavenly prison" built by Yuan Shu when he built the Shouchun Palace, which was dedicated to detaining some sensitive people. For example, some ministers and generals who touched Yuan Shu's bad head, or some important prisoners and the like. Because this prison is adjacent to Shouchun Palace, it has always been in charge of Shouchun Palace.

If you are an ordinary literati and Confucian scholar, you are absolutely not happy to come to a place like prison, for fear that staying with evil and filthy people will insult your own righteousness and bring bad luck to yourself.

But since Yuan Yin took office as the commander of the Shouchun Palace, he has discovered a strange thing, that is, as Jia Xu, the Guanglu doctor who is closest and most trusted to Zhang Xiu, he has a hobby of secretly visiting prisons and talking with various prisoners!

For this kind of thing, Yuan Yin never asked a word more.

joke, what is your identity, do you have the qualifications to talk more in front of Jia Xu? Not to mention anything else, Jia Xu's casual words were enough for Zhang Xiu to be reappointed to the position of Yuan Yin's Shouchun Palace Order. Looking at the present, Yuan Yin knows that the official position of Shouchun Palace is his best position.

Therefore, for every request for Jia Xu to visit the prison, Yuan Yin was all accepted. not only took the initiative to help Jia Xu do a good job, but also waited outside the door every time. Because someone from Jiafu had already come to announce it yesterday, Yuan Yin added the item of accompanying Dr. Jia to his work schedule early.

It's just that it was noon until now, and Jia Xu didn't wait, but waited for this Jia Fuzi Jia Ji who heard that he had a close relationship with Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu.

"I don't know which prisoner Dr. Jia wants to take away...... Triage? Yuan Yin asked suspiciously.

After scrutinizing for a while, Yuan Yin still felt that it was better to use the word "interrogation" to describe the long conversation between Jia Xu and the prisoner......

"The name of the prisoner to be taken away is Xu Chu, and the word Zhongkang."