Guo Jia and others, who stayed in Yecheng, learned that Han Zhan led his troops and horses back to Yecheng, and hurriedly led people out of the city to greet them.

After waiting for half an hour, the soldiers and horses commanded by Han Zhan appeared in everyone's field of vision. Guo Jia said to Xun Yu beside him: "Gongda, the lord caught Feng Ji this time, tell me, what will he do?" ”

Hearing Guo Jia ask, Xun You replied without hesitation: "Feng Ji has done all the bad things, and he must be unable to escape death this time." My uncle is also relieved that he has a spirit in heaven. ”

"Your uncle?!" When Guo Jia heard Xun You say this, he was stunned for a moment, and then understood that the uncle in the other party's mouth was referring to Han Fu, who committed suicide in Chen Liu, so he nodded: "What Gongda said is extremely true, the lord will inevitably kill Feng Ji and avenge Han Zhoumu." ”

Seeing that the horse Han Zhan was riding was only a dozen steps away from him, Guo Jia hurriedly took a few steps forward, stood on the side of the road and bowed: "Subordinate Guo Jia has seen the lord!" ”

"Fengxiao doesn't have to be so polite!" After Han Zhan finished speaking, he turned over and dismounted, came to Guo Jia's face, stretched out his hand to support him, and said to him with a smile: "Ben Hou has been away in the city for a few days, thank you Mr. for taking care of it." ”

Guo Jia laughed twice, arched his hand at Han Zhan again, and continued: "The subordinates almost forgot to congratulate the lord and successfully rescued Miss Cai from the clutches of the Fengji dog thief, which is really gratifying. ”

"Lord," this is Xun You stepped forward and interjected and asked: "My subordinates heard that it was a group of Zhuang Ding who helped Feng Ji kidnap Miss Cai, I don't know what the lord plans to do with these people?" ”

"Those Zhuang Ding were just bewitched by the dog thieves of Fengji, and they didn't know right from wrong for a while, and they did something inappropriate." Han Zhan waved his hand at Xun You and said, "Ben Hou has already released all those people, and they are at the back of the team. ”

"Lord, why is that?" After Han Zhan learned of Cai Yan's disappearance a few days ago, a series of gaffe reactions were seen by all the civil and military forces, according to their thoughts, even if he didn't break the bodies of those who participated in the kidnapping of Cai Yan, all the participants would inevitably die. Who knew that he would now let everyone go lightly.

Seeing the puzzled looks on everyone's faces, Han Zhan smiled and said: "Of course, others let him go, but the Fengji dog thief can't let go, Ben Hou will also punish him to avenge his father." As for why Benhou spared those people, he will tell you more when he returns to the city. ”

Back at the State Pastoral Mansion, Han Zhan told everyone in detail about the Huang family brothers. Finally, it was particularly emphasized that the uncle of the two, Huang Rong and Huang Chengyan, was a famous man in Nanan, and if he married the Huang family, he would definitely be able to get the support of the local scholars when he marched into Jingxiang in the future.

Regarding Han Zhan's statement, Guo Jia, Xun You and others were convinced. According to their ideas, if they want to gain a foothold in this troubled era, they must have the support of the scholars from all over the world. Otherwise, even if you are in a high position, you will only be rootless. Han Fu's fate illustrates the serious consequences of losing the support of the scholars.

As Han Fu's nephew, Xun You was secretly thinking in his heart: If it weren't for the scholars of Yingchuan who gave up Han Fu and supported Yuan Shao instead. If Yuan Shao wants to enter Jizhou, it is even more difficult than ascending to the sky. Fortunately, his cousin thought about things more carefully, and now he has not occupied the four corners of the northern border, so he has actually begun to lay out the south.

After saying something related to Cai Yan, Han Zhan looked at Guo Jia again and asked about a major matter he cared about: "Fengxiao, I don't know if Yuanzhi and Guangyuan can write to Beijing Shishi?" ”

"Yesterday came a letter," Guo Jia said, took out a letter from the sleeve of his robe, respectfully handed it to Han Zhan, and said in his mouth: "The letter is the condition proposed by Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, please take a look at it!" ”

Han Zhan took out the letterhead from the envelope, and after only a few glances, he was furious. He slapped the table hard and said loudly: "Deceive people too much, deceive people too much, this is angry!" ”

The civil servants in the council hall had all read the contents of the letter, and after reading it yesterday, they also had the same reaction as Han Zhan. Only the group of military attachés who had just returned with Han Zhan didn't know what was going on. Zhao Yun whispered to Guo Jia, who was standing not far away, "Mr. Guo, what's wrong?" ”

"General Zilong!" Guo Jia saw Zhao Yun asking, thinking that the generals who traveled with Han Zhan were not clear about the conditions of Li Dao and Guo Yan, so he raised his voice and said: "Li Dao and Guo Yan's letter mentioned that if you want to redeem the civil and military officials in the court, you need us to give 100,000 catties of gold, silver and jewelry, 20,000 skins of war horses, and cede two cities to them, so they are willing to release the civil and military officials......"

Before Guo Jia's words were finished, Huang Zhong, who had always been steady, became angry: "This is really too deceitful, and he dares to ask for 100,000 catties of gold, silver and jewelry when he opens his mouth, even if all the treasury of Jizhou is emptied, it will not be half of the amount." What's more, they still want to fight 20,000 horses......"

"Enough, don't say any more." Although Han Zhan was angry, when he heard Huang Zhong say this, he still stopped him in time and didn't let him continue. He turned his head to look at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Guo Jia said unhurriedly: "According to the opinion of his subordinates, although it is a little difficult to get back the civil and military officials from the hands of Li Guo and the second thief, it is not impossible. ”

For Han Zhan, Guo Jia is his best military advisor, since he said that there is a way, then there must be a way, from the hands of Li Guo and the others, all the civil and military officials will come over. Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked, "Is there any good way to be filial piety?" ”

"Dealing with Li Guo and the two thieves is like doing business with a businessman." Guo Jia smiled faintly and said: "It's nothing more than the other party's sky-high asking price, and I will go behind the enemy when I wait." The price he offered, not to mention that we can't get it now, and even if we can, we can't give it to him. ”

"Why is that?" Han Zhan asked puzzled.

"If we easily agreed to the request of Li Guo and the two thieves, and provided them with enough gold, silver, jewelry, and war horses." Guo Jia patiently explained to Han Zhan: "They will wonder in their hearts, since Han Jizhou took out what we needed so easily, is our asking price too low?" If they think so, they will still detain the civil and military officials and continue to ask us for all kinds of things. Even if we have a mountain of gold and silver, we can't fill the bottomless pit of Li Guo's two thieves. ”

"Makes sense, makes sense." After listening to Guo Jia's analysis, Han Zhan nodded vigorously and continued to ask, "Then how should we deal with it?" ”

"Let Yuan Zhi and Guangyuan bargain with them." Guo Jia said with a smile on his face: "Between us and Li Guo and the two thieves, now it is like a businessman doing business, one party sits on the ground and starts the price, and we need to sit on the ground to repay the money." ”

"Fengxiao," Han Zhan waited for Guo Jia to finish speaking, and then humbly asked him for advice: "Since Li Guo and the second thief have already made a bid, how should we bargain?" ”

"The lord has not been in Yecheng for the past few days, and his subordinates have discussed with Gongda, Gonghe and others, and they feel that they should vigorously lower the price." Guo Jia glanced at Xun You, who was standing next to him, and continued: "Didn't they ask for 100,000 catties of gold, silver and jewelry? Then we will give them a thousand gold; but as for the twenty thousand horses, he gave them two hundred; Cedion two cities, that's easy to do, give him Bohai County, which is occupied by Yuan Shang......"

Regarding Guo Jia's proposals, the more Han Zhan listened, the more confused he became, and said in his heart that you were too ruthless in bargaining. Others bargained, at most they cut their waists, but you were good, not to mention cutting directly from the ankles, but also directly to the soles of the feet. After he waited for Guo Jia to finish speaking, he raised his hand to wipe a handful of cold sweat that broke out at some point, and asked with some weakness: "Feng Xiao, is it okay to bargain with Li Guo and the second thief like this?" ”

"Lord, don't look at the civil and military officials are all in the hands of Li Guo's two thieves." Guo Jia analyzed to Han Zhan: "But if there is no emperor, the hundred officials will not be of much use to them. ”

"Feng Xiao is saying that now the civil and military officials are in the hands of Li Guo's two thieves, and they are chicken ribs." When Han Zhan heard this, he couldn't help but blurt out: "The food is tasteless, it's a pity to abandon it!" ”

"That's right, that's right, or the lord is right." After Guo Jia heard the word "chicken ribs" said by Han Zhan, he couldn't help but applaud: "For Li Guo's two thieves, the civil and military officials are chicken ribs that are tasteless and a pity to discard. Don't say that we gave them things, even if we don't give anything, in time, Li Guo and the two thieves will still send the civil and military officials to me. ”

Although Han Zhan felt that Guo Jia's analysis was very reasonable, he was very worried that Li Dao and Guo Yan were playing scoundrels, so he asked worriedly: "Fengxiao, even if the civil and military officials are not of much use to Li Guo and the two thieves, if they delay for a long time, what should we do?" ”

The civil servants in the council hall had all read the contents of the letter, and after reading it yesterday, they also had the same reaction as Han Zhan. Only the group of military attachés who had just returned with Han Zhan didn't know what was going on. Zhao Yun whispered to Guo Jia, who was standing not far away, "Mr. Guo, what's wrong?" ”

"General Zilong!" Guo Jia saw Zhao Yun asking, thinking that the generals who traveled with Han Zhan were not clear about the conditions of Li Dao and Guo Yan, so he raised his voice and said: "Li Dao and Guo Yan's letter mentioned that if you want to redeem the civil and military officials in the court, you need us to give 100,000 catties of gold, silver and jewelry, 20,000 skins of war horses, and cede two cities to them, so they are willing to release the civil and military officials......"

Before Guo Jia's words were finished, Huang Zhong, who had always been steady, became angry: "This is really too deceitful, and he dares to ask for 100,000 catties of gold, silver and jewelry when he opens his mouth, even if all the treasury of Jizhou is emptied, it will not be half of the amount." What's more, they still want to fight 20,000 horses......"

"Enough, don't say any more." Although Han Zhan was angry, when he heard Huang Zhong say this, he still stopped him in time and didn't let him continue. He turned his head to look at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Guo Jia said unhurriedly: "According to the opinion of his subordinates, although it is a little difficult to get back the civil and military officials from the hands of Li Guo and the second thief, it is not impossible. ”

For Han Zhan, Guo Jia is his best military advisor, since he said that there is a way, then there must be a way, from the hands of Li Guo and the others, all the civil and military officials will come over. Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked, "Is there any good way to be filial piety?" ”

"Dealing with Li Guo and the two thieves is like doing business with a businessman." Guo Jia smiled faintly and said: "It's nothing more than the other party's sky-high asking price, and I will go behind the enemy when I wait." The price he offered, not to mention that we can't get it now, and even if we can, we can't give it to him. ”

"Why is that?" Han Zhan asked puzzled.

"If we easily agreed to the request of Li Guo and the two thieves, and provided them with enough gold, silver, jewelry, and war horses." Guo Jia patiently explained to Han Zhan: "They will wonder in their hearts, since Han Jizhou took out what we needed so easily, is our asking price too low?" If they think so, they will still detain the civil and military officials and continue to ask us for all kinds of things. Even if we have a mountain of gold and silver, we can't fill the bottomless pit of Li Guo's two thieves. ”

"Makes sense, makes sense." After listening to Guo Jia's analysis, Han Zhan nodded vigorously and continued to ask, "Then how should we deal with it?" ”

"Let Yuan Zhi and Guangyuan bargain with them." Guo Jia said with a smile on his face: "Between us and Li Guo and the two thieves, now it is like a businessman doing business, one party sits on the ground and starts the price, and we need to sit on the ground to repay the money." ”

"Fengxiao," Han Zhan waited for Guo Jia to finish speaking, and then humbly asked him for advice: "Since Li Guo and the second thief have already made a bid, how should we bargain?" ”

"The lord has not been in Yecheng for the past few days, and his subordinates have discussed with Gongda, Gonghe and others, and they feel that they should vigorously lower the price." Guo Jia glanced at Xun You, who was standing next to him, and continued: "Didn't they ask for 100,000 catties of gold, silver and jewelry? Then we will give them a thousand gold; but as for the twenty thousand horses, he gave them two hundred; Cedion two cities, that's easy to do, give him Bohai County, which is occupied by Yuan Shang......"

Regarding Guo Jia's proposals, the more Han Zhan listened, the more confused he became, and said in his heart that you were too ruthless in bargaining. Others bargained, at most they cut their waists, but you were good, not to mention cutting directly from the ankles, but also directly to the soles of the feet. After he waited for Guo Jia to finish speaking, he raised his hand to wipe a handful of cold sweat that broke out at some point, and asked with some weakness: "Feng Xiao, is it okay to bargain with Li Guo and the second thief like this?" ”

"Lord, don't look at the civil and military officials are all in the hands of Li Guo's two thieves." Guo Jia analyzed to Han Zhan: "But if there is no emperor, the hundred officials will not be of much use to them. ”

"Feng Xiao is saying that now the civil and military officials are in the hands of Li Guo's two thieves, and they are chicken ribs." When Han Zhan heard this, he couldn't help but blurt out: "The food is tasteless, it's a pity to abandon it!" ”

"That's right, that's right, or the lord is right." After Guo Jia heard the word "chicken ribs" said by Han Zhan, he couldn't help but applaud: "For Li Guo's two thieves, the civil and military officials are chicken ribs that are tasteless and a pity to discard. Don't say that we gave them things, even if we don't give anything, in time, Li Guo and the two thieves will still send the civil and military officials to me. ”