After a long confrontation, the old man's face suddenly softened, he raised the teacup, took a sip slowly, and said slowly: "On his shoulders, carrying the future of the entire Guo family, as his biological father and the head of the Guo family, shouldn't the old man know everything about him?" ”

"You're wrong," Liu He smiled, "and it's a big mistake." ”

For the first time, the old man's face showed obvious mood swings, "The old man has lived for most of his life, and it is the first time that someone has said that I am wrong, and it is very wrong." I'd like to hear what I'm doing wrong. ”

"I remember you just used a word that doesn't change, right?"

The old man pondered for a moment and nodded slowly.

Liu He smiled faintly, "At the beginning, you felt that he shouldn't be a businessman, and his businessman status would disgrace your Guo family, so for his insistence, you will use the word "dead nature" to explain." ”

The old man's expression was much calmer than before, and he returned to the calm appearance he had at the beginning, he stared at Liu He for a long time, and once took a sip of the teacup in the middle, but his eyes never left Liu He.

"Our Guo family is a big family, and being able to occupy a place in Yingchuan is the result of the hard work of our ancestors for generations, and it cannot be lost in the hands of the old man. If he really becomes a businessman, then not only him, but even his sons and grandsons will no longer be able to enter the court as officials, and our Guo family will be completely finished in my generation. ”

When the old man said this, his tone was a little heavy.

is also the head of the family, in the body of the head of the Chen family, a wealthy martial arts family, and the head of the Zhao family, the number one scholar in the world, Liu He once felt the heaviness of picking up the entire family on one shoulder, but in front of the head of the Guo family, it seemed to be worthless.

Unlike Wen Kui and Wu Kui, the Guo family is not alone in Yingchuan, and the four major families have been intertwined with grievances and disputes for many years, so that the heads of the previous generations have been cautious and cautious every day since the day they took over their own family.

Not to mention, let's just say that this Yingchuan County, below the four major families, there are countless wealthy families watching on the side, all want to engrave their surnames on the lintel of the private room on the third floor of the first pavilion on this day, once they seize the opportunity, it will be a catastrophe for the family that was pulled down from the throne.

Liu He understood these truths, but he still felt that the old man in front of him was wrong.

"Have you considered his feelings throughout?" After staring at each other and being speechless for a long time, Liu He suddenly spoke.

"You don't have children yet, do you?" The old man asked a question that caught Liu He a little off guard, "In this world, how can there be a father and mother who doesn't love their children?" ”

Liu He pondered carefully for a while, smiled with relief, and the whole person suddenly relaxed, leaned back in the chair, and said with a smile: "I don't understand, since your Guo family is one of the four major families in Yingchuan, it must also be prosperous, why do you have to hold on to him?" Can't you pick another good seedling among the young people of your Guo family and cultivate it? ”

At the mention of this, the old man's face suddenly turned pale, and he said in a deep voice: "Whether it is studying or being an official, it depends on talent and understanding, and it is not just a random selection of one person who can be competent." ”

Liu He smiled and nodded, "That's the same reason, but then again, the younger generation of your Guo family, there must be dozens of people, and there is no one more talented than him?" ”

The old man was silent for a long time, and said something that shocked Liu He beyond measure.

"If Fengxiao is still there, why should I embarrass him."

Since he came to the third floor of Tianyi Pavilion and saw the famous brands of the four major families, Liu He has been pondering one thing, which important minister in the court is the descendant of the Guo family.

It wasn't until he heard the old man's words that Liu He finally remembered the familiar name.

Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao.

At that moment, Liu He seemed to suddenly realize the sadness and helplessness of the old man, a family that has no one as an official in the court, can support it to this day, and it all depends on this old man.

And what the old man once relied on was the great strategist known as the ghost talent, Guo Fengxiao, who was also the most trusted cronies around Cao Cao.

Since he was put into Cao Cao's account, Guo Jia led the miraculous strategy, and Lu Bu, who was invincible in the world, was finally defeated by Cao Cao because of Guo Jia's plan.

During the Battle of Guandu, Guo Jia first suggested that Cao Cao stabilize Liu Biao in the south, and then used it as a strategy to retreat, dividing Yuan Shao's three sons and making them fight each other, and finally Cao Cao was able to go north in one fell swoop and occupy Yuan Shao's territory, Guo Jia can be said to have made the first contribution.

After that, Guo Jia followed Cao Cao to the north to conquer Wuhuan, and this battle has also become a classic example of the speed of soldiers and the victory of strange soldiers in history, and this series of plans are all from Guo Jia's handwriting.

But it was precisely because this battle was fought too fast and too urgently, and the long-distance travel for several days, coupled with the bad weather in the north, Guo Jia was seriously ill and died on the way.

Since then, Cao Cao's account has lost a clever strategist, and Guo Jia's death has also made Cao Cao suffer the most painful defeat since the army.

After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao, who fled in a hurry, passed by a riverside, remembering that when Guo Jia died, he finally died by the river, and couldn't help but sigh with joy.

It can be seen that Cao Cao attaches great importance to Guo Jia, and it is this importance that makes Guo Jia's family still rank among the four major families after Guo Jia's death, and has not been replaced by other families.

Today's Guo family can only rely on the little kindness that Cao Cao remembered and gave to him from his old love, so that he can survive until now.

But the old man understands that at this time, it is a troubled time, even the extremely popular Prime Minister Cao Cheng may be replaced by others at any time, and at that time, who can still keep the Guo family?

"How long can this life-saving talisman that was exchanged for the lives of the clansmen last?" The old man sighed, although he looked at Liu He, it was more like he was talking to himself.

Liu He was a little hesitant, he suddenly felt that Qian was a little selfish for his own ideas and ignored the entire family.

But isn't it selfish for those families to force their children to do what they don't want to do for their own benefit?

"What four families, what scholarly families, what wealthy families, I think it's a group of gamblers, a group of gamblers who don't want to die," Liu He sighed heavily, but the corners of his mouth flashed a trace of disdain, "You put your net worth and life on the juniors of the clan, and they put the bet on all the forces, such a gamble, sooner or later, you will lose nothing left, and even your life will be put into it." ”