Chapter Forty-Nine: Feng Xiao Comes to Beijing
"Guo Jia? Are you sure it's really Guo Jia? In Situ Mansion, Liu Xie almost couldn't believe his ears, so much so that he confirmed the news to Xun Yu in a loud voice.
"Lord, it's indeed Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao who came." Xun Yu felt a little funny, but it was the first time he was so excited to see Liu Xie.
"Where's the others?"
"I've arranged to live in the inn, and the lord wants to see him?"
"Of course, the ghost is finally alive."
“…… Lord, Feng Xiao came to Chang'an this time as Cao Cao's messenger. Xun Yu had to remind Liu Xie.
Liu Xie was stunned, finally regained his composure, and said with some regret: "Yes, he is already famous...... Wen Ruo, do you think it is possible...... You know. Yes? ”
“…… The lord, with Weichen's understanding of Fengxiao, I'm afraid it's unlikely. Xun Yu shook his head and said to Liu Xie.
"Tut-tut......" Liu Xie scratched his head a little embarrassed, he really wanted to recruit Guo Jia to his side, but since Xun Yu said it was unlikely, it was really unlikely. Xun Yu is not a person who is jealous of the virtuous and capable, so naturally he will not lie to Liu Xie because he is worried that Guo Jia's arrival will affect his status.
"Forget it...... Providence is like this, I am fortunate to have it, and I have lost my life. Wen Ruo, what is Guo Fengxiao doing here in Chang'an? Liu Xie shook his head and asked Xun Yudao.
"Nominally, he came for Lu Bu, but according to Weichen's estimate, Feng Xiao should have come to seek an official from the court on behalf of Cao Cao." Xun Yu replied when he heard this. nodded secretly at Liu Xie's performance. At first, Xun Yu came to Chang'an to be entrusted by Lu Zhi, if Liu Xie was not someone worthy of assistance, Xun Yu would still choose to leave. But after being in contact with Liu Xie for a long time, Xun Yu found that Liu Xie's biggest advantage was that he did not force everything. As a superior, you must first have the capacity to accommodate people, and then look at your personal ability. From the beginning of calling the saint to the current lord, this also shows Xun Yu's gradual recognition of Liu Xie, the son of heaven.
"Seeking an official? Didn't Cao Cao lead the Yanzhou pastor himself? The court can't clean him up now, so what official is he coming to ask for at this time? Liu Xie was very puzzled by this.
"This, Weichen doesn't understand very well, maybe he can understand after asking Fengxiao, but the lord, who are you going to send to receive Fengxiao?"
"Hmm...... Who is it......" Liu Xie scratched his head, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he asked Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, I heard that Master Cai was Guo Fengxiao's mentor, is there such a thing?" ”
"I've heard Feng Xiao mention this before. Where did the lord hear that? ”
"Huh? Hehe...... You guess. Liu Xie said with a smile.
Seeing this, Xun Yu shook his head and smiled, "Does the lord mean that he wants Master Cai to receive Fengxiao?" ”
"Hmm."
Xun Yu looked at Liu Xie for a while, shook his head again and said, "...... Lord, if the lord wants to use the master-apprentice relationship to persuade Feng Xiao to switch to Chang'an, then Weichen persuades the lord to die as soon as possible. ”
"Oh, I really can't hide it from Wen Ruo. However, Wen Ruo only guessed half correctly this time. Liu Xie didn't feel embarrassed at all, and said with a smile.
"Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”
"In fact, let Cai Shi receive Guo Fengxiao, I admit that I do want to recruit Guo Fengxiao, but it is not all for Guo Fengxiao. Wen Ruo, you also know that Master Cai has a daughter under his knees who is waiting in his boudoir, I think that if this Guo Fengxiao can become a pair with the sister of the Cai family, it will be considered a matter of concern for Master Cai. By the way, Wen Ruo, did Guo Fengxiao marry a wife? ”
"I got married a long time ago, and I just got a son last year, named Guo Yi."
“…… Ah, that doesn't seem to be a matchmaker. Although the sister of the Cai family is a second wife, she can only blame the short-lived ghost of the Wei family, and she will drag people down before she dies......"
"Lord, don't talk about people behind your back."
"Hey, I'm just complaining. Don't spread this matter to me, I have to continue to help the Cai family's sister find a candidate. You said that Cai Shi is also right, why is he not in a hurry about his daughter's lifelong event? Liu Xie said indifferently.
"Lord, let's get down to business." Xun Yu saw that the topic was a little far away from Liu Xie, so he hurriedly interrupted Liu Xie's words.
"Oh yes, get down to business. Since Master Cai is not suitable, I have to go out in person. ”
"The lord is going to go in person?"
"What, isn't it appropriate?"
"Uh...... Bonghyo is usually a bit bohemian, and I'm worried that the lord will be ruined by him. ”
"Hmph, it's not necessarily who brings the bad ones." Liu Xie snorted unconvinced, hearing Xun Yu's sweat on his forehead, is it necessary to fight?
"That's it, I'll go see Guo Fengxiao first. By the way, Wen Ruo, can that guy use it well? Liu Xie seemed to suddenly remember something and asked Xun Yudao.
Hearing Liu Xie mention Buqi, Xun Yu couldn't help but smile. At the end of the Taixue examination, Liu Xie personally hosted a banquet in the Weiyang Palace to entertain the three hundred students who were selected, among which this step ranked first. Recalling that Buqi saw Liu Xie screaming at that time, Xun Yu couldn't help but feel a little funny. Afterwards, Xun Yu learned that this step was almost not in the examination room because he got lost, but it was Liu Xie, who was passing by at that time, who opened the golden mouth, that Bu Qi was able to take the exam. Although the current Buqi is not tactful enough when dealing with affairs, as long as he exercises for a period of time, I believe that the court can get a capable official.
"The lord suddenly mentioned Buqi, didn't he want to take care of him?" Xun Yu asked with a smile.
"That's not it, the court has its own law for employing people, and Chrysostom can't be opened lightly. I believe that Bu Qi will become a great weapon in the future, but definitely not now, and I don't want to be a fool who pulls out seedlings to help grow. Liu Xie shook his head and replied.
"Then why did the lord suddenly mention Buqi?"
"Isn't this the person who sent someone to pick up his aunt's family before? Wen Ruo turned around and told him, and said that I had ordered someone to send him to his residence, and he should be able to see him when he returned. ”
Bu Qi is the top of the list, and the treatment is naturally better than others, and with Liu Xie's care, Bu Qi is also exempted from the stage of hard work in Taixue, and directly assists Xun Yu as an auxiliary officer. Others are very envious of Buqi's treatment, but it's useless to be envious, who told you that you didn't get a first name?
Because of his fate with Liu Xie, Buqi also settled down in Chang'an. In a casual conversation with Buqi, Liu Xie learned that Buqi's parents died early, and it was one of his aunts who pulled him up, and now Nanyang Yuanshu is attacking Xuzhou, and Buqi is very worried about his aunt's family living in Huaiyin. If it was before, Liu Xie couldn't do anything, but now, there is no problem at all when he goes to Huaiyin to pick up a few ordinary people. Rang Bu Qiu took a token and wrote another letter, and Liu Xie asked Bu Qi to do things with peace of mind and wait for good news.
When Buqiu learned the news from Xun Yu that his aunt's family had arrived in Chang'an, he had no intention of doing anything, so Xun Yu saw this and took Buqi off and asked him to go back to reunite with his family. Bu Qi thanked him and hurried home. As soon as I entered the house, I saw an old woman sitting in the courtyard talking to someone.
"Who are you?" The young woman who was talking to the old woman saw Bu Qi and immediately asked vigilantly.
Bu Qiu looked at the young woman carefully, and said with a somewhat excited expression: "Xiaoluan, don't you recognize me?" I'm a stone, Brother Stone. Do you remember when you wanted to eat mulberry fruit, I went up to the tree to help you pick it, but you accidentally fell off the tree, and you were scolded by your aunt. ”
This past incident is very impressive, because she was scolded by her mother once she was a child. Hearing Bu Qi mention this past, Bu Luan immediately believed that the young official in front of him was his cousin, and exclaimed in surprise: "It's really Brother Shi, Brother Shi, you have become a lot better." ”
"Xiaoluan, is it really your cousin?" The old woman sitting next to her couldn't help but ask.
"Auntie, it's really Zishan...... Auntie, your eyes ......" Bu Qi only found that his aunt's eyes were blind, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise.
"Alas~ It's good to be blind, at least you don't have to look at the faces of those bastards." The old woman replied with a sigh.
Bu Qi hurriedly asked, and only from Bu Luan's mouth did he know that his aunt had not been doing well in recent years, and after her husband died, the people of her husband's family took back the family's property. The old lady went back to her parents' house in a fit of anger, and she didn't want to get into trouble, and her mother's sons and nephews were not things, not only embezzled the property belonging to the old lady, but also ignored the old lady. Thanks to Liu Xie, someone sent someone to pick up the old lady in time, otherwise the old lady really didn't know how many years she could survive.
"Damn!" Bu Qi was so angry that she trembled, but the old lady was very open-minded, took Bu Qi's hand and patted it, and said with a smile: "Finally, there is still you, a promising woman who has not forgotten the old woman, Zishan, go to it in the past." ”
“…… Aunt rest assured, Chang'an has a miracle doctor Hua Tuo, and the nephew will go to ask him to come to treat his aunt's eyes. ”
"No, the old woman is used to it......"
"Auntie, you just said that your nephew is promising, don't you want to see what your nephew looks like now?" Bu Qi heard the words and persuaded.
"It's just that the miracle doctor is so good, please?"
"When the son is benevolent today, and the nephew sincerely asks for it, the Son of Heaven will definitely answer."
……
"Zishan, are you back?" Just when Bu Qi assured his aunt that he would definitely be able to invite Hua Tuo, there was an inquiry from outside the door, and then he saw Liu Xie walking in with Hua Tuo.
"Ahh Bu Qi couldn't help but be shocked when he saw Liu Xie.
Seeing this, Liu Xie joked: "Okay, you Buzishan, you dare to go on a business trip in advance, I will report to Xun Situ when I go back, and deduct your money for this month." ”
“…… Gongzi Rongyu, Buqi is here with Xun Situ's permission, and if Gongzi wants to sue, it will only be in vain. Bu Qi said a little angrily.
"Ha~ I didn't expect Wen Ruo to be quite human."
"Why did Childe come here?" Bu Qi asked.
"Didn't I hear that your aunt had an eye disease, so I invited Dr. Hua to you."
“…… Thank you, Childe. ”
"Haha...... What is polite between you and me. Liu Xie laughed, turned his head to Hua Tuo and said, "Mr. Hua, please." ”
"Hua will do his best."
Taking advantage of Hua Tuo's time to see the old woman's illness, Buqi introduced Liu Xie to his aunt. He didn't say that Liu Xie was today, only that if it weren't for Liu Xie, he wouldn't be where he is today, and Liu Xie is the noble person in his life. After hearing this, the old woman thanked Liu Xie repeatedly. And Liu Xie was not polite, he found a stool to sit next to the old woman and started a family routine with the old woman.
When the old woman was carried into the house to rest, Bu Qi asked Liu Xie curiously: "Childe, can you understand what my aunt is saying?" ”
"I don't understand." Liu Xie replied when he heard this.
Bu Qi was stunned for a moment, and then asked in wonder: "Since the son can't understand, why do you still have to nod again and again?" ”
"Do you understand etiquette? Wouldn't it be rude for me to tell the old lady that I didn't understand? But I guess the old lady didn't understand what I was saying. ”
Buqi: "......"
Just when Bu Qiu didn't know what to say about Liu Xie, Bu Luan came out of the house and said softly to Bu Qi: "Cousin, my mother asked you to go in and have something to say." ”
"Hmm." Bu Qi agreed and said to Liu Xie: "Childe, I'll go in first." ”
"Well, go ahead and leave me alone."
Bu Qi originally thought that there was something important for his aunt to call him, or that Hua Tuo had something to say to himself, but he didn't want his aunt and her old man to call her in for only one reason, and wanted to ask what the son was talking to her just now. Bu Qi was speechless, but fortunately, Hua Tuo on the side couldn't understand the old woman's Huaiyin words, otherwise he would have to speak out loud. The chickens and ducks can still talk so lively, which is not something that ordinary people can do.
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Chang'an Post House
Guo Jia is drinking alone, it's not that Guo Jia likes to eat alone, but that no one in the entourage can drink him. This time he was ordered to come to Chang'an to seek justice, except for Guo Jia, everyone else was a little nervous, some were timid, and even thought that they had no way back this time, and even wrote a suicide note before leaving.
Only Guo Jia is not nervous at all. Although Guo Jia's mood was getting worse and worse along the way, he was not discouraged because of this. Guo Jia is a person who refuses to admit defeat, he thought that the Han family was exhausted, so he persuaded Xun Yu to abandon Yuan and join him to join Cao, but he didn't want to change halfway, Xun Yu switched to Chang'an.
Although Guo Jia and Xun Yu are confidants and friends, they also do not let each other compete at all. Xun Yu switched to Chang'an, Guo Jia didn't care because he lost his words in front of Cao Cao, but Guo Jia still wanted to tell Xun Yu with practical actions that his choice was wrong, and his choice was correct.
But this kind of self-confidence after entering Hedong County and arriving in Chang'an during the entry, what he saw and heard along the way has made Guo Jia lose his confidence before he came. The world was in turmoil, and the princes rose together, but the hearts of the Han family were not lost. On the contrary, there are many people who refuse to give up on the Han family.
If the current emperor of the Han Dynasty is incompetent, then Guo Jia does not have to worry. Judging from the various measures of the current imperial court, this underage Han emperor is obviously not incompetent. But judging from the fact that he dared to appoint Xun Yu as Situ, this is a bold person who does not need to be suspicious and does not use doubts.
Xun Yu's ability, as a good friend, Guo Jia is naturally clear, and it is precisely because of this clarity that Guo Jia can be sure that some of the policies in Guanzhong are not from Xun Yu's hands. Maybe there are unknown masters behind the Son of Heaven who are secretly directing, but before figuring out the truth of the matter, Guo Jia can only regard those good governance that rests with the people as what the Son of Heaven thinks.
As Cao Cao's mastermind, Guo Jia first needs to consider Cao Cao's interests, in order to ensure Cao Cao's interests, Guo Jia will be bold and reckless in the last time he wants to use Dong Cheng's hand to hold the Son of Heaven hostage to Yanzhou. didn't expect Dong Cheng to be so unhelpful, and he was ready to do it without even figuring out whether Chang'an's Son of Heaven was true or false, which made Guo Jiabai look forward to it.
"Guo Fengxiao is not there? Someone came to visit, and they didn't come out to pick up customers. There was a shout outside the door, which made Guo Jia, who was drinking, stunned, but then he was a little angry, listening to the politeness of the person, it seemed that he was coming to visit, it was clearly to go to the prostitution hall to find the top card, and the top card he was looking for seemed to be himself.
Guo Jia, who was in an unhappy mood, didn't squeak, but he didn't want the person outside to see Guo Jia. After shouting four or five times in a row, when no one came out, he changed his shouting method.
Guo Jia heard that there was no movement outside, and thought that the person outside was gone, but he didn't want to just pick up the wine and prepare to drink it all, so he heard a cry with pathos: "Fengxiao is back~"
"Return~"
"Return~"
In addition to that nasty voice, there were even a few more people shouting together. Hearing that Guo Jia was choked by the wine, coughed for a while, and the return outside did not stop, Guo Jia was so angry that Guo Jia got up angrily, walked to the door, and shouted, "Shut up!" Guo Jia is here! Who are you waiting for? How dare you be so rude! ”
"You are Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao?" Liu Xieyi, who had just led the chorus of the group, waved his hand, motioned for everyone to stop, stepped forward and looked Guo Jia up and down and asked.
"It's Guo, who are you?" Guo Jia asked angrily.
“…… Are you really Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao? ”
“…… If you don't change your name, if you don't change your surname, I'm Guo Jia. Who are you? ”
"It turns out that Guo Jia, who is known as a ghost, looks like a bean sprout. I said Guo Fengxiao, I know the divine doctor Hua Tuo, do you want him to help you take a look? ”
You're sick! Guo Jia heard Liu Xie's whispering, rolled his eyes angrily, and asked, "Whose child is this doll of yours?" Ran here to spread wild, do you know what kind of place this is? ”
"The plaque hanging at the door reads...... You don't know how to read, huh? Liu Xie blinked and asked Guo Jiadao innocently. Guo Jia almost vomited blood, and hurriedly turned his head to find the post man in charge here.
"Guo Fengxiao, are you polite? What do you look at when I talk to you? ”
“…… Are you looking for something with me? Guo Jia, who didn't see Yicheng, had to deal with the little ghost in front of him by himself.
"Well, I've always heard people say that you're a prodigal son, I want to know how you usually prostrate?" Liu Xie nodded and said when he heard this.
"I ...... I...... Hum! Guo Jia was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but when he saw the strong man standing behind Liu Xie, after assessing the difference in strength between the two sides, Guo Jia felt that he was more likely to be beaten, so he simply flicked his sleeves and turned his head and left.
"Hey~ Don't go, Guo Fengxiao, I still haven't said anything serious." Liu Xie saw that Guo Jia was angry and left, and hurriedly shouted.
“…… What's the matter? Guo Jiaqiang asked angrily.
“…… You won't invite me in and sit down? ”
“…… If you have something to say, just fart! ”
"Tsk...... It's rude. Forget it, I won't tease you, I'm here to pass the word, I will go to the palace by myself tomorrow afternoon, and the Son of Heaven wants to see you. ”
“…… Seriously? ”
"Love doesn't go. You really won't invite me in and sit down? ”
"Humph!" Guo Jia flicked his sleeves and left.