As the special envoy of the imperial court in charge of negotiating with Hebei on the resettlement of Xianbei refugees, Jia Mu was courteous in Hebei during this time. Jia Mu is Jia Xu's eldest son, and this time he was ordered to come to Hebei, on the surface, to negotiate with Hebei about the resettlement of Xianbei refugees, but in fact, there must be a son with his father, Jia Xu is an old poisonous snake, and Jia Mu as a son is also not a fuel-efficient lamp.

This time he came to Hebei, Jia Mu came with ulterior motives, but Jia Mu was good at disguise, so that Tian Feng, judge and other upright people did not see it. As for Chen Gong and Guo Tu, Jia Mu's purpose here is to run for them, even if they know that Jia Mu has other intentions here, but it is related to their own vital interests, of course they will not go to Yuan Xi to inform.

The same rice raises a hundred kinds of people, Hebei has loyal Yuan family's Tian Feng, trial and match such loyal ministers, and there are also people who betray Hebei for their own interests. Chen Gong was not a native of Hebei, first betrayed Cao Cao, then rebelled against Lu Bu, and then rebelled against Yuan Tan. And Guo Tu first followed Yuan Shao, and then assisted Yuan Tan, but the general trend made him have to switch to Yuan Xi, but Yuan Xi did not reuse it after getting Guo Tu, which made Guo Tu, who was originally one of the six strategists around Yuan Shao, feel extremely unbalanced in his heart, coupled with the jealousy of his old rival Tian Feng who was deeply trusted and reused by Yuan Xi, after Jia Mu came, he only hooked up a little bit, and Guo Tu exposed his dissatisfaction with Yuan Xi and Tian Feng.

Tian Feng welcomed Jia Mu's arrival, because Jia Mu was familiar with the whole process of the Han Dynasty's treatment of alien naturalization, when Jia Xu served as the pastor of Liangzhou, Jia Mu followed Jia Xu's side, and under the teaching of words and deeds, Jia Mu was very familiar with how to naturalize aliens. And Tian Feng wanted to learn from the naturalization of the Han Dynasty for foreign races, so as to solve the hidden dangers of Hebei, and the increasingly powerful Karasuma people, Jia Mu became the best consultant.

For Tian Feng's teaching, Jia Mu knew everything and said everything. It's not that he has a good heart, but that he finds that there is something he can do in this matter. Now the number of Karasuma people living in the north of Youzhou has exceeded 100,000, and although Karasuma people are friendly with Yuan Xi, they involve the core interests of their own clan, and I believe that no matter how deep their personal relationship is, it is useless. Although Jamu didn't know what Badun was like, with Jamu's understanding of aliens, there were very few people who could do self-sacrificing. Once there is a conflict of interest between Hebei and Karasuma, it will be a good thing for the imperial court to recover Hebei in the future.

If Hebei and Karasuma are as close as a family, then the opponent of the imperial court's battle to recover Hebei in the future will not only be the Yuan family of Hebei, but also the 100,000 people of Karasuma. The imperial court is strong, but there is no need to add its own opponents in order to show its strength. But once Hebei and Karasuma have a conflict, it will not only solve a potential opponent for the imperial court, but also more likely to add an ally in the future. Although Jia Mu did not have much hope that the Son of Heaven Liu Association would recover Hebei by foreign hands, at least there was such a possibility.

There are dates or no dates, let's hit three poles first. Even if the Karasuma people accepted Hebei's arrangement, a scattered Karasuma tribe would be easier to deal with than a concentrated Karasuma tribe. And most importantly, there is no danger to Jammu in doing this. Jia Mu didn't need to take the initiative to contact Badun and remind Badun to pay attention to Hebei, as long as he revealed the matter to Guo Tu, he had Guo Tu, who had always wanted to take revenge on Tian Feng but couldn't find a chance.

After arriving in Hebei, although Jia Mu usually lived in Yiguan, most of the time he was visiting the Yecheng magnates, except for Tian Feng and Xianpei, who were diehard loyalists of the Yuan family, who did not often go, and Jia Mu ran the most diligently in Guo Tu and Chen Palace. As long as a few words are inadvertently leaked during ordinary casual conversation, it is enough for Guo Tu to give full play to his imagination, so as to contact Badun and destroy Tian Feng's plan.

I'm not afraid of no good things, I'm afraid of no good people. Tian Feng was thinking about Hebei, where did he think that he would not only lure the wolf into the house, but also have a Guo Tu who desperately dug the corner of the wall and killed him by the way. In order to induce Badun to submit to the bloody blade, Tian Feng can be said to have tried his best, but there is a person within himself who specializes in reporting bad things to Badun, and Badun naturally has a precaution, and he will not be easily tricked, and he has a dislike with Yuan Xi.

Although they have not torn their faces, Hebei and Karasuma can no longer trust each other and cooperate closely as they did in the past. Trust is fragile, and once a crack appears, it's hard to repair it. Even if the mirrors are reglued together, the crack still exists, and it cannot be relieved.

Stealing chickens and rice made Tian Feng embarrassed and began to look for the reason. As a result, I found Guo Tu there. Jia Mu is smart, he took himself out of this matter in advance, and Guo Tu didn't want people to know that he had ruined Tian Feng's plan with Jia Mu's help.

Tian Feng sued Yuan Xi, with Yuan Xi's trust in Tian Feng, the unlucky one was naturally Guo Tu, and Guo Tu, who was reprimanded by Yuan Xi, did not feel that he had done anything wrong, but felt more and more that Yuan Xi's handling of things was unfair, and his dissatisfaction with Yuan Xi and Tian Feng became even stronger.

Because he was sued by Tian Feng, Guo Tu was ordered to think about it behind closed doors at home during this time, and his original position was completely suspended. But Guo Tu didn't have the heart to think about it behind closed doors, but the more he thought about it, the more angry he felt, and he felt that Hebei no longer had a place for himself, as long as there was Tian Feng for a day, there would be no day for him Guo Tu.

Jia Mu knocked on the door of Guo's house at this time, not to comfort Guo Tu, but to resign. The goal has been achieved, and a consensus has been reached to negotiate the resettlement of Xianbei refugees with Hebei, and Tian Feng's desire to solve the matter of the Karasuma people has also come to an end, and Jia Mu naturally has no reason to continue to stay in Hebei.

"Mr. Guo, the student is leaving tomorrow, I hope Mr. Guo will take care." Jia Mu never mentioned anything else, but just asked Guo Tu to take care of his health. And Guo Tu felt that he had been wronged, so he closed his door and thought about it for a while, and no one came to visit him during this time, and finally met a person who took the initiative to come to the door and was about to leave, Guo Tu was naturally a little reluctant. It's just that Jia Mu is not a minister of Hebei, and he naturally wants to leave after the matter is done, and he has no reason to stay with Jia Mu, so he has to say to Jia Mu with a little reluctance: "Liang Dao is going, I don't know when I will see you again, take care all the way." ”

"Mr. Guo, if you are bored in Hebei, why not go to Chang'an with the students. With the talent of a gentleman, even if he can't enter the center, it is more than enough to be a good shepherd who guards one side. Why bother to be looked down upon here? Seeing this, Jamu seemed to have made up his mind, and said what he had already thought of.

Guo Tu was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head with a wry smile, "Guo did some wrong things in the early years, and now he has a bad reputation, so I am afraid that he will not be treated well." ”

"Mr. Guo's words are wrong, who can be without fault in this world? Even today, there have been times when mistakes have been made. But the key is not to make mistakes, but to make mistakes and whether they are corrected. Mr. Guo, it is not that the students want to separate the trust between you and the monarchs and ministers of Hebei, but it is what the students have seen and heard during this time, and they found that except for Yida Toyota Yuanhao in Hebei, everyone else seems to be his foil. The gentleman is talented, but he must not be reused. ”

"Alas~ This matter, Rong will think about it again." Guo Tu did not refute Jamu, but sighed. There was no way, Jia Mu said everything to his heart, and let him agree with it in his heart. It's just that Jia Mu is also a special envoy of the imperial court, and his Lao Tzu is quite influential in the court, if Jia Xu personally comes to persuade him, Guo Tu may be able to follow the river, but Jia Mu comes to persuade Guo Tu always feels that it is a little bit worse.

Seeing this, Jia Mu no longer persuaded him, but invited Guo Tu to come to Chang'an when he had time in the future, so that he could enjoy the friendship of the landlord. After Jia Mu said goodbye and left, Guo Tu still couldn't calm down, and he was still hesitating whether he should agree to Jia Mu's invitation.

If you don't know, you can't do it unless you do. Hebei also has its own intelligence organization, although its ability is not comparable to the imperial court's Tianyan, but it still has the ability to monitor internal officials. And Guo Tu thought that he was safe in his own home, and he had no scruples about speaking, but he didn't want Jia Mu to just leave on the front foot, and someone would go to the back foot to complain.

The character of the judge is actually not suitable for being the head of intelligence, his temperament is too upright, he does not rub sand in his eyes, and sometimes he will ignore the overall situation. After learning that Guo Tu was recruited by Jia Mu but did not directly refuse in person, he immediately stabbed the matter to Yuan Xi.

The original intention of the trial may be good, and I want to use this to remind Yuan Xi to pay attention to Guo Tu and not to entrust him with important tasks. But Yuan Xi misunderstood the intention of the trial, and after learning that Guo Tu had signs of betraying Yuan, he couldn't help but be furious, and immediately ordered someone to arrest him, and when Tian Feng learned the news and rushed to stop it, Guo Tu had already called someone to arrest him in prison.

Although he didn't suffer any flesh and skin, Guo Tu was completely dead to the Yuan family. Even if Tian Feng then came to send Guo Tu home in person, it did not make Guo Tu grateful, but made Guo Tu even more resentful of Yuan Xi. I tried my best for the great cause of the Yuan family, but as a result, you Yuan Xi threw me into prison without asking a question just because of the informant of the trial, so why should I Guo Tu work for your Yuan family again? Guo Tu, who returned home, couldn't help but think of what Jia Mu said to him when he left, and his heart was crossed, and he finally made up his mind.

"Lord, as soon as this matter comes out, Guo Tu can't stay." Tian Feng, who returned to Yuan Xi to recover his life, said to Yuan Xi with a serious face.

"Sir, since you can't stay, why did you release him again?" Yuan Xi asked puzzled.

"Lord, Tian didn't want people to criticize the lord when he let Guo Tu go home. It is difficult to convince the public to judge life and death based on only one side of the word. Tian Feng explained.

"That gentleman let Guo Tu go home in order to put a long line and catch a big fish?"

"Tian does have this intention." Tian Feng nodded and said to Yuan Xi: "Lord, although my Hebei is now a family of its own, there are many people who are interested in the imperial court. At this time, Hebei and the imperial court did not face each other, so they were stable for the time being, but once the two families had a dispute, those people would become an internal trouble in my Hebei. If Hebei wants to have no worries in the future when it fights with the imperial court, the best way is to eradicate those internal troubles one by one now. ”

"I see, sir, this is planning to throw bricks and jade." Yuan Xi suddenly realized.

Tian Feng smiled slightly when he heard this, nodded in agreement: "Tian and Guo Tu have known each other for many years, and they know his temperament quite well. He had long been dissatisfied with his lord's refusal to reuse it. It's just that he also knows his own situation, except for Hebei, other places will not easily accept him, a person from the Qin and Twilight Chu. And now, since the court has begun to woo him, he will naturally not let go of this opportunity, and the lord has put him in prison this time, which is nothing more than stimulating him to make up his mind. With his temperament, he will not leave here, but will contact like-minded people, and at that time, it is the time for me to wait for work. ”

Tian Feng's explanation made Yuan Xi nod again and again, but the judge who was sitting on the side frowned after hearing it, and couldn't help but interject and ask Tian Feng: "Yuan Hao, what if Guo Tu is widely implicated?" ”

"Jeongnam's worries are justified." Tian Feng nodded when he heard this, Guo Tu's identity can be regarded as one of the elders of Hebei, and Yuan Xi's son Yuan Shao came to meet Guo Tu in the early days of entrepreneurship. Over the years, there has been no merit and hard work, and he has a wide network among Hebei officials, and he is very worried that in order to solve a hidden danger in Hebei, he will be implicated too much, which will affect Hebei's stability.

"There is no need to worry too much about this matter, if it is really too involved, we just need to grasp the big and let go of the small. Severe punishment will be imposed on those who are the main personnel, and for those who are subordinate to them, the major matters will be reduced to small ones, and a little punishment will be sufficient. Hearing Tian Feng's opinion, the judge was relieved and stopped talking.

Guo Tu didn't know that he had become the bait that Tian Feng used to fish out the half-hearted people in Hebei who had two minds about the Yuan family. After making up his mind, Guo Tu locked himself in his study and chose someone who might leave Hebei with him. Speaking of which, Guo Tu has a deeper understanding of Hebei officials than Tian Feng. Tian Feng has an upright temperament, this kind of person often has no friends, while Guo Tu is sleek and has a wide range of friends, almost all kinds of people from all religions and nine streams.

Because he knows a lot of people, Guo Tu has seen and heard a lot, and he also has an understanding of the temperament of the people he knows. After carefully sifting through it, Guo Tu found that among those who might be willing to defect to the imperial court with him, Chen Gong was at the top of the list.

Chen Gong was originally the county order of Zhongmu County, and it was also reused in the early days of Cao Cao, but with the refuge of Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai and other talents, Chen Gong was also marginalized, or it was no longer as important as before by Cao Cao. Unwilling to be mediocre, Chen Gong chose to betray, and together with Zhang Miao, who was also dissatisfied with Cao Cao at that time, he contacted Lü Bu and tried to drive Cao Cao out of Yanzhou, but unfortunately the plan failed, and Chen Gong had to leave Yanzhou with Lü Bu like a lost dog.

Later, Lu Bu broke away from Yuan Shu to rob Xuzhou, and Chen Gong contributed a lot, but as the old saying goes, dogs can't change their, and after finding that Lu Bu was weak, Chen Gong immediately chose a new home for himself. Chen Gong originally wanted to get Yuan Shao's attention by assisting Yuan Tan, but he didn't want the Yuan family's father and son to be people with great ambitions and talents, and Chen Gong's career became more and more miserable. And he is a person who has a bad vision, and he is not accurate enough to see people, just imagine the two lords he followed at the beginning, if he can start from the beginning, then even if he can't be reused by the court like Guo Jia and Lu Su, he will definitely not be worse than Liang Xi and Jiang Ji.

But there is no regret medicine in this world, and people are responsible for any decision they make. The road under your feet is your own choice, whether it is narrower and narrower or bright and smooth.

Chen Gong's status in Hebei is similar to Guo Tu's, and he is in an awkward position. He is called a strategist, but he is actually an idle eater. Every time they are discussed, they are also the role of a foil background. Yuan Xi only listened to Tian Feng, even if Guo Tu and Chen Gong put forward their opinions, they still had to listen to Tian Feng in the end. Tian Feng agreed, and Yuan Xi agreed, if Tian Feng was inappropriate, then let Guo Tu and Chen Gong say the flowers, Yuan Xi still didn't nod.

In such a situation, Chen Gong has to get by, and it is easy to speak when he is no longer on the agenda, anyway, it doesn't matter if he says it or not, so why bother to be bored and idle. Compared with Guo Tu's resentment, Chen Gong should be more peaceful. It's just that Guo Tu knows that Chen Gong, like himself, is very dissatisfied with Yuan Xi's trust in Tian Feng. It's just that the situation of Chen Gong is worse than Guo Tu, Guo Tu only changed two lords in the Yuan family, and the first two lords of Chen Palace were both officials in the court at this time, and Lu Bu has now become the father-in-law of today's son, and Chen Gong naturally has more concerns than Guo Tu about taking refuge in the imperial court.

A hero with three gangs, Guo Tu also knows that he is weak now, and if he wants to succeed, he must find a helper. And Chen Gong is in a similar situation to himself, so he is naturally a candidate for a good helper. As for Chen Gong's embarrassment when he met Cao Cao and Lu Bu, the two old masters, after he took refuge in the imperial court, what did he Guo Tu matter?

With his mind decided, Guo Tu invited Yecheng magnates all over the place in the name of celebrating his birthday, and Chen Gong was also invited. Chen Gong did not doubt that he was there, so he happily went, but when Guo Tu invited him into the study, Chen Gong had a hunch that today's banquet might not be as simple as it seemed.

Chen Gong is also a smart person, how can he be a strategist if he is not smart. Guo Tu just opened his mouth to say a few tentative words, and asked about Chen Gong's current situation, and Chen Gong roughly guessed Guo Tu's thoughts. Don't tell lies in front of real people, and don't wait for Guo Tu to say that he was invited to do something big together, Chen Gong sternly rejected Guo Tu, so that Guo Tu was not disappointed. But Chen Gong's attitude was resolute, and Guo Tu was not easy to persecute for a while.

On the way home, Chen Gong, who was sitting in the carriage, recalled his experience in Guo Mansion today, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a sneer. Accompanied by danger all the year round, the premonition of danger is stronger than ordinary people, although Chen Gong is also deeply dissatisfied with Yuan Xi's trust in Tian Feng, but in the process of talking with Guo Tu, Chen Gong obviously felt a sense of crisis. On the way home, when he carefully recalled the process of Guo Tu from being imprisoned to returning home, Chen Gong felt a strong smell of conspiracy.