Chapter Seventy-Eight: A Slap in the Face

Yang Hong came to envoy, Guo Jia was unexpected.

Yang Hong, who came to Chang'an from Yangzhou for thousands of miles, visited Guo Jia, walked into the hall with a happy face, looked at Guo Jia from a distance and cheered, "Envoy, great joy, envoy, great joy." ”

Guo Jia was confused and smiled playfully.

Yuan Shu's messenger came to greet him.

Is it to congratulate him on keeping Guanzhong? Not like, nor can it be.

When Yang Hong saw Ma Teng in the hall, he didn't take it to heart, he just thought that he was a subordinate general of Guo Jia, anyway, there was a sea of people he didn't know.

"Oh? Where does the joy come from? ”

Guo Jia tilted his head slightly, waiting for the following.

Yang Hong was smiling from beginning to end, and after sorting out his emotions a little, Yang Hong took out a document from his sleeve, looking at the surface, it seemed familiar, it should be a holy decree.

"Envoy, my lord, oh, no, Your Majesty specially ordered me to congratulate the envoy, make the monarch mighty, kill the traitors Yuan Shao and Cao Ying, and make the world mighty, Your Majesty has a decree, and the envoy is the general, the king of Guanxi!"

Guo Jia couldn't help laughing.

Ma Teng was already furious, if this was not Guo Jia's territory, he would probably draw his sword and cut Yang Hong.

Great general, king of Kansai.

It sounds like a world-shattering name, and it's an unimaginable glory.

Yuan Shu really dared to send someone to win over Guo Jia.

Gee.

Guo Jia couldn't stop laughing, Yuan Shu used the means of marriage to win over Lu Bu, but he was successful, but he was blocked by Chen Gong halfway, and he failed.

The current Yuan Shu, let alone let Guo Jia be in a high position, I'm afraid he can't even give glory and wealth.

He founded the country in Shouchun and became the emperor, set up hundreds of officials, and built a large number of buildings, which consumed countless money and grain...... "Xu Chu." ”

Guo Jia smiled and called softly.

In Chang'an, Guo Jia's personal safety was taken by several generals on duty in turn, and it happened to be Xu Chu waiting outside the door today.

Xu Chu entered the hall and waited for the dispatch.

"Pull this person down and cut it down, kill as many people as Yuan Shu comes."

Guo Jia tried his best to suppress his laughter and gave an order.

Joke!

At this time, even Sun Ce, who regarded Yuan Shu as his son, raised a banner against Yuan Shu, not to mention Yuan Shu's edict, even Liu Xie's edict Guo Jia was not uncommon.

Hearing Guo Jia's order, Xu Chu acted immediately.

Ma Teng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he was a Hanchen, he was loyal to the Han family, Yuan Shu called the emperor was something he hated to the core, Guo Jia made his position clear at this time Ma Teng felt gratified.

Yang Hong had a relationship with Guo Jia before, that time, Yuan Shu attacked Jingzhou and wanted Guo Jia to be cannon fodder, Yang Hong was one of the messengers, he expected that Guo Jia would not accept the olive branch thrown by Yuan Shu, at least he could end up peacefully, but he didn't expect Guo Jia to order murder so lightly.

"Envoy, envoy, hey, hey, spare your life......"

No matter how Yang Hong begged for mercy, he could only accept the fate of being dragged out by Xu Chu.

After the lights went out and Yang Hong's voice disappeared, Guo Jia finally suppressed his laughter, looked at Ma Teng, and said, "Yang Hong's head, Brother Lao Shoucheng will take it to Cao Ying." ”

Ma Teng naturally did not refuse.

The relationship between Guo Jia and Ma Teng is a bit of friendship at first sight in the meeting of Pingshui, neither deep nor shallow, neither strangers, nor close to each other like siblings, respecting each other, and stopping at the point.

Ma Teng moved his family to Xudu, passing by Chang'an to say hello to Guo Jia, it was a courtesy, no matter what, his son Ma Chao may have to deal with Guo Jia in the future, and it is better to have a good relationship than a deterioration of the relationship.

After bidding farewell to Ma Teng, Guo Jia stabilized the situation in Chang'an and prepared to return to Chengdu.

But there was a very unfavorable news from Xu Du's side.

Cao Ying was on the table of the Son of Heaven, counted the great and small exploits of Guo Jia after he raised the army, destroyed Liu Yan, swept Li Dao Guo Yan, settled the people's livelihood, governed well, and so on.

Then, Cao Ying asked the Son of Heaven to crown Guo Jia as a duke!

Wang, Gong, Hou, Cao Ying asked the Son of Heaven to make Guo Jia a duke, not Hou, nor a king.

Han Gaozu decreed that a different surname cannot be called a king!

Since then, there has only been one person in the Han Dynasty who has been crowned a duke!

Wang Mang!

There is a difference between this duke and the third duke, the third duke has no fiefdom, he is an official, and the duke has a fief and is a prince!

There are many nameless princes in the world.

But if you really want to sit in the name of the princes in your political position, no one dares!

Cao Ying's last cousin of the Son of Heaven is Guo Jiajia's official promotion, which is already very abnormal, and Guo Jia's title as a duke can no longer be described as a hidden murderous intention, this is a well-known killing!

It is to push Guo Jia to a position alongside Wang Mang.

The ministers of the Xudu court were furious and generously stated, even if they lived under Cao Ying's knife, they would now stand up and refute Cao Ying.

No one will object to giving Guo Jia the title of marquis, but if Guo Jia is given the title of duke, it will definitely not work!

The situation in Xu Chu's court has changed abruptly, and it seems that Cao Ying and his ministers are engaged in a fierce dispute.

Guo Jia sneered when he heard the news.

Cao Ying's wrist is really extraordinary.

This one is another trick to divert attention.

Now the court of Xudu must be scolding Guo Jia and opposing Guo Jia, on the contrary, it has stabilized Cao Ying's unfavorable situation after the defeat in Guanzhong.

The hundred officials of the corpse vegetarian meal are simply wine bags and rice bags, and the more fiercely they oppose it, the happier Cao Ying becomes.

Guo Jia saw through this at a glance.

But he had no choice but to brake statically.

Cao Ying coerced the princes of Heaven to have political advantages and can guide the political wind, Guo Jia, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and other princes are very passive, at this time, Guo Jia was pushed to the forefront by Cao Ying, as long as Guo Jia does not get carried away after the war, and really wants to fight for an ethereal title, he will not be substantially injured.

Cao Ying is acting in a farce, if Guo Jia cooperates with Cao Ying, he will become a clown who jumps off the beam, but he is in Cao Ying's arms.

No matter how much trouble the court of Xudu is, Guo Jiawen doesn't ask.

The result of the farce, Guo Jia had already foreseen it, and it was over.

With this transition of events, Cao Ying can not only easily take the opportunity to eliminate the negative impact of Guo Jia's previous rumors, but also make Xu Du Wenwu forget the shadow of Guanzhong's defeat.

"Dog thief, old cunning."

Guo Jia, who was riding a horse and returning to Chengdu, cursed hatefully.

He gritted his teeth and cursed, but his eyes were full of smiles.

If Cao Ying is not the eloquent Cao Ying, and the Cao Ying who destroys the heroes in troubled times, then Guo Jia will be very regretful.

Xu Shu, Fa Zheng, and Pang Tong were left in Chang'an by Guo Jia, and he returned to Chengdu with Jia Xu, Xu Chudian, and Wei Gaoshun, while Gan Ning and Zhang Liao stayed in Guanzhong.

Yuan Shao broke the halberd and sank into the sand in Guanzhong, and the first thing to bear the brunt of returning to Hebei was to stabilize the situation in Hebei.

In Hebei, Yuan Shao seized the time to exterminate Gongsun Zhan, and ordered the recruitment of troops, and did his best to recruit troops!

In order to show their merits in front of Yuan Shao, the three sons showed their abilities in the recruitment project, and recruited troops on a large scale, completely ignoring whether the money and grain income and expenditure could be afforded, and in a short period of time, Yuan Shao once again raised more than 700,000 troops from the four states of Hebei!

There are too many recruits, without years of training, without experiencing the baptism of war, Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses sound many, but the combat power is difficult to be optimistic, at the same time, the huge military expenditure, Hebei's finances began to decline, and Hebei, which has abundant grain and grass, gradually became nervous.

Sent troops from Chengdu to Guanzhong last spring, returning to Chengdu after more than a year, Guo Jia was victorious after successive victories, exterminated Li Dao Guo Yan, defeated Yuan Shao and Cao Ying, this result is a great achievement in the world.

The battle to greet Guo Jia in Chengdu was very magnificent, all the civil and military officials were present, Qin Mi, Zhang Song, Zhen Yao and others welcomed Guo Jia back with smiles on their faces.

Coming to the north gate of Chengdu with soldiers and horses, Guo Jia turned over and dismounted, facing Qin Mi who came forward to speak, Guo Jia raised his hand to stop his words.

"Don't say flattery, I'm tired of hearing it, so let's hurry into the city."

Qin Mi smiled bitterly, he really planned to praise Guo Jia for a few words, gongs and drums were beating on both sides of the road, and the lively people dispersed one after another under Guo Jia's instructions.

Guo Jia led the way to his house, chatting with Qin Mi, Peng Yi and others about the livelihood of Yizhou in the past year, he sent the documents of Yizhou to Chang'an for his approval every month, and now he is just asking casually.

Anyway, keep their mouths shut for wanting to flatter.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Guo Jia felt that something was wrong since he entered the city.

At this moment, he suddenly stopped and turned around, looked at Qin Mi suspiciously, and asked, "Where did Zhicai go?" Could it be that you are entangled in official business? ”

Guo Jia triumphed, and there was no reason for Xi Zhicai not to be present to greet him.

It's not that Guo Jia feels good about himself and feels that the whole of Yizhou should come to greet him, but as a courtier's duty, Xi Zhicai has nothing important to do, and he won't be there.

Qin Mi, Zhen Yao, Zhen Yan, Peng Yi, Zhang Song, Fei Shi and others all looked unspeakable, and they didn't seem to know how to mention this matter to Guo Jia.

Or Xiao Ren knows Guo Jia, no matter how big or small, no matter whether it is troublesome or not, it is best not to hide it.

"The drama master has been sick in bed for half a month."

After Xiao Ren finished speaking, he retreated.

Guo Jia frowned, is Xi Zhicai sick?

Since I have been sick for half a month and have not recovered, it is obviously not a minor illness.

Guo Jia turned around and was about to walk towards Xi Zhicai's house.

At this moment, a noblely dressed child ran out of the gate of Guo's mansion, jumped down the stairs, jumped directly in front of Guo Jia, hugged Guo Jia's legs, and said with a smile: "Daddy, you are finally back, listen to the child read poems to you." ”

Guo Jia stretched out his hand to stroke the child's head, and said softly: "Jin'er, you go home first, Dad still has something to do, and I will go back at night to listen to you recite poetry." ”

Guo Jin, who was more than four years old, hugged Guo Jia's legs and shook them around, but he didn't let go, and he was pestering to read poems to Guo Jia.

It seems that ordinary children just want to get some compliments in front of their fathers.

However, Guo Jia's face gradually became gloomy.

"Guo Jin, go home!"

Now Guo Jia is not in the mood to coax his son, and Xi Zhicai's serious illness makes his heart hang, even if he faces Yuan Shao and Cao Ying's army.

Guo Jin was still holding Guo Jia's thighs, tilted his head and pouted: "Daddy has won a big victory, who else in the world dares to disturb Daddy going home?" Let's go, let's go, listen to the child read poems to his father. ”

Syllable!

A resounding slap in the face.

(To be continued)