Gently helping Zhu Rong up, Guo Jia's expression was calm, and he reached out to wipe away the tears on her face.

"Guo Jia, tell me, what can I do so that you can let go of the people in the south?"

Zhu Rong is compromised, but she also knows that she doesn't have many bargaining chips, especially since she can't even impress Guo Jia with the capital given by a woman.

No matter how bold and spicy she left Guo Jia before, at least at this moment, Zhu Rong, who was brought by pear blossoms and rain, showed a pitiful side.

Guo Jia came to her and said softly: "Zhu Rong, your eyes don't see the facts clearly, you think that I am killing the people in the south, but in fact, I am saving people." Meng was defeated, I did not order the pursuit, my army is still stationed in the north of Lushui, and two days later, my military order will be passed there, the general with the troops will lead the army to cross Lushui, but not the slaughter of the people in the south as you think, they are going to kill the careerists in the south one by one, the first is Gao Ding, the king of Yue Junyi. ”

Zhu Rong closed his eyes in despair, and the tears that had gradually stopped surging out again.

Guo Jia's words, she believes, but the reason, she doesn't believe it.

He needs a reason to move his army to the south, using the crusade against Gao Ding as a banner, it sounds righteous, but what is actually in mind, Zhu Rong can't guess it, but he believes that Guo Jia is just putting on a high-sounding coat for himself.

"Do you have to send troops to the south?"

Zhu Rong's tone pleaded.

Guo Jia asked rhetorically, "Shouldn't I?" My official position is Yizhou Mu! The south was originally under my rule, and a few years ago, I allowed the south to run independently, but in the end, who started the war first? Did I do anything to be sorry for the people of the South? ”

Zhu Rong sneered at each other with a straight face: "The three tributes you want, the people in the south can't take them out, isn't this deliberately difficult?" Isn't this an excuse to attack the south? Yes, it was the people in the south who rebelled first, but you also forced it! ”

Guo Jia confronted her-for-tat, and the words were sonorous.

"Zhu Rong! This is all Yonghong's words, what he said, you believe it, the people in the south believe it, and I, I told you so much, why don't you believe a word? I'm going to have the heart to slaughter the South, do I need an excuse? It is only natural for my army to set foot in the south, and no one in the world dares to make irresponsible remarks! If I want to add to the crime, and if I want to brand the people of the south as thieves, do I need to use these three tributes as an excuse? It's just a cocoon, do you understand? Reasonable people can see that this is difficult, am I just a fool to take this deliberately difficult charge on myself? ”

Zhu Rong was speechless.

She didn't know Guo Jia's official position, Guo Jia's status, and Guo Jia's strength at all.

It can be said that from Hangu Pass to the west to the entire territory of Yizhou in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Guo Jia does not need to look at anyone's face.

He wants to be a benevolent monarch or a tyrant, all in a single thought.

To officially include the south in the territory of power, Guo Jia does not need any excuses, his name as Yizhou Mu is enough, the south has land and population, if as long as the land does not need population, then what is the use of this south?

Guo Jia needs a large number of people, not only to speed up the recovery of Guanzhong, but also to enrich Yizhou and accelerate the pace of production development.

He didn't have any reason to slaughter the people of the south at all, and he couldn't be happy when someone came to join him.

Standing up, Guo Jia walked out of the cell, the door of the cell was not closed, Xiao Yi walked in, untied the chains on his hands and feet for Zhu Rong, Zhu Rong rubbed his wrists and walked out, Guo Jia stood at the door and whispered to her: "You come with me." ”

couldn't figure out what Guo Jia was going to do, so Zhu Rong could only obey what he said.

Coming to the door of another cell, Guo Jia asked Xiao Yi to open the door of the cell.

Standing at the door, Guo Jia said to Zhu Rong: "Do you know the person inside?" ”

The cell was dim, Zhu Rong looked at it, and after looking at it for a long time, he recognized the person who had fainted on the ground.

Yonghong!

That's right, this person is the initiator of the rebellion in the south, Yonghong.

When he was escorted to Chengdu with a fluke mentality, he was identified immediately, his property was confiscated, and he was imprisoned with his family.

Zhu Rong has no friendship with Yonghong, he just knows what he looks like.

"How did you catch him?"

Yonghong originally led the army to the north with Meng Huo, but Zhu Rong didn't expect that in just a few days, Guo Jia could capture Yonghong.

"He absconded with his family and tried to lick his new master's toes, but unfortunately was intercepted by my men halfway. Zhu Rong, I will only say the last thing about the south, the matter of asking for tribute was fabricated by Yonghong, and the purpose was to provoke a war between the south and me. Believe it or not, you or you can keep your eyes open with skepticism and see how I will treat the people of the south in the future. Now you can go, and your companions will all be released. ”

Just took two steps, Guo Jia turned his head again, and said: "By the way, the flying knife found from your body will not be returned, the people of Chengdu can't stand your reckless nonsense, come to Chengdu as a guest, I welcome, but if you have bad intentions, it is best to be fully prepared, next time, no one will be put in prison, but abandoned in the wilderness." ”

Zhu Rong looked at Guo Jia's back as he disappeared into the darkness in a daze.

Seeing the sky again, Zhu Rong covered his forehead with his hand, and hundreds of companions around him looked depressed, and she, as if she was reborn, her silent heart was rekindled with hope.

Coming to the south gate of Chengdu, Zhu Rong, who was about to return home in groups, suddenly stopped, looked at the puzzled eyes of his companions, Zhu Rong did not explain, and turned around and returned to the city after saying goodbye to his clansmen.

Guo Jia, who was having dinner in the mansion, suddenly heard a report from his subordinates, and Zhu Rong asked to see him.

Putting down the dishes and chopsticks, Guo Jia rubbed his temples with a little headache, he didn't want to bother with the affairs of the south.

Zhen Jiang showed a slight anger, Zhu Rong hijacked Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao, she couldn't greet Zhu Rong with a smile, Cai Yan was beside her, smiled and patted the back of her hand, and her eyes signaled her to look at Guo Jia's face before speaking.

Guo Jia is the weather vane and the backbone of this family, he is cold to Zhu Rong, Zhen Jiang can be angry with Zhu Rong as much as he follows Guo Jia's attitude, but if Guo Jia is polite to Zhu Rong, if Zhen Jiang does the opposite, not only will he lose his demeanor, but he will also embarrass Guo Jia.

"Invite her in."

Guo Jia whispered a soft order to his subordinates.

"Husband." Zhen Jiang heard the gentleness in Guo Jia's tone, and she couldn't accept it.

Guo Jia is not the kind of woman who can't walk when she sees a beautiful woman, but Zhen Jiang and the others are also afraid that the style of an alien woman like Zhurong will make Guo Jia fascinated.

Guo Jia looked like she was eating with vegetables as usual, and said lightly: "She is just a pitiful person, being used by others, and at the same time, she also has people who have died on the battlefield, many people are victims of this era, don't be too harsh on people like her, and blame too much." After seeing the essence of the matter, it is better to put the intuitive emotions aside, and if you can give others some tolerance, try to give it as much as possible. ”

There is no right or wrong in the small belly chicken intestines, reason makes people learn to see the essence through the phenomenon, what Zhu Rong did was ostensibly to hurt the Zhen family, but it was not her original intention, and the reason that drove her to do it was another lie, she was a tool to be used, the real mastermind was Yonghong who was dying in prison, and even further, it was Cao Ying, who was about to lay the foundation of the dynasty in the Central Plains.

Guo Jia said so, and Zhen Jiang could only suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart.

Different from the image of Han women who have always been weak and can't help the wind, Zhu Rong was heroic, came to the door of the lobby and did not step in, looked at Guo Jia from afar, ignored others, and said straight to the point: "Guo Jia, you said that if I come to Chengdu as a guest, you will welcome it." I want to stay here and see if you're a big liar with a lot of lies. ”

The people around stopped what they were doing, but Guo Jia was still serving himself a bowl of soup for a long time, glancing at Zhu Rong by the door, Guo Jia said softly: "Freedom is yours, you can do whatever you want." The price of the inn in the city is not low, if you don't have enough, I can fund some for free. ”

"No, I'll live here, I'm going to follow you, in case you say one thing and do another thing behind your back."

Zhu Rong's face was expressionless, he looked straightforward, and he didn't shy away from it.

After drinking the soup in one go, Guo Jia exhaled a long breath happily, raised his head to look at Zhu Rong, and said, "Yes." But if you want to stay at my house, I will send two people to keep an eye on you at all times. ”

Zhu Rongyi raised his chin and said, "Whatever you want." But is that how you treat your guests? As a host, eat and drink by yourself and ignore the guests. ”

Guo Jia laughed, stretched out his hand to the dining table, and said, "Leftovers, it's up to you whether you can eat or not, I don't have time to let someone make another table for you." ”

Zhu Rong did not hesitate, entered the hall directly, came to the dining table and sat down, opposite Guo Jia.

With a turn of her eyes, Zhu Rong saw the two little girls beside her, who were very cute and cute.

"What's your name?"

"Cao Xian."

"What about her?"

"Cao Jie."

Zhu Rong raised his head and looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Why are they surnamed Cao, are they the same as their mother's surname?" ”

Guo Jia wiped his mouth and said lightly: "Their father is Cao Ying." I made a doll kiss with my son, a political marriage. ”

Zhu Rong turned his head to look at Cao Xian and Cao Jie, and said seriously: "If someone bullies you, tell me." ”

"I can't protect myself and still want to save the world?"

Guo Jia looked at Zhu Rong playfully.

Not to be outdone, Zhu Rong stared at him and said, "I won't stand idly by and watch what I can." ”

"Hehehe, it turns out that there are still chivalrous warriors in this world."

Guo Jia left the table.

Several wives and concubines also left one after another, Cai Yan looked thoughtfully at Zhu Rong, who didn't care about the eyes of others, sighed lightly, and said to himself with a smile: "It's really different from Han women, dare to love and hate, unrestrained and romantic, these are only read in the Book of Poetry." ”

Zhu Rong lived in the guest room of Guo's mansion, had no consciousness of the guests at all, followed Guo Jia on time every day, avoided formal occasions on the side, and followed Guo Jia the rest of the time, asking him how he would treat the people in the south every once in a while.

Half a month later, Guo Jia got the news of Zhang Ren's triumph in the house.

(To be continued)