Guo Xiu went back to Luoyang, and when he returned to Yewang, the situation changed again.

Wei Ba has already conquered Jizhou, and the one who received Guo Xiu was Pei Hui, the former Jizhou assassin.

Looking at Pei Hui's disdainful face, Guo Xiu was angry.

"Wen Xi, the Pei family is really fast when they see the wind." Guo Xiu sneered: "I don't know if you thought about Luoyang's family when you made Jun Yizhi?" ”

Pei Hui was already a little unhappy, but when he saw that Guo Xiu actually dared to sarcastically mock him, he was even more angry. "I'm really ashamed that I couldn't send the news back to Luoyang in time, which affected my family. However, Guo Jun still doesn't have to worry for me, your Guo family's trouble may not be less than my Pei family's trouble. ”

Guo Xiu wanted to speak and stopped. He didn't think too much about it, he just thought that Pei Hui was saying that Cao Wei's fall was imminent, and the Guo family, who was a relative, would inevitably be affected. In this regard, he had no point in arguing with Pei Hui.

Pei Hui was also not interested in entanglement with him, asked him for his purpose, threw him aside, and turned around to report to Wei Ba.

Wei Ba was talking in Yu Yan, and Wei Wu, Gu Cheng and others were standing aside, all smiling and talking and laughing. Two days ago, they had just received news that Sima Yi ignored Deng Ai's soldiers in Jinyang, and suddenly led 30,000 cavalry to attack for a long time, and Wang Ling was head to tail, blocking Jiang Wei in the Han Valley. Although Jiang Wei has not been killed, considering that he has no reinforcements, his troops are limited to a narrow place, and he is facing Sima Yi, who is known for his insidiousness, and Wang Ling, who is old and sophisticated, it is estimated that there is no chance of escaping.

This news came in a timely manner, Jiang Wei was trapped, and he could no longer set off a big storm, and there would be no major bloodshed in the political situation in Guanzhong.

Wei Ba has not yet made an exact judgment on Sima Yi's move, but he believes that with Sima Yi's IQ, it is probably not just as simple as removing the threat from one direction for Cao Wei.

Even if Sima Yi had this idea, Wei Ba had nothing to worry about, anyway, Jiang Wei had never been his ally, even if Sima Yi and Jiang Wei joined forces, they would not be able to stop him from unifying the world.

The general trend has become that a smart person will not do stupid things like a mantis arm chalk blocking the car, especially a family like Sima Yi who attaches great importance to the interests of the family. Scholars can die for the country, just like Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei, but no one will drag the whole family to accompany the funeral.

In other words, no matter what kind of thoughts Sima Yi has, now the internal situation of Shu Han is clear, and it can be unanimous with the outside world.

"Inform General Lu that after the autumn harvest, prepare to attack Luoyang." Wei Ba waved his hand and said with a smile: "You can eat new rice from Jizhou this year, and you don't have to travel thousands of miles from Jingzhou." ”

The crowd laughed.

Pei Hui walked in, Wei Ba saw it, and nodded appreciatively: "Wenxiu, although Jizhou has been very nervous in the past few years, the people's livelihood is not bad." If you have done good in governance, the world will be peaceful in the future, and you will have a great place to play. ”

Pei Hui was stunned for a moment, and then breathed a sigh of relief. Wei Ba's words can be said to have opened a golden avenue in front of him, and he no longer has to worry about the future. As a general, and he was surrendered after the siege of the city, he failed to hold an important position like Chen Tai, and he didn't even keep his Jizhou assassination history, but he just made a dispensable marching master book, which was actually very wolf-like. However, after Wei Ba learned about the situation in Jizhou, he realized his ability to govern, and probably regretted his previous decision, so he used this sentence to apologize to him.

With this, Pei Hui felt that it was enough.

"General, Guo Xiu is here again." Pei Hui presented the draft contract brought by Guo Xiu.

Wei Ba took it but didn't look at it, but exchanged a look with Yu Yan and smiled in unison. He thought for a moment, "Let him in." ”

Pei Hui nodded and turned around to go out, informing Guo Xiu to see him.

Guo Xiu was very surprised, he thought that he would have to pass through Yu Yan again, but he didn't expect to see Wei Ba himself so easily. It's just a pity that the possibility of meeting alone is very small, and now there must be a lot of people in Wei Ba's tent, and there is no chance of assassination.

Guo Xiu followed Pei Hui into the big tent, but unexpectedly found that there were not many people in the tent. Wei Ba was sitting in the middle of the room, Yu Yan was sitting on one side, and on the other side was the young general he had seen last time, talking to Wei Ba in a low voice.

Seeing Guo Xiu come in, the corners of Wei Ba's mouth twitched, and he picked up the contract and threw it back. Guo Xiu saw that the contract was intact, and it was obvious that it had not been opened, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

"What does this mean, King?"

"I told you to hurry, but you just won't listen. Now that Jizhou has started, of course, the conditions will change again. ”

Guo Xiu's face darkened. There is another piece of capital for negotiations, and it is a very important piece, and he has no capital.

"I'll talk about the contract later." Wei Ba smiled: "I want to ask you to draw a portrait." ”

Guo Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then ecstatic. It's really hard to find a place to step on iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get there. The opportunity to paint the portrait that he had been waiting for so long suddenly came just when he thought it was the most unlikely. It seems that the sky has eyes, and it is not in vain for me Guo Xiu's hard work.

"It's an honor for the minister." Guo Xiu suppressed the joy in his heart, and tried his best to calm his tone and not show flaws. "Dare to ask the king, do you want to paint now, or ......"

"Draw now, okay?" Wei Ba's smile was even bigger: "Guo Xiu just came from Luoyang, will he be too tired?" ”

"No, no." Guo Xiu said repeatedly: "Then the foreign minister went to fetch the utensils, please wait for the king and wash up?" ”

Wei Ba waved his hand and motioned for Guo Xiu to go and return quickly. Guo Xiu hurriedly got up and left. Looking at Guo Xiu's back, Wei Ba sneered: "It seems that although the people of Xizhou are brave and resolute, if they want to play these methods, they are still a little worse after all." ”

"yes, not everyone has a scheming like Javon and that." Yu Yan smiled: "Not measuring one's own strength has always been the way to take trouble." ”

Wei Ba's jaw head agreed, and asked people to ask Yinfan. After a while, Guo Xiu took the utensils for the portrait and walked back to the big tent quickly, but saw that there were two more people in the tent, a scholar-like person sitting next to Yu Yan, and another young man with a restrained demeanor standing aside.

"King, you need to be quiet when painting ......"

"It's not for me, it's for him." Wei Ba pointed at the young man and said casually: "Guo Xiaoxian, do you feel familiar?" ”

Guo Xiu didn't pay attention to the young man at first, and when he heard Wei Ba say this, he took a serious look. At this glance, an ominous cloud suddenly floated in my heart.

This person is indeed somewhat familiar, he has definitely never seen this person, but this person's face is somewhat similar to Cao Fang, the son of heaven in Luoyang.

Guo Xiu's palms were cold, he put the utensils of the portrait on the table, his hand hung down below the table, and slowly touched the short knife tied to his arm. He walked over to the young man, looked him up and down, then turned to Wei Ba and said with a smile, "King, I don't know this person. ”

As he spoke, he quietly approached Wei Ba, preparing to get closer and then suddenly attack. As soon as he took two steps, Wei Wu came up to him, and without saying a word, he slammed his fist in front of him. Although Guo Xiu was on guard, where was Wei Wu's opponent, he deliberately made a shocked appearance, sideways avoided, took advantage of the situation to rush towards Wei Ba, and screamed: "The king save me!" At the same time, he pulled out a short knife and silently stabbed Wei Ba in the chest.

"Of course I'll save you!" Wei Ba looked at Guo Xiu, who was gritting his teeth and going all out, motionless.

Seeing that the short knife was about to reach his body, Wei Wu turned around and kicked Guo Xiu's waist fiercely. Guo Xiu knew that this was the matter that had been revealed, and this was the last chance, so he could only make a desperate bet, where would he have the strength to resist Wei Wu's attack. was kicked by Wei Wu and flew sideways, flew three or five steps away, and fell to the ground with a thud, and the short knife in his hand didn't know where it flew.

"I can't help myself!" Wei Wu clapped his hands and dismissed. "Tie him up and search him!"

The two soldiers pounced, and without saying a word, restrained Guo Xiu, unsheathed his arm, and tied him up. As the soldiers who shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting Wei Ba's life, they hate this kind of assassin the most, and they are very ruthless, tied up very tightly, so that Guo Xiu can't move, and it is a little difficult to even breathe, and the pain is so cold that he is dripping with cold sweat.

A soldier retrieved the short knife and sent it to Wei Ba with the scabbard. Wei Ba took the knife and glanced at it, pouting: "Poison, stab, Guo Xiaoxian, you are really above board." ”

Guo Xiu bit his lip tightly and didn't say a word. He knew that he had failed, and now he only wanted to take this matter on himself, so as not to cause trouble to the Empress Dowager Guo and the Guo family.

Wei Ba waved his hand, Yin Fan walked in front of Guo Xiu, unfolded a portrait, and smiled: "You don't know that person just now, you must know this person." ”

Guo Xiu glanced at it and involuntarily gasped: "Do you have a fine work in the palace?" ”

Yin Fan smiled: "Why bother to work in the palace." Don't forget, before he entered Luoyang, he grew up in Liaodong, not to mention, he still has such a cousin in Liaodong. You are also too careless, such a big matter, don't send someone to Liaodong to investigate? ”

Guo Xiu's face was like ashes, and he was silent for a long time: "That's right, it's our own carelessness that can't blame others." ”

Yinbo immediately caught Guo Xiu's speech and asked, "You said you, besides you and Empress Dowager Guo, who else knows about this?" ”

Guo Xiu glanced at Yin Fan and laughed miserably: "If you want to ask something out of my mouth, I advise me not to dream." I did this by myself from beginning to end, and it has nothing to do with anyone. ”

"I don't plan to ask about Luoyang, and there's no need to ask." Wei Ba interrupted their conversation: "Let's talk about Jiang Wei." Make it clear, reward you with a whole corpse and leave a way for the Guo family to live. I can't tell......" He paused, his tone calm, but with an indescribable coldness. "Your Xiping Guo family will accompany the Tianshui Jiang family to the funeral."

Guo Xiu's eyes tightened, and without waiting for him to speak, Yin Fan laughed: "Five days ago, Jiang Wei was blocked by Sima Yi in Hangu. What more do you expect from him? ”

Guo Xiu held his breath, and all thoughts were lost. After a long time, he sighed: "Providence is like this, it is beyond my power. After speaking, he opened his eyes wide, glared at Wei Ba fiercely, opened his mouth wide, stuck out his tongue as much as he could, and bit down hard.

Seeing this, Yin Fan hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to pinch Guo Xiu's mouth, but he was still a step too late.

The blood slowly turned black, and the small half of the tongue fell out.