Jingshi, Xu Du, Guo Jia's mansion.

"Cough, cough, cough!" A violent cough almost resounded throughout the entire backyard of Guo Jia's mansion, this sick man who was willing to laugh and play on weekdays, at this moment he was like a terminal illness, lazily leaning on the edge of the bed, his pale face was like flour, almost invisible, only when he coughed violently, there would be a trace of flushing, as if he had recovered some indifferent vitality, but when he stopped, his demeanor was even more sluggish than before.

is terminally ill, maybe not Guo Jia's current state, but it is not much worse.

"Ahem~~!" With a loud bang, he saw a mouthful of blood spurting out of Guo Jia's mouth, and the maid on the side hurriedly went up to wipe it with a brocade hand, but was stopped by his weak hand.

"The way you look is not much worse than death. With a faint sigh, I saw an old man with a swarthy appearance and a bitter gourd face supporting a crutch, and walked into Guo Jia's living room with a secret step, he was not polite, as if he had come to his own home, and then he found a soft couch to sit down, squinting his eyes as deep as the mouth of the well, and looked at Guo Jia lying on the bed fixedly.

Guo Jia didn't seem to care about the arrival of the old man, or he seemed to have expected the old man to come, only to see him gently glance at the uninvited old man, and a helpless smile slowly appeared on his white face.

"Are you jealous of talent? Who says it's not, you old dog can live until now, it's ridiculous that Guo is less than forty years old, and he is going to die here, God is really unfair. ”

"There's nothing fair or unfair about it." Jia Xu sighed and said: "The old decay is at peace with what happens, don't fight, don't grab, don't grab, and live by guarding his own one-third of an acre." God naturally doesn't notice me, but the more eye-catching and upright a young man like you is, the easier it is for the sky to look at me. It's a pity that it's too late for you to change now, otherwise, with your wisdom, it is not impossible to live longer than the old man. ”

Guo Jia twisted his head and snorted heavily. Yan said: "You came here to make fun of me, right? ”

Jia Xu was happy when he heard this, although it was not obvious, he could still see that he was laughing.

"Sarcasm? The old man will never do those things that offend people, but just look at the way you are now, if you don't want to listen, we can say something else. ”

"Then let's talk about something else" Guo Jia straightened his body, turned his head and looked at Jia Xu with blazing eyes, and said, "There was news a few days ago. The lord fought with Yuan Shang in Guanzhong, and was defeated by Yuan Shang and Ma Teng due to bad luck, and the situation was critical, and Guo did not understand. Why don't you go to Guanzhong with the lord? With your skills, if you go, the lord may not suffer such a fiasco! ”

Jia Xu was expressionless, and said indifferently: "No way." The situation is like this, there is no way to force it, and the lord will leave the old decay in Xudu. The old decay can only be arranged by the lord, that's all. ”

"You!" When Guo Jia heard this, a sullen breath surged up in his chest, and he almost coughed out again, and said angrily: "The lord didn't ask you to go, so why don't you take the initiative to ask for help!" ”

Jia Xu shook his head lightly and said, "Take the initiative to ask for these four words, the old man has never done it, and he doesn't have that habit." ”

"Ahem, ahem!" When Guo Jia heard this, he couldn't hold it back, so he could only lower his head and cough vigorously.

"You selfish old dog" After coughing, Guo Jia glanced at Jia Xu fiercely, and said very angry words in his mouth.

Jia Xu didn't care, and continued: "Besides, today's Xu Du, although Xun Yu has full authority to preside over political affairs, but no one takes care of foreign affairs, and you are seriously ill, sick in bed, at a critical moment, if there is no old decay to preside over the situation, how can this Xu Du be stable?" ”

Guo Jia smiled disdainfully when he heard this, and said: "What you said is simple, from the lord to lead the troops to the west, what major events have you ever had?" Not to mention that you old dog has come out to preside over the situation! ”

Jia Xu knocked his eyes slightly again, and said, "Originally, maybe there wasn't, but something is about to happen." ”

Guo Jia was stunned when he heard this, and then said, "Who are you talking about?" ”

"It seems that your serious illness has seriously affected your wisdom, and you can't figure out such a simple truth?" Jia Xu smiled faintly, and the clouds and mountains teased Guo Jiadao.

Guo Jia thought about it, then seemed to be abrupt, and then waved his hand and said: "What is the matter with Guo Mou, it turns out that you mean this Liu Biao of Jingzhou, right?" Hmph, it's just a busy person, what's terrible, do you think Liu Biao has the guts? ”

Jia Xu shook his head lightly and sighed: "Liu Biao's courage may be insufficient, but you have forgotten one person, that is Liu Bei, with this person, it may not be possible to persuade Liu Biao to take the opportunity to enter the army." ”

Guo Jia waved his hand impatiently and said: "Although Liu Bei is a hero, but he has no wise men under him. ”

Jia Xu sighed and said: "It may have been the case before, but now it is different, Liu Bei has an extra Zhuge Liang, if the information of the old man is correct, this Zhuge Liang is an extraordinary person, his nickname is Fu Long, and Xiangyang Pang Degong's nephew Pang Tong is equally famous, and is called Fu Long and Phoenix Chick, and the two of them can settle the world!" was praised very high by Jing Chu celebrities, and these characters came under Liu Bei's command, but I am afraid that from now on, Liu Bei will be like a dragon entering the sea, and the tiger will return to the mountain, and it will be difficult to be limited by ordinary people. ”

Guo Jia was stunned when he heard this, and said, "What do you mean, there will definitely be action on the Jingzhou side." ”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "There will definitely be." ”

"What then?"

Jia Xu heard and said: "If you are in good health, you will ignore this matter, and you young people will naturally be taught to do it, but now you are seriously ill, Xun Yu is dedicated to internal affairs, and he has no time to take care of it, and it is difficult for the old man not to make a move, but after all, the old man is soft-spoken on weekdays, and he was once a subordinate, but he is afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public, so he must have your support to do things."

Guo Jia was immediately happy when he heard this: "It turns out that you are here today for this?" I want Guo to help! Okay, Guo also wants to see what kind of power you old fox will have! Just a glimpse of your poison demeanor today.,Ha Lu Ha Ha ~~Cough cough cough~~! ”

Jia Xu sighed helplessly, shook his head and said, "Young man, relax your temper and temperament, laugh when you encounter something, beware of coughing to death." ”

Guo Jia: ""

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In Jingzhou, as Jia Xu said, Liu Biao, with Cai Mao and Zhang Yun as the chief and deputy governors, led the elite infantry of Jingzhou, and took advantage of the unfavorable situation of Cao Cao's westward expedition to quickly send troops to Xudu, intending to capture Xuchang. In Cai Mao's army, Liu Bei and others were also on the side of the army, and were regarded as partial generals and obeyed his command.

Liu Bei didn't care about this, he was respectful along the way, and he gave Cai Mao an order, so that Cai Mao, who was wary of him, unconsciously relaxed his vigilance against Liu Bei and began to think about how to capture Xu Du wholeheartedly.

In Cai Mao's heart, now that Cao Cao is not there, Xuchang is empty, with the troops under his command, he wants to break Xuchang City and welcome back the Son of Heaven, which can be described as a sure thing, there is no suspense at all, it just depends on the length of time.

After the soldiers and horses traveled for a while, on this day, when Cai Mao was stopping the army and resting, thinking about how to attack Xuchang, Liu Bei was dressed and armored, and came to greet him.

"The last general, Liu Bei, has seen Cai Dudu!"

Although he is called the governor very often on weekdays, Cai Mao's mentality is as if he is sick, every time he hears Liu Bei call him like this, his heart is extremely comfortable and happy, but when he saw him, he immediately straightened his waist, made a gesture, and held a handrail at Liu Bei, and said: "Xuande doesn't have to be polite, you came just in time, Bendu is thinking about how to attack Xuchang's arrangement, and the others have already been thought about, only this vanguard officer has not been properly thought about for the time being, just when you came over, but you are helping the general to staff together."

"No!" After Liu Bei finished speaking, he strode to the sand table and Pitu in Cai Mao's tent, took a serious look, and said: "The Metropolitan Governor is really using soldiers to get into the spirit, and the arrangement is really thorough, and I really can't find a trace of omissions and drawbacks!"

"Hahaha, Xuande has won the award! Not as divine as you say, Bendu is also due to shortcomings. Cai Mao was praised by Liu Bei, and her heart was really dark.

"Xuande, then who do you think should hold the position of vanguard officer?"

Liu Bei thought for a while and said, "If the Metropolitan Governor does not dislike it, and Bei is willing to take on this position, I don't know what the Metropolitan Governor wants?" ”

Cai Mao was shocked when he heard this, pondered again and again in his heart, thought about it carefully, shook his head and said: "This is a little too dangerous, Xuande is the younger brother of the lord's family, his status is noble and different from his generals, and the vanguard army should not do such a dangerous thing as a good one."

Liu Bei was slightly happy in his heart, and secretly said As Kong Ming said, Cai Mao would never give himself the slightest chance to make meritorious contributions, lest I cover his limelight, but fortunately, I can continue to talk to Lu.

"Governor, if you don't go to be a pioneer, you are at a loss in the camp every day, and your brother knows about it, I'm afraid that I will blame me for being lazy and greedy, so that Bei is not very easy to do, although Bei is dull, but the Governor of the Metropolitan Please give Bei a little chance, make some meager contributions, and go back to explain to my brother, do you say yes?"

Cai Mao: "(To be continued.) )