At the same time, after leaving the palace, Guo Jia first returned to his home, and then took a carriage to Jia Xu's mansion.

Unlike last time, as soon as he got out of the carriage, the porter greeted him warmly.

"Master Guo, my master has been waiting for a long time."

Guo Jia noticed that the porter had changed, and Jia Xu did not leave the porter sent by Yuan Shao.

"Lead the way."

The porter hurriedly bowed down and welcomed Guo Jia in, and said, "Please go to the lobby to take a seat first, and the small one will send someone to report to the head of the family." ”

Entering Jiafu, Guo Jia looked at it a few times, and then sat down in the lobby under the guidance of the porter.

Not long after I sat down, and before the tea was even served, I heard a hearty laugh.

Guo Jia turned around to look and saw Jia Xu, who was dressed in civilian clothes, walking into the lobby with a folding fan, with a smile on his face, and said, "I thought Feng Xiao was going to miss the appointment today." ”

"How dare you." Guo Jia got up to greet him and said slightly apologetically: "Brother Wen and brother are invited, how can they miss the appointment in the future?" Because some things were delayed later, please don't blame Brother Wen He. ”

Where would Jia Xu care about these little things, he stepped forward and climbed Guo Jia's hand and said with a smile: "Fengxiao came just in time, the weather is hot today, I have prepared plum wine in the backyard to relieve the heat, and go with me to drink." ”

After that, he took Guo Jia to the backyard together.

Guo Jia is a drunkard, so dare not obey?

Jia Xu's backyard is quite elegantly dotted, with grape trellises in the yard and grape vines climbing on them, which are already full of fruitful fruits at this time, and the growth is quite gratifying.

Beneath the grape trellis was a shady place, with two chairs, a small wooden table, and a jar of unopened wine chilled by ice cubes, and two plates of washed grapes.

Apparently this was well prepared.

Jia Xu opened the mud seal of the wine jar and poured wine for Guo Jia, and said: "Last time I went to the villa outside the city to escape the summer, the general invited us to drink this plum wine, but unfortunately you didn't go. ”

"I know that you like to drink, so I specially asked the general for a few jars, please come over today and try them."

When the wine is in the glass, the fragrance spreads quickly.

But Guo Jia, the drunkard, didn't move, but stared at Jia Xu and asked, "Brother Wen He invited me here today, just to drink?" If that's the case, I'm going to be disappointed. ”

Jia Xu didn't hear it, drank a glass of wine by himself, and said with a comfortable face: "Happy! ”

Guo Jia on the side didn't speak, just looked at him quietly.

Jia Xu drank a few glasses of wine in succession before he said lightly: "Some words are always easy to say when you are drunk, if you can't talk together at that time, then it will be drunk words, and it will not hurt the friendship between you and me, right?" ”

As he spoke, he took a glass of wine and handed it to Guo Jia, looking at him with a smile.

Guo Jia also smiled, took the wine and drank it all in one gulp.

When smart people talk to each other, they always have to make a detour first.

If you don't understand, there's nothing to talk about.

If you understand, that is the tacit understanding between the two sides.

"The taste of this wine is really good. It seems that Brother Wen He is still favored by the general, and such a fine wine has given you more than a dozen jars. ”

"Hahahaha! Feng Xiao good amount of wine! Jia Xu laughed, and did not respond to Guo Jia's talk about Yuan Shao, gave a full cup, and asked pointedly:

"I sent someone to pick you up at the government and your house before, but I didn't find you, I think Feng Xiaoying just came out of the palace, right? I'm a little curious, why does Feng Xiao often enter the palace to face the saint, won't Yuan Shao notice it? ”

Guo Jia's hand holding the wine glass paused slightly, as if he was thinking about how to respond.

Jia Xu smiled slightly, "Today's conversation, God knows, you know and I know." Of course, if Feng Xiao doesn't believe me, then it goes without saying, we drink today. ”

If you don't want to say it, you can really not say it.

Then drinking today is really just drinking.

Guo Jia was silent for a moment, drank the wine in the cup again, and looked directly into Jia Xu's eyes: "Zhang He, the palace guard, is loyal to Your Majesty." ”

is different from playing dumb riddles in the past, if he wants to recruit Jia Xu, today he must show enough sincerity and reveal some of his hole cards, otherwise this conversation will not go on.

"As I expected." Jia Xu didn't seem surprised by this, and played with the wine glass in his hand and said: "You can prevaricate on the grounds of meeting Your Majesty once or twice in the deep palace, but it doesn't make sense on the general's side if you go in and out of the deep palace once or twice. Only the general in charge of the forbidden army and even the entire forbidden army are loyal to His Majesty, can the lights be darkened. ”

"I never thought that Your Majesty would hide it deeply, and only come to Yecheng for a long time, and quietly subdued a forbidden army, plus a strategist like you."

When he met the Son of Heaven in the palace that day, Liu Xie's impression of Jia Xu was neither good nor bad, but it could only be said to be decent.

Now, I am afraid that these are just appearances.

Guo Jia said: "The dragon can be big and small, and it can be promoted and hidden; The big one is the clouds and the fog, and the small one is hidden and hidden; The rising is soaring between the universe, and the hidden is lurking in the waves. ”

"Your Majesty is now in the abyss, ready to go, just wait for the wind and clouds to rise, you can soar into the sky and dominate all directions."

"Yuan Shao, how can he stay true to the dragon for a long time?"

Hearing such remarks, Jia Xu was unimpressed and asked: "Although Your Majesty has the ambition to soar to the sky, but Yuan Shao IV and the third duke, occupy the lands of Bingzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou, and there is no one who can compare with the princes from all walks of life. ”

"How did Your Majesty get rid of Yuan Shao's clamps and regain control of the throne? With a thousand forbidden troops and filial piety, I'm afraid it's far from enough, right?

Compared with Yuan Shao's huge power, the Son of Heaven can be said to have a shallow foundation, and he is still confined to this small Ye City.

As it stands, there is no comparison between the two at all.

Jia Xu had long known that Guo Jia wanted to win him over to assist the Son of Heaven, but he needed to find out what hole cards the Son of Heaven had.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to make up his mind to get involved in this extremely dangerous fight.

"Brother Wen He's words are wrong!"

Guo Jia noticed that Jia Xu's address to Yuan Shao had changed from the previous general to his name, and he understood his thoughts in his heart.

took the wine glass from Jia Xu's hand and drank another glass of wine, but he was disgusted, so he directly tore off the collar of his shirt, and actually picked up the whole jar of plum wine and drank it bitterly, looking like a madman.

After pouring half a jar of wine, Guo Jia's face was flushed, and his clothes were wet with wine.

"Brother Wen He, listen to me one by one."

Jia Xu looked at Guo Jia with interest, showing his true temperament, and was curious about what kind of high arguments he would have next.

Guo Jia threw the wine to the side, his eyes were bright, he stared at Jia Xu fixedly, and said in a firm tone: "In my opinion, Your Majesty has ten victories, and Yuan Shao has ten defeats!" ”

Jia Xu was shocked when he heard this, subconsciously sat up straight, and said, "Dare to ask which ten wins and which ten defeats?" I wish to hear about it! ”

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