Chapter 148 Xun You: In the end, I took it all!
The sun sets in the west.

Jinmao did not make a decision immediately.

Because it hasn't happened yet.

Therefore, no matter which strategy is adopted, Jinmao feels it is not very good.

He just wants to develop peacefully and doesn't want any twists and turns.

But he also knew that this was impossible.

The document officially appointing the Emperor as the Governor of Yangzhou was issued this month, and my father-in-law's letter arrived at about the same time.

The price of 40,000 barrels of oil was not a big deal, the most troublesome thing was the condition that my father-in-law agreed to Yuan Shao.

My father-in-law also said a lot of things in the letter, and explained in detail the journey to seek an official position.

As we all know, if Yuan Shao develops in the north in the future, then Yuan Shu will inevitably develop in the south.

Now that Jin Mao is on the same boat with Yuan Shao, he will definitely confront Yuan Shu in the future.

Perhaps, the deprivation of military power that Guo Jia mentioned may happen soon.

The probability is high.

First, Jin Mao had already offended the eunuch group, and now he had offended Yuan Shu. What was the use of relying on Yuan Shao alone? What was to be lost could not be retained at all.

Although everything will be fine when the big boss Dong Zhuo comes on stage, how should we spend the time before he comes on stage?

Therefore, Jin Mao decided to keep "Xun You" to help advise on military affairs.

In his opinion, this "Xun You" has a sharp vision and a great sense of the overall situation. If he lets him escape, he would be a fool!

It was not yet time for dinner, but Jin Mao ordered people to slaughter pigs and sheep in preparation for the dinner.

In order to make "Xun You" enjoy himself, he specially ordered people to prepare fruit juice as a drink.

This made all the generals extremely envious. It was usually very difficult for them to get some fruit, but a foreign scholar actually had such treatment!

Jin Mao didn't care about all this, he just wanted to entertain "Xun You" in the best way.

He even thought about it and asked someone to brew wine when he arrived in Shouchun County, especially for "Xun You".

"Xun You" must also have the same treatment that Xi Zhicai had back then!

Guo Jia finally got the feeling he wanted. This feeling of being at home was really wonderful.

Too bad, he has to run away!

If you don't run now, you won't be able to escape.

Before leaving, Guo Jia wanted to fight for it again, because in his opinion, Jin Mao was still a man who could be a wise leader, but he was too timid and conservative.

"Governor Jin, there is a question that has been on my mind for a long time, and I really can't wait to ask it."

Jin Mao wanted to persuade him to drink, but when he heard this, he immediately put down the bottle and stretched out his hand, saying, "Please speak!"

"This is a personal matter." Guo Jia said shyly, "I don't like to start with small things. I only want to do big things."

"If, I mean if." Guo Jia emphasized: "If I want to serve you, but don't want to do those trivial things."

"Do you think you can be flexible?"

Jinmao understood immediately that this was a request for a high-ranking official.

"How do you think of this, sir?"

Jin Mao suggested: "You can temporarily take up any position, but you need to wait until you have achieved enough merit before I can submit a report for you to be officially appointed, promoted, and promoted."

"If you still can't achieve the corresponding achievements within three years, then you need to obey the arrangements."

This is the biggest concession that Jinmao can make, otherwise the people below will definitely make a big fuss.

But this obviously did not meet Guo Jia's expectations.

"That's great." Guo Jia remained calm on the surface, but he was already thinking of backing out in his heart.

In the following time, Guo Jia pretended that the juice tasted good and couldn't help but drink more.

Half an hour later, Guo Jia covered his stomach and went to the toilet.

Jin Mao had no objection and gave Jiang Qin a wink, and the latter immediately followed Guo Jia to go to the toilet.

Guo Jia didn't seem to notice. He turned around and came to a dimly lit place to relieve himself.

Jiang Qin pretended to go to the bathroom, but his eyes were always on Guo Jia.

Guo Jia stood there for a long time without saying a word. He turned his head and looked at Jiang Qin complainingly, "Your eyes are too sharp."

Guo Jia explained: "When I relieve myself, I like to whistle. My little brother is shy."

When Jiang Qin heard that a whistle was about to be blown, he stopped forcing himself to stare and took a step back, his vision just blocked by the camp cloth.

Sure enough, Guo Jia was whistling when no one was watching, and the next second, the sound of urine hitting the ground was heard from behind the camp.

At first, Jiang Qin didn't care that the whistle stopped because the sound of flowing water did not stop.

But after a minute I felt something was wrong. How could anyone keep peeing for so long? We are not animals.

"Oops!" Jiang Qin suddenly jumped behind the camp and shouted, "Sir, I'm sorry!"

But there was no human figure there, only a water bag hanging in the air, and the sound of flowing water came from there.

Jiang Qin fiercely snatched the water bag away, secretly annoyed: "Intelligent people are always cunning!"

“How can I explain this to the Lord?”

...

Jinmao’s camp was less than three miles to the west.

Xun You sat by the campfire, sighing.

Xun You knew everything about Guo Jia's unauthorized action and going to see Jin Mao.

He didn't expect that just when he went out to find a boatman, Guo Jia gave him such a big problem.

Xun You did not leave alone with his clan soldiers, because he knew that Guo Jia was just playful and did not really want to serve, and would escape sooner or later.

By then, Xun You will have to clean up Guo Jia's mess.

An old father's sorrow welled up in my heart.

Guo Jia is such a troublesome kid.

"Well, maybe this is God's will!" Xun You thought.

After a quick dinner, Xun You prepared to rest.

suddenly!

Xun You seemed to hear some noise and listened attentively.

"Gongda...Gongda..."

The sound was faint, as if coming from far away.

Xun You immediately ordered: "Relight the bonfire!"

After a while, Guo Jia, with a bruised face and nose, walked out of the darkness. His handsome face was as funny as it could be.

"Feng Xiao..."

Xun You didn't know what to say.

Guo Jia didn't care about that and said quickly: "Time is running out, Gongda, give me the horse quickly, I want to go back to Yangdi!"

Xun You did as he was told and gave all three horses to Guo Jia, and arranged two of the bravest soldiers of the clan to protect him.

"I'm leaving tonight." Guo Jia didn't have time to explain. He packed his luggage and apologized: "Gongda, I hope you can forgive me."

Xun You said calmly: "Well, I won't blame you."

He only blamed himself for bringing this disaster out.

Guo Jia got on his horse and finally couldn't help asking, "Gongda, don't you want to know what happened?"

Xun You said helplessly: "Someone will naturally tell me about this matter."

Guo Jia finally said in shame: "Gongda, I'm sorry! It's all my fault!"

Xun You nodded calmly and said, "I'll help you this time, so it won't be a problem." "But I hope you can remember this lesson, because next time, no one will necessarily help you."

"Gongda..." Guo Jia nodded heavily with tears in his eyes: "I will, I will definitely remember it!"

Xun You waved his hand and said, "Let's go quickly. If we don't leave now, it may be too late."

Guo Jia wiped his eyes, and before leaving, he broke another shocking thunder to Xun You: "Just now I went to see the governor of Yangzhou and used your name."

Without giving Xun You a chance, he clasped his fists and said, "Take care!"

He took two soldiers from his tribe and rode into the darkness, disappearing without a trace.

The Xun family soldiers around were confused and didn't understand a word.

If Guo Jia hadn't run fast, Xun You would have wanted to pull him off his horse and beat him up on the spot.

Fortunately, this man is not his own son, otherwise, he would have shortened his life by twenty years!

What a pest!

Then, Xun You sighed and said, "Everyone doesn't need to sleep tonight, there will be guests coming later."

"When the time comes, don't panic, and remember not to pick up weapons!"

The soldiers of the Xun family were even more confused and wanted to ask Xun You if his brain was burned out and if he was talking nonsense.

Only Xun You knew what scene he would face next.

He also had to think of a way to buy some time for Guo Jia.

Smart people often don't talk nonsense.

Things have already happened, Xun You can only do his best to help.

Half an hour later, Xun You and his gang were discovered.

An hour later, Jin Mao led the crowd to surround Xun You and others.

Hearing that the soldiers of the Xun family were very well-behaved, Jin Mao was curious but maintained basic etiquette. He clasped his fists while sitting on his horse and said, "Please forgive me for disturbing you so late at night."

"I have a very important... friend who is missing." Jin Mao asked gently, "May I ask if you have seen him?"

The Xun family soldiers looked at Xun You, who knew that Jin Mao was not asking casually. He must have searched the surroundings and only came here to ask if there were any inhabitants.

In other words, Xun You knew that Jin Mao already knew that he must be related to Guo Jia.

"There was indeed a person who fell and had a bruised face. He claimed that he was kidnapped by bandits and had a lucky escape."

Xun You said: "I felt sorry for him, so I gave him a horse. I was also worried that he might be in danger on the road, so I sent two followers to protect him."

You are a very nice person. Jin Maocai doesn't believe the nonsense told by the big guy in front of him.

He has been in this era for more than four years, and he has never seen a situation where people would help others when they see injustice, let alone a situation like this where they would send horses and escort the people.

If Jin Mao didn't know these two people, he would never believe it.

Just in case, Jin Mao patiently explained: "Your Excellency has misunderstood. I am not a bandit, but the governor of Yangzhou."

Xun You readily bowed and said, "Meet the Governor of Yangzhou."

Jin Mao nodded his head and said, "There is something wrong with my friend. If he can't be found soon, I'm afraid his life will be in danger."

Unexpectedly, Xun You agreed and said, "That man does seem to have a headache, and his words are incoherent."

This was Xun You's revenge on Guo Jia, and he was also throwing a smokescreen for Jin Mao. The previous words were lies carefully made up by Xun You.

The purpose is to make Jin Mao suspicious of the relationship between the two and thus delay time.

This sentence made Jinmao even more confused about the situation.

Sure enough, Jin Mao was stunned and began to wonder if he had made a mistake. He asked, "Which direction did he run to?"

Xun You pointed in the direction of Shouchun, then turned east and said, "I saw him lighting a torch, running first north and then east."

Impossible! Jin Mao immediately denied it in his heart. He came from the east, so how could he not have met "Xun You".

This was another trap set by Xun You, leaving Jin Mao with two options: Shouchun in the north and Lujiang County in the west, and asking him to guess.

Because from Jin Mao's perspective, Xun You had no idea where he came from.

"Thank you for letting me know." Jin Mao thanked him.

Xun You stopped talking and pretended to go to bed. This was the third step of his plan.

Sure enough, Jin Mao noticed something was wrong not long after he left: "This guy doesn't seem surprised at all to see me!"

"It's as if they had expected me to come."

Jin Mao thought: "Such a person must be either extremely intelligent or in league with Xun You."

There was no time to send anyone out to search overnight, so Jin Mao returned to Xun You’s camp again.

Seeing Xun You standing there without any surprise, as if waiting for him, Jin Mao finally confirmed that this man was not an ordinary person.

"I'm sorry for being rude just now." Jin Mao bowed and said, "I haven't asked you yet... uh."

Jin Mao originally wanted to ask which family Xun You came from, but when he saw Xun You was eight feet tall and wearing armor, he couldn't imagine which scholar could be so powerful.

Few of his generals were of this stature.

Finally, Jin Mao asked, "I don't know whether I should address you as Sir or Your Excellency?"

Xun You bowed and said, "I dare not address you as sir. You can just call me by my courtesy name Fengxiao."

"Feng Xiao!"

Jin Mao asked carefully, "May I ask your name, sir?"

Xun You said calmly, "No need to mention your surname, Guo."

"Guo Fengxiao!!"

Jin Mao screamed, today is so exciting, here come two talented people!
He immediately gave orders for everyone to surround the place and not let anyone escape, not even a single hair!

Jin Mao confirmed again: "Are you Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao?"

Xun You nodded helplessly, and couldn't help sighing in his heart: "Feng Xiao, why are you pretending to be me? You must not know that Jin Yangzhou also values ​​you very much."

Now that the two are even, the mischievous spirit in Xun You can't help but occupy his mind.

After getting a positive answer, Jin Mao was so excited that he didn't know where to put his hands.

Suddenly, Jin Mao realized the problem: "That's not right!"

"Sir, you claim to be Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao. How come you don't know Xun You, Xun Gongda?"

Xun You remained calm and bowed, saying, "I've heard that Jin Yangzhou likes to force people to do things they can't. I don't want my friend to fall into your hands."

"Who told you that?" Jin Mao immediately responded, "How dare you, Xi Zhicai, say bad things about me behind my back!"

Xun You's heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect that the plan he came up with on the spur of the moment was full of loopholes and even trapped Xi Zhicai.

Guo Fengxiao has really done a lot of harm to people!
"Sir, don't listen to those people's nonsense."

Jin Mao suddenly realized that restoring the impression of "Guo Jia" was the most important thing at this stage.

"I'm not that kind of person!"

Xun You nodded and said, "I believe that Jin Yangzhou is a gentleman except for this bad habit."

Jin Mao really didn't dare to respond, so he asked with a smile, "I wonder if you came to Yangzhou to serve me?"

Xun You asked in return: "What will happen if you don't surrender?"

This move is a checkmate, a dead end!

Just when Jin Mao didn't know how to continue the topic, Xun You spoke up: "If you want to recruit me... Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao, you have to show your sincerity!"

Xun You thought to himself, it was not me who surrendered, it was Guo Jia who surrendered.

Jin Mao didn't care what was weird about it and said happily, "Sir, please speak!"

"I will definitely meet all your requirements!"

Xun You experienced the pleasure of pretending to be someone else for the first time and said, "You only need to promise me, Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao, one thing."

"If you remain loyal to the Han Dynasty and help the world, I will recognize you as my master!"

(End of this chapter)