Chapter 38: Questioning the Heart

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In the history of the Three Kingdoms, Guo Jia was a counselor who was good at thinking about problems from the perspective of his opponents. It just so happened that Qi Zhen was also good at this matter.

So in the final analysis, the relationship between the two is still a question of mind.

Guo Jia would never ask Qi Zhen if Qi Zhen would kill him if he didn't agree to go with him. Qi Zhen knew that Guo Jia would guess so, but she was determined not to reveal the matter to him in the slightest.

Judging from the current situation, Qi Zhen has enough resources. For Guo Jia, it can really be said that one more person is not more than him, and one person less than him is not much. After all, at this time, Guo Jia has not shown any That kind of outstanding ability, according to the ancient saying, is still in the stage of raising hope.

Therefore, Guo Jia does not think that he can occupy such an important position in Qi Zhen's heart. The reason why Qi Zhen revealed all his strategies is to prepare that if he does not go, he can kill him without hesitation. There won't be any psychological burden.

The reality was similar to what he thought, but not exactly the same.

Qi Zhen was indeed prepared to kill Guo Jia if she could not recruit him.

But the reason is not because she is worried that Guo Jia will tell her enemies or announce her plan to the world, but because Qi Zhen cannot allow people like Guo Jia to eventually become someone else's adviser and in turn become a knife against herself.

There were only a few counselors of the Three Kingdoms with names. Yuan Shao, whom Xun Yu followed at first, later rebelled, along with Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai.

Chen Gong, who had just started following Cao Cao, hesitated after he killed his adoptive father Lu Boshe's family in Chenggao County and said the famous saying "I would rather betray the world than teach the world to betray me". Yu did not kill Cao Cao, who was still Cao Aha at the time, so after more than ten years of going around in circles, he still died in the hands of Cao Cao.

Xu Shu followed Liu Bei and later recommended Zhuge Liang to Cao Ying. He left behind famous sayings such as "He was in Cao Ying but his heart was in Han" and "Xu Shu entered Cao Ying without saying a word" which were widely circulated. This means that he had integrity. , but what the Three Kingdoms did not tell the world was that during the years when Cao Pi was the emperor, Xu Shuguan paid homage to You Zhonglang General and Yu Shi Zhongcheng.

Xu You has also been following Yuan Shao. What's the result?

It is not just nonsense to say that three fires burned out the Three Kingdoms. The surprise attack on the rear in the Battle of Guandu established Cao Cao's dominance in the north. Xu You betrayed Yuan Shao, but he did not get any good results. Why not let him Xu Chu, a warrior, was killed with an axe?

After Sun Ce's father, Sun Jian, was plotted by Liu Biao, Sun Ce first followed Yuan Shu. Later, when Zhou Yu came, Sun Ce didn't want anyone, but Han Dangzu, Mao, Cheng, Pu, Huang Gai, four and a half old men, although he later did not fight with Yuan Shu. What kind of life-and-death battle happened during the period, but it has to be said that it was precisely because of Yuan Shu's short-sightedness that he let the tiger return to the mountains this time, which gave Soochow the possibility to dare to challenge the world.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there were countless such things. For Qi Zhen, it was a no-brainer to destroy certain key tasks if he could not control them.

This list includes not only counselors like Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang, but also heroes like Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and naturally there are also generals like Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, and Xu Chu who can defeat ten thousand enemies.

But before deciding to kill them, Qi Zhen will definitely spare no effort to bring the other party into his camp. The more capable people he has under his command, the more smoothly he will do whatever he does.

Every time at this time, Qi Zhen would think of the Galacticos of that year - Real Madrid.

Probably no one in the world would have thought that there could be a club that could gather the world's most valuable players in every position in one team.

Therefore, Qi Zhen would not reveal Guo Jia's misunderstanding about him. On the contrary, he was happy to see this misunderstanding come to fruition.

Since you feel that you are an insignificant person, of course you will be afraid that you will die casually before you can realize your ambition.

"I wonder if we can exchange drinks?" Qi Zhen asked with a smile.

Guo Jia shook his head with a wry smile, took out the half-jar of wine left by Xizhicai and Qi Zhicai, and poured a bowl for Qi Zhen and himself.

"You know I didn't go with you because I was afraid." Guo Jia held up the bowl in his hand to respect Qizhen.

What are you afraid of? Afraid that Qi Zhen will kill him?

"Of course I know, but you also know that whether you follow me or not, it won't make any difference to me." Qi Zhen clinked the bowl with him and drank it all in one gulp.

Guo Jia also drank all the wine in the bowl and continued: "So I want to know where I should go next."

"There are two places for you to choose, either go to Bingzhou, or..." Qi Zhen said.

"I choose Bingzhou." Guo Jia directly interrupted the second half of Qi Zhen's sentence and replied happily.

"Why aren't you curious about where that place is at the back?" Qi Zhen asked with a smile.

"Qing, Ji, and Xu are nothing more than one of these three." Guo Jia shook his head and continued: "Qingzhou and Jizhou are now Yuan Shao's world. I don't think he is a wise ruler, so you asked me to assist him. Most of the time I wanted to hunt rabbits, and I wanted to include Xi Zhicai and Xun Lingjun, and I even thought about Guo Tutian, Feng Xu You? But I don't like it, so I won't go."

Guo Jiachang sighed, and then said: "As for Xuzhou, I can understand your thoughts, but Mr. Tao Qian is indeed a nice person. After all, I am less than twenty years old now. Can you leave some young people for me? You are innocent and naive, don’t let me plot against the good old man? So I think I’d better go to Bingzhou, a place that is waiting for things to be done, and deal with those foreign races.”

Unexpectedly, Qi Zhen showed a thoughtful smile at this time, shook her head and said: "Look, you actually guessed three wrong answers. It seems that you are so smart that you are not worthy of your reputation."

"You don't want me to stay in Yuzhou, do you? Isn't Mr. Wolong already in Kong Ni's house? What's the use of me here? Do you still want me to help you recruit counselors and guests in Yingchuan?" Guo Jia doubted.

"I want you to go to Yanzhou." Qi Zhen said directly without giving in.

As soon as these words came out, Guo Jia fell into deep thought.

"Yanzhou...Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, is a good official, but firstly, he has no merit. Secondly, Yanzhou is not a strategically important place. Why do you want me to go?" Guo Jia murmured in confusion.

How could Qi Zhen tell him that Yanzhou would be very famous in the future, and that it would be the closest place to where the 18th princes would meet for an alliance? What's more, it would not only be Cao Cao's base camp, but also become the center of the Wei Kingdom for a time?

For Qi Zhenhe's team, Yanzhou is the best springboard for the team to attack the Central Plains from the north to the south.

As long as Yanzhou is captured, all the forces that the team can control will be instantly connected.

"Well, since you have chosen Bingzhou, then run the business well in Bingzhou and strive to make the entire Bingzhou monolithic in terms of people's livelihood. We can't rush the matter of Yanzhou now. I really don't have any confidence just pointing at you alone. .”

Qi Zhen didn't explain much. After all, the situation was different from that in Yuzhou. No matter what Zhuge Liang did, he would be here to watch, and there wouldn't be any big problems. Just relying on this verbal agreement, he let Guo Jia go to Yanzhou by himself. Qi Zhen is really not at ease if she goes her own way.

Then let him go to Bingzhou and let Guan and Zhang watch him do things.

Qi Zhen and Guo Jia told him a few things to pay attention to when they arrived in Bingzhou, but they didn't give him any tokens.

This was Qi Zhen's last test for him.

If he could not gain the trust of his two brothers, Guan and Zhang, with his own abilities, then this counselor would indeed be somewhat unworthy of his reputation, and Qi Zhen would naturally no longer need to rely on him.

However, Qi Zhen was still more concerned about his personal safety, and agreed with Guo Jia that at dawn the next day, they would set off together to Yuzhou first and let Kong Niao send troops to escort him.

At the end, Guo Jia said that he had one last small request and hoped that Qi Zhen could help him fulfill it.

Qi Zhen was a little stunned after hearing his request, and sighed, aren't you letting yourself bully others?

Guo Jia finally smiled like a young man under twenty years old.



The two bald men were worried about whether Qi Zhen would make an appointment in the Guo family, and at the same time they were looking forward to Qi Zhen teaching Guo Jia a lesson. It was hard to wait here.

Just like a girl who is in love for the first time, waiting for her boyfriend, afraid that he will not come, and afraid that he will mess around.

The one on the left and right couldn't sleep, and the bald man simply climbed out of bed, sat at the table and drank two large glasses of water, without lighting a lamp, and just listened to what was going on in the yard next door.

A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour...

Half an hour, an hour...

The Han Dynasty had not yet called a watchman, so naturally there was no watchman knocking on his clapper in the middle of the night and shouting, "The sky is dry and things are dry, be careful of the candle."

This method of judging time is relatively primitive - looking at the moon.

The second bald man didn't open the door, so of course he couldn't see the moon. He just waited silently at the table. There was no movement at Guo Fengxiao's house next door. In the complete silence, the second bald man became more and more sleepy. Finally, he was lying on the table and rushed. nap.

Squeak~

Because it has not been repaired for many years, once the door of Er Baldy's room tries to open or close, it will make a frictional sound. Under the control of the person who opened the door, the sound is not loud, but to Er Baldy's ears, it sounds like thunder. Usually, it wakes him up instantly.

"Brother, don't be afraid of me!" Qi Zhen tiptoed to the table and whispered.

"Why are you back again?! Have you seen Guo Jia?" Er Baldy asked in surprise.

"The matter has been resolved, thank you brother." Qi Zhen nodded.

How did Er Baldy know what Qi Zhen was going to do, but just saying that there was no movement at all next door made Er Baldy scared in his heart. Could it be that Guo Jia was murdered?

"Then...what are you going to do...when you come back?" Erbaldie asked with a trembling voice.