C30 A Pot of Turbid Tea on the World(part Ii)

Gongsun Xu didn't rush him, instead, he drank a few sips from his teacup. He had been too focused on talking to notice the quality of the tea, but now he realized that the soup was turbid, bitter, and tasteless. He put the cup on the table and waited quietly.

Feng Xiao lowered his head slightly and rubbed his teacup. Out of the corner of his eye, he was sizing up Gongsun Xu, quietly trying to figure out the other party's identity. He was different from Gongsun Xu, Gongsun Xu had foresight, so he could roughly guess his identity from the words' Yingchuan people 'and' Feng Xiao ', and he had only been in Ji County for a short time, so he could only guess that the other party was from a household of Youzhou officials. As for whose son, who was it, he could only continue to search for the answer in the conversations that followed.

After a long while, Feng Xiao slowly said, "There are many dukes in the world today. Does Brother Sun know who Guo Fengxiao mentioned that day?"

Gongsun Xu blurted out: "Could it be Cao Cao?"

"Huh?" Feng Xiao didn't remember how many times he had been surprised. He touched his forehead and smiled helplessly, "If I hadn't confirmed that Brother Sun and Guo Fengxiao had never met, I'm afraid I would have thought that you two were good friends for many years!" At that time, Cao Cao Cao had already shown his prowess after defeating the Army of Heishan Yu Du and Yu Fu Luo. Furthermore, Xi Zhicai was under his command, so Guo Fengxiao was the first to comment on him. "

Gongsun Xu's interest was piqued and he hurriedly asked, "How does Guo Fengxiao comment on Cao Cao?"

"Cao Cao Cao was a young man who was once the north lieutenant of the Luoyang, but that was only a small eighth rank official. The most favored eunuch of the Son of Heaven was his abject uncle who had violated the curfew, yet he dared to caned him to death, making him famous throughout the world. Later, as the Minister of Jinan, he had made great efforts to clean up his office and remove more than 80% of the corrupt officials in one go. At the same time, he had treated the people well and kept the way of governance in more than ten counties in Jinan in a short year. Later on, Wang Fen Xu You plotted to cripple and Dong Zhuo plagued the imperial court. Both of them had invited Cao Cao to conspire against them, but Cao Cao rejected them. It was clear that he knew what was the best course of action for him. In just a few months, he had destroyed an army of hundreds of thousands of people and captured three hundred thousand people. In one fell swoop, he became the sole ruler of the entire Yanzhou.

Guo Jia then took a sip of tea and sighed: "If we do not talk about what happened after, Cao Cao is indeed a good and capable official. However, after his father, Cao Song, was killed, he took the opportunity to go to the east to fight for the Xuzhou. This person could judge the situation, and when he was weak, he would treat the common people with kindness to gain a reputation. When he was strong, he would treat the common people with respect, and when he was weak, he would treat the common people with kindness to gain a reputation. Guo Fengxiao is in agreement with Xu Shao's words, but he believes that in this chaotic world, only those who gain the hearts of the people can rule the world. Cao Cao's reputation is now very bad, if we cannot quickly remedy this, I'm afraid good news will not last! "

When Gongsun Xu heard this, he was completely sure that this person was Guo Jia. Earlier, Feng Xiao said that Guo Jia and others said that the world had happened a few years ago, but Cao Cao had risen up to become the Yanzhou's pastor a year ago, then led the army to raid the Xuzhou. If Feng Xiao was not Guo Jia, how could he know Guo Jia's opinion of Cao Cao? However, Gongsun Xu was a little curious, the original history's Guo Jia seemed to be Cao Cao who had pledged his allegiance to within a year or two, why did he come to Ji County now?

Feng Xiao was immersed in his own thoughts, not knowing that his identity had been completely exposed. He continued to speak, "The second marquis that Guo Fengxiao evaluated is Yuan Shao. Yuan Ben Chu (" Yuan Shao ") came from the family of the 4th Generation and 3rd Young Master. He was quite famous when he was young. After that, he killed his eunuchs and became the leader of the Dong Alliance. His reputation reached its peak. Right now, Yuan Shao was in control of the whole prefecture and half of the Jizhou, and his subordinates had over a hundred thousand people under him, and he was rejecting Gongsun Zan and Zhang Yan from the north and Liu Bei from the south. "However, this Yuan Ben Chu is an ungrateful and ungrateful man, he is cunning in small matters and often goes against the law for small gains. Although he has a strong power at the moment, I'm afraid he will soon lose."

When he said this, he took another sip of tea, put down his teacup, and started speaking rapidly: "Jingzhou Liu Biao, so suspicious, so idle, so determined to keep things going, this is a dog guarding the house, there is nothing to worry about; Huainan Zhou Tie, so greedy and lustful, so capricious and fickle, is actually a villain waiting to be destroyed; Jiangdong Sun Ce, peerless in terms of courage, but if he were to succeed, sooner or later he would die; Xiliang Mateng, Han Sui, seems to have a great reputation, but in reality everyone's heart is filled with a desire for death, for internal strife and defeat; as long as Shu County Liu Zhang, Gongsun Du, Liaodong Han Lu, etc."

Currently, Gongsun Zan was the strongest amongst the Northern Marquis. However, Feng Xiao didn't mention Gongsun Zan on purpose because he wanted to see Gongsun Xu's reaction. However, Gongsun Xu stared at the tea cup as if he was thinking about what Gongsun Zan said. His expression didn't change at all as if he didn't care whether he mentioned Gongsun Zan or not. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and a hint of a smile flashed across his eyes: This young man of Youzhou is extremely knowledgeable about the affairs of the world, and is even able to suppress his anger so low. In the entire Ji County, other than the recently famous Young Marquis Gongsun Xu, who else could have such an air and demeanor?

Gongsun Xu thought for a while, raised his head and looked at Guo Jia, and asked with a calm tone: "Why didn't Brother Feng Xiao comment on Marquis Jin, Gongsun Zan?" Sun Steeltiger resided in Youzhou, Cyan Plains and half of Jizhou, fighting to the point where the Hu Man became frightened of the wind, is it not worthy for Brother Liu Tie to comment on it? "

Feng Xiao's voice was Feng Xiao, but Gongsun Xu had always called him Brother Feng, and now that he had changed his name to Brother Feng Xiao, Guo Jia knew that Gongsun Xu was aware of his identity. However, from this question, he had completely confirmed the other party's identity. Other than the young marquis Gongsun Xu of Gongsun Zanson's residence, who would care so much about Gongsun Zan? Who would dare to casually talk about the irritable and easily angered Gongsun Zan in the Ji County?

Guo Jia stared at Gongsun Xu and said with a faint smile, "Marquis Jin is headstrong, but his vision is limited. He's just another Yuan Shao!"

Guo Jia purposefully said something so terrible about Gongsun Zan. He wanted to test Gongsun Xu and see if this young marquis who had recently made a name for himself was worthy of befriending or even submitting himself to. If Gongsun Xu heard these words and flew into a rage, or even slammed the table and left, Guo Jia would quickly leave Ji County. If Gongsun Xu could remain calm, then Guo Jia would have a deep discussion with him.

Gongsun Xu did not let Guo Jia down. He smiled and said, "I will not comment on Brother Feng Xiao's words. May I ask Brother Wu Tie, since the situation is in chaos, where should the Youzhou go? "

Guo Jia didn't answer and asked, "May I ask what your wish is?"

Gongsun Xu laughed and asked, "Brother Feng Xiao, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"Interesting! Interesting! " Guo Jia gently clapped his hands and praised. He smiled and said, "Let's listen to the lies first and then hear the truth. What do you think?"

"Alright!" Gongsun Xu also clapped his hands and said with a smile, "A lie is' To establish the heart of the world, to make a living for the people, to make a living for the future, to open peace for all '."

These words were said by Mr. Yokohama, founder of Northern Song Dynasty. Gongsun Xu had read these words in several travel novels in his previous life, and felt that they could not be better used to pretend to be good. Therefore, he carefully wrote them down.

As expected, Guo Jia was shocked when he heard that. His pupils constricted as he looked at Gongsun Xu in disbelief. He was not a Confucian scholar, but he knew everything. He had never read of such a saying before! There was only one possibility, and that was what Gongsun Xu had said! When he thought here, he could not help but feel excited and look forward to it. If lies were already so shocking, then how could the truth be so earth-shattering?

"What about the truth?"

Gongsun Xu retracted his smile, stood up and saluted with his hands, and said solemnly: "The truth is that I desire to build walls, store food, treat the people kindly, and be a king! "Please help me Brother Guo!"

"Haha!" Guo Jia laughed heartily as he abruptly stood up and bowed in return, "I've long heard of the young duke's name. I've heard of his well-deserved reputation today! The Young Marquis saved Liu Yu, chased Zhao Yun, said that Liu He, and killed the Barbarian King, each and every one of them were discussed enthusiastically by the citizens of Ji County, but only a few could see through the Young Marquis' intentions, right? "

These words contained a hint of sarcasm, but Gongsun Xu didn't mind. He smiled and extended his hand, "Brother Guo, you're too polite. Please take a seat."

"Please."

The two of them sat down again and couldn't help but smile at each other.

Guo Jia spoke first: "When did the young duke know that I was Guo Jia?"

Gongsun Xu naturally wouldn't speak the truth, he only flattered Guo Jia on the side, "If there is such a person with such bearing and knowledge in Yingchuan, who else could it be? Brother Shiguo?"

"Haha!" Guo Jia laughed again and mocked, "In this world, only Cao Cao Fang can be compared with the Young Marquis!" He just said that Cao Cao was a hero of chaotic times. This sentence clearly indicated that Gongsun Xu and Cao Cao were the same kind of person.

"Hehe, Brother Guo's words were a little wrong."

"Oh? Please enlighten me! "

"People!" Gongsun Xu solemnly spat out these two words, as if explaining something or expressing his own thoughts, "I may do whatever I want, but I will definitely not kill the common people. This is my bottom line!" "I said that water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn a boat. Those are words from the bottom of my heart!"

When Guo Jia heard this, he looked at Gongsun Xu's eyes for a long time without saying anything, as if he wanted to see the depths of his heart.

Gongsun Xu responded frankly. He said this in his heart, so he was naturally not afraid of Guo Jia's gaze.

"Alright!" After a long while, Guo Jia nodded and said, "I believe what the Marquis said! When the young duke asked the Youzhou where to go from here, I had some superficial views, so the young duke might as well listen. "

Gongsun Xu cupped his hands and said solemnly, "I would like to hear more about it!"

The so-called Central Plains are ruled by the world. However, now that the great dukes are engaged in a war of attrition, their forces are like a game of chess, and those who enter the Central Plains are destined to become the enemy of the masses. Only by taking the sidelines can they accumulate the strength needed to do so!" To the east of Youzhou was Gongsun Du, whose attitude was still unclear. To the south was the archenemy Yuan Shao, to the north was the capricious Wu Huan, and to the south was the best time to head south to the Central Plains! I completely agree with the twelve words that the young duke just said. Right now, the most important thing for Youzhou is to build walls, store food, and treat the people well.

Gongsun Xu bowed and said, "Brother Guo, please tell us the details. How should we go about it?"