Three Kingdoms King of the North

When the housekeeper heard Mrs. Guo asking him to lead the dog, he couldn't help being stunned. He said to himself that you poisoned me just now, and now you let me lead the dog. What kind of medicine is in your gourd?Seeing the housekeeper standing still, Guo Si was a little unhappy. He said to the housekeeper displeasedly: "What are you still standing here for? Didn't you hear what Madam said? Hurry up and find a dog to come in." !” Hearing Guo Si’s order, the steward hurriedly agreed, then turned and ran out of the study, looking for the dog outside.

Li Jue was rewarded by his subordinates, saying that Guo Si was unable to go to the mansion for a banquet because of physical discomfort, and he felt a little disappointed.Li Bie, who was sitting by the side, heard that if Guo Si didn't come, he would consider more issues than Li Jue. He said in a low voice: "Uncle, does Guo Si feel resentful because his uncle's official position is higher than his? , so you deliberately excused yourself not to come today?"

Regarding Li Bie's statement, Li Jue immediately waved his hands and denied it: "I and Guo Aduo are as close as brothers, how could he have resentment towards my uncle? Don't talk nonsense."

Seeing the food and wine on the table, Li Jue felt a little regretful when he thought that Guo Si couldn't come to perfunctory, so he called a servant and told the other party: "You send this table of wine and banquet to General Guo Aduo."

"I understand." The servant agreed, found a food box, and put the wine and vegetables on the table into the food box one by one.After finishing all this, he quietly walked out of the living room with the food box.

The servants arrived at the General's Mansion in a carriage, and after getting out of the car, they said to the team leader guarding the gate: "Master Sikong, the youngest one belongs to the mansion of the Great Sikong, this is the food and drink that my Lord Sikong ordered me to bring to the General. Please make it easy for me to send it in."

The leader of the team heard that it was the food and drink sent by Da Sikong, so he dared not be negligent, so he hurriedly brought this servant to the mansion, and found the housekeeper in the mansion.After the servant handed over the food and drink to the housekeeper, he took his leave and left.

The butler carried the food box and walked to Guo Si's study.As soon as he walked halfway, he saw Mrs. Guo approaching, and he quickly stepped aside to salute her.

Mrs. Guo stopped when she saw the food box in his hand, and asked, "Housekeeper, what are you holding in your hand?"

The steward quickly replied: "Madam Qi, it's the food and drinks sent by Da Sikong to the General. The little one is about to be delivered to the General's study."

Mrs. Guo heard what the steward said, she turned her head and said to the maids and maids behind her, "Take a few steps back, my lady has something to say to the steward." Upon hearing Mrs. Guo's words, the maids hurriedly turned around and left, leaving It stopped only twenty or thirty paces away.Standing at this distance, they couldn't hear what Mrs. Guo said, and if Mrs. Guo had anything to do, they could rush over immediately with a wave.

Seeing that Mrs. Guo sent all the maids and maids away, the butler guessed that there must be something important, so he quickly said respectfully: "Madam has something to do, please just tell me."

"Come here with your ears!" Even though Madam Guo and the housekeeper were not surrounded by idlers, Madam Guo was still worried about leaking the news, so she approached the housekeeper's ear and whispered a few words.

After the butler heard this, he couldn't help but turn pale with fright. He said in a panic, "Madam, the younger one doesn't dare, the younger one doesn't dare! Madam, please take it back!"

"Don't worry, the general will be fine." Mrs. Guo stared at the housekeeper and said coldly, "Just follow Mrs. Ben's orders."

Looking at Mrs. Guo's cold face, the butler couldn't help shivering. He knew that if he didn't follow the lady's order, he might be responsible for his own life, so he could only say helplessly, "My little one obeys your orders." !"

After Mrs. Guo waited for the butler to walk towards the kitchen with the food box, she turned around and led the maid to Guo Si's study.Guo Si, who was talking about Bai~Wan Xiao!, saw his wife coming in from the outside, quickly put down the scroll in his hand, got up and greeted him with a smile: "Why is madam so elegant today, come to my study?"

Mrs. Guo replied with a smile: "The concubine passed by outside and saw her husband in Bai~Wan Xiao! Say it, so come in and have a look."

After the couple chatted for a while, the butler came in from outside with a food box.Seeing that Mrs. Guo was here, he couldn't help shivering all over.Seeing him, Guo Si asked curiously, "Housekeeper, what are you carrying?"

"Back to the general." The steward replied cautiously: "This is the food and drink sent by the big Sikong, and the little one specially brought it to you."

"It's the food and wine sent by Zhiran." Hearing what the housekeeper said, Guo Si couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and quickly ordered the housekeeper: "Quickly serve it, I want to have a drink with my wife."

Hearing what Guo Bang said, the housekeeper couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat, but it was impossible for him to remind Guo Bang that the food and wine were poisonous under such circumstances, so he could only bite the bullet and opened the food box, preparing to put the food and wine inside. Put it on the table.Mrs. Guo didn't speak, but just stared at the housekeeper's every move.

As soon as the food and drink were set, Guo Bang picked up his chopsticks and was ready to start, but Mrs. Guo stopped him: "Husband, wait a minute! You can't eat this food and drink."

"Ma'am, what do you mean?" Guo Bang held up his chopsticks and asked with a puzzled expression, "Why don't you let me eat this table of wine and vegetables?"

Mrs. Guo snorted, and then said: "The food comes from outside, how can I just eat it?" After speaking, she said to the housekeeper, "Housekeeper, go and bring a dog here."

When the housekeeper heard Mrs. Guo asking him to lead the dog, he couldn't help being stunned. He said to himself that you poisoned me just now, and now you let me lead the dog. What kind of medicine is in your gourd?Seeing the housekeeper standing still, Guo Si was a little unhappy. He said to the housekeeper displeasedly: "What are you still standing here for? Didn't you hear what Madam said? Hurry up and find a dog to come in." !” Hearing Guo Si’s order, the steward hurriedly agreed, then turned and ran out of the study, looking for the dog outside.

After a short time, the butler brought in a half-grown dog from outside, knelt down in front of the two of them and said, "General, the dog has been brought."

Chapter 268

Li Bie led an army and left, and the forces of Li Jue and Guo Si reached a balance in Chang'an.

Guo Si always had doubts about Li Jue's plan to poison himself, but he couldn't ask Li Jue.Once he opened his mouth, the superficial harmony between the two would be torn to pieces, so he could only bear with it for the time being, hoping that the truth of this matter would come to light sooner or later.

The two sides lived peacefully for seven or eight days. After the day's discussion, Guo Bang was about to go home, but Li Jue stopped him.Li Jue said enthusiastically: "A Duo, last time I invited you to a banquet, you said you were unwell. Today I saw your face glowing red, so I must go to your house to drink a few bottles. It should be fine."

Regarding Li Jue's invitation, Guo Si deliberately refused, but in order to prevent the other party from arousing suspicion, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Since it is a childish kindness, then I would rather be respectful than obedient."

The two arrived outside Da Sikong's mansion in one car, Li Jue got out of the car first, then waited beside Guo Si's car, and after he got out of the car, he walked towards the mansion holding his hand.

Since Li Jue had sent someone back to the manor to say hello before leaving, when the two arrived at the living room, the banquet had already been set up.After the two sat down as guests and hosts, Li Jue raised the wine bottle in his hand and said to Guo Bang with some pride: "Aduo, now the court is under the control of you and me. It's really a happy life. Come, come, you My brothers drink this bottle to the brim." After speaking, before Guo Si raised the wine bottle, he raised his head and poured the fine wine in the bottle into his mouth.

Guo Bang was holding the wine bottle, he couldn't help hesitating in his heart, he was afraid that Li Jue might poison the wine, so he didn't move for a long time.After Li Jue drank all the wine in the bottle, he put it on the table and waited for the servants to pour the wine for himself. Seeing that Guo Bang was still holding the wine bottle, he asked curiously, "Aduo, why don't you drink?"

Guo Bang intended to say that he was unwell recently and could not drink alcohol, but then he thought, if he said that, Li Jue would definitely see his flaws. Now I am in his residence, as long as he gives an order, I will go out from the corridor A group of knives and axes rushed in, enough to tear me to pieces.Thinking of this, he could only smile wryly, picked up the wine bottle, and drank the fine wine in the bottle.

After he put down the wine bottle, he observed his body intently, and when he saw that there was nothing unusual, he felt that his worries were a bit unfounded.If Li Jue wanted to harm him, he definitely would not invite him to the mansion to attack him.In that case, no matter whether it was killing by poison or dismembering the body with a knife, it would be discussed by others, and Li Jue would never do such a stupid thing.After letting go of his worries, he drank and ate meat with confidence, and talked about romance with Li Jue.

As for Shi Tao, who was staying at the post house, seeing that such a long time had passed, and Li Jue and Guo Si were still in control of the power in the court, he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.He found Xu Shu and said to him: "Yuan Zhi, after such a long time, Li Guo and Li Guo haven't turned against each other yet, could it be that the lord's plan doesn't work?"

"Guangyuan, be safe and don't be impatient." Xu Shu looked at the impatient Shi Tao, and said with a normal expression: "My lord has always been predictable, and he said that as long as he uses countermeasures, he can make Li Guo turn against each other. They will become deadly rivals. Although the current situation is calm, maybe the two are already wary of each other."

"Then we have to do something." Shi Tao said a little impatiently: "If we continue to wait blindly like now, we will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey before the two of us turn against each other."

"Guangyuan, I have already sent people outside the Da Sikong Mansion and the Great General's Mansion. If Guo Bang enters the Da Sikong Mansion, I will know." Xu Shu smiled faintly and said: "When the time is right, we will Let’s fan the flames again, and the two of Li and Guo will definitely die.”

Shi Tao wanted to ask again, but he saw a middle-aged man in common clothes walking in from the outside, he knew this person, he was a spy sent by Jizhou to the capital, so he asked quickly: "But what's the news?"

"Two gentlemen." Since neither Xu Shu nor Shi Tao had specific official positions in Jizhou, Xi Zuo addressed them as gentlemen: "The young one saw that Guo Si went to Da Sikong's mansion."

When Xu Shu heard what Xizuo said, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you know why Guo Si went to Li Jue's mansion?"

Xi Zuo replied: "I asked the cook of Da Sikong's mansion that Li Jue invited Guo Si to the banquet."

"So that's the case, I know." After Xu Shu finished speaking, he ordered Xizuo in a low voice: "You should get in touch with the staff in the general's mansion immediately. If Guo Si wants to drink feces juice after returning to the mansion tonight, please do so immediately." Come report me."

Xi Zuo was taken aback by Xu Shu's words, he thought to himself, who would be so bored to drink dung juice at home?But since it was Xu Shu's order, he didn't dare to disobey it, and could only agree: "I understand. If there is any disturbance in Guo's residence, I will come and report to the master as soon as possible."

After Xi Zuo left, Shi Tao looked at Xu Shu and asked in bewilderment: "Yuan Zhi, what are you talking about? It confuses me. Guo Si is fine, why do you want to drink dung juice?"

Xu Shu got up and went to the door, looked outside, walked back to Shi Tao's side again, took out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to Shi Tao, and said to him: "This is from my lord. A secret letter, please read it carefully."

Shi Tao took the letter with a puzzled expression, opened it and browsed the contents.After he read the letter, he couldn't help opening his mouth in surprise. After a long time, he said to Xu Shu, "Yuan Zhi, so the lord came up with this trick?" Then he asked, "As far as I know, the lord has never been to the capital. How did he know that someone in the court should use this countermeasure? If the entrustment is not someone, and the news leaks, won't it give you and me a second time?" Did people bring about murder?"

Regarding Shi Tao's worries, Xu Shu nodded and said, "Guangyuan, you are right. When I received this secret letter, I also had your worries now, but everything I saw was according to what the Lord said in the letter. As long as we develop, we feel that there is no need to worry about it anymore. As long as we cooperate with the lord and use countermeasures to make Li and Guo become life and death enemies, we don't need to worry about everything."

"However, my lord said that after Guo Si went to Li Jue's mansion for a banquet, he would lead his troops to attack Li Jue the next day." Although Shi Tao had read the secret letter, he still didn't understand many things, so he humbly asked Xu Shu for advice: "I want to know, what is it that can make two people who are as close as brothers turn against each other?"

"My lord's letter didn't go into details." Xu Shu said thoughtfully: "But he asked us to send people to observe whether Guo Bang drank the feces juice when he returned from Li's residence. It should be related to poisoning. .”

"Poisoning? How is this possible?" Shi Tao still feels that all the advantages are too incredible. He said to Xu Shu: "If Li Jue wants to kill Guo Si, just find two assassins to sneak into the general's mansion in the middle of the night and assassinate him." That's it, why bother to trick him into poisoning at home. Doesn't this mean that we don't tell everyone that Guo Bang was killed by him?"

"I still can't understand this matter." Xu Shu waited for Shi Tao to finish speaking, nodded slightly, and continued, "Since Li Jue won't poison Guo Si, how can Guo Si drink dung after he returns home?" What about juice detoxification?”

Guo Si drank to his heart's content in Li Jue's mansion, and only drank until the moon was three poles before he left and returned to his mansion.Mrs. Guo saw that Guo Si had not returned so late, so she sent someone outside to inquire. When she heard that he had gone to Li Jue's mansion to drink, she became very angry. She thought that Guo Si used the name of drinking to meet Mrs. Li privately went.

Seeing Guo Si coming back from the outside, he immediately greeted him and asked coldly: "Husband, you are finally back. Don't you forget how many times my concubine told you that you can't go to that person's house easily, otherwise you will Is it a fatal disaster?"

After hearing this, Guo Si said disapprovingly: "Ma'am, you are worrying too much. Zhiran and I have been friends for many years, and we have always been brothers and sisters. How could he harm me? The last incident was most likely caused by a villain. Deliberately provoke my relationship with him." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly clutched his stomach and cried out in pain.

Mrs. Guo couldn't help being anxious when she heard Guo Si's stomach ache, and she said: "I must be poisoned!" After speaking, she called the housekeeper and asked him to go to the latrine to get fecal juice to detoxify Guo Si.

"Then we have to do something." Shi Tao said a little impatiently: "If we continue to wait blindly like now, we will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey before the two of us turn against each other."