Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Li Yi shook his head in his heart, then took Guo Tu's arm very affectionately, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, do you know why I went five miles out of the city today to meet you?"

Guo Tu smiled slightly, but he was making quick calculations in his heart.

It is not appropriate to say that Li Yi is giving Yuan Shao face. Once Li Yi says other reasons, it will be a slap in the face of Yuan Shao.

But if it is because of his relationship with Guo Jia, this is too much. No matter how important Guo Jia is, he is Li Yi's courtier, and he will definitely not get such a big face.

After pondering for a while, Guo Tu decided that it would be better to be honest, so he said with a face of shame: "Guo Tu is very grateful for the kindness of the Marquis Xiang, but Guo Tu is blunt. Guo Tu really doesn't know what the Marquis Xiang's intention is!"

Li Yi smiled and said: "When I first met Feng Xiao, I once talked about talents. He said that if he was a talent from a state, I would come to pay him a visit in person. If I don't see you, I will invite you again. If you don't see me nine times, then I won't be there."

A daze appeared in Guo Tu's eyes, and he exclaimed, "It turns out that Feng Xiao was invited by the Marquis of Xiang in this way."

Guo Jia smiled and waved his hands, while Li Yi continued: "When I left Chang'an, I felt that I lacked morality and talent, so I intentionally asked talented people to help me to achieve a career, so I watched the sky at night and saw the direction of Yingchuan. Bai Hongyaoyue knew that Yingchuan must have a great talent, and after a few days of careful calculation, I finally learned the name of the great talent."

Guo Tu couldn't help turning his head to look at Guo Jia, a look of envy flashed in his eyes.

Li Yi and Guo Jia are a pair of masters and servants. One is wise and skilled in martial arts, and the other is loyal and responsible. The story of the two has long been a good story. Guo Tuzi hopes that he can have such an experience. But in fact, he was Yuan Shao who took the initiative to vote for him, and he couldn't get involved with good stories or anything.

Li Yi looked at Guo Tu's expression, and said mysteriously: "However, I entered Yingchuan and asked Fengxiao to leave the mountain. There are not a few people who know this, but outsiders only know one, but not the other. "

"Oh?"

Guo Tu let out a sigh, blinked his eyes, and a look of surprise soon appeared on his face, but he felt that it was a little impossible, so he looked at Li Yi suspiciously.

Li Yi looked at Guo Tu, and sighed: "At the beginning, there were actually two great talents in Yingchuan that I predicted. One is naturally Fengxiao, and the other is Gongze!"

Guo Tu's eyebrows twitched violently, and reason told him that Li Yi was probably trying to put a high hat on him on purpose. However, Guo Tu couldn't help it when he suddenly got such an evaluation from a big man who was no less sharp than Yuan Shao. I was so happy that even my feet were a little floating.

Fortunately, Guo Tu is not an idiot, and he did not forget his emissary identity for a moment of joy, and hurriedly said: "Xianghou is too famous, Guo Tu is mediocre in talent and learning, and he is much better than me in terms of wisdom and filial piety. Feng and Jushou are far above Guo, and the Marquis of Xiang praises him so much, I really dare not do it!"

From Guo Tu's point of view, Li Yi's attitude is probably trying to win him over, or even let him betray Yuan Shao secretly. Although Guo Tu's character is not good, he is still loyal to Yuan Shao, and as a flatterer, he It is very clear what the red line of being a courtier is. As long as you have some skills, such as sowing discord, bullying men and women, these problems are not a problem, but once you become a traitor, even if you are lucky enough to save your life, you will not be seen in this life .

Guo Tu has already made up his mind, if Li Yi really recruits him, even if he can't complete the task of this trip, he must resolutely refuse.

Li Yi looked at Guo Tuna who was polite, but actually had some serious reactions. After a little thought, he probably understood his thoughts, shook his head secretly, and then said with emotion: "At the beginning I heard that Gongze had already served in Hebei, and Feng Xiao also Not being at home was once cited as a pity in this life, but fortunately I met Feng Xiao later, which made me feel a little more at ease, but Gong Ze is alas!"

Li Yi shook Guo Tu's arm vigorously, and said slowly under Guo Tu's nervous eyes: "Although Gong Ze is so big that he can't be used by me, it's a pity in my heart, but General Yuan is an outstanding person in the world, and Gong Ze can If I work for it, my achievements in the future will definitely not be weaker than those of filial piety. Moreover, although I admire the principles of justice, I will definitely not do evil things for the future of the bad guys for a little self-interest like some villains. As long as we come out today to welcome the public, we will have nothing else to do with Yingchuan’s regrets.”

Seeing Li Yi's words so clearly, Guo Tu was secretly relieved. As Li Yi, as long as he said some things clearly, he would basically not go back on what he said.

However, Guo Tu's mood is more complicated. He is certainly happy when Li Yi praises him so much, but he also knows in his heart that although he wants to make him an existence under one person with Yuan Shao, he really doesn't have that. confidence.

This made Guo Tu feel a little sour in his heart, and even began to envy Guo Jialai. If it was not Guo Jia who Li Yi met, but him

With a shock, Guo Tu shook his head, put this unreliable idea aside, and then smiled a little embarrassedly: "Xiang Hou wrongly loved, Guo Tu is very grateful, but Guo Tu knows that his virtue is limited, not Dare to have too many extravagant hopes, as long as I can be a city gate official for my lord, I will be satisfied."

Li Yi looked at Guo Tu with a slightly surprised look. He didn't expect that he would praise Guo Tu so much, and Guo Tu hadn't floated up yet, which was simply abnormal.

After coughing dryly, Guo Tu bowed to Li Yi and continued, "What happened to Xu You last time, alas, please forgive me, Marquis Xiang."

Regarding Xu You's matter, Guo Tu originally intended to fight for a little bit, but now that Li Yi has shown a lot of goodwill, he would be a little ignorant if he continued to argue. Anyway, he has a normal relationship with Xu You, so he simply I just stepped on it, which was a joy to Li Yi.

Sure enough, Li Yi laughed loudly and said, "The hero sees the same thing. Alas, if the envoy was fair last time, how could there be so many unnecessary incidents that almost hurt the peace of the two families?"

Guo Tu nodded repeatedly and said: "What the Marquis Xiang said is that when Xu You returns to Yecheng, my lord will definitely reprimand him heavily, and my lord asked me to apologize on his behalf, please don't misunderstand my lord's kindness because of Xu You's false words. "

"Naturally, naturally!"

Li Yi nodded with a smile. Guo Tu's attitude was within his expectations, because Yuan Shao sent envoys for two main purposes, one is to seal jade seals, and the other is to avoid disputes, and these are what Li Yi hopes to see. There are no contradictions and differences.

The politeness set a friendly tone for this negotiation, and Li Yi wanted to take Guo Tu into the city himself. However, before setting off, Li Yi glanced in the direction of the convoy behind, and asked suspiciously: "Grandpa? , I see that there are at least fifty delivery vehicles in the team, and there are seven or eight carriages carrying people, how could there be so many?"

Hearing Li Yi's question, Guo Tu's expression stiffened for a moment, then forced a smile, and said with a sarcastic smile: "There are more people here, and naturally there are more horses and chariots."

Chapter 618 Pity the world's parents heart

"A lot of people?"

Li Yi was obviously surprised by Guo Tu's answer. He couldn't help but look towards the convoy again, and saw that the seven or eight carriages carrying people were no worse than Guo Tu's own carriage in terms of size and decoration. Two of them were particularly luxurious, taller and more spacious than Guo Tu's carriage.

If there is only one such carriage, Li Yi can understand it. After all, Zhen Mi is the person he wants, and it is also related to Yuxi. Whether it is Yuan Shao or Guo Tu, naturally they will not neglect Zhen Mi.

Therefore, one of the two carriages must be Zhen Mi, but Li Yi couldn't figure out who the other was.

Li Yi couldn't figure it out, but Guo Jia and Yu Fan found out, especially Guo Tu's embarrassed, hesitant appearance, which made people know there was something wrong with it.

Guo Jia looked at Guo Tu, didn't say anything, just smiled and thought, but Yu Fan looked at Guo Tu a little unkindly.

Li Luyi brought them to meet Guo Tu. If Guo Tu was polite, they would naturally greet him with smiles, but if Guo Tu wanted to fix something, Yu Fan would be the one to make a fool of himself.

Guo Tu is also a good person, he immediately noticed the change in Yu Fan's gaze, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. If Li Yi was strong with him, he would naturally have no burden to do those deceitful things, but he was respectful to him, But he resorted to other means immediately after coming up, and he couldn't get rid of his face.

After thinking about it, Guo Tu decided to confess it by himself, otherwise Li Yi would really find out by himself, and when he questioned him, his face would be even more embarrassing.

After coughing lightly, Guo Tu tried his best to put on a sad expression, and said to Li Yi: "The thing is, the person whom Marquis Xiang admires is the youngest daughter of the Zhen family, who was loved by her family since she was a child. Mother, elder brother, and older sister know that they are all reluctant to marry far away, so cough cough"

"Although the Zhen family is pleased to entrust their daughter to a hero like Marquis Xiang, they are also sad that the two places are so far away. After parting, they may not be able to see each other again in this lifetime."

Guo Tu gave a long sigh, and said: "So, his mother, Mrs. Zhang, begged my lord, hoping to bring her whole family to send her daughter to the south to marry far away. as a dowry."

After Guo Tu finished speaking, Li Yi was stunned.

It is not uncommon to be reluctant to marry a daughter, just like when Mi Zhu married her younger sister, Mi Fang was sent all the way to Xiangyang, so it is normal for the Zhen family to send people to send them off. It's too exaggerated.

But Li Yi knew that Zhen Mi had four older sisters and two older brothers, including her mother, and comparing the number of carriages, it seemed that it was just right.

When Li Yi was stunned, Guo Jia's mind didn't stop. Just now, he felt that something was wrong. Now that Guo Tu said this again, he immediately guessed Yuan Shao's thoughts, and then laughed secretly in his heart.

If it was earlier, Guo Jia might have cared about one or two, worrying about damaging Li Yi's reputation, but now, this trivial matter is just a drizzle to Li Yi.

However, Guo Jia decided to remind Li Yi to avoid embarrassment.

Guo Jia stepped forward slowly, and said with a serious face: "Mother Zhen's love for her daughter is admirable, but I don't know how long they will stay in Xiangyang. If you can let me know in advance, my lord will also be able to arrange the itinerary and hospitality, so as not to neglect distinguished guests."

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Guo Tu glanced in the direction of the convoy behind, and said with a sneer: "This is just a messenger, responsible for protecting etiquette. As for other aspects, Zhen's family will be relatives of the Marquis of Xiang from now on. How can Guo arrange it without authorization? It's not appropriate, no. That's right."

After Guo Tu answered, Li Yi finally came to his senses. According to Guo Tu, it seemed that he didn't care about sending the Zhen family to Jingzhou, that is, letting the Zhen family stay in Jingzhou. This was really unexpected.

But soon, Li Yi roughly understood Yuan Shao's thoughts.

On the surface, what happened this time was that Li Yi admired Zhen Mi's beauty, so he asked Yuan Shao to be a matchmaker to help him achieve good things. Yuan Shao was also an image of a good man with adult beauty.

But in fact, this is a transaction, ignoring the wishes of the Zhen family, exchanging Zhen Mi for Yuxi, although the truth can be concealed for a while, it will definitely not be concealed in the future.

At that time, although Li Yi will be labeled as lecherous, Yuan Shao will not be much better, and it will be even worse, because he sold the Zhen family who was relatively close to him. No matter how you look at this behavior , are quite inauthentic, and the Zhen family will definitely renounce Yuan Shao afterwards.