Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Impossible!

Li Ji is just a mere callow youth!

And the Longxi Li clan is nothing but a declining, impoverished family. How could they compare to my Yingchuan Guo family?

"Absurd! Utterly absurd!"

Guo Tu returned to the guest house, walking towards the room upstairs while angrily muttering.

(PS: In the Han Dynasty, there was no term for 'inn.' At this time, it was called a 'guest house.')

Just as he was rounding a corner, the distracted Guo Tu felt a figure approaching, but it was too late to avoid a collision.

"Bang!"

The two collided.

The pained Guo Tu took a step back and looked in the direction of the person. He saw that the one he had bumped into was, again, a callow youth who looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old.

This completely unleashed the complex and volatile frustration that Guo Tu felt towards Li Ji.

"Another callow youth! It's you again, you callow youth!!! How dare you offend me, Guo Gongze? Do you know how sharp my sword is?"

Guo Tu burst into a torrent of abuse at the young man before him, even striking a pose as if to draw his sword.

Although Guo Tu wouldn't actually lose his mind and draw his sword to kill someone over such a trivial matter, it seemed that only in this way could he vent the frustration in his heart.

Defeated!

Why was he defeated?

Resentment filled Guo Tu's heart. Seeing the look of fear on the face of the callow youth before him, he felt a surge of pleasure.

That's right!

One day, I will make Li Ji show such fear before me, instead of sending a mere page to humiliate me.

The next moment, Guo Tu suddenly felt several shadows behind him looming over him. The young man in front of him wore a wronged expression, pointed at Guo Tu, and said.

"Brother Jie, this man wants to draw his sword and kill me!"

Guo Tu's expression stiffened slightly. He turned his head slightly to look behind him, only to find a man who was more than a head taller than him, with arms that seemed thicker than his head.

Guo Tu subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding ~"

The big man placed a hand on Guo Tu's shoulder, making Guo Tu feel as if his whole body had sunk. Then, with a thick northern accent, the big man said.

"I heard you say your sword... is very sharp?"

"Not sharp! Not sharp at all, not even a little..."

Guo Tu quickly released his grip on the sword hilt and began to explain.

Three feet away, of course, the sword is sharp; but in the current situation where the two sides are close together, Guo Tu is very clear that he has no chance to draw his sword at all.

"Sharp or not? You're the only one saying it. I have to verify it myself to know!"

The man sneered, then grabbed Guo Tu with his thick arms and dragged him into the room next door, saying.

"Come on, come into the room with me."

"No! No!!!"

As a wise man, Guo Tu naturally understood the principle that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall. Now, in the corridor of the guest house, the man might not dare to go too far.

But once inside the room, behind closed doors, anything could happen.

"Don't, Brother Jie..."

But where could Guo Tu's small arms and legs stand up to that kind of muscular man?

Although he was being carried into the room like a chicken by the man, Guo Tu was still constantly resisting, unwilling to succumb to fate, desperately trying to grab the door frame with both hands, exerting himself until his face was flushed red, unwilling to let go.

Until, the young man walked up to Guo Tu.

His smiling appearance inexplicably reminded Guo Tu of Li Ji.

Then, in Guo Tu's desperate gaze, the young man reached out and pried open Guo Tu's fingers gripping the door frame, little by little.

One... two... five...

The next moment, the irresistible force coming from behind Guo Tu instantly dragged Guo Tu in completely, and the young man followed closely behind, closing the door unhurriedly.

"Bang ~"

A cup of tea's time later.

The man and the young man came out of the room, remembering to close the door before leaving the guest house.

After leaving the guest house, the man and the young man did not go far, but instead went directly to an alley not far away.

Xiahou Bo was standing there.

"Lord."

The man hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully saluted, saying. "As you wished, everything has been completed according to your instructions."

"Good work."

Xiahou Bo replied, looking at the young man who nodded slightly, before continuing. "You can return to the camp on your own. Do not mention today's events to anyone, understand?"

"Don't worry, my lord. Remember to look for me if there are any more good things like this next time."

Hearing this, the man couldn't help but grin, before happily leaving to enjoy his next half-day of leave.

After the man left, the young man stepped forward and saluted. "Greetings, Commander."

Having said that, the young man took out a cloth bag from his arms and handed it to Xiahou Bo, saying. "The five teeth of that scholar have been removed. Please examine them, Commander."

Xiahou Bo took the cloth bag, opened it, took a look, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

What the Lord said was to give that Guo Tu a lesson and to make him be more careful when speaking in the future.

Without these five teeth, Guo Tu's speech would be leaky, and he would probably be extra careful when speaking in the future.

"Good job. This merit will be recorded for you. However, to avoid being encountered by Guo Tu in the city, you should leave Wu County and go to a county town in the southern part of Wu Commandery."

Xiahou Bo said, then took out a cloth bag from his arms and threw it to the young man, saying. "Your new household registration name and corresponding identity documents are all inside. You may go."

The young man took the cloth bag. His originally happy face was somewhat hesitant as he asked. "Commander, will I be able to return to Wu County in the future?"

Hearing this, Xiahou Bo naturally knew what the young man's reluctance meant.

These people who came from Taoyuan all had a special affection for the Lord and Master Zikun, regarding them as if they were their own parents.

Previously, in order to compete for the manpower to stay in Wu County, the people in Taoyuan were in an uproar, all in order to be closer to the Lord and Master Zikun.

Xiahou Bo thought for a moment, and still opened his mouth to explain. "The Haiyan City you are going to is one of the stopover points that Master Zikun is preparing to inspect next. Letting you go there in advance to lie dormant is precisely to prepare for Master Zikun's subsequent itinerary arrangements."

Immediately, the young man was overjoyed. He quickly put the cloth bag in his arms, cupped his hands, and quickly left.

After the man and the young man left one after another for a long time, a sharp explosion that seemed somewhat leaky suddenly sounded from the guest house.

"Ah!!"

Immediately afterwards, amidst the puzzled and gossip-filled gazes of the crowd, a disheveled, tattered figure rushed out of the guest house. When he opened his mouth, it could be seen that he seemed to be missing a few teeth.

"You villain, I will kill you!!"

The resentment soared into the sky...

A strong sense of humiliation arose in his heart!

Immediately, under the rage, Guo Tu found a passerby to ask for the direction of the county office in charge of city security, and rushed straight to the county office.

In Wu, where the Yingchuan Guo family's influence could not reach, the only way for Guo Tu to find the man and the young man was to rely on the power of the government.

However, when the extremely embarrassed and disheveled Guo Tu found the county office and wanted to go in, he was stopped by the yamen servants outside the door as if he were a beggar.

"I am Guo Tu of the Yingchuan Yangzhai Guo family, recommended as a Filial and Incorrupt, and praised by the world as Guo Gongze, a famous scholar of Yingchuan. How dare you stop me?"

Guo Tu shouted angrily, which instead shocked the two yamen servants.

Then, Guo Tu pushed aside the two yamen servants and broke into the county office, shouting. "Who is in charge of city security, come out quickly, otherwise, don't blame me for going directly to see County Governor Liu."

Seeing Guo Tu's fearless appearance, the yamen servants in the county office did not dare to offend him, and had to let Guo Tu rest for the time being.

Soon, Xiahou Bo, who was the Thief Censor under the Department and in charge of city security, came out.

"Are you the person in charge?" Guo Tu asked.

Xiahou Bo sized up Guo Tu's appearance. In addition to being satisfied, he calmly asked. "I am the Thief Censor under the Department, responsible for all matters of security in the city, big and small. I heard that you are Guo Gongze, a famous scholar of Yingchuan? May I ask what you seek from me?"

Hearing this, Guo Tu immediately told him about his experience.

Of course, in Guo Tu's words, he naturally glossed over the fact that he had drawn his sword to provoke the young man, only mentioning that he had met a fierce man in the guest house and was beaten up by him.

As for what exactly happened after being dragged into the room, and how the specific process went, Guo Tu did not mention a word.

Feeling Guo Tu's soaring resentment, Xiahou Bo, who had undergone professional training, did not show the slightest smile, but steadily nodded and replied.

"County Vice Li had instructed me earlier that it is necessary to ensure the safety of the scholars in the city and that they must not be violated by any fierce men. I didn't expect such a terrible thing to happen!"

"Mr. Gongze, don't worry. I will immediately send the yamen to return to the guest house with you to confirm the situation and look for traces of the fierce men."

Immediately, Xiahou Bo stood up, waved his hand, and immediately dispatched ten yamen servants armed with weapons to return to the guest house with Guo Tu.

Guo Tu was undoubtedly quite satisfied with Xiahou Bo's reaction, feeling that the name of the Yingchuan Guo family and the famous scholar of Yingchuan had intimidated this small official, forcing him to take it seriously.

However, when Guo Tu led the ten yamen servants back to the guest house with great fanfare, and those yamen servants caught people and asked if they had seen the famous scholar of Yingchuan, Guo Gongze, being humiliated by a strong man, and where the strong men had gone.

Guo Tu suddenly realized that something seemed... not quite right...

Originally, few people knew about this matter. Wouldn't such a high-profile search spread the news far and wide?

Just as another group of scholars, discussing "Benevolence Academy" and "Crossing the Chishui River Four Times," returned near the lodging, Guo Tu hurriedly stepped forward to stop the constables, not wanting them to continue searching for the culprit.

"Rest assured, Master Gongze. We have been instructed by Lord Thief Cao to find the culprit no matter what, and restore Master Gongze's innocence…"

No, I beg you...

If you investigate further, my innocence will truly be gone! (End of Chapter)