Can I get to the other side?

At the same time, after leaving the palace, Guo Jia returned to his home first, and then took a carriage to Jia Xu's mansion.

Unlike last time, as soon as he got off the carriage, the doorman greeted him warmly.

"Guo Zhubu, my master has been waiting for a long time."

Guo Jia noticed that the doorman had been replaced, and Jia Xu did not keep the doorman sent by Yuan Shao.

"Lead the way."

The doorman bowed and welcomed Guo Jia in, saying: "Please go to the lobby first, and I will send someone to report to the master."

Entering the Jia Mansion, Guo Jia took a few glances and then sat down in the lobby under the guidance of the doorman.

Not long after he sat down, even before the tea was served, he heard a hearty laugh.

Guo Jia turned around and saw Jia Xu in casual clothes waving a folding fan walking into the hall. He had a smile on his face and said, "I thought Fengxiao would break his promise today."

"How dare I." Guo Jia stood up to greet him and said apologetically, "Brother Wenhe invited me, how could I break my promise? I am late because of some things, please don't blame me, Brother Wenhe."

Jia Xu didn't care about these trivial matters. He stepped forward and took Guo Jia's hand and said with a smile, "Fengxiao came at the right time. It's hot today. I prepared plum wine in the backyard to cool down. Let's go drink with me."

After that, he took Guo Jia to the backyard together.

Guo Jia loved drinking, so how could he not follow his orders?

Jia Xu's backyard was quite elegant. There was a grape trellis in the yard, which was covered with grape vines. At this time, it was full of fruits and the growth was quite gratifying.

There was a cool area under the grape trellis, with two chairs and a small wooden table, on which was a jar of unopened wine chilled by ice cubes, and two plates of washed grapes.

This was obviously prepared in advance.

Jia Xu opened the mud seal of the wine jar and poured wine for Guo Jia, saying, "Last time when we went to the mountain villa outside the city to escape the summer heat, the general invited us to drink this plum wine, but it was a pity that you didn't go."

"I know you like to drink, so I specially asked the general for a few jars. Today, please come and taste it for you."

The wine was poured into the cup, and the fragrance quickly spread.

But Guo Jia, the drunkard, did not move at all, but stared at Jia Xu and asked, "Brother Wenhe invited me here today, just to drink? If so, I'm really disappointed."

Jia Xu seemed not to hear, drank a glass of wine by himself, and said with a comfortable face, "It's great!"

Guo Jia on the side did not speak, but just looked at him quietly.

Jia Xu drank several glasses of wine in succession, and then said lightly: "Some things are always better to say when you are drunk. If we can't talk to each other, then just treat it as drunken talk, and it won't hurt our friendship, right?"

As he said, he handed a glass of wine to Guo Jia, looking at him with a smile.

Guo Jia also smiled, took the wine and drank it all in one gulp.

When smart people talk to each other, they always have to take a detour first.

If you don't understand, there is nothing to talk about.

If you understand, it is a tacit understanding between the two parties.

"This wine tastes really good. It seems that Brother Wenhe is still favored by the general. He gave you more than ten jars of such fine wine."

"Hahaha! Fengxiao has a good alcohol tolerance!" Jia Xu laughed loudly, and did not respond to Guo Jia's mention of Yuan Shao. He filled a glass and asked pointedly:

"I sent people to the government office and your home to pick you up before, but I couldn't find you. I think Fengxiao should have just come out of the palace? I am a little curious, why Fengxiao often goes to the palace to meet the emperor, won't Yuan Shao notice it?"

Guo Jia's hand holding the wine glass paused slightly, as if thinking about how to respond.

Jia Xu smiled slightly, "Today's conversation is known to heaven and earth, you and me. Of course, if Fengxiao doesn't believe me, then there is no need to say it, today we will just drink."

If you don't want to say it, you can indeed not say it.

Then drinking today is really just drinking.

Guo Jia was silent for a moment, drank the wine in the cup again, and looked directly into Jia Xu's eyes: "Zhang He, the imperial guard in the palace, is loyal to His Majesty."

Unlike the previous riddles, if he wants to recruit Jia Xu, today he must show enough sincerity and reveal some of his cards, otherwise this conversation will not go on.

"Sure enough, just as I expected." Jia Xu seemed not surprised by this, playing with the wine cup in his hand and said: "You can still use the excuse of meeting His Majesty to go in and out of the deep palace once or twice, but if you go in and out of the deep palace too many times, you can't make sense with the general. Only the generals in charge of the imperial guards and even the entire imperial guards are loyal to His Majesty, can you keep the light dark."

"I never thought that His Majesty was so hidden. It has only been a short time since he came to Yecheng, but he has quietly conquered a group of imperial guards, and also served you as a counselor."

When Liu Xie met the emperor in the palace that day, Jia Xu's impression was neither good nor bad, but just average.

Now it seems that those are probably just appearances.

Guo Jia said: "A dragon can be big or small, can rise or hide; when it is big, it can create clouds and mist, and when it is small, it can hide its shape; when it rises, it can fly in the universe, and when it hides, it can lurk in the waves."

"Your Majesty is now a hidden dragon in the abyss, ready to go, just wait for the wind and clouds to rise, and then it can soar into the sky and rule the world."

"How can a mere Yuan Shao imprison a real dragon for long?"

Hearing such remarks, Jia Xu did not care and asked: "Although your majesty has a lofty ambition, Yuan Shao has three generations of three officials, and occupies Bingzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou. Looking at all the princes, there is no one who can compare."

"How can your majesty get rid of Yuan Shao's control and regain control of the throne? Just relying on a thousand imperial guards and Fengxiao is far from enough, right?

Compared with Yuan Shao's huge power, the emperor's foundation is shallow, and he is also confined to this small city of Ye.

For now, there is no comparison between the two.

Jia Xu has long known that Guo Jia wants to win him over to assist the emperor, but he needs to find out what the emperor's trump card is.

Otherwise, it will be difficult for him to make up his mind to get involved in this extremely dangerous fight.

"Brother Wenhe, this is wrong!"

Guo Jia noticed that Jia Xu's address to Yuan Shao changed from the previous general to calling him by his name, and he understood his idea in his heart.

He took the wine glass from Jia Xu's hand and drank another glass of wine, but he was not satisfied, so he directly tore open his collar and actually picked up the whole jar of plum wine and drank it, like a madman.

After drinking half a jar of wine, Guo Jia's face flushed and his clothes were wet with wine.

"Brother Wenhe, listen to me one by one."

Jia Xu looked at Guo Jia, who showed his true nature, with interest, and was very curious about what kind of lofty remarks he would have next.

Guo Jia threw the wine aside, stared at Jia Xu with his eyes sparkling, and said firmly: "In my opinion, Your Majesty has ten victories, and Yuan Shao has ten defeats!"

Jia Xu was shocked when he heard this, and sat up straight subconsciously, and said seriously: "May I ask which ten victories and which ten defeats? I would like to hear the details!"

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