Jia Xu took a look and saw that this was a gift that was no less generous than the one given by Yuan Xi.
"Yuan Family These two young boys are really..."
Holding this gift list, Jia Xu was a little irritable. He really didn't want to get involved in these messy things that were fighting for the family business.
There are several brothers fighting over each other. If you get involved, you may be caught in it and die if you are not careful.
This is inconsistent with his consistent life creed.
So he bluntly said to Guo Jia, "I can accept the gift, but I will forgive my refusal. I have no intention of getting involved in the affairs between the two young masters, and I will not accept solicitation from either of them."
"My subordinate will tell Third Young Master truthfully." Guo Jia nodded and agreed without saying a word.
As a newly arrived counselor, it is not wise to not help Yuan Shao with advice, but to impatiently participate in other people's sons' fights.
Guo Jia's straightforward attitude surprised Jia Xu. He looked at Guo Jia in shock. "Isn't Guo Registrar here to be a lobbyist for Third Young Master?"
Guo Jia said with a smile, "Do everything within your ability. If Minister of the Imperial Clan doesn't want to be recruited by the young master, and he lowers his official position and speaks softly, how can he be persuaded?"
"If you try to persuade me, you will be humiliating yourself. It will only make Minister of the Imperial Clan disgusted. In the end, you won't even be able to take a bite of the meal, so you will be kicked out."
Jia Xu laughed loudly when he heard this, "Guo Registrar is such an interesting person! Based on these words alone, I will definitely serve you lunch today."
People who can talk are always liked. Chatting with Guo Jia makes Jia Xu find it very interesting.
"However, there is something I don't understand, and I hope Guo Registrar can clarify it for me."
Guo Jia said, "Minister of the Imperial Clan please speak."
Jia Xu said, "I think Fengxiao's words and deeds are really extraordinary. Why has he been unknown under Grand General? And why should he help Third Young Master? Could it be that Third Young Master has some outstanding talent that makes Fengxiao willing to admire it?"
There are commonalities between smart people and smart people.
With just a few words of conversation, you can tell the other person's level. In Jia Xu's eyes, Guo Jia is a smart person.
So he was curious about why such people didn't rise to prominence, and why they would help children like Yuan Shang.
This time he did not call Guo Jia "Guo Registrar", but called Guo Jia. This also means that this is his personal question, and Guo Jia can choose to answer or not answer.
Guo Jia folded his sleeves and said with a smile, "What about sir, why did you join Grand General? Can Grand General make people like Mr. Jia surrender? Or... sir has other agendas?"
Jia Xu The smile on his face slowly faded, and he began to carefully examine the young man in front of him.
Guo Jia looked calm and without any disturbance.
"So..."
Jia Xu sat up straight, looked at Guo Jia with deep eyes, and asked slowly, "I wonder what Fengxiao is planning?"
"No one else." Faced with Jia Xu's profound question, Guo Jia said with a smile, "Only Restore the Han Dynasty, Campaign Against the Rebel ears!"
Jia Xu heard this, his face did not change, but his heart was filled with turmoil.
Guo Jia's words have a double meaning.
One is to fight for Son of Heaven Restore the Han Dynasty against the disloyal princes including Yuan Shao.
The second is to fight for Yuan Shao Restore the Han Dynasty against the princes who are enemies of Yuan Shao.
And this coincides with what Jia Xu has in mind.
Chapter 84 Rebuilding Flourishing Han
Guo Jia's answer is pun-intended and impeccable.
No matter which angle you look at it, it's correct.
This posed a problem for Jia Xu, because he didn't know what Guo Jia meant.
"Is he testing me?"
Jia Xu also felt something vaguely in his heart.
A few days ago, his move to visit Son of Heaven in the palace has been known to everyone, but on the surface, he voted for Son of Heaven, but in fact, he was working for Yuan Shao. After all, the other party is the real person in power at the moment, and Son of Heaven has no real power.
Now Guo Jia suddenly came over to test him like this...
Could this be Yuan Shao's instruction?
Just when Jia Xu was thinking about the deep meaning behind Guo Jia's words, the housekeeper came over.
"Sir, lunch is ready."
Jia Xu gathered his thoughts after hearing this and smiled at Guo Jia, "Fengxiao, let's go have a meal first."
Guo Jia nodded and said, "Good."
So the two of them went to have dinner together.
At the dinner table, they all tacitly agreed not to mention the conversation they had just had in the Main Hall, but instead talked about the situation.
While chatting, the subject of True and False Son of Heaven came up.
Jia Xu asked Guo Jia how Liu Xie escaped from Xudu to Ye City, and Guo Jia told him the truth.
After listening, Jia Xu said with emotion, "Cao Cao wants to blackmail Son of Heaven to control the princes. It can be seen that he has great ambitions and has long been disobedient."
"Your Majesty is able to escape from Xudu, it is really a blessing from God."
Guo Jia said, "Those who have gained the right will have many help, but those who have lost the right will have few. Great Han Mandate of Heaven is still alive, how can Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and his like be able to replace it? Minister of the Imperial Clan thinks so?"
Jia Xu's eyes moved slightly, he held up the wine glass and said with a smile, "What Fengxiao said is absolutely true. I thought that when I was as rampant as Dong Zhuo, I would end up like a lantern in the sky, and die without a burial place."
"Cao Cao and Yuan Shu are not as far away as Dong Zhuo. How can they overturn the Great Han world? Now Yuan Shu is defeated like a mountain. It will only happen sooner or later."
"As for Cao Cao, it's Withered Bones in the Grave!"
After listening to Jia Xu's comments, Guo Jia nodded and said, "That's right, and although Your Majesty is young today, he already has the talent to be a wise king; now with the help of the Minister of the Imperial Clan, he will definitely be able to eliminate the disloyal people and rebuild Flourishing Han in the future!"
"Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao and others can only be rampant for a while, but they can never subvert Great Han Founding Base!"
Jia Xu clapped his hands and exclaimed, "That's right! Fengxiao is really Loyal Minister of Great Han, I'd like to toast Fengxiao!"
As he spoke, he raised his head and drank the Wine in the cup.
Guo Jia responded in kind.
The meal was finished soon, and the atmosphere was quite good. Jia Xu marveled at Guo Jia's profound knowledge and rich knowledge at a young age; Guo Jia admired Jia Xu's quick thinking and unparalleled eloquence.
After the meal, the two met each other late, and became close friends. They chatted with each other for a long time until it was getting late.
Guo Jia declined Jia Xu's invitation to stay the night in the mansion. After making an appointment to visit him next time, he boarded Carriage home smelling of alcohol.
Jia Xu walked out to Residence's door, personally helped Guo Jia into the car, and watched his Carriage drive away.
After sending Guo Jia away, he stopped outside the house for a long time before turning back.
Guo Jia gave him a very strange feeling today.
It's not like he came as a lobbyist for Third Young Master Yuan Shang. Instead, he was mentioning Son of Heaven intentionally or unintentionally, and testing his attitude by making insinuations.
More like... coming for a guest.
"Wait."
Jia Xu felt like he had caught something, and he couldn't help but recall what Yuan Xi said to him when he came to visit him last time.
"Last time, this junior was going to get married to the Zhen Clan, but it was he who made suggestions for Yuan Shang, ruined the marriage and harmed this junior!"
Zhen Clan, Zhen Clan...
Zhen Clan woman Isn't he in the palace now?
After thinking about this point, Jia Xu woke up from most of the wine at once, a look of surprise flashed across his fat face, and his eyes were complicated.
Could it be that this Guo Fengxiao.
Really a guest?
Within Carriage.
Guo Jia, who was originally drunk, sat up now, his eyes were clear, and there was no sign of being drunk at all?
He usually likes wine, but the wine he drank on Jia Residence was nothing to him. It could not make him drunk. He was just pretending to be drunk on purpose.
"Huh..."
Breathing out a mouthful of turbid alcohol, Guo Jia began to recall the back and forth testing and repeated pulling on Jia Residence and Jia Xu today, as well as the flaws he deliberately left behind.
He believed that with Jia Xu's resourcefulness, he would not be unaware of it. Afterwards, if he thinks about his actions in recent times, he should come to a conclusion.
But that's all.
Jia Xu can rely on these clues and the conversations with him today to deduce that he may be involved with Son of Heaven.
But it is not enough evidence to constitute a threat.
"Hopefully he's winnable."
Guo Jia sighed and rubbed his temples, feeling a little sleepy.
Playing around with people like Jia Xu is really a time-consuming and energy-consuming thing. It's so tiring.
Carriage soon stopped at Guo Jia's residence.
After Guo Jia returned home, he found that Yuan Shang was actually at his home. When he saw him, he immediately got up and came over.
"Sir, have you successfully recruited Minister of the Imperial Clan?"
Yuan Shang asked expectantly.
He had been waiting here early, just to hear the results of Guo Jia's win over Jia Xu, and whether the win over was successful.
Faced with Yuan Shang's expectations, Guo Jia replied, "Minister of the Imperial Clan accepted the gift, but expressed his unwillingness to participate in the fight between Third Young Master and Second Young Master."
"He is a person who protects himself wisely. Now he has just arrived at Ye City and is under the command of Grand General. It is normal for him to respond like this."
Yuan Shang looked disappointed when he heard this, but after thinking about it, Jia Xu also did not accept Yuan Xi's solicitation. His mood suddenly became much happier and he smiled again.
At this time, he noticed that Guo Jia smelled of alcohol, so he asked curiously, "Sir, are you eating at Jia Residence?"
"Yes."