Chapter 4 Future Teacher Cai Yong

  Firstly, even when he was still in bed, Guo Jia had already felt that his current body was no longer the same as before. Now, whether it was his figure or physical quality, they were probably similar to those of his previous life, belonging to the weak and thin type. Of course, this was a given, as Guo Jia in history was originally a strategist who eventually died of illness. Could he have hoped to be as strong and robust as Guan Yu?

  However, what Guo Jia is more concerned about now is his own appearance problem. In this Three Kingdoms period, Diao Chan, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao are all beautiful sisters, and their fame in Guo Jia's eyes is overwhelming. To say that Guo Jia is not moved by them is completely impossible.

  What is a school flower? What's the use of being admitted to Peking University? In front of such a beauty like Diao Chan, who dares to be called a goddess?!

  This is probably the most exciting thing for Guo Jia after crossing over into this era.

  So if he doesn't look handsome enough now, although it's not certain that he can't pick up beauties in the end, when he is with those stunning beauties, Guo Jia will definitely feel inferior.

  After all, he was from a later era that emphasized gender equality. Beautiful women were always treasured and pampered, so at this time Guo Jia was still far from becoming like Dong Zhuo, growing into a ruffian who could unscrupulously take beautiful women by force.

  In front of the copper mirror in the room, the effect of the copper mirror during the Three Kingdoms period was not as good as that of the glass mirror in later generations, but it could still be seen vaguely. The person in the mirror looked slender and handsome, with a pair of clear and deep eyes. Although his face was pale, he had a sickly beauty. Guo Jia raised an eyebrow, this should be the so-called gentle and elegant type that is popular among girls.

  "Hmm, although it seems a bit girly, but it's still worthy of me being the only literature student in class!"

  He says so with his mouth, but this appearance is really very satisfying to Guo Jia. If he didn't look handsome enough to make all the women jealous of his elegance, Guo Jia wouldn't have this pleased expression now.

  Looking left and right, up and down again carefully, Guo Jia felt that something was missing. Ah! It turned out that he couldn't "enter the village and follow the customs". If he added a feather fan and a kerchief, he would definitely be able to surpass Zhou Yu of Jiangdong!

  After indulging in self-admiration for a while, Guo Jia finally came back to his senses and began searching for other potentially useful things.

  Coming to the table, he saw a package that was obviously luggage. Guo Jia opened it without any politeness, not having the slightest awareness that he was snooping on someone else's privacy, because now this could no longer be considered "someone else's" privacy.

  "Huh? What's this? A certificate?" Guo Jia pulled out a document from inside, and as someone who understood some history, he was very clear that in this era, what books and articles were generally recorded on bamboo slips, while more valuable things like imperial edicts were written on silk or other fabrics.

  So this thing in front of me shouldn't be something casually placed here.

  Kuo Chia opened it and took a look. Fortunately, he could still recognize the ancient characters on it, which seemed that some of his former instincts were still there. Then, he became serious.

  "Huh? What's this? A wanted poster? Cai Yong?! I'm impressed, you've really developed now, indeed worthy of Guo Jia, haha!"

  Guo Jia burst out laughing before he even finished reading it. It turned out to be a letter of introduction to visit Cai Yong, the great master of the current dynasty in Luoyang! Moreover, it was not only that, but also a letter of recommendation and a request for study! From the words on it, it seemed that one of Guo Jia's teachers in Yingchuan had praised him as being very talented and recommended him to go to Cai Yong to study under his tutelage.

  This kind of thing is simply equivalent to being admitted to Tsinghua or Peking University in Guo Jia's eyes.

  Of course, behind the excitement, there are many inside stories that Guo Jia is not aware of today. Yingchuan has always produced many famous scholars, especially during the Three Kingdoms period, it was even more remarkable. At the same time, in this place of Yingchuan, there have always been many prominent families with a good reputation.

  For example, the Han family, the Zhong family, the Xun family, and the Chen family, as well as the Guo family, which was also a famous family in Yingchuan. It is understandable that such an environment would frequently produce talented individuals.

  In the great Han Dynasty, if you wanted to be an official, you had to be recommended as a filial and incorruptible person first. To put it bluntly, this kind of recommendation requires connections. Even if an ordinary person is very intelligent and knowledgeable, without any connections, it's hard for them to get the opportunity to be recommended and thus embark on an official career.

  So, the positions of these officials are usually monopolized by these famous families. Yingchuan has a lot of talent, and the competition is naturally very fierce. Originally, according to normal circumstances, with the status of the Guo family in Yingchuan, coupled with Guo Jia's own intelligence and wisdom, it would be absolutely no problem for him to succeed in being selected as a Filial and Incorrupt official and entering the officialdom.

  It's ironic that Guo Jia's parents had died two years ago, and with them gone, the connection was severed. Leaving Guo Jia alone, even if he came from a prestigious family, it was a declining one. In such a place as Yingchuan where talents abound, it would be difficult for him to be recommended as a filial and incorruptible official, possibly not even in ten or twenty years.

  By the way, in this year, Yuanchuan was selected as a filial and incorruptible person, one of whom was Xun Yu, a classmate and good friend of Guo Jia. Think about it, the prominent Xun family, the intelligent Xun Yu, only in this year, when he was in his early twenties, was selected as a filial and incorruptible person, can imagine how great the pressure on the talents of Yuanchuan is.

  However, Guo Jia was also a rare young talent who had shown extraordinary wisdom from an early age. Although he was still young, he particularly liked to communicate with his elders and often had unique insights that made the elders feel inferior. How could Sima Hui, a wise and discerning mentor, bear to see such a talented student being wasted?

  Then, Sima Hui wrote a letter of introduction to recommend Guo Jia to the famous scholar Cai Yong of the time. He believed that with his own intelligence and talent, as well as being from a prestigious family, studying under a renowned master, and being in Luoyang where opportunities were plentiful, he would surely have a bright future ahead of him and eventually become a pillar of the great Han dynasty!

  So Guo Jia set off with his luggage from Yingchuan and headed towards Luoyang, the capital city.

  Who would have thought that on the way, he coincidentally encountered the remnants of the Yellow Turbans rising again. Ahead, there were Yellow Turban bandits causing chaos. Helpless, Guo Jia had no choice but to turn south and take a detour to Xiangyang, where his uncle Huang was, to hide for a while. He thought that once the situation stabilized, he would then plan to head north to study.

  Huang Bo was a famous scholar of Jingzhou, and he also had a pair of discerning eyes. He particularly appreciated Guo Jia's talent, and since Guo Jia was a friend from the past, Huang Bo took great care of him. Guo Jia often exchanged ideas with Huang Bo, and the two got along very well.

  As for Huang's father having a little daughter, she always liked to listen to Guo Jia tell stories and often loved to follow Guo Jia around. The relationship between the two siblings was especially good, and their elders were delighted to see it. Huang's father hoped that his mischievous daughter would learn something by following Guo Jia around and being influenced by him.