Chapter 59 Xun Yu

  "Hahaha!" Guo Jia and Ming Er simultaneously burst out laughing, holding their bellies as they turned the corner.

  "Hehehe! Oh!" Ming Er Xiao Yatou laughed and suddenly stopped.

  "What's wrong?" Guo Jia asked strangely.

  Tomorrow weakly asked

  "Master, may I laugh?"

  But it was when they recalled the time on their way to Luoyang that Guo Jia forbade them from laughing.

  "Of course, this kind of person is born to be ridiculed, no need to talk about benevolence and morality with him! Haha, just now I really wanted to turn around and take a look at his face, but even if I didn't turn around, I can completely imagine it! Hahaha!" Guo Jia clapped his hands and laughed loudly.

  "Hehe, hehe!" Ming'er smiled again, feeling that she had never been as happy as she was now. Although she was just a small servant girl, this happiness and joy, the busy life, even if Ming'er were to go back home now, she might not be willing to do so anymore.

  After laughing for a while, Ming Er asked with an open mouth,

  "Master, where shall we go next?"

  Guo Jia gradually suppressed his smile and became unusually serious.

  "I want to go see Wenruo first."

  "Is it still about that case from that day?" Ming'er asked.

  "That's right, I'll go and take a look at the progress." Guo Jia replied.

  Guo Jia thought carefully, if the person in the dark just happened to find him, simply because he Guo Jia was in such an awkward position, then so be it, and he could only blame his own bad luck.

  But if someone really did intentionally bring up He Guo to Zhang Ran, then the most likely thing that Guo could think of would be this case.

  Don't forget that the people who died in prison at that time were from He Jin's mansion, so the other party may have learned about the inside story from here and revealed some clues to Zhang Rang, and then pulled down Guo Jia with him to avenge his "one word feud".

  However, there were still some details that Guo Jia couldn't figure out. After all, looking at Guo Jia's current state, not only did he get away with everything, but he also got two big golden ingots for free, and no matter how you looked at it, he didn't seem to have been retaliated against.

  That's why he can't figure it out, because he doesn't understand enough. Guo Jia believes that as long as he understands to a certain extent, he will definitely be able to clarify the whole thing from start to finish!

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  Guo Jia brought Ming'er to the yamen, Xun Yu was still in the front hall handling matters, Guo Jia instead met another person in the inner hall, Xun You.

  Xun Yu is older than Xun You, but in terms of generation, he is Xun You's nephew. Moreover, he entered officialdom earlier and held relatively higher positions. Currently, Xun Yu holds the position of Huangmen Shilang, a close attendant to the Emperor, whose main work is to handle public affairs between the Emperor and the Minister of Works, belonging to an outer official who can freely enter and exit the Forbidden Palace, able to come into contact with many court secrets, holding a very important position.

  Unfortunately, eunuchs are now in power, so Xun You's position has become somewhat embarrassing. Moreover, being on the side of He Jin and Yuan Shao, Xun You can no longer be considered an "official who can freely enter and exit the palace".

  So nowadays, Xun Yu is living the life that Guo Jia has always envied: every day he goes to work, just needs to go to the unit to make a cup of coffee, browse the web, read the newspaper, and can spend a leisurely whole day.

  It turns out that Xun Yu was also sent here to review cases for similar reasons. Of course, compared to being an idle official, Xun Yu probably prefers doing these useful things himself.

  Two people walked in.

  "It's Gongda after all." Guo Jia greeted him proactively, he had already called Xun Yu "brother", so naturally he couldn't call Xun You "brother" anymore. Although they could call each other by different names, since these two were often together, they couldn't just randomly call out to each other. Therefore, it was fine to just use his courtesy name.

  "Oh, it's about Filial Piety. My uncle is still outside handling official business, and he has some free time today, so he asked me to come here and help him take a look at this case." Xun Yu said straightforwardly.

  Xun Yu was very self-aware, he knew what he was suited for. Xun Yu followed the King's Way, the Righteous Path; while the Crooked Path, the Unorthodox Path and so on, were more suitable for people like Guo Jia and Xun You.

  In these matters of intrigue and plotting, Xun Yu would often seek help from Xun You or Guo Jia.

  Xun You put down the case files, and Guo Jia couldn't help but ask.

  "What does Gong Da think about this?"

  "Matters can be big or small, but there are some places that I still can't understand, please enlighten me." Xun Yu said.

  Guo Jia nodded slightly.

  "I'd like to hear more about it."

  "Firstly, both Feng Xiang and Jia Xu have come to a common conclusion that behind this case, there is the shadow of an external warlord. But how?" asked Xun Yu.

  "That's right." Guo Jia nodded.

  "If the foreign warlords are already aware of General He Jin's intentions, then what information do they hope to obtain from the mouths of those in the general's residence?" Xun Yu asked back.

  Guo Jia was taken aback, "Yes, He Jin invited those warlords to come, and they obviously also understood what they came for. So what intelligence do we still need to get from others?"

  Then, Xun Yu's expression solidified, and he continued to say,

  "If all the previous inferences are true, let's not consider the reasons and rationality for now, but just look at their motives and results: These people need General's intelligence! Their goal is General! They want to be unfavorable to General!"

  In an instant, Guo Jia's eyes narrowed.

  "In other words, the Grand General summoned them to kill the eunuchs, but they turned around and helped the eunuchs instead. No, they wanted to get rid of the eunuchs while also getting rid of the Grand General at the same time?!"

  If Xun Yu's inference is true, then the most likely external warlord behind this would be Dong Zhuo. After all, from a historical perspective, He Jin and the Ten Eunuchs were all killed, and the one who ultimately benefited the most was Dong Zhuo!

  It's also possible that it was done by other warlords, but in the end, Dong Zhuo took advantage of it, because the randomness here is indeed a bit too much.

  At this time, Guo Jia had almost confirmed the inference that only when the target was both a eunuch and General-in-Chief He Jin would the other party reveal the message to Zhang Rang without leaving any trace. Zhang Rang knew the message, which was unfavorable to General-in-Chief He Jin; while the other party did not speak clearly, but obviously it was not possible for someone from the eunuch's side to do so through Guo Jia.

  So he, Guo Jia, such a small figure, was drawn into this earth-shaking situation, mostly because he participated in this inconspicuous little case!

  Xun Yu is indeed Xun Yu, this should be what they call strategic vision!

  Unfortunately, Xun Yu was not Guo Jia. He did not know what had just happened to Guo Jia when he entered the palace, nor did he have Guo Jia's cross-era vision. Therefore, this could only be an inference of Xun Yu and could not become a conclusion.

  "If that's really the case, then I have a question that I just can't figure out," said Xun Yu. "Even if the eunuchs and the Grand General were to die, but the foreign warlords aren't all from the same family, they're taking such a huge risk to deal with the Grand General, yet in the end they might not gain anything, isn't that strange? Unless all the warlords have secretly joined forces, it's still hard to understand!"