Chapter 62 Just Do Your Best

  Guo Jia had already had this idea when he was on the carriage.

  The day before yesterday, Zhang Liao had just found him, Guo Jia, and today Yuan Shao came to find him. Is this just a coincidence? Isn't there any connection inside?

  Previously, Guo Jia was able to determine that the matter was related to the external warlord because of Xun Yu's case. However, although the case was indeed related to the external warlord, why did he also associate Zhang Yan's affair from the previous day with it?

  Perhaps these are two unrelated things? Just like Xun Yu inferred, it's just a case of worrying about the sky collapsing, and Guo Jia mistakenly put the two things together.

  As for Yuan Shao, due to historical reasons, Guo Jia had always looked down on him a bit, but it can't be denied that Yuan Shao was indeed very capable. If this time, it was Yuan Shao pretending to be a pig eating a tiger, plotting in secret from behind the scenes, then many things seemed to have become clearer.

  Firstly, Yuan Shao was not only an informed person but also the proposer of the event. When he made this treacherous suggestion to He Jin, did he have ulterior motives? After all, if He Jin had listened to Cao Cao's words, those eunuchs would have been dead by now.

  Summoning the warlords from the border towns would inevitably take some time, and during this period, it was enough to let the eunuchs know and plot against He Jin.

  Then there is the motive, it can be imagined that He Jin was designed to be killed by the eunuchs, and Yuan Shao avenged He Jin, got rid of the eunuchs, and eliminated a great harm for the world. At that time, whether it was prestige or influence, Yuan Shao would reach the peak, and then become the next He Jin, who had no eunuch power struggle!

  This is absolutely not Guo Jia's arbitrary guess, at least there is such a possibility. Why did Yuan Shao and others fail to persuade He Jin from entering the palace in the first place? As a result, after He Jin was killed, Yuan Shao and others immediately led their troops to storm in. It seems like everything had been arranged beforehand. If nothing unexpected happened, after the event, Yuan Shao would have possessed the kind of status and position that Dong Zhuo or Cao Cao had later on.

  So, from this point on, Yuan Shao can be considered the greatest beneficiary of He Jin's death.

  If the previous guesses are true, then what happened afterwards can also be explained: Yuan Shao is sensitive to identity and cannot directly reveal the message to Zhang Rang, so he secretly pushes Guo Jia out. It's worth knowing that Yuan Shao is very familiar with Guo Jia's situation and is also very certain that Guo Jia is one of the informed parties.

  But whether Guo Jia had revealed the matter to Zhang Yan according to Yuan Shao's idea, Yuan Shao was not very clear about it. So, on the day after Guo Jia had just met with Zhang Yan, Yuan Shao immediately invited Guo Jia to dinner, trying to probe out some clues from him!

  Everything is suspicious, the biggest doubt is how Yuan Shao chose to push Guo Jia out and how he noticed such a small figure like Guo Jia.

  Now, Yuan Shao invites Guo Jia to dinner. This fact alone has proven that Guo Jia is not transparent in his eyes. In this case, how he noticed Guo Jia is no longer important.

  There is no contradiction, nor can any contradiction be found. This is precisely the reason why Guo Jia is so worried at present. Yuan Shao, or the think tank behind him, is actually so sinister, cunning, ruthless and astute?!

  In this era, there are hardly a few real fools. He, Guo Jia, thought he understood some history and knew some modern knowledge, so he looked down on everyone else. That absolutely qualifies as self-aggrandizement!

  "Master?" Ming Er pulled Guo Jia's sleeve, who had furrowed his brow to an extreme degree. "If you really can't figure it out, then just don't think about it anymore." The little maid couldn't help but say.

  Kuo Chia was taken aback and suddenly slapped his forehead.

  "Why must I figure all these things out? No matter who is behind the scenes, I just need to think about my own affairs and know what I should do!"

  Now, Guo Jia is of low status and not a participant, planner or resolver of these conspiracies. No matter who is behind the "stock market", Guo Jia only needs to follow the trend to make a small profit.

  "Haha! Ming'er, you're absolutely right! You're so clever!" Guo Jia was overjoyed and picked up Ming'er, spinning around in circles while also giving him a kiss on the cheek.

  The little maid's face suddenly turned bright red, and she said in a flustered low voice.

  "Master, what are you doing? Let me down quickly, there are so many people here!" As she spoke, her entire head was buried in Guo Jia's bosom.

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  Luoyang, outside Hu Bao Camp

  "Hah, dare to block my way? Do you know who I am? Go and call out Yan Liang for me!" Guo Jia was absolutely looking for trouble, of course, the reason he had the guts to cause a commotion this time was because he got permission from Yuan Shao's brothers during dinner earlier.

  "Who is this? How dare you cause trouble in my Hu Bao camp?"

  It seems that not only Cao Cao will come when his name is mentioned, but also Yan Liang.

  Seeing Yan Liang's ferocious appearance, Guo Jia, no matter how confident he was, couldn't help but take a step back. Some fear comes from status, but some fear simply comes from the individual himself.

  Guo Jia, who was originally very proud and arrogant, began to worry that Yan Liang might come up with a "commander-in-chief has the power to disobey orders" or, in his haste, he would behead him first and then report back, before taking his own life by cutting open his belly. Ha! Guo Jia would only have to go cry to King Yama about it afterwards.

  "Alright! It's you again, young man!" Yan Liang apparently still recognized Guo Jia, after all, there were not many people like him who dared to come to the Tiger and Leopard Brigade to look for trouble.

  Yan Liang's face was stern and his eyes were wide open like bronze bells, making the little maid tremble with fear and hide behind Guo Jia. Unfortunately, there was no one else who could make Guo Jia take cover.

  Damn it, this is completely different from what he thought at first!

  "Hold on! Take a look at this first!" Guo Jia didn't say another word, and hastily threw over the thing that Yuan Shao had given him.

  Yan Liang received it in his hand,

  "This is... how did you get this?!" Yan Liang exclaimed.

  "This is what Lord Yuan gave me when I had dinner with him just now." Guo Jia replied, slightly regaining his composure. "I'm not trying to do anything, I just want to go in and take a look at how my brother is doing."

  "We are still in training now, you come back after an hour." Yan Liang said directly, throwing the thing back to Guo Jia.

  "Hah!" Guo Jia suddenly sneered, "You think it's nothing to look down on me, but can you also afford to look down on General Yuan?!"

  This guy has quite a face of false bravado.

  Yan Liang's face turned dark.

  "Hmph, I'll call him out for you!" Then he walked up to Guo Jia and pointed at his chest, saying "You young whippersnapper, Guo Yuan is a fine general. Unfortunately, he has an older brother like you - I don't want to see such a promising talent being ruined by you!"

  "Don't worry about it." Guo Jia replied calmly, stretching out his hand to try and open Yan Liang's fist. However, Yan Liang's hand didn't budge. Guo Jia felt a wave of embarrassment and couldn't help but say, "Aren't you going to call the person out for me? Do you plan on standing here with me for an hour?"

  "Hmph!" Yan Liang snorted again and turned around to walk towards the camp.

  "Cut it out! What's gotten into you!" As soon as Yan Liang left, Guo Jia finally dared to show off.