Three Kingdoms: I, Yuan Shu, Loyal Officials of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 135 Guo Jia: Who exactly is plotting against me?
Upon seeing this, Guo Tu quickly pleaded for leniency.

“My lord, what Xun Chen said was just something Fengxiao and I talked about when we were drunk. How can we believe it?”
"My lord, didn't you just say that you're the petty person who would hold a grudge for a drunken lapse in manners?"

Yuan Shao: "."

After a moment of contemplation, he gave a quiet instruction.

"This has nothing to do with his drunken ramblings. What I care about is whether he has secretly colluded with Yuan Shu as rumored, and offered him advice and strategies."

If that's really the case, Lord Guo, you know I don't tolerate traitors here.

I must personally send someone to escort him south, lest the world gossip about me, and prevent them from meeting.

Guo Tu knew that Yuan Shao's words sounded nice, but the word "escort" was not so simple.
The courtiers, who were usually arguing fiercely, were now deathly silent.

It was as if he was the only one among all the ministers who could see Guo Jia's talent.

Guo Tu knew perfectly well at that moment.
Regardless of whether Guo Fengxiao was secretly colluding with Yuan Shu or whether he truly possessed unfathomable supernatural abilities, only a dead Guo Fengxiao is considered a good Guo Fengxiao by everyone.

After all, Lord Yuan Shao's place is already quite crowded, isn't it?

Seeing that Guo Tu was about to persuade him again, Yuan Shao smiled gently to comfort him.

"Rest assured, Lord Guo, I am not someone who kills indiscriminately."

You can summon Mr. Fengxiao and ask him directly. If the rumors are false, he has never secretly colluded with Yuan Shu.

How could I possibly be concerned with my status and fail to treat those of talent with respect?

Guo Tu let out a long sigh without a word. Had he not secretly colluded with Yuan Shu? This was before these contemporary strategists who could turn black into white and white into black.

Based on the inexplicable points in those rumors, how could Guo Jiaxiao not be on good terms with Yuan Shu today, and how could he possibly be alive?
However, since things had come to this point, the only option was to summon Guo Fengxiao.

Before it could be done, a message was sent back:
"Reporting to my lord, Guo Fengxiao's residence reeks of alcohol. There is a human figure on the bed in the room, who seems to have drunk himself to death and cannot be woken up no matter how much we call him."

When we lifted it up, we found that it was wrapped in a pillow and looked like a human shape. There was no one there.

When they asked the people around him, they only said that Guo Jia often got drunk and unconscious, and they were used to it, so they did not suspect anything.

At this moment, I realized that I had no idea when Guo Jia had left.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao's face grew even more gloomy, and Xun Chen seized the opportunity to continue speaking.

"This must be because Guo Jia was guilty and, upon hearing the rumors, knew that he had been caught, so he fled overnight."

The courtiers remained silent. Guo Tu's face turned pale, and Yuan Shao's expression grew increasingly gloomy. He simply smiled and asked a question.

Where is Wen Chou?

"Your humble servant is here!"

Even if he fled overnight, how far could he escape alone?
"You must immediately lead your troops to cast a net and pursue him. You must bring this unparalleled talent back alive and send him to my brother!"

"Rest assured, my lord, Wen Chou will not fail in his mission."

On the battlefield of Jiyou, on the vast grassland, a weary scholar urged a tired old horse onward, having traveled an unknown distance.

He raised the wine jug to drink, only to find that the wine in his cup was gone, which made him even more upset.

Guo Fengxiao has lived in this world for twenty-six years, through autumn moons and spring breezes, when has he ever suffered such scheming?

Drinking at home for no reason can lead to disaster!

Who exactly is plotting against him? If he hadn't been quick to escape, he wouldn't be alive right now. I, Guo Fengxiao, am Yuan Shu's strategist and chief advisor, working for Yuan Shu.
I've never even met Yuan Shu. Where did this rumor come from?
What else is it that I, Fengxiao, advised Yuan Shu not to declare himself emperor, adopted Sun Ce as his son, and devised a plan to destroy Liu Yao and pacify Jiangdong?

He advised Yuan Shu to seize the emperor twice, and devised two strategies to repel Cao Cao and pacify Yingchuan.

He thrice advised Yuan Shu to besiege Changping, and thrice devised a plan to defeat Liu Bei and seize the State of Chen.

It contains numerous details, countless schemes, and the ability to anticipate others' moves time and again. He even masterfully stole the letter from Jiang Gan, completely outmaneuvering Cao Cao's entire group of strategists. Even Xiahou Dun was persuaded by him to surrender to Yuan Shu.

Guo Jia: ???
Guo Jia was getting more and more confused as he listened. "I did all of these things?"

How come I don’t know?
Don't talk nonsense!
These rumors, however, are all well-founded and seem like the truth, with tight logic and interconnected points.

With Guo Jia's talent, how could he not see it? These things must have really happened, and only the truth can deceive the world.

There must have been a strategist behind Yuan Shu, but even if everyone in the world was deceived, only he himself knew that he was definitely not the strategist!

All of this was clearly the work of that mysterious strategist who forcibly pinned his own plans and actions on Guo Fengxiao.

Unfortunately, he couldn't defend himself. The rumors had spread so widely that everyone knew he was Yuan Shu's strategist. How could he possibly explain himself clearly?
Under these circumstances, would Cao Cao still dare to use him? Would Yuan Shao still trust him?
In the midst of chaos, among all the feudal lords, who could truly trust Guo Fengxiao?
Even if they outwardly claim to believe in him and rely on him, does Guo Fengxiao really dare to trust them?
Even if Guo Fengxiao himself believed it, would those feudal lords truly believe that Guo Fengxiao believed they believed him and would genuinely work for him?
Once a chain of suspicion is established, it becomes independent of human will, especially among intelligent people.

Therefore, from this moment on, killing Guo Fengxiao would be the best choice for any warlord, and for Guo Fengxiao, there is now only one way out left for him by that person.

Yuan Shu!

He is the only person in the world today who dares to use him wholeheartedly and with whom he has a harmonious relationship as ruler and minister.

Who told him to be Yuan Shu's "strategist and chief strategist"?

Guo Jia angrily threw the empty wine jug on the ground, still cursing under his breath.

They fabricated such a colossal lie, using the hearts of all the feudal lords under heaven to devise this shocking open conspiracy, all just to lure me into Yuan's camp.
Isn't that giving me, Guo Fengxiao, too much credit?
This was truly the first time in his life that he had been manipulated by someone else, caught up in the grand schemes of the world and subjected to their relentless machinations.

“Okay, okay!

Such a warm invitation is truly impolite to refuse.

To find out who was behind this scheme, Jia went to Yuan's camp in person to meet with them!

Guo Jia gritted his teeth and urged his horse onward, ready to speed up, when suddenly he heard the sound of hooves breaking through the air, and a cavalry force raised a cloud of dust in the distance.

Guo Jia was startled, wondering if Yuan Shao's men had caught up with them so quickly.

Only after seeing that the newcomers were all white horses with the words "Gongsun" written on them did they breathe a sigh of relief.

But he remained vigilant, pretending nothing was wrong, and moved aside.

Unfortunately, though he wanted to remain still, trouble came knocking on his door.

He saw one of the cavalrymen glance at his face, then suddenly pull on the reins and looked at him more closely.

While Guo Jia was puzzled, the knight unexpectedly took out a portrait of Jianbo from his bosom and compared it with the portrait.

He shouted loudly:
"Report back to General Gongsun immediately, the person has been found!"

He then led his army straight towards him, and at that moment Guo Jia was terrified.

He didn't understand. It was one thing for Yuan Shao to arrest him, but why did Gongsun Zan arrest him too?

(End of this chapter)