Guo Jia held his hands behind his back, raised his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Sun Ce and Zhou Yu on the hillside with a smile on his lips. The feather fan gently tapped his back, making a "pa" sound, as light as the night breeze blowing on his face, with a hint of coolness. Xun You and Xin Pi stood aside and looked at each other and smiled bitterly. If it were five years ago, Guo Jia would not be qualified to act like this in front of them. Times changed, and now Guo Jia, as a military sect, is their direct superior, and has an unspeakable influence on their career.

The encounters in life are so wonderful.

Xinpi's scalp was so tense that it was so painful that it was aching. He raised his head, looked at the dark clouds surrounding the moon in the sky, and suddenly said, "There may rain tomorrow, we have to be careful, the clean water may surge."

"Is there no bridge?" Guo Jia asked.

"There is a bridge, but it's useless." Xinpi smiled and sighed. "You have never seen the sharp rise after the rain. I don't know how terrifying it is. If a heavy rain, the amount of rain is enough to form a mountain torrent, the amount of water may be ten times or a hundred times that of usual. It may be just a small river, but after the rain, it will rush like the Three Gorges. By the way, have you seen Xiling Gorge?"

Guo Jia glanced at Xinpi sideways and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. "I've seen it, so I think your plan is not very reliable."

Xinpi was surprised and was about to ask, Xun You said, "George, before he was twenty years old, he traveled around the world and experienced rivers. He had not only seen Xiling Gorge, but maybe even knowing that the water will surge after heavy rain." Xinpi suddenly realized, smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Fengxiao, have you already thought about what you want to do, travel around the world early and understand astronomy and geography?"

"Haha, my Guo family has no attainment in the Six Classics. There is no famous scholar who is willing to support me like a slut. There is only one way to go black and try your luck." Guo Jia chuckled and shook his feather fan. "It's not bad, I'll take the lead. But you don't have to worry about it. With your abilities, you will catch up soon. Besides, I've been traversing the road for you, so you don't have to worry so much in the future, right?"

Xun You and Xin Pi exchanged a look and said in unison: "Yes, we all owe you Guo Fengxiao a favor, and all Yingchuan people owe you a favor."

Guo Jia pointed at them with a feather fan. "Look at you, you have no sincerity at all, you are very resentful. OK, okay, don't explain, explanation is to cover up. Besides, the best explanation is not words, but actions. Since you decide to be your own master, then show your true skills and let the general see your value. After all, the greater your contribution, the greater the weight of your love."

Xinpi nodded with a sincere attitude. "Fengxiao is right, and we think so too. Now that things have come to this point, regret is useless, so I can only work hard to move forward. Gongda is fine, but he saw the opportunity and did not send his family to Yecheng. I am in a little trouble now. If Fengxiao is convenient and helps me get my wife and children back, I will have no worries."

"I'll do my best." Guo Jia nodded, looked at Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang not far away, and gave a wink at Xinpi. "Don't just see the scenery in front of me, and the feeling of being chased by geniuses behind you. You can't imagine it just by imagination."

Xinpi's eyes flashed. "Genius? Which one?"

Guo Jia sighed softly and raised two fingers. "Two."

Xinpi couldn't help laughing. "Fengxiao, you're over-the-speaking. It's rare to have a genius. One is good, and both are geniuses, which is a must..." He shook his head and expressed his disbelief. Although Xun You didn't say anything, he was a little disagreeable with his eyebrows.

Guo Jia did not explain again. He just heard Xin Pi introduce the Yizhou strategy and knew that Sun Ce could not refuse easily, and it was inevitable to gather everyone to discuss matters. Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang would have a chance to show their own performance. Then let Xun You and Xin Pi go and learn it themselves.

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As Xinpi said, it rained heavily that night. The next morning, the sky cleared, but the mountain torrent broke out. Several rivers along the way were flooding, and the bridges on the river were submerged in the water, and the ferry was unable to pass. Sun Ce had no choice but to stay for another day and take this opportunity to worship Zhang Heng.

After Sun Ce worshipped Zhang Heng last time, Zhang Heng's tomb was renovated and a cemetery was built. Many stone tablets were erected in the garden, some were engraved with Zhang Heng's articles, some were carved with machinery made by Zhang Heng, and some were poems that others expressed their admiration, with nearly a hundred large and small. After worshiping Zhang Heng, Sun Ce observed the inscriptions one by one, which was a rare rest.

On a not-so-conspicuous stone tablet, among the names of the people who raised funds to build the stele listed on the side of the monument, Sun Ce saw a name: Fufeng Fa Zheng Xiaozhi. He stared at the name for a long time, and confirmed it, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Zhou Yu noticed that his expression was abnormal. "Bo Fu, what's wrong?"

“When was this monument erected?”

Zhou Yu looked at the stone tablet. The stone tablet was very new and should have been erected recently, but the inscription was not special. It was just that some young scholars who admired Zhang Heng erected the monument to commemorate it after traveling and worshiping here. There were many such stone tablets. He didn't know why Sun Ce was particularly careful about this monument.

"I don't know very well, there are too many people coming to worship, and there will be new monuments every now and then."

"Where is this person?" Sun Ce asked, pointing to Fa Zheng's name.

Zhou Yu pondered for a moment and waved to Xinpi. Xinpi asked about the situation and said, "This person is still in Nanyang, and I saw him yesterday."

"Do you know him?"

"He came to travel from Chang'an, met his brother, and brought me a letter to him. I met him once. He is the grandson of Fazhen, a famous scholar in Guanzhong. Faxiong, Fazhen's father, was once the prefect of Wanling and Nanjun. He also recommended Hu Boshi (Hu Guang) as a filial and honest official, and was a famous and powerful official in Nanjun and Nanyang. He should have seen him, and there is also a portrait of him."

Sun Ce frowned even more. Hu Guang was Cai Yong's teacher and a famous predecessor in Nanjun. The Fa-school was in Nanyang and Nanjun had such deep connections. Fa Zheng was really like a fish in water. "Don't you think there was anything unusual about him?"

Xinpi's face changed. "The general said... he did not come from Chang'an, but from Yizhou?"

Sun Ce didn't say anything, but he was in a bad mood. Fa Zheng had Xin Ping's letter, and he should have defected to Cao Cao. He was able to interact with scholars in Nanyang and kept a name here, which shows that Nanyang was far from paying attention to scholars in the Youth School. Zhang Hong had the ability to govern, but his sensitivity to intelligence was seriously insufficient. Guanzhong's ability to constantly imitate Nanyang's new products has a certain relationship with the inadequate confidentiality work in Nanyang.

"You go back to Nanyang first to see if this person is still there. If you are there, control him first. If you are not there, find a way to figure out where he has gone, who he has contacted, and from which direction he left Nanyang. This may be the passage from Yizhou to Nanyang. There will definitely be people who will respond along the way."

"Here." Xinpi did not dare to be negligent and immediately hurried away with the two knights.

"General, is this person very dangerous?" Zhou Yu said.
Chapter completed!