"Are you Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao?" Yuan Fang asked loudly.

The "drunkard" on the donkey seemed to be frightened by this sudden question. His thin body shook, and his buttocks failed to sit firmly, and he rolled off the donkey with a clang.

Seeing the drunkard's wretched appearance, the passers-by on the left and right, and even Yuan Fang's pro-combatants, couldn't help but instigate him.

"Ouch, it hurts me so much..." The drunkard rubbed his butt and got up from the ground with a grin.

Seeing him like that, Yuan Fang couldn't help but smile. He pointed his riding crop and reminded: "All your wine has been spilled."

The drunkard looked down and saw large streams of wine flowing out from the mouth of the gourd that had fallen to the ground.

"Oh my wine, my wine!"

The drunkard yelled, quickly picked up the wine gourd, looked at the wine dripping all over the floor, his mouth was flat like something, and he looked distressed.

"Looking at this alcoholic look, no need to ask, he must be the legendary Guo Jia." Yuan Fang secretly laughed in his heart.

Yuan Fang has carefully studied and analyzed the talents in Yuan Shao's camp, wondering which ones are most likely to be used by him.

Yuan Fang remembered that Guo Jia was originally under the command of Yuan Shao in Li Zhong. He left Yuan Shao and joined Cao Cao because he saw that Yuan Shao would not be able to achieve great things.

A person like Guo Jia, who is as talented as Guo Jia but has no favorable impression of Yuan Shao, is exactly what Yuan Fang wants to win over.

Yuan Fang learned from Hao Zhao, who had a photographic memory, that Guo Jia had a bohemian temperament, always loved drinking, and did not stick to trivial matters. In Yuan Shao's mansion, he was always regarded as ignorant by serious elders such as Tian Feng and Ju Shou.

A formal alternative.

From the demeanor of the "drunkard" in front of him, Yuan Fang concluded that he must be Guo Jia.

"Guo Zhengzheng, you are not advising your father on the front line, but why are you here alone? Are you trying to escape from the battle?" Yuan Fang asked.

Guo Jia raised his head and turned his gaze from the wine gourd to Yuan Fang.

He was three points drunk. He squinted his eyes for a long time before he suddenly recognized who it was. He said with a smile: "It turns out to be the second young master. What a coincidence."

Yuan Fang said calmly: "Guo Zheng, you haven't answered my question yet."

"Problem?" Guo Jiami was stunned for a moment, then recalled it and sighed: "Second Young Master, there is no need to call me Guo Zhengcheng anymore. I have resigned from the official position. Now I am planning to return to my hometown to retire, so naturally I will return to the south."

As expected.

"Today, my father has recently defeated Gongsun Zan, and his momentum is at its peak. Fengxiao, you are resigning at this time. It is very puzzling." Yuan Fang said with a tentative smile.

Guo Jia shrugged, shook the wine gourd in his hand and said, "No matter how good the wine in the gourd is, if it doesn't suit your appetite, it will be tasteless when you drink it, so it's better to throw it away."

As he spoke, Guo Jia squinted his eyes and glanced at the gourd a few times, and suddenly said in surprise: "Oh, why is there dust in the gourd? Well, a good gourd of wine has become muddy like this, so it seems I have to pour it out."

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After saying that, Guo Jia changed his distressed look and poured out all the wine in the gourd without hesitation.

Seeing this, Yuan Gui couldn't help but approach Yuan Fang and whispered: "Sir, this man talks incomprehensibly and does things weirdly. I think he is a freak. Let's not talk nonsense to him and hurry into the city."

"You don't understand, extraordinary people will do extraordinary things. His words may sound strange, but they have hidden meanings." Yuan Fang said calmly.

"Hidden meaning? I can't tell. What's the hidden meaning? He was so drunk that his tongue was tied..."

Although Yuan Gui was loyal, his resourcefulness was limited. In his eyes, Guo Jia was just an incoherent drunkard.

How could you not understand Yuan Fang's plot? The meaning of Guo Jia's words can be summed up in just one sentence:

Yuan Shao was not to his liking.

"It's getting late now. Even if Fengxiao has to resign and return south, there's no need to rush. Why not go ahead and have a few drinks in Gonggao City? It won't be too late to leave tomorrow." Yuan Fang said with a smile.

Guo Jia hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you have any good wine? If you have good wine, I might consider it."

"I told you to pour a few glasses of wine. Of course there will be good wine. Come on, please take Mr. Guo back to the city." Yuan Fang gave an order, whipped his horse and whipped into the city.

Before Guo Jia had time to agree, Yuan Gui had already led people forward, lifted Guo Jia onto the donkey, forcibly led the donkey, turned around, and headed towards the city.

Yuan Fang did not want to alarm the local officials, so he did not check into the post house. After entering the city, he took Guo Jia and went straight to a wine shop.

The lanterns were hung up, and good wine and meat were placed in front of Guo Jia.

As soon as he smelled the aroma of wine, Guo Jia was like a cat that smells the aroma of meat. He was immediately hooked and his eyes shone.

"In that case, I won't be polite."

Guo Jia was not polite even if he said you were welcome. He didn't need Yuan Fang to call him. He drank one glass after another without caring about his manners, and he looked like he was addicted to alcohol.

Yuan Fang just had a sip and looked at Guo Jia with interest.

"The second young master is going north this time. I'm afraid he wants to challenge the lord and ask for more troops." Guo Jia, who was drinking heavily, suddenly asked seemingly casually.

Yuan Fang was slightly shocked and said with a smile: "Fengxiao's judgment is very good. Yes, I have this plan."

After drinking a glass of wine, Guo Jia finally put the glass down, and while recalling the taste of the wine, he sighed: "With the obstruction of Xu You and Xin Ping, I am afraid that Duke Yuan will not send more troops to the second son. In my opinion,

Second Young Master, there is no need for this trip to be in vain."

These casual words made Yuan Fang's heart move, and he saw the strength of the ghost.

"This Guo Jia looks loose and crazy, but he is very insightful and has a clear mind. Well, he is indeed a genius..."

In fact, Yuan Fang also knew that there was little hope of getting there, and he just had the mentality of giving it a try. Anyway, if he could succeed, it would be good to add thousands of troops.

After listening to Guo Jia's words, Yuan Fang changed his mind and said calmly: "Feng Xiao's words are reasonable. In this case, Feng Xiao, you might as well give me an idea, how can I ask my father to give me more troops?"

"Oh, I'm just talking casually. What ideas can I have? It makes the young master laugh." Guo Jia laughed at himself, obviously not wanting to give Yuan Fang any ideas.

Yuan Fang said seriously: "Fengxiao, you drank my wine and ate my meat. It seems unreasonable that you don't give me any advice."

Guo Jia was stunned. He had already put the meat in his mouth. He didn't know whether he should chew it or not, so he just froze there.

After being stunned for a moment, Guo Jia said with a wry smile: "It seems that the cannibal is short-tongued and the exploiter is short-handed. It turns out that the second young master did not pay for this meal of wine and meat in vain."

Yuan Fang laughed loudly, cupped his hands and said, "I would like to hear that I am a filial piety."

Guo Jia shook his head helplessly, put down his chopsticks, and straightened his body while sitting sideways.

After coughing a few times, Guo Jia said calmly: "Xin Ping and Xu You were obviously ordered by the eldest son to deliberately embarrass you, the second son, so that they could indirectly help the third son to win the so-called martial arts competition.

, I think the Second Young Master must know this."

"Of course I know that. My eldest brother has been giving me a lot of trouble recently." Yuan Fang sneered.

Guo Jia smiled and continued: "If the Third Young Master takes Bingzhou and marries the Zhen family, the richest man in Hebei, then the strength of the First Young Master's faction will be greatly enhanced. In addition to the Second Young Master, I am afraid there are others who are not willing to

See it."

Guo Jia said something else, if there is any point.

Yuan Fang was so smart, his thoughts were racing, and his eyes suddenly moved: "Does Feng Xiao mean that he wants me to use Xian Fu to counter those two brothers?"

"Second Young Master is really hiding his secrets. He realized it so quickly. I didn't say anything." Guo Jia didn't say anything and started drinking again with a smile.

Yuan Fang suddenly felt enlightened, and after Guo Jia's reminder, he already had a countermeasure.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi were born to the Chen family of Yingchuan, Yuan Shao's ex-wife, and were the legitimate sons of the Yuan family.

Later, Chen died of illness, and Yuan Shao succeeded Liu from Hebei as his first wife and gave birth to two sons, Yuan Shang and Yuan Mai, who were also legitimate sons.

Although Yuan Shao relied on Guo Tu and other Ruying scholars to make his fortune, after acquiring Jizhou, he employed a large number of Hebei scholars such as Jushu.

Since the Liu family was from Hebei, these Hebei scholars naturally gradually tended to side with the Liu family and Yuan Shang.

In the past few years, Yuan Shang has gradually grown up, his wings have begun to mature, and he may have begun to take a peek at Yuan Tan's status.

In fact, in history, it was the battle between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang that ultimately led to the destruction of the Yuan family.

So, from this point of view, Yuan Shang is naturally the last thing to see the expansion of Yuan Tan's strength.

"It seems that I have to go back to Yecheng..."
Chapter completed!