The emperor was amused and crying.

Jia Xu? How is this possible? It’s not that the court has issued an edict to summon Jia Xu, but the problem is that Jia Xu is unwilling to accept it. Moreover, the court cannot trust Jia Xu, and it is even more impossible to expect Jia Xu to give advice to the court. What was Ma Chao wrong about this? He actually made such a suggestion?

The emperor endured the unhappiness and said with a smile: "You don't know anything. I have issued an edict to recruit Jia Xu, but Jia Xu entrusted him with an illness and refused the edict."

Ma Chao was confident. "What disease does Jia Xu have? He is in good health, and being sick is also a heart disease. The reason why he did not accept the election is that he still could not win the trust. He wrote to the court to ask the court to kill Huangfu Song, but was rejected by the court. Huangfu Jianshou became His Majesty's general. How could he not doubt it?"

"Then can he serve the court now?"

"I can't guarantee it, I just think it's possible." Ma Chao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I heard that Li Ru has gone to Nanyang. If Jia Xu also wants to serve the King of Wu, why didn't he go to Nanyang? He is neither the governor of Bingzhou nor the prefect of Hedong, but he stays in Hedong and does not leave. I think he must have waited and waited for the opportunity."

The emperor felt that there was some truth. Jia Xu was now a common man in a white body, and he did not go to Nanyang or return to Liangzhou. It was really unreasonable. "You said that King Wu regards Jia Xu as his life's enemy, but did he listen to what Sun Ce said with his own ears?"

"Your Majesty can you tell me how many people have you met since the King of Wu went to Xiangyang in the second year of Chuping?"

The emperor blinked his eyes and suddenly realized in his heart. The information collected by Liu Ye mentioned that Sun Ce had met many people, but there were only two people who took the initiative to meet: one was the governor of Luoyang, and the other was Jia Xu. In the third year of Chuping, Sun Ce and Yuan Tan competed for Junyi. When they first came into contact with the war, they rushed to the Magchi to meet Jia Xu. As for what they had talked about, they were not clear.

However, Sun Ce's emphasis on Jia Xu can be seen. The emperor was a little moved and felt that it was necessary to reconsider Jia Xu's thoughts. Although Dong Yue led his troops to participate in the battle, he did not trust Dong Yue from the bottom of his heart and did not dare to reuse him. He also wanted to win over Liu Bei to check and balance Dong Yue, for fear that he would do whatever he wanted. If Jia Xu could be summoned and even gained allegiance from him, the conflict with Dong Zhuo's old subordinates might be temporarily alleviated, and he would be more at ease with the use of Dong Yue's subordinates.

The emperor returned to Xiaopingjin Pass and discussed with Liu Ye repeatedly along the way. Liu Ye did not agree with the recruitment of Jia Xu. He was unable to understand Jia Xu's thoughts and was worried that the emperor would not be able to control Jia Xu, but Jia Xu caught the loophole. Dong Yue was a reckless man and Jia Xu was a scholar. It was not afraid of the two of them being separated. Once they were united together, the situation would be completely different. After so much effort, it was difficult to separate them, but how could they repeat the same mistakes?

The emperor was undecided. He thought about it repeatedly and decided to discuss it with Xun Yu. Xun Yan was killed, so the news must be informed of Xun Yu. However, Hongnong was still in control of Jiang Qin, so they could only go to Hedong, and it took at least ten days, or even longer.

The situation in Shandong suddenly changed, and the emperor had to temporarily shelve the plan to rectify Shangdang and Taiyuan. In order to solve the problem of supply and supplies, he summoned Sima Fang through Sima Fu and asked Sima Fang to contact the Henoi family to collect money and grain. At the same time, he discussed with Dong Yue and asked him to collect grain from Hedong. Dong Yue was very unhappy, but he had no choice. First, the emperor was indeed short of food, and second, the Hedong family might not listen to him. The emperor discussed with him just to give him face, and it was useless for him to disagree.

At this moment, Dong Yue felt a little regretful. To deal with the Hedong family, Jia Xu had to come forward. He could only chop people with a knife and was not the opponent of those people. For example, today, not only Huangfu Jianshou was around, but also focused on recruiting Liu Bei, which was obviously not good for him. After thinking about it, he wrote a letter to Jia Xu explaining the current situation, and presented the seal of the Hedong prefect, and sent his confidant Niu Gai to Anyi, asking Jia Xu to come out again and act as a agent for Hedong affairs.

Jia Xu sat under the window, half-squinted his eyes, as if he was sleeping but not sleeping.

The early summer sun shines through the dense leaves and falls on the stone steps in front of the window, and the ground is mottled. There are two orioles in the canopy, singing and calling out, crisp and gentle, with endless affection.

Wu Qiuxing leaned against the pillar and a roll of articles fell on his hand. The paper was rolled up, and the signs were filled with red pens. Hu Cheer walked over sneakily, raised the small crossbow in his hand, and aimed at the oriole on the tree.

"Swoosh!" The crossbow arrow shot out, and a yellow oriole fell to the ground. Hu Cheer stepped forward and reached out to catch it. The other bird was frightened, flew up in a daze, hovering in the air, and screaming in a tragic way. Hu Cheer turned his head and secretly looked at Jia Xu, but found that Jia Xu had opened his eyes and looked at him quietly. He quickly grinned and showed a flattering smile. He hid the shot bird behind him and bowed his body to greet him.

"Sir, are you awake? I'll go and have someone come to serve tea."

"How many shots did you shoot?" Jia Xu said lightly.

"Uh...one, the other flew."

"Why not be patient and find a better position to kill two birds with one stone?"

Hu Cheer scratched his head, and saw that Jia Xu had no intention of blaming him, he laughed twice and turned around. Jia Xu sighed and muttered. When they were talking, Wu Qiu Xing woke up, but he didn't say anything. When Hu Cheer left, he stood up and asked Jia Xu what he needed. Jia Xu asked him to get some water to wash his face. Wu Qiu Xing responded, rolled up the article, tucked it around his waist, and turned around. After a while, he brought a basin of clear water in and placed it in front of Jia Xu.

Jia Xu washed his face, cleaned his hands, and sat down again. Seeing that he had finished doing it, Wu Qiuxing asked, "Sir, can you really kill two birds with one stone?"

Jia Xu glanced at him. "What do you think?"

"It should be OK, but it's hard."

"Yes, it's really difficult. You need not only to have superb shooting skills, but also to have enough patience." Jia Xu turned his head to look at the big tree outside the window. The oriole that had just lost his partner had already flew away, and the tree was very quiet. "If you don't have patience, no matter how good the shooting skills are, it's hard to kill two birds with one stone."

Wu Qiuxing thought something, pursed his lips and picked up the basin and went out. Jia Xu first gave up Hedong, and then gave up Bingzhou. Now he is a leisurely guest minister, with nothing except Guzang Hou's title and the fief of 500 households. He did not leave Jia Xu like others. He believed that since Jia Xu stayed in Hedong, he would not be stung all the time. He always had a chance to make a comeback. In addition, he did not have many opportunities to make a name for himself, so he stayed with Jia Xu as a servant and studied with Jia Xu. Half a year passed in a flash, and he was inevitably anxious. He didn't know when such a day would end. Jia Xu might have seen his mood fluctuations, so he specifically woke him up.

Wu Qiuxing went out of the door, poured water, and handed the basin to the slave. He was about to go back to the backyard to ask Jia Xu for some questions, a servant in Qingyi walked in quickly. When he saw Wu Qiuxing, he hurriedly came up and told Wu Qiuxing that someone was asking for a meeting outside the door. It was Dong Yue's confidant. When Wu Qiuxing heard this, he felt a move. After thinking about it, he followed the servant in Qingyi and came to the door.

A scholar wearing a Confucian shirt, ten armored knights stood in front of the door. The scholar was wiping sweat with his sleeves, looking anxious. When he saw Wu Qiu Xing, he was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Wu Qiu Xing had a little impression of him, as if he was a member of Niu Fu's tribe. He had just arrived in Dong Yue's army not long ago. Because he had read books and was able to account, he was considered a rare cultural person and was trusted by Dong Yue.

"Have Mr. Wenhe woke up from a nap? I have something to ask for a meeting."

"Where did you come from?"

"Xiaopingjin."

Wu Qiuxing was surprised. "His Majesty entered Luoyang?"

Niu Gai shook his head and told the general situation. He knew that Wu Qiuxing was Jia Xu's confidant, and if he didn't explain the situation clearly, he might not be able to see Jia Xu. Wu Qiuxing was happy when he heard that Dong Yue was going to return Hedong to Jia Xu. If he hadn't followed Jia Xu for a while, he had just reminded Jia Xu to be patient and almost laughed out loud.

"You guys wait here for a while, I'll go and see if the sir is awake." Wu Qiuxing called a servant and asked them to prepare some food for Niu Gai and others, but did not invite Niu Gai into the door. Strictly speaking, Jia Xu was squeezed out by Dong Yue and the emperor, and Hedong was even taken away by Dong Yueqiang. Now Dong Yue is forced by the situation and is willing to return Hedong to Jia Xu, but Jia Xu may not accept it. Even if he is willing, he will let Niu Gai and others wait for a while to have a better memory.

Wu Qiuxing came to the backyard. When he entered the door, his smile could no longer be suppressed. He entered the door, walked to Jia Xu who was reading a book, looked at Jia Xu with a smile, but did not speak. Jia Xu raised his eyelids, glanced at him, smiled, and lowered his eyelids again.

"No matter who it is, I won't see you!"

Wu Qiuxing was stunned and then blinked. "Sir, what if it were the envoy of the King of Wu, wouldn't you see me?"

Jia Xu's face remained unchanged and turned a page of the book. "If it were Jiang Gan, he had already broken in, and you still need to inform him?"

Wu Qiuxing laughed silently and didn't dare to joke again. He told Niu Gai's purpose and specifically mentioned that Dong Yue was going to return to Hedong. Jia Xu still didn't react and looked at the book quietly. Wu Qiuxing was a little confused, waited for a while, and asked again.

Jia Xu said lightly: "I have already said it just now. No matter who it is, I won't see you."

"But...sir, why?"

“The time has not come.”

Wu Qiuxing breathed a sigh of relief, and did not ask anything else, turning around and went out. Jia Xu put down the book, looked at Wu Qiuxing's hurried back through the window, shook his head regretfully, picked up the book again, but did not read it. He sat down and thought about it, suddenly remembered something, got up and went to the bookshelf beside him, picked up for a while, found a volume of articles from it, stood there and read it with his eyebrows lightly raised.
Chapter completed!