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Gongsun Rui sneakily went around the corner, quietly following Gongsun Xu who was wearing a fox fur coat. Whenever Gongsun Xu showed signs of turning back, she would quickly dodge to the side. Today, she was wearing a set of thick green clothes and a worn-out hat. He looked no different from the maids in the mansion.

It was the right time, the busiest time in the bazaar, and there were so many people on the street that Gongsun Rui could easily hide. And Gongsun Xu seemed to have something on his mind, he just walked towards the south side of the city in a hurry, he did not even notice that he was being followed by his sister.

In recent days, Gongsun Rui discovered that Gongsun Xu often went out alone, and seemed to go to the south side of the city every time. After some research, she concluded that her brother must have secretly kept an outer room, and immediately had the idea of following him to take a look. Of course, she told herself that she was definitely not doing this out of curiosity, but to seek justice for her good sister Liu Ninger. At this moment, Gongsun Rui saw that her elder brother had really entered an unfamiliar house. Furthermore, the maid who opened the door looked quite pretty, so she couldn't help but pout: "Brother, oh brother, you don't like the pretty girls of childhood, but you go find those bad girls instead. What are you thinking?"

When she arrived at the entrance, she was about to knock on the door when she suddenly raised her head and saw a three meter high wall. Then, she quickly walked towards the wall at the back of the house.

Inside the small study, Gongsun Xu was sitting opposite of a person. If Gongsun Rui was here, he would definitely be disappointed: This was not some place that hid gold and jade, but rather Guo Jia's residence.

Five days ago, at that small teahouse on the street, Guo Jia officially pledged his allegiance to Gongsun Xu, and became the first strategist under Gongsun Xu's command. The next day, Gongsun Xu got the butler, Uncle Zhong, to buy this house next door to Yan Rou's house. At the same time, he bought two beautiful maids that knew how to cook and gave them to Guo Jia. Gongsun Xu let Guo Jia stay next door, mainly because he wanted Yan Rou to take care of him a little. After all, Guo Jia was powerless, so he could help Yan Rou if there were any accidents.

The fifteen thousand strong elite soldiers that Gongsun Xu had recruited were arranged in another army camp north of the city, looking at each other through the walls of the Youzhou Army. These days, they were hosted by Yan Rou and Zhao Yun, who helped them practice in the arena every day, as per Gongsun Xu's request. Over the past ten days, the fighting strength of the team named 'White Horse Camp' had not increased much. However, the formation of the team had begun to show results, unlike the first time they charged, retreated, and all rushed up like a swarm of bees.

Gongsun Xu had originally planned to change the equipment of his subordinates but unfortunately, as a top mercenary in his previous life, although he was proficient in making all sorts of cold weapons, he had no money and didn't have enough blacksmiths and steel. This time, when they brought the group back to the Ji County, Gongsun Xu asked the Gongsun Jia brothers to bring some people to search for blacksmiths, and almost all of the blacksmiths in the Ji County and Youzhou City were collected. Even so, they only found around 40 blacksmiths, which was way away from the 300-400 people that he had requested.

The day before yesterday, Gongsun Xu brought Guo Jia to the encampment of the White Horse Camp and publicly announced that he was going to appoint Guo Jia as the Military Advisor for the drink ceremony. However, the team had been training recently and Guo Jia had caught a slight chill. Thus, he stayed at home for the past two days to recuperate, while Gongsun Xu came over to visit every day.

After the servant served the tea, Guo Jia extended his hand out: "Master, please have some tea."

Gongsun Xu saw that the servant girl's face was flushed red, and that the way she looked at Guo Jia was strange as well. She could not help but shake her head. Furthermore, when he entered earlier, Guo Jia was actually drinking wine, and the wine pot was still simmering on the brazier. However, as the lord of the house, there were some things that were unsuitable for him to say. He could only find an opportunity for others to admonish him.

Gongsun Xu took a sip of the tea and nodded his head: "The tea is not bad, you are from the south, right?"

This tea color emerald green, in cup curls into a conch, is the later generation is very famous green spring. However, during the time of the Han Dynasty, Jade Spiral Spring was not famous at all. Only during the Sui and Tang Dynasties did his name rise greatly, becoming one of the top ten tea leaves in a single leap.

Guo Jia laughed: "Master really is knowledgeable. There was a South Vietnamese who sold this tea the other day. Jia thought that the shape of this tea was very interesting, so he bought some. I didn't expect the taste to be good. "

Gongsun Xu drank half a cup, put down the teacup and said: "Feng Xiao, I will be leading the troops to set off tomorrow, do you have any other suggestions?"

That day at the small tea shop, Guo Jia suggested to take advantage of Qiu Liju's death to quickly attack the Liucheng, with a huge chance of defeating the Wuhuan of Liaoxi in one strike. When Gongsun Xu returned to the house of the Marquis, he immediately told Gongsun Zan about this matter. Gongsun Zan was moved, but he did not immediately agree. Instead, he decided to let the scouts go to Wuhuan of Liaoxi to find out about the situation there.

The most suitable spies were not the elite scouts under Gongsun Zan's command, but Greedy King who was currently stationed on the grasslands outside the northern border and was only one hundred and fifty li away from Upper Valley County. They were all people from Wu Huan, and it was easy for his subordinates to find information in the Liucheng. Last night, Greedy King sent someone to deliver a letter, in the letter, it said that when Su Puyan returned to the Liucheng, he was imprisoned by the powerful Ta Dun. Ta Dun had never clearly defined him as the next King before he had died. As a result, there were many people in the tribe who did not accept Ta Dun, and with Qiu Liju as their leader, they wanted to support Qiu Liju, his direct son, to take over.

She was prepared to use Su Puyan's head to kill chickens and monkeys on the day that she would officially become the King on the eighth of October. She wanted to intimidate Na Li and the others so that they could ascend to the throne of King Wu Huan if there were no internal conflicts. After Na Li and the rest received the news, they were naturally unwilling to give up the throne, and so the twenty thousand troops that led them forcefully escorted Lou Ban out of Liucheng. As the difference in strength between the two sides was not too great, they did not dare to stop him.

After Gongsun Zan finished reading the letter, he immediately summoned his few capable subordinates to discuss on how to send out the troops.

Since Gongsun Xu had given his all to send out the troops, it was indeed a good time for them to do so. Furthermore, the weather was cold and dry recently, there was no sign of rain or snow, so they quickly passed through the formation. The decision was made because of Gongsun Xu's full support, and the time was indeed good for them to send out the troops, and the weather was cold and dry recently, with no trace of rain or snow. Four days later would be the eighth day of the tenth month. The Ji County was over eight hundred li away from the Liucheng, so the time for sending troops was set to be tomorrow at dawn.

Guo Jia cupped his hands and smiled: "We will definitely win this battle, I shall pray that you return with a great victory. Jia Qi only had one suggestion. If this battle ended abruptly, when the lord returns, he might as well launch a fierce attack on Jianping County. This battle would inevitably come to an end. If it did not collapse and flee to the right north, Lou Ban would still be of use. My lord, please do not hesitate to besiege Jian Ping County for a few days and see if you can recruit him.

"Feng Xiao is right! Since I can't become enemies with Liaodong for the time being, it will be more beneficial to have Wu Yan as a buffer, but I can't let him live a peaceful life either. Alright, I will take my leave, Feng Xiao will be well, if his condition has changed, go and find Godly Doctor Hua. " Gongsun Xu said a few words, then stood up and left.

Guo Jia hurriedly stood up to send him off, and only after sending him out of the door did he send him off back into the study.

"Achoo!" Ah choo went out to blow on the cold wind, causing Guo Jia to sneeze continuously with his entire body covered in sweat. He rubbed his nose and called for the servant, "Ru Shi, Ru Yu, go heat up, I want to take a bath."

Guo Jia laughed, and walked to the side of the bedroom, while muttering: "Master, you have so many brilliant ideas! This method of burning land dragons is simple and easy to execute, yet it makes the entire room feel like it's the middle of summer, warm and comfortable in the middle of winter.

That's right, this Earth Scorching Dragon's heat was Gongsun Xu's recent 'invention'. It was a simple and easy method, as long as they dug out a path underground and burned firewood or charcoal outside, the hot air could be transferred inside the house. The Burn Dragon 1 Technique was quickly spread to the rich and powerful families of the officials of Youzhou, this helped Gongsun Xu earn some good reputation.

Gongsun Rui shrunk into a corner and looked at Gongsun Xu's leaving figure. She said with a face full of resentment: "Damn it, it was lucky you came fast and left so quickly, I almost froze." She looked at the low wall, rubbed her hands together, and stamped her numb feet. A sinister smile appeared on her lips as she climbed over the wall with both hands.

Inside the warm bedroom, Guo Jia was lying inside a wooden bath barrel with his eyes closed. In his right hand, he was holding a small wine gourd. The two maidservants, Ru Shi and Ru Yu, helped rub his back and shoulders, sneaking a glance at Guo Jia from time to time.

Outside in the yard, Gongsun Rui crept closer to the window.

At this time, Guo Jia suddenly sneezed loudly. He covered his nose and whined uncomfortably, as if he was in a bad mood.

Gongsun Rui was taken aback and thought, 'Eh? It sounded like a man's voice! Strange, how could there be a man in a place where one's elder brother has a beautiful home? Could it be that the vixen in the room had secretly hooked up with someone, and was planning to murder his elder brother for wealth? Mmm, that must be it! In the stories his brother told, didn't the bad women always seduce their cousins in order to assassinate their husband? Damned fox spirits, I'll definitely teach you a good lesson! '

If Gongsun Xu knew what Gongsun Rui was thinking right now, he would not know whether to laugh or cry. He loved this strange little sister of his, so he often told her stories in his free time.

Gongsun Rui practiced some fancy martial arts, so it wasn't too difficult for her to break open the wooden door. She kicked the door into pieces, rushed in, and shouted, "You fox spirit, where are you going?"

Guo Jia opened his mouth wide, foolishly looking at Gongsun Rui, letting a sliver of snot flow down his face without him knowing to wipe it off.

Shi Ruyu thought that Guo Jia's servant was here to kidnap her. He was so scared that he trembled and hid behind Guo Jia.

Gongsun Rui became even angrier when she saw this. She thought to herself, "I've already come in, but you two foxes still dare to approach that dog-man. You really don't know your place!" He immediately pounced over with bared fangs and brandished claws. Ruyu screamed in fright, running around the bathtub in a panic to avoid it.

The bathtub was simply too big. Gongsun Rui couldn't even grab a corner of it. She was so angry that she couldn't help but gasp for breath. When he suddenly saw Guo Jia staring at him in a daze, he flew into a rage and shouted: "Lecher, you dare to look at me like that, do you want to die?"

With that, he punched Guo Jia in the left eye socket. In the midst of his screams, he came around to Guo Jia's back and grabbed's shoulder with both of his hands.

The crashing sound of the water was extremely loud, causing Guo Jia to roll on the ground naked like a fish that had been pulled out of the water.

Crack * The delicate wine gourd fell to the ground, instantly filling the air with the fragrance of wine.

"Aiyo!" 's knees were on the ground, bleeding profusely and he screamed in pain.

"Pui!" "Damn you," Gongsun Rui cursed subconsciously. "You drink in the shower, and you're not even wearing any clothes …" She suddenly came to her senses, her face red and purple with embarrassment. She stomped her feet and ran out of the room.

"Like a jade in a poem, help the old master up! Whose wild girl was she? "Why is it so fierce?"

The cold wind blew incessantly into the room. Guo Jia, who was being supported by the wind, trembled and shivered as he looked at the tattered door. He wanted to cry but had no tears.