When he learned that Cao Pi was about to fight Sun Quan with all his might in the south, the Qiang and Hu forces entrenched in Xiliang began to move. Guo Huai, the governor of Yongzhou, keenly realized that the rebels led by Qiang General Pi Ti were ready to revolt, so he decisively ordered an attack, surrounded them before they launched a rebellion, and successively annihilated various scattered forces, completely wiped out the threat of Qiang and Hu, and shocked the frontier.

Later, Qiang and Hu were afraid of Guo Huai, and people came to surrender one after another. What they did not expect was that Guo Huai, who was merciless on the battlefield, treated them very friendly and caringly under the battlefield, and even carefully asked about the situation in each family. If they encountered difficulties, they would give appropriate subsidies. The Hu people admired him very much and respected him as gods, ensuring that the northern border of Yongzhou had been calm for decades.

Sima Zhao, who followed him to fight for stability, also saw Guo Huai's style along the way. He was specially approved by Guo Huai to be able to come and go freely in the garrison shogunate and pulled Guo Huai's arm and said, "Uncle Changjian, why are you so good to those who are trying to rebel?"

Guo Huai put down the military book in his hand, looked at Sima Zhao's eyes that longed to increase his knowledge and said with a smile:

"Why do you think Uncle Changjian is asking you?"

"Um..."

Sima Zhao pursed her lips and thought for a long time, and suddenly she replied with a flash of inspiration:

"The Qiang and Hu people are mostly nomadic people. The reason they rebelled was because the food and food outside the border was poor, so they rebelled. If they could fill their stomachs, they would naturally not rebel."

"Well said!"

After hearing this, Guo Huai stroked Sima Zhao's head and couldn't help but exclaim:

"I am so young but have long-term knowledge. I am really worthy of being Sima Yi's son..."

Unexpectedly, Sima Zhao was unhappy after hearing this. He pouted and avoided Guo Huai's hand and complained:

"I am me, and it has nothing to do with being Sima Yi's son..."

Seeing him looking so serious, Guo Huai was amused, he nodded and coaxed Sima Zhao and said, "Okay, okay, Zhao'er is amazing, it has nothing to do with Sima Yi. Since you have answered my uncle's question correctly, I should be rewarded. Tell me, what do you want?"

Sima Zhao, who was angry and angry, immediately smiled when he heard that Guo Huai wanted to give him a reward:

"I want to ride a horse! I want to hunt!"

In response, Guo Huai agreed: "Okay! Uncle will take you there now!"

On the endless grassland, Guo Huai rode his horse on the grass. Sima Zhao, who was sitting in front of his chest, let the wind blow his cheeks freely. For him, sitting on the horse's back was the happiest way and the way to forget all his worries...

"Zhao'er, are you afraid?"

Guo Huai, holding the reins in his hand, looked forward with his eyes and asked Sima Zhao loudly.

"Not afraid!"

Sima Zhao replied decisively: "Uncle Changjian, you can be faster!"

Guo Huai smiled and said, "Boy! I can't tell you that you are still so brave when riding a horse for the first time! Then you have to hurry up!"

Guo Huai on the horse's back saw a hare running among the grass seeds, so he asked Sima Zhao to hold the reins, and he set his bow and arrows on the hare. The hare fell to the ground after being caught in the arrow.

After seeing that Guo Huai hit the shot, he pulled the reins and slowed down, then jumped off the horse and helped Sima Zhao down.

After discovering that the hare shot was dead, Sima Zhao's expression seemed a little disappointed. He gently pulled out the feather arrow that penetrated the rabbit's abdomen and closed his eyes to pray for it. Guo Huai, who was standing behind him, asked:

"Since that's the case, why do you still need me to bring you to hunt?"

Sima Zhao replied: "Because it is a life and also our food, we killed it to fill our stomachs. If it is a tiger, then we might become its food, which is the same as killing chickens, ducks, fish and pigs. But if the uncle shot it, it means that it should not die. I will treat it until it recovers and then release it."

Guo Huai didn't expect that Sima Zhao was so young that he could see through the principles of erosion of the fittest and survival. It was really rare.

Suddenly, Guo Huai keenly noticed that someone was watching them closely. He immediately blocked Sima Zhao behind him and pulled out the long sword at his waist: "Come out! Don't hide your head and tail!"

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen people in Hu people dressed in Hu people who had been lying on the grass, surrounded Guo Huai and Sima Zhao with Hu swords in their hands, and slowly approached them...

Seeing that the person seemed to be bad, Guo Huai asked Sima Zhao in a low voice and said, "Zhaoer, if you were asked to ride a horse alone, would you dare?"

Sima Zhao replied firmly: "Dare!"

The murderous aura in his eyes kept rising and cold light from the sword in Guo Huai's hand:

"It seems that he never lets me go..."

The assassins began to attack Guo Huai and Sima Zhao. While protecting Sima Zhao, Guo Huai faced the enemy. He believed that the assassin must have been sent by "Liu Ji", and the target would be him. So he found a gap to carry Sima Zhao onto the back of the horse, then kicked it at the ponytail. After a long neighing, the horse ran forward.

"Zhao'er! Hold on to the reins!"

After Sima Zhao escaped from the encirclement on a horse, Guo Huai began to deal with the enemy in front of him and dragged them to chase Sima Zhao. However, what he did not expect was that just when Sima Zhao was brave enough to hold the reins in his hand and ran forward, there were two assassins holding the Hu sword waiting in front of him.

Guo Huai was panicked now. He wanted to break free from the assassin's entanglement and go to rescue Sima Zhao, but there was still time there...

Seeing the assassin who had already jumped up and waved his Hu sword and slashed at Sima Zhao, who had no defense on the horse's back, Guo Huai was almost going crazy. He thought he could move to Sima Zhao in an instant, even if he was hit by this knife for him, no matter how strong his martial arts were, he was a human being after all, and he could not do it at all.

At this moment, there was a "swoosh" sound of feather arrows coming from his left and right ears. Before he could come to his senses, two feather arrows were firmly nailed to the forehead of the assassin who jumped up to chop Sima Zhao and fell into the grass.

Guo Huai immediately looked at his back according to the trajectory of the feather arrow, but found that Sima Fu, who was holding a crossbow gun, was standing not far behind him: "You don't have time to look around now..."

After saying that, Sima Fu once again drew a feather arrow from the quiver on the horse and placed it on the crossbow gun, and shot it at the assassins around Guo Huai. Seeing that Sima Zhao had escaped, Guo Huai swung his sword and quickly killed all the assassins with Sima Fu's cooperation, and then chased after it at an extremely fast speed. However, the frightened horse ran too fast and could not catch up with his footsteps.

Seeing this, Sima Fu patted the horse on his mount, and as a result, the horse ran towards Guo Huai. Seeing this, Guo Huai accurately grabbed the reins and stepped onto the horse's back, and finally caught up with Sima Zhao's horse.

Sima Zhao was already scared and pale. After catching up with his horse, Guo Huai jumped behind him, and tightly tied the reins with both hands, and then subdued the frightened horse...

Sima Zhao, who was in danger, saw Sima Fu appearing here, finally couldn't help crying. He threw himself into Sima Fu's arms and shouted: "Uncle San! I'm so scared!"

Guo Huai, who was still in lingering fear, thought that he had implicated Sima Zhao, and felt extremely guilty.

Sima Fu saw his thoughts: "You don't have to feel guilty about it, their purpose is to target Zhao'er..."

After listening to Sima Fu's story, Guo Huai realized that "Liu Ji" wanted to use Sima Zhao's death to make Sima Yi hate Guo Huai, so that he could get rid of him without doing it himself.

"I knew he wouldn't let me go, but I didn't expect that he would use Zhao'er!"

Guo Huai finally got angry, and Sima Fu saw with his own eyes that he was ignoring his life to save Sima Zhao. He was very pleased for this: "But don't worry, my second brother told me before I left that he was completely relieved of keeping Zhaoer by your side. He just asked me to prevent others from doing you."

The news of the failure soon reached "Liu Ji", and the person standing beside him smiled and said:

"I really didn't expect Sima Fu to come back to disrupt the situation. It seems that your plan has been shattered..."

"No, this is what I think..."

Faced with such failure, "Liu Ji" seemed very calm:

"All the betrayers who have seen my appearance are gathered..."

Later, Sima Fu sent Feige to Luoyang the incident, and Jia Mu also came to Sima Yi from Yecheng. After reading the letter, Sima Yi said to Jia Mu: "What's the situation in Yecheng now?"

Jia Mu replied: "Zhong Yu and I have been secretly investigating Xun Yun, but since Cao Pi rushed to Luoyang, they have never had any trouble, and there is no clue."

"It seems that they should have left Yecheng..."

After listening to Jia Mu's report, Sima Yi thought that although Sima Fu assisted Guo Huai in protecting Sima Zhao at this time, this was not a complete solution in his opinion, so he quickly said to Jia Mu: "I am leaving Luoyang and going to Xuchang soon. You inform them for me and let Zhong Yu stay in Yecheng for the time being. Cheng Wu rushed to Yongzhou to protect the three of them as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Jia Mu remembered his father Jia Xu, who was already ranked among the third Duke. He is now seriously ill, and his fear and self-blame are inevitably revealed on his face. Sima Yi saw his thoughts and said to him with guilt:

"When Mr. Cheng Yu passed away, Cheng Wu was unable to fulfill his filial piety in time before the collapse. Now Mr. Jia Xu is critically ill and you have no time to visit him. You are separated from your family just to help me. I am sorry for you."

Jiamu had no such thoughts at all: "We voluntarily helped you freely, and since my father learned that I had secretly helped you, he also supported my ideas, so you don't have to feel guilty."

Considering that Jia Xu was the best friend of his biological father, Sima Yi has been busy with Cao Rui's restoration for this period, so he has no time to take care of anything else. Now he is about to take up his post as a post in Xuchang, so he went to visit Jia Xu with Jia Mu.

When they walked into the Taiwei Mansion, they found that Jia Xu, who was all white in his hair, was sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard, looking up at the sky.

"Father, the baby is back..."

While Jia Mu saluted Jia Xu, Sima Yi noticed that Jia Xu was sick and still had a bright look:

"Sima Yi pays homage to the Grand Marshal..."

Seeing them visiting him, Jia Xu lowered his head and looked at his son Jia Xu, and then looked at Sima Yi standing beside him. He did not see his son he hadn't seen for a long time and was surprised by this, and his expression was still as plain as water:

"Here I'm back..."

After the two of them sat down, Jia Xu, who was over 70 years old, did not say a few more words to Jia Xu, and turned his head to look at Sima Yi:

"I heard you're very busy lately..."

Sima Yi replied respectfully: "Sir, I am my father's best friend. Please teach me..."

"Hahaha... Since you already have a complete plan, what can I teach you?"

Seeing Sima Yi looking so respectful to him, Jia Xu couldn't help laughing, and then exposed his methods:

"First, I deliberately leaked the news of the assassination of Cao Zhi to Mrs. Zhen, using her kind-hearted nature to stop Cao Pi, which caused the couple to be disagreeable. Then I took the opportunity to tell her the truth about Yuan Xi's death that year, so that the couple would break completely. In this way, Zhen Mi's death was inevitable. Cao Rui was a filial person. He would never sit idly by and watch his mother die unjustly without caring about it. He would also have conflicts with Cao Pi. After being demoted, you will have the credit of "helping him in danger". You think so far..."

Although it is not surprising that Jia Xu can see through his plans with his ability, Sima Yi was still quite shocked after hearing it with his own ears. When he asked Jia Xu to secretly go to Liaodong to collect Gongsun Kang's secret letter, he did not tell him his true purpose.

However, what shocked Sima Yi even more was that even the other piece he buried was seen through by Jia Xu:

"You know that Zhang He has a very deep emotion towards Zhen Mi. After Zhen Mi dies, he will definitely support his son with all his strength. Coincidentally, Zhang He has a very high prestige in the army. In the future, you can also help Cao Rui to let him stand on your side and become your weapon. That's why you will not hesitate to send your son to Yongliang, thousands of miles away, and also make him take him as his teacher."

Sima Yi was shocked by Jia Xu's words and was sweating all over, and then he said:

"Sir, I am keen and dare not deceive me. But now I am deeply suspicious of Jia Kui and Cao Pi, and I have been secretly spyed by 'Liu Ji'. It is really difficult to move forward. I beg the Grand Marshal to point out a clear way for me to see the affection of my father."

Jia Xu was silent for a while and finally moved his dry and heavy lips:

"If you want to consolidate your position and then cultivate your own power, then there are two people you cannot ignore. You must try your best to win over them secretly. One is Sikong Wang Lang, and the other is Xiahou Shang, the general of the Southern Conquest."

As soon as Jia Xu mentioned the names of these two people, Sima Yi immediately understood what Jia Xu meant:

"Wang Lang is ranked among the third Duke. Although he is not involved in political affairs, his status in the court is not very high at this moment, but the most important thing is that he once served as Cao Rui's teacher. His son Wang Su was also famous at a young age. In the future, Cao Rui will definitely reuse this person once he ascended the throne. If I want to establish a firm foothold in the government, supporters of the Cao clan are also indispensable. Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and others are loyal to Cao Pi and can only stand on the opposite side of me in the future. Xiahou Shangjun has little experience and cannot be compared with Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, but the future is limitless. This time, he will definitely make achievements with his ability..."

Before Sima Yi finished speaking, Jia Xu, who was sitting on the stone bench, closed his eyes and started to snore. Seeing this, Jia Mu stood up and said to Sima Yi: "My father may be too tired, please don't be surprised."

"Where is it, I also want to thank the Grandmaster for his advice..."

Seeing that Jia Xu was already asleep, Sima Yi stood up and said to Jia Mu:

"You stayed at home to accompany Lingzun during this period, and we will naturally handle other things."

After Sima Yi left, Jia Xu opened his eyes slightly, then looked up at the sky again:
Chapter completed!