For Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, who ranked first among the "Eight Scholars of Yingchuan", was a close friend of both teachers and friends, and was also highly respected by the other seven people. Now the letter sent by Xun Yu actually wrote a cruel fact that he couldn't accept, which made people sad.

The white silk in his hand fell to the ground. The boy looked at Guo Jia's lost sad expression and guessed something:

"Is it bad news?"

Guo Jia did not answer him, and silently squatted down and picked up the white silk on the ground and returned to his room alone.

It seems that even though he was in this mood, he barely played against himself, the outcome was obvious. The boy's expression showed a hint of loss. He reached out and put the white piece on the chessboard back into the cup, temporarily dispelling the idea of ​​playing chess with Guo Jia.

Xun Yu did not explain in detail the cause of Xi Zhicai's death. In Guo Jia's opinion, although Xi Zhicai's heart and lungs are not very good on weekdays, it is far from fatal. Now he suddenly dies, and he can't help but feel a little confused.

Moreover, Xun Yu's letter said that he was asked to hurry to Puyang, and Sima Yi here was no longer in trouble. He was in a hurry to avoid his wishes, so he should be able to leave with confidence.

The next morning, Guo Jia entrusted Sima Yi to Zhang Zhongjing and the elder family and then set off for Puyang.

After a few days of starry night, Guo Jia finally arrived in Puyang, and Xun Yu had already been waiting at the gate of the south city.

Seeing Xun Yu and Guo Jia hurriedly dismounted, he stepped forward and asked anxiously, "Mr. Xun, when will the opera master die?"

Xun Yu's expression also looked very sad, with tears still hanging on the corners of his eyes, and a sad expression answered:

"Five days ago, the lord wanted to find the opera master to discuss the matter of entering Luoyang to welcome His Majesty, but the entourage could not find him in his residence. The lord ordered all the manpower in Puyang to search, and finally found his body in the villa at the street market.

The two of them said as they walked, Guo Jia held the horse in his right hand and listened to Xun Yu telling the whole story, just in line with all the guesses he had when he was rushing on his way: the death of the opera master must be not that simple, there must be something strange about it...

Xun Yu originally wanted to take this opportunity to recommend Guo Jia to Cao Cao, but Guo Jia, who was determined to find out the cause of the actor's death, politely rejected his proposal. However, at the invitation of Xun Yu, he still moved into Xun Yu's home.

After going to Xi Zhicai's tomb to worship, Guo Jia returned to Xun Yu's mansion with infinite sadness, locked himself between the rooms and basically did not come out. Even Xun Yu urged him to have supper, he ignored him, and the room was silent.

After nightfall, the cold evening breeze blew the window. Guo Jia heard the sound of the window and stood up and wanted to close the window. He never thought that when he stood in front of the window, he accidentally found a table in the open space in the courtyard in front of the window, with a pot of fine wine and a cup on the table. Guo Jia, who had a deep expression for a long time, smiled, thinking that this teacher knew him.

He pushed open the door, and the strong cold made him feel a little uncomfortable, but he didn't care too much. He slowly walked to the table and sat down quietly, picked up the pot handle with his right hand and poured some wine into the wine cup, then picked up the wine cup and put it on his lips. At this time, he seemed to be able to vaguely hear the previous very familiar words:

"More alcohol harms the body, you should drink less..."

When the edge of the cup was about to touch his lips, he put it down again, raised his head and pondered at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky, and began to unknowingly talk to himself: "The so-called separation of life and death, but that's it..."

At this time, Xun Yu saw Guo Jia with a sad expression in the corridor. Although he had never been confident that he could fully see what Guo Jia was thinking, he could basically guess the situation at this time:

Although Guo Jia took Xun Yu as his teacher to learn humbly, Xun Yu understood that the person who really had a close relationship with him and was intimate in the past was Xi Zhicai. The two often talked together all night long. Guo Jia, who was a declining Guo clan, had also received a lot of help from Xi Zhicai, so it is very normal to have a special relationship with him. As for the person Guo Jia mentioned in "Shengli"...

"Since the teacher is here, why not sit together."

Guo Jia's words interrupted Xun Yu's thoughts. Although he had not seen Xun Yu and Xun Yu had already covered up his breath very well, Guo Jia's extremely keen feeling still noticed that he was standing not far behind him.

When he walked to Guo Jia, he sat down and looked at Guo Jia's plain and sad expression, he couldn't help but feel a little worried. After being with him for many years, he knew that Guo Jia's character of not showing his emotions. No matter how much trauma he felt, he could do it to the point that no one could notice. Even his inner love could be calm when he married someone else three years ago.

However, no one knew that Guo Jia's heartache was so painful that he could not breathe. Since then, Guo Jia began to like drinking, and he was mostly like drinking to numb himself, and he lingered in the place of fireworks. He had no money to pay for the alcohol, and often Hu Zhao, Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu went to pay the bill to help him, and most of them were Xi Zhicai helping him home.

"Is she okay?"

Guo Jia suddenly asked this question, which caught Xun Yu off guard and could only pretend not to hear clearly:

"who?"

"I'm talking about her."

Although Guo Jia did not directly say the person's name this time, it was basically very straightforward from Xun Yu's perspective. He originally planned to tell Guo Jia about that person. However, since the opera master just died, it was a bit cruel to tell him another bad news. But Xun Yu thought of what Cao Cao asked about before:

After Xi Zhicai passed away, who was competent for his position? He decisively recommended Guo Jia and admitted that Guo Jiasui was his student, and his future was limitless. His best plan was far better than himself, which made Cao Cao feel a glimmer of hope in a sad time.

After some thought, Xun Yu answered Guo Jia:

"At the beginning of the year, her husband passed away, and later she returned to Chenliu's house."

This speech made Guo Jia's expression change significantly. He put down the cup and seemed to be unable to sit still. He stared at Xun Yu's eyes and asked urgently: "Then is she alone now?"

Xun Yu shook his head: "Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Guo Si have caused trouble in Guanzhong one after another. The Huns took advantage of the situation to burn, kill and rob Guanzhong. Two years ago, the lord fought with Lu Bu and caused a great chaos in Yanzhou, so she was stolen by the Huns..."

This time, Guo Jiateng stood up and turned around and wanted to leave. Xun Yu called him sternly:

"Can you save her alone?"

Although Xun Yu's words are too straightforward, they are an indisputable fact that Guo Jia cannot refute it.

Looking at Guo Jia's extremely disappointed back, Xun Yu felt that the time was right, so he stood up and said to him:

"The people who control the north today are Yuan Shao, Cao Gong and Ma Teng, and Cao Gong is the closest to the Xiongnu distribution center. The only one who has the strength and is willing to help you save her is Cao Gong. Why bother to take risks?"

Guo Jia could hear the subtle voice of Xun Yu and chuckled softly: "Do you want me to surrender to Cao Cao?"
Chapter completed!