When Cao Cao learned that Guo Jia had entered Puyang, he was surprised and happy and hurriedly said to Xun Yu: "Wenruo, please come to see me quickly."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that he didn't respect Guo Jia very much, so he quickly took back what he said:

"No, no, I'd better go and invite him in person."

Xun Yu hasn't seen Cao Cao's magnificent gaze for a long time, let alone now that Emperor Xian has entered Luoyang safely, Cao Cao has decided to go to Beijing to welcome the emperor, and he urgently needs people around him who can give advice. The people who both Xun Yu and Cheng Yu strongly recommend must be above them and are rare talents, so he naturally cannot let go of them easily.

"Lord, don't be anxious. I will see that Fengxiao will be used by the lord sooner or later, but the time is still missing."

For this reason, Cao Cao could only obey Xun Yu's advice and wait for the opportunity to come.

Cao Cao attached great importance to Xi Zhicai. In order to express his condolences for his premature death, he specially ordered people to repair his tomb every day and not grow a weed. He himself would come to worship from time to time, which moved the ministers.

Guo Jia, who stood here for the second time, closed his eyes and calmly summarized the information provided to him by Xun Yu, hoping to find out the real cause of Xi Zhicai's death. If he had not died of illness, then who was the murderer who killed him?

At this time, the sound of fallen leaves on the ground being trampled behind him, and Guo Jia opened his eyes:

"Shouldn't you be in Xuzhou? It's not appropriate to come to Yanzhou now?"

When he turned around and looked directly at the person coming from behind, he called out his name:

"Chen Qun..."

In terms of age, Chen Qun is similar to Guo Jia, and his appearance is less handsome than Guo Jia, but his height is almost the same. He did not answer Guo Jia's question, but walked straight by Guo Jia.

Guo Jia looked at Chen Qun's side face so deep, as if he was worried. That feeling was not limited to the grief of his friends. It was understandable that he came to mourn Xi Zhicai, who was also the "Eight Scholars of Yingchuan".

When he walked to Xi Zhicai's tomb, he silently picked up the incense from the stone platform, placed it on the lampstand and lit it, then respectfully bowed to Xi Zhicai's tombstone and bowed three times. Then he brushed his long sleeves and inserted the incense into the incense burner, standing there without moving for a long time. All his moves were clearly seen in Guo Jia's eyes behind him.

"Have you seen Xun Yu?" Guo Jia's eyes were a little cold, as if the person in front of him was not the Chen Qun and Chen Changwen who had frequent contacts in the past, but a completely stranger.

Chen Qun nodded: "It was Mr. Xun who told me about the place where Zhicai was buried."

After saying that, Chen Qun was about to leave, not intending to talk too much with Guo Jia. In Guo Jia's abnormal behavior, it didn't seem like Jianfan like regret and sadness. Guo Jia felt that he was hiding something, and grabbed Chen Qun's arm when he passed by him again:

"Tell me what you know, was this matter under the command of Lu Bu or Liu Bei!"

This question is illogical. In fact, Guo Jia is just testing him. He is not sure who did it or has no direction at all. His purpose is to test whether Chen Qun himself is involved with this matter.

However, the moment he sternly said this when he grabbed Chen Qun's arm, he could feel Chen Qun's body shiver in an instant, and the various phenomena of biting his lower lip and lowering his head without saying a word made him feel a little confident:

"It seems that I guessed it right, who did it?"

The calm tone on the surface was like several sharp knives heading straight in front of Chen Qun. Chen Qun broke free from his hand and deliberately avoided his series of problems, accelerated his pace and walked forward, intending to leave Yanzhou and return to Xuzhou.

"Is it your plan to them?"

Judging from Chen Qun's expression, Guo Jia quickly denied his guess just now, but what he could be sure of was that Chen Qun must have known the inside story of this matter a little, so he relaxed his tone and asked:

"In the past, you also asked the opera master many times, and you have benefited a lot. Now that he has died in a bad life, how can you ignore him?"

Chen Qun's face looked like earth, and he was always silent with a bite of his lower lip. It seemed that after experiencing a fierce ideological struggle, he decided to remain silent, with a look of thought on his face, and moved his footsteps towards the red-maned horse tied to the trunk of the tree not far away.

It seemed that Guo Jia could not get any favorable information from his mouth, and he felt that he was once again in confusion.

At this time, Chen Qun's steps suddenly stopped and he clenched his fists:

"If you want to plan things around Cao Cao, be extra careful about another person..."

"One other person?" Guo Jia followed Chen Qun's words and asked: "Who is this person? Who is obedient to him?"

"One of the people involved in this matter has kindness to me, and I won't tell you his name. However, I have some clues about this shadow hidden in Cao Cao's camp."

After saying that, he threw a roll of bamboo slips in his sleeve in front of Guo Jia. Guo Jia bent down and picked up the bamboo slips and unfolded them. After discovering the content above, it was a report to someone for successfully killing Xi Zhicai.

What made Guo Jia frown was that the part of the letter's name raised was deliberately scraped off. This conclusion was drawn from Chen Qun's words that would not betray others, but did not surprise Guo Jia. However, the bamboo slips on the signature were damaged and covered with black blood stains, which were vague and could not be seen clearly.

"Where did you get this thing?" Guo Jia closed Shu Jian and put it back in her sleeve.

"This is a secret letter that I intercepted. When Xun Yu informed me of the death of the opera master, I had already guessed the result. So the spurts and ambushers installed on several necessary roads to Xia Pi finally intercepted the letter, but the name of the person who signed the letter was stained with blood and could not be seen clearly. There is only so much I can do."

In the current situation, Chen Qun is indeed in a dilemma. Guo Jia felt that it was impossible to ask the commander behind the scenes, so he planned to investigate again from another angle. When he returned to Xun Yu's house, he spread the bamboo slips out and tried to use various methods to find out what the name under the blood stain was.

Since Chen Qun said that he should be careful of the people around Cao Cao, he must be Cao Cao's confidant general or a counselor. The content of the letter also includes that this person hidden in the dark will continue to destroy the Cao camp in secret, causing friction between Cao Cao and the surrounding princes to trigger a war, thereby slowly dividing Cao Cao's power.

After thinking about it, he decided to accept Xun Yu's suggestion to serve under Cao Cao's account, and secretly check who that person was, because this was the only way to get close to that black shadow.

Later, after Xun Yu's introduction, Guo Jia met with Cao Cao. After the two had a deep conversation, Cao Cao felt that Guo Jia's talent was indeed comparable to Xi Zhicai and was very happy. He immediately let him take over Xi Zhicai's position during his lifetime. Guo Jia also further understood Cao Cao's heart through dialogue with Cao Cao. He felt that even if he did not investigate the cause of Xi Zhicai's death, he could find a home under such a person.

Chen Qun, who was standing outside Cao's mansion, said to someone inside the door: "That's all right?"

The person inside the door nodded with satisfaction.
Chapter completed!