Chapter 100: Li Ru's suspicions
The next day, early in the morning, when the court meeting was not held, Dong Zhuo directly summoned Guo Jia, Li Ru and others to discuss such a serious incident as Cao Ying's attempt to assassinate him yesterday!
"What a bunch of rice buckets! After a night of pursuit, no one was found! Dong Zhuo said scoldingly.
Li Ru stepped forward and said,
"Cao Ying, one man and one horse, will definitely not be able to run far, now we have distributed his portrait and issued a wanted warrant, I believe that in the near future, there will be gains."
Dong Zhuo nodded, then turned to Guo Jia and asked,
"Guo Jia, did you find any clues last night?"
Guo Jia replied,
"Back to the lord, because the time is too short, there are only a few houses in total, and nothing has been found yet."
Hearing this, Li Ru over there suddenly spoke,
"Master Guo seems to have always had a very close relationship with Cao Ying!"
Guo Jia's eyes narrowed,
"Lord Li is suspicious?"
Li Ru hugged his fists and said,
"Don't dare, I'm just asking. If Lord Guo has a close relationship with Cao Ying, then he should know Cao Ying very well, didn't he see anything beforehand? β
That's right, Li Ru has enough reason to suspect Guo Jia this time. Let's not say that Guo Jia has a good relationship with Cao Ying, Guo Jia happened to be drinking with Lu Bu when Cao Ying was assassinated, and even the matter of Cao Ying's refuge was the first to be pointed out by Guo Jia, and there is Guo Jia's shadow behind everything, and it is difficult to guarantee that the matter has nothing to do with him! It's a pity that Li Ru couldn't find any evidence, so he could only test it from words.
After listening to Li Ru's words, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but look at Guo Jia and asked,
"Guo Jia, your relationship with Cao Ying is really good?!"
Guo Jia hurriedly stepped forward and replied,
"That's right, I really have a good relationship with Cao Ying." Then Guo Jia's voice changed, "But if you really want to talk about it, I only met Cao Ying after I came to Luoyang, and I don't know Cao Ying well enough." I really didn't find anything abnormal before, and not only me, but also your lord, weren't you also deceived by Cao Ying! β
Guo Jia deliberately pulled Dong Zhuo in, obviously playing a role, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but scold again,
"Yes, that kid Cao Ying, cunning and cunning. I usually have a grin, I think we have a good relationship, who would have thought that his heart was so sinister, if it wasn't for my retrospective that it was wrong, I was almost completely deceived by him! β
Although Dong Zhuo is talking about himself, it is equivalent to helping Guo Jia exonerate. And since Dong Zhuo has already said so, Li Ru naturally can't cling to this topic anymore, if he continues to talk about it, wouldn't he scold Dong Zhuo for being a fool!
So, Li Ru suddenly said again,
"I heard that Lord Guo was the first to go to Situ Mansion, did he know in advance that Cao Ying had a connection with Wang Yun?"
"Huh!" Guo Jia suddenly laughed, "I always have to go to a house, could it be that I was the first to go to Lord Li's mansion, which also means that I knew in advance that Cao Ying had a connection with Master Li?!" Guo Jia asked rhetorically, "Presumably Lord Li also knows that because of some things, I have some private contact with Situ Wang Yun, if I don't find Wang Yun first, wouldn't Lord Li also suspect me?" Said that I deliberately didn't rush there immediately, leaving time for Wang Yun to prepare? β
Speaking of which, Guo Jia turned to Dong Zhuoyu to report,
"Lord, the reason why my subordinates will find my boss Wang Yun as soon as possible is because I have heard that there is an ancestral seven-star treasure knife in Wang Yun's mansion before, and my subordinates guessed that the treasure knife used by Cao Yun would be the one on Wang Yun's mansion? As a result, it turned out that the seven-star treasure knife was still in Situ's mansion. If you don't believe it, General Lu Bulu can also prove Situ Wang Yun's innocence! β
The reason why Guo Jia took the initiative to tell the matter of the Seven Star Treasure Sword was that he was afraid that Dong Zhuo would hear about the Seven Star Treasure Sword in the future, and then send someone to Wang Yun's mansion to investigate.
"Alright, alright." Dong Zhuo opened his mouth and interrupted, "Li Ru, you don't have to dwell on these little things. You and Guo Jia are both my confidants and advisors, and we are absolutely loyal ministers. Now you should put aside your prejudices and cooperate well, the top priority is to catch Cao Ying, and you must also find out the comrades in this incident! β
When you get something in your hand, you are always reluctant to lose it, so the higher your power, the more afraid you are of death.
Dong Zhuo is very scared now, Cao Ying ran away, but if there are still comrades, then wouldn't he still be assassinated? In the face of this kind of killer who doesn't know where it will come from, Dong Zhuo will not be at ease for a day if he doesn't investigate the matter clearly.
So from this day on, Lu Bu almost had to stay by Dong Zhuo's side to defend himself, and it was impossible to sneak out to drink with Guo Jia like before.
Guo Jia suddenly stepped forward and said,
"Some words spoken by subordinates may not seem very appropriate. But the subordinates still want to say that although we can't say that Cao Ying doesn't have the same party, we can't rule out the possibility that Cao Ying does not have the same party surname! β
"Oh?" Dong Zhuo asked.
"Cao Ying is not a chivalrous warrior like Jing Ke, he is a person with status, family, and status. Therefore, if Cao Ying wants to do the things of a dead soldier like he is now, unless he is willing, it is impossible for others to invite him, and it is impossible to force him! Guo Jia explained.
"So this time it's completely Cao Ying's own private actions, and he doesn't have any comrades?!" Dong Zhuo hurriedly asked, he hoped that this would be the result, so that he could feel a lot more at ease.
Guo Jia replied,
"This possibility is very large. Of course, the specific truth is still clear only when Cao Ying is caught. But even if there are comrades, then at least we can be sure that Cao Ying himself is the planner of this incident, and the others are at most helping or closing up. Therefore, the subordinates think that before Cao Ying is arrested, he still has to continue to search and arrest in the city, if he really has a comrade, seeing this situation, he will definitely be shocked like a turtle with a shrunken head, and he will not dare to take any action, so as to ensure the personal safety of the lord! β
"Alright, alright, that's it!" As soon as he heard that he could ensure his personal safety, Dong Zhuo immediately agreed with Guo Jia's statement.
It is conceivable that Guo Jia will definitely make a windfall by taking this opportunity. Before Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, the rich gentry in Luoyang had to be scraped down in advance......
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After that, throughout Bai Yue, Guo Jia took Guo Yuan's search all over the city, blatantly doing things to rob houses, anyway, the robbers were all rich people, and each family didn't rob much, so Guo Jia didn't resist at all.
He Guo Jiake is a poor man, isn't it natural to rob those who are unkind to the rich and do some things to rob the rich and help the poor? !
At the same time, Ming'er and Diao Chan were moving from Cai's Mansion to Guo's Mansion, because there were not many people, few things, and no furniture or anything, so it was easy to move over. By the way, the reason why Guo Fu was "renovated" so quickly according to Guo Jia's ideas was entirely because Guo Jia made good use of his current position in managing construction and other matters.
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