Chapter 94: Night Talk
At night, dark clouds covered the moon, making it look a little eerie.
The Ten Eunuchs gathered together every day. As the eunuch party with the most power, they had countless enemies, and a new group would appear every once in a while.
For their own safety, a group of people often stick together for warmth and share what they have.
Gao Wang sat in the crowd with a worried look on his face, and whispered to the people around him what had happened during the day. Although he was Empress He's man, he was also a eunuch.
How could Empress He, a person living in the inner palace, think so much? It was entirely his own doing that led to Liu Bian visiting Guo Hao.
Liu Bian had noble families, great generals, and relatives behind him, but the only things missing were the eunuchs.
In comparison, Liu Xie, who is like a rootless duckweed, is their best choice.
But Gao Wang never expected that his mischief, coupled with Liu Bian's terrible performance, not only did not arouse Guo Hao's disgust, but also made Guo Hao and Liu Bian familiar with each other.
Although this emotion is as fragile as a piece of paper, it is still a bad sign.
Zhang Rang had a new impression of Gao Wang. He was obviously a good-for-nothing, but he didn't expect him to come up with such a clever idea.
Gao Wang was listed among the Ten Eunuchs, but he was still a little bit inferior to veteran eunuchs like Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang and others always looked down on Gao Wang, but for the sake of overall harmony, they accepted Gao Wang, and they did have some contempt for him in their hearts.
But what Gao Wang did this time was indeed brilliant. Not only did he drive Wang Yue, the imperial teacher, out of the palace, he also put Liu Hong in a bad light.
"Wang Yue has been driven out of the palace by the emperor. This will also cut off one of Liu Bian's arms. Gao Wang, this move of yours is a good one."
Zhang Rang thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with it. He thought that the power around Liu Bian should be weakened as much as possible.
As for Guo Hao, it was impossible for him not to understand Liu Hong's meaning. They were naturally fighting on the same front.
Apart from the Ten Attendants, there was no one in Luoyang willing to help Guo Hao.
Even if there are, they are just small forces, not enough to influence the situation.
"Should we contact this Beiliang Hou? I'm afraid we'll have to deal with him a lot later."
Zhao Zhong asked, but his eyes were looking at Zhang Rang.
In fact, there were only two people who held the most important positions among the Ten Attendants, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.
One is his father and the other is his mother, both of whom are deeply favored by Liu Hong. If Liu Hong's time was not approaching, they would not be willing to have such evil ideas.
It is said that the Ten Eunuchs were also efficient lackeys of the emperor in the past, able to suppress a group of party members and make them feel suffocated.
Unfortunately, ever since the incident between Feng Chen and Xu Feng, the Ten Attendants could never go back to the way they were before, and they were extremely wary of each other.
"Qian Shuo, go and sound out our cavalry general and see what he thinks of this court."
Zhang Rang hesitated for a while, but decided to let Qian Shuo, who was also one of the Eight Colonels, contact Guo Hao. After all, they had special identities, and it was not a good idea to contact court officials privately.
"Also, I heard that Dong Zhuo's family has an engagement with Guo Hao. You can also help Dong Zhuo a little to show your goodwill."
After making up their minds, the Ten Attendants left, leaving only an empty room.
But after a while, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Bi Lan and Duan Gui gathered together again.
Duan Gui played with the ring on his finger and said expressionlessly: "Recently, Song Dian has been going in and out of the Queen's Changle Palace more frequently than I have. I'm afraid he's getting too close to the general."
Zhang Rang stared at Duan Gui, but Duan Gui continued to play with the ring on his hand, as if nothing could attract him anymore.
"Let An Lan and the others go. There are twelve of the Ten Attendants, which is probably too many."
Zhang Ran withdrew his gaze, with the same expressionless face, as if the person he decided to kill was just a chicken, and not the partner he had discussed important matters with before.
On the other side, Guo Hao also sat with Jia Xu with a headache.
Guo Hao put down the thick stack of intelligence reports in his hand, which contained all the intelligence that Jia Xu had collected recently. Not only did they include the likes and taboos of the big and small dignitaries in Luoyang, but they also clearly marked the relationships between them.
What's more detailed is the origins of each player, all of which have been investigated in detail.
There are at least 8,000 players in Luoyang now, if not 10,000, they can still conduct a detailed investigation. Guo Hao simply cannot imagine it.
"So, Liu Bian's visit today was not your Majesty's intention?"
Jia Xu shook his head. It was impossible that Liu Hong would let Liu Bian come. There must be someone behind today's incident.
"Forget it, forget about him. Instead, have you checked out those people of An Lan?"
Jia Xu took out a piece of information from the intelligence list and handed it to Guo Hao, which recorded in detail the forces behind Wang Yanzhang, An Lan and others and their current positions.
"Interesting, Wei Kuo, from Liangzhou."
After reading the intelligence, Guo Hao couldn't help but laugh. It was actually on his territory.
"Write a letter to Yao Chong and ask him to assign some people to find this Wei Kuo for me. I want to see if he has three heads and six arms and dares to oppose me at every turn."
Jia Xu nodded. Liang Province must be stabilized. Since the unstable factors have become enemies with each other, it would be better to get rid of them.
"Now that we are still under Zhang Ran's command, we should not act rashly. After all, we are comrades fighting on the same front."
"My lord is wise. There is another matter that needs to be dealt with. I wonder what you think."
" What's the matter?" Guo Hao was a little curious. What could stump Jia Xu?
"Wang Situ invites you to a banquet tomorrow, what do you think?"
"Why is Wenhe in such a difficult situation today? Am I not worthy of Wenhe's trust?"
Jia Xu hesitated for a while, but finally told the whole story.
"Situ Wang not only invited the Lord, but also General Lu Bu."
"You mean? Honey trap?"
Guo Hao couldn't help scratching his head. No wonder Jia Xu was in such a dilemma. Jia Xu had heard the story of Diao Chan from him many times. He never expected that one day this trick would be used on him. Jia Xu was worried that he could not control himself.
"If Wenhe has such concerns, just help me decline the offer. Why did he come here to test me?"
"Please forgive me, my lord!" Jia Xu said forgiveness, but there was an obvious smile on his face.
At this moment, Guo Hao suddenly discovered that he could actually check Jia Xu's attribute panel. You know, Jia Xu's attribute panel was locked before.
[Jia Xu, Military Strength: 44, Intelligence: 97, Politics: 80, Charisma: 66, Command: 40]
[Features: Poisoner (purple), Protect yourself (purple)]
[Spiritual Talent: Mind Observation]
"Observe the mind: simulate the target's thinking and guess the mind based on the intelligence."
With Guo Hao's unconditional trust in him and his power being delegated to him, Jia Xu actually returned to his roots.
Moreover, Jia Xu did not go beyond Guo Hao's expectations. He was a first-rate strategist who focused on understanding people's hearts. His spiritual talent for generations was to understand people's hearts.
