Chapter 462 Extra 8 (6)
Zhuge Liang felt that if he was not stupid, he would not be able to say "no".
Could it really be a coincidence that allowed him and Guo Jia to have such an environment to discuss together, allowing them to try to cover up the fact that they were not the original owners under the pretext of working together, and even giving them the opportunity to collect information at will under the pretext of preparing for classes?
During these few days, Huang Yueying hardly ever returned home, and even if she did, she just passed by him. Guo Jia also successfully rejected invitations from Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai and others many times.
But are there really so many coincidences in this world?
Probably not.
The Great Yong Dynasty was founded twelve years ago, which is not a long time. The capital was moved from Chang'an to Luoyang only in these few years. If there was some negligence in management, it would not be unreasonable for the two of them to take advantage of it.
But none of them could elevate the lord they served to the highest position in the world and unify the four seas in their original world. How could they have the confidence to think that they were the smartest people?
Rather than asking them to make the best use of their talents and help her with more work while they were not too busy, the order Qiao Yan issued was more of an ultimatum to them.
There is no point in hiding some words, but instead they appear like clowns in front of the emperor.
The right thing to do is to confess as soon as possible.
The moment they realized the subtext of this sentence, Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sigh.
Their previous worries turned out to be a reality.
But thinking that all their attempts had failed to bring them back to their original world, they felt that receiving such a potentially troublesome invitation at this time might be a good thing.
Anyway, the situation can't be worse than it is now.
That is...if he could avoid meeting the little princess before meeting His Majesty, perhaps it would be more psychologically comforting for Guo Jia.
Who made this kid come up and say, "I told you you're hiding something! Next time you have to remember this, you must not just go along with my guess."
She thought for a moment and added, "No, you probably won't have the chance to respond like this next time."
"Speaking of which, you underestimated my mother's ability. You actually went in and out of the Luoyang city gate repeatedly. Are you trying to recreate the scene by having the carriages pass through the place where the exchange took place? This is not something that Governor Guo would do."
At this point, Qiao Huan muttered again, "I've made a note of this. This is not a feasible strategy."
Guo Jia coughed heavily, interrupting Qiao Huan's mumbling, "Swap?"
He originally thought that the emperor of the time would at most point out that there was a difference between his situation and Zhuge Liang's, but he never expected that he would say so precisely that they were interchangeable.
Qiao Huan slammed his palm, "Oh, I was wrong. The Queen Mother just said that she saw from your reaction to Guo Yi that you are very likely Guo Jia, but not the Guo Jia who experienced the construction of Dayong with her. Anyway, I don't understand what's going on. You should talk to the Queen Mother."
Zhuge Liang glanced at Qiao Huan and saw this child with a rather eccentric behavior. Although he did not understand what she was saying, judging from her extremely intelligent expression, she did not seem like someone who did not understand.
It was extremely dangerous for His Majesty Dayong to give birth as the Emperor, but judging from the current situation, this decision was not wrong.
I am afraid that part of the centripetal force in the court of Dayong is brought by this little prince.
The more she demonstrates her talent for inheriting power, the more solid the foundation of this new dynasty will be.
In this regard, Qiao Yan's luck is much better than that of his master.
But this was obviously not the time to worry about this matter. After Qiao Huan stopped at the door on the grounds that he was not yet of age to attend meetings, he and Guo Jia stepped into the imperial study in the North Palace of Luoyang and met Qiao Yan, who had been waiting there after receiving the message.
Since the accident of switching time and space, Zhuge Liang had only seen Qiao Yan during court meetings and had no way of making a comparison. However, Guo Jia could clearly compare them in these two close-range head-on confrontations and Qiao Yan's sense of oppression as a superior was much stronger than that day.
Even though this emperor, who was only in his thirties, looked too young in appearance, the power he possessed after ruling the country for more than a decade could not be described in a few words.
What makes people more directly aware of this aura is that her gaze at this moment is not at all like that in the court meetings, where there is still some intimacy between old ministers and newcomers, but a state of looking at strangers completely.
There were two other people beside her.
One of them was Ren Hong, the Grand Historian, and it was not known whether he wanted the incident to be recorded exactly as it happened.
The other person was a female priest who looked only twelve or thirteen years old.
The girl in Taoist robes stood there holding a whisk, her face looking a little pale, and it was almost impossible to see any expression on her face.
But when she raised her eyes and looked at Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang, her gaze was as sharp as lightning.
But this sharpness was fleeting, and he soon returned to standing with his eyes lowered.
Qiao Yan didn't seem to notice the girl's scrutiny of the two of them, and he said, "You two are smart people, and you understand what I mean. I think you have heard what Huai Xu said on the way here. So we might as well speak frankly and explain everything that needs to be explained."
"I don't know why you two are the only officials in Luoyang City to be replaced by someone with a different background, and I don't know why you two happened to get together—"
Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly in his heart. This was a question that not only the Emperor Dayong in front of him didn't know, but he and Guo Jia also didn't know either.
"Anyway, it has already happened. Your attitude of avoiding the problem is not the right way to deal with it."
"Besides, there are two other people in this situation."
When Qiao Yan mentioned the word "two people", Ren Hong's brows twitched.
But she did not interrupt Qiao Yan, because most of the people present were focusing on Qiao Yan, and no one noticed her subtle action.
Everyone only heard the leader say, "Qinghai County Governor, General of Chariots and Cavalry Cao Mengde and the Imperial Household Minister Cai Zhaoji are the same as you two."
Qiao Yan did not miss the subtle expression that flashed across Guo Jia's face when she mentioned that Cao Cao had also been replaced, but she continued, "In the twelve years since the founding of Great Yong, there has never been such an abnormal situation, so I want to hear about your situations before you came here, so as to find some similarities."
After hearing Qiao Yan's question, Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang looked at each other, and the former replied, "To be honest with you, Your Majesty, Kong Ming and I are also looking for similarities, but there is a big problem."
Guo Jia spread his hands, "He came here alive, and I came back to life after death. There is really no comparison between the two."
"I died in the 12th year of Jian'an, which corresponds to the 12th year of Yuanzhao, while Kong Ming came from the 23rd year of Jian'an. Even the time is different."
I don’t know if I should say that no matter which world Guo Jia is from, he has a casual and unrestrained temperament, which makes him not feel any remorse or restraint when talking about his "death news".
He even had time to ask, "May I ask Your Majesty, when did the other two come here?"
Qiao Yan replied: "One of them was also in the 23rd year of Jian'an."
"That's a joke that's too much," Guo Jia sighed, "They actually dug me out eleven years after I was buried."
"Cough..." A loud cough suddenly came from outside the window.
Guo Jia turned around and saw a little head poking out from behind the half-open window.
If it’s not Qiao Huan, then who else could it be?
This so-called "not yet of council age" is apparently a flexible rule for Qiao Huan.
It doesn’t matter if she doesn’t go into the hall, she can just eavesdrop outside the window.
It was not difficult to tell from Qiao Yan's expression that she obviously condoned Qiao Huan's workaround.
But Guo Jia's remarks were still too shocking to Qiao Huan, even though he had already learned the general situation from his mother.
How could someone be so calm about the fact that he was dug out?
I don’t know if it was because of Qiao Huan’s interruption that Guo Jia’s remaining frustration was temporarily suppressed.
He turned to look at Qiao Yan, but saw that she was looking at the young female priest next to her first. "What do you think about this?"
The girl raised her eyes to look at Guo Jia again, and her sharp eyes met his for a short while before she replied, "Your Majesty, don't worry. It's just a matter of overlapping time and space. It will take at least one month or two months to return to normal."
"Are you serious?" Qiao Yan asked.
The girl looked calm, and even though she was in the imperial palace, she still looked a bit ethereal.
Facing Qiao Yan's questioning, she nodded calmly, "Your Majesty is the right one, and the other party is the second one. If you can't suppress the right one, the superior will reconcile them as usual."
"Your Majesty's two ministers are still here. Even if they cannot return to their respective positions, they can be revived by summoning their spirits."
This is indeed true!
If the female priest had not spoken calmly and maintained her expression in front of such an imposing emperor, Zhuge Liang would have almost thought that this was a lie.
He also wanted to ask, according to what he saw in the records here, Qiao Yan once pushed Zhong Changtong's remarks to the forefront in order to oppose the saying of "Red Air Penetrating the Purple Palace", and he should be regarded as a person who does not believe in the destiny or the existence of gods. But he suddenly thought that this soul translocation, which was the most inconsistent with the idea of man conquering nature, had already happened, so what was there to worry about.
This made him not feel strange at all when he saw Qiao Yan's expression suddenly relax, "That's good."
But...what's good?
Can this reversal be restored to its original state within one to two months, or if it cannot be restored, can the method of summoning the spirit be used?
Unfortunately, before the two of them could figure out what was going on from Qiao Yan's expression, they heard her say, "You two have heard what I said. One month is not a long time, but it is not a short time either. I hope we can cooperate and win together for the time being, instead of continuing this... mutual suspicion and disguise. What do you think?"
Now that everything has been laid bare, there is really no need for disguise.
In the subsequent conversation between the two sides, they further discussed the origins of Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang.
Guo Jia saw Ren Hong writing furiously out of the corner of his eye, and thought with a hint of evil humor that if this record were passed down to later generations, who knows what kind of speculations people would make.
So, although he has passed away in another time and space, he was able to leave records in this already unified dynasty. Not only did he not lose money, but he made a huge profit!
However, before Guo Jia could feel proud for long, he heard Qiao Yan add a sentence after defining the scope of action for him and Kong Ming in Luoyang City, "I said before that you two should teach the students who are about to take the imperial examination. Although it is a reminder to you, I have no intention of withdrawing it."
Guo Jia: “…”
What the hell? Now that everything has been laid bare, why should we let these two outsiders attend the class?
Qiao Yan said confidently, "I think that since you two are still talented people in another world of the late Han Dynasty, you should not want to be any worse than my subjects. The imperial examination is coming soon, and I want to let the students see the style of the loyal subjects of Dayong. It is better for you two to take the position."
Guo Jia was one of the youngest counselors who followed Qiao Yan in his early years, and Zhuge Liang was one of the first students of Leping Academy to be officially entrusted with important tasks by Qiao Yan. He was the perfect person to serve as a role model before the imperial examination. How can it be cancelled just because the two of them changed their cores?
"Of course, if you don't want to go, that's fine."
Qiao Huan, who was eavesdropping outside the door, was curious about why his mother suddenly became so easy to talk to, and then he heard Qiao Yan say, "Disobeying the order is the same as dereliction of duty for officials. Just deduct your salary this year."
"At most, when these two people think about this in the future, they will have to talk about the other me? The one who caused me to deduct a large sum of my monthly salary? It turns out that different life experiences bring up a hundred kinds of people."
Guo Jia: “…”
Zhuge Liang: “…”
Qiao Huan once again laughed, hiding his laughter with a cough.
The Queen Mother’s move was truly brilliant.
It's true, as they got to know the situation in Dayong and their other self more deeply in the past few days, in addition to feeling inferior, these two couldn't help but have a desire to compete with him.
Even though Guo Jia was considered a dead man, there was no need to care about it, but he was still inevitably trapped in it.
The expressions of the two men changed for a moment, and then they bowed to Qiao Yan and said, "We will obey your majesty's order."
But when they were about to step out, they suddenly heard Qiao Yan add a sentence behind them, "After this matter is over, I will send someone to send you two to Mengjin to board a ship and go down the river to see more of the scenery outside Luoyang. But how much you can see along the way depends entirely on how much time you have left."
"Please also make sure to protect my loyal subjects, so as to fulfill this misplaced fate."
The phrase "loyal and loyal ministers" of course refers to them in another world.
When this last sentence came out of the mouth of His Majesty Dayong, who had been solemn just now, the two looked back and actually found that Qiao Yan's face showed a bit of relaxation, making it sound more like an ordinary negotiation.
This friendship between the monarch and his subjects is enough to tell them why they cannot use their own abilities to disguise themselves as those in another world.
Fortunately, they had no intention of occupying this place for their own lives, so there was no need to envy them.
Seeing that the two men only paused for a moment and then continued to walk forward and disappeared in front of them, the girl in Taoist robes changed her previous demeanor and asked curiously, "Your Majesty, why did you ask me to say that I can get back on track within a month?"
She had never been to the capital before and had rarely appeared in public. It was most appropriate for her to be sought by His Majesty at this moment to serve as the "successful practitioner" to stabilize Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang.
The reason why she could perform this rather mysterious look so realistically was not because Qiao Yan really opened any undercover acting classes in Leping Academy, but because she was the daughter of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and was trained as a descendant of Tianshi Dao.
Although in Hanzhong, Tianshi Dao has almost become a tool for Qiao Yan to rule Yizhou, this does not prevent this sect, which was somewhat ignorant when it was first born, from evolving its doctrines as the world becomes more peaceful.
Seeing that Qiao Yan did not stop his behavior, Zhang Lu carefully acted within the tolerance of the emperor. This time, he suddenly received the order from the emperor to send his daughter north to Luoyang, and he sent her over without any hesitation.
Although Zhang Qiying was still young, she had grown up under the joint cultivation of Madam Lu and Zhang Lu. With the help of Qiao Yan, she actually fooled Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang.
Facing the child's question, or the question that Qiao Huan who was listening outside the door also had, Qiao Yan replied: "If we don't settle these two people first and avoid causing a mess, it will make my subjects trapped. It is better to give them hope first. During this period, I will also ask people to think of other ways."
She couldn't reveal the existence of the system and the mistake caused by supernatural forces to anyone, so she could only set a time for them to stay here quietly.
Perhaps the explanation to her subordinates at that time would be that this accident, which was caused for unknown reasons, just happened to have a boundary with the time she demarcated.
Ren Hong, who was standing by, thought for a moment and asked again, "Then why did Your Majesty only say that Zhao Ji and General Cao were in the same situation as the two of them, but did not mention the last person?"
Qiao Yan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then replied, "I want to keep a safety net."
Seeing that Qiao Yan had no intention of continuing to explain, although the people present were a little confused about the word "insurance", they did not continue to ask questions.
Ren Hong just had a hunch that Her Majesty wasn't just saying this casually, but was speaking from the bottom of her heart.
Qiao Yan thought to himself, insurance...how can it not be insurance?
If we ignore Cai Zhaoji, who held no official position in that world, and Guo Jia, who was already a dead body in the 23rd year of Jian'an, and remove Zhen Mi, the remaining two are Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang.
This choice of person is a bit tricky, but it is much better than involving people from Dongwu.
If the Three Kingdoms historical world without her existed, these people's trip to Dayong would make them realize that their current conflict was still a low-level thing, and it might even give foreign races an opportunity to take advantage of the decreasing population, and quickly decide a winner between Cao and Liu, promoting the construction of the world and even the great cause of Navigation, which might be considered a good thing.
Zhao Ji's photographic memory and her awakened state due to her diplomatic mission may allow her to play the role of a knowledge medium and become an important link in promoting productivity growth during the Little Ice Age.
But if there was no female emperor dynasty like the Dayong Dynasty to support it from behind, even if Qiao Yan still believed in the broad-mindedness of Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang, he would not dare to make such a guarantee. The knowledge relayed by Cai Zhaoji would allow her to enjoy enough reputation a hundred years later, and even give the authority to establish herself to more people.
Then she would most likely need to keep a backup plan to give that world another spark of hope.
According to the information she confirmed during her communication with the system, when these people return to their original world, they will not really disappear for a month, but it will be like having a long dream.
This undoubtedly gave Zhen Mi the opportunity to hide her experience.
With this experience of coming to Dayong, with her intelligence and various experiences of studying in Lingtai, she will probably be able to seize a suitable opportunity to break out of the deadlock.
Her identity as Cao Rui's biological mother may have given her the position to bring some changes to that era.
Even if it is just the beginning of the butterfly effect, it is enough.
But there is no need to explain these things to others.
The history told by Zhen Mi was completely unimaginable to those who had long been accustomed to life in Dayong.
Being exposed to such a period of history undoubtedly made them cherish the world they live in today even more, and they also hoped to bring greater changes to Dayong.
There is no need for them to worry about the future of another world.
Even Dayong himself still has a lot of things to do.
Now there is only one thing left -
Bring the other two people to her as soon as possible before the end of one month!
No, to be precise, there are three people.
It can be said that Cao Ang had his own considerations for concealing the arrival of Cao Cao from another world.
After all, Qiao Yan successively suppressed the Yellow Turban Sect, Buddhism and Tianshi Sect, and promoted them to the world with the words of heaven and human affairs. It is hard to say whether he would be very wary of such a change of souls, or even eliminate Cao Cao.
But when she became the emperor, if he could not make a choice between being a minister of Dayong and being the eldest son of Cao Cao, she would never be able to trust him with the important task again!
This is a matter of principle in ruling the world, and she cannot get away with it just because Cao Ang is still her nephew.
When Tang Mao and Fa Qiang decided to surrender to Dayong during the mission of Zhao Ji and Jiang Tang, Zhao Yun, who arrived in Qinghai County urgently in accordance with Qiao Yan's order, and Zhang He, who was already in Liangzhou, both mobilized a group of troops that did not belong to Cao Cao as quickly as possible, and intercepted Cao Cao and Cao Ang when they led their troops back to Qinghai.
Cao Cao, who came from another world, certainly recognized Zhang He, who was the general who had defected from Yuan Shao to his side after the Battle of Guandu.
Of course he recognized Zhao Yun. He had met Zhao Yun before during his battle with Liu Bei. He even felt extremely sorry that such a talent could not be used by him.
But now both of them obey the orders of His Majesty the Great Yong, not his subordinates.
What made Cao Cao feel even more uneasy was that the attitude of these two people leading their elite troops was not support, but hostage!
The strength of Dayong's army was fully demonstrated in this battle of powerful bows and crossbows.
The emperor who rose to power with the military forces of Liang and Bing states obviously never forgot the foundation of her life and would never give anyone any chance to take advantage of her!
Although she had never appeared here in person, she had already made people feel the imperial majesty approaching them.
It was at this moment that, even without any extra words, it was enough for Cao Cao to understand that the confidentiality agreement reached between him and Cao Ang, even though the territory was vast, would never be a secret for the emperor who ruled the world!
Zhao Yun and Zhang He did not make any offensive moves at this moment, just to avoid being laughed at by the newly surrendered Tang Mao people, and to prevent any unrest among the soldiers in Qinghai County, which was even more remote than Liangzhou.
But Cao Cao had no doubt that even though Cao Ang said that "he" and His Majesty Dayong had a friendship of equals, confidants, and discussions of heroes over milk tea, if Cao Ang showed any unusual behavior at this time, Zhao Yun and Zhang He would definitely be able to deal with him directly.
He still underestimated the man who unified the world!
After everyone set up camp, Cao Cao heard Zhao Yun say, "Your Majesty has ordered General Cao to return to the capital as soon as possible to discuss important matters. General Zhang will take charge of the affairs of the Western Frontier for the time being."
Zhao Yun said, and then turned his gaze to Cao Ang, "Supreme Commander Cao, please come along as well."
"That is also what your majesty meant."
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