Guo Peng and Yuan Shu haven't met for a long time.

The Yuan Highway, who was above the unparalleled and arrogant in my memory, has now become like this.

He has gray hair, a haggard face, pale face, deep eye sockets, and protruding cheekbones.

His face was covered with blood, and he looked like a dying person.

"Did you beat him?"

Guo Peng frowned and looked at the people around him.

Cao Xiu immediately stood up.

"Yuan Gonglu just insulted the general as a thief who was carrying the master. His subordinate was so angry that he punched him. The blood on his body was caused by him killing his family, not because we were beaten."

Guo Peng shook his head unhappily.

"Even if you are defeated, even if you are a thief who usurped the throne, Yuan Gonglu was the general of the guard of the Han Dynasty before, and was above me. Now that he has not surrendered, he can be killed or humiliated. I cannot humiliate him. How can you use your fists and feet? Go out to receive twenty military sticks later, and remember what is the superior and inferiority of the superiors and subordinates in the future!"

"yes!"

Cao Xiu was worried and realized that he seemed to have made a mistake.

The civil officials and military generals around him were silent and did not dare to speak out.

Yuan Shu heard Guo Peng's voice and opened his eyes with great difficulty. When he saw that this majestic person was indeed Guo Peng.

"Guo Zifeng...you are here..."

He was indeed very weak, so weak that he could not even make a sound when he said a few words.

Guo Peng stared at Yuan Shu for a while and waved his hand.

"All of you go out, leave this palace, and guard outside the palace gate, and no one is allowed to come in. I have something to talk to Yuan Gaolu alone."

"this……"

My subordinates, look at me, I look at you, and I am quite surprised.

"General, isn't this a little too risky?"

Guo Jia came over.

Guo Peng stared at Guo Jia, and Guo Jia immediately shrank his head.

"Yuan Gaolu has become so weak and has been tied up again. What can he do?"

The subordinates did not dare to say anything more, and they retreated according to Guo Peng's orders, retreated outside the palace, closed the palace gate, lined up in an orderly manner, waiting for Guo Peng to come out of the inside.

Hearing the sound of closing the door, Guo Peng breathed a sigh of relief, took off his helmet, put it aside, took off his sword and put it aside, and sat down on the steps where Yuan Shu ascended the throne of the emperor.

Yuan Shu was placed under the steps at this time, and Guo Peng sat down on the steps and looked down at Yuan Shu.

"Marching and fighting is tiring. A piece of armor is at least fifty kilograms. With a helmet and a sword, I feel comfortable to take it off with a little bit. So I don't like fighting at all. I like to wear comfortable and light clothes to accompany my wife and children at home, listen to music, and enjoy it. That's a supreme enjoyment."

Guo Peng didn't say anything very appropriate, but complained about the pain of the march: "It's not like when fighting now, when you are wearing armor all day long, and the weather is cold. The wind blows on your face like a knife shaving on your face. There is no woman who warms the quilt, right?"

"You called me from Puyang to tell me this?"

Yuan Shu looked up at Guo Peng with difficulty.

"Of course not, I just came to complain a little. If you don't call yourself emperor, how could I come here? How could I come here? It was because you call yourself emperor that I came."

Guo Peng smiled slightly: "Your imperial city is really good, magnificent and grand. Unfortunately, there are not enough defense, there are few people guarding the city, and people are scattered and they are broken in a moment. It is not surprising at all. But what I didn't expect was that you were willing to kill all your family... Is this Mrs. Feng?"

Guo Peng looked at Feng, who had already died with a little regret.

"Why, you seem to have some thoughts about my queen?"

Yuan Shu grinned: "Do you think about taking my wife away after killing me and insulting me? Guo Zifeng, I am sincere to you, but in the end, you repay me in this way?"

"Didn't I say it? Highway, if you don't call me emperor, no matter how many ideas I have, I can only hold my heart down, I can't say it, let alone do it."

Guo Peng shook his head: "This is all you are giving me a chance."

"I have been with you for fifteen years, but you have acted so cruelly to me. Guo Zifeng, I ask you, don't you care about your past relationship?"

Yuan Shu stared at Guo Peng tightly, trying to get an answer from his mouth.

"Past love..."

Guo Peng pursed his lips and thought for a while: "Highway, don't you know? When I was still in Luoyang, all the people who wanted to contact you and wanted to interact with you were all for the reputation and power of the Yuan family, and I was no exception.

When I got married at the age of fifteen, you came to attend my wedding. After I left, my eldest brother told me that he and Yuan Benchu ​​would be friends with you, and I would be friends with you, thinking that no matter who you are more powerful in the future, the Cao family and the Guo family would not suffer any loss."

"Is this why you intersect me?"

Yuan Shu continued to ask questions.

"Yes, but not just these, you know, the Guo family in Yingchuan was born as a literati and not as good as a Confucian scholar, and I was also a dilapidated branch. My father was just a county magistrate, and my family was almost no match for those powerful people.

I could only find a way by myself, digging ice and fishing to raise filial piety, and then reduced my identity to marry Cao. Finally, I was able to enter Luoyang to be a boy boy. I also met Mr. Cai through the relationship between the Mr. Cao. I spent another year running for Mr. Cai, and gaining the trust of Mr. Cai, and recommended it to my teacher Mr. Lu.

Only then can I break the game and be a little famous. That's not all. I'm trying my best not to defeat the Yangqiu, earning such a huge reputation and fame in the capital. Only then can I finally catch your eye. Highway, I've tried my best to get the qualification to interfere with you."

Guo Peng smiled self-deprecatingly.

"you……"

"It's too hard for me, the road, it's really too hard for me."

Guo Peng interrupted Yuan Shu: "You are really lucky. You were born in Yuan, the three generations of the four generations. You were born with a golden spoon in your mouth. From the moment you were born, you can be a high-ranking official even if you do nothing, but I can't do it. If I don't do these things, if I don't fight for my life, I either starve to death or be killed.

It took me fifteen years to get what you have had since you were born, and I tried my best to get it. I tried my best to be favored by you and to be qualified to drink and dance with you. Do you know how much I envy you? The road, this world is so unfair."

Guo Peng covered his eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled.

"Are you jealous of my origin?"

Yuan Shu glared in his eyes.

"No, no, no, I just envious, not jealous, because I know very well, and I am actually very lucky."

Guo Peng smiled and said, "I am a gentry, and I am very lucky. I was born in a gentry family. Although my family is not well off, my surname is Guo. I am also from the Guo clan of Yingchuan. I was born to study, read, and have the qualifications to be an official.

I can despise those children of rich people, I can despise those poor families who have gained access to the ranks of eunuchs by climbing to the eunuchs, and even treat the Guizhou people as ants, kill them if they want, and fight them as much as possible, and humiliate them without taking any responsibility.

I have imagined countless times how miserable I would be if I were just a Qianzhe Guan, I would be. I would not be able to eat enough, wear warm clothes, read, have no dignity, and can’t even be a human being. I can only live like a pig or a dog, and I will never make a successful career in my life. Then I might as well die."

Yuan Shu was stunned for a long time and couldn't say a word.

"Fortunately, I am also a gentry. After I have fame, I will be attracted by you and become your guest. If I am just an ordinary person, a poor family, or a civil servant in Guizhou, even if I am famous in the capital, you will not be able to make me your guest because you think I am dirty!"

Guo Peng stood up, walked to the steps, sat on the bottom step, and faced Yuan Shu.

"When did you...you think about dealing with me?"

Yuan Shu held back the shock and anger in his heart and stared at Guo Peng with gritted teeth.

"After Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the princes of all walks of life jointly fought against Dong? Yes, that's when."

Seeing Guo Peng say something that was smiley and very ordinary, Yuan Shu widened his eyes and opened his mouth.

"At that time, you thought of the present?"

It's not that I thought of it, but that I know it.

But I won't tell you about this.

Guo Peng grinned and continued his performance.

"As much as it is, since all the princes have their own troops, they will no longer give up their troops so easily. The chaos in the world is a foregone conclusion, but most people are just foils. In my opinion, there are only two real main characters, one is you and the other is Yuan Benchu.

My choice is very simple. Rely on you, be your minion, do your work for you, gain your trust, fight against Yuan Benchu, develop your own power in the name of fighting against Yuan Benchu, and develop myself through your name. Otherwise, I would probably be a little short of it just by myself.

The name of the Three Dukes of the Fourth Generation is so terrible. I have also continued to realize that I have continuously deepened my understanding of this point. Therefore, when I attacked Dong Zhuo and Yuan Benchu, I will use your banner. Your banner is really useful. Really, I won’t lie to you.”

"You used me to get rid of Yuan Shao?"

"Highway, you used me to get rid of Yuan Shao, I used you to get rid of Yuan Shao's idea to develop and strengthen myself, and then got rid of Yuan Shao."

Guo Peng corrected Yuan Shu's statement, and this roundabout statement made Yuan Shu a little confused.

"What the hell do you want to say?"

"Forget it, let's tell the truth."

Guo Peng didn't want to lie anymore and planned to tell the truth a rare thing.

"Yuan Wei wants to use Dong Zhuo to depose the emperor. I know that I also know that my teacher will use the troops in my hands to fight against the Yuan family, so I want to leave and I want to make all this happen. I cannot let my teacher use me to fight against the Yuan family to save the Han Dynasty.

So I left on my own initiative. You all thought I was frightened by the power of the Yuan clan, and you felt very sorry for me. So when I proposed to seek the governor of Qingzhou, you tried your best to help me. Yuan Wei also felt that I was very sensible and wanted me to leave as soon as possible.

So without saying a word, Yuan Wei appointed me as the governor of Qingzhou, giving me a place to make a fortune. It is legitimate. You all think I was forced, but this is exactly what I hope. I look forward to the stars and the moon, and I look forward to that day. Do you know why?"

Guo Peng looked at Yuan Shu with a smile.

“For… why?”

Yuan Shu was stunned, as if he was greatly stimulated.

"Because I want the Han Dynasty to collapse more urgently than you, and to destroy the Han Dynasty, do you think you are the only one who wants to be an emperor? Don't be stupid. Before you want to be an emperor, I wanted to be an emperor."

"You... do you want to...be emperor?"
To be continued...