Chapter 40: Hero's Pavilion Meets Xun Yu

  "Filial piety, where is your uncle? Why isn't he with you?"

  Xun Yu's eyes flickered, his face anxious, as he grasped Guo Jia's sleeve and asked repeatedly.

  Guo Jia and Xun Yu went to Ji Zhou together, but now only Guo Jia has arrived in Luoyang without seeing Xun Yu. Xun Yu's heart was naturally burning with anxiety, and he couldn't help but worry, even dropping the fan in his hand at some point.

  Gong Da, you're overthinking. Just look at Feng Xiao's carefree attitude and you'll know that nothing will happen to Wen Ruo. Otherwise, Feng Xiao would have been worried sick by now.

  "Haha, with wine to drink, it's truly a heavenly life."

  Guo Jia slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, his face radiating an extremely comfortable expression, and said in a calm tone: "Gong Da, Wen Ruo is also approaching forty years old, not a child anymore. Why are you so worried? Ah, it's still because Gong De's thoughts are meticulous, knowing that Wen Ruo won't come to any harm."

  Cheng Yu laughed and scolded: "If something happened to Wen Ruohan, could you still be so carefree?"

  Guo Jia nodded and said: "What Zhongde Gong said is very true."

  Xun You finally let out a sigh of relief and asked, "Fengxiao, where is your uncle? Did he leave for some reason? Or did he go to Ji Province alone to join Yuan Benchu? Or perhaps you didn't want to go to Ji Province and instead went to Luoyang?"

  Kuo Chia shook his head helplessly and spread out his hands saying: "This is indeed true, I left Wen Ruo and ran to Luoyang all by myself."

  "Why didn't you bring your uncle along to Luoyang? With more people, there would be someone to take care of him?" Xun Yu asked hastily.

  Guo Jia shook his head and sighed, "I thought so, but I advised Wen Ruo to go with me to Luoyang, however Wen Ruo had a stubborn temper and refused to listen to me. He even said that Yuan Shao was a descendant of three generations of officials who were loyal to the court and deserved to be followed."

  "So I and Wenruo parted ways at Yingyang, after parting, Wenruo rushed to Jizhou, while I came to Luoyang."

  Xun Yu looked puzzled: "Feng Xiao, you originally planned to go to Jizhou, why did you suddenly come to Luoyang?"

  Kuo Chia's face instantly lost its cheerful smile and was filled with a solemn expression.

  "Some time ago, I observed the celestial phenomena at night and found that there was an unusual change in the celestial bodies. In the direction of Ru Nan, a star suddenly flashed, and the atmosphere was overwhelming. Originally, the pattern of the three divisions of the sky in the north, southwest, and southeast changed when the star rose, and the overall trend of the world began to become chaotic. Later, I continued to observe the celestial bodies and found that they gradually moved northward, but no suspicious signs were found. However, after we met Wang Can at the broken temple, I carefully observed again, and as Wang Can went to Luoyang, the celestial bodies also moved northward, and the more they moved northward, the more brilliant they became."

  "So I decided on the spur of the moment to return to Luoyang."

  "Unfortunately, Wen Rou is determined to go to Ji Zhou, so I can only go to Luoyang alone."

  "After arriving in Luoyang, I found that Wang Can stayed in Luoyang, and the star that moved north from Runan also stayed in Luoyang. Therefore, I determined that the star rising from Runan represented Wang Can. At that time, I made this judgment using King Wen's divination method, and divined a hexagram, but found that it was unable to predict this person's origin and trajectory. Just at this moment, Wang Can became a disciple of Cai Yong, and the star hovering in the sky above Luoyang suddenly shone brightly, dazzlingly bright, and approached the Emperor Star."

  "The celestial phenomenon covers the emperor star, I'm afraid it's another powerful and ambitious figure."

  "This world probably also has a share for Wang Can."

  Kuo Chia spoke up to this point, his eyes revealing a serious expression.

  "Filial piety, you've actually used the Wen Wang divination technique again?" Cheng Yu's expression changed, and he scolded, "The Wen Wang divination technique is a sacred art, you should know that using it not only shortens one's lifespan but also causes great harm to the body. This rebellious technique may be mysterious and unpredictable, but its harm is too great, how could you use the Wen Wang divination technique?"

  Guo Jia smiled and said: "Aren't I a bit curious?"

  Cheng Yu and Guo Jia still had a heart of reverence for each other.

  Cheng Yu let out a cold snort and shouted: "Your skills are already astonishingly beautiful, why must you still do such heaven-defying and man-hating things? The Wen Wang divination method is the technique of the ancient Zhou Wen Wang's divination, how can it be used at your whim? This time I'll let it pass, but there absolutely cannot be a next time."

  Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and Xun You were close friends, naturally they knew each other's strengths and weaknesses.

  Each other has some skills, and each other is aware of them.

  Guo Jia heard this and hastily said: "Zhang De Gong, don't I know my own body? Anyway, it's all rotten to the core, using Wen Wang's divination a few more times won't hurt. But this time using Wen Wang's divination, unexpectedly can't predict Wang Can's origin and trajectory, really mysterious and unpredictable. Fortunately, there is still astronomical prediction, otherwise it would be really difficult to infer."

  Xun Yu waved his hand and said, "Feng Xiao, the divination method of King Wen is too against heaven. Try not to use it. Remember that human determination can overcome heaven. Although this heavenly phenomenon divination is a display of heaven's will, what's most important is that success lies in human effort."

  "Alright, thank you both for your kindness."

  Guo Jia's eyes flashed with emotion, and he raised a cup of wine to toast Cheng Yu and Xun You: "Come, let me offer you two a cup."

  After finishing speaking, Guo Jia drained his cup in one gulp.

  A cup of wine down the hatch, Guo Jia's face wore a grateful smile, but in an instant he felt his vision go black, his head spinning dizzily, and with a thud he fell onto the table, motionless.

  "This is crazy, no way?"

  Xun Yu looked puzzled, glanced at Cheng Yu, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

  Cheng Yu thought for a moment and suddenly exclaimed: "Not good, Feng Xiao is ill again. Hurry up and bring Feng Xiao to the side room to rest."

  In the room, Guo Jia lay on the bed, his eyes tightly closed, his lips purple, and his face pale. Xun Yu and Cheng Yu sat beside the bed, their faces tense, their eyes filled with anxiety. Xun Yu said urgently: "Zhang De Gong, what can we do now? Several doctors have been invited, but they are all helpless, can't we just watch Fengxiao lying on the bed like this?"

  Cheng Yu sighed: "I've already let him use the Wen Wang divination technique less, but he still doesn't listen to advice. What can I do? Now that things have come to this point, we can only do our best and follow fate. Gong Da, you used to be an official in Luoyang, serving as a Huangmen Shilang and holding important positions in He Jin's general's mansion. Why don't you go visit your old colleagues now and see if you can get the imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital to come treat Feng Xiao? The doctors we've invited before were all incompetent, so our only hope is the imperial physician."

  "Yes, I'll go now." Xun Yu hastily got up and walked out of the house.

  At the entrance of Hero's Building, Wang Can and Bae Won-seo returned from Chae's house and slowly entered Hero's Building.

  Just as Wang Can was about to step into the Hero Tower, his pupils suddenly contracted and a bright light flashed in his eyes. He quickly dodged to the side and walked up to a middle-aged scholar who had just come out of the tower. With a bow, he smiled and said: "Gong Da, it's really a small world after all! I didn't expect to run into you here in Luoyang. How have you been lately?"

  Xun Yu was walking quickly with his head down when he suddenly saw someone blocking the road ahead. He looked up to see that it was Wang Can.

  "Could it be you?"

  Xun Yu's face lit up with surprise, but then he thought of Guo Jia fainting because of Wang Can and his expression immediately turned gloomy. He said in a low voice: "What's good about it? It's extremely bad!"

  Wang Can exclaimed: "Gong Da, didn't something happen?"

  Xun Yu hummed: "What else can happen, because of you, Feng Xiao has been unconscious since he fainted and still hasn't woken up yet."

  Wang Canshen was stunned in his heart, he didn't accompany Guo Jia together, how did Guo Jia get sick because of him?

  However, Wang Can did not ask further and said: "Gong Da, where is Feng Xiao staying? I also understand some medical knowledge. Let me take a look to see if I can help cure Feng Xiao's illness."

  "What about you?" Xun Yu sneered, but then thought of the dead horse being treated as a live one and said: "Feng Xiao and Zhong De Gong are in the Azi room on the second floor. You can see them after going upstairs. I have something to do, so I'll leave first."

  After finishing speaking, Xun Yu hastily left.

  PS: No need for flowers, flowers won't bloom anymore, I want flowers though