Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 782 Is There a Brothel?
Late at night, in Chenliu City, after Cao Cao inspected the city defenses, he had a banquet with his generals, which only ended at this moment.

Cao Cao was particularly happy today, feeling very proud and complacent. He felt that the world was under his control and he had no rivals anymore, so he drank a few more bottles of wine. He was a little tipsy at the moment and couldn't help staggering when he walked.

When passing through a gate in the backyard, he was careless and almost tripped, but fortunately Guo Jia and Xiahou Yuan supported him.

"My lord, be careful." Guo Jia reminded.

"Huh?" Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and suddenly laughed.

"Fengxiao, you are a very unrestrained person by nature...hiccup...unrestrained. Do you know...do you know where there is a brothel in this city?"

Upon hearing the question, Xiahou Yuan looked a little embarrassed, but Guo Jia had no taboos.

"My lord, please don't blame me. I know the locations of several brothels in the city. When you were governing Yanzhou in the past, I would occasionally come here to play. But now the Luoyang court is mobilizing troops everywhere, and the war is imminent. It would be better for you to rest early."

"Hey, what's the big deal?" Cao Cao pushed him away, picked up a branch, and danced with a sword in the yard.

"Guan Yu was restrained by Gongsun Fan, Zhang Yong... hiccups... Zhang Yong was ambushed by my troops, and although Liu Biao and Liu Bei dominated Jing and Xu, they... hiccups... were not worth mentioning. Today I cut off one of Liu He's arms, and three days later, the entire... hiccups... the entire army will march out of Hulao Pass, and I will rule the world and revive the country. Everything is in my hands... A mere brothel, why... hiccups... what's the point of mentioning it? Hahaha..."

He danced with the branches and stumbled around in the yard. Although his steps were a little unsteady, he was not shaky.

Xiahou Yuan was helpless and cast a look for help to Guo Jia. Guo Jia smiled bitterly and stepped forward and said, "My lord, although we won today, you did not allow those surrendered generals to sit at the banquet because you were suspicious of their sincerity and feared they might have the intention to assassinate. Now you have invited prostitutes to play with you, I am afraid that the surrendered Han soldiers will feel resentful."

"Huh?" Cao Cao glared and suddenly laughed.

"Resentment? A mere defeated general is worthy of resentment... resentment?"

"This..." Xiahou Yuan wanted to persuade him again, but was interrupted by Cao Cao.

"Well, no need to say more. Go, go and get the most beautiful woman from the brothel in the city to serve me... All military affairs will be left for tomorrow... hiccups... tomorrow morning. We will discuss it again, we will discuss it again..."

Seeing this, Guo Jia shook his head helplessly: "Well, I will do it right away."

Then he winked at Xiahou Yuan, who immediately stepped forward and helped Cao Cao back to the bedroom. Guo Jia also turned around and walked out of the mansion.

Not long after, he led a woman who was about twenty years old and dressed very beautifully into the mansion.

After sending this person to Cao Cao's bedroom, Guo Jia withdrew and prepared to go back to rest.

"Filial piety."

Guo Jia heard someone calling him from behind, and when he turned around, it was Xiahou Yuan.

"It's General Xiahou. Aren't you going to take a rest?"

Xiahou Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Hey, don't mention it. I just sent Meng De back to his room, and he insisted that I go to the brothel to find someone and have some fun. I didn't have the interest to do that, and I finally managed to escape."

Guo Jia joked, "Haha, General Xiahou already has three beautiful wives at home, so he doesn't need them."

"Come on, Fengxiao, stop making fun of me. When it comes to being a master of flowers, who in our army can compare to you? Haha..." Guo Jia did not refute this, but instead showed a proud look on his face.

"Well, now the situation is settled, Gao Shun is dead, and the four gates are in our hands. Even if the defeated soldiers and surrendered generals have some ideas, they can hardly accomplish anything. My lord has been working hard for a long time, and today is the time to relax for a while, so let him go."

Seeing that Guo Jia said this, Xiahou Yuan said nothing more.

The two were about to say goodbye and go back to their respective residences when Guo Jia suddenly stopped and turned back to ask, "By the way, General, after you took over the city gates, have you figured out how to open and close the four iron gates?"

Xiahou Yuan smiled and said, "Hey, speaking of this, I am lucky."

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"You don't know, the gate looks heavy, but it is made very delicately. The mechanism is set inside the city wall next to each city gate. You have to go through a secret door. If you don't understand the mystery, you won't know the entrance is right in front of you even if you stand outside the gate. Moreover, the mechanism used to open and close the gate is composed of several large iron millstones, and there are many mysteries in these millstones. If you don't understand the reason, even if you break your hand, you can't do anything about the millstone. But if someone familiar comes forward, one person can control this iron gate weighing thousands of pounds at will. Wow, it is really a rare and wonderful thing in the world."

Seeing him praising him so much, Guo Jia also became curious.

"Oh? It's so amazing? How could the soldiers learn such a rare mechanism in such a hurry?"

Xiahou Yuan waved his hand: "Otherwise, how can you say that I am lucky? I tried my best to find the mechanism, but I couldn't find it. Just when I was at my wit's end, two soldiers under Gao Shun came to find me. They were the ones in charge of the mechanisms at the southeast gates. They claimed to be brothers. They were generals under Yuan Shao. When Jizhou was annexed by Liu He, they had no choice but to surrender. However, Gao Shun's military law was extremely strict. They had a brother who was punished with 40 military sticks for being less than half a quarter of an hour late for drill. He also caught a cold and died. So the two of them held a grudge and surrendered to me and opened the city gate for me."

Guo Jia was somewhat speechless: "Is there such a coincidence?"

Xiahou Yuan spread his hands and said, "Isn't it such good luck? Not only that, they also said that they surrendered several soldiers from Jizhou. Many of Gao Shun's soldiers are proficient in this method of opening the gates, so they opened four gates for me to welcome the army into the city. It's getting dark today, and I was thinking of taking a group of soldiers to study this mechanism early tomorrow morning, and then order the craftsmen to build it. Then, won't the cities under our army's rule be as solid as iron barrels?"

He was getting excited when he said this, but Guo Jia's smile suddenly froze.

Xiahou Yuan also noticed that his expression was not right: "Fengxiao, what's the problem?"

Guo Jia frowned and said, "Why is it such a coincidence? It's really strange."

Xiahou Yuan shrugged. "Why should I doubt it? Even if Liu He and Gao Shun meet again to win people's hearts, it is reasonable that there will always be some people who are dissatisfied with the 150,000-man army."

"Yes, it is not surprising that not all the 150,000 soldiers are loyal."

Guo Jia said, "But... what kind of person is Gao Shun? These four newly built gates are such powerful weapons. How could he entrust the important task of guarding such gates to two people with two minds? Could it be that Gao Shun happened to be confused again when he encountered this matter?"

After hearing what he said, Xiahou Yuan calmed down a little: "Fengxiao means..."

Guo Jia shook his head: "I am just guessing, it cannot be relied upon. But just in case, you and I should go to the city gate."

"Yes, it should be. If something goes wrong, even if I die a hundred times, it won't be enough to atone for my sins. Let's go quickly."

Xiahou Yuan also became anxious at this moment.

(End of this chapter)