Of course Bai Xiaowen would not summon Guo Cai directly.
This is different from recruiting talents like Bing Yuan and Guan Ning.
It would be great if Bing Yuan and Guan Ning came, but if they didn't come, it would be of no concern to Bai Xiaowen. They would just be appointing other officials who were less capable of governing.
However, Guo Cai is likely to be the clue related to the A-level hero branch line: Dragon Pattern Golden Box!
What if he resists the government, or has a grudge against the Yuan family...for various reasons, and runs away after hearing the news of the recruitment? Once the clues are cut off, it will be difficult to find him again.
Bai Xiaowen acted indifferently to Guo Cai in front of Wang Lie and Bing Yuan. On the one hand, it could prevent Guo Cai from getting the news in advance and sneaking away. On the other hand, it also established an image of a proactive Mingzhu.
To most people, the dragon-patterned golden box is just a plaything. If Bai Xiaowen abandoned the affairs of the four counties of Liaodong to look for the plaything, it would easily leave the impression that he was despondent with it.
Don't think that recruiting talents must be your own. Although loyalty was emphasized in the Three Kingdoms era, there is another saying, which is called "good birds choose trees to roost, and virtuous ministers choose their masters to work" - Guo Jia was Yuan Shao's man at the beginning.
, later he thought that Yuan Shao was not the master of the Ming Dynasty, so he ran away secretly, and was recommended to Boss Cao by Xun Yu.
Although Yuan Shao, the Fourth and Third Duke, had gathered many talented people, even more talents were left out of his hands and abandoned him. Xun Yu's comment about him as "a hero of common people can gather people but cannot use them" is really hit the nail on the head.
Qitiao Lane in the west of the city, Guo Mansion.
Taking advantage of the darkness, Bai Xiaowen appeared at the back door of Guo Mansion. He first summoned the shadow assassin, entered the invisible state, climbed over the wall and sneaked into the mansion.
Sharing the vision with the shadow assassin, Bai Xiaowen controlled her all the way forward. Coupled with the large-scale scanning of mental power, Bai Xiaowen soon had a good grasp of the structure and architectural layout of the Guo Mansion.
"Huh? This talisman pattern looks a bit familiar."
The shadow assassin controlled by Bai Xiaowen stopped in front of the main hall of Guo Mansion.
Bai Xiaowen had seen the spell patterns carved on the main hall before! He searched his memory and quickly recalled it.
"This is... the painting method in the 'Book of Spells'!"
The Book of Spells is a special item that Bai Xiaowen opened when he entered the Three Kingdoms plane for the first time and learned from the sorcerers of the Yellow Turban Army. It records the sorcery talismans used by the sorcerers of the Yellow Turban Army! With this book,
Bai Xiaowen just learned the powerful skill of "Spell Switching".
The Book of Spells is divided into four chapters, each of which corresponds to a "sub-skill" for switching spells. Ordinary awakened people will forget about it after learning the skills, but how powerful is Bai Xiaowen's memory? He has already compiled the contents of the four spells.
, I wrote down the painting techniques and textures inside.
The talisman on the main hall corresponds exactly to the pattern of the talisman in Bai Xiaowen's memory.
This shows that this "Guo Cai layman" is related to the great sage Zhang Jiao!
Of course, we cannot make a conclusion just based on the few strokes of the spell.
Bai Xiaowen decided to take the initiative. He cast a mental shield on himself, then followed the route explored by the shadow assassin and climbed over the wall.
There are not many servants in the Guo Mansion, but all of them are extremely capable and have an aura that is very different from ordinary servants. They are definitely veterans who have been on the battlefield.
Bai Xiaowen avoided two "servants" who were patrolling at night and quietly entered the lobby of Guo Cai's residence.
Guo Cai is not at home!
There was no one in his bedroom. Bai Xiaowen then went to the study room and saw no one.
Bai Xiaowen, who originally thought about capturing Guo Cai alive or communicating with him face to face, couldn't help but be a little disappointed. He could only search the study instead, hoping to find more clues.
On the bookshelf in the study room, although there are a few Taoist classics, they are all popular reading materials, such as the Tao Te Ching, etc. Based on these alone, there is no abnormality.
However, after pushing aside these books, Bai Xiaowen saw two yellow charms behind the bookshelf. The familiar texture was also the painting method in "The Book of Spells"!
It's just that Bai Xiaowen didn't recognize the complete spell that was formed when combined.
This is easy to understand. Bai Xiaowen only knows some basic rune drawing techniques for the Yellow Turban Army's spells. It is like memorizing the letters of the English alphabet, but he does not know the origin of the letters or the meaning of the combined words.
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Bai Xiaowen was careful not to touch the two yellow charms. Who knew what traps were hidden inside.
Under the mental scan, Bai Xiaowen found an abnormal bulge on the side and rear wall of the bookshelf. He touched it, gently pulled out a piece of movable brick, and actually took out a
Just as Bai Xiaowen's thoughts flashed through his mind, a warning signal suddenly surged in his heart, and a slight burning sensation came from the bad luck bracelet on his left wrist. He rolled back suddenly, only to hear a buzzing sound, and a fist the size of a bucket hit him just now.
location.
Looking up, Bai Xiaowen was surprised.
The one who had just attacked him was a big man covered in khaki, with only his upper body covered. From the waist down, like the genie in Aladdin's lamp, there was an illusory yellow mist.
[Skill 1: Diamond Protection: Passive, the Yellow Turban Warrior is blessed by the Diamond Talisman, and all physical damage received is reduced by 50%. 】
[Skill 2: Fist of Loess: Passive, the Yellow Turban Warrior's normal attack will cause a hysteresis effect on the target, reducing the movement speed by 10% and the attack speed by 10%. The hysteresis effect can be stacked up to 3 times. 】
[Skill 3: Spiral Rush: The Yellow Turban Warrior launches a spinning collision in the target direction, twisting all enemies on the path into his expanded body, causing earth attribute Taoist damage to them (regarded as magic damage). This skill will
Fixed consumption of 50 durability points of the Yellow Turban Lux.】
[Skill 4: Conjurer’s Call LV3: The Yellow Turban Warrior gains 400 extra durability points. 】
[Skill 5: Power of the Yellow Sky (Beginner): The Yellow Turban Warrior gains 300 extra durability points. 】
"What the hell is this! An elite-level structural puppet has 1,200 durability points! It also has five skills!"
Bai Xiaowen's eyes widened. With the Vajra body protection, this yellow scarf warrior might be harder to kill than the senior leader.
Moreover, Bai Xiaowen noticed from the corner of his eye that of the two original yellow charms on the bookshelf, only one of them spontaneously ignited into ashes! The other yellow charm actually began to burn on its own. The energy of Taoism
The fluctuations spread, a yellow air flow rolled out, and the second Yellow Turban Warrior gradually took shape!