At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

So after the captain of Cao's guards killed a leader, Cao's guards also started a full-scale counterattack. The sticks and bamboo spears obviously have no advantage in the face of the sophisticated ring-headed swords. When these gangsters saw a tough stubble, they were heartbroken. Retire.

But the other leader was unwilling to do so and retreated.

"Hold on! There are not many of them! Kill them! The treasure is ours!!"

The leader desperately instigated the fighting will of the desperados, and just when he was about to succeed, a cold arrow flew, and it just stuck in his head, shooting him directly to the ground, gone. sound.

When the other bandits around looked at it, they were immediately dumbfounded.

Cao's guards turned their heads and saw that Guo Peng was bending a bow and shooting an arrow. When he loosened his hand, another arrow came in. The third head holding a steel knife was shot in the chest and went straight to the ground. Lie down, no sound.

The battle was reversed here. The mob lost their heads, and Cao's guards rose up to fight, and the blood collapsed.

Guo Peng did not continue to use the knife, but continued to shoot one person with a bow and arrow. Cao's guards chased out and basically killed the group of bandits.

I didn't feel uncomfortable when I killed, but I felt that my whole body was full of energy, and the more I killed, the more excited I became.

But after the battle, Guo Peng regained his composure, a gust of wind blew, and the strong smell of blood directly vomited his provocative vomit.

Coincidentally, many first-time murderers also vomited along with them.

Afterwards, Guo Peng counted the results of the battle. Cao's guards killed 46 bandits, and seven were killed. The others were not killed, but many were injured. Guo Jin, Guo Huo and Guo Shui were both injured. The captain of the guard was also injured.

Guo Peng bandaged the wounds of the three with his own hands, and also bandaged the wounds of Cao's guard captain. After that, he and Cao's guide found the local magistrate for an explanation.

When the county magistrate learned that Guo Peng was the son-in-law of Guo's son Cao's son-in-law, he was shocked.

This is the family of a powerful man in the dynasty. If there is any damage, he will be finished.

Fortunately, Guo Peng was fine, the county magistrate apologized again and again in fear, and personally sent someone to accompany the convoy to escort them all the way to their destination.

After the incident was over, Guo Peng recalled what he had done, and was surprised that he killed six people the first time he killed people, and even beheaded one person with a knife with his own hands, and his age was only 12 years old.

In modern times, he is still a primary school student, and at this time and place, he has already murdered.

For some reason, Guo Peng suddenly remembered Qin Wuyang, who murdered at the age of 12 during the Warring States period. If he became a character in the future, he would leave a biography in the history books, and he would probably leave a legacy.

For example, there are records such as "Guo Peng of Yingchuan, courageous, twelve years old, murdered, and people dare not look at him".

However, he didn't use his family's power to kill people. This was for self-defense, and he was not on the same level as Qin Wuyang's.

Therefore, Guo Peng knew that he had completely integrated into this era, integrated into this era of disagreement and drawn swords, and no longer had any feeling of rejection.

Will not refuse to kill, nor be afraid of killing.

If someone insults himself and his family, he will definitely draw his sword.

When someone kills him, he will fight back hard and never die.

After a night of sleep, Guo Peng returned to normal and started the journey again.

But this time, Guo Peng felt that he was different from before, and he was less timid than he was when he was fully armed.

cowardice of the world.

He felt that he had more courage to fight against the surging malice.

In this way, seven days after the departure, Guo Peng's team arrived at the boundary of Henan, entered Zhongmu County, and met the Cao family sent by Cao Song to greet Guo Peng.

The Cao family was shocked when they learned what happened to Guo Peng's team, and they were relieved to see that Guo Peng was all right, so they speeded up and rushed to Luoyang.

"The master really wants to see Guo Lang, and everything in Luo Yang has been arranged. The question is that after a month, Guo Lang has enough time to adapt to Luo Yang. Luo Yang has a lot of new things, if Guo Lang wants to do it well I'm afraid it will take a lot of work to play a game."

The Cao family greeted Guo Peng with such a flattering smile on their faces, showing hospitality to Guo Peng, and then introducing Guo Peng about the geography and hydrology near Luoyang, human customs, and what major events have happened recently.

"The original Taiwei Chen Taiwei was dismissed, and a new Taiwei Xu was replaced. The master is very happy..."

He started talking like this, and the more he talked, the more carefully Guo Peng was willing to hear him talk about Luo Yang.

As he said this, Guo Peng realized that Luo Yang was relatively stable now, not too chaotic.

After all, the disaster of the party has begun. Although the gentry has always had the upper hand in public opinion, they have fallen behind in politics. Luoyang's power is still in the hands of the emperor and the eunuch group.

The Dang Cong is aimed at some scholars, and there are some scholars who have not suffered from the Dang Cong, and are still active in Luoyang, such as Yuan Shi.

But now these things have little to do with Guo Peng. He is just a too-student, a minor too-student who doesn't even participate in social activities.

He can still live in peace.

When passing through Hulao Pass, Guo Peng deliberately took a close look at the majestic Hulao Pass, and thought of the story in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Unfortunately, the stories about the battle of Hulao Pass in Romance of the Three Kingdoms are all fictional, and it is better to call it Sishui Pass than to call it Hulao Pass.

There was no Sanying battle against Lu Bu, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei did not join the battle against Dong. Sun Jian was the one who defeated Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, and Yuan Shu was the one who provided him with logistics.

The battle site was at Daguguan, south of Luoyang. Both Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu were defeated by Sun Jian, and there were two consecutive times. The one who really forced Dong Zhuo to flee to Chang'an was the alliance of Sun Jian and Yuan Shu.

As for Yuan Shao's group of "Dong Zhuo Allied Forces" in Suanzao, they were not the same group as Yuan Shu's Sun Jian alliance. They only knew how to eat and drink. No one but Cao Cao fought against Dong Zhuo.

At that time, Cao Cao was nothing at all, but the general "Xing" Fenwu who joined forces with Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, was not a genuine one.

And Liu Bei is still a small person who doesn't know where to toss and toss. Qianshi officials can't get along, even Cao Cao.

But it is precisely because they are small people at this time, but they have achieved great things in the future, which is very rare.

None of these people is a simple role, even if it is a person who has been mentioned in the history books, as long as they can leave a name, it is actually not simple.

After passing the Sishui Pass, Luoyang is even closer.

On May 21, Guo Peng arrived in Luoyang. On the outskirts of Luoyang, Cao Song sent people to welcome Guo Peng again, and welcomed Guo Peng into Luoyang City.

Chapter 16. Sixteen away from the three highs, start from me

After seeing Luoyang City with his own eyes, Guo Peng's eyes were opened.

Otherwise, Luoyang is the imperial capital, and Qiaoxian is the county seat.

Ten Qiaoxian towns can't equal one Luoyang city. Luoyang is so big, the city is so high, the crowd is crowded, and the number of armored soldiers is so large that Guo Peng has seen it for the first time. vision.

However, traveling to Luoyang is not now. Cao Song is waiting for Guo Peng at home. Guo Peng soon came to the Cao Mansion of Dahonglu, and Cao Song personally stood at the door to greet Guo Peng.

"Student Guo Peng, meet Da Honglu."

Guo Peng dismounted from his horse and walked to the front of Cao Song's mansion. He greeted Cao Song with standard etiquette. Although he had already engaged Cao Lan, the relationship has not yet been formally established.

However, Cao Song had a worried look on his face, and stepped forward and held Guo Peng's hand in person.

"Xiaoyi, I heard that you encountered a robber on the road, but are you injured?"

Guo Peng shook his head.

"No, although the thief is ferocious, but thanks to the strong guards, the captain Zhang is fierce and brave, and there is no danger."

Cao Song looked at Zhang Meng, the captain of the guard who was following behind with an unusual look, and the other guards, and nodded.

"Since Guo Lang has requested credit for you, then I will reward you! Come and take them to receive the reward."

"As ordered."

Immediately someone took a group of guards to collect the reward.

The guards cast grateful glances at Guo Peng.

"Xiaoyi, you are surprised because I was not thoughtful."

"In today's season, this kind of thing happens often. Guo Peng is a man. If he doesn't meet him, he will be ready to fight. That's all, Da Honglu doesn't need to worry about it."

Cao Song had already known Guo Peng's record of shooting five people and beheading one person, and he was amazed at this. He also thought that Guo Peng dared to kick Xu Shao's ass when he was eight years old, and suddenly felt that Xu Shao's evaluation was not just for saving. own face.

Guo Peng is really brave.

Surviving in Luoyang requires not only wisdom, but also courage. Guo Peng is full of courage and intelligence, and will become a great weapon in the future.

After thinking about this, Cao Song admired him more and looked forward to him more, so he clenched Guo Peng's hand and said warmly, "Xiao Yi, why is there such a separation between you and me? You and my little girl are already engaged, and we are ourselves. Man, still haven't changed your mind?"

Looking at Cao Song's eager eyes, Guo Peng showed a gentle smile.

"The younger son-in-law pays respects to the father-in-law."

"Hey! That's right! Hahahahaha!"

Cao Song's face was full of joy, and he took Guo Peng's hand affectionately and took him to the inner hall. Cao Song's wife Ding was waiting in the inner hall. When he saw Cao Song pulling Guo Peng in, he immediately greeted him with a smile on his face. .

"Xiao Yi, you've come. Your husband and I are looking forward to the stars and the moon, but we're looking forward to you! I heard that you were robbed before, but it scared me. Are you alright?"

Guo Peng immediately stepped forward to greet him.

"My son-in-law pays a visit to his mother-in-law, please rest assured that Xiaoyi is fine."

"Hey! It's good to be fine! It's good to be fine!"

With a happy expression on his face, Mrs Ding also stepped forward and held Guo Peng's hand, and greeted him warmly, reminding Guo Peng of the kind of love he had given to him before his biological mother died. This is real love.

Now that the relationship has been opened, it is his own person. Cao Song feels that he has a good face when his family can recruit a son-in-law of a nobleman.

He had shown off in his capital circle of friends early in the morning, but Cao Chi was the only one who called him home to clean up Guo Peng with him.

Cao Chi came to Cao Song's mansion more than half an hour after Guo Peng's arrival. When he saw Guo Peng, he had the cheek to call "niece-in-law", and just asked Guo Peng to call him "uncle". , looks very happy.

Then there was a sumptuous reception banquet, but only four people attended the banquet, Cao Song and his wife brought Cao Chi and Guo Peng.

Cao Song and his wife sat at the top by themselves, and then Guo Peng and Cao Chi sat at the bottom of the left and right sides respectively. There were many ingredients that Guo Peng had never seen in Qiao County.

"Little Yi, eat anyway, you must be tired after traveling for so long, so eat more."

Cao Song personally walked down to serve Guo Peng with vegetables. Guo Peng was flattered and hurriedly said that he couldn't help it. He helped Cao Song up, poured wine for both him and Ding, and then poured wine for Cao Chi, which was considered a little etiquette for the younger generation.

They admire Guo Peng's origin, and Guo Peng cannot be proud of it.

After eating a little something, Cao Song kept asking his servants to bring Guo Peng some fresh things, all of which could not be eaten in Qiao County.

But to be honest, Guo Peng had enough of these steamed, boiled or baked foods.

There are no iron pots, no stir-fries, and not so many seasonings. The food of this period is said to be exquisite, but it is naturally incomparable with modern times. There are not many ways to season and remove the fishy smell. The seasonings are basically only salt and sauce. It will be much worse in the future.

This is not something that ordinary people can enjoy. Ordinary people often can't even eat salt, so they do everything possible to save salt.

During this period, people's tastes were outrageous. They called Guo Peng, a person with heavy tastes who liked thick red sauce, regretted and sad for a long time, and hated that he was not reborn in the Song Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty.

But that's fine, less salt and less oil, you can't gain weight, and you won't get high blood pressure. As for sugar, ordinary people don't want to eat it for a lifetime. Guo Peng's family is not too rich, and he has never seen a lot of caramel. piece.

Healthy life, green diet, stay away from the three highs, start with me.

He is not interested in cooking in iron pots, or in various seasonings to enrich his appetite.

In the turbulent times when the mountains and rains are about to come, he cannot be allowed to dream of being rich and rich by cooking in an iron pot, and the overall economic environment also does not allow him to do so.

Open a restaurant?

The big head soldiers crossing the border will tear down your restaurant in minutes and use it as firewood.

He would rather put these efforts on reading and practicing calligraphy and martial arts.

As for the appetite, just eat it a little, at most sometimes the bird will fade out of the mouth, then get a chicken or something, season it with some salt, get some ginger and garlic to get rid of the fishy smell, and then wrap it in mud Roasted, beggar chicken is also worthy of its own five internal organs temple.

Nowadays, eating these local specialties in Luoyang, as well as the tribute specialties from other remote places that are said to be brought from the palace, it is a bit tasteful to eat. If nothing else, the food at Cao Song's family is at least salty. is enough.

But to put it bluntly, there is no iron pot, and the cooking tools are basically clay pots and the like, which are just soups and water. He would rather eat a bowl of wheat rice than eat this.

But the feast given by the father-in-law and the mother-in-law must be very sweet. The more they eat, the happier they are, and it also meets their expectations.

So Guo Peng eats it very sweetly. Although he eats a lot, he looks very elegant.

And should I say or not, one dish of steamed venison and one dish of steamed fish in sauce tasted really good, and the seasoning was very good. Guo Peng had eaten up these two dishes, and there was nothing left.

As for the steamed mutton, to be honest, the smell of mutton is really too strong, and there is not much pepper, Guo Peng really can't stand it.

Cao Song and Mrs Ding looked at each other and smiled. They wrote down what Guo Peng likes to eat. It turns out that steamed venison and fish are the most suitable for Guo Peng's appetite, but mutton is not. Well, remember.

Chapter 17. Self-cultivation of seventeen relationship households

At this time, although they pay attention to eating and sleeping, there are not many people who actually do this.

My family eats together, not the kind of old Confucian family, few people can bear the feeling of just eating without saying anything, so Cao Song kept asking about things in his hometown, and Guo Peng answered them one by one.

Satisfied with food and wine, Guo Peng fully demonstrated the true character of the big stomach king, making Cao Song and Ding very happy, which made Cao Chi very pleasing to the eye.