Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Wu Maocai followed behind Guo Ye. Hearing Guo Ye's taunt just now, he couldn't help but say two words: "vulgar!"

It is really not easy for Wu Maocai to say these two words.

After entering the dining room, after Weng and his son-in-law sat down, about half an hour later, Chai Xiuxiu brought some servants into the dining room with some hot dishes and two pots of hot wine.

After the hot dishes were served, Chai Xiuxiu filled the glasses of wine for her father and husband one by one, then sat down and accompanied her at the same table.

After a few chopsticks of hot food and a few sips of warm wine, Guo Ye also calmed down from his happy and joyful vision of being a father, and then asked suspiciously: "Xiuxiu, it's strange to say that Zhenniang gave birth to a child." For such an important matter, my hometown didn’t send me a letter, even if I asked someone to deliver a message. Although my mother is old, she can’t be so careless.”

Chai Xiuxiu picked up the jug, poured another glass of wine for Guo Ye, and then questioned: "Yes, if Dad hadn't come to Chang'an this time, we wouldn't have known about it. But it's also my fault for my carelessness. It's time for Sister Zhenniang to give birth."

"Hi'er...why didn't you send it?"

Wu Maocai raised a glass to his daughter suddenly, beckoned her to pour himself a glass, and then said to Guo Ye: "If I remember correctly, on the second day after Zhenniang gave birth, your mother asked the servants from the house to come Chang'an sent you a letter. Oh. I remembered. On the way out of Shuzhong to Chang'an, I passed through Yongzhou. There was a riot there. I was almost trapped in Yongzhou and couldn't get out of the city. Alas, my luck Well, I'm afraid that the servant sent by your mother is still trapped in Yongzhou and can't get out. That's why you haven't received this letter from home."

"Yongzhou, riot?"

Guo Ye asked in surprise, "What's going on?"

Wu Maocai scratched his right cheek, and said in confusion: "I don't know very well, anyway, it seems that I heard that the Buddhist monks and Taoist priests in Yongzhou started to fight for some reason, and finally made troubles among Buddhist believers and Taoist believers in Yongzhou. Water and fire, that guy, the two sides are really moving guys, I heard that the temples and Taoist temples in Yongzhou

Many were burned, and many people died. "

"The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism? In Yongzhou??"

Guo Ye was at a loss when he heard that, where did this happen?

Driven by curiosity, he secretly made up his mind to go to the Ministry of War tomorrow to find out. For such a local riot, the Ministry of War should have received the urgent letter from Zhechong Duwei's Mansion in Yongzhou long ago, right?

Chai Xiuxiu saw that the good atmosphere just now was mentioned by the riot in Yongzhou, and immediately diluted a lot of joy. She glanced at her father angrily, and then saw Guo Ye was stunned, and quickly changed the subject, reminding: "Husband , now sister Zhenniang has given birth to a daughter for our Guo family, so as a father, you should choose a name for your daughter, right?"

Sure enough, when Xiuxiu changed the topic so much, Guo Ye immediately dispelled his thinking about the Yongzhou matter, then scratched his head, and said with a smile: "Yes, this is my first daughter of Guo Ye. You have to choose it yourself. Well, what a good name to choose? Don’t worry, wait for me to think about it.”

"Xiuxiu, what kind of meat is this? Why is it so fragrant and chewy?"

Wu Maocai was enjoying eating and drinking. He didn't care about Guo Ye's child's name, but asked his daughter with a piece of meat on his chopsticks.

Xiuxiu glanced at the meat slices, and subconsciously replied: "This is my father, oh, it is Huo Guogong, my biological father, and this is sent by someone from my biological father's old ministry in Xiangyang. Um... yes, this is Xiangyang The special product is called Xiangyang bacon, which smells delicious, so my daughter brought some back from Huo Guogong's mansion."

"Xiangyang bacon?"

Wu Maocai took a closer look at the sliced ​​meat on the chopsticks, stuffed it into his mouth and began to chew, while chewing, he praised: "This Xiangyang bacon is not bad, yes, it's really top quality! Xiu'er, I'll take it to my dad later." Wrap it up, and dad will take it back to Longxi to give the neighbors a taste of it."

When Wu Xiuxiu heard this, she immediately smiled and said, "Okay, I will give you all the things at home and take them back to Longxi, so that you can eat as much as you want."

"Wait a minute, father-in-law, what did you just say?"

Guo Ye, who was thinking hard about choosing a name for his daughter, suddenly asked Wu Maocai, "What did you say is the best?"

Wu Maocai was taken aback by Guo Ye's surprise, and pointed at a dish on the table with his chopsticks for no apparent reason, and said, "This is the best thing, the Xiangyang bacon that Xiu'er brought back from Huo Guogong's mansion." .”

"Okay, I figured it out!"

Guo Ye jumped up excitedly, pointed at the dish guided by Wu Maocai's chopsticks, and said, "May I name my daughter with Xiangyang bacon?"

Chai Xiuxiu was dumbfounded, covered her mouth and whispered, "Ah? How is this possible?"

Wu Maocai was also dumbfounded by Guo Ye's words, and asked incredulously, "What? You use this dish to name your child? It's called... Guo Smoked Meat?"

"Hey, your name is Guo Smoked Meat?"

Guo Ye talked back to Wu Maocai, and then said to Wu Xiuxiu: "Xiuxiu, instead of racking your brains to figure it out, it's better to give the child a name according to the fate. I've decided. The daughter of Zhenniang and I will be Take the first word of this dish."

Wu Xiuxiu didn't know why Guo Ye had to be so lazy in choosing a name, so she muttered to herself: "The first character is Xiang, so the eldest daughter of our Guo family will be called Guo Xiang? Guo Xiang, Guo Xiang, sounds nice!"

There was a smile full of nostalgia on Guo Ye's face, and then he stretched his arms and shouted, "Yes, this is the name of the first daughter of our Guo family, surnamed Guo Mingxiang, Guo Xiang!!!"

Chapter 886 Unfortunate

The fact that Guo Ye was happy to win the daughter Guo Xiang, and named his daughter with the name of the dish, spread in his Chang'an social circle. First, it was praised as a good talk. Hu Guoye's nature is straightforward.

Of course, when it reached the eyes of Changsun Wuji, Tang Jian, Cui Henian and others, it naturally aroused a lot of criticism, saying that Mr. Guo was vulgar and tasteless, ignorant and incompetent.

In the end, this matter spread to the palace, to the ears of His Majesty Li Er and Empress Changsun. After hearing this, the most valuable couple in the Tang Empire couldn't help but smile at each other knowingly, and didn't comment much.

That's right, when someone gives birth to a daughter with a name, it's raining and she wants to marry someone, so what's the matter?

Anyway, this is Guo Ye's own family affairs, he is happy and beautiful behind closed doors, no matter what other people say?

Afterwards, when he was promoted to be a father for the first time, Guo Ye naturally had to call friends and celebrate with great fanfare.

In the end, even His Majesty Li Er, Empress Changsun and his wife sent Father-in-Law Dong Shunshun to send congratulatory gifts, which immediately aroused the envy and jealousy of all the guests present at the Guo Mansion.

Everyone in the world knows that His Majesty Li Er highly admires Wang Xizhi, the sage of calligraphy, and likes to read and study Wang Xizhi's regular script, but rarely gives his own calligraphy to his courtiers. The family has a daughter who has just grown into "seven regular scripts. Father-in-law Pai Shun personally brought it to Yizhou Marquis Mansion and presented it to Guo Ye.

Guo Ye naturally treasured the ink treasures of His Majesty Li Er, because he knew that the authentic handwriting of His Majesty Li Er would be regarded as the most important treasure of the country in later generations, and it was invaluable.He was thinking about preserving this calligraphy as a family heirloom and passing it on to future generations. If future generations do not live up to it, no matter how bad it is, he can rely on this painting of His Majesty Li Er's calligraphy to be rich and worry-free for the rest of his life.

On the second day after Guo Mansion celebrated, Huo Guogong Chai Shao sent his eldest son Chai Ling Wenchai to Yizhou Hou Mansion. Besides congratulating Guo Ye, he asked Xiuxiu to take his adoptive father Wu Maocai to Huo Guogong Mansion for a while.

Firstly, this is the time when Chai Shao's love and family affection are overflowing, so naturally he misses his daughter again; secondly, he also wants to meet Wu Maocai, the great benefactor who has raised his daughter for more than ten years.

Of course, this is what Wu Maocai has been thinking about since he came to Chang'an.

With his philistine temperament, after knowing that he was the daughter of Huo Guogong, the son-in-law of the dynasty, for more than ten years, how could he go deep into Baoshan and return?Naturally, it is unavoidable to get more benefits from Chai Shao, so the trip to Chang'an is not allowed.

On the same day, Chai Xiuxiu took Wu Maocai and his elder brother Chai Lingwen together, and left home for Duke Huo's mansion.

Guo Ye didn't go with Xiuxiu and his cheap father-in-law and brother-in-law, but chose to stay at home, because besides going to and from get off work in the Ministry of Rites, he was always thinking about one thing in his heart.

This incident was the riot in Yongzhou mentioned by his father-in-law Wu Maocai on the first day he came.

It stands to reason that local riots are such a major event, but he never heard of them in Chang'an from the beginning to the end, and there is something strange about them, which he has always brooded in his heart.

Immediately after seeing off Xiuxiu and the others to leave the mansion, he let his servants harness the carriage and headed straight to the imperial city.

After entering the imperial city, he didn't go to the Ministry of Rites for the first stop, but went to the yamen of the Ministry of War to find Minister of the Ministry of War and Li Jing, Duke of the State of Wei, to inquire about the matter.

He had worked in the Ministry of War before, so he was naturally familiar with the way, and the yamen guards also knew the well-known Hou Guoye of Yizhou.

It was easy for him to enter the yamen of the Ministry of War, and after inquiring, it turned out that Duke of Wei, Li Jing, was caught in the cold by accident today, so he did not sit in the yamen of the Ministry of War.

The person who received him was also an old acquaintance of his, his old boss in the military department of the Ministry of War, Xue Xiong, the military commander.Of course, the current Xue Xiong is no longer a military commander. Since the fall of Wang Junshi, the right servant of the Ministry of War, Xue Xiong has successfully taken over the position of Wang Junshi's right servant with Guo Ye's secret help.

For Guo Ye's sudden visit, Xue Xiong was really surprised. He kindly introduced Guo Ye into his office room, which was the office room where Wang Junshi, the right servant of the Ministry of War, received Guo Ye.

After Guo Ye and Xue Xiong came to the official room, Xue Xiong smiled and said: "Yizhou Marquis, oh no, it should be Guo Shilang, haha, Xue has long heard that you are valued by the sage, and you have been appointed as the left servant of the Ministry of Rites. It's a pity Ah, since the divisions of the various armies returned to the court, Xue has been busy with the affairs of the Ministry of War, and has not visited Guo Shilang's mansion. By the way, I also heard that you have recently received a daughter, tsk tsk, what a pity and congratulations, I really want to congratulate Guo Shilang."

For Guo Ye, Xue Xiong was grateful from the bottom of his heart. If it wasn't for Guo Ye's help, he might not have been able to keep his position as a soldier, let alone succeeding Wang Junshi.