Early the next morning, Guo Song went to the home of the last fallen soldier, a young soldier who had not yet married, and whose parents and brother lived outside Chang'an and worked as a farmer.

This soldier was also lucky, he was killed in the battle between Qiuzi and Tuyuhun troops, and the bones were brought back to Chang'an and handed over to his parents, brother and sister-in-law.

The two old men hugged their heads and cried in the house, but the brother and sister-in-law couldn't help but smile after a short period of sadness, five hundred taels of silver was an unimaginable wealth for them, they had to eat or drink for ten years to save this money, now this money can allow them to pay off all their debts, and can also buy hundreds of acres of farmland, so that they no longer have to bear the pain of tenant farmers.

Guo Song has tasted all kinds of life in the past few days, and he is not surprised by the joys and sorrows of the families of the deceased, after all, in this era, human life is lighter than a feather, but death is the norm, a piece of cloth, a piece of clothing, and a coffin is a soldier's death pension, and five hundred taels of silver is a huge wealth for the vast majority of the people, so how can the families of the fallen soldiers not be grieved and happy at the same time.

Although Guo Song paid a sky-high pension, he did not regret it, at least he was worthy of his conscience, worthy of the sacrifice of more than 200 fallen soldiers, at least he also gained the loyalty of 75 soldiers.

Back in the capital, Guo Song took a bath happily, went to the Duobao Pavilion in the East City to buy a pair of white jade longevity peaches, wrote a congratulatory note, and sent a soldier to send it to the Zhao Mansion.

Congratulatory gifts are particular, small families pay attention to people and congratulatory gifts together, and eunuchs or wealthy families are the first to send the gifts, on the day of the birthday, the guests do not have to carry the congratulatory gifts to the door.

There are also a lot of large families are guests to come to the door with a gift list, and then there is a master of ceremonies will read out the congratulatory gifts, congratulatory gifts are more, the host is happy, the guests will be complacent, double face, congratulatory gifts are less, the host is not happy, the guests are also secretly ashamed, this situation will generally appear in the squire or businessmen, the powerful and wealthy do not pay much attention to the gifts, how much will leave some face for the guests.

The Zhao family belongs to the middle class among the Guanlong nobles, which is also related to the status of their ancestor Zhao Gui's general, they do not have the noble bloodline of the Western Wei royal family, nor do they have the relationship between the Dugu clan, the Dou clan, the Changsun clan and the Li clan of the Tang Dynasty royal family.

From the beginning of the starting point is not high, the Zhao family has been in an embarrassing position in the Guanlong aristocracy, with the founding of the Tang Dynasty has passed a hundred years, especially after Wu Zetian severely cracked down on the Guanlong nobles and moved the capital to Luoyang, the status of the Guanlong nobles in the Tang Dynasty gradually declined.

It was not until the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion that the Guanlong nobles regained their status in the army and began to rise again.

Zhao Guanshan, the head of the Zhao family, made great contributions in the change of the emperor Li Longji, and was named the general of the left prison guard by Li Longji, and he sat in this position for more than ten years, and his son Zhao Tengjiao also performed well in Hexi, and was exceptionally promoted to the governor of Ganzhou, and the revival of the Zhao family is expected.

Therefore, this year coincides with Zhao Guanshan's 60th birthday, and the Zhao family wants to take this opportunity to hold a big birthday and improve the status of the Zhao family again.

The Zhao Mansion is located in Taipingfang, which is a huge mansion covering an area of 80 acres, and early in the morning, the Zhao Mansion will put up lanterns and set up a long table to welcome distinguished guests.

Dozens of Zhao family children began to get busy, and the gate of the Zhao Mansion was quite spacious, and they borrowed vacant land from the neighbors to park their guests.

Hundreds of invited singers and dancers are also rehearsing in the house, and the kitchen is also very lively, and the chefs invited by several of the most famous restaurants are competing in cooking.

Even the Meishou wine shop in the West City was also affected, and the Zhao family specially ordered a thousand bottles of Meishou small bottles of wine, and they sent out 500 invitations, according to each family sitting at a small table, and each table placed two bottles of wine.

Shoutang is located in the main hall of the atrium, a huge longevity character is hung on the wall, and auspicious things such as longevity peach, ginkgo and sesame are placed on the table, and there are two big longevity candles on both sides.

There are thirty small seats sitting alone in the Shou Hall, which are all sat by high-ranking officials of the imperial court, with names on them, such as the first seat on the right is His Royal Highness King Lu of the Prison State, followed by Xiangguo Yuanzai and so on.

Most of the seats are arranged in the middle courtyard and the east and west courtyards, and several greenhouses have been built.

However, not all guests can enjoy individual seating, and there are many joint seats, and at least ten people can sit around a hollow-shaped table.

Although the banquet did not start until the evening, many guests began to arrive from noon.

Luxury carriages were parked in the spacious open space in front of the mansion, and guests kept chatting and laughing at the gate.

This is not that the guests are anxious, but a tradition, in the ancient birthday banquets, wedding banquets and all kinds of dinner, to a certain extent, it is actually a kind of social platform, from the dignitaries to the ordinary people, will cherish this opportunity.

Some people want to cling to the powerful, some people want to make a business, some people want to be in the officialdom, and many people want to find a suitable marriage for their children, even if they don't have any ideas, they will think that they have a newly bought hairpin and wear it to show off, or they make a set of expensive clothes and wear it to overwhelm the aura of other women.

Therefore, among the guests who came to the banquet, the men were all dressed in the same way, wearing gauze hats, shirts, and leather belts around their waists, and the difference was only in the color of their shirts, or the various knick-knacks hanging on the leather belts around their waists.

But women are different, they do their best to dress themselves, from hairstyles, headdresses, rouge, clothing, and even manners, the front of the gate of Zhao's Mansion is pink, white and green, these are mostly young ladies, all dressed up beautifully, Chu Chu moving.

For the slightly older ladies, they are dressed up in floating and emerald flowers, rich and beautiful, and the precious pearls and emeralds on their heads alone are very eye-catching.

Even some old ladies are dressed in a graceful and luxurious manner.

In the afternoon, Guo Song also rode to Zhao's mansion, he changed into a light blue shirt today, wearing a gauze hat, and a leather belt around his waist, although his face looked a little black and thin, but he was tall and straight, and he was even more heroic and heroic.

Guo Song is riding a black King Kong today, usually in the capital activities, he will ride a slightly more ordinary Black King Kong most of the time, his fire dragon king is too eye-catching, will attract some ill-intentioned people to peep.

Guo Song came to the door of the Zhao Mansion, and a Zhao disciple stepped forward and said, "Son, is he here to attend the birthday banquet?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "The invitation that Governor Zhao sent me!" ”

"I see, give me the horse, Childe, please go and register."

Guo Song turned over and dismounted, handed the horse to the Zhao family's disciples, and the other party gave him a small bronze medal, "This is the voucher for taking the horse, Gongzi put it away!" ”

Generally, this kind of small brand is given to his entourage, but Guo Song has no entourage, and the brand can only be given to him.

Guo Song took the sign and put it in his arms, and walked quickly to the gate, there were more than a dozen people standing at the gate, it is estimated that several acquaintances met, several men talked happily, and several women also gathered together, while talking about something, but secretly looking at each other's clothes.

There were several girls wearing half-sleeved Luo skirts standing next to them, their hair combed into a moon-looking bun, and there was a casual chat, and when Guo Song came over, the eyes of several girls were immediately attracted to the past.

The Tang Dynasty was tall and fat, men were noble and strong, and women were plump, although the height of men in the Tang Dynasty was generally more than 1.75 meters, but the appearance of Guo Song, who was 1.9 meters tall, was still extraordinary.

Guo Song handed the invitation card to the Zhao children who were in charge of the reception, and several Zhao children were taken aback, they thought that Guo Song was coming with his parents, but they didn't expect that they were the main guests.

Zhao Tengjiao's second uncle Zhao Yunhai hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "It's rude, it just so happened that Tengjiao accompanied a few guests in, Gongzi signed in first, and then I immediately sent someone to find him." ”

Generally speaking, whoever sends the invitation will be received by whom, mainly for fear of not understanding the situation and snubbing the distinguished guests, in the wealthy and powerful people's homes, this kind of etiquette is very important, lest a little slack, will offend people.

Guo Song smiled: "Don't bother him, I'll just go in by myself." ”

It just so happened that Zhao Tengjiao was receiving several important high-ranking military officials, and he really couldn't get out, since the other party said so, Zhao Yunhai also pushed the boat and said: "Son, sign in first!" ”

Guo Song wrote down his name, and Zhao Yunhai pointed to the blank space next to him, "What kind of titles, honors, and the like does the son have?" Or what position did he hold in the imperial court? ”

Guo Song thought about it, and wrote down the words 'Lingwu County Hou'.

Zhao Yunhai was slightly stunned, the county marquis is from the third rank of the high lord, although it can not be compared with the third grade of the high official, but it is also a height that is difficult for ordinary people to reach, generally only distant royal families, relatives, or the sons of meritorious and powerful people will have such a high title, and the young man in front of him is in his early twenties! Could he be the child of some powerful person?

'Guo Song'? This name is faintly familiar, Zhao Yunhai suddenly woke up, could it be Guo Ziyi's nephew?

"I take the liberty of asking, what is the relationship between Guo Gongzi and Guo Lao Linggong?"

Guo Song smiled faintly, "He is my elder!" ”

Zhao Yunhai was even more convinced that Guo Song was Guo Ziyi's grandson, and he hurriedly greeted a disciple, "Old Seven, you take Guo Gongzi in and find him a place to rest!" ”

A young man nodded, stepped forward and smiled at Guo Song, "Guo Gongzi, please come with me?" ”

"Trouble!"

Guo Song followed the young man into the Zhao Mansion, Zhao Yunhai groaned, and suddenly said to himself: "No! ”

He just remembered that there was only one invitation to the Guo family, and it was impossible to invite Guo Ziyi's grandson alone, which was a relatively rude move, and this Guo Song should not be Guo Ziyi's grandson.

So whose son will he be?