Guo Biao's Yue Guo Mansion is on the main street of Changle Fang. Although he pretended to supervise Yanshan for less than half a year, the soldiers under his command successively achieved three brilliant feats in Heishui City, Yanshan Mountain and Poor Mountain, and they were in the limelight for a while, and their prestige in the army was even more swaying to catch up with Xiao Yang. The Ministry of War originally proposed to confer the title of Pillar State and the title of Founding Duke of the Ninth Dynasty. It was only to plan for his future and leave him a ladder of progress in advance, that the proposal was rejected by the Prime Minister's Office; In the end, he only promoted to the Zhu State and was awarded the seventh Yue Guo Gong. Since his merits cannot be reflected in the lord, he has to make a fuss elsewhere. This Yue Guo Mansion is renovated on the old residence of a prince in the period of Xianzong, the pattern of the instrument is extremely magnificent, the two people who occupy most of the street are high on the black wall of the blue brick into a ridge copper tile for the eaves, two zhang six feet high on the gate of the three wings, the left wing is inscribed with "meritorious service in the world", the right wing is written "swallowing Xuanshuo", the secondary plaque of the middle wing is "absolutely desert rampant", it is the positive plaque of four gilded characters.

Yue Guo Gong Mansion

The four black-lacquered doors under the gatehouse were closed, and a green-robed military academy stood in front of each of the four pillars, pressing the handle of the waist knife with one hand, and standing still like nails. The two newly carved stone beasts in front of the stairs are even more hideous, with teeth and claws, which is exactly in line with the general identity of the owner of the mansion.

Shang Cheng dismounted not far from the gate of the mansion, but he did not stop here. A few steps further is the Yimen of Guofu, Li Feng took a few steps forward and went to the Yimen to report first.

Xue Xun also got out of the car, instructed the coachman's entourage to go back first, walked to Shang Cheng's side and stood side by side with him, and made the appearance of coming to visit Guo Biao with Shang Cheng. In this way, even if outsiders see three carts of gifts parked on the street, it is not good to say that Shang Cheng condescended to come to visit Guo Biao one by one, and he knows if the gifts of these three carts were given to him Xue Xun? With his dealings with Shang Yanshan, a few carts of miscellaneous gifts are not too valuable, right? Of course, he also knew very well in his heart that this kind of thinking was just wishful thinking to cover his ears and steal the bell. Everyone understands the truth of the Wenwu Path; and does not touch his hometown, he will never go to the house of General Zhuguo to give gifts for no reason. But all he wanted was to do Shang Yanshan a small favor. If someone talks about this, Shang Cheng can move him out as a "shield".

Today's Guo family is extraordinary. Especially a few days ago, after the martial arts exercise, the old military colleagues in the past came to visit, and almost stepped on the threshold of the Guo family. Now that someone came to pay homage with gifts, the pedestrians and idlers on the street stopped one after another, stood on the side of the road and pointed at Xue Shang and whispered to them. At present, it is just in time for the Yamen to just disperse, and the officials of the Yamen have come and gone, and there are many people who know Xue Xun, looking at him as the first waiter of the six departments, but accompanied by a young man with an unfamiliar appearance and ugly description standing in front of the door of Yue Guogong's house, no need to ask, it must be the younger generation in the high gate who came to take Guo Biao's door; It is also a parking place in Zhuma to watch from afar. There are also people who are familiar with Xue Xun, looking for an excuse to come over and greet him, and inquire about Shang Cheng's origin.

Just as Xue Xun was humming and greeting his acquaintances, as soon as the door was opened, a man in housekeeper uniform led seven or eight servants to trot out, sweeping all the way down from the gate to the stone steps and then to the green bricks in front of the steps. As the creaking doorway rotated, the four closed doors slowly opened to both sides, and Guo Biao, wearing a black gauze head and a Xuanqing robe, led seven neatly dressed young people, who were already waiting in the threshold to bow with their hands; When the gate was completely open, Guo Biao stepped out of the threshold and gave another long salute on the stone steps; didn't wait for Shang Cheng to return the salute to speak, and walked down the stone steps quickly, and bowed with both hands on his forehead......

From the time of the servant of the Guo Mansion, the people around him who were watching the excitement gradually stopped talking. Everyone held their breath and stared intently. When the four doors of the Yue Guo Mansion were opened, Cousin Guo led his sons and nephews to greet the guests, and the breath in the crowd suddenly suffocated, and then there was a loud discussion. What kind of noble person can make the famous Yue Guogong open the middle door and descend to welcome him? What's more, from the beginning to the end, Yue Guogong didn't raise his head, obviously not because he couldn't but didn't dare, he was afraid that his behavior would be out of order and collide with the people who came to visit one by one, two days ago, Xiao Laoshuai and Poyang Hou visited one after another, and he didn't see him so cautious? And at that time, they were only greeted at the Yimen......

From the first time he saw Guo Biao, Shang Cheng's mouth couldn't close. He opened his mouth and stared at Guo Biao in a daze, saluting all the way, and he couldn't react at all. He was completely frightened by Guo Biao's etiquette. His mind was a little confused, and he couldn't figure out what Guo Biao was doing at all. He just came to meet this guy in response to the words that this guy brought to Zhongshan, why did Guo Biao come up with such a grand etiquette? Open the middle door to welcome guests, this ceremony is already too grand to be grand; It was so big that he didn't dare to accept it at all. As far as he knew, there were not a few who did not open the door of the eunuch gentry's house for many years; Some people have never opened the gate since they installed the gate in the courtyard. His mansion in Yanshan has not been open since he was beaten as a fake commander. According to the ancient rites, it is not the most virtuous and respected teachers and elders to arrive, and there is no reason for the door to be open. Of course, when welcoming the edict of the Son of Heaven, it is also necessary to open the door. But there are only three or five types of edicts of the Son of Heaven of Da Zhao, either to the heavens and the earth or to the ancestors, and the other is to announce the death of the old emperor and the new emperor's accession to the throne, all of which are publicly read out to the world; He had not heard of the edict being pronounced to a particular person alone. As for the other three types of documents handed over to the Son of Heaven to be printed and distributed in seals, such as the book of preparation, the letter of pardon, and the letter of edict, they belong to the descending official documents, and there is no step to read them, at most they are handed over by the officials designated by the imperial court face-to-face......

Xue Xun had already retreated to the side. He was also stunned by Guo Biao's grand etiquette. However, he has also been an official for many years, with deep experience and smart practice, and after thinking silently in his heart, he faintly guessed Guo Biao's thoughts. Seeing Guo Biao go down for a long time, Shang Cheng didn't react, so he coughed heavily.

With his reminder, Shang Cheng hurriedly took two steps forward, reached out to hold Guo Biao's arm and picked him up, and whispered to blame: "Old Guo, what are you doing?" I'm just here to talk to you, and by the way, to congratulate you on your promotion and fortune. One by one, you make such a big fuss about etiquette, I don't dare to come to your door again in the future. ”

Guo Biao stood upright and said, "The general is joking." Although the watch is stubborn, he does not dare to forget his roots. I think my Guo family can have today's prosperity, all because of the gift of the general. The kindness of the general, the old and young of the Guo family, are all remembered in their hearts at all times. He did not say any more words of thanks, but waved his hand, pointed to the seven men who were standing respectfully in front of the stone steps with their heads bowed, and said, "General, these are the three sons and two nephews of the post. ”

Seven people reached the ground with their hands in their hands at the same time, and said loudly: "Uncle, good." ”

Shang Cheng looked at the seven people, the first two must be older than himself, and the latter few are not the same age as himself but they are not going anywhere, and he habitually wants to return the courtesy, even if he has a relationship with Guo Biao's peers, but others are much older than him, at least he has to pay back the first half of the courtesy, right? But as soon as his arm moved, he was grabbed by Guo Biaoqiang, and it wasn't until the seven people got up after saluting that he took Shang Cheng's hand and said to his nephew: "This is the uncle I often mention to you." Xiaocheng and Ziyuan, you are a martial artist, and you don't need me to tell you if you have any extra words, as long as you can learn a lot from your uncle, it will be enough for you to use it for a lifetime. Lianshan, Chengye, Youxiang, although the three of you are good at writing, you can also ask your uncle for advice on academic matters. Yiyi Your uncle is a close friend of Li Mu and Li Dingyi, and he is also proficient in essays, arithmetic, astronomy, and geography. To ...... with Xiaowen"

Shang Cheng heard him praise himself in public at length, and he was already so ashamed that his face was covered with hot sweat. It wasn't that Guo Biao was pulling his arm and didn't let go, he had long wanted to find a hole in the ground and plunge into it. Guo Biao who suffered from the plague! Boasting is just a matter of talking in private, where is there anyone who speaks praises in front of the crowd of spectators on the street? But he couldn't stop Guo Biao from speaking. After all, people are teaching their children and nephews a lesson, and if he interjects and interrupts, it will have a great impact on Guo Biao's prestige.

However, he now understands which play Guo Biao is singing today. From Guo Biao's invitation to Zhongshan, to the opening of the mansion to greet him, to the introduction of the Guo family's sons and nephews, he was obviously telling himself that he had broken away from Xiao Jian and become a member of Yanshan......