Chapter 382: Two Thin Gifts
Guo Shouxiang glanced at the truck following behind and shook his head secretly.
The truck was new, but it was dusty. The truck is covered with tarpaulin, and you can't see what the car is inside, but you can see from the dirty tarpaulin that there is nothing good in it!
The people who participated in the banquet were all figures with heads and faces, and if they took one out and stomped their feet, the imperial city would tremble. What good things can you bring from Jiyuan is just some local products at best.
Just ask, which of these tattered things that are not worth three melons and two dates will be worth it? With all this, I want to make friends with others, what good things do I want?
Guo Shouxiang really wanted to stop the carriage, even if it was both soft and hard, and asked Li Feibai to leave these things in the mansion. Otherwise, when the time comes, Li Feibai will take some local products and give them to the people attending the banquet, isn't that in the cold people? Let his face go!
But now that he was in a hurry to attend the banquet, he had no time to persuade Li Feibai to give up this idea, so he had to let it go for the time being. When you get to the place where you go to the banquet, let's figure it out!
On the carriage of Guo Shouxiang's house, the word "Guo" is carved, and the words "Taibao Mansion" are still branded in conspicuous places.
No matter who it is, as long as it is not a relative of the emperor, and sees the badge of the word "Guo" and the brand of the Taibao Mansion, they all know that this is the car of the Guo Taibao family, and they are afraid to avoid it.
Even if there is no badge with the word "Guo" on the carriage, and there is no brand with the words "Taibao Mansion" in conspicuous places, with the luxury of the carriage gilded and inlaid with silver, it does not dare to provoke casually, and it is afraid that it will not be too late.
The carriage galloped away, and the oncoming people, whether they were carriages and horses or pedestrians, dodged out of the way, and it didn't take long to reach the place where Wu Jing and the guests were treated.
Li Feibai's truck hadn't arrived yet, Guo Shouxiang was willing to wait outside the door, quietly picked up one of Li Feibai's arms and walked to the door.
As long as he went in, Li Feibai didn't want to take the things on the truck in. As long as the things on the truck don't go in, he won't be embarrassed by Li Feibai.
The housekeeper of Wu Jinghe's house, who was guarding the door, saw Guo Shouxiang coming, and stepped forward, saying: "The fourth prince Guo is coming, and the small one is far away." My master has been welcoming inside, Guo Sigongzi, please! ”
Guo Shouxiang nodded secretly!
The housekeeper invited by Wu Jinghe really has a good eye, just glanced at the car, and didn't need to look at the invitation at all, he knew who was coming. Under the leadership of a servant, he led Li Feibai and Lu Shili towards the inside!
The yard of Wu Jinghe's house is huge! It used to be the mansion of a certain Shangshu's family, and after the Shangshu returned to his hometown, the yard was sold to others, and after several turns, it was purchased by Wu Jinghe.
In fact, in the capital, it is not easy to buy such a large mansion, especially the mansion where Shangshu lived, and it is not something that can be bought with money.
Wu Jinghe, as a mere martial artist, was able to buy such a large mansion, and no one was secretly doing it, how could it be!
From this, it can also be seen that the Queen Mother likes Wu Jinghe, and it is not groundless that she is ready to marry the emperor's third sister. Otherwise, with Wu Jinghe's ability, it would be impossible to buy such a large mansion after guarding the capital for three lifetimes, and it was the mansion where Shangshu lived.
Wu Jinghe, the place where the hero's banquet was held, was in the back flower courtyard. In the past, the place where the opera was sung was dressed up as a ring. Although it looks like a ring, it has no intention of fighting, and there are three tables on it.
Around the stage, there are more than a dozen tables, and the cold dishes on the table have been served, but no one is seated, and everyone gathers in a corner of the stage.
It is full of swords, guns, swords, halberds, stone locks for training strength, and arrow targets for training the head, which seem to have been temporarily transformed into a martial arts training ground.
At this time, there are two sons, who are testing their arm strength, one of them is carrying a stone lock, and he is lifting it above his head one by one, and the person next to him is counting!
These two sons are old acquaintances of Guo Shouxiang. One is the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and Fan Guanlou, the son of the Governor of the Left Governor's Mansion of the Later Army. One is Liu Xianshui, the son of Admiral Liu's family who guards the border pass.
Both of them are first-class officials, the difference is only that one is a capital official and the other is a frontier official. It is precisely because the two of them are both the same product that they are qualified to participate in today's hero meeting.
Fan Guanlou is fatter than Liu, and it seems that he wants to win this competition!
Guo Shouxiang knows that Fan Guanlou's fat is fat, Liu Shanshui's thinness is lean, and in the end, it must be Liu Shanshui's victory!
He smiled and said: "Why is Liu Dashao compared with Fan Dashao again, why don't you let Fan Dashao win once today?" ”
Guo Shouxiang spoke, not because he was happy to see the two, so he spoke. Instead, he reminded everyone present that he Guo Shouxiang was here. Otherwise, no one knew that he was coming, and he stood there stupidly in a daze, wouldn't he be left out in the cold.
Liu Xianshui said with a smile: "Okay, just listen to Guo Sishao and let Fan Dashao win once!" With that, put down the stone lock in his hand.
Fan Guanlou was very dissatisfied and said, "What is this called!" Originally, I was going to win, but it was like you let me, and I won! His dissatisfaction was pretended, after all, Guo Shouxiang had arrived, how could he not come forward to greet him.
also put down the stone lock in his hand, greeted him with Liu Xianshui, and said, "Guo Sishao, are you finally here?" We have to see each other in two days, and we're going to get drunk tonight. ”
Guo Shouxiang smiled: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" ”
The others also stepped forward to greet them, and then a soft cough came from outside the crowd.
Everyone knows that it is Wu Jinghe, the owner of this room, who wants to get to know Guo Shouxiang, and he is interested in opening a way.
Wu Jinghe snorted and said, "Presumably, this young and promising son is the fourth son of Guo Taibao's family, Guo Shouxiang Guo Sishao!" ”
Guo Shouxiang hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand, saying: "You must be Wu Jing and Brother Wu, I have long heard of Brother Wu's name, and I am really fortunate to see the true face today!" ”
Wu Jinghe said: "What is the eldest brother and the second brother, Lao Wu doesn't dare to be it." If Guo Sishao can afford to look down on Lao Wu, he will call Lao Wu, and he will not dare to be so polite! ”
Guo Shouxiang said: "It's okay to call you Lao Wu, but there is one condition!" ”
Wu Jinghe said: "What conditions! ”
Guo Shouxiang said: "You have to call me Xiao Guo!" ”
Wu Jinghe said: "Then I will be bold and presumptuous, and call you Xiao Guo." ”
Guo Shouxiang said: "I'm younger than you, if you don't call me Xiao Guo, is it possible to call me Lao Guo?" Even if I'm older than you, you can't call me Lao Guo, that's not misleading, I'm an old pot of stewed duck. ”
One sentence made everyone laugh, and it also made the two people who met for the first time a little closer.
Guo Shouxiang continued: "I came in a hurry, I didn't prepare any gifts, I only prepared two small gifts, and I asked Lao Wu to accept them." As he spoke, he asked Lu Shili and Li Feibai to hand over the two wooden boxes they were holding in their hands.
Fan Guanlou is a good drinker, every time he goes out to drink with Guo Shouxiang and Liu Shanshui, he prepares the wine.
Recently, there is a saying in the capital that tobacco and alcohol are not separated. Wine is too white wine, smoke is naturally cigar smoke, and there is a saying that drinking too white wine is more compatible with smoking cigars.
Therefore, every time Fan Guanlou prepares wine, he naturally pairs it with cigar smoke.
He recognized the two wooden boxes at a glance, one for Taibai wine and the other for cigar smoke.