Three Kingdoms

When Fei Qian and Hangu Pass met and exchanged greetings, they found out that Hangu Pass had nothing to do with Zheng Xuan, the high-density Zheng family, and belonged to the Zheng family in Xingyang...

Speaking of which, there are some special similarities between the Gaomi Zheng family and the Xingyang Zheng family.

The Zheng family of Gaomi is the ancestor of the Zheng Kingdom. It is not the name of a country, but the name of a person. According to legend, it is one of the seventy-two disciples of Confucius. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Zheng family of Gaomi can be regarded as a heirloom of poetry and calligraphy.

The ancestor of the Zheng family in Xingyang was also the Zheng State, but this Zheng State was a country. It was enfeoffed during the period of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty. After the country was destroyed, the surname was still Zheng.

How big or small are the two Zheng families? The Zheng family in Xingyang is relatively bigger.

The Hangu Pass Order was a member of the Zheng family in Xingyang. Zheng Ke, whose courtesy name was Zirong, was very happy to see Fei Qian. He was very enthusiastic and insisted on giving Fei Qian a banquet. He even invited the captain Guo Pu to come.

Fei Qian was also very kind and could not refuse, so he agreed and went to the table with Zheng Kui. Huang Cheng, who came with Fei Qian, was taken by a servant of the Zheng family and had a separate seat at the back of the hall.

After Fei sneaked into his seat, servants from the Zheng family came in and offered some syrupy dried fruits and the like as a pre-dinner snack.

Zheng Kuai pointed at the bowl of soup in front of him and said with a smile: "Servant Fei has invited me. This is a miscellaneous soup. It was passed down by Yongzhou and has a unique flavor."

Hearing this, Fei Qian lowered his head and looked at the mushy bowl in front of him. It seemed to be a soup with some sour taste. There were some large and small beans floating in it, as well as some things like wheat kernels, sorghum, millet, rice, etc. , there are still a little bit of sesame seeds floating on the surface of the soup. In terms of materials, it is quite abundant. If nothing else, the sesame seeds alone are very rare and cannot be obtained by ordinary people.

Fei Qian covered it slightly with his sleeves, picked up the bowl and took a sip.

cold.

It has a slightly sour taste, which seems to have undergone some fermentation, and there is also a hint of sweetness and alcohol, and then the mouth is filled with the fragrance of grains. A variety of beans and grains are mixed together, and they all look like they are complete in appearance, but in fact they are all stewed to a pulp, and they soften on the tip of the tongue without even chewing.

What a purely natural drink.

Fei Qian nodded and praised: "It produces fluid and quenches thirst. It has a rich fragrance of grain. It's really a good product."

Zheng Kuai chuckled and touched his beard, obviously getting Fei Qian's approval. As the host, he felt very happy, so he picked up the bowl and invited Fei Qian to drink with him again.

Zheng Ke took a sip and put down the bowl. Before he could speak, he heard a rough voice coming from outside the hall, "Ah haha, it's rare for Zheng Guanling to invite a rough guy like me, why are you so cheerful today?"

Zheng Ke almost choked. He smiled bitterly and cupped his hands towards Fei Qian. He said in a very low voice: "The person coming is Captain Guo Pu. Well, there are no words..."

Immediately, a person came outside the hall. He was short and stocky. He was not wearing any armor. He was not even wearing a middle coat. He seemed to be wearing a war robe on top of his small clothes and a big cloak. He just came here. …

As they got closer, Captain Guo Pu seemed to realize that there was another person in the hall, and was stunned for a moment.

Zheng Ke quickly smiled and said: "Come on, Captain Guo, this is the disciple of Cai Zhonglang, the assistant minister of Zuo Department, He Luo Feiqian, Fei Ziyuan!" Then he turned to Fei Qian and said, "This is Captain Guo Pu, the subordinate of Guo Zhonglang. My brother..."

Fei Qian and Guo Pu quickly greeted each other.

Captain Guo Pu said "Uh-huh" twice and held back a sentence: "Servant Fei is young and promising. I have admired him for a long time..." and then he was speechless.

Fei Qian smiled. The man in front of him was obviously a rough man without much education, so he didn't take it seriously and said, "Captain Guo, just feel free to do whatever you want..."

Guo Pu was obviously relieved, laughed, and said: "That's right! I haven't studied any poetry and books, and I really can't speak Mandarin! Thank you, Minister Fei!"

Zheng Ke's smiling face seemed to have never changed. Seeing that Fei Qian and Guo Pu had greeted each other, he invited them to sit down.

Guo Pu sat down and saw the sesame soup in front of him. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. He picked it up with a sigh, drank it all in one gulp, smacked his lips, exhaled a long breath, and said "cool" "The word came, and then he said to Zheng Kui: "Zheng Guanling, why didn't you take out such a good thing earlier... Ah, I haven't tasted the taste of my hometown for a long time..."

Zheng Ke smiled and said unhurriedly: "This is what I got recently. If Captain Guo is happy, you might as well drink more."

"Okay!" Guo Pu was not polite and directly greeted the servant of the Zheng family on the side, asking him to pour another bowl, and finished it in two gulps. After drinking three bowls in total, he stopped with satisfaction. Come down.

Guo Pu, Guo Zhonglang, the younger brother of Zhonglang General Guo Si?

While Fei Qian watched Guo Pu drinking sesame soup with great interest, he thought that if Dong Zhuo wanted to return to Chang'an westward, he would have to pass through this place, so he would definitely not send anyone from the Guandong gentry faction to stay and defend here, so he sent Guo Si's younger brother came to garrison here.

Fei Qian also took a sip of the sesame soup, and secretly glanced at Zheng Ke through the cover of his sleeves. He found that Zheng Ke had his head slightly lowered, his eyes were looking at his nose, and his nose was looking at his mouth. He seemed to still have that smile on his lips. changes...

Fei Qian suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart. This matter was somewhat interesting.

First, Zheng Ke invited him enthusiastically, and then invited Guo Pu to attend the banquet. So, the whole steps and links were reasonable and there was no problem. However, it seemed that Guo Pu had an obvious look of surprise when he saw him. According to the Judging from Guo Pu's character, he was not deliberately pretentious, which means that when Zheng Kuai went to invite, he either didn't make it clear, or Guo Pu didn't hear clearly...

The military use of Hangu Pass is obviously greater than that of civil affairs, so in fact the captain Guo Pu is more important than the order of Hangu Pass, and Zheng Ke is from a noble family, how could he not even ask why or who he invited? Tell me in detail?

Of course it might be an oversight.

Now that the guests and hosts were seated, the banquet officially started. After a while, the Zheng family's servants began to file in, bringing out barbecued mutton ribs, soup and some fruits and vegetables.

Zheng Kuai raised the wine cup with a smile and invited Fei Qian and Guo Pu to drink together. Fei Qian and Zheng Ke both drank half of the drink, but Guo Pu drank it all with a gulp. Then, without waiting for Zheng Ke's invitation, he grabbed a piece of barbecued lamb ribs and started chewing them.

In comparison, Zheng Ke and Fei Qian were more polite. According to the custom of the nobles, they used a silver knife to cut off the meat from the mutton ribs and then eat it.

Knives and forks were not invented in the West. At least in the Han Dynasty, Fei Qian often used them when eating meat and other foods.

Fei Qian raised the wine cup to invite Zheng Kuai to drink, and asked casually: "How long has Zheng Guan ordered to live here?"

Zheng Ke also raised his wine cup, took a sip, and said, "I have no talent, and I have been serving the Hangu Pass Order for four years."

four years ago?

So Zheng Ke should be the local snake in Hangu Pass, and this Guo Pu...

Thinking of this, Fei Qian asked Guo Pu for a drink and said casually, "Did Captain Guo stationed at Hangu Pass before?"

Guo Pu was biting and pulling the meat on the lamb's ribs hard. When he heard this, he stopped, chewed the meat in his mouth twice, and after swallowing it, he said: "No, I was in Guanzhong before, and I just came to this place." It hasn’t been long since the shit happened…”

Birds don’t poop…

Okay, let’s forget about this for now, but this situation is a bit strange.

Kong Ming looked at it and said with a smile: "I have seen this lord before."

Xuande smiled and said: "That's nonsense again. Have you ever seen it before?"

Kong Ming smiled and said: "Although I have never met him before, I look so kind, and it feels like we are seeing each other again after a long separation."

Xuande smiled and said: "This is really great! This makes us more harmonious."

The poem "Wang Ningmei" says:

One is a famous scholar in Longzhong, and the other is a heroic hero in Zhuozhou.

He said that if there was no chance, why did he meet him?

If there is a romance, why are they all lies?

One was crying all the time, and the other was intellectually cheating.

One is riding a four-wheeler and the other is riding a horse.

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