[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

This move was very sudden, Cui Song thought Guo Jia had suffered another foot injury, and almost reached out to help him.

But Guo Jia kowtowed and said, "It's Jia's fault, making my uncle suffer."

The old man stretched out his hand to signal Guo Jia to get up: "You didn't know that I was trapped here, so why not?"

Guo Jia's uncle?

Cui Song was a little surprised, held his breath and listened to the old man tell his story.

The old man was in the same vein as Guo Jia's grandfather, a branch of the Guo family, a large family in Yingchuan. Although they were not considered prominent, they were also well-to-do.

In the generation of Guo Jia's father, the family was affected by the disaster of the party, and because of the war, they had to move west to seek refuge.

On their way to avoid disaster, they met the vicious Zags...

At that time, more than [-] members of the Guo family who moved westward were almost all killed at the hands of the Zags. Only Guo Jia and two other young students who were studying abroad escaped.

"I should have died under the butcher's knife of this group of thieves half a year ago. I never thought that although the leader of the thieves regarded the Han people as livestock, he was interested in the Han people's military art." The old man showed a look of hatred or sarcasm, " Knowing that I happened to know some Xiongnu language, the bandit actually asked me to translate the Art of War...It's really ridiculous, how could I, Guo Ding, help the evildoers? But, if it's just me..."

The old man stretched out his skinny hand and picked up a ball of felt cloth from the couch.

Guo Jia seemed to have guessed something: "This is—"

The old man lifted a corner of the felt cloth, revealing a small face that belonged to a baby.

"This is Yi'er, the son of your twelfth brother (Guo) Han. In order for Yi'er to survive, I had no choice but to pretend to be a promise to translate military books for him."

Guo Jia was somewhat surprised by this answer.Because his No.12 cousin, Guo Han, was studying abroad like him at the time.At that time, it was never heard that Guo Han's wife and concubine were pregnant, so when the old man said that this was Guo Han's son, Guo Jia almost thought he had heard wrong.

"Don't doubt it, this is indeed Twelve's child." For some reason, the old man didn't give any further explanations, but only confirmed the child's identity, let Guo Jia hug him, and put the child back on the couch, "Jia'er also At the age of reaching the crown... I was delayed by this accident."

The old man let out a long sigh, ignored Guo Jia's dissuasion, and struggled to get up from the couch, "Your father and grandfather are no longer here, so I will let the old man wear the crown for you."

Crowning symbolizes adulthood, and it is also a kind of blessing and expectation.

Due to the special circumstances, the complicated crowning ceremony was simplified a lot, but the old man became more solemn because of this, personally offering the utensils and praying for his nephew and grandson.

After crowning, it is to take the word.

"Don't be afraid of danger, enter a chaotic place; plan calmly, avenge the shame of your father. You are young and talented, and you will never forget to serve your parents; revenge for your father is not afraid of life and death. Filial piety is commendable... This is 'filial piety'. "

"From today on, 'Fengxiao' is your character."

After Guo Jia got the words, he helped Guo Ding, who was on the verge of collapse, to the couch.

Years of torture had already emptied Guo Ding's spirit, and once he was freed, he looked like he was exhausted.

Guo Jia asked him to have a good rest, hugged Guo Yi himself, and walked out of the tent.

The little baby was less than one year old, thin and weak, but very well-behaved, neither crying nor fussing in Guo Jia's arms, he opened his eyes and looked around curiously.

Guo Jia didn't go far and stopped.Seeing his solemn expression, Cui Song thought he was still immersed in grief and couldn't extricate himself, so he whispered a few words of comfort to him.Unexpectedly, Guo Jia stopped him, and asked as if facing an enemy: "What should a child at this age eat?"

Cui Song was silent for a moment, and said uncertainly: "It should be breast milk... something like cow and goat milk."

Damn, how does he know what ancient babies ate, and a pack of modern milk powder will solve the problem.

Cui Song didn't know that Guo Jia was more ignorant than him in this regard.After hearing what he said, without saying a word, he took Guo Yi to find Bai Rong... to ask for a female horse.

Bai Rong had someone squeeze the mare's milk and bring it over, and then a new problem arose: Guo Yi refused to drink it.

Guo Jia tasted the mare's milk, and a fishy smell lingered on his tongue, making it hard to swallow.

How to get rid of the fishy smell in mare's milk——If you are a reader of Jiang's novels all the year round, you will definitely list the answers such as almonds and tea leaves.

But when this question fell on Cui Song and Guo Jia...

Cui Song: It seems that you need to add vinegar to remove the fishy smell?

Guo Jia: I remember a record of anecdotes that the wild garlic (garlic) introduced by Zhang Qian from the Western Regions can remove the fishy smell, why don't you try it?

So Guo Yi experienced vinegar horse milk and wild garlic milk successively.

The well-behaved Guo Yi burst into tears.

In the end, Yuan Niang, who had just arrived here, couldn't see it, and asked someone to take the fragrant and deodorized camellia, and just rescued the little Guo Yi.

Cui Song and Guo Jia were scolded by Yuan Niang eagerly and taught countless common sense about parenting.

After tossing for a long time, she didn't let the two go until it was completely dark.

From then on, Yuan Niang took over the task of taking care of Guo Yi, and arranged his diet and daily life in person without any help from others.

It was night, because it hadn't been long since the camp was captured, and everyone had no time to arrange accommodation, so they had to be allocated according to the original houses, and several people crowded into one room.

Of the three yurts on the east side of the main tent, Yuanniang, Qiao Ji and the female slave who had taken care of Guo Yi occupied the easternmost one to take care of the young Guo Yi together.

Cui Song and Guo Jia lived in the yurt on the west side, which was some distance away from the one on the east side, but they could arrive in time if there was any urgent matter.

Guo Jia sat under the lamp, flipping through a book he found somewhere.

Cui Song, who was lying on the couch with salted fish, was really bored, a carp straightened up, ready to put on his coat and go for a walk.

Guo Jia put down the book in his hand and glanced at him.

"It's so cold outside, it's better not to go out."

Cui Song paused, remembering that this is the ancient times without down jackets, the charcoal fire was burned inside, and there was a certain airtightness, so it was not so cold, and there were mountains and nights outside...

Cui Song fell back sleepily.

Guo Jia knew that he was bored, so he thought about it: "I heard that Cui Di is proficient in rhythm, and he is excellent in both poetry and prose..."

Cui Song: No, thank you.

As soon as he heard the beginning of Guo Jia, Cui Song knew that the following must not be so good, he let out a feigned sigh, and made a look of being unhappy and not in the mood to do anything.

Sure enough, Guo Jia stopped there, put down the books, and approached the bed.

"Brother Cui, why are you worried?"

Before Cui Song could answer, Guo Jia said again, "But for...the 'big tiger'?"

Cui Song was in a daze for a moment before realizing who this "big tiger" was.

After he parted ways with Xun Yu, he was intercepted and killed by assassins not long after.Later, when he met a member of the Baidi tribe, because he was worried that the assassin would come back, he fabricated a story to the then white leader, described the characteristics of the assassin, named him "Dahu", and said that he was "big tiger" by his servants. "Tiger" betrayed, deliberately misleading the white leader, making him mistakenly believe that it is profitable, hoping to use the hands of the Di people to defend one or two.

Cui Song didn't expect that—just like when he was assassinated for the first time in Luoyang City, the assassin failed to hit him, but died, hid his fox tail, and never appeared again.

And what he didn't expect was that when he almost forgot about this hidden danger, Guo Jia still remembered it, and even saw his hesitation, so he asked him on the spot.

Because Cui Song didn't answer for a long time, Guo Jia thought he had acquiesced: "Brother Cui, don't worry, the camp has just been captured. In the past few days, the three leaders will definitely strengthen their guards." From the very beginning, I understood that "Dahu" was just a cover, and I also guessed a little bit of the truth, knowing that someone wanted to harm Cui Song, "Jia Zeng talked about this person with Bai Rong, and Bai Rong sent a message the day before yesterday, saying that someone from his tribe met him in Bei'anshan. pass him."

"In less than five days, the 'big tiger' will be captured without a fight."

Cui Song was a little dizzy from being hit by the pie falling from the sky. He never expected that Guo Jia would care about this matter and plan hard for him.

All the complicated emotions were finally condensed into one sentence:

"Thank you...Brother Guo."

"Brother Cui calls me filial piety." After Guo Jia picked up the word, he felt a little awkward calling him "Brother Cui".

Cui Song thought about it, and it really is.The birthday of this body is in October, and it has already passed its twentieth birthday.Because his original birthday was in March, and people before the Wei and Jin Dynasties did not have the habit of celebrating birthdays, he subconsciously forgot about it.

Hearing Guo Jia mention it now... it seems that he should also perform the crowning ceremony?

Thinking that he only participated in the coming-of-age ceremony in modern times not long ago, and now he wants to experience the ancient version of the coming-of-age ceremony, Cui Song wanted to help his forehead.

Fortunately, the elders of the Cui family are not here, so even if he wanted to be crowned, he didn't have to.

Guo Jia also knew this.

But... Although Cui Song's coronation ceremony has been postponed for some reason, he is indeed an adult.If the elders have chosen characters for him before, it is also appropriate to match the characters at this time [1].

So does Cui Song have words?

Cui Song thought about it carefully, and remembered that he was indeed mentioned in the family letter he had read.

"Zicong..."

Cui's father once wrote a letter, mentioning the word Biao in a chatty tone, saying that he had discussed with the elders of the clan and decided to give him the word "Zi Cong" when he reached the crown.

...In the final analysis, it is almost the default name, but no one can guarantee whether it will be changed to something else when the crown is crowned.

As a result, Guo Jia called out like this, one mouthful of "Zi Cong". After Cui Song gently reminded him, he still didn't care: "If that's the case, it won't be too late to change it when the time comes."

From then on, Guo Jia became Guo Fengxiao, and Cui Song became Cui Zicong.

Guo Jia asked Cui Song about the "big tiger" again, and asked about various details. He seemed to have discovered something, and his brows frowned imperceptibly.

Two days later, when the alliance of the three tribes finished dividing up their loot, made arrangements for the aftermath, and prepared to go back to their respective homes, the warriors of the Baidi tribe came back with a man on their shoulders.

Although Cui Song didn't see the real face of the assassin clearly at the time of the incident, but with his clothes and figure, Cui Song could be sure that the strong man in front of him was the one he was looking for.

Cui Song wanted to interrogate the other party, but was stopped by Guo Jia.

"Let's leave the interrogation to Chief Bai Rong, he is better at it."

Cui Song remembered the rumors he heard in Baidi Village, and thought that Guo Jia not only persuaded Bai Rong to form an alliance, but also asked him to help find the assassin, and now he handed over the assassin to him for interrogation, so he couldn't help being curious:

"Are you friends with Chief Bai Rong?"

Guo Jia replied indifferently: "It's just an exchange of interests."

Cui Song didn't ask any more questions, just sat in the tent and waited for the result.

After about a stick of incense, Bai Rong came back.

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[1]*Note: The setting of crown ceremony and character selection has been changed...There are a lot of nonsense, just for the needs of the plot, don't believe it or not.

Generally, the crowning is done in the ancestral temple, and the ceremony is complicated and exquisite, not as casual as in the text... and the selection of characters is part of the crowning ceremony. If you are interested, you can check it XD.