Er Baldy's real name is Zhang Fu, and he is the second eldest brother in the family. He also has an eldest brother named Zhang Shou, which means good fortune and longevity.
When he was a child, he was probably malnourished and his hair was dry and sparse, so he was nicknamed "bald" by the neighborhood kids.
The bald guy was in a bit of an unhappy mood today, and of course it was all thanks to that Guo Fengxiao.
Guo Fengxiao has loved literacy and reading since he was a child, especially "The Book of Changes". He can't put it down. He doesn't know how he can hold so much obscure knowledge in his mind. Not only the bald man doesn't understand it, but also his friends who grew up around him don't understand it. Reading books How can this be as interesting as hide-and-seek?
Among these friends who grew up together, some have moved away one after another in recent years. Among the remaining few, those who should start a family or start a career seem to have a closer relationship with him, joking. Also more unscrupulous.
While those friends were busy starting families and starting businesses, Guo Fengxiao had become the well-known "Guo Banxian" in the neighborhood.
Only then did everyone realize that the slips were indeed a magical thing.
Guo Banxian was quite crazy at that time, and he was still a teenager at heart. He was always rushing to tell people's fortunes, Aunt Li, Uncle Liu, and Aunt Zhao from the neighborhood. At first, everyone was just watching the fun, secretly thinking about this young man. People only have three minutes of heat, so just let him do the math.
It turns out that this is not unknown, but a problem can be solved after calculation.
Guo Fengxiao didn't know where he learned the art of divination. The neighbors were stunned. The key is to know that what happened before is not terrible. He seems to have some special power and can always tell what will happen next. , it’s really strange.
Guo Fengxiao was just as the neighbors expected. It seemed that he was just trying to see if his fortune-telling skills were accurate. After the neighbors had done the calculation once, they stopped rushing to show it to others.
It didn't matter that he suddenly cherished words like gold, but it made people around him anxious to predict the future. That's when the name "Guo Banxian" spread.
Maybe he felt that it was inappropriate to do this, or he was really impatient to be disturbed, so Guo Fengxiao would occasionally say a few words, just for his own entertainment, answer questions for others, or just chat for entertainment.
That year, Guo Jia was seventeen years old.
Later, after being introduced by Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia began to work as a teacher in a private school in Yangzhai City. He was mainly responsible for educating children on ethics, justice and shame, which was still a very boring thing in the eyes of the bald man.
He taught during the day, but often couldn't see him in the afternoon and evening. Later, I heard from others that I found out that Guo Fengxiao often visited the mansions of famous families in Yangzhai City, and I didn't know what they talked about every day.
It's just that he often stays up at home to read at night, but because he studies too late that day, he often misses class the next day. As a child who has gradually drifted away from him, he finally has the opportunity to be with him at this time. He made a few jokes.
But today, damn Guo Fengxiao actually said that he wanted to be beaten!
You must know that past history has long proved that everything that comes out of Guo Fengxiao's mouth is impossible!
It's so pitiful that I didn't say anything to him, so why do you curse yourself so much?
The two bald man looked at the four walls of the "Four Walls", thinking that if he was beaten to death today, he would not go out. If he was not beaten, he would block the door of Guo's house early tomorrow morning and curse.
Naturally, you won't get beaten if you don't see anyone.
The two bald men thought so.
"Zhang Fu, eat." Mother's call came from the courtyard.
"Mom, I won't eat, you can eat." The bald man shouted.
"How can you not eat? What's wrong with you?" The voice gradually came closer. Mother Zhang gently knocked on Er Baldy's door and asked doubtfully.
"Mom, I'm fine, I'm just not hungry." Erbaldie said.
"Boy, I've worked so hard to cook for you, but you still don't eat. Are you asking for a beating!?" Mother Zhang got annoyed by him and said coldly.
The Erbaldy thought something was wrong. If my mother beat me, it would be regarded as being beaten. Wouldn't that play into Guo Jia's hands?
I can't be fooled by this!
"Mom, I'm here!" Erbaldie shouted back, pulled up his shoes and walked out the door.
When Zhang's mother saw him coming out, she didn't say anything. She glanced at him and then went back to the main hall, where the food was already laid out and waiting for him.
The two bald men didn't talk nonsense. The food was like the water of the Yangtze River and the wind and the remaining clouds. They ate it cleanly.
"Mom, I'm full. Mom, your cooking skills have improved again. The food you cook is so delicious." Er Baldy burped and admired Zhang's mother sincerely.
Mother Zhang thought her son's behavior today was a bit strange. After hearing this, she felt even more baffled. However, she still smiled and said: "You, if you are less angry, I am better than nothing. Look at you, you are a big boss." Now, I won’t let Zhang Luo come back with his wife.”
"It's not like you don't know that I'm not in a hurry." Erbaldie said with a smile.
"Even if you don't have a family, you still have to have some skills. Look at Guo Fengxiao next door. He has a lot of potential." Zhang's mother said again.
"As you said, if I were Guo Jia, I would be promising, but your son really doesn't like studying. Besides, Guo Fengxiao is just doing nothing at home, and I don't think he has any abilities." Now the bald man mentioned Guo Fengxiao. Jia was furious and muttered softly.
"How dare you talk back?!" Mother Zhang's voice became louder.
"Oh, mother, I was wrong. I will go out to find a job tomorrow. Don't worry about it." The bald man quickly appeased his mother, fearing that the mother would slap him on impulse. This was also It must be considered a beating. When the time comes, I will have no confidence to curse in the street.
"Hey, your children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. You can't control them." Mother Zhang sighed, and then said: "Okay, go back and rest. It's unsafe outside now, so don't run outside."
The Erbald Zi thought that this would change the usual situation where he would definitely try his best to sneak out, but today, let alone not being allowed to go out, even if he was rushing, he would never leave the house.
The Zhang family and the Guo family were only separated by a wall, and they were real neighbors. The two bald men glared fiercely at the courtyard, saying that they were waiting for tomorrow.
Er Baldy didn't go out, and Guo Jia next door didn't go out either.
He was having a heated argument with Xi Zhicai. If both parties hadn't been literati, they would have started fighting by now. Even so, the two of them were blushing and had thick necks, and they didn't want to let it go at all. "Okay, okay, even if we don't talk about military strength, we only talk about will. Although Dong Zhuo controls Chaogang, the emperor is still in power. Will Liu Yu just sit idly by and ignore it?" Guo Jia said with eyes wide open.
"Since you are talking about Liu Yu, I will talk to you about Liu Yu. This Liu Yu is obviously a minister who supports the Han Dynasty and is naturally loyal to the Han Dynasty. Emperor Xian is just a seven or eight-year-old child. What does he know? Are those political orders issued from Luoyang not Dong Zhuo's chaos? I won't mention it anywhere else. I just say that our Yuzhou governor Kong Mikong is called a Yuzhou celebrity. In fact, he is just a talkative person. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that. This is the way the national traitor wants to win people's hearts. You and I can understand this, and Master Liu Yu and Liu are not three-year-old naughty boys. How can we not understand?" Xi Zhicai said.
"That doesn't mean Liu Yu will agree to Gongsun Zan's attack on Jizhou and Bingzhou." Guo Jia said.
"It's hard to say Jizhou, but Bingzhou will definitely fight!" Xi Zhicai said.
"Why is this?" Guo Jia asked doubtfully.
"First, Bingzhou is our Han Dynasty territory in name. In fact, there are many foreign races in it, and it is not controlled by Zhang Yang. Secondly, although Zhang Yang, the governor of Bingzhou, sounds good, he has few soldiers and a lot of energy. Appeasing the foreigners has long been a tired task; thirdly, the imperial court is currently in turmoil, and it is afraid that it has no thoughts at all about Bingzhou, a bitter and cold place. On the contrary, if someone wants to occupy Bingzhou, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo will still be happy, and finally put this The burden has been thrown away." Xi Zhicai analyzed slowly.
"I understand what you said, but it is precisely for these reasons that I think Gongsun Zan will not be stupid enough to attack Bingzhou." Guo Jia said.
"You may have forgotten how Youzhou settled down." Xi Zhicai said.
"You mean..." Guo Jia's expression became solemn.
"That's right." Xi Zhicai nodded, "If two years ago, let alone you Guo Jia, I would never have thought that Gongsun Zan had such courage, let alone you Guo Jia. Years later, what has become of Youzhou now? Perhaps as you said, this Gongsun Zan actually does not have the ambition to compete in the world, but he has been fighting against foreign races outside the pass for many years, and now he suddenly changed his strategy, whether against Liu Yu or The situation in Youzhou suddenly became clearer by adopting a gentle strategy towards foreigners. There can only be one reason for this, and that is that there are experts around him." Xi Zhicai said slowly.
Guo Jia nodded: "Intermarriage, commerce, and postal services, such feats that seem to involve huge concessions but have lasting results are indeed not things that a warrior like him can think of."
"So we don't talk about military strength, we don't talk about will, we just talk about interests. What do you think we would do if we were in Gongsun Zan's position?" Xi Zhicai asked.
"It's okay to say that Bingzhou is different. The situation in Jizhou is completely different. Just talking about Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, he is very different from Zhang Yang. He comes from our Yingchuan, and he is a disciple of the Yuan family. Are you sure Gongsun Zan has this courage? Are you going to attack Han Fu at the risk of offending the fourth generation and the third prince?" Guo Jia thought for a while and then raised his question.
"What you are talking about is also where I am confused. With Gongsun Zan's current strength, it is indeed a bit fanciful to attack Jizhou, which has a prosperous people and abundant military supplies. Besides, Qingzhou Bohai Governor Yuan Benchu is watching from the sidelines." Xi Zhicai nodded with a heavy expression.
