Chapter 260: A Group of Hermits
Originally, Guo Jia didn't plan to stay in Xiangyang for too long, it was really because Xiaoyueying was too pestering, oh no, that's not the main reason, you can only blame Guo Jia himself, who called him a celebrity now, not just a person's name. The reason why Guo Jia will be slowed down is because there are too many places to greet and socialize.
It's like Guo Jia had to see Liu Biao first when he just came to Xiangyang, Huang Yueying's mother, Cai's family, and now that people have taken the initiative to come to the door, Guo Jia can't be seen, right? And the most speechless thing is that this Cai family actually moved out the family tree, saying that they and Guo Jia's wife Cai Wenji are actually a family, and now they can be called relatives and relatives. Please, the relationship is far away from Liu Bei and Emperor Han Xian, but it is a relationship of more than ten generations!
Of course, the Cai family, as a local family in Jingzhou, has a younger sister married to Liu Biao, and Cai Mao has military power in Jingzhou, so he can be regarded as a governor-like figure. Therefore, the strength and status of the Cai family in Jingzhou, whether it is famous or real, are definitely a few points higher than Guo Jia in Yanzhou. Therefore, it is impossible for the Cai family to be like those ordinary people, in order to curry favor with Guo Jia, they will try their best to get close.
The reason why the Cai family took out the family tree to talk about things was actually the reason why Cai Yong was in the first place. Long back then, Cai Yong, as a celebrity of the times, the Cai family had already figured out the relationship behind this. So Guo Jia, as Cai Yong's son-in-law, the Cai family in Jingzhou can be connected immediately, and there is no need to dig out the family tree to check it at all.
After meeting the people of the Cai family, Pang Degong, who gave Guo Jia a comment on "double non", Guo Jia should always visit him in person. And not only Pang Degong, according to Huang Chengyan, Guo Jia's teacher Sima Hui in Yingchuan has now taken refuge in Xiangyang, which Guo Jia has to see, and he has to take the initiative to visit.
As for other scholars that Guo Jia didn't know, although Guo Jia would not take the initiative to go to visit, as long as he came to visit in person, Guo Jia would not be able to favor one over the other and avoid it. After all, when he was out of the house, there were not many people around, and now he was in Jingzhou, Guo Jia didn't want to offend people because of these little things. And it's also very beneficial to know more people and have more friends, and at some critical moments, these people may be able to save their lives!
So, Guo Jia had to stay in Xiangyang for a few more days, and after seeing all the people he should see, he set off again and headed east directly towards the Lujiang River.
In such a situation, the only way Guo Jia can think of to save time is to put some relevant people together to receive them. This saves you trouble, and avoids some of the completely unnecessary dissatisfaction that may arise because of the sequence. For example, Sima Hui and Pang Degong and others, Guo Jia went to meet together.
The relationship between these two people is not shallow, since Sima Hui came to Xiangyang, they often appear together, Pang Degong and Sima Hui are estimated to be the representative figures of the hermits who are now in Jingzhou. The subordinates also brought some "little guys", and a group of people often got together to "eat, drink, and have fun", "brag and burp", "dance karaoke", and "interfere in the internal affairs of other countries".
Therefore, on this day, Guo Jia was not so much going to visit, but attending a private party of these people. As a local, Pang Degong's banquets were often held in his home.
The people who participated in the banquet were definitely full of talents, and the elders were Sima Hui, Pang Degong, and Huang Chengyan, who came with Guo Jia; In addition to Guo Jia in the later generation, there is also Pang Tong who he saw back then, but now he is gradually growing up, instead of the little fart child at the beginning, even his beard has grown, and it is estimated that he can barely be regarded as a junior high school graduate. However, Pang Tong can enter this occasion at such a young age, obviously not only by virtue of Pang Degong's nepotism, Pang Tong himself is estimated to be the same as Guo Jia back then, he is rarely talented, and he can be recognized by others.
In addition, there are Xu Shu who came from Yingchuan with Sima Hui, Xu Yuanzhi (real name Xu Fu), Xu Shu's classmates Shi Tao, Shi Guangyuan, and then there are slightly older, semi-elders are not juniors, probably equivalent to Guo Jia and Cao Ying's situation Cui Jun, Cui Zhouping, and finally Meng Jian, Meng Gongwei, who fled from Runan.
These people can't be regarded as some nameless people, and now since they exist as hermits, all of them are unofficial and light, so under the rule of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Liu Biao is similar to Yuan Shao's thirst for talent, and Corporal Lixian, that is to say, these guys are almost all people who have rejected Liu Biao. I don't know if Liu Biao is a suspicious person, but now that Guo Jia is together with such a group of people, I really don't know if Liu Biao will think about it.
Among this group of celebrities, the others are not famous enough, Guo Jia doesn't pay much attention to it, except for Sima Hui and Pang Degong, Guo Jia obviously cares about Pang Tong and Xu Shu the most. Pang Tong, well, although he has grown up a little, Guo Jia can say very objectively that this guy is still as ugly as ever! Of course, fortunately, Pang Tong is a man, and as he grows older, he also has some temperament, and he looks a lot more pleasing to the eye. But seriously, at the very beginning, it was already said that the social atmosphere in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, judging from Pang Tong's appearance, it is estimated that the start will be the most difficult, but as long as he can pass the starting level, people will gradually realize his talent, and then he may be able to rise to the top.
It's a pity that in this era, there are so many people who are really talented and buried, unless they meet the strong recommendation of some high-ranking and powerful people, and then Pang Tong himself must also restrain his temper a little, otherwise he will probably be another Youheng.
And then unlike Pang Tong, Xu Shu is a handsome guy, a handsome guy that Guo Jia has hardly seen in this era. This is definitely not a derogatory statement, Xu Shu himself is a chivalrous man, and later abandoned martial arts and literature, and did not practice as a "wide screen" like ordinary military generals, he looks like a spirit, but he is not a golden boy like Zhao Yun.
To put it simply, Xu Shu is like a character in a martial arts movie, he is a rough and handsome guy, if he has a scum beard on his face, it is estimated that he will fascinate thousands of girls, but unfortunately, that is not popular in this era, so now it has become a little like Yue Buqun (hey).
During the conversation, because they were all people who had rejected Liu Biao, and now Liu Biao was inviting Guo Jia again, it was inevitable that he would not talk about Liu Biao. Guo Jia recognized one of their evaluations of Liu Biao, that is, "You can't do good things, and you can't go to evil"! Liu Biao, taking into account the local scholars in Jingzhou, is too soft, as mentioned earlier, Liu Biao did recruit some foreign talents, but "he can't do good", even if he pins his hopes on Guo Jia, it is for a reasonable reason to be able to "do good". What Liu Biao lacks is that kind of tough wrist, the kind of courage that no matter what others say, no matter how much trouble is made below, I just want to give this person the courage to take on a heavy responsibility!
(To be continued)