Going to the Western Regions with Chai Wei was also the imperial decree on Guo Xiao's handling. The emperor expressed his anger at Guo Xiao's loss of the city. He believed that Guo Xiao's loss of the city was caused by carelessness.
Obviously the Zuo Cheng of Kucha has repeatedly reminded to be careful of the people in the city, but he didn't pay attention to it. He didn't even send a few more people to patrol, which made it possible for the people in the city to collude with those outside the city. this disaster.
So the emperor directly deprived him of his official position.
As a result, after Chai Wei had gone far away, the old emperor came out of the hall one day, and was blown by the cold wind outside, he stopped to look at the bleak winter scenery.
Gu Zhong quickly put on a cloak for him, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, it looks like it will snow today."
The emperor glanced at the dark clouds in the sky, Gu Zhong was right, it was indeed going to snow, and not long after he said that, the sky began to snow.
The emperor looked at the snow for a while, and finally sighed, and ordered: "Let the Zhongshu Province draw up an order to restore Guo Xiao's official position, and send someone to Xizhou to bring him back, and let the Ministry of Rites prepare the funeral ceremony for him."
Gu Zhong immediately responded, and his heart jumped for joy, His Majesty's love, this is a good thing.
Man Bao and the others knew nothing about this. When they returned to Xizhou, the new Anxi Governor had not yet arrived. General Guo had already been buried in the coffin. General Guo had to wait for the imperial court's order to carry the coffin back to his hometown. , he will either bury his father in Xizhou, or he can only resign and return to his hometown.
General Guo's coffin was parked in the National Temple in Kucha at this time, Man Bao and the others routinely went to the National Temple to pay homage to him the day after they returned to Xizhou.
In the words of Mr. Zhuang, "It's a good etiquette to get to know each other once, and the person is dead, and the enmity is gone. It's etiquette to pay homage."
So Bai Shan and others prepared the funeral ceremony and went to worship. Because Liu Huan is a relative, the funeral ceremony is even more serious.
General Guo died, but he and little general Guo really started walking around as relatives, and when they met again, they called out to each other as cousins.
General Guo also got out of the pain, and he was able to joke with them, "You and I were kissing before, but you gave me so much blood, and we kissed even more."
Liu Huan nodded approvingly.
Bai Erlang said from the side: "Then we kissed too, the blood we transfuse you is the same."
Bai Shan asked Man Bao curiously, "Didn't you say that blood transfusions are not good for close relatives? How can Liu Huan give blood transfusions to General Guo?"
Man Bao: "Are they close?"
"Of course," Liu Huan said, puffing out his chest, "my grandmother is his aunt."
After some calculations, Man Bao said: "It's okay, it's been a few generations, it's been separated, and the blood has been transfused for so long, it's okay now, then it must be okay."
At this time, the seven people were sitting in a row on a railing of the National Temple, looking at the busy monks below and the people who came to worship the Buddha, General Meng asked General Guo, "Do you want to stay in Xizhou?"
General Guo Xiao said a little downcastly: "I don't know if His Majesty will question father. If His Majesty allows, I still want to stay in Anxi."
His father has led this team for several years, and he has always been in this team. Even if the Western Regions are bitterly cold, he does not want to leave.
Little General Meng patted him on the shoulder and said, "I can ask my father to intercede for you."
General Guo Xiao didn't refuse, but nodded, "Thank you."
Bai Shandao: "We can't help you in this matter, but if we go back to the capital, we can intercede for you face to face."
Now that people are outside, it is obviously impossible to write notes and participate in local military affairs.
General Guo Xiao smiled at them and said, "I know, it's inconvenient for you to be civil servants. By the way, you have contributed to this Western Expedition, right? Are you going to be an official after you return?"
Bai Shan sighed, "The new Anxi Governor has not yet arrived, and General Ashina has not yet determined when the commander will return to the court. We have to wait. The Ministry of Rites often has examinations, but the examinations of the Ministry of Officials are held at the end of March every year. If we miss it, we have to wait another year, and we have to return to the capital before February if we want to become official."
Otherwise, you will not be able to register.
General Guo Xiao: "...with your identities and merits, can you go directly to the official position?"
Bai Shan was a little unwilling, "I've already passed the Jinshi exam, it's too bad not to take the exam for the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials."
Bai Erlang also nodded again and again, "That is, if His Majesty directly speaks to appoint an official, is it a favor or our own ability? No, no, it's better to be a normal examiner."
Liu Huan asked him, "Do you still want to be released as a county magistrate as a son-in-law?"
Bai Erlang choked, and asked: "Why can't the son-in-law be released as the county magistrate? Don't you think General Ashina is also a son-in-law? He still leads troops to fight outside."
"But..." Liu Huan scratched his head and said, "But those are the princesses of the previous generation, and the princesses of this generation seem to have idle jobs and no actual jobs."
Everyone is eating the soft meal of the princess, who wants to be a little county magistrate of the sixth or seventh rank
"And your son-in-law is more honorable than other son-in-laws, you are Princess Mingda's son-in-law."
There are also high and low among sons-in-law, father is more expensive than wife, Princess Mingda is not only the first princess, but also the most beloved daughter of the emperor, naturally, Bai Cheng is more noble than other son-in-laws.
Liu Huan didn't understand him, "We don't want to be a son-in-law because we don't want to be bullied by the princess. Since you are a son-in-law, you certainly don't mind relying on the princess. Why do you want to be the county magistrate?"
Bai Erlang choked, then lowered his head and fell into deep thought.
Seeing that there was an expression of approval on his face, Man Bao said: "Mingda still wants to go to various places, but His Majesty loves Mingda so much that he definitely doesn't want her to go out of Beijing. If you let it out, you can take Mingda out Is it all right?"
Bai Erlang's eyes lit up when he heard it, "That's right, Mingda still wants to play somewhere else, I can take him with me after I let it out."
Now even Little General Guo became curious, "Didn't you want to eat soft food when you become a son-in-law?"
Bai Erlang said: "Of course you have to eat soft rice, but I don't eat everyone's soft rice."
He said: "I just want to eat the soft food of Princess Mingda."
Bai Shan turned his head and said to him: "After passing the exam, we can select officials together, see if there are any places that are close to the two counties, and then we can release them together."
Man Bao clapped his palms together: "That's good, we can go and play with you when the time comes."
Bai Erlang asked her, "It's fine for me and Bai Shan to go outside, but can you also go outside?"
Man Bao just laughed and said: "Then you underestimate me, Bai Shan and I have a plan long ago, there is no big problem, but you, the most important thing is that you can get an official from outside."
Little General Meng was envious when he heard that, so he looked at General Guo and asked, "Why don't you come to Shazhou and let's guard Yumen Pass together."
General Guo Xiao shook his head, "It's better for you to guard the inside, and I'll guard the outside."