The bonfire in the distance flickered on and off, and the people gathered around were whispering something.
Lao Suntou squatted under the wall of his courtyard, looking at Xiao Han in the crowd from a distance, and a trace of pride could not help but appear on his old face.
After living for most of my life, I saw one foot step into the soil. Who would have expected that at the end of the day, I would actually pick up a marquis and come back!
Who dares to believe this if I tell it to others?! Even Lao Suntou himself sometimes suspects that this is a dream.
I pinched my leg, and a heartbreaking pain surged up, proving that this was not a dream.
He grinned and touched the sore spot. In fact, it shouldn't have hurt so much. It was just because I pinched it a lot in the past two days that it hurt...
Everything in front of me is not a dream, but it is better than a dream!
Look at yesterday, the dignified county magistrate came to see him in person, speaking like an old man, and was extremely polite!
Those who knew it was the county magistrate, but those who didn’t knew it, thought it was their own son!
Oh, right.
Speaking of his son, Lao Suntou smiled happily.
In the past two days, he had only done some odd jobs for the Marquis, sending messages and finding people. The rewards were more than what he could earn from working in the fields for a year!
Not to mention that because his daughter-in-law is also pregnant, he is very close to Madam Marquis, and he even received a golden walking stick as a reward today!
This is amazing, the golden step is made of pure gold! It is bright and shiny, and it is very beautiful at first sight!
Moreover, only high-status people can have this thing! If any rich man is eager to make one, it will be enough to file a lawsuit in the Yamen!
It's fine now. My wife gave it to me as a gift from Mrs. Hou Ye. It's no problem even if I wear it on Chang'an Street! It will be a proper heirloom of the Sun family in the future!
Hey, how great would it be if this prince who fell from the sky could live in his own home for the rest of his life?
Looking up at the stars in the sky, Lao Suntou made his wish sincerely.
Old man Sun's wish is simple.
He didn't ask for anything, and he didn't pull Xiao Han's tiger skin to make a big banner, but he wanted Xiao Han to live here for the rest of his life.
I'm afraid even if Xiao Han is willing to do this.
Little Plum, he wouldn’t be willing either…
The emperor's decree came only three days after Old Man Hua and his companions arrived.
The eunuch who came to the palace this time to deliver the order had a somewhat unfamiliar face, as if he had never seen him before.
After arriving at the village, he first bowed respectfully to Xiao Han, then stood in front of the altar table specially set up by Lao Suntou, facing south and facing north, and began to read out the emperor's decree.
"My lord, I was very happy when I heard about the joy of Xiao Qing's family..."
Listening to the beginning, you can tell that this has been deeply processed by the group of old scholars from the province.
For this kind of article that requires countless brain cells to be understood, Xiao Han has no interest at all. He finally heard the word "I admire this", and he quickly straightened up to rest due to tired backache.
"Hey, it's a good thing that the Tang Dynasty doesn't have to kneel when receiving orders, otherwise the wave edge cover wouldn't be useless?"
While he was thinking wildly in his mind, the eunuch who delivered the edict had already rolled up the imperial edict in his hand, and then held it towards Xiao Han with a smile on his face.
"Congratulations, Lord Marquis! Congratulations, Lord Marquis! When Your Majesty heard such good news in the palace, he was so happy! He immediately rewarded the young master to prepare himself for a thousand oxen, which is really enviable!"
The Qianniu Preparatory Body mentioned by the eunuch who conveyed the order is actually a senior officer in the Qianniu Guard, with a noble military rank of the sixth rank.
In terms of rank, it may not be considered high, but the key position is that of the Emperor's Guards, which has always been filled only by the Emperor's most trusted people.
Therefore, anyone who can sit in this position is basically equivalent to getting a promotion card in the officialdom in the future, or a fucking super VIP kind of thing!
"Young Master? How did your Majesty know that he was a young master?" He reached out to take the imperial edict, and Xiao Han looked at the eunuch in front of him strangely. Why, are Xiao Lizi's eyes CT scans?
No, even with a CT scan, he shouldn’t be able to see this far!
"hehe……"
The eunuch who delivered the decree was so smiling that his face almost turned into a flower. He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty said, if it is not a son this time, then this decree will be reserved for the next child! If not, it will be given to the old man.
Three, there is always a son!"
Okay, that’s it.
It turns out that Xiao Lizi also relied purely on guessing. Anyway, the chance is 1/2, so the chance of winning is very high!
Just thinking that this time she would give birth to a daughter, but she would not have any official position, made Xiao Han somewhat unhappy.
"Ahem..."
Handing the imperial edict to Xue Pan behind him, and towards the people who gathered around to pay homage to the edict, Xiao Han pushed the eunuch's shoulders, and a few gold leaves magically slipped into his sleeves.
With his back to the crowd, Xiao Han smiled and lowered his voice and asked: "Eunuch! Well, I just heard the imperial edict, and it seems like something is missing?"
"What?"
The eunuch who delivered the decree was hugged by Xiao Han as if he was holding his arms around his back. He was flattered when he suddenly heard these words and broke out in cold sweat. He thought to himself that he had read the imperial edict wrong just now?
Xiao Han didn't know that he had scared people half to death. He touched his chin and said with a playful smile: "I mean, why is there only an official title in this imperial edict? There are no other rewards? For example, getting 1,800 acres of land.
Land, or hundreds of kilograms of gold? Don’t you know the cost of raising a child is very high?”
"Forehead……"
The eunuch was completely dumbfounded. Big beads of sweat flowed down his forehead. He was stunned for a long time before saying: "This... Your Majesty really didn't say it, but, but..."
"But what?" Xiao Han raised his eyebrows and asked.
The eunuch who delivered the order raised his sleeves, carefully wiped the sweat from his head, and then whispered: "But your Majesty also has a verbal message, let the servant find an opportunity to read it to you quietly."
"Read it! Read it now!" Xiao Han said with a frown.
The eunuch who delivered the order nodded repeatedly: "Okay! Your Majesty said: Xiao Han, you now have a child! You should also think about it in the future. If you don't want your child to be like us, fighting everywhere all day long, you should quickly think of ways to raise money and food. First,
Destroy the Turks! Let the Tang Dynasty stabilize!"
The eunuch who delivered the order looked solemn and tried hard to imitate the tone of His Majesty the Emperor's words. Xiao Han was stunned for a moment.
"Is this what His Majesty said?"
"Yes, every word is correct. I memorized it many times along the way!"
brush!
Xiao Han withdrew his hand so fast that the eunuch who delivered the order almost became a spinning top.
"What the hell! It's just a matter of writing a bad check and not giving any benefits. Now you're kidnapping me with my unborn child. It's simply shameless!!!"
He turned around and walked back cursing. Xiao Han's appearance made the eunuch who delivered the order stare straight in the eye!
A pair of hands constantly changing various shapes, as if hesitating whether to capture this daring person on the spot!
