On the road between Hanzhong and Chang'an and other major cities, several messengers were galloping. In this era of limited communication, they were the ones who connected the major cities together.
The edict from Chang'an arrived today via messenger. The imperial edict written by Yubi specifically praised Sun Simiao's supreme medical skills and affirmed the coping abilities of Yuan Dake and Zhang Bao. Of course, it was Pei Ji who made Xiao Han a little afraid.
He was not left behind and got a reward for doing things well.
At the end of the imperial edict, Xiao Han didn't know why, but he mentioned him a few more words vaguely, and wrote that he would be granted the title of 100 households in the city and be allowed to wear red robes!
Sun Simiao smiled, Yuan Dake and Zhang Bao looked envious, and Pei Ji kindly wanted to serve Xiao Han wine to celebrate this happy event!
These people are all sensible people, countless times better than Xiao Han who is still confused now! They all know that enfeoffing a hundred households is nothing, it is just vanity, but wearing red robes, this is awesome! This is almost
This means that a fourth-grade official position has been prepared for you!
The Tang Dynasty continued the rules of the Sui Dynasty. The fourth-rank officials wore red robes, and the third-rank and above wore purple robes! Some people may think that the fourth-rank officials are not too big, but the officials in the Sui and Tang Dynasties were different from those in later generations!
The Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty was only of the third rank. The so-called first and second ranks were just empty titles and were held by people with high positions but no power, such as Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao! Therefore, the third rank was basically the top, and compared with
The third grade is just shy of the fourth grade. I believe everyone knows how rare it is!
Wearing red and purple, being promoted to an official position has always been the lifelong dream of many people!
Xiao Han had already achieved this when he was only eighteen years old. If he were to say this, how many people would beat their chests and stamp their feet, crying out in vain!
It's still early, and the largest restaurant in the city has already been decorated with lights.
Today, in order to welcome distinguished guests, the restaurant specially cleared the place and all guests were declined. After thoroughly cleaning the hotel, the boss himself stood at the door and looked towards the intersection.
People gathered and dispersed, and the sun slowly began to set. On the sparse road, a few familiar carriages came. The shop owner, who had been looking forward to it for a long time, was overjoyed to see it. He hurriedly patted the sore knees of the standing man and trotted to greet them.
Go forward and prepare to welcome the distinguished guests.
Since Pei Ji was the host this time, the only four people who came here were Xiao Han, Yuan Dake, and Zhang Bao. Sun Simiao used the excuse that he still had patients and left after the edict was read out. As for Ren Qing, he
Now I will never leave the paddy fields, not even to do anything like the imperial edict!
After getting off the carriage, several people politely went up to the private room on the second floor. After the guests of honor were seated, the attentive shop owner began to prepare the dishes. The wine and delicacies that had been prepared were immediately placed on the table.
The food was good. Although there was no seafood, there were many delicacies that Xiao Han had never seen before.
The wine is also good. The aged Nuerhong wine, also known as Huadiao wine, has been buried in the ground for many years and then mixed with new wine. You don’t need to drink it, just smell it and the aroma is overflowing! And because brown sugar is added during brewing, the taste is sweet and refreshing.
, compared to steamed wine, it has a different taste.
After the dishes were served and the wine was served, Zhang Baoping retired and after a toast, the banquet officially began.
Pei Ji was eloquent, Zhang Bao was eloquent, and coupled with the deliberate flattery of Yuan Dake and Xiao Han, there was a lot of fun at the table!
"Come on, come on! Fill it up again! I didn't expect Xiao Hou to drink so much at such a young age!" Pei Ji laughed and held the wine jar to pour wine for Xiao Han. Xiao Han quickly stood up and held the wine glass to show respect.
I don’t know why Pei Ji is always so enthusiastic towards me. He always likes to talk to me when he has nothing to do. A few days ago, he even came to the paddy field to chat with me for a while.
However, because he was wary of this person from the bottom of his heart, Xiao Han always spoke truthfully to him. Many of the questions asked by Pei Ji, Xiao Han's answers seemed reasonable, but when Pei Ji returned,
When I thought about it carefully, I found that every answer was ambiguous, saying it was the same as not saying it.
Pei Ji didn't know that Xiao Han didn't dare to have a close relationship with him at all, for fear that he would count the money for him if he accidentally sold him! So later on, Xiao Han always behaved like a young kid in front of him, pretending
Being stupid and stunned is very common!
At this time, I drained the wine in the glass. I didn’t know what kind of meat was on the table. Anyway, it tasted good! When I caught it, a hungry tiger pounced on it, and the lion shook its head!
Eating a lot of meat and drinking a lot of wine is a pleasure, and this heroic look even attracted several other people to cheer loudly!
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food! No matter how good an eater is like Xiao Han, he still has to stop using his chopsticks to rest his full stomach.
At this moment, Pei Ji glanced at a few people, stood up from his seat and said with a smile: "Hahaha, today is to congratulate Xiao Hou, but I take this opportunity to tell you some news."
"Oh? What's the news? It's okay for Mr. Pei to tell you."
"Haha, everyone is happy today. Logically speaking, I shouldn't tell the news. But there is not much time, so forget it! Anyway, it will be a matter of time!" Pei Ji cupped his hands to a few people, and then said sadly: "I should be here
I'm going back to Chang'an tomorrow. I'm grateful for all your help these days! I'd like to have a glass of wine first as a token of respect!"
"Ah? Mr. Pei is leaving tomorrow? So soon?" Yuan Dake and Zhang Bao stood up together with surprised faces, but Xiao Han always felt that there was a hint of joy in their eyes.
Yes, no one likes a Shangguan to come to their territory, even if the Shangguan does nothing.
After getting up with the wine, Xiao Han was actually not surprised by the news at all.
As early as when the plague subsided, he knew that Pei Ji was about to leave. People like him need to have the most real-time control over government affairs. If there is no major event, he will not leave the center of power easily.
"Yes, we are leaving tomorrow!" Pei Ji held the wine glass and looked at Yuan Dake and the others with a slightly sad look, but Xiao Han always felt that he was paying attention to him.
Yuan Dake and Zhang Bao looked at Pei Ji and tried their best to look reluctant: "Hey... I didn't expect that Mr. Pei would leave before I could entertain him properly!"
Pei Ji smiled and raised the wine glass in his hand: "Haha, you are so polite, the reception here has been very good! When you go to Chang'an in the future, we will still have time to get together!"
"Okay! Here Yuanda can toast you with a drink and wish you a safe journey!"
"good!"
"Mr. Zhang Bao, have a drink and wish you all the best!"
"good!"
The two people around him toasted, and Xiao Han naturally couldn't go out of his way. However, he couldn't think of any blessings for the trip, so he could only pick up the wine glass and said: "Xiao Han has a toast for you, and I wish you a smooth career!"
"Hahaha..." Pei Ji laughed even more heartily now. He swung the small wine glass in his hand and shouted towards the door: "Restaurant, bring me a bigger bowl! I won't come home until I'm drunk today!"
"Okay! You won't come home until you're drunk!" Yuan Dake and Zhang Bao both threw away their cups and laughed. Only Xiao Han on the side sighed secretly: What a good cup, wasted!
