Shopkeeper Hu did not dare to mention that the brewer was a woman when the second master was in high spirits. He only accepted the matter calmly and walked out of the Nuan Pavilion with the five golden melon seeds he had rewarded.
Shopkeeper Qiao had been waiting outside. He had just managed to send Zhou Pan away. He was worried in his heart. When he saw someone coming out, he hurriedly greeted him.
"Are you okay?"
Shopkeeper Wu shook his head, pulled Lao Qiao's sleeve and whispered: "I won't stay in the capital any longer, and I have to return to Songling Town as soon as possible."
Meeting the surprised look in Shopkeeper Qiao's eyes, before the old man could say anything, he quietly added, "It's not that I don't want to say more, it's just that the boss told me not to publicize this first."
Shopkeeper Hu cautiously raised his eyes and looked around, confirming that there were no irrelevant people wandering around, then he paid and said: "But let me tell you everything first. In short, Songling Town and even Nanzi County will have to deal with it because of this."
The wine I brought today is famous!"
Shopkeeper Qiao was shocked.
famous?
He expected that this wine would be famous, but why would Songling Town and Nanzi County also be famous?
Could it be...
As if he had touched the vague corner of this matter, Shopkeeper Qiao suddenly widened his eyes.
"It's hard to say it, it's hard to say it."
Shopkeeper Hu smiled and shook his index finger to his mouth.
Shopkeeper Qiao understood the idea and left the owner's courtyard together.
The next day, Shopkeeper Hu took Lin Shan and Zhou He on their way out of Beijing. In the following days, no matter how Zhou Pan and other shopkeepers tried to insinuate themselves, Shopkeeper Qiao always looked after him.
He was so annoyed that he simply closed the courtyard door and would not go out unless summoned by his employer.
Half a month later, the birthday banquet held for the ancestor at the Minister of Civil Service's Mansion was just as Erye Zuo Jin expected, and it became the beginning of his "Gan Li" fame.
No, now this fine wine is no longer called ‘Gan Li’, but is called ‘Yu Yao’, after the eldest princess’s son Ji Chao gave it the name.
In fact, in terms of this level of hierarchy, the Minister of Civil Affairs is only a first- and third-grade official. How can he be the son of the eldest princess and go to celebrate her birthday?
But this is the fact. Because Zuo Ze, the eldest son of the minister, and Ji Chao attended the Imperial Academy together and had a good personal relationship, when he heard that his good friend's grandmother had passed away, Ji Chao thought of going to celebrate her birthday.
His departure does not represent an individual, but the entire Changling Marquis Mansion. It is inevitable that the eldest princess and the consort will give him some birthday gifts.
The eldest princess is the sister of the current Emperor Hongren. The two siblings have had a close relationship since childhood. When the eldest princess was looking for a consort, the emperor even personally checked the list and went through the list drafted by the queen mother from beginning to end before finally choosing the current one.
Changlinghou.
And even though the eldest princess is now married and living outside the palace, she can still enter the palace without accepting a summons, which shows the prosperity of the holy family.
Therefore, when Ji Chao, the son of the eldest princess, came to celebrate her birthday, in addition to the old birthday star in the inner courtyard, all the other officials, including the minister of official affairs and other guests with official status, went to greet him. The scene was grand and the etiquette was attentive and thoughtful.
I don’t know who the protagonist is today.
As the birthday banquet progressed, each family began to present birthday gifts. Needless to say, the gifts from the eldest princess's mansion were the first priority.
A white jade seated statue of Maitreya Buddha, the jade quality is exquisite, flawless, and the carving is exquisite. Even the Buddhist string hanging on the Buddha's hand can be rotated one by one. It is neither exquisite nor unusual.
The birthday gifts that followed also had their own meanings, but most of them couldn't get past the eldest princess's mansion. It wasn't until the family separated that they presented a picture of a hundred years of longevity, and they got a compliment from their ancestors.
"It's really good, some ingenuity."
Zuo Cheng also praised it, and then ordered his servants to wait until the birthday banquet was over, and then send this hundred-year-old picture to his mother's room, whether it was hung up or made into a tent.
Zuojin is a side branch of the Zuo family branch. It doesn't really have much status here, so its seating position is a bit remote.
But the birthday gift he sent caught the eyes of the ancestors, and the other branches, and even the guests of the main family, began to squander it openly and covertly.
Everyone was praising him and congratulating him with smiles on their faces. In fact, I didn’t know how many traps were laid and how many holes were dug in their words, just waiting for this young junior to jump into it.
But although Zuo Jin was well-dressed and well-fed at home, being cared for by maids and servants, when it was time to go out to run business, he also traveled all over the country without hesitation, even encountering mountain bandits and water bandits countless times. The undercurrent at the wine table was raging.
It doesn't affect him at all.
He just smiled and accepted the congratulations from everyone, and then immersed himself in eating vegetables and drinking wine, as if the whispers around him could not reach his ears at all.
"As expected, he is a descendant of a branch from an unknown distance. The behavior at this banquet is really unsightly."
"Yes, it's really unbecoming."
The people at the same table couldn't help but feel even more contempt for him when they saw that he was just eating and drinking like a common man.
Isn't this kind of occasion used by each family to make friends, test, and exchange resources? Who is really here to eat?
But Zuo Jin only ate his own food and focused on the "sweet wine" that was about to be served.
When a jade plum spring bottle that he had found in a hurry in the past few days was presented to him, he had already stopped picking up the food and sat down at the table.
It was as if he wasn't the one who was eating and drinking violently just now.
"The Zuo family in Changxin County invites two altars of 'Gan Li'!"
Hearing that it was from Changxin County, the guests all turned their heads to see what else this family who had just presented a hundred-year-old longevity picture could come up with.
"Humph, the Zuo family in Changxin County? They are both poor and remote. The hundred-year-old picture just now probably took their family a year to use."
Zuo Cheng, who was at the head of the table, hadn't spoken yet, but there was a buzz of discussion below.
Everyone still didn't believe that they had just been robbed of their limelight by a mere hundred-year-old picture, and they all responded angrily.
Zuo Cheng didn't pay attention to the excitement below.
I couldn't help but feel curious when I heard that it was the Zuo family in Changxin County who had just presented a hundred-year-old picture and now presented two jars of wine.
He was in the capital city, a gathering place of delicious food and wine from all over the world. He had never seen any fine wines, even the imperial wine in the palace, which he had been lucky enough to taste once or twice.
And this Changxin County does not sound like a prosperous place at first glance. What kind of confidence do you have to send a good wine that matches the Hundred Years' Life Picture?
When Zuo Cheng raised his head, he saw a servant bringing up a red-glazed jade plum spring vase.
Just looking at this bottle, the lines are smooth, the shape is beautiful and elegant, the color is as bright as vermilion, and the glaze is delicate and full. It is perfect for holding today's birthday wine.
"Send it to me. I want to try it. If it is really a good wine, I will give it to my mother."
As soon as Zuo Cheng said these words, everyone around him praised him for his filial piety and kindness. He heard too much flattery and didn't take it seriously. He just smiled and waved, and asked the servants to bring the wine.
And when the wine vessel was presented and the maid poured out the clear wine, not only Zuo Cheng and the guests at the same table, but also those who were close, all opened their eyes wide.
This is the first time I have seen such clear and clear wine.
Isn't this just water?
But this kind of doubt did not arise in the minds of the people at the same table, because they all smelled the mellow and fragrant aroma of wine wafting, like feathers fluttering in the tips of their hearts.
Zuo Cheng picked up the wine glass in his hand, took a sip, then relaxed his brows and let out a long sigh.
"The Immortal Palace Jade Liquid is nothing more than that."
When he spoke out, others could not sit still.
The people at Zuo Cheng's table were either colleagues or superiors, and the maids who served him had been trained for a long time. At this time, they had already lightly held the pot and poured a glass for each of them.
When they drank the wine, as expected, all of them looked intoxicated and ecstatic, which aroused the curiosity of the others. Even the one who had just made sour remarks stopped at the right time, not daring to
Say one more thing.
"Father, I wonder if my friend is so lucky to have a taste of the magical brew in your mouth?"
Zuo Ze spoke out to remind his father that there was a giant Buddha, the son of the eldest princess, here.
"That's how it should be."
Zuo Chengxing turned around and responded. With a glance, the maid serving the wine walked up to Ji Chao and poured him a glass of wine.
"Thank you, Shibo."
This title is really too much. Zuo Cheng is only a third-rank official, so he cannot be called the uncle of the eldest princess' son who is a relative of the emperor.
But Zuo Cheng was extremely excited after hearing this.
Good son, daddy’s love for you is not in vain!
Although the eldest princess is not in the former court, she has been smart since she was a child and has her own opinions on court matters, so the emperor is willing to listen to her words.
At this birthday banquet, many of his colleagues and superiors were invited. Now that the son of the eldest princess is called the uncle, he will have no worries in the officialdom from now on!
