On the road between Hanzhong and Chang'an and other big cities, several messengers were galloping. In this era of limited communication, they are the ones who connect the major cities together.
Chang'an's edict 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, Pei Ji, who made Xiao Han a little afraid, was not left behind and received a reward for handling things appropriately.
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 understanding people, countless times better than Xiao Han who is still confused now! They all know that enfeoffing hundreds of households is nothing, it is just vanity, but wearing a red robe, this is awesome! This almost means that a fourth-grade official position has been prepared for you!
The Tang Dynasty continued the rules of the Sui Dynasty. Officials of the fourth rank wore red robes, and officials of the third rank and above wore purple robes! Some people may think that the fourth-grade official is 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, held by people with high status but no power, such as Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao! Therefore, the third grade is basically the top, and the fourth grade, which is slightly worse than the third 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 this was revealed, how many people would be beating their chests and shouting in vain!
It was still early, and the largest restaurant in the city was already decorated with lights.
Today, in order to welcome distinguished guests, the restaurant was specially cleared and all guests were declined. After the hotel was thoroughly cleaned, 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 drove up. 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 welcome them. Go forward and prepare to welcome the distinguished guests.
Since Pei Ju was the host this time, only four people, Xiao Han, Yuan Dake, and Zhang Bao came here. Sun Simiao used the excuse that he still had patients and left long 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 underground for many years and then mixed with new wine. No need to drink, just smell it and it will be overflowing with aroma! And because brown sugar is added during brewing, the taste is sweet and refreshing, and it has a different taste compared to steamed wine.
After the dishes were served and the wine was served, Zhang Baoping withdrew the guests and gave a toast before 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 have an amazing capacity for drinking 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 about 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.
But because he was wary of this person from the bottom of his heart, Xiao Han always spoke truthfully to him. Pei Ji asked many questions, and Xiao Han's answers seemed reasonable. However, when Pei Ji thought about it carefully after returning home, he found that every answer was ambiguous, and it was the same as saying nothing.
Pei Ji didn't know that Xiao Han didn't dare to have a close relationship with him at all, for fear that someone would be sold by him accidentally and he would count the money for others! So later on, Xiao Han always behaved like a young kid in front of him, and he often pretended to be stupid!
At this time, I drained the wine in the glass and didn’t know what kind of meat was on the table. Anyway, it tasted good! When he was caught, 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!
The wine has passed three rounds, and the food has passed the five flavors! No matter how good he is at eating like Xiao Han, he 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 Xiaohou, 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 on their 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 timely control of government affairs. If there is no major event, he will not leave the center of power easily.
"Yeah, I'm 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 Master Pei would be leaving before I could entertain him properly!"
Pei Ji smiled and raised the wine glass in his hand: "Haha, you are welcome, 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, I 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, 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 back 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!
