Chapter 0030: Celebration Banquet
Yang Qi had already heard Qian Jingzhong say just now, the imperial grandmother ordered Zhang Xuan to be rewarded, so that he could put down his heart, it seems that the imperial grandmother did not blame Zhang Xuan for sneaking away to go shopping.
Since it was a good thing, Yang Qi's attitude towards Chen Zhiyong was also softened, and he asked with a smile: "How is my grandfather and grandmother's health?" ”
"The saint and the queen are in good health, and yesterday the saint was riding a horse in the imperial garden."
"Then I'll be relieved."
Yang Qi saw the rosewood box on the table and asked curiously, "What is that?" ”
"Back to Your Highness, that's a gift from the little princess to Guard Zhang, let me bring it over."
After all, Yang Qi was a young man and full of curiosity, he was very interested in the gift of the little imperial aunt, so he asked Zhang Xuan with a smile: "What did my little imperial aunt give you?" ”
Zhang Xuan opened the box, "One is Weichen's personal weapon, which was taken by the little princess to play, she just returned it to me, and the other is a jade hairpin, it is estimated that Weichen bought her a lot of things yesterday, she didn't want to go, so she gave me the jade hairpin as a gift." ”
Yang Qi saw the jade hairpin, he was more and more surprised in his heart, the little imperial aunt actually gave her baby jade hairpin to Zhang Xuan, you must know that last year this jade hairpin was accidentally dropped into the Jiuzhou Pond by her, the little imperial aunt cried and made trouble, the imperial grandfather almost ordered to drain the water of the Jiuzhou Pool, thanks to a guard who dived into the water to find the jade hairpin, otherwise I don't know how big a mess it would be.
is such a thing she loves the most, she actually gave it to Zhang Xuan, it seems that Zhang Xuan likes her very much!
Although Zhang Xuan didn't know the importance of this jade hairpin, he could see that Chen Zhiyong and Yang Qi were very surprised, so he vaguely guessed that this jade hairpin was extraordinary.
"I don't dare to accept this jade hairpin, please take it back to the palace and return it to the little princess, and thank her on my behalf."
Zhang Xuan's statement made Chen Zhiyong more satisfied, and he also considered bringing this jade hairpin back to ask the queen mother, and he couldn't mess with the little princess's temperament.
Chen Zhi said to Yang Qi in a low voice: "Your Highness, take a step to speak!" ”
Yang Qi walked to the side with him, "What's the matter?" ”
"Your Royal Highness, this wooden box was not given to me by the queen's mother, it was when the old slave left the palace, the little princess caught up and asked me to bring it to Zhang Guard, and the old slave didn't know that there was a jade hairpin in it."
Yang Qi was taken aback, "Doesn't the imperial grandmother know about this?" ”
Chen Zhiyong quickly glanced at Zhang Xuan and shook his head, Yang Qi is an extremely stable person, the royal rules are strict, the little imperial aunt is young and ignorant, and can act indiscriminately, but they can't condone it, at least this matter must be approved by the imperial grandmother.
Yang Qi also understood what Chen Zhiyong meant, he nodded and said: "You take the jade hairpin back and report it to the queen mother truthfully, if the little imperial aunt makes trouble, you will say that I ordered it." ”
Chen Zhiyong was overjoyed, he was afraid of offending the little princess and being retaliated by her, so he hoped that King Yan would take on this responsibility, but he didn't expect King Yan to be so reasonable.
Chen Zhiyong hurriedly gave a deep salute, "The old slave obeys the order!" ”
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Zhang Xuan returned to his room and threw the bag containing a hundred taels of gold into the cupboard, but took out the note that Yang Jier had written to him from his sleeve.
The paper was about two fingers wide and folded into three folds, and Zhang Xuan opened the note and saw that it was written: 'This jade hairpin is given to the princess's future concubine!' ’
Zhang Xuan couldn't cry or laugh a little, he thought he was making an appointment for the next time he went shopping, but he didn't expect that he was going to recruit himself as a colt, this weird elf little girl, he could imagine the triumphant little girl when she waved her pen to write this note.
When the seven or eight-year-old girl knew it but didn't know why, it was estimated that she already knew what was going on with the horse, but she didn't understand the true meaning of the horse, so she rewarded herself with such a big smile.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door behind him, and someone outside shouted, "Open the door!" ”
Zhang Xuan was startled, hurriedly hid the note, and as soon as he opened the door, the door was suddenly pushed open, and more than a dozen guards rushed in.
"Congratulations on being promoted!"
Everyone surrounded him and shouted: "If you are promoted, you have to treat you, how can you do it if you don't invite you!" ”
Zhang Xuan scratched his head, only then did he remember that he had been promoted, he had no concept of the official position of the Sui Dynasty, and hurriedly asked: "Which eldest brother knows, my prince Qianniu, what other official is Xuanhuiwei?" ”
Chai Shao said with a smile: "Your prince Yiwei was originally the eighth rank, the crown prince Qianniu was promoted by two ranks, and he was promoted to the seventh rank official, and Xuan Huiwei was the third rank among the eight lieutenants, and he was also the seventh rank, and he was a loose official. ”
Zhang Xuan knew that Chai Shao was also the crown prince Qianniu, but he was Li Yuan's son-in-law, and he had a family background, so he stayed up for three years before he became a prince, and he was promoted to the crown prince Qianniu only a few days after he entered the mansion, it was indeed a god speed, no wonder they wanted to treat themselves.
Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "It's no problem to have a treat, I will invite everyone to the best restaurant in Luoyang tonight to drink!" ”
Everyone was overjoyed, and complimented Zhang Xuan again, and then dispersed.
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At dusk, Zhang Xuan and more than a dozen guards came to the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant located outside the gate of the West City, which is also the largest and most famous restaurant in Luoyang, covering an area of ten acres, consisting of two restaurants in the east and west, which can accommodate thousands of people at the same time.
Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant is the property of a lonely family, although the Guanlong nobles have been hit politically and have lost their right to speak in the decision-making of military and political affairs of the imperial court, they still have the most abundant financial resources of the Great Sui, and almost monopolize the most profitable business in Chang'an and Luoyang.
Among the top ten restaurants in Luoyang, there are seven related to the background of the Long aristocracy, and one Ye knows the autumn, which shows the huge financial resources of the Guanlong nobles.
The business of Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant is extremely prosperous, every day is full of friends, there are almost no seats without reservations, Zhang Xuan is the first time to invite guests, and it is also the first time to come to Tiansi Pavilion to drink, he does not understand the rules, so when the bartender asked him to book the elegant room, he was a little dumbfounded.
"Guys, I'm sorry, I didn't know I still needed to make a reservation here, or let's change it!" Jang Hyun apologized to everyone.
"What booking? He thinks we're people, Lao Tzu has never booked a drink here! ”
A burly guard took out his waist card, shook it in front of the bartender, and said, "Do you see clearly, what is this?" Besides, if you want to make a reservation, Lao Tzu smashed your tavern. ”
It was not so much the waist card that worked, but the fierce spirit of the guards that frightened the bartender, and the bartender hurriedly ran back to report to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper came out and recognized this group of people, who turned out to be the guards of the Yan Wangfu, as the saying goes, "Rather provoke evil soldiers than official ruffians!" ”
refers to these palace guards, they basically have backgrounds, and if ordinary people accidentally annoy them, they don't know what kind of unwarranted disasters will arise, so they have to be careful.
The shopkeeper said with a smile on his face: "It turned out to be the eldest brothers of Yanwangfu, it's really slack, the villain is guilty!" ”
"Don't talk this nonsense, is there a place for it?"
The shopkeeper thought for a while and said: "The elegant room is indeed full, but half of the east hall is still empty, and I use a screen to separate it, which is equivalent to the elegant room, do you think it's okay?" ”
Zhang Xuan didn't want to be so domineering, he immediately agreed: "As long as there is a place to sit, the shopkeeper can arrange it!" ”
Everyone is because it is Zhang Xuan who is the east, since he does not object, then everyone may also accept it, and a group of guards said to the shopkeeper one after another: "Then let's go through the hall!" This time it's cheap for you, if it weren't for Zhang Guard's easy talk, you wouldn't want to get through the trick today. ”
"That's it! Is that! It's Zhang Guard and everyone who give me face, and I'll definitely come to toast and make amends later. ”
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The so-called Tongtang is a big room, you can put four or five wine tables, generally by two or three groups of drinkers together, separated by a screen, and a single room is almost the same, the biggest inconvenience is not soundproof, easy to interfere with each other, if there are many people, you can completely wrap down the Tongtang, but it seems more spacious.
There are two halls in the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant, and there is one in the east and west buildings, but the west building is mainly a place for merchants and ordinary people to drink and eat, and people with a little bit of status are reluctant to go to the west building.
Zhang Xuan and the others followed the shopkeeper to the Tongtang on the third floor of the East Building, where there were already a table of guests, about seven or eight people, all tall and burly, and two people wearing armor, which could be seen to be army generals, and one of them had a flying eagle logo on his left arm.
However, these people are relatively old, the oldest is only about thirty years old, and the youngest is only about seventeen or eighteen years old.
This group of officers sat outside, and when Zhang Xuan passed by them, he couldn't help but take a second look, and two of them left a deep impression on him, one was the chief officer, about thirty years old, who felt that his figure was slightly shorter than his own half a head, with a yellow face, tiger eyes and thick eyebrows, and a wisp of black beard under his chin.
The other man, about seventeen or eighteen years old, was about the same height as himself, wore a silver helmet, had slender eyes, and a high nose, and was handsome and imposing, and he was looking at himself curiously.
With the exception of the youngest officer, everyone else drank and ignored their entry.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please take a seat here!"
The shopkeeper led them to sit down inside, several bartenders moved the screen, dividing the hall into two, and an independent space appeared, everyone sat down around the small table, Zhang Xuan smiled at the guard Han Xin: "I'm here for the first time, Brother Han order!" Eat what you want, drink what you want, whatever you want, I just have to pay for it! ”
Han Xin is the guard who scolded the shopkeeper just now, he is Han Baohu's nephew, the official is a thousand cows and straight, he is a well-known local snake in Luoyang, he is short-tempered, but he is very righteous, he is a frequent visitor to the restaurant, and he is very familiar with this side.
Han Xin smiled, "I just like my brother's cheerfulness!" ”
He knew that Zhang Xuan had won a bounty of one hundred taels, so he was not polite, and ordered more than 30 good dishes and 20 bottles of good wine.
"That's all! If the dishes are not enough, we will order them again, the wine will be served first, and the big dishes can be slowed down a little, but we must first serve a few delicious side dishes with wine. ”
"Great! Ladies and gentlemen, come soon! ”
Han Xin smiled at Zhang Xuan and said: "Don't be stingy when eating here, these bartenders are very snobbish, their eyes are poisonous, and they will remember if they have less wine and food, and they will take you to the West Building next time." ”
"Can't you go to the West Building?"
"The fourth floor is a place for businessmen and nouveau riche, drinking with them, losing face, remembering my brother's words, I would rather not enter the door of the restaurant than go to the west building."
Zhang Xuan smiled and nodded, "I remember!" ”
Soon, several bartenders first sent ten bottles of fine wine, and then brought more than a dozen plates of snacks to accompany the wine, everyone poured the wine, Zhang Xuan raised his glass and stood up and said with a smile: "Today, the little brother is a guest, please have a drink, the little brother has just arrived, please take care of it in the future!" ”
"Brother Zhang has been promoted to the crown prince in only half a month, won't he be promoted to a general in a few months, you should take care of us at that time, everyone said yes!"
Everyone burst into laughter, "That's right, I wish my brother a high promotion, let's have a drink." ”
Everyone drank it all, and poured wine with vegetables, talking and laughing, and it was very lively.
At this time, an old man led a twelve or thirteen-year-old lady in a red dress to walk in, bowed down and said with a smile: "Do you want to listen to music?" ”
"Hey! Do you listen to music or not? Han Xin asked loudly.
"Drinking and chatting is having fun, what bullshit to listen to! Don't listen! Don't listen! ”
Everyone objected, and Han Xinyi waved his hand, "We don't listen, you go elsewhere!" ”
Zhang Xuan saw that the pair of ancestors and grandchildren were pitiful, so he took out a handful of money and stuffed it to the little lady, "Go!" ”
"Thank you, Childe!" The little girl thanked him and followed the old man out.
Everyone shook their heads and smiled: "Brother Zhang has a good heart, but there are too many poor people in the world, where can you take care of it, it's a waste for you to give them money!" ”
Unexpectedly, a young voice came from the other side of the screen, "If you can help one by one, help the weak and help the poor, this is the true character of a husband, where is it wasted?" ”
Han Xin was furious and slammed the table, "How is the next door talking?" ”
"Shixin, don't talk nonsense! will offend people. ”
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