Chapter 1006: The grapes are red
Wei Ji was very restrained in front of Qin Jin, the general of the Shenwu Army has now become a powerful government and the opposition, no, he is a powerful minister in his hands, and even the Son of Heaven has become a puppet in his hands, his status is not what it used to be, how can he not tremble?
"The guilty Wei Ji, meet ......"
Wei Ji was just about to bow down, but Qin Jin was quick and took the first step to support him, but he couldn't bend down with the knee he was about to play with. After all, there are many people on the Qixian Tower, and he and Du Fu came out to eat and drink, on the one hand, to reminisce about the past, and on the other hand, to take the opportunity to observe the impact of the war on the people.
"Casual clothes outside, you don't have to be formal, take a seat!"
The most peculiar thing about the upstairs of Qixian is the full arrangement of Hu tables and stools. At this time, among the upper elites, it was still fashionable to divide the case and eat separately, but these buildings did the opposite, with excellent signboards and the support of a group of powerful and dignitaries, which made this way of eating at the same table popular for a while. Especially after the fall of Chang'an and the recovery of the Shenwu Army, there were a large number of Hu generals who followed the Shenwu Army back to Chang'an, and at the same time, the Hu caravan also arrived in Chang'an smoothly in winter.
"Shops, stores......"
Wu Hu Huaizhong didn't know Wei Ji, because he was the first to call the guys to come over and order. Several guys had already surrounded him, including the guy who was scared by Du Fu and fled.
"Everyone, everyone, there is already a lord here, Andinghou has to come over every afternoon to eat and drink, please, please make it convenient!"
However, the shopkeeper's words were quickly debunked by the guests at the adjacent table.
"Don't bully the shopkeeper, if Gorou of the Dugu family doesn't come after noon, he won't come...... Why are you embarrassed by others? It's convenient for you to be convenient with others!"
The guys dare to offend the raw guests, but they dare not offend the guests at the next table, obviously they are not only regular customers, but also have a deep background with the so-called stable marquis.
I saw that one of the guys reacted the fastest, and immediately nodded and smiled:
"Thanks to the reminder of the distinguished guest, it was the villain who had a bad memory, and the memory made the dog take ......"
The regular customers at the adjacent table relieved Qin Jin, Du Fu and others of the siege, and also saved them from spending more time on their lips, ordered a few signature dishes of Qixian Lou, and then scalded a pot of good spring wine. However, the regular customer at the adjacent table was obviously very nosy, and regardless of whether it was polite or not, he suggested across the Hu table:
"This year, there is a 'grape with quhong' sent by Hu Shang in the Western Regions, why don't you try it fresh?"
A sinister smile suddenly appeared on the face of the shopkeeper, and he hurriedly echoed the recommendation:
"The guest officer must try the small shop's 'with qu hong', this wine is like blood, the entrance is comparable to agar syrup, it is really a rare wine in the world, no, this wine should only be in the sky......"
said that Qin Jin was a little annoyed, so he agreed to come up with a pot.
Soon, a delicate silver bottle of wine was brought up, high and thin neck, twice bent handle shows its strong exotic style, look closely, the decoration on the bottle body is exquisite and detailed, even a rough person like Wuhu Huaizhong can see that this wine bottle alone is worth a lot of money.
However, Du Fu's brows quickly condensed into a pimple, and he said with some dissatisfaction:
"The doctor shouldn't order this wine, it is said that one or two 'with koji red' are worth a hundred times the weight of gold ......"
He lifted the handle of the wine jug, checked it in his hand, and roughly estimated that it must weigh at least two or three catties, and after removing the weight of the flask, this pot "with qu red" must weigh at least one catty. In other words, just one pound of wine is worth 100 pounds of gold!
Du Fu briefly explained the origin and price of this qu red, Qin Jin couldn't help but gasp, of course he knew that this so-called "qu hong" was wine, but he really couldn't imagine that it was so expensive and luxurious. His eyes glanced at the adjacent table intentionally or unintentionally, but he saw that a few people at the adjacent table were smiling a little embarrassed, as for the reason for this, it must have originated from this bottle of "with quhong".
When he landed, Qin Jin had a feeling that he had been slaughtered severely, and when he came, he was defeated when he ate and drunk. But when I came, I couldn't drink a sip of wine or eat a mouthful of food, so I took the lead in pouring a glass and sending it to my lips to take a sip, feeling that the taste was just like that, and it obviously didn't match its expensive price. However, this wine was transported from afar from the Western Regions, and the manpower and animal power consumed during the period were probably worth the price of 100 gold.
Putting down the wine glass, Qin Jin looked at Wuhu Huaizhong, intending to ask how much money he had brought. Wu Huhuai faithfully comprehended, and only found a gold ingot of ten taels all over his body.
If you eat and drink normally, ten taels of gold are enough to eat dozens of times, but because of the expensive and extravagant "band red", the difference is too far.
Wuhu Huaizhong whispered:
"Don't worry, doctor, I'll go back and get the money!"
"No need, isn't it possible to hang up the account in the fairy building? hang it when you leave, and send someone to send the wine money when you go back!"
Qin Jin can now see that Du Fu intends to solve problems for the deceased, so he wants to get to the point as soon as possible. However, he was unimpressed with Du Fu's character of the old man, when Du Fu asked to borrow money from Wei's mansion, Wei Ji had no intention of helping, and only planned to symbolically give Du Fu and two dates, so ashamed that Du Fu never had the face to borrow money again.
It just so happened that Qin Jin and Wei Ji were in the same car that day, and Wei Ji's cool side was seen by him. Of course, after Wei Ji learned that Qin Jin valued Du Fu's attitude, for some purposes, he funded Du Fu with a large amount of money, which could be regarded as selling Qin Jin a favor.
It's just that Qin Jin knew the inside story of the borrowing incident that day, but Du Fu didn't know, he only knew that when he was most destitute, it was Wei Ji's generosity and help, and the grace of dripping water was still reciprocated, not to mention sending charcoal in the snow?
Du Fu plans to help Wei Ji solve problems today, and this is precisely why. At his urging, Wei Ji concisely recounted his recent downfall. It turned out that the Wei family was not involved in the collusion with Fan Hu case, nor was it implicated in the trend of cracking down on corruption and abusing power for personal gain.
The most unfortunate thing is that Wei Ji's Yue's two crimes were implemented, and he decided to secretly dredge it out of interest considerations, but, unexpectedly, Wei Ji's Yue's family was regarded as a mortal enemy by Xia Yuanji, and it must be purged, Wei Ji also angered Xia Yuanji, and soon someone fabricated his accusations, making him bankrupt, losing his official position, and ending up in a tragic situation of begging on the street.
In fact, Wei Ji hated Xia Yuanji very much, he was ruined, bankrupt, and lived on the streets, all thanks to this person. However, it is well known to everyone in the Manchu Dynasty that Xia Yuanji is also one of Qin Jin's most powerful cronies, so when he stated his experience, he also hid many factors in Xia Yuanji, and more of the focus fell on Xia Yuanji's cronies.
However, how could Qin Jin not hear the hidden secret?
Du Fu frowned and said:
"Fabricating accusations, or is it true?"
Wei Ji was stunned for a moment, then hesitated and said:
"True and false, who can tell it all?"
This sentence also confirms the fact that many of the many crimes fabricated for Veziro are true.
"This is difficult, if Brother Wei is completely wronged, with Doctor Qin here, he will definitely be able to set things right for you, restore your reputation, and recover your assets, then ......"
Wei Ji smiled bitterly:
"Wei Ji knows that he is guilty, and he doesn't expect anything else, if he can, if he can still have the opportunity to serve the country, he will be satisfied!"
He would never ask for rehabilitation, how could Qin Jin go to the fat in his henchmen's mouth for his own sake? Therefore, being able to find another errand to obtain the capital to make a comeback is the key. Presumably, as long as there is Du Fu's support, Qin Jin will definitely not object.
The facts were as Wei Ji expected, Du Fu opened his mouth to intercede with Qin Jin, hoping to give Wei Ji a chance to reform himself, Qin Jin agreed and let Du Fu do it himself.
Du Fu thought about it, the war in Hedong was imminent, and the expansion of the army was an extremely important one of the many countermeasures, so it was better to let Wei Ji temporarily go to Hedong to find an errand for Sima. In the Tang system, Sima handled a lot of general affairs in the army, although he did not directly lead the troops into battle, but as long as he won the battle, he had the same credit to share.
Wei Ji smiled reluctantly, although he was bitter in his heart, he also knew that Du Fu's suggestion was already the most reasonable and beneficial to himself.
"Brother Zimei, rest assured, Wei will definitely live up to his mission!"
After saying these words, the wine and food were almost eaten, and Qin Jin had already been swept away, neither wanting to eat or drink anymore, nor having the intention of enjoying the street scene. In addition, with this Wei Ji present, many words are not convenient to say, and he already has the intention of paying the bill and leaving.
At this moment, the stairs were trampled on, and a group of fierce and vicious strong men rushed straight up to the Qixian Tower.
"Which one doesn't open his eyes and snatched the seat of Andinghou?
These people rushed straight towards Qin Jin and the others, Qin Jin shook his head secretly, it seems that even if he wants to be low-key today, he will be very low-key.
Behind the fierce and vicious strong man, the shopkeeper who was frightened by Du Fu pointed at Du Fu and said:
"It's that old man, and he said that Andinghou is, what kind of dog thing is it......"
Now that he has the opportunity, of course he has to add fuel and vinegar, in order to completely anger An Dinghou and clean up the group of self-conscious customers.
With the sound of stairs again, Andinghou slowly went up to the Immortal Tower, born with a fat head and big ears, but only a pair of small eyes, small eyes scanned the situation upstairs, most of the elegant seats were blocked by screens, but the screens next to Qin Jin and others had been pushed away, Qin Jin and others were still sitting, and they were not shaken by the words Andinghou.
An Dinghou narrowed his eyes with a smile.
"Dare to ask your guest's name?"
An Dinghou asked himself that he was different from a ruffian, he would not come up and shout and kill, and decided to set a set of the other party's details first. However, his gaze was soon fixed on the high-necked, thin-spouted silver bottle with koji red wine jug......