Xu Shiji refused to take a seat, and Pei Ju repeatedly persuaded him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The guests in the main hall, Pei Ju greeted him in advance, and also persuaded Xu Shiji to take a seat.

Jia Kui also persuaded: "The guest is as good as the host, General Xu will listen to the master's arrangement." ”

Everyone persuaded him again and again, but Xu Shiji really couldn't shirk it, so he had to sit in the position of guest of honor.

The other guests, with the same title, were seated in order of age.

Pei Ju sat in the position of the master to accompany him, but Jia Kui, who acted as the agent of Hedong government affairs, could only accompany the last seat because of his low title and low seniority.

In the main hall, except for Xu Shiji, Pei Ju, Jia Kui and others, who are young, the others are all elderly people. The youngest is over half a hundred years old.

The family holds a banquet, what they want is the form, what they want is the scene, and eating and drinking are secondary.

Older guests don't eat much alcohol.

However, the Pei family is a big family, and the status of the guests is noble, and it doesn't matter how much wine or how little you eat, but the rules of toasting are not sloppy at all.

Eating and drinking here is completely different from drinking in a tavern.

When you eat wine here, you pay attention to the rules, not wine, but etiquette!

In every link, there is a saying, and there is a name!

Pei Ju toasted as the host, and took the lead in raising the wine bottle to signal to the guests. This gift is called "dedication".

The guests served wine in response. This ritual is called "sorrel".

After the host Pei Ju drank himself, he stretched out his hand to signal, and the guests drank it all. This gift is called "reward".

This is a set of "gifts".

The word "dedication" in the name of this ceremony represents the meaning of dedication.

Ordinary large families usually omit this gift. But Wen Xi Pei's treat, there will be no less courtesy.

Pei Ju beckoned, and the slave maid who had been waiting for the side for a long time, holding a tray with a whole horse bundled with silk, presented a gift to the guests. This is called "remuneration coin".

The guest accepts the gift, and this "reward" gift is completed.

Hold your horses!

This is "one dedication".

Wen Xi Pei's family treats guests, and must make a full gift of "three offerings"!

Again and again, the gift of "three offerings" was achieved.

Three gifts, the owner can be counted as the friendship of the landlord.

Next, guests can toast each other, called "travel offerings".

Compared with the dedication, the procedure of travel donation is simpler.

The basic rule is to respect the elders and the young in an orderly manner, and respect the host first, and then the other guests.

Travel etiquette is simple to say, but it is actually quite complicated.

Modern people toast each other, simply and rudely:

So-and-so, let's go one!

So-and-so, one! Deep feelings, a mouthful!

The ancients toasted and had many rules.

Don't say that it is an ordinary grass people, even many people from large families, and they don't understand all the rules.

If you don't understand the rules and make a mistake, not only will the guests lose face, but the host will not look good.

Such a formal occasion was presided over by Si Zheng. The celebrant is the celebrant so that the guest does not make a mistake with the rules.

With the Overseer, it's easy. Who toasts and who is toasted is all arranged by the priest.

Si Zheng went to the hall and said in a long voice: "Please General Xu toast!" ”

Xu Shiji was stunned!

Xu Shiji understands the rules, the guests toast, and pays attention to respect and order. Unlike the modern era when the young and the inferior took the initiative to toast to the older venerable, in the Han Dynasty, the elder first respected the young, and respected the first and the humble.

Si Zheng asked Xu Shiji to toast first, which was to put him in the most respectful position!

Sitting in the seat of the guest of honor, Xu Shiji already felt very embarrassed. The first one came forward to toast, and it was a disappointment!

In this class, in terms of age, he is the countdown. The same is true for knighthoods. Is there a mistake in the division?

Xu Shiji looked at Si Zheng and intentionally reminded.

But Si Zheng saw that Xu Shiji didn't say anything, and repeated: "Please General Xu toast!" ”

"This ......" Xu Shiji was embarrassed.

Listen to Si Zheng's arrangement, get up and toast? Embarrassed!

If you don't get up, the scene is frozen, and it's even more embarrassing!

Xu Shiji peeked at everyone in the hall, but no one had a strange expression.

"General Xu, please." Pei Ju smiled and asked.

Xu Shiji had no choice but to get up.

Si Zheng guided, Xu Shiji started with the master Pei Ju, and then toasted everyone in turn in the order of the year.

When toasting, Xu Shiji was extremely humble. After saluting for a while, everyone was not unusual, and Xu Shiji was a little relieved.

However, when I sat back in my seat, I was still uneasy.

Next, the guests toasted in order.

Finally completed the long-winded procedure, Xu Shiji made an excuse to change his clothes, and gestured to Pei Ju with his eyes.

Pei Ju understood and walked out with Xu Shiji.

"Mr. Hongdae, what are you, what are you making trouble with! Torture Xu also! ”

Xu Shiji is very cautious in his life. Although he was the leading military member in Hedong, he did not want to give people the impression of arrogance.

If this spreads, it will affect word of mouth and even affect the future future!

Pei Ju looked inexplicable. "What's wrong? General Xu thinks it's inappropriate? ”

Both of them are Liu Mang's subordinates, so they can be regarded as colleagues. There are no outsiders, Xu Shiji has no scruples when he speaks, and complains: "It's not appropriate! Of course not! ”

Pei Ju was still at a loss. "What's wrong, I hope General Xu will advise."

Xu Shiji was even more angry. "Ladies and gentlemen, celebrities from the east of the river. Except for Jia Liangdao and you and me, they are all township marquises. Hongdae forced Xu to be the guest of honor, but Xu was already panicked. I want to pay for the first trip, how can Xu afford it! ”

Pei Ju still looked puzzled. "General Xu leads the post of General of Beisizhou, naturally he is the most respected guest in the hall, what's wrong?"

"However, Duke Du, Duke Yang, etc., are all marquises!"

"Oh......" Pei Ju seemed to finally understand, and said with a smile: "Oh, General Mao Gong, what should I do, but it turns out that this is such a trivial matter!" ”

"Today's title doesn't have to be the same as before!" Pei Ju smiled and patted Xu Shiji's arm, turned his head to look at the main hall, and saw that no one was paying attention to this side, Pei Ju leaned over to Xu Shiji's side and said in a low voice: "General Mao Gong doesn't have to care." The princes in the hall and the princes of the country are nothing more than hereditary and graceful gains, thanks to the shadow of the ancestors, which is nothing. ”

Xu Shiji said: "How can you say this? ”

"What's the big deal?" Pei Ju said, "Today's title is no longer as good as before. There is neither a feudal country nor a food city, but it is just a false name. ”

Seeing that Xu Shiji was still skeptical, Pei Ju said again: "Don't hide it, Pei has no talent and no virtue, but if you want to be an empty marquis, it is easy to get tight." I heard that I liked the Pei family, and I also had the protection of my ancestors. According to my Han law, Pei can be promoted to the Marquis of Enting. ”

"Oh?"

"Yet, Marquis of the Empty Head, what is it for? It's just a glamorous name. Pei Ju said with a smile: "If the imperial court allows, Pei would rather use this empty Pavilion Marquis to exchange for a partial general in the Mao Gong Army, hahaha......"

"Hongdae is joking."

"No joke!" Pei Ju looked serious. "In today's world, don't say that Mao Gong is the general of Beisizhou, he is the captain of a county, and even the captain of a county with hundreds of soldiers and horses, and on today's occasion, he is also the guest of honor!"

When Pei Ju said this, Xu Shiji was finally relieved. "Hongdae, are you hurting Xu? Hahaha......"

The two laughed.

Xu Shiji is so smart, from Pei Ju's words, he has heard the sound outside the strings!

This Pei Ju is tactfully persuading himself not to be tempted by the empty township marquis title canonized by the little emperor!

Although the title given by the little emperor is good, it is useless!

What is really useful is the military power granted by the lord Liu Mang!

Smart people communicate with each other without too many words.

Xu Shiji stopped and never mentioned the matter of giving the seal.

It wasn't until the time of farewell that Xu Shiji asked Pei Ju if he would rush back to Luoyang after finishing his family's affairs.

After receiving an affirmative answer, Xu Shiji untied the sword in his waist. "This is the trophy of Zuo Fengyi's First World War, Xu was supposed to present it to the lord in person, but because the war did not stop, Xu had no time to meet the lord in person, so please ask Hongdae to do it for him."

Pei Ju smiled in his heart...... (To be continued.) )