Volume 1 Crossing the Tang Dynasty Chapter 13 Returning on the Initiative
There are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, and there is no speculation for more than half a sentence. If you want to drink a thousand cups, of course, you have to speculate. How to make the conversation speculative, of course, is to talk about something that can adjust the atmosphere. Lu Xiaoxian gave full play to his good memory, and told Xie Yunxuan the jokes stored in his mind from time to time.
"Once upon a time, there was a man from Chu who crossed the river in a boat, and when he was halfway through the boat, he suddenly fell into the river with the sword in his hand, and he hurriedly carved it on the boat with a knife. The boatman was very strange and asked him what he was doing. The man replied, "The sword was struck from this place, and it should be made a mark, so that it might be found when it came to shore." ”
Of course, Xie Yunxuan had heard the story of carving a boat and begging for a sword, and he guessed that Lu Xiaoxian must have something to do.
Sure enough, Lu Xiaoxian continued: "The boatman was furious when he heard this, even if this is the case, as for digging such a big hole, the boat is leaking!" ”
Lu Xiaoxian was like a river, talking endlessly, Xie Yunxuan suddenly felt that this junior brother was not simple.
While talking, the shopkeeper served the food again, first serving a plate of finely cut shredded chicken, followed by a few plates of ingredients, sauces and so on.
I don't know if it was intentional or not, the shopkeeper spilled a drop of sauce on Lu Xiaoxian's body.
Lu Xiaoxian asked the shopkeeper with a gloomy face: "What should I do?" ”
The shopkeeper glared and said, "You can do anything." ”
"So what do you say?" Lu Xiaoxian asked rhetorically.
Not to be outdone: "What do you want to do?" ”
"What do you usually do in your restaurant?"
The shopkeeper rolled his eyes and smiled: "Guest officer, why don't I help you do it?" ”
"Good! I'll leave it to you, and I'll see what you're going to do. ”
I saw that the shopkeeper quickly poured a few plates of ingredients and sauces on the chicken shreds, holding chopsticks in one hand and a spoon in the other, and mixing them after a few brushes.
Then, he said to Lu Xiaoxian: "Guest officer, it's ready, it's ready to eat." ”
Lu Xiaoxian narrowed his eyes, stared at the plate of chicken shreds and didn't speak, it took a while to come back to his senses, he nodded at the shopkeeper and said, "Hide it deeply, you did a good job, I have a long experience!" ”
Lu Xiaoxian was deflated in front of the shopkeeper, Xie Yunxuan thought it was interesting, he said in a round: "Come on!" Two junior brothers, I toast you! ”
As soon as the three of them put down their cups, the shopkeeper brought a large plate of meat and bones and a plate of salt and pepper.
Zhang Meng has a soft spot for gnawing bones, he unceremoniously grabbed a bone and ate it with a cluck.
The shopkeeper glanced at him and said, "Guest officer, this should be dipped and eaten." ”
Zhang Meng was stunned, looked at the shopkeeper suspiciously, and then looked at Xie Yunxuan.
Xie Yunxuan agreed: "Indeed, it is better to eat it with dipping. ”
So, Zhang Meng stood up with the bone, and clicked again.
This time it was the shopkeeper's turn to be stunned, and he hurriedly asked, "Guest officer, do you need anything?" ”
"Huh? No, I don't. Zhang Meng was confused.
"Then sit down and eat."
Zhang Meng muttered and sat down, looked at Xie Yunxuan, dazed. He brought the bone to his mouth and took a careful bite.
The shopkeeper said again: "Guest officer, this should be dipped and eaten." ”
Zhang stood up suddenly, waving his bones and shouting angrily: "I have to eat standing and sitting again, how do I eat?" ”
Lu Xiaoxian and Xie Yunxuan were silent for a moment, and they laughed together, and their stomachs hurt when they laughed.
After thirty years of wine, a dish came up: "Stewed Wang Ba!" ”
Xie Yunxuan said to Lu Xiaoxian and Zhang Meng: "Two junior brothers, you two work hard, make up for your body!" ”
Lu Xiaoxian didn't like to eat, and he didn't want to go against Xie Yunxuan's good intentions, so he took a spoon and drank the soup and said, "I'll just drink some soup!" Senior Brother Yunxuan, please. ”
The shopkeeper wasted no time in saying: "The guest officer is an expert at a glance, and Wang Ba should drink soup first!" ”
Lu Xiaoxian listened, and almost didn't squirt out the soup in one gulp.
When the soup was about to end, something came out, and Zhang Meng asked curiously: "Little Er, what is this?" ”
The shopkeeper replied: "It's a bastard." ”
"Oh, it's a bastard!" Zhang Meng was looking forward to saying to the shopkeeper, "Give us three points!" ”
For a long time, the shopkeeper did not move.
Zhang Meng became angry and asked angrily: "What, didn't you hear me?" ”
The shopkeeper was embarrassed and said, "Guest officer, there are three of you, but there are only two bastards, how do you tell me to divide them?" ”
This shopkeeper is too talented, and he is obviously scolding Lu Xiaoxian and Zhang Meng, but he doesn't have a dirty word.
Lu Xiaoxian listened, stretched out his neck and stared, full of delicious food, difficult to swallow.
After eating this meal for two hours, Xie Yunxuan finally fell drunk on the table.
It takes thousands of years to go from a monkey to a human, and it takes a few glasses of wine to go from a man to a monkey. This is true, Xie Yunxuan, who is as steady as a mountain, will inevitably talk nonsense when he is drunk, which makes Lu Xiaoxian feel a sense of accomplishment.
Before the crossing, Lu Xiaoxian was most afraid of drinking, whether it was beer or liquor, he would definitely get drunk when he touched it. Because of this, he didn't dare to participate in the company's activities or colleague gatherings. If you can't shirk it, you can only hide far away.
After arriving at Wangyun Mountain, the immoral ghost forced Lu Xiaoxian and Zhang Meng to drink almost every day. The two of them don't know how much they drank and how many times they got drunk, and finally practiced a good amount of alcohol. No one expected that it would come in handy here today.
Lu Xiaoxian took out the silver from Xie Yunxuan's burden and paid for the wine and meal. Of course, he didn't forget to pack five catties of braised beef and a jar of good wine.
In the end, Lu Xiaoxian threw a silver ingot to the shopkeeper: "Please send my senior brother to the inn to settle down, this is the room money, and the rest is your errand fee!" ”
It is said that money can make ghosts grind, and the shopkeeper, who was still angry with Lu Xiaoxian just now, immediately smiled when he saw Yinzi.
Leaving the "Delicious Xuan", Zhang Meng asked Lu Xiaoxian: "Where are we going now?" ”
"Look back at Yunshan!"
"What? Looking back at Yunshan? Zhang Meng's eyes widened.
"Of course, where else can we go without looking back at Yunshan?"
"Then why did you leave Wangyun Mountain with Senior Brother Yun Xuan?" Zhang Meng was puzzled.
"For a good meal!"
"That's it?" Zhang Meng didn't seem to believe it.
Lu Xiaoxian suddenly asked: "When we left, the ghost of lack of virtue and the shaking wind disappeared, don't you think it's strange?" ”
Zhang Meng nodded: "I also think it's strange, where did they go?" ”
"They didn't go anywhere, they must have been hiding in the house!" Lu Xiaoxian said confidently, "Senior Brother Yun Xuan said that the Lack of Virtue Ghost asked me to be his apprentice just to fulfill his wish, how important this matter is to him, I think you also know, how could he let me go so easily?" Actually, I have already seen that he has dug a pit for us and tested us through his senior brother, so I wonder where they are hiding now, secretly spying on us! ”
After listening to Lu Xiaoxian's words, Zhang Meng subconsciously looked around, and if he wanted to let the immoral ghosts arrest them back to Wangyun Mountain, there would definitely be no good life.
Lu Xiaoxian said indifferently, "Even if he really lets me go, I don't plan to leave Wangyun Mountain!" ”
"Why?" Zhang Meng felt that he didn't know Lu Xiaoxian more and more.
"Although others lack morality, they are also very strong. We have to learn all his skills, only then will we have a good life in the future. It's hard work now, but it's worth it. As the saying goes, only when you eat hard can you become a superior person, this is the truth! ”
Lu Xiaoxian's words, Zhang Meng didn't seem to understand, he didn't bother to think about it, and said to Lu Xiaoxian directly: "You decide, I will listen to you, I will go with you wherever you say!" ”
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Looking at Yunshan, in the wooden house of the ghost lacking virtue, the ghost of lack of virtue and the wind are sitting at the wooden table.
The ghost of lack of virtue drank all the wine in the cup, and then took another bite of braised beef, and chewed it with taste.
"Senior brother, it's really rare that you're so happy today!" Shake the wind quipped: "Is it because this kid has given you a filial tribute to beef and wine?" ”
"Neither nor not!" The Lack of Virtue Ghost shook his head and said, "Beef and wine are good, but that's not why I'm happy!" ”
"Is it because this kid took the initiative to come back again that you are so happy?" Shake Wind guessed.
"He can come back on his own initiative, it was expected!" The immoral ghost sighed, "I said earlier, this kid has potential, and he didn't disappoint me!" ”
"Senior brother, what do you mean by this?" The shaking wind was quite puzzled.
He could see through Yun Xuan's temptation, and then he would go down the mountain with Yun Xuan, play Yun Xuan around, and finally come back after he was full of wine and food. Based on this alone, shake the wind, can Yun Xuan fight him in the future? ”
Only then did Shake the Wind understand that what Senior Brother Dare was thinking about was how to win in the future. However, what he said is not unreasonable, the honest Xie Yunxuan is probably really not the opponent of the cunning Lu Xiaoxian.
At this moment, the shaking wind was a little worried about Xie Yunxuan.
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