Chapter 37: The Dinner
Wenyi and Shu'er played until the tenth day of August, and there were more rangers nearby. Small traders and hawkers also heard the news, and the stalls of scones, boiling tea, and cutting meat were neatly arranged according to the pre-divided area of literature and art, forming a small bazaar. Why is there a lack of storytellers in the martial arts event? King Kuaizui brought his grandson Erxuan and a few well-known storytellers in Chang'an also arrived, and two small stages were built on the east and west sides of the market, and three sides were full of tables, chairs and benches. found four nearby restaurants to cooperate, so that the restaurant produced small servants, chefs, literature and art, and seventy-three points of money, so that the owners of the four restaurants smiled and smoked.
Wenyi and Shu'er are now sitting under the stage in the west, drinking tea, and over and over again, I heard the storyteller talk about the "Battle of Chang'an" on it. has to convince the storyteller's mouth, and those who have experienced literature and art have to admire his ability to swear that he will never make things up. I heard him say,
Hebei Xiaoxiong Dou Jiande personally came to the city to fight the King of Qin, but saw that he was one zhang tall, his waist was also one zhang, his shoulders were big and his waist was round, his chest was exposed with a pinch of heart hair, his eyes were like copper bells, and his voice was like muffled thunder, so that a big knife two zhang long and thick at the mouth of the bowl weighed three hundred and sixty pounds. Exactly: the eyebrows are straight and the eyes are shining. The pimple face is full of strange flesh, and the sloppy mouth shows its fangs. Tired cheeks with pale red beard, long and short hair fluffy behind the ears. Rough temperament, like pig iron; Cunning figure, but like stubborn copper. is really a straight man, you must know that he is not an idler.
Who is His Royal Highness King Qin? The world's first-class heroes, the first heroes in the list of heroes in the rivers and lakes. When he stepped on the treasure horse and walked out of the city gate, he had to single out Dou Jiande. The two had a good fight:
The king of Xia was angry, and the king of Qin was powerful. The king of Xia was angry and wanted to take the king of Qin to break Chang'an; The king of Qin Shi Wei wanted to capture the king of Xia and retreat thousands of troops. The knife comes to the lance, and it is said to go to the knife to welcome. At first, it was still in the dust, and then it was in mid-air. Vajra lance, sharp and sharp; The glaive knife is cold and cold. The soul that is poked returns to Hades, and the slashed one is set to see the king of Hades. It is all about quick hands and quick eyes, and you must be strong and strong. The two families sacrificed their lives to fight, and they didn't know which one was safe and that one was injured!
Wenyi and Shu'er were listening to it with relish, when they were suddenly tapped on the shoulder, and hurriedly looked back, and saw Li Shimin looking at them with a smile. Literature and art were about to get up and give a salute, Li Shimin held him down and said: "I came out of civilian clothes, don't be polite, I am Bai Xiaosheng now." ”
Only then did Wenyi see that Li Shimin brought many subordinate officials of Tiance Mansion this time, Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chi Jingde, etc. A few people found a few tables and sat down, and Cheng Yanjin said: "All the generals of our Tiance Mansion are all famous heroes in "Sui and Tang", how can we not come to see such a grand event?" From now on, you will all be called Cheng Da. Hey! Hey! ”
Everyone had to make fun of it again. Li Shimin then said: "My eldest brother is actively reorganizing the army and preparing to pacify the remaining traitors. And I'm Shang Shuling now, and I'm very idle, and they all reported their injuries and recuperated at home. So it's nothing, let's just come to Huashan to have fun. ”
Wenyi said: "That's right, the biggest forces have been wiped out, and the rest are stinky fish and shrimp, where do we need to take action, it's time for your uncles to take a break after many years of fighting." Huashan is really good, the scenery is extremely beautiful, Your Highness may wish to play here for more time. ”
Li Shimin nodded with a smile, and at this time Niu Jinda opened his mouth and asked, "Xiaoyi, what is your Huashan Sword Theory, tell me about it." ”
Wenyi nodded and said: "First of all, the audition will be held, divided into four rings, in the form of wheel battles, if you want to advance, you only need to defeat five opponents in a row, and in the second round, you need to defeat three opponents in a row, until the remaining hundred people are divided into ten groups for the group stage." The first place in each group is eligible to participate in the final round at the top of Huashan. Finally, they are ranked by the number of wins. If you are not satisfied, you can go to the challenge registration office to register, and you must obtain the consent of the challenged, and if the challenge is successful, the name will be reversed directly, and the ranking will remain unchanged if the challenge fails, and an article praising each other will be published on the "Jianghu Miscellaneous Talk" that we are about to publish. ”
Li Shimin said with a smile: "This is interesting, if you can't beat others, you have to admit defeat, and it's good to give the other party a reputation." It's just that what is this "Jianghu Miscellaneous"? ”
Wenyi took a sip of tea and continued: ""Miscellaneous Conversations in the Rivers and Lakes" was published in the name of Bai Xiaosheng, with an issue of about 20 pages per month, mainly used to record various things that have happened in the rivers and lakes recently, such as seeing righteousness and courage, still fighting evil and publishing the government's wanted list. ”
Wei Chi Jingde said: "This is good, if you want to make a name for yourself in the future, just go and kill a few guys who are rich and unkind." ”
Wenyi hurriedly added: "This can't be killed indiscriminately, Bai Xiaosheng will specially formulate a set of rules of conduct for chivalry and righteousness, who can be killed directly, who can't be killed, and who should be handed over to the government must be decided." Otherwise, there will be a big mess. ”
As he spoke, he arched his hand to Li Shimin and said: "When the time comes, I will trouble His Highness, this code of conduct needs the approval and cooperation of the government, otherwise it will be meaningless." ”
Li Shimin touched Shu'er's head and said, "I am a hundred Xiaosheng in the rivers and lakes, and this matter is incumbent on my son." Rest assured. ”
Shu'er looked at Li Shimin with stars in her eyes and said, "It turns out that my uncle is Bai Xiaosheng, I have always heard those uncles talk about you these days." ”
Li Shimin doted on her and hugged her into his arms and said, "What did they say about me? ”
Shu'er immediately showed off: "It is said that Bai Xiaosheng is really omniscient and omniscient, as long as Bai Xiaosheng says it, there is no inaccuracy, they all want to have a relationship with you, so that they can be on the two lists." ”
Li Shimin laughed and said, "Then does Shu'er want to be on the list?" Shall I put you in the first line? ”
Shu'er immediately shook her head and said, "No, Shu'er is still young, and my uncle said that I want to be a big girl, and I can't mess around outside." ”
Li Shimin happily teased: "My Shu'er has grown up and knows that she wants to be everyone's lady, so my uncle has to find you a wishful husband." ”
Shu'er was taken aback, and immediately secretly glanced at Wenyi, blushed, and buried her head in Li Shimin's arms and didn't come out.
Everyone laughed even more. Wenyi saw that it was getting late, so he invited everyone to eat hot pot at his place. Wenyi specially prepared an oversized hot pot with a diameter of one meter. Placed in the middle of a special table, this table is divided into three layers, the innermost layer is for hot pot, the middle layer is a circle that can rotate, specially used for dishes, and the outer layer is used for dishes and chopsticks, fifteen people sit down and still do not look crowded.
Li Shimin raised his glass and said: "In recent years, there have been frequent wars, and this king relies on your full help to extinguish the anti-kings from all walks of life and promote the heroic style of the Tang Dynasty." You have fought hard, and there have been countless wounds, big and small, and this king respects the brothers! After saying that, he drank it all.
Everyone drank to their heart's content. Literature and art told everyone in detail about how to eat hot pot, and immediately made these martial artists who like to drink wine and eat meat in big bowls happy, and they all said that they wanted literature and art to make another one according to this table, and they also tacitly did not mention the cost. As a younger generation, literature and art can only pinch their noses and admit it.
Today's seat arrangement is very interesting, Li Shimin must be the main seat, and put his doting Shu'er on the right side, and Li Jing is sitting on the left, Shu'er should have been Xu Shiji next to him, but Li Shimin let Wenyi sit there, and the people here are all elders, and they should accompany Shu'er more when they are young in literature and art. Shu'er didn't want to be ridiculed, but she wasn't as shy as before, and she sat there concentrating on eating hot pot with a blushing face. Literature and art don't matter, and they also serve vegetables to Shu'er from time to time. Rarely, everyone began to coax the two of them to marry, until the literature and art toasted one by one and drank three jars in a row.
The alcohol content of the Tang Dynasty was too low, although the literature and art were only twelve, but drinking wine was the same as drinking boiled water, and all the heroes admired it. Cheng Biting Jin and Wei Chi Jingde were so interested that they wanted to fight with him when they grabbed literature and art. Wenyi looked at the big jar they were carrying and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Uncle Cheng, Uncle Wei Chi, it's not that the kid doesn't compare with you, but this wine is not addictive, drinking this wine is not more than the amount of wine, but bigger than whose belly, it's not a secret that the boy's stomach is growing up now." You two wait here for a while, boy, go get some good wine, let's compare. ”
Which one of you is not an alcoholic? The slightly drunk Niu Jinda kicked Wenyi's ass and said, "The kid is cunning, why didn't you take out the good wine earlier?" Just go! Just go! Your Highness often says that your good things are endless, so don't hurry up and take them out to honor your elders! ”
Wenyi patted his ass and ran to Wenyi's tent with a grin. The fifty men of "Hope" are also good winemakers, and literature and art look down on the Tang Dynasty's Sanle pulp, so they have taught them how to make high-grade wine. So there is never a shortage of liquor around him, from forty to sixty degrees. I turned out fifteen bottles of fifty degrees from under the bed of literature and art, and went to the fifth bed of Wen and turned out fifteen bottles of forty degrees, and took three empty bottles of water and mixed them with water, and made three bottles of those that had no degrees, and hurried to the dinner table. Give each person a 40-proof bottle of water first.
Cheng Yanjin looked at the small glass bottle, which was still shining brilliantly in the firelight, and couldn't help grinning: "Such a transparent glass bottle can be called a treasure in the world, but it was used by your kid to hold wine, it seems that this wine is also a treasure!" ”
Wenyi smiled and taught them how to unscrew the bottle cap, and suddenly a rich aroma of wine came out, which actually suppressed the fragrance of the hot pot. Immediately drooled the saliva of these drunkards. Cheng Yanjin couldn't wait to pour it into the bottle, but he squirted out in one gulp, and said with a red face: "This wine is too strong, brothers be careful!" ”
Wenyi smiled and said to him: "Uncle Cheng, this wine has a very high degree and is very intoxicating, so you can't pour it like drinking three pulp, you have to pour it out and drink it slowly." As he spoke, he poured a glass for Li Shimin. Li Shimin learned the lesson of Cheng Biting Jin, took a sip of the wine glass, and said with a light eye: "Good wine!" It's not an exaggeration to say it's a peerless wine. Brothers, try it. ”
Then everyone carefully poured a glass, took a small sip and gave a thumbs up, saying, "Good wine!" ”