The slightly taller man turned his head to the other person and said, "I said, Brother Xiao, didn't you say that this Jingnan border is a barren land?" Why is it so lively? I don't think it's much different from the Luo'an Market! ”

Xiao Tingxiu was also dumbfounded, when he came to Binzhou to visit his uncle ten years ago, it was obviously not so prosperous...... I can't imagine that in ten years, Binzhou has changed a lot, and it is rumored that the Xihe Xing, which originated on the outlying islands, has brought prosperity to the two major ports of Binzhou and Lizhou, which is really not boasting.

The two people who were watching the excitement were Xiao Tingxiu and Cao Yingze, and when they arrived in Binzhou, they were attracted by the excitement, and they didn't look for a place to stay, so they came to watch first.

It turned out that Xiao Tingxiu was grounded at home by his father because of the farce in Drunken Chunyuan, and those fox friends and dog friends were not allowed to meet, so they had to drink at home alone, and later Xiao Chuxiu proposed to invite Xue and Cao to come, and the four of them had a banquet together, which was better than him pouring himself a drink. At first, Xiao Tingxiu was reluctant, feeling that he was not the same person as them, but he couldn't bear his sister's repeated begging, so he invited the two of them once.

It's the night and the moon is in the sky, it's a good time to drink and write poems, Xiao Chuxiu, Xue Peiqi, Cao Yingze, you come and go, it's not happy, but Xiao Tingxiu, a scumbag, is half dead, this will make him look at the empty wine jug, and think in his heart It's better to pour himself a drink, this good wine has been rewarded by outsiders.

Cao Yingze glanced at him and knew that he was bored, so he withdrew from the poem and came to tease him to guess the boxing and wine, throw the pot and shoot the over, and Shuanglu Liubo, which made Xiao Tingxiu happy.

Who is Cao Yingze? Changxing Merry Son! At the same time, he went out to travel for three or four years, and I am afraid that there is nothing in this world that he has not seen or played, and when he played to the rise, he also pulled Xue Peiqi and Xiao Chuxiu, who were poems to each other, in, and the four of them had a good time.

Xiao Tingxiu, Xue Peiqi, and Cao Yingze are also not familiar with each other, and when the wine is strong, they turn out all the bastards in the Hanlin Academy when they are young, and they drink and talk about games until dawn, if it weren't for Xue Peiqi to go to the yamen to be on duty, the four of them would be reluctant to disperse.

With the beginning, this wine bureau is often opened, although Xiao Tingxiu is arrogant, but after all, he is still influenced by the family style of "self-cultivation and family building, and governing the world for learning".

Soon Xiao Hongming had a showdown with Xiao Tingxiu at a dinner, and wanted to send him to his uncle in Binzhou Baiyun Academy to cultivate his self-cultivation for a period of time. Xiao Tingxiu finally made friends with Xue Peiqi and Cao Yingze, two friends who were both vulgar and elegant, and wanted to take them to play all over Luo'an City, but his father suddenly came to such an arrangement, which made him very unhappy.

It just so happened that Xue Peiqi and Cao Yingze were also guests at Xiao's house, and the four of them thought that they would continue to add wine to the banquet tonight, so they dined together at Xiao's house. Hearing Xiao Hongming say this, Cao Yingze moved his heart, he has traveled the world in the past few years, only Guanzhou, Jingnan Province has never been there, and now Guanzhou is fighting, it is not interesting to go, but this Jingnan Road, recently several major businesses have been fighting there, even King Xi has intervened, his curiosity suddenly rose, and he already had the idea of going to see it, so he took over the topic and said that he also planned to travel to Jingnan Road in the near future.

As soon as Xiao Hongming heard that Cao Yingze was also going, he was very happy at the moment, and suggested that the two of them go together and take care of each other.

Cao Yingze really hated himself for being quick-mouthed, and now he couldn't refuse Chu Guogong's "good intentions", and he dragged such a gentleman in vain, I really don't know how much worry I have to worry about on the road.

Hearing Cao Yingze say that he was also going to Jingnan Province, Xiao Tingxiu couldn't believe his ears, and said that the land of Jingnan was backward and meaningless.

However, the Duke of Chu prepared the luggage of the two of them the next day, and arranged more than 30 guards, servants, maids and grandmothers to serve the two of them with food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Cao Yingze saw this situation and hated himself more and more, he was used to being unrestrained, and now this is an entourage and an old mother, and there are four or five carts of luggage, which is simply a big trouble for himself.

Fortunately, Xiao Tingxiu didn't want to be stared at by his father's eyes, and he was not free when he arrived in Jingnan Road, so he rejected all these arrangements, and only brought a personal guard and a personal maid to follow and serve some daily life.

Xiao Hongming couldn't screw his son, but after thinking about it, he was lucky that he was willing to go to Jingnan Province, and these small details were up to him. Daye Country is in its prime, the country is peaceful, as long as you take the official road, there should be no Jiangyang thieves, and petty theft can't hurt the two of them, these people don't bring it.

Xiao Tingxiu's guard Qi Xu is a first-class master, Xiao Hongming knew that his son loved to give birth, so he specially selected the best qualifications among the children in the family and sent them to Shaolin Temple to be practiced as lay disciples to protect him. Qi Xu has followed Xiao Tingxiu for five or six years, not only is he loyal, but he has never let him have an accident, except for the time when Xiao Tingxiu got rid of him and went to Zuichun Yuan to provoke Wang Shulin.

It is said that the two of them watched the excitement in front of Qingyun Tower, and there were crowds of people in front, and all they saw were the back of their heads, and they didn't know what to do. However, Cao Yingze has more experience in the people, and when he saw that everyone did not give way, he reached out and took out a few taels of silver, bought a place directly from the person in front, and then pulled Xiao Tingxiu in together, and then saw it clearly.

Seeing this situation, the tea tasting conference had to be interrupted, but this last product Emei Yunwu is a famous product of Tai Xiangsheng, and it is needless to say, so Zhang Ji led the merchants who needed to order to the back hall, greeted him personally, and arranged for several first-class stewards to continue to preside over the tea tasting venue.

These four categories of tea are divided into more than ten grades according to variety, color, texture, year, etc., and several first-class stewards introduced them to the guests one by one.

The crowd on the periphery has long been three layers inside and three layers outside, and after seeing those top treasures, they have lost interest in these inferior products, so they began to urge the next tea fight.

Those who have seen this tea party know that their tea leaves are not qualified to compare with Tai Xiangsheng, but the one hundred taels of silver are really attractive, and they are still eager to try under the temptation of silver, so the urging began to flourish. Xiao and Cao also joined the coaxing team, after all, these two sons have seen a lot of cockfights and crickets, and it is the first time they have seen each other, which is a bit interesting.

Seeing the surging emotions of the crowd, this warm and gentle tea tasting session could not be carried out, so after the steward went in to ask Zhang Ji, he terminated the tea tasting session and directly entered the next tea fighting session.

At the beginning of the tea fight, the enthusiasm of the front hall and the back hall was completely ignited, the noise shook the sky, it was more lively than the Shangyuan Lantern Festival and the temple fair, round by round on the ground, and row by row retreated, some of the few won some inferior varieties of Tai Xiangsheng, the steward immediately fulfilled the promise, and handed over one hundred taels of silver to the contestants, pushing the scene to a new climax.

Xiao Tingxiu was also ignited by this heat wave, and he also wanted to have a play, so he pulled Qi Xu over, and was about to take out the tea leaves he brought with him into the bag he was carrying, and muttered that the tea was a tribute from the Nanyang Ceylon State, and he might be able to win a hundred taels of Yunyun......

As they were tossing, a group of twenty or thirty people suddenly came from behind the crowd, with all their swords and clubs, and shouted to the crowd, "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Make way for Uncle Xue! ”

It turned out that Xue Huijian, the head of Dingtaihui, who had been in the limelight recently, came, and everyone got out of the way, and some of them still played in Xingtou and didn't want to let go, but when they saw the person with a sword and a sword, they had to shrink their heads and reluctantly let it aside.

Xiao Tingxiu's tea leaves that he finally turned over were knocked over by an entourage who viciously pushed them away, and he was furious, and his quick temper also came up, and he was about to rush out to reason with Xue Huijian.

Cao Yingze hurriedly pulled him down, "I said Uncle Xiao, don't forget that we are now in disguise, don't reveal your identity!" ”

"What if it's exposed, now it's all in Binzhou, and I'm afraid that a few small nights won't work?"

"That's not Xiaoxiao, that's Xue Huijian!"

Hearing Cao Yingze's words, Xiao Tingxiu suddenly realized, "Oh...... He is Xue Huijin, the eldest son of the Xue family of Haizhou imperial merchants? Hmph, what kind of big deal should I be, a villain who relies on mutilating his siblings and colluding with the powerful. What I Xiao Tingxiu despise most in my life is this kind of disloyal and unrighteous person! ”

"Uncle Xiao is insightful! However, in the future, don't mention the Xue family's affairs in front of Brother Peiqi, and I will explain the reason to you slowly when I have the opportunity...... Now, let's watch the excitement quietly. Saying that, Cao Yingze pulled him into the crowd and observed secretly.

Xue Huijin entered Qingyun Tower, and Zhang Ji greeted him from the inner hall and politely beckoned him to sit down and taste tea.

Xue Huijin knew that Zhang Ji was just a puppet, and the owner behind Tai Xiangsheng had someone else, so he didn't take Zhang Ji in his eyes at all, sat down with an arrogant face, picked up the glass cup with the tea soup, and looked at the soup.

Soon he smiled contemptuously and said to everyone, "Everyone here is either a tea expert or a virtuous person from all walks of life, and the research on tea is above the hibiscus, and the texture and color of this tea will not be said much below, but I want to talk about the "spirit" of this tea." The reason why tea has become the guest of honor on everyone's table is nothing more than the "positive, clear and elegant" of its soup color symbolizes the body of a gentleman and the spirit of a gentleman, but the tea soup of Taixiangsheng is filthy and unclear, chaotic and unclear, and it is really a bad thing, how can it match the gentleman here? Tai Xiang Sheng is only sophistry, but opportunistic and confusing, you must not blind yourself to Mount Tai! ”

Xue Huijin's wording moved some of the guests, and they exchanged their heads and discussed with each other, nodding their heads in agreement from time to time.

I saw Zhang Ji smiling and silent, picked up two cups of Pucha and Zhaohong, walked to the door of Qingyun Tower unhurriedly, raised his face to the sun, and said sharply, "Everyone, please see, this soup color is not clear." ”