At the family banquet, almost all the topics were held around liquor. Because of Ran Tao, an outsider, Huo Lun, who got Huo Shiqi's hint, carefully vaguely vagueed the story of why he suddenly wanted to brew this wine, mainly to tell you a lot of interesting things that happened after the wine was steamed.

When the wine was brewed for a while, many people in Yixian County who claimed to be immortals in wine didn't know the severity, and poured large and small bowls into their stomachs like drinking other wines, and as a result, they all folded their heads and made a fool of themselves here. Some people are very drunk, crying and making trouble in the restaurant, and there are some hilarious jokes. Some of these things were seen by him with his own eyes, and some were gossip from others after dinner, and now he has "artistically processed them", and I will talk about them again. He is a man who can speak well, and he often makes everyone at both tables laugh, and in the end, everyone's mind is not on roasting sheep, but all stop their chopsticks and listen to his story intently.

He is talking about Li Qi now, who is also someone Shang Cheng knows.

“…… If it weren't for the night watchman's husband who knew him and knew that he was Li Qi and Li Xiucai, I am afraid that he would have to sleep in that pile of mud until dawn. Huo Lun twisted a lock of beard under his chin and said with a smile, "According to the descendants of the Li family, Li Qi climbed an old willow tree on the street at that time and couldn't enter the door, not to say that the husband was a human trafficker, and wanted to rob him and sell him to other places, and kept shouting 'mother-in-law help'......"

At this moment, not only a few men leaned forward and fell back with laughter, but the seventeenth aunt and several female babies also covered their waists and squatted on the table and squatted on the ground to scream. The maids in the hall and the servants in the hall also covered their mouths, shrugged their shoulders and laughed non-stop.

Shang Cheng asked with a smile: "Did his mother-in-law come out to save him?" ”

"His mother-in-law knows he's drunk, why is she embarrassed to come out?"

"And then?" Shang Cheng asked again.

"Then he hugged the willow tree and snored......"

This unexpected ending once again made everyone in the hall burst into laughter. Huo Shiqi wiped his tears and said: "I can't think of Li Others, he ......" He couldn't find a suitable word to describe Li Qi after thinking for a long time, and finally said, "He is also a lover." This "apt" evaluation made everyone laugh again.

Shang Cheng saw that a piece of roast mutton and two small pieces of flour in the porcelain bowl in front of Ran Tao were almost untouched, so he asked him with concern across the table: "Yanqing, are you not used to eating this thing?" Huo Shiqi noticed the situation of Ran Tao next to him, and hurriedly said to Shang Cheng: "Yanqing has gastrointestinal problems, and he has been taking decoction, and he rarely gets fishy meat at ordinary times. He can't eat the noodles from our north, and his three meals a day in Geping are all specially made for him in the room. ”

"I was negligent." Shang Cheng said apologetically. He immediately asked someone to make some rice and delicious dishes for Ran Tao. Then he asked Ran Tao, "Are you well?" ”

Ran Tao hurriedly bowed in the chair and said, "I am very valued and cared for by Uncle Seventeen in office, not to mention practical reduction, and I am not very tired in daily life, so I have been recuperating for so long, and my body is already in good health now." ”

Shang Cheng nodded and said, "That's good." He immediately reminded Ran Tao again, "All diseases are treated in three points and nourishing in seven, especially stomach diseases, which are very troublesome to treat." If you want to completely cut off the roots, the key is to rely on yourself to develop good habits on weekdays, eat less and eat more often, don't let your stomach be empty, and don't let it be idle. ”

Huo Lun immediately echoed Shang Cheng's statement. He also brought out two living examples, one positive and one negative, proving that the advice given by Shang Cheng must be very effective, and said that he personally heard Dr. Zhu Daichun Zhu of Yi County say that gastrointestinal problems must be carefully recuperated by oneself, which is Shang Cheng's statement.

Hearing Huo Lun mention Dr. Zhu, Shang Cheng asked about Zhu Daichun's recent situation. His situation is not too clear to Horen either. Although Dr. Zhu is also from Yi County, his home is not in the county seat after all, and the two rarely have any contact. However, after the liquor was brewed, Huo Lun sent two jars of 20 catties of wine to Dr. Zhu, and later Dr. Zhu specially asked someone to bring him a letter expressing his gratitude.

If you want to think about it, Huo Lun will inquire about Qiao Zhun. But he immediately thought that the contradiction between Huo Lun and Qiao Zhun was very deep, even if Huo Shiqi was in the middle and the mud, the estrangement between the two people might not be eliminated immediately, so he dispelled this idea. He picked up the bowl and once again made a nice toast. But this time, everyone has learned from the elves, and no one has poured the wine into their mouths as stupidly as they did just now......

When the family banquet was over, Shang Cheng first stopped Ran Tao, and then said to Huo Lun, who was about to go to Huo Shiqi's house to rest: "Sixth uncle, you have settled down at my seventeenth uncle's house, come over again, and let's talk about liquor." Ran Tao squirmed his lips, wanting to say something; In the end, he didn't say anything, and stood silently and listened to them. Shang Cheng said to Huo Shiqi again, "Uncle, wait a minute, please come over with the sixth uncle." ”

The two brothers of the Huo family glanced at each other, nodded and agreed.

Shang Cheng turned to Ran Tao and said, "Let's go, let's go to the study." ”

Two people came to the study. When the guards went out with tea, Ran Tao seemed to be a little emotional: "Commander, actually...... In fact, you should talk to the six uncles of the Huo family first. You and the sixth uncle of the Huo family haven't seen each other for a long time, and there must be a lot of things to say between your uncle and nephew. You ......" he couldn't continue. Besides, it should be blamed for business. Obviously, Shang Cheng shouldn't let an elder sit and wait next to him, which is not in line with the etiquette of the juniors.

He said it very tactfully, but Shang Cheng still understood the meaning of his words. Just now, Huo Lun said several times at the banquet that he wanted to talk to himself about the liquor immediately; It's not that he didn't hear or see. However, what he is about to talk to Ran Tao about is official business, and the conversation with Huo Lun is both public and private, so he can only wronged Huo Lun first. However, there was no need to mention this truth to Ran Tao, so he changed the topic: "The last time I saw you was in the summer, when you were so thin that you were almost a handful of bones." After a few months, your complexion is much better. It seems that the food in Gepingzhai is doing well. He joked.

Maybe it was because he had a lot of dealings with high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Shangjing back then, or maybe it was after working with Huo Shiqi in Gepingzhai for a while, he knew some of Shang Cheng's temperament, so Ran Tao was not like other officials, he entered this study with a trembling and cautious appearance, listening to Shang Cheng's joke, he stroked his slightly plump cheeks, and said with a smile: "You don't have to hide it from the commander, you transferred me to Ge Ping, it really made me like a fish in water." Speaking of which, I haven't tasted our Huzhou fragrant rice since I left Beijing, and this time in Geping can be regarded as a round belly. I can't say it, if one day the Wei Mansion and the Transshipment Department find out that the amount of Huzhou rice shortage in Ge Pingku is too large, I will have to ask the Governor to cover it up for me anyway. He joked too.

Shang Cheng raised his head and laughed, patted the case and said, "Okay! If that day comes, I'll say something good for you. ”

Both men laughed.

Once the joke is over, it's time to get down to business. Shang Cheng stared at Ran Tao Zhengrong and said, "This time, the Admiral's Mansion recruited you back from Ge Ping to make an adjustment to your current position. This is the case, the general judgment of the Duanzhou Government has been vacant for more than half a year, and the Health Department has inspected several officials before and after, and they all feel that it is not very suitable. Now the Health Department is ready to recommend you to the imperial court to take over as the general judge of Duanzhou. I asked you to come back just to hear your personal thoughts and opinions on this matter before recommending it to the imperial court. ”