Soon after, Qin Mubai brought medicinal wine and wine utensils, etc., and naturally Qin Shubao personally took the cup for the emperor. As soon as the wine was poured out, Li Shimin exclaimed: "Shubao, what kind of medicinal wine is this, as soon as it comes out of the pot, the room is full of fragrance!" ”

"Why don't you taste it, Your Majesty?" Qin Shubao smiled and sold Guanzi.

Li Shimin picked up the cup very curiously, first sniffed it between his nose, and said with a smile: "It seems that I am lonely and unsmelling, but I can't smell what kind of wine this is?" Just taste it. ”

With that, he took a sip.

Since he is the Son of Heaven, he naturally has extraordinary knowledge, and Li Shimin's skill in tasting wine with one hand is extraordinary. The wine had just been eaten, Li Shimin rolled up his tongue and tasted it carefully, his eyes suddenly widened, and his face was a little red, as if he wanted to spit out the contents of his mouth, but he had to swallow the wine in a bit of embarrassment.

"Ahem, ahem!" Li Shimin coughed again and again, "What a strong wine!" Violent! Violent! ”

said three "lies" in a row, which frightened Li Ke in the seat: "Father, are you okay?!" ”

Qin Shubao was calm and not busy, stroking his long beard and smiling: "Your Majesty, how is this wine?" ”

Li Shimin waved his hand again and again, took a few long breaths and finally relieved himself, and laughed loudly: "Good wine!" I have never drunk such strong wine in my life! If this was more than ten or twenty years earlier, if you drank a glass before the battle, you would definitely be full of blood, and you would be completely afraid of killing like hemp, haha! ”

"Your Majesty really does not lose the heroic spirit of the year!" Qin Shubao also laughed. The two men who have been bloodied side by side on the battlefield seem to have returned to the past.

"Who would dare to say that such a strong drink is a bucket? Uncle Bao, you and I have always been among the best in terms of alcohol, but this kind of wine will probably fall to the ground after only half a pot of drinking - tell me, what kind of wine is this? So peculiar! Li Shimin looked at Qin Shubao with interest and asked.

Qin Shubao smiled, raised his hand and pointed at Qin Mubai: "Your Majesty should still ask the dog, he got this wine." ”

"Huh?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows in surprise, looked at Qin Mubai who was standing aside, and said, "Qin Sanlang, where did you get this wine from?" ”

Qin Mubai's heart lit up, and he thought that his father intended to let me shine in front of the emperor...... Such a thing is obviously unavoidable.

So, Qin Mubai bowed his hand unhurriedly and said, "The villain doesn't dare to deceive Your Majesty." The production method of this wine is unique in my Tang Dynasty, and it is made by the secret method taught by a master of the world who has achieved cultivation by chance. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Li Shimin was slightly surprised, his thick eyebrows twisted slightly, and he nodded thoughtfully, "Since it is the secret method of the Taoist master, so it is Taoist immortal wine?" Since it is an unheard of immortal wine, and it comes from your Qin Mansion, I will give this wine the name ...... Qin Xian Wine! Uncle Bao, don't be greedy, I'm having a good time today, I want to bring some back to the palace and the concubines to taste slowly, you won't be stingy, right? Ha ha! ”

Qin Shubao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, in this way, isn't the bitter wine of this village mash in Weichen's house still a royal wine?" Hehe! How dare Weichen be stingy, just give half of the altar to Your Majesty - the remaining half of the altar, but the dog used it to honor Weichen's rheumatism and cold legs, can't you give it all to Your Majesty at once, right? Ha ha! ”

"You Qin Er, you are really stingy with me!" Li Shimin laughed heartily, turned his head to Qin Mubai and said, "Qin Sanlang, don't you know how to make this wine?" I will give you a royal decree, and every time I make wine for your father in the future, I will also soak a jar for me, and I am willing to buy it with a lot of money. ”

"The villain obeys. It is the honor of the villain to serve His Majesty. Qin Mubai smiled, thinking that Li Shimin, the emperor, was quite kind and knew how to respect "intellectual property rights", and did not force me to tell him how to make wine.

Since he likes it, I will take the initiative to offer it when I have an opportunity in the future, maybe it is a way to be born? Even if you can't use this to soar and use the emperor as a live advertisement to make a move, it is still a business opportunity with unlimited financial resources.

Since it is an opportunity, there is no reason to let it go!

Today, in this Qin Mansion, it is like a family banquet, where the monarchs and ministers sit in the same room and drink together. Qin Mubai thought from time to time that the rumors that Li Shimin treated his courtiers like relatives did not seem to be a vain beautification.

"It seems that I really came to the right place today, and it was worth the trip!" Li Shimin smiled in a good mood, "Come on, Qin Sanlang, you don't have to be formal, just sit next to Ke'er and share this Qin Immortal wine with him!" ”

"There is no feast without wine and meat." Qin Shubao clapped his hand, "Come on, set up a banquet!" ”

"Uncle Bao, I know that you have always been disliked, but if there is wine and meat, if there is no music, it will not be a feast, but I am a good one." After that, Li Shimin shook his head and smiled a little self-deprecatingly, and said, "Since the death of the Empress Immortal, I haven't been so relaxed and happy for some days. You wouldn't mind giving me a little music to bring me back to life, would you? ”

"Since it is His Majesty's will, Wei Chen'an dares to disobey it? But Weichen is indeed a good musician without a family. Qin Shubao naturally knew Li Shimin's hobbies, and said with a smile, "Come on, go to Xishi quickly......"

"Wait." Li Shimin interrupted Qin Shubao's words with a mysterious smile and said, "Uncle Bao, you have a top musician in your own house, who else do you invite outside?" ”

Qin Mubai, who was sitting in the lower seat, moved in his heart: What does the emperor mean by this? It seems to be coming at me a little!

Qin Shubao was stunned, blinked his eyes and pondered for a moment, and shook his head blankly: "Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't understand." Weichen's family, including the servant Yahuan, is not half proficient in music. ”

"That's why I said, you father really don't know your son." Li Shimin smiled mysteriously, "The father drinks and feasts, the son serves each other, presents opera, and makes a whirling dance." It is not only the joy of humanity but also the way of filial piety. With that, he pointed his finger at Qin Mubai: "Qin Sanlang, what are you waiting for?" ”

Qin Mubai was slightly shocked in his heart: strange, why did the emperor suddenly act like this?

Qin Shubao was even more surprised: "Why did Your Majesty say this? Liang'er didn't know music and didn't learn dance since she was a child, so let Weichen send someone to invite Qu Ling Youling! ”

"No, no, no!" Li Shimin waved his hand again and again, and looked at Qin Mubai with a straight smile.

Qin Mubai had no choice but to stand up and arch his hand: "I don't know Your Majesty, what kind of instrument do you want the villain to play?" ”

Li Shimin smiled and said with interest: "Of course it's the pipa." ”

Qin Mubai's heart moved: Strange! How could the emperor know that I could play the pipa, could it be that he had heard it from the people of Zhaoling, or had he heard it when he went to Zhaoling himself?

Thinking of that inexplicable order again, Qin Mubai concluded in his heart: It is very possible!

"Liang'er...... Do you know how to play the lute? Qin Shubao asked with some apprehension. Although the emperor Lixian was lenient and benevolent, the crime of bullying the king was not so easy to bear.

"Father, rest assured." Qin Mubai was calm, got up and smiled slightly, and said, "Since Your Majesty has a will, that villain has no choice but to sacrifice his ugliness." ”

Li Ke, who was on the side, looked at Qin Mubai suspiciously, and said in his heart: No, what my father began to say about apprenticeship, is it pipa? Impossible! Qin Mubai and I have known each other for so many years, and I have never seen him fiddle with any musical instruments. Not only that, but he's an idiot when it comes to music! On the contrary, I have heard that my father has learned to play the pipa since he was a child, and his musical attainments may not be much better than that of some court musicians...... Today's events are really weird!

The pipa was fetched.

Li Shimin was full of interest, Qin Shubao was hesitant, Li Ke was curious and surprised-under the gaze of the three of them with different expressions, Qin Mubai smiled calmly and said, "I don't know Your Majesty, what song do you want to hear?" ”

"Of course, it's your best song." Li Shimin didn't know what the name of the song he heard in Zhaoling that day was.

"Yes." Qin Mubai saw the emperor's eyes, and his heart was even clearer: It seems that the emperor has indeed been to Zhaoling and heard it with his own ears!

Holding the pipa in his arms and twisting his fingers on the strings, Qin Mubai's calm expression quickly plucked the fingers of his right hand on the strings of the pipa, and the sound of "dong dong dong" made the three people present couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.

These notes, as if they had a magic power that penetrated the soul, attracted their attention firmly. Coupled with Qin Mubai's unique skills and gestures in playing the pipa, Qin Shubao and Li Ke were even more surprised.

"Is there anyone in the world who plays the lute directly with his hands? It's unheard of! ”

Li Shimin's expression was silent while holding the wine glass, and his dragon and phoenix eyes were slightly closed, as if he was already engrossed in appreciating the music.

A song "Overlord Unloading Armor" rushed out. Qin Mubai held the pipa vertically, held his neck in his left hand, stroked the rhythm, and the five fingers of his right hand flexibly swept on the four strings. The melody of "Overlord Unloading Armor" is ups and downs, and the rhythm is unrestrained and heroic. At the climax of the piece, his left hand also added techniques such as pushing, leading, hitting, pinching, and twisting, and the music was vigorous and vigorous, as if it were an orchestra playing in an ensemble.

Li Shimin got carried away, he didn't know when he had put down the wine glass, and unconsciously learned Qin Mubai's gestures to twist his neck and pluck the strings, and his body shook slightly from side to side rhythmically, as if he was fascinated.

Qin Shubao, who has always been like Gusen near the collapse of Mount Tai and does not change color, has been stunned on the spot, his mouth is slightly open and his eyes are wide, his eyes are ever-changing, as if he has returned to the passionate years when Jin Ge's iron horse galloped across the field.

Li Ke brought a glass of wine to his mouth, but forgot to drink it, and his movements were stagnant.

When the music reaches the end, it is the climax of "The Overlord Removes His Armor". The Han soldiers besieged Yu Ji and danced beautifully, and then said goodbye to Xiang Yu......

Generous, passionate, poignant, tragic! - Shameful life, twilight of heroes!

Li Shimin's movements stagnated, unconsciously thinking of the eldest grandson queen who died not long ago; Qin Shubao was also a little stunned, recalling how heroic he was in the first half of his life, but now he is sick and lying on the couch like a waste...... Thousands of sighs, all kinds of sighs.

The eyes of the two men who were bleeding without tears were actually a little wet.

Li Ke was so shocked that he didn't dare to cast his eyes on the main seat, so he had to lower his head and pretend not to know.

"Boom—knock!"

The four strings cracked, and the song ended.

The room was silent.

With a bang, the wine glass in Li Ke's hand fell to the table, and the wine was overflowing, filling the room with the aroma of wine.

"The son's rudeness is rude, and I hope that my father will forgive my sins!" Li Ke left the table in a panic and bowed down.

Li Shimin, who was sitting in the seat, suddenly came back to his senses, wiped his eyelids with a wave of his sleeve with a casual movement, waved his hand and said, "Forgive you for your innocence, get up." ”

Qin Mubai smiled, secretly thinking that this Li Ke was a smart man who was thoughtful and clever, and used his seemingly reckless move to divert everyone's attention in order to cover up the emperor's gaffe.

Qin Shubao held a wine glass and looked at his son, who made him feel a little strange, and didn't speak for a long time, as if he hadn't come back to his senses.

"How's it going, Uncle Bao?" Li Shimin changed his mood and expression very quickly, and he turned his face and smiled.

"This ...... Weichen is not dark, it's hard to say. Qin Shubao couldn't boast about himself, so he had to smile bitterly and replied.

"Haha!" Li Shimin said with a smile, "If I want to evaluate it, Qin Sanlang's pipa is unheard of and extremely brilliant, the music is impassioned like martial arts and military music, and it is lingering and sympathetic, deep and powerful, which is different from any popular pipa music in spring and snow." Therefore, Qin Saburo can be called a generation of grandmasters who pioneered pipa techniques! ”

"The villain doesn't dare." Qin Mubai put down the pipa and bowed his hand.

Qin Shubao and Li Ke were both taken aback: a generation of grandmasters?! The emperor rarely gives such a high evaluation!

"Uncle Bao, do you believe that I have come to learn from my teacher?" Li Shimin smiled lightly, "Qin Sanlang, are you willing to accept me as a student and teach me to play the pipa?" ”

"Huh?" At this moment, even Qin Mubai exclaimed.

"Your Majesty, this must not be!" Qin Shubao hurriedly said, "The dog is stubborn, how can he be the emperor?" ”

"Alas, Uncle Bao - those who have no elders and young talents are the first, and those who have no noble and inferior talents are teachers!" Li Shimin waved his hand disappretently, "Who in the world is omnipotent?" Even if it's me, there are many things that are not as good as others, so you have to learn with an open mind! ”

"No, in short, it's absolutely impossible!" Qin Shubao bowed down and refused with all his might.

"That'...... I asked him to present the score of this song, and I went back to the palace to ponder it by myself, this should always work, right? Li Shimin helped Qin Shubao and shook his head helplessly and smiled. He understood Qin Shubao's character, and it seemed that he had no choice but to settle for the next best.

Qin Mubai bowed his hand: "The villain should obey his fate, and he can write the score now." ”

"Come on, take the four treasures of the study!"

Qin Mubai sat down and wrote a score of "The Overlord Removes His Armor" in the ancient song method of "Gongshang Jiao Huiyu", and it was done in an instant.

Li Shimin held the ink sheet in his hand like a treasure, looked at it carefully, and exclaimed again: "Good words!" At the end is a piece of iron hook silver to draw out the outstanding unique good words! ”

Qin Shubao had already seen Qin Mubai's handwriting, and there were too many amazing things happening today, and he was already a little numb.

"Qin Sanlang, this font is unheard of, could it be that you created it yourself?" Li Shimin asked in surprise.

"Back to Your Majesty, exactly." Qin Mubai had no choice but to respond shamelessly. You can't tell him that this thin gold italic body was created by a faint monarch of the Song Dynasty hundreds of years later, right?