Chapter 4: Booze and Tasting

He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu arrived as scheduled. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It was the first time for Pei Min to entertain guests in the mansion, and the preparation was particularly grand.

I haven't seen each other for more than half a month, and the two are still the same: He Zhizhang is old-fashioned, and Zhang Xu is wild and uninhibited. These two people with different personalities actually intersected incomprehensibly, Pei Min looked at them and had to take the power of wine.

The place where Pei Min entertained He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu was the elegant courtyard in the mansion, Februaryxuan, there are only three walls in the Xuan, one side is full of large windows, and the rolled-up red curtain is a beautiful pavilion and garden scenery. The name of Februaryxuan comes from the ancient folklore of December flowers, in the legend of the hundred flowers, there are twelve moons of the representative flowers, the representative flowers of February are apricot blossoms, and the February of Februaryxuan means the meaning of apricot blossoms.

Nowadays, when the upright apricot blossoms open, the apricot blossoms in the garden are gorgeous and delicate, and the flowers are beautiful, which can be described as rouge and ten thousand points, accounting for the spring breeze.

Sitting in the February Pavilion drinking and enjoying the scenery, killing two birds with one stone.

Looking at the scenery in the courtyard, He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu were shocked.

He Zhizhang has been busy with government affairs recently, and he has no time to go out to enjoy the scenery, and when he encounters such a beautiful scenery, he can't help but write a poem to praise the apricot blossoms.

Pei Min listened to the envy tightly, this is the real talented cultural person, the export is a poem, and the poems are beautiful and neat, showing everyone's demeanor.

Zhang Xu is an idle cloud and wild crane, nostalgic for various taverns. But no matter how high-end the tavern is, it is not as beautiful as the February Xuanmei in front of him, and he asked Pei Min in a comfortable mood to come to paper and ink, and showed his pen and strength, and waved He Zhizhang's new poem in praise of apricot blossoms with wild grass. Now Zhang Xu's cursive writing is the god of Pei Min's swordsmanship, and his attainments in cursive writing are unmatched in the world today. He Zhizhang is also a master of cursive writing, and he is convinced. Seeing the wild grass he wrote at this time, ever-changing, and elegant, the heroic and atmospheric cursive writing is a combination of rigidity and softness, and the beautiful artistic conception of the appropriate verses, and he is busy begging for words.

Pei Min is also a little hot-eyed, but he already has Zhang Xu's life masterpiece in his hands, and he doesn't compete with He Zhizhang.

Pei Min invited He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu to take a seat, and said: "I have prepared a good aged Du Kang for the two elder brothers, which has a history of fifty years, and I am not willing to drink it at home alone!" ”

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" When Zhang Xu heard this, he directly threw the pen in his hand and couldn't wait to mumble, just like a child.

He Zhizhang maintained a little demeanor, but the person was already sitting on the mat and waiting for the wine to arrive.

Pei Min asked people to send the wine and food, and the ancient wine-making and purification technology was far inferior to that of later generations, but because of the backwardness of the purification technology, the ancient wine maintained a certain original taste. Apricot blossom wine has the taste of apricot blossoms, and fruit wine also has the taste of fruit, and in this regard, the high-grade wine that has been repeatedly purified in later generations is inferior by three points. Du Kang wine is already a strong aroma type of liquor, and when it is heated, the smell spreads, and the whole room is filled with the aroma of wine.

Zhang Xu couldn't wait to drink three glasses in a row, shouting for good wine. He is the best wine, but the amount of wine is also the shallower, the easiest to get on the head, three glasses of wine under the stomach, the head of the head comes up all of a sudden, directly regardless of etiquette and sitting cross-legged, eating and drinking unscrupulous, showing the style of a madman.

Pei Min and He Zhizhang have long been used to it, and the two of them talk to each other about wine and trivial matters.

Pei Min didn't want He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu to misunderstand him, and told them the rumors that he had a personal relationship with Princess Taiping.

He Zhizhang smiled lightly: "If Princess Taiping takes a fancy to the talent and demeanor of the virtuous brother, she may believe a little bit for the younger brother." But he said that the virtuous brother climbed the dragon and attached the phoenix, and went to the princess Taiping to face the head, and he didn't believe it. With the demeanor of a younger brother, how can it be like this. ”

Zhang Xu wandered around the market, listened to it the most, and then smiled: "The world is ignorant, and I like this so-called romantic affair the most." Those who are clear are self-purifying, and those who are turbid are self-turbid, regardless of what the world says. As long as you are happy, it's good to ......" When it comes to being open-minded and free-spirited, there are really few people who can compare to Zhang Xu.

Pei Min saw He Zhizhang's trust, Zhang Xu's drunken eyes looked at the world, but explained that he had fallen into success, and said with a smile: "Also, there is wine today and drunk today, tomorrow will be sorrowful, tomorrow will be sorrowful, no matter so much." The biggest thing today is to accompany the two brothers to have a good drink, and they will not return home if they are not drunk. ”

He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu's eyes lit up, and they said in unison: "A good sentence 'There is wine today, drunk today, sorrow tomorrow will come, sorrow tomorrow will come' should be a big deal." ”

Their big glass of wine is easy to use, and after a while, thinking that the wine is hot, Zhang Xu opened his mind, went to the crown and said: "I'll introduce you to a strange person who I met in the tavern not long ago, called Jiao Sui." He doesn't usually speak, and he is also from my wine forest. When it comes to massiveness, I'm afraid Brother He can't compare to it. ”

He Zhizhang was surprised: "What does it mean to only drink stuffy wine?" "They call it drinking, but they actually meet friends with wine. Those who can enter this circle do not have to be able to drink well, they also need to have a certain talent. The reason why Pei Min was able to be recognized was because of Zhang Xu's introduction, and secondly, as a later generation, he occasionally showed his insight, even if he was a great talent like He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu, he also had a refreshing feeling and was appreciative. What's more, his own literary skills are not low. It's just inferior to He Zhizhang and Zhang Xu.

Pei Min didn't speak, but in his memory, the Eight Immortals had a seat.

Zhang Xu said: "Brother He didn't know, that Jiao Sui began to follow as if he was dumb, but after dozens of glasses of wine, he immediately changed into a person, talking loudly and broadly, and his words were funny and sharp, and the whole tavern was calmed down by him." ”

He Zhizhang said happily: "There are such wonderful people, you can see them." ”

Pei Min also said: "Brother Zhang, please make arrangements, as long as nothing major happens, the younger brother will arrive." He already regards himself as a person in the wine circle, if nothing else, for Li Bai, the sixth immortal among the eight immortals, it is also worth drinking thousands of cups, but it is a pity that Li Bai is young now, and he can't see the style of poetry and immortals as soon as possible. But in the midst of this group of drunkards, it was only a matter of time before they met.

When Pei Min, He Zhizhang, and Zhang Xu were drinking in the dark, Xue Ne and Guo Yuanzhen also got together, and their way of drinking was different from Pei Min, He Zhizhang, and Zhang Xu. Xue Ne is forty out of sixty this year, and Guo Yuanzhen is also seventy out of fifty, both of whom are of a certain age, especially Guo Yuanzhen, although he is seven years younger than Xue Ne, his body is far less healthy than Xue Ne, and he is hiding in several diseases. Both of them have passed the age of booze, holding each other's small wine glasses, tasting them lightly, and talking about their friendship with each other back then.

Drinking shows great pride, and there is true friendship after tasting it.

As the only two remaining fruitful generals in the DPRK and China, the towns and things have not been seen for more than ten years, and it is embarrassing to talk about the past.

Guo Yuanzhen sighed: "Being in the officialdom, making the officialdom dim, Brother Xue is really wronged when the official is withdrawn." If it weren't for the Taiping Party, my brother would have been protected by Anton by now, and you would be in charge of the Northeast, and the Northeast would be safe. ”

Xue Ne looked at Guo Yuanzhen with a little puzzlement, I don't know how he was punished by debasement and how he had anything to do with Princess Taiping's party?