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Six days later, the day before the cold baptism. In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Li Ke got up early and began to look around, he first invited a group of monks to chant and pray for blessings, and then invited a group of witches to dance the gods, and he was too busy to work. Until near evening, Li Ke also invited a group of Taoist warlocks to open an altar to protect Li Bai's law. This can really be described as a pot of pride and chaos, and all the wonderful methods of the Buddha, witch, and Tao are exhausted, so that it is lively.

When the sun was setting and the sky was about to get dark, Li Ke finally felt tired, and seeing that there was nothing to do at this time, he found a chair to sit down and wanted to rest. As a result, less than half of the incense was burned, and the housekeeper Hou Gui suddenly hurriedly ran to him and whispered: "Master, the big thing is not good, the twenty-four vasks of immortal brew stink!" ”

"What?" Li Ke thought that he had misheard it behind his ear, and immediately asked, "How can the wine stink?" Besides, it's a jade liquid, it's immortal brew, how can it stink? ”

"Master, I didn't lie to you, it really stinks!" Hou Gui was anxious and said, "You better go over and take a look, if you don't think of a way to deal with it, it will be a big trouble." ”

What Hou Gui said is true, the twenty-four vasks of immortal brew have indeed stinked, without exception. In front of the square, the sect priest suddenly said to Hou Gui: "The next practice of setting up an altar requires a large amount of sacrificial wine, and I am afraid that the existing wine on the table is no longer enough, so I will go and get some if I have work." ”

Hou Gui didn't think much about it, and after answering yes, he turned around and walked towards the wine cellar, but he didn't expect that as soon as the cellar door opened, there was an extremely pungent and disgusting smell, like a rotting corpse wrapped in feces. Immediately, Hou Gui's belly turned over the river and the sea, he supported the wall and bowed his back, and vomited all over the bloody wind and rain, like death.

After Hou Gui's mind cleared up a little, he covered his mouth and walked into the wine cellar to investigate, and suddenly found that the source of the smell was the twenty-four vasks of immortal wine. Seeing this, Hou Gui didn't dare to hide anything, so he immediately picked up his clothes and walked quickly, and hurriedly came to report; So, there is the current scene.

But Li Ke has been a businessman for many years, and he has experienced countless strange things, so he doesn't believe it. It can be seen that the housekeeper is in a hurry, and it doesn't seem like he is telling a lie, so he endured his fatigue and said: "Help me up, open the way ahead, I want to see how smelly this immortal brew can be?" ”

Soon, Li Ke and the others flew quickly to the door of the wine cellar. Just about to go in, Hou Gui suddenly handed Li Ke a wet cloth dipped in water and said, "Come on, master, cover your mouth and nose with this first, so as not to be smoked later." The old slave put some berry spices in it to repel the smell. ”

"Take it away!" Li Ke waved his hand and said disdainfully: "Why make a fuss about such trivial matters? Hurry up and take me to see the twenty-four jars of immortal brew, that's Bai'er's sixty-year ration, what three long and two short will come out, how can Madame spare me to live? ”

"Sir!" Hou Gui couldn't bear it, and persuaded hard: "It's better for you to cover your mouth and nose and go in again, that immortal brew is really not an ordinary smell." ”

"Hou Gui!" Li Ke looked anxiously and said, "Why did you become so verbose?" I've been a businessman for so many years, what strange things haven't I seen? No matter how stinky it is, can it stink like Dongying salted fish? Also berry spices? It's just redundant. Quick, don't be blind, go and open the door. ”

Seeing that the persuasion was fruitless, Hou Gui had no choice but to do so, and took two people to open the door. As soon as the door opened, the stench poured out like a fierce wind and hit Li Ke. Before he could dodge, the stench made him vomit wildly, and his old tears were crisscrossed, as if he was swinging back and forth on the edge of life and death, and he was extremely uncomfortable.

"Sir!" Hou Gui was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask: "That berry wet cloth can really repel the smell, you... Do you want to? ”

Li Ke naturally wanted it in his heart, but because he was vomiting wildly at this time, he couldn't speak at all, so he had to wave his hand again and again, wanting to ask Hou Gui to hand it over quickly. Unexpectedly, Hou Gui was dazzled for a moment, and misinterpreted Li Ke's gesture as a mistake, and regarded it as unwanted; So he frowned and said, "Master, you are really amazing, you have come to this point and still refuse to ask for it, the old slave is really admired, admired!" ”

Hearing this, Li Ke didn't almost die of anger directly, but fortunately, his eyes were quick, he held his breath and stretched out his hand, snatched the wet cloth in Hou Gui's hand to cover his nose and breathe, so that he gradually came back to his senses. Seeing this, Hou Gui also woke up because of this, slapped his head, and said in surprise: "Master, it turns out that you want it?" Why didn't you say it earlier? You see this trouble, if it weren't for the fact that you were well aware of the righteousness and discerning, others would definitely think that the old slave did it on purpose. ”

Hearing this, Li Ke was even more angry, but he wanted to get angry but didn't know how to speak, because there was no reason to scold at all, and the fault was no longer Hou Gui, but himself. Helpless, Li Ke had no choice but to chew this grievance, eat it in his stomach, and when he came back to his senses completely, he asked: "Hou Gui, say, how could this good immortal brew suddenly stink?" Do you know why? ”

"Master Qiyu!" Hou Gui got serious, stepped forward to give a salute, and said: "The old slave found a few fresh rat holes in the wine cellar, and I think it must be the rat that entered the cellar and stole the wine. ”

"Alas! Sixty years of my son's ration! It's gone! Alas! It's all my fault! Li Ke sighed and sighed, blaming himself in his heart and regretting that he should not compete with the gourd, and regretted that he should not put the twenty-four jars of immortal wine in the wine cellar.

"Sir!" Hou Gui and Li Ke are similar in age, but they look old, although the two are masters and servants, but their private relationship is not bad, so they bluntly persuaded: "Since the mistake has been made, it is better to think about how to save it." If we don't dispose of these evil wines, I am afraid that the whole Turkic country will be stained with a stench. ”

"So what do you say you should do?"

"Back to the master, I can only move to the mountains and throw it away!"

"But this is my son...... Alas! Li Ke stopped halfway through speaking, knowing that what Hou Gui said was correct, so he could only choose to throw it away. So, after hesitating, he ordered: "Hou Gui, this matter will be left to you with full authority, remember, you must throw it away, and you must not let the lady find out." ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Wait a minute!"

"Master......" Hou Gui said that he wanted to leave, but was suddenly stopped by Li Ke, so he asked: "What else is the matter?" ”

"What ...... then" Li Ke actually didn't know what he wanted to say, but he was full of anger and couldn't vent it. Therefore, after a pause, he suddenly said in a surprising voice, and said confidently: "Remember, the wine can be thrown away, but the jar must be washed and brought back to me, I am a merchant!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

Hou Gui didn't almost laugh, knowing what Li Ke was thinking, and he also knew that he was looking for a staircase for himself. Therefore, he did not linger, and soon turned around and found a group of people to carry the twenty-four jars of immortal wine to the car, and moved them to the mountains overnight to dump them.

When Hou Gui came back from his busy work, it was already ugly, because it was stuffed in the cold and frozen, and the snow melted at the beginning of spring, so it was so cold that he couldn't do it, so he wanted to go to the firewood room to get some wood to raise the fire and roast. As a result, I saw Li Ke huddled in it alone, shivering from the cold.

"Master, ...... you are" Hou Guicai was only stunned for a moment, and then he had already guessed the whole story, and said, "I was punished by Mrs. again?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Ke was so cold that he said, "Quick, close the door!" Closed! ”

"Alas!" Hou Gui shook his head and sighed, and while going to close the door, he asked in a broken thought: "Master, master, is this Hu woman really so scary?" You are the head of the family, how can you be so afraid of Madame? If it were to spread outside the house, wouldn't it be a joke? ”

"You don't know that, do you?" After the door was closed, it was a lot warmer, and Li Ke saw that the night was long, so he chatted with Hou Gui and said: "A good husband is outside, a good wife is inside, and if the outside is strong, it needs to be soft inside, and if it is soft inside, it needs to be strong outside, this is the way for husband and wife to get along." Hou Gui, you see, in front of others on weekdays, has my wife ever lost any of my face? Have you ever been unreasonable? Have you ever done nothing? None of them! Hou Gui, if you look at this matter again, it is that I am not right first, and I wasted twenty-four vasks of immortal brew in vain, this is to be replaced by that hot June day, how can Madam only punish me for sleeping in the firewood room? ”

"That's true!" After hearing this, Hou Gui was thoughtful, paused, and puzzled, and said, "But master, you said that if any of your subordinates spread it out because of their mouths, wouldn't it cause some rumors?" ”

"Hou Gui, Hou Gui, haven't you forgotten?" Li Ke smiled proudly and said, "The slaves in the family are all brought by you and me from the Central Plains and Qiuci Kingdom, and they don't understand Turkic at all, how can they spread the slightest bit?" ”

"That's right!" Uncle Gui suddenly opened up, and he was puzzled. After another pause, he got up and said, "Hehe! Then sir, you rest here first, old slave, I'll go and bring you a pot of wine to warm up, and cook a few more dishes by the way, you and I haven't drunk like this for some days! ”

"I'm just waiting for you!" Li Ke was happy and said, "Go, go!" Don't forget to bring the roast chicken! ”

"Yes, sir!"

After Hou Guiying, he immediately turned around and went out. Unexpectedly, as soon as the door opened, I saw a food box on the ground, steaming hot and fragrant. Just by smelling it, Li Ke knew that Yuewa did it himself.