Chapter 1308: The Wine Banquet
However, Lin Jue couldn't give much of a response. First, it is the situation at the moment, and secondly, it is also because of the identities of both parties. Especially now, when he is equivalent to being kidnapped and coming here, and he doesn't know what Yan Agu is thinking, he must not mess around. If he showed a little more enthusiasm and aroused the displeasure of Wanyan Aguda, maybe things would have gone bad. Or if he is too indifferent, it will also cause dissatisfaction with Wanyan Aguda. In short, acting at this time requires careful consideration, and one step short may lead to bad results.
So when Lin Jue saw Yan Mingyue, he only bowed and saluted, and said, "Don't come harmed, princess, Lin Jue is polite." ”。 After that, you can only look at the nose and nose.
At the beginning of the banquet, Wanyan Agu picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Hahaha, everyone, you can't have fun drinking hastily at noon." Today's army has no restrictions on alcohol, Mingyue has brought three hundred and fifty barrels of good wine, we can not get drunk tonight and celebrate the liberation of our army. Come on, come on, it's all done. ”
The generals shouted and raised their glasses, and everyone drank the wine in the horn cups. Lin Jue also reluctantly raised his glass to drink, and Yan Mingyue whispered beside him: "If Lin Gongzi is not good at drinking, he doesn't have to drink it all." Just taste it. ”
Wanyan Agu laughed and said, "How can that happen? Brother Lin, although my sister-in-law takes care of you, I'm afraid you don't understand the rules of our Jurchens. Drinking with our Jurchens, you must drink a trickle, otherwise you will look down on us. Look at the brothers in the seat, which one is not drunk cleanly? If you don't believe it, just find someone to test. ”
All the generals echoed, and several generals picked up their wine cups and held them upside down in the air, and sure enough, not even a drop of wine flowed down.
Wanyan Agu laughed and said, "Look, Brother Lin, it's not for you, right?" ”
Wanyan Mingyue said angrily: "Brother, Lin Gongzi is from the Great Zhou, and he can't get used to drinking our wine, so don't embarrass others." ”
A general smiled and said, "Princess Jinhua, what's wrong with the Great Zhou people?" The Great Zhou people also have to obey the rules in front of us Jurchens, don't they? Take the saying of the Great Zhou people is to follow the local customs. ”
Wanyan Mingyue opened her mouth to argue, but she heard Lin Jue wave her hand and smile: "Don't fight, this brother is right, follow the customs of the locals, this is etiquette." It's just a glass of wine, and it's dry. ”
Lin Jue raised the wine cup, tilted his neck and drank the spirits. The wine of the Jurchens was already stronger than that of the Great Zhou. In fact, the most popular sake in Da Zhou is sake, which has a mild taste and even a little sweet. This kind of wine is somewhat similar to the bamboo leaf green that Lin Jue often drinks in the capital, but the bamboo leaf green wine has a pure taste, strong but not pungent. The wine he was drinking right now was extremely spicy, as if he had drunk a red-hot knife into his throat, and a stream of heat went straight from his throat to his chest and abdomen, and Lin Jue immediately broke out in a layer of fine sweat all over his body.
"Okay, that's enough, gentlemen. That's what a man is. If you can't drink spirits, can you still be considered a man? Brother Lin is really a cheerful man. Wanyan Agu clapped his hands and laughed, and all the generals also praised him.
Wanyan Mingyue frowned and looked at Lin Jue with concern, and wanted to ask Lin Jue how he was, but seeing Lin Jue's expression as usual, he opened his mouth and swallowed the words.
"Today, our army can get out of trouble, except for the blessing of the Immortal Heaven. also benefited from my sister Mingyue's rescue. In addition, Brother Lin's plan is indispensable. If it weren't for Brother Lin's ideas, he arranged a plan for the march, and accurately predicted the situation of the flood and pointed out a clear way. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for our army to get out of the predicament so smoothly. Brother Lin, I would like to toast you with a glass of wine to express my gratitude to you. We Jurchens have clear grievances, and I naturally want to thank you for your kindness to us. I didn't say it, I will treat you as a brother in the future, and after drinking this wine, you and I will be brothers. I will never treat you as an outsider. Wanyan Agu raised his wine glass and laughed loudly.
Wanyan Mingyue's eyes widened in surprise, and she realized that Lin Jue was the hero who helped the Jurchen army get out of trouble. I was even more grateful to Lin Jue in my heart. At the same time, I thought to myself: Lin Jueken is afraid that this is because of himself. Maybe it's because of the love house and the black. Why else would he do it?
Lin Jue's concern was how to face the second glass of slow liquor in front of him. Although I drink a good amount of alcohol, I am afraid that I can't withstand a few glasses of drinking like this.
"It's a brother, so I did. Unless you think I'm not worthy to be your brother. Wanyan Agu leaned his neck and drank the wine, turned the horn cup upside down, and not a drop fell.
Lin Jue frowned with the wine glass, Wanyan Mingyue wanted to speak again, Wanyan Agu grabbed her wrist and stopped her with his eyes.
"It's okay not to drink, if you think that our big leader is not worthy of being a brother with you, you can also not drink, but if you are not a brother, then you can only be an enemy." General Hulu squinted and sneered.
Lin Jue suddenly felt that tonight's banquet was not just a banquet, nor was it just a meeting with Yan Mingyue, but it seemed to be a game. The other party seems to be deliberately intoxicated, and may have other intentions.
However, at this moment, even if I felt like this, I had to drink this wine. Lin Jue gritted his teeth, tilted his neck and drank the wine dry. When he put down the wine glass, his body staggered slightly, and his head was slightly dizzy. Lin Jue knew that after eating two large glasses of spirits, he was almost at the limit of his alcohol consumption.
Wanyan Mingyue knew that Lin Jue would not be able to bear the strength of this drink, and frowned: "What are you doing?" How could Lin Gongzi afford such a big drink? Isn't this way of drinking to get drunk? ”
Wanyan Agu laughed and said, "Sister, Lin Gongzi drinks a lot, don't worry." ”
Wanyan Mingyue said angrily: "There are many people in my Jurchen clan who can't drink like this, not to mention that Lin Gongzi is a member of the Great Zhou clan, you also have a bit of hospitality, okay?" ”
General Yalu Buhua smiled dryly: "Sister Mingyue, let's thank him for his contribution to my Jurchen army's extrication." The big leader personally toasted, isn't this the highest number of etiquette? The great chief toasted, and so did we. How can you lose your manners. ”
General Hulu nodded and agreed: "Exactly, don't lose your courtesy." ”
Wanyan Mingyue said coldly: "It is not polite to pour people wine. If any of you wants to drink, come with me. It doesn't matter if you drink eight out of ten, discipline you to drink enough! ”
Yalu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "That's not necessary, we are going to drink with Lin Gongzi, what's the matter with drinking with you?" ”
"That's it, princess, you're a good man. What's the matter with you? General Hulu echoed with a smile on his face.
Wanyan Mingyue was speechless for a while, and her face was a little red. Yes, I came out for Lin Jueqiang, what is this? There is nothing to do with Lin Jue, and it seems a little inexplicable to forcibly come forward to defend him.
Wanyan Aguda didn't speak, only looked at Wanyan Mingyue with a smile, and the expression on his face was meaningful. After seeing that Yan Mingyue was embarrassed, he smiled and said: "What the sister said is also right, Lin Jue is from the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he is not used to drinking like this, so we can't lose our manners." Come on, change the small cup for Lin Jue, you can't get drunk without eating a mouthful of food. ”
Wanyan Mingyue cast a grateful gaze at Wanyan Agu, but the elder brother still looked towards himself. However, Lin Jue smiled at this time: "No, no, no need, the guest is as the host, and the local customs are followed, this is the etiquette of my Great Zhou people, and I don't need to exchange any wine cups." Today's army meeting is a day worth celebrating, but what if you are drunk? If the generals want to drink with me, let's drink it, although I am from the Great Zhou, I also drink well. Besides, how can a man admit cowardice at the wine table? The wine table is the battlefield. ”
Everyone looked at him in astonishment, and saw that Lin Jue had poured himself a full glass of wine, picked it up and said with a smile: "Thanks to the care of the big leader and the generals, Lin and his subordinates are deeply grateful, so they borrowed flowers to offer Buddha and give you a glass." ”
Everyone was a little stunned, Wanyan Mingyue frowned, and her heart was very uncomfortable. From the time he saw Lin Jue to the present, Lin Jue's attitude was lukewarm. Although he may not be able to express it in front of others, he obviously has tried his best to defend him, but he doesn't seem to appreciate it. Offering to drink, how he is the opponent of the people at the table. Isn't that ironclad going to get drunk?
Wanyan Aguda was also a little surprised, he did intend to pour Lin Jue wine, but tonight's purpose was not to make Lin Jue drunk, but to make Lin Jue drunk in a daze, so as to decide a big matter. It is most appropriate to talk about what is not drunk.
Lin Jue toasted to himself, but Wanyan Aguda was busy and said: "Don't be busy, don't be busy, eat some meat first, I haven't eaten anything, just drink." Eat some mutton, I still have something to discuss with Brother Lin. ”
Lin Jue raised his neck and drank the wine dry a few times, poured the cup and said with a smile: "This is my respect, I drank it dry, the big leader and the generals are at will." Our Da Zhou people have different etiquette from you Jurchens, I drank it, and if you don't drink it, I won't blame you for not being friends enough. ”
As soon as Lin Jue said this, Wanyan Agu and the others were embarrassed. Lin Jue has done it, is it possible that these people still have to cheat? At that moment, everyone had to drink in a glass of wine.
Before the wine glass was put down, Lin Jue touched the wine jug and poured wine again. Wanyan Agu hurriedly grabbed Lin Jue's hand and said, "Brother and brother, stop for a while, I'm afraid I'm going to get drunk if I drink like this." Eat the vegetables first, eat the vegetables. ”
Lin Jue's face was already a little pale, his tongue was a little big, and his speech was a little bald: "If you can't do it, you can't do it...... That's not possible, the rules of our Great Zhou, toasting three glasses, is the biggest ...... Respect. Two more glasses, let's drink. If you don't drink it, you can't do it. ”
Everyone's eyes are rolling, and they have to drink two glasses in a row? Slowly, if Lin Jue is going to get drunk, everyone in the seat is afraid that someone will also lie down. Is this surnamed Lin crazy? The wild monkey brew of the Jurchen tribe is extremely violent, even if it is a Jurchen tribe, they do not dare to drink it continuously, but need to drink it slowly, and make noise while drinking. This continuous stuffy wine, it is not enjoying the drink, but fighting wine.