Chapter 42: Drinking
Under the order of the furious Peng Tuo, the Yellow Turban Army, who had been running all day, did not even have time to take a breath and rest for a while, so they once again waved their troops north to pursue Xu Kang and his party, and chased them until Chen Liu.
Chen Liu is a big city, there are strong barriers outside, and there are heavy troops inside, not to mention that Peng Tuo only brought 100,000 yellow scarves, even if the number of people he brought doubled, it is unlikely that he wants to take Chen Liu.
What's more, Zhang Jiao's goal is Luoyang, and he doesn't allow his subordinates to lose soldiers in other cities, so Peng Tuo doesn't dare to come even if he is reckless.
He can only lead people outside the city to scold, set off mouth cannons, and get over his addiction.
And the Chen left-behind guards standing on the city tower refused to suffer, and immediately scolded Peng Tuo and other Yellow Turban troops below, and occasionally spit down and peed or something, which can be regarded as a coming-and-going.
However, Xu Kang didn't know this, at this time, he was accompanied by Zhao Hong and Zhang Cheng, and Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao to push the cup and set the lamp, smiling happily.
"Haha, Lord Taishou is a real hero, hundreds of cars of baggage will be given, such a righteous and squandering money, no wonder the world will include you in one of the 'Eight Kitchens', sure enough, there is no void under the fame, and the next official respects Lord Taishou for a cup!"
With that, he took his glass and drank it down.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Miao also laughed happily, and waved his hand while laughing.
"Xu County's order is falsely praised, Zhang is just a waste of fame, so Xu County made you young, you can use more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to break Peng Tuo's 100,000 Yellow Turban Army, kill 7,000 enemies, and capture more than 20,000 people, it is really admirable to Zhang, this cup, I should honor you, please!"
"Taishou-sama, please!"
As he spoke, Xu Kang picked up the wine glass again and drank it all.
In this era, there was no distillation technology, but the koji was pressed and filtered and drunk, and the alcohol content was only 10 degrees, which was about the same as beer.
In addition, the wine cup of Taishoufu is not big, which is far worse than the beer cups of later generations, Xu Kang has no pressure to drink, and he can go down without pause.
Seeing him give face like this, Zhang Miao became more and more happy, took his hand and asked him with a close face.
"Xu Xianling is so young, he can make such a monstrous achievement, I really admire it, he must be from a famous family, right?"
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, no matter who you are, if you want to enter the upper class, you can't step through the hurdle of being born.
Even Cao Cao, because of his low background, made the development of the first half of his life difficult, and he still relied on the help of Yuan Shao and others to gain a firm foothold.
Xu Kang is very clear about this, so now that he heard that Zhang Miao began to "check the household registration", of course he would not stupidly say that he was a poor man, but let out a long sigh and shook his head again.
"Alas, since the family road has fallen, I don't dare to show off in the name of the ancestors, not to mention that I even bought the official position of the county order of the Changshe with copper-smelling things and eunuchs, and I did such a humiliating thing, how dare I mention the name of the ancestor again? Don't say that the ancestors, even the teacher, I don't know how to explain it! ”
After saying that, he poured himself a glass of wine, and then drank it all, looking very distressed.
Although Xu Kang's words were only a few crosses, they revealed an unusually large amount of information.
After listening to it, Zhang Miao summarized three important points.
First: Xu Kang's family used to be very wide, and his ancestors had big names.
Second: Although Xu Kang's family was defeated, but the money left by his ancestors was a lot, and from the fact that he could afford to buy a magistrate like the county order, it can be seen that his family background even exceeded that of many small and medium-sized scholars.
Third, Xu Kang has a teacher, and it can be seen from his appearance that his teacher is not a simple character.
After summarizing these three points, Zhang Miao's gaze at Xu Kang instantly became different, and he immediately asked him cautiously.
"I don't know if the commander is ......"
Hearing Zhang Miao's question, this time without waiting for Xu Kang to answer, Zhao Hong, who was standing behind him, answered for him with a proud face.
"Our adult's teacher is the Bodhi Patriarch, who lives in the three-star cave of the slanting moon in the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain of Penglai Immortal Island, and is a real immortal!"
As soon as Zhao Hong's words fell, Zhang Cheng next to him also opened his mouth with a look of longing.
"The Great Awakening Golden Immortal has no dirty posture, the Western Wonderful Ancestor Bodhi, the three or three elements of immortality, all the qi and all the gods, the emptiness and silence naturally change, the true nature is like the nature of the will, and the sky is the same longevity solemn body, the great mage of the Ming Heart."
At this time, what Zhao Hong and Zhang Cheng said was the description of Bodhi Patriarch in "Journey to the West", and the reason why they knew this was, of course, what Xu Kang told them.
As the saying goes, "acting has to play a full set", since he decided to deify himself, of course Xu Kang has to pack himself well, and the disciple of the Immortal Family is obviously a good vest.
And since he wants to be a disciple of the immortal family, then he naturally needs an immortal teacher, and Bodhi Ancestor obviously meets this condition - who made his apprentice's Monkey King?
Xu Kang likes Monkey King, and when he was a child, he often carried a stick to pretend to be the Monkey King, so now when he needs a fairy teacher, it is logical to sacrifice the name of Bodhi Patriarch.
Zhao Hong and Zhang Cheng have long been accustomed to Xu Kang's miraculousness, and he said it clearly, so not only did the two not doubt it, but even had honor, often putting on a posture of "the confidant of the immortal disciples".
It is precisely because of this that when they hear Zhang Miao ask Xu Kang's teacher now, they can't wait to jump out and answer...... Or rather, ostentatious.
But they didn't know that because of the two of them, Zhang Miao was stunned, and Xu Kang was also embarrassed.
Hurriedly waved his hand at the two.
"Dare to talk nonsense in front of Lord Taishou, it's really unruly, why don't you let me out quickly?"
"Yes, sir!" Hearing his words, Zhao Hong and Zhang Cheng immediately went out obediently.
At this time, Xu Kang arched his hand towards Zhang Miao with some embarrassment.
"That...... Lord Taishou, my two subordinates have been fighting with the Yellow Turban for days, and they are so tired that they are not clear, don't be like them, in fact, my teacher was dismissed because he offended the eunuch party, and now Cai Yong of Wu is avoiding trouble! ”
"Ah...... It turned out to be Cai Yilang! ”
Hearing Xu Kang's words, Zhang Miao reacted this time, revealing a look of sudden realization, and arched his hand towards him.
"No wonder Brother Xian has such courage at a young age, it turned out to be Cai Yilang's tall feet, Zhang is disrespectful!"
As he spoke, he bowed down and poured a glass of wine, and then raised his glass towards Xu Kang again.
"Zhang has always admired Cai Yilang's character and talent, and now he can meet his disciples, and he is better than listening to the sound of tarts, and he should be a big white!"
With that, he drank the wine in his hand and laughed.
"Hahahaha, happy, come, brother please!"
Listening to Zhang Miao's change in his name, the Xu family smiled slightly, "Hehe, then I might as well be respectful!" ”
After speaking, he picked up his wine glass and drank it all.