But when the door opened, an old man who looked like he was in his sixties, with a red face, a high nose and big ears, starry eyes and sword eyebrows, a silver beard under his chin, and sideburns over his abdomen, more than a foot long. As the door opened, the wind blew fluttering, a fairy posture. Carrying a sword and straddling a blanket full of things. He was dressed in a gray-black poplin shirt and a pair of thin-soled fast boots under his feet. He rubbed two iron balls in one hand and a wine gourd in the other, his face was full of wine, and it seemed that he had drunk a lot, and he came in with great strides and shouting, "Who invited me to drink?" As he spoke, he dragged over a stool, sat down under me, and the wine gourd paused on the table with a bang, looking at the gourd, it was glowing red and shiny, and I don't know how many years it had been used.

I saw that the man sat down, also got up and made a gesture, and said: "Senior, it is a few juniors chatting here, disturbing the purity of the old man, looking at the tone of the seniors, he also has a lot of experience in the Book of Changes, so I want to invite the seniors to drink together and talk about Yi." ”

The old man poured his own wine and said, "I see that your kid has a good attitude, and you can talk about it." ”

"I don't know if the seniors have a big name, can they tell the poor road." I asked. The old man took a sip of wine and muttered vigorously, "Good wine, good wine." Seeing me ask him, he said: "Seeing that you kid is very good at talking, I'll tell you, the old man's name ***, people give nicknames, Iron Hand Guanyin, you juniors can see the old man, it can be regarded as a virtuous ancestor, and the old man is in a good mood today, or I don't bother to pay attention to you, I think back then, the old man was the first guard in front of the emperor, and I only returned home after the death of the emperor." ”

Looking at his arrogant and arrogant appearance, of course Wei Zihan and Wang Jinhuai don't like it, I know, but there must be something unusual about anyone who is a master. It seems that this *** is not a simple person, it just so happens that I don't know much about the defense of the inner courtyard of the palace, maybe I can get what I need from here, let's try it first, make a good idea, I spoke: "The predecessor is really the first guard in front of the palace, and the poor road admires the predecessor very much, let the junior toast you a few cups first." ”

After speaking, I poured the wine glass again, held it to *** with both hands, *** was not polite, took a sip and went down, I poured three glasses in a row, he drank it all in one go, drank three glasses of wine, and then looked at the old man who still had no change in color, looking like a radiant old naughty boy.

"That, the little girl and the scholar, don't you look down on the old man, and you don't toast me to drink, or this little Taoist priest is on the way, and I will teach you a few tricks in a while." Pointing at Wei Zihan and Wang Jinhuai, he said.

Wei Zihan looked at me, I gave her a look, Wei Zihan looked at me and gave her a look. also stood up, poured three glasses of wine and served them to *** in turn, Wei Zihan finished saluting, Wang Jinhuai couldn't sit down, and also got up and toasted three glasses of wine.

In the blink of an eye, the old man has drunk nine cups, this is not the kind of cup that is as big as a bull's eye, this is a cup as big as a tea bowl, the degree of liquor in the Ming Dynasty has been more than 30 degrees, and the nine cups of liquor are more than two catties, and the old man has drunk a lot of it himself.

After nine glasses of wine, the old man talked more, and said with a big tongue: "You were talking about the Book of Changes just now, don't look at the old man as a rough person, and he also has a lot of research in the Book of Changes, when the first emperor liked Taoism, he was very interested in Zhou Yi, and he looked for someone to explain Zhou Yi every day, and I was on duty next to him, so I was smoky and eye-drenched, and I gradually liked Zhou Yi, and the first emperor saw that I liked Zhou Yi, and I told me about it, so my Zhou Yi level was not worse than the average Confucian, and the Gen hexagram you talked about just now, the first emperor had different opinions, You say, "The lower and the upper are stacked on top of each other." Gen is a mountain, and the two mountains are overlapping, and the metaphor is static. The first emperor once said that the two mountains are stacked on top of each other, and they should be moving, which is just the opposite of your stillness. The Book of Changes is broad and profound, the major Confucians have studied for thousands of years, and finally each has its own words, and the benevolent see the wise and the wise see the wise, to see how they understand, in the Book of Changes, the difference between one word is thousands of miles. ”

I also agree and disagree with the old man's statement, and the I Ching is still based on years of accumulated experience in practice. It's not that it will be changed, but how to understand it, each family and faction have their own reasons.

The more the old man here talked, the more excited he became, and Wang Jinhuai was stunned when he heard it, at that time, he often took the I Ching in the exam, so the I Ching is also a compulsory course for the lifters, Wang Jinhuai also understands the I Ching, but it is difficult to have any famous teachers in this small place, and now I meet *** This strange old man, and he is so proficient in Zhou Yi, how can he let go of this opportunity, and chat with the old man while drinking, but forget me and Wei Zihan aside.

After a while, a five-pound jar of wine was empty, and Wang Jinhuai also drank red ears and red ears. I saw that the two of them had no intention of stopping, so I asked Xiao Er to bring a jar of wine and add a few light side dishes.

Wei Zihan leaned the stool against me, and the two of us also drank a little, compared to the two of them, Wei Zihan had to drink a glass of wine for a long time, Rao was so, and he also drank a little blushing, with peach blossoms on his face, and autumn water in his eyes.

I drank this wine for an hour, and then looked at the two, and Wang Jinhuai fell directly under the table, *** didn't fall, but also leaned on the chair, the corners of his mouth drooled, and the snoring sounded earth-shattering. The silver-white beard was covered with saliva, I don't know if it was saliva or alcohol, and a few green vegetables stuck to the beard.

"Brother Lei, look at what to do now, both of them are drunk, how can we carry them back." Wei Zihan asked me with a frown.

I said, "It's okay, I'll call Xiao Er to take a look." ”

I shouted a few times to Xiao Er, and Xiao Er came up and asked, "Guest officer, what are your orders?" I pointed to the two drunks and said, "Little second brother, my two friends are drunk, and our inn is not close to here, see if you can help send them back." Xiao Er said: "This is easy to say, guest officer, I will go to the street and call the two soft sedan chairs, and they will carry it back." "Then it's troublesome for the second brother, please call one more pair, and my young lady will also take a sedan chair back." As I spoke, I touched a piece of broken silver from my sleeve pocket and gave it to Xiao Er, who saw the silver and ran downstairs with a smile on his face.

Xiao Er came back after a while, and a few sedan chair drivers carried Wang Jinhuai and *** to the soft sedan car outside.

I went to the counter and settled the bill, and together with the old man's table, it cost five taels of silver.

When he came outside, he saw that the sedan chair driver was ready to stop, Wei Zihan also got on the soft sedan chair, and the group went to the inn.