Chapter Twenty-Three: The Tavern

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On an official road extending from the west gate of Dingzhou to the countryside, cars and horses are sparkling, pedestrians are weaving, and literati are walking slowly.

The surrounding city wall is built with huge stone masonry, limestone soil is built under the stone, and the ground is exposed according to the height of the terrain is three to five feet, the wall is wrapped with large city bricks, and the loess in the middle is compacted.

At the top of the city wall, there is a buttress every step, and there is an arrow path in the middle of the battlement, and a drainage outlet is set below the battlement.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, and the afterglow of the twilight sunset is faintly sprinkled on the red bricks and green tiles or the brightly colored pavilion cornices, adding a bit of hazy and poetic to the end of the prosperous Baoding City in front of you.

Not far away, the penetrating shouts of the vendors could be heard, and occasionally the neighing of horses.

After the three of them got out of the carriage, they first booked three rooms at the Tianbao Inn, and then wanted to find a tavern to eat.

The three of them walked on the busy street, and Le Wen felt as if he was in a colorful and rich picture, and he couldn't help but stop and look at the blood-red sun.

"Let's just find a stall to eat." Lewen turned his head and glanced at Zheng Liangcai, Baoding Mansion is far more prosperous than Tang County, which makes Lewen dazzled, whether it is the eldest girl passing by him, the little daughter-in-law is very brightly dressed and gorgeous, which adds a bit of color to Baoding City.

"How can I do that, I'll have all the food, drink and fun these days, you can eat and play as much as you want." Zheng Liangcai's father took him to Baoding Mansion several times, and he is still familiar with the local area.

Long Chao, who was beside him, stretched out his finger and pointed to a Xinlong tavern not far away and said, "Why don't you go to that one?" ā€

Le Wen raised his eyes and looked at the Xinlong Tavern in front of him, which seemed to have just opened, touched the wolf teeth on his chest, and said casually: "Whatever." ā€

So Lewen and the three of them came to Xinlong Tavern, and as soon as they entered, Xiao Er came over, looked Lewen up and down, glanced at him, ignored him, and turned to Zheng Liangcai behind Lewen and asked with a smile on his face: "This young master, what are you eating?" ā€

"Bring whatever you have in the tavern, and bring a pot of wine by the way." Zheng Liangcai said as he found a place to sit down.

Le Wen and Long Chao just wanted to sit down with them, but Xiao Er hurriedly stepped forward to hug them, and scolded with disdain: "Hey, hey, hey...... You two little flowers, get out of here. ā€

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"Who are you going to get out of here?"

Long Chao slapped Xiao Er in the face, but Xiao Er was thrown off with just a slap, and then Long Chao was about to kick him, Zheng Liangcai hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said, "Forget it, forget it." ā€

turned his head to Xiao Er, who was crawling on the ground and covering his face, and scolded angrily: "These two are my brothers, you dog looks down on people, go and serve wine and food." ā€

Xiao Er covered his face and got up, nodded with a frightened face, and stretched out his hand to greet, "Big ...... Uncle, the little ones know, you sit first. ā€

"Hahaha, you two don't come out and change into better clothes, look at the patches on your clothes." After the three of them sat down, Zheng Liangcai clapped his hands and laughed.

"What's the matter, look at the person you're wearing like a dog, what can you do?" Long Chao was unhappy, and glared at Zheng Liangcai with a scolding grin.

Le Wen waved his hand and said disdainfully: "Come on, don't make any noise." ā€

"The wine is here, please drink it first, the dish will be ready immediately." Xiao Er came over with a pot of wine at this time.

"How much can you drink?" Le Wen glanced at Zheng Liangcai and said disdainfully.

Zheng Liangcai held the wine jug and poured wine into the wine glasses of the three of them, and said comfortably: "Wine is a good thing, my father put a few jars of good wine in the cellar, and he has been reluctant to drink it, I secretly drank it all for him, hahaha." ā€

Before Le Wen could speak, Long Chao picked up the wine glass and drank it up, "Ah...... This wine is really average, what kind of good wine is your family's wine? ā€

"Aged gold plate dew, have you ever drunk it?" Zheng Liangcai smiled proudly.

"What? Gold Plate Dew? Haven't heard of it. Long Chao scratched the back of his head and thought for a while, as if he had never heard of the name of this wine.

Zheng Liangcai smiled mysteriously and said in a low voice: "That was brought out from the palace by my father." ā€

Le Wen was also a little greedy, rolled his eyes and said, "When did you drink it all?" I didn't even know to call me when I was drinking. ā€

Zheng Liangcai shook his head and said with a smile: "Who knew that you two also drink." ā€

After Lewen and Long Chao moved to Tang County, their father would bring some wine back when he had something, and the third man drank a few glasses, and he was not addicted to alcohol, mainly because he ate too much coarse tea and light rice every day, and his mouth was almost tasteless, and he had a little taste in his mouth when he drank some wine.

"Uncle, please go upstairs."

The three of Lewen were drinking, and at this time, Xiao Er warmly welcomed this white fat man, who was dressed in brocade clothes, shaking a fan in his hand, followed by two servants, and walked upstairs with a sway.

Zheng Liangcai raised his eyes, was stunned for a moment, and said in a little panic: "Again...... It's that white fat man again. ā€

Le Wen turned his head and said disdainfully: "So what, if he can come, we can't?" ā€

Long Chao slapped the table and said angrily: "Brother Wen is right, although this guy has two hits, we are not afraid of him." ā€

"Hey...... You shoot slowly, and the wine is all spilled. Zheng Liangcai saw Long Chao pat the table, the wine jug jumped up, and hurriedly held the wine jug and muttered.

Zheng Liangcai saw that the food hadn't been served yet, so he shouted: "Little Er, why hasn't the food been served yet?" ā€

"Yo, brothers, I didn't expect you to come to the exam too."

At this time, Cui Zhi walked down from the upper floor and said to Lewen and them with a smile.

Le Wen raised his head and drank a glass of wine, stood up, glanced at Cui Zhi, and sneered: "As long as you can come, we can naturally come." ā€

Long Chao also stood up, walked in front of Cui Zhi, glared at Cui Zhi angrily, and said, "What, you still want to fight." ā€

Cui Zhi shook the fan in his hand, slapped it twice, narrowed his eyes slightly, looked Long Chao up and down, and said contemptuously: "What are you, do you accompany Uncle Ben to fight?" ā€

Long Chao was completely enraged when he heard this, and just as he was about to make a move, Zheng Liangcai hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Long Chao and said: "Brother, this is Baoding Mansion, no better than Tang County, and if you fight here, you will go to prison." ā€

As he spoke, he stood in front of Long Chao and smiled at Cui Zhi with a slight smile: "Cui ...... Brother Cui, our two families are also a little related, for the sake of the brothers, this matter is over. ā€

Cui Zhi slapped his fan twice, looked up and smiled: "Brother Liangcai, brother, I have no intention of getting along with you, but I don't know what's wrong, I want to bully them when I see these two people, what do you say about this." ā€