Hearing that Ouyang Xiu had come to the mansion, Cai Xiang and Wang got up to greet him, and when they returned to the hall, Cai Xiang ordered the family to put on a banquet, and Cai Jing poured wine for the three cups on the table.

Ouyang Xiu was next to the king, he didn't expect that the king was also there today, so he said with a smile: "The court heard about the resignation of Wang Shilang, and Uncle Yong is regretting this matter, and he didn't expect to meet here. ”

Wang next to the arch said: "The late life has long admired An Guogong, but he has never had the opportunity to talk with Mr. in official business, and now, the late life has no intention of being an official in the court, and he will leave the capital after a few days of cooking the affairs of the house, so he specially brought good wine today, and I invite Mr. Cai to come forward and talk with the drunkard." ”

Ouyang Xiu has known Wang Bian for six or seven years, and he has not seen Wang Bian for more than a year, and he actually feels that Wang Bian is much more mature and stable, thinking that Wang Bian sent envoys to Western Xia, Liao, and as far as Goryeo, and has made outstanding achievements in attacking the Japanese slaves, but he is really a little sorry for the brave retreat due to the restlessness of the house, so he said in a comforting tone of the elder: "I have also heard about the affairs of Wang Shilang's house, and I also ask Wang Shilang to mourn, and everything is important to the overall situation." ”

"Back then, my mentor, General Di Qing, was wronged, and thanks to the defense and assistance of An Guogong, I think that I have been taken care of by An Guogong in my later life, and I have not been able to thank him in person, so it is better to take advantage of today's opportunity and the students to thank him in person." The king said, and took up his glass,

Ouyang Xiu held a wine glass with mixed feelings, when his proud protégé Su Shi won the top prize, the limelight next to the king actually overshadowed Su Shi, for this reason Ouyang Xiu somewhat looked down on this hairy boy next to the king, who knew that although this kid was on the rise, he also experienced a lot of ups and downs.

Ouyang Xiu since supporting Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi and others of the "Qingli New Deal", was demoted from the capital to Anhui, became Chuzhou Taishou, before returning to the capital has been a love for the landscape, drinking all day long, since returning to Beijing, people are also a lot more sophisticated, now he is an Guogong, and also serves as the criminal department and the Ministry of Officials, naturally look at the attitude of the king is not the same as before, but envy the young man next to the king, see the king next to the old things and never forget to be grateful, then also let go of many old prejudices,

Ouyang Xiu raised his glass and replied: "Wang Shilang is a rare talent in my Great Song Dynasty, General Di and Prime Minister Bao Cheng are not wrong, I hope Wang Shilang will cheer up as soon as possible and come back one day to serve the court." Then he took up the glass and drank it all,

"Good wine, this wine is really good wine." Ouyang Xiu drank it, looked at Cai Xiang and said excitedly,

"Hey, I thought you old and young couldn't remember me coming, if this wasn't good wine, I would have come to invite you to be drunk." Cai Xiang pouted and pouted with feigned dissatisfaction and said,

Ouyang Xiu and Wang Bei realized that the two of them had forgotten the owner of this house after patronizing and talking for half a day, and Ouyang Xiu smiled heartily: "Jun Mo, you and I have known each other for an old time, you invite me to come, even if I don't have good wine, I have to come." ”

"If you don't have wine, you can't catch a drunkard." Cai Xiang said with a smile,

Wang Fang has the heart to make friends with Ouyang Xiu today, he doesn't know what Ouyang Xiu thinks, but how can Wang Bei of the Tang and Song Dynasty families not know Ouyang Xiu's name, seeing Cai Xiang say this, Wang Bian said: "The drunkard's intention is not in the wine, but between the mountains and rivers." ”

Ouyang Xiu's eyes lit up, and Wang Bi was able to say the words and sentences in his "The Story of the Drunkard Pavilion", and he was overjoyed: "I didn't expect Wang Shilang to be an old man's bosom friend, it's really easy to see each other and difficult to get to know each other." After saying that, I drank another glass, but I still couldn't help but praise the good wine,

Wang Beixin smiled, the drunkard didn't mean to drink, if Ouyang Xiu knew that someone had changed the taste out of context after a thousand years, it was estimated that his nose would be crooked.

"The drunkard is so catchy that everyone in the world knows, today there are no mountains and no water, this wine can become, and the meaning of wine is not drunk." The king said to Ouyang Xiu,

Ouyang Xiu was happy to hear it: "If the change is good, then I will have a 'wine urn don't care' today." "Laugh and drink again,

This is worth it, the dish has not moved the chopsticks, Ouyang Xiu has already drunk three cups in a row, Cai Xiang hurriedly said: "I think we should drink slowly, otherwise we will become a 'drunkard who doesn't care'"

Ouyang Xiu was even more overjoyed in his heart, but suddenly sighed: "Jun Mo, back then, you and I and Shi Manqing laughed and drank like this, it would be very happy, I didn't think of ten years of vicissitudes, so the old man was not there, so the old man drank happily again, it's a pity." ”

Hearing Ouyang Xiu say this, Cai Xiang also sighed, Wang Jian heard that Cai Xiang and Ouyang Xiu were old friends, no wonder Cai Xiang invited Ouyang Xiu so easily, and he was also crooked, listening to them talk about Shi Manqing, he suddenly thought of an allusion and asked: "The Shi Manqing that An Guogong said back then, but the Shi Bachelor who could drink a lot of theme tricks back then." ”

As soon as Cai Xiang heard this, Wang Bi began to say something that he didn't understand, presumably because of his travel to Liao, Goryeo, and the Japanese slaves, so he asked with a smile: "I can know that Master Shi drinks in different ways, it can be seen that Wang Shilang is also a good drinker, but what does the theme mean." ”

Wang said with a smile: "The theme, the theme is the main central idea, for example, the stone scholar drinks and pretends to be a prisoner in the prison, this theme is called 'prison drinking'; if you don't sit on the flat ground, you have to climb to the treetops to drink, and learn from the nest of the ancients, which is called 'nest drinking'; after drinking a cup, climb up the tree, and after a while come down from the tree to drink a cup, this is called 'crane drinking'; while crying and singing an elegy, while drinking, it is called 'drinking'; wrapped in a straw mat all over your body, only your head is exposed, and after drinking, you retract your head again, which is called'Turtle drink'. ”

"yes, yes, that's how that guy drank." Ouyang Xiu and Cai Xiang both clapped their hands and said with a smile, Cai Jing behind the king heard it for the first time, he covered his mouth and secretly smiled, thinking that the forest is really big and there are all kinds of birds, and there are such strange people in the world,

Speaking of Shi Manqing, Wang said with a wit: "I know that Master Shi, good wine and good poetry, humorous conversation, once, out of Baoning Temple, the groom was negligent, the horse jumped up in fright, Mr. Shi was thrown off the horse, and the entourage hurriedly helped him up, many people who watched the excitement thought that he was going to scold the groom, but he just pointed to the groom and said: 'I am a Shi Bachelor, if it is a tile master, it is not a smash'"

Ouyang Xiu and Cai Xiang laughed when they heard this, and Cai Xiang said with a smile: "This guy is like this, I think Wang Shilang is witty and quite like Manqing back then." ”

Ouyang Xiu also nodded with a smile: "Yes, it's been a long time since I've laughed so happily, I didn't expect Wang Shilang to know about Manqing's affairs, if it weren't for the fact that he was the son of Jiefu, I really would have doubted this Wang Shilang's age and experience." ”

Wang Bei saw that Ouyang Xiu had fully accepted him at this moment, and knew that the heat was about the same, so he said: "How can I compare with the two respected teachers and Master Shi in my wit, not to mention that I admire Master Shi's upright and arrogant, and I heard that there was a supervisor surnamed Niu who raised his worth by befriending Shi Manqing and being a vassal.

One day, the monk brought the cow supervisor book, and also brought ten stones of wine for the palace, and the three of them drank until the sun went down, Shi Yannian was slightly drunk, he said happily: "Such a beautiful wine, you can make a record," so the cow supervisor took a pot of inkstone, and waited for Shi Yannian to write on the wall of the platform,

I saw Shi Yannian pick up the pen and write on the wall: "Shi Yannian and the old poet of the empty door are here, after reading the Niu Jian book, he hurriedly stepped forward and pleaded and said to Shi Yannian: 'I, an ordinary man, have the honor to serve Mr. to drink wine today, I hope that Mr. will raise his noble hand and give the villain a name, so that I can live forever,' Mr. Shi knew that the official of the cattle supervisor was donated with money, and he looked at him without any knowledge in his stomach, and added the words 'Niu Mou holding an inkstone' at the back. ”

After Wang Bei finished speaking in one breath, Cai Jing and Ouyang Xiu laughed even more, Ouyang Xiu said: "This is, there is indeed such a thing, I will laugh at him, but I brought the surname Niu, that person is 'holding the inkstone to get the Golden Bull'"

Wang Bian Zhengse said: "Alas, it can be seen that although Master Shi is good at drinking, he is very incorruptible, even if the surnamed Niu sponsors the wine, he will not ruin his reputation by drinking his wine, regardless of his reputation." ”

Ouyang Xiu raised his eyes and looked at the king, and suddenly laughed: "I think Wang Shilang didn't mean to invite a drunkard to drink today." ”

"I'm not going to ask for a question." The king joked,

Ouyang Xiu put down the wine glass and said, "The drunkard is not drunk yet, I don't think everyone should sell Guanzi, I came to see Wang Shilang today and guessed something, it is rare that Wang Shilang actually narrated the matter of his old friend so wonderfully, and took great pains to remind the old man with the subject matter, you kid, there is such a big thing in the capital today, am I deaf." ”

Cai Xiang laughed with him, how could he not know why Wang Bian mentioned Shi Manqing's matter at this time, so he gave Ouyang Xiuman a wine and said: "An Guogong, don't blame, you also know that I dealt with a person today, although this person has a bad reputation, but he is also a celebrity in front of the saint, please invite the drunkard to come and hope that the drunkard will give guidance, if you can't punish the evil, someone will inevitably follow suit in the future, and it will be difficult to investigate and deal with the things related to the people's livelihood." ”

Ouyang Xiu pointed at Cai Xiang: "You and I have known each other for so many years, don't you know me, I admit it, that Qin Minzhi did send fragrant cakes to my house, but the old man will not cover up on this matter, that Wang Shilang has been snickering at the scholar behind him, I also know that he is close to Master Cai, naturally you have to avoid suspicion, this matter will be handed over to the old man, not to mention that there is such a good wine today, even if there is not, it is my duty to advise the people." ”

Cai Xiang and Wang looked at each other and smiled, and hurriedly raised their glasses to Ouyang Xiu, but Ouyang Xiu said: "Alas, don't think that the old man agreed because he drank good wine, you have to tell me what kind of wine this wine is, otherwise the drunkard will be drunk and unclear." ”

Wang next to this said: "This wine is called white sheep wine, it is to take thirty catties of mutton at the time of the wax moon, which must have ten catties of fat, add six buckets of water to the bones, put it in the pot to cook the meat, wait until the bones and flesh are soft, wet out of the bones, break the shredded meat, keep the gravy, steam the wine and rice with fire, sprinkle the fat meat on the rice, and then steam the soft and stir, out of six buckets of juice, and then steam, and finally pick out the good flesh and bones after the temperature, and then two liters of gravy, press out the juice, all put it in the wine mother, and finally according to the ordinary number of days of winemaking, this is such a delicate white sheep wine. ”

Wang next to this brewing was learned in Liao and Xin Zan, I didn t expect to use it today, he peeked as he spoke, Ouyang Xiu and Cai Xiang's eyes lit up, and they sucked saliva,