It turned out that this person was a newcomer to Shifu, surnamed Chen Minghua, nicknamed "Living Immortal". One day, Shi Heng and several old friends who participated in the change of seizing the door drank in the mansion of Cao Shaoqin, the nephew of Cao Jixiang, the governor of Dongchang and the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, and talked about the art of immortality during the banquet, Cao Shaoqin smiled and said:

"In the past, we alchemy and nourish qi, one is to be loyal to the Long Live Lord, but to live a long life, but now I know that this path has gone astray. "If you want to know about things in the mountains, you need to ask the woodcutter", to know the longevity of a hundred years old, the art of immortality, you must ask the immortal person. ”

Shi Heng said: "Where are there any immortal people!"

Cao Shaoqin said: "What Zhongguo Gong said is very true. Immortal people, I'm afraid there are no, but long-lived people, there are still some, I only say that life is not more than a hundred years, I don't want to have nearly two hundred years old, we have a new introduction to the old man, born in the previous dynasty to the seventeenth year of the Yuan, to this year has been a full 180 years old. ”

Shi Heng stared at him: "Is there such a thing?"

Cao Shaoqin said: "I didn't see it in person, and I don't believe it." Although the old man's beard and eyebrows were white, his face looked only forty or fifty years old. He is Zhang Sanfeng's junior brother, he often talks about some of the previous dynasties and the previous kings of our dynasty, because they are all witnessed by themselves, and they are very touching when they speak out, and the most strange thing is that this person has boundless mana, and he does not pass through the door when he walks, only a small sword in his hand is a finger, and even the stone wall can not stop it...... All of this is inexhaustible for a while, but he is really a first-class immortal. ”

Shi Heng asked, "This person is in the mansion now?"

Cao Shaoqin said with a smile: "This Mr. Chen is a drunken immortal, the most greedy thing is the thing in the cup, he said that he was beaten by Zhang Sanfeng back then, and he shouldn't live or die." I don't want to leave because my family's wine is so good. Today's banquet is open with 100-year-old wine, and he smells wine in his nose, and he is afraid that he will never go to the street again. ”

Shi Heng also smiled: "So why don't you invite him to the table for a meal?" ”

Cao Shaoqin laughed: "Guogong spoke, what's so difficult about this?"

Soon. The "Living Immortal" Chen Hua staggered in from outside. During the banquet, more than a dozen guests stopped their cups and looked carefully, and the old man who came in between was wearing a dark soft satin robe, with an antique small sword hanging on the silk silk around his waist, stepping on a pair of cloud shoes, revealing snow-white cloth socks, dressed as a monk or not, and then looking at the face closely, he saw that he had fine skin and tender meat, red in white, with a full head of silver hair, two silver long eyebrows, and a snow-white goatee, which was really called a "living fairy".

Cao Shaoqin smiled and said to the old man: "Today I invited a few guests to have a drink, knowing that Mr. Chen is very fond of this, I specially invited Mr. Chen to the table." ”

The subordinate put on the seat and a pair of cups and chopsticks, Chen Hua glanced at the imbalance, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Nengguo is here today, but the little old man doesn't dare to sit down." ”

Cao Shaoqin frowned and squinted at the family who asked for Chen.

It turned out that when Shi Heng came to him, he never talked to unrelated family members, after all, there may not be any spies in it, so the doorman naturally didn't know.

At this time, he couldn't help but suspect that his family was talking too much.

The family looked at him, and with great horror, knelt down and said:

"The villain only said, 'The adults have invited Mr. Chen', and he didn't ......"

The living immortal laughed on the side and said: "Don't blame him, my lord, the commander of the Beijing camp, the prince of Zhongguo, and the captain of the dynasty, not everyone has such a bearing, even if he wears ordinary clothes, the appearance of the nobleman and the bearing of the battlefield have also changed?"

Cao Shaoqin smiled, and when he looked at Shi Heng, he saw him smiling and nodding, so he waved his hand to his family and said to Chen Hua: "Mr. is really not an ordinary person. ’

Chen Hua didn't answer, but took off the sword at his waist, handed it to the attendant beside Cao Shaoqin, and arched his hand to Shi Heng: "This sword little old man never leaves his body, and he is used to carrying it, he has always been negligent, and he is really offensive in front of the general!"

Shi Heng said: "It's okay, the old gentleman just takes it." ”

Chen Hua was not polite, took the sword and hung it on his body, sat down in his seat, and poured wine from his family.

Shi Heng asked, "Old gentleman Gui Geng?"

Chen Hua said: "The little old man is a little obsessed with a few years older, and he is very disrespectful when he says it, and he doesn't know how to say it, and he doesn't know how to say it. "It looks polite, but it sounds a bit selling.

Shi Heng nodded, and didn't ask anymore, but said, 'Mr. made this cup.' ’

The "living fairy" picked up the cup and drank it all.

Shi Heng smiled: "Mr. is really a fast person, and then pour wine with Mr." ”

So the family poured wine, aged it and drank it again, and just like that, one cup after another, they drank three glasses in a row.

Shi Heng saw him smacking his lips, peeking at the wine jug, knowing that it was not enough, and said with a smile: "Change a big bowl with the old gentleman." ”

Chen Hua drank three more bowls.

When he was drinking, he didn't eat the newly served dishes, but just put the chopsticks into the big box containing the mandarin fish, the box of mandarin fish had already moved, and he frequently stretched out the chopsticks, and after a while, only the fish head and fish bones remained, Cao Shaoqin turned his head and ordered:

"Let's make two more mandarin fish with Mr. Chen!"

The family said, "Although there are mandarin fish, they are not alive. ”

Chen Hua was deliberately showy, how could he easily let go of this opportunity? He interjected on the side: "The fish is still fresh, you go and bring me a basin of water!"

Seeing Cao Shaoqin nodding, the family turned around and went out, and came back with a basin of water after a while.

Everyone didn't know what Chen Hua meant, so they looked at him together. I saw him pull out his short sword, pick up a fish head in the big basin with the tip of the sword, throw it into the clear water, and then stir it with his sword.

Not only did the surface of the water spin non-stop, but it also turned faster and faster, and then there was a splash. When everyone took a closer look, the fish bones in the water had already turned into a live mandarin fish with two or three catties of jumps, shaking their heads and tails, struggling to get out.

When everyone saw Chen Hua's performance, they applauded together! Shi Heng couldn't help but praise: "Mr. Chen has good means. ”

Chen Hua concocted another fish bone according to the law and turned it into a live mandarin fish, and said to the family: "I will go to the kitchen and cook it, and invite the guests to try it." ”

That Chen Hua was already three points drunk, and seeing that everyone respected him, even Zhongguo Gong also showed appreciation, he couldn't help but feel a little fluttering. He saw a family member come up with a large plate of steamed lotus leaf balls, and with a slight finger of his sword, dozens of lotus leaf balls on the plate turned into frogs, jumped from the plate to the table, and jumped around, and there was an uproar for a while.

The frogs jumped to the empty plate in front of the guests and stopped moving, and when everyone looked at it, they had already turned back into lotus leaf balls, four of which were in each dish, and they were placed upright. The crowd applauded again.

"Sure enough, it is, a living immortal", worthy of its name.

Shi Heng thought secretly in his heart: "This Cao Shaoqin invited me to come over for a drink, and also took the initiative to invite the living immortals to help the fun, it seems that he wanted to give this person to me in exchange for his impeachment of Yang Yuxuan, the secretary of the military department." Hmm! If there is this old man present at the banquet in my house, I can add a bit of elegance to the banquet! Hmph! Then Yang Yuxuan doesn't know how to lift, and if he dies, he will die! It's better to even clean up that Zhou Huai'an! I can't ask for it!"

Thinking of this, Shi Heng glanced at Cao Shaoqin, and said to Chen Hua: "Mr. Chen has such a good sword, of course his martial arts are also good!"

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