Chapter 40: Receiving the Imperial Sake

This time, it was Zhao Zheng's turn to be uncomfortable, and he couldn't really let Xu Ruyi get rid of his hands here, what kind of system would it become. But if Xu Ruyi is allowed to go to the thatched house, it will make people feel uneasy. He was in a dilemma, and decided to test Xu Ruyi first, maybe it was really as he thought before, Xu Ruyi was just cheating.

"Alright, I'll go get the night pot." Zhao Zheng lifted the hem of his clothes, got up from his chair, and walked to the corner of the room, where an old nightpot was placed on the ground.

Xu Ruyi looked at Zhao Zheng's back, his eyes showed a cunning look, and his eyes rolled a few times.

Zhao Zheng brought the night pot back and put it in front of Xu Ruyi.

"Thank you Shaoxia for your kindness, please do a good job and untie the rope on my body. I was tied up like this, and I was told how to untie my hands. Xu Ruyi said.

"It's no problem to untie the rope for you, anyway, my strength is far above you, subduing you is just a matter of dividing five by two, but after untying the rope, I will not avoid it, you have to untie it under my surveillance." Zhao Zhengyan was provocative, using this to test Xu Ruyi. In ancient times, women were chaste and fierce, and they would never tolerate such a thing.

"How can that work? If you look at me like this, won't you take advantage of all the advantages? Xu Ruyi really reacted violently, if it weren't for someone to cover it with a skin mask, his face would have been red a long time ago.

"Shouldn't men take advantage of women?" Zhao Zheng smiled and groaned, "How about it, now you know that I'm not a young man, right?" ”

"Hmph, you can't afford to be a young man, you are simply ...... It's just a ......" Xu Ruyi was controlled by others, and didn't dare to make too many mistakes, so he swallowed back halfway through his words. "I'm the big girl of the yellow flower. You can't be shown your innocence. Take the night pot away. I don't let go. ”

"It's better, I'm afraid the smell of urine will ruin my house." Zhao Zheng picked it up on tiptoe, hooked the handle of the empty night pot, and shook it out with skill. The night pot drew an arc and landed on the ground steadily, not only did it not break, but it did not even shake violently, which shows that Zhao Zheng's control of internal force and strength has reached a certain height. A glimpse of the threshold of the masters.

Xu Ruyi's request failed to come true, and he said a lot of embarrassing things, he was very unhappy, no longer paid attention to Zhao Zheng, turned his head and said nothing.

Zhao Zheng observed for a while and found that Xu Ruyi never twisted half a day after that, and there was no internal urgency, which showed that he was really lying just now, and he just wanted to take the opportunity to get out. Xu Ruyi has no internal urgency, and he is also happy to worry. Continue to sit and breathe the internal force of the dantian.

Time flows inadvertently at your fingertips, and the sun sinks from due top to west. It was as if the curtain had ended, and the sky was darkened. The stars are beginning to appear, twinkling endlessly, like countless pairs of eyes, gazing at the world.

It's already the time of the day, between dusk and night, and it's time to get the sake from the five ghosts who move the mountains.

"I'm going to your house soon, is there anything you want to tell me?" Zhao Zheng opened his eyes and asked with a smile.

"What's the use of what I say, just remember what you said, touch your upper lip to your lower lip, you personally promised not to make things difficult for my family." Xu Ruyi didn't have a good airway.

"Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for them, although I am not a chivalrous man, but I have always been inspired to become a chivalrous man, and I don't like to hurt people's lives."

"That's good."

Zhao Zheng saw Xu Ruyi with a stinky face, and said with a smile: "Look at your pitiful expression, it seems like I'm bullying you." ”

"We stole the Cao family's imperial wine, and you kidnapped me, and used me as a hostage to extort the imperial wine from my family, so counting, aren't you bullying me?" Xu Ruyi glanced at Zhao Zheng.

"I'm not bullying your family, but I want to return what doesn't belong to you to their rightful owners, but it's okay if you think I'm bullying you, after all, it's my good thing to ruin you." Zhao Zheng walked to Xu Ruyi's side with bad intentions, threw off his sleeves, and stretched out his fingers together.

"What are you going to do?" Xu Ruyi hurriedly asked, leaning his body to the side, but under the restraint of the rope, he only moved a little.

"What else can you do, of course, it's a point. As soon as I go out, you have to sleep. ”

"You've stunned me twice in a row today, and now you're going to slap me a third time? If I faint again, I'm going to fall asleep! Xu Ruyi rolled his eyes angrily.

"There's no way, I'm not good at acupoints, I can only do this hand, you will suffer a little, and sleep again." Zhao Zheng held down Xu Ruyi, who was about to struggle, and tapped his hand under the faint point on his back, Xu Ruyi snorted and fell asleep. He has been practicing acupoint kung fu for a short time, and he can only cause people to be comatose or paralyzed, and the means are monotonous.

Stunned Xu Ruyi, he quietly left through the back door, cautiously walked around the street, waited until it was darker, came to the residence of the five ghosts who moved the mountain, and jumped over the wall.

There were no lights in the courtyard, and it was pitch black, only the light of the moon. Under the moonlight, there were neatly stacked wine jars, counting carefully, there were seventy-three in total, which was exactly the number of imperial wines lost by the Cao family. Next to the wine jar, Xu Tai, an immortal ghost among the five ghosts who moved mountains, sat on a chair and waited for Zhao Zheng to come to the door.

Zhao Zheng glanced around, except for Xu Tai, there was no trace of the other three ghosts, so he asked, "What about the rest?" ”

"That's none of your business, the only deal between us is with my granddaughter, isn't it?" Xu Tai didn't answer the rhetorical question, and his voice was very low, obviously afraid that the wall had ears and would be heard.

"Yes, I'm only interested in these wines." Zhao Zheng thought about it for a while and guessed that the reason why the three people were not there was either fraud or escape, and the latter was slightly more likely.

"The wine is here, how are you going to transport it? Don't say I didn't warn you, it's very eye-catching to transport so much imperial wine. It's okay if you're caught, but don't bother our family. ”

"The mountain people have their own tricks, and as you just said, it's none of your business."

"Hmph, if you don't say it, I don't want to hear it, anyway, the imperial wine is handed over to you, according to the agreement, after a few days, you must release my granddaughter."

"That's natural, but I'll have to check the sake before I take it. If you are shoddy. Or poison me. Then don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people. Zhao Zheng walked to the side of the wine jar proudly, grabbed the two jars of imperial wine at random, and turned out a pressed wine jar from below, intending to check it. He had drunk ordinary Jiuzhuo Spring Wine before, and he could taste the quality of the wine from the aroma and taste, and ordinary Jiuzhuo Spring Wine could not fool him.

As for poisoning, he can also use silver needles and colors and flavors to distinguish one or two. Although there are many poisons in this world, there are very few colorless and tasteless poisons. Even if there are only a few, they are either very ineffective and cannot be lethal, or they are so precious that they can never be used by ordinary warriors.

Those characterless, extremely deadly poisons are even more than the total value of these imperial wines. With his current status, he is not worthy of that level of poison, so he doesn't have to worry about encountering it.

"Don't open the lid, the Cao family has extraordinary winemaking skills. Each of these wines has a fragrant aroma that can be smelled from several streets. If you lift the lid. It is likely to lure the Cao family over. When the time comes, you and I will have to walk around without eating. Xu Tai reminded him and stopped Zhao Zheng from opening the lid.

Zhao Zheng had thought about this before, but he didn't expect the Cao family's imperial wine to be so mellow that it could even be smelled a few streets away. He didn't dare to take any risks for this, and said movingly: "If I don't open the lid, how can I judge the authenticity of these imperial wines?" ”

"You must have a silver needle with you, right? Pierce the jar with a silver needle, leaving only a small hole, to examine the wine in the jar. I can also tell you a few ways to tell the truth without opening the jar, and believe it or not. Xu Taitao talked about the appearance of the imperial wine, the imperial wine is a noble and high-grade product, in terms of packaging and other aspects are different from the ordinary nine spring wine, the wine jar is special, the mud sealing is special, and even the red silk on it is purchased from a special cloth store. Through the sake jar, sealing mud and so on, you can judge the authenticity of the wine only from the appearance.

Don't look at what Xu Tai said is the truth, but Zhao Zheng doesn't believe it in his heart, he still believes in his own judgment. He took out a small wooden box from his treasure bag, opened it, and pulled out a silver needle that was an inch long. This kind of thing is a must-have for walking the rivers and lakes, and he has been carrying it with him since he left the Red Dust Inn, and it finally came in handy today.

He pinched the silver needle in his hand, penetrated it with force, and with a wave of his hand, the golden light flashed, and easily pierced into the wine jar. Pull out the silver needle, lift your nose and smell it, a faint aroma of wine enters the nostrils, which is extremely rich. Although he is not an alcoholic, he also thinks that the wine smells really good.

Just a small hole the thickness of a toothpick makes the surrounding aroma of wine linger, and if you lift the whole lid, you don't know how far the aroma will spread.

Zhao Zheng sighed secretly, fortunately he didn't open the lid, otherwise he would have to get into trouble. He lifted the silver needle, and when he saw that the silver needle had not changed and was shiny, he boldly stretched out his tongue and licked it and tasted the wine. After some careful tasting, this wine is indeed much better than the ordinary Jiuzhuo Spring Wine, and it is by no means inferior.

"How's it going, it's a real bar?" Xu Tai asked.

"This jar is real." Zhao Zheng nodded.

"Not only is this jar real, but the rest of the wine is also real, I don't believe you can try a few more jars."

"I don't have to test it in front of you, I'll take it back and try it slowly, and if I find out it's fake, you can dig a good grave for your good granddaughter." Zhao Zheng threatened coldly, but in fact, he couldn't be so ruthless.

"I'm not cheating on wine, I'm not afraid of your experiment." Xu Tai was not afraid.

"It's for the best." Zhao Zheng got up, put away the silver needle, and made a gesture of invitation towards the gate, "I have received the imperial wine, there is nothing to do with you and your family here, you can roll up and leave together." After you're gone, I'll be able to move the wine away. ”

"None of them are here, there is only one old man in this courtyard." Xu Tai didn't drag the mud and water, and arched his hand towards Zhao Zheng, and he was about to leave.

"Wait, I have a few last words to tell you before I leave."

"Please."

"Stealing is a minor evil, but it is not the right path. Your family has such skills, there is no need to collect money through this means, after this turmoil, you should wash your hands and find another way out. Otherwise, your family will capsize in the gutter sooner or later. You're over sixty years old and you're good enough to live, but your grandchildren and grandchildren are still young, and you have to think about them. ”

"Hmph, you don't have to bother with this, and I won't have your turn to teach you a lesson." Xu Tai was displeased, "Besides, aren't you taking these imperial wines to collect money, we laugh at fifty steps and laugh at one hundred steps, and no one is better than anyone else." ”

"I stop here, it's up to you whether I listen or not." Zhao Zheng is not Xuanxuan, he doesn't like to preach, and when he says this, it's already okay, he waved his hand, "You go." ”

"I have a few words to say to you before I go." Xu Tai was not in a hurry to leave now.

"Oh?" Zhao Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"The rivers and lakes are big and big, and the small is small, as long as you mix in the rivers and lakes, there will be a day of goodbye, and I hope that your Excellency will think more before you act. That's all the old man has to say, and he takes his leave. Xu Tai's words were foggy, and after speaking, he arched his hand, flew away, and disappeared over the wall.

Zhao Zheng understood what Xu Tai meant, which was nothing more than a warning to him to act according to the previous agreement, and let Xu Ruyi go after taking the wine. If he violates the agreement and kills Xu Ruyi, then this Liangzi will be completely settled, and the rest of the people who move the five ghosts will have to hunt him down and kill him.

He didn't want to hack Xu Ruyi at all, smiled, and didn't take the warning seriously.

There was no one around, so he successfully opened the system warehouse and included all the imperial liquor in the courtyard into the warehouse, seventy-three jars of imperial liquor, which occupied almost a quarter of the space of the warehouse.

He clicked on his own data, checked the items he carried, and found the option of seventy-three jars of imperial wine in the list, and thoroughly confirmed the authenticity of these imperial wines. With Xu Tai present just now, he couldn't put these imperial wines into the warehouse, and he couldn't use this function.

With the real sake in hand, it's time to leave. He looked around, jumped out of the way he had come, and disappeared into the night.

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Speaking of Xu Tai, after he left the courtyard, he did not leave directly, but lurked nearby, secretly watching the surrounding situation, wanting to see how Zhao Zheng transported the imperial wine. But it was a little strange that he had waited for most of the night, and had not seen anyone enter or leave the door, let alone heard the carriage.

"Could it be that the kid plans to leave the imperial wine here and transport it away later? No, I'll have to go and see. Xu Tai was suspicious, like a thin black ghost, touched the outside of the hospital wall, jumped up and climbed the hospital wall, pulled up with both arms, and looked into the hospital.

I saw that the courtyard was empty, and there was not half a wine jar, let alone a trace of "that kid".

"It's weird, where did that kid get all the wine? Could it be that it was transported into the house again? Xu Tai couldn't guess the truth, so he would inevitably offend Zhao Zheng, and it was inconvenient to enter the courtyard again, so he could only climb on the wall and continue to observe.

After the full two pillars of incense, there was still no movement in the courtyard, let alone any sound, and it seemed that the house was empty.

Xu Tai couldn't bear it any longer, turned over and jumped into the yard, touched the side of the house, pushed the door and walked in, except for the original furnishings, there was nothing in the house. He boldly walked inside, opened one of the secret passages in the room, and climbed down the ladder. This secret passage leads to a cellar, where the family of the five ghosts lives on weekdays, and the sake is also stored here.

Aside from the courtyard and the house, only this cellar has enough space to store the wine.

What made Xu Tai dumbfounded was that there was still no half a figure in the cellar, let alone imperial wine.

It can already be confirmed that Zhao Zheng has left this courtyard with seventy-three jars of wine gods unknowingly.

Xu Tai's heart was cold, and he felt like he had seen a ghost.

Not to mention the four to five heavenly warriors, even if they are more powerful martial artists, they can't hide from the sky and the sea, and only one person can take away these imperial wines! But "that kid" just did this kind of thing!

Digging tunnels? Juggle? Immortal spells?

Xu Tai thought about it for a while, but he couldn't come up with a reason until the seven orifices were smoking. This place should not stay for a long time, he did not dare to stay any longer, climbed the ladder, hid the entrance to the secret passage, jumped out of the hospital, and left this place of right and wrong. (To be continued......)