Chapter 18: A Pot of Sake

When it comes to drinking, Xu Shaolin and they never stop Gu Qingyan, Gu Qingyan will control it himself, this is not three glasses of wine, Gu Qingyan waved his hand to indicate that he would not drink.

"I remember in March, I buried a jar of peach blossom wine under the old tree, and no one touched it." Gu Qingyan learned some wine-making methods from Qianhuayu and his mother, and when he was idle and had nothing to do, he tinkered with these things.

At the beginning of the year, Gu Qingyan saw that the peach blossoms in the valley were blooming very well, so he picked some peach blossoms with Su Xin, and some of the wine roasted by the villagers under the mountains in the valley, Gu Qingyan took it and soaked the peach blossoms into it.

After that, she buried this jar of wine under the old tree in her "exclusive wine cellar" - Xu Shaolin's courtyard.

Xu Shaolin remembered that there was such a thing and said, "No." Do you want it now? ”

Gu Qingyan smiled and said, "Don't, don't, I just remembered it suddenly."

Xu Shaolin sighed lightly and said, "I'll find time to help you get up tomorrow."

Now Gu Qingyan stopped doing it, and hurriedly said, "Why do you get up and come out!"

"If I'm not mistaken, you buried more than one altar under the old tree!" Xu Shaolin replied, if he remembered correctly, there was now a jar of peach blossom wine, a jar of osmanthus wine, and a jar of camellia wine under the old tree. The camellia was brought back from Qingzhou.

"Well, it's more than one jar, and there's chrysanthemum stuff." Zong Yue added.

Add it now, the four corners under the old tree are really complete, Xu Shaolin really wants to take out the wine jar now, so as not to affect the growth of the old tree.

Gu Qingyan pursed her lips and could only say, "Okay, but, big brother, you have to find a place for me."

Everything that came out of her hands was her treasure, and she was very rare.

"Got it. Mo, find a place for her treasures tomorrow and put them there. Xu Shaolin said to Bailimo.

Bai Limo nodded, and said to Gu Qingyan in a doting tone: "Don't worry, find a shady place, and let them help you move over tomorrow."

Speaking of the West Decisive and a few of them, Gu Qingyan answered: "When are you going to let them go back to Shimen?"

Gu Qingyan didn't want to stare at Shimen's training alone, and by the way, she also had the obligation to check whether the skills of these people had regressed, anyway, when Beiming came back, she threw them back to Shimen, and they were still inside.

Xu Shaolin asked her, "When do you want it?"

Gu Qingyan pondered and said, "Tomorrow."

If it's now, there's no need, then let's talk about tomorrow.

"Stop, Nan Ke and Xi will let you go, but Dong Li...... Girl, you also know that Dongli is your eldest brother's right-hand man, so you better keep him by your eldest brother's side. Zong Yue said in the middle.

Dong Fence can occasionally be lazy in him and give Dong Fence some work. As he spoke, he didn't forget to give Xu Shaolin a look, and when he saw that Xu Shaolin received the signal and looked back at him, he heard Xu Shaolin say to Gu Qingyan: "Dongli can't give it to you, and he has to help with the inventory."

"I see, but the trial is two days after the inventory, and he has to be there for those two days." Gu Qingyan said.

Negotiated with Xu Shaolin, this meal is almost over, Gu Qingyan's Pure Heart Courtyard is next to the Qinghu Lake in the peach blossom stream, and a pavilion has been built on the lake, there was no name originally, Gu Qingyan had to give people a Liuyu Pavilion.

The people in the valley are used to her, and Gu Ning personally mentioned the word and gave this pavilion a name.

Gu Qingyan prefers this pavilion, in the spring here the camellia brewing, in the summer the wind to feed the fish, in the autumn to tinker with those poisonous treasures, in the winter when the weather is cold, it is rarely taken outside, only snow.

Xu Shaolin and the three of them sent Gu Qingyan back, stood by the lake with her for a while, and sent her into the hospital, Nan Ke had already brought over the medicine that Gu Qingyan was going to change and the medicine she drank.

Gu Qingyan's current injury can be changed by Su Xin, Zong Yue has seen it, the wound is much better, the scar will be slower, and nothing else.

The three of them were going to go back, but they were stopped by Gu Qingyan: "Wait."

"What's wrong? What's uncomfortable? Zong Yue thought that Gu Qingyan was uncomfortable, and asked hurriedly.

Gu Qingyan shook his head and said, "No, I just want you to wait first and help me see something."

Xu Shaolin agreed, and the three of them waited for her in the outer hall, Gu Qingyan entered the inner room, Su Xin helped Gu Qingyan change her clothes, put on the medicine, and brought a decoction with a suitable temperature for Gu Qingyan to take. After this set of actions, the master and servant came out of the inner room.

Zong Yue saw Gu Qingyan coming out with a brocade box in his hand, and exchanged glances with Xu Shaolin and Baili Mo, guessing that the brocade box was the Gu worm raised by Gu Qingyan that the master had mentioned to them before.

Just thinking about it, Gu Qingyan had already come to them, and then he also opened the brocade box, and really saw the Gu worm. Zong Yue and Baili Mo had seen each other before, but at that time, this insect was just an egg, but now it will move its body, thinking that it was fed by Gu Qingyan.

Zong Yue looked at the brocade box and then at Gu Qingyan, Gu Qingyan usually wears a mask, he can't see what Gu Qingyan's face is, and the pulse is the same when he diagnoses the pulse.

Xu Shaolin saw what Zong Yue was thinking, and said to Gu Qingyan: "You have raised this Gu worm well."

Gu Qingyan was about to show off arrogantly, but she heard Xu Shaolin say: "I don't know how to raise myself, take off the mask."

Except for Zong Yue's need to see her scars, Gu Qingyan had taken off her mask in front of them very rarely. Xu Shaolin's words also had a bit of the meaning of following Gu Qingyan's wishes.

Gu Qingyan was slightly stunned, but she took off her mask after slowing down, for them, Gu Qingyan had nothing to hide, she just didn't want them to worry too much.

The mask that was taken off was put aside, and Gu Qingyan sat on the chair and suddenly felt a little overwhelmed, lowered his head, and twisted his dress with his hand.

Xu Shaolin sighed softly in his ears, and Xu Shaolin walked to the opposite side of Gu Qingyan, and his tone was extremely gentle: "It seems that the second child's medicine works."

Gu Qingyan raised her head slightly, and saw Xu Shaolin looking at her with a smile in her eyes, in fact, she also knew that her scars were getting better, and some of the scars that were not deep at the beginning were almost impossible to see if she didn't look carefully.

Zong Yue saw that Gu Qingyan's face was fine, but there was a little less blood, so he told Nan Ke to tell him to tell the kitchen to fill Gu Qingyan's food with some qi and blood in the past few days.

"Put it on." Xu Shaolin personally put on a mask for Gu Qingyan again. The current mask is a kind of protection and a disguise for Gu Qingyan, so let's do it first.

After accepting the concern of these people, Gu Qingyan pointed to the brocade box and talked about the Gu worm: "This Gu worm has grown up today, but it will take some time before it can be used."

"What do you need?" Baili Mo asked.

Every time Gu Qingyan stopped them, he would always find something for them to do.

Gu Qingyan smiled, those who know her, Baili Mo is one.

"I need some poisonous insects or something, after all, it doesn't have to be all my blood to feed it now."

The Gu worm has grown up and has already recognized the master, all that remains is to cultivate it well, Gu Qingyan needs some poisonous bugs and small animals to exercise her Gu worm.

On weekdays, the materials she used to make poison were either obtained by Beiming with Ghost Guard, or by her three elder brothers.

Now that Beiming and Ghost Wei can't do it for the time being, she can only ask these three people.

"Okay." Xu Shaolin promised Gu Qingyan, anyway, with Zong Yue here, it would not be a problem to get this.

Gu Qingyan got Xu Shaolin's response, she was well-behaved, and Zong Yue repeatedly assured that she would control the Gu worm and would not test herself at will, looking at the helpless expressions of the three of them, Gu Qingyan's goal today was achieved.

After this day, the Pure Heart Courtyard received some unusual little insects one after another, and the ordinary servants did not dare to do it without permission, so they could only come with plain hearts.

Gu Qingyan poured well, and stayed in Shimen for the past few days, so he didn't take advantage of the fact that not long after the lunch time, and before the afternoon practice began, he called Nan Kexi and Beiming.

When Nan Ke, Xi Jue, and Beiming came to the open space, they saw that in addition to Gu Qingyan, there were twelve ghost guards, and the three of them stepped forward: "Master."

In Shimen, Gu Qingyan is the master, so everyone's name is unified.

Gu Qingyan was wearing a mask that only covered the upper right part of her face today, and the evil smile on the corner of her mouth could clearly be seen: "Although you usually perform your own duties, here, I hope you still remember who you are."

Gu Qingyan said that a long time ago, she said that the most difficult and bitter person in Shimen was not the secret guard or shadow guard below, but the most difficult thing was her and Beiming them, because if one day the disciples of Shimen defeated them, it would be possible to take their place.

As far as Gu Qingyan is concerned, she does not allow herself to fail, and she does not want to be replaced by others, it is too troublesome to adapt again, and it is difficult to cultivate tacit understanding.

For Beiming, it may be more about the dignity of men and their self-esteem.

Therefore, whenever they return to Peach Blossom Stream, they will return to Shimen to train each other, and the same is true today.

Everyone bowed to each other, and went to the plum blossom pile in the open space in batches, this exercise was headed by the twelve ghost guards, and the time of a stick of incense to see who was still on the plum blossom pile.

Holly is one of the ghost guards that Gu Qingyan and Beiming are extremely optimistic about, on the plum blossom pile, the person on the opposite side is an enemy and a brother, Holly did not use all his strength at the beginning, and everyone around him seems to be testing each other, Gu Qingyan is pleased with this move.

At the end of some temptation, they started to move one after another, in these twelve ghost guards, each has its own weapons that they are good at, Gu Qingyan has no restrictions, they can use it as they like, for a while, there is the sound of a sword, and they can also see the rapid movement and change.

Hearing a "bang" here, Gu Qingyan turned his head to look over, Holly, who had always had the upper hand, was about to fall off the plum blossom pile under Dongxin's round of attack, and this sound was the sound of him hitting the pillar.

Holly endured the pain, turned over and jumped up with this force, and kicked it in mid-air before Dong Xin could adjust.

Dong Xin turned around and blocked the flying kick, but he had to take a step back, his foot was already on the edge of the plum blossom pile, and his waist would fall down at any time if he folded back.

Yu Guang saw that Holly took advantage of the victory to pursue and launch an attack on him, so he simply took advantage of the situation to lower down and avoid the attack, and he also had time to adjust for the time being.

The two came and went, and several people had fallen on the plum blossom stake next to them, and the situation gradually changed from one-to-one to one-to-two or one-to-many.

Holly glanced at Dong Xin, the two nodded in agreement, and together shifted the target towards the other person.

Seeing their transformation, Gu Qingyan smiled, yes, this is what she wants.

In this world, no one can guarantee that their strength will always be higher than others, so for them to fight together, if they want to be invincible all the time, in addition to their own martial arts, that is the cooperation between people and the tacit understanding that is naturally reached.

The time of a stick of incense passed, and the two people who were most fierce at the beginning of Holly and Dong Xin were still on the plum blossom pile, and the curvature of the corner of Gu Qing's cigarette mouth represented that their result was not bad.

The two got off the plum blossom stake and stepped forward: "Master."

"Very well, let's go see the others." Gu Qingyan said.

The people who get off the plum blossom pile do not mean that they are bad, but people have their own levels and strengths, and different people complement each other together in order to achieve the strength that Gu Qingyan wants.

Holly and Dong Xin retreated and walked towards the others, everyone's expressions were not lost, but more energetic, and when they saw the two coming over, they all greeted them.

"It's our turn." Gu Qingyan looked at the three people beside her.

After speaking, Gu Qingyan went up to the plum blossom pile first, Beiming followed, Nan Ke and Xi Du glanced at each other, and also followed.

Now it's not just the twelve ghost guards who are watching the battle, some of the dark guards who arrived at the training ground early have already watched the half-pull ghost guard's competition, and now they are ready to continue watching.

The training open space also came one after another to other secret guards in Shimen, and as soon as they came, they saw Gu Qingyan and Beiming standing on the plum blossom pile.

Listening to Beiming's representative of the other two, he spoke first: "Master, my subordinates have offended."

Gu Qingyan made a gesture of please, Holly, re-lit the incense, and the competition officially began......

Shimen is playing lively, and a few young elders in the courtyard are also very good at entertaining themselves.

"It's been a long time since I've been back, and it still doesn't feel the same." Xing Ming said that without the presence of others, he was a little less serious.

"Yes, those children have a heart, and they will come over from time to time to not make this cold." Gu Ning said that when they first came back, the security manager of the other courtyard told them that Xu Shaolin and they would come to stay from time to time, so that the courtyard has always been popular.

Xing Ming looked left and right to see Qianhuayu and Yunluan, and asked Gu Ning, "Where did they go?"

Gu Ning replied: "Go to the hot spring pool in the back."

There is a natural hot spring pool behind the courtyard, and women always love beauty, so most of the time Qianhuayu and Yunluan make an appointment to go, and occasionally Gu Qingyan also comes over to join in the fun.

When Qianhuayu and Yunluan came out, the four of them discussed when they would go down the mountain to buy some New Year's goods.

"I'll just look at the next few days." Yun Luan said.

In the past few days, Gu Qingyan has been in Shimen, Xu Shaolin and they have checked the account books first, there is nothing in the peach blossom stream, and the people have also begun to prepare the list of New Year's goods.

Qianhuayu agreed, although these children are now older, they will also prepare a gift for these children every year, and it is okay to take advantage of this time to go.

Shopping, Gu Ning and Xing Ming listened silently to Qianhuayu and Yun Luan's arrangements one by one, and they were responsible for following.

When they finished discussing, they said they would go two days ago. When Xu Shaolin received the notice, he could only nod silently, on the one hand, he was glad that he couldn't follow him if he had something at hand, and on the other hand, he quietly felt sorry for his other two masters.

Yun Luan and Qianhua Yu were shopping for New Year's goods in the town, Steward An followed them, Gu Ning and Xing Ming met their old friend Lao Yi, the owner of the tavern, and chatted with people in the corner of the tavern.

Lao Yi's wine occasionally has one or two jars of Gu Qingyan's wine, and Gu Qingyan's tobacco was originally used for Lao Yi to taste and taste.

Lao Yi has some techniques for brewing wine, Gu Qingyan followed and learned some, after several adjustments, the color and taste of the brew are not bad, Lao Yi and Gu Qingyan discussed it and sold it, and it can really be sold.

After all, Gu Qingyan's wine is limited in quantity, but it has become one of the characteristics of Lao Yi Tavern.

Speaking of this, Lao Yi said a few words: "I'm afraid the four girls are very busy this year."

"How do you say that?" Gu Ning asked.

He has drunk Gu Qingyan's wine, and the taste is not bad, which is quite suitable for girls or people who are not very good at drinking.

Lao Yi replied: "In the middle of the year, the four girls sent someone to send an altar over."

No, after the middle of the year, Gu Qingyan was assigned a task by King Yu, and he was not in Peach Blossom Stream for most of the year.

Xing Ming listened, patted Lao Yi's shoulder, and said, "I'll go back to the girl's place to take a look, and if there is any saving, I will get you two altars first."

Gu Ning nodded, they have a good relationship with the residents of the town under the mountain, and Lao Yi and they also feel that the people in Taohuajian have no shelf, and they have been called brothers and sisters for a long time, and the relationship is really good.

"Don't be in a hurry, aren't you busy with that trial during this time!" Lao Yi said that they don't know too much, but they know these words.

As he spoke, he also beckoned Gu Ning and Xing Ming to look at his expanded store, speaking of which, he has also made a lot of money in recent years, and he also has a little bit of Xu Shaolin's strength.

The scenery around the Peach Blossom Stream is quite rich, Xu Shaolin led the line to the people in the town, and the town was responsible for production, and he helped them pull people or use the resources of Peach Blossom Stream to help them operate and sell.

In this way, a chain has been formed, and everyone's life is getting better and better, and they can slowly start doing business.

Listening to others praising their apprentice children, Xing Ming and Gu Ning were also very relieved in their hearts.

"By the way, second master, I think of something." The conversation was just right, Lao Yi remembered something and said.

"About half a month ago, someone saw dead people in a few places in Xiaolinzi, and their clothes didn't look like they were from the valley, and it was hard to tell who they were."

Gu Ning and Xing Ming glanced at each other, and Gu Ning said, "There's nothing going on in the town, right?"

Lao Yi shook his head: "It's okay in the town, it's just that we've heard some rumors recently, and a few masters are more vigilant."

With some concern and reminder in Lao Yi's tone, Gu Ning and Xing Ming received Lao Yi's kindness.

Xing Ming said: "Everyone in the town also pays attention to safety, if there is anything, send someone to send a message to Taohuajian."

In fact, these two people are not very worried about the Peach Blossom Stream, the middle ground between the Peach Blossom Stream and the town, compared to the Peach Blossom Stream, they are all armed with martial arts, and they are not afraid of bad people, most of the people in the town are unarmed, and they will help them pay attention to the abnormality, Gu Ning They are grateful, and all they can do is to do their best to protect the safety of the town.