Chapter Eighty-Six: The True Form Is Revealed
After about half an hour's effort, as if it had been arranged in advance, Mo turned around and came two people with food boxes, and the huge food boxes pressed on the man's body, and it looked like the two of them were a little struggling. They reluctantly put the food box away and obediently stepped aside. Zhong Shiwei reverently opened the food box and took out the delicacies in it one by one, and the wine and food were placed on the table of the Eight Immortals next to Xiao Zheng, which was also regarded as local materials, Zhong Shiwei personally poured a glass of wine for Xiao Zheng, and the humble appearance made anyone who saw it admire.
Feng Yao and Fluttershy stayed on the sidelines, whispering a few words and watching the situation. I saw Zhong Shiwei pick it up and was bent down towards Xiao Zheng and apologized, "Senior brother, I will punish myself for this first glass of wine." I haven't known the news for punishing my junior brother for coming to the capital for so long, and I really shouldn't have it, so I'll do this cup first as a respect! No one should make peace, Zhong Shiwei drank the first glass of wine.
Feng Yao pursed his lips on the side.
"I know that although the senior brother doesn't say it, he still has a little resentment towards the senior brother in his heart. Today, I took the initiative to kick the door, although I didn't bear the thorn, but I really came to ask for sin, this second cup of wine, I also punished myself, punished me for not taking good care of my junior brother, and made my junior brother suffer for so many years! After speaking, Zhong Shiwei raised his arms and drank another glass of wine.
Xiao Zheng was still unmoved, but his cold expression eased slightly, and he stared at Zhong Shiwei without meaning to stop him.
"This third cup of wine can be regarded as a chance for my junior brother to give me a chance to atone for my sins, and call me to ...... Help. Who in the capital didn't know Xiao Zheng's incense-making skills? How brilliant was the junior brother in the capital back then? I, Zhong Shiwei, am willing, willing to help you rebuild the glory of the past! "At the end of the self-punishment of three glasses of wine, Zhong Shiwei was already slightly messy.
Feng Yao has been watching coldly from the side, it is true that she is an impulsive girl, but she is also a careful woman, especially when it comes to Xiao Zheng and Nanfeng, the two people closest to her, her impulse has never been rashly implemented. Now she is carefully observing Zhong Shiwei, and the identity of Zhong Mu'er's father has not brought her any favor and trust! In her heart, there was a faint uneasiness that had not subsided since Zhong Shiwei entered the door.
The wine glass in front of Xiao Zheng has been standing there quietly, no matter how impassioned Zhong Shiwei on the other side is, it has never left there.
"This is the recipe I borrowed from my junior brother back then, and I haven't dared to use any of them for so many years! Now, when my brother returns, my things will be returned to their original owners! Zhong Shiwei groped out a pile of paper from his cuffs, the color was already yellow, Zhong Shiwei trembled and handed it to Xiao Zheng, Xiao Zheng's eyes swept over it, and his heart contracted violently as if it had been crossed by a needle. It's this little note, this is all his dreams, all his efforts, all his hopes...... When he woke up and found that this thing was gone, he felt as if he had been hollowed out, and he never felt frustrated!
It's a recipe after all, although it's a baby, but after all, it still can't escape the word secrecy, once the content inside is no longer a secret, just a few pieces of paper, what's the matter?
Now, time has passed, and when these things reappear in front of him, Xiao Zheng feels a little funny!
Zhong Shiwei put the things on the table dejectedly, and two lines of turbid tears were already flowing, "Back then, I was obsessed with my mind, and my skills were not as good as others, and I refused to admit defeat." I didn't plan to pick up these things from my junior brother at all, I just wanted to learn them secretly. If I had known that this would make my junior brother hate me so much, I wouldn't have done such a thing back then, no matter how curious I was! Zhong Shiwei beat his chest, Xiao Zheng looked at him intently, I don't know why, there is no sympathy, no pity, no forgiveness, Zhong Shiwei's performance made him sick to his stomach.
In Xiao Zheng's heart, this is not a secret recipe to make a fortune, it is a key to prove his own ability. But Zhong Shiwei ruthlessly stole his achievements and shamelessly grabbed them for himself. These are important to Xiao Zheng, but they don't seem to be the most important. For him, friendship is higher than anything else!
"It's just a few pieces of paper, why bother to keep them for so many years?" Xiao Zheng's opening surprised Zhong Shiwei, and he looked at him, the two young men who were in high spirits back then had gray hair.
"Uncle Shaw still has such a thing?" Fluttershy asks Feng Yao, who bites her lip and says, "No wonder my dad doesn't use any recipes anymore, he uses his brain to remember all the incense making...... That's why I'm reluctant to learn this from my dad......"
"It's too much brains!" Fluttershy almost didn't make Feng Yao laugh when she poked a finger at Fluttershy's face, and the two girls laughed.
"This is the hard work of my junior brother, I should have returned it to the original owner!" Zhong Shiwei insisted, sincere with a bit of obscenity.
Xiao Zheng picked up the paper indifferently, glanced at it a few times with contempt, picked up the flint beside him, knocked out a dazzling spark a few times, and when the brightest flame jumped up, Xiao Zheng put the paper on top of the flame.
A few wisps of green smoke, a pile of ashes.
"You're not going to forgive me?" Zhong Shiwei said in frustration.
"I've never held a grudge, so how can I forgive?" Xiao Zheng blew lightly, and the ashes that fell on the table fell to the ground flutteringly, fluttering silently.
"Looks like you're still holding on to me...... So many years have passed...... All I have in my heart is the day when I can see you soon...... But this day really came...... We can't go back to the past...... I know the wrong things I have done, and I can't be forgiven at all...... But junior brother, you ...... It shouldn't be buried. You are talented, your talent is far above mine, you should have better conditions than you are here, you should display your better ambitions...... This is a little bit of my heart as a senior brother, not to make up for it, just a little heart, I hope you don't care about it! Zhong Shiwei took out a silver ticket, opened it in the direction of Xiao Zheng and handed it over, and it clearly said 10,000 taels!
"Guess how much silver there's on it?" Feng Yao asks Fluttershy, who tilts her head and shakes her head, and Feng Yao says indignantly, "My father won't be rare for a lot of silver!" ”
It's true, Xiao Zheng didn't even look at it, he just said lightly, "Maybe in your eyes, I'm a little shabby here, but I don't care about these things outside my body at all." Spacious houses, servants of servants, mountains of gold and silver...... None of this compares to my comfortable days now, with my family, doing what I love to do! This life is enough! ”
"How? Don't you want to give your brother peace of mind? Do you have to torture me in this way? Zhong Shiwei thumped his chest and paused, Feng Yao pouted and said, "At first glance, he is not a good person!" ”
"That's it!" Fluttershy echoes and nods earnestly.
"Peace of mind? If you want peace of mind, you must have a heart first! Do you still have a heart? Xiao Zheng smiled faintly.
"You...... This is...... What do you mean? Zhong Shiwei asked in a daze.
"In fact, I didn't feel how hard I had lived for so many years, and the embarrassment in life couldn't suppress me at all, but a question has been circling in my mind, and every time I dream back at midnight, I ask myself over and over again, back then, you really can't touch the joy of a pregnant woman?" In a word, Zhong Shiwei stiffened there, the muscles of his face trembled obviously, and he stammered and asked, "Senior brother, is this...... What do you mean? ”
"It's not interesting! I just don't understand. I originally thought that you were really negligent for a while, and I also originally thought that you were really not good at learning. But later, when I fled in embarrassment, but you were thriving in the city, I suddenly realized that maybe everything back then had another reason and I didn't know? You tell me? Now that he has returned, Xiao Zheng naturally knows what he is facing. Zhong Shiwei didn't leave him any room back then, and now Zhong Shiwei is even more unlikely to give him any chance to turn around! It's a pity that Xiao Zheng is not Zhong Shiwei, he can't learn Zhong Shiwei's hypocrisy and wrongdoing, he will only face the opposite!
Zhong Shiwei's eyes flashed with an ominous killing intent in surprise! He tore off his hypocritical appearance and stared at Xiao Zheng fiercely, with a sinister look on his face.
"What are they talking about?" Fluttershy asked in a low voice, and Feng Yao was confused, shaking her head and saying, "I don't know either!" It is true that Feng Yao didn't know, she only knew that Xiao Zheng's incense-making skills were first-class, but she didn't know that her father was also a well-known Langzhong in the capital back then. It's just that after being forced to leave, Xiao Zheng devoted himself to making incense and concentrating on the development of rouge gouache, even if he occasionally treated people with scars such as burns, he only said that he was a rouge gouache seller, and never regarded himself as a Langzhong!
"What? Is this question difficult for senior brother to answer? Looking at Zhong Shiwei's face, Xiao Zheng smiled wisely, he believed that this was his original face of Zhong Shiwei.
"So you've come back to take revenge on me?" Zhong Shiwei said fiercely.
"Not revenge! It's about taking back everything that belongs to me! Xiao Zheng's fingers stirred gently in the wine glass, and the mellow smell of wine wafted all over the cabin. He smiled, confidently, calmly, calmly smiling, like a ray of sunshine in this dark room.
"Are you sure you can beat me with everything you have now?" Zhong Shiwei looked around the room contemptuously, his eyes finally fell on Xiao Zheng's simple rough clothes, everything here illustrates a problem, how ridiculous Xiao Zheng is to hit a stone with an egg!
"Not only sure, but also very confident!"
"It's easy for you to me off when you talk like that! You know, the consequences of being! Zhong Shiwei got up.
"Master Zhong is really hard to mess with! But I'm a person who likes to try something exciting! ”
"Well, since the junior brother said so, then we'll wait and see!" Zhong Shiwei put away the silver ticket on the table and walked angrily towards the door, and when he passed by Feng Yao and Fluttershy, he glared at them fiercely with hateful eyes, and then, along with the two men who delivered the food box, walked out of the door of Mo Hui!
"Okay, don't send it!" Feng Yao's crisp voice sounded, Zhong Shiwei paused slightly, and then the voices of several people disappeared into the white twilight rain!
Xiao Zheng was still sitting there, watching Zhong Shiwei get angry, watching him leave, watching his figure disappear......