Chapter 69: The Old Man's Wine
That letter is obviously a long time old, fifty years, even a hundred years old.
The letter paper was processed and not crushed, but it looked very fragile, and Lin Fanwei was very careful when she opened it.
On the letter, there are only a few sentences.
Her expression became more and more surprised as she looked at the past content, and then it turned out to be slightly sentimental.
The three of them all said that they didn't kill themselves, and the people sent out by Gu Changan quickly found out that none of the three people had gone out to buy arsenic, arsenic was highly toxic, even if it was prescribed in medicine, there were records, and there were only a few pharmacies with arsenic, just ask a little about it.
Gu Changan was a little irritable: "Can't I just take a sip of wine?" Just one bite. ”
Ming Jiashu didn't understand very much: "Is there something wrong with you?" Why do you have to drink? ”
Gu Changan closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "I don't know, maybe it's good to find that pot of wine." ”
"Is that pot of wine important to you?"
Gu Changan's eyelashes trembled, his lips faded in an instant, and his voice was sad: "Very important." ”
Ming Jiashu nodded, didn't ask any more, and let him go drinking.
After taking a sip of wine, it can be regarded as stabilizing the mind.
In a trance, he remembered that the man had also advised him not to drink more, and how did he answer at that time: "You yourself are a winemaker, and you advised me not to drink more?" ”
"People who have never made wine are the most sober, don't you know?"
"It's good if you're sober, what's the matter if I'm not sober?"
"If you are really drunk, you don't know if you are sold."
He fell down in a daze, and said in his mouth: "Even if you are drunk, isn't there still you?" ”
The listener sighed helplessly, and the room full of wine overflowed with the aroma of wine.
Ming Jiashu had been thinking about something, and suddenly said, "Gu Changan, did we miscalculate the time?" ”
Gu Changan frowned and put the wine down: "But this arsenic is highly poisonous, and if you drink it, you will have an attack immediately, how can it be .......?"
"If you reduce the dose and put a little bit every day, and you will damage your body, isn't it also a thing that God doesn't know?" Ming Jiashu said.
"Then those three people are still suspicious?" Gu Changan asked.
Ming Jiashu shook his head: "Then those three people are not suspicious, because they rarely go to deliver food to Master Wu, and they almost don't ask, so who often goes over to the kitchen?" ”
"Coming here often?" The chef scratched his head: "That's the butler, right?" The housekeeper often comes over, and although the ingredients in the house are purchased by the small ones, they are all for the purpose of the housekeeper. ”
The catcher sent out by Gu Changan quickly asked, the housekeeper did buy arsenic a month ago, at that time, it was said that rats were rampant in the house, and it was difficult to poison even rat medicine, plus he and the boss were also familiar with each other, so we told the three to be careful before leaving.
The boss also paid attention to it, and he hadn't heard anything about arsenic poisoning recently, so he was relieved to forget about it.
When the butler was called, the butler also cried and cried, but when the rest of the arsenic was placed in front of him, he was still speechless.
Gu Changan looked at him fiercely: "You embezzled the property in the mansion and took all kinds of kickbacks, Master Wu is afraid that he will already know, you are worried that Master Wu will drive you out and declare it ruined, so you will start to poison Master Wu first, isn't it?!" ”
The housekeeper's body trembled, and he cried and said, "My lord spares my life, my lord spares my life!" ”
"Hold on!"
When the two went back, they found that there was no one in the house, and Gu Changan felt strange: "What about the housekeeper?" ”
Ming Jiashu also felt strange: "What about Weiwei? ”
Xu Xu waited for a long time, and when she heard this, she got up and said, "Madam said that she found something, so she ran out with the housekeeper and Yiyun Xiaoting." ”
"Found it!?" Gu Changan was overjoyed: "Where did they go?" ”
Lifelike shook his head: "I don't know, but I should be back soon." ”
As he spoke, he heard footsteps outside the door.
The housekeeper carefully held a jar of wine in his hand, although it was very heavy, but he was still a treasure all the way and did not dare to let go, this is the wine that the adults have been looking for for ten years! Don't dare to break it.
Gu Changan almost staggered over, looked at it carefully, and then took the jar of wine from the butler's hand, then opened the lid and saw the words on it: "Yes, it's this jar of wine, yes, that's right!" ”
He looked at Lin Fanwei in surprise: "How did you find it?" I've searched all over the house, but I haven't seen it, and I don't have any clues. ”
Lin Fanwei was tired of running and was drinking water.
The butler wiped his sweat and replied, "My lord, Mrs. Ming got it from a drunkard on the black market." ”
Gu Changan was stunned: "How could it be there?" ”
Lin Fanwei put down the cup and handed over a letter: "I found it in a room in your mansion, it may have been left to you by the previous owner of this mansion, that is, your so-called old friend, I took the liberty to open this letter, and I found this jar of wine, don't be surprised." ”
The letter was in front of him, but he didn't dare to reach out to take it, Lin Fanwei seemed to know, but still didn't shrink back, until he took the letter over and heard Gu Changan say, "Then you know everything?" ”
Lin Fanwei asked, "Did you come back because of him?" ”
Gu Changan replied: "Because life is boring, it is enough to have a confidant, but it is too late to come back." ”
The person Gu Changan can't let go of in his life is Ning Gujiang of the West Street Restaurant.
At that time, he had just crossed over to the only son of the prefect of Qingshui City, and his favorite thing to do every day was to wander the streets, which was called "having fun with the people", but God knows that he just didn't want to study at home, why did he receive nine years of compulsory education, and then three years of high school and four years of college, and he had to come back and start all over again? What's even more excessive is that I have been reading books for so long, and I am still an undergraduate and graduate student, but I am still semi-literate in this era, and the psychological gap is really big.
He Ning Gujiang met while shopping.
He was shopping, Ning Gujiang was not there, and at that time, he was being bullied by local ruffians.
Gu Changan also has a hobby, which is to help others.
He always thinks that he lacks morality and may have done too much, such as the convenience of the lack of garbage classification, the use of plastic bags is not environmentally friendly, and the goldfish he bought are not good to raise.
Although it's all small things, but it adds up to a lot, so I just crossed over, so after coming here, I especially like to help others, thinking that if I have saved enough blessings, maybe I will go back.
This group of ruffians and hooligans are locals of Qingshui City, and they are indeed hooligans enough, so they specially pick this kind of small place, and then say that they want to collect protection money.
I'm angry with Gu Chang'an!
Immediately jumped out - of course it was impossible, Gu Changan was not stupid, he jumped out by himself, didn't he know his own fighting level?
So he called his men to drive them away.
And then run out again.
Ning Gujiang, he is really a young man with clear eyebrows.
Gu Changan has always known that there is an adjective called "eyebrows and eyes", but it is the first time to feel the appearance of the word "eyebrows" in front of people's eyes, the face is clean, the eyebrows are clean, the eyes are clean, and the hands are also delicate, fair, and clean, and the girl's hands are like people like it at a glance.
Such a clean boy, even if he is a man, he likes it!
He immediately decided that I wanted to make this friend, so he stepped forward: "Are you alright?" ”
Ning Gujiang bowed and thanked him: "Thank you Gongzi for your help." ”
Gu Changan was thin-skinned, and he was a little embarrassed to be thanked by such a clean person: "It's okay, it's okay, you're polite, my name is Gu Changan, what's your name?" ”
"The villain is Ning Gujiang."
"This is your winehouse? Or are you working here? ”
His eyebrows were gentle: "This is the wine house that my family has passed down from generation to generation, today the son rescued him, there is no way to repay him, if you don't dislike it, please accept this jar of wine." ”
Gu Changan almost thought that he was going to say that he had promised to make a personal promise, but fortunately, it was just a jar of wine.
He wasn't meant to drink.
But that jar of wine is really too fragrant, just take a sip, and you can never come out again, there is such a delicious thing in the world!
What did I miss before?
Everyone in Qingshui City knows that although Young Master Gu, who used to love shopping, has been shopping even more recently, and he likes to go shopping on West Street, and he likes the wine house on West Street.
The ruffians also knew, so they didn't go to the wine house to make trouble with someone.
The most frequent thing is that Ning Gujiang is making wine, and Gu Changan is drinking.
When a neighbor got acquainted with it, he began to quip: "Xiao Ning, if Young Master Gu stays like this, your wine will be drunk by him sooner or later, how can you do business then?" ”
Ning Gujiang replied seriously: "He helped me before, and it is right to give him wine." ”
Gu Changan didn't know why, he couldn't listen to anything when he was drunk, but he listened to this sentence.
I suddenly realized that I shouldn't drink like this.
The next day, I paid for the drink.
As a result, Ning Gujiang's face changed suddenly: "What are you giving me money for?" Don't you look down on me? ”
Gu Changan was taken aback, and hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, I just think it's really bad to drink your wine every day like this without giving you money, and it doesn't mean anything else." ”
Ning Gujiang's face softened slightly, and he returned the money with his hand stained with the smell of wine: "I make wine every day, I still give you a pot of wine, if you are my friend, don't give me money." ”
Gu Changan wrote down this sentence.
Then he found out that Ning Gujiang actually had a big house, and Gu Changan was surprised: "No wonder you don't charge me money, your family is so rich!" ”
Ning Gujiang's cheeks flushed when he teased him: "That's not the case, it's just a house handed down from the ancestors, in fact, it's just an empty shell." ”
"Then I don't care, your house is so big, you have to keep a room for me, I will be kicked out by my father in the future, and I will live here with you." He was just teasing.
But Ning Gujiang nodded sincerely: "Okay." ”
In the past three years, Gu Changan was going to the imperial city to take the exam, and when he said goodbye to Ning Gujiang, Ning Gujiang said: "You must take the test to gain fame, so that I can be regarded as having a great friend in the future." ”
Gu Changan replied with a smile: "Then if I don't pass the test, do you dislike me?" ”
Ning Gujiang said: "Naturally, it won't, Brother Gu take care all the way." ”
"Farewell."
The road to the imperial city is long, and there is no wine along the way.
On the way, he met a Taoist priest, who saw through that he was not from this place and told him how to go back.
At that time, Gu Changan felt that the world was really boring, and it was boring to stay for so long, and when he heard this, he resolutely gave up the opportunity to catch the exam and turned around to find the jade pendant.
The jade pendant is not difficult to find, but the last piece is in Qingshui City.
I didn't go to the exam, I was worried about being kicked out by my father, so I went back secretly, and I had nowhere to go, so I hid in Ning Gujiang's wine house.
Ning Gujiang got up in the middle of the night to get something, and suddenly saw Gu Changan standing at the door, and was so frightened that he almost fainted on the spot: "Brother Gu, why are you here?" ”
Gu Changan quickly went over and covered his mouth: "Brother Ning, this matter is a long story, you can let me go in and sit down and drink saliva." ”
Ning Gujiang did not doubt that he had him, and let him in.
After taking a big sip of tea, Gu Changan decided to explain everything: "What I said later is probably a little unbelievable, but don't interrupt me first, and don't ask questions first, I will explain so many things little by little, okay?" ”
One sentence blocked all the words that Ning Gujiang wanted to say, he nodded, and sat down obediently: "Brother Gu, you say." ”
"Actually, I'm not from this world," Gu Changan decided to start with this cheesy beginning: "Actually, I'm from the future, I don't know how many years later, and now I have the opportunity to go back, I still have one last thing in Qingshui City, if I find it, I can go back to my own world." ”
After speaking, he planned to meet Ning Gujiang's questioning, but it was very strange that Ning Gujiang did not ask, but continued to look at him and nodded slightly.
Gu Changan was shocked: "Aren't you surprised? ”
Ning Gujiang shook his head: "There's nothing strange about it, I believe what Brother Gu said." ”
Gu Changan instantly felt very warm, how could there be such a painful person!
He jumped in front of Ning Gujiang and stared into his eyes: "You believe me like this, aren't you worried that I'm talking nonsense?" ”
"Brother Gu, what is there to deceive me?" Ning Gujiang smiled: "I believe in Brother Gu." ”
The corners of Gu Changan's lips couldn't help but overflow with a smile: "Ning Gujiang, what I like the most is that you always believe me, others don't believe me, but you always believe me." ”
Ning Gujiang smiled, his eyebrows and eyes gentle: "Because I am a confidant when I am Brother Gu." ”
Gu Changan also smiled: "I also treat you as a confidant." ”
The jade pendant was in Qingshui City, but Gu Changan couldn't find it, mainly because it was inconvenient to travel, so Ning Gujiang always helped him find it.
I don't know how many days I've been looking for.
One night drinking together, half-drunk and half-awake, Ning Gujiang said that he wanted to give him a gift, and when he opened it, it was this jade pendant.
He came to his senses in an instant: "Brother Ning, why is this jade pendant .......?"
"This jade pendant was found by me during the day, and it should have been given to Brother Gu earlier," he said, "It's just that in my selfish heart, I still want to have another glass of wine with Brother Gu, and I don't know if there will be this opportunity in the future." ”
He said it simply, but Gu Changan listened sadly.
The person in front of him is his confidant, think that he has had a confidant in so many years in modern times, has there ever been a person who has nothing to say? None of them, only Ning Gujiang, only him.
He was almost about to say that, almost like to say: I'll be drunk for a few more days, wake up and leave, or, I'm not leaving.
But this sentence was not said after all.
He just picked up a glass of wine and clinked glasses with Ning Gujiang: "Even if we don't see each other in the future, I will always remember Brother Ning, and I will not dare to forget it for the rest of my life." ”
Ning Gujiang smiled lightly: "If there is still a chance, I will make a pot of wine for Brother Gu alone, and only give it to Brother Gu alone." ”
Gu Changan felt that the corners of his eyes were moist: "If you say this, I am reluctant to leave." ”
Ning Gujiang's smile was slightly retracted: "If there is someone there who is concerned about Brother Gu, he should go." ”
He didn't say anything more, and drank all the wine in his glass: "Come again!" ”
I don't know how late he drank, and I don't know how much he drank, but I know that Ning Gujiang, who has always been restrained and sober, was also drunk, and when he woke up again, he was already in modern times.
It was as if it were a dream.
Mom was nagging in his ear that he was drunk with his friends last night, his father told him to go out and find a job, and his friends happily said that he was getting married.
Everything is exactly the same as his previous life, and there is one less person around him who can speak the truth.
It's just that one less person, and the whole life is wrong.
Friends said that he had changed a little, he didn't drink a drop of alcohol before, he was the one who was drunk by them, why did he suddenly start to drink alcohol, the amount of alcohol was still so good, and he didn't get drunk no matter how much he drank.
And he began to like to talk to himself, shouting the name Ning Gujiang in his mouth.
"Which girl is called Ning Gujiang?"
"Why does it sound like a boy's name?"
This became the biggest problem among friends.
And then ....... And then later.
He was asked if he wanted to go back.
Half-asleep and half-awake, he chose to go back, in fact, if he was awake, he would choose to go back more firmly, back to the place where he had his hometown, and he would have a confidant in life, and there was nothing more important than this.
"And he's back?" Ming Jiashu asked.
Lin Fanwei thought: "It should be, but I guess it may be the wrong time." ”
"The timing is wrong?"
"Well, the letter, including the housekeeper, said that the previous owner of this house was a hundred years away, but he came back to the wrong time, this is a hundred years later, Ning Gujiang, a hundred years ago."
There was silence.
Ming Jiashu sighed lightly: "Fate plays tricks on people. ”
Lin Fanwei nodded, embarrassed: "It's really fate that plays tricks on people, otherwise they should have met, but I don't want to end up not meeting, how sad it should be to live in this house and see things and people every day!" ”
Ming Jiashu felt that there was an idiom that was not quite right, but he didn't know how to refute it.
Lin Fanwei felt that when she encountered such a big thing, she should let the family calm down, so she didn't bother, and heard that Gu Chang'an's courtyard was lit up all night, and the jar of fragrant wine didn't drink a sip.
For the first time, I put a jar of good wine in front of me and didn't drink it, and I was sober and restrained all night.
Since he found out that he couldn't find Ning Gujiang, and he couldn't find his prefect's father, he heard that the original Gu Chang'an son was drunk and drowned one day, he didn't know if Ning Gujiang believed it, and if he did, how uncomfortable it would be.
And he was a hundred years away from him, and even he couldn't meet him when he was old, he heard that his wine house was gone, only a house was left for sale, he went to get a fame, just as Ning Gujiang hoped to have such a powerful friend, he bought Ning Gujiang's house, and suddenly remembered what Ning Gujiang had said that he would make a unique pot of wine for him.
In the days that followed, there was less time to be sober, more time to get drunk, and when I was sober, I was always looking for a pot of wine.
Found it today.
Finally found it.
"Why aren't you here?" He muttered softly, "I shouldn't have left." ”
On the second day, Ming Jiashu and the others went to find Gu Chang'an again.
I thought I would see a drunken Gu Changan, but he was standing in the courtyard, very sober, a familiar jade pendant was placed on the table, and when he saw the two of them coming over, he smiled and said: "I am true to my word, the jade pendant is here, but unfortunately I only have one piece left here, and I can only give you one, but I think where are the other jade pendants, you should have met that Taoist priest, you should know, right?" ”
Ming Jiashu stretched out his hand to pick up the jade pendant, raised his eyes and asked, "If we find all the jade pendants and want to go back, will you go back?" ”
"Go back?" Gu Changan frowned, but shook his head.
Lin Fanwei asked in surprise, "Why don't you go back?" Now that Ning Gujiang is no longer here, you will never meet him here again, why don't you go back? At least go back, you still know people. ”
"I didn't know what a confidant meant before, and I thought I was familiar with it when I read it a thousand times, but if you go through it, you know very well how important a confidant is to you," he said, "My confidant is no longer there, and modern antiquity doesn't matter to me, at least there is the same city, the same home, and the same wine to accompany me, and there is nothing there." ”
Lin Fanwei was deeply touched by this passage, so much so that she didn't relax until she went out.
Ming Jiashu asked, "What are you thinking?" ”
Lin Fanwei suddenly grabbed his hand: "Gu Changan is also unwilling to leave here, do we really want to leave?" ”
Ming Jiashu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Gu Changan is reluctant to leave, because he is the only one to leave, I will not let go of your hand and let you be here alone, let's go together, where does it matter?" ”
"That's right!" Lin Fanwei was even more excited: "What's important?" Even if you stay here, you can do it, right? ”
Ming Jiashu looked at her in surprise: "What's wrong with you?" Didn't you want to leave? ”
"I ......." she suddenly had nothing to say, "I was just touched by their story." ”
"I see," he hugged her, so that her head rested against his chest, "Don't worry, I won't leave you alone, I won't let you leave alone, I will always be with you, you don't need to worry about this." ”
Lin Fanwei's open eyes closed again, but her eyelashes trembled, and she was still full of uneasiness.
"Brother Gu, I don't know if you can still see this letter, if you are destined to see it, then remember to go to the black market drunkard, put the wine I brewed for you, the only wine in the world, Brother Gu, I probably can't hold this winter, and I can't wait for you to come back, but when I think of you if you don't want to come back, it must be a good day over there, so I think about it, I am also happy for Brother Gu, I don't have much to say, but it's a pity that I can't drink with Brother Gu again, life is desolate and white, and I can have Brother Gu as a confidant, and my life is enough."