Liu Fatzi suddenly shouted, his expression was extremely excited, I saw him rush to the center of the platform desperately, grabbed the little guy who served the wine jar just now, and yelled at him: "Who told you to take Lao Tzu's wine down? Don't you see that Lord Qin is quite appreciative of our Liu family's wine, and drank a large glass in a row?"

The little guy was grabbed by his collar by him, and replied tremblingly: "Shopkeeper Liu is none of the villain's business, yes, it was Lord Qin who ordered the villain to remove your wine." Relief of the remnants of the jaw"

At this time, the people in the audience also saw the name posted on the altar clearly: Liu Feihe. Those three words are the name of Liu Fatzi, the shopkeeper of Liu's wine shop, and the crowd that was originally quiet seemed to have been sprinkled with a large handful of pepper noodles, and they immediately heard the sound of the rope.

"Oh, how can this be?"

"Yes! Just now I saw that Shopkeeper Liu was still determined to win, and I thought that the last glass of wine that Lord Qin liked to drink was the wine of the Liu family? ”

Since the third girl of the Zhuang family was rescued by the mountain god last time, even if there is a great creation, even if there is a great creation, even the wine can ask the mountain god to help, and the wine brewed here is naturally not ordinary, it is immortal wine. The man suddenly and mysteriously lowered his voice, in fact, to ask everyone to prick up their ears and hold their breath to listen to her.

"Last night, someone passed by the ancestral hall of the Zhuang family, and guess what? My good man! The room where the wine jar was placed was full of red light, and it could be seen from miles away, and the aroma was indescribable, just like ah, like the fairy flowers in the garden of the Queen Mother of Heaven when they bloomed. Let me tell you, this is what the thief man in our family saw with his own eyes, and said that there were a few stars on the roof at that time, and he didn't think about it at that time, and then he pondered it, don't say that the shape is like a wolf's head, which is the wolf head of the white wolf who rescued the three girls that day. ”

After this person's rendering, everyone will be skeptical. The legend of the mountain god has a long history, and the white wolf saves people vividly, and everyone sees it with their own eyes, so these words are like small pebbles thrown into the lake, causing slight ripples, and the more they spread, the more they say, the more they are divine.

These events happened almost at the same time, Liu Fatzi listened to the words of the little guy, his heart suddenly cooled half, no matter how arrogant he was, he didn't have the courage to yell at the court officials, his face was full of anger, his eyes breathed fire, and he gasped heavily.

Hu Lao Er and the others saw that the situation was not good in the audience, and immediately coaxed: "It's not fair!"

"There's a lot going on here!"

"The winery is fake! It is clear that the old wine is being used for the new wine. ”

Liu Fatzi stared at the five elders in front of him with a pair of red eyes, and tore his throat and asked: "Five, you have to see clearly, you just said in front of everyone, that girl's wine has no fragrance, this color and fragrance are all the same, can she be the same? This matter is related to the reputation of Qiyang Town, it is not a child's play, you all have to weigh it well!"

The five elders looked at each other, in fact, they also had doubts in their hearts, this wine glass was prepared by them themselves, and the mark was also made by them. The facts are clear, they saw Qin Fengyang frown slightly when he tasted Zhuang Meiyan's wine, but when he drank Liu Fatzi's wine, he was smiling and drank it completely, but anyone who knows something will guess the advantages and disadvantages, but how could the ending be like this? Don't say that Liu Fatzi is angry, even they are puzzled.

The eldest elder bowed his hand to Qin Fengyang and said, "Please also ask Lord Qin to announce to your neighbors who today's winner is?"

It seems that the problem can only wait for Qin Fengyang to solve.

Qin Fengyang smiled like a spring breeze, got up slowly and elegantly, and said slowly: "I have already said my answer, and the winner is the wine of Zhuang Meiyan Zhuang girl." ”

There was thunderous cheers in the audience, and the most excited people were naturally the people on Zhuang Meiyan Winery and those who cared about her, shouting extremely energetically. In contrast, the arrogance of Liu Fatzi and the others was suddenly greatly reduced, and Liu Fatzi was in the center of the platform, his face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word.

The elder said, "I don't know anything about it, and I want to ask Lord Qin for advice." We obviously saw that Lord Qin, what you praised the most was the wine of the Liu family's wine shop, and you drank not a drop left, why did it win the banker's wine?"

Qin Fengyang smiled slightly and said, "When Qin first started to catch heads, a teacher warned: Seeing may not be true, and hearing is also true. When Miss Zhuang's wine was first drunk, the taste was mellow and not sour, which was her advantage, but the aroma of no wine was always inferior; however, when I drank the second glass, the aftertaste of her wine had not been eliminated, hovering in the mouth, gradually emitting a kind of intoxicating aroma, and more and more intense, and even completely overshadowed the aroma of the second cup, the best thing is that the two aromas are not mixed with each other, it is really interesting, it is actually a feeling that Qin has never tried in his life, so he can't stop the cup. ”

After his explanation, everyone finally realized. I see!

Fat Liu's face became more and more gloomy, his little eyes turned around, and he suddenly sneered, and said: "Since ancient times, the aroma of wine has been smelled by the nose, but I have not heard that people say that it is tasted with the mouth. The little people are stupid, please teach the adults. ”

Liu Fatzi was used to being arrogant in Qiyang Town, and now it was a critical juncture, so he immediately took out the true appearance of a ruffian and asked Qin Fengyang unabashedly. He saw that Qin Fengyang was just a six-rank Beijing official, and it was difficult for him to suppress his own head snake even if he was a strong dragon, so he had no fear.

Qin Fengyang didn't answer, only smiled silently. The county magistrate couldn't sit still, and scolded: "Bold! This is Qin Catcher from the capital, and he is the first catcher in the world, how can he be rude!"

Qin Fengyang didn't seem to mind Liu Fatzi's arrogance and rudeness, he shook off the paper fan in a chic manner, shook it gently, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "How do you know that Miss Zhuang's jar of wine has no aroma? But you can't smell it!"

This was said without a head, and the five elders couldn't sit still, and they were about to ask for advice. Qin Fengyang had already bowed to Zhuang Meiyan in the audience, and signaled: "This matter, please ask the master to explain it to you himself." ”

The elder hurriedly said, "Hurry up and invite Miss Zhuang San to come to the stage." ”

The crowd quickly split up one way. Zhuang Meiyan walked up to the stage steadily, without any special dress, plain clothes, a silver hairpin obliquely inserted on his head, and the red mole on the right side of his face was still bright red, but with a natural smile on the corner of his mouth, his expression was confident and calm.

She walked straight to the table of the Eight Immortals in the center of the table, picked up the wine jar with both hands, and shook it lightly a few times.

The nearest elder sighed, looked at the people around him, and saw that everyone's eyes showed the same kind of surprise, and he couldn't help but murmur, "I see!

Zhuang Meiyan poured a glass of wine into the wine glass next to him, took the wine glass to the front of the stage, and then poured the wine on the ground. People were puzzled at first, but soon the people in front of the stage smelled a faint aroma of wine, and the taste became stronger and stronger, and slowly the people behind also smelled this aroma and praised it from the bottom of their hearts.

It turns out that Zhuang Meiyan's wine is not without aroma, but the aroma is condensed in the wine, and the aroma has not yet been emitted at the beginning of the opening, and it will slowly overflow after a long time, and the longer the time, the stronger the aroma of this wine.

With all the color and flavor, no one will question whether Zhuang Meiyan's wine is qualified for today's first place.

The patriarch stroked his white beard with satisfaction, and solemnly announced: "This year's wine fairy of our Qiyang Town's 'Sheng Jiu Festival' is--"

"Wait!" Liu Fatzi's face was solemn, and he shouted: "This game can't be counted!"

This was too unreasonable, and the patriarch said angrily: "Shopkeeper Liu, Lord Qin's judgment is clear, and everyone can see it clearly, what else do you have to say?"

Liu Fatzi laughed twice and said, "The third girl's wine has obviously been manipulated, so how can we be convinced?"

As he spoke, he lifted the sealing paper placed next to Zhuang Meiyan's wine jar, he held the sealing paper in front of several elders, and sneered: "What do you think this is?"

The elders took a closer look, and sure enough, they found a hole in the center of the seal, which was so hidden that it could not be found without looking closely.

Liu Fatzi was even more proud, and glanced at Hu Lao Er and the others, Hu Lao Er understood and immediately shouted.

"This is a fraud! The dealer secretly changed the wine!"

"That's it! I don't count this time, I can't count!"

"Yes, yes, please call the shots. ”

Liu Fatzi was even more unscrupulous, and even made a gesture at Qin Fengyang, kowtowed: "Lord Qin, you are the number one celebrity in the world, and you want to be the master of our small people." With your wisdom, you can surely see that there is something wrong with the wine, you think, but how can the first wine of a day and a night have such an aroma and mellowness, which is clearly only available after years of aging. The three daughters of the dealer secretly exchanged the wine, and they are not eligible to participate in the wine competition, please make a clear decision!"

Qin Fengyang put away the paper fan, patted his palm, and sighed: "You have cited this evidence, you have said the crime, and even the verdict has been given to you, what do you want to say about this catcher?"

Liu Fatzi didn't seem to hear the irony in Qin Fengyang's words, he laughed dryly twice, and said: "Lord Qin is really wise, and he has long seen the conspiracy of the three daughters of the Zhuang family. ”

Qin Fengyang smiled silently.

Zhuang Meiyan was also silent on the side, and did not intend to defend herself.

Chunju and the others in the audience were not happy, and immediately argued loudly, Hu Lao Er and other minions were not to be outdone, both sides rolled up their sleeves, their eyebrows were open, and they were about to start.

At this time, the county master was a little anxious, and hurriedly got up and ordered the messenger to step down to suppress both sides, so as not to make a fool of himself in front of Lord Qin. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned back to Lord Qin with a smile and said, "The villagers are ignorant and have offended the adults, and I ask the adults to forgive them." ”

While making amends to Qin Feng, the county magistrate glared at Liu Fatzi fiercely, and motioned with his eyes that he would accept it when he saw it, and stop making trouble.

This matter is related to his family property and status, how can Liu Fatzi be willing to give up!

He held the sealed paper in both hands and presented it to Lord Qin, and said loudly: "This is the sealing paper of the Zhuang's wine jar, and I have asked Lord Qin to check it." ”

Qin Fengyang glanced at it seriously, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he nodded and said: "There is no doubt that the hole is indeed broken, and the edge of the broken place is moistened by moisture, it is obvious that it is the hands and feet that were done before, and Shopkeeper Liu is too careless." ”

His smile was a little ridiculous, and the last sentence was even more confusing, and Liu Fatzi was a little confused. At this time, the county magistrate couldn't help but sink his face anymore, and scolded: "Liu Feihe, don't make trouble unreasonably in front of adults!

Fat Liu was even more confused.

"Master--"

"Take a good look at what is written on that paper?" the county magistrate glared at him.

Hearing the county master's shout, Liu Fatzi woke up a little and looked down at the sealed paper in his hand. His body trembled suddenly, and his fingers could barely grasp the brown paper, which gently floated to the ground. Coincidentally, a gust of wind blew the paper half a day high, and then swayed towards the crowd.

People were obviously also curious, and they all scrambled to see what was going on, and between the squeezes and shoves, the sealing paper was grabbed by Hu Laoer, a fast-eyed guy.

Everyone couldn't wait to gather around.

"Liu".

There is a Liu character clearly written on the sealing paper, that is to say, the evidence cited by Liu Fatzi is precisely the sealing paper of the jar of wine he brewed himself, which is really ridiculous!

Liu Fatzi and Hu Lao Er were stunned, no, it should be --

It was a terrible wail from the back of the crowd, but it was from a man. Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see a man half-kneeling in the sparsely populated place on the periphery, his face was like earth, and his head was like garlic.

"Grandpa Mountain God, the villain is guilty, so you can spare the villain. The villain is not intentionally offended, you have a large number of old adults, so spare the villain. ”

These words were like prayers in a temple, but this man did not look like some good man and woman, and he knelt down to be a big yellow dog with his tongue sticking out. The big yellow dog had been wandering through the gaps in the crowd, looking for something to eat, when suddenly someone knelt in front of it like this, and he was also startled, and his teeth bared out and let out a threatening whimper.

"Woo--woo!"

The big yellow dog glanced at his eyes and saw a cute little bitch twisting her little ass past in front of her eyes, and immediately raised her head to the sky and howled.

"Gasp-woo!"

The man was already a little delirious, but now he was even more frightened, his whole body was paralyzed, and he screamed in panic.

"Grandpa Mountain God, it's really not about the villain! It was the Hu shopkeeper and the Liu shopkeeper who confessed, let me sneak into the wing of the Zhuang family's ancestral hall last night, the villain is really not an offense, I didn't expect to catch up with your old man's practice, not to be a bad thing for you. Grandpa Mountain God, you have a lot of adults, spare the villain's life. ”

Hu Lao Er listened to his nonsense, so he was angry, picked up the hem of his shirt, squeezed through the crowd and trotted all the way, raised his leg and kicked at the guy, and kicked him to the ground. He kicked several times as if he was angry, and scolded while kicking: "What the hell are you talking about in broad daylight? Tell you to pour less yellow soup, you don't even know your father's surname after two fucking cups." I tell you to talk nonsense, I tell you to talk nonsense. ”

After kicking a few times, Hu Lao Er yelled at the crowd of onlookers: "What are you looking at? Why don't you hurry up and put this useless thing back and leave it here to be embarrassing. ”

Hu Lao Er jumped at his buddy and scolded.

These people woke up from a dream, and hurriedly came over to take the man away, but the man struggled desperately, and at the same time shouted hoarsely: "Shopkeeper, the mountain god has appeared! Last night, the wine jar was glowing red, which was seen by the little one." Why does the third girl's wine look like it is aged at first? It is the mountain god who is helping her! The villain made a hole in her sealing paper last night according to your words, why is it that the hole is broken now, but it is the shopkeeper Liu's...... Ho ho ho ......ho ho Woo woo! The mountain god spares his life!"

The man yelled like a madman, crying and laughing, and was incoherent at the end. It took a lot of effort for Hu Lao Er's people to lift him up from the ground and carry him out of the field. His voice still came intermittently.

"The mountain god has appeared...... Spare your life!"

The poignant sound makes people shudder to listen to it.

Hu Lao Er became more and more uncomfortable when he heard this, and when he turned his head, he found that the eyes of the big guys were focused on them, and they were full of disdain. He snorted and laughed a little embarrassedly: "He's crazy! Kowtow to the big yellow dog and call the mountain god to manifest his spirit, isn't this a loss of heart? The big guy ignores him, hehe!"

The red glow of the wine jar, and the fact that the traitor suddenly went mad and told the truth, all these things confirmed some of the people's suspicions, as the man said, that the mountain god had appeared, and the people of the town now believed in this statement. Suddenly, someone took the lead and shouted, "Wine fairy! The third girl is the wine fairy!"

When people woke up from a dream, they immediately followed the cry.

"Wine fairy! Wine fairy!"

The shopkeeper Liu on the table was cold and the crowd burst into drinks, his legs were weak, and he sat on the ground all of a sudden, his whole body seemed to have been washed with sweat, his clothes were soaked, and the sweat on his forehead was still oozing, condensing into beads of sweat the size of beans, but he didn't care about wiping them.

At this time, the five elders hugged Zhuang Meiyan to the front of the stage and saluted the big guys. At this moment, there is no need for the patriarch and his old man to announce anything, justice is in the hearts of the people. However, the patriarch still followed the procedure, trembling and supported by others, he personally walked to the front of the stage, took Zhuang Meiyan's hand, held it high in the air, and announced it loudly.

"Our Qiyang Town's 'Sheng Jiu Festival' this year's wine fairy is, Zhuang--Mei-Yan!"

The stage was thundering, Zhuang Meiyan's partners were excited, Chunju and Xi Ruolan and other women were clapping and applauding, and even more thin-eyed, quietly shed hot tears, smiled and raised their hands to wipe; the young men of the winery jumped up and applauded, these days their hearts are also foggy, the reputation of the winery is damaged like a big stone pressing on their hearts, their hearts are very uncomfortable, and now they finally have a bad breath.

Seeing this, Hu Lao Er and the others immediately quietly hid behind the crowd and left in disgrace.

At this time, Qin Fengyang on the stage turned his head and whispered a sentence to the county master, the county master nodded again and again, walked to the front of the stage, stretched out his hands to comfort the people, and then said loudly: "Fellow villagers, please be quiet! Lord Qin has something to say, which is related to the case of the third girl of the Zhuang family who made wine a few days ago and died. ”

As soon as he heard this, the crowd suddenly quieted down, this matter was in an uproar in Qiyang Town a few days ago, all the major restaurants went to Zhuang Meiyan's door to withdraw wine, and there was a big fuss, and the government also closed Zhuang Meiyan's winery, these days everyone does not dare to drink the wine pretending to be Meiyan, so they are paying special attention to this case.

Qin Fengyang slowly paced to the front of the stage, his face still showing a light and breezy expression.

"It has now been ascertained that the case was just a coincidental misunderstanding, not murder, and the relevant people have been released from prison, and the case has been closed. Qin announced here that there was absolutely no poison in Miss Zhuang's wine. ”

A woman in the audience shouted, "Everyone in the audience has heard it! Our winery is innocent, but it was just a misunderstanding." Master, do we still need to seal our winery again?"

The county magistrate wiped the sweat from his forehead, nodded a little weakly, and said, "That one naturally wants to remove the seal, come on! Go to Miss Zhuang's house and take off all the seals!"

I don't know who quickly sounded the large string of firecrackers hanging on the archway outside the field, and the "crackling" was deafening. Lion dancers, dragon dancers, and a group of people with big-headed doll hoods danced and poured to the stage, draped Zhuang Meiyan with big red flowers, carried her to the bamboo chair that had been prepared long ago, and carried the "wine fairy" to the street.

Along the way, firecrackers opened the way, gongs and drums were noisy, and it was really a bit of a champion to parade through the streets. People are crowded on both sides of the road to admire the demeanor of the female wine fairy, and when they arrive at the door of Zhuang Meiyan's wine, Zhuang Meiyan will also take out the best wine, worship the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, burn the incense burner, purify the body and pray, ask the gods to bless the wind and rain, the country and the people, and then take out a hundred jars of good wine for everyone to taste, the big guys rush to follow her, that is, I am afraid that I will not be able to taste the wine of the female wine fairy. There are many lively ceremonies and so on, and there are also invited opera troupes to sing all night long, and this day is even more lively than the New Year!

Zhuang Meiyan was lifted high, sitting on a bamboo chair, looking at the people below, and a sense of joy suddenly rose in his heart, which was called being in a high place.

For the first time in her life, she experienced the feeling of superiority, the so-called power, which is an indescribable pleasure.

On the temporary platform here, Qin Fengyang teased the county lord beside him: "Master Su, let's have fun with the people today, why don't we also go and have a good time and ask the 'female wine fairy' for a glass of fairy wine." ”

The county magistrate said with a smile: "That's natural, the third girl of this dealer has to thank Lord Qin, if it weren't for Lord Qin's judgment like a god, no one would dare to drink the wine she brewed." ”

Qin Fengyang smiled when he heard this, and said casually.

"Yes, Qin didn't say that her wine must be poisonous! Rumors are spreading, there must be people who secretly profit from it, there is a law to cure people with open knives, but there is no trace of hidden arrows, what does Master Su think?"

The county magistrate laughed dryly twice and nodded yes.

"The teachings of the adults are extreme, and the lower officials must keep them in mind. If you want to go to the residence of the 'wine fairy' to drink good wine, please forgive me for not being able to drink alcohol, and I really can't accompany you. Master Lou, send Lord Qin over. ”

The tall and thin master hurriedly agreed. Qin Fengyang waved his hand and said, "Master Su doesn't have to be restrained, Qin can just go by himself." ”

Seeing that he insisted, the county magistrate was no longer reluctant, watched his back leave, said goodbye to the patriarch and others, and left in a sedan chair. Not far from the town, when a person suddenly jumped out of the roadside carrying the sedan chair, knelt down on the side of the road, and stopped the sedan chair.

At first, the servants thought it was a bold thief, and pulled out their knives in a panic, and the man hurriedly shouted: "Master, it's a villain! The villain begs the master for help!"

The county magistrate lifted the green sedan curtain, frowned, and said: "Shopkeeper Liu, this official can't help you in this matter, you have also seen that Lord Qin has a lot of favoritism with the third girl, and now it is proved that the third girl was wronged, and the official can't continue to seal other people's wineries." ”

The county magistrate thought that Liu Fatzi was here for the winery to break the seal, Liu Fatzi's face was gray, and he kowtowed: "Help, master! The grass people are about to be driven out of Qiyang Town." ”

The county magistrate was shocked and ordered the sedan chair driver to park the sedan chair on the side of the road, so that everyone could avoid it, and only called Liu Fatzi to him to explain it in detail. After listening to Liu Fatzi's narration, the county lord's eight-character eyebrows became tighter and tighter, and he shook his head resolutely and said: "At this time, it is not appropriate for the official to interfere, Lord Qin in the capital is here, and it is really inconvenient for the official to say some things." ”

Liu Fatzi saw that the county magistrate moved Qin Fengyang as a shield, and there was a lot of shirk between the words, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, but he still laughed and said: "Master, it's not that the people are talkative, even if Lord Qin has a higher rank, he is just a six-rank Beijing official with no real power, and he will leave in a few days, the so-called strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, he is a head catcher after all, how can he meddle in local affairs at will?"

The county master's narrow face suddenly changed color, he looked left and right, and said sharply: "Do you know who he is? Don't look at this person's official rank is only six grades, but even if your lord sees him, he is afraid that he will be polite and give three points." ”

He lowered his voice and said a name.

Liu Fatzi exclaimed in surprise and said, "He, he is the uncle of the country!"

The county magistrate gasped and glared at the idiot viciously.

Liu Fatzi thought that he had offended the young uncle on the stage just now, in case he remembered it and settled accounts with himself in the future...... A chill suddenly felt down his spine.

The county magistrate sighed and said, "You can do it yourself." ”

Liu Fatzi saw that the county master was about to leave, so he hurriedly took a step forward to hold the sedan curtain that was about to fall, and said in a low voice: "Master, please ask the master to be a good person to the end, and the people will not treat the master badly." ”

As he spoke, his right hand magically took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve robe and rested them on the county master's lap. The county magistrate narrowed his eyes, as if he didn't see the silver ticket on his leg, and only shouted with a straight face.

"Get up!"

The sedan chair man came over to lift the sedan chair, and just as he was about to take a step, he heard another order from the sedan chair: "Go back to Qiyang Town!" ”

Although the sedan chair man felt very strange, he still turned the sedan chair and walked towards Qiyang Town, looking at their backs, Liu Fatzi breathed a sigh of relief.

The front of the "Li Ji Silk Shop" was very lively, and the servants removed the seals, and people immediately flocked to the front of the silk shop, vying to ask Zhuang Meiyan for wine.

Zhuang Meiyan instructed Han Niu'er and others to distribute the wine to the big guys, everyone was elated, and the door was full, but fortunately, the people of Qiyang Town were simple and orderly. Zhuang Meiyan didn't like to be lively, and came to the backyard alone, the yard was a little messy, and the day was in a hurry, and there were a lot of wines that were sealed by the wolf-like servants before they had time to seal the altar, and now they are sour, exuding the smell of **. There is an old locust tree near the root of the north wall in the yard, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, it is past noon at this time, the midsummer sun bakes the ground a little scorched, wearing thin-soled embroidered shoes only feels slightly hot feet, the yard only the shade of the old locust tree is the coolest, she moves lightly, comes to the shade of the tree.

I can't hear the noise outside very clearly, only the sound of cicadas chirping and the occasional cool breeze. Zhuang Meiyan looked at the silk shop, looked at the altars and jars in the yard, and all kinds of furnishings, and finally realized the complex taste of gaining and losing, which can be described as mixed feelings.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of leaves above my head, and there was already one more person in front of me.

Qin Fengyang shook the paper fan with a smile, he seemed to like to stay in the tree very much, and would jump down from the tree every time. Zhuang Meiyan was not surprised by his appearance, and said with a smile: "Lord Qin, didn't you also come to ask the little girl for a drink?"

Qin Fengyang put away the paper fan, clapped his hands and said, "Clever! Qin is still thinking about how to tell the third girl? I don't want anything else, just the jar of 'immortal wine' that won today." ”

Zhuang Meiyan blushed and said: "'Immortal wine' is a joke among the villagers, and Lord Qin also made fun of Meiyan, but that jar of wine has already been offered to the gods, or I will change an altar of 'Hundred Flowers Brew' for Lord Qin." ”

Qin Fengyang sighed and said, "Where is the altar? I'll steal it and drink it." ”

Zhuang Meiyan couldn't help laughing and said, "There is no altar in the countryside, worship the gods, just pour wine into the earth." ”

Qin Fengyang stumbled and said: "It's a pity! It's a pity! It's a pity! It's a pity that the land is cheaper! I knew that I wouldn't be verbose with the surname Su, and I would have come over to replace it for you earlier." ”

Zhuang Meiyan pursed her lips, her eyebrows stretched, and she said softly, "Lord Qin, how can you say such a thing?"

Qin Fengyang didn't think about it, and said, "Shhh, stealing wine is not stealing! This is the reward that Lord Ben deserves." Alas, it's a pity!"

He sighed repeatedly, and seemed to really want to drink the jar.

Zhuang Meiyan said solemnly: "Since Lord Qin likes it, it's not worth anything, as long as Lord Qin lives in Qiyang Town for a day, I promise that you can drink it." ”

Qin Fengyang's eyes lit up, as if a child had seen his beloved toy, revealing an expectant expression.

He nodded and said, "Okay, then Qin will start the day after tomorrow, and when the time comes, don't forget to give the third girl a few more altars." However, this mountain god can't come to help you make sake every night. ”

Zhuang Meiyan smiled "poof".

"Lord Qin is really good at laughing, what kind of mountain god is there?"

"So how do you manage to make your first brew old overnight?"

Zhuang Meiyan knew that Qin Fengyang didn't believe in the so-called gods, but he was just curious in his heart. She explained: "It's also a trick of the charm envoy, but I didn't expect that even Lord Qin would be deceived." ”

"Actually, it was neither the jar nor the mountain god's practice, and the color of the sake brewing was as yellow as aging, just because of the rice and water I took. ”

Qin Fengyang couldn't help but interrupt her words and said, "Could it be that you asked the mountain god to do a spell on this rice and water?"

He frowned, serious, but Zhuang Meiyan couldn't hold it, covered his mouth and smiled: "No, that rice is just home-cooked glutinous rice, before brewing, soak the rice in 10,000-year-old ice water for 12 hours, and then take out the shade to dry, and then the brewing water is made of thousands of years of snow, and I mixed a little bit of dragon fruit juice." In this way, because the cold of the ice and snow water resists the heat of the scorching heat, and the dragon fruit can condense the aroma, the wine will be as old as the wine, and its flavor will not be dispersed, and the taste will be mellow. ”

"Still. Zhuang Meiyan suddenly lowered her voice and said mysteriously: "This wine has a big shortcoming. It just can't be stored for too long, if you want to store it, you must go through more processes to smelt and purify, and then bury it in a deep cellar for at least one year. ”

Qin Fengyang laughed out loud and said, "Miss Zhuang can rest assured that Qin has an easier way to deal with it." ”

Zhuang Meiyan was stunned, she really couldn't think of any better way, but she heard Qin Fengyang pat her lower abdomen, blinked narrowly and said, "If you put it in Qin's Five Organs Temple, you can't break it if you want to." ”

Zhuang Meiyan was so amused by him that she couldn't help but laugh. Suddenly, he remembered something and said, "Thank you, Lord Qin, for clearing your grievances for your charm." I would like to ask my lord, who is the culprit in this case?"

"The culprit! It's Chang Comprador himself!"

Zhuang Meiyan's eyes couldn't help but widen, and she couldn't figure out why the comprador usually poisoned the wine he sold himself - didn't this shoot himself in the foot?

Qin Fengyang saw her confusion, a little proud, and continued: "It's not anything else, it's a small problem with the wine jars that Chang Comprador bought, and some of his wine jars are not in good condition when they are fired, and there are slight cracks, but they don't affect their use. The person who burned the jar soaked the jar with strong tea overnight, so that the crack could be concealed. Because you have just made the jar and let you bring it to make wine, some ingredients of strong tea are soaked in the wall of the altar, and then integrated into the wine, strong tea and wine are highly poisonous and hurt the kidneys. It can be regarded as the luck of the comprador that only this one jar is sold, and the others are stored in the warehouse, otherwise, someone will lose their lives in vain. ”

Zhuang Meiyan is very confident in her wine, and now a stone in her heart has finally fallen to the ground, and she is very happy.

The two were talking and laughing, when they saw Chunju trotting all the way from the silk shop and hurrying to the backyard. When she came to the shade of the tree, she ran a little out of breath, but she couldn't wait to say to Zhuang Meiyan.

"Little ...... Miss ......"

Before his breath could be even, his face turned red, and he stammered and couldn't speak for a while.

Zhuang Meiyan said angrily: "What an unruly girl, didn't you see a distinguished guest in front of you?"

Chunju calmed her breath a little, hurriedly saluted Qin Fengyang, and said respectfully: "The slave and maid ask for peace to Lord Qin, Lord Qin doesn't care about the villain, don't be like a slave and a little girl, the slave and maid were reckless and offended in the past!"

Qin Fengyang shook his head with a smile and said, "My lord, my lord, my lord is about to be confused by your clever mouth, where do you remember what happened before?"

Chunju lowered her head and snickered, Zhuang Meiyan gently pushed her, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Chunju then remembered that she had something important to come to her own young lady, and hurriedly said: "Miss, the county master is here, saying that he wants to say hello to you, and discuss the matter of this year's tribute wine." ”

Zhuang Meiyan was a little surprised, and said, "Okay, I'll go over immediately, you first invite the county master to sit upstairs for a while." ”

Qin Feng raised his eyebrows and frowned slightly, and said, "I came to discuss the matter of tribute wine today, it's a little too anxious, right?"

Zhuang Meiyan said: "Please Lord Qin to sit upstairs, although there is no 'fairy wine' today, there are still two kinds of fresh wine, but there is a jar of 'spring in the world' that can just be out of the cellar today, I will ask someone to dig it out for you to taste." ”

Qin Fengyang couldn't help but feel itchy, and hesitated slightly: "Drinking is naturally the best, but Qin doesn't want to go upstairs to accompany that master to gossip." ”

"Otherwise--" He pointed to the old locust tree and said with a smile: "Ask someone to send me here, the scenery on the tree is unique, do you want Miss Zhuang to go up and take a look?"

Zhuang Meiyan saw that Qin Fengyang was free and easy, and he didn't like some of the officialdom very much, so he admired it in his heart, and immediately smiled and said: "Okay, then follow Lord Qin, and ask someone to bring you the wine later, and Meiyan will retire first." ”

In the hall on the second floor, the county magistrate was already sitting in the guest seat, he was short and fat, his face was fair, and his mustache was naturally cocked, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be always smiling, and his eyebrows were low, revealing a group of harmony. Wearing a new seven-grade official uniform, the ironing is smooth and neat, without a trace of wrinkles.

He heard footsteps, and the corners of his originally lowered eyebrows slowly raised, staring at Zhuang Meiyan. Zhuang Meiyan stepped forward unhurriedly and bowed, and said, "The folk girl Zhuang Meiyan sees her parents, Master Su." ”

The county magistrate immediately smiled all over his face, raised his hand and said, "Hey! Today you are a 'wine fairy', so you don't need to be restrained by these false courtesies." ”

The two of them were polite, and sat down according to the primary and secondary positions, and Chunju then came in to serve tea, and quietly stood behind Zhuang Meiyan after finishing the matter.

The county magistrate talked about some trivial matters of winemaking. Zhuang Meiyan secretly wondered in her heart, according to the time, Qin Fengyang had already come to Silk Village, but this county master did not come with him, which was obviously unreasonable, which showed that the two of them had broken up before, and this county master was most likely going back to his house, and now he suddenly remembered to come to her house to pay a visit, obviously he came prepared and must have something to ask for.

Sure enough, the county magistrate exchanged a few polite words, and suddenly asked quietly.

"Third girl, this official heard that you and Shopkeeper Liu made a big bet on wine this time, and the person who loses will not only have to take out 10,000 taels of silver, but also lose all the family property and drive out of Qiyang Town alone, can there be such a thing?"

Listen to the sound of words and listen to the sound of gongs and drums. Zhuang Meiyan is a transparent person, and she immediately understands the meaning of this county master's trip.

"Don't dare to hide Lord Su, there is indeed such a thing. Originally, it was only said that 10,000 taels of silver, and the loser took the silver out to repair the mountain road, but it was the shopkeeper Liu who insisted on staking all his net worth, and he had already written a contract, and all the elders in the town were witnesses. ”

Listening to what Zhuang Meiyan said, the county magistrate touched his eight-character beard, pondered for a moment and said, "Third girl, this official wants to ask you, do you really want to kill Shopkeeper Liu?"

This last sentence is dignified and weighty.

Zhuang Meiyan pondered and replied: "Meiyan never harms people, but people's hearts are unpredictable. ”

"You can't have the heart to defend people, you can't have the heart to hurt people, the third girl is really a frank person. The county magistrate smiled and said: "Since this is the case, the official will say a few more words, bow his head and not look up to see him, and he has to be forgiving and forgiving." ”

Zhuang Meiyan sighed, frowned and said: "My lord, it's not that Meiyan is unwilling to forgive, it's just that it's easy to let the tiger go and it's difficult to catch the tiger, I'm afraid that I will come to find trouble with Meiyan in the future, and Meiyan is really difficult to deal with as a weak woman." ”

The county magistrate nodded and said: "The third girl's meaning is understood, what kind of tiger is that? At most, it is a naughty big cat, which has frightened the third girl's methods, and if he refuses to obey in the future, the official will be the first to spare him." ”

He picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, but his eyes kept looking at Zhuang Meiyan's expression, seeing that she was hesitant, he knew that she had been moved by his words, so he continued: "Is the third girl willing to open the net?"

Zhuang Meiyan thought in her heart, Liu Fatzi is a character with some means, and he actually brought his parents and officials out to intercede for himself, if he is really forced to be anxious, maybe there will be infinite troubles, it is better to be a favor, leave people with a way out, and also give yourself a way to live.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Meiyan smiled and said: "Since Lord Su speaks, how dare the little woman not, everything is arranged by Lord Su." ”

The county magistrate didn't expect Zhuang Meiyan to be so refreshing, he was overjoyed, and stroked his palms and said: "The third girl is really a heroine among women, and she is quite tolerant. Then tomorrow I will ask Liu Feihe to come to the door to make amends, and this matter is settled. ”

The county magistrate finished talking about the matter, took another sip of the teacup, and suddenly remembered something again.

He put down the cup, lowered his voice and asked, "Third girl, there is still something I want to ask the official about, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not?"

Zhuang Meiyan was stunned for a moment and said, "My lord, please speak." ”

"From the official's point of view, the third girl has a great friendship with Uncle Guo, I don't know how the two of you met?"

Zhuang Meiyan said movingly: "Uncle Guo? Who is Uncle Guo?"