The Midyear Festival celebration of Vientiane Dao Palace cannot be compared with the Midyear Festival celebration in Yujing, but it is also interesting.

Lake Hoshino is divided into two, the larger part is located outside the formation coverage of the Vientiane Dao Palace and is used for taking off and landing flying boats, while the smaller part is located within the formation range of the Vientiane Dao Palace and belongs to the lower palace. At this time, many people had already gotten off the stargazing platform, came to the lake, and put the river lanterns that had been prepared into the lake.

For a while, the lights on the lake were lit up, and the starlight was reflected in the sky, and it was almost impossible to distinguish the difference between the two, and even the boundary between the sky and the water became blurred, as if the lake was connected to the stars in the sky.

If you can raft on it, it is about the artistic conception in the poems of the ancients: "When you are drunk, you don't know that the sky is in the water, and the boat is full of dreams and the galaxy." ”

A busy person like Qi Xuansu naturally doesn't have time to make river lanterns, so he just admires the river lanterns from the stargazing platform. At this time, someone sent food, don't look at the food in Zhenyuan, the duck is old chicken, the vegetables are raw and the rice is hard, but the food provided to the assistants is very exquisite, and the cooking skills in the Taiping Inn are just like this, it can be seen that these people are not unable to do it, but they are tired.

Qi Xuansu was stained with Sun Hewu's light, and was able to get a plate of sauced beef, paired with not very intoxicating rice wine, and he only felt satisfied.

Although liquor has become very popular in recent years, the upper banquet is still dominated by rice wine. More than 100 years ago, liquor was contemptuously called "stinky liquor", and even the name "liquor" was only set in recent decades. It is only in the past 100 years that the atmosphere has changed, and the status of liquor has been repeatedly raised, and it can also enter the house.

The "wine" in countless poems, including the "wine" in the 100 poems of the poet Xiandou wine, actually refers to rice wine.

The direct reason is also very simple, not to mention the taste and taste, baijiu is too easy to get drunk, and if the amount of alcohol is not large, it is easy to make a fool of yourself at the banquet. And rice wine is not, as long as the right amount, it is easy to enter a slightly drunk state, but will not be drunk unconscious, because of this, literati and ink writers can write many famous articles in the drunken drunkenness, if you are drunk into a puddle of mud, let alone write poems and essays, I am afraid that I don't even know who I am, maybe I have to borrow wine to go crazy, then it has nothing to do with elegance.

Then there is that rice wine is too expensive, the newly brewed rice wine and the rice wine stored for ten years are completely different in taste, and because the brewing technology is not mature, there are too many impurities in the wine, and the cost of filtering out impurities is very high, so there is a distinction between "sake" and "turbid wine", the nobles drink "sake", and ordinary people drink "turbid wine", which also causes difficulties in storage, many rice wine has deteriorated after less than ten years, and it is more precious to see the rice wine of the year. In addition, there is also a distinction in color, and the rice wine that is as red as amber is the best quality.

Baijiu is different, it is easy to store at the same time, but it also leads to the effect of aging is not large, so in the past, it was only large families who liked to drink rice wine, and ordinary people preferred cheap liquor.

When Qi Xuansu walked the rivers and lakes, he drank mostly liquor, and his too spicy taste made him not like to drink, fortunately, thanks to the development of wine-making technology, at this time, Qi Xuansu could also taste the high-grade rice wine that only the wealthy family could taste in the past, red as amber, crystal clear, and only then did he know the beauty of one of the wines.

As for Zhang Yuelu, she is an expert in this way, she is not limited to a certain kind of wine, whether it is rice wine, white wine, Western red wine, or all kinds of fruit wine, she can accept it, but she has recently preferred spirits, which does not mean that she has always been like this, as for her favorite "drunk life and dream death", it is difficult to define what kind of wine this is, and even because there are too many medicinal materials, it is almost "medicinal wine".

Even if Qi Xuansu didn't deliberately dispel the strength of the wine, because of the martial arts' physique, a pot of rice wine only made him slightly drunk, but it was enough for him to open the conversation box and talk with Sun Hewu.

In terms of knowledge, Qi Xuansu is naturally far inferior to Sun Hewu, but Qi Xuansu also has his advantage, that is, the experience of the rivers and lakes. Sun Hewu is an old scholar who has been doing learning in the study all his life, where he has seen the rivers and lakes at the bottom with his own eyes, it is the paper that he finally feels shallow, and he never knows that this matter must be done, even if he can't practice it himself, listening to the personal narration of the person who has experienced it, it is better than the words in the book.

Sun Hewu listened to Qi Xuansu talk about all kinds of black words on the rivers and lakes, all kinds of unwritten rules, although it sounded vulgar, but it contained all kinds of wisdom, and it had its own reason, and he couldn't help but clap his knees every time.

Qi Xuansu likes to get along with this old man very much, but he is also a little selfish, and wants to know something about divine power from the old man's mouth, after all, in terms of incense and wish power, the orthodox Daomen who occupy the world is the real big one, and compared with the Daomen, other secret associations are all small transactions, not worth mentioning.

An old man and a young man chatted hotly, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, but Yao Pei next to him was indifferent, and even disliked the noise between the two, and took the initiative to distance himself from the two, sitting alone in a no-man's corner, which was incompatible with the lively atmosphere tonight.

At this time, the night was already dark, Yao Pei took out a book from Sumeru, thanks to her good eyesight, reading through the starlight, but also happy.

However, all kinds of joys and sorrows in the book, no matter how brilliant the pen is, can't make her have the slightest emotional ripple.

No compassion, no empathy.

Yao Pei in this state has lost his popularity.

At this moment, a person flew quickly and finally landed on the stargazing platform, a man from the wind of Yushu, dressed in a simple Taoist robe and carrying a long sword.

It is strictly forbidden to fly in the Vientiane Dao Palace, although the stargazing platform is only the periphery of the Vientiane Dao Palace, not the inside of the Vientiane Dao Palace in the strict sense, but it is also very presumptuous to dare to fly in the air here. Fortunately, it was already dark at this time, and everyone's attention was on Lake Hoshino and the festival, so no one paid too much attention to it.

Although the man is handsome, his expression is cold, and his whole body is full of an aura that no one can enter.

He looked around and walked straight towards Yao Pei.

Qi Xuansu just glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze and continued to drink with the old man.

The man came to Yao Pei, who was sitting alone in the corner, and after setting a prohibition, he asked straight to the point: "How did you find out about the things that Master explained?" ”

Yao Pei didn't seem to hear it, but just looked down at the notebook spread out on his lap.

If it is in Wanshou Chongyang Palace, or in Yujing, even if a man talks casually, he can flatter many Taoist girls, and it is said that there are many proud and conceited women who fall in love with him, and even die to the ground.

It's just that Yao Pei is not among these Dao aunts and daughters, and he doesn't even bother to look up at him, it seems that that handsome face is not as interesting as the bloody story in the script.

However, the man was accustomed to Yao Pei's attitude, and he didn't care, and his eyes fell on the book: "It seems that you didn't take Master's words to heart." ”

Yao Pei then closed the notebook on his lap and said lightly: "Master said that this matter should be secret, but you entered the Vientiane Dao Palace openly, and flew through the air, and even talked about it with me on this occasion, for fear that others would not know?" Do you want to have a eunuch for you, shouting that Qi Gaogong is here? ”

Yao Pei did not hide the sarcasm in his words.

Just as Zhang Yuelu has Bai Yingqiong, the senior sister, Yao Pei also has the same brother, and the person in front of her is surnamed Jianyuan, who is her senior brother.

If you talk about the grade of a Taoist, Qi Jianyuan is not as good as Bai Yingqiong, he is only a third-grade Youyi Taoist, but he has a great advantage, that is, he is young, and Li Tianzhen is similar, older than Zhang Yuelu, Yao Pei, Qi Xuansu and others, and now he is the year of standing.

Qi Jianyuan was born in the Quanzhen Dao Qi family, and the real person Qi Jiao of the Shuzhou Provincial Mansion was his uncle, and he worshiped under the door of Donghua Zhenren.

As Shi Bingyun said, Donghua Zhenren doesn't like mediocre people in power, even his own brother Pei Xiaolou failed to enter Ziwei Hall, but Qi Jianyuan became the ninth deputy hall master of Ziwei Hall, only in terms of position and grade, he is not inferior to Zhang Yuelu, only because he is much older than Zhang Yuelu, he was overshadowed by Zhang Yuelu, and because of Yao Pei's existence, he failed to get the title of Ziwei Hall's little master.

But in any case, this is a figure that should not be underestimated.

After the Vientiane Dao Palace was closed, idlers were not allowed to enter or leave, but he was able to enter the Vientiane Dao Palace at this time, which is also very revealing.

Qi Jianyuan had long been accustomed to the great change in his junior sister's temperament, so he didn't think it was wrong, and said: "I have found out that those people are here for Xingye Lake, and they can close the net." ”

Yao Pei was silent and noncommittal.

Qi Jianyuan continued: "Master said, this is our own business of the Quanzhen Dao, and the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, it is best not to involve Zhengyi and Taiping Dao, let alone Tiangang Hall and Beichen Hall. ”

Yao Pei finally spoke: "Then you go and collect the net, I don't object, and I won't share your credit." ”

Qi Jianyuan finally said helplessly: "Senior sister, I am not completely sure alone, if something goes wrong, it will not be in line with the master's original intention, and the fewer people who know the inside story of this matter, the better, it is not good to send too many people into the Vientiane Dao Palace, and it is not good to directly inform the Vientiane Dao Palace, so I can only be helped by you, who happen to be studying in the Shanggong Palace." ”

Yao Pei said: "What if I don't want to? ”

Qi Jianyuan stopped talking, and frowned a pair of sword eyebrows, as if he was helpless and a little annoyed.

Qi Xuansu looked at Yao Pei from the corner of his eye, and asked in a low voice, "Old Sun, is that person here to trouble Yao Pei?" ”

Sun Hewu just glanced at it and said, "Although our Vientiane Dao Palace is directly under Yujing, the foundation is still on the territory of the Quanzhen Dao, who dares to find trouble with the Yao family's daughter on the territory of the Quanzhen Dao?" I know that kid, I also came to study a few years ago, and his surname is Qi like you, and he is Pei Xuanzhi's disciple, that is, Yao Yatou's senior brother. ”

Qi Xuansu thought of Bai Yingqiong and said, "Is it possible that the senior brother and the junior sister are fighting each other for the position of Donghua Zhenren?" ”

Sun Hewu was stunned for a moment, and touched the beard on his chin: "It's not that it's not impossible." ”

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