Chapter 42: The Sommelier
When Xiao Yun heard this, he didn't know that he was encountering a snob.
However, he did not want to quarrel and conflict with the fat man in front of everyone, so he glanced at the fat man and stepped back from the steps.
Who knew that the fat man was unrelenting, and mocked with disgust: "Where did you come from, country boy, you don't have long eyes, is Jufu Restaurant a place where you can come?"
Xiao Yun didn't say a word.
At this moment, suddenly there was the sound of the wheels of a horse-drawn carriage from the street.
Before the carriage stopped, a cold voice came from the carriage: "Who do you say doesn't have long eyes?"
The fat man was stunned and turned his head to look.
Xiao Yun also turned his head to look, only to see a tall and thin old man walking down from the carriage, looking at the fat man with a cold face.
Then, a middle-aged man in a black robe and an old man in casual clothes came out of the carriage.
The tall thin old man and the middle-aged man in the black robe Xiao Yun didn't recognize it, but the old man in casual clothes was very familiar, and it was He Shangshu.
Although the fat man is snobbish, he is not stupid, he looked at Xiao Yun, and then looked at the three big men all looking at him with a gloomy face, where did he not understand that he had offended someone who should not be offended, and sweat oozed from his forehead.
But he really couldn't think of what the country boy in front of him had to do with these three famous big people in the entire capital, and stammered: "This me"
Fortunately, He Shangshu and the others did not embarrass him too much, and their eyes immediately turned to Xiao Yun.
As soon as he faced Xiao Yun, the thin old man who seemed to be a tall man outside the world and the middle-aged man in the black robe who were silent suddenly seemed to have a flower on their faces, and said to Xiao Yun with a smile on their faces: "Xiao Xiaoyou, I'm really sorry for keeping you waiting." ”
The words are full of stammering.
The fat man's eyes almost fell out, and he suspected that he had misheard, how could these two big men have ever pretended to be a color to people on weekdays, even if they met important ministers in the court such as the squire, they also had a look of unsmiling, and now in the face of this inconspicuous country boy, not only did they call themselves "little friends" in their peers, but they also seemed a little groveling.
Something that made the fat man even more horrifying happened.
He Shangshu also stepped forward with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand, and said to Xiao Yun like a VIP: "Xiao Xiaoyou, it is inconvenient here, please go to the private room to talk." ”
As soon as Xiao Yun saw He Shangshu, he knew that these three people were the three examiners of this enrollment assessment, but the demeanor of He Shangshu and the three of them made him puzzled, and he immediately arched his hand and said: "It's all up to the three of them." ”
He Shangshu and the three of them laughed and walked around Xiao Yun to the steps.
Seeing this, the fat man immediately stepped aside like a rabbit with an arrow.
When He Shangshu walked into the restaurant, he turned around and glared at the sweaty fat man again.
"Who have I offended?" said the fat man, whose face turned pale at once, and he cried and mourned.
In the past, although He Shangshu rarely talked to these stewards, he had always been kind and pleasant, how could he ever see such a stern and cold appearance now? This immediately made the fat man's heart extremely frightened, thinking of his rude behavior towards Xiao Yun just now, the fat man regretted it to the extreme.
"If that young man says a few more words to He Shangshu and them about my no, then won't I be swept out of the house?" the fat man then thought again, frightened and frightened, and sat down on the ground with a "plop".
A group of four people came to the second floor.
He Shangshu personally pushed open the door of the private room, welcomed Xiao Yun in, turned around and arranged to the guy who respectfully followed behind: "Hurry up and serve the wine and food, and pick up the best one." ”
The fellow answered, and immediately trotted downstairs.
The private room is very spacious, with a round table in the center, and around the table are not ordinary wooden chairs, but a circle of benches.
The benches are covered with a thick pale yellow blanket, which looks graceful and luxurious.
"Xiao Xiaoyou, please take a seat. ”
He Shangshu and the three of them seemed to be extremely familiar with this place, as if they had returned home, they stretched out their hands to let Xiao Yun sit down, and the three of them sat on a bench each.
The three of them didn't speak for a while, as if they were figuring out what to say, and the atmosphere was a little strange for a while.
Xiao Yun was even more strange in his heart, seeing that the eyes of the three of them were flickering, he immediately asked, "I don't know if the three examiners asked me to come here, what advice do you have?"
The thin and tall old man seemed to be the most urgent, and when he heard this, he smiled and took the lead in asking, "I don't know which state capital Xiao Xiaoyou is from?"
Xiao Yun really didn't know which state the place he crossed over belonged to, scratched his head, and said, "I come from a border town called Qingyang Town, as for which state it belongs to, I don't know. ”
The tall and thin man was stunned.
"Xiao Xiaoyou doesn't seem to be from a family, I don't know how to cultivate the wine path?" At this time, the middle-aged man in the black robe asked.
Just as these words were being asked about the point that the tall and thin old man and He Shangshu were most interested in, the three of them were all staring at Xiao Yun with blazing eyes.
Xiao Yun sighed slightly, and said: "My cultivation of the wine path is also a coincidence, more than three months ago, I met my master in Qingyang Town, he took me as an apprentice at that time, and then taught me the knowledge of the wine way, and I began to practice the wine way. ”
"More than three months ago?!"
He Shangshu and the three of them exclaimed at the same time, especially the voice of the thin and tall old man was the loudest.
"In this way, more than three months ago, you were still an ordinary person who had never been involved in alcohol?" He Shangshu stared at Xiao Yun and said slowly.
Xiao Yun nodded.
The three of them were all stunned, looking at Xiao Yun blankly as if they were looking at a monster.
There was silence in the private room.
At this time, there was a gentle knock on the door outside the private room, and the man's voice sounded outside: "Three adults, the food and drinks have been prepared." ”
Only then did the three of them react, He Shangshu coughed lightly and said, "Come in." ”
The private rooms were pushed away, and the drinks and dishes were served to the table one after another, and the private rooms were immediately filled with the aroma of wine and food.
But He Shangshu and the three of them didn't pay any attention to the wine and food in the room, and they didn't talk to each other, but the eyes of the three of them were all shining, especially the thin and tall old man, who was even more excited to meet a peerless treasure, gritting his teeth as if he was secretly deciding something.
After a while, all the food and drinks were ready, and the man left the private room.
The tall and thin old man was still the first to speak, he seemed to have been waiting for a long time, as soon as the guy brought the door of the private room, he said: "According to your assessment results, Xiaoyou, we have decided to admit you to Tianluo Academy, and you will follow me to practice drinking skills in the future, what do you think?"
As soon as these words came out, He Shangshu and the middle-aged man in black robe raised their brows at the same time.
Without waiting for Xiao Yun to answer, the black-robed middle-aged man immediately said, "Little friend, don't be in a hurry to answer." Since you have such a talent in drunkenness, you must also know that the power of the same drunkenness is far greater than that of alcohol, so if you follow him to cultivate alcohol, it is better to follow me to cultivate drunkenness. ”
After a pause, he said, "I can assure Xiaoyou that within a year, the results you have achieved by following me in cultivating drunkenness will definitely be far higher than following him in cultivating drunkenness." ”
The tall and thin old man was furious, as if someone had been inserted sideways to rob his treasure, and he was anxious at that time, and said angrily: "Yin Changyou, you are talking nonsense, just the little fur you have studied for drunkenness, you can catch up with the old man's drinking skills, don't mislead people!"
Yin Changyou's face suddenly became gloomy, and he looked at the tall and thin old man with horizontal eyebrows, and said angrily: "Yang Yi, you don't want to talk nonsense."
The two disagreed, and a dispute immediately broke out.
In fact, the two of them shouldn't have quarreled so quickly, but Xiao Yun's talent was too strong, and both of them had already made up their minds before they came, and they wanted to take Xiao Yun under their command no matter what.
Especially the tall and thin old man Yang Yi, when he was in the main hall, he had already told Yin Changyou that he would let the sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked candidate go to practice drunkenness with Yin Changyou, and keep Xiao Yun to himself, but now when he saw that Yin Changyou actually stopped him in person, he reversed himself, and immediately became furious.
"You have been staying in the underground demon tower for a long time, no one is a ghost or a ghost, do you want Xiao Yun to become like you in the future?!"
"Bullshit!" Yin Changyou slapped the wine table, and the wine glasses and plates immediately jingled and jumped, and scolded, "You cultivate the dry thunder technique, and you cultivate yourself like a bamboo pole, and you still have the face to say about me?!"
In the middle of a few words, the two quarreled again, which had escalated to a personal attack.
Xiao Yun was stunned and wanted to persuade, but he didn't know what to say.
At this time, He Shangshu, who had been standing by and watching, moved, approached Xiao Yun, first sandwiched a chopstick stew for Xiao Yun, and then said with a pleasant face: "Xiao Xiaoyou, I met you in the restaurant the day before yesterday, I underestimated you at that time, don't take it to heart." ”
Xiao Yun smiled: "What did Lord He say?" ”
Since Tang Tongtong called He Shangshu Uncle He, it seems that he has a lot of relationship, and He Shangshu actually apologized in person, Xiao Yun is certainly not a person with a small stomach.
He Shangshu smiled and nodded, patted Xiao Yun cordially, and said softly, "Do you want to be a wine taster?"
"Wine taster?" Xiao Yun was stunned.