Chapter Seventy-Three: Fighting Wine
Wei Yangyang successfully deceived Shen Minghuang by only caring about the image of the rice bucket she ate, and soon, her weapons were returned, and she and Song Wenru passed the customs smoothly and were sent home separately. Before the end of the first month, it was still the New Year, and she continued her leisurely life, and soon left the experience of Fengquan Mansion behind. On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, she stepped on her mantis car to play in the yard again, but was suddenly stopped by someone. She lives alone in Guiyuan and is the owner here, who dares to stop her? She was so angry that she was about to lose her temper, but she found out that the person was Wei Bingyue: "Old eight? Wei Yangyang has always been no big or small with him, and in front of others, he is willing to call him a starling; When the brother and sister are alone, they only call him the eighth.
Wei Bingyue reported to work after the New Year, and wanted to surprise her, but he didn't tell her that he was coming when he wrote a letter last month. He entered Huadu early this morning, went to visit the third brother first, and was in a hurry to come to Guiyuan to see her. The mother-in-law at the door was brought by Wu Yun from Haixi, and when he knew that he was the eighth son, he didn't stop him, and let him go all the way to the garden, only then did he find out that Wei Yangyang had a new gadget. Wei Bingyue just saw Wei Yangyang having fun, sliding and about to fly, and he liked this little car very much. He unceremoniously stopped Wei Yangyang, dragged her out of the car, stepped on it himself, and began to slide. Seeing him slipping farther and farther, Wei Yangyang was so angry that he shouted desperately: "Hey, you dare to come to my house to bully me!" How can there be a brother like you? ”
Wei Bingyue was not skilled at first, but after sliding a lap, he felt more and more that this car was wonderful, and he deliberately angered Wei Yang: "Just because I am your brother, I can bully you." I thought you were alone in a foreign land, and you must have suffered a lot, and I came to visit you as soon as I entered the flowers. But I didn't expect your life to be so leisurely? I'm worried in vain. You have this little car, how did you become so stingy, how about a few laps for me to slide? The ice was slippery, and Wei Yangyang's legs couldn't catch up with him, so he simply stood in place and protested desperately: "There is only one car in this little car, you hurry up and return it to me!" Wei Bingyue ignored her, and skated for more than a dozen laps before jumping out of the car and walking towards her. As he walked, he asked, "Where did you get such a delicate little car?" Wei Yangyang regarded the small car as the treasure of the town, and hurriedly ran over and snatched it from Wei Bingyue's hand: "Hmph, this car is unique in the world, you can't buy it, no matter how much silver you pay, you can't buy it." When Wei Bingyue heard her say this, he played a scoundrel: "Since you can't buy it, then you can give it to me as a New Year's gift, right?" When Wei Yangyang heard him say this, he was so frightened that he hugged the car in his arms: "Are you dreaming? I only have this one. If you dare to rob it, I will write a letter to my father to complain. ”
Of course, Wei Bingyue won't snatch her toys, just tease her. He also asked Ma Hao to give Wei Yangyang a New Year's gift: it was a pair of sleeve sleeves made of fur for hand warmers in winter. Wei Yangyang picked it up and looked at it, and touched it again: "It's made of wolf skin?" Wei Bingyue was a little proud: "Well, I killed the group of wolves near the Jin family camp, this is the wolf king, and I specially found a leather merchant to make a sleeve and give it to you." I'm not as stingy as you are. Hearing him say that he was stingy, Wei Yangyang hurriedly retorted: "I'm not stingy, I have a few new jars of bayberry wine, and I will have a good drink with you today." If you're scared, throw in the towel as soon as possible. When it comes to drinking, which is one of Wei Bingyue's favorite things in his life, his competitiveness pauses: "I'll be afraid of you?" Tell them to bring the wine, and whoever loses today will sleep all night in this courtyard. "Although the first month of the new year has already hit spring, it is still cold, and it is very dangerous to sleep in the yard all night. But when they were stationed, they often didn't care about camping, and could only make do with the night in the frozen sand, which was a common thing for the brother and sister, and Wei Yangyang immediately agreed to the bet.
Wei Yangyang hurriedly instructed the cook to get a mutton pot boy. The brother and sister took Ma Hao and sat in the dining hall, enjoying the spring snow outside the window, and drinking all kinds of good wine brought by Wei Yangyang. She happily introduced like Wei Bingyue and Ma Hao: "This is bayberry wine, this is osmanthus wine, this is rice wine, this is persimmon wine...... she has stored all kinds of strange wines, and the variety is dizzying. Ma Hao couldn't help but ask, "Miss, are you opening a tavern in Huadu?" Wei Yang was proud: "As long as I see wine that I haven't drunk on weekdays, I buy a few jars." Over time, there are now more than 80 kinds. On weekdays, I drink alone, but when you come, finally someone drinks with me! Hearing her say that she had saved more than 80 kinds of wine, the gluttony in Wei Bingyue's stomach was instantly aroused: "Hey, it seems that if I don't finish tasting more than 80 kinds of wine today, our Miss Wei is reluctant to let me go, right?" He couldn't wait, and when he spoke, he had already knocked open a jar of hawthorn wine and drank it with Wei Yangyang and Ma Hao.
Since Wei Yang Yang followed Wei Bingjian and his wife to Huadu at the beginning of last year, the brother and sister have not seen each other for a year. In the past year, Wei Yangyang has seen many things that she has never seen before, and she has learned to write a lot of words. She couldn't help but want to share it with Wei Bingyue, so she kept babbling. Wei Bingyue saw that she was indeed much more mature and sensible than when she left last year, but in front of her, she was still a wine jar and a small rice bucket, so she couldn't help but laugh at her: "Hey, hey, don't patronize the collection of wine and toys, you go out with your third sister-in-law to meet the sons of various prefectures." You will really be eighteen in half a year, and if you can't get engaged by then, hey, our Wei family is really going to be poor by you. ”
The thing Wei Bingyue mentioned was the biggest problem Wei Yangyang was facing now, and she couldn't help but retort: "No, I'm just like you now, I have a fortune." Even if I can't get married, I can support myself, and I don't need you to supplement my money, you can rest assured. Wei Bingyue learned about her going to the palace to teach a female official at Wei Bingge's place in the morning, but he only thought it was a whim of King Qinghe, so he didn't ask much. Now that I heard Wei Yangyang say that she also has a fortune, I can't help but ask her how many taels of silver she gets every month? I want to laugh at her again. Wei Yangyang proudly stretched out the two fingers of his right hand: "I only go six times a month, and I can get two hundred taels of silver." As if it is the first month of the new year, I don't need to go to the palace, but His Royal Highness will pay me the money as usual. Hum! ”
Wei Bingyue is a general from the fourth grade, in addition to having a fief to get land rent and grain, his monthly salary is 2,000 taels. In the past, Mrs. Wei only gave Wei Yang ten taels of silver every month, and if she ran out of money or wanted to buy any valuables, she had to sell them and ask Wei Bingyue for silver. If Wei Bingyue refuses to give it to her, she will ask whoever she sees. Now she not only has 100 acres of sandy land that she got during the counterinsurgency last year, but also 200 taels of silver per month. Although it is far inferior to Wei Bingyue, it can be regarded as having land and silver, not to mention an ordinary official woman, even if it is an eight- or nine-grade petty official, the income is not as good as her. Hearing this, Wei Bingyue couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh, our Miss Wei is a little rich woman now!" I don't know if I'm short of money one day, I'll have to borrow money from you. When Wei Yangyang heard what he said, he knew that his monthly allowance of two hundred taels was not too little. She didn't reply either, just couldn't help but laugh while drinking.
After drinking for a while, Wei Yangyang thought that he had a bunch of strange kites, so he hurriedly ran out of the dining hall. Soon, she was running back, taking her favorite skeletal kite with her. By this time it was already dark and there were snowflakes outside. The skeleton kite was as tall as a person, she held the kite in front of her, and ran in like a gust of wind, so frightened that Wei Bingyue and Ma Hao thought they had encountered a ghost, and the two of them raised their weapons together, ready to chop the "ghost" into pieces. Wei Yangyang saw that Wei Bingyue was so frightened that even half of his Yihe treasure knife was pulled out of the scabbard, and he couldn't help but slap the table and laugh. She couldn't stand up with a straight laugh, and she was so dizzy from drinking that she almost rolled under the table. Only then did Wei Bingyue see that what she was holding in her hand was just a kite made of paper and bamboo strips. He instructed Ma Hao to put away the bow, and he also put the Yihe treasure knife back into the scabbard.
Wei Yangyang was very happy to see them frightened like this, and ran around the table with a kite. Wei Bingyue was depressed and helpless, thinking that my sister would not be able to marry this year. But he was a little disgusted and a little curious, and couldn't help asking, "Where did you buy this ghost kite?" Why do you still sell this kind of thing? Wei Yangyang hurriedly showed off: "The flowers are not sold, they were given to me by King Qinghe." As soon as he heard that it was a gift from Shen Mingyuan, Wei Bingyue showed an expression of "sure enough" on his face. He knew that Shen Mingyuan loved to play, and he was also proficient in various tricks, and made a few toys for Wei Yangyang, but it was just a small skill of carving insects. It's just that the little pomegranate often goes to Qinghe Wangfu, and he has a bigger play, how can he get married? But it was the person who King Qinghe personally came to ask for, and if he didn't go, he couldn't do it, which was really worrying.
He thought about it, but couldn't think of a way for the time being. Seeing that he was silent, Wei Yangyang asked if there was any excitement in Haixi recently? Wei Bingyue snorted: "Haixi, don't you know yet?" What can be the excitement to see? Cutting people is more lively. Ma Hao thought about it: "Then the Tyrannical Kingdom wants to learn from the Hays Kingdom to make our Dayang a vassal country, and the Tyrannical Mission will come to Huadu next month." The princess that the eldest lady hates the most will also come. The king of the tyrannical kingdom was a thief, and because he was still young when he succeeded to the throne, his sister, the eldest princess Jiaoqi Beihai, was appointed as the regent queen. Although Jiao Qi Beihai is a woman, she is quite talented and ambitious. The female regent is against the heavens, not allowed by the world, and unable to obey the public. In order to be the queen regent, she swore in front of the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty that she would never marry any official in the court, and would never cause trouble to her relatives, which was recognized by the courtiers.
But not marrying does not mean that she cannot have a man. In the battle of Lijiaying two years ago, her favorite lover Herin took the initiative to ask for merit in front of the princess. But Herin bullied the weak and feared the hard, and did not dare to fight against the elite of the Weijia army, but instead attacked the stretcher team of the Weijia army. He knew that the stretcher team was full of women and the elderly, and it was only responsible for transporting the wounded. He came to sneak attack, and he could win without danger, but it was a 10% win, and it was really a good deal to make a sure profit and not lose money. But on the first day he opened his business, he went out of business. The reason is very simple, because he was unlucky, and the stretcher team was on duty that day. Wei Yangyang, who is willing to suffer? He drew his sword and rushed first.
The Haixi people have been on the battlefield since childhood, and although there are only women, the elderly, and wounded soldiers in the stretcher team, everyone is armed and has fought against the enemy. He is a little white face who eats soft rice, where does he know what to fight? When the people in the stretcher team drew their knives and axes and drew their bows and arrows, he realized that fighting was not as fun as he thought. The strength of the combat effectiveness of the Weijia Army is rare in the world. Not to mention the old, weak, women and children, even the wounded soldiers, as long as they can crawl and move, also pick up the bows and crossbows they carry with them and fire them at the tyrannical army. Wei Yangyang only had more than 200 people in his hands, and he was not even a reserve. But she did not hesitate at all, and still divided the two hundred people into three teams and outflanked them from the front and sides. Seeing that she was calm and well-commanded, Herin thought that she had been ambushed, and there must be the main force of the Wei family army behind them! When fighting a war, it is all about fighting with one blow, and morale is the most important. As soon as he saw the opponent's position, he showed timidity before the match, and lost the opportunity.
His performance betrayed himself, and Wei Yangyang, who has rich combat experience, keenly grasped the opponent's flaws. She is like an agile leopard, regardless of it, she learns from General Zhang Yide Zhang, and goes straight to the head of the general in the tyrannical army. Before Herring could react, she rushed in front of her and slashed off his head. The thief captured the king first, Herin was killed, and the tyrannical army collapsed without a fight and fled one after another. The five hundred of them, not only did not take advantage of the Wei family army, but also let the princess's sweetheart die. The sneak attack stretcher team is not martial, they dare to make a trick, and Wei Yangyang is still courteous. She tied Herring's head to her whining tail with a rope and dragged her across the borders of the northern countries, shouting as she ran: "Come and see, this is the little white face of the tyrannical regent!" "Not only did the sneak attack fail, but also lost face, it was simply a loss to Mrs. and a soldier! Her relationship with Wei Yangyang has been married since then.
Now hearing Ma Hao say that the princess of Tyranny is also coming, Wei Yangyang hurriedly asked: "You said Jiaoqi Beihai?" What is she doing here? Ma Hao replied casually: "Who knows, did her man kill the eldest lady?" Come to our Dayang to find a man? What else can you do as a subject country, call yourself a minister, pay tribute and kiss. His answer made even Wei Yangyang feel outrageous: "She? She came to Dayang and kissed? Our men in Dayang won't want her. Wei Bingyue saw that the two of them were getting more and more out of tune, and hurriedly stopped: "Okay, whether she comes to make peace or not, it involves diplomatic relations between the two countries, that is a matter for the court to worry about, don't discuss it indiscriminately." ”
Wei Yangyang and Ma Hao were criticized by him, and they didn't dare to mention the matter of the Tyrannical Mission, so they could only talk about the trivial matters of the Haixi Wei family and continue to drink. The three of them drank until midnight, if it weren't for Wei Bingyue going to the military department to see Wu Shangshu the next day, I was afraid that this wine game would not be over.