Chapter 44: See Huo Jie Again
The argument finally came to an end, and at this time the wine and food were still warm, and the four of them began to stagger each other.
For a time, the guests and hosts were happy.
However, this only lasted for a while, and soon, He Shangshu and the three of them had an argument again.
This time, the dispute was about who Xiao Yun followed to cultivate first.
Yang Yi said first: "Whether it is to cultivate drunkenness, or to become a wine taster, the first priority is wine, wine is the foundation of all wine skill cultivation, so Xiao Yun is better to cultivate with me first." ”
He looked at Xiao Yun with a smile and said, "Xiao Xiaoyou, what do you say?"
Since Xiao Yun was willing to follow them to cultivate, he was already a master and apprentice, but Yang Yi still called Xiao Yun "Little Friend".
Without waiting for Xiao Yun to speak, Yin Changyou snorted coldly, slammed the wine glass on the table, and said coldly: "You Yang Yi thinks about the beauty! As far as your drinking skills are concerned, do you still need Xiao Yun to learn from you first? Or Xiao Yun will practice drunkenness with me first, during which I will personally teach him some drinking skills, and I will not be able to learn from you." ”
Yang Yi was furious and said angrily: "What are you talking about!"
He Shangshu's face was indifferent, he drank all the wine in the cup, and said lightly: "Xiao Yun is better to learn wine tasting with me first, senior wine tasters need wine as a foundation, but in the early stage of learning wine tasting, it has little to do with wine." ”
Yang Yi and Yin Changyou were looking at each other angrily, and when they heard this, they glared at He Shangshu together.
The two of them were waiting to sneer and ridicule, only to hear He Shangshu and said lightly: "The old man also has a lot of research on the way of wine, during the period when Xiao Yun followed me to study, I can teach him the cultivation of the way of wine at the same time, now Xiao Yun is already the ninth stage of the wine qi, and he is only one step away from the drunkard realm, with Xiao Yun's talent, it is expected that he will be able to break through to the drunkard realm in less than half a year." ”
Xiao Yun smiled but said nothing.
He Shangshu put down the wine glass, looked at Xiao Yun, and said with a smile: "Once you break through to the drunkard realm, I can recommend you to enter the court, first take up a false position, and wait until you reach the winemaker realm, and then let you take up the real position." He said proudly: "Although the old man has been out of office for a long time, it is more than enough for you to be a partial general." ”
Yang Yi and Yin Chang were discouraged.
Although their cultivation is not low, where is He Shangshu powerful in the court, and what He Shangshu promised is really difficult for them to match.
However, the two of them were angry at the same time, and He Shangshu was obviously holding chips to force the two of them, which was simply a clear robbery.
Sure enough, Xiao Yun groaned, his index finger slowly drew a circle, and said slowly: "Then I'll learn the art of wine tasting with Master He first, as for the power of wine and drunkenness, I don't think there is any need to learn separately, and then we can practice together." ”
When cultivating with Tianjizi, Xiao Yun cultivated Tongtian Drunken Gong and Jiubo Jue at the same time, and he didn't see any drawbacks.
He Shangshu was overjoyed when he heard this, and smiled at Yang Yi and Yin Chang, who were speechless for a while: "The two elder brothers don't have to be disappointed, I just let Xiao Yun get familiar with the wine tasting technique first, and a month will be enough, and then Xiao Yun will return to Tianluo Academy to practice with the two elder brothers, come." Yang Yi, who was smiling, raised their wine glasses.
One month!
Yang Yi and Yin Changyou were furious.
But since Xiao Yun had made a decision, Yang Yi and Yin Changyou were helpless, and they had a drink with He Shangshu with a blue face.
He Shangshu had the upper hand, and he was pleased to welcome Yang Yi and Yin Changyou, who were holding their breath, but fortunately, Yin Changyou and Yang Yi did not seem to be narrow-minded people, and it didn't take long for them to return to normal, and the three of them didn't mention Xiao Yun's cultivation anymore, and talked about the situation in the DPRK and China with great interest and some anecdotes.
It took more than an hour for the four of them to come out of the private room.
Yang Yi and Yin Changyou immediately took their leave and returned to Tianluo Academy.
Xiao Yun and He Shangshu together, because the carriage was taken away by Yang Yi and Yin Changyou, they asked the restaurant steward to find a carriage, and the fat steward's intestines were all green, this time he found an opportunity to make amends, and immediately went to find the most luxurious and comfortable carriage in person, and sent Xiao Yun and He Shangshu away respectfully, looking like he couldn't drive the two of them for a ride.
Nothing happened all the way.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at Hefu and got off the carriage, a servant came to say: "Master Qiqi, Lord Huo, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, has come to visit the lord, and he is now waiting in the living room." ”
He Shangshu was in a good mood, and he wanted to go to the tasting room with Xiao Yun immediately, but he was suddenly disturbed, his brows were already wrinkled, and he asked, "Lord Huo?"
The servant said in a low voice: "It is Huo Jie, the son of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, who has just entered the Ministry of Rites, and has come to visit the adults today, and has been waiting in the living room for a long time. ”
Huo Jie?!
Xiao Yun had been listening quietly beside him, and his face suddenly became very strange at this time.
He Shangshu's face was unhappy, and he waved his hand to let the servant leave: "You go and tell him, I will go to the living room in a while." ”
The servant answered, and walked quickly through the door.
"This is the son of a colleague of mine, I heard that he has been cultivating outside, and he just returned to the capital half a month ago. He Shangshu turned his head and explained to Xiao Yun, "I didn't expect his father to have great powers, and he was arranged to the Ministry of Rites so quickly." ”
He pondered for a moment and said, "You are going to enter the court in the future, so it is better to go with me to meet him, and you should get to know him." ”
Xiao Yun looked strange, nodded and said, "According to the orders of the adults." ”
The two walked through the door and walked along the bluestone path to the living room.
The construction of He Mansion is not splendid, the front yard is wide, there is a flower garden on the left, and a small bamboo forest on the right, which seems to be very quiet, and He Shangshu's temperament is very compatible.
However, Xiao Yun didn't pay attention to this, and as he got closer and closer to the living room, his expression became more and more strange.
He really didn't expect to meet Huo Jie again so soon.
During the three months of cultivating with Tianjizi, he and Huo Jie can be said to have formed a mortal enmity, especially in the forest, he plotted against Huo Jie and the black armor python and the drunken corpse, which made Huo Jie almost die, which formed an endless situation.
Now Huo Jie is not what it used to be, he is powerful and powerful in the capital, what kind of expression will Huo Jie have when they meet this time?
Xiao Yun not only did not feel a trace of fear, but found it very interesting.
Soon, Xiao Yun had followed He Shangshu into the living room.
I saw that in the living room, there was a young man wearing court clothes and a spring breeze on his face, and when he saw He Shangshu enter the living room, the young man immediately stood up, and Lao Yuan hugged his fists to greet him, and said respectfully: "The little nephew has seen Uncle He." ”
He Shangshu's face returned to his usual indifference, nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, please sit down." I heard that you have just returned to the capital, but I didn't expect to work in the Ministry of Rites so soon, and your future is limitless. ”
Regarding Huo Jie's drilling camp through his father, He Shangshu was obviously quite unimpressed, and there was irony in his words.
Huo Jie couldn't hear it, and his expression was embarrassed when he heard the words, but he quickly returned to normal, and said respectfully: "In the future, I will rely on Uncle He to take care of me." ”
Xiao Yun had been standing quietly on the right back side of He Shangshu, looking at Huo Jie with a smile.
At this time, Huo Jie's gaze happened to sweep over He Shangshu's side, and the eyes of the two immediately met in the air.
"You" Huo Jie was stunned at first, and then his face was full of incredulity, and he immediately lost his temper.
Xiao Yun smiled and said, "Senior Brother Huo, don't come to harm?"
At the beginning, Huo Jie was forced to drink poisoned wine, and after recovering from his injury, he met Xiao Yun, Xiao Yun also said this sentence to Huo Jie, and when he said it again, the meaning was very different from before.
Huo Jie was even more reminded of the memories when he was designed by Xiao Yun, and his face changed, even in front of He Shangshu, he couldn't help but turn blue immediately.
"Do you know?" He Shangshu didn't expect Xiao Yun to know Huo Jie, especially Xiao Yun even called Huo Jie a senior brother, he looked at Huo Jie, and then turned his head to look at Xiao Yun, with a shocked face.
Huo Jie was a hundred times more surprised than He Shangshu at this time.
On the same day, he returned to the cave, and after his injuries healed, he did not see Tianjizi and Xiao Yun return for a long time, and finally found a letter left by Tianjizi in Tianjizi's cave, and then he realized that the master had left and Xiao Yun would not come back.
Thinking that the last thing the master saw before leaving was Xiao Yun, God knows if he had taught Xiao Yun any drinking skills or treasures! Every time he thought of this, Huo Jie was full of jealousy.
He expected that the chances of seeing Tianjizi and Xiao Yun again in the future were extremely slim, maybe they would never see each other for the rest of their lives, but he never expected that after only half a month, he would see Xiao Yun again, and it was in the capital.
And it's in He Shangshu's house!
Seeing that He Shangshu and Xiao Yun were so close that they even brought Xiao Yun with him when they came to see him, Huo Jie couldn't help but think: "Xiao Yun is actually with Uncle He, could it be that he already knows Uncle He?"
Listening to He Shangshu's question at this time, Huo Jie's blue face finally returned to normal, he coughed dryly in disguise, and said with a forced smile: "Yes, yes, I have practiced with Senior Brother Xiao before." ”
According to Huo Jie's thoughts in his heart, where did he want to recognize Xiao Yun as a junior brother? Not to mention that he hated Xiao Yun to the core, but to say that once he recognized it in front of He Shangshu now, it would mean that if he wanted to do something to Xiao Yun in the capital in the future, it would be even more difficult.
But in the current situation, he had to admit it.
Because even if he doesn't admit it, He Shangshu will get a detailed answer from Xiao Yun's mouth, but he still has a deeper worry in his heart, since Xiao Yun has come to the capital now, this is simply sending a sheep to the tiger's mouth, and he will have to deal with him sooner or later, but if he comes to the capital again one day, it will not be easy.
At that time, with just a little inquiry, you can know that Xiao Yun has come to the capital, and he has not recognized this junior brother, and the person who plotted against Xiao Yun is undoubtedly the most suspicious of himself.
Even though Huo Jie didn't care about He Shangshu, he couldn't help but be very afraid of Tianjizi.
It's just that at this time, Huo Jie can't think of it, how did Xiao Yun get in touch with He Shangshu in just half a month? And can He Shangshu not be regarded as an outsider?
"I never expected that. Hearing Huo Jie's admission, He Shangshu was even more stunned, looking at the two of them with a surprised face.
Xiao Yun took in all the changes in Huo Jie's expression, of course he could see that Huo Jie was still murderous towards him, and secretly sneered in his heart.
With Xiao Yun's current cultivation, he is still not the opponent of Huo Jie's wine realm, let alone Huo Jie's power in the capital, but not to mention that Xiao Yun has already met Tang Hao and Tang Tongtong, let's just say that he is now the chief disciple of He Shangshu, Yang Yi and Yin Changyou, and he doesn't believe that Huo Jie doesn't cast a mouse bogey.
At that moment, Xiao Yun smiled and said: "I didn't expect to see Senior Brother Huo again so soon, when I was cultivating in the same sect before, if I offended Senior Brother Huo, I would like to ask Senior Brother Huo to bear with me." ”
Hearing this, Huo Jie was stunned at first, and then hated in his heart.