Before Ouyang Rong came to Xunyang to pick up people, he never thought of it.

The dark-skinned, mediocre-looking, short, sturdy man in the felt hat in front of him is the world-famous Meizhou thorn Li Zhengyan.

Before getting closer, he couldn't help but look at Li Zhengyan, who was squatting on the stone pile of Xunyang Ferry Wharf and laughing and talking with the wharf sweat-clad workers.

Not at all like a former assassin, more like an honest and honest farmer.

Ouyang Rong glanced at the entourage waiting quietly behind the middle-aged man in the black felt hat, and then looked at the Yangzhou official ship docked at the dock, there should be no doubt about his identity.

He tried to shout, "Master Li." ”

Li Zhengyan, who was talking and laughing, turned his head a little reluctantly, his eyes fell on Ouyang Rong, and he looked at him a little fixedly.

"What adults are not big, don't shout, now it's just a sesame petty official.

"You are the Lianghan of 'study hard and make progress every day', I know, I used to hear Brother Xie and Brother Shen mention you, haha You may not know me, but I am very familiar with you."

Li Zhengyan got up, and Lang smiled and ushered in.

"Thank you, Da Li...... Li Gong lifted love. ”

Ouyang Rong paused, seeing that Li Zhengyan and his party were not wearing official uniforms, and they were traveling in civilian clothes, he no longer called him by officialdom etiquette, and was ashamed to clench his fists:

"The younger generation is a little late, and I hope that the seniors and brothers will forgive their sins."

He was a long time late, his face was apologetic, and his afterglow seemed to inadvertently sweep the expressions of Li Zhengyan and Wei Shaoqi and the others behind him.

Li Zhengyan didn't ask the reason for being late, waved his hand, and said with a smile:

"It's okay, wait a while, Lianghan will punish the wine three times."

Ouyang Rong's eyes widened slightly: "Gong Li, Guan Long Haojie is so refreshing?" ”

"Not really." Li Zhengyan laughed:

"I have been an official in foreign affairs for many years, and the amount of alcohol of Shandong heroes is comparable to that of our Guan Longhan.

"However, I have shallow knowledge, few people from the southeast, and I don't know much about the amount of alcohol of the heroes in the south of the Yangtze River, but this trip to Yangzhou, I have experienced the colorful smoke of Yangzhou, and it is indeed a drunken and gentle township.

"It's just that the literati in Yangzhou drink alcohol, too soft and pretentious, drink a glass of wine, and have to chant a few lines of poetry, which is a little lingering and compassionate, and it is not good to say, and the amount of wine is soft."

The entourage behind Li Zhengyan laughed good-naturedly, Li Zhengyan also laughed and looked back, and smiled at Ouyang Rong:

"I wonder how much alcohol is in the west corner of Jiangnan?"

Ouyang Rong nodded: "It's a pity, Gong Li hasn't met me, otherwise he wouldn't have questioned the amount of alcohol we have in Jiangnan." ”

Li Zhengyan raised his eyebrows, "Oh? What does Liang Han say? ”

Ouyang Rong pointed at himself and said modestly: "Me, I don't pour a thousand cups, and I have never met an opponent in my life." ”

The air on the field was visibly stunned.

There was a pause.

Li Zhengyan was a little surprised by someone's straightforwardness, and Wei Shaoqi, Du Shuqing, Wang Junzhi and others who accompanied him also looked at him sideways.

After Li Zhengyan and his companions looked at each other quietly, they smiled and praised:

"Liang Han Naoya, don't beat around the bush, okay, then you have to have a good drink later."

Ouyang Rong is serious:

"This time Li Gong came to Xunyang, if there is a banquet wine, please call me."

"Well said, well said." Li Zhengyan smiled.

Ouyang Rong turned sideways and spread his hands: "Gong Li, Mr. Wei...... Here, please, the carriage is in place, and the official post house has been prepared, so let's go and put the luggage first.

"The dinner was in the humble house of Chai Sangfang, and the younger uncles and aunts heard that the seniors were coming, so they cooked in person and washed the dust for the gentlemen."

"Your uncle and aunt are polite."

"Gong Li doesn't want to see outside, my uncle and aunt made some small dishes from the farmhouse, and I don't know if you are used to eating or not, but the younger generation sent her daughter red from Xunyang Building, and the wine is guaranteed to be enough, and you will not get drunk tonight."

"Lianghan is really enthusiastic and refreshing, good, don't get drunk and don't go home."

That night, the dinner party was held in the Huaiye Lane Mansion.

Before the start of this dinner, the ladies in the Huaiye Lane Mansion prepared very seriously, and Ouyang Rong also behaved very solemnly.

Even Xie Lingjiang came over to be a deputy escort.

Seeing this, waiting for the maid to serve the food and wine, Li Zhengyan and the others glanced at each other, and their expressions were quite surprised.

The reception feast begins.

Ouyang Rong didn't say a word, stood up, and asked Xie Lingjiang to help pour the wine, and he punished himself first.

One is equivalent to half a catty of wine, and three is one and a half catties of wine, although the old wine is not high.

But those who are not strong enough to drink will basically fall down halfway through the punishment.

"Gong Li, Mr. Wei, Brother Wang...... Don't say much, and give a penalty first. ”

Seeing Ouyang Rong's heroic enthusiasm, he drank first, and drank it with a grunt, without leaking wine from the corners of his mouth, which was very refreshing.

Among the people accompanying Li Zhengyan, some people were originally a little dissatisfied with the fact that the governor of Jiangzhou Shi had not come for a long time in the afternoon and seemed to be arrogant, but they suddenly subsided.

"Lord Ouyang, there are a lot of people, today I have changed the style of Jiangnan literati in my heart."

Li Zhengyan sighed with emotion, and when Ouyang Rong finished drinking the first glass of wine, the tone of his words changed slightly:

"But Lianghan drink slowly, tonight is long, I have admired the name of Lianghan for a long time with you, and today is like a familiar sight, we have to have a good chat......"

"It's okay, drink first."

Ouyang Rong waved his hand, Xie Lingjiang lowered his eyes, and poured wine for his empty cup with tacit understanding.

Li Zhengyan thought about it, felt that it was just three times, and nodded in agreement:

"It's okay, Lianghan is bold."

Seeing that he drank the second and third cups in high spirits.

Wei Shaoqi, who has been silent, watching more and talking less, suddenly spoke:

"It doesn't matter what Lianghan's face is."

Li Zhengyan looked up and found that the little brother's face was red and wrong, and he was worried and suggested:

"If you want to eat more dishes, that, niece Xie Xian, quickly give him some dishes."

"I didn't ...... It's okay, I can drink. ”

Someone held the table, shook his glass, bit his tongue a little and said:

"Get out of the way, I'm happy to see my seniors today, and the wine is ...... I'm going to finish drinking, I'm ...... I can drink, get out of the way. ”

After that, the fourth cup was halfway drunk.

People poured, red faced, lying on the table.

Fragmented.

Li Zhengyan et al.: "......"

"Big brother."

"Tanlang."

Xie Lingjiang and Zhen Shuyuan stepped forward, frowned and supported them, and apologized to the guests, and Li Zhengyan hurriedly waved his hand to comfort him.

Immediately, the second daughter sent the drunken man of the mansion back to the room.

There was only one table of wine and food left in the hall, and a crowd of guests.

The air was silent.

Li Zhengyan, Wei Shaoqi, Du Shuqing, and Wang Junzhi couldn't help but look at each other.

This...... It's not even half a catty.

Du Shuqing was puzzled: "A thousand cups are not drunk?" ”

The corners of everyone's mouths twitched in unison.

Wei Shaoqi turned his head and glanced at Li Zhengyan, who was the leader: "Yan Gong, that matter ......"

Li Zhengyan waved his hand: "It's okay, we'll talk when I wake up." ”

As he spoke, he lifted the jug from which Ouyang Rong poured wine, poured a glass himself, and tasted it alone.

After Li Zhengyan finished tasting the wine, he lowered his eyes and put down the glass, nodded, and shook his head again.

He took out his chopsticks to eat first, and everyone followed.

After a short time, the wine and food were full, and everyone left......

From the banquet of the Huaiye Lane mansion, five days have passed in a blink of an eye.

Li Zhengyan and the others gradually discovered that this young, handsome, and hospitable Governor of Jiangzhou seemed to be very good at drinking.

Although, he only had a few glasses and was almost drunk.

In the past five days, Li Zhengyan and others were in Xunyang City, and they had a banquet every day.

Unlike other degraded officials who are frustrated and sad and in a foreign land, Li Zhengyan is very popular among the literati in Xunyang.

As soon as he came to Jiangzhou, he was warmly welcomed by all parties in Xunyang City, especially the scholars.

Of course, except for Wang Lengran's group.

Li Zhengyan and others, as the extreme Baoli faction in the former court, are regarded as the same as the Wei family.

Every time he had a dinner in the past few days, Li Zhengyan called Ouyang Rong.

And this weak crown long history who rarely participates in the banquet of Xunyang scholars,

Ten face-saving, come every time.

Merely...... Get drunk every time.

After a while of the banquet, it didn't work, even if it was only a few glasses, it was too much to drink, and he was supported by Yan Senjun and others, and returned drunk.

Well, in the eyes of Li Zhengyan and others, they belong to the food and love to drink, and they love to talk cruelly, which is a bit outrageous.

But wine is a thing that cannot be done without at the literati banquet.

Li Zhengyan and the others were speechless and found that if they used to drink at banquets, the purpose of those who persuaded them was to persuade others to get drunk, then this Ouyang Lianghan was different, he was greedy for a cup, and he persuaded himself to get drunk.

Later, every time there was a banquet, Ouyang Rong made a gesture to get up, and everyone's eyelids jumped and hurriedly persuaded him to stop......

On this day, the dinner was held in the mansion of a former spring official who resigned from the official position in Xiushuifang.

Li Zhengyan, Wei Shaoqi and others were invited to come.

Ouyang Rong was also invited to the banquet.

Not long after the banquet, taking advantage of the host's sudden urgency and temporary departure,

Li Zhengyan turned his head and asked, before Ouyang Rong, who had just sat down, was about to drink:

"I have always forgotten to ask, those of us who are not doing our business travel to Xunyang, looking for joy and drinking, we should not disturb Lianghan's business during the day."

Ouyang Rong replied with a smile: "I just have a small long history, what is the right thing, come, drink." ”

Li Zhengyan waved his hand to stop him and asked sincerely: "I heard that Lianghan has a very good personal relationship with the Xunyang Wang family. ”

Ouyang Rong was puzzled: "Where did it go, the dinner party in Xunyang Palace, it seems that I have never been invited, where can I talk about personal friendship, but I often contact him on official business." ”

Speaking of this, shaking his head, he blinked again and said:

"Speaking of which, in terms of personal relationships, I should have a better relationship with Li Gong, I have been drinking happily recently, hey, finally in terms of the amount of alcohol, I met my opponent."

After speaking, he didn't say a word, and raised his head to drink a glass.

The corners of the mouths of Wei Shaoqi, Wang Junzhi and others, who were not squinting at the vegetables, twitched.

"Yes."

Li Zhengyan carefully looked at the subtle expression on Ouyang Rong's slightly drunk face, and continued to ask:

"But I heard when I was in Luoyang that when Lianghan was the commander of Longcheng, the Xunyang Wang's family also lived in Longcheng, and I heard that Lianghan was adjacent to it, and the house was generously donated by the Xunyang Wang's family......

"Now that we are in Xunyang City again, this private friendship should not be bad."

"Well, there are a lot of small rumors outside, and it's quite smooth." Ouyang Rong smiled drunkenly, pointed to the official uniform on his body, and the hall floor under his feet, and said:

"Coincidentally, the official uniform under me was also given by Her Majesty the Empress, and the house where the old waiter He returned to his hometown who was invited tonight was also rewarded by Her Majesty, and the private relationship between the two of us and Her Majesty should be better."

As soon as these words came out, Du Shuqing in the banquet frowned slightly, and Wei Shaoqi and Wang Junzhi looked at each other silently.

Li Zhengyan was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "How can there be such a comparison, Lianghan has drunk too much again, come, eat more vegetables." ”

As he spoke, he sandwiched a piece of steamed lion's head into Ouyang Rong's bowl.

Ouyang Rong's face was flushed, and he took a sip of wine with a smile.

Li Zhengyan also took a sip of wine, put down his chopsticks, and sighed:

"Is that so, huh, then I might be abrupt."

Finding that Ouyang Rongguang was picking up vegetables, drunk and not answering, Li Zhengyan continued:

"Lianghan doesn't know, here's the thing, when King Xunyang was still in Luoyang, he was kind to me and Brother Wei, I haven't seen him for many years, and I miss it very much.

"It's a pity that we are degrading now, and we are on the cusp of the limelight, so it is not good to visit too ostentatiously, if we are recommended by someone familiar.

"Therefore, I heard that Lianghan had a very good personal relationship with Xunyang Palace, so I took the liberty of finding it and entrusted your master and Brother Shen."

He paused and asked quietly, "They should have mentioned it in a letter to Lianghan." ”

Ouyang Rong nodded and generously admitted:

"Yes, I mentioned it, but I haven't been in touch with the teacher and Master Shen for a long time, and they shouldn't be clear, so I've sent a letter to explain.

"But since Gong Li is a good friend of the teacher and Lord Shen, he should try his best to receive him."

He frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about it for Li Zhengyan, and was a little embarrassed:

"Actually, because of the recent construction of the Buddha statue, I often hand over to the prince during the day, well, I should be able to say a little bit, if Li Gong has anything to say and want to send, I can bring it to the next."

Li Zhengyan glanced at Ouyang Rong, who was drunk but had a very sincere attitude, pursed his mouth, and shook his head silently.

Ouyang Rong raised his glass, toasted with Wei Shaoqi and the others around him, turned his head and asked suddenly:

"By the way, Gong Li has been in Xunyang City for so long, didn't he deliver a post or something?"

Li Zhengyan's dark face was a little depressed: "I handed over one, but there was no news." ”

Ouyang Rong comforted:

"The prince took over the position of Jiangnan Governor, and he is dedicated to His Majesty the Empress, he has been busy with affairs recently, maybe he didn't see the post, Li Gong don't think about it, you can wait."

Listening to this seemingly meaningful sentence, Wei Shaoqi said coldly: "I'm afraid that the prince has already seen it." ”

He didn't say what he said later.

The atmosphere was quiet.

"Why don't you go back when you see it?"

Ouyang Rong's tone was puzzled, and his words were a little presumptuous:

"Understood, the prince pretended not to see it, how could it be like this, after all, there was also the friendship of kings and ministers."

After being quiet for a while, everyone who couldn't help but open their eyes slightly saw him waving his hand with a drunken face:

"That's it, Gong Li, what do you want to say, tell the next generation, and pass the word on the next generation, how about it?"

Li Zhengyan remained silent.

Someone who is drunk is not embarrassed.

Shaoqing, the former Meizhou assassin who came to Jiangzhou on a trip suddenly raised his glass and laughed:

"Come, Lianghan drinking."

"Good, good."

About half an hour later.

The Lord rejoiced with all his guests, and when the feast was over, they dispersed.

Ouyang Changshi, who was helplessly sent out of the door by He Lao Shilang, Li Zhengyan and others with a smile on their faces, did not pour Ouyang Changshi, and with the support of Yan Liulang, who accompanied him to the banquet, he left the banquet mansion drunken and swaying.

The two of them passed by a small dark alley on the side of the street.

Ouyang Rong, who was drunk with jade and decadence, suddenly brushed away his arms, turned into the dim alley next to him, and got into a quiet carriage that had been waiting for a long time.

"Finally asked, it seems that they are holding back these days, and what they planned during their trip to Jiangzhou is by no means as simple as being loyal to each other."

(End of chapter)