The morning sun shines through the thin clouds and shines on the vast land. The first rays of morning light reflected on the brick and stone walls of the city, reflecting the dazzling golden light. Although the walls are slightly old and low, they still look majestic and unbreakable in the morning light.

At this time, the city gate has long been opened, and there is an endless stream of people coming and going in front of the gate. Wan Jianfeng led the donkey slowly through the city gate, suddenly feeling tired and thirsty. As he walked, he untied the wine gourd from his waist, opened the stopper, and wanted to take a few sips. But he craned his neck and poured hard into his mouth for a long time, but he didn't even pour out a drop of wine.

Wan Jianfeng frowned slightly, put the wine gourd in front of his face, squinted one eye and looked in from the mouth of the gourd, and saw that there was really not even a drop of wine in the gourd, and a look of panic suddenly appeared on his face, "Oh no, no, Ben Shaoxia's old Du Kang is gone!" Ben Shaoxia spent a few taels of silver to get the wine, how can you say that it will be gone, could someone steal Ben Shaoxia's wine while Ben Shaoxia was asleep? ”

Murong Yunyao smiled when she heard this, and said, "Stinky food, you are not very old, and you are not too forgetful, didn't you give Zhang Yong the wine yesterday?" If you regret it, you can only find him and let him urinate and return it to Ling, but I don't know if you can drink it or not. ”

Wan Jianfeng suddenly realized and breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes, I actually forgot about this." I thought someone had a crush on Ben Shaoxia, and while Ben Shaoxia was asleep, he secretly kissed Ben Shaoxia with a wine gourd, hahaha! After he finished speaking, he looked at Murong Yunyao with ill will and laughed.

Murong Yunyao rolled her eyes angrily and said, "Stinky food, you tell this girl clearly, who has a crush on you?" You stinky food, even if you were thrown into the river and fed to the king, this girl will not shed a single tear! ”

Wan Jianfeng shook the wine gourd in his hand and said: "Wine is the life of this young man, now that the gourd is empty, if you can't drink within a quarter of an hour, this young man's life will be lost." Before Ben Shaoxia didn't buy new wine, he didn't have the time to talk nonsense with you. ”

Murong Yunyao said: "Have you been to Mancheng before, and you don't know which restaurant has good wine, so you are sure that you will be able to sell wine within a quarter of an hour?" This girl knows a good place to go, do you want me to take you there? ”

Wan Jianfeng paused when he heard this, hurriedly turned around, and said in disbelief: "Do you know how to have good wine in the city?" Say it, say it! ”

Murong Yunyao said: "I used to come here with my father when I was a child, and he was also hungry for wine at that time, and he carried me all over the city to find taverns. We walked through the streets and alleys of the city and finally found one of the best taverns in the city. That tavern is not only cheap, but also has a mellow taste, but I don't know if that tavern can't be opened after so many years? ”

Wan Jianfeng hurriedly said: "Do you remember where that tavern is, take me there!" ”

Murong Yunyao thought for a while, and pointed to the southeast, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be over there, it seems to be called the old Gao family's shop, and the best one is ......."

Wan Jianfeng couldn't care less about listening to Murong Yunyao's words, so he took the donkey and ran towards the southeast, and at this time, even the donkey's eyes were shining, and he ran with joy. Murong Yunyao looked at the person and the donkey, sighed helplessly, and then followed silently.

Not long after, Wan Jianfeng was turning around in the streets and alleys and came to a two-story tavern. He looked at the wine banner at the door, it was the old store of the Gao family, and immediately tied the donkey at the door, and rushed in as if flying.

I saw that there was a counter at the door of the tavern, and there was an old man with a sad face standing behind the stage, and there was a row of wine jars on the counter behind him, but there was no smell of wine in the store. There were also very few guests in the tavern, and the dozen or so tables were almost empty, except for the one near the counter where two guests were eating. And in addition to a few light side dishes, there is not even a pot of wine or a cup of tea on the table.

Wan Jianfeng was slightly surprised when he saw this, and said to the old man behind the counter: "Shopkeeper, bring three jars of good wine to this young man, and fill my wine gourd with more, I want the best wine in your store!" ”

The old man sighed, "Shaoxia, you are a foreigner, no wonder you don't know?" Not only does our old Gao family store not sell alcohol, but the entire city does not sell alcohol, if you want to buy wine, please go elsewhere. ”

Wan Jianfeng pointed to the wine jar behind the old man, and said with a straight face: "Old man, there are many jars of wine behind you, why don't you sell it?" You see that Ben Shaoxia is poor, and you are afraid that I will not be able to pay for the wine, so you deliberately lied to me! ”

The old man shook his head, "Young man, Xiao Lao'er is a trader, how can there be a reason not to make money when you see it?" Besides, little old man, I have always been warm-hearted, if I have wine, even if you don't have money, I can give you a few jars on credit, but there is really no wine in these jars. ”

As he spoke, he turned around, casually removed a few wine jars from the counter, and placed them in front of Wan Jianfeng. Wan Jianfeng picked up the wine jar and shook it in confusion, but he didn't hear the sound of the wine hitting the altar wall, and then he unsealed the wine jar, looked inside by the light, and saw that there was not even a drop of wine in the altar, and he couldn't help but feel disappointed.

At this time, Wan Jianfeng was addicted to alcohol, how could he have the heart to ask the old man about the inside information, and he was about to leave the old store of the Gao family to look for wine elsewhere. At this time, Murong Yunyao walked in from outside the door and said with a smile: "Stinky food, this girl didn't lie to you, the wine here is first-class!" ”

"First-class?" Wan Jianfeng smiled bitterly, pointed to the empty wine jars in front of him, and complained: "This young man has only heard that the highest level of martial arts is to win without tricks, but he has never heard of the highest realm of drinking, which is better than wine without wine." If you like to hold the empty wine jar and draw cakes to satisfy your hunger, just stay and drink slowly, this young man is going to look for wine elsewhere. ”

Murong Yunyao glanced at the empty wine jars and asked the shopkeeper: "Uncle, this girl came to you many years ago, I remember that this shop was prosperous back then, and it was difficult to find one. Why is it so depressed now, and no longer sells alcohol? It's not a good wine, it won't go unbought, right? ”

The old man sighed, and then stopped: "Alas, this matter is a long story, and the little old man will not talk to the two of them." If you want to drink, you should walk more than ten miles south along the official road, and there are all the prefectures and counties where wine is sold. ”

Wan Jianfeng nodded, raised his feet and was about to go out, Murong Yunyao grabbed him and said to the old man: "Uncle, we are all people in the rivers and lakes, and it is our generation's responsibility to draw a sword to help when the road is uneven. ”

(End of chapter)