Volume 1 The Rise of the Western Regions Chapter 113 The Two Heroes [II]
Hedier coughed violently a few times, his right hand resting on his throat, and his face was full of discomfort.
Seeing this, a girl standing beside him immediately stepped forward, pulled his left hand, and touched the vein. In Zhao Rang's opinion, this is no different from Langzhong's consultation.
Soon, the girl let go of her hand and said to Hydier in the Western Regions:
"Master, there is nothing wrong with your body."
Hediye also stopped coughing at this time, waved her hand to signal her to retreat, and then said:
"I know. Looks like I shouldn't have come here......"
Then he turned his head and explained to Zhao Rang:
"According to your Dawei people, this place is unlucky, and it doesn't match my eight characters!"
What can Zhao Rang say?
As a great nobleman of the Single Night Country, he has no taboos and no taboos. And Akiz, whom Hediye complained about, was also the lord of the black street, and these two people were not provoked by Zhao and let them be rootless outsiders, so they just laughed awkwardly.
As soon as Hediyer's words fell, the door to the box suddenly opened.
Standing at the door was none other than Akizi, who had just been called "unlucky" by Hedier.
"I said why did you have an uncomfortable throat just now......"
Hedier picked up his teacup and took a sip of hot tea, as if he knew that Archie would come. If that's the case, then what he just said was deliberate.
Archie wasn't angry, and didn't walk in.
He ordered his men to bring a straight double-walled iron bucket filled with ice.
The man placed the ice bucket in front of Hediyah, and without saying a word, gave a chest salute, and then walked backwards.
Until he completely exited the box, Archie didn't say anything, and was even ready to close the door of the box with his own hands.
On the contrary, Hedier couldn't hold his breath first, and used the clip next to the ice bucket to play with the ice, and said:
"It's all here, what can you delay by having a drink?"
Archie closed the door for a moment, then finally pushed it open again and strode in.
The guy who had just gotten on the ice bucket had already brought a chair and placed it directly across from Hedier, waiting for Archy to sit down slowly.
The girl poured him a glass of wine, and as he was about to add ice cubes, Archie politely thanked him, but did not ask for it.
Pick up the glass and circle it three times in front of your nose. It was as if it came out of the mouth of a cup, connecting into one ring after another, and was sucked into his nose. Closing his eyes and reveling in intoxication for a moment, Archie brought the cup closer to his mouth and took a small sip.
"You can't quit your craft!"
Archiz opened his eyes and said.
Before paying the room fee for the "Tsing Yi Guest", Zhang San introduced to Zhao Rang that swords, wine, and horses were the three things that Hedier loved the most in his life. If there is a name among these three, it must be wine first, sword second, and horse third. Because he made the wine himself, and the sword was learned by him and his master, the horse farm was inherited from his father, but it was only carried forward in his hands.
The more effort you put into it, the more you love and cherish it. Of the three, only the wine was the work of Hedier's own heart, so it is understandable that he ranked wine first.
But as soon as Akizi opened his mouth, he said that his winemaking skills had regressed, and Zhao Rang couldn't help but feel a sense of tightness...... Moved his body and sat back, leaning tightly on the back of his chair, for fear that once the two of them got angry, the two heroes would fight each other and harm the pond fish.
Fortunately, the accident that Zhao Rang expected did not appear.
When Heydier heard this, instead of being angry, he smiled and asked:
"How long has it been since you've drunk the wine I brewed?"
The tone is very gentle, not at all like a sworn enemy.
Archie apparently didn't expect Hydier to ask.
He just said that, just to fight for breath. After all, when he was at the door, he could hear everything in the box clearly.
"How long has it been, how long has it been."
His answer, however, threw the question back to Hedille.
In the absence of clarity about the other party's intentions, this is undoubtedly the wisest answer.
Hearing this, Hediye nodded and said:
"That's been a long time. So it's not my wine that regresses, it's your tongue. ”
He knew that Archie wasn't lying.
More than 20 years can change a lot of things.
But Archie doesn't know how to make wine, so he doesn't know that the only thing that can't be changed by time is the mellow flavor of the wine.
This kind of thing even gets better and better over time!
After Hedier finished speaking, he was a little lonely. His eyes stared at the melting ice in the ice bucket in a daze.
The girl next to him mistakenly thought that he needed it, but when she picked up the ice, Hedier refused.
"My dear friend, the wine I have brought today was made in that year. As for what year it is, I guess with my friend's brain, I can't guess it, right?"
Halfway through this, Zhao Rang realized that Hediye was talking to himself, and subconsciously asked:
"What year?"
The look of loneliness on Heidyer's face was even more victorious.
Zhao Rang's rhetorical question gave him a big blow.
Similarly, Zhao Rang also realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing. With memory, I recalled what Hedier had just said, word by word. Soon he came to a conclusion and immediately said:
"It looks like the year you two will never see each other again."
Hediye was overjoyed, stood up excitedly and said:
"My dear friend, I knew you could guess!"
"So I want to trouble you one more thing!"
Zhao Rang also picked up his wine glass, stood up and replied:
"Since we're friends, let's not talk about trouble. Anyway, friends are used to trouble each other, otherwise this friend can't do it! ”
I was just excited before, but hearing Zhao Rang's words, Hediye's expression had already turned into surprise!
"That's right, it's my mistake, I'll punish you for drinking!"
The last word "wine" has not been finished, and the wine in the cup has already been eaten.
Zhao Rang saw it clearly, he didn't really feel that he was wrong for punishing alcohol, but that he was making excuses to drink more and pour himself into it.
"I want my friend to make a decision."
Zhao Rang asked:
"What ruling?"
Hedier pointed to the glass and said:
"Twenty years ago, he drank it and said it was very good. Twenty years in the cellar, but now it's not the same. Friend, do you say it's the wine or his tongue that regresses? ”
It was a difficult question to answer, and there was even some ill-will, some suspicion of persecution—Hediye was forcing Zhao to side with the group of people who had come with him.
If he says that it is wine that has regressed, he will offend Akiz, and in the same way, the opposite answer will offend another person. And with Zhao Rang's knowledge, it is difficult for him to choose to regress is wine.
For someone who has drunk wine in Dawei, Zhao Rang is one of the best wine connoisseurs in the north. Of course, this is the blessing of Tosimon's great strength, but after all, the wine is drunk by himself, and the experience is also accumulated by himself.
From the very beginning, Zhao Rang tasted the wines brought by Hedier, made from the best Cabernet Sauvignon. No one knows where this grape came from, but it is said to have grown naturally from the westernmost shady part of the Western Regions. In Dawei, this grape has a better name, called "Sauvignon Blanc".
Unlike table grapes, wine grapes have thick skin, less flesh, smaller fruits, and a slightly sour taste. When they first arrived in Dawei, the old Confucian students of the academy felt that this taste was very in line with the artistic conception of "acacia", that is, the entrance was sour, but the stomach was sweet. It makes people disgusted when they eat it, and they think about it when they look back. At one time, in Dawei Academy, all the scholars who were in good condition at home had an extra plate of "Sauvignon Blanc" on everyone's case, in addition to the four treasures of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. When Wen Si is sleepy, eating one can not only refresh your mind, but also open your mind! At that time, the sour poems and rotten words that suddenly became popular in the literary world were also because of this.
Everything grows, and this grape doesn't taste good, but winemaking is a first-class good! Especially after the wine is matured, it is poured into a wooden barrel and stored underground, and the longer it passes, the more mellow and smooth the taste becomes.
The barrels must be made of oak and the cellar must be dug three feet deep, so as to ensure that the wine is slowly warmed in the best environment to achieve the ultimate taste.
Now the wine in Zhao Rang's hand has reached the limit of these objectively achievable conditions, which are impeccable.
After thinking about it again and again, Zhao Rang couldn't make up his mind, and Yuan Mingkong beside him also frowned, feeling quite sad, obviously he couldn't think of a way to break the situation.
On the other hand, Hydier and Archie are very patient. not only did not urge Zhao Rang, but also gave him plenty of space.
The two of them were whispering in Western Dialect with the girl who had just given him his pulse, smiling and laughing from time to time, very happy. The other ate the walnuts on the table with relish, and a walnut kernel and a spoonful of vinegar.
Seeing this, Hedier mocked:
"I also said that it is not the problem of my tongue, just if you drink vinegar like this, in another two years, let alone drinking, it is estimated that even drinking water will be sour!"
Archie is noncommittal, he is known to be jealous. Especially when eating cold dishes, almost all the cold dishes in Chunhua Building have vinegar, which is what he ordered. Even if it is not poured in, it will be served separately and placed aside.
"Is it up to you or is this guest officer up to say? Since you have found someone to adjudicate, don't talk nonsense! ”
Archie was merciless.
I drank vinegar, but I spit out a blade.
Fortunately, Hediye was a swordsman, so he was not afraid, but just smiled.
After such a bickering, the eyes of both of them were focused on Zhao Rang at the same time.
Time has passed long enough, even if it is wrong, Zhao Rang has to give an explanation.
In addition to being nervous, he felt that his heart was beating very violently, he closed his mouth and did not speak, and his ears could hear the sound of "dong dong", like a god beating a drum.
Unconsciously, he suddenly thought, why should he be so honest?
People who are too honest, even if the other party is difficult for the strongman, will agree to it, but in the end, they will fulfill others and hurt themselves.
People who make such demands are inherently a sign of lack of respect, and the weaker and more compromising they are in the face of such people, the more they will become even worse.
If you don't be tough, then even if you can walk out of Chunhua Building and leave the black street without offense, what can you do? On the contrary, it will make people look down on it even more and take it for granted.