"That's it in front, yes, the restaurant next to the weeping willows, his family's rice wine carving, although I haven't drunk it yet, but I heard that it is very unique, Dao Chief, don't look at me like that, I listen to what my parents say, my parents will never lie to me, right?"

Yo ho rode out of town.

The weather in Bluestone City changes suddenly, the temperature drops sharply, and the crumbling wildflowers on the roadside know the beginning of winter and begin to wither, waiting for the arrival of the next spring and summer.

Wang Houlu seems to be a little daughter-in-law and a resentful woman, not to mention how mad his eyes are, looking at Zhao Que, as if he is a man who doesn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade.

Unable to bear it, Zhao Que smiled and said, "Wang Daochang, don't look at me with such eyes, I am panicked." ”

When I arrived at the restaurant, I gave the reins to the man and led him to the stable to feed the hay.

Li Mujin and Bai Wenlie, who accompanied them, looked around curiously.

Sixty or seventy zhang away is a pond, and the "face" of the green lotus leaves hangs down the water, looking drowsy.

Weeping willow has been around for a while, Zhao Que asked the busy guy, and the guy shouted, "Guest officer, this willow tree has been like this since the generation of our shopkeeper grandfather, God knows how many years." ”

Zhao Que laughed, and the waist knife that the lark asked for, learned from the heroes of the rivers and lakes, and slammed it on the table: "Xiao Er, your delicious dishes and delicious wines are all put on the table, don't look at our poor clothes, there is money for eating and drinking!"

"Okay, guest officer, wait a minute, let's talk to the back kitchen. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, the flower carving is served, and the number of people is optimistic, one person and one altar. ”

The guy squinted and smiled, no longer talking nonsense, and brought the wine jar, the big wine jar, the adults hugged it thickly, Bai Wenlie opened the wine stopper and smelled it, it was fragrant.

"Three years. He said.

The people of Fengshahe Prefecture are good rice wine, the rice wine there is not only sweet and mellow, but also the heroic character of the border man, the Xisai army takes wine on the spot, every time the battlefield wins, return to the station, Zhao Que ordered people to reward the soldiers with wine and meat dishes, the wine is of course the rice wine of Fengshahe Prefecture closest to Xisai, and the meat is yellow beef, big-tailed mutton.

Bai Wenlie's appreciation of rice wine is an expert.

"Three years of Chen, five years of medicine, ten years of treasure, twenty years is amazing. Wang Daochang, how about tasting the three-year-old Huadiao rice wine?" Zhao Que raised the wine jar with one hand and filled it for the three of them, "Although Huadiao wine originated from the hands of the ancient ancestors of Qilu Prefecture, how can this generation be weaker than the ancestors, whether it is Huadiao wine, or today's prosperous era of rivers and lakes, what a blessing it is for us to meet in such a big era?"

Wang Houlu's etiquette is in place, he respects Zhao Que, and then Bai Wenlie and Li Muhibiscus in turn, and then he is like a junior who behaves in a good manner, and he drank the wine in the bowl without a drop, and showed it to confirm that he really drank it clean.

His mind was in a mess, he regretted it after drinking, when General Zhao raised the altar to pour wine just now, he should have rushed to pour wine for everyone, how could there be a reason for the dignified general of the country to pour wine for himself as a diaspora Taoist priest?

After Zhao Que drank the rice wine, he sighed, looked at Xiao Er, who served a plate of cold dishes first, and asked, "How is your rice wine made, and the taste is so different?"

Xiao Er replied: "It's not that we don't want to say it, the wine in the shop is brewed by the shopkeeper with his own family, we are outsiders, how can we know?"

Zhao Que hugged his fist and thanked Xiao Er, Xiao Er pulled down the rag on his shoulder, wiped his hands, and also returned with a fist.

"You guy, why are you so polite?"

"The guest officer is here for the first time, right? The shopkeeper said, when we meet the heroes of the rivers and lakes, we must hug our fists and return the courtesy, it is not easy for the big guys, and the number of courtesies cannot be lost. ”

"Your shopkeeper has also been in the rivers and lakes?"

"Of course, I don't know anything else, we have heard the drunken shopkeeper mention, the shopkeeper longed for the rivers and lakes when he was young, and he went to break through with a rusty iron sword, and after a lot of changes, he was old and returned to his hometown to open this shop. ”

Some guests are impatient waiting for meals, so they scold the shopkeeper, don't patronize chatting and farting, and hurry up to serve the food.

Xiao Er bent down and smiled, apologized to Zhao Que, and went to work again. He is not very old, about sixteen or seventeen, but he can crawl and play such a worldly old way, without any youthful vigor, Zhao Que stuffed a grain of broken silver when Xiao Er served them a quick dish.

Xiao Er opened his mouth and stammered, and Zhao Que waved his hand: "What are you doing in a daze? Serve the food, it's slow, be careful to trouble you!"

"Yes, yes, wait. ”

Wang Houlu was silent, looked at Zhao Que with resentment, and suddenly felt that Zhao Que was like that big day, Huanghuang could not look directly, and hurriedly lowered his head and drank.

Bai Wenlie and Li Muhibiscus talk about interesting things, mostly different customs in Fengshahe Prefecture, which talks about the funeral system in Fengshahe Prefecture is different, burying the deceased in the sand for a day, digging out and putting it in the coffin, no matter how sad the family is, they must show high joy, Bai Wenlie was seriously injured on the battlefield, went to a city in Fengshahe Prefecture to recuperate, saw such strange customs, and only after careful questioning did he know that although people died, but reincarnation went, in case they were reincarnated into a rich and noble family, and enjoyed a lifetime of glory, the family should be happy. The family replied that it was to let the deceased eliminate the cause and effect of this life, and to be like a snow-white bird in the desert in the next life, with many blessings and good fortune.

Seeing that the wine in Wang Daochang's bowl was gone, Zhao Que lifted the jar and poured the bowl full.

Wang Houlu was taken aback, and confessed guilt: "General Zhao...... Mr. Zhao, poured wine for Xiaodao and folded Xiaodao's life. ”

"It doesn't matter, what the Taoist chief should have done to me before, or how he treated me, don't pay attention to those messy etiquette. Zhao Que waved his hand, took the bowl and hit Wang Houlu's wine bowl, and it smacked into his stomach.

At this time, Wang Houlu was prepared, poured the wine jar for Zhao Que in advance, and then drank his own bowl.

In this way, Xie Zhiwei's death consulted the influence of the court and protected some Xie Kui. Zhao Que sighed.

Wang Houlu replied cautiously: "Yes, the people in the rivers and lakes who are unwilling to involve the court have not interfered in this matter. General Zhao, you ...... Will you hand me over to the court?"

Zhao Que used his true qi to isolate the words, and Wang Houlu took the initiative to express his worries.

When he knew that Zhao Que was Zhao Gouchen, the general of the auxiliary state, he almost escaped with his life.

After all, Zhao Gouchen is a golden seal and purple ribbon, although I heard that he does not have any military power in his hands now, but he still has the power to say things in the last dynasty, and in addition, the military generals of the Xisai family and a few civil officials are extremely heavy!

Zhao Que frowned: "Are you afraid that I will hand you over to the secret department?"

The great masters of the rivers and lakes committed the taboo of Great Xia, and most of them were dealt with by the secret department.

Wang Houlu nodded honestly.

"Don't worry, this will be a free man now, and I don't want to meddle in those who don't. ”

"......" Wang Houlu's face was like a bitter melon.

"You don't believe me?"

"Believe in it. He nodded with a rattle.

Zhao Que took a sip of wine: "Eat vegetables, the dishes are good, the wine is good." ”

Wang Houlu still has an appetite, in the mansion of Langui Lane, when he saw Zhao Que's general jade pendant, his soul was frightened, he no longer knew the weight of the jade pendant in Daxia, and he had heard of the word "Gou Chen" of the dragon and snake, and he had heard of it.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to you. Zhao Que chuckled.

He has the heart to save Xie Kui, and he can't shoot directly, just like Cao Jingluo, as the daughter of the household department Shangshu, as a brocade lady, he has to let Zhu Yisleeve and Duan Jin come forward to do things, she is behind the scenes, otherwise, if she is implicated in the household department, she will lose the official hat or be beheaded all over the house, and she will not be sloppy at all.

"Is General Zhao serious?"

"Do I have a sentence of repentance for what Zhao Gouchen said?"

Wang Houlu looked at him with resentful eyes again. The conscience of heaven and earth, General Zhao! Just that bitter trick, serial scheme, who dares to believe you if you have seen it?!

"Yes, after eating, I will transport my fortune and qi to you, as for the more ethereal merits, I don't know how to give it to you, if you have a way, tell me that Zhao Gouchen has never been a stingy person. Zhao Que claimed to be Zhao Gou Chen, and he saw that Wang Houlu was too cautious, which made him feel at ease.

Wang Houlu shook his head hurriedly and waved his hand quickly: "If General Zhao treats Xiaodao like this, Xiaodao has only one way to never enter the WTO again." It is a great honor to be able to do a little favor to General Zhao! No one in the world knows that General Zhao fought on the battlefield for the people's peace? No one in the world knows that General Zhao has suffered countless wounds for the people? Everyone in the world knows that only with General Zhao sitting in Xisai can the people live and work in peace and contentment! The Hanshan Kingdom is more powerful than the Tiermo Dynasty of the Great Yue Kingdom and the grassland, and since the day General Zhao was worshiped as the general of the chariot cavalry, the Hanshan Kingdom has been inferior day by day, until now it can only recuperate and recuperate, and it is unable to attack Daxia again!"

If you don't enter the WTO again, it will be a cruel poisonous curse for the Taoist priest who cultivates the jade seal.

Zhao Que saw that Wang Houlu was so stubborn, and had no choice but to give up: "In this case, if Wang Daochang has something in the future, let me know." ”

"Thank you, General Zhao!" Wang Houlu couldn't help but smile for a moment.

has a promise from Zhao Gouchen, in the future, if something really happens, he will have a backer!

"There's one thing, Xiaodao doesn't know whether to ask or not?!"

"Just ask. ”

"What does General Zhao think of that Xie Zhiwei?"

Zhao Que pondered for a while and said softly, "Someone answered for me." ”

"Who?"

"Cao Fei's daughter. ”

"Where is she? Wang Houlu hurriedly said, but there were thousands of emotions in his heart.

Zhao Que smiled and advised: "Don't probe her without permission, there is a master by her side, and you are not an opponent." ”

"Know, know. Wang Houlu suddenly smiled and said.

What is Zhao Que's thoughts, how can he not understand the people in the market who have been mixed up for a long time? It is nothing more than that General Zhao asked him to test Cao Meridian.

Everything that should be said has been said, and what should not be said cannot be talked about.

Next, drink and eat.

A few people, happy and happy.

The strength of rice wine, for them, is really not worth mentioning, the wine jar is vacant two, and a few people seem to have nothing to do.

A fast horse came galloping.

The guy from the shop led the horse into the stable, and two well-dressed but dusty sons came.

Zhao Que glanced at it, and immediately smiled disapprovingly, one of them was actually a woman dressed as a man, with a fat powder, not that she was mixed with customs, but a woman who lived in the boudoir.

The two asked for a pound of beef and two plates of local food, and at the young man's strong request, the woman reluctantly agreed to drink some wine.

"Senior sister, when you arrive in Bluestone City, it will be dangerous, hide behind your senior brother in everything to keep you safe. The young man rubbed the hilt of his sword on the table, and said proudly.

Wang Houlu glanced at the two of them curiously, and wondered, where did the "first brother" come from?