Chapter 12: Poetry and wine
[The root soil of the south wall of the city, the wind at the corner of the south wall of the city]
Drunken Immortal Tower, located on the south bank of the Bibo River.
The building is divided into two floors and is famous for its drunken fairy wine.
There is a valley behind the building, called Peach Blossom Valley.
In the Peach Blossom Valley is the brewing workshop of Zuixian Building.
Drunken fairy wine, formerly known as peach blossom brewing.
From Li Qinglian's "Drinking Twenty-One".
Say:
The blue wave painting building is connected to the sky, and the ancient city of the White Emperor is connected by water.
Went down the river for 3,000 miles, wanting to exchange the light boat for wine money.
Chi Yu Xiao to Lin'an, Xiaoxiao sword dance to spend the spring year.
If you have to taste the peach blossoms, why die, I am the only drunk fairy in the world.
Drunken Immortal Building, Drunken Immortal Brewing got its name from this, and it was a smash hit at the time, but later it gradually declined due to the poor management of Drunken Immortal Building.
It is only in recent years that the reputation of this Bibo River has been regained.
Now this restaurant is in the hands of Hua Jieyu.
The entire restaurant is now taken over by Nie Yuanba, and all the original waiters in the building have been dismissed and replaced by hidden guards, only the small servants and talents who have just entered the restaurant are retained.
However, during this period, something happened, which greatly surprised Li San.
In the Drunken Immortal Building, a large number of talented and beautiful people gathered.
Yesterday, Li San searched the streets in front of the Drunken Immortal Building to investigate the traces of scholars, but after investigating for a long time, he didn't find a clue.
But in the evening, he learned that the eldest son of the City Lord's Mansion, Xiao Yushu, was going to hold a poetry fighting meeting in the Drunken Immortal Building today.
Li Sanzheng was anxious, but he didn't expect a pie to fall from the sky, and the clues came to the door by himself.
After quietly guarding outside the City Lord's Mansion all night, Li San did not notice anything abnormal.
He would never dare to enter the mansion, not to mention the old immortal who was eighty years old, just his son Xiao Huangqi, a top master, was enough to drink a pot of his own.
Moreover, there are many organs in the city lord's mansion, five steps and one post, and ten steps and one sentry.
Early this morning, Li San found a corner on the second floor of the Drunken Immortal Building in advance, disguised as a white and blue waiter, and waited for the other party to arrive.
In Li San's opinion, no matter what the purpose of this Xiao Yushu is, it must be related to the scholar. He convened this so-called poetry fighting meeting, which must have been secretly fueled by someone, but in fact, it was to confuse the public.
Let's see what the other party wants to do first.
Xiao Yushu is dressed in white, wrapped in brocade and satin, drenched in incense all over his body, wearing a ring ornament on his waist, holding a folding fan in his hand, and dressed as a scholar.
But he was born with a sallow face, which is not so commensurate with this costume.
At his waist, there is also a sword inlaid with gold, diamonds and silver, which at first glance is a priceless thing.
Although Xiao Yushu wears a sword, but there is no name for him in the martial arts, this playboy is a well-known gentleman, and he can't do martial arts at all, but his father Xiao Huang is angry enough, Suo Xing also has a daughter who likes to practice martial arts, but it is quite popular with the old lady.
Behind Xiao Yushu, there are more than a dozen men and women, most of the men are full of books, and most of the women are gentle and generous, or small jasper, Yingying Yanyan is a ball, and the passers-by along the way frequently turn back.
When the group arrived at the Drunken Immortal Tower, a small servant greeted them.
Unexpectedly, before the little girl could get closer, he was pushed away by an oncoming half-grown boy with yellow hair.
"You can get out, I'll just do it here. ”
I saw the half-grown boy nodding and bowing to Xiao Yushu and said:
"Brother Xiao, please go upstairs. ”
Then he fell to the ground.
But seeing that there was a gap between the red carpet on the floor and the stairs, he hurriedly covered it with his body.
Xiao Yushu was stunned for a moment when he saw this, then laughed, threw a silver ingot from his arms and threw it on the ground.
"Haha, what a good dog!
Then, he stepped on the former's back and went up the stairs.
The half-grown boy hurriedly picked up the silver on the ground, got up and followed Xiao Yushu's footsteps.
This person is the second egg of Wang Erzi who robbed Ergazi in the broken temple a few days ago.
The group went up to the second floor, only to see two rows of guest seats facing each other, and the corresponding tables were full of food and drink.
There is a master sitting on the opposite door, and its table is even more dazzling, delicacies from the mountains and seas.
Everyone took their seats, Xiao Yushu took the lead, sitting in the main seat, and the four beautiful girls behind him were beating their shoulders and pinching their legs.
Wang Erdan also sat on the side and waited with a flattering face.
"Okay, don't be an eyesore here, spring, summer, autumn and winter are here. ”
Xiao Yushu glanced at Wang Erdan, and then took the two beautiful girls beside him into his arms, and fed each of them a grape.
I saw that the second daughter's mouth was agitated, and she fed the skinless grapes to Xiao Yushu again.
Xiao Yushu closed his eyes and ate it with pleasure.
Wang Erdan laughed when he heard this, and hurriedly retreated.
After everyone had three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Xiao Yushu said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, today everyone can participate in this poetry competition, that is Xiao's honor, I will do it here first!"
Xiao Yushu picked up the wine glass, but only took a small sip, and poured the rest into the mouths of the two people in spring and summer.
"Xiao Dacai is polite!"
"Xiao Gongzi's poetry fighting meeting, you must come!"
"It's an honor to be here!"
“......”
Everyone got up and raised their glasses and drank them all.
Just listen to Xiao Yushu continue:
"As for this poetry competition, to be honest, it was not my own idea. ”
Li San's eyes condensed slightly as he listened in the dark.
"I think everyone knows that in two months, it will be the annual county exam, and everyone will be hard for ten years, just for one high school, and the chicken dog will ascend to heaven. ”
"My mother always knew that I was good at studying, so she directly asked my father to get a place to directly skip the county exam and take the palace exam. ”
All the talented people took a breath of cold air and looked at Xiao Yushu with envy.
Xiao Yushu saw everyone's expressions like this, and the pride on his face was even more victorious.
"There are two places, I occupy one, and I don't know who to give the remaining one, so there is today's poetry competition. ”
When all the talented people heard this, they applauded, and everyone was eager to try.
"I'll start with the rules, I'll come up with three topics, and you will write poems based on the titles. ”
"Whoever can do what I am most satisfied with will win. ”
"Whoever wins, he can go with me to the temple examination. ”
"Pay attention to what I say, it's not how good it is, it's what satisfies me!"
Next, let's talk about what satisfaction includes. ”
"First, it is necessary to be neat. ”
"Second, it must be realistic. ”
"Third, we must have a sense of context. ”
"Fourth, be innovative. ”
Fifth, there should be parables. ”
"Sixth, there must be heaven and earth. ”
"Seventh, there must be someone. ”
"......"
Talents: "......"
I'm going to have you XX XXXXX!
A group of talented people have an urge to turn around and run.
"Let's get the question out, Xiao Gongzi. ”
"I'm hungry for talent. ”
"Let's get the question out!"
“......”
Xiao Yushu looked at everyone with an expression like a thief seeing a little daughter-in-law, nodded very helpfully, and said:
"I'll give you a sample first, I'll make a question myself, I'll do it myself, you listen. Otherwise, you in the province say that I ask too much, and it is difficult for strong people. ”
"Hmm~, what's the best topic, Lin'an has rarely snowed in recent years, but it snowed heavily last year, so I'll make a song on the theme of snow for the time being. ”
I saw him shaking the folding fan in his hand, and after a moment of silence, the folding fan snapped and said, "There is!"
I saw him pretending to shake his head and say:
"Snow falls in the sky. ”
A group of talented people snickered one after another, but they boasted directly on their faces, yes, straight to the point, the sky and snow are there.
"The people of the earth are out of the city. ”
The talented people snickered even more in their hearts, but they said vigorously on their faces, oops, wonderful, the earth and people are also there.
"Black clothes and white body. ”
The geniuses swallowed their saliva one after another, feeling a little unable to pretend anymore, and stopped talking, just wanting him to finish the question quickly and get out of the question.
"The white clothes are swollen. ”
The talented people were just about to compliment, but they were suddenly stunned.
"The snow falls from the sky, and the people of the earth go out of the city.
The black clothes are white, and the white clothes are swollen. ”
Savor it carefully, the contrast is extremely neat, the two are divided into heaven and earth, and the two clothes are divided into black and white.
Evenly commensurate, with rhyme and right, although the whole vernacular, the artistic conception of the whole poem is infinitely elevated by the last word "swollen".
This Xiao Yushu is not as simple as it seems on the surface.
A group of talented people cast admiration, surprise, and incredible glances.
was about to speak, but suddenly something happened that surprised all the talents, and he was so frightened that he retreated again and again, and his soul was scattered.
But when I saw a person suddenly rushing out of the stinger, it was the white and blue waiter in the restaurant.
I saw that this white and blue servant pushed away the spring, summer, autumn and winter that was already frightened and couldn't move, and helped Xiao Yushu, who was spitting blood, with one hand.
Xiao Yu's writing was pitch black and unconscious.
This person is none other than Li San.
Li San hurriedly put his hand on the pulse door, and his face immediately turned completely dark.
He's dead!
A group of talented people reported the funeral, and carried the corpse, leaving Li San, who had an iron face, standing in place.
......
Lin'an City is bordered by the Tai'an Mountains in the south and the Tianxiang Mountains in the north, and this city is built on the vast basin between these two mountains.
The whole city is in the shape of a long strip, 29 miles from north to south, about 13 miles from east to west, the main street in the city, all pass from the city gate, a blue wave river runs through from east to west, and Lin'an City is divided into two sections.
Among them, the north bank is mostly composed of gentry clans, princes and nobles, and the south bank is dominated by Shinong industry and commerce.
The splendid and atmospheric city lord's mansion sits next to a wide official road in the middle of the north bank, and the Yanyu Building is located on the east side of the north bank.
On the north and south banks, the middle is connected by a stone bridge that runs through the north and south, the stone bridge deck is straight and wide, the whole body is made of marble, and the dragon and phoenix are carved on it, which is quite spectacular.
Wang Erdan walked out of the Yanyu Building with a happy face, carefully stuffed ten taels of silver into the money bag and put it in his arms, and left in a hurry.
Walking through the streets, I first went to the hospital to buy some medicine, then two bags of rice and noodles, and finally carried baskets of vegetables, and then walked all the way to a ruined village.
The name of the small village is Luofeng Village, during which there are mostly lonely and widowed old people, old, weak, sick and disabled.
An old man with white hair and drooping crutches stood at the entrance of the village, looking at Wang Erdan, who was dressed in a big bag and a small wrap, and made several gestures.
"I came back early today, that's because I made a little money, na, let's divide it. ”
Wang Erdan smiled and motioned for the old man to go through the money bag on his chest.
The old man was not polite, he directly reached out and took out the money bag, took five copper plates for himself, and stuffed the money bag back for him.
Wang Erdan said again:
"The master has made ten taels of silver this time, and if he comes to his mother so many times, he can go to the south bank to buy a two-story small building, and then open a bun shop on the first floor, and we will live on the second floor and the backyard by ourselves. ”
The old man gestured a few more gestures, and Wang Erdan suddenly glared.
"When the time comes, if you old guys dare not go, I'll give you a discount on your bones one by one, and then carry them over!"
"Do what you say!"
The old man wanted to gesture again, and Wang Erdan hurriedly said impatiently:
"Okay, okay, don't ink, I bought pork belly for meat today, remember to come when the time comes." ”
Wang Erdan smiled again, shed a hot sweat, but he didn't care about it, and shouted at the top of his throat:
"Zao Ba'er! Cheng Jiu'er! You two rabbit cubs hurry up and die for me!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw two half-grown teenagers with thief eyebrows and rat eyes running quickly.
Behind them, there was a group of unkempt children.
"Big brother!"
"Big brother!"
"Are you back? I didn't expect you to come back so early, big brother worked hard!"
The two took off the rice and noodles on Wang Erdan's body one by one and carried them towards the village.
A group of children chirped around Wang Erdan, shouting:
"Brother Erdan is back!"
"Brother Erdan, you said you want to take me out to play, you lie, woo woo~"
"Brother Erdan......"
Wang Erdan showed an impatient expression, and raised his hand to pull away the difficult children in front of him.
", tired, I'll talk about it when I have time. ”
"By the way, Liu Qi'er, boil this into soup for your old immortal grandmother to drink, and she will be fine. ”
Wang Erdan threw out a bag of medicinal herbs in his hand, and lay directly on the ground as soon as he leaned back.
Suddenly, he quickly stood up again.
This dress can only be worn when I see Xiao Yushu.
Quickly patted the dust, and muttered:
"Lao Tzu really owes you in his last life, no, it is how much virtue you have accumulated in your previous life to meet such a kind person as me!"
The old man stepped forward with a smile on his face, handed Wang Erdan a broken gourd scoop, and the other hand was still gesturing.
Wang Erdan took the gourd scoop, poured a few mouthfuls and wiped his mouth, and said indignantly:
"It's just that you, a bad old man, still have a little conscience, and those two stinky boys don't even bring saliva, and they probably won't be good birds when they grow up. ”
The old man smiled and gestured a few more times.
Wang Erdan suddenly slapped his head and roared:
"What a brain!"
Hurriedly turned around and ran over like the road from which he came.
(YQF: Even if you are down, you have to grit your teeth.) )
Wang Erdan galloped all the way to the vendor street.
As soon as I entered the street vendor street, I found two teenagers.
At this moment, the two were asking questions about a vendor, and Wang Erdan immediately showed a smile.
"Oh, isn't this our Ergazi little son?"
"I heard that you worshipped a white-haired master, and they gave you the name of Ye Yun, and you entered the Yanyu Building. ”
"Why, I haven't come out for a few days, you want to make a fortune in silence. ”
Listening to this voice that he was extremely familiar with, Ergazi slowly turned around and took a few steps forward.
The ugly slave quietly stepped aside.
This scene is familiar.
The difference is that in the past, it was the eldest brother who stood in front, and he and Ergazi avoided from afar.
"You're going to die today~"
Ergazi's eyes were bloodshot, and he said word by word.
"Hey, you're scared me to death, so you're going to kill me. ”
Wang Erdan clenched his calloused fist and slowly gestured to Ergazi.
"I don't know our little brother Ye Yun, how many taels of silver did you bring this time?"
Wang Erdan slowly took off the coat on his body and gently put it aside, revealing the tendons and flesh on his two pairs of arms.
In the Youzhu Building, the two of them gradually recovered their emotions after talking, and when they came out of the small building again, it was already dark.
The ugly slave didn't see the trace of the old way, and suddenly his heart was empty, and the joy of reunion had just filled his heart, and he was full of loss again.
Seeing that the ugly slave was like this, Ergazi got up early in the morning and took the ugly slave all over the small half of the southern city.
But there was no trace of the sloppy old way.
I never expected to meet someone who I even dreamed of beating up.
In the past, when the eldest brother was there, he could beat Wang Erdan and his party every time, and after the eldest brother left, the ugly slave and himself left after staying in the broken temple for a year, and were taken away by the broken old way, and the broken temple was left with himself from then on.
In the past three years since the eldest brother left, he has not been angry with Wang Erdan.
It's just because Wang Erdan is two years older than himself, after all, the age gap is there, and the three of Ergazi have relied on Da Gazi to go out to work as coolies to make a living since they were young, and their physique is really not as good as Wang Erdan, who likes to take it by force.
In the past two years, I have been even more discouraged, I am really hungry, so I went to the shallows of the Bibo River to touch the fish, but the fish in the Bibo River are very ghostly, often tired and exhausted, but I can't catch a fish.
If you think about it, the eldest brother will have twenty this year, but I don't know how it is.
The thought in Ergazi's heart just flashed, and he immediately looked at the king and the second egg in front of him.
The enemy's eyes were very red when they saw each other, and the two of them roared violently and rushed towards each other.
Ergazi stepped on the half-hung step, and without a sword in his hand at the moment, he couldn't use the clouds, even if he had, with his character, he wouldn't use it.
After all, fighting and killing are two different things.
At first, Ergazi could still occupy some advantages with his maze, and beat Wang Erdan to roar again and again, but his half-hung footwork was full of flaws, and Wang Erdan seized an opportunity, hugged his waist, and then fell to the ground.
Ergazi was not ambiguous, his feet supported the ground in time, and he bit down on one of Wang Erdan's arms.
Wang Erdan was in pain, screamed, but his hands tightened, and he turned back and forth with Ergazi's body.
After dozens of turns, the two of them turned with their heads covered one after another, fell to the ground, and retched.
After recovering a little, the two staggered and scuffled together, like two drunkards who had drunk too much.
During the scuffle, Wang Erdan suddenly touched a piece of gravel in his hand, and without thinking about it, he picked up the gravel and smashed it on Ergazi's chest and back.
Ergazi also got angry, struggled to get out, picked up the shelf leg on the side and rushed towards Wang Erdan.
The vendors on both sides have long been empty, and when they encounter this kind of thing, they will inevitably affect their own things, and no one has the leisure to watch the excitement.
There are more gangsters in the whole southern city, fights and brawls are common, and those who are willing to watch the excitement are either fools or idiots.
It is not uncommon to say that it hit the head, and by the way, it is also common to beat up those who watch the excitement together.
The two of them twisted again, both of them were bloody, until they were exhausted, and then they sat aside with their noses and swollen faces, snorting and panting.
Wang Erdan exhaled and said:
"You kid, I haven't seen you for a few days, but it's a lot more powerful, you wait, next time I see you, if you don't kill you, I'll call him Ergazi!"
Ignoring the pain, he picked up the clothes on the side, got up and walked away.
But when he saw Wang Erdan, he suddenly turned around again, threw an empty money bag in his hand, and said:
"Brewed, this fight is too bad, you don't even bring a damn injury medicine, it's really enough!"
Seeing that the matter was over, the ugly slave hurriedly walked closer, looked at the wounds on Ergazi's body, and took off his coat for him, although he saw blood, it didn't break too much.
The ugly slave turned around, grabbed a handful of fine soil in the corner of the wall, and smeared the fine soil on Ergazi's wounds one by one.
At the same time, his mouth whispered:
"The root soil of the south wall of the city is both medicine and blessing.
Apply it to the wound, and the pain will not remain. ”
As if he was reciting a spell, Ergazi really didn't feel any pain.
The ugly slave then muttered:
"The wind in the corner of the south wall of the city is both a plague and a disease.
Blow a breath and the plague will be cleared. ”
The ugly slave gently blew on Ergazi's wound, and the dust splashed all over the sky, and only a small ball of coagulated blood and mud remained at the wound.