Outside the east gate of Anqing Mansion, the Yangtze River is mighty, hundreds of boats compete for the stream, watch the rolling east, the waves are better than the snow, and I can't help but sigh: The Yangtze River is the throat of the Yangtze River, and Wu Chu is the first state in Xinjiang.

And Bai Yujing was not in the mood to appreciate all this, because he encountered a strange thing. Originally, he wanted to find a place to sharpen it, and then continue on his way. I didn't want to walk to the bank of the Yangtze River, near the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple, in front of a Yingjiang Tower, and was called to the way.

"But in front of Bai Dao Chief?"

Bai Yujing fixed his eyes and saw that it was a middle-aged man dressed as a showman.

I heard him say slowly: "Ni has been waiting here for a long time, and he also asked Bai Daochang to move and taste the fine wine that Ni has treasured for decades." ”

If there were no last two words, Bai Yujing was afraid that he would not take care of this person. But the word wine made Bai Yujing interested, and hurriedly said: "Mr. is polite, poor Bai Yujing, I don't know how to call Mr., and how to wait for poor Dao here." ”

The man smiled faintly: "In Xia Ni Xin, as for what the Taoist chief said, it is better to go into the house and talk about it." He instructed Xiao Er to take Bai Yujing's horse to feed.

Seeing this, Bai Yujing had no choice but to follow him into Yingjiang Tower.

In Bai Yujing's opinion, Yingjiang Tower is not as gorgeous as those restaurants in Beijing, but it has more Jiangnan characteristics. On the third floor, there are many bamboo utensils in the elegant seat, separated by the ladies screen, faintly hearing the sound of the piano, and the sound is elegant.

There are already a variety of delicate plates on the yellow bamboo table, and the portion on the plate is not much, but there are 38 kinds of dishes, such as autumn water snails, crispy pork ears, secret duck tongue, and beef jerky with sauce.

Ni Xin invited Bai Yujing to sit down, walked out of the private room again, and brought a wine jar after a while.

This jar is not like the usual clay pots, but a long large bamboo tube. He handed Bai Yujing a bamboo cup, and lightly opened the bamboo tube, accompanied by a faint fragrance, and the yellow wine like broken gold overflowed into the bamboo cup.

"Do you know what this wine is called?"

The bamboo cup is verdant, the wine is golden, and although the two colors are different, they seem to complement each other at this time.

When Bai Yujing saw this wine, although he was anxious to taste it, he still opened his mouth and asked, "Mr. Ni hasn't told Poor Dao yet, why are you waiting here?"

Ni Xin said with a smile: "If the Taoist can say the name of this wine, Ni will definitely tell the truth." ”

The aroma of this wine is too light, Bai Yujing couldn't help but raise the bamboo cup, put it in his nose and smelled it, and suddenly felt a faint floral fragrance into his heart, and couldn't help but praise: "The fragrance is as light as a chrysanthemum, this must be a first-class chrysanthemum wine." ”

Ni Xin laughed: "The Taoist is really a good drinker, in the past, Taibai once said that he climbed the heights yesterday, and now he is even more impressive." Chrysanthemums are too bitter and suffer from these two double yangs. It is this chrysanthemum wine that Ni has been brewing for many years, using bamboo as a cup to hold chrysanthemum wine, both of which are gentlemen, so it is named Junzi Wine. Bamboo green and chrysanthemum yellow, just like a gentleman, when you know that the sky is as blue as water, people are as light as chrysanthemums. ”

After speaking, he put the bamboo tube in front of Bai Yujing: "Dao Chief, but please taste the wine!"

When Bai Yujing heard this, he forgot to ask this person why he was waiting for him here, and first dried the wine in the bamboo cup. This wine is different from the peach blossom spring tasted last night, the fragrance is light and the taste is light, but the mouth is fragrant, like drinking sweet springs. I can't help but close my eyes and think, like being in a chrysanthemum bush, leisurely forgetting.

For a while, he forgot everything, and when Bai Yujing opened his eyes, Ni Xin had disappeared. Bai Yujing called Xiao Er to ask, only to know that this person had left. I paid for the sake and food for Bai Yujing earlier, and I also booked an upper room.

Seeing this, Bai Yujing had no choice but to follow him and finish tasting this wine first. After a full meal, rest here for one night and continue to Xuzhou.

The next day, when he passed through Chao County, the capital of Luzhou, another yellow-haired and blue-eyed Francophone called him in a blunt official language.

"But Bai Dao Chief, I'm Hans Lee, please drink. ”

Although Bai Yujing was vigilant, the first two times he drank were high-grade wines, and he couldn't help but be attracted by the wine that he said. Compared with Ni Xin, this Li Hans is a foreigner, which is much more direct. He not only invited Bai Yujing to drink, but also called many beautiful women from Francophone to dance.

These women are tall and plump, and under the dance clothes as thin as light gauze, their skin is whiter than mutton fat jade, which makes Bai Yujing blush when she sees it.

And what Hans Lee served was wine that was as red as blood and as crystal as amber.

Bai Yujing has drunk some wine in the capital, but it is far from being as mellow as Li Hans's wines. Spicy with sweetness, sweet and extremely hot, like ice and fire are intoxicating.

Fortunately, Bai Yujing still kept a calm heart, and did not get drunk in his arms at the tortoiseshell banquet like Li Taibai, and he was in the hibiscus tent.

This drunk, I had to rest in Chaohu Lake for another night.

But what Bai Yujing didn't expect was that every time he went to a city or a place along the way, such as Luzhou Mansion, Fengyang Mansion and other prefectures and counties, he met an inexplicable person. These people are not for anything else, but to invite him to drink. These wines are all excellent wines, and they have a long history, and the most important point is the wine that Li Taibai has drunk.

For example, in Chao County, it is sake that is drunk, that is, rice wine, and Li Taibai once had a poem: The golden bottle of sake is worth ten thousand, and the jade plate is worth ten thousand dollars.

And what makes Bai Yujing's memory especially fresh is the Xinfeng wine drunk in Fengyang Mansion, which is the Xinfeng wine that originated in the Tang Dynasty in Sanqin Guanzhong, and is re-brewed by Fengyang people today. It corresponds to the Xinfeng wine in the south that Li Taibai said, which is different from Li Taibai who tasted this wine in the south. At this moment, Xinfeng wine, Nanguo brewing. The strength was even stronger, and he was drunk for a day and two nights.

Accompanied by wine all the way, it is indeed enviable to say, but Bai Yujing also delayed for a lot of time, and when he arrived at the Jincheng Inn in Xuzhou Mansion, it was exactly one day later than the time agreed with Zhang Tianpi.

Xuzhou Mansion, Jincheng Inn.

A storyteller sat high in the lobby and said, "Do you know a few major events that have happened recently?"

Someone said: "Lame scholar, don't you talk about the head of Yan Shifan, the son of Yan Song's traitorous minister." ”

The storyteller smiled: "Okay, okay, I won't talk about Yan Shifan, I said that there are two barbarian countries overseas......"

Before he finished his words, someone else said: "Isn't it the Franc Ji and Pu Lidu family, you said it the day before yesterday." ”

Mr. Storyteller was not embarrassed, so he had to smile and say: "Don't talk about the affairs of the dynasty, let's just say that in the past five years since the dry nest Taoist set up the list of heroes in the rivers and lakes, disputes have broken out. In the southeast of Zhejiang, although the number of Japanese pirates has decreased, it has not been peaceful in the past two months. ”

"Yao Qing, the flying swallow of the state capital, has made light contributions, and once flew across the Ou River for half a mile alone, and such a master was actually blocked by a sword at home a month ago. ”

"Lame scholar, you talked about this yesterday, why do you talk about it again today. ”

The storyteller was about to reply, when he saw Bai Yujing walk into the store. He saw Bai Yujing wearing a Taoist robe and carrying a long sword, and said secretly in his heart: "Isn't this Taoist person a good man invited by Master Zhang?"

But he wasn't sure, so he smiled for a while: "Then I'll talk about Hu Zongxian, who was the former governor of Zhejiang, Nanzhili and Fujian military affairs, Hu Zongxian was originally from Jixi, Anhui Province, and was born in a family of gentry. Later, he served as the governor of Zhejiang, and made an oath before leaving: I will not capture Wang Zhi and Xu Hai in this post, stabilize the southeast, and vow not to return to Beijing. ”

As he spoke, he secretly looked at Bai Yujing's reaction. Bai Yujing was also anxious when he entered the store, and when he came one day late, Zhang Tianbi and the others were afraid that they would have already left. Sure enough, I asked Xiao Eryi to inquire, and the people who came to the rivers and lakes a few days ago have all left this morning.

When he was helpless, he heard the storyteller mention Hu Zongxian, and couldn't help but look at the storyteller.

"Why don't you continue?" someone shouted.

The storyteller confessed to everyone, and he didn't talk about it for the time being. Everyone suddenly felt dissatisfied, scolded and chattered away. After everyone left, Mr. Storyteller limped up to Bai Yujing and arched his hand: "The Taoist is here by invitation." ”

Bai Yujing was suddenly secretly happy, and was about to speak, but the storyteller shook his head again, but said, "Dao Chief, please." ”

When he took Bai Yujing to a remote room in the backyard, he said slowly: "In Xia Wei Yingsheng, dare to ask the name of Changgao." ”

"Bai Yujing, the poor Dao Ge Soo Mountain, came to help on the orders of the family master Quanqingzi Dao Chief. Bai Yujing was a little embarrassed: "There was a delay on the road, and I missed the appointed time, Brother Wei knows where Master Zhang went?"

Wei Yingsheng heard Bai Yujing mention the Quanqingzi of Ge Sooshan, and hurriedly said: "It turned out to be the head of the Quanqingzi Dao, and he has been looking up for a long time. After saying that, he remembered something again: "You wait first." He trotted to the head of the bed, turned out a hat and black yarn, and said, "Bai Dao Chief, Master Zhang and others have gone to the north official road to ambush." ”

"I know the place, I'll take you there. A gleam flashed in Wei Yingsheng's eyes. "Although Hu Dudu once invested in the traitorous Yan family's father and son, if there is no Hu Dudu in the entire Jiangnan, the trouble will definitely become more and more intense. Although Wei is a scholar, if he can save Hu Dudu from prison, he will not hesitate to break his bones. ”

Bai Yujing looked at him, and a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes. This Wei Yingsheng is clearly a scholar who has no power to restrain chickens, and he has such courage, which shows that he has great righteousness. also added a good impression to the unfamiliar Governor Hu. It's a pity that this person obviously doesn't know martial arts, otherwise Zhang Tianbi wouldn't have kept him here.

Bai Yujing shook his head, snatched the hat and black yarn from his hand, and said, "Lord Zhang left you here, obviously hoping that you can receive more heroes from the rivers and lakes, and Poor Dao will rush to the official road in the north." ”

After that, clench your fists and say goodbye!

Out of Xuzhou City, Bai Yujing hurried all the way, and thought of facing Ye Xipeng, who he hadn't seen for many years, and couldn't help but mask his face with a black veil and a hat.

In the beginning of winter in October, north of Xuzhou Mansion, on the official road in the direction of Jingshi, a large group of people and horses came. There are dozens of riders in front and back, all wearing round-necked armor and a goose feather knife at the waist, which is a brocade guard that makes the world fearful. In addition to these conspicuous brocade guards, there were hundreds of infantry escorting a prisoner cart, and in the prisoner cart was an old man with a disheveled head.

The group was mighty, and even some traders on the official road were far away, not daring to occupy the road to make trouble, and occasionally a few people let out a long sigh or two after the team left.

Ten miles of slope, worthy of the name, the slope is ten miles long, and there is a green bamboo forest on both sides of the road. At this time, the sun was tilting, the breeze was gentle in the bamboo forest, and there was a cold and cold air.

"Woo-"