The drinkers put down their glasses one after another, applauded it in unison, and praised its poetry.

Lin Chen recognized that the person who danced the sword and wrote poems was the poet immortal Li Taibai. Although Li Bai is full of talent and poetry, the officialdom is not happy, and he often borrows wine here to relieve his sorrows to vent his grievances.

Li Bai returned to the table, drank all the remaining wine in the cup, and then lay on the table and fell asleep.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper stepped forward and tried to shake Li Bai awake, called a few times, and saw that he was not awake, and said in his mouth: "I borrowed drunk again and didn't give money, and I had to repay the debt when I woke up, and I was the one who was scolded again and again, who did I provoke whom......"

Lin Chen grabbed the shopkeeper who was walking by, asked about the wine money that Li Bai owed before, took out the silver and handed it to Xiao Er, and said: "These silver will settle the previous accounts first, and the rest will be the wine money after Mr. Li, it should be enough for him to drink for a while." ”

Xiao Er was full of joy, nodded, and replied: "Enough, enough, but, although the gentleman you helped is a literati, he is also a complete drunkard, and if he is so poor that he only has that talent." If you ask us to get the money back, we won't refund it. ”

"Please rest assured, I am willing to give this money, it is worth it!"

"Childe is so generous, I'll go to the checkout. Xiao Er took the money and walked downstairs.

Lin Chen returned to his seat and beckoned him to continue drinking, "This Li Taibai was born romantic, his poems are fresh and bright, and his words are magnificent and beautiful. It's really a blessing to meet him here!"

Li Bai grabbed Lin Chen's shoulder from behind, "Thank you Gongzi for the compliment! I, Li Bai, can get this evaluation, and I am really fortunate to have three lives!"

When did this person come here?!

Ma and Lin were shocked by this sudden accosting, and the wine glass was not grasped steadily, and the wine spilled on the table, Lin Chen panicked and hit the corner of the table, so that the wine cup almost collapsed. Li Bai held the wine cup steadily, drank it to his mouth, and drank all the wine in the cup after three sips. first burped and said to the two: "Two friends, you don't like this wine, don't spill the wine, waste it, I'll drink it for the two of you, hahaha." ”

Where is this a great writer! It is clearly a scoundrel in the market, who not only pretends to be drunk and recklessly settles his debts, but also steals people to drink, which really makes people a little speechless.

However, Lin Chen was very kind to see this "friend", and beckoned Xiao Er to bring a few more glasses of wine and add a few dishes of side dishes. said to Li Bai: "Mr. likes to drink, so I will call Xiao Er to bring it, please have a good drink." ”

Li Bai sat in the banquet, like a friend who had been friends for many years, and talked with the two.

When the wine entered the table, Lin Chen and Li Bai both drank very happily.

"This wine is mellow and fragrant, soft in the mouth, and has an endless aftertaste, but I am a little drunk after only a few glasses!" Lin Chen said with his head in his hands.

Li Bai shook his head: "Hehehe, this friend, can't you drink this wine mixed with water? This wine is not intoxicating at all, I am so unhappy to drink, if I don't have nowhere to go, I won't drink half a glass more here." ”

"Is this wine mixed with water? Mr. is a drunkard, and he is a person who understands wine. But I've tasted a lot of wine, and I think it's a good wine. Lin Chen said bluntly.

Li Bai shook his hand and said, "No, no, there is a hut not far from the city, and I can't find any words to describe the wine brewed there." The smell of it will keep me coming back for a long time. There's not even a penny of the wine here. Only when you have drunk the wine there do you know what wine is. ”

He once asked, "If you don't drink as well as anywhere else, why don't you drink it where you said?"

"It's also very helpless to say, that hut is rarely crowded, and for some reason it only sells people to drink at night. I'm here, I can't help the itching of wine insects during the day, so I came here for a few drinks. Li Bai sighed.

Lin Chen was very curious, and wanted to taste the wine in Li Bai's mouth, so he asked where the hut was.

Li Bai wanted to repay the kindness of inviting wine, and second, he was really greedy for the wine in the cottage, so he promised to take them out of the city to find wine and have a good drink. At this time, when you go out of the city, you will probably be able to arrive after dark, and the wine will also start to be sold.

After walking for about two hours, the three of them were exhausted, and once they stopped, they breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Li Bai how far they were from the hut.

"Just... Right ahead... It's not far off, just hold on. Li Bai also stopped, gasped, and turned his head to answer.

Sure enough, there was a very inconspicuous hut not far away.

When the three of them approached, they saw that the hut was simple, with only a guest table and an oil lamp burning on it. Through this faint light, you can see an old man moving the vat of winemaking. Once look around, here barren mountains and mountains, within ten miles of no people's lights, the surrounding quiet is surprisingly quiet, no insects, no night cry, not like "the land of living water". Once I looked at this old man again, I felt a little strange in my heart, but I didn't tell everyone about it.

When the old man saw that a guest was coming, he stepped forward to greet him, and when he saw that Li Bai was here, he bowed and called "Mr. Driver".

The old man led the three of them to sit down, said that the wine would be delivered immediately, and turned around and walked to the vat to get the wine.

As soon as the old man opened the cloth sealing the jar, a strange fragrance overflowed, and he entered his nose without waiting to smell it, and everyone immediately felt refreshed, and all the fatigue disappeared. Smell this fragrance, not as rich as jasmine, nor like the light fragrance of chrysanthemum. It lingers in the nose and makes people feel comfortable and comfortable.

"Here comes the wine!" the old man put the cup and glass of wine on the tray, handed them to the people, and when he reached out to take it, he noticed that the old man's hands were very thin and pale, without a trace of blood, and the nails were even more gray. Once I took the tray, I inadvertently touched the old man's hand, and I felt cold, as if I had no body temperature. Once he glanced at the old man, when the old man saw this, his eyes were a little evasive, and he immediately turned around to do something else.

Once pretending to be nothing, he filled the wine glass and divided it among the three people.

Li Bai was full of anticipation and let the two taste it first.

Lin Chen first put the wine glass in front of his nose and shook it, waited for the fragrance to enter his nose, looked at the glass again, and then drank it all, and praised: "This hop has a prominent fragrance, a fine and soft taste, and the wine is colorless, clear and transparent, which is the best in the wine." ”

Once I took a sip, I also thought that this wine was excellent.

Li Bai saw that both of them agreed that this wine was better and lived up to their expectations, so they drank together.

After a few cups, Li Bai's drunken eyes were hazy, and the scene he saw in Tianmen Mountain came to his mind: the rolling Yangtze River water was cut off by Tianmen Mountain, bent east and flowed, and the small boats in the river could be vaguely seen.

Li Bai was full of emotion, and his poetry rose, and he wrote a poem:

The gate of heaven interrupted the opening of the Chu River, and the blue water flowed eastward to this point.

The green hills on both sides of the strait are opposite each other, and the lonely sail comes by the sun.

After chanting, he sent this poem to the old man in the cottage. The old man thanked him repeatedly.

"I've drunk your wine for so long, and I don't know what it's called. Li Bai asked.

"This wine is called 'Taibai', and it's made especially for you!" replied the old man.

"Too white wine, too white wine, too white in wine! Hahaha, that's a good name, it's a good name." Li Bai raised his glass and drank loudly.

Lin and Bai were drunk, and it didn't take long for them to get drunk, lie on the table, and fall asleep.

Only Ma was still sober, he was originally suspicious, set up a guard in his heart, and pretended not to drink much.

"Well, now it's just you and me, you can say, who are you? Oh, no, to be exact, you're not human!" he said, standing up and turning to the old man.

The old man first laughed in a low voice: "Childe is really very human, he can see through the true image of old decay, but I don't have a harmless heart." ”

"I know you won't harm us, the first time I saw you, I felt that there was something abnormal on your face, it didn't look like a living person, but I didn't feel a trace of evil in you, so I didn't tell them the truth, and I wanted to see what you were doing. "Once sit down first, please sit down with the old man.

The old man looked at the sleeping Li Bai and said, "This gentleman is my life-saving benefactor. Ten years ago in Youzhou, I met a mountain tiger with my child, which wanted to kill both of us. The grace of saving lives has never been repaid. I was originally a winemaker in Youzhou, but I heard that my husband loved wine as much as his life, and I didn't have time to send him the wine I brewed, so I fell ill and died. After I died, I kept this matter in mind, and later learned that my husband had come to Chang'an to be an official, so I also found Chang'an. A month ago, I used the aroma of wine to lead him to the hut. Sir doesn't remember me. Every time my husband comes, he likes to tell me about his thoughts and sorrows. I was indignant when I learned that my husband was not doing well. My husband likes to drink the sake I brew, and I am very happy that I can forget many of my troubles when I am drunk. But because I am a ghost, I can't see the light, so I can only wait for the sun to go down, so I can prepare a drink here and wait, hoping that my husband will come and drink freely. ”

Once poured two glasses of wine, handed one to the old man, drank the other cup himself, and said: "The old gentleman knows how to repay his kindness, which is admirable, but your kindness has been repaid, it's time to go to reincarnation, and it is contrary to common sense to stay in the world." ”

The old man drank the wine, put the wine glass upside down on the table, and said: "I understand what the son meant, I can get Mr. Li Bai's poems today, and I will die without regrets, it's time to die, but I'm afraid that if I go, Mr. will never be able to drink my wine again." The old man turned around and took out a small jar behind him, and then said, "I still have this last jar of wine, and I am troubled to pass it to my husband on my behalf, and he said that I have gone back to my hometown, and there is nothing left for him, only this wine."

When the old man was about to leave, he turned around, looked at Li Bai who was still asleep, said "Mr. goodbye", and disappeared.