As soon as the mud seal at the mouth of the water tank was opened, a strong aroma of wine wafted from it, and I reached out to clasp the mouth of the tank, poked my head into the water tank, but saw that it was indeed filled with a full tank of wine. I let go of my hand and said a little stunned: "Senior Jiang, these drinks are brewed by the Eight Immortal Towers?"

Jiang Shun also jumped down from the water tank, put away his waist knife, but pulled a black burden from behind his waist, sat on the ground casually and said with a smile: "It is brewed by the Eight Immortal Towers." ”

I was stunned. Jiang Shun was separated from me the day before yesterday. When I was taken back to the Wangtian Temple by Master Benkong, Jiang Shun disappeared at that time, and I thought at that time that he must have gone to Hedaotai to find Shaobai Daoren, but I didn't expect that he would go to Chenzhou in just two days. However, the Eight Immortals Tower is thousands of miles away from here, how can two days be enough? Besides, there is this large water tank full of wine......

I looked at the tank in front of me. The weight of this water tank is probably not light, although the appearance is no different from the ordinary water tank, it is made of clay, but the size is one or two times larger than the ordinary water tank, I am afraid that there are three or four hundred catties, counting the wine inside, the weight of the entire water tank is only afraid of 1,800 catties. Jiang Shun actually rushed here from Chenzhou with this water tank, I can't imagine it, just looking at Jiang Shun's size, it doesn't seem like he can be moved at all.

Seeing that I was still standing, Jiang Shun said: "Gu Xiaoyou, don't be stunned, quickly scoop up some wine, there is still roast goose here." ”

He opened the black package, which contained two large white bowls and a roast goose wrapped half of his body in lotus leaves. There is a purple crown the size of half a fist on the head of the roast goose, and the skin of the goose body is rolled by hot oil, and a layer of honey is poured on it, and it is red like a fire, which is the famous dish of the Eight Immortals Building.

Chenzhou City is located in the south of the Yangtze River, is one of the sixteen famous cities of Jiangling Prefecture, climbs the north and south mountains in the west, and faces Yongzhou across the mountain opposite. Chenzhou City is not a big city, but because it is backed by the north and south mountain ranges, the terrain is unique, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the delicacy is famous in Jiangling Mansion to the southern end, among which is the private fire goose in the Eight Immortal Towers, which is famous in Yong, Heng and Chenzhou. I have been walking darts in Chenzhou for a year, and I often eat this dish, and the main ingredient used for the private turkey goose is not a domestic goose, but a kind of game in the north and south mountains, the yangcrested goose. The yangcrested goose resembles a domestic goose, but the meat quality is much more delicious than that of the domestic goose, which is quite popular with the local people in Chenzhou and often goes deep into the mountains to catch it. However, the yangcrested goose has a fierce temperament, and it is not very easy to catch it, and if you want to make it into a delicacy, there are many of them. The crown on the head of the goose is very peculiar, its color changes three times depending on the daylight, it is white in the morning, it turns red at noon, and in the evening, its crown turns purple. If you want to make a good private fire goose, you must catch the purple-crowned goose. The chefs of the Eight Immortals House like to bake the purple-crowned goose whole, wait until the skin becomes crispy and crispy, then pour honey, wrap the soil in lotus leaves for a moment, and then make their special dish of the Eight Immortals Building, the private fire goose.

I don't know how many times I've eaten this dish in Chenzhou City, so I can recognize it at a glance. It's just that I still can't believe it, Jiang Shun is a thief in the rivers and lakes, and he won't be bad at light work, but rushing here with a water tank, such a fast method is a bit terrifying.

Jiang Shun handed over the two large white bowls, I took the bowls, took two bowls from the water tank, handed one more bowl to him, and sat down opposite him. Jiang Shun took the bowl and tore the roast goose open, glanced at me, but said disapprerovitically: "It's very chaotic outside, the seven masters have been estranged from the eleven forces in the rivers and lakes, Brother Cheng is afraid that you will be poisoned here, and I will hand over the wine and food to you in the future, hehe." ”

Was it arranged by Cheng Fuhai? I was stunned again. Cheng Fuhai told me yesterday that several leaders of the Seven Great Sects forgave me so easily, I am afraid that they had ulterior motives, and he was probably worried that the people of the Seven Great Sects would secretly interfere with my daily meals, so he asked Jiang Shun to bring me food. I relieved myself and said, "Thank you, senior." ”

Cheng Fuhai arranged it thoroughly, but it was a bit of a snake shadow to do so.

I thought silently. At the moment, the snake poison antidote has not yet begun to be refined, even if the Seven Great Sects want to make such a ruthless move, they will not do it to me so early, at least until the snake poison antidote is refined. Jiang Shun smiled, wiped his greasy hands on the placket of his clothes, and said, "Thank you." Where this bird doesn't, if you don't even have to drink wine, it won't drive people crazy. ”

As he spoke, he took the bowl and drank the wine from it, and I lifted the bowl and poured it into my mouth. The spicy wine flowed into the throat, with a dry heat, and the smell of wine poured into the stomach, and the person immediately felt a little drunk. Jiang Shun put down the bowl, glanced around the cave with a pair of small eyes, and suddenly said: "Gu Xiaoyou, in fact, you don't have to blame yourself so much, on the rivers and lakes, life and death have their own destiny, and those children of the Seven Great Sects are not as good as others, and they will die if they die, and they can't complain about anyone." ”

When he mentioned this again, I was a little embarrassed and said, "Senior, do you think those disciples should have died?"

Jiang Shun tore a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, and said with a puff: "What's the big deal, these rivers and lakes are yours to live, they die theirs, if you reason with them, you are too stupid, they Buddhism often says, 'If one person makes a mistake, all living beings are guilty', in this way, isn't the life of thousands of people in the world related to you? If you live like that, who can afford it? Freedom is fundamental." ”

I said: "Senior, if I leave, I will be free, but how can I be worthy of the right way in the world?"

Jiang Shun was still chewing in his mouth, and said vaguely: "What is the right way in the world, bullshit! You yourself are your own way." Isn't it nice to be at ease when you live, to eat and sleep when you want, and to take whatever you want?"

He said it seriously, and I couldn't help but laugh for a while. Jiang Shun is a thief, and he is good at it, and now it is not an exaggeration to say that he is alone in the world, and he can carry such a large water tank back to Kunlun in only two days, and he is also the first person in the thief world. If he steals something and pats his ass and leaves, there must really be no one who can help him, and it is no wonder that his name has changed in the rivers and lakes, probably out of helplessness for him.

Perhaps, he is speaking of his own way, but it is of no use to me, and if I lived as unfettered as he did, would I not be a thief too. However, I don't feel so much guilt for the death of the thousands of righteous path disciples in the Death Swamp at this time, and Jiang Shun probably doesn't know that what I am most worried about now is my own life.

Seeing that I didn't say anything, Jiang Shun glanced up at me and said, "Gu Xiaoyou, don't just watch, eat quickly, this roast goose tastes very fragrant." ”

As he spoke, one hand pressed the private goose, and the other hand had ripped off a piece of goose leg meat and handed it over. The crispy and tender meat of the private fire goose, the meat on the legs was torn apart, and the flesh and bones were connected, with a few golden oil threads.

Seeing that he ate so deliciously, I was really greedy, so I immediately stopped thinking about it, and I didn't care if Jiang Shun's hands were dirty or not, just take a bite. The reason why the private fasting goose of the Eight Immortals House is very popular is that the baking technique is special, and the other is that the meat of the yangcrested goose is fat, and its meat flavor contains a fresh fragrance, which does not require too much seasoning. The private fire goose brought by Jiang Shun is very large, the goose leg meat is crispy and tender, and when I bite into my mouth, the fat meat smell almost makes me can't help but bite the bones. After eating a goose leg, I filled two more bowls of wine into the wine jar, and handed one bowl of wine to Jiang Shundao: "Senior, Chenzhou is plagued by insects, and the Eight Immortal Towers have long been destroyed, how did you find this private fire goose?"

Jiang Shun took the bowl and took a sip, and said, "What happened a hundred and eight years ago, do you still think that Chenzhou City is still that dilapidated? The city has already been rebuilt." ”

Has the rebuilding of Chenzhou City been completed? I was slightly surprised.

That's right, too. Chenzhou City has been plagued by insects for almost four months, the houses in the city are burning, and they are falling, but on the whole, the damage is not too complete, coupled with Lu Jingzhao's shrewdness and ability, the city is not only the garrison of the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army, Shi Yisheng's father is also an official of the imperial court, if the army and the people join forces, it is not difficult to rebuild Chenzhou City. It's just that what I didn't expect was that time flies, and it has been half a year since I came to the Western Regions.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but move, and said, "Senior, you went to Chenzhou, I don't know how my dart game is now?"

Jiang Shunzheng was drinking with his head down, but he didn't raise his head and said: "Your world dart bureau was demolished by the government." ”

"What?" I was taken aback, forgetting to eat the meat in my hand, and hurriedly said, "Why?"

Jiang Shun smashed his mouth a few times, and said lightly: "The government said that your dart game is the starting place of the Gu worm disaster, and the people of Chenzhou also think that your dart game is an ominous occasion, so they dismantle it." ”

I was furious in my heart, and said, "The Chenzhou Snake Bug Disaster happened at the bottom of that prison, what does it have to do with my dart bureau? Didn't Lu Jingzhao make this matter public?"

Jiang Shun showed a hint of unfathomable ridicule on his face, and said: "The witchcraft found in Chenzhou City was originally on a dart master in your dart game, and they are not counted on your head, but who else can they be counted on? Gu Xiaoyou, there are some things that you don't need me to say, you should also understand, what can you do well when dealing with the government? There is such a big mess, they have to find a scapegoat." ”

Scapegoat. I thought about these three words carefully, and I couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in my heart, and I couldn't help gritting my teeth and sneering: "Lu Jingzhao really found a good scapegoat!"

I can't help but imagine it. A year ago, Baili Tu and I recalled the Eight Treasures of exquisite coral for Lu Jing, and since then he has been quite appreciated. Huang Zhutou once told me that Lu Jingzhao likes to collect calligraphy, painting, antiques and some precious treasures, in order to make the business of the world's dart bureau bigger and bigger, I specially buy some good things and send them to his house every festival, so as to ensure the stable operation of the dart bureau. Speaking of which, a large part of the money I earned that year was invested in Lu Jingzhao's body, but I never thought that it was actually lost and sent into the tiger's mouth.

Perhaps, this is what they call the darkness of officialdom? After a year of hard work, I thought that even if I couldn't win the trust of the government, at least I could vote for Lu Jingzhao, and I could change more stable financial routes in the future, but I didn't expect it to be like this. Opening a dart game is in his thoughts, and dismantling it is also in his thoughts, it seems that he is afraid that he does not take my dart game seriously at all. He didn't dismantle the dart game in front of me, but he was afraid that in his opinion, he had already given me enough affection.

The more I thought about it, the more heartache I felt, and I couldn't wait to rush out of here immediately, and return to Chenzhou City to find Lu Jing to summon an explanation, Jiang Shun said at this time: "This matter has a great impact, it has alarmed the imperial court, and the imperial court is angry when it learns of this, and has ordered that no more dart bureaus will be opened in the Central Plains." ”

That was also due to Lu Jing's summoning to the imperial court. I clenched my fists and said, "Senior, my dart game was demolished, where are my brothers now?"

Jiang Shun said: "Gu Xiaoyou, rest assured, your brothers are all fine now, and they are now at the foot of Kunlun Mountain." ”

I was shocked again, and said, "Brother Baili, they have also come to the Western Regions?"

Jiang Shun rolled his eyes and said: "You are talking about the person with great strength, exactly, that person has gathered at the foot of Kunlun Mountain with more than 100 people and shouted for some days, hehe, he is also a man, and he actually threatened to rush to Kunlun to find you." ”