Chapter 1404: A Night Conversation in Wine (Part II)

"Found it, it's this-" Liu Duan, who was familiar with the place, pointed to the archway at night and said, "The wine in this small shop is very good, and the side dishes are also made to the taste, in the past three years, when I have nothing to do, I often accompany other brothers to drink here——"

"The environment here is quite elegant, and it is indeed suitable for drinking and talking......" Huang Ji flicked the folding fan in his hand and said with a smile.

"Oh, I've said that I've been drinking, why do you still carry a fan like a scholar......" Seeing that Huang Ji still folded the fan as before, Xiao Tian couldn't help but joke, "Drinking, you have to drink a little bit, what does it look like a scholar?"

"Heh, who said that scholars can't drink?" Huang Ji hadn't drunk for a long time, Xiao Tian sat together and chatted, so he also put on a shelf and said, "Wait a minute, you and I will compete, your amount of alcohol may not be as good as mine?"

"I'll tell you the truth, when I met Brother Xiao three years ago, he didn't know how to drink-" When Liu Duan heard this, he took the opportunity to ridicule Xiao Tian, "The first person to teach Brother Xiao to drink is still Miss Su......"

"Oh, yes, why haven't I heard you tell me about this ......" Huang Ji heard this, and deliberately "mocked" Xiao Tiandao.

"Hey, don't you say everything, okay......" Xiao Tian couldn't help but echo in embarrassment when he heard this.

"Eh, a few guest officers, what do you want?" Xiao Er looked very polite, walked up to Xiao Tian and the three of them and asked.

"The old rules, two jars of good wine, three stacks of cooked beef-" Liu Duan is also an "old customer" here, and said very open-mindedly.

"Okay, guest officer, you're invited—" Xiao Er greeted him warmly, and then shouted at the kitchen, "Two jars of good wine, three stacks of cooked beef—"

After the wine and food were served, the three brothers raised a bowl to toast while eating side dishes, not to mention how interesting they were.

"Come, for the reunion of brothers, do it-" Xiao Tian took the lead in raising his bowl and saluted.

"Dry ——" Huang Ji and Liu Duan also responded in unison, and the three brothers drank wine, which was extremely refreshing for a while.

"Brother Liu Duan is right, the wine in this shop is indeed to taste!" Xiao Tian hadn't been so enthusiastic for a long time, and he couldn't help but say a word after the wine was worn smoothly.

"I'm right...... Liu Duan smiled and said to Xiao Tian, "I didn't expect that after three years, Brother Xiao's alcohol consumption would rise——"

"Don't underestimate me, I've been out so much over the years, and I've made more friends, and I often get together to drink and chat......" Xiao Tian peeled a peanut and said happily, "Like in Bianliang, I have been to almost every restaurant, and I often drink a few pots of ...... with Tang Zhan's brother Zichuan and their brothers."

"It seems that after three years of leaving, you have a wider range of knowledge outside, and you have become a famous 'Canglong Hero'......" Liu Duan compared himself and continued, "I'm different, I've been staying here for three years, and I haven't gone out to see anything in the world......"

"Eh, you can't say that......" Xiao Tian patted Liu Duan on the shoulder and continued, "When you left, you also said that 'everyone has their own ambitions', although you didn't leave Liusha Town, but you also know many brothers like me, don't you?"

"Okay, compared to fighting outside to expel the tyranny of Meng Yuan, who is as great as you?" Huang Ji heard this, and couldn't help but follow, "Although I have been in Bianliang and Juming City for a while, I haven't been much in this year, and I have been staying in Yixianmen with Ying'er, and I have a lot of leisure ......"

"Don't say that, doesn't Master Fang also let you, a prospective son-in-law, become the successor of the next head of the Yixian Sect?" Xiao Tiansui smiled at Huang Ji again, "You are young, you are valued by the first sect in the world, and you married the baby daughter of the head of the sect, how many people in the world are as blessed as you——"

"People live to do a career, not to enjoy happiness...... Huang Ji continued to follow Xiao Tian's words, "Like you and Miss Su, after leaving the Wind Chasing Faction, you followed Zhu Yuanzhang's righteous army to fight in the south and the north, and made countless great achievements, saving the people of the world from fire and water, if you really want to say great things, no one can compare to you——"

When Liu Duan heard this, he couldn't help but say with interest: "Eh, it's better to talk about Brother Xiao's experience in fighting abroad this year, shouldering the task of saving the common people, you are proud enough this year......

"Hey, how can I say it......" Xiao Tian drank a bowl of wine, and then said happily, "I think that when Jia'er and I first entered the barracks, the first battle against the famous Mengyuan general Yan Jitai Bazaduo, we staged a 'empty boat to lure the enemy' trick, and then in the Wolf Pass, we fought with the enemy for 300 rounds, and captured the enemy general, not to mention how majestic it was......"

"Is that what you captured alive, so excited......" Huang Ji also took a sip of wine and couldn't help but tease.

"Yes, I can win the war, thanks to Jingmei and Zichuan brothers, Jia'er and I are just foils......" Xiao Tian drank another bowl, as if he was still unsatisfied, and said with interest, "But in the first battle of Tengzhou, I, as the temporary commander, took the city of Tengzhou with only 500 soldiers, and Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang also specially named me 'General Pingwei', leading a single side of soldiers and horses, and galloping through the city!"

"This is quite majestic, it is rumored that Zhu Yuanzhang sends his heart to the people of the world, and he can get his appreciation, this is the greatest affirmation of you......" Liu Duan nodded, and then asked again, "After that, you have been in the army for a year, won't you only have these achievements?"

"Of course ......not," Xiao Tian sent it with great interest, got up from his seat and drank the wine in the bowl, and then said impassionedly, "Immediately after the battle of Xiangyang, I and the Tang Zhan brothers and the navy army went two ways, and the enemy general Wuliang Tuoduo was besieged on the river;

"You defeated Wang Dasheng with your own hands, but you really have your ......" Huang Ji couldn't help but admire when he heard this, "When I was still in Bianliang, I knew that Wang Dasheng was a tricky guy, with strong martial arts, ruthless behavior, and vicious style, and it can be regarded as your greatest achievement to defeat him!"

"It's not all, compared to the back, Wang Dasheng is just a small character...... Xiao Tian continued, "Later, in the battle of Tongguan, I fought alone against Sima Hanyi and his subordinate 'Spirit Shadow Sect' more than a thousand disciples, and won Tongguan for the army, and the merit was the head, which was much more glorious than defeating a Wang Dasheng......

"I can't imagine that in just one year, Brother Xiao, you have experienced so many things in the world, and your short career as a horse is worth it, I really envy you a little......" Liu Duan listened to Xiao Tian's narration, and couldn't help but get excited in his heart, drank a bowl of wine, and couldn't help but sigh, "And then, what did you and Miss Su experience after that?"

"After that...... Xiao Tian said this, sat back in his chair, poured a bowl of wine again, and said in a low voice, "After that, Jia'er and I left the army, and then ran here...... When I was fighting, I still felt that the world was difficult, and I didn't know when it would be the end, but now that the war was over, I suddenly felt that time had passed too quickly, and a year had passed like this, and I couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in my heart......

"Among them, you also know a lot of brothers, right?" Liu Duan continued to ask.

"Of course, they are all good brothers and good friends who were born and died in this life............ Xiao Tian continued to say happily, "Like the Tang Zhan brothers, the Zichuan brothers and the Jingmei sisters, they knew each other when they were in Bianliang, and the Huang Ji brothers also knew it;

"Hey, I really envy you, after leaving Bianliang, you can still reunite brothers in northern Jiangsu......" Huang Ji took a sip of wine, envied Xiao Tian and said, "Unlike me, after leaving Bianliang, there will be no chance to reunite with the Zichuan brothers......"

"That's right, I envy ......you very much to know so many friends of life and death," Liu Duan continued to say impassionedly, "I am not only burdened with the heavy responsibility of saving the common people, but also sharing the true love with friends in distress, I don't have this blessing in my life......"

"Hey, what are you envy......" However, Xiao Tian's tone suddenly became low, and he drank the wine in the bowl gloomily, and then poured a bowl again, and couldn't help but feel a little compassionate, "There are some things, I really wish I had never experienced a good ......"

"What's the matter, after going through so many things in the world, shouldn't you be very proud, what's there to be sad ?......about" Liu Duan listened to Xiao Tian's inexplicable tone and couldn't help but ask rhetorically.

However, Xiao Tian didn't speak on the side, as if there were countless pains in his heart, and he was very nostalgic in drunkenness and depression, and a thick sadness poured into his heart.

"What's wrong with you?......" Looking at Xiao Tian, who was still emotional just now, his will suddenly lowered for a while, and Liu Duan couldn't help but ask with concern.

"Something...... Something ......" Xiao Tian seemed to be a little choked, maybe he drank some wine tonight, and he spoke affectionately, and slowly spit out to himself, "There are some things, I really wish I would never see them again in this life......"

"You mean, the people who have passed away......" Huang Ji seemed to understand Xiao Tian's thoughts, and sighed.

"Brother Zijin, Brother Zichuan, Sister-in-law Yuru, Brother Nangong, Brother Murong, Haha, Hippy, Ado, Brother Qin, Sister Ying, Brother Hu Yidi......" Xiao Tian was halfway through speaking, tears suddenly couldn't help but flow down, and with the backdrop of wine, Xiao Tian couldn't help but choke up with sadness, "One after another fresh lives have left in front of my eyes...... Although he is on a mission to save the common people, he has experienced the most cruel and ruthless thing in the world, that is, war......"

When Liu Duan and Huang Ji heard this, they also understood Xiao Tian's state of mind at this time, and couldn't help but silently withdraw their expressions and listen to Xiao Tian's narration.

"Seriously, I'd rather never have experienced this ...... in my life" Xiao Tian leaned his head against the wine jar, holding the wine jar with one hand, and said while crying, "The war is too cruel, too many people have died, you don't know what kind of pain it is when your brothers and friends die in front of you...... I used to think that expelling tyranny and saving the people was the greatest cause of my life, and everyone flocked to it, but when I really experienced it, I realized that war is the coldest, cruelest, and most vicious thing in the world......"

Speaking of this, Xiao Tian seemed to be unable to suppress his tears, buried his head next to the wine bowl, and couldn't help crying - maybe after drinking some wine tonight, Xiao Tian expressed his feelings a little too much, and he didn't want the "Canglong Hero" who used to dominate the martial arts to cry like a child now.

Experienced the pain of war, left indelible wounds and shadows, when an ignorant teenager experienced this, became a real adult, looking back inadvertently to find that everything is painful, everyone has lost too many irreparable things in the experience. War is cruel, sacrifice is sad, when looking back at the past and forbearance of everything, inadvertently lost a lot, especially seeing the death of brothers and friends, only to know the indifference and ruthlessness of this world. Xiao Tian is such a person, he is lucky and unfortunate to be able to get out of that gloomy past alive......

"People can't be resurrected after death, let's mourn and change......" Huang Ji couldn't help but feel sorry when he heard this, "Thinking of the Zichuan brothers, I have never been able to see each other again in my life, so why don't I feel sorry?......"

Liu Duan thought about it, and couldn't help but comfort Xiao Tian with a wine bowl: "Brother Xiao, you told me to cherish everything in front of you, and don't wait until you regret it...... Now that the war is over, you have to rejoice that the cruelest thing in the world is far away from you......"

"I really, I don't want to recall these ......" Xiao Tian tried to calm down, swallowed a bowl of hot wine into his stomach, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, "Brother Liu Duan, you are right, for me the war is over, now I at least have Jia'er, and you, I want to cherish everything in front of me-"

At this point, the three brothers saluted each other with wine......

And at this moment, in the "Spring Building", Su Jia, Fang Ying and others are also chatting with each other......

"Come, I'll cook eggnog for a few of you, you can drink it while it's hot-" In Su Jia's room, Lin Yufei looked very enthusiastic, and personally cooked eggnog for his daughter and sisters, which could be seen to be very virtuous.

"Wow, Mother Uncle cooks herself, thank you-" Fang Ying is still the same, her innocent and lively smile has not changed, and now she is really happy for them when she sees Su Jia and Lin Yufei's mother and daughter reunited.

"Well, Auntie's craftsmanship is quite good-" Qiu Ruxin tasted it and couldn't help but praise it.

"Mother, I didn't expect your craftsmanship to be so good......" Su Jia took a sip and couldn't help laughing.

"But it's not, when your father was still there, how can you say that I was also a good wife and mother......" Although Lin Yufei is middle-aged, she is born with the liveliness of a girl, and she can't close her mouth when she praises herself.

However, thinking of his father who passed away and failed to see him, Su Jia's eyes couldn't help but show a faint sadness......