Chapter 38: The barrel has a bowl
[The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, March 13, noon, Chang'an Chengnan Sanssoucian]
Li Yi followed the guidance of the gatekeeper of the Divine King Pavilion and walked all the way south, although he was eager to find the person who could help him subdue the demon, but along the way, he found nothing. Just when he was disappointed in his heart, he didn't want to, but he actually met Yiqing on the street, and accompanied Yiqing to go shopping, as well as his sister Li Qi.
Although Li Qi is a girl, her heart is like a man, and she loves to take risks by nature, she heard that her third brother Li Yi has been busy solving the case recently, and her brother and sister are deeply affectionate, so she also wants to help her third brother contribute.
Unexpectedly, Li Qi's words had just been spoken, and she was reprimanded by her third brother Li Yi on the street, Li Qi felt aggrieved, tears in her eyes, and walked away in a bad mood.
Li Yi was said a few words by Yiqing, and he also felt that he was too strict with his sister-in-law. So in order to "make amends" to his sister, Li Yi immediately took Li Qi and Yiqing to a tavern in the south of Chang'an City, "Sanssouci Ju".
Although the tavern is small, the dishes are also unique, and the shopkeeper bought two pots of ten-year-old "Fenyang Drunk" from a nearby winery for them. On this day, the warm breeze is slightly drunk, the sky is shining, it is still a good weather, Li Yi is accompanied by two stunning women, and there is good wine and good food, at the moment, he raised his glass again and again, and his heart was very happy, the feeling of trouble in the Tsing Yi Wei Hall before, has been like the frost and dew in the morning, with the sun.
The three of them drank good wine and tasted delicious food together, Li Yi was relaxed, Ran Yiqing and Li Qi were two young girls after all, although they liked to compete for good competition, but if they really drank alcohol, they were naturally not Li Yi's enemies. I saw that after Li Qi drank several sips of "Fenyang drunk", she felt a burst of alcohol rushing up from her throat, and she almost choked on tears.
"Ahem...... Third brother, what kind of ten-year-old 'Fenyang' cost me twenty taels of silver, why is it so unpalatable! You men are really weird, such a spicy thing, and rush to pour it into your mouth, I really don't know what you think?!" Li Qi coughed while puzzled.
Li Yi raised his glass again, Gu Ziman drank a large glass of Fenyang, touched his chin and smiled: "Seventeenth sister, you have only drunk three sips, how can ......you know the true taste of this wine?
Li Qi pouted and said, "The third brother just looks down on people! Li Qi is sixteen years old this year, and he is no longer a child! The third brother said that you should drink more wine, so I will drink it today!" After that, Li Qi raised his wine glass again, and followed Li Yi's example, and drank the wine in the cup. The wine of "Fenyang Drunk" is so violent, although it is a ten-year-old brew, but this large glass of wine immediately choked Li Qi and coughed. She stuck out her tongue in discomfort, and couldn't help but regret her reckless behavior just now.
Yiqing wanted to stop it, but seeing that Li Yi just looked at Li Qi with a smile, he let his sister raise his glass and drink, knowing that he must be taking the opportunity to polish his sister's heart, but she just smiled and didn't say anything.
Sure enough, Li Yi waited until Li Qi drank the wine in the cup, then picked up the wine jug and filled the wine glass in front of Li Qi, and said with a smile:
"Seventeenth sister, that's good! The amount of wine has grown! Come on, come on, follow the third brother to drink another full glass!"
Li Qi saw that Li Yi not only did not stop at all, but also raised the cup to drink with her, and was suddenly surprised in her heart, at this time she looked at the big cup of "Fenyang drunk" in front of her, waved her hand again and again, shook her head and said:
"Don't drink it, don't drink it! Such a bad thing, you men love to drink it so much, this princess won't fight with you!"
"Yes, such a bad thing, their men like to 'ask for their own hardships', just let them drink, let's just eat the vegetables!"
Li Yi looked at his sister with a smile and took a drink......
For those young and ignorant boys and girls, every time they reach the age of the crown, although their minds gradually grow, they are not yet fully mature. At this time, if they have any urge to do something, they often feel that they must be right. If parents are opposed, it will increase their impulse and determination to do it. Smart parents tend to follow their children's train of thought, let them stumble and crawl first, and experience the difficulty of doing this, and after a while, the child will retreat from the difficulties.
Today, if Li Yi blindly stops his seventeenth sister and tries his best to prohibit Li Qi from drinking, it will inevitably arouse Li Qi's competitive and rebellious heart. From then on, Li Qi would inevitably look for wine everywhere in the palace, bent on getting drunk. As a royal princess, Li Qi is not gentle and frugal, but often indulges in alcohol, if this matter is known by her father Li Chongsheng, or spread outside the court, Li Qi will inevitably be severely punished by her father.
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Li Yi drank wine, but suddenly thought that my seventeenth sister is the most bold by nature, and she loves to play and make trouble, what she just said wants to help me go to the city to catch the cat demon, I am afraid it is not a joke. However, with the seventeenth sister's little martial arts, how can she be the enemy of the cat demon? If she goes out of the city recklessly like last month, if there are three long and two short, how can I explain to my father?!
While he was drinking and eating, he thought about it in his heart, and finally he thought of a plan.
Li Yixin said, why might I not persuade her to stop drinking more, and also concoct it like this, so ......?
Li Yi's plan had been decided, so he put down his wine glass and said softly to his sister:
"Seventeenth sister, the third brother heard that you have been learning swords for several months, and your martial arts have become successful. Now that I have a strange case in Chang'an Capital, the culprit is a very difficult cat demon, the third brother wants you to come over to help, I don't know what my sister thinks?"
"Third brother is willing to let me come over to help?" Li Qi opened a pair of beautiful eyes and looked at Li Yi in surprise. Even Yiqing, who was on the side, was very puzzled after hearing Li Yi's words.
Just now, it was she Li Qi who wanted to catch the cat demon, but you reprimanded her loudly, and now why did you suddenly take the initiative to invite her to help you solve the case? What kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd?
"Well......" Li Yi nodded and said: "My father ordered me to be the special envoy for the investigation of the case, in charge of this strange case in the capital, and now although I have many people under my command, such as Tsing Yiwei, Dali Temple, Jingzhao Mansion, etc., how can I really come in handy, but there are not many people...... "33 Listen to the book
"Great!" Li Qi jumped up and cheered: "How can these people under the third brother's command compare with your sister? As the saying goes, 'Father and son soldiers go into battle, fight brothers and sisters!' At a critical time, it is your own sister and me who can help the third brother!" In Li Qi's mind, she actually regarded the capture of a thousand-year-old demon as if she was going into a fight, and at this time, her face was full of all kinds of excitement and expectation......
"But ......" Li Yi changed his words, and then said:
"If you want to join my capital trial team, you have to promise me one condition!"
"You say!" Li Qi sat down again, picked up a chicken leg at random, opened his mouth and took a big bite.
"You must obey my commands, no matter when and where, you must not act without permission!" Li Yi said in a deep voice.
"This ...... Naturally!" Li Qi replied loudly. She munched on the chicken in her mouth, only to feel that the meat was fatty and fragrant, and she did not feel that she had fallen into the "net" carefully designed by her third brother.
Yiqing didn't understand Li Yi's good intentions until this time, and she was busy hitting the railroad while it was hot: "It's okay now, Sister Xiaoqi, you and I will be members of the Beijing trial team in the future, let's work together in the future to help Brother Li solve the case as soon as possible!"
"But......" Li Yiwu said uneasily: "Seventeenth sister, if you go out of the city without my permission, the third brother will immediately expel you from my capital trial team, and you will not be allowed to inquire about the investigation of the case from now on!"
Li Qi nodded again and again and said: "Third brother, don't worry, in the future, Sister Yiqing and I will be your subordinates, what we should do, all listen to the orders of the third brother!"
It was only at this time that Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He raised his wine glass, took a leisurely sip of wine, and picked up a piece of the restaurant's famous "venison fried shrimp" with chopsticks, and was about to put it in his mouth to savor it, but unexpectedly, his sister suddenly slapped his arm, so that the fragrant venison fell on the table as soon as it reached his mouth.
I only heard Li Qi say excitedly: "Third brother, I suddenly remembered someone, your 'Beijing Trial Team', if you have this person's help, why worry about this case not being solved?"
Li Yi had to put down his chopsticks and asked helplessly, "Who?"
Li Qi said: "It's that ...... 'barrel bowl' in the Tianbao Pavilion!"
Li Yi was puzzled: "Barrel bowl, which barrel bowl?"
Li Qi laughed and said, "Third brother, it's not a 'barrel bowl'! I remember, his name is ...... Murong Huan, I heard that it is the second son of Tianbao Pavilion. Is this man...... Although the martial arts are also average, there are some means to deal with demons. That day in the south of the city in the Jinding Mountain......"
Li Qi was about to explain how he saw Murong Huan on Jinding Mountain, but suddenly heard Li Yi slap the table, as if he suddenly realized:
"You're talking about Murong Huan, the young master of Tianbao Pavilion? yes...... I should have thought of him a long time ago!"
"......What are you talking about?" Yiqing looked at this pair of brothers and sisters, and couldn't help but say in her heart, it turned out that I saw Sister Xiaoqi startled at every turn, and when I saw Brother Li talking at this moment, I had to believe that the two of you are really brothers and sisters who are alive and well!
Li Qi hurriedly said: "Sister Yiqing, you don't even know Murong Huan, he is the second son of the famous Tianbao Pavilion!"
Yiqing couldn't help asking: "I know that this Tianbao Pavilion is one of the three pavilions in the world, it is reported that the pavilion master Murong Yuanshan's martial arts are unfathomable...... This is what the tutor once told us. How...... Is his second son also very powerful?"
"Awesome! Awesome!" Li Qi immediately said: "Last month, I was trapped in the Black Tiger Cave in Jinding Mountain, when Brother Xu Ke and a white-bearded old man came to rescue me, but neither of them was the opponent of the Black Tiger Spirit, and when I saw that the three of us were going to die in the tiger's mouth......"
Li Qi then ventured out of the city to fight monsters at the beginning of last month, but fortunately Murong Huan arrived in time, and finally subdued the evil tiger, saved her and Xu Ke and others, and talked to Yiqing again in the restaurant.
After listening to what Li Qi said, Yiqing couldn't help but sigh: "A monster that can't even match that sick wood, he surrendered it with just a flute sound, I can't imagine that there are such capable people in the world! No wonder this Tianbao Pavilion can be ranked among the three pavilions in the world, and it is indeed a capable person!"
Li Yi also sighed: "This Murong Gongzi's strength is more than that! Don't say it's just a black tiger spirit, it's those monsters who have practiced for thousands of years, as long as they hear Murong Huan's name, they will immediately be frightened and flee!"
Li Qi said curiously: "Third brother, how about his kung fu compared to you?"
Li Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "My little ability, in front of Murong Gongzi, is tantamount to 'under the bright moon, the light of fireflies'!"
"Is he so powerful?" At this moment, Li Qi's eyes couldn't help but widen, as if he couldn't believe it at all.
"What kind of 'barrel bowl' is this, it seems that there is not only a bowl in the barrel, but also a great ability!"