At night, the weather gets cooler.

Jiang Xiaoman parked the carriage beside the road, and it was still half a day's journey from the nearest county town in the three states of the Northland.

So tonight, it's destined to be spent the night in the wild.

Although it is in the wilderness, but when the moon is in the sky, there is still an endless stream of passenger ships and merchant ships coming and going on the Lancang River.

The fishing boat sings at night, the sky is full of stars, and a bonfire is also interesting.

In the peaceful years, especially on both sides of the official road, there were few bandits.

Even if there is, with Jiang Xiaoman's cultivation now, he is not afraid.

On the contrary, he can achieve the great cause of robbing the rich and helping the poor that he has long wanted to perform.

rob the robbers of their riches to help their own poor.

Hero, there must be some brilliant achievements.

By the campfire, Jiang Xiaoman leaned his back on the wheels of the carriage, his eyes staring directly at the small hall and skewering a few fresh live fish bought from the riverside fishermen earlier with wooden sticks.

After a while, there was a burst of fish fragrance into his nose, which made him move his index finger.

Miss Xiao sat on the other side of the bonfire, holding her knees with her hands, and staring at Ji Xiaoyue, who was humming a little song and concentrating on grilling fish, with a pair of very good-looking eyes.

If you say that the thoughts of the daughter's family are more endless than the Lancang River rolling east not far away.

"This Ji Gongzi is considerate and his cooking skills are really good!"

Smelling the aroma of grilled fish mixed with various spices, she muttered softly.

Jiang Xiaoyue vaguely seemed to be calling Miss Xiao to her, raised her head, stared at Xiao Ying with a pair of big eyes, and asked with a smile, "Miss Xiao, you called me?"

"I didn't ...... Nope!"

As if her careful thoughts had been exposed, Xiao Ying hurriedly lowered her head and buried her head in the middle of her knees, so as not to let Xiao Tangyu see her panic.

"Oh, well, that's probably when I misheard. ”

At this time, because of the grilled fish, Ji Xiaoyue rolled up her two wide sleeves, revealing her two slender arms.

She lifted her hand and gently wiped her cheeks, which were tickled by the firelight, with her elbow.

This somewhat playful gesture fell into the eyes of the young man leaning on the wheel of the carriage, and he couldn't help but smile.

Perhaps, even the little girl herself did not realize that whenever she cooked, she always liked to wipe her cheeks with her elbows, which had long been accustomed to nature.

This was noticed by Jiang Xiaoman as early as the first time Fan Cheng saw Ji Xiaoyue cooking.

"Wait a minute, you'll be able to eat it soon!"

The little girl didn't know her identity and had already been recognized by the lazy young man, seeing Jiang Xiaoman looking at her, she wrinkled her nose and said happily.

"I said Brother Xiaoyue, your skills are good, no wonder you said that you want to learn all the world's food!" Jiang Xiaoman sighed and laughed softly: "Miss Xiao, it seems that the two of us have a good fortune today." ”

Xiao Ying smiled without saying a word, nodded slightly, and moved her gaze to the little hall who was bending over and squatting concentrating on grilling fish.

"That's it!"

Ji Xiaoyue stood up, clapped her hands with satisfaction, carefully removed the river fish that had already been fragrant into the fish pith from the fire, divided it among the two, and said with a smile: "Taste it." ”

Jiang Xiaoman couldn't wait for a long time, he knew the little girl's craftsmanship, and he was not afraid of biting when he opened his mouth when he took it, and swallowed a whole fish in a few bites, and he didn't forget to praise it when he was about to say that it was really fragrant!

The big eyes of the small church narrowed into a slit, and it was undoubtedly a pleasure to be praised for good cooking.

In particular, the person who praises himself is the ginger worm......

Compared with Jiang Xiaoman's gobbling up, Xiao Ying is much more elegant, holding a wooden skewer in both hands and carefully sending the fish into her mouth one by one, chewing and tasting it carefully.

But she ate equally quickly, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, wiped her mouth gently, nodded and said seriously: "Ji Gongzi's craftsmanship is really good!"

Suddenly, Jiang Xiaoman seemed to remember something, and couldn't help but make a bitter face, and said with annoyance: "It's over, it's over, I patronized and ate, and I forgot that I can't eat meat." ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly threw away the wooden stick, knelt on the side with his hands folded, and babbled facing the sky: "Immortal fathers, please forgive me for this unintentional mistake." I promise, I promise never to eat meat again!"

Jiang Xiaoman's appearance was quite religious, which made Ji Xiaoyue and Xiao Ying can't help but freeze in place.

This guy, what kind of trouble is it?

Xiao Tang patted his head and said secretly, he almost forgot that when Jiang Xiaoworm was in Fancheng, he seemed to have said that he couldn't eat meat because the exercises he practiced were a bit special......

How would she know that a silly young man, in order to pray that she would be okay, made a wish to the immortals above the nine heavens, and was willing to exchange Ji Xiaoyue, a silly girl, for peace and security without eating meat for the rest of her life.

Although I can't eat meat for the rest of my life.

Not to mention, the wish made is really spiritual.

In any case, in Jiang Xiaoman's opinion, it is still extremely worthwhile.

You can't eat meat, but you can still drink alcohol.

Heroes walk the rivers and lakes, how can they do it without the company of wine.

So when he was in Jincheng, Jiang Xiaoman bought a lot of wine and planned to drink it on the road.

In autumn, especially at night, it gets cooler and cooler.

When sleeping in the wild, it is natural to drink some alcohol to keep warm.

Jumping on the wheel, he took out three blue and white porcelain vases from the baggage hanging on the back of the little white horse.

Jiang Xiaoman held the porcelain bottle in his hand and shook it, and nodded with satisfaction.

Gently uncork the bottle and the aroma of wine will be immediately apparent.

Jincheng Drunken Fragrance Building, the famous drunken shrimp and drunken crab in Shuzhou can only be ranked second, and the first place is this celadon ten-year-old rice wine.

This celadon rice wine is still recommended by the old monk of Zhanhai who has been attending Zen meditation in front of the Buddha in Wutong Temple for 200 years.

When he was in Wutong Temple, Jiang Xiaoman heard the old Zen master who first entered the military gate and then entered the empty gate.

If it is said that the drunken shrimp and drunken crab are famous in Shuzhou, then this 'celadon rice wine' is famous in the borderland.

I don't know if the old monk of Zhanhai, who has long been empty, really went down the mountain to taste it secretly.

When I came, I didn't forget that Wen Crepe and the young man came to a small word with a Buddha spirit, 'One mention Bodhi and one finger is killed, half a bottle of rice wine and half a mountain.' ’

Obviously, he was a murderous general who didn't know much about big characters before he became a monk, but he was able to pull out such Buddha-like words, which really surprised and admired Jiang Xiaoman.

If you remove the cap, you can't let the wine sit for too long, otherwise, the wine will not taste so strong when it dissipates.

Handing the other two celadon white bottles to Xiao Tangqi and Xiao Ying, Jiang Xiaoman chuckled and said, "It's cold at night, drink some rice wine to warm up your body and sleep." ”

took the wine bottle, Ji Xiaoyue put it under the tip of her nose and sniffed it, and said happily: "I can't see it, Jiang Daxia is quite good at choosing wine!"

"It's really not my choice, this is recommended by the old Zen master of Zhanhai, saying that you must taste it before leaving Jincheng no matter what. Jiang Xiaoman raised his head and took a sip, wiped his mouth and said: "Wine is good wine, but some of it is too light and not easy to get drunk." ”

Xiao Tang's big eyes narrowed slightly, staring at Jiang Xiaoman: "Say, do you want to get Miss Xiao drunk and then do something strange?"

Jiang Xiaoman is embarrassed, this girl is really imaginative.

The most annoying thing was that Xiao Ying seemed to really believe it, although she didn't echo it, she held the blue and white porcelain vase and stared at herself defensively, and her body involuntarily leaned towards Ji Xiaoyue.

"I said Brother Xiaoyue, can you not think of me as evil all the time, okay?" Shrugging his shoulders a little helplessly, Jiang Xiaoman sighed and said, "I just suddenly remembered what my eleventh uncle said, he loves to drink very much, but he has never been drunk." When I was taught to practice guns before, Uncle Eleven told me that if you go alone in the future, you must learn to drink this wine, but remember that wine can mess with sex, so the Buddha precepts. Wine can also nourish nature, so the fairy family drinks it. Walking the rivers and lakes, participating in Zen when drunk, and learning immortals when half drunk and half awake. ”

"Oh, that's right. ”

Nodding as if she didn't understand, Ji Xiaoyue also raised her head, followed the example of Jiang Xiaoman, poured a small sip into her mouth, and smacked her lips: "Well, it's a little bitter, and it's a little sweet." ”

The corners of Xiao Tang's mouth were slightly raised, revealing two shallow dimples, and he said happily: "However, it is really delicious." ”

Jiang Xiaoman looked at her dimples, obviously just took a sip of rice wine, but couldn't help but feel a little drunk.

The dimple on Ji Xiaoyue's left cheek is deeper than her right cheek, especially when she laughs.

This couldn't help but make the young man who carried the wine but forgot to drink it feel that in the deep and shallow dimples, there must be honey and wine hidden on one side.

It can make people drunk, but it makes people sweet.

"Ji Gongzi, Jiang Gongzi, I salute you with this cup. ”

The girl surnamed Xiao held the wine, laughed lightly, raised her head, and half a bottle entered her throat.

Even Jiang Xiaoman couldn't help but smack his tongue, this Xiao girl really drank a lot of alcohol.

Wiping her mouth, Xiao Ying saw the two of them staring at her with wide eyes, she was a little embarrassed, lowered her head and twisted: "Do you think that a girl shouldn't drink like this?"

Jiang Xiaoman waved his hand and said with a smile: "Where, so that you are like a child of the rivers and lakes, there is wine and a sword to have this rivers and lakes, if you can't even drink alcohol, then what rivers and lakes are you going to go?"

Ji Xiaoyue rolled her eyes widely, but nodded very approvingly.

As long as Jiang Xiaoworm said it, the little girl felt that it should be right.

"Actually, when I was in the middle of the region before, my mother liked to drink very much, and every time my mother was drunk, she would lie on the table and repeat Uncle Dugu's name lightly, and secretly shed tears alone. I felt very sorry for my mother, so when I grew up, I drank two glasses with her, and the amount of alcohol gradually increased, and I never got drunk no matter how I drank. ”

"So this time, in addition to sending the letter to Uncle Dugu for my mother, I also want to ask him why he left his mother and relatives alone and secretly left without a sound. ”

After drinking, Xiao Ying had a more charming taste than before she didn't drink, her cheeks were slightly red, and her voice was very soft and low.

Ji Xiaoyue's eyes couldn't help but be a little sour when she heard this, she leaned closer to Xiao Ying, and said softly: "Don't worry, when you get to Beiliang City, we will definitely help you find Uncle Dugu, and then you can ask him well!"

"Hmm!"

Xiao Ying nodded, secretly wiped a handful of red eyes, then laughed softly again, and said in a low voice: "My mother always sings a ballad every time she is drunk, and she said that the lyrics and songs were written by Uncle Dugu." ”

With that, she clasped her hands and knees and began to sing.

"The past is made into wine, and the rest of your life is drunk and not worried.

The beauty in red and the friend in white are singing and drinking together.

The streets of his hometown used to be toured in the old days.

I want to think of the past, singing and drinking and prancing horses.

The long knife is in hand, happy and vengeful, and the young man is heroic and reprimanded.

The fox robe is exchanged for wine, a dance, and a thousand lights are like day.

On the moon, the snow in the cup, drinking a thousand cups of wine with you, dreaming of double flying butterflies.

Prosperous like a dream, laugh, wine to wake up than wings.

Don't look back, hold the song and go up to the cloud building.

The Xiao family has a woman who has just grown up, with long hair and waist, and her face is like a peach blossom.

Maybe you haven't drunk enough for the rest of your life and want me to go with you.

Maybe you're white, and you want me to stay with you until after dusk.

The mountains are edgeless, the rivers are exhausted, and the winter thunder is bursting.

Summer rain and snow, heaven and earth are together, dare to be with the king!"?

Xiao Ying's voice is very ethereal and crisp, tactful and melodious.

It's just that his voice is a little trembling at this moment, and he can't help but feel a little more desolate.

Jiang Xiaoman's eyes closed slightly, listening to Miss Xiao's shallow singing, he couldn't help but sigh softly, and poured a big sip of rice wine with his head up.

Daddy, you're really going to give your son a problem!