Chapter 25 Exploring Each Other
In order to entertain Li Cheng, Song Neng and others, the Xuanji faction showed the greatest sincerity, and the miscellaneous disciples and the accompanying cooks from Wanshui County were busy all afternoon, and finally arranged the relevant banquets. With-Dream- . lā
Fortunately, although the Xuanji faction is a monastic sect, Xuanji Zi himself does not restrict the consumption of wine and meat, so the banquet prepared by the Xuanji faction this time is obviously several grades higher than the last time.
Because Xuanjizi was still in retreat, Cang'er had no choice but to bring Jun Moyu and Han Ai to accompany him, and it was also at the strong request of Li Cheng's prefect that Cang'er made such an arrangement.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Cheng was already red-faced with alcohol, and his official uniform had already been changed, and he was wearing a set of Yanju regular clothes at this time, holding Jun Moyan and Han Ai's arms, chatting happily.
Because the three of them are somewhat famous in Shilin, they naturally have a lot of common topics, commenting on the past and the present, acupuncture and current affairs, quoting scriptures when they are happy, and reciting the old and new articles of the world's famous masters aloud, having a lot of fun.
Li Cheng was so drunk that he was already a little slurred: "Today, I Li Cheng and I are fortunate to know two virtuous brothers, it's really a blessing for three lives! Come on, come on, let's be a big white again!"
Han Ai has always liked the things in the cup, naturally the cup is dry, and today can make Li Cheng drink so happily, Han Ai must account for at least eight successful labors.
And Jun Mo disturbed his willingness to attend an occasion like today, which also surprised Cang'er and Yi prisoners, Jun Mo disturbed from Confucianism to Taoism, the first importance of virtue, and usually managed his words and deeds very strictly.
I have been brothers together for more than ten years, and the brothers have never seen him drink, but today Jun Mo not only drank, although he drank a lot, as long as someone toasted him, he did not shirk or refuse.
When Han Ai starts not to stutter, that's when he drinks to the point.
Usually a little restrained, he will become chic and uninhibited at this time, and begin to talk about some Shilin secrets, fragrant and wild history, such as lotus flowers on the tongue, witty words, which make Li Cheng and Jun Mo laugh from time to time.
Drinking to the rise and talking about **, Han Ai ran back to his residence, took his favorite piano, and sang while playing, his superb piano skills and profound lyrics won the applause of Li Cheng and Jun Mo.
Li Cheng felt that he had too much fun today, and in order to thank the two little friends for their deep friendship, Li Cheng immediately asked his subordinates to carry the 10,000 taels of silver promised to the Xuanji faction to repair the house to the Xuanji faction's treasury.
On the other hand, Song Neng and Cang'er drank more boldly, and they dried up bowl by bowl, and soon after, the two began to call each other brothers, like old friends who had been close for many years.
At this time, the Yi prisoner sent another osmanthus pig hand, and Song Neng grabbed the Yi prisoner and said: "Eight Immortal Master, the wine and food are enough, don't be busy anymore, come and come, sit down and have a drink with the official." ”
Prisoner Yi saw that he couldn't help him, so he had to sit down, wiped his hand on his apron, picked up a glass of wine in front of him and said: "Lord Meng Song can afford it, so he will drink this glass of wine in the next place, but this is just one glass, there are still three dishes in the back kitchen that have not been cooked, I will quickly go back and get it ready, and then come over to drink with you, do you think it is good?"
After Prisoner Yi finished taking a sip of the wine, he was ready to get up and say goodbye.
Song Neng drunkenly grabbed Prisoner Yi's right wrist and said with a big tongue: "Brother Tianxin, don't be in a hurry to leave, let's have another drink!"
As soon as the three words "Brother Tianxin" came out, everyone present paused, and Prisoner Yi raised his head to look at Song Neng, and asked with a glint in his eyes: "Lord Song, have you drunk too much?" ”
Song Neng seemed to have really drunk too much, he put his flushed face in front of the Yi prisoner and said, "Brother Tianxin, I just mean you? Tang Guochuan Shu has two major families-Tang Sect and Yi Family, you are the most powerful Tianjiao of the Yi family thirty years ago-Yi Tianxin, right?"
The Yi prisoner squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Song Neng and said: "Lord Song, do you recognize the wrong person? There are many people with the surname Yi in the world, not everyone with the surname Yi is from the Yi family in Shuzhong, and they are born and raised in the Song family, and they have nothing to do with the Yi family in Shuzhong. ”
"Oh?" Song Neng was a little surprised, he rubbed his eyes, looked at Prisoner Yi carefully, and said, "Eight Immortal Master, I'm sorry. When you say that, I don't look like it.
It's just that when I traveled to Sichuan and Shu with my father thirty years ago, I saw Brother Yi Tianxin in a hurry, and after too much time, I will inevitably admit my mistake! I'm really sorry, I punished myself. ”
Song Neng drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp, picked up the chopsticks again, ate several mouthfuls of food and said: "It's good that the Eight Immortal Master is not from the Yi family in Shuzhong, fortunately I admit my mistake, otherwise I wouldn't dare to eat the food you cooked!
Prisoner Yi stiffened his face, took a glass of wine and drank it down, then got up and retired.
Song Neng looked at the somewhat lame back of Prisoner Yi and said, "Is there such a similar person in the world?
As if he hadn't heard Song Neng's words, Prisoner Yi went out directly, and Cang'er on the side frowned and said, "Lord Song, have you drunk too much today?"
Song Neng turned his head, looked at Cang'er and said with a smile: "The two Guangdong giant thieves are broken, they were famous in the rivers and lakes thirty years ago, I really didn't expect that he would be such a thin man, and he hid in the mountains to be a housekeeper for others."
No wonder people say: small hidden in the wild, hidden in the city, big hidden in the court. Back then, Brother Cang's reputation in the rivers and lakes was much higher than that of Yi Tianxin. ”
Cang'er put down the wine glass in his hand, took out a short cigarette pouch from his sleeve, stuffed some tobacco into the copper smoke pot, lit it, took a deep breath, spit out another puff of cigarette and said, "Lord Song, I see that you really drank too much, why don't you let someone help you down and rest for a while?"
Song Neng waved his hand and said, "Could it be that I recognized the wrong person again? I didn't drink too much today! Brother Cang, don't be afraid, I'm not here to ask about the crime and arrest people today." It's just that I found that there are a lot of cattle in the Xuanji faction, so I couldn't help but test it, Brother Cang won't be surprised, right?"
Cang'er took another puff of cigarette and said, "How can I blame Lord Song? Back then, I and Lord Song's father took refuge together in the Kuyan area of western Guangdong, but we had a fateful friendship, but I didn't expect Song Guo to be so young, and today I met an acquaintance again. ”
Song Neng was stunned for a moment, immediately recovered, hurriedly poured a glass of wine, took it up and bowed deeply to Cang'er and said, "It turns out that Uncle Shi still remembers the little nephew!
Cang'er continued to smoke the cigarette pouch and did not answer.
At this time, Li Cheng, Jun Moyan, and Han Ai, who were listening a little dumbfounded on the side, felt embarrassed, Jun Moyan got up with a cold face and said to Li Cheng: "Master Li, the student is a little overwhelmed by alcohol, and he is worried that he will lose his temper if he drinks it again, so I forgive the student for retiring first." ”
Fifteen years ago, when Jun Moyan was ten years old, he participated in the children's examination in Wanshui County, and at that time, Li Cheng was the official of Xuanwei Mansion, so here Jun Moyan called himself a student There is no problem at all, on the contrary, it can bring the relationship between the two closer.
Li Cheng hurriedly grabbed Jun Mo's sleeve and said, "Brother Xian, don't be in a hurry to leave, Lord Song is just drunk for a while and recognized the wrong person, there is absolutely no intention to trouble the two immortal masters, don't be angry." ”
Jun Mo disturbed lightly flicked Li Cheng's hand away and said, "Are Lord Li and Lord Song not good at coming today? From the afternoon to the present, the two of you have tried every means to get to the bottom of our senior brothers! Fortunately, the Xuanji faction is full of innocent disciples!"
Otherwise, will the two adults have to take people at this time and exterminate the Xuanji faction?"
Li Cheng hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Brother Xian, don't be angry! How could we have such an idea? The Xuanji faction is a Xuanji sect that the imperial court has personally rewarded and rewarded at the same level as the government office, so I have the courage to come and exterminate the Xuanji faction!"
Besides, how can we ordinary people be able to exterminate the Xuanji faction?"
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from outside the house: "Hehe, Master Li is too modest, just rely on your Jindan cultivation and cooperate with the four Jindan perfect fake account gentlemen outside, if the poor road is not on the mountain, you may really dare to do it." ”
As soon as the words fell, four figures flew in and fell heavily to the ground, and the four of them were still stacked together like arhats, and seeing that they couldn't move, they must have been restrained.
Xuanjizi wore a five-colored Taoist robe, Shi Shiran walked in, grabbed an osmanthus pig hand from the table and gnawed it, as if he had been hungry for a long time.
Li Cheng hurriedly took out his own handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Xuanjizi to wipe his hands, Xuanjizi finished a pig's hand in three or five strokes, wiped his hands with Li Cheng's snow-white handkerchief, threw the handkerchief away, and then walked to the upper seat of the banquet and sat down.
He looked at Li Cheng playfully and said, "Master Li, you have to give the old man an explanation for today's matter." ”
Li Cheng hurriedly apologized and said: "Xuanji Zi Immortal Master, I came to your sect today to explore the bottom, it is really out of helplessness, and I ask for your forgiveness! There is a big man in the capital who wants to raise the Xuanji faction, but this big man doesn't know the root of the Xuanji faction, so he can't just throw down so many resources for no reason, right?"
Xuanjizi looked at Li Cheng with a smile and said, "Well, the forty-four-year-old prefect from the Sipin Prefect still has the cultivation of the Jindan period, should I call you the Prefect Li? Or should I call you Li Daoyou?"
Li Cheng hurriedly bent his waist lower and said, "In front of the Jingbian Immortal Master, I am both a subordinate official and a junior cultivator, you can call me whatever your old man wants to call me?"
Xuanjizi nodded and said, "Well, Xiao Chengzi, tell me the purpose of your trip." ”
Li Cheng pursed his lips, but finally didn't dare to refute, and said: "Xuanjizi Immortal Master, the lower official is entrusted by the Nineteenth Prince, and there is something important to discuss with you, why don't we change to a secret place to talk?"
Xuanjizi looked left and right and said: "I am all my own people here, but it doesn't matter if you say it, as for whether to let Song Zhixian avoid it, you have your own decision." ”
Li Cheng didn't expect Xuanjizi's words to be so sharp, and Song Neng had a little dislike for himself under understatement, so he had to smile and say: "Lord Song is not an outsider, so let me convey the meaning of the big man in the capital to the immortal master." ”
The girl in plain clothes lowered her head and walked to the cave house of Tu Shan Ziyi, and was just about to knock on the door, the door opened by itself, and Tu Shan Ziyi in purple clothes was standing at the door, she smiled at the girl in plain clothes and said: "Ah Li, you are finally here, I have been waiting for you for a long time, come in." ”
The plain-clothed girl Ah Li also squeezed out a smile and said, "Aunt Ziyi, Ah Li delayed on the road for a while, and made you wait for a long time." ”
Ziyi reached over and grabbed Ah Li's wrist, and asked gently, "Ah Li, what's wrong with you?" Did you hear some rumors outside? Don't pay attention to those noises, they are jealous of you.
You have just returned to the clan, and they don't know much about you, and when you come up in cultivation, they will know how big the gap between genius and them is.
No matter what spirit creature is, when the opponent's strength has an overwhelming advantage, most of them will choose to surrender, and naturally no one will dare to talk about you behind your back.
Therefore, Ah Li, you have to devote yourself to cultivation, quickly improve your realm, use your strength to fight back against them, and make them all shut up. ”
Ah Li lowered his head and said, "Aunt Ziyi, can you tell me where I came from? ”
Tu Shan Ziyi looked at Ah Li's eyes and said, "Ah Li, don't you really remember anything at all?"
Ah Li didn't look away, looked back at Tu Shan Ziyi's eyes and said, "Well, Aunt Ziyi, I can't remember a lot of things! I really want to know about the past! Can you tell me?".
Tu Shan Ziyi said: "Ah Li, about your life experience, it's a long story, let's go to see if your room is satisfied first, and then we will sit down and talk about this matter when we are free." ”
After speaking, Tu Shan Ziyi pulled Ah Li and walked to the back of the cave.
It's just that when the eyes of the two people separated, one was full of suspicion, and the other was full of forbearance.