The third time, out of the palace - wine tasting
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Between the corridors, the pavilions are lined up. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info The bartender knew Uncle Cao Xiaoguo and led the way ahead. Talking and laughing, they came to the outside of the private room, the door was hung with bead curtains embroidered forehead, and a simple and elegant plaque was written with the words "Su Xinlan", and the handwriting was elegant like floating clouds.
The door of the carved pineapple was ajar, and the bartender lifted the curtain sideways to let the four of them in.
There are several pots of vegetarian orchids in the Accord, which are fresh and pleasant, elegant and chic.
Cao Kai sat on the main seat, the gray-robed man sat opposite the table, and the Lan family brothers sat down.
It's just that the heavens are hot, and Cao Kai instructed the bartender to open the green oil hanging windows around him.
The window facing the street opened, and Chris was in high spirits and looked out of the window. At this time, the lanterns are on, and the Fan Tower is located at the back of the capital, and the night view of the center of the imperial city can be seen in full view.
Cao Kai instructed the bartender: "First hit Shijiao Meishou." ”
Hearing him order wine, the bartender and Lan Yuanzhen were both startled. The bartender knew that the uncle of the small country was massive, but he was really surprised by the "Ten Corners of Meishou", Meishou is a famous wine brewed by Fan Lou, and there are only a handful of good wines that can match it in the capital. Lan Yuanzhen calculated in his heart: One corner and four liters, can this ten-corner wine be drunk?
The gray-robed man heard him order wine so boldly, and suddenly felt that the wine worm in his stomach was stirring, and he couldn't help but smile.
During the banquet, Cao Kai smiled and said: "My surname is Cao, and I call myself 'Shouzhongshanren', these two are Lan Kunzhong (3). Dare to ask Brother Tai's surname?"
The gray-robed man said in his heart: "The name of Uncle Cao Xiaoguo" is known to everyone in the capital, but the name of "Shouzhong Mountain" is not often mentioned.
People in the world always think that a person who cultivates the Tao must be an ethereal person from outside the world who drinks wind and dew. Cao Kai is just not like those ordinary cultivators, he respects the simplicity of nature, and he is hidden in the world, he thinks that the worldly mountain people are immortals, so he gave himself this Taoist name.
Perhaps, this is the transparency of the outer realm.
Cao Kai didn't report his real name, and the gray-robed man knew that he had also guessed his identity, so he had a little meaning between his words, and he smiled: "The next surname is Chu, a person from Jiangyou, this time I came to the capital to do some small business." ”
The man's gaze swept over Lan Yuanzhen, and he thought: The age difference between the two brothers is a lot, although this person is wearing civilian clothes and doesn't talk much, he is full of official authority, and he is by no means a small person in the officialdom.
"Brother Chu, my name is Yuan Xiao!" Chris's identity is fake, and it is very refreshing to report it.
The man liked that this young man was simple and straightforward.
First, the wine bowl was served, and the bartender replaced it with a large cup early.
Suddenly, the little brother of Xingcai carried three large bowls in his left hand, and his right arm dropped more than a dozen bowls and a few plates from his hand to his shoulder.
Chris didn't expect the catering industry in the Song Dynasty to be so developed, with a clear division of labor and good service. He saw that the younger brother was smart and well-trained, and he liked it very much, so he called aside and rewarded a lot of silver. Chris has a habit of tipping busboys in modern times, because they usually don't get tips for waiters, and instead do the dirtiest and most tiring work. The little brother had never seen so much money given to the master, so he hurriedly thanked him, his face was satisfied, and he worked more neatly.
Although Chris is generous, he does not mean the slightest show, and he is completely respectful of the hard work of the toilers.
The man saw that the young man's attitude towards these low-level workers was no different from his own attitude, with a kind smile and kind words, which made people feel very easy to get close to.
After a short time, the "hot wine" who specializes in scalding wine brought the warm wine over, and the bartender poured it full in turn.
Cao Kai spoke: "Brother Chu, I don't know how we drink?"
Before the man could reply, Chris picked up a large bowl full of wine. The wine in the bowl was amber and crystal clear, and a peach fragrance penetrated her nose, and she drank it without hesitation.
Lan Yuanxiao looked at him as a delicate and beautiful young man, but it was quite unexpected for the two to see him drink so boldly.
The man said, "Brother Cao, I think it's like Brother Xiaolan?"
Cao Kai laughed and said, "Okay!
The two of them picked up the bowl and drank it all with their heads up.
The bartender over there had just poured it for Chris, and when she saw that the two of them were drinking, she was very envious, so she quickly drank again, exhaled, and drank another bowl of wine. When the wine moistens the entire tongue, Chris savored it: the wine is light, delicate and delicate, with a pure texture, soft and peaceful in the throat, and a hint of peach aroma is really unique, but the degree is lower.
Lan Yuanzhen saw that his master was in such a hurry, so he became worried, and said in a brother's tone: "Yuanxiao, be careful of getting drunk after drinking so quickly." ”
Chris smiled and said, "Where can you get drunk with this little wine?" ”
A member of the Smith family of Irish descent, he has never lost a drink. Chris grew up remembering a wise quote from his grandfather: The Irish are the most powerful people in the world, and because they are so powerful, God has made us obsessed with drinking, otherwise the Irish would rule the world. Later, when Chris was developing the Chinese market, he heard about an unspoken rule in shopping malls: "Winning or losing at the wine table is the success or failure of business". She followed the local customs and fought with others, although she didn't like the hot and hot taste of the liquor, but she was still bored and couldn't stop drinking, such a posture, I don't know how many provocative people were frightened and drunk.
Lan Yuanzhen couldn't help frowning, and said in his heart: He has served for so many years, and he has never seen how the master drinks, although he listened to her aggressiveness, he still couldn't help but worry.
"Brother Lan, don't just care about your brother, don't drink. ”
Seeing Cao Kai's persuasion, Lan Yuanzhen also drank this bowl with him.
Seeing this, Chris smiled in his heart: It turns out that the Song Dynasty paid attention to persuading alcohol. That's right, in Chinese wine culture, it is unscientific not to persuade wine at the wine table, and it is interesting for you to come and go.
She stood up and picked up the third bowl of wine, "Brother Cao, Brother Chu, 'Wine is less than a thousand cups of confidants, and there are more than half a sentence of speculation (4)', I felt fate when we met for the first time today, and the younger brother did it first as a respect." ”
The third bowl of wine was just like that.
This sentence is a common persuasion on the modern wine table, Chris has long said it smoothly, she doesn't know that this is from the Ming Dynasty Chen Ruyuan's poem, the Song Dynasty has not yet had it.
"It's a 'wine confidant with a thousand cups of less, and the words are not speculative for half a sentence'!" Cao Kai was overjoyed, he liked to write poetry since he was a child, and tried to learn poetry from the great poet Mei Yaochen, and this time he heard Lan Yuanxiao's poem is really wonderful. He glanced at Lan Yuanzhen with deep meaning in his eyes, and exclaimed: "Wine is better poetry, and the little brother of the Lan family is really good." ”
Lan Yuanzhen listened to this, and pride arose, the master in his mind was the dragon and phoenix among people, and her bearing was not inferior to that of men, she had always been clumsy in front of people before, and no one knew that she had amazing talent.
The gray-robed man couldn't help but sigh lightly and said, "Brother Cao, are you sure he is toasting?"
Cao Kai saw that Lan Yuanxiao was still holding the empty wine bowl in his hand, revealing a quirky expression, and immediately realized. Lan Yuanxiao is already the third bowl of wine, and they are just raising a glass for the second time, Lan Yuanxiao is a toast, it is obviously a provocation.
"Brother Chu, it seems that we are blaming him for underestimating him, we can't fall behind. ”
The two had a very tacit understanding, and drank two bowls in a row before sitting down.
The bartender saw that he couldn't keep up with the speed of drinking, so he hurriedly called the mother-in-law next to him, urging them to burn the rest of the wine quickly.
When the wine rises, he is afraid of running out, so Chris slows down.
She took a piece of mustard melon and put it down, took another sip of wine, and slowly tasted it: "It's really good wine." ”
The bartender's ears were calloused when he heard the guests say this, but this table was full of distinguished guests, and he still laughed and nodded.
"It's wonderful that your restaurant can find a peach fragrance water source to make wine!"
Cao Kai smiled and said, "Brother Xian still knows how to make wine?"
"The little brother knows a little about fur. Chris took another sip of wine and said, "Since this wine is called Meishou, it is natural to bet on the meaning of 'longevity', right?"
Cao Kai nodded, "Naturally, that's what it means." ”
"This wine is sweet and sweet, with a long aftertaste, in fact, it can be regarded as a bet on the meaning of 'long', if it is all, it is vulgar. Before this wine is drunk into the mouth, the fragrance of peaches comes to the face, it must be that the restaurant has found a water source with the aroma of peaches, and it is used to make wine with this natural peach fragrance, and the peach fragrance inevitably reminds people of 'longevity peach', which does not imply the meaning of 'longevity'?"
The bartender knew in his heart that the water used to make "Meishou" was indeed not easy to come by, and it was in the upper reaches of the Taoer River that a deep well was drilled to take it as a source.
"Drinking can be so tasteful, I can see what it means to be a real wine taster. The gray-robed man was also interested when he heard the young man say this.
"Brother Chu, I haven't finished yet!"
"Little brother, is there still a high theory?"
"After this Meishou wine is brewed, it may have one more procedure than other wines. ”
"Oh?"
The bartender was stunned, he hadn't heard any of the drinkers say this, and he listened with his ears pricked up.
Chris took a sip of wine, turned it on his tongue repeatedly, and then swallowed it slightly, "This wine has a taste that other wines don't have, delicious and sweet!"
The rest of the people also took a sip, leaving a fragrance on their lips and teeth. The gray-robed man was surprised: "It's really sweet, I just say it's the taste of wine, and I can't taste anything else." ”
"This smell is not made from grain, this is the smell of meat!"
"What?"
"I tasted like some kind of chicken. It may be that after the wine is brewed, it has been soaked for a while, so it is faintly penetrated into the wine. ”
Cao Kai felt that this statement was incredible, but it was not impossible to think about it carefully, he said: "Isn't it a turtle dove? The turtle dove is a 'bird that does not choke', and it also implies the meaning of 'longevity'." ”
Chris shrugged, "Who knows, I'm talking about fun!
The bartender breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and thought to himself: Sure enough, it's nonsense, where in this world can you know so many people with a taste. Thinking about it again, if this is really as he said, wouldn't the secret of Meishou wine be stolen from him.
In this way, the three people present felt that the taste of wine was better, and they felt that drinking wine was more interesting.
A few people drank and talked happily, and they were full of wind.
Lan Yuan was shocked to find that the snake was as thin as silk when undressed, and the ruddy color on the master's cheeks was revealed.
He remembered the first time he was in Empress Cao's bedroom, when he saw the scene of being three years old, the child's small face was chubby, but the expression was rich and people never got tired of looking at it, just like now, a little cute, a little lively. Raised with her under the knee of Queen Cao, there is also the current Song Yingzong Zhao Shu, Zhao Zongshi of the day, compared to Tao, he is more like a meat ball, following the master every day, like a fart, no matter how old he is, he is just a nerd, and the master who likes to play and have fun is completely different, at that time the master could not look down on him, and then the heir of Renzong was born, he was taken out of the palace and returned to his biological father.
Who knows, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, people have good fortune and misfortune, Renzong's young son died, and after a few years, no one in the harem gave birth to a male heir, and Renzong had no choice but to take back this forgotten adopted son. Zhao Zongshi was shocked when he saw Gao Tao again, this stupid boy seemed to have suddenly opened his mind, and used all his skills to please his master, as if he had spent all his life's dexterity on Taotao. It just responded to the common saying: A good woman can't stand Lai Han's entanglement, and the master was moved by his patient and long-lasting true feelings, but where is Zhao Zongshi worthy of her? Empress Cao has always cultivated her as a future queen. In Lan Yuanzhen's eyes, if it weren't for his master, how could this stubborn stupid boy get a marriage from Renzong? Empress Cao said in her heart that she was a million unwilling, but if the official family gave her a marriage, who could say anything?
Gao Taotao was raised by Lan Yuanzhen, and he licked the calf for Taotao, and he really regarded her as a daughter. Although he didn't look down on Zhao Zongshi, he also accepted the choice of "daughter". The only thing he was dissatisfied with was that after getting married, the master changed his gorgeous clothes, but the layers of grease and powder on his face became thicker and thicker, almost covering her delicate face, and she became the image of a life wife with a pale face, a dull expression, cautious speech, and decent manners.
But during this time, Lan Yuanzhen always felt that time had gone back, and the master didn't seem to have aged at all, and he was still the original quirky and cute girl.
Seeing that Lan Yuanzhen had no intention of drinking, as if he was thinking, Cao Kai no longer persuaded him. Since gambling with the gray-robed man, the two of them have deep internal strength, and they usually love to drink. Chris was not left behind, bowl after bowl, staggered, and the interest grew.
When he drank five or six bowls, Lan Yuanzhen was stunned in his heart: Could it be that the master is actually very good at drinking?
When he drank fifteen or six bowls, Lan Yuanzhen was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.
When he drank twenty-five or six bowls, Lan Yuanzhen secretly admired the master's amount of wine.
By the time she reached thirty-five or six bowls, Lan Yuanzhen had already treated it indifferently, occasionally adding wine and cloth dishes to her.
Cao Kai said leisurely: "Let's hit ten corners again." ”
The bartender said bluntly, he has drunk forty corners of wine, and he hasn't seen a few masters drunk?
Such a movement has already alarmed the drinkers upstairs and downstairs, and many people leaned out of the Accord to look around, wanting to see the excitement.
In fact, when the two of them drank forty bowls, the wine in their bodies surged, and both of them urged the internal force to mix the wine with the true qi, and then let the true qi carry the wine to swim between the two veins of Zuyang Ming Jing and Ren Du.
Cao Kai let the true qi first run from the acupoints of Taiyi, Guanmen, and Liangmen, and then incorporated it into the middle navel acupoint, and finally the sea and all rivers converged to the big acupoint under the umbilicus - Qi Hai acupoint, this acupoint is the place where the innate vitality of the human body gathers, the sea of men's anger, and the disease of the main body. Qi Hai Cave is also the two veins, and the two veins are combined with the Du pulse backwards, and the wine gas is like a stream entering the sea, and the qi is dissipated without a trace.
The gray-robed man was angry, and first let the true qi with the wine breath linger in the qi sea cave for a while, and then poured it into the middle navel acupoint. The belly, the cavity, the wine gas flowed into this huge cavity in the lower part of the Ren vein, and the feeling of abdominal distension and diarrhea disappeared. The middle belly acupoint is the acupoint where Zu Yangming and Ren pulse converge, and the wine gas slowly descends from the Shuidao acupoint to the Liangqiu acupoint, and the last wave of true qi suddenly jumps to press the Zusanli acupoint, and the wine leaks out.
The two of them gambled on wine in disguise to compete with internal forces, and the lines of their true luck were different, but they were both exquisite methods of internal masters to turn wine and force wine. However, compared with the two, Cao Kai's internal force is superior.
The gray-robed man thought to himself: Although he is a noble uncle, he is an unruly person, and he does not have any prejudice against himself, which is really extraordinary.
After some competition, the gray-robed man not only admired Cao Kai's martial arts, but also admired his personality.
"Brother Cao's skills are profound, and he lost in the next!"
Cao Kai waved his hand and said, "If you talk about drinking, we both lose!"
The two stared at Lan Yuanxiao's little face, and saw that he was already fresh-skinned, and after drinking, his face was like pink, and it became even more gorgeous. He moved his wrist to waft the smell of wine, his eyes were slightly drunk, and he was not drunk other than that. Both of them used their internal skills to sober up, but he drank in real time. How can they say all the beautiful words in such a heroic and free way? The two changed their initial impression of him, admired him, and cherished him.
The gray-robed man spoke first: "I have heard that the characters in the capital are romantic, and today I saw it really extraordinary." ”
Cao Kai smiled and said, "Brother Yuanxiao's alcohol consumption can also be called the posture of a celestial!"
Seeing the two praising himself, Chris smiled and said, "The amount of alcohol I drink varies from person to person, so I have a good time with my two brothers, so I naturally drink a few more glasses." ”
When it comes to the amount of alcohol, Chris is really not drunk. She's only been drunk once when she's grown up.
She smiled and secretly sighed that it was an unprecedented wonder in her life to be able to meet friends with wine in the Great Song Dynasty.