Before entering the border town, we passed by a lonely inn with a crumpled and shabby wine shop hanging outside.
Chen Pingan swayed the wine gourd for a while, and then decided to add some wine. Chen Pingan could taste the quality of wine. He had tasted Wangyou wine from Huangliang Blessed Land, mellow wine from Osmanthus Island, and drinks from roadside corner wine shops.
I didn’t buy less and didn’t worry about it so much.
Outside the inn lay a thin, pole-like native dog, basking in the bright sun. When they saw Chen Pingan and the others from a distance, they started to jump up, grinning, and roaring.
What kind of hospitality is this?
A little cripple ran out with a knife, pointed the tip of the knife at the dog, and said angrily: "If you yell again, I'll take your dog's head!"
The native dog lay down on the ground sickly.
The little lame man looked up and saw three rare customers. He quickly hid the knife behind his back and said with a smile: "Guest, don't be afraid, we are not a shady shop here. We guarantee that this is a serious business conducted by an innocent family!"
The limping and skinny young man seemed to be worried that the guests would turn around and run away, so he acted preemptively. He turned to the lobby and shouted: "Madam boss, we have a guest. Please clean the table quickly. There is your favorite, handsome young man.
Still a scholar!"
After the shop assistant announced the good news to the landlady, he quickly turned his head, bent down and stretched out his hand, "Guests, please sit inside. We have the green plum wine made by the landlady's ancestral method, as well as my master's best roasted whole lamb, thousands of miles away from the border.
, this one has no other branches!”
Chen Pingan and the other three walked into the inn.
There are not many tables for drinking and dining in the lobby on the first floor. I guess it is because of the lack of business. People can live on the second floor. There are no guests in the lobby at the moment. There is only a woman with her feet on the bench, eating melon seeds and squinting at the so-called scholar of the little cripple.
She had no hope at first. The little cripple was like a little maggot soaked in a manure pit. He had no knowledge. He would never know how to write the word handsome in this life.
The woman was wearing a red-bottomed yellow floral robe with double breasts and wide sleeves. The robe was of good quality and good style, but it was a bit old and seemed to be covered with a layer of grease.
The woman has a plump and rosy face, a graceful figure, and her beauty covers all her ugliness. What’s more, she is not ugly in the first place. She is already a woman in her thirties, and she still will not lose to those beautiful girls of fifteen or sixteen years old.
Her eyes lit up, she let out a delicate and charming ouch, threw a handful of melon seeds on the ground, picked them up casually with her embroidered shoes, pulled them under the table, twisted her slender waist vigorously, like a snake, towards Chen Ping'an
He twisted it over there, slapped it away, and gently put it on the shoulder of the handsome young man in white robe. He squeezed it easily and couldn't tell. I found a treasure. It looked so good. I never thought it was still on my body.
The ones that are powerful are not those embroidered pillows that are useless.
Chen Ping'an saw that she was pushing the envelope and wanted to slap him on the chest. Then he took a step sideways and let her slap the air in the air. He said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, I want to buy three to five kilograms of wine. I don't have food or accommodation. I bought wine."
Let's go, I heard from the waiter that there is ancestral green plum wine here, I wonder what the price is?"
The woman retracted her palm angrily and said, "Young Master is going to that fox town in such a hurry? You really didn't scare him just to attract business. There are often ghosts and demons there, which can cause harm to people. This year, it's even worse. Many merchants and travelers have suffered."
Misfortune, death has never happened, but those who are crazy over there must have a pair of hands. So, sir, you'd better stay in our inn. You can have as many jugs of green plum wine as you like. It's not expensive. It's the best five years.
Brewing, two pots are only one tael of silver, and a roasted whole lamb, eat and drink enough, and stay with us at night, then..."
At this point, the woman's brows raised slightly with a hint of spring, "Sister, I will personally bring the water for the young master's feet."
Pei Qian was drooling at the side. After hearing the words "roast whole lamb", he couldn't walk.
She wiped her mouth and gently tugged on Chen Pingan's sleeve.
Chen Pingan thought for a while and asked Wei Xian, "Can I drink?"
Wei Xian nodded and said, "A huge amount."
Chen Pingan turned to the proprietress and smiled: "I won't stay here, but you can have a meal at the inn. In addition to the wine you drink at the dinner table, prepare five kilograms of green plum wine for me. I want to take it away."
The woman waved her hand to the little lame man and said, "Choose a sheep for your old hunchback master. Remember to fatten it properly and eat some snacks. Don't think about a cheap master falling from the sky all day long and teaching you peerless martial arts. Such a good thing,
I can’t hit you on the head. Get out now.”
The young man muttered and ran away.
The three of them sat down, and as soon as a bench became empty, the woman went to the counter, took a few plates to eat, put them on the table, and sat opposite Chen Pingan, "From the young master's accent, it doesn't sound like our Daquan
Ren's name? Is he the scholar who went on a study tour? He's from the Northern Jin Dynasty?"
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "It's from further south."
The woman leaned forward and bent down to grab a handful of dried fruits bought from Hu'er Town. She pressed her heavy chest on the table and found that the young man was always looking at her face with a smile and his eyes were clear. This made her
The woman was a little surprised that there are cats in the world that don't eat fishy food? She smiled sweetly and asked: "Let's have a drink first? I can drink leisurely with the young master, and when the roasted whole lamb is served, I will be a little tipsy.
, when the time comes to tear off the golden and buttery lamb leg, the taste is really amazing."
Chen Pingan nodded and said yes.
The woman went to get a jar of wine and four large white bowls stacked on top of each other. She removed the mud seal and poured the wine into the bowls. The green plum wine was amber in color, especially clean and not turbid. Just by looking at it, it was like a good wine.
People are probably a little intoxicating. The woman was quite proud and introduced the ancestral green plum wine with a smile. It is brewed in half a year, three years, and five years. The worst half-year brewing is the one that once traveled to the capital.
The hero, leading a tall horse, would hold out his thumbs and praise him after drinking, saying that the capital of Daquan had never had such a fine wine.
Pei Qian looked innocent and asked: "People from the capital only drink wine for half a year?"
The woman was so choked that she quickly tried to remedy the situation, "That heroic man just wanted to have a taste at first, but then he bought several kilograms of green plum wine that had been brewed for five years, just like your young master."
Pei Qian smiled but pretended to be surprised and said: "So that's it, the people in Daquan Jingcheng are really not generous. They just buy some drinks, and they have to taste them first. It's not as good as me... Dad, if you want to buy, just buy the most expensive one."
Five years of brewing..."
Chen Pingan threw a chestnut at him, causing Pei Qian to hold his head in his hands.
Chen Ping'an moved the large bowl of green plum wine in front of Pei Qian to Wei Xian on the other side, letting the self-proclaimed "massive" founding emperor of the Nanyuan Kingdom have two bowls per person. It was just two bowls, so it must be no problem.
Pei Qian rubbed his head and said aggrievedly: "Can't I take a sip? After walking such a long way, I'm thirsty and my throat is about to smoke!"
The little girl's lips were chapped and almost bleeding. If it hadn't been for the demon-suppressing talisman on her forehead, which gave her amazing physical strength, she would not have been able to walk to this inn.
Having money can make her go around. Having a talisman can make her go on the road. In the final analysis, it is still because of money.
Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Who drank with you to quench your thirst? I'll beg the landlady for a bowl of water later."
Pei Qian glanced at the old lady with fancy clothes, snorted coldly, crossed his arms over his chest, turned his head, and didn't even look at the woman.
The woman didn't take it seriously, got up and brought a bowl of tea over, and gently placed it in front of Pei Qian, "Drink it, no charge."
Pei Qian immediately picked up the bowl with both hands, drank it in one go.
If you don't drink it, you won't drink it. She hates this old woman, but it's not that she hates the bowl of tea in front of her.
Chen Pingan and Wei Xian looked at each other.
Chen Ping'an sighed, thinking that the shopkeeper was not a very economical person. He liked to hold grudges, and was no worse than Pei Qian. In the bowl of tea just now, when she turned her back to the three of them, she secretly spit in it.
After spitting, he twisted his wrist, swayed the tea a little, and put it on the table, leaving no trace.
However, the taste of green plum wine is really outstanding. Apart from not containing spiritual energy, it is not inferior to the sweet-scented osmanthus wine on the island ferry. I must fill up the sword-raising gourd afterwards. If that doesn't work, let Wei Xian carry a few jars with him.
, since I dare to say huge amount, I must be a wine lover.
Chen Ping'an took a sip of the green plum wine that looked so amiable and cute. It felt like burning coals in his throat and warmed his stomach. He felt better and asked: "Shopkeeper, have you ever heard about Yao's family?"
military?"
The woman said casually: "Of course, we are just living on the border. Who doesn't know the reputation of the Yao family's cavalry? I'm not just bragging, sir. In my inn, there once was a young general named Yao, with a group of followers.
I left after eating the whole roasted lamb and left a large silver ingot on the table. However, these soldiers fighting in the war were scary even if they were just eating and drinking. I didn't dare to get close. I always felt that they had murderous intent.
."
The woman patted her chest gently, but it was a pity that the already tight clothes were a little overwhelmed.
Chen Pingan asked: "The Yao family's frontier army has a good reputation?"
The woman smiled and said: "Okay, we ordinary people don't know. We have no chance to deal with these noble people. However, the reputation is not bad, it counts. After all, I have been running an inn here for more than ten years, and I haven't heard of it.
There have been many rumors about the Yao family bullying whom. The ones I have heard the most about are the Yao family. So-and-so made great contributions, received rewards from the court, and was promoted to high officials. So-and-so died in the battle in the south of the Northern Jin Dynasty. His daughter-in-law
Sure enough, I have become a widow again, and I am really tired of hearing these gossips."
Chen Pingan nodded and had a general impression of the Yao clan that migrated from Lizhu Cave to Tongye Continent.
Wei Xian had already finished a large bowl of wine, and now it was his second bowl. His face was flushed, but his eyes were bright, "The border troops neither disturb the people nor raise hopes. They clearly want to express their stance to the emperor. No."
The idea of ​​​​separating the vassal towns is a wise move. Otherwise, there are emperors from other places just outside the bed, how can you rest assured."
The woman was stunned for a moment, "Master, what are you talking about?"
Wei Xian took a sip of wine from the bowl and slapped the table, "Wherever the horses' hooves go, there is territory. This wine is delicious!"
The Emperor of Nanyuan Kingdom, who claimed to drink a lot, became a puddle of mud after saying some heroic words. He lay on the table and passed away, snoring like thunder.
Now I have to stay in an inn instead of in an inn.
To be continued...