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Not long after Xu Wei returned to his seat, Ge Huaimin and Li Zhihe came to the top of the building surrounded by a group of soldiers. Xu Wei pretended to be relieved and said with a smile: "The two adults have arrived, come here, I will introduce you to the Lord.
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Su Jin and everyone on the table stood up and heard Xu Wei say: "This is Mr. Ge, the commander of our Weizhou capital, and this is Mr. Li, the supervisor of the army sent by the emperor to our Jingyuan Road. Two generals
, this one is our newly appointed Weizhou Magistrate, Mr. Su, you three adults, please get close to each other."
Su Jin cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I have admired you for a long time!"
Li Zhihe smiled and bowed in return. Ge Huaimin casually cupped his hand, glanced at Su Jin casually, and sat down on the chair rudely. He picked up the chopsticks and stuffed a piece of food into his mouth.
Seeing that Ge Huaimin was rude, everyone secretly looked at Su Jin's face. Seeing that Su Jin showed no sign of anger, they were relieved and began to look down upon Su Jin. It seemed that he was a young man after all. In an old world like Ge Huaimin,
The momentum in front of him was still weak, and he could only be submissive in the face of Ge Huaimin's disregard.
Xu Wei hurriedly said: "Sit down, everyone, sit down. The two adults have arrived and everyone has gathered. Let's start now. This dish is almost cold. Fortunately, it is midsummer now, so it doesn't matter if it is colder."
Everyone said: "Yes, it tastes better when it's cold..."
Su Jin remained calm and suppressed the anger in his heart. This Ge Huaimin was rude and disrespectful and did not take him seriously at all. The account was written down for him first, but Su Jin was actually more afraid of people like Ge Huaimin.
The more rude and disrespectful a person is, the lower their weight in Su Jin's heart. For Su Jin, such people are actually very easy to deal with. On the contrary, Xu Wei and the smiling supervisor Li are the strongest enemies. They are the most powerful enemies.
It is the birthplace of bad water, so be patient and then worry about it.
Everyone sat down, Xu Wei picked up his wine glass, made a circle and said with a smile: "Today is the time for us to welcome the new Lord of the Palace. The capital is thousands of miles away, Lord Su has traveled all the way to take office. From now on, we will be here in Weizhou City."
Now that we have the person to call the shots, let us raise a toast together to welcome Mr. Su. In the future, if Mr. Su has errands, we will have no shirk our responsibilities. We will definitely follow him to benefit the people of Weizhou, guard the important border towns for the imperial court, and serve the imperial court."
Li Zhihe said with a smile: "That's good. I'll take care of Master Su. Come on, let's do it."
Everyone raised their glasses together, and Su Jin also raised his glasses and stood up with a smile: "Thanks to you all for your love, I feel like I'm home from home. I first came to Weizhou, and my eyesight went dark and I didn't understand anything. I will need to do more in the future."
Please give me more advice and help, and if there is anything inappropriate, please don’t hesitate to point it out. After drinking this glass of wine, we will be our own people; Xu Tongpan is right, we will work together to fight against the Western thieves and serve the imperial court."
Everyone cheered and raised their glasses and drank up the wine.
Xu Wei took the silver chopsticks and served Su Jin diligently. The warehouse chief, Ti Xing and other officials on the side also served Li Zhihe and Ge Huaimin. Ge Huaimin was immersed in chewing and pouring wine as if there was no one else around.
Su Jin picked up the wine in the cup and said to Ge Huaimin with a smile: "General Ge has a good appetite. It seems that he is too busy with military affairs to take care of eating. I came to offer a drink to General Ge. When passing by Qinzhou, I heard the Han envoy mention that Ge
The general is the pinnacle of Weizhou City. He has fought off the Western bandits several times and tried to keep Weizhou as stable as a mountain. From now on, we are just grasshoppers on a rope. Let me toast the general. We should get closer in the future.
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Ge Huaimin spat out a chicken bone, wiped his greasy mouth with his sleeve, looked at Su Jin sideways, and said: "Master Su, it's not that I, Old Ge, want to refute your face, I advise you to pack your bags and go back to Beijing. I heard
You are this year's number one scholar. It's not a good place to be an official, but you come to this place where birds don't shit. I, Lao Ge, speak straightforwardly, and you look like a white-faced scholar. A gust of northwest wind can blow you away.
If you are defeated, how can you resist the Western thieves and serve the imperial court? I'm afraid it's just empty talk."
Everyone was attentively waiting for Su Jin's reaction, knowing that this Ge Huaimin would not make it easy for Su Jin today. This Su Jin was obedient and first toasted to Ge Huaimin. Unexpectedly, Lao Ge still didn't appreciate it. These words were nothing more than a slap in the face.
Su Jin's slap.
Su Jin smiled and said: "General Ge, according to your wishes, how should I be born with five big bodies, three thick bodies, and a strong body to be able to stand here? My appearance and figure are all my parents have. I have no choice. The most important thing is to have a heart to serve the imperial court."
Heart, as long as your mind is firm, what difficulties can you not overcome?"
Ge Huaimin laughed and said: "It's interesting that someone actually taught me a lesson in front of me, Lao Ge. Forgive me for being vulgar, but what you said is all bullshit. Bullshit like being firm will still work if it's written on your imperial examination paper. It's fooling you."
It's okay to get a title for fooling the princes in the court, but it's worthless here. The northwest wind here is like a burning knife, hailstones as big as eggs are falling from the sky, and the food you eat during the war is filled with sand and dust.
, you drink muddy water full of sand, the hooves of a bandit's horse might step on your head at some point, have you ever heard the sound of a scimitar cutting into your bones? Can you survive three days like this?
, I, Lao Ge, even if you are capable, just talking and bragging is of no use."
Su Jin put down the wine glass and sneered: "Why do you think I haven't lived such a life?"
Ge Huaimin glared at Su Jin and said, "Anyone can brag. Do you dare to make a bet with me?"
Su Jin said: "What are you betting on?"
Ge Huaimin said: "I can tell at a glance that you are used to fine clothes and fine food, and you don't even dare to kill a chicken with a knife. If I bet with you on who can kill the most enemies on the battlefield, I would be bullying you; I have a delicious food in the northwest.
, all the officials in Bianliang City also like to eat it, you must have eaten it too, but I bet you don’t dare to eat it today."
Su Jin said: "Joke, since it is a delicacy for people to eat, if others can eat it, why can't I eat it?"
Ge Huaimin didn't answer. He waved his hand to the soldiers outside the hall and said, "Bring it up."
Two soldiers came in carrying a large iron cage covered with black cloth and placed it on a stone table next to it.
Two other people carried a table and placed it in the open space. The table was a bit strange. There was a round hole as big as the mouth of a bowl in the middle. The tabletop was divided into two halves and seemed to be able to be opened and closed.
Ge Huaimin looked at Su Jin and said, "Master Su, have you ever eaten monkey brains?"
Su Jin nodded and said, "I have eaten it before. This is a popular delicacy in Bianliang City."
Ge Huaimin said, "Just eat it. Today we will eat monkey brains. I bet you don't dare to take a bite. I, Old Ge, have not made things difficult for you, Mr. Su. We usually eat everything when we are marching and fighting and encountering a shortage of food and water."
, if you catch monkeys and other game, you will naturally eat them. If you dare to take a bite of this, I will assume that what you, Mr. Su, said was not a fart."
Su Jin didn't know why Ge Huaimin was so confident. He had naturally eaten monkey brains. He had eaten a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas in the capital. There was no concept of protecting wild animals these days. Besides, there were so many beasts and insects in the mountains and wild places that they slaughtered ferocious beasts.
Not only would he not be punished, the government would actually reward him with money, such as monkey brains, tiger whips, leopard tails, and python meat. Su Jin had also eaten a lot of it at banquets in the capital. Why was Ge Huaimin so convinced that he wouldn't dare?
What about eating monkey brains?
Ge Huaimin stepped forward, rolled up his sleeves to reveal his dark arms, reached out and lifted the black cloth on the cage. As expected, there were two furry monkeys in the iron cage. The two monkeys hugged each other and looked around with frightened eyes.
He looked around and squeaked, as if he understood the fate that was about to come.
"Master Su, it took my brothers one afternoon to catch these two monkeys on Long Mountain. There was originally a female monkey. My brothers were greedy and roasted them on the mountain, so we just
I can eat these two newly born baby monkeys.”
Su Jin's heart pounded. These two little monkeys looked quite pitiful. Did Ge Huaimin actually want to kill the monkeys in front of him and eat their brains?
Ge Huaimin chuckled, pointed at the monkey and said to Su Jin: "Master Su has eaten monkey brains in the capital. I guess you eat the monkey brains on a plate, pick up a bunch of them with chopsticks, rinse them in boiling water, and then eat them again."
Dip it into your mouth with some seasonings like onion, ginger, vinegar, etc., right?"
Su Jin nodded and said: "Exactly."
Ge Huaimin said: "That way of eating is not popular in our northwest. The delicious taste of monkey brains is covered up by the flavor of condiments, and it is still a waste. Today we will eat it according to the northwest way, so that Mr. Su can also know what delicious food is in the world."
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Su Jin's heart skipped a beat, as if he knew something.
Ge Huaimin rubbed his hands, opened the cage door and reached in. He grabbed a little monkey by the neck and pulled it out. The two little monkeys hugged each other tightly and screamed in fear. One paw was still tight.
He clung to the iron bars of the cage and refused to let go.
Ge Huaimin pulled out hard, and the little monkey became anxious, and bit his big black hand with his teeth. Ge Huaimin had rough skin and thick flesh, but the monkey didn't bite his hand, but the slight pain annoyed Ge Huaimin, and he relaxed.
He opened his palms and cursed continuously, then he hit the biting little monkey with his palm as big as a cattail leaf fan, and slapped it so hard that the little monkey's mouth and nose began to bleed and he almost fainted.
Su Jin cursed in his heart, this bitch is really vicious. The little monkey looks like a child, so he couldn't help but look at that pitiful appearance. He turned around to look at the people in the seat. Everyone was shocked.
With excited expressions on their faces, they stretched their necks and looked at them with smiles, but no one showed any sympathy.
Ge Huaimin slapped him a few times. Seeing that the little monkey was dazed and unable to hold on to the iron railing, he grabbed it by the neck and pulled it out. He said with a smile: "Damn it, you little beast is still unwilling. Let me tell you, you can enter today."
Our Master Su’s belly is the blessing you have cultivated in your previous life. If Master Su hadn’t come to Weizhou to be our parents and officials in Weizhou, how would you have had such an honor?”
Su Jin almost cursed, but the crime was put on his back.