Chapter 25: Wine and Beauty

Everyone looked at Zhang Yuelu. The waiter was stunned for a while before turning away.

"Shaodaozi" is Shaojiu, named because of its strong flavor, like burning fire. It is mainly popular in Liaodong area, because the weather there is very cold, and this wine is also suitable for driving away the cold.

This is the preference of the black-clothed people. If there are people from Liaodong Daofu who like this wine, it's fine, it's a habit. To put it another way, even if Qi Xuansu said that he wanted to drink Shaojiu, it would be barely acceptable, but it happened to be Zhang Yuelu.

First of all, there are not many women who like to drink, and even fewer women who like to drink strong liquor. Second, Zhang Yuelu has a slight accent from Jiangnan, and she is obviously not the Liaodong person who likes to drink Shaojiu the most.

Even Qi Xuansu looked at her sideways: "Shaojiu?"

"Shaojiu." Zhang Yuelu responded.

Qi Xuansu said softly: "Generally, only drunkards like 'burning knife', you don't look like a drunkard."

"For me, yellow wine is a little mellow and not intoxicating." Zhang Yuelu didn't care much about other people's strange eyes, just like in Chi Ming Palace, she didn't care about the opinions of the three deputy hall masters.

It's not arrogance, but it's her nature. She can always treat everyone equally. In front of the three deputy hall masters, she has this attitude, in front of Qi Xuansu, she still has this attitude, even in front of several real people, she only observes etiquette and does not bow.

Qi Xuansu stopped talking, just looked at her again.

A young woman wearing a plain Taoist robe, with outstanding appearance but not the best, but with a sense of momentum.

After a while, the banquet officially started. In addition to the ten-year daughter's red wine, Zhang Yuelu's Shaojiu also arrived, in a small wine jar, about only about one pound.

I think the waiter of the restaurant thinks that this girl is just in a momentary mood, or she is depressed, and is not a real drinker. Moreover, the girl looked normal and was talking to the young man beside her. She didn't look like someone who wanted to drink to relieve her sorrow. Anyway, he didn't dare to serve more. People with a shallow alcohol tolerance can get drunk with just a few taels. If he served more, it would be a waste.

Zhang Yuelu raised his hand to take the wine jar and opened the mud seal. A strong smell of wine immediately rushed out. Just smelling it was choking. To put it bluntly, people who don't drink can get drunk just by smelling the wine.

Zhang Yuelu's eyes lit up, poured the wine into the cup, and took a sip.

Seeing this scene, Qi Xuansu was relieved inexplicably. He was really afraid that this Tan Tai girl would directly lift the wine jar and take a sip, and then wipe the wine stains on her mouth with her sleeve, just like a green forest hero who eats a lot of meat and drinks a lot of wine, just like a lady from a noble family uprooting a weeping willow, which was too discordant and he couldn't accept it.

Fortunately, this Tan Tai girl still drank from a cup and didn't do anything too unorthodox.

In fact, it was not only Qi Xuansu who was relieved, but also the other people at the same table. It seemed that this girl just wanted to drink, and was not the kind of person who did not follow etiquette.

After Zhang Yuelu finished a glass of wine, a slight blush appeared on her fair face. She looked at Qi Xuansu, raised her glass and asked, "Would you like a glass?"

As if she was afraid that Qi Xuansu would refuse, she immediately added, "It's delicious."

Qi Xuansu's smile was a little stiff, but he still nodded and said, "Okay."

Zhang Yuelu raised the wine jar and filled the wine glass in front of Qi Xuansu.

This wine glass is not a small wine cup, but an antique three-legged golden cup, which is in line with the poet's words "Don't let the golden cup face the moon empty."

A glass of wine, at least two taels.

Zhang Yuelu poured himself another full cup, and said, "Drinking is about getting drunk, so if you don't use your true qi to dissolve the alcohol, it would be meaningless. It's better not to drink."

Qi Xuansu picked up the wine glass and said, "Well, I'll sacrifice my life to accompany you."

The two clinked their glasses and drank the wine in their glasses in one breath, and no one used true qi to resist.

In an instant, Qi Xuansu felt a fire burning in his chest, and the hot feeling spread from his mouth and throat to his stomach for a long time. This is not a big deal. The key is that the alcohol rushed straight to the Fengchi acupoint. In a blink of an eye, Qi Xuansu felt his head heavy and couldn't help but hold the armrest of the chair.

On the other hand, Zhang Yuelu was still sitting steadily, but her face was flushed a little more.

In any case, the gap between the two realms is there, and the improvement of cultivation to the physique cannot be ignored. If it were a real person in the heavenly stage, even if he didn't deliberately dissolve the alcohol, he would not get drunk after drinking a thousand cups.

At the end of the banquet, it was Zhang Yuelu who helped Qi Xuansu, who was already dizzy and felt like he was walking on cotton, to leave the Phoenix Tower and walk on the Taiqing Square.

A pound of liquor weighs 16 taels, Zhang Yuelu drank 10 taels of liquor, Qi Xuansu drank 6 taels of liquor and 4 taels of girl's red wine. Zhang Yuelu had no other changes except a slightly red face, but Qi Xuansu was very drunk.

Qi Xuansu was a good drinker. He didn't act crazy after getting drunk, nor did he take advantage of Zhang Yuelu. He just couldn't control his mouth. He muttered to himself: "In fact, I think daughter's red is better, but I don't quite understand why it is called 'daughter's red' instead of 'man's red'?"

Zhang Yuelu couldn't help laughing and said: "In fact, there is, called 'Zhuangyuan Red'. This is the custom in Jiangnan. When a son is born, some wine is brewed for him and buried in the cellar. It will be buried for more than ten or twenty years. The meaning is to wait until the son wins the top prize and then take it out to entertain guests and friends."

Qi Xuansu understood: "I know, bury a daughter when she is born, and drink it when she gets married, it is called 'daughter's red'."

Zhang Yuelu suppressed her smile and said: "Mr. Qi is very knowledgeable."

"Just call me 'Tian Yuan'." Qi Xuansu waved his hand. At this time, he was already seven or eight points drunk, and his drunken talk naturally made people laugh. "But there is another problem. There is only one number one scholar in the country in three years. If this happens, Isn’t it a pity that my son didn’t win the first prize?”

Zhang Yuelu couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Just call it this name, and drink it when your son gets married."

Qi Xuansu was blown by the night wind and became drunk in the wind. He got even drunker: "The one I served just now was the daughter's red of ten years. I heard that there are still several decades of daughter's red. Don't the daughter's families in Jiangnan not get married? ?”

Zhang Yuelu couldn't hold it back any longer and was about to laugh out loud: "Yes, like me, you don't get married and spend all your time on the Taoist sect."

Qi Xuansu nodded: "Concentrate on the Dao Sect... Pei Hui Sword?"

At this moment, he suddenly heard someone calling from behind him. Zhang Yuelu helped Qi Xuansu stop and looked back.

It turned out that the female crown who had invited the two to watch the ceremony had caught up with them again, holding two boxes in her hands.

The female crown came to the two of them and handed over the two boxes: "These are some pastries. Every guest has them. I hope you don't dislike them."

Zhang Yuelu reached out and took the two boxes and said thank you.

Nu Guan glanced at the two of them, then at the moon in the sky, and said with a smile: "It's a beautiful time, don't let the moonlight disappoint you, I won't bother you."

Zhang Yuelu still smiled lightly, not showing the shyness of his daughter's family.

After Nu Guan left, Zhang Yuelu helped Qi Xuansu walk for a while until he came to the statue of Taishang Taozu.

The statue of Taishang Taoist stood on the huge three-story Xumizuo. Zhang Yuelu helped Qi Xuansu sit down on the steps of the first-floor Xumizuo and asked, "Where is your home? I will take you back."

"Home..." Qi Xuansu was stunned for a moment, and actually woke up a little.

After a long time, he sighed and said, "Where can I still have home?"

Zhang Yuelu was silent for a moment, then sat down next to Qi Xuansu, about a foot away from him, looked up at the bright moon in the night sky, and changed the subject: "I didn't expect that your drinking capacity is so light."

The night wind blew again, and Qi Xuansu sobered up by five points. It was probably the end of things, and he was so drunk that he sobered up.

Qi Xuansu smiled bitterly and said: "This is the most powerful burning knife, and I can't resist it with my true energy. I can drink nearly half a catty without falling down, and I can even talk to you. It's already pretty good."

Zhang Yuelu said: "A good drinker or a bad drinker is determined by comparison."

Qi Xuansu said: "Do you know that a hangover is very painful?"

"I don't know, but you will know soon." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Yuelu's mouth, "In fact, there is nothing wrong with getting drunk. At least you can forget those troublesome things for the time being. I heard that in Taoism, There is a kind of wine called 'Drunken Life, Dreams of Death', which is specially provided to real people, because ordinary wine has no effect on real people, and any real person who wants to get drunk will ask for a jar of 'Drunk Life, Dreams of Death'."

Qi Xuansu asked: "What if ordinary people drank it?"

Zhang Yuelu said: "If an ordinary person drinks 'Drunken Life, Dreams of Death', then he will forget many things, forget his parents, wife and children, forget his friends and brothers, and even forget who he is. Therefore, the Taoist sect has strict control over 'Drunk Life, Dreams of Death'. It’s hard to see. I’ve always wanted to drink it, but I haven’t been able to.”

Qi Xuansu said softly: "It's better to wear the Huijian."

The moonlight was like water, and the silver-white moonlight poured on the two of them, dragging out two long shadows.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Yuelu said softly: "It's getting late, I'll take you back."

Qi Xuansu waved his hand: "The two of us drank together, and the flowers blossomed, one cup after another. I'm drunk and want to sleep, please go away, I will bring you Qin tomorrow morning."

"Then... we'll meet again if we are destined." Zhang Yuelu did not force it, but stood up with his share of the pastry box.

Qi Xuansu responded: "See you again if we are destined."

Zhang Yuelu turned and left.

Qi Xuansu was still sitting on the steps, watching Zhang Yuelu disappear into the vast night. He wanted to use his Qi to dissolve the alcohol, but suddenly thought of what Zhang Yuelu said, it is not easy to get drunk once, so he stopped.

He didn't expect that he would meet such an interesting woman tonight, but he didn't

Too many thoughts. After all, there is a huge sea of ​​people, and there may not be a chance to see each other again in the future. The two of them are just passers-by in each other's lives.

Spring dream without trace.