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At the foot of the tall and majestic Funiu Mountain, there is a village with simple folk customs. The houses in the village are row upon row and well-proportioned; this village is called Dukang Village.

The cool and clear Dukang River flows through Dukang Village. A hollow mulberry tree is about a thousand years old. It grows along the river with lush branches and greenery. Villagers in twos and threes carry water for washing by the Dukang River, giving it a unique rural feel.

Four men and women rode horses to the foot of the withered mulberry tree and dismounted one after another. Several servants bent over to lead the horses and said respectfully: "Young Master, Miss."

The young master and the young lady were talking about Du Teng and Du Man. Du Teng introduced them: "Brother Ge, Miss Duan, this is your first time coming to Dukang Village. Let me give you a brief introduction. We have now entered Dukang."

At the entrance of the village, walk across the stone bridge not far away and you will arrive at Dumen Xianzhuang. The founder of Dumen Xianzhuang is the owner of Dukang Village and the wine saint Du Kang.

This wine is called Dukang wine. In the Song Dynasty and even in the pre-Tang Dynasty, all wine-making businesses named my ancestor Du Kang as the Saint of Wine."

Du Teng pointed to a simple temple not far away and said: "That's the Dukang Temple dedicated to our ancestor Du Kang. All Dukang Village are descendants of Dukang, and Dumen Fairy Village is the direct descendant of Dukang, who has always been adhering to the tradition of Dukang.

The purpose of the eldest son inheriting the family business is why the Du Kang family can be ranked among the four major families. Everyone knows that the Murong family is a silver-smelting family, and the Beiming family is a cast iron family, specializing in forging various weapons. They are known to have the best weapons in the world.

Since the name "Bei Ming" comes from, and the Huangfu family in Jiangnan produces salt, then our Dukang family will naturally make wine as a profession, so all the rice wine in the world comes from Dukang."

Ge Yin listened carefully and murmured to himself: "The Du Kang family in Funiu Mountain makes wine, the Murong family in Liaoyang Prefecture refines silver, the Ming family in the north of Shenzhou City casts iron, and the Huangfu family in the south of Yangzhou City makes salt. The Dukang family lives in the countryside and has beautiful mountains.

Good water can make good wine."

Du Man seemed to have heard what Ge Yin said, and nodded and said: "Yes, winemaking relies on good water, and good water nourishes beautiful people, so Du Fanyin, the founder of the Fanyin Palace, is a descendant of the Du Kang family."

"This thousand-year-old empty mulberry tree has a long history. There is an allusion that must be mentioned: when Du Kang was shepherding sheep here, the playful Du Kang poured the leftover rice balls into the hole of an empty mulberry tree. More than a month later, after rain,

After soaking, the millet rice balls turned into sweet and mellow "water". Du Kang was inspired by "empty mulberry rice and fermented millet wheat to make a mellow mash". After repeated experiments, he obtained the method of brewing rice wine.

." Du Teng pointed to the empty mulberry wine tree and told the story.

Du Man wrinkled his nose and snorted coldly: "Kong Sang's love story is also the story of this tree, right? Xiaoyao Sect's Qiankunzi went to the Kunlun Mountains and experienced tribulations. He fell in love with his ancestor Du Fanyin and made a love alliance under this tree. As a result, Kunlunzi

He betrayed his alliance and abandoned his love for the sake of immortality. He is simply a heartless person." While speaking, he stared at Ge Yin as if he was telling Ge Yin.

Ge Yin had a wry smile on his face. He knew full well that Du Man knew about the conversation with Xiao Hongxian that night, so she kept targeting him.

"Xu..."

A handsome girl in sea-green clothes rode up on horseback. She stiffened her horse and dismounted, so that she felt light and graceful.

The bell on her waist made a "chirping" sound as she moved.

"Qiankunzi is a heartless person. No matter how high his cultivation level is, I will look down on him. Sister Xiaoman, why should you be angry with this person?" The girl in sea green clothes got off her horse and walked up to Du Man without even looking at Ge.

Yin glanced at him.

After walking across the stone bridge, we arrived at the entrance of Dumen Fairy Manor. The cornices and high walls with green tiles all reflect the majestic grandeur of the manor.

"Young Master, Young Miss, Miss Xian'er, Young Master Beiming..." The soldiers at the door bowed and said hello.

As soon as you enter Dumen Fairy Village, you can immediately see the two large stele towers. On the stele towers, the story of wine making and Du Kang's life are densely recorded.

Dumen Fairy Manor is a large manor with a corridor structure as a whole, built near mountains and rivers, with courtyards, houses, halls, gardens, ancestral halls, temples, and a huge martial arts training ground and winery built in a vertical and horizontal axis layout. It can be said that

Dumen Fairy Village is composed of three main areas: the martial arts training ground, the courtyard area, and the brewery.

The door of the Wine Saint's Hall was open, and two middle-aged men, one fat and one thin, stood in the hall. The thinner man with a clear face laughed loudly and said: "Haha, you are back."

Du Man and Du Teng crossed the threshold and said in unison: "Daddy."

The middle-aged man with a clear face is Du Chunru, the owner of Dumen Xianzhuang, and the fat man next to him is Du Chunhou, Du Chunru's younger brother.

Bei Mingye bowed his head and said, "Bei Mingye, Bei Ming Palace, has met Master Du and Deputy Master Chunhou."

Du Chunru patted Bei Mingye on the shoulder and said with great satisfaction: "Aye, you don't need to be too polite. We are an aristocratic family. Your father should come to my village tomorrow. Then we will discuss the marriage."

He glanced at Du Man.

"Xian'er, you kid hasn't visited your uncle in the village for many years. Every time, your uncle comes to see you." Du Chunru looked at Xiao Hongxian with a doting look on her face and pinched Xiao Hongxian's tender cheeks.

Xiao Hongxian held Du Chunru's arm, rested her head on Du Chunru's shoulder, and said in a coquettish tone: "No way, Xian'er likes my uncle the most. My mother doesn't care about me, and my father doesn't love me, but my uncle loves me the most."

Du Chunhou smiled and said: "Hey, this girl Xian'er is a ghost. Now that she's back, she must stay for a few more days. Uncle Chunhou will cook delicious food for you."

This warm scene was broken by Du Teng. He coughed lightly and said: "By the way, there are two distinguished guests visiting the humble residence this time, brother Ge Yinge of the Sword Master Sect, and Miss Duan Xinrong of Dali."

Ge Yin and Duan Xinrong saluted at the same time, and Ge Yin said: "Master Du, my friend Duan Xinrong of this junior generation is particularly curious about wine-making skills, so I take the liberty to disturb you."

Du Chunru stroked his beard and smiled and said: "No need to be polite, it is a good thing for juniors to be eager to learn. Ge Shaoxia is the son of Qiankun, and his reputation as a knight is far and wide. It is our honor to be able to come to our village."

Xiao Hongxian walked between Ge Yin and Duan Xinrong, but she focused all her eyes on Duan Xinrong, her eyes were burning, but Duan Xinrong looked calm and dared to look directly at Xiao Hongxian's inspection. Xiao Hongxian said sternly: "This

The wine-making skills are the top priority of Dumen Fairy Village. How can we let others observe at will, especially the Princess Dali who comes from a foreign country..."

Before she could finish speaking, everyone was shocked when they heard what she said. Du Man was dumbfounded and asked: "This...you mean Rong...she is the Princess of Dali..."

Duan Xinrong was not annoyed that Xiao Hongxian deliberately exposed her identity. She apologized to everyone generously and said: "I'm sorry, Xinrong didn't hide her identity from brother Ge Yin on purpose. This Miss Xiao said it right, I am Dali Guoxin."

Princess Rong."

Du Chunru adjusted his surprised expression and muttered: "It is understandable that the princess has difficulties. It is also an honor for the Dumen Fairy Village to have the princess's favor and visit. The princess can walk freely in the village. Mr. Du has established the friendship of the landlord."

In the afternoon, outside Dumen Fairy Village, there is the peach and millet garden.

"Princess, my brother is too busy with trivial matters to accompany me, so I asked Chunhou to take Princess and Ge Shaoxia to visit the wine-making process of our Dumen Fairy Village." Du Chunhou apologized.

There were only Ge Yin, Duan Xinrong and Du Teng in this group. Duan Xinrong was very disappointed when Du Man was missing. She wondered if Du Man blamed her for concealing her identity. She was in a daze for a while.

After regaining consciousness, she nodded slightly.

Ge Yin knew that she had something on her mind, so she whispered with concern: "Rong'er, what's wrong with you?"

Duan Xinrong sweeps the jade

Facing the gloom, he smiled, like a spring breeze, which eliminated the worries in Ge Yin's heart.

Du Teng waved his long sleeves towards the fiery red peach and millet ears in the peach and millet garden behind him. The seeds were so plump that they looked like countless burning torches swaying in the wind, reflecting the red sky. He introduced: "This is the raw material for making wine - peach millet.

, let’s go to the brewery next.”

The group of people walked into the winery and saw neat wine vats all over the floor. The servants stood on the wine vats, holding bamboo poles and submerging them into the wine vats to stir vigorously. They were busy with the work at hand and did not notice their

Visit.

Du Chunhou carefully described: "After soaking and washing the peach millet for a day and night, it is boiled over a slow fire, ground into a paste, and placed in the open air to dry. This time should not be too long, and it should not be too exposed to the sun. The raw materials are then cooled.

Place it in these wine tanks for fermentation.”

At this time, a man with a naked upper body and sweating profusely jumped down from the wine vat and called out: "Brother Chunhou, A Teng, it's very hot in here, why are you here?"

In the cellar room, where the air is filled with humid and muggy air, a faint aroma of wine penetrates the nostrils from time to time.

Du Chunhou introduced the naked young man and said: "This is my brother Du Chunliang, who is also the deputy owner of my Dumen Fairy Village. He specializes in managing the wine-making process and is a skilled wine-making master."

"Two distinguished guests, please feel free to visit. Chunliang will go and get busy first." Du Chunliang looked at Ge Yin and Duan Xinrong, smiled and showed his goodwill, then returned to his wine vat and began to work.

Du Teng smiled awkwardly and said: "Don't mind, you two. My Chunliang uncle is devoted to the wine vat. He dares not be interested in anything but wine. Others are dull in reading. He is obsessed with wine and wine. He has Duman wine.

It’s called crazy.”

Duan Xinrong's clear eyes were full of admiration and she said: "I am a craftsman. I admire you so much. How dare you mind."

It was night, under the empty mulberry tree, the surroundings were extremely quiet, and only the faint sound of water could be heard.

Xiao Hongxian stood under the tree and looked at the empty mulberry wine tree for a long time.

"The relationship with Kongmulang is also the place where Aunt Du Fanyin lost her love. Did she really cut off her love and enter the Zen way?" Xiao Hongxian looked thoughtfully at the Kongmulberry wine tree with branches blooming into the sky.

At this moment, a man and a woman walked vaguely on the stone bridge. Xiao Hongxian hid behind the thick and deep-rooted empty mulberry wine tree in desperation.

"Rong'er, why did you suddenly think of coming here so late?" The Hailan young man who was following Duan Xinrong asked in confusion.

Duan Xinrong stood by the Dukang River, looking up at the empty mulberry wine tree, and felt that the extended branches under the night sky were shadowy and mottled, giving people a sense of vicissitudes of life.

She said sympathetically: "During the day, I was moved by the love story of Kongsang, so I wanted to come and experience the place where Qiankunzi and Du Fanyin fell in love." Her clear eyes moved, staring at Ge Yin, her eyes full of infinite expectation, and said: "

Brother Ge Yin, I found a pot of Begonia flowers in your room in Ge Mansion, do you want to give it to me?"

Ge Yin was stunned at first, and then fell into the brief memories of the past few days. He thought of that evening, after sending Duan Xinrong to Huaiyuan Post House, on his way back to Ge Mansion alone, he met a seven or eight-year-old seller of crabapples.

Flower girl.

"Brother, do you want to buy flowers? These crabapple flowers have just bloomed, they are so beautiful."

At that time, Ge Yin looked at the red and tender begonia flowers, and seemed to think of the elegant scene of the beautiful girl from Dali country smelling begonias. He couldn't help but smile sympathetically, and said silently: "Half makeup and half makeup,

The plum makeup has faded and the flowers have gone to sleep. At dawn in the autumn night, I feel so sleepy that I don’t know that the heart of the tung tree is a begonia."
Chapter completed!