The waiter immediately went to prepare tea and rice.
"Tea?"
Ai Ling glanced at the Wine Sword Immortal in surprise, "Why don't you drink?"
The Jiujianxian I saw on Wanzong Mountain before was clearly an alcoholic.
"How can you drink casually?"
Jiu Jianxian shook his head, "As the saying goes, drinking can ruin things! So it's better to drink tea. It can wake you up and nourish people. Isn't it pleasant?"
"..."
Liu Yi and Ai Ling looked at each other.
Is this really the Jiu Sword Fairy? Or... is he a guy who looks exactly like the Jiu Sword Fairy...
If they just look alike, why is he holding the Jiuxian gourd...
Alas, this 1,300 years ago was too confusing...
"Come here, try the Dragon Well in Yangzhou City. I would like to thank my two benefactors today. I'll give you a drink with tea instead of wine!"
Jiu Jianxian thought about having to rely on two people to get out of the city, so his attitude became much better. He took the Longjing tea brought by the waiter, filled it for himself and Liu Yi, then raised his tea cup and said.
"Please."
Liu Yi and Ai Ling had no choice but to put their worries aside and have a sip of Longjing.
It's really good, the tea at this time is much more fragrant than those tea bags now.
Liu Yi took a sip and felt the aroma lingering around his tongue, and when he swallowed it, he felt a sense of warmth in his stomach.
This is called having fragrant lips and teeth!
"Hey, scholar, what's your name?"
It seems that because Jiujianxian was impolite before, Ai Ling has always been impolite when talking to him.
"A certain person's surname is Gai and his given name is Shinhwa."
"ha?"
Liu Yi was drinking tea and almost spit it out.
Cover the myth!
Isn’t this name a little weird?
"Well, speaking of it, I am also very dissatisfied with my name."
The Jiujianxian took a sip of tea and said depressedly, "But the name was given by my parents and cannot be changed. My father wanted me to be destined to become an immortal, so he gave me such a name. But that cultivation is not the way to go.
Despite all the illusory things, a certain person is still bent on gaining fame."
The current Jiujianxian seems to want to enter officialdom.
Liu Yi looked at him twice. How can such a person cultivate immortality in the future? He can also become a powerful master!
I really...can't figure it out...
"It is the responsibility and honor of us scholars to obtain academic honors! Haha, I am very confident in taking the imperial examination this time..."
"Mr. Guy..."
Liu Yi heard the Jiujianxian start to brag, and quickly reached out to interrupt him.
"What's the matter?"
"I would like to ask...does your Excellency know about the Sword Emperor?"
"Who is that?"
Gai Shinhwa looked puzzled, "I've never heard of it."
Liu Yi and Ai Ling were both slightly disappointed. It seemed that they came back a little early.
At this time, Gai Shinhwa had not yet cultivated immortality, and the Sword Emperor had not yet appeared.
"Okay then... I'm bothering Mr. today, let's just say goodbye."
Since Gai Shinhwa couldn't find any information about the Sword Emperor, he had no choice but to continue searching elsewhere.
The Tang Dynasty was so big... If you want to find someone, it's really like looking for a needle in a haystack.
“Wait a minute, wait a minute!”
Seeing that Liu Yi and the others were trying to leave, Gai Shinhwa quickly grabbed his arm.
How can I do it if I leave? Isn’t that a waste of a good pot of tea?
"Brother, please don't leave yet, I still have something to ask for!"
"Go, who cares about your business?"
Ai Ling pouted.
But Liu Yi stayed. Jiujianxian was kind to them and taught them the method. He was half a master. Even he, thirteen hundred years ago, was also Jiujianxian. He had something to ask for, so how could he do it?
No matter what?
"Sir, please tell me if you have anything to say."
"Then what...sit down first, let's chat while we eat."
Even Gai Shinhwa was a bit embarrassed when asking for help. He quickly asked Liu Yi and the others to sit back at the table before continuing.
"Are you two new to Yangzhou City?"
"Well, I just arrived today."
Liu Yi nodded and wondered how he knew this?
"now it's right."
Gai Shinhwa clapped his hands and continued, "You two don't know, but there is a big monster outside Yangzhou City... He is blocking it there, and no one can leave the city from here... A certain person wanted to go to Beijing to take the exam, but...
It’s even impossible to get out.”
"oh?"
Liu Yi and Ai Ling looked at each other, big monster? This is actually interesting.
"Then why don't you take the water route?"
Ai Ling asked, "Can't we take the waterway from Yangzhou directly to Luoyang, and then transfer to Chang'an?"
"Oh, Heroine, you don't know something."
Gai Shinhwa sighed, "This waterway is controlled by Prince Gong of Yangzhou City. If you think about it, the amount of money you have on me is simply not enough..."
"It's unreasonable. He thinks the waterway is owned by his family!"
Ai Ling immediately broke a pair of chopsticks and said angrily, "Seeing as you are a drunkard... seeing as you are determined to go to Beijing to take the exam and serve the country, I will help you out and teach Prince Gong a lesson!"
Let him obediently give up the waterway!"
"Ah? How can this be done!"
When Gai Shinhwa heard this, he was very frightened, "Prince Gong is a relative of the emperor, so he can't be beaten, he can't be beaten!"
"Can't beat me? There's no one here that I can't beat!"
Ai Ling looked like she was worried about the world being in chaos, which gave Liu Yi a headache. He didn't know whether it was right or not to bring this girl here with him this time.
"This is really impossible!"
Gai Shinhwa shook his head repeatedly, "He is a relative of the emperor. If I beat him, how can I get the honors?"
"Why didn't I see you say this when I beat the young prince today?"
"That's just a young prince...and I didn't do anything, it was you two who did it..."
Gai Shinhwa's face turned slightly red.
"Good guy, you picked it really fast!"
Ai Ling was so angry, how could this Jiujianxian be such a pustule!
"In short, Prince Gong cannot be beaten... we..."
Just as Gai Shinhwa was about to continue speaking, there was a sudden commotion outside the tavern.
"Gai Lang, Gai Lang, so you are here!"
A delicate-looking woman hurriedly walked in, "It's a good meal for me!"
"Madam, why did you come here?"
When Gai Shinhwa saw this woman, he immediately exclaimed.
Liu Yi and Ai Ling were even more shocked. Madam?
Jiujianxian’s wife?
She looks pretty good...but her breasts are a little small...ahem...
Liu Yi secretly patted himself, what was he thinking? She was half a master's wife after all.
"Gailang, it's been so hard to find the slave!"
The woman walked over quickly, then gave a slight salute to Liu Yi and Ai Ling, and then said to Gai Shinhwa, "Everyone has said that we are worried that you will not have enough travel expenses on the way, so we asked the slave family to come and replenish some."
In the Tang Dynasty, the name for mother-in-law was everyone.
"The slave family just arrived in Yangzhou City. They asked around and heard that you were beaten here, so they rushed over here. My Gai Lang, has he been beaten anywhere? Let the slave family take a look!"
"Don't, don't make trouble..."
Gai Shinhwa blushed greatly, took the woman's hand, and said embarrassedly to Liu Yi and the others.
"This is Mr. and Mrs. Gai."
"What's Gai? The Nu family has a name, okay?"
The woman glared at her Gai Lang, and then said to Liu Yi and Ai Ling, "My family's name is Long Yingying, and I have met you two."
"Hello, my name is Liu Yi...this is..."
He was about to introduce Ai Ling, but Ai Ling grabbed his arm and said first, "I am his wife, Ai Ling!"
Liu Yi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. Good guy, isn't Ai Ling a little too naughty? Does it really matter?
"I heard that you two saved my Gai Lang. Thank you very much."
Long Yingying said gratefully, "My Gai Lang is a scholar with a stubborn temper. He went to Beijing all the way to take the exam. The slave family is really worried. There is no one around to take care of him."
"How can a manly man keep his wife by his side all the time!"
Gai Shinhwa snorted. Although it was ancient times, it became popular in the Tang Dynasty to call wife husband.
"The slave family is also worried about you...and now that you have obtained the imperial examination and seen the colorful world, who knows if you will bring me a small child back."
"Don't talk nonsense... I don't have this intention..."
Gai Shinhwa's face turned red again, "Sit down first. I'm talking about business with the two heroes. Don't cause trouble!"
"Just sit down, slave. What's the hurry?"
Long Yingying smiled, then sat down, holding the teapot and filling tea for the three of them one after another.
When Gai Shinhwa saw that his wife had become more honest, he smiled apologetically at Liu Yi and the others and continued.
"I made you two laugh. A certain lady is always lively..."
"It doesn't matter, can you still be as lively as I am?"
Liu Yi pointed at Ai Ling and laughed, making Ai Ling roll her eyes.
"In that case, let's get down to business."
Gai Shinhwa quickly continued, "Actually, I have a merciless request... I hope that you two can personally protect me and send me to Chang'an safely... Naturally, I will not let you two help me in vain... Madam
, how much money did my mother ask you to bring out?"
"The family is not very rich anymore..."
Long Yingying said with a smile, "The slave family pawned all the jewelry and other items they brought from their parents' home and exchanged them for this ingot of patterned silver..."
As she spoke, she took out an ingot of patterned silver from the bag on her waist and flashed it secretly.
"You two, if you can help me reach Chang'an safely, this ingot of silver belongs to you!"
Gai Shinhwa waved his hand and said directly.
"This...isn't appropriate!"
How could Liu Yi collect this money? "This is the money your wife gave you in exchange for pawning jewelry..."
"It doesn't matter."
But Long Yingying spoke first, "As long as it can protect Gai Lang's safety, this ingot of silver is nothing. Money is just an external possession, how can it be compared to Gai Lang from the slave family."
Liu Yi's heart moved when he heard this. Long Yingying actually loved Gai Shinhwa very deeply.
"So, I asked you two for help..."
Gai Shinhwa rarely asked for help. He took the silver from Long Yingying's hand and placed it in front of Liu Yi's desk, then bowed his head and said.
"We can't accept this money..."
Liu Yi gently pushed back the silver, making Gai Shinhwa's face turn pale.
"But the two of us also want to go to Chang'an, which is fine..."
Before he finished speaking, there was suddenly another burst of noise outside.