The shopkeeper listened to the conversation between the two of us. He was a man of honor and a member of the imperial court. He was a little confused. When he saw me asking about the income of the tavern, he said: "The profit of this small shop is only seventy or eighty taels a year. It's a small business."
Business, a small business." I smiled and said, "You only make 70 to 80 taels a year, but you dared to let my elder brother borrow nearly 30 taels on credit. Are you not clear-headed, or are you bullying my elder brother?
, take the opportunity to rip him off."
The shopkeeper's face changed and he said hurriedly: "The conscience of heaven and earth, the conscience of heaven and earth, I am a businessman of my duty, how could I do such a thing? You are kidding me." When I saw his face, I knew what I expected.
It's true. He laughed and said: "It doesn't matter if you have it or not. In short, if you are willing to let my brother get credit, I will accept your favor. I will reward you heavily today." After saying that, he took out a few coins from his arms.
He took out two 100 taels of silver notes and said, "This is 200 taels of silver. I'll repay you for the wine money. The extra money is my reward for you." When the shopkeeper saw it, he suddenly felt like falling down.
In the dream, I took the bank note tremblingly, looked over it over and over in my hand, and murmured: "Two hundred taels, two hundred taels."
I looked at his appearance and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, can you serve us two brothers wine now?" The shopkeeper seemed to have woken up from a dream, his face was squeezed into a ball with a smile, and he said: "My Lord,
Just wait, I'm going to dig out the fine daughter's wine that I kept for marrying off my daughter. It's been buried for thirteen years and I'll give it to you to taste." I waved my hand and said, "Hurry up and go."
The shopkeeper staggered away and ran away, as if he had drunk more than a dozen jars of old wine.
Not far away, I met the waiter carrying a teapot and walking towards me with an unhappy look on his face. The shopkeeper stopped and slapped me. The other side of the waiter's face immediately turned red, and the shopkeeper started to curse.
Said: "You don't have eyesight, why have you been here for so long? What kind of bad tea are you pouring? Go to the backyard to find your wife and ask her to take out the Longjing I bought this spring and brew it for these officials.
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The waiter was so dizzy after being beaten that he looked at the shopkeeper in a daze, wondering why he was so angry. Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper turned his back and cursed: "Look at your grandma's a**, why don't you go quickly."
Not long after, the waiter came back with new tea. Shuang'er took the teapot from his hand and poured it for Ruidong and me. Ruidong looked at Shuang'er and asked me: "Brother, who is this lady?" I
He looked at Shuang'er and said, "She is Shuang'er, a brother's...a confidante, we don't have to do anything with her." Shuang'er blushed, looked at me, and lowered his head. I smiled and said:
"Shuang'er, why don't you sit down? Come and have a few drinks with us."
Shuang'er said: "You men are talking, Shuang'er can't sit down, sir. I'll wait for you to drink." No matter how I tried to persuade him, Shuang'er refused, so I had to give up. Without much effort, the tavern opened the door.
Various housekeeping dishes were brought to the table like a stream, and the shopkeeper also came over with a jar of old wine with fresh soil hanging on the jar. It seemed that the shopkeeper was really serious about digging out the old wine that had been buried for several years.
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The shopkeeper put down the wine jar and said, "Sir, please chat slowly. There are no customers in our shop today. You are honored guests, so I have closed the door. I will only entertain you three guests today." I said with a smile: "
We have a good relationship, and we brothers are afraid of being disturbed. The food and wine are here, so you all can go down, and I don’t need to greet you." The shopkeeper Nuonuo shouted repeatedly, sending the waiters and cooks to the backyard one by one, and followed him out.
Seeing that the room was quiet, I opened the wine jar, and Shuang'er took it and poured a bowl of wine for Ruidong and me. I saw that the wine was as red as blood, and it was a fine wine. I raised the wine bowl and said to Ruidong
Said: "Brother Rui, you have suffered a lot these days, I'd like to give you a bowl." Ruidong said: "Good brother, you saved my life back then, and today you took out this bad breath on my behalf. Brother, I am grateful in my heart."
It's my turn to offer you this bowl of wine." I smiled and said, "Don't mention today's matters. I think how powerful my brother is, how could he take these little guys in his eyes? Brother, I don't know the depth, so I force myself on my brother's behalf.
It seems too troublesome to stand out."
Ruidong said sternly: "You can't say that. Brother, my heart has been stagnant these days. I only drink and gamble, and I am like a zombie. I am bullied by those scoundrels, but I dare not make any mistakes. I have to see my brother today, so I ordered you to do it."
Brother is angry, I must offer you this bowl of wine." I laughed and said: "Brother, neither of us can be polite anymore, this bowl of wine is to celebrate the reunion of our brothers thousands of miles away, come on,
Let's do it." Ruidong said: "Okay, encountering stories in a foreign land is the great joy of life, brother, let's do it!" After saying this, he drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, showing his infinite pride.
I saw that he became more energetic and happy after drinking, so I drank the wine too. Shuang'er poured wine for the two of us. I picked up the wine and said, "Brother, I can take this second bowl of wine."
I must respect you." Ruidong was puzzled and asked: "Why is this?" I smiled and said: "This second bowl of wine is to celebrate that my brother has been cleared of his wrongdoing and that he no longer has to live in fear.
." Although Ruidong had heard me mention this matter in the casino just now, when he heard it again now, he couldn't help being happy and said: "Brother, does the emperor know that I was wronged?"
I nodded and said: "That's right, the emperor didn't really believe that you would seduce an assassin into the palace, but because the Queen Mother said it, he had to believe it. Fortunately, the emperor ordered me to investigate this case. Brother, I'll take the trouble."
It took great efforts to convince the emperor that you were unjustly accused. Therefore, brother, you are now a sinless person." After hearing this, Ruidong stood up immediately, stepped forward, took the wine bowl from my hand, and placed it on the table.
He held my hand and said in a trembling voice: "Good brother, you gave me this life. How can I thank you so much?"
I said: "Brother, we brothers have burned incense, kowtowed, and worshiped each other. It's a life-long friendship. How can we say thank you? It's too outrageous for you to say this. But if you really want to
If you thank me, then drink this bowl of wine." Ruidong said: "Okay, okay, I'll drink this bowl of wine." He picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp, then put the bowl down, his eyes were already red, and he didn't know why.
Drunk, but still excited.
I asked Shuang'er to pour the wine again, held it up with both hands, and said: "Brother, this third bowl of wine is also very special. You drink it first, and I will tell you." Ruidong was already happy at this time, regardless of the east, west, or south.
, I just felt that one good thing came one after another, and I didn’t care what the details were. Without saying a word, I took the bowl and drank it. When I saw him finish drinking, I smiled and said: "Good drinker, brother, this bowl
It's not unfair at all for you to drink the wine. This is your wedding wine, brother." Ruidong was stunned and asked: "Wedding wine? But I don't know where the joy comes from?"
I laughed, stood up straight, then suddenly sank my face and said: "Ruidong takes the order~~~" Ruidong swayed, left the table in a hurry, fell to his knees with a plop, and said in a trembling voice: "Slave Ruidong received the order." I cleared my throat and said loudly: "Your Majesty said: I am very pleased to hear that the champion of Yiwei, Ruidong, is loyal to the emperor, patriotic, and capable of doing things. Now I secretly send Wei Xiaobao, deputy commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion, to Mount Wutai. On official business in this area, Ruidong is specially appointed as the commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion, and Wei Xiaoyou is in charge of it to show the emperor's favor."
After announcing the imperial edict, I took out the note written by Kangxi, handed it to him, and said: "This is the imperial edict written by the emperor himself. Brother Rui, thank you." Ruidong held the edict in both hands, tears finally bursting out from his eyes. , lying on the ground, crying: "Thank you, Lord Long, for your kindness. Thank you, Lord Long." Seeing him crying with joy, I secretly sighed in my heart, thinking that Ruidong, who was originally the deputy chief of the imperial guard, had some power at least, but was later taken over by Duolong. Because of the rejection, the emperor transferred him to the position of champion envoy of the honor guard. Although he was well-dressed, that job was still just a small leader of the honor guard with little success. Later, he was coaxed by me to live on the run. In those days of darkness, I suffered a lot, thinking that I would never get ahead in life. Who would have thought that today, I was suddenly granted the title of Chief of Staff, and I was suddenly able to control thousands of officers and soldiers who had gone to the Three Banners, and could live a life of glory and wealth? Life. The ups and downs of life changed so quickly, how could he not be moved to tears?
I stepped forward to help him up and said, "Brother, this is a great event. Why are you crying? Come, let us brothers have a drink to celebrate my brother's promotion." Ruidong wiped away his tears and said, "Let brother laugh. , Brother, I am so happy. The emperor’s grace is so great that I can hardly control myself. My dear brother, I know that all of this is your fault. If it weren’t for you, my brother would have turned into loess by now, and where would he be where he is today? , I must honor you with this bowl of wine." Seeing that he was grateful, I was naturally very happy. This Ruidong has great martial arts skills and can be my right-hand man. Now is the time to employ people. With this talent, I can do my best. It will be much easier when you come.
I no longer shied away, picked up the wine, drank it in one gulp, pulled Ruidong to sit down, and said: "Brother, although the emperor has appointed you an official, you don't have to hide anymore. But I'm afraid the Queen Mother will still There is some threat." Ruidong was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said: "We in the palace are afraid that we will be killed if we run into some shameful errands for our master. Fortunately, I have let the chief minister go now. There is no need to wait in the palace, and the Queen Mother will never send someone to kill me in the military camp."
I smiled and said: "Then we can't hide in the military camp all the time, otherwise there is no point in being an official. The emperor sent me out this time to run a confidential errand. Now we two brothers are in the same yamen. I can just do things outside and don't have to go back to the capital to suffer the idleness." Ruidong said: "Your Majesty wants me to be under your control. I understand the rules. I don't ask what errands you do. If you have anything to do, just give me your orders. You gave it to us, and we are not afraid of swords, mountains, fire, seas."——
Wei Xiaobao gently shook his feather fan and sang: "You are four thousand years old. Don't be ashamed. Listen to the mountain people explain the reasons in detail. I think back then you were a famous gangster in the palace. You could fight with several women with a gun and no one could stop you. Now you are old and your urine is red." Huang, how can it be as hard as steel compared to that ginseng collar? Even if you click down this time, please don’t take it to heart if you complain about my poor writing skills. Hahahaha.”