"Singing to wine, what's life like? It's like morning dew, the days are full of suffering. How can we relieve our worries? Du Kang is the only one!"
Xiao Feng opened his heart, struck the bowl with chopsticks, and sang generously.
"You need to indulge in alcohol when you sing during the day, and you can return home with your youth. Brother, please drink as much as you can from this bowl!" Li Jiang picked up the wine bowl and sang.
Xiao Feng stopped his music and stopped singing, but he didn't respond to Li Jiang. He held it forward with his tiger claws, and the half-open jar of wine on the table flew into his hand.
He still felt that the wine in the sea bowl was too little, so he simply drank from the wine jar.
"Gudong Gudong" Most of the jar of wine went down Xiao Feng's stomach and he shouted: "Second brother, Dukang wine is too soft, please change the wine." After saying this, he threw out the jar of wine.
The expected sound of the wine jar breaking did not sound, and it seemed to be held by an invisible hand and placed on the ground.
"Okay, let's try another one." Li Jiang agreed and waved his hand in the direction of the piled wine jars.
A black wine jar flew over in a circle, and Li Jiang grabbed it with his left hand. The wine jar was obediently held in his arms.
Li Jiang opened the mud seal with his right hand and pulled off the cover. The mouth of the altar was slightly tilted, and the bright white syrup like the Milky Way poured upside down into the bowl. He chanted at the same time: "May I ask where the restaurant is? The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village. Brother, come here.
Try Fenjiu, which is famous far and wide!"
"Good... good wine, come again." Xiao Feng praised heartily.
In an instant, the jar of wine was gone.
This time, before Li Jiang could take action, Xiao Feng grabbed the place where the wine was stored, and a brown wine jar rushed towards him.
Xiao Feng made a half circle with his right hand in front of him and caught the wine jar with the tenderness of regret in "A strong dragon has regrets".
After slapping it open in twos and threes, he didn't care what kind of wine was inside, and tilted the mouth of the altar to pour it into the wine bowl.
"Wait a minute, brother, you still have something to say after drinking this wine." Li Jiang put his palm against the mouth of the altar and said.
Xiao Feng turned around and asked: "Second brother, what do you say?"
Li Jiangdao: "Wang Han's poem of the Tang Dynasty says: Grape wine is glowing at night, and if you want to drink it, you will be urged to drink by playing the pipa. Therefore, this wine must be served in a glass cup. Brother, please wait."
After saying that, he stood up and walked to the right side of the bed, opened a golden nan box, and carefully took out two glass lamps from inside.
Xiao Feng looked at the two egg-sized cups placed on the table, and his face became troubled. Such small wine vessels really did not fit his character. However, the second brother had come all the way to bring them, how could he live up to his good intentions? He had no choice but to
Holding the wine jar, he poured the vermilion wine into two cups.
Just like a bear holds an egg in his paw, Xiao Feng holds up a wine glass. The glass cup the size of an egg sank deeply into his palm. He never saw it again, and he completely lost the artistic conception of drinking wine.
Li Jiang was amused. He gently pinched the bottom of the glass cup with two fingers and shook it. He said, "Brother, you can't cover it with hot hands. You have to learn how I shake it gently to let the wine and air..."
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"What a shame!" Xiao Feng didn't allow Li Jiang to finish, and he raised his hand and drank the wine.
Li Jiang smiled and took a small sip.
Xiao Feng thought about it for a moment, frowned and said: "This wine is sour and spicy, what's so good about it?"
His next move made Li Jiang stunned.
One second he said it was not good to drink, but the next second he picked up the wine bottle and brought it to his mouth. There was another series of "dong" sounds, and the blood-red wine slowly flowed down the corners of his mouth.
A jar of wine was poured into his stomach again, Xiao Feng threw the empty jar out, "Ke'er" let out a wine belch, and said to Li Jiang, who was still staring at him: "Since it has been opened, don't waste it."
Li Jiang took a gulp of the remaining wine in the glass cup and smiled wryly.
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Two hours later, the waiter took the empty wooden tray, nodded and bowed, and closed the door.
After he came out, he complained: "The two drunkards are really good at drinking and eating. There are more than a dozen empty wine jars, and the dishes have been ordered for three rounds. Could it be that they are reincarnations of starving ghosts?"
Although the waiter's complaint was quiet, it could not be concealed from the two people in the room.
The two looked at each other, then laughed loudly together.
Li Jiangdao: "Brother, the days are long. When you go to Dali, my fourth brother will definitely treat you to taste the fine wines in the palace."
Xiao Feng put away his smile, Xiao Suo sighed and said: "Second brother, I am now the king of the South Courtyard, and I can't help myself..."
Li Jiang's eyes flashed slightly, and he said seemingly unintentionally: "Brother is born to be a bold and unruly person, why should he be trapped in this small palace? Why don't you and I drink fine wine and enjoy the beautiful scenery together, and wander around the rivers and lakes without restraint."
Xiao Feng's eyes showed longing, but soon dimmed again, and he sighed: "Second brother, I have a sworn brother in the Liao Kingdom. He has a deep affection for me, and he granted me the title of King of Chu.
He has such a heavy responsibility and I can’t let him down.”
Li Jiang started to speak, but hesitated. He originally wanted to remind Xiao Feng that Yelu Hongji might have regarded Xiao Feng as his brother sincerely before, but it was different after becoming an emperor. No matter who sat in that position, he would gradually change.
Become a heartless animal.
But such words were tantamount to provocation. So Li Jiang said in a roundabout way: "Brother, the emperor asked you to guard the south, does he want you to maintain peace between Liao and Song Dynasty?"
Xiao Feng slowly shook his head and said: "Brother-in-law didn't say that. Maybe my formation killed the former King of Chu and captured the emperor's uncle, so I gained some prestige among the Southern Army."
Li Jiang nodded and said: "Brother, Yanjing is on the front line of Liao and Song Dynasties. Have you ever thought about what if one day the emperor orders you to lead the army to attack Song Dynasty?"
Xiao Feng was stunned, and then said: "Sworn brother would not be like this!"
Li Jiang asked: "What if?"
Xiao Feng stood up quickly, looked down at Li Jiang, and said seriously: "I will definitely advise him."
"For what reason?"
"Starting the war too lightly will lead to the destruction of millions of lives in the Song and Liao Dynasties. Besides, the Khitan people have always been nomadic, so even if they get the land of the Southern Dynasties, it will be useless." Xiao Feng gave the reason without any hesitation.
As soon as Xiao Feng said this, Li Jiang knew that he was not the rough guy he seemed on the surface. In fact, he had already considered many things, otherwise how could he blurt it out?
But this is normal. After all, he has been the leader of the Beggar Clan and has commanded hundreds of thousands of men. He is familiar with basic strategies and methods.
Li Jiang pretended to think, and then said in deep thought for a long time: "Brother, I absolutely believe that you are speaking from the bottom of your heart. But the emperor may not think so. He will definitely think that you were raised by southerners since you were a child, and the Southern Dynasty is to you
The country of parents. Therefore, in your mind, the Southern Dynasty may be more important than the Liao Kingdom! By then, won’t you be a different person inside and outside?”
Xiao Feng slammed the table, and amid the chaos of cups and plates, he said angrily: "My sworn brother and my life-and-death friend will never be so suspicious of me, Mr. Xiao!"
Li Jiang said calmly: "Brother, which one is more important, brotherhood or national interests?"
This cold question hit Xiao Feng like a thunderbolt. He was silent for a long time and sighed: "Xiao can resign and live in seclusion in the mountains."
Li Jiang suddenly laughed and said: "Brother, you must have heard a fable, the story of Bian Que conquering Duke Cai Heng three times."
Xiao Feng nodded confusedly.
Li Jiangdao: "I'm not going to talk about whether it is right for Cai Henggong to conceal diseases and avoid medical treatment, and not to accept loyal advice. I will talk about the principle of medical skills: the doctor can treat the disease before it is sick, but not the disease already! This situation is similar to that of the elder brother. Since he is destined to be jealous of the emperor in the future, why not do it now?
Wouldn't it be good to hang up the seal before it happens, so that we can fulfill the brotherhood and prevent brothers from turning against each other?"
Xiao Feng sat down, picked up the wine bowl and remained silent.