Everyone looked at Zhang Yuelu. The man was stunned for a while before turning and leaving.
"Shaodaozi" is shochu. It is named because of its strong flavor, which is like burning fire. It is mainly popular in Liaodong area, because the weather there is very cold, and this wine is also suitable for dispelling the cold.
This is the preference of the people in black. If there are people here from Liaodong Taoist Prefecture who like this wine, that's fine. It's just custom. To take a step back, even if Qi Xuansu said he wanted to drink shochu, it would still be acceptable.
, it happened to be Zhang Yuelu.
Firstly, there are not many women who like to drink, and women who like to drink strong liquor are even rarer. Secondly, Zhang Yuelu has a slight Jiangnan accent, and is obviously not a Liaodong person who likes to drink soju.
Even Qi Xuansu looked at him sideways: "Soju?"
"Soju." Zhang Yuelu responded.
Qi Xuansu said softly: "Generally, only drunkards like to 'burn knives'. You don't look like an drunkard."
"To me, rice wine is a bit soft and not intoxicating." Zhang Yuelu didn't care too much about other people's strange looks, just like she didn't care about the opinions of the three deputy hall masters in Chiming Palace.
It's not arrogance, it's just her nature. She can always treat everyone equally. She has this attitude in front of the three deputy hall masters, and she still has the same attitude in front of Qi Xuansu. Even in front of several real people, she only observes courtesy.
Instead of being humble.
Qi Xuansu stopped talking and just looked at her again.
A young woman wearing plain Taoist robes, with outstanding appearance but not extraordinary, but with a certain aura of her own.
After a while, the banquet officially started. In addition to the 10-year-old daughter's red, Zhang Yuelu's soju also arrived. It was served in a small wine jar, only about one kilogram.
I think the waiter in the restaurant thought that this girl was just on a whim, or she was depressed, and was not a real drinker. Moreover, the girl looked as usual, and she was whispering to the young man next to her. She didn't look like someone who wanted to drink to relieve her sorrow.
In any case, he didn't dare to drink too much. A light drinker can get drunk in just a few taels, so if he drank too much, it would be a waste.
Zhang Yuelu raised his hand to take the wine jar, opened the mud seal, and immediately a strong smell of alcohol rushed out, which made people choke just by smelling it. It is not an exaggeration to say that people who don't know how to drink can feel drunk just by smelling the smell of alcohol.
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Zhang Yuelu's eyes lit up, he poured the wine into the cup and took a sip.
Seeing this scene, Qi Xuansu was inexplicably relieved. He was really afraid that this Tantai girl would just lift the wine jar and take a swig, and then wipe the wine stains on her mouth with her sleeves, just like a green forest hero who eats meat and drinks.
, it’s like a lady plucking up a weeping willow tree, but it’s too inconsistent and he can’t accept it.
Fortunately, this Tantai girl still drank from a cup and didn't do anything too deviant.
In fact, not only Qi Xuansu breathed a sigh of relief, but the other people at the same table also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that this girl just wanted to drink and was not the kind of informal person.
After Zhang Yuelu drank a glass of wine, a slight blush appeared on his fair face. He looked at Qi Xuansu, raised his glass and asked, "Do you want a drink?"
As if she was afraid that Qi Xuansu would refuse, she added: "It tastes very good."
The smile on Qi Xuansu's face 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 kind of wine glass is not a small wine cup, but an antique three-legged gold bottle, which is in line with the poet's saying "Don't let the gold bottle stand empty against the moon."
A glass of wine costs at least two taels.
Zhang Yuelu filled another glass for himself and said at the same time: "Drinking means 'drunk', so don't use your zhenqi to dispel the hangover. That would be boring. It's a waste of good wine. It's better not to drink."
Qi Xuansu picked up the wine glass and said with a sigh: "Forget it, I will sacrifice my life to accompany you."
The two raised their glasses and drank the wine in one go. No one used their true energy to resist.
For a moment, Qi Xuansu felt a burning fire in his chest, and the hot feeling spread from his mouth and throat to his stomach for a long time. This was nothing, the key was that the power of the wine rushed straight to Fengchi point, and in the blink of an eye,
Qi Xuansu felt his head feel heavy and couldn't help but hold on to the armrests of the chair.
On the other hand, Zhang Yuelu was still sitting calmly, but his face was slightly redder.
In any case, the gap between the realms of the two is there, and the improvement of cultivation to the body cannot be ignored. If a real person at the stage of heaven and human were here, even if he did not deliberately use the alcohol-relieving power, he would still be able to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk.
At the end of the banquet, it was Zhang Yuelu who helped Qi Xuansu, who was already top-heavy as if he were stepping on cotton, to leave Phoenix Tower and walk on Taiqing Square.
A pound of soju was sixteen taels. Zhang Yuelu drank ten taels of soju, and Qi Xuansu drank six taels of soju plus four taels of daughter's red. Zhang Yuelu had no other change except that his face was slightly red, but Qi Xuansu was very drunk.
Qi Xuansu's wine was very good. He didn't act crazy when he was drunk, and he didn't take advantage of Zhang Yuelu. He just couldn't control his mouth. At this time, he murmured to himself: "Actually, I think Nuerhong is better.
, but I don’t quite understand why it should be called ‘daughter red’ instead of ‘boy red’?”
Zhang Yuelu couldn't help laughing and said: "Actually, there is one, called 'Zhuangyuanhong'. This is a custom in the south of the Yangtze River. When a son is born, he will make some wine for him and bury him in the cellar. He will be buried for ten or twenty years. It means waiting for
If my son wins the first prize, he will take it out and have a big banquet with guests and friends."
Qi Xuansu understood: "I know, after giving birth to a daughter, bury it, and when you get married, drink it and call it 'daughter red'."
Zhang Yuelu suppressed a smile and said, "Young Master 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,
My son didn’t win the first prize, wouldn’t it be a pity to drink this wine?”
Zhang Yuelu couldn't help but laugh out loud: "I'm just calling it this name, and I'll drink it out when my son gets a wife."
Qi Xuansu was blown by the night wind and got drunk in the wind, getting even drunker: "The one I served just now is 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 burst into tears: "Yes, like me, you don't get married and spend all your time on Taoism."
Qi Xuansu nodded: "Concentrate on Taoism... Do you want to wear the Huijian?"
At this moment, he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind. 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 her 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 thanked them.
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.
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 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 ability to drink is so light."
The night wind blew again, and Qi Xuansu sobered up by five points. It was probably because things must be reversed at the extremes, 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 Zhang Yuelu's lips, "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 the Taoist sect,
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, so 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', and there are many things on the market
It’s hard to see. I’ve always wanted to drink it, but I’ve never been able to do so.”
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, so please go. I'll bring you the piano tomorrow morning."
"Then... we'll meet again if we are destined." Zhang Yuelu did not force it and 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 had said, it was 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 have too many thoughts. After all, there was a huge crowd, and there might not be a chance to see her again in the future. The two were just passers-by in each other's lives.