Yuan Fu Nushu

Chapter 364, trade face for wine

Since last month, Wang Ergou has had a special liking for patrolling the pier. He has been refusing to leave for a long time, unlike before when he returned to his office to eat, drink and have fun after the patrol. The Dragon Boat Festival is next month, and the Mid-Autumn Festival Uncle Jingli, who gives gifts during the Chinese New Year, it's time for your gifts to show their faces.

Patrolling is safer than fighting, but it is not as profitable as fighting. Merchants are easy to ask for money, but if they are discovered by Pingxi County King, the serious ones will lose their heads directly.

Wang Ergou has worked hard, and the number of ships has increased after the canal thawed, and he has worked hard to save money. He used to go to his lover twice a month without taking a step. Although the other party is a businessman, he also develops feelings and hates it. People scolded him, but Wang Ergou was unmoved.

I sent ten taels of silver to my home, and there was an old lady guarding the ground at home. Wang Ergou had a naughty side, so he was considered filial, and he kept 30 taels in his hand to buy good wine from Mr. Jingli.

Wang Ergou is very beautiful himself, this time there is an extra ten taels of silver, which should be enough for a catty of wine.

He didn't wait for this day, and he wasn't discouraged, he had something to confide in, and in the evening, he let his soldiers watch over him. He took a roast chicken and sold wine at the market, and rode his horse to the camp to find Qiyue.

Find a place with a leeward wind, eat and drink with Qi Yue and you, and talk to each other in a sensible way: "Master Qi, Mr. Yuan's uncle from Beijing will definitely come to give gifts for the Dragon Boat Festival, you have to say something nice to me , won't I share my good wine and meat with you?"

Qi Yue gnawed on the chicken leg and ignored him, mainly because he had nothing to say, Wang Ergou, you also had the New Year gift from your son, honey and jerky melted in your mouth, your good wine and meat are incomparable.

But there is no honey jerky in front of me, and it would be nice to have a chicken leg.

Before he finished eating, Qi Tang looked for him. It turned out that General Quan San was looking for Qi Yue. Qi Yue thanked Wang Ergou casually, wiped his hands with grass from the ground, and went to see General Quan San with his oily mouth.

General Quan San said with a spring breeze on his face, "The guard at the pier will come to see you, and you will also talk to him tomorrow."

Qi Yue spread out his hand: "Bring it."

Third General Quan stared: "What?"

"I'm going to the dock tomorrow, so I have to ask back. If I go to the dock next year, I can still pack the wine and meat I ate last year. I don't remember. If you let me go tomorrow, I still have the memory." Qi Yue said.

General Quan San turned around, took out two ingots and came back: "20 taels, the old rule, give me twenty catties of wine."

Qi Yue yelled strangely: "When did the old rules come out, what are the old rules?"

General Quan San smiled and said: "You forgot, I will let you go on vacation during the first month, and you bring me back twenty catties, and you still have ten catties."

Qi Yue took a step back, put Yuanbao in his arms first, and sneered with his hands on his hips: "Let's talk about this matter, the wine I brought back in the first month was twenty catties for me, and ten catties for you. In the end, all my wine was gone in the last battle. If it wasn't for my uncle's cleverness, he buried his wine when the soldiers moved, but you didn't leave me a sip. Then my uncle did the math, and you deducted a lot of military merit from me. Pay me back!"

Spread the handlebars out again.

General Quan San said solemnly: "Lord Qi, let's talk about it. You are talking nonsense about the county magistrate. How many famous generals in the northwest have named you to fight, and if I stop you, there will be eight if not ten cases. If I don't Stop it, with your useless effort, you have already died many times."

Qi Yue said contemptuously: "I am an official of the imperial court. The king of Pingxi County has the law of the king here. Who dares to kill me?"

"If I didn't stop you, with your useless efforts, you would have reported your disability and returned to the official department to recuperate."

After hearing this, Qi Yue was furious: "I've met three people who miss my wife this month, and I haven't seen them dare to do anything!"

"Your wife? Xiao Xiang, it's just stealing your wife." Quan San laughed: "Wake up, boy, the county magistrate is not your wife, and there are too many people looking for you to fight. Duke Jun is afraid that you will hurt each other. For the loss of the county king, he is discussing with Meng Guogong to set up a son-in-law ring in the army. Once a month, the suitors will be put on the stage to fight. Northwest men are very bloody, as far as I know, the little generals who like the county magistrate wish they could beat you to death with one punch."

Qi Yue was expressionless: "It's exaggerated." But he secretly thought that his kung fu is not good enough. This month, he saw three young generals from the Northwest family who returned to the camp to handle errands. This one didn't work out.And if there is a real fight, the words of General Quan San are very likely to come true.

"Twenty catties of wine, I have to go to Guxi to ask Uncle Yuan for it. You have to give me the 20 taels of silver to make money, and you have to give me a holiday. In addition, one tael of wine is a skill, and there is no wine without teaching. "Qi Yue put on an arrogant look.

General Quan San blinked his eyes: "Don't be too stingy, drink ten sips to teach one trick."

Qi Yue didn't do it: "You have a big mouth, and you can't talk about half a catty. One or two drinks, teach me a trick."

General Quan San gave a heavy snort, and moved a chair to sit down. Not to be outdone, Qi Yue also moved a chair and sat down opposite. After a quarter of an hour, a consensus was reached. people.

General Quan San smiled: "It's easy to talk about holidays. From tomorrow onwards, you will be on holiday. Mr. Qi, you are just a civil servant. You don't need you to fight. You guard the barracks for me. If you want to go to Guxi, go to Guxi. I take care of everything."

Qi Yue didn't try to be a hero, saying that he was not afraid of fighting.Experienced a small battle in the first month, which was also related to life and death. More importantly, Qi Yue fully realized that his kung fu was really bad, and compared with some veterans, he was so poor that he couldn't bear to look directly at him.

Relying on courage in the siege, He Quansan saved him wholeheartedly, and Qi Yue passed the critical point of life and death.

If he was an inland civil servant with no distractions, he would not be afraid of life and death if he had fought more wars and experienced more.But he has something on his mind, he needs the Monkey King, he came to the Northwest not to fight, not to live and die blindly, he wants to live well, get promoted, return to Beijing, fight for Yanyan's face, and be a family for Yuanxiu Man, let Lu Zhu see that Brother Ning is not as good as himself.

Practice first, then make meritorious deeds, Qi Yue set this goal for himself.

Qi Yue bid farewell and left General Quan San's tent. General Quan San watched his back disappear from the curtain, and murmured: "That wine is evil!"

Before the snow melted, they went out to fight a small battle. The soldiers lay in ambush in the ice and snow for a day and a night. The third general Quan divided twenty catties of wine under Qi Yue's name, not only to keep warm but also to prevent hunger. There are so many precious things, Wang Ergou's love for this wine has something to do with his being an old alcoholic with the tip of his tongue, while General Quan San really saw the effect of medicinal wine.

Qi Yue was recovering from his injuries and did not participate in the battle.

Quan San also knew that 20 taels of silver could not be bought, but he also knew that Mr. Yuan Yuan, the first inland civil servant who was famous in the Northwest, treated Qi Yue as well as his elders.Besides how much money to give, the third general Quan had no idea, so he might as well not give it at all, and trade Qi Yue's face for wine.

The Prince of Pingxi also rewards tribute wine every year. There are many kinds of tribute wine, but the position of the third general Quan can not drink much every year, and the number of glasses at the county king's banquet is just like that. He didn't expect Yuan Yuanyuan's wine to be Tribute wine, nourishing tribute wine mixed with traditional Chinese medicine.

The gift list Yuan Yuan received said "imitation tribute wine", as if to deceive his ears, but General Quan San hadn't read the gift list, so he couldn't use his imagination.

Just leave it to Qi Yue, how simple it is.

The next day, Qi Yue took Qi Tang and Song Jin out of the camp for a walk. He was an official ordered by the court, not a general under the command of Pingxi County King. He came with a mission. If you think you need to go to the place, if someone asks, you will say that you are going the wrong way, and instead ask how to get to the pier.

He left the camp early in the morning and arrived at the pier in the evening. Wang Ergou caught him in surprise and comforted him, saying that the road to the northwest is not easy to recognize. It would be nice if you could find me. He didn’t think too much about it. When I came down, I watched the river with Wang Ergou every day, and inquired carefully about the inside story of the Northwest. His first official document was handed over to Yuan Yuan in the first month, otherwise he would not be able to send it. Brother's second official document was taken away.

Not only Qi Yue and Wang Ergou are waiting, but the king of Pingxi County is waiting for the Dragon Boat Festival, and he is also waiting for this "Hu family in Beijing".

Brother Tang Meng was in front of him, and King Pingxi complained to him: "This time I went to meet him at the pier, and he dared to fly my flag in front of me. I just had an excuse to deal with him! Hou Ping? I remembered this Boy, there was a big battle one year, and the Lord Protector of Beijing led troops to support me. I said this kid should stay and be a general for me. I can’t treat him badly. He just left without a word Me, this kid, I will deal with him!"

(End of this chapter)