What's wrong with me, a powerful minister, supporting a few female officials?

Chapter 82 The Drunken Heroine (Begging for Monthly Tickets)
Xue Shan and Dong Yangrong stared in disbelief at the scene before them!
Su Mo was also somewhat surprised.

Xue Shan actually came over on his own initiative.

Presumably having received word, the female centurion will escort the followers of the Heavenly Mother to the capital tomorrow.

They've come to gather information.

He put down the earthenware bowl and smiled at Xue Shan, saying, "Magistrate Xue, Mr. Dong, you've come at the perfect time!"

His gaze fell on the exquisite wine jar that Dong Yangrong was carrying, and he smiled and said, "Why did you bring wine with you?"

"This time, I'm not worried about not having enough wine; I can drink to my heart's content with Mr. Wang!"

Wang Xiuzhi snorted coldly and remained silent.

He had always disliked his brother-in-law, who was a power-hungry official who was neither good enough for high positions nor good enough for low ones!
If it weren't for Wang writing him a letter herself, he wouldn't have bothered coming over to help Xue Shan oversee Changping County.

Xue Yishu, on the other hand, shrank back and didn't dare to look at her father!

Xue Shan and Dong Yangrong, true to their old foxes, quickly grasped the situation.

Clearly, Su Mo, this little fox, has somehow gotten into a fight with Wang Xiuzhi, or perhaps they've taken a liking to each other and are about to have a drinking contest!
But that's even better!

They had planned to get Su Mo drunk and extract information from her.

With that old drunkard Wang Xiuzhi around, wouldn't it be even easier?

My brother-in-law is famous for his love of food and wine, and he's even known as a wine connoisseur who can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk!
Xue Shan strode into the inner hall, nodded to Su Mo, and then smiled at Wang Xiuzhi, saying, "Brother-in-law, what brings you to Su Mo's place?"

"I've just found a jar of fine wine for you, brother-in-law and Brother Su, please have a taste!"

Wang Xiuzhi said calmly, "Since you're here, please sit down!"

"Don't bring out your cheap liquor. This kid has plenty of good wine!"

With so many people present, including younger generations, he naturally had to give Xue Shan some face.

Who among those who navigate the officialdom doesn't drink alcohol? This has been true throughout history.

Xue Shan had smelled the strong aroma of wine long ago, but only now did he notice that the earthenware bowls held by Su Mo and his brother-in-law contained only clear water.

Even with his extensive knowledge, he was secretly taken aback and couldn't help but ask, "What kind of wine is this?"

"The wine is so strong, yet so clear as water? Could it be a divine brew?"

The world is full of murky wine; there's no wine as clear as water!

Su Mo laughed and said, "This is a Chen family brew that I accidentally created. Although the taste is ordinary, it is very strong and is perfect for drinking contests!"

"Your Excellency, please postpone your fine wine for now. Let me first sample this new wine!"

As he spoke, he poured a bowl for both Xue Shan and Dong Yangrong.

The liquor poured was naturally a medium-strength drink.

There are three or four catties of strong liquor.

Aside from leaving a small sample of half a jin of wine for the female centurion, the rest will definitely be given to that old fellow Wang Xiuzhi. Let's see if he can drink him to death!
Xue Yishu quickly stood up: "Father, please sit here!"

Qin Bier and Chen Nvxia also stood up to offer their seats!

Su Mo frowned, but this time she didn't say anything.

Forcing them to sit down would only make them uneasy and uncomfortable.

Xue Shan snorted at Xue Yishu, then gestured for Dong Yangrong to sit down!
Su Mo was a homebody with mild social anxiety, so he didn't bother to say much. He simply stood up and raised the ceramic bowl.

"Mr. Wang, Magistrate Xue, Mr. Dong."

"I am honored to have you grace my humble abode with your presence today. I am not good with words, so I will drink first as a sign of my respect!"

After saying that, he raised his head and downed it in one gulp!

Then turn the bowl upside down to show that not a drop of wine will be spilled!
His gaze was directed at Wang Xiuzhi in a provocative manner!

Wang Xiuzhi sneered: "Fine! I like straightforward people the most!"

After saying that, he raised his large bowl and drank it all in one gulp!

After downing another half a jin of 40-proof liquor, Su Mo was filled with admiration!
I've already eaten more than a pound, and my face is only slightly flushed!

This old man, who acts like a big shot because of his age, may not be a very good person, but his drinking capacity and manners while drunk are quite impressive!

He made no mention of the fact that he had already gulped down a whole bowl of food, giving Su Mo a huge advantage!

Xue Shan and Dong Yangrong naturally dared not fall behind.

At the same time, he raised the large bowl.

The moment the drinks entered their mouths, their faces flushed red!
He forced down the entire large bowl of Chenjia wine in one gulp.

After a long pause, Xue Shan finally exhaled and said, "Good wine!"

Su Mo gave a thumbs up: "Your Excellency has a great capacity for alcohol!"

He poured himself another bowl: "This bowl is a tribute to the three of you for taking care of me all this time!"

Seeing that Su Mo had downed another gulp.

Wang Xiuzhi couldn't help but swallow hard.

He was known as the "Wine Immortal" who could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk.

The problem is, we used to drink watery liquor!

Water first, wine second, it's really as bland as water; no matter how much you drink, it's just a matter of going to the toilet.

We're drinking baijiu now, a kind of strong and potent baijiu that I've never tasted before!
After consuming more than a pound of alcohol, I only ate one piece of braised pork intestine with a strong flavor. Instead of masking the alcohol's effects, it made me feel even more nauseous!
How can we possibly withstand this!
Seeing Su Mo drink it all in one gulp, then turn the bowl upside down and look at him defiantly.

Wang Xiu was so angry that his teeth itched, so he had to grit his teeth and pour himself a full bowl!
This time, instead of drinking it immediately, he looked towards Xue Shan!

Xue Shan found it slightly strange.

This wine is strong, but not to the point of being unbearable. My brother-in-law is known as a wine connoisseur, how come he can't even finish two bowls?

However, this shrewd man could tell from Wang Xiuzhi's expression that he needed time to calm down from the alcohol.

Immediately, he raised the ceramic bowl to Su Mo with a smile: "Brother Su, your alcohol tolerance is truly amazing!"

"This wine is the most potent I've ever tasted in my life; it's really whetting my appetite..."

He took a small sip and exclaimed in admiration, "Truly excellent wine!"

"Young Master Su, please send several more jars to the county government office, so you won't have to worry about not being able to drink them in the future!"

Su Mo laughed and said, "Your Excellency, what are you saying!"

"Even if the county magistrate is promoted to Yong'an Prefecture in the future, it will only be a hundred miles away from Changping. If I send someone to deliver a message, how could I dare not send the wine!"

Xue Shan's heart skipped a beat; there was more to those words than met the eye!
He immediately chuckled and said, "I am honored by your kind words, young man!"

After saying that, he drank the wine in one gulp!
In this situation, it was not up to Dong Yangrong, the advisor, to speak.

Naturally, he could only drink it all in one gulp.

Two people stalled for time, and the great sorcerer Wang finally recovered some of his strength.

Seeing that Su Mo was still staring at him, he couldn't help but snort.

"What are you looking at!"

"Do you think I owe you a drink, kid?!"

After saying that, he downed the third bowl of wine in one gulp!

Then, I picked up my chopsticks and took a piece of green vegetable...

I couldn't help but exclaim, "It really is stir-fried! The texture is crisp and the flavor is amazing!"

"You've got some skills, kid!"

Su Mo also praised, "Mr. Wang has a great capacity for alcohol!"

As he spoke, he reached for a glass of wine.

He knows his strengths and weaknesses!

Young and healthy, he was determined to drink Wang Xiuzhi down completely in one go.

If you're drinking fine wine, you'll definitely lose to a seasoned old drinker!
However, seeing that the situation was not good, Xue Shan's eyes darted around and he immediately smiled and said, "Brother Su, don't be anxious!"

"Fine wine and delicious food, how can they be enjoyed without poetry!"

"My daughter says that Young Master Su is skilled in both literature and martial arts. I wonder if he knows how to play this drinking game?"

Wang Xiuzhi's eyes lit up immediately, thinking to himself that this official-obsessed brother-in-law was full of wicked ideas, and he slammed his hand on the table: "That's right!"

"What's a drinking party without drinking games!"

He sneered at Su Mo: "You little brat, do you even know how to play drinking games?"

Su Mo didn't know any drinking games!

After drinking more than a pound of baijiu, I started to feel a bit tipsy.

He then said in a deep voice, "What's the point of drinking games? We can talk for ages and still not finish a single bowl!"

"If you're going to sing, sing the whole song!"

"One song for each person!"

"Whoever is in the wrong, they should voluntarily drink a bowl of wine, how about that?"

As soon as these words came out.

Wang Xiuzhi, Xue Shan, and Dong Yangrong were dumbfounded!
A mere clerk or bailiff dares to challenge them to a poetry contest?

Chen Nvxia and Qin Bier stared blankly at Su Mo, thinking he was drunk!

Only Xue Yishu, her bright eyes shining, stared intently at Su Mo with excitement! Wang Xiuzhi was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing: "You little rascal, you've got quite the nerve, daring to talk about composing poetry in front of this old man!"

"I won't lie to you!"

"If the three of us lose the poetry contest, each of us will have two bowls of rice!"

"You lost, kid. One bowl it is!"

Dong Yangrong smiled without saying a word, clearly also believing that Su Mo was bound to lose.

Just as Xue Shan was about to speak, he suddenly remembered the famous piece his daughter had mentioned, and his heart skipped a beat!
Brother-in-law, aren't you being a little too confident?

The question is, at this point, can he still refute it?
Who knows, Wang Xiuzhi, in his drunken stupor, might just grab him and throw him out the door!
Sure enough, Wang Xiuzhi was inspired to write poetry and stroked his beard, saying, "Let this old man go first!"

After a slight pause, he began chanting, swaying his head: "Soaring through the azure sky on my sword, crossing the sea of ​​clouds to the immortal continent. My sleeves hold the moon of the three mountains, my gourd contains the autumn of eternity. A star raft floats on the blue sky, a crane's shadow skims the crimson hill. Calamity's fire burns away worldly thoughts, the lamp of my heart illuminates the dark night."

This poem was published.

Xue Shan and Dong Yangrong both blurted out the word "wonderful"!
Wang Xiuzhi truly deserves his status as a second-class Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations)!
His ability to speak eloquently and compose poems while holding a bowl is truly admirable!

If this gets out, it will surely be a wonderful thing for scholars to talk about!

In particular, the poem not only fits his identity as a Taoist sorcerer, but also the image of the pot containing eternal autumn, which is in line with the scene and the sentiment!
At the same time, it reveals his noble and unrestrained spirit of being devoted to the path of immortality and not engaging in worldly officialdom!
How could one not utter a single word of wonder!
Xue Shan was well-read and learned, and his ability to compose poems and couplets was certainly not bad.

After a moment's thought, he said: "I have a pot of wine, made from the dew dripping from pine branches. It has nothing to do with the warmth of spring, but only with the purity of snow and frost. The cactus in the Han Palace, the mother-and-child jar in the Tang family. No one knows this sentiment, I sit alone watching the clouds and smoke."

Dong Yangrong...

Damn it, you can't bully people like this!

He was merely a scholar who had passed the county-level imperial examinations, and he was not particularly skilled in poetry and prose.

In recent years, he has devoted himself to studying the ways of a staff officer. What good poems can he write in such a short time?
Let's not embarrass ourselves.

He could only smile wryly and say, "Mr. Wang and the county magistrate are indeed men of great literary talent. I will not embarrass myself by offering my own!"

After saying that, he forced himself to drink two bowls in a row.

His body was already swaying precariously, but he still held on, his gaze fixed on Su Mo!
Wang Xiuzhi, Xue Shan, Xue Yishu, and others were all like this.

Wang Xiuzhi was even more smug: "You brat, if you back down now, I'll let you drink half a bowl of wine!"

Upon hearing this, Su Mo immediately became furious, rolled her eyes, and sneered, "It's just writing poetry, as if anyone can't do it!"

He paused slightly, then said, "A pot of wine among the flowers, I drink alone, without a companion..."

Upon hearing these two sentences, Wang Xiuzhi and Xue Shan's expressions suddenly changed!
A sense of foreboding crept in.

Sure enough, the next two sentences plunged the two into utter despair.

"I raise my glass to the moon, and my shadow and I become three people!"

A brief description of one person, one moon, and one shadow.

The scene of drinking alone under the moon, lonely yet carefree, vividly comes to mind!

Especially the line about two shadows forming three people—what literary skill it takes to write such a timeless masterpiece!

Both of them perked up their ears!

Su Mo suddenly stopped!
Wang Xiuzhi and Xue Shan asked in unison, "What's next?"

"Keep reading!"

Su Mo glanced at the two of them through her blurry, drunken eyes: "What about below?"

"Now it's your turn to drink!"

The Azure Lotus Sword Immortal Li Bai, whose poetry has suppressed all ages!

Su Mo played a royal flush right from the start, how were the great sorcerer Wang and the county magistrate Xue supposed to respond?
What a bully!
Xue Yishu hurriedly stepped forward to pour wine for her uncle!

Wang Xiuzhi's eyelids twitched, and he almost spilled his wine. This brat was still pouring it out, so he quickly coughed, "Cough! Cough!"

Seeing that Xue Yishu did not stop.

Finally unable to contain his anger, he shouted, "Enough! Stop pouring!"

Qin Bier hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward to pour wine for Xue Shan.

However, she was sensible and only poured out a small half bowl.

At this moment, Ms. Chen's mind was completely filled with mush.

She couldn't tell whether a poem was good or bad.

I just felt that Wang Xiuzhi and Xue Shan wrote long and beautiful poems.

Su Mo defeated them with just four sentences?

Is Su Lang really that formidable?
Not only can he cultivate immortality, but he can also write poetry?

Even the county magistrate and the scholars were no match for Su Lang!

If that's the case, wouldn't Su Lang be able to become a civil official?
A yamen runner becoming a civil official?
Ms. Chen is starting to have an existential crisis!
If only she knew the reputation of Wang Xiuzhi and Xue Shan in the literary world of Dawu.

They're probably too shocked to even speak!
The great sorcerer Wang glared fiercely at Su Mo, gritted his teeth, and finished the large bowl of strong liquor, which was almost overflowing, in four or five gulps.

Just as he was about to speak, the smell of alcohol rose in his throat, and he hurriedly picked up a piece of meat without even noticing that it was braised pork intestines.

After eating two pieces of fatty intestines, I suppressed my drunkenness.

He then snorted, "You brat, where did you hear that poem? Hurry up and recite it!"

Su Mo smiled faintly and sang the entire masterpiece of the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal.

The two of them were naturally amazed and exclaimed in admiration!

The great sorcerer wiped the wine stains from his beard and said coldly, "This time, no poetry! Change the lyrics!"

"You go first, kid!"

Xue Shan was suddenly startled. It seemed that Su Mo could also write lyrics!

He hurriedly said, "One bowl! I'll only have one bowl this time!"

Su Mo's drunkenness intensified, and he smiled arrogantly: "One bowl it is!"

"When it comes to poetry, if I'm second to none, who dares to be number one?"

"I'll drink you dry!"

When it comes to lyrics, Su Mo knows them by heart, nothing beats "Prelude to Water Melody" and "When Will the Moon Be Bright?"
Now that the alcohol has taken effect, he naturally pulls out all the stops, blurting out the most familiar words.

"When will the bright moon come? Ask the sky for wine..."

Wang Xiuzhi's hand, which was stroking his beard, froze instantly!
Xue Shan's face showed an expression of "I knew it," and he secretly rejoiced that this time only one bowl was needed!
"I wonder what year it is today in the palace in the sky."

"I long to ride the wind and return, yet I fear the jade palaces and crystal towers, where the cold is unbearable at such heights. Dancing with my shadow, how can it compare to being in the mortal world..."

Wang Xiuzhi remained silent for a moment, then turned to look at Xue Yishu, whose eyes shone brightly.

"Pour wine!"

"Fill it up!"

Having obtained this masterpiece, one should raise a large cup of wine, and what harm is there in getting drunk!

Xue Shan was so excited that he slammed his fist on the table!

Dong Yangrong, being the smartest, didn't hesitate to slam his head onto the table!
You big shots can play with poetry and lyrics.

With my small frame, I, a mere junior advisor, will not oblige!
Su Mo was drunk too!
Young man, once you've achieved success, how can you just watch others drink while you don't drink yourself!

Anyway, Su Mo only remembered that she seemed to have recited a few familiar famous poems.

Then he drank heavily with Wang Xiuzhi and Xue Shan.

They ate every last bit of the braised meat on the table.

The three of them, with their arms around each other's shoulders, were about to burn yellow paper and chop off a chicken's head to become sworn brothers.

But it seems someone pulled them apart, and the sworn brotherhood couldn't be formed, which is a real pity!
Then, Su Mo sensed that the female commander had arrived.

Only a centurion could have such a figure!
He held her and fell asleep.

The pillow is soft, big, and very bouncy; it's so comfortable to sleep on.

Cultivators are really healthy; they can dissipate the smell of alcohol quickly!
Of course, it could also be because I went to bed early last night.

Anyway, Su Mo woke up when the roosters crowed in the street. He rubbed his forehead and sat up straight.

then.

Staring in disbelief at the female knight Chen lying across the bed, her clothes slightly disheveled!
No wonder the pillow was so big and soft last night!
So he was sleeping soundly with the heroine's two unusual white steamed buns as his pillow!
At this moment, Ms. Chen was sleeping soundly, with a strand of glistening drool dribbling from the corner of her mouth, looking quite adorable.

She probably felt the pillow was gone, so she murmured as she turned over, reached out and pulled Su Mo's head back into her arms.

Su Mo almost suffocated!

Young people, full of vigor and vitality, are especially hot-tempered when they wake up in the morning.

How could we let a fake female knight-errant who drools even in her sleep bully us!
Su Mo struggled to sit up, breaking free from the feeling of suffocation.

He reached out his large hand, ready to teach Ms. Chen a lesson.

Chen, the female knight, suddenly woke up.

She froze for a moment, then panicked: "Su Lang...you...I...ah! No! Stop!"

"No! Stop!"

"No! Stop!"

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