First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 33 Bai Yutang, Bai Yulu

32. Bai Yulu, Bai Yulu

Seeing that the shopkeeper knew him, Gao Chong couldn't help being quite surprised, and nodded, "I am Gao Chong, this is Shopkeeper Wang?"

"Gao Gaolang is young and promising, and it is a great honor for Wang Er to visit Deyilou." Shopkeeper Wang nodded and bowed, full of smiles.

While talking, he offered a jar of wine, "This is the unique Baiyulu wine of Deyilou. There is very little in stock. There are only three or five jars on the Xihe side. I'm here to taste it with Gao Gaolang."

Gao Chong's expression was rather strange when he heard this, "How do you know I'm Gao Chong?"

Shopkeeper Wang Er was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly smiled and said: "I have heard for a long time that the Gao family in Taiyuan and their sons are both civil and military. The name of your father, Xiao Zhou Lang, is well known throughout the Jin Dynasty, and Gao Gao Lang's pair of iron maces are also very powerful. How can I not know it?" ".

Gao Chong was not baffled by the flattery, and he became even more suspicious when he heard it. This obviously missed the point. What he asked was how did the shopkeeper know that he was Gao Chong? Maybe he had a great reputation, but how could he know it as soon as he met? He is Gao Chong, unless it is investigated in detail.

Immediately declined and said: "You will not be rewarded for no merit. The shopkeeper Wang accepts it in his heart. I dare not accept this altar of fine wine."

Wang Er was anxious when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Gao Gaolang is worrying too much. Although a jar of white jade dew is rare in the north, it is not an expensive drink in those places in Luoyang. It just represents a heart, and it is not a big deal." After all, as if he was afraid that Gao Chong would refuse again, he directly patted the Kaifeng altar, and filled Gao Chong and Chen Yanshou directly.

Gao Chong picked up the wine glass and smelled it. There was indeed a fresh aroma of wine. He was about to taste it when he paused suddenly, "Luoyang Baiyulu?".

Gao Chong raised his head and asked, looking at Chen Yanshou, Chen Yanshou also reacted, and immediately asked: "I don't know what is the connection between this Luoyang Baiyulu and that Luoyang Baiyutang?"

Wang Er was startled when he heard that, and then he was pleasantly surprised: "The two of you also know about Bai Yutang?" He said quite proudly, "Bai Yutang is also the property of my master, unexpectedly the reputation has spread to the North."

Chen Yanshou was also thoughtful when he heard the words, he immediately shook his head and smiled wryly: "Zhuojing is from Luoyang, and he likes the ornaments of Bai Yutang very much, one piece is as expensive as a hundred guan, but it is not cheap."

Wang Er was also overjoyed when he saw this, "I didn't expect Mrs. Chen to be from the same hometown as the next one. It's really a fate."

Gao Chong immediately looked at Wang Er, "How do you know his surname is Chen?"

Wang Er was stunned, and then hurriedly said with confidence: "Gao Gaolang calm down, I have no other intentions, it's just that the city of Xi changed hands overnight, we do business also need to see the situation clearly, and we need to understand that those nobles can't offend, So I paid more attention to it, Gao Gao Lang must not be offended."

After finishing speaking, he filled the two with wine and apologized, "I won't disturb the two of you eating, just ask if you need anything, Wang Er will leave first."

After Wang Er left, Gao Chong asked while eating, "What do you think?"

"It must be weird," Chen Yanshou said without hesitation, "Bai Yutang, Bai Yulu...and the attitude of the shopkeeper Wang."

"It's not easy to find out our identities overnight," Gao Chong said quietly.

Chen Yanshou was stunned for a moment, and then he was shocked, "You Zhiyou suspect?"

Gao Chong shook his head and gestured for silence with his hands. After the two had satiated with food and wine, they were about to leave, but Gao Chong found an embarrassing question, "This...Uncle Chen, have you brought any money?"

Chen Yanshou was stunned, and the corners of his mouth twitched. He quickly searched the money bag and found that there were only dozens of five baht coins and a few grains of silver barley, which were obviously not enough.

Gao Chong looked at Kaohsiung again, and Kaohsiung patted his clothes, with a bitter expression on his face, "Mr. Lang, we usually live in the barracks, and rarely carry money with us."

Gao Chong was speechless for a moment. At this moment, the waiter came up again with a bag of things in his hand, "You two gentlemen, are you ready to eat? According to the shopkeeper, you two are distinguished guests. This is the first time It’s free when you come.”

As he said, he offered the package in his hand, "This is a little care, please accept it with a smile", he respectfully put the package on the table and withdrew.

Several people looked at each other, Gao Chong was a little speechless, picked up the bag and weighed it, but his face was stunned, his thoughts changed suddenly, and he immediately smiled and said: "This...isn't so good".

"But sir, we didn't bring any money," Kaohsiung whispered.

Gao Chong gave him a hard look, walked straight downstairs, and came to the counter, "The shopkeeper Wang borrowed a pen and paper." Wang Er looked up for a moment, and hurriedly offered the pen and paper.

"I owe a lot of money to Deyilou in Xicheng today, Bohai Gaochong", I wrote an IOU with a brush, put the package on the counter, and said with a bang, "The shopkeeper Wang has kindly accepted it", and he said it and said it. Go, Wang Eryi, who was looking straight ahead, was taken aback for a while.

"Let me tell you, as an upright and honest official of the imperial court, taking Naka is a no-brainer." Looking at the puzzled expressions of Chen Yanshou and his wife, Gao Chong said sternly in front of everyone.

Chen Yanshou suddenly felt speechless, you have rebelled and returned to integrity, and immediately asked helplessly, "Where are you going now? Do you want to go to Zhu's house?" Chen Yanshou was also quite speechless. Now it's time to investigate the case.

Kaohsiung immediately said that he could lead the way.

Gao Chong shook his head, "It's been so long, I don't think there will be any clues left." After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Deyilou, showed an inexplicable smile, and "returned to the camp."

Chen Yanshou was confused, but he didn't ask any further questions.

As night fell, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin and others were discussing around a map in the camp west of the city.

Suddenly, the personal guard reported, and Gao Chong ordered someone to send a letter, asking the two young masters to open it and read it.

Li Jiancheng and Li Jiancheng immediately opened the letter to read it, but they looked bewildered.

"What do you mean by this?" Li Jiancheng asked puzzled, "Let's go to the banquet in disguise?"

Li Shimin was also very puzzled and couldn't figure it out. He rubbed his stomach and said, "I'm just hungry, let's talk about it when we go." He believed that Gao Chong must have a reason for acting like this.

The two immediately took Liu Hongji and Jiang Baoyi with them, and as the letter said, the four disguised themselves and went straight to a tavern in the east of the city. Of course, secret guards were indispensable.

In the east of the city, a dilapidated tavern without a signboard, Li Jiancheng and others were a little confused, and reconfirmed the address in their hearts, it was indeed correct.

"This guy Gao Youzhi treats guests in such a corner?" Liu Hongji stared in surprise.

"It's definitely not for eating." Li Shimin glanced at Liu Hongji and looked at the surrounding environment. This place is very secluded, and it is really hard for ordinary people to find it.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Kaohsiung came out to greet him, "Young masters, this way please", leading the way and leading Li Jiancheng and the two to a compartment.

Gao Chong was slowly fiddling with tea inside. To be honest, this tea with onion, ginger and mint is really hard to swallow.

(End of this chapter)