Compete for the Song Dynasty

Hearing that Ouyang Xiu had arrived at the mansion, Cai Xiang and Wang Pang got up to greet him, and when they returned to the hall, Cai Xiang ordered his servants to serve a banquet.Cai Jing poured wine into the glasses of the three people on the table.

Ouyang Xiu faced Wang Pang, he didn't expect Wang Pang to be there today, so he said with a smile: "The court heard about Wang Shilang's resignation, Uncle Yong is regretting this, unexpectedly we meet here."

Wang Pang cupped his hands and said: "Wan Sheng has long admired Mr. An, but he has never had the opportunity to talk with him thoroughly during his official duties. Now, Wan Sheng has already intended to be an official in the court, and after a few days he will have to take care of the affairs of the family. Leaving the capital, so I specially brought some good wine today, I would like to ask Xueshi Cai to come forward and have a chat with the drunkard."

Ouyang Xiu had known Wang Pang for six or seven years, and since he hadn't seen him for more than a year, he felt that Wang Pang was much more mature and steady. Thinking of Wang Pang's envoys to Xixia, Liao Kingdom, and as far away as Korea, he had made outstanding achievements in attacking Japanese slaves, but because of his poor house, It was regrettable that Ning Jiliu retreated bravely, so he said in a comforting tone of an elder: "I have also heard about the matter in Wang Shilang's house. I also ask Wang Shilang to express my condolences, and the overall situation is the most important thing in everything."

"Back then, my mentor, General Di Qing, was wronged, thanks to An Guogong's defense and assistance. I think Wansheng has always been under the care of An Guogong, and he has not been able to thank him in person. Why don't we take advantage of today's opportunity to thank the students in person." Wang Pang said holding up his wine glass. [

Holding the wine glass, Ouyang Xiu was filled with mixed feelings. Back then, his favorite student Su Shi won the number one prize, and Wang Pang's appearance surpassed Su Shi's limelight. For this reason, Ouyang Xiu somewhat looked down on Wang Pang, a brat.Unexpectedly, although this kid is said to be on the rise, he has also experienced many ups and downs.

Since Ouyang Xiu was demoted from the capital to Anhui for supporting the "Qingli New Deal" of Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi and others, he became the prefect of Chuzhou.Before returning to the capital, I have been focusing on the landscape, drinking and having fun all day long.Since returning to Beijing, people have become more sophisticated. Now that he is the Duke of An, and concurrently serves as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and Ministry of Officials, his attitude towards Wang Pang is different from before, and he envies Wang Pang's youthful heroism.Seeing that Wang Pang never forgot to be grateful for the old things, he let go of many old prejudices.

Ouyang Xiu raised his glass and said: "Wang Shilang is a rare talent in Song Dynasty. General Di and Prime Minister Bao are right. I hope Wang Shilang will cheer up soon and come back to serve the court one day." After finishing speaking, he took a drink from his glass.

"Good wine! This wine is really good wine!" Ouyang Xiu said excitedly after drinking it, looking at Cai Xiang.

"Hey, I thought you, the old and the young, couldn't remember me. If it wasn't for the good wine, could I, Jun Mo, specially come to invite you to drink?" Cai Xiang said with her mouth curled up in feigned dissatisfaction.

Only then did Ouyang Xiu and Wang Pang realize that the two of them had been so busy talking these days that they had forgotten the owner of the house.Ouyang Xiu smiled heartily: "Jun Mo, you and I are old acquaintances, you invite me to come, even if there is no good wine, I have to come."

"If it's wine, how can you catch a drunkard?" Cai Xiang said with a smile.

Wang Pang intends to make friends with Ouyang Xiu today, he doesn't know what Ouyang Xiu thinks, but how can Wang Pang not know Ouyang Xiu's name?Seeing what Cai Xiang said, Wang Pang said: "The drunkard's meaning is not in wine, but in the mountains and rivers."

Ouyang Xiu's eyes lit up, and Wang Pang was able to say the words and sentences in his "Drunkard's Pavilion", and he was overjoyed: "I never thought that Wang Shilang is my friend? It's so easy to meet and difficult to know each other." After speaking, he drank another glass.Still can't stop admiring the good wine.

Wang Pang smiled heartily, the drunkard's intention was not to drink, if Ouyang Xiu knew that this sentence had been taken out of context after a thousand years, his nose would probably be crooked.

"Drunkard's catchy phrases are known to everyone in the world. Today's mountains and rivers, this wine can be done. The meaning of the wine is not to be drunk." Wang Pang said to Ouyang Xiuman.

Ouyang Xiu was delighted to hear it: "It's a good change, how about I say 'the man in the wine urn doesn't care' today?" After saying that, he laughed and drank another glass.

This is fine, Ouyang Xiu has already drank three cups in a row before the dishes are served, Cai Xiang hurriedly said: "I think we should drink slowly, otherwise we will become 'drunkards who don't care'"

After talking and laughing, Ouyang Xiu made four interpretations of Ouyang Xiu's famous sentence. Ouyang Xiu was overjoyed, but suddenly sighed: "Jun Mo, you and I and Shi Manqing were talking and drinking like this back then. It was a joyful meeting. Unexpectedly, ten years of vicissitudes , the old man is not here, let the old man drink happily again, what a pity, a pity."

Hearing what Ouyang Xiu said, Cai Xiang also sighed. Wang Pang heard that Cai Xiang and Ouyang Xiu were old friends. No wonder it was so easy for Cai Xiang to invite Ouyang Xiu, and he himself was wrong. Hearing them talk about Shi Manqing, he suddenly thought of an allusion and asked: "The Shi Manqing mentioned by Lord An is the Shi Xueshi who can drink a lot of themes?"

When Cai Xiang heard it, Wang Pang began to say something he didn't understand. It must be because of his travels in Liao, Korea, and Japanese slaves, his language was mixed, so he asked with a smile: "Do you know that Shi Xueshi drinks in different ways? It can be seen that Wang Shilang is also a person who loves wine. But what does the theme mean?"

Wang Pang laughed and said: "The theme, the theme is the main central idea, for example, Shi Xueshi drinks and pretends to be a prisoner in a prison, this theme is called 'prisoner drinking'; if you don't sit on the flat ground, you have to climb to the top of the tree to drink , learning from the ancient people's nest, this is called "nest drinking"; after drinking a cup, climb up the tree, and then go down the tree to have a drink after a while, this is called "crane drinking"; while weeping and singing dirges, drinking , is called 'Leo Yin'; the whole body is wrapped in straw mats, only the head is exposed, and the head is retracted after drinking, which is called 'Bie Yin'."

"Yes! Yes! That guy drinks like that!" Ouyang Xiu and Cai Xiang both clapped their hands and said with a smile.Cai Jing, who was behind Wang, heard it for the first time. He covered his mouth and smiled secretly, thinking that the forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds, and there are such strange people in the world.

Speaking of Shi Manqing, Wang Pang had an idea and said: "As far as I know, Xueshi Shi is good at wine, poetry, and humorous in conversation. Once, when he was traveling in Baoning Temple, the groom was negligent, and the horse was startled, and Xueshi Shi was thrown off the horse. He helped him up. Many spectators thought he was going to scold the groom. Unexpectedly, he just pointed at the groom and said, "Fortunately, I am a bachelor of stone. If I were a bachelor of tile, I would have been smashed to pieces.""[

Ouyang Xiu and Cai Xiang laughed loudly, Cai Xiang said with a smile: "This guy is like this, I think Wang Shilang is witty and has the style of Manqing back then."

Ouyang Xiu also nodded with a smile: "Yes, it's been a long time since I laughed so happily. I didn't expect Wang Shilang to know Manqing's past. If he wasn't the son of Jiefu, I would really doubt Wang Shilang's age and experience."

Seeing that Ouyang Xiu had completely accepted him, Wang Pang said, "How can I compare my wit with the two respected masters and Shi Xueshi, let alone my admiration for Shi Shi's straightforwardness and boldness. I heard that there was a surnamed Niu back then The prison book raises his social status by making friends with Shi Manqing and being arty.

When Shi Xueshi was an official in Kaifeng, Tokyo, he was drinking buddies with a monk named Shi Miyan.One day, the monk Mi Yan brought the cattle supervisor and ten stones of good wine for the palace. The three of them drank until the sun went down. Make a note. So, Niu Jianbo brought a pot of inkstone and waited for Shi Yannian to inscribe on the wall of Fantai.

I saw Shi Yannian picked up a pen and wrote on the wall: "Shi Yannian is here with a buddhist poet friend." Master held your hands high and gave the villain a name, so that I can be reborn from now on.' Shi Xueshi knew that the official of the cattle supervisor was donated with money, so he looked at him without any knowledge, and held his pen behind him. Added the words 'Niu holding an inkstone'."

Wang Pang finished speaking vividly in one breath, Cai Jing and Ouyang Xiu laughed even more, Ouyang Xiu said: "Yes, it is true, so I just laughed at him, but I promoted that surnamed Niu. '"

Wang Pang said seriously: "Oh, it can be seen from this that although Xueshi Shi is good at drinking, he is very honest. Even if the man surnamed Niu sponsored the drinking, he would not disregard his reputation and mention that person just because he drank his wine. ruined his own reputation."

Ouyang Xiu raised his eyes to look at Wang's side, and suddenly laughed loudly: "I don't think Mr. Wang's intention is to invite drunkards to drink today."

"I didn't intend to ask the respected teacher to write an inscription?!" Wang Pang said jokingly.

Ouyang Xiu put down his wine glass and said, "The drunkard is not drunk yet, so I don't think everyone should be fooled. I came to see Wang Shilang today and guessed what happened. It's rare that Wang Shilang described the story of his old friend so wonderfully, and used the inscription Take great pains to remind the old man, you boy, am I deaf because there is such a big event in the capital today?"

Cai Xiang laughed along, how could he still not know why Wang Pang brought up the matter of Shi Manqing at this time, so he served Ouyang Xiuman a drink and said, "Don't blame An Guogong, you also know that I dealt with a person today. He has a bad reputation, but he is also a popular person in front of the Holy One, and he invites the drunkard to come here because he hopes that the drunkard can give him advice. If he can't punish the evil, there will be others to follow suit in the future, and it will be difficult to investigate and deal with matters related to people's livelihood."

Ouyang Xiu pointed to Cai Xiang: "You and I have known each other for so many years, don't you know me? I admit that Qin Minzhi did send fragrant cakes to my house, but the old man will not cover up this matter. Wang Shilang kept laughing behind him. I also know that the book boy is close relatives to Xueshi Cai, so naturally you have to avoid suspicion, and leave this matter to the old man, not to mention the good wine today, even if there is no such good wine, it is my duty to advise the people."

Cai Xiang and Wang Pang looked at each other with a smile, and hurriedly toasted Ouyang Xiu, but Ouyang Xiu said: "Oh, don't think that the old man agreed because he drank good wine, you have to tell me what the wine is, otherwise the drunkard will be so drunk I don't understand."

Then Wang Pang said: "This wine is called Baiyang wine. It is made from taking thirty catties of mutton in the twelfth lunar month. Among them, there must be ten catties of fat. Cook until soft, remove the bones, break the shredded meat, and keep the gravy. Steam the rice with wine, sprinkle the fat meat on the rice, then steam and stir to get out six buckets of juice. Steam again, and finally let it warm Pick out good bones and meat, and two liters of gravy can be produced. Press out the juice, put it all in the wine mother, and finally make such exquisite Baiyang wine according to the usual brewing days."

Wang Pang learned how to make wine in Liao Kingdom and Xin Zan, but he didn't expect to use it today, he peeked at it while talking, Ouyang Xiu and Cai Xiang's eyes lit up and they drool.