Yipin Tang

Chapter 14

Li Huiming's expression of enjoyment made Wang Xiang feel a chill, can this tea be drunk? You're actually enjoying it. What's in it, Jiang?onion?There are also those things that look like mouse droppings. Is this Nima tea or soup with ingredients?

Ning Xiang is still very confident in her tea making skills. Seeing Wang Xiang staring at the teacup for a long time without taking a sip, she asked, "Young Master Wang, don't you like the tea made by the little girl?"

"This... I don't usually like to drink tea."

Li Huiming took a sip of tea and said with enjoyment, "Miss Ningxiang's tea is really top quality, it's a pity that Brother Wang doesn't drink it."

Forget it, we don't despise your taste, Wang Xiang tweeted: "Besides, I prefer to drink when it's cold."

Ning Xiang was a little surprised but did not suspect him, and said with a smile: "My lord, you want to drink? It just so happens that I have a pot of fine wine in my collection, so let Xiaocui fetch it, and bring some snacks by the way. I haven't eaten at the poetry meeting until now." The young master must be a little hungry."

Wang Xiang was dressed like a rice dumpling today, as if he was really afraid of the cold, Ning Xiang said again: "If Mr. Wang is afraid of the cold, I will ask Xiaocui to light the stove."

"It's so good." Although the wine in the Tang Dynasty is not very good, it is at least much better than tea, and it doesn't matter if you wear less clothes in the cold weather. Since there is a heater, why don't you turn it on earlier? I really don't know if you are What do you think.

Wang Xiang was still complaining in his heart, but Xiaocui beside him was muttering: Miss that pot of wine has been treasured for a long time, today is considered a bargain for you.Besides, miss usually hates smoke and fire, but today she wants to light the stove, I blame you, a big man who is so afraid of the cold is not as good as me.

In fact, Wang Xiang had eaten two big bowls of hot noodle soup before the poetry meeting, and he was not very hungry, but seeing the delicate dim sum served by Xiao Cui made people feel very appetizing, so he was not polite.

With a pot of sake, four dishes of snacks, and a beautiful woman to accompany, Wang Xiang felt that the trip was not bad. Although Ning Xiang is a woman, her conversation and knowledge are more than 01:30 points better than that dude Li Huiming.She is charming, elegant in conversation, good at singing and dancing, and the most rare thing is that she has an exquisite heart. Wang Xiang feels more and more that it is a pity for such a woman to be trapped in Yicui Tower. He is confident that Ningxiang can become a big girl. Tang's most popular superstar, but the redemption fee of 5 taels of silver is not something he can afford now, and this matter has to be discussed in the long run.

After lighting the stove, the inside of the painting boat became much warmer. The three of them were drinking, chatting and laughing, and suddenly a rough voice came from outside.

"My master asked Wang Zixin to come over and talk."

Wang Xiang opened the bead curtain and looked through the window of the cabin. There was a small boat docked outside. A big man stood at the bow. It was the same big man who scolded Wang Xiang when he was eating hot noodle soup. Seeing his proud face, how could he look like It was like inviting someone, so he said lightly: "Go back on your own, I don't have time to see your master right now, Wine and Beauty."

The big man was a little displeased with Wang Xiang earlier, he heard the words and said speculatively: "My master is not an ordinary person, don't regret it."

Ning Xiang at the side seemed to see that the identity of the big man was not simple, and whispered to Wang Xiang: "I think this man is very imposing, and his master is probably quite powerful, so why don't you let him go first?"

The big man laughed loudly and said: "This little lady is quite clever! You should just follow me to see my master."

Seeing the arrogance of the big man, Wang Xiang's stubborn temper also came up, he raised his glass and drank it down, looked up at the sky and said: "Raise your glass and look at the blue sky with your eyes, princes and princes will be waiting for you, and the emperor will call you?" Get on the boat, the wine fairy on Jinguang Lake."

"Bold!"

Wang Xiang put down the bead curtain and ignored the big man, seeing Ning Xiang's worried face, he smiled and said, "Don't pay attention to those who are not polite, let's continue drinking."

The little girl on the side pouted and said, "That's right, that man is so rude. When we were eating hot noodle soup earlier, the young master scolded us just because he didn't answer his master's words. It's really annoying."

Seeing Wang Xiang's indifferent look, Ning Xiang nodded and said, "I'll help you pour wine." One of the people sitting here is the young master of Linchuanhou's mansion, and the other is the second son of King Hejian. Worry too much.

"Mr. Li, what's the matter with you?" Ning Xiang asked Li Huiming when she found that he was a little out of control when she was helping Li Huiming pour the wine.

"I seem to know that person just now."

Wang Xiang heard Li Huiming say that he knew the big man and asked curiously: "Who is the servant who invites people so arrogantly?"

Li Huiming shrank his neck and said in a low voice: "He is not a servant, he is the great general Hou Junji."

Ouch, what the hell, Wang Xiang staggered all of a sudden, knocked over the wine glass, and thousands of enthusiastic grass-mud horses whizzed by in his heart.

Since that impolite man is the great general Hou Junji, then the master in his mouth can figure out who it is with his ass. Seeing Li Huiming looking at him with sympathy, Wang Xiang really wants to go up and slap him to death, damn it Well, you don't say it when I'm pretending to be aggressive, you only say it when something happens when I'm pretending to be aggressive!

If I knew it earlier, I wouldn’t pretend to say that the emperor would not be able to get on the boat. I opened the bead curtain and saw that Hou Junji’s boat had gone far away. How could this guy complain to Li Er when he went back? Hou Junji in history can’t It's not a good thing.

Seeing Wang Xiang's distraught appearance, Ning Xiang persuaded, "Young Master Wang, you should hurry over and plead guilty."

Everyone is offended, is it useful to ask for forgiveness now? Wang Xiang smiled wryly and shook his head and set the wine glasses, but everyone lost their interest in drinking due to anxiety.

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Seeing Hou Junji coming back alone, Li Shimin asked strangely, "Where is Wang Zixin?"

He had discussed with Empress Changsun just now, and he felt that it was more appropriate for Wang Xiang to handle the Tudou matter. After all, it was related to the livelihood of tens of millions of people in the Tang Dynasty at this time, and only Wang Xiang knew about Tudou.There were only a dozen or so potatoes in total from Wang Xiang, and Li Shimin didn't dare to let the people from the Supervisor of Agriculture try them casually.Last year's severe cold, the people's harvest was much less than in previous years. In some places, the grain yield per mu was less than one stone. Although the tax reduction would not cause famine, the life of the people was still not easy. Li Shimin felt more and more urgent to promote potato seedlings .

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Hou Junji shook his head and said, "The prince's new wife is so arrogant and unwilling to come over."

Empress Changsun smiled and said, "It's normal for him to be a little arrogant when he just won the first prize in the poetry competition. How did he say that?"

Hou Junji said angrily: "I went to invite him, Wang Zixin, but he asked me to come back by myself, and said that he has no time to come after Wine and Beauty."

Hearing this, Li Shimin said angrily: "You are so courageous, last time you encouraged King Jin to drink, I haven't punished him yet!"

That day after Li Zhi sobered up, he kept saying good things about Wang Xiang in front of Empress Changsun. In addition, Wang Xiang's poetic talent was rare and he offered potatoes such auspiciousness, so Empress Changsun had a good impression of him and said with a smile: "Children and Qinghe Didn't you say that it was the captain consort who encouraged the young slaves to drink?"

"Hmph, the wine is always the prince's new one." Li Shimin snorted coldly, thinking: It's impossible to tell the old Cheng's, the knife holder doesn't work when it reaches the neck.

After pondering for a moment, Li Shimin said angrily: "The matter of instigating King Jin to drink is considered his merit and demerit. Shouldn't he be punished for disrespect for refusing my invitation for a brothel girl?"

Hou Junji who was on the side was a little surprised when he heard Li Shimin's words. He didn't know about Li Zhi's drinking, and he was puzzled: Wang Zixin encouraged Jin Wang to drink, but His Majesty didn't punish him.Does Wang Zixin have any credit for it? It can even be offset by the crime of instigating King Jin to drink.He only knew that Yuchi Jingde brought back a kind of auspicious potato called potato, but he didn't know that the potato was presented by Wang Xiang.

Empress Changsun comforted: "Erlang, don't be angry. It must be that the prince Xin doesn't know our identities. Why don't you announce that Prince Xin enters the palace directly after you go back. The young slave told me yesterday that he wanted to go to Linchuanhou's mansion to find us. Wang Zixin is listening to his unfinished story last time."

"Don't let the childish slaves learn from him." Li Shimin finally softened his tone, but what he was thinking was that if the potatoes that Wang Zixin offered could really reach the [-] shi per mu he said, it would be an extraordinary contribution. , it would be best for him to commit more crimes so that his merits and demerits can be offset, otherwise I really don't know how to reward him.

Seeing that Li Shimin didn't seem to have any intention of pursuing further, Hou Junji hurriedly said: "That Wang Zixin is not ordinary bold, he even wrote a poem." He didn't intend to let Wang Xiang go so easily.

"Oh? What poem did he write?" Li Shimin asked curiously. He didn't expect that Wang Zixin wrote a poem when Hou Junji went to invite someone to fail.

"Just now Erlang was full of praise for that frontier poem. I didn't expect him to write another poem in such a short time." Empress Changsun smiled and was also very curious.

Hou Junji said: "Then Wang Zixin rejected my minister's invitation, so I said my master is not an ordinary person, so don't regret it."

Li Shimin was a little dissatisfied when he heard the words: "Didn't I tell you not to reveal your identity?"

Hou Junji panicked and said: "The minister only said this, and did not reveal his identity."

Then Li Shimin asked lightly: "Then how did he react?"

Although Hou Junji has followed Li Shimin for many years, and now he is in the position of a general, he has always been afraid of Li Shimin, and he will be worried if Li Shimin is slightly dissatisfied. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why he later rebelled with Prince Li Chengqian. .

"The prince Xin was very arrogant. He raised his glass and drank it. He raised his head and chanted: He raised his glass and looked at the blue sky with his eyes white. The princes and generals are as if they are waiting for you. The emperor can't get on the boat. The wine is immortal on Jinguang Lake. After finishing speaking, he put the bead curtain Let it go, I'm coming back alone."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Li Shimin not only didn't get angry, but laughed and said: "It's a good emperor who can't get on the boat. He is the wine fairy on Jinguang Lake. I want to see him, the wine fairy on Jinguang Lake."

Empress Zhangsun also covered her mouth with a smile and said, "When I saw him eating hot noodle soup, he seemed to disdain fame and wealth, but now this poem really looks like he wrote it, and most of his dandyism before was just an illusion. "

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Forget it, since I can't call this wine fairy, go and meet him in person."

(End of this chapter)