Lu Dynasty

Chapter 79

I told Cai Yong carefully about my idea of ​​offering wine to Emperor Ling of Han. Cai Yong thought about it and found no omissions, so he told me to prepare it myself.Anyway, if something happened, he, Cai Yong, was responsible.In the palace, the Ten Permanent Attendants can take good care of me, it depends on whether my money is enough.And Shi Changshi still wants to use me to win over Cai Yong, so Shi Changshi is completely willing to help with things like this.

I asked Huang Ming to make a medicinal wine with aphrodisiac effects from tiger bones and medicinal materials, and I asked him to use gold to make two gold cups with dragons and phoenixes carved on them, and prepared to hold the wine and present it to the emperor.Don't say that medicinal wine is difficult to mix. In fact, as long as the traditional Chinese medicine in it does not conflict and does not produce toxins, there is basically no serious problem. You just need to find a better doctor to guide it. In Luoyang, there is a doctor from the Tai Hospital. !Of course, I don't know how to make the kind of wine that cures rheumatism and releases poisonous snakes. If someone dies after eating it, it will affect my reputation.

I asked the shopkeeper to prepare wine for me, and then asked someone to drag me to Zhang Rang's mansion.When I came to Zhang Rang's mansion, the concierge saw that it was me, so he went to report directly.Because when I had dinner at Zhang Rang's mansion last time, Zhang Rang ordered that as long as I came to Zhang Rang's mansion, no one should stop me, and I should immediately invite me into the hall to serve tea and inform him.However, it was a bit of a coincidence that I came this time, and it happened that Zhang Rang was serving Emperor Ling of Han in the palace.

The housekeeper of Zhang Rang’s mansion immediately sent someone to inform Zhang Rang, and I told the housekeeper to ask Zhang Rang when he would be free, and I had gathered all the ten attendants. It's good for His Majesty, but it's no worse than what I gave my father-in-law.

When Zhang Rang came back, I had already had a meal in Zhang's residence.Zhang Rang didn't come back alone. This time he brought nine regular servants back, but Han Kui and Song Dian didn't come. After all, the emperor can't be left alone!Zhang Rang saw me and said kindly: "Ba Xian, the wine you mentioned has been brewed? How does it taste?"

I smiled and said, "I just want to wait for the Hous to come back and taste it, to see how it tastes and whether His Majesty will like it. How to say, the Hous are the people who know His Majesty best."

Zhao Zhong said proudly: "That is, we have followed His Majesty since he was a child. If His Majesty moves, you don't need to signal wherever it feels uncomfortable. I will know later. Baxian really knows how to sneak in!"

"Hey, Master Zhao is too serious, Feng can't bear it!" I waved the feather fan in my hand and said, "Master Zhao, if this wine is difficult for the princes, how can we offer it to His Majesty the Emperor? Let the princes taste it first." Taste my bar!"

Following Zhang Rang to the hall, the servant brought up the wine jar.Looking at Zhang Rang and the others, I slammed the wine jar away, and a scent of wine permeated the entire hall.

"Hey! What kind of wine is this? It's so fragrant that it makes people salivate!" The black-faced Jian Shuo said with a greedy expression while drooling.

I smiled and poured the wine into the wine bowl, and asked the servant to give it to Zhang Rang and others.I said: "Masters, you can only drink this wine with sips one by one, and you must not drink it too hard! Otherwise, you will feel uncomfortable after drinking, so don't blame Zuifeng!" It's much better here.In my restaurant there are only black porcelain bowls, but Zhang Rang uses colored glaze bowls.The wine looked even more crystal clear in the bowls of Zhang Rang and the others, like fine nectar.

Holding the wine bowl, Zhang Rang smelled the wine greedily, and then said to me: "Ba Xian, is this wine? If I hadn't smelled the strong aroma of wine, I wouldn't be sure it was wine! It is comparable to mountains. Jianqingquan is even more crystal clear!" As he spoke, he was about to pour it into his mouth.

I hurriedly stopped Zhang Rang and said: "Master Zhang, don't drink like this, take a small sip, remember to take a small sip!" Zhang Rang looked at me, a little confused, but he still listened to me and took a sip.That small sip of wine warmed up Zhang's whole body.Zhang Rang took another sip as he looked at me.This sip actually went down to half a bowl. After Zhang Rang finished drinking, he let out a long breath and said, "Good wine! Once you drink this wine, there is no wine in the world that you can drink! What's the name of this wine?"

Jian Shuo next to him looked at Zhang Rang and poured the wine into his mouth impatiently.Then I saw that his and Zhang Fei's expressions were similar when they drank the wine for the first time, just like neon lights, blue for a while, white for a while, and red for a while.

I smiled and said to Zhang Rang: "Master Zhang, the name of this wine is 'Qiongye Yuye'. Man, he just poured it down!"

"Good name!" After Zhang Rang praised him, he followed my hand to look at Jian Shuo, and found that Jian Shuo's face was constantly changing.Zhang Rang was very surprised, so he asked the others, "What's wrong with Jian Shuo?"

Zhao Zhong said with a smile: "This reckless man, before Ba finished speaking, he drank a bowl of wine, and that's it!"Zhang Rang was very puzzled by Jian Shuo's expression, so he poured himself a bowl and drank it like Jian Shuo.Even though Zhang Rang was prepared, he still choked on the wine, and it took him a long time to recover.

Zhang Rang said to Jian Shuo with a smile: "Jian Shuo, you are at a disadvantage! You can't drink any wine in big gulps, but you can't drink Baxian's wine like that. I drink it in small sips, and I feel that this wine is easy to drink. It's fine liquid. When I pour it down, I feel like I'm on fire! It's no wonder Ba Xian invites us to taste it first, if Your Majesty drinks like Jian Shuo, then Ba Xian will have done nothing!"

I laughed and said: "What Hou Ye said is very true! I use this wine as the basis, and there is also a medicinal wine that has the effect of strengthening yang. But it is not a medicine for tigers and wolves, and the effect may not be obvious. What I am going to present to your majesty is If your Majesty feels that you are having a good time with that kind of wine, Lord Marquis will tell His Majesty, if the effect is not great, Lord Marquis will serve His Majesty as a kind of fine wine, how about that?"

Zhang Rang said: "Can the wine stand the test? There is nothing wrong with it!"

I laughed and said, "What's wrong with something I drank myself? Lord Hou is just afraid of being poisoned. I, Lu Ba, don't want to be promoted first, and secondly, I don't want to buy a noble. Why do such things? Besides, even if I think about it, don’t you still have the help of the Marquis? Just Marquis, you must be careful when I offer wine. You know, there should be an insider in the palace now, just because he is in the wine. Put poison in it to frame us!"

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong looked at each other after listening to my words, Zhao Zhong said with a smile: "Ba Xian, you are a smart man! On the day you offer wine, I will personally take care of the wine, and the person who tests whether there is poison in the wine will be tested by Ba Xian. How about drinking it yourself first, and Ba Xian also prepares the utensils to hold the wine?"

I smiled and said, "That's naturally good, but Hou Ye must pay attention, don't let His Majesty learn from Mr. Jian Shuo!"

After hearing my words, Zhang Rang and others burst into laughter, laughing so hard that even Jian Shuo was embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)