"The Sa family is just a fair-weather monk who doesn't abide by the rules. There's nothing disrespectful about it. I don't know what you call this little brother. Since you want to make friends with the Sa family, you can't even tell your name." Lu Zhishen touched himself a little. The scraggly beard laughed.
Only then did Sun Tu tell his name. At this time, Wu Li had already sent over the fried chicken and the food and wine. However, when he put down the tray with these, the old shopkeeper still had some doubts and worries in his eyes. . When Sun Tu saw it, he just smiled: "Thank you for your hard work, Shopkeeper Wu. You can go to the front and get busy."
Lu Zhishen ignored what they were saying. His eyes were completely fixed on the two golden fried chickens and he couldn't pull them out. He praised him repeatedly: "I heard people talking about your Liufangju's chicken a few days ago. It's delicious, I still don't believe it, but now I can see how simple it is just by looking at its unique appearance." Without being polite, he directly took a chicken, tore out a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth.
Sun Tu politely poured him a cup of Yu Hu Chun and placed it in front of him. After chewing a few bites of chicken, Lu Zhishen nodded vigorously: "This chicken is really delicious, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It's juicy and tender. It's the best chicken I've ever eaten in my life." As he spoke, he picked up the chicken again. The wine glass came and he drank the whole glass of wine in one gulp.
When Sun Tu saw it, he poured another glass of wine for him, and then pointed to several other stir-fried dishes: "Master, try these dishes too. They are also hard to eat elsewhere in Tokyo."
Lu Zhishen said while picking up vegetables and drinking wine: "Brother Sun, since you want to make friends with the Sa family, you have to change this title. It sounds harsh to me, master. If you don't mind, you can call me Brother Lu." .”
"What Brother Lu said is that I am too rigid. I will punish myself with a glass of wine." Sun Tu reacted very quickly and immediately changed his tune. At the same time, he raised his glass and touched it. After watching Lu Zhishen eat a whole fried chicken like a wind and a cloud, leaving only a pile of bones, he asked: "Brother Lu, do you think the food and wine in my restaurant are still to your liking? If you really are, you can just come here from now on." , I will make people entertain you well."
Lu Zhishen was not a strict person, and he had been feeling very uncomfortable recently because he was trapped in Xiangguo Temple and had to eat vegetarian food. When he heard this, he happily said: "This is the best, then the Sa family will live with you." After a pause. After a while, he said with some regret: "The meat and dishes you have here are indeed good, but the wine is a bit bland after all, and I don't have much enthusiasm for eating."
Upon hearing this, Sun Tu said: "Brother Lu really has a lot of liquor. If you really want to drink strong wine, I have it. I'm just afraid that you will be blamed by the supervising monks of Xiangguo Temple when you go back after getting drunk."
"Don't worry about this. They can't take care of the Sa family. Besides, the Sa family lives in the vegetable garden behind and won't go there anytime. If there is really good wine, just come up."
"Then please, Brother Lu, please wait here for a moment. I'll go and come back." Sun Tu said and got up and went out. When he reached the outer corner, his figure suddenly disappeared. When he reappeared a moment later, he already had five bottles of Erguotou in his hand, which were the spirits taken out from the previously opened No. 5 warehouse. Although this Erguotou was not considered a good wine in later generations, it had a great reputation due to its strong energy, which could satisfy a rough man like Lu Zhishen.
After finding a wine bottle from the side and pouring all the Erguotou in the glass bottle, Sun Tucai took the wine and re-entered the house. At this time, Lu Zhishen had almost eaten the second fried chicken, and even drank most of the Yu Hu Chun. Seeing Sun Tu come in, he smiled and said, "Is your wine really strong enough?"
"Brother Lu, you'll know it once you taste it." Sun Tu said confidently. If the 52-degree strong liquor is not considered strong enough, then you can only give him alcohol.
Lu Zhishen took the bottle with some suspicion and filled a glass for himself. When he picked it up and was about to drink, his expression changed slightly: "Well, this wine is really interesting." But he could already smell the fragrance of Erguotou. However, he didn't show any hesitation and drank the full glass of wine in one gulp just like before. Then, the whole person was stunned, and his dark face turned red. After reluctantly swallowing the wine, he coughed violently again, and he even coughed out tears.
Just after Sun Tu asked about his situation with concern, Lu Zhishen stopped coughing, then raised his thumb with surprise on his face and said: "Good wine, such strong wine! The Sa family has never tasted such strong wine..." As he said this, Another fit of coughing.
Although the wine was strong, it suited his appetite. When his throat felt better, Lu Zhishen quickly filled himself up with another glass. This time he was much more careful when he drank again. He only sipped in small mouths and even squinted his eyes. With a look of enjoyment on his face: "It's really good wine. This is the wine for real men. By the way, Brother Sun, how do you make this wine?"
"This is a secret recipe passed down from my Sun family, so..." Sun Tu showed a troubled expression.
Seeing this, Lu Zhishen stopped asking questions. After drinking a few glasses of strong wine, Lu Zhishen, who was already outspoken, was completely open to conversation. He asked about Sun Tu's identity. In this regard, Sun Tu had no intention of concealing it, so he briefly recounted his previous experiences, which made Lu Zhishen exclaim: "My brother is indeed very human, and I admire him. But there is one thing that I can't agree with." , you have this kind of ability, you can't go anywhere in the world, why bother living in that Tong Guan's house? You don't know how bad his reputation is, right?" This is really a simple statement.
"Of course I know the pros and cons, but I think such small details are nothing compared to the big things I have planned." Sun Tu had his own opinion.
"What's the big deal? Become an official?"
"Being an official is just a means, not an end. What I want to do is do what I can for the people of this world." Sun Tu said seriously. In fact, he only thought about having a good background so that he wouldn't have to be bullied like before, but in front of a hero like Lu Zhishen, some things had to be said at a higher level.
"I don't see it that way. Nowadays, there are traitorous officials in the imperial court. There are no people who can serve the country and the people. If you become an official, you will only join in their evil ways."
"If it were an ordinary person, this would naturally be the result, but I think those who are really serious will not be affected by them. Besides, if you really want to help the people of the world, is there anything better than being an official? Brother Lu, if When fighting against injustice among the people, you can only help a few dozen people at most, but if you become an official and have power in your hands, as long as you are willing, you can save hundreds of thousands of people from suffering, or even more."
Speaking of this, Sun Tu took the opportunity to ask: "Looking at Brother Lu talking like this, could it be that he was in the government before?"
"To tell you the truth, the Sa family was the prefect of the Weizhou Jinglue Mansion two years ago, under the account of Mr. Souchong. It was only because of a life-and-death lawsuit that he became a monk."
Sun Tu naturally knew his life story, but he still asked: "Oh, is this what happened?"
Lu Zhishen, who was drunk, did not hide anything and told how he had beaten him to injustice and killed Zheng Tu of Guanxi with three punches, as well as what happened all the way after that. Sun Tu also sighed at the right time, Call him a hero.
Finally, Lu Zhishen hummed again: "Actually, the Sa family is not dissatisfied with the government because of their own experiences, but because they saw with their own eyes all the things that Xiaozhong Xianggong suffered before, they feel that there is a big problem with the Song Dynasty court now. Think about it. Xianggong Xiaozhong, Xianggong Dazhong, and Taiwei Laozhong are all the pillars of our Great Song Dynasty. We fought many tough battles with the Xixia traitors to save our northwest territory. But in the end, they only suffered all kinds of criticism from the court. And censure. But all they can do is swallow their anger and compromise. The imperial court sent an eggless guy to Weizhou, and Mr. Xiaozhong had to treat him as if he were serving me. They made a mistake, and we can't hold them accountable. I really It’s so hard to see!”
"I see, that's why Brother Lu decided to stay away from officialdom." Sun Tu nodded, and then said: "But have you ever thought about the use of such an escape? Since things are unfair, we should think about it. The only way to bring order out of chaos is to bring order, and only in the officialdom can we have the opportunity to change all of this."
Lu Zhishen was by no means a simple-minded reckless man, otherwise he would not have been taken seriously by a military commander. Although he was a little drunk at the moment, after hearing these words from Sun Tu, his expression became solemn: "What you said makes some sense. It seems that I have made things simple."
"Brother Lu is serious, these are just some superficial opinions of mine." Sun Tu hurriedly humbled himself.
"Your opinion is not shallow. Anyone with such vision and mind in the world is very capable. It's worth it for me to make friends with you today." Lu Zhishen's eyes were shining, and this time he really regarded Sun Tu as his I treat Zuo as his own friend!