"Master Cen, Mr. Danqiu, let's drink. Don't stop."
"I will sing a song for you, please listen carefully."
"Bells, drums, and delicacies are not expensive, but I wish to be drunk forever and never wake up."
"Since ancient times, all saints and wise men have been lonely, only drinkers have left their names."
Although Wang Kaixuan is a devil, his voice is very deep and powerful, and the songs sung by his smoky voice are very infectious.
At the beginning, he was the only one singing, then Ruan Jing and Ye Fengsheng joined in the chorus, and finally everyone sang along.
When the song ended, Ye Fengsheng shouted for drinks, and everyone picked up the white wine in their bowls and drank it all.
Everyone present was from Yanziwu, and the men in Yanziwu loved wine and had a very good alcohol tolerance. The waiter in the box felt dizzy when he saw these guys opening Moutai and pouring wine bowl by bowl.
How can this be called drinking? This is clearly a desperate struggle.
But they didn't have the chance to faint for too long, because soon everyone thought they were in the way and drove them out. Pour your own wine and drink it yourself, why do you need a waiter
The gathering among friends is pure and lively. Everyone speaks freely, expresses themselves unscrupulously and attacks each other.
Zhu Zidan had been guarding Beihai for several years, and the stories he told were both new and strange, so he naturally became the protagonist of this gathering.
"Do you know about the sword-mouthed viper? It lives in the deep sea and is rarely seen. But its venom is extremely strong, and it is very cunning as a human - no, as a snake. One night, a sword-mouthed viper somehow sneaked into the crew room and bit seven of our brothers - I was sitting on the mast drinking, and when I heard the noise below, I jumped down with a wine jug. After figuring out what was going on, I chased the viper with a long sword - the animal was very cunning, and when it saw someone chasing it, it jumped into the sea - I jumped into the sea too -"
Everyone held their breath, waiting for the story to continue.
"That animal treated the sea as its own home. It was so cunning. By the way, it was originally a poisonous snake. It also had the ability to change color. How could I find it in the dark sea? I had given up on it, but it tried to take advantage of the black waves to bite me. I was so angry that I cut off its head with a sword."
"Killed?" Ye Fengsheng asked. This child liked to listen to other people's stories when he was young, and he was fascinated every time he listened to the stories. It was easy for him to put himself into the story.
"Kill him." Zhu Zidan nodded.
"What about those who were bitten by venomous snakes?"
"Three died, and the rest were saved with snake purgation—"
"Since we have Sheqing, why don't we rescue those three people together?" Ye Fengsheng asked.
Zhu Zidan glanced at Ye Fengsheng, lowered his head and drank a large bowl of wine, and said in a sad voice: "The snake essence is not enough. The doctor said that the snake essence of the sword-kissing viper is not enough, and only four people can be saved----so, the three people committed suicide. They bit the venomous teeth in their mouths----the brothers guarding the North Sea, each of them has one of those things in their mouths. They are worried that they will be captured alive during the mission and leak out some secrets----if they were not stopped in time, the other four would have committed suicide as well."
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The box was deathly silent, and everyone's faces looked so gloomy that it was a little scary.
Living is hard, but sometimes dying is harder.
Our ancients often told the story of two peaches killing three men. Because the benefits were difficult to distribute, everyone fought to the death.
However, in the border waters that are unfamiliar to us, there is a group of people who resolutely choose death when faced with the choice of living.
It's not that they don't value life, it's because they know the preciousness of life that they are willing to give this more precious chance of survival to their brothers and comrades-----
"They didn't die from the attacks of the sword-kissing venomous snakes, but from suicide-----" Zhu Zidan said in a hoarse voice, with an intense and indissoluble sadness on his face.
"Come, let's toast to them." Fang Yan raised his wine bowl and said, "Although we don't know his name, he will always live in the hearts of those who have witnessed this incident and heard this story."
Everyone raised their wine glasses and toasted in the direction of the North Sea.
"Later, I stopped drinking at night. I patrolled the entire ship every night, fearing that another monster like the sword-mouthed venomous snake would crawl up." Zhu Zidan said in a heavy voice. "Later, I learned that the sword-mouthed venomous snake was kept by snake breeders. They wanted to let it enter the control room of the main ship. When I landed, I killed all the sects that liked to raise sea snakes in the country that had always been hostile to us."
"Well done." Wang Kaixuan shouted with red face. "A real man should do what he should do and not do what he should not do. Zidan, when are you going to Beihai again? I will go with you."
Zhu Zidan shook his head and said, "Every day in Beihai, I deal with the god of death. Because I know how terrible death is, I yearn for this peaceful world even more. However, if the country needs me, I will go to Beihai again-----"
"Kaixuan, what are you talking about? Zidan just came back, and he wants to go to Beihai with you again?"
"That's right, Fang Yan's problem hasn't been resolved yet-----"
"Anyway, I'm going to Huacheng with Fang Yan this time-----"
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Zhu Zidan looked at Fang Yan and said, "When will you return to Huacheng?"
"Tomorrow." Fang Yan said. He couldn't accept the woman's conditions, so he couldn't negotiate with the Qin family anymore. In this case, staying in Yanjing didn't make much sense. He wanted to go back and stand with Lu Chaoge and the others. If he wasn't there, he wouldn't be able to grasp the situation in Huacheng in the first place.
"I'll go with you." Zhu Zidan said.
"I'm going too." Ye Fengsheng shouted with a red face and thick neck. "I'll be angry with anyone who doesn't let me go."
"I will go too - even if someone breaks my legs, I will crawl to get there -"
"Okay, come with me." Fang Yan said with a smile.
"Aren't you afraid that we will take risks this time?" Li Xiaotian said with a smile.
"When I came here, someone told me that giving to others is brotherhood, and being willing to accept the kindness of others is also brotherhood." Fang Yan said. "We are in the same boat through thick and thin."
"The one who can say such philosophical words must be a woman, and a beautiful woman-----" Li Xiaotian looked like a profound fortune teller.
Ruan Jing sneered and said, "I can also figure out that the beautiful woman's surname is Qin."
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The smoke of cigarettes is lingering and the aroma of tea is everywhere.
Qin Yitian, dressed in a white robe, knelt in front of a large tea table carved from the roots of a thousand-year-old rosewood tree. With graceful posture and calm movements, he made tea smoothly while talking to the woman on the electronic virtual screen.
"This doesn't suit your style." Qin Yitian said without looking up. She poured herself a cup of tea, then closed her eyes and sipped it. "You never dwell on what has happened. You only focus on the existing facts, then look for problems and come up with the best solutions."
"A man who doesn't want to marry my daughter has seen my woman's body. No parent can accept such a fact - no matter what happened in the past or what I have to face now." The woman on the screen has a breathtaking beauty. She doesn't wear any makeup or jewelry. However, she just sits there, and her smile, words and sighs make people feel extremely stressed. "I am your mother first, and then a one-person manager - but what I can't understand is how could you do such a thing? Do you think this can help him? Use this to threaten me to change my position?"
"No, I know it won't mean much." Qin Yitian put down the teacup in her hand, opened the incense burner box, and used tweezers to move the burning incense inside. She did all this simply and casually, busy but not messy, and looked like an ordinary mother and daughter chatting about family matters while doing housework.
"So what are you doing this for?"
"Because I like him." Qin Yitian chuckled. "There are so many poor people, I won't take off my clothes for everyone, right? But he is the first man I really like - I always want to do something for him. I know your style. Every decision must be calculated accurately. Every investment must have the greatest return. Moreover, for a woman to be in charge of such a huge family, how much resistance will there be in the future? You never told me, but I can imagine it in my heart -"
"I'm your daughter, I'm not stupid at all. I know I can't influence you, let alone the overall situation - but, as you just said, you are my mother first, and then the manager of the group. Is there any parent in the world who doesn't consider their daughter? If I don't do this, then he has no hope at all. If I do this, after all - you will consider him a little bit, right?"
The woman on the screen frowned and said, "Is this the man you want? Is this the happiness you want? You should know that the most basic qualification of an excellent woman is to know how to make choices. They can not only run a business well, but also run a family well."
Qin Yitian looked up at his mother and said with a smile: "If it wasn't my dad you loved back then, would you still be willing to take over everything in the Qin family?"
“No.” The woman shook her head and said firmly, “I will destroy it.”
"Look, I'm a little like you-----" Qin Yitian said with a smile: "Since I like him, other men are nothing. I've never had them, so how can I make a choice?"
Li Xinnian pondered for a long time, looked at his daughter's pretty and dignified face, and said, "I will reject the Jiang family's proposal." (To be continued)