At noon, the scorching sun was sky, and three horses were running on the official road from Shudi to Jingzhou.
"It's almost in Baidi City, everyone is hungry. There is an inn in the city that cooks pretty good dishes, so why don't we go and fill our stomachs before we go." Baima wiped the sweat from his face from time to time.
"It's so good. The weather is too hot. It's really unbearable." said a big-faced man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and the mount under him was a dark horse.
A man with the appearance of a scholar riding a brown horse also said: "Okay, I don't know if the son is referring to'Drunk Xianju' or not. That restaurant's wine and food are really good."
"The hero sees the same thing, hahaha..." The three pedestrians invariably laughed heartily.
Who are these three people and why are they here
The young man riding the white horse is Liu Xun, the big man riding the dark horse is Zhao Yun, and the scholar riding the brown horse is Zhuge Liang. After successfully inviting Zhuge Liang to "go out of the mountain", they returned to Xiangyang along the same route, passing by Baidi City at this time.
Now that everyone agreed, Liu Xun and the others led their horses to Baidi City. When he arrived at the "Drunk Xianju", the shop Xiaoer greeted him again with a smile on his face, and asked: "Three guest officials, this time I'm going to eat and stay at the restaurant?"
"Yes, I want three rooms, and you can come up with the best wine and food." Zhao Yun said loudly, with great strength.
"Man, is there a private room?" Liu Xun asked with a smile. Because Zhuge Liang was here, Liu Xun wanted to make a private room to show respect for Mr. Wolong.
"Yes, yes, yes..." Seeing the distinguished guests arrived, the shopkeeper of the inn personally greeted them.
"Yeah, three adults, please go to the upper room," a woman said suddenly. Although it looks more than 40 years old, the charm still exists.
Liu Xun whispered: "Who is this person?"
"I'm the lady boss here, I happened to be back to my natal home when you came last time. The adult by your side should know me." The lady boss pointed to Zhuge Liang beside Liu Xun and said.
"Yeah, yeah, I have lived here several times, and I have seen the boss's wife." Zhuge Liang replied.
That was the case, no wonder that Liu Xun was so enthusiastic that it suddenly dawned on him.
When they arrived at the room, Liu Xun, Zhuge Liang, and Zhao Yun sat down in sequence. After a while, the wine and food were served.
"They are all the specialties of the Shu area, three adults, please enjoy them slowly." The proprietress brought the buddies to deliver the wine and vegetables. A large plate of steamed fish, four plates of vegetarian dishes, and dipping sauce. The most conspicuous thing is a large pottery bowl in the middle of the table, which contains a whole stewed leg of lamb in bright steaming soup, which makes people drool, and a stack of white flour cakes.
"My lord, how about this wine." As the proprietress said, she asked the buddy to bring up a jar of wine.
The proprietress pours a lot of wine for everyone.
Liu Xun picked it up and took a sip, only to feel that the wine was slightly cold in the mouth, refreshing and refreshing.
"It's really good wine!" After saying that, Liu Xun utterly admired it. "One more noble."
"This wine is better than last time." Zhao Yun saw Liu Xun admiringly, and drank a jue too. Drinking it, my heart is refreshing, and the heat is immediately eliminated.
Seeing that Liu Xun and Zhao Yun were very satisfied with the wine, Mr. Wolong drank it, "It really is a good wine to cool off the heat!" Mr. Wolong was also very satisfied with the wine.
"This is the wine of our town store, and only distinguished guests are qualified to taste it." The proprietress said from the side.
Liu Xun asked curiously: "How is this wine made?"
"The brewing of this wine is very particular, but our ancestral brewing method." The proprietress said proudly, obviously thinking that this wine is worth showing off.
Liu Xun drank again, and continued to ask: "How to pay attention?"
"This guest official, curiosity is really heavy. You are not bad guys, so it's okay to tell you. You can use spring wine for six jins, six liters of deep well water, and three liters of millet for three liters each time. Brew three urns and then bury them in the cellar. They can be opened on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May of the following year. We will put them in the ice cellar before drinking in the summer," the proprietress said carefully, and the three nodded frequently.
No wonder it was so cool, it was taken out of the ice cellar.
"Three adults enjoy it slowly, and call me something." The proprietress was really enthusiastic, and went downstairs after speaking.
"This lamb leg looks very good." Zhao Yun stared at the lamb leg early. Before they finished speaking, the three began to tear the leg of lamb. Everyone tore off a piece of bone-in mutton and topped it with sauce. It was really delicious, without any fishy smell, and the aroma was very strong.
The three of them ate without regard to their image, Zhuge Liang also ate his cheeks covered with soup.
Looking at the pie again, it was golden on one side and white on the other. Liu Xun took a bite. It was actually crispy, crunchy, soft and sweet, so delicious.
"This cake is also delicious, the beef inside is really fragrant." Liu Xun has also eaten a lot of cakes, but this cake is the best. I didn't expect such delicious meat cakes in Shudi.
Zhuge Liang also took a piece and chewed carefully, "This beef is marinated, but it doesn't look old and the meat is delicious." Zhuge Liang was also stunned by the cake.
The food, wine and meat were so delicious that it didn't take long for the three of them to clean up the table.
After drinking and eating, Liu Xun, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun went out for a walk on the street.
The street is very narrow. Rows of low brick houses are distributed on both sides of the street. At this time, the sky is dark, and only the hanging lanterns show a little light.
"Please, sirs, let my daughter go, she is only thirteen years old." Suddenly, there were waves of crying.
Following the prestige, I saw a lot of people in front of me, as if something was going on.
Liu Xun and others hurried forward to see what happened.
I saw an old man with gray hair kneeling on the ground, kowtow constantly. There was a girl beside her, only thirteen or four years old. Although the girl's clothes are worn out, she has a delicate face and looks very clever.
Liu Xun asked the passers-by: "What's the matter?"
"Hey..." The passerby sighed deeply, "Yizhou Mu likes girls, the county magistrate of Baidicheng searched for girls everywhere in order to claim credit. No, if you see this girl looks good, you have to give it to one. The copper plates were forcibly bought."
"This happened!" Zhao Yun clenched his fists when he heard it, and wanted to rush up immediately and strip the officials alive. He was about to rush forward, but was stopped by Liu Xun.
"You old immortal, don't be ignorant of praise. Didn't you give you a copper plate? In this case, there is no copper plate. And it is for her to serve the Han family clan Liu Zhoumu, who has endless glory and wealth. This is a good thing." A chief official said arrogantly.
Everyone sighed, but no one came out, and they dared not speak.
Liu Xun touched the thirty taels of gold in his arms, thinking that fortunately, he brought the gold, which came in handy now. "Masters, this girl is a relative of my family. She has had problems with her since she was young. If she was given to Liu Zhou first, it would not have missed a major event."
"Where did you come from? Are you telling the truth?" The leader of the ya yard was suspicious.
"It's true, how dare I lie to an adult?" Liu Xun said as he stuffed the gold.
The leader of the yakuza saw that it was genuine gold, and he was extremely happy, "So, this girl is a fool, and it is useless if we catch it, everyone, let's go." He greeted the other yakuzas and left.
Without the excitement, the crowd gradually dispersed.
Seeing the back of the Ya Ya far away, Liu Xun let out a deep sigh of relief.
"Thank you for your help, son." The white-haired old man hurriedly pulled the girl to his knees, and kowtowed his head to thank you.
Liu Xun hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up, "Old man, this is just a small effort. I can't bear such a gift."
"Are you the plains celebrity Mi Heng?" Zhuge Liang had seen Mi Heng before, and felt that the old man looked alike, but he was much older.
"It's the old age, it's rare for anyone to recognize me." Ni Heng smiled bitterly.
Mi Heng? How could a famous celebrity become like this? Mi Heng should be only more than 40 years old, but the old man in front of him looks like he is 60 or 70 years old. Liu Xun couldn't believe his eyes at all.
Mi Heng may have seen everyone's doubts, and smiled bitterly: "A word is hard to say."
Zhuge Liang was also stunned. When he was young, Mi Heng was really heroic at the time, but he did not expect to be like this today.
"This is not a place to speak, it is better to go back to the inn and discuss it in detail." Liu Xun suggested.
"Good." Everyone agreed in unison.
When he arrived at the inn, Liu Xun asked the store to serve Mi Heng and the girl a table of food. They looked very hungry and ate with greed.
After eating, Mi Heng smiled and said, "I haven't eaten so full for a long time."
Then, Mi Heng told his own experience. It turned out that the little girl next to her was named Cai Yan, 13 years old this year, and the daughter of the famous writer Cai Yong. At the beginning, after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Cai Yong was reused, so he offended many Hanchens.
After Dong Zhuo was killed, Cai Yong was a traitor, and his family was killed by Wang Yun. Only Cai Yan escaped the disaster.
Mi Heng and Cai Yong are good friends, so they kindly took in Cai Yan. However, because Mi Heng was unobtrusive and offended Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Biao and other princes successively, no one wanted to take him in. He came to Shu to seek refuge in Liu Zhang, but he was not welcomed.
You can only do coolies in order to live, but Mi Heng is a scholar, who has suffered such a sin, and his body becomes exhausted after a long time.
"Oh, it's a pity that the Han Dynasty is not thriving, and the scholars of the world are suffering!" Zhuge Liang sighed deeply.
"I have endured all kinds of hardships, and the reason why I survived the humiliation is to raise Cai Yan to grow up." Mi Heng was already in tears.
"I have heard of Mr.'s name a long time ago. If you don't dislike it, you might as well follow me to Xiangyang." Liu Xun also sympathized with Ni Heng, but he didn't expect the celebrity to fall to this point.
"I have long heard that the son is benevolent, and Ni Heng has something to ask for, and I ask the son to agree to it." With that, Ni Heng took the little girl and knelt down.
"Sir, please hurry up, I promised." Liu Xun said quickly.
"Cai Yan is thirteen years old this year, I entrust him to you, the son can stay with her as a maid." Liu Xun was shocked by Mi Heng's words, and he didn't expect it at all.
However, the words have already been said, and it seems that it is not enough not to agree. "Well, I will treat her as a younger sister, and won't let her suffer." Liu Xun said firmly.
"Thank you, brother brother!" Cai Yan seemed to have a good impression of Liu Xun, but he seemed to be reluctant to give up to Mi Heng.
"The old man had a worry, so I left." After Mi Heng finished speaking, he walked out.
With tears in his eyes, Cai Yan stopped blankly. Mi Heng was like a family member. But she also knew that Mi Heng was stubborn and the decision she made would not change.
Liu Xun wanted to catch up, but Zhuge Liang shook his head and said meaningfully, "Let him go."