A secret letter from afar allowed Zhang Qiang and Li Shimin, good brothers in the past, to regain their childhood feelings.
Although, they all know in their hearts: this feeling of no distance and no status level is only temporary!
Maybe after today, tomorrow they will return to the rigid relationship of superiority and inferiority, monarch and minister.
But who cares about that? !
Today there is wine, today I am drunk! Don't worry about what will happen tomorrow!
Taking advantage of Xiao Han's victory and the joy of Zhang Qiang's arrival, Li Shimin loudly ordered the eunuch to serve wine! Serve the best wine!
Today, we must let Zhang Qiang, a country bumpkin, taste the taste of the wine drunk by the world's most powerful person! Lest he keep saying that he was always bragging when he was a child!
And Zhang Qiang couldn't help but look forward to it. This was not flattery, but real expectation!
Just like the farmers below, they always imagined that the emperor used a golden hoe to hoe the ground, and that the queen could eat scallion pancakes with every meal!
People always have an inexplicable and beautiful fantasy about areas they don’t understand!
But when the legendary best wine in the world was served, Zhang Qiang only took a sip! The originally expectant look immediately turned into one of suspicion.
"Is this the best wine in the world?" Zhang Qiang tapped the extremely expensive wine bottle with his fingers, and took another sip without believing it.
Well, I tasted it now. It wasn’t that there was something wrong with my mouth, it was that this wine was really not that interesting!
Of course, you can’t say it’s not good! However, it didn’t quite meet Zhang Qiang’s expectations, and it was somewhat disappointing for the title of No. 1 in the world!
This feeling is like a knight-errant who has worked so hard to finally grab the most precious sword in the martial arts world from countless enemies, only to open the box and see: this so-called precious sword is just a kitchen knife!
"What, this wine doesn't suit your taste?"
On the other side, Li Shimin felt a little guilty because of Zhang Qiang's appearance. He reached out and grabbed Zhang Qiang's cup and took a sip. He suddenly wondered: There is nothing wrong with this wine!
"This wine tastes just average." Seeing Li Shimin looking towards him, Zhang Qiang smacked his lips and honestly made a comment that was very pertinent in his mind!
"What? You call this ordinary?"
Unexpectedly, when Li Shimin heard this, he became angry!
It’s true that wild boars can’t eat paddy bran! Such a good wine, with a soft entrance and a long aftertaste. When it came into his mouth, he actually said it was average?
"Then what kind of wine are you drinking?" Li Shimin sneered and put the cup away. Don't you dislike wine? Then don’t drink it, it’s a waste!
Zhang Qiang still answered honestly: "The wine I drank? It came from Xiao Han's brewing workshop. I feel it is much better than yours."
"Xiao's fine wine? Apart from being strong, what else is there to drink? After drinking it, I always have a headache!"
"That's the old almanac! The wine coming out of the workshop now is all specially prepared! By the way, I remember Xiao Han sends it to the palace for you every year. Have you never drank it?"
"Well……"
When he said this, Li Shimin suddenly remembered that he had been warned repeatedly by Sun Simiao because of his headaches, and he rarely drank alcohol recently! Especially the Xiao family liquor, which will definitely give you a splitting headache after drinking it, is to stay away from it!
Is it possible that during this period of time, the Xiao family spirits really changed their temper?
After hesitating for a moment, Li Shimin couldn't bear the temptation of the wine after all. He clapped his hands and slowly ordered outside: "Go and bring the wine that Xiao Han sent over!"
"Here!" Immediately outside the palace, the eunuch's voice of agreement came, and not long after, the Xiao family's fine wine, still sealed with mud, was moved into the palace by the chamberlain.
"Hahaha, that's it!"
Seeing the familiar rough clay jar, Zhang Qiang stood up with a smile. Without waiting for the waiter to open the wine to test for poison, he pushed the person aside, then patted open the clay seal, lifted the jar and took a sip. !
The clear wine flowed into the mouth along the mouth of the altar, and an alluring aroma of wine suddenly filled the palace!
"Slow down! Give me a taste!"
Smelling this familiar yet unfamiliar aroma of wine, Li Shimin's greed was aroused in his heart. He stepped forward and grabbed the wine jar. He didn't dislike it and poured a sip into his mouth!
As soon as the seemingly clear water was in my mouth, a burning feeling suddenly came to my mind! Li Shimin's originally fair face was immediately stained a large area of red!
"Woooo..."
Li Shimin suddenly put down the wine jar, his eyes widened, he closed his mouth tightly, letting the smell of alcohol surge in his belly!
Wait until the burning feeling slowly fades away, and then there is a mellow and rich fragrance that you have never felt before!
"This tastes really good!"
Closing his eyes and enjoying this ecstatic sleepiness, Li Shimin's face suddenly turned red again. He didn't know whether he was drunk or ashamed!
Just now he wanted to fulfill the boast he had made when he was a child and teach others about the world without any shame!
As a result, in the end, I ended up feeling like a nouveau riche, guarding my treasure without knowing it, and having to be exposed by others.
"Not bad, I have a share of the credit for this wine..."
Fortunately, Zhang Qiang is still as honest and honest as before, and did not laugh at Li Shimin because he was frustrated! Instead, she enthusiastically told him about the origin of this wine!
Speaking of excitement, Zhang Qiang suddenly remembered something, and winked at Li Shimin and said: "Although this wine tastes good, in the workshop, there is also a kind of wine called Jiutou! Tsk tsk, that taste is even more beautiful than these. Three points!
It's a pity that after drinking that wine, people often have an unbearable headache the next day! Xiao Han said that this is because it is slightly poisonous, so it is not allowed to be sold to the outside world and is only used for flavoring or making medicine!
But this pain is nothing to a drunkard! Next time you go to Xiaojiazhuangzi, I will take you to the workshop to try it! "
"Jiutou?"
Hearing this name, Li Shimin suddenly felt familiar!
Once, his uncle Sun Wuji seemed to have told him: One time he went to Xiao Han's house for a drink, and ended up with this kind of drunk!
He only remembered that it was extremely delicious when he first drank it, but when he woke up the next day, the feeling of swelling and pain that was almost splitting made him want to pick up an ax and chop off his own head!
However, Li Shimin also understood: Just like the poisonous puffer fish that Xiao Han made before, if you want to taste such an extremely delicious fish, how can you easily taste it without paying a price?
Since Zhang Qiang and Changsun Wuji both said that there is such fine wine in the world, it is only right to have a drink despite the headache!
right! Just wait for Xiao Han to come back this time! I must go to his wine shop and cause trouble for him once!
