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Seeing Su Qing walking away so casually and almost triumphantly, everyone in the wing felt helpless and could only watch the beggar named "Little Stone" gnawing the little bird that was bigger than him with sadness and anger. Small face but also strong chicken legs.
Seeing that Xiao Shitou kept complaining and sobbing repeatedly, E Feiying immediately made up her mind and decided not to stay in this frivolous place. She took Xiao Shitou with her and said she would go find a famous doctor for her.
But when Zhao Kuo saw this, he wanted to stop him and said: "Miss E, this person's identity is unpredictable, so it's better to be cautious. Besides, besides your courage, are you afraid that you don't have two or three silver coins with you anymore?"
"Then Mr. Zhao, what's your advice?" After hearing this, E Feiying immediately turned around and took a seat, slowly took a cup of tea and sipped it, and replied: "Don't you want to wait here and wait for that guy to change his mind?"
"Su Qing is a friend I have made with all my heart. If you go down and say a few words, the situation will definitely be reversed!" After Zhao Kuo said this, he turned to the little beggar and asked, "I just... I don't know about the patient in Little Shitou's family. Where is it? Why can’t I come to seek medical treatment in person?”
Xiao Shitou said: "The patient at home is now in Lingcheng. He was seriously injured for some reason and has difficulty moving. If he doesn't get a doctor to help him, he may die soon! That's why he asked me to come here to seek medical treatment."
"Oh, it's actually in Lingcheng!" Bai Feng was slightly surprised and asked, "Little Shitou, are you serious about this?"
"Absolutely true! How dare you deceive your benefactors!" As soon as he finished speaking, the little beggar left the table, walked to the door, knelt down to the guests at the table three times, fell to the ground with a loud voice, and even put his handbag on his forehead. His hair was knocked off. Then, a head of loose hair fell down, covering less than half of his face.
Everyone took a closer look and found that the appearance of the small stone became more and more female-like. When Xiao Shitou saw that his disguise was exposed, he stopped hiding and spoke out.
With a trembling and childish voice and a body that was even smaller and thinner than Zhao Xiaomei, she extended blessings to all her benefactors one by one and said: "I am entrusted by others, and I have no selfish motives at all... If I intend to do harm, Whoever is going to die will not have a good death, I hope all my benefactors will learn from it!"
When the younger sister saw the other person bursting into tears, she was infected by his sincerity. She went to help him and then said, "Brother, since this is Lingcheng, why don't we be a favor and go with this younger sister?"
"Yes, Zhao Kuo! I think Su Qing is just afraid that Tao Wuyong is in danger. If we promise to protect him all the way, wouldn't there be room for maneuver in this matter?" Ajuan on the side also said in peace.
"The two sisters are right! In fact, after this adventure, we can know that Mr. Su has good intentions after being rescued many times. It's just that his carefree temperament can easily be misunderstood!" Murong Yan said as she looked at her younger sister. .
The younger sister also seemed to understand what she meant, secretly complaining: "Sister Murong is right..."
Zhao Kuo saw that the girls were offering their words one after another, and since his own intention was this, he responded: "Then, my sister and the other little girls will be asked to be taken care of by Miss E. Brother Bai and I will come as soon as we go!"
After going through so many hardships, the two young masters already trusted and trusted each other. They immediately agreed to this strategy, said goodbye to the women who were traveling with them, and went to find the prodigal son Su Qing to discuss important matters.
Shao Qing, Bai Feng and Zhao Kuo asked around in Yumantang and finally found Su Qing in a certain elegant room. At that time, he was enjoying the art and drinking. He was very depressed and happy, looking like he was about to wake up from sleep. He held his wine glass on his arm at the banquet and smiled at the beauties in front of him dancing and playing music.
When Su Qing saw those two people suddenly following him, he treated them very well and invited Bai Feng and Zhao Kuo to sit at the table and drink with him. He immediately ordered the maids on the left and right to come forward to serve the invitation and said, "What's the matter? The two young masters have been looking at those women for a long time and have become tired, so they have come to have fun with me."
"Brother Su misunderstood, we all came here because of the little beggar's matter." Bai Feng looked at the beautiful woman in front of him like air, and listened to the beautiful music in his ears. He sat upright and said in a serious tone: "Brother Su, Why are you angry with Miss E? Is it possible that you came to rescue me two or three times in the past just because of your whim?"
"Even if it's just a whim, it has nothing to do with you!" Su Qing replied, then waved away the graceful dancing girls and attendants, leaving only Mrs. Xiang who was playing the piano.
Bai Feng and Zhao Kuo knew that Su Qing's move was out of consideration for the feelings of others, and the latter responded and said: "Brother Su, how could it be just a whim? Your love for your sister-in-law is beyond words. , you can’t cheat, right?”
"Mrs. Xiang, play 'Xiang Jun's Tears'!" After Su Qing said this, he held up the ox-horn wine glass and walked to Mrs. Xiang. He danced gently with the sound of the piano and then said slowly: "Brother Bai, Brother Zhao, you two can Did you know? After Su became successful, the first thing he did was to buy this Yumantang, just to repay the kindness of a certain sister who had given him a meal when he was a child. This place where prostitutes trade became a place for geishas. A place of refuge.”
In the midst of these words, the piano music "Xiang Jun's Tears" played by Mrs. Xiang suddenly sounded like a sign of change, and sadness came from it. Su Qing also talked about rising and couldn't help but burst into tears: "But now I can't see my sister, and I can't find her trace." , I just have to continue to operate..."
"Brother Su is so righteous, no wonder he always attracts good men and beauties to accompany him." Zhao Kuo took advantage of his sadness and speechlessness, and interjected: "If I can help that little beggar, my sister-in-law will definitely look at Brother Su differently, and even secretly promise him ah!"
"Hmph, don't even think about tricking me!" Su Qing turned around and said with a smile: "How does your sister treat me compared to Brother Bai?"
"Um...this..." After Zhao Kuo heard this, he was speechless for a moment. He looked at Bai Feng who was sitting at the table for a moment and said, "There's nothing wrong with that? My little sister has always treated people like this. Even when it comes to Brother Bai, there are always two or three sarcastic remarks."
"Oh, so that's it?" Su Qing suddenly lifted up her skirt and stepped in front of Bai Feng. She smiled and said, "It's okay for me to plead with Mr. Tao. I just want Brother Bai and me to stand in front of everyone. Let’s compete in front of you to see who is better and who is worse. If Brother Bai can win, then it will be as you wish.”
"Compared to what?" Bai Feng replied.
"We are all friends, and dancing with knives and guns will harm the peace. Why don't we compete in drinking?" Su Qing immediately asked Mrs. Xiang to come over. They whispered for a while, and the latter brought two thick and long sticks from another place. The long wheat stalks come. Su Qing pointed to the two wheat straws and explained: "This is a folk game in Cangzhou. Two people drink with wheat straws to see who can finish the Huzhong Liquor first, and whoever wins. This game is better than It’s not just your ability to drink, but also your perseverance and courage! If Brother Bai is willing to enjoy this, please follow me to the lobby downstairs, where I will wait for you..."
After speaking, Su Qing took one of the wheat straws and left with Mrs. Xiang.
It's like two heroes duking it out over a beauty, except they turn their fight to the death into a drinking game. Although this is a very childish game to others, it is just to compete with another love rival in front of the person you like, so why not play it? This is what Su Qing thinks.
Even Bai Feng, who was not a good drinker, looked so excited that he lost his mind. I saw him grabbing another wheat straw and hurried down to challenge.
Then Zhao Kuo went back to find the girls who were traveling with him, told everyone what happened, and then took them to the lobby to watch the game in person.
I don’t know since then, the lobby of Yumantang has been crowded with spectators. After Su Qing's speech, Bai Feng and Su Qing each stood in front of a wine jar that was half the height of a person. They inserted the wheat straw in their hands into the wine, waiting for the sound of music to start the game.
In a short while, the dancers, piano players, harp players, bell ringers, and whistle players all started playing in unison, and the two heroes in the center of the hall also began their difficult journey of drinking wine.
As we all know, the gaps in wheat straw are very narrow and are used to absorb thin substances. It requires extraordinary strength to import a small amount, let alone strong liquor. When ordinary people drink alcohol, they drink it all in one gulp, and the alcohol odor spreads thousands of miles away, so it will not stay in the body for too long. If you drink tea carefully, the alcohol odor will last forever, so people are more likely to get drunk.
For Bai Feng, who was already incapable of drinking, the first sip of wine he spent almost all his strength on found made him choke and cough. This scene was laughable compared to Su Qing's old cow posture.
"Hahaha, Brother Bai, with this attitude of yours, I'm afraid you'll fall to the ground crying for your father and mother before you've even finished half the wine!" Su Qing deliberately waited for the other party to cough and said sarcastically.
After hearing this, the young swordsman remained silent and stared at the jar of wine. Then, he took a few deep breaths, then put the wheat straw in his mouth again and tried his best to get the wine from the jar.
On the one hand, it was as young and unfamiliar as a young bird, almost fainting, but still wanted to fly hard; on the other hand, it was as steady and comfortable as a green cow, and did not forget to wag its tail when cultivating, as if to tell everyone that it was How comfortable and contented it is.
Seeing Bai Feng's embarrassed posture, Murong Yan and others who had blended into the audience almost couldn't help but wanted to stop him midway, but Zhao Kuo stopped him and allowed this ridiculous game to continue.
Just when everyone thought the overall situation was decided, something unexpected happened suddenly.
Su Qing, who was originally in the posture of an old cow, suddenly hit his head into the wine jar with a "bang", and lay there motionless as if he had fallen asleep. Mrs. Xiang next to her saw that the situation was not good and thought it was due to the physical and mental fatigue of the past few days. She hurriedly asked someone to carry Su Qing to Tao Wuyong's room.
Bai Feng, who was still drinking by himself, was already drunk by the alcohol and had no time and no intention to care about such things. So he didn't realize it until someone else called him - it turned out that Su Qingye had given up, and this time the young swordsman won without a fight.
