After washing his hands, Zhao Hong sat down at the stone table in the yard, and Li Tang quickly brought the wine and poured it.
"Your Highness, there is a difference between superiority and inferiority. You are the prince, and I am..."
Tian Yi came out with a bowl and meat. Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhao Hong frowning.
"Why do you just talk nonsense! Do you mean that the fragrant wine given by me, the royal controller, can't stop your mouth?"
Liuxiang wine is the best wine in the Song Dynasty. It was brewed in the imperial palace and used by the royal family. It is difficult to buy among the people. It is equivalent to the Lafite of 1982, but more difficult to buy.
"Okay, okay! I thought you forgot about me! I guess you meant it!"
Tian Yi nodded repeatedly, his eyes a little moist.
He picked up the wine bowl, touched it with Zhao Hong, and spoke in a gentle tone.
"Your Highness, after all, we haven't seen each other for three years!"
"Three years? So long? I'm sorry, brother, I'll do it first out of respect!"
Zhao Hong picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
Good wine is good wine, with a mouth full of fragrance and endless aftertaste.
"Don't say anything, I'll accompany you!"
Tian Yi also raised his neck and drank it in one gulp.
"Sit, sit, sit! Where are your parents? Are you okay?"
Zhao Hong asked innocently.
Before coming, he also knew a lot about Tian Yi's background.
"Everything is fine. I went to the countryside to visit the graves of my ancestors a few days ago. I should be back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
Tian Yi looked relaxed and seemed to be in a good mood.
"Where are your wives, little ones? Why don't you see them come out?"
Zhao Hong glanced into the room and asked curiously.
According to Li Tang's introduction, his friend was about the same age as him and was already twenty years old this year. According to the Song Dynasty's marriage age of fifteen for men and thirteen for women, he should have gotten married and had children long ago.
"How can I have a daughter-in-law? She is still being raised by my father-in-law and mother-in-law. How can a poor woman like me be interested in her?"
Tian Yi smiled slightly, but could not see any self-pity or self-pity.
It's not just self-pity and self-pity, it's not even a little bit disappointing.
"Li Tang, how old are you and how long have you been married?"
Zhao Hong suddenly asked about Li Tang.
"Your Highness, I am twenty-five years old and got married three years ago."
"That's okay, it's not too late!"
Zhao Hong nodded, thinking of Li Tang's popular science, and asked curiously:
"Brother, I remember there used to be a few shops in your house, why are they like this now?"
Lin'an City has a lot of land, and there are several shops. Whether they are rented or used for business, they should have enough food and clothing, how could they be reduced to selling meat.
"Three years ago, you were made the heir of King Yi. Not long after you left King Yi's Mansion, a fire broke out in Lin'an City. My house was completely burned down, and my grandfather died of the illness. I had no choice but to sell him. My ancestral business opened this butcher shop.”
Tian Yi downplayed it as if nothing had happened.
"Then you are too remiss! Why don't you look for me? Why don't you go to the front office?"
Zhao Hong said with a guilty conscience.
Three years ago, although he was only seventeen or eighteen years old and had limited abilities, he was a prince after all. If he could be given hundreds of coins to help his friends tide over difficulties, it shouldn't be a problem.
It is not easy for a kid from a rich family to lower his stature to kill pigs and sell meat. He wakes up early and is greedy at night. There is still bitterness behind the hard work.
"What's the trouble with this little thing? Although I'm a little tired, I can finally get through it!"
A smile appeared on Tian Yi's face, he raised his wine bowl, and he didn't even mention being a gun and stick instructor.
"I'm so happy that you came here today! I haven't been so happy for a few days. Please!"
"please!"
The two finished drinking and put down their wine bowls. Tian Yi fell back on the table with great interest.
It seemed that he was really happy for Zhao Hong's arrival.
"Brother, are you still practicing guns now? I know you are a famous gunman in Lin'an City!"
Being able to be hired as the spear and stick instructors of the Imperial Guards in front of the palace, Tian Yi and his son should not have earned their reputation in vain.
"I play occasionally! I have no time due to the pressure of life!"
Tian Yi faced Zhao Hong, his expression turned serious without realizing it.
"How are you? People are spreading bad words about you, saying that you are dissolute and unrepayable, so you are not worthy of being an emperor!"
"More or less, he's debauched and has all the five poisons."
Zhao Hong leaned on the chair and smiled bitterly.
"Can you get a good reputation by working against Shi Miyuan?"
Li Tang added angrily with a dark face.
"Has your wife come back? I heard that someone seemed to have seen her in Aurous Hill."
Tian Yi looked at Zhao Hong with concern.
The five poisons include eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, and playing with things to lose one's morale. This is quite appropriate.
My wife won’t come back, and I won’t find her easily. I really don’t know what I’m thinking.
"Don't worry. After the New Year, I will send people to Jinling to look for you. They will find you back."
Zhao Hong felt a headache and quickly changed the topic.
"Speaking of our "Four Elites of Lin'an", we haven't been together for some years. How are Xu Liang and the others doing now?"
Zhao Hong asked with concern.
Xu Jialiang's parents came to him to get Xu Jialiang out. You can inquire about this person's situation by the way.
"Your Highness, you don't know something. Han Guoxin died of illness in the autumn and September of last year. As for Xu Liang, he is still in prison in Lin'an Mansion. He committed adultery with the widow. It is estimated that he will be locked up for a year and a half before he can be released. "
Talking about the current situation of friends around him, Tian Yi's mood became depressed unconsciously.
"Xu Liang's parents must have looked for you, right?"
"Tell me about Xu Liang and Han Guoxin."
Remembering Xu Liang's parents' instructions, Zhao Hong asked.
"That's what happened."
Tian Yi started to ramble on. Zhao Hong nodded and shook his head slightly while listening.
These Zhao Hong's friends are in various states and are all in despair.
Han Guoxin is the eldest of the four. He comes from a scholarly family and has a good family background. He belongs to the middle class of Lin'an City. However, he was frail and sick and died of illness before he got married.
Tian Yi came from a wealthy businessman family, but his father Tian Liuhe was a concubine. Something happened to his family, and he was left with nothing to do, and he naturally declined. As for why Tian Liuhe didn't go to the Dianqian Division to be a spear and stick instructor, maybe everyone has their own ambitions.
As for this Xu Liang, he was handsome and well-educated. Unfortunately, after his family fell into decline, he lived a dissolute life, sleeping in flowers and willows, and was so bold that he even hooked up with a beautiful widow, and was imprisoned for it.
In fact, it can't be considered hooking up. The man is unmarried and the woman is single. It is only when they are in love. In future generations, it will no longer be normal. However, in this era, it still violates the law and cannot live without it.
After all, the widow was pregnant with his child.
This thing is too irritating and eye-catching!
"Zhao Hong, you are familiar with Lin'an Prefecture Yin, can you ask him to come forward and get Xu Liang back? It makes me feel uncomfortable to be in jail for the Chinese New Year."
Tian Yi looked at Zhao Hong with expectation on his face.
"Don't worry. His parents have asked me, and I will go."
Zhao Hong nodded and said.
He would do anything within his power, not to mention doing it for his friends.
Xu Jialiang is unmarried, and making love with the widow is a matter of love between you and me. The feudal etiquette and the three obediences and four virtues are really harmful to people.
"Then when are you going?"
Tian Yi started urging him unconsciously.
"It's too late now, we have to do it early tomorrow morning."
Thinking about what Li Tang said, Zhao Hong reminded Tian Yi.
"You also know Xu Liang's temper. Don't let him know about my coming forward."
The "New Year's Day holiday" was coming soon, and he had to go early in the morning to avoid having his holiday delayed until the end of the year and suffering in prison.
"I understand. However, both he and the widow must agree."
Thinking of Xu Liang's aloof personality, Tian Yi was also uneasy.
"Tian Yi, you have only Liuhe marksmanship and are indecisive, so you should go to the army to practice and practice. When it comes to speed, accuracy and ruthlessness, you are much worse than that boy Xu Liang. You see, they even got the widow. Return the pearl. The fetus is dark. You still sell meat every day!"
Zhao Hong smiled and made a joke about Tian Yi.
"Selling meat means supporting one's own business and there is no shame."
Tian Yi laughed and didn't mind. After several bowls of wine, his face turned red and his blood became hot.
"Your Highness, if you become an official of the Song Dynasty in the future, you must work hard to organize the army and restore the old mountains and rivers of the Song Dynasty. Otherwise, I, Tian Yi, will look down on you!"
Zhao Hong looked at Tian Yi, who was blushing, and his eyes widened.
"Everyone who wants to restore the Central Plains has died! Why is there such a weirdo like you?"
"The scholar-bureaucrats have too many problems. They don't want to recover, but that doesn't include us! The future of the Song Dynasty depends on you!"
Tian Yi, who has strange flowers and strange fruits, does not think that he is an alternative.
"If there were more passionate young people like you, there would be hope for the Song Dynasty. I would like to restore the Central Plains, and then I must be able to become the emperor of the Song Dynasty!"
Zhao Hong unknowingly had some ambition.
"You are the prince of the Song Dynasty. Isn't it natural to become the emperor of the Song Dynasty? What are you worried about?"
Tian Yi looked at Zhao Hong in surprise. Could it be said that the emperor could still depose the prince Zhao Hong?
"How can it be that easy?"
Zhao Hong had a headache and changed the topic.
"Don't always be arrogant and arrogant. When you meet someone similar, you should quickly start a family and leave dozens of descendants to the Tian family. Don't make your parents wait any longer."
"I know, you also don't pick up the pot!"
Tian Yi looked at Zhao Hong and began to persuade him seriously.
"Your Highness, if you want to be the emperor, you have to behave well, be cautious in your words and deeds, be polite, and don't always offend others. Those women who are drunk, lustful, and arrogant should stop immediately!"
After Tian Yi finished speaking, he drank another bowl of wine.
He was in a good mood today and drank one bowl at a time, rarely savoring it slowly.
"Brother, I will take care of my own affairs. Let me ask you, are you willing to live your current life?"
Zhao Hong looked at the pig viscera and blood all over the courtyard. They were all greasy and felt very sorry for his friend.
Is this the so-called no way to serve the country?
"What can I do if I don't give in?"
Tian Yi's face turned red and he raised his wine bowl, high above his head.
"Your Highness, you must clean yourself up and be a wise king in the future, a great wise king! Don't be like the current officials, who are so useless and disappointing!"
In front of Zhao Hong, Tian Yi drank a lot and was a little unscrupulous.
It seems that he is indeed disappointed with the current Song Dynasty court.
"Everything depends on people, and everything depends on God. Even if you are the champion, I will not give up!"
Zhao Hong patted his friend's shoulder with bright eyes.
This sentence is said to a friend, and it is also a reflection of my own mood at this moment.
He himself didn't know whether he could change his destiny.
"I would like to be a champion, but you also have to be Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!"
"Then am I not a generation older than you?"
Zhao Hong laughed, and the two wine bowls touched each other, and the wine overflowed.
