"Master Six, the stove is ready."
Zhao Shou walked out of the kitchen holding a copper pot whose shape was surprising for this era.
Seeing Xu Yi wake up, he couldn't help but feel happy.
"Um."
Xu Yi nodded slightly and walked into the kitchen.
"Sixth Master, please leave it alone, I will come later."
Zhao Shou, who was approaching the dining hall, looked back and spoke hurriedly.
Unexpectedly, Xu Yi did not reply. He had a plate of freshly cut mutton in his left hand and a plate of washed vegetables in his right hand.
Carrying a plate of mutton and a plate of vegetables, he slowly walked into the dining hall.
"Master Liu, please sit down for a moment, and I'll get the dipping sauce."
Seeing that he could not dissuade him, Zhao Shou reluctantly walked out of the dining hall first.
Xu Yi smiled and said nothing. He sat on a chair in the dining hall and reached out to take out the already warm Youning wine from the copper basin.
"boom."
Feng Ni was easily broken by Xu Yi.
For a moment.
The aroma of wine hits your nostrils.
Even Xu Yi, who doesn't like drinking, can't help but feel his throat rolling at this time.
On a cold winter day, a steaming hot pot and a jar of slightly steaming wine.
It is truly one of the great things in life.
After a while, Zhao Shou walked in with two bowls of dipping sauce.
A little bit of chopped green onion is garnished on top of the mashed garlic, not to mention how festive it is.
Seeing that Xu Yi had already opened the wine jar, Zhao Shou hurried to the kitchen again.
When Zhao Shou appeared again, he already had several cleaned green plums in his hand.
No one knows what my sixth master likes better than him.
When the green plums are put into the wine, bursts of green plum fragrance will emit from the wine jar.
"Stop working, sit down and eat."
Xu Yi shook the wine jar, which made the aroma of green plums in the wine jar stronger. Then he stood up slightly and filled the glasses for the two of them.
"Master Liu, just let me come."
Zhao Shou hurriedly stepped forward and held the wine bowl with both hands.
"Why are you being so polite? There are only two of you here."
Xu Yi smiled and scolded and pushed Zhao Shou's palm away.
He has said more than once that there is no need to be so polite between two people when there is no one around.
But for some reason, Zhao Shou usually listened to him on everything, but on this matter, he would rather die than listen.
"Come, if nothing happens, you and I will receive that person's will tomorrow, and then we can truly step out of Netherworld Courtyard."
Xu Yi raised the wine bowl in his hand and looked at Zhao Shou, who had also been imprisoned for eight years.
"boom."
The two wine bowls clashed against each other.
Then the two of them raised their heads and drank the wine in the bowl.
Green plums with wine will certainly bring a hint of sweetness to the wine, but they cannot suppress the spiciness of the wine.
After finishing a bowl of wine, the faces of both the master and the servant turned rosy.
"hiss."
Xu Yi took a deep breath of slightly cold air to suppress the heat in his chest.
"Don't hold on, it's time to eat food."
Out of the corner of his eye, he inadvertently saw Zhao Shou sitting across from him, his face flushed, his eyes moist, and Xu Yi couldn't help but chuckle.
Then he reached out and picked up a piece of plump mutton, dipped it in the plate, and quickly stuffed it into his mouth.
The fatness of the mutton and the spiciness of the garlic sauce, mixed with the aroma of the wine that has not yet dissipated, instantly bloomed in Xu Yi's mouth.
Xu Yi knew that if he didn't use the chopsticks first, Zhao Shou would not take a bite no matter how much he tried to persuade him.
as expected.
After seeing Xu Yi move his chopsticks, Zhao Shou couldn't stand the spicy food.
He quickly picked up a piece of mutton from the copper pot and stuffed it directly into his mouth without even dipping it into the sauce.
"Comfortable."
Zhao Shou let out a long breath and then asked: "Sixth Master, can we really go out tomorrow?"
To this day, Zhao Shou still can't believe it.
"I can go out."
Xu Yi chuckled and nodded, confirming again.
Xu Yi didn't believe that Emperor Zhengde didn't know about the commotion at the foot of the imperial city today.
"Great, great."
Zhao Shou instantly beamed with joy and started dancing.
Let me ask, who can be willing to be imprisoned for eight years?
Youningyuan lacks nothing but freedom.
"It's just a brief outing. If the disaster relief is not effective, you and I may have to return to Netherworld Courtyard again."
"If we are unlucky, maybe the next place for you and me will be the dark prison."
Xu Yi shook his head and spoke slowly, saying that disaster relief is a double-edged sword, with freedom on one side and dark confinement on the other.
"It's okay. As long as I can be with Mr. Liu, whether it's in Youningyuan or Tianlao, Zhao Shou is willing to do it."
Zhao Shou blurted out without any hesitation on his face.
"Okay, let's not talk about the unhappy things. Today you and I will just eat and drink."
"I have my own rules for disaster relief."
Xu Yi shook his drunken head and spoke slowly.
The master and the servant ate for half an hour over a side fire.
And most of the two jars of Youning wine went into Xu Yi's stomach.
Zhao Shou looked at Xu Yi, who was sleeping soundly on the dining table.
A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, but it was quick.
Smiling and laughing, tears flowed out.
Seriously, there is no one in the world who understands Xu Yi's difficulties better than Zhao Shou.
Zhao Shou stood up slowly and staggered towards the courtyard.
Take out a bucket of cold well water from the deep well.
Without saying a word, he just put his head into the cold well water.
"puff."
After a moment, Zhao Shou suddenly raised his head, layers of cold mist rising on his face.
It seems that this is the only way to suppress the drunkenness and make myself sober.
When Zhao Shou returned to the dining hall again, his footsteps had not slowed down.
Gently helped Xu Yi up and carried Xu Yi to the bed in the bedroom.
Zhao Shou breathed a sigh of relief.
He leaned down, took off Xu Yi's shoes, and gently covered Xu Yi with a quilt.
Staring at Xu Yi, who was sleeping soundly, the most innocent smile bloomed on Zhao Shou's face.
Zhao Shou, Zhao Shou, it seems that in this life, he lives to protect the sleeping Xu Yi.
After tucking himself in, Zhao Shou slowly exited the bedroom. Before leaving, he saw the python robe out of the corner of his eye.
He quietly took off the python robe and then slowly closed the door.
After arriving outside the courtyard, I hurriedly cleaned up the dining hall.
Zhao Shou took the python robe again.
As soon as I started, I felt a cold feeling in my hand.
Zhao Shou was shocked and lowered his head to check carefully.
I saw that the neck area was already wet, and there was a vague tendency to freeze.
"Sixth Master cried."
Zhao Shou rubbed the coldness at the neck of the python robe with his hands and murmured to himself.
I don't know when my eyes became moist again.
He hadn't seen Xu Yi cry for three years.
"It's okay to cry, it's okay to cry. At least you don't have to be so depressed when you cry."
Zhao Shou deeply hugged the python robe in his hands, and two lines of clear tears flowed out of the corners of his eyes.
After a while.
Under the bright moonlight, a person was sleeping in Youning Courtyard.
One person was silently cleaning the hard-won python robe.
Whether it was Xu Yi in his sleep or Zhao Shou who was busy in the hospital.
His face no longer held the previous depression.
A thing called hope fully enveloped the two of them.
