Zhang Dacai did not ask Yu Liang why he did not appear with Qi Zhen and his party. This must be said to be his keenness as a mature businessman.
Our relationship is not that close yet, so instead of asking and then letting the other person find excuses to excuse you, it is better not to ask.
Of course, he actually doesn't care in his heart.
What he cares about is the purpose of the other party coming to him today.
If the other party really came to express his gratitude, Zhang Dacai wouldn't mind socializing with him, just treat him as if he had made a few friends.
It is not easy to meet by chance, and it is not easy to get together and break up. Zhang Dacai is never greedy.
After a while, the food and wine were put on the table. Uncle Zong did not leave, but waited on the side and poured wine for everyone.
"I don't have anything to entertain you. I'm just writing about simple things. Don't take it personally." Zhang Dacai said politely.
Everyone looked at the dozen or so cold dishes and hot bowls on the table, including chicken, duck, and fish, and felt worried for a while.
Especially Jiang Yan and Meng Ran looked at Qi Zhen with resentful eyes.
Seeing that everyone was not using their chopsticks, Zhang Dacai thought that it was not to the taste of the guests. How did he know that several people had just finished eating in the inn and came here non-stop. Now they are feeling a little uncomfortable. Even if they are delicacies from mountains and seas, how can they Can you eat it?
As for wine, no one dares to drink too much. After all, no one is really stupid.
According to Qi Zhen, after entering the Zhang Mansion, the plot should have started to advance.
It's just that no one knows what the key time point and the key mission action are. If one of them is killed after drinking too much, how can the game be played?
Of course this is almost impossible.
Unless one of the four members present is an NPC who advances the plot.
If such a thing really happens, then Qi Zhen may have doubts about what Xiaobai meant by system upgrade when entering the game.
The others did not think as much as Qi Zhen thought. They simply felt that they had eaten too much and the food in front of them was indeed difficult to swallow.
But you can still drink wine.
It doesn’t hurt to have a drink.
Meng Ran and Jiang Yan drank a glass of wine, the expressions on their faces were extremely wonderful.
The resentment towards Qi Zhen deep in her heart was on the verge of exploding.
Qi Zhen clinked glasses with Zhang Dacai and drank the wine, then sighed and secretly sent an apologetic expression to Jiang Yan and Meng Ran.
This wine is indeed delicious. The liquid itself is light yellow-green. It is not difficult to drink, but the alcohol content is not low. After swallowing, there will be a faint aroma of bamboo in the throat.
"Good wine!" Qi Zhen sighed.
Speaking of his own wine collection, Zhang Dacai immediately started talking non-stop.
It turns out that Zhang Dacai dug a wine cellar in his home specifically for brewing wine, and all the processes were handled by Uncle Zong.
The wine that everyone is drinking now is called Zhuyeqing. It is brewed from rice wine and bamboo leaves. Many spices are added to it, which gives it such a taste.
Not only that, the wine cellar also stores daughter's red and other wines, all of which are managed by Uncle Zong. Even Zhang Dacai himself is not clear about the brewing of these wines and the ratio of materials.
As for how much wine is hidden in the wine cellar, Zhang Dacai never cares about it. I'm afraid only God and Uncle Zong know.
Using wine as a guide, the topics naturally gradually increased. Probably because of the extremely successful tobacco business, Zhang Dacai became happier as he talked.
As expected, he had a very free and easy temper, and did not feel sorry for the good wine that his family had worked hard to brew and store. In the end, everyone drank three jars of Bamboo Leaf Green, which was a big jar of ten kilograms!
Don't be greedy for wine, it's better to be a little tipsy.
But Qi Zhen forgot that the bodies of everyone in the team had been strengthened by attributes, so how could an ordinary person like Zhang Dacai compare?
So until Zhang Dacai started to show obvious drunkenness, Qi Zhen and others still didn't feel any special changes in their bodies.
From this perspective, no matter who the members of the team are, they can be regarded as veritable Dionysians in the real world.
After a while, Zhang Dacai's tongue became a little short.
"Didn't you go to Jiuzi? How was it? Did you go? Have you found the person?" Zhang Dacai asked.
"Of course I have gone, and I have found the person." Qi Zhen replied with a smile.
"Congratulations, but why haven't you seen those two gentlemen today?" Zhang Dacai's eyes were a little blurry, and he glanced at the people in front of him.
Qi Zhen knew he was talking about Lin Xiao and Li San.
"To be honest, my two companions died in Jiuzi." Qi Zhen sighed and said softly.
"What?! What...why is this?" Zhang Dacai said in shock.
"This has to start when we parted..." Qi Zhen said slowly.
"... Just like that, although we rushed there, we still failed to rescue our companions. We watched them die in front of us, alas!" Qi Zhen sighed.
Zhang Dacai raised his glass, clinked it with Qi Zhen, and said softly: "Don't be too sad. Although I don't know much about gods and ghosts, I just hope that they have spirits in heaven and can protect your future visits." The journey to immortality is going smoothly.”
Qi Zhen naturally did not tell Zhang Dacai about Li San's secret hiding.
But he told the other party the other information the team knew without reservation.
Including Lin Xi's matter and Xiao Ao's existence.
However, he did not tell the other party that he suspected that the Cheng Huang was the man in Tsing Yi. Instead, he said it very vaguely. He only said that he suspected that the other party was also a ghost, but his aura was particularly upright and did not look like an evil ghost.
However, judging from Zhang Dacai's reaction, at least Qi Zhen did not find any problems, and after Qi Zhen said this, nothing unusual happened.
Zhang Dacai knew that he really couldn't do anything to help the other party, so he could only comfort him with words.
The atmosphere is slightly heavy.
Qi Zhen and Zhang Dacai both understood it tacitly, and that was almost the end of the meal.
"I wonder what your next plans are?" Zhang Dacai asked.
"Next, we are going to rest for another night and continue westward tomorrow morning, trying to get to Chaohu as soon as possible. After all, we really want to visit the Ziwei Cave that Brother Zhang told us, so we came here this time. , It is not only a thank you to Brother Zhang, but also a farewell." Qi Zhen said.
"It's the best, it's the best." Zhang Dacai said repeatedly.
"It's getting late, so we won't delay Brother Zhang's rest. We'll leave now." Qi Zhen stood up and said with cupped fists.
"Okay, okay, I'll see you off." Zhang Dacai stood up, but his feet staggered. It was obvious that he had drunk too much.
"Master, please go back to your room and rest. I'll be there." Uncle Zong hurriedly stepped forward to support Zhang Dacai and advised him.
Zhang Dacai was obviously unsteady on his feet. Uncle Zong quickly called other servants to come in and help him back to his room to rest.
"Uncle Zong, could you please take these guys back to the inn yourself?" Zhang Dacai's mouth was already beginning to be slurred.
"Brother Zhang, why bother? We can just go back by ourselves." Qi Zhen said.
Uncle Zong responded and said to Qi Zhen: "No trouble, no trouble, please."
Since other servants cleared away the leftovers on the table, Qi Zhen and others followed Uncle Zong out of the Zhang Mansion.
Uncle Zong walked in front with a lantern, followed by Qi Zhen and the other two, walking all the way back to the entrance of the inn.
"Thank you, Uncle Zong, for sending me all the way. This little money is just a token of your gratitude to us." Qi Zhen took out a silver ingot from her arms, which seemed to be about ten taels.
"Don't dare." Uncle Zong waved his hands repeatedly.
Qi Zhen couldn't help but put the silver into the other party's hand.
"Thank you, little one." Uncle Zong said, cupping his fists.
"You're welcome, there is one more thing I would like to ask Uncle Zong for advice." Qi Zhen said.
"It's not about asking for advice. It doesn't matter if you just say it. As long as I know, I will definitely tell you everything." Uncle Zong said.
"Do you know where the City God's Temple is?" Qi Zhen asked.
Uncle Zong pondered for a moment and asked, "I don't know what you mean by asking this?"
"I just heard on the road that the Wuhu City God is extremely efficacious. This time we just want to pay a visit before leaving Wuhu." Qi Zhen said with a smile, and there was nothing unnatural about his expression.
"The Chenghuang Temple is in the north of the city. I'm afraid it won't be smooth sailing when you leave." Uncle Zong said with a smile.
"It's okay. I'm just visiting the immortals all the way. There's nothing urgent to do. Thank you for letting me know." Qi Zhen said.
"Then everyone should rest early, I will go back first."
"You walk slowly." Qi Zhen said with her fists clasped.
Then he watched Uncle Zong slowly leave until he disappeared from the sight of the four people.
"Do you see the problem?" Qi Zhen asked.
"When you said that Lin Xiao and Li San were both dead, Uncle Zong's movements obviously paused, although it was very subtle. In addition, when you said that you suspected that the man in Tsing Yi was a ghost and did not look like a ghost, he gave Zhang Dacai's full wine glass was filled with a little sprinkle of wine," Li Qiang said.
"Not only that, when I mentioned that we were going to visit the City God's Temple just now, he clearly didn't want us to go," Qi Zhen said.
Naturally, those words were not meant for Zhang Dacai, but for this uncle Zong.
Qi Zhen and Li Qiang had already begun to doubt Zhang Dacai since he said that his trip to Ningbo to smoke was entirely Uncle Zong's idea.
According to what Zhang Dacai said before, the weather in Wuhu began to change shortly before he set off for Ningbo.
In other words, at that point in time, Lin Xi's ghost power had leaked to the point where it could start to affect the weather here.
"So..." Jiang Yan said.
"That's right, Uncle Zong deliberately lured Zhang Dacai away from this place. I'm afraid he just wanted to take this opportunity to do something." Qi Zhen nodded.
"Then why didn't we just keep him here?" Meng Ran asked.
"Because our visit this time was to arouse suspicion, but what I didn't expect was that the unexpected surprise did not come from Zhang Dacai, but from this old housekeeper." Qi Zhen said.
Meng Ran expressed his understanding: "Then what should we do next?"
"Wait for the news from Li San." Qi Zhen said.
The four people returned to the inn and began a long wait.
At dawn, Li San returned to the inn.
Everyone had not slept all night, and the expressions on their faces looked a little tired.
"How is it?" Qi Zhen asked.
Li San shook his head: "Not very good."
"What do you mean?" Qi Zhen frowned.
"After you left, Zhang Dacai returned to the house and started sleeping. That should be his concubine's room. You must be curious about what happens in the room next, but I don't want to talk about it." Li San was still in the mood to say a joke. .
"Then the old butler came back. I calculated that based on his pace and time, there shouldn't be much chance of him leaving halfway to do other things."
"Then he went back to his room to sleep." After Li San finished speaking, he looked at Qi Zhen.
"Is this the end!?" Qi Zhen asked.
"It's over." Li San spread his hands: "I came back when I saw him get up and come out in the morning."
