Chang'an, Fugui Tavern.
Chang'an is extremely hot in June.
Li Ergou, who had been standing and sunbathing all day, was lying on the dirt-covered wine table in the tavern, fast asleep.
A bowl of ice-cold osmanthus wine was enough to soothe the heat of the day. The lingering fragrance in his throat instantly pulled him into sleep.
But before he could sleep for a while, he was woken up by a burst of noise.
He only heard a bang, and someone sat down across from him, cursing, and regardless of the fact that he was sleeping, he slapped his hand on the table and shouted, "Shopkeeper, bring me a bottle of wine!"
This voice was so deafening that it instantly made Li Ergou, who was woken up, already in a bad mood even worse. At this time, he wanted to use this drunkenness to punch this person directly.
But when he raised his head and saw the man's face clearly, he felt so angry that he could only bite his teeth and swallow it in his mouth.
The shopkeeper Liu Fugui soon arrived with a pot of wine. The exquisite wine utensils seemed incompatible with the dirty table.
With a smile on his face, Liu Fugui poured the man a glass of wine himself and said with a smile, "Master Guo, you are here to take care of the business of the shop again today!"
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Liu Fugui also gave an apologetic expression to Li Ergou, who was looking depressed, and then served him a pot of tea.
There was nothing that could be done about it. Li Ergou was also a regular customer of Fugui Tavern. Liu Fugui had also noticed very early that Li Ergou seemed very tired today and actually fell asleep on the wine table.
Originally, he was thinking of waking up Li Ergou later and letting him lie down in the room to sleep, so that he could sleep more comfortably.
Unexpectedly, he actually caught up with the arrival of Mr. Guo.
The story of Master Guo has probably been told hundreds of times by storytellers on the streets of Chang'an.
Mr. Guo, whose real name is Guo Dalong. It was originally an abandoned baby picked up by a group of beggars wandering on Chang'an Street on New Year's Eve in the ice and snow.
The kind-hearted beggars raised the abandoned baby together, which reduced the number of people who froze to death that night in Chang'an, and added one more pedestrian to the streets of Chang'an today.
People who are kind-hearted will be rewarded more or less.
When an old prince in Chang'an was walking on the street, he accidentally discovered that a little beggar among a group of beggars looked very similar to himself. The fate of the group of beggars changed at this moment.
This old prince's name was Guo Nan. He had followed Emperor Meng all the way. After Emperor Meng's death, he joined Emperor Jiang and spent half his life experiencing bloodshed on the battlefield.
However, due to his illustrious military exploits, he also enjoyed prosperity, wealth, and fine food and clothing in his later years.
Not to mention how luxurious his mansion was and how beautiful the environment was, the dozen or so charming wives and concubines alone were the envy of countless people.
But the only pity was that he never had a son. These wives and concubines gave birth to daughters one after another. This made him very angry and even divorced several concubines in anger.
In his words, if you don't have something with a handle, it's useless, and keeping a useless thing is an eyesore.
However, on that day, Guo Nan brought back a son from outside!
The Prince's Mansion finally welcomed back a young prince!
Later, under Guo Nan's thorough investigation, the mystery of Guo Dalong's life experience was finally discovered.
It turned out that Guo Dalong was the son of Guo Nan and his concubine in the 18th house. However, when Guo Nan's first wife learned the news, she became very jealous.
Because Guo Nan was obsessed with his concubine's warm and fragrant nephrite every day, and he didn't want to touch her now that she was old and golden.
So she did nothing but spend a lot of money to bribe the midwife, and then bought a newborn baby girl to replace the baby boy, and then lied that it was the concubine's birth.
Because the concubine was weak, she fainted right after giving birth to Guo Dalong. She didn't have time to see whether her child was a boy or a girl, so she could only sigh with emotion after seeing the baby girl.
As a result, Guo Nan divorced the concubine in anger, but forcibly kept the baby girl born by the concubine.
The concubine, who had just given birth to a child, was already weak. In addition, after being kicked out of the Guo Mansion, she could not see her child, so she sat at the gate of the Guo Mansion every day and cried. As a result, within a few days, she died. My body collapsed and I could only lie in bed all day long.
As soon as he learned the news, Guo Nan sent someone to visit the concubine, but he learned that the concubine had committed suicide by throwing herself into the lake a few days ago.
Since then, Guo Nan has doted on this precious son Guo Dalong.
And after Guo Dalong got this cheap daddy who fell from the sky, he was also very capable of causing trouble.
Today we robbed this biscuit shop, and tomorrow we set fire to that small restaurant.
Listening to music in a brothel, you can beat a third-rank minister into a pig's head just because you don't like it.
However, these were all suppressed by Guo Nan afterwards, relying on his own power.
Otherwise, his precious son would have been imprisoned long ago and would not be released for decades.
This back and forth also made Guo Dalong develop an arrogant and domineering attitude.
Just idle around and have fun every day.
"Why hasn't this Caishen Hall been open these days? Where should I go to have fun? I can't just sit at home every day, otherwise I'll get sick!" Guo Dalong said impatiently.
Ever since he was taken to the God of Wealth Hall by some good friends, he has been thinking about going there every day.
During the day, he walked out of the house happily with a large amount of money, and at night, he walked in dejectedly with empty hands.
Several times, Guo Dalong came home with a document for borrowing money and two thugs demanding debts.
Guo Nan could only hold his nose and admit it, and pay back all the money for him.
After all, he was his son, so he couldn't just watch him being beaten to death because he owed money.
But no matter how much money Guo Nan had, she couldn't withstand Guo Dalong's torment at a speed that seemed to burn money.
For this reason, he finally had to discuss with Guo Dalong how much money he could only use every day.
Although Guo Dalong was unhappy in his heart, he couldn't say anything on the surface.
However, what made Guo Dalong depressed in the past two days was that Caishen Hall suddenly announced that it would close its doors, and he didn't know when it would be able to reopen.
So Guo Dalong planned to have two glasses of wine at the Fugui Tavern, and then go directly to Feng Lai Lou to listen to music.
Although he has a lot of money now, he still can't get used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas, or drinking the wine that Guo Nan has collected.
"Ahem, dear guests, today we will continue from last time and continue to talk about the follow-up of this Qingcheng Mountain disciple competition!"
A handsome old man cleared a bench, sat in the middle of the wine table and started telling a story.
Several drinkers seemed to have been waiting for a long time. They quickly brought a plate of peanuts to the wine table closest to the old storyteller, and stuffed a small handful of silver into the arms of the little girl on the side.
It made the little girl smile. When the old man saw this, his eyebrows were also very happy, and his interest in storytelling also increased.
This also made Guo Dalong, who had never seen much of the world, suddenly become curious.
He casually glanced at Li Ergou, who looked depressed, and then walked towards the old man holding a wine bottle.
"By the way, after Jueyun defeated Le, he was so arrogant that he wanted to trample the entire Qingcheng Mountain under his feet. The disciples in the audience looked at his appearance, angry and annoyed, but there was nothing they could do. After all, they had not fought with him. Qualified for a fight, Jue Yun could only watch helplessly as Jue Yun spoke nonsense on the stage. His words were full of humiliation for Liao Le, who had just knelt in front of him.
Finally, the disciples in the audience couldn't bear it anymore. For a moment, the crowd was indignant, and countless disciples spontaneously started shouting, all expressing their dissatisfaction with Jueyun.
Seeing that everyone couldn't help but rush to the stage and beat the arrogant Jueyun to death in the chaos.
Great Elder Wu Fan also stood up in time, stood on the stage and said, "It's getting late today, the martial arts competition will continue tomorrow." ’ After that, he took away Jueyun who was already sweating profusely from fear. "
The old man took a sip of tea and moistened his throat.
The drinker in front of me listened with rapt attention, feeling that my curiosity about the second half of the story that I had just listened to yesterday was instantly satisfied.
Even Guo Dalong, who had just listened to such a short paragraph, was no longer drunk at this time. He generously placed his own good wine on the table, then unceremoniously grabbed a large handful of peanuts on the plate and began to sit with his legs crossed. Sip slowly.
The few drinkers didn't pay much attention to his arrival, and still focused on the old man's story.
"In the early morning of the second day, it was just dawn, and there was already a circle of disciples sitting under the platform. Judging from their age, they seemed to be old disciples.
It turns out that what happened yesterday has long been spread in Qingcheng Mountain. Countless disciples were very angry after learning about it.
So countless old disciples who were not very interested in this new disciple's martial arts competition ceremony came here one after another, just waiting to beat Jueyun to a pulp and let out a bad breath.
However, after waiting for a long time, there was no sign of Jueyun. Just when everyone was wondering whether Jueyun was coming, they saw an arrogant figure descending from the sky and landing directly in the center of the platform.
'Haha, everyone has been waiting for a long time. There are a lot of people here today. Jueyun stood on the stage. At a glance, he saw that there were obviously many more disciples under the stage than yesterday, and there were dozens of people with powerful auras among them. "Hey, there are also many senior brothers and sisters here. Could it be that after beating the younger one, we have to send the older one to regain the place? I'm really scared. Are all you people in Qingcheng Mountain so cowardly? If you ask me, it would be better to let your head take action directly. This will save you the loss if you senior brothers and sisters are careless and lose to me, it will be embarrassing. '
Jueyun's words instantly caused the disciples in the audience to become noisy again.
Fortunately, Wu Fan on the high platform showed up again, and just by standing outside, the noisy disciples were instantly quieted down.
Wu Fan then spoke again, stipulating that only disciples under the age of twenty were allowed to take action, which made many old disciples sigh.
Just when Jueyun was about to taunt him again, a figure slowly walked towards the platform.
Guess who this person is? "
The old man gave up here and looked at the listeners with a smile on his face.
"Could it be that Luo Le that Jue Yun was looking for before?" a drinker said immediately.
"I think it's the elder Tingyin. After all, his apprentice suffered such humiliation yesterday. As a master, he must come forward to get things back!" Another drinker shook his head and analyzed.
…
After the drinkers finished speaking, they all looked at the old man who was still smiling, just waiting for him to give the correct answer.
Even Guo Dalong, who didn't understand what he was listening to, was looking at him eagerly, wanting to know who that person was.
I saw the old man pursed his lips, and then said slowly, "I know what will happen next, and I will listen to the explanation next time!"
