Seeing the scholar's extremely disappointed look, Xiao Liu stood up and walked over.
The scholar was completely unaware of Xiao Liu's arrival. Maybe he was aware of it, but he was no longer in the mood to pay attention to Xiao Liu.
Xiaoliu sat on the chair, picked up the clean chopsticks on the table, took a bite of the untouched food on the table and took a bite.
"Well, it's really good. Brother Big Mouth is good at cooking!" Xiao Liu couldn't help but praise with satisfaction after tasting it. Their food hasn't been served yet.
When the scholar opposite saw Xiao Liu coming over, he originally thought that Xiao Liu was here to comfort him, but he didn't expect that Xiao Liu was actually here to eat vegetables.
However, although the scholar was a little depressed in his heart, he continued to stand still on the surface.
Xiaoliu smiled when he saw such a scholar. He picked up a glass of wine on the table that he had not yet drank, tasted it and nodded.
'Well, this wine is not mixed with water, it's quite fragrant! '
The scholar continued to remain unmoved.
Xiao Liu looked at the delicate small wine glass in his hand and said leisurely.
"Golden walls and white walls buy songs and laugh, and the prince is under the moonlight after being drunk. Brother Xiucai, do you think this Li Taibai is so free and easy to write such beautiful poems?"
Hearing Xiaoliu's inquiry, Xiucai was moved. He twisted his mouth, picked up the wine on the table and started drinking, one cup after another, and finally he just blew directly into the bottle, as if he wanted to give himself up. Like getting drunk.
Seeing the scholar like this, Xiaoliu didn't try to dissuade him and continued to talk to himself while looking at the wine glass in his hand.
"Cut the knife to cut off the water, the water will flow more, raise a glass to relieve the sorrow, the sorrow will be even more sorrowful. Wine! Wine! Throughout the ages, why do so many literati like to use you to relieve their sorrows? What is so good about you?"
The scholar ignored it and continued to drink hard.
The shopkeepers at the door had already returned from seeing off Mr. Zhu. Seeing the scholar drinking and getting drunk there, they quickly stepped forward to stop him, but they were stopped by Lao Bai.
Lao Bai gestured to Xiao Liu who was across the table. Everyone stopped knowingly and planned to take a look at the situation first.
"The Grand Duke met King Wen when he was eighty, and Han Xin was humiliated before he became famous. Do you think they have no talent? Or do the people around them have no vision?" Xiao Liu continued to ask with a smile.
"Hiccup~" Xiucai seemed to be full, he put down the wine bottle in his hand and said seriously.
"They, what they lack is an opportunity, and what I, Marquis Lu Qing, also lack is an opportunity. One day I will be named on the gold list and honor my ancestors!"
As he said that, the scholar slammed the wine bottle in his hand to the ground with great force. With a "pop" sound, the wine bottle was smashed into pieces.
"My celadon wine flask!" The shopkeeper shouted distressedly as he looked at the broken pieces on the floor.
However, I don't know if it was because he was drunk. The usually well-behaved scholar was very courageous at this time. He didn't pay any attention to the people in the shop, got up and walked to the backyard, as if he wanted to study hard.
Everyone looked angry at such a scholar. Is this still the honest, stupid scholar they usually know?
Xiao Liu looked at the leaving figure of the scholar and smiled. It was better to persuade the general than to provoke him. Although the scholar usually seemed modest, he was actually a very arrogant person.
"Come on, come on, everyone, come and eat." Xiao Liu greeted the shopkeepers who were standing at the door and stared blankly at the scene and greeted them unceremoniously.
As he spoke, he took a few bites of the food and tasted it himself. He really didn't treat himself as an outsider.
"The food is here!"
At this time, Da Zui also brought out the food from the kitchen. Upon seeing this, Xiao Liu quickly returned to his table and started eating, taking the bowl and chopsticks away with him.
Although the shopkeeper felt a little confused when he saw this, he still let everyone eat first. Overall, today was a relatively happy day. Unexpectedly, during Mr. Zhu’s home visit, instead of being criticized, Xiaobei was even praised. .
The shopkeeper happily served Xiao Bei with dishes, which made Xiao Bei feel overwhelmed.
Xiao Liu and Lao Xing were also chatting while eating delicious dinner. After running around all afternoon today, their stomachs were already empty.
In the lobby, everyone was having a great time eating.
In the backyard, in the room where Xiucai and Dazui lived, Xiucai, who had originally returned to the house with the intention of studying diligently, suddenly fell asleep on his desk because he was drunk.
. . .
The wine is over, the night is still so quiet, the moon is still so soft, but people have their own thoughts.
Some people wake up from their dreams and look at the moon in melancholy; some people sigh while playing chess and miss their old friends; some people are concerned about their mother and hope for her health; some people are mixed with joy and sorrow, confused and undecided; some people are homesick and longing for Letters; some people are worried and unable to sleep at night; some people are full of doubts and pray secretly in their hearts.
No matter what others think, in the martial arts training ground of Qixia Town County Government, a light shadow is still flying up and down, and the silver-white sword light dances in the sky.
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On the second day, the lives of the people in Qixia Town were still as usual, but the county government was very lively.
Ten new recruits came to the county government to report. After being lectured by Lou Zhixian, they went to the master one by one to register, received official swords and official uniforms, and were divided into two teams.
Each team has six people, one team is led by Lao Xing, and the other team is led by Xiao Liu.
Today, the people led by Lao Xing were stationed at Qixia Town. Early in the morning, Lao Xing took them to patrol the streets and told them what to do.
The people led by Xiaoliu left Qixia Town early in the morning and headed towards Beikou Village and Heifeng Ridge.
"Deputy Chief Yan, what are we going to do?" A newly recruited police officer asked in confusion. He was one of the three people who sat at the same table as Xiaoliu yesterday.
As expected by Xiao Liu, his master assigned all the people who sat at the same table with him yesterday to his team, and the remaining two were also people who were relatively familiar with the situation in Beikou Village and Heifeng Ridge.
Xiao Liu looked at the nervous eyes of everyone and said directly without hiding anything.
"Recruit people. The hunters in this mountain are the most familiar with the situation in Cuiwei Mountain. With their participation, it will be much easier to deal with these bandits."
"Oh!" Everyone suddenly realized when they heard this, and at the same time they let go of their worries. They thought they were going to fight the bandits.
Xiao Liu smiled helplessly when he saw everyone like this. To be honest, he really didn't expect these people to fight the bandits. These people were just filling in the numbers, running errands, patrolling the streets, waving flags and shouting, and scaring the bandits. .
In Xiao Liu's opinion, the real way to deal with bandits is to look at the hunters in Heifengling and Beikou Village.
These hunters are very courageous and hunt in the mountains every day. Their combat capabilities in the mountains must be outstanding. In addition, they can also set traps. They are simply the best candidates to fight mountain bandits.
In addition, behind them is their home, and they are definitely desperate when fighting bandits.
If it weren't for the fact that the number of hunters was too small, Xiao Liu would not recommend his master to recruit these ordinary people.
. . .
Xiaoliu and the others set off earlier this time, so they had already arrived at Beikou Village before they arrived.
In Beikou Village, Xiaoliu had informed them two days ago that there were really bandits in Cuiwei Mountain, so they seemed a little scared these two days. They did not even dare to go too deep into the mountain for hunting, for fear of encountering that mountain bandit. thief.
But now seeing that Captain Yan has come again and brought a large number of people, a group of people led by the village chief quickly gathered around and asked how the situation was? How do the government plan to deal with these bandits?
After Xiao Liu's detailed answers, everyone felt a lot more at ease. Most of the Orion woodcutters in the village were also willing to join Xiao Liu's team.
These people include Zhang and Lin, the two hunters who took Xiaoliu into the mountains before. There are seven people in total.
With the addition of these seven people, Xiao Liu's current team has expanded to thirteen people. Although the number is still a bit small, with the addition of these few people who are familiar with the terrain, Xiao Liu has gained a bit more confidence.
Then, Xiao Liu was not in a hurry to go to Heifeng Ridge to continue recruiting people, but took these twelve people for a trip to the mountain first.
