"Bo, Mi Da Ba Ba Ba Yu Yu Yue." "Immortal Palace Song, Night Chant."
"Taibai, Taibai, listen to me, listen to me, I beg you, change a place, there is a shop on the left, go there, there are few people in his shop, even if we offend him, he won't dare to do anything to us, more than four hundred people. You can't go to the Blue Sea Silver Sand, you can't go there, Taibai, let my family go, please."
Xu Gui pulled his brother-in-law with all his strength and begged, but he was slowly dragged by his brother-in-law to the Blue Sea Silver Sand.
"My husband, the Blue Sea Silver Sand also has shops in An Province, it is said that they are all over the Tang Empire, and it is as famous as Between the Clouds and the Water. Some people even say that both are backed by the Zhang Family and the Wang Family. Their family recruited more than four hundred people to seek a way to make money, and if they offend the Zhang Family and the Wang Family, we can't stop them."
Seeing that her brother was not as strong as her husband, Madame Xu also went to persuade him.
Among the more than four hundred people gathered here, those who knew the situation showed anger on their faces.
"Li Bai is too unreasonable, he wants to die, but he wants to implicate us. I don't know what the Xu Family did to find such a son-in-law, sigh!"
The people around nodded and echoed, their voices buzzing.
Li Bai, who was about to find a good place for the four hundred people, stopped when he heard the noise. He turned his head and stared at the person who made the noise first until the person lowered his head. Then he snorted and said, "You are a benefactor, you don't have to bear the anger of others, humph!"
The person who made the noise just now lowered his head, he knew that Li Bai was scolding him. On the way here from An Province, Li Bai had been helping to organize. When they met, he always said that he met Li Bai that he met a benefactor, but others said that he was a fickle villain.
Xu Gui's face was also hot, he said to Li Bai embarrassedly, "Taibai, I didn't think so, but the Blue Sea Silver Sand is unusual, have you heard of anyone who dares to make trouble at the Blue Sea Silver Sand? How can we let more than four hundred people live in the Blue Sea Silver Sand for nothing? "
"Zhang Wang is noble, like the convergence of the sea, not tired of the trickle of water. Today, the solid has become great. The Zhang Family and Wang Family are wise. Now, I will put up a bounty. I will help my fellow villagers find a home."
Li Bai looked at the banner hanging outside the restaurant that offered a reward for writing poems and essays, and then walked forward.
Xu Gui wanted to stop him again, but his sister stopped him. "Brother, let our husband try. Maybe … maybe … even if he doesn't succeed, the Jade Sea Silver Sand will not stoop to our level."
"Sigh ~!" Xu Gui sighed. In the end, he did not continue to drag Li Bai. He watched as his brother-in-law strode into the Blue Sea Silver Sand with his head held high.
In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the wind was blowing, threatening to destroy the city.
Xu Gui had an anxious expression on his face. He told the people from his hometown not to wander around so as to avoid causing trouble. Smelling the salty smell of the wind, he looked at the Blue Sea Silver Sand restaurant from time to time.
Mrs. Xu was also anxious. She was afraid that her husband would be detained in the restaurant if he was careless. Although there had never been a case of bullying in the Zhang Family and Wang Family's restaurant.
After a while, the sky became darker, and the wind became weaker. Suddenly, there was a crackling sound around. Everyone felt that it was easier to breathe, and raindrops appeared on their faces.
At this moment, four waiters came out of the Blue Sea Silver Sand restaurant. They looked at Xu Gui's direction and hurried forward. One of them asked, "Are you the Xu Family of Anzhou?"
"That's right, young man. Did Taibai Jinxing cause trouble in the building? If he broke something, we are willing to compensate. " Xu Gui's heart skipped a beat. He thought that something had gone wrong. He put his hand into his sleeve to feel for money. He could not leave his brother-in-law alone.
"Sure enough, it is Mr. Xu. Mr. Xu, His Highness has asked for you. The people who came with you have already made room. You can rest at any time. Mr. Xu, do you want them to settle you down now?"
The waiters confirmed the identity and invited Xu Gui. They pointed to the courtyard behind the Blue Sea Silver Sand and waited for Xu Gui to make a decision.
"Ah, ah?" Xu Gui suddenly found that everything around him was far away from him. He was the only one standing between heaven and earth. He turned and turned until the sun and moon lost their light. He was in a daze. His body swayed twice before he found that he had returned to the mortal world. The sky was still the same, but the rain was heavier.
"Is my husband, Taibai, okay?" Xu was calmer than her brother. She stepped forward and asked.
The waiters were told to be polite. They looked at Xu and said with a smile, "Are you the young lady of the Xu family? Young Master Li is talking happily with His Highness Li Yu. The rain is heavy now. Can you take shelter first? "
"Please, young man." Xu heard that her husband was fine. She was relieved and made the decision.
More than four hundred people were divided into six courtyards in confusion. It was a little crowded, but they settled down.
Xu Gui, who had recovered, carefully told the people who followed him to control their food. The food in the Blue Sea Silver Sand was good, but they should not get sick. They should not do things they should not do. They should not break other people's things. They should not go out casually. They should be polite to the people in the restaurant.
After all this, Xu Gui followed his sister upstairs to see how his brother-in-law was doing. He did not want to offend the people in the imperial family by drinking too much.
When the two of them were brought to the third floor by the waiter, they walked up another floor. When they arrived at the highest room in the entire restaurant, they heard a familiar clanking sound coming from inside. It sounded like someone was knocking on plates and bowls with chopsticks.
Before the waiters went to knock on the door, two people sang from inside. "Thunder rolls on the windowsill. The heavy rain carries me to the blue sky. Penglai has a thousand cups of wine. The immortals eat outside the mountain. Calling my heart, flying across nine thousand mountains on a crane, confusing my eyes. When I wake up, I am drunk, and when I am happy. Rime does not belong to the mortal world. This is Chang 'e's face in the moon. Stepping on the snow without any trace, waving my hand to plant a green lotus … "
"Taibai, drink. Today's wine is hidden by Xiao Bao for seven years. I am happy. There is another jar. Let's drink it. I am so annoyed these days. When the Black Water Commandery was not famous, no one was willing to come here. After the canned food and several mines appeared, people rushed to come here. Drink."
Xu Gui and Xu stood outside and listened to the singing. They did not dare to go in and disturb them. At this time, they heard a voice. It seemed that the speaker was not old.
The waiters did not lock the door. They guessed that the two people inside were almost drunk. They quietly opened the door and motioned Xu Gui and Xu Gui to go in. He turned around and went downstairs.
It was very dark under the dark clouds. There were no candles in the room. Only the flashes of lightning outside occasionally illuminated the whole earth. Xu Gui and Xu Gui stood close to the wall and did not say anything. They just watched.
They saw a man about the same age as Taibai holding a bowl in his hand. He was complaining.
Madam Xu watched as her husband sat across from that person and drank as well. There were a few cans on the table, and there was a smell of meat that was neither braised nor smoked. It smelled very fragrant, and it should be the canned food that she had only heard about on the way here, but had never seen before.
"Taibai, don't you think that those people are too unreasonable? Eat. This bamboo tube contains' flying dragon '. It is about the same size as a chicken, but smaller than a chicken. It tastes good. Before I came here, Xiao Bao personally cooked it for me. Ordinary people can't eat it. Come, drink the wine in the bowl and then pour it. "
Li Yu's eyes were blurred, but he did not forget to drink and eat.
Li Bai was almost drunk. In a short time, the two people drank three pounds of wine in a very small jar. The jar was engraved with the words' specially provided '.
Next to it, another jar had just been opened. It seemed that he was ready to drink.
Xu Gui sniffed and whispered to his sister, "Good wine. It is soft but not greasy, strong but not hot. Taibai is going to enjoy it."
At this time, Li Bai drank the wine according to Li Yu's words. He picked up a flying dragon, took two bites, spat out a bone, and poured the wine again. Then he grabbed a washed cucumber dipped in sauce and took a bite. With a happy expression, he echoed Li Yu and said,
"Mediocre people in the world are troublesome. It is good to drink in a golden cup. People's hearts are difficult. Far away, drink and laugh. Mochou, Mochou, I'll help you. Drink, what wine is this? It's delicious. "
Li Yu was tongue-tied and muttered, "Pure barley wine, seven years in the cellar. The wine made by the Zhang Family and Wang Family has been in the cellar for twelve years at most. There is a lot of wine, but they don't take it out for others to taste. Taibai, my task is to find more people to write poems in Penglai. Those who write well will travel with those who draw well and then write when they come back. Help me write a few more poems, and I'll introduce you to Xiao Bao and Cuckoo. They are busy and have no time to write poems."
"Okay, drink. Sleepwalking is dark, but the water is not dark. White snow is decorated with red plum blossoms. Fairies can't help but fall into the pot. They make a pile of mistakes in the human world. Suddenly smelling a fragrance, they come on the clouds and are unwilling to return. In the ninth day, the gong calls ten thousand times, leaving the purple flute and jade people blow. "
Li Bai rarely had a chance to contact the upper class people. Naturally, he worked hard. After a few words, he drank half a bowl of wine. The wine that he drank first came back.
He put his legs on the chair next to him, grabbed the back of the chair with one hand, and held the empty bowl with the other. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the rain outside the window. It was getting heavier and heavier. He didn't say anything for a long time.
Li Yu didn't want to disturb him. He drank slowly and tried to remember what Li Bai said just now. When he felt that he couldn't remember, he said to the people outside, "Someone, ask some girls to come in and sing. Great talent, I met a great talent."
When a few women came in from outside, they curiously looked at the two people standing against the wall and sang what Li Bai had just said. Li Yu drank the wine in his bowl and shouted a few times to the beat. When he wanted to pour more wine, he found that there were double images everywhere.
"Just now it was one Taibai. Now it's two. It means that I drank too much. I can't drink anymore. Taibai, Taibai!" Li Zhi murmured incoherently. In his last moments of consciousness, he called Li Bai twice. Then, his head fell on the table and he fell into a deep sleep. The bowl in Li Bai's hand also fell down and hit the table with a soft sound. Then, both of them fell silent, leaving only the women singing over and over again in the rain.
The next morning, Li Yu opened his eyes and saw that he was lying on the bed. Beside him was a servant girl. She was guarding the charcoal stove and pouring water into the pot.
"How many years have I been drunk?" Li Yu still hadn't recovered from the scene of drinking with Li Bai yesterday. He kept talking in an exaggerated manner.
The servant girl laughed and replied, "Young Master Li, are you asking about the immortal palace or the mortal world below? Since you're awake, try the hangover soup made by the Queen Mother of the West. After drinking it, you'll wake up. "
"Thank you, Fairy. What about Li Bai?" Li Yu took the soup the servant girl brought over and took a sip. It was neither cold nor hot. He raised his head and drank it all.
"Immortal Li went to the Dragon Palace. He left a message for you." The servant girl picked up a piece of paper from the small table and handed it to Li Yu.
Li Yu took a look. Sure enough, it said, "Jin Yuliang of the Dragon Palace of the East Sea invites me to drink. After ten thousand cups of wine, I return on the waves. The phoenix girl wears a red dress on the West Mountain. "
"You can drink more than me." Li Yu rubbed his stomach and asked the servant girl to help him put on his clothes. He went outside to take a look.
"Your Highness, is Taibai here?" Li Yu walked out for a while and met Xu Gui who was looking for him anxiously. Yesterday, the two of them drank too much and were carried away by the servants. Xu Gui and Li Yu didn't intervene. They planned to leave today for fear that they would delay things.
Li Yu handed the paper left by Li Bai to Xu Gui and said, "He went to the beach to drink and will come back at sunset. He said on the paper."
Xu Gui looked carefully and whispered, "Your Highness, what did it say on the paper?"
"So stupid. Do you really think he can go to the Dragon Palace of the East Sea? He went to the beach in the east to drink and will come back at sunset in the West Mountain. I already know that you are from An Province. Don't worry. After Taibai stays for a few days, I will take you to Jili Province. I will ask Xiao Bao to arrange a good job for you in Black Water. Oh, I will be in charge of Black Water's Governor's Mansion in the future. I will arrange it. "
If it weren't for Li Bai, Li Yu wouldn't have said so much to Xu Gui. Penglai was not a place he was in charge of, so he didn't need to be so kind. He still had to put on airs.
Xu Gui also understood that the status gap was a little big, so he didn't dare to ask more. He thanked him again and again and hurried to the place where more than 400 people lived. He told them the good news, otherwise they would always be worried.
Once Xu Gui was far away, Li Yu shook his head, which was still a little confused. As he walked back, he said, "I met a great talent. I have to write to Xiaobao and Juanjuan to tell them."
***
Children were playing, and the mountains were noisy. The sun shone through the thin fog, the dew and green leaves hung their heads shyly, and the green grass and flowers were delicate. The teahouse by the road was boiling warm water. Suddenly, people waved and laughed.
On the mountain outside Yinying County in Jili Province, Xiaobei led a large group of people. She carried a bamboo basket on her back and carried tools in her hand. Early in the morning, she began to pick two kinds of wild vegetables, root vegetables and cat ears.
When the sun was high in the sky, she came back with a full harvest. The people behind her helped her pick up the wild vegetables from time to time. When she arrived at the tea stall at the intersection, Xiaobei, who was full of strength just now, did not do anything.
She took out a small note from her bag and didn't let the people make tea. She just watched the people in the tea stall wash the bowls and pour a bowl of water for each of them. She breathed hard and tried to drink it.
"Today we are going back to the prefecture. After my brother and sister finish the examination, we will go to Jianan Province to be officials and pick vegetables. Then we will ride a horse and go back to ask my brother to make a root vegetable box."
Xiaobei, who was thinking about being a parent official, began to assign tasks after she was no longer thirsty.
Everyone immediately got busy at the tea stall. Everyone was very serious. Even Xiaohai, who did not care much about things, was looking forward to what would happen after he became an official.
When a group of little guys finished picking the wild vegetables and left enough for the people in the tea stall to eat, it was already afternoon when they rode back to the prefecture.
A carrier pigeon flew from Penglai along with them.
Zhang Xiaobao first comforted his brother and sister, asked them to rest and eat the box at night. Then he took the letter and went back to the room with Wang Juan to read it.
Opening the letter, Zhang Xiaobao glanced up and suddenly froze. He and Wang Juan, who also saw the letter, looked at each other and said tacitly, "Li Bai jumped out?"
"What do you mean by jump? Li Bai is not young." Wang Juan refuted Zhang Xiaobao.
"You just said it. Why did he go to Penglai? It seems that it will not take too long to see him. Many people praise him. Do you think he will ask for an official position from us? "
Zhang Xiaobao also had a little yearning for this figure. It was not that Li Bai had a lot of prestige now, but after all, he was a legendary figure. He could not meet him for too long.
Wang Juan nodded and said, "Yes, we should take a look. And that Wang Wei, now he is also an official in the capital. When will we get together and see who can write better poems? I guess Li Bai will ask for an official position from us. He only needs our help to recommend him. Although he is very powerful in history, it is very difficult for him to be an official now."
"Then do you want to help? It is said that he does not want to take the imperial examination. Otherwise, he would have come to take the imperial examination. Why? "Zhang Xiaobao hesitated. He was afraid that if he helped to recommend Li Bai, Li Bai would drink too much.
It might be difficult for others to recommend him, but if he and Wang Juan recommended him, Li Longji would definitely value it very much. If Li Bai drank too much in the imperial court and scolded people he caught, others would definitely say that he should not have recommended him. If things went wrong, he would be impeached.
Wang Juan read the letter again and thought about it for a while before saying, "Li Bai couldn't pass the imperial examination. The imperial examination doesn't just require one to be able to write poems. There are other requirements as well. Otherwise, why would we need to work so hard to learn? He wants people to look for him like they look for a hermit.
The most suitable era for such a person is the Spring and Autumn Period. What is important is the strength of character. When it comes to planning, those who are capable will succeed. Those who are not will disappear in the long river of history. "
"Oh, now that you mention it, I understand. It's just like the graduate students at our time. Many of them have no real ability. After graduation, they don't want to work in a small place. They want to work in a big place, but they don't want to work there. They always look like they have talent but don't want to work there.
When Zhang Xiaobao heard Wang Juan's words, he gave an example.
"Who knows? After all, there's too little information in the book, and it's too old. We'll see when we meet him. If he's capable, we'll arrange for him to be an official. He actually wants to be an official who can talk to Li Longji in court. Let's arrange for him to be a county magistrate first."
Wang Juan was also in a difficult position. She did not have a direct impression of Li Bai. The only impression in her mind was that Li Bai was good at writing poems.
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