"I can't afford to lose?" Yu Xingchen asked. "Thirty taels is too little, right?"
Zhang Shaoyang looked away and didn't comment.
"Fine, then tell me, how much do you want to spend to satisfy you?" Yu Xingchen made up his mind. No matter what, he was still the Quanzhen Sect's Sect Leader. It would be unreasonable if he didn't even want to treat them to a meal.
"Then I'll tell you." Zhang Shaoyang looked back at Yu Xingchen.
"Go ahead." Yu Xingchen was prepared to spend a fortune.
"Four dishes, two meat dishes and two vegetables. You eat vegetables, I eat meat. Let's go with two taels. How about that? It's not too much, right? "Zhang Shaoyang said.
"What a good brother!" Yu Xingchen punched Zhang Shaoyang. "You know how to save money."
"As for the wine …" Zhang Shaoyang twirled his beard as he looked at Yu Xingchen from the corner of his eyes.
"Five years of Drunken Immortal. Three jars should be enough for you, right?" Yu Xingchen said generously.
Zhang Shaoyang shook his head.
"Not enough?" Yu Xingchen saw Zhang Shaoyang shake his head and made up his mind. "Four jars then! That should be enough, right? "
"Three jars of Drunken Immortal!" Zhang Shaoyang extended three fingers.
"Okay!" Yu Xingchen smiled.
"Ten-year old wine." Zhang Shaoyang crossed his two index fingers and made a cross.
Yu Xingchen's smile froze.
"What do you think?" Zhang Shaoyang asked Yu Xingchen.
"Hahahaha …" Yu Xingchen was stunned at first, then laughed out loud.
"Haha …" Zhang Shaoyang thought Yu Xingchen agreed and laughed as well.
"We're done!" Yu Xingchen stopped laughing and turned to leave. Ten years old would cost at least fifteen taels a jar. Three jars would cost forty-five taels. Including the cost of the dishes and the room, it would cost at least sixty taels to get this table.
"Don't, don't, don't, Brother Yu … Brother Yu …" Seeing Yu Xingchen turn around, Zhang Shaoyang immediately ran up and put his arm around Yu Xingchen's shoulder.
Yu Xingchen pulled a long face and shook Zhang Shaoyang's hand off his shoulder.
"Brother Yu, look at you …" Zhang Shaoyang as he followed Yu Xingchen.
"Sixty taels! You're asking for my life!" Yu Xingchen said as he walked, "I only get 30 taels of silver a year, but you're asking for 60 taels of silver as soon as you open your mouth. We're done! We must break off all relations! "
"Okay, okay, okay. Thirty taels. Is thirty taels enough?" Zhang Shaoyang said.
Yu Xingchen stopped and turned to Zhang Shaoyang. "You said it yourself."
"I said thirty taels." Zhang Shaoyang patted Yu Xingchen's shoulder again. "This should be enough, right?"
"That's more like it." Yu Xingchen turned around and walked alongside Zhang Shaoyang.
"You said I have a fiery temper, but I think Brother Yu's temper is even worse than mine." Zhang Shaoyang laughed.
"I think you're born in the year of the dog. You change your attitude faster than anyone else," Yu Xingchen scolded jokingly. "You were so angry just now, but when you heard me scold you, look at that old face of yours. It's so happy that it's about to bloom."
Zhang Shaoyang smiled and said, "Who are you calling old?"
Yu Xingchen said eloquently, "Who else could it be? You blossom! Your old face! "
"I'm only in my forties." Zhang Shaoyang laughed. "I'm still young, okay?"
"Young?" Yu Xingchen jokingly scolded. "You're already in autumn!"
"Hey, hey, hey, you're swearing again," Zhang Shaoyang reminded Yu Xingchen.
"I've already agreed to treat you to a drink. Why don't you let me scold you to my heart's content!"
"Okay, okay, okay. Go ahead and scold me." Zhang Shaoyang shook Yu Xingchen's shoulder. "When you're used to it, you'll treat me to a drink every time you scold me. I won't have to worry about food and drink anymore."
"Get lost …"
"Hahaha …"
After the two of them joked around for a while, they both used their movement techniques and soared into the air, speeding towards Mount Longhu …
Mount Longhu. Drunken Immortal Restaurant.
"Waiter, give us six signature dishes. Three meat and three vegetables," Zhang Shaoyang said to the waiter in the private room.
Yu Xingchen's eyes widened. Three meat and three vegetables? Six dishes? And they were signature dishes? How much would that cost? Didn't they say there were only four dishes? Why did they change to six?
Yu Xingchen wanted to stop them, but he couldn't do so in front of the waiter. He could only drink his tea.
"Heavenly Master, what would you like to drink?" the waiter asked respectfully. Zhang Shaoyang was a regular here, so the waiter naturally knew who he was.
"Six jars of Drunken Immortal. It needs to be aged for twenty years," Zhang Shaoyang said.
"Pfft …" When Yu Xingchen heard that Zhang Shaoyang wanted six jars of Drunken Immortal, he couldn't help but spit out his tea all over the floor.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Zhang Shaoyang tried to hold back his laughter. "Are you not feeling well?"
"Brother Shaoyang, you've asked for too much wine," Yu Xingchen said to Zhang Shaoyang with a smile. "You can't finish so much wine by yourself. Three jars should be enough for you."
"It's fine," Zhang Shaoyang said nonchalantly. "I'll drink three jars here. I'll take the remaining three back."
Yu Xingchen was speechless. His eyes were burning with anger. The price of the aged wine here was based on its age. Every year it was aged meant one tael of silver. Twenty years of age meant twenty taels of silver! Six jars would cost one hundred and twenty taels of silver! In addition to the six signature dishes and the room fee, it would cost at least one hundred and fifty taels of silver!
Yu Xingchen touched the two hundred taels of silver in his sleeve. His heart began to bleed. He had scrimped and saved for many years, but more than half of the two hundred taels of silver had been eaten by this glutton in front of him! He picked up his tea and looked at Zhang Shaoyang hatefully as he drank.
"Do you want anything else, Heavenly Master?" the waiter asked.
"Brother Yu, do you want anything else?" Zhang Shaoyang looked up and asked Yu Xingchen with a smile.
"Cough, cough, cough … cough …" Yu Xingchen couldn't hold back his tea and started coughing violently. It's already one hundred and fifty taels of silver. You want anything else? If it weren't for the waiter, he would have rushed over and given this drunkard a good beating.
"Brother Yu?" Zhang Shaoyang asked while holding back his laughter.
Yu Xingchen didn't say anything. He just stared straight at Zhang Shaoyang. If looks could kill, Zhang Shaoyang would have died a hundred times over by now.
"That's all. I'll call you if I need anything else," Zhang Shaoyang said to the waiter as he looked at Yu Xingchen, who was sitting opposite him.
"Alright." The waiter nodded and said, "Please wait for a moment. The dishes will be ready soon." With that, he ran downstairs.
Only the gloating Zhang Shaoyang and the pale-faced Yu Xingchen were left in the room.
"How long have we known each other?" Yu Xingchen sipped his tea and asked Zhang Shaoyang.
"Hmm?" Zhang Shaoyang smiled and said, "Why are you asking me this?"
"About thirty years," Yu Xingchen looked at Zhang Shaoyang and asked.
"That's right." Zhang Shaoyang smiled and picked up his tea. "We've known each other since we were Little Taoist Boy. What's wrong?"
"Today's wine will be the end of our friendship," said Yu Xingchen. "Drink well. After drinking, you can be your Celestial Master Zhang, and I'll be my Sect Master Yu. We'll mind our own business and never meet again."
"Brother Yu, look at you. We haven't even drunk and you're already talking nonsense." Zhang Shaoyang laughed.
"Who the f * ck is talking nonsense with you?" Yu Xingchen slammed his teacup on the table. "End of friendship. We must end our friendship!"
"Isn't it just a drink? Is there a need to end our friendship?" Zhang Shaoyang laughed, taking pleasure in Yu Xingchen's misfortune.
"A drink?" Yu Xingchen was so angry that his beard blew and his eyes widened. "One hundred and fifty taels of silver for a drink? Who the f * ck do you think I am? The treasury of the Ministry of Revenue! End of friendship! End of friendship! "
"Look at yourself. You're the f * cking Quanzhen Sect Master." Zhang Shaoyang laughed and said, "You're so anxious over such a trivial matter."
"It's easy for you to say that. So what if I'm the Quanzhen Sect Master? The Quanzhen Sect Master is also human." Yu Xingchen cursed. "I've been living frugally for seven to eight years and only managed to save up two hundred taels of silver. You old bastard, you want one hundred and fifty taels of silver for a drink? I should end my friendship with a scoundrel like you while it's still early! The sooner I cut ties with you, the better! "
"But you have two hundred taels!" Zhang Shaoyang laughed and said, "If you knew this would happen, you would've asked for thirty years of wine. Why didn't you f * cking say so earlier! You're so unkind! "
"I'm unkind?" Yu Xingchen pointed at his own nose with his finger. "Hey hey, you and I agreed on four ordinary dishes and three jars of Drunken Immortal. You f * cking dog, turning against me just like that. Not only did you order one hundred and fifty taels of wine and food, you even f * cking accused me of being unkind!"
"Hehe, look at how anxious you are." Zhang Shaoyang laughed. "To tell you the truth, you don't have to pay for this drink."
"I don't have to pay for it?" Yu Xingchen was stunned. "Then who's paying for it? You're paying for it yourself? "
"I'm not as rich as you, Brother Yu, to be able to save two hundred taels." Zhang Shaoyang laughed as he drank his tea. "I drink a small amount every three days and a big one every five days. I can't save any money."
"Then who's going to pay for this drink?" Yu Xingchen asked. "Don't tell me we're going to dine and dash?"
"Let me tell you." Zhang Shaoyang lowered his voice and said to Yu Xingchen, "A while ago, I was helping the owner of the Drunken Immortal with his ancestral grave. He wanted to donate a thousand taels of incense money, but I declined."
"Declined?" Yu Xingchen was puzzled. "It's normal for believers to donate incense money. Why did you decline?"
"Hehehe …" Zhang Shaoyang looked at Yu Xingchen meaningfully. "Take a guess, Brother Yu." He picked up his teacup and continued to sip his tea.
"Declined incense money?" Yu Xingchen twirled his beard and began to think. After a long time, he suddenly realized. "You f * cking calculated it well!"
"Hehehe …" Zhang Shaoyang laughed. "I've made a fool of myself in front of Brother Yu."
"You're f * cking evil." Yu Xingchen laughed. "If you don't accept incense money, the next time you eat and drink here, they won't even take your money. I'm really impressed by your methods. Aren't you afraid that the ancestor will punish you? "
"I don't accept incense money. This is called empathizing with the people." Zhang Shaoyang laughed. "Accepting their hospitality is called doing them a favor. What's wrong with that? Besides, I already have enough incense money. If I continue to accept like this, those disciples and disciples won't want to make progress. "
"You're really smart to make this deal." Yu Xingchen laughed. "You're accumulating merit and benefiting from it. You're taking advantage of the situation and yet you're still being obedient."
"Only this once. It won't happen again." Zhang Shaoyang laughed.
"In my opinion, if there's this time, there'll be a next time. What's that saying again?" Yu Xingchen deliberately rubbed his head and pretended to think. "What's a dog can't change?"
"You can't change your habit of eating shit." Zhang Shaoyang laughed at Yu Xingchen.
"A dog can't change its habit of eating you!" Yu Xingchen retorted.
While the two were teasing each other, two waiters came in with wine and dishes. One carried a large tray with six signature dishes on it. The other carried several jars of wine, all of which were twenty-year-old Drunken Immortal.
"Two Taoists, the dishes are here." The waiter said as he placed the dishes on the table one by one. "Crispy Roast Goose, West Lake Vinegar Fish, Braised Drunken Prawns, Eight Treasure Dragon Phoenix Jade, Five Color Lotus Rolls, Pearl Lily Soup, three meat and three vegetable dishes."
"Three jars of twenty-year-old Drunken Immortal." The other waiter placed the six jars of wine beside the table. "The other three jars have been prepared for you. You can take them from the counter when you leave."
"Okay." Zhang Shaoyang smiled. He took out a banknote and handed it to the waiter. "I'll pay the bill first. I don't want to get drunk and cause trouble."
Seeing Zhang Shaoyang take out the money, the waiter hurriedly waved his hand. "I wouldn't dare. My shopkeeper has said that as long as you come to our shop as a guest in the future, everything will be on the house. We can't take a single cent from you. "
"How can that be?" Zhang Shaoyang pretended to be surprised. "How can you eat and drink without paying?"
"Master, you've forgotten," the waiter said with a smile. "A month ago, my Shopkeeper Wang asked you to check the feng shui of his ancestral grave. You didn't take a single cent."
"Shopkeeper Wang? A month ago? " Zhang Shaoyang pretended to think hard. After a long time, he pretended to remember. "Oh, I remember now. Why? He's the shopkeeper here? "
"Master, you're so forgetful," the waiter said with a smile.
"That won't do. That's one thing. I have to pay for the wine." Zhang Shaoyang stuffed the banknote into the waiter's hands.
The waiter hurriedly pushed back Zhang Shaoyang's banknotes in fear and trepidation. "That won't do, that won't do. If the shopkeeper knew that I accepted your money, he would break my legs. That won't do, won't do. You two Immortal Masters, please enjoy. I'll take my leave now." After saying that, the waiter winked at the other waiter and turned to leave the private room.
"I couldn't tell that you're so good at acting." Yu Xingchen laughed. "If you were in the theater, you'd be a famous actor."
"Don't f * cking mock me. I didn't even ask you to pay for this meal, and you're still mocking me." Zhang Shaoyang picked up a jar of Drunken Immortal and broke the yellow seal. He put it under his nose and took a deep breath. "Good wine, really good wine. Haha, it's a pity that you can't drink. You can't experience the joys of life."
"I'm not going to talk nonsense with you." Yu Xingchen picked up his chopsticks and put a mouthful of food into his mouth. "What do you think about Xuanji? Are you really going to set up the Thousand Spirit Formation to find the cauldron? "
"Whoever wants to go can go. I'm not going anyway." Zhang Shaoyang said as he poured the wine into his cup. "Xuanji, that old bastard, isn't a good person either. He's just giving us orders. He really thinks we're fools."
"You're not going?" Yu Xingchen asked.
"No." Zhang Shaoyang picked up his cup and drank it in one gulp. His face was full of satisfaction.
"That's against the imperial order. You'll be beheaded." Yu Xingchen reminded Zhang Shaoyang.
"Against the imperial order? Hmph. "Zhang Shaoyang continued to pour wine into his cup." Brother Yu, do you really not know or are you pretending not to know? Right now, His Majesty is like a turtle in a jar. He can't even take care of himself. How can he even think about finding the cauldron? "
"Turtle in a jar?" Yu Xingchen frowned when he heard Zhang Shaoyang's words. "What do you mean?"
"Old man, don't pretend." Zhang Shaoyang put down his cup and pulled off a goose leg. "Can't you see something so obvious?"
"What am I pretending?" Yu Xingchen said anxiously. "What's going on?"
"You really don't know?" Zhang Shaoyang put the goose leg under his nose and sniffed.
"Nonsense!" Yu Xingchen said. "Why would I ask you if I knew?"
"You haven't looked at the stars these past two days?" Zhang Shaoyang stared at Yu Xingchen and asked seriously.
"Stars?" Yu Xingchen was puzzled. "What stars?"
"What else could it be?" Zhang Shaoyang took a bite of the roasted goose leg. "Celestial phenomena, of course!"
"Celestial phenomena?" Yu Xingchen continued to frown. "What celestial phenomena? It's been drizzling for over a month now. How can I look at the celestial phenomena? "
"The scarlet stars are as bright as fire, hovering around the Heart Constellation. What do you think it is?" Zhang Shaoyang glanced at Yu Xingchen, then continued to eat his goose leg.
"Antares guarding the heart!" Yu Xingchen exclaimed.
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