Chapter 227 Drunken Man Ouyang Xiu

I heard that Ouyang Xiu had come to the house. Cai Xiang and Wang got up to greet him and returned to the hall. Cai Xiang ordered his family to hold a banquet, and Cai Jing poured wine into the three cups on the table.

Ouyang Xiu was opposite to the king. He didn't expect that the king was also here today, so he smiled and said, "I heard that Wang Shilang resigned from the court. Uncle Yong was sorry for this. I didn't expect to meet here."

Wang said, "Wansheng has long-inful admiration for the Duke of An, but he has never had the opportunity to talk to his husband in official business. Now, Wansheng has no intention of being an official in the court. After a few days, he will leave the capital after taking care of the affairs of the house. Therefore, today I specially brought good wine. Please invite Bachelor Cai to come forward and ask the drunken man to talk with him. "."

Ouyang Xiu has known Wang Bian for six or seven years. He hasn't seen him for more than a year. Unexpectedly, he feels that Wang Bian is much more mature and stable. Thinking of Wang's mission to Xixia, Liao, as far as Goryeo, he has made great achievements in attacking Japanese slaves, but it is really regretful because of his family's restless and retreating, so he said with the tone of the elder's comfort: "Wang Shi I have also heard about the matter in Lang's house. I would like to express my condolences to Wang Shilang and put the overall situation first.

"In those years, my teacher, General Di Qing, was wronged, thanks to the defense and help of the Duke of An. I think that I have been taking a public relations photo of Anguo in my late life, and I have not been able to thank him in person. It's better to take today's opportunity to thank the students face to face." The king said and picked up the wine glass,

Ouyang Xiu held a wine glass with mixed feelings. In those years, Su Shi, his proud disciple, won the first place. Wang Bian's appearance unexpectedly surpassed Su Shi. For this reason, Ouyang Xiu somewhat fell in favor of the hairy boy next to Wang. Unexpectedly, although this boy was smooth, he also experienced a lot of ups and downs.

Since Ouyang Xiu was demoted from the capital to Anhui because of his support for the "Qingli New Deal" of Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fubi and others, he became the governor of Chuzhou. Before returning to the capital, he had always been in love with the mountains and rivers, drinking and having fun all day long. Since returning to Beijing, he has also been known from the world. Now he is already the Duke of An, and also serves as the Ministry of Criminal Justice and the Ministry of Officials. Naturally, the attitude of the king was different from the past. On the contrary, he envied the young heroism of the king. Seeing that the king did not forget to be grateful for the old things, he also put down many old ideas.

Ouyang Xiu raised his glass and replied, "Wang Shilang is a rare talent in the Song Dynasty. General Di and Prime Minister Bao didn't see the wrong person. I hope Wang Shilang will cheer up as soon as possible and come back to serve the court one day." After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it all,

"Good wine, this wine is really good wine." Ouyang Xiu drank and looked at Cai Xiang and said excitedly,

"Hey, I thought you old and young people couldn't remember me. If it's not good wine, I, Junmou, can specially invite you drunk." Cai Xiang curled her lips and said,

Only then did Ouyang Xiu and Wang Zan realize that they had been talking for a long time and forgot the owner of the room. Ouyang Xiu smiled brightly and said, "Junmu, you and I know each other for a long time. You invite me to come, even if I don't have good wine."

"How can you catch a drunken man without wine?" Cai Xiang joked,

Wang Bian wanted to make friends with Ouyang Xiu today. He didn't know what Ouyang Xiu thought of him, but how could Wang Bian, the eight masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, not know Ouyang Xiu's name? Seeing Cai Xiang's words, Wang Bian said, "Drunken man's intention is not wine, but between mountains and rivers."

Ouyang Xiu's eyes lit up, and Wang was able to say the words in his "Drunken Man's Pavilion" and was overjoyed: "I didn't expect that Wang Shilang was my bosom friend. It's really easy to meet and difficult to know each other." After saying that, I drank another glass of wine, but I couldn't help admiring the good wine,

Wang's heart smiled. The drunken man's intention was not to drink. If Ouyang Xiu knew that the taste had changed after being taken out of context after a thousand years, he would probably have a crooked nose,

"The drunken man's famous saying is so catchy that everyone in the world knows that there is no mountain and no water today. This wine can be done. The intention of wine is not to be drunk." Wang said to make it full for Ouyang,

Ouyang Xiu was happy to hear it: "Well changed, then I'll have a 'wine urn who doesn't care' today." After saying that, he laughed and drank another cup,

That's not bad. The dishes haven't moved the chopsticks yet. Ouyang Xiu has drunk three cups in a row. Cai Xiang hurriedly said, "I think we'd better drink slowly, or we'll become a 'drinker who doesn't care'"

With a smile, he actually made four interpretations of Ouyang Xiu's famous sentence. Ouyang Xiu was even more overjoyed, but suddenly sighed: "Junmu, you, me and Shi Manqing also laughed and drank. It was a pleasure. I didn't expect that ten years of vicissitudes of life. The old man was not here, and I let me drink happily again. It's a pity. "."

Hearing Ouyang Xiu's words, Cai Xiang also sighed. Wang heard that Cai Xiang and Ouyang Xiu were old friends. No wonder it was so easy for Cai Xiang to invite Ouyang Xiu, and he was also crooked. Hearing them talking about Shi Manqing, he suddenly thought of an allusion and asked, "Shi Manqing mentioned by the Duke of An, but the one that could be drunk. There are many themed stone bachelors.

As soon as Cai Xiang heard this, Wang Bian began to say something that he didn't understand. Presumably, he traveled to Liao, Korea, and Japanese slaves caused a mixed language, so he asked with a smile, "If you can know that Shi Xueshi drinks in a different way, it can be seen that Wang Shilang is also a good drinker, but what does the theme mean?"

Wang Bian smiled and said, "The theme is the main central idea, such as the stone bachelor drinking and pretending to be a prisoner in prison. This theme is called 'prisoner drinking'; if you don't sit on the ground well, you have to climb to the treetops to drink, and learn from the nest of the ancients. This is called 'nest drink'; after drinking a cup, climb to the tree. After a while, go down to the tree to have a drink, which is called 'crake drink'; while crying and singing the elegy, drinking, it is called 'drinking'; the whole body is wrapped in a straw mat, only showing its head, after drinking, and then shrinking the head back, which is called 'the turtle drink'.

"Yes, yes, that's how that guy drinks." Ouyang Xiu and Cai Xiang both clapped their hands and said with a smile. Cai Jing, who was behind the king, heard for the first time that he covered his mouth and smiled secretly. He thought that there were all kinds of birds in the forest. There were such strange people in the world,

Speaking of Shi Manqing, Wang's side had an idea and said, "I know that Bachelor Shi is good at wine and poetry, and humorous. Once, he traveled to Baoning Temple. The groom was negligent, and the horse jumped up. Bachelor Shi was thrown off the horse, and the attendant hurriedly helped him up. Many people watching the scene thought that he was going to scold the groom, but he just pointed out. The groom said, "I'm a stone bachelor. If I were a stone bachelor, I wouldn't have fallen to pieces."

Ouyang Xiu and Cai Xiang laughed. Cai Xiang smiled and said, "This guy is like this. I think Wang Shilang is quite witty as Manqing in those years."

Ouyang Xiu also nodded with a smile: "Yes, I haven't laughed so happily for a long time. I didn't expect Wang Shilang to know what happened to Manqing in those years. If he hadn't been the son of Jiefu, I would have doubted that Wang Shilang's age experience."

At this moment, Wang Bian saw that Ouyang Xiu had completely accepted him and knew that the heat was about the same, so he said, "How can I be compared with the two respected teachers and Shi Xuexue, not to mention that I admire Shi Xue Geng Zhifang, and I heard that there was a prison book surnamed Niu who raised himself by making friends with Shi Manqing and being vassal and elegant. The value of

At that time, when the stone bachelor was an official in Kaifeng, Tokyo, he was a wine friend with a monk named Shi Miyan. One day, the secret actor monk brought the cow supervisor and brought ten stones to the good wine for the palace. The three of them drank until the sun went down. Shi Yannian was a little drunk. He said happily: 'Such a beautiful wine and beautiful scenery can be recorded,' So, Niu Jianshu picked up a pot of inkstone ink and waited for Shi Yannian to write on the wall of Fantai,

Shi Yannian picked up his pen and wrote on the wall: "Shi Yannian and the poets of the empty door always played here. After reading the Niu Jianshu, he hurried forward and said to Shi Yannian, "I, a mortal, have the honor to serve you and drink today. I hope you can raise your hand and hang a name for the villain, so that I can surpass myself from now on. 'Bachelor Shi knew that the official of the cow supervisor was donated with money. He didn't have any knowledge in his stomach, so he looked at him and added the words 'Niu holds the inkstone' at the back of the pen.

After Wang's words in one breath, Cai Jing and Ouyang Xiu laughed even more. Ouyang Xiu said, "This is, if there is indeed this matter, I will laugh at him. On the contrary, I helped the one surnamed Niu. That man is 'supporting the inkstone to get the golden cow'"

Wang said solemnly, "Alas, it can be seen that although Shi Xueshi is good at wine, he is very honest. Even if the Niu sponsored the wine, he will not ruin his reputation by drinking his wine and mentioning the man's name regardless of his reputation."

Ouyang Xiu looked up at Wang and suddenly laughed: "I think Wang Shilang is not going to invite drunken wine today."

"I'm not going to ask you to write an inscription." Wang said jokingly,

Ouyang Xiu put down his glass and said, "The drunken man is not drunk yet. I don't think everyone should be a problem. I guessed what happened when I came to see Wang Shilang today. It is rare that Wang Shilang narrates the story of his old friend so wonderfully, and he bothers to remind me with the inscription that you boy, there is such a big thing in the capital today. Am I deaf?" "

Cai Xiang accompanied a smile. How could he not know why the king mentioned Shi Manqing at this time, so he gave Ouyang Xiuman wine and said, "Don't be surprised, Duke of An. You also know that I dealt with a person today. Although this person has a bad reputation, he is also a red man in front of the emperor. Please come and hope that the drunken man can give advice. If If you can't punish evil, someone is bound to follow suit. It will be difficult to investigate and deal with things related to people's livelihood.

Ouyang Xiu pointed to Cai Xiang: "You and I have known each other for so many years, don't you know me? I admit that Qin Minzhi did send incense cakes to my house, but I will not cover up for this matter. Wang Shilang has been secretly laughing behind me. I also know that he is close to Mr. Cai. Naturally, you have to avoid suspicion, and leave this matter to me, let alone today. With this good wine, even if I don't have it, it's my duty to do it for the people.

Cai Xiang and Wang looked at each other and smiled. He hurriedly raised his glass to Ouyang Xiu, but Ouyang Xiu said, "Well, don't think that I agreed because I drank good wine. You have to tell me what this wine is, otherwise the drunken man will be drunk."

Wang Bian then said, "This wine is called white mutton wine. It is taken 30 catties of mutton at the twelfth lunar month. Among them, there must be ten catties of fat, six buckets of water, and put the meat in the pot to cook the meat. When the bone is soft, the bones are removed, smash the shredded meat, leave the gravy, steam the rice with fire, sprinkle the fatty meat on the rice, and then steam it softly and stir. Six buckets of juice are served, and then steamed. Finally, after heating, the bones and meat are picked up. Two liters of gravy can be made, and the juice can be pressed out. All of them are put in the wine mother. Finally, according to the usual number of brewing days, such exquisite white sheep wine is brewed.

The wine next to Wang was learned from Liaoning and Xin Zan. He didn't expect to use it today. As he spoke, he peeked at it. Ouyang Xiu and Cai Xiang's eyes were shining and he was drooling.