0p0 Chapter 383: The Gu brothers compete in drinking, Ruofeng finally decides his feelings
Chapter 383: The Gu brothers compete in drinking, Ruofeng finally decides his feelings
Gu Mansion.
The banquet was resumed after adding more wine and lighting the lights. Xiao Ruofeng returned to his room alone to think. At this moment, only Gu Jianmen and Lei Mengsha were left sitting opposite each other in the courtyard.
"It's not pleasant, not at all! Jian San'er, let's change the wine. Although Sang Luo's wine is mellow, it lacks the aftertaste. And that brat Lao Qi disappeared halfway. You have to drink the rest of the wine with me!"
As Lei Mengsha spoke, he pushed aside several empty wine jars, loosened his belt, and prepared to get drunk with Gu Jianmen.
Lei Mengsha knew very well why Xiao Ruofeng left - faced with a dilemma, Xiao Ruofeng escaped again.
The unpleasantness that just happened also made Gu Jianmen feel depressed. Seeing that Lei Mengsha wanted to drink more, he called Li Suli and replaced the wine glass with a blue-rimmed bowl.
The originally mellow but weak Sangluo was replaced with the famous liquor in the southwest - Maitreya grape juice!
Most people think it's wine, so they assume it's not very strong. But outsiders don't know that this wine is made using a unique method and is incredibly strong!
Even Baili Dongjun, who had tasted countless wines and had just come to Chaisang City to start a business and open a tavern, had fallen into trouble with this wine!
As soon as he arrived in Chaisang City, he tried all the famous wines in the city's taverns, but no matter which kind of wine, he could not make Baili Dongjun drunk, until one day he met Maitreya grapes!
The wine tastes sweet at first, with a strong grape aroma. It tastes better if it is drunk cold, and the wine flavor is also hidden.
Baili Dongjun usually drank mostly wine brewed from grains, with koji as the base and grain fragrance as the supplement. This was the first time he drank such a unique wine and he lost control of himself. He drank up all the wine in their cellar in a wine shop adjacent to Longshou Street!
This wine shop can be regarded as a famous old winery in Southwest Road. Some of their wines are aged for more than five years (fruit wine is different from grain wine, the longer the storage time is not necessarily better). Baili Dongjun boasts that he can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, but this time he was fooled in Southwest Road!
When Baili Dongjun drank up the last barrel of Maitreya grapes, an uncontrollable feeling of drunkenness rose from his dantian and climbed up his spine to his forehead!
In the end, Baili Dongjun was carried to his bedroom by the tavern waiter, and he didn't wake up until two days later!
Baili Dongjun, who had suffered a loss, secretly swore that he would never touch the Mi Le grapes from the Southwest Road again, unless he really had no wine to drink...
Without further ado, after changing to larger bowls, Gu Jianmen and Lei Mengsha did not hesitate to drink wine from the larger bowls, and soon both of them felt a little intoxicated.
Gu Jianmen's eyes were red as he stuffed a dried plum into his mouth, swallowing it without chewing it for a few seconds. Lei Mengsha shouted excitedly, and simply said nothing, holding the large bowl and drinking it down!
"The Marquis of Zhenxi's capture of Yunzhou City was a significant blow to Old Seven. But even if Old Seven led the troops to resist personally, I'm afraid they would only last another month or two."
Lei Mengsha wiped his mouth after he finished speaking. He had been fond of military tactics since he was a child and had read all the generals in the world. If you ask how many good generals were still alive in the world, Lei Mengsha could be said to know them all.
This is indeed the case. No matter whether it is Beili, Nanjue, Xifo or Beique, there is probably no one left in the world who can compete with Baili Luochen!
"I don't care whether Old Seven can hold out or not. Anyway, the old marquis is still as powerful as ever. He has taken over Yunzhou. From now on, my Gu family will never find another rival in the entire southwest business world!"
"Second Brother, you know this business is no easier than practicing martial arts or fighting a war! Buying and selling is all about going in and out, and how much knowledge is there in this process?"
"You have to hire servants, compare prices, be wary of cheating colleagues, and then you have to deal with those corrupt officials who covet and spy on you. They're trying to make a living from you, the most aristocratic family in the southwest. They want to give them nine out of every ten taels of silver you earn!"
"Hahahaha... Thankfully, Young Master Wen came up with a brilliant idea last time. He told me to kill that bloated prefect Xue Daocheng. Now, no one in Bingzhou will come to collect taxes from me anymore. Brilliant! Speaking of Young Master Wen, I wonder where he's at now. If I get the chance, I'll definitely treat him to a drink!"
After saying that, Gu Jianmen picked up the bowl filled with Maitreya grapes and drank it in one gulp!
Gu Jianmen was not very concerned about the war in Yunzhou. As for Baili Luochen taking over Yunzhou, his Gu family would definitely benefit from it.
Although Gu Jianmen is unruly and unrestrained by nature, like a sharp sword.
But ever since his elder brother Gu Luoli was killed by the traitors in the family and Yan Bietian, Gu Jianmen seemed like a different person.
Besides training in swordsmanship and the Gu family's military, he devoted all his time to managing the Gu family's business in Southwest Road. When burying Gu Luoli, Gu Jianmen secretly vowed to make the Gu family not only the most prominent family in Southwest Road, but also the most prominent family in all of Beili and even the entire world!
After several rounds of drinking, the two brothers were already drunk.
Wine jars and bowls were scattered on the floor. Gu Jianmen had fallen asleep with his head tilted back, a smile still on his face. Lei Mengsha leaned back in his chair, occasionally muttering something: "Wife, I really didn't go out to drink wine... It was all, it was Gu Jianmen who forced me to drink!"
Li Suli stood in the middle of the mess, looking at the patriarch who was about to slide to the ground, and then at Lei Mengsha who was haunted by nightmares and kept making excuses. He sighed deeply:
"Tsk! Young Master, oh Young Master, why don't you just drink something else? Why did you insist on asking me to buy Maitreya grapes? Now that you've drunk too much, I'm the one who's going to clean it up..."
The Gu Mansion finally returned to peace. Li Suli held the staggering Gu Jianmen with one hand, and supported the talking nonsense Lei Mengsha with the other hand, and helped the two drunkards back to the room.
But Xiao Ruofeng was terrifyingly awake. The words of his two senior brothers tonight made him feel like he had a lump in his throat, sitting on pins and needles, and he felt like he had a thorn in his back. It was already the second watch, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.
Xiao Ruofeng sat in front of the window, with the Haoque sword placed on the table. The hilt reflected the light of the candle. His face was as calm as water, but his heart was excited like thunder!
After a long while, the partridge called a few times outside the house and flew away with its wings flapping. For some reason, Xiao Ruofeng suddenly burst into laughter:
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"The world, my brothers, my kingdom, my country, haha... I want it all, but in the end, I'm afraid I'll get nothing!"
"Xiao Ruofeng, ah Xiao Ruofeng, you claim to be extremely intelligent, but you are so foolish about this. Screw the King of Langya, screw the world of Dali. I am just one man and one horse, and I will indulge in the world of martial arts, regardless of winter, summer, spring or autumn!"
Xiao Ruofeng seemed to have made up his mind. He raised his hand and extinguished the candle, then turned over and lay on the bed with his clothes on. He closed his eyes and felt extremely calm and peaceful in his heart, as if he had never felt so relaxed in his life!
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(I’ll post one chapter first. I came back too late from the project today, so I’ll make up for it tomorrow! Thank you all for your support, dear readers. Good night!)