Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Reunion

"Cui Wenzi!" Xiao Chuan laughed happily, "You deserve it, you deserve it! Who told you that Sanbao doesn't have long eyes to provoke a fool." Seeing Sanbao screaming and screaming is pitiful, Xiaochuan pleaded: "Old Cui, don't pretend drunk!" Cui Wenzi just opened his eyes, winked at Xiao Chuan and San Bao, and smirked. Sanbao understood: "So you pretended to be drunk to lie to me!" "I'm a wine fairy. When I'm drunk, I'm seven percent awake, and when I'm awake, I'm three percent drunk. Kid, I didn't lie to you!"

"Finally met a friend who can drink happily! Come on, old Cui, I won't go home if I don't get drunk today!" Xiao Chuan pulled Cui Wenzi to sit down.Cui Wenzi poured Xiao Chuan a bowl of his own wine, Xiao Chuan smelled it and praised, "It's still as fragrant as before." Cui Wenzi laughed and said, "I said earlier that when you smell the aroma of this wine, you will naturally see me." When Xiao Chuan heard this, he immediately became sad. He picked up the bowl, sighed and put it down again. "This wine reminds me of old people and many past events - Su Su has long since passed away, and Gao Yao's life and death are still unknown. It's really 'the scent of this wine is still there, so people and things are different'." Xiao Chuan couldn't help but his eyes turned red stand up.

When Cui Wenzi saw that Xiao Chuan thought of the dead Lu Su again, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart. He deliberately changed the subject and said, "Drinking is to be happy, don't talk about that, come, we will not return today if we are not drunk!" "Okay, if you don't get drunk, you won't go home!" Xiao Chuan picked up the wine bowl and drank it down, then raised his eyebrows, "Ha, I really enjoy it! Long time no see, why does this wine become more fragrant?" Cui Wenzi said: "I changed the recipe and added all kinds of the worst grains to brew, but it made the smell even more strange."

Xiaochuan raised his thumb: "Oh, this is really back to basics! ——Does this wine have a name?" Cui Wenzi shook his head: "I haven't named it yet, do you have any good suggestions?" Xiao Chuan sighed: "Just now I thought of my old friend, and I felt melancholy. After drinking this wine, I felt that the liquid passed through my throat, as if it had taken away my infinite worries and sent it to my old friend far away. Since it is miscellaneous Brewing, why not call it 'Valley of Worry'!" Cui Wenzi was overjoyed: "The grain that sends sorrow away, that's a good name! We drunkards don't need to be so polite, it's better to call it 'Send Sorrow Valley'."

Xiaochuan said to himself: "Jiyougu, blue-chip stocks?" He laughed loudly, clapped his hands and applauded, "Okay, great, if we have this kind of wine, it will be very popular. Everyone will buy it and drink it! If everyone drinks it, the stock market will definitely become a bull market!" Sanbao was curious: "It's enough to sell millet in Gushi, why sell cattle?" Xiao Chuan: "You don't have to understand, just drink!" After drinking for three rounds, Sanbao couldn't help asking again: "Mr. Cui, there is one thing that Sanbao doesn't understand. How did you subdue me when you were drunk?"

Cui Wenzi was quite proud: "I love wine like my life. After getting drunk, I will inevitably encounter some troubles. In order to defend myself, I have explored a set of drunken fists and drunken swords over the years." Hearing this, Xiao Chuan was very interested, and asked with blurred eyes: "Old Cui, do you think my aptitude can practice your drunken fist... sword?" Cui Wenzi glanced at Xiao Chuan, and said with bright eyes: "You were not good before, but now you have the potential!" In the following days, Xiao Chuan began to learn Zuiquan Zuijian from Cui Wenzi. They each held a gourd of wine and practiced Zuiquan Zuijian while drinking. They often got drunk halfway through the practice, and ended up suffering from emaciation. Sambo, who often dragged the two of them back to the inn with their straps on the floor.

Day by day, Xiao Chuan not only made great progress in martial arts, but also increased his drinking capacity. He often drank Cui Wenzi, but he still danced the sword superbly. In this way, a few months passed by, Xiao Chuan seemed to have forgotten about Yu Shu... On this day, Xiao Chuan and San Bao were drinking and practicing swords by the Lanchi, and San Bao also wanted to learn how to defend himself, so Xiao Chuan pointed out San Bao's movements. Two passing carriages full of goods stopped. The owner of the caravan was Li Si in disguise, and Qin Shihuang and several ministers pretended to be buddies.

Everyone came to rest in the bamboo forest, looked at the lake and mountains, smelled the aroma of wine, and couldn't help but feel greedy.Emperor Qin asked Li Si to ask for wine.Xiaochuan was hospitable and asked Sanbao to bring wine bowls for everyone to share. Qin Huang was amazed after drinking, and asked Xiao Chuan about the origin of the wine.Xiao Chuan told him that it was a good wine brought by a friend from Shu - Jiyou Valley. Suddenly, shouts sounded, and a group of robbers surrounded them.The ministers had never seen this before, and they all shrank back. Qin Huang was furious in his heart: In the capital of the Great Qin, such a thing happened under my nose!

The robbers didn't care about so many, they rushed forward, ready to kill and rob. In just a split second, the robbers were hit hard on the back of their hands and dropped their weapons. It turned out that Xiao Chuan, who was drunk, was holding a bamboo branch in front of them. Xiao Chuan used the Drunken Sword to beat the gangsters up and down, and San Bao also helped him, adding insult to injury.The robbers suddenly felt that they were "robbed", and all fled before turning into swollen pigs. Li Si was still in shock, thanked Xiao Chuan and asked for his name.Xiao Chuan smiled, and a friend who claimed to be the Immortal of Wine, took the three treasures and drove a boat into Lanchi.Li Si lamented that he was indeed an expert in the world.

Qin Huang was furious: "Why is such a talent not used by me in my court? Why is the law and order in Xianyang so bad?" He ordered Li Si to arrest the robber and investigate the knight. Emperor Qin returned to the palace after finishing his unannounced visit. He was so angry that before he could sit still, the chief eunuch rushed to report that a major event had happened in the palace. The plague spread throughout the harem. Many court ladies and eunuchs were infected to death. Also implicated! Qin Huang paled in shock, he just got such a beautiful woman, how could she make her disappear, and hurriedly sent an imperial doctor to treat her.The chief eunuch reported tremblingly: the imperial doctor was either sick and dying, or there was nothing he could do.Qin Huang was furious and wanted to kill all the imperial doctors who hadn't died of illness.

As a result, there was an uproar in the city of Xianyang, and people in the wine talked a lot about how many palace maids and eunuchs died in the palace, the imperial concubine Yushu also fell ill, and the imperial doctor himself died of illness... Xiao Chuan was very anxious when he heard such news, but he was helpless.The government put up bills everywhere and posted them at the door of the wine, claiming to recruit doctors, and if they could cure Concubine Yushu, they would be rewarded heavily. Everyone shook their heads after watching it. The imperial doctor who went to see a doctor either died of illness or was killed. No matter what, they all died together. Who would dare to take such a risk. Xiao Chuan suddenly thought of a person - Cui Wenzi!He always has a recipe for bringing the dead back to life.For the sake of Yushu, he had to deal with Cui Wenzi no matter what. Unexpectedly, Cui Wenzi was not moved, he drank the wine in the bowl and said: "I heard that the imperial doctors who went to see a doctor lost their lives. I don't covet money and titles, why take such a risk! Ask me to go, unless you can give me a reason and convince me." Xiao Chuan thought for a moment and said, "You said that you only look at strange diseases, and you are willing to take action when they are more strange and difficult to cure. Isn't this plague just a strange disease that is difficult to cure?" Cui Wenzi thought about Xiao Chuan's words, nodded and smiled: "This is a decent reason. However, I will only go if you do three things." The first thing Cui Wenzi asked Xiao Chuan to do was to get back the number one horse in Daqin, Meng Tian's mount, and bloody BMW—the blood of Heifeng! When Xiao Chuan heard it, this dead old Cui actually asked himself to get the blood of his enemy Meng Tian's mount, what was his intention? Didn't this make him be ashamed to beg that cold-blooded Meng Tian?Xiaochuan begged Cui Wenzi to change one thing, but Cui Wenzi refused. For Yushu's safety, Xiao Chuan had no choice but to bear it. He carried the small bottle Cui Wenzi gave him, and walked to Meng Tian's mansion depressedly. Arriving at the Meng Mansion, Meng Tian greeted him cheerfully, and said excitedly: "My dear brother, you are finally willing to return to this home! I knew there would be such a day." Xiao Chuan got straight to the point: "You promised me that if you encounter trouble, you can come to me." "Yes, I will do what I say. What do you want me to do for you?" Xiao Chuan put the small bottle on the table: "I want—the blood of Hei Feng." Meng Tian looked at Xiao Chuan, and said after a while, "Reason!" Xiao Chuan also looked at Meng Tian for a while, and said two words: "Yu Shu!" Meng Tian stopped talking, picked up the bottle and walked towards the backyard.Xiao Chuan looked at Meng Tian's back and said, "Wait, don't you doubt me at all?" Meng Tian turned his head and looked directly into Xiao Chuan's eyes: "I won't doubt my brother!" Xiao Chuan followed Meng Yi to the stable, and Meng Tian caressed Hei Feng with tenderness in his eyes.For many years, Hei Feng accompanied Meng Tian in battles and saved Meng Tian's life many times. For Meng Tian, ​​Hei Feng is more precious than his own life.He was absolutely unwilling to ask for Heifeng's blood, but for Yushu's sake, he had no choice but to feel sorry for Heifeng. ! I must not let her die!" Hei Feng looked at his master, as if he could feel the master's heart, he gently bumped his head against Meng Tian's arm.Meng Tian took out a small knife, gritted his teeth and slashed at Hei Feng's body, Hei Feng's body trembled, and blood flowed out immediately, Meng Tian caught it with a bottle, while stroking Hei Feng, tears flowed from his eyes. Meng Tian handed the bottle containing Hei Fengxue to Xiao Chuan, and Xiao Chuan clasped his fists at Meng Tian: "I don't want to owe this favor, and I will definitely return it to you in the future!" "You don't have to pay back anything, we are brothers! I just hope you can change your mind!" The second thing Cui Wenzi asked Xiao Chuan to do was to steal the deep-sea night pearl collected by the Imperial Palace Household Office. This luminous pearl is the size of a child's fist, and it will shine brightly every night, and it is priceless.But this treasure has been guarded by four eunuchs in turn.During the day, the palace was heavily guarded and unable to enter, but at night, the luminous pearl would automatically glow. Once the light disappeared, the guarding eunuchs would immediately notice it. This is indeed an impossible task. In order to complete this impossible task, Xiao Chuan gave full play to his cleverness. The first thing he had to do was to find a substitute for Ye Mingzhu.Xiao Chuan brought San Bao to the jewelry store. He used buying pearls as an excuse to talk endlessly with the shop owner, but San Bao took the opportunity to catch a big pearl from the counter with a thin thread dipped in propolis. Afterwards, Xiaochuan took Sanbao to the field in the dark night and caught fireflies.The two ran around, jumping up and down, and finally caught dozens of fireflies. In the end, what Xiaochuan has to do is to transform the pearl into a luminous pearl.Xiao Chuan imitated a box of night pearls, and then made a sandwich under the base, and put a gauze bag containing fireflies inside. A small hole was made between the base and the sandwich, and the pearl was fixed in the small hole. After the renovation was completed, Ogawa turned off the lights.In the dark room, the pearl suddenly turned into a shining night pearl! That night, Xiao Chuan and San Bao entered the House of Internal Affairs, and they quietly came to the room where the jewels were kept. On the beam, Xiao Chuan set up a self-made fixed pulley and rope, and cooperated with San Bao, imitating the aerial rope in "Professional Secret Service" Drop method, drop from the beam.When it landed in a suitable position, Xiao Chuan was hanging in the air, and was about to change the box, when suddenly a light came on outside, and an eunuch held a lantern, opened the door and walked in! Sanbao immediately tried to pull the rope desperately, and just pulled it up a little, the rope got stuck and couldn't be pulled! Xiao Chuan was hanging in the air and couldn't use his strength. The eunuch walked over step by step, and Xiao Chuan was about to be exposed! Xiao Chuan was quick-witted, pulled out the dagger, cut the rope on his back with one knife, fell to the ground, rolled on the spot the moment he landed, and hid in the dark without a sound. As soon as the rope was broken, it immediately flew into the air. The three treasures pulling the rope lost their fulcrum and fell on the beam, almost falling, and hurriedly hugged the beam with all four limbs.The rope flying in the air was about to fall, but Sanbao couldn't move, so he opened his mouth and bit the rope in desperation. The eunuch came to Ye Mingzhu and checked carefully before leaving in peace.He didn't know, both of them were worried when they went up and down. The eunuch walked for a long time and finally walked out of the house.The two on the beam and under the table finally breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Chuan replaced the real Ye Mingzhu with a fake Ye Mingzhu, and Sanbao pulled him up to the beam with a rope. The two hurried away, forgetting the fixed pulley on the beam. Cui Wenzi took Ye Mingzhu and Maxue from Xiaochuan, was very satisfied, put it in his own box, but took out a bottle of prepared medicine and handed it to Xiaochuan. Xiao Chuan's eyes widened. How could the two things he had obtained through hard work not be used to treat Yu Shu's illness? Cui Wenzi laughed and said, that was Xiao Chuan's self-indulgence. He just asked Xiao Chuan to do three things, and he didn't say anything about the dispensing!Besides, if he said it clearly, Xiao Chuan would not be so dedicated.Now there is a third thing for Xiao Chuan to do. Xiao Chuan was furious: "You still dare to ask me to do things, I have got all the medicine, and I won't listen to you!" Cui Wenzi said: "You can't refuse this matter, and you won't refuse, or even don't want to refuse." Xiao Chuan was angry and funny, "If you can really tell such a thing, I will give you my life!" Cui Wenzi nodded: "One word from a gentleman is hard to chase. The third thing is: you go to the palace alone with medicine to treat Yushu, while I stay at home." It turns out that this plague is indeed terrible, and Cui Wenzi also Worrying about losing his life, he turned from a drunkard into a drunkard. When Ogawa heard this, he really would not refuse the third condition. Cui Wenzi was proud: "Don't forget, your life is now my property!" Xiao Chuan shook his head, he was plotting people all his life, how could Cui Wenzi plot him like this? Cui Wenzi took a sip of wine, smiled and said to Xiao Chuan: "Xiao Chuan, I give you the eight words 'If you don't want to be strong, if you care about it, you will be chaotic', so I am the fairy in wine, and you are the turtle in the urn." As the only self-recommended doctors, Cui Wenzi and Xiao Chuan were of course selected. When they were taken outside the door of Yushu's bedroom, they realized that the matter was more serious than imagined.The entire bedroom was surrounded by guards masked in white cloth. The captain warned them through the white cloth mask: "Listen carefully, you can only enter through this door, but not exit. Unless you are dead, or the plague is cured!" Cui Wenzi handed the medicine box to Xiao Chuan, and said with a sneer, "Xiao Chuan, I won't go in if you have to say goodbye after sending you thousands of miles away." Xiao Chuan looked at Cui Wenzi's rascal face and smiled and replied: "If I come out alive, I will settle the score with you!" As soon as the chief guard raised his hand, the door of the bedroom was slowly opened. Before Xiao Chuan could enter, several palace maids and eunuchs burst out crying and shouting. Dead on the spot.The corpse was immediately limed, wrapped in a white cloth, and carried away. Xiao Chuan looked at the bloody incident that happened at this moment, and looked at Cui Wenzi.The smile on Cui Wenzi's face was gone, and he became much more serious, his eyes seemed to say: "It's too late to regret it now." Xiao Chuan shook his head with a smile, turned his face away, took a deep breath, put on a white cloth mask, and stepped into the gate with the medicine box in hand. Before he could react, the door was closed tightly behind him.Xiao Chuan glanced around, and the scene in the bedroom made him pale with shock: there were sick maids and eunuchs everywhere; some people who could still walk had despair written all over their faces.When they saw Xiao Chuan coming in with a medicine box, they all surrounded him, grabbed Xiao Chuan's arms, clothes, legs, and begged him for help. Xiao Chuan really wanted to help them cure their diseases, but Cui Wenzi repeatedly asked: This medicine is only enough to save Yushu alone! Xiao Chuan gritted his teeth, and pushed away the people who were asking for help with all his heart, tears were already in his eyes. Through the wailing, Xiao Chuan came to Yu Shu's door, he was suddenly frightened, hesitated for a moment, then opened the door and walked in. The huge room was empty and quiet. There was not a single person, and there was no trace of popularity. It was cold and depressing, making people shudder. Finally, Xiao Chuan saw Yu Shu on the hospital bed. She was haggard and lost her charm, and her weak eyes were slightly closed.It's hard to imagine how the beautiful Yu Shu, who turned out to be as beautiful as a fairy, became so weak! Forgetfully taking off his mask, he knelt in front of her bed and called out, "Yu Shu, Yu Shu! I'm Xiao Chuan!" In the chaos, Yushu suddenly heard the word "Xiao Chuan", so she tried her best to open her eyes, and vaguely saw Xiao Chuan's appearance. The corner of her mouth moved, and a smile appeared: "Xiao Chuan?Am I in a dream now, or in heaven? Xiao Chuan excitedly said: "Yu Shu, you are not dreaming, and you are not dead, I am really Xiao Chuan!"You touch it! " Xiaochuan desperately pressed Yushu's hand on his cheek. He felt the coldness of Yushu's hand, and immediately held her hand tightly with his own, trying to warm her. Yushu lifted her spirits, looked at Xiao Chuan carefully, and finally smiled reassuringly: "It's really you!" Suddenly she realized that she had been infected with the plague, she quickly pulled her hand back, and said anxiously: "How could you Come here? Leave quickly, leave quickly! No one who contracted this disease will survive!" Xiaochuan smiled and held Yushu's hand again, and said affectionately and firmly: "Since I'm here, I don't plan to leave alone! Either cure your illness, or stay here with you forever." "What's wrong with you?" "No, I'm not bitter at all, on the contrary, how sweet it is to see you! Without you, what's the point of my life?" "Me too, I feel like a walking dead all day long." Xiao Chuan looked at Yu Shu emotionally: "Why do people live so long, even if it's only for one day, so that we can love each other to the fullest, and I won't change it for the whole world!" Yu Shu also looked at Xiao Chuan emotionally: "You are my world."