Chapter 41 The forty-first round of wine gambling

There are a few lines of small characters at the back, which explain the origin of this poem. "Chunxi Bingshen to the day, I passed Weiyang. The snow fell at the beginning of the night, and the shepherd's wheat was full of hope. When I entered the city, I looked around the depression, the cold water was green, the dusk gradually rose, and the guards chanted sadly. I feel sad, feeling the past and the past, because The old man Qianyan thinks that there is the sorrow of "Shu Li". ""Shu Li" is one of them. Compassionate about the subversion of the Zhou family, I hesitated and couldn't bear to go, so I wrote a poem.That is a more obvious "thinking of the motherland". The guest surnamed Han praised: "Okay, the words are good, and this small preface is also good. Liao Liao counting crosses, writing emotions and scenes, are very touching." The surname Liu Na said: "The poem of the old man Baishi was written after the war between the Jin and Song Dynasties. In the 30th year of Shaoxing (Song Gaozong Zhao Gou's reign), Wan Yanliang, the gold master, led the army to invade the south and was defeated by Yu Yunwen in Caishiji, Yangzhou. It was also ravaged by war. This poem was written in the third year of Chunxi (Song Xiaozong's year), sixteen years since the battle of Caishiji, but Yangzhou is still not recovering, and the scenery is depressed. Feeling. When we read this poem, we must know the story.” The man surnamed Han seemed slightly ashamed, and said, "Yes, thank you Brother Liu for explaining to my younger brother." The man surnamed Liu said: "I dare not. But I was thinking..." At this point, he suddenly let out a long sigh and drank a full glass. The surname Han said: "What are you thinking, brother Liu?" The man surnamed Liu said slowly: "Seven hundred years ago, when the Jin captives invaded the south, Yangzhou suffered from this war, and its vitality has not recovered for 16 years. It’s still far worse!” (Note: The Ten Days in Yangzhou and the Three Massacres in Jiading were the two biggest atrocities committed after the Qing soldiers entered the customs in the early Qing Dynasty.) The man surnamed Han was taken aback, and said in a low voice: "Brother Liu, this place is no different from ours. This place is only suitable for gossip. What are you talking about? This happened more than a hundred years ago. " The man surnamed Liu said coldly: "The wine is cold, but my blood is not cold yet. You know my temperament. You feel it, and you can't stop talking. Not so much. Hehe, you are right. It has been more than a hundred years since the Ten Days of Yangzhou and the Three Massacres of Jiading. Today, Yangzhou is full of "singing and dancing" again! Alas, today I want to find a tree with "abandoned pool" 'The old man Baishi who thinks about it, I am afraid it will be very difficult." The man surnamed Han panicked, and it was inconvenient to stop him, so he raised his glass and said repeatedly: "Brother Liu, drink, drink, drink!" Miao Changfeng thought to himself: "The man surnamed Han is as timid as a mouse, so there is no need to mention him. The man surnamed Liu is a friend worth making." Just as he was about to talk to him, he suddenly heard heavy footsteps, and came again. There were four guests. Miao Changfeng turned his eyes and saw that the three men in front were big and strong, and the man in the back was a small and thin man with a sallow complexion, which was a perfect contrast to the three in front. As soon as these four people sat down, they slammed the table loudly, and the waiter hurried over to say hello, "What do you want, sir?" "Give us a jar of good wine first!" said the person sitting at the top. The waiter in the shop was taken aback, and said: "The Shaoxing wine in the small jar of the shop also weighs 20 catties." "What about the altar?" "Forty catties!" The leader laughed and said, "The small pot is not enough to drink, so give us the big pot! Another five roast chickens and ten catties of stewed beef!" Miao Changfeng thought to himself: "I don't know which line these four are high-rollers?" The man sitting at the top was also looking at him, and Miao Changfeng lowered his head to drink and ignored him. The man surnamed Han sitting next to him quietly gave the man surnamed Liu a hand under the table, signaling him not to talk nonsense.At this moment, the man in the lead turned his attention to him, stood up Mingdi, and said loudly: "Aren't you Han Peng, Brother Han? Do you still remember my little brother?" Han Peng knew that he couldn't avoid it, so he stood up too, pretending to remember, and said, "Ah, it turned out to be Brother Wu, this is a coincidence!" That "Brother Wu" laughed loudly, and said: "We drank at Yimaolou in Gaocheng that day, and it has been three years before we know it. I didn't expect to see you here. Come, come, let me introduce some friends to you. This is Brother Ximenhu, this is Brother Jin Dading, and this is Brother Wei Qing." Han Peng clasped his fists together and said, "Three big brothers, it's a pleasure to meet you, it's a pleasure to meet you." The man surnamed Liu was still sitting and drinking.His friends socialized with those people, but he turned a blind eye to them. That "Brother Wu" had an unhappy expression on his face, and said, "Brother Han, this noble friend is—" Han Peng had no choice but to apologize to the person surnamed Liu and said, "Brother Liu, let me introduce some good friends to you." Then the person surnamed Liu stood up and said lightly: "I'm a shabby person who doesn't know how to socialize. Don't be surprised! My surname is Liu, and the single name has the word 'anti'." The "Brother Wu" said: "My surname is Wu, and I also have the word 'Hong' in my name. I am a rough person, but I like to make friends. Brother Liu, you don't like socializing in clichés, and your temper is exactly the same as your younger brother. Let's If you want to make friends, make a bosom friend." Liu Kang still said indifferently: "Thank you for your favor, but I don't dare to climb high." Wu Hong said: "Brother Liu, you are being polite. It is better to meet you by chance than to invite each other. I will toast to Brother Liu." Liu Kang said coldly: "Drinking from a cup is not enough, if you want to drink, you can drink a jar. Bartender, bring me a jar of 40-jin Shaoxing wine as usual!" The sallow and thin man named Wei Qing smiled and said: "Brother Wu, you always boasted that you are invincible in the wine world, but today you have met your opponent!" At this time, the jar of wine that Wu Hong wanted had already been delivered, and Wu Hong laughed and said: "Wonderful, wonderful! It's rare that brother Liu has such a large amount of wine, so I should accompany you. Old Wei, your drinking capacity is also very good, let's drink a lot of wine." Have a drink with Brother Liu. Brother Liu, we can drink as much as you drink, okay?" It turned out that although Wei Qing is not as good at drinking as he is, he has profound internal skills, and he has a way to keep himself from getting drunk. , I'm afraid that if my drinking capacity is not as good as Liu Kang, Wei Qing can beat him. Liu Kang said: "Very good, but you two are gambling with me, I should also find a friend to accompany me. Let's drink separately." "Everyone drinks his own", the implication is that you drink with your friends, and I drink with my friends, and I don't want to hang out with you. Wu Hong frowned, but pretended not to understand what he meant. After frowning, he laughed and said, "Great, great, this is even more lively! Brother Liu said so, Brother Han must also have a lot of alcohol." Alright. Then it's us two against you two!" Han Peng quickly shook his head and said, "You guys gamble, but I can't handle it!" Wei Qing raised the jar of Shaoxing wine with one hand, and said: "Everyone is welcome, this jar of wine is for you to drink first!" As he spoke, he raised his arms, and the jar of wine flew towards Liu Kang. Liu Kang stretched out a pair of chopsticks, and the wine jar flew towards him. The chopsticks rubbed lightly against the side of the jar, and stretched back, the wine jar followed his chopsticks rolling, and landed smoothly on the table. The wine jar had already been opened , the wine didn't spill a bit. This is the superior ability of "four or two strokes of a thousand catties" in martial arts, and Wu Hong and others couldn't help but be surprised when they saw it.Liu Kang's move was not only to show off his martial arts, he didn't take it with his hands, but to express his unwillingness to make friends with the opponent.Gambling alcohol is gambling, but friendship is not enough. Miao Changfeng thought to himself: "This person must be on a wrong path, that's why Liu Kang didn't give them face at all, but his friend surnamed Han seems to be quite flattering to those four people, so Liu Kang asked him to play a supporting role. Gambling on alcohol may not necessarily pay off." Before thinking about it, I saw that the altar of wine that Liu Kang wanted had also been delivered.Liu Kang lifted up the wine jar like a gourd, and said: "It's not rude to come, this jar of wine will be returned to you!" But the way of throwing the jar was different, he threw the wine jar up, and shouted With one palm strike, the wine jar flew towards Wu Hong. Among the four, Wei Qing had the deepest attainment of internal skills, but Wu Hong is the "boss", if Wei Qing takes over, it would be a shame for him, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet, put all his strength into his arms, and take over the wine jar. There was only a "click" sound, Wu Hong took the wine jar and put it on the table, but the chair he was sitting on had all four legs broken.It turned out that the wine jar was pushed by Liu Kang with his palm force. When Wu Hong took over the jar, if he pushed forward with his palm force, the jar would definitely burst, so he had to retract his palm force as soon as he touched the jar. All in all, how could the chair he was sitting on stand up?Fortunately, he had been prepared for a long time, and when the chair leg broke, he had already stabilized his horse, so he didn't fall down, but he still lost a move. Wu Hong blushed, so he could only say, "Brother Liu is very skilled!" Liu Kang smiled coldly, and said, "Brother Wu's supernatural power is amazing, such a solid mahogany chair is unbearable for Brother Wu to sit on, and my younger brother admires it even more." It is a compliment, but it is actually a mockery.Wu Hong lost a move and could only be angry in his heart. Wei Qing said nonchalantly: "The store has changed a chair. We are competing for drinking capacity, not martial arts. Come on, come on, come on, let's come to the bar." He was thinking in his heart: "We will have a drink competition later, I call you I know my internal strength is great." Both parties understood in their hearts that the comparison of drinking capacity was actually a secret competition of kung fu.What Wei Qing said was just to cover Wu Hong's shame. Han Peng hurriedly said again: "Brother Liu, I can't drink, you know that." Before the words were finished, Liu Kang had already stood up, walked up to Miao Changfeng, and said, "Brother, what's your name?" Miao Changfeng was stunned for a moment, and said, "Your surname is Miao, what advice can Brother Liu give you?" Liu Kang said slowly: "Drink alone, Brother Miao, I want to make friends with you, I wonder if Brother Miao will drink with me?" It was only then that Han Peng realized that what Liu Kang said just now was to find a friend to gamble with the other party, and this "friend" did not refer to him.Although there was a burning fever on his face.He felt that this was Liu Kang's humiliation in front of others, but he let go of a stone in his heart. Miao Changfeng did not expect Liu Kang's sudden attack.But he has a bold personality, and originally wanted to make friends with Liu Kang, so he didn't refuse, walked past Liu Kang's table, laughed and said: "Brother Liu's pride is heartbreaking. Meeting a bosom friend in wine is a great joy in life. This friend I hand it over to you. Bring a big bowl, and I will respect you first!" The waiter in the store put a large bowl in front of Wu, Wei, Miao, and Liu. Miao Changfeng picked up the wine jar, which was more than three feet high from the table, and poured the wine. The two bowls were filled to the brim. There was no splash, he hooked his fingers lightly on the side of the bowl, and the bowl full of wine turned slowly, he leaned to the side of the bowl, and drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp without any splash .Liu Kangxin said: "Sure enough, I was not wrong, this person's internal strength is higher than mine." Immediately he praised the word "good", and he also drank his own bowl of wine. You must know that the jar is three feet away from the table, and when you pour the wine into the bowl, there will be an impact force. It is not difficult to fill the wine, but it is difficult to prevent it from spilling.It has to be controlled very well.Wei Qing thought to himself that he could barely do it, but Wu Hong is a foreigner's kung fu, and his hard kung fu is almost at its peak, but it may not be possible to control his internal force so skillfully. Wei Qing said coldly: "Brother, we drink just to drink, and we don't need to play tricks." Wu Hong said: "Yes, let's see who gets drunk first, friend Liu, it's your turn to drink." He and Wei Qing have done two bowls in succession.Liu Kang said with a smile: "We each drink our own way, and no one cares about how we drink it. But if after drinking this jar of wine, everyone is not drunk, so what?" Wu Hong was surprised and thought to himself "One jar of wine weighs forty catties. Could it be that they have the ability to drink two jars?" Not sure about winning, so they had to guard against defeat before seeking victory, saying: "Everyone is not drunk, it depends on who drinks up the wine first." A jug of wine." Everyone took turns to drink, you had a big bowl, and I had a big bowl. In the blink of an eye, the four of them had already drank more than ten bowls, each bowl weighed more than half a catty, and the wine in their stomachs was almost ten catties. Miao Changfeng paid attention secretly, and saw hot white steam rising from Wei Qing's head, getting thicker and thicker.Knowing that he evaporated the spirits into sweat with his internal energy, he thought to himself: "This person's inner drive is not weak, drinking this way, this jar of wine will not trouble him." Look at that Wu Hong again, but he has a different way of drinking. While drinking, he is playing with an iron gall in his hand, rubbing the iron gall with both hands.It turned out that he was practicing foreign martial arts, so he had to work hard to drink more and more.His usual habit is to drink a round of wine and punch once, and then drink after punching. If he can drink as much as he can, he can drink up to twenty catties.Nowadays, drinking with others, of course, you can't punch, so you have to play with iron gallbladder in order to show your strength.I could only hear the clanking of the iron gallbladder, sparks would fly out from time to time, and the force of rubbing his palms was really enough to shock the world. Each looked at each other, but Miao Changfeng could see their tricks, but they couldn't see the kung fu of Miao Changfeng and Liu Kang.I saw that they drank bowl after bowl calmly, without white gas coming out of their heads, or playing with anything in their hands.Wu Hong and Wei Qing were secretly surprised, thinking: "If I don't lose to them, I have to drink up this jar of wine quickly." But even so, drinking too much alcohol is the most harmful thing to the body.Even with Wei Qing's internal strength attainments, it takes a while for the wine he drank to evaporate before he can drink again. Miao Changfeng said suddenly: "Bowl after bowl is not enough, Brother Liu, let me share the half jar of wine with you, let's drink it up in one go!" Liu Kang said: "Okay, Brother Miao, I respect you first. You!" He raised the wine jar; he slapped the bottom of the jar with his palm, and the wine shot out from the mouth of the jar like a fountain, and Miao Changfeng sat opposite, opened his mouth, and sucked the wine into his mouth like a whale swallowing a siphon. Those people have seen this drinking method several times before, but they couldn't help being stunned for a moment.Wu Hong paused suddenly and said, "Fourth brother, drink quickly!" Wei Qing picked up the wine jar and poured it into his mouth. Miao Changfeng laughed and said, "I've already drank half of it! Taigong Jiang is a god, don't forget yourself." Liu Kang said: "Yes, let's bet with others, half of each person is fair." Throwing the wine jar to Miao Changfeng turned the mouth of the altar to face himself.Miao Changfeng slapped the bottom of the altar like a gourd, "Jiuquan" spewed out, and Liu Kang also drank it like a gourd. Miao Changfeng turned over the wine jar, and there was nothing left in the jar.Miao Changfeng smiled and said, "I'm sorry, we finished drinking!" Although Wei Qing poured it into his mouth desperately, the wine in the jar was not finished yet.Moreover, this "gambling on wine" had been agreed to be two against two. Even if he could drink up all the wine in the jar, seriously speaking, he would still lose to others. Wei Qing hugged the wine jar, extremely embarrassed.Wu Hong said dejectedly: "Fourth brother, forget it." Suddenly someone yelled and said, "Ha, brother Han, Lao Wu, so you are all here and have met each other. Hey, Wei Laosi, what are you doing?" The person who came in was a tall man in his fifties. He was facing Han Peng and walked in. He glanced sideways and suddenly saw Wei Qing holding a big wine jar. He was very surprised. Wu Hong quickly winked at the man, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Zong, we gambled with these two friends, and our skills are not as good as others, so we have to admit defeat." That "Brother Zong" looked at Miao and Liu, and said, "These two friends are—" Wu Hong said: "This Brother Liu and this Brother Miao are both good friends of Brother Han." Miao Changfeng said coldly, "I don't dare to climb high." When the man came in, Han Peng seemed to have a look of panic on his face, and he kept silent. At this time, Fang Shi was forced to smile and said: "This Brother Miao is a new friend that I just met today." The man surnamed Zong has a lot of experience in the world, and he is clear in his mind by observing words and demeanor: "These two people and Han Peng must not be friends on the same line." He laughed and said: "It's a pleasure to meet, it's a pleasure to meet. Drinking with friends, how much fun is it, let me join in the fun and toast the two friends!" Speaking of the word "toast", he suddenly grabbed the wine jar in Wei Qing's hand.With a chop of his left palm, he immediately threw the jar into the air. There was only a sound of "pong", the jar seemed to be split open by a sharp axe, and the wine poured down from mid-air.The man had already picked up two sea bowls, one pocket after another, the bowls were full of wine, with a wave of his arms, the two sea bowls filled with wine flew towards Miao Changfeng and Liu Kang respectively. As the man flew out of the bowl, he said: "I am impatient, and I am impatient to pour the wine slowly, don't be offended by the two of you!" The sea bowl flew in front of him, Liu Kang raised a chopstick and pushed it towards the bottom of the bowl, the sea bowl swirled on top of the chopsticks, and he opened his mouth to drink. Miao Changfeng used another method of connection. He spread his palms flat, and the palms seemed to have suction, and the sea bowl fell towards his palms.He didn't drink it right away. The jar that the man split was falling from the air, divided into two sides of equal size, and there were no broken pieces.Even if it is split with a sword, it is difficult to keep it intact.After receiving two bowls of wine from the altar, the rest of the wine was still pouring down. Miao Changfeng said: "It's impolite to come and not to go, I'll toast you a bowl!" Liu Kang said: "Yes, don't spoil the wine!" While speaking, the two clapped their palms at the same time, and the two palms squeezed together, and the jar that separated the two sides exploded with a "pong", and the fragments fell like rain.那人挥袖一卷，把碎片都裹住了，冷笑道：“朋友，你们要和我较量暗器么？” 缪长风在拍出那一掌的同时，飞出一只海碗，海碗端端正正的落在他们的那张桌子上，空中倾泻下来的余酒，又正好落在碗中。原来是他们两股掌力，把那倾泻下来的酒，挤迫成为一股“酒柱”，刚好向着桌子中心落下，盛满那个海碗。缪长风这才笑道：“朋友，你误会了，我们不过是还敬而已。来，来，来，喝呀，喝呀！” 那人大吃一惊，心想：“这姓刘的内功或许比不上我，姓缪这厮却似在我之上。唔，姓缪的人很少，莫非他就是著名的江湖游侠缪长风。” 他自忖和伍宏等人联手，也未必占得便宜，与其自讨没趣，还不如做得漂亮一些，于是哈哈一笑，说道：“好，这碗酒我和你喝了，青山绿水，咱们后会有期。”伍宏、魏庆等四人跟他走下酒楼。伍、魏步下楼梯之际，回头向韩朋望了一眼，似是向他打招呼，又似是轩眉瞪眼，恼怒于他。 店小二叫道：“客官，你们还没付酒钱呢！”那人衣袖一抖，哗啦啦一叠破片落下，回身飞出一锭大银，嵌在柜台上，说道：“那桌客人的酒钱我也一并付了。” 缪长风说道：“我为什么要喝你们的酒？”韩朋见他们已经走开，心里正自放下一块石头，生怕缪长风又要生事，说道：“那位伍大哥是小弟的朋友，就算是小弟代作东道吧。” 伍宏在外面哈哈说道：“说得不错，韩大哥，你的确是好朋友！”