Chapter 21 The twenty-first meeting on a narrow road

As soon as Shen Lang went upstairs, he saw the little old man tasting wine alone.He already felt a little strange about this person's expression and demeanor. It's because although the old man looks ordinary, he seems to have an indescribably mysterious and strange meaning.He knew that all such people must have a mysterious origin. At this moment, he naturally refused to let go of the opportunity to get close to this mysterious person. He stood up immediately, cupped his fists and said with a smile: "Since I have accepted the wrong love, I dare not obey my orders." The little old man was still sitting upright, he just smiled and said: "How about please come here?"

Shen Lang said: "Obey." Panda'er couldn't help cursing in a low voice: "This old man is so arrogant...Brother Shen, I'll accompany you." The two walked back and forth, but the little old man only looked at Shen Lang, and said slowly: "Please forgive me for being rude, I can't stand up to greet you..." His smile suddenly became a little strange, and he slowly continued: "Just because I have the best reason, please forgive me..." Panda couldn't help but said, "What reason?" The old man didn't answer, but lifted the hem of his shirt slightly.

He has lost both legs. The empty trouser legs fluttered when the clothes were lifted up. The old man stared at the panda coldly, and said: "I'm afraid there is no need for the old man to answer, and I can see it with one step." Panda Er felt a little apologetic, and mumbled: "Uh... this..." The old man said: "Are you satisfied with one step?" Panda Er said: "Please forgive me..." The old man cut his mouth coldly: "If you are satisfied with your step, please go further away. The old man did not invite you to come, if you want to sit here, I am afraid it will not be very interesting."

The panda froze there for a long while, then suddenly laughed and said, "I don't think I will be chased away, and lose my temper. This is something I have never encountered in my life, but if I don't sit down, I will just sit down." How about standing aside?" The old man said: "If you are really so ignorant, you can only listen to it." He never looked at Panda again, and when he looked back at Shen Lang, he smiled again, and said with a slight smile: "Please sit down." .” Shen Lang cupped his fists and smiled, "Thank you for your seat."

The panda is neither advancing nor retreating, only standing there. But the old man greeted the shopkeeper again, and presented seven wine glasses, which were neatly placed in front of Shen Lang.The old man seemed to be very happy, and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Xiang is fond of wine, he must know wine." Shen Lang said with a smile: "It's hard to find a confidant in this world, why not find it in a cup." The old man clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful, wonderful." Picking up the first wine bottle, poured half a glass into the first glass in front of Shen Lang, the light blue and slightly pale wine was similar to the complexion of the old man.

The old man said with a smile: "I know wine with one step, so please drink up." Without any hesitation, Shen Lang took a cup and drank it down, and said with a smile: "Good wine." The old man said: "What kind of wine is this, can you taste it with one step?" Shen Lang smiled slightly and said: "This wine is soft but firm, although it is mellow and strong, like the north wind in early spring and the setting sun in severe winter. I wonder if it is made from the strong product Daqu and Zhuyeqing in the wine?" The old man clapped his hands and said with a smile: "That's right, my husband really knows the wine...Although the properties of Zhuyeqing and Daqu wine are completely different, if you mix it and drink it, it will have a special smell."

Shen Lang said: "However, if it wasn't for the master's skillful blending, how could the taste of the wine be so wonderful?" The old man sighed and said: "To tell you the truth, I have indeed spent a lot of effort on this 'wine' in my life, but until today, I finally met a bosom friend." Panda couldn't help but shouted loudly: "What's so great about this? Pour two kinds of wine together, and even a three-year-old child can pour it. I don't want someone to boast about it today." The old man's expression remained unchanged, let alone looking at him, he just said slowly: "There are some ignorant boys who only think that mixing the two into one flavor must be extremely easy, but they don't know that there are so many wines in the world, as many as stars in the sky, they need to use some What kind of wine can be mixed together to make a moving wine taste, and the knowledge involved is beyond the dreams of those ignorant boys."

Panda was deflated after eating, full of suffocation, and couldn't get angry. Shen Lang glanced at him with a smile, and said: "As the saying goes: Articles are naturally made, and skillful hands can get them by chance. This must be the same reason why the old man mixes wine." The old man clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Exactly, how can it be considered an article if you put together a few words at random? And how can there be any difference between the articles made by a master and a layman? The article is like this, and so is the wine. Words need to be concatenated by masters to become articles; wine also needs to be blended by masters to be called a wonderful product."

Shen Lang said with a smile: "Since that's the case, let me have another cup." Sure enough, the old man picked up the second wine bottle, and poured half a glass into the second wine glass in front of Shen Lang. The amber wine had a strange green color. This is similar to the color of the eyes of the old man. Shen Lang took out his cup and drank it, then sighed to himself: "Good wine! I don't know if it is made of Jiangnan Nuerhong as the main ingredient, Moutai and Zhuyeqing as supplements, and a few drops of lotus leaf wine?" The old man laughed loudly and said: "Exactly! This old man has put a lot of thought into making this wine, so he gave it a name and called it Old Madam Tang's trump card..."

Shen Lang laughed and said: "The taste of the wine is good, and the name of the wine is even better. When this wine is drunk, it is cool and refreshing, but after drinking it, it is like a flame, and it goes straight down to the stomach. The hidden weapons are somewhat similar." The old man laughed and said: "The most difficult thing in mixing wine is to match the fineness, which can't be wrong in the slightest. If this wine is mixed with daughter red by 10%, it will become 'Old Lady Tang's foot wrap'. I can't eat it either." The two laughed at each other, and they became more and more speculative.

When the old man began to pour the third glass of wine for Shen Lang, Panda couldn't wait any longer, so he had to take a break and slipped back quietly. Qiao Wu smiled and said, "Brother is finally back." Panda shrugged his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Drinking is for fun, so there are so many troubles. If you put so much thought into mixing and matching wine first, you don't need to drink this wine." Qiao Wu laughed and said: "Yes, it's still a big cup of burning knife to drink." Panda Er said: "I don't think Brother Qiao is my confidant. Come, let me toast you." The two drank three glasses, drinking in their mouths, still couldn't help but sneak a look there from the corner of their eyes, there was some envy in their eyes. Fourth Aunt Hua pursed her lips and said with a smile: "It seems that the two of you still want to drink the wine in that old man's bottle." Qiao Wu stared and said, "Who said I want to drink?" Fourth Aunt Hua giggled and said, "It's just that I can't drink it, so it's hard to say." Qiao Wu said: "Exactly, wine that cannot be drunk will always be sour." Panda'er smiled and sighed: "Shen Lang's luck is always better than others. Not only is his beauty better than others, but even his good luck is somewhat better than others." Fourth Aunt Hua smiled slightly: "But don't think that these few glasses of wine are easy to drink." Panda blinked and said, "How do you say that?" Fourth Aunt Hua said: "It really took a lot of effort for him to drink these few glasses of wine." Panda Er wondered: "Someone pours wine into the glass in front of him. He only needs to raise his hand and tilt his neck, and the wine will be in his stomach. What effort does it take?" Fourth Aunt Hua said: "It's because someone else is pouring the wine for him that he wasted his energy." Panda Er smiled wryly, "The more I talk, the more I don't understand." Qiao Wu said: "Not only do you not understand, but I am also very confused." Fourth Aunt Hua smiled and said, "Take a closer look." Panda and Qiao Wu had already stared together, only to see that Shen Lang had already drank the fifth glass of wine and had just raised the sixth glass. Fourth Aunt Hua said: "Now Mr. Shen has raised his wine glass, right?" Panda rubbed his nose and said, "Yes!" Fourth Aunt Hua said, "What about now?" Panda said: "Now...the old man raised the wine bottle." Fourth Aunt Hua said: "Mmm... Then look down and look carefully." Qiao Wu said: "Now, that old man tilted the wine bottle..." Panda said: "Now, that old man's bottle has touched Shen Lang's wine glass." Qiao Wu said: "Okay, now he starts to pour the wine." Fourth Aunt Hua said: "Don't you see anything strange?" Qiao Wu frowned and said, "This...what's so strange about this..." Panda suddenly clapped his hands and said: "By the way, this old man not only moves slowly, but also pours wine very slowly. I have said so many words, but he still hasn't finished half a glass of wine." Fourth Aunt Hua said: "That's it. But why is he pouring the wine so slowly? Have you seen the reason?" Panda'er caught his gaze and said, "Although his pouring hand is very stable, his sleeve is fluttering, as if his whole arm is shaking." Qiao Wu said: "Yes, he is wearing a thick and heavy leather robe, and the sleeves of this robe are not blown by the wind. But why is his arm shaking? Could it be..." Panda Er interjected: "Could it be that he is exerting all his strength?" Fourth Aunt Hua said: "You should look at Mr. Shen again." Panda'er said: "Shen Lang is still smiling...but his smile is very rigid. Hmm! His sleeves are also a little moved... Oh! Look at his wine glass." Qiao Wu also lost his voice and said: "Is there something missing in his wine glass?" Panda said: "The wine glass was obviously good just now, but at this moment it was squeezed by the old man's wine bottle... Hey, look at the wine bottle again." Qiao Wu laughed and said, "The mouth of this wine bottle has been bent..." Fourth Aunt Hua smiled and said: "That's right, you two should have noticed by now that the two of them are drinking politely on the surface, but they are already secretly competing." Panda Er sighed: "I don't think this old man has such deep internal strength, and he can compete with Shen Lang on the same level, which is quite unexpected." Qiao Wu said in a deep voice, "In my opinion, Mr. Shen still has the upper hand." Panda Er said: "Of course Shen Lang has the upper hand. But how many people are there in the world who can make Shen Lang exert so much strength?" Qiao Wu sighed, "That's the truth." Panda said: "So the more I think about it, the more strange this old man is. His martial arts are so high, but he is disabled; his expression is so strange, but you and I can't think of his origin." Qiao Wudao: "It seems that there must be something difficult between him and Shen Xianggong, otherwise, why did they not hesitate to fight with each other as soon as they met?" Panda Er said: "That's right... um, no, if he really has any hatred with Shen Lang, why doesn't he say it, but puts on a smiling face instead?" Qiao Wu frowned and muttered, "Well, that's not bad..." When the eyes touched, I saw that the wine bottle and the wine glass were finally separated. Shen Lang actually drank the glass of wine in one gulp, and said with a smile: "Good wine." The old man put down the wine bottle with a "bang", and the entire mouth of the bottle suddenly broke and fell down, but the old man still acted as if nothing had happened, and said with a smile: "This wine is naturally good... the wine made by the old man, the good ones are always left behind. .” Shen Lang smiled and said: "In this way, the seventh glass of wine must be even better." The old man smiled and said, "You can tell if it's good or bad by tasting it." Taking a breath slowly, he picked up the seventh wine bottle and slowly stretched it out. Shen Lang also picked up the seventh wine glass with a smile and greeted him slowly. Panda'er frowned and said: "This old man is also strange, knowing that his internal strength is not as good as Shen Lang, why would he..." Before the words were finished, Shen Lang suddenly turned his palm over and held the wine glass in his palm with his little finger, but pinched the mouth of the bottle with his index finger, thumb, and middle three fingers, and gently snatched the wine bottle from the old man's hand. The old man didn't change his face, he still smiled and said: "Master, do you want to pour the wine yourself?" Shen Lang smiled but did not answer, but pushed open the window, looked down, then stretched out the wine bottle, and poured all the wine out of the window. The old man finally changed his color and said, "Why is this, Xianggong?" Shen Lang said with a smile: "Old man, this is the seventh glass of wine, I absolutely dare not accept it." The old man said angrily: "Since you drank the first six glasses, you should drink the seventh one. Since you are so rude to this old man, why did you drink those six glasses of wine just now?" Shen Lang smiled slightly and said: "It's just because the six glasses of wine can be drunk, but the seventh glass of wine can't be drunk." The old man said angrily: "This word..." Shen Lang suddenly made a move like the wind, touching the old man's sleeve. The old man was caught off guard and lost his voice: "You..." After saying a single word, Shen Lang retracted his hand, but there was already a small and exquisite box in his hand, which seemed to be carved out of a whole piece of jadeite. At this moment above the restaurant, apart from Sigu Hua, Qiao Wu, and Panda Er, there were already quite a few pairs of eyes watching this wonderful scene. When Shen Lang made this move suddenly, everyone was really surprised. The old man's expression changed drastically, he just managed to control it, and said coldly: "This old man kindly invites you to drink, how dare you be so rude?...Come again..." Shen Lang smiled and said: "Of course I have to pay it back, but..." He slowly opened the emerald box, picked out the pink powder with his little finger, flicked it into the wine glass, stared at it twice, and sighed: "It really is a poison that is unparalleled in the world." The old man gripped the edge of the table tightly with both hands, and said sharply, "What did you say?" Shen Lang said with a smile: "If the old man hadn't quietly flicked this soul-hunting poison into the seventh bottle of wine just now, I would have already drank the seventh glass of wine." The old man said angrily: "Fart, you..." Shen Lang interrupted with a smile: "The old man has just competed with this subordinate's internal strength several times just now, just trying to draw his attention away. If I really don't know anything, I just competed with my old man's internal strength again, and wait until my old man doesn't The enemy shrank his hands, and I will inevitably feel complacent, so I drank the seventh glass of wine..." He looked up to the sky with a smile, and continued: "Then, I'm afraid I won't be able to drink the eighth glass of wine in this life!" The old man's face was completely pale, he still sneered and said: "Not only do I have no grievances or enmities with you, but we are completely strangers...you don't even know my name, why should I harm you?" Shen Lang smiled slightly and said: "The old man actually recognizes me, but I...in fact, I have already recognized my old man." The old man moved, "You recognize me?" Shen Lang said slowly: "From outside the pass, the envoy in wine..." The old man yelled sharply, his hair all over his head suddenly stood up. Panda and the others could all hear the conversation over there clearly.Qiao Wu suddenly said: "I don't think this old man is actually a happy drinker!" Fourth Aunt Hua said: "I don't think that even though his travels are so secret, Mr. Shen still saw through them." Panda sighed: "In the whole world, is there anything that can be hidden from Shen Lang, alas... Shen Lang, Shen Lang, are you really omnipotent and omniscient?" The eyes of the "Happy Wine Envoy" seemed to have turned into two sharp swords at this moment, and he really wanted to insert them into Shen Lang's heart. But after he stared fiercely at Shen Lang for a long while, his eyes gradually softened, and his standing hair fell down one by one, and his anger seemed to have calmed down. Shen Lang said with a smile: "Is your guess right?" A smile appeared on the corner of the old man's mouth, and he said, "It's amazing...not bad..." Shen Lang said: "Since that's the case, I don't know if the name can tell you?" The old man said: "Old Han Ling." Shen Lang clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Very good, very good, in the past Liu Ling was a wine celestial being, today Han Ling is a wine envoy, the kid is lucky to know today's wine envoy, how lucky is that?" Han Ling also clapped her palms and said with a smile: "I'm ashamed that this old man doesn't have the pleasure of Liu Linghe picking and drinking." The two laughed at each other again, and they seemed to be very happy. Qunhao looked at each other, a little stunned. Qiao Wu sighed: "Shen Xianggong is really magnanimous! This old man has hurt him several times, and he not only didn't say a word, but he can still sit there." Panda'er smiled wryly and said: "Shen Lang's every move is unexpected, and I can't guess it." Qiao Wudao: "Although this old man is laughing, his eyes are twinkling, and he has some malicious thoughts in his heart. Mr. Shen should be careful." Panda laughed and said: "Don't worry, Shen Lang will never be taken over by others." Fourth Aunt Hua suddenly lost her voice: "Not good..." Qiao Wu said: "What's the matter?" Fourth Aunt Hua said: "Look...look at the old man's two legs." Panda Er wondered: "Where does he have legs..." Before the words were finished, Shen Lang let out a long laugh, and the entire table in front of him flew up, and there was a flash of blue light under the table. Panda already saw that the light came from Han Ling's trouser legs. Han Ling, whose legs were broken at the knees, actually had two sharp swords in his trouser legs. Two poisoned sharp swords. While he was talking and laughing, his "legs" suddenly kicked out from under the table without a sound. As long as Shen Lang touched a little, he would be poisoned to death in the blink of an eye. Unexpectedly, Shen Lang seemed to have an eye under the table, Han Ling's "leg" moved, and his body moved back three feet in the air. Han Ling missed a single blow, raised both hands, and the entire table flew towards Shen Lang, but he himself ran past the table, kicking out a series of "swords in the legs". He usually walks with swords as his legs, after more than 20 years of hard training, these two poison-poisoning swords really seem to grow on his legs. At this moment when his sword is kicked out, the cold light flickers, and the sword energy strikes people. Its agility is far superior to the kicks of all schools and sects in the world, and its sharpness is beyond the reach of any kicks. All the heroes in the building turned pale and exclaimed. Panda Er and Qiao Wu had already jumped on them while shouting loudly. At this moment, Shen Lang's body was seen floating in the light of the sword, Han Ling's seven swords in a row, all of which failed, suddenly smashed the window with his backhand, and rushed out like an arrow. When Panda Er and Qiao Wu rushed to the window, the vicious old man with the most vicious outer weapon in the martial arts had already disappeared.