mesbooks Chapter 313 Su Xin, Su Xin, why did you mess with Wen Hujiu? (2)
Chapter 313 Su Xin, Su Xin, why did you mess with Wen Hujiu? (2)
Outside Lingnan City, Luofu River.
On the second day of the second month, the dragon raises its head, and on the third day of the third month, Xuanyuan is born.
It is said that the third day of March is the birthday of Emperor Xuanyuan. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it has also been called the "Shangsi Festival" to commemorate the ancestors of the Han people. People feast by the river and enjoy spring outings in the suburbs.
Lingnan, located in the south of China, is a city with prosperous waterways, and it becomes even more lively during the Shangsi Festival.
At this moment, the Lingnan city is filled with bright spring sunshine. Handsome men and beautiful women are playing along the river, drinking wine in the winding stream, bathing in the orchid bath, and even the wind is filled with the scent of rouge from graceful girls.
How can such a grand event be without a warm pot of wine?
But today, there was a woman with a light veil on her face and beautiful eyes beside him.
"Smelly wine pot, please walk slower. The dust you splash up has stained my skirt..."
The woman let out a coquettish cry and let the warm pot of wine pull her delicate hands as she rushed along the bank of the Luofu River.
"Good Dai Dai, if you're any later, you won't be able to catch the peach blossom wine from Zhuliu Ju! They only have it once a year, so please have some pity on me!"
He walked hurriedly to warm the pot of wine, and his tone was soft and pleading. He seemed like a different person compared to usual.
The Zhuliu Ju he mentioned was a small tavern built on the bank of the Luofu River. The owner was a beautiful woman named Ye in her early thirties who made excellent wine.
Although he is not as good as the wine-making genius Baili Dongjun, he is still a household name in Lingnan City and has received rave reviews.
Especially during the Shangsi Festival, she would stock up on a batch of fresh peach blossoms and honey early and brew a sweet wine called "Peach Blossom Wine", which is quite popular among Lingnan wine lovers.
Of course, among these wine lovers, there must be those who love drinking a lot of wine.
"You stinking wine jug, all you know is drinking! I promise you this time, after you sell your wine, go buy me the newly arrived Western Region Thirty-Six Buddhas Country perfume and rouge from Yuzhenfang!"
This woman was none other than Lan Zhenzhen, Wenhujiu's old lover (who used the pseudonym Miss Daidai because she lived in seclusion in Yixiang Garden).
Wen Hujiu was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly agreed:
"Okay, buy, buy, buy! Let's go right away after we finish selling the wine!"
Lan Zhenzhen's lips curled up into a triumphant smile:
"I want two!"
As he warmed the pot of wine, his feet paused, and he thought to himself:
"One portion is fifteen taels of silver, two portions are thirty taels! A pot of peach blossom wine is only five taels of silver...Alas, you spendthrift woman!"
Lan Zhenzhen saw him stop and said with a strange look on her face:
"Why, you can't bear to part with it? Then forget about drinking from now on, or I'll burst your drinking chariot!"
After saying that, she used her delicate hands and gathered her inner strength to poke the red sandalwood wine gourd on her waist...
"useless!"
Wen Hujiu's figure flashed and he barely dodged it.
Then he came up to Lan Zhenzhen and said flatteringly:
"Okay Dai Dai, I'll buy it for you later. Why do you have to poke my vitals..."
Lan Zhenzhen rolled her almond-shaped eyes, wrinkled her nose and said:
"Be careful, I'm going to secretly put some Thirteen Spices Muscle Softening Powder in your gourd and make you paralyzed for three days and two nights. See if you dare disobey me!"
While warming the pot of wine, he secretly called out "poisonous woman" in his heart, but he put on a sickly smile on his face:
"How could you bear to poison me? If I collapse, you'll be the one who suffers..."
Lan Zhenzhen's pretty face flushed red upon hearing this. She lowered her head and shoved the warm pot of wine: "You idiot! Go buy some wine!"
The two of them chatted and laughed as they went up the river, and finally bought the last liter of peach blossom wine just before Zhuliuju closed.
"It's a good wine, but it's still far inferior to the Peach Blossom Moonlight brewed by my family, Xiao Baili..."
He tilted his head back and took a big gulp from the warm pot of wine, smacking his lips.
"You always talk about your nephew Baili. Can you take me to meet him next time?"
Lan Zhenzhen's eyes and eyebrows were like waves.
He gently scraped Lan Zhenzhen's nose with the side of his face while warming the pot of wine and said with a smile:
"Okay, wait until he comes back from Snow Moon City, and I'll take you to taste his cooking. This kid will definitely become a wine immortal in the future!"
Lan Zhenzhen held the arm of the man who was warming the wine, her eyebrows slightly raised:
"Okay, now that we've had some wine, it's time to go with me to Yuzhenfang to buy some powder and rouge, right?"
As he warmed the pot of wine, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. After all, he had promised his wife that not going would be the same as committing suicide. He could only reach out and touch his suffocating purse from his waist and said:
"Let's go... let's go. I'll go with you!"
The two of them enjoyed the spring scenery along the Luofu River embankment, avoiding the bustling crowds and heading straight for Lingnan City.
Little did they know that just when they left Luofu River for less than half a mile, four or five men with strange movements followed them.
They all had a bundle of copper coins and fishing nets on their waists, and their faces were covered with thick black veils, revealing only a pair of sparkling eyes.
When they saw Lan Zhenzhen entering the city carrying a warm pot of wine, they went around to the corner of the city wall and formed a circle to discuss the matter.
"Warm the pot of wine, the boss is him!"
The thin man in the lead had a flash in his eyes and spoke to the man on his left in a very affirmative tone.
(In fact, anyone with a decent eye can spot the warming pot of wine. After all, there are three big "Poison You" written on his cape!)
The man on the left had a calm look in his eyes, and seemed to be the leader. He spoke with a Cantonese accent:
"Fine Monkey, do you believe the information you've gathered? Is it true that he disguised himself as a commoner in the town and tricked people into giving him a warm pot of wine?"
"Boss, you don't know that Wenhujiu is also known as the 'Poison Bodhisattva' in the martial arts world. Although he is a martial arts master, he is not a bad person. Back then in Shangyong, he made a bet with someone and was taken advantage of by someone. He then poisoned the entire city!
Fortunately, Xin Baicao, a disciple of the Medicine King, was passing by the city at the time. Wen Hujiu joined hands with him and rescued the entire city! Hence, he was named Poison Bodhisattva. It should be said that he is definitely one of the best people in the Guidao family!
"Fuck him, who cares about that Poison Bodhisattva? Just go and trick him, and when he's not prepared, Luo Zhongkang will hit him with a hammer!"
The leader spoke in a stern tone, pointing at another man with a hammer on his back.
The man carrying the hammer nodded, and the leader continued his instructions:
"Luo Zhongkang, you have to control the strength of your bone-breaking hammer, don't kill him with one blow!"
"Don't worry, boss. I've knocked down countless people and never failed once!"
"Kan Si, Tuo Shuanglin, once Luo Zhongkang knocks Wenhujiu unconscious, you two must immediately open the rhino hide bag and put this poisonous creature inside! Remember to tie it tightly and don't let it loose at all. Our lives depend on you two!"
"Just wait and see, Boss! We two brothers have our leather bags topped with crane tips, middle filled with mercury bottles, and bottom filled with thunder god vines! We're afraid of everything except poison!"
"You're full of jingles, what do you want to do? Damn, there's nothing wrong with being more careful, you know?!"
"What the boss said is..."
"Tang Wanlong! As soon as the three of them succeed, you will drive over immediately, throw the warm pot of wine into the black iron coffin, and ride straight to General Su's camp!"
"Don't worry, Boss. My carriage is parked a hundred steps away from Yuzhenfang. Once they finish buying rouge, I'll quietly rush over!"
"General Su said this job is a life-threatening one, but he also promised me that each of us will receive 500 taels of gold after the job is done. This is a blessing, not a curse. Our brothers' wealth and prosperity for the rest of our lives depend on this day! Call us!"
"Got it!"
……
At this moment, he was already slightly tipsy from the warm pot of wine, and he walked towards Yuzhenfang with his lover in his arms, humming and moaning.
He didn't know yet that the mysterious guys behind him had changed into ordinary people's clothes and were gradually following him from the left and right.
Some pretended to be beggars, some knocked people with clubs, some filled bags, and some drove carriages.
Everything was planned perfectly, just waiting for Wen Hujiu to fall into the trap, and then kidnapping him back to Su Xin's camp to force the Wen family to surrender!
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