allure wine

"Allure Wine"

Text/Nalan Yuanbai

music city.It is not only the name of a city, but also the name of a person.

The person who took this name was an old fairy.The old fairy couldn't get any older, his white beard drooped down to his toes.A long time ago, he lived on the cliff mountain in the south of Lecheng.

In the cave on the cliff mountain, the smell of wine was overflowing at this moment, and the old fairy was sitting opposite to the man in white.The man was about 25 or [-] years old, dressed in white and snowy, with black silk like ink, a handsome face, and a smile on his face.

He is unanimously recognized by Lecheng people as the most beautiful man in Lecheng.His smile is as gentle as the spring breeze blowing on his face, and as fragrant and intoxicating as he is surrounded by thousands of flowers.

He is also the city spirit of Lecheng.When he was born, the old fairy gave him the same name as Lecheng. After he was three years old, he was sent to the Jin Mansion, the biggest rich man in Lecheng, to be raised by the Jin family and his wife as the eldest son.At that time, the Jinfu couple had been married for many years. They were loving couples, but it was a pity that they could not conceive a child, so they loved the cute doll they sent.

When the old fairy sent the three-year-old Lecheng away, he smiled and told the Jinfu couple that as long as they treat Lecheng as their own, they will be able to conceive their own flesh and blood soon.

Sure enough, within two years, the Jin family couple gave birth to a daughter named Jin Jiao.

Lecheng took a sip of the fine wine, and said helplessly, "My younger sister, named Jin Jiao, is really delicate."

The old fairy stroked his beard and smiled: "As we all know, Miss Jin is the one who makes you, the city spirit, most helpless."

People in Lecheng know two things, one is that Lord Chengling loves Miss Jin very much, and the other is that they know that Lord Chengling loves wine very much.

Lecheng never savors its wine carefully. One drink is a big bowl, one bowl after another. When you are free, you drink for a whole day. When you encounter a good wine, you will not stop until you finish it.

So, he got a second name in Lecheng, and the people of Lecheng laughed and called him "the number one alcoholic in Lecheng".

The old fairy even jokingly said, isn't Lecheng's drinking stomach a bottomless pit?

Every time Lecheng came to drink on the cliff mountain, the old fairy would say this.

"My sister often says that too." Le Cheng put down the wine jar and suddenly sighed.

The old immortal knew very well that Le Cheng and Jin Jiao had a deep relationship, and when he thought of parting, he also felt sad for Le Cheng: "This time, Miss Jin is the one you are most worried about."

Le Cheng suddenly became sad: "That's natural, Jin Jiao is my most beloved sister. It's a pity that she hasn't found someone who can protect her. After I leave, I'm afraid that others will bully her."

The old fairy patted Le Cheng's shoulder reassuringly: "Miss Jin, innocent and lively, kind-hearted, she will meet the right person, and she will not be bullied in this life. Besides, you go, Definitely not coming back."

There was no more wine in the wine jar, Lecheng looked into the jar, and then threw it aside in disappointment.

"Old Immortal, are these the only jars of wine I have hidden here?" Lecheng stretched his neck to look into the cave, "Is there any wine left?"

The old fairy said with a smile: "Small drinking is pleasant, but heavy drinking is harmful to the body."

"That's what my sister said." Lecheng sighed, as if he had lost all motivation after drinking, he lay softly on the table, "Old Immortal, how much time is left?"

The old fairy got up and walked to the entrance of the cave. There was a brilliant glow outside.

April is in full bloom, and the air is filled with the fragrance of flowers and plants.

"Thirty days later, a thunderstorm strikes. As the spirit of the city, you must protect the people, mountains, rivers, plants, birds, beasts, insects and fish. For everything in Lecheng, your mission is to resist the thunder."

Since Lecheng was sensible, he felt that being the city spirit was an honor, although it was indeed an honor.But sometimes, he also thought that it would be good if he simply lived an ordinary life as an ordinary person. After all, as a city spirit, he also had to bear the responsibility of being a city spirit.It's not that Lecheng can't afford such a responsibility, he just thinks that such things as life and death happen too quickly to every city spirit.

After the thunder has passed, the city in front of him will calm down again, and people will live and work in peace and contentment. In the next ten years or even a hundred years, until the next city spirit is born.

When the new city spirit comes out, it means that the city needs to be protected again.

City, city spirit, doom.And so on and on.For a long time, protecting a city has been the meaning of the city spirit.

The city spirit resists the calamity with its body, people die and calamity disappear, and the city is peaceful.

If the city spirit survives the catastrophe and is able to save its life, then the city spirit can regain its status as an ordinary person, but throughout the ages, there have been very few such people.

On the street at dusk, the crowds were bustling. When Lecheng passed by the Drunkard Restaurant, the owner Zhu of the restaurant stood on the second floor and greeted him: "Master Chengling, the brewer of the restaurant has just brought some high-quality daughter reds, and left them for you. A few jars." As he spoke, he threw two jars of wine down from the second floor.

Lecheng took the jar in one hand, and caught it steadily. As soon as he took it, the smell of wine wafted into his nostrils.

"Thank you, Boss Zhu." Lecheng thanked the upstairs, "This year's daughter red seems to be more fragrant than previous years."

"That's that, that's the master of wine making this time is a well-known wine master in Jiuzhen." Boss Zhu laughed.

"Thank you!"

Lecheng thanked again.

"Master Chengling, we just got a batch of goods in our store, and they are all the most popular at the moment. Take these boxes of rouge and gouache to Miss Jin. Usually, she rushes these goods very hard!"

Lecheng took it with a smile, thanked Aunt Su for his younger sister, and added: "I will ask her to give you the money later."

Lecheng seldom goes to the street, because if he goes to the street, many people will inevitably give him things.This time, the old fairy was looking for something to do with him. He drank wine all day in the cave of the old fairy, and when he learned that the sky thunder was coming, his mission was coming. People, suddenly have a sore nose.

Lecheng hurried home, and as soon as he stepped into the gate of the Jin Mansion, Miss Jin's wailing sound hit his ears.

Lecheng grabbed a maid at random and asked, "What's the matter? What happened to Jin Jiao?"

Seeing that the young master had returned, the servant girl hurriedly saluted and said, "Young master! You are finally back, young master! Miss, she locked herself in her room and cried loudly. No one would persuade her to open the door, nor eat. The master and madam were outside the door. I'm so anxious, young master, go and persuade the young lady!"

When Lecheng heard this, he had a premonition in his heart, maybe it has something to do with the martial arts contest held today to recruit relatives.

Jin Jiao is 24 years old this year. Most of the girls who grew up with her got married when they were [-] or [-] years old. By now, they have several children.But Jin Jiao has been unable to find the person she likes for a long time. The master and wife are worried about her marriage every day, and they hold Lecheng for a long talk every few days, saying that brothers and sisters have a good relationship, only you can persuade them Move, you can persuade Jin Jiao, if her temper continues like this, no one will dare to take her.

It's not that Le Cheng hasn't tried to persuade him. In fact, he himself doesn't like a few people who are suitable for Jin Jiao. He doesn't like men who show love to Jin Jiao, and Jin Jiao, who is more picky, naturally doesn't like him either.So, a few days ago, when he was dragged to have a long talk, Lecheng casually said: "Why don't you... hold a martial arts contest to recruit relatives? At that time, no matter how bad your appearance is, the value of force is the first, at least the deposit Jiao will not be bullied in the future."

Master Jin did what he said, and Lecheng couldn't stop him for a while.

"Did something happen in today's martial arts competition?" Le Cheng asked.

The servant girl's complexion changed: "Master, don't mention martial arts competitions to recruit relatives. Miss lost her temper because of martial arts competitions."

Lecheng and the servant girl hurried to Jin Jiao's room, and along the way, he listened to the whole story.

Today's martial arts contest to recruit relatives was actually quite smooth. The man who won in the end was superb in martial arts and could kill all the heroes present. His appearance is quite stunning, and some people even say that he surpasses Jin Jiao's brother who has the title of Lecheng's most beautiful man, that is, Lecheng himself.

Martial arts plus good looks, such an outstanding person, Jin Jiao shouldn't have such a bad reaction.Lecheng was thinking about it, only to hear the servant girl say again: "Miss doesn't want to marry him because...it's because..."

The maid forgot to look at Lecheng a few times, and dared not speak directly.

Lecheng couldn't stand others talking halfway, so he urged the maid but said it was okay.

The maid then said: "The reason why the miss doesn't want to marry is because the No.1 man in the competition is too good. The miss said that the one who is better than the elder brother will not marry, and the one who is worse than the elder brother will not marry. Someone as good as you..."

Lecheng: "..."

This Jinjiao!

When Le Cheng came to the courtyard where Jin Jiao lived, he saw a group of maids standing outside the door. The master and wife were also in a hurry. Seeing Le Cheng approaching, they hurriedly stepped forward to hold him, and shouted, "Hurry up and persuade your sister." Well, she is clamoring to hang herself!

Lecheng: "..."

Jin Jiao has been very attached to her elder brother Cheng Ling since she was a child. Master Jin and Mrs. Jin also dote on this biological daughter very much. She behaved very well.

Sure enough, Lecheng called a few times at the door, and Jin Jiao's crying became quieter, and she opened the door after a while.

Everyone outside the door let out a sigh of relief.

It's still the young master's words that work.

Lecheng appeases Jin Jiao, and persuades her to have dinner with her. When the meal is finally finished, it's getting late outside.

Jin Jiao didn't want to see anyone other than her elder brother, so the maid packed up the leftovers from the dinner plate and left the door, leaving only Le Cheng and Jin Jiao in the room.

Only then did Lecheng ask: "I heard that No. 1 martial arts looks very good, I think you have nothing to choose."

Jin Jiao sniffed: "I didn't have to choose, but, but..."

Seeing that Jin Jiao suddenly became agitated, Lecheng stroked her hair soothingly, and said with a smile, "What else is there? Are you playing your temper again?"

Jin Jiao shook her head aggrievedly: "No."

Le Cheng persuaded: "If you hold a martial arts competition to recruit a relative, you must be polite and honest. Since you agree with Dad to hold this martial arts competition, you will naturally marry No.1."

Jin Jiao seemed about to cry again: "If my brother hadn't persuaded me that if I didn't find someone else, I wouldn't be able to get married, and I wouldn't have agreed to hold a contest to recruit relatives..." Jin Jiao said while lying on Lecheng's legs sobbed.

"Okay, okay, something happened, it's all my brother's fault, okay, don't cry, brother Ming'er will go and apologize to No.1 and make up for it, okay?"

Jin Jiao sat up abruptly, and suddenly said in a hurry: "What kind of compensation? What kind of apology!"

Jin Jiao jumped up and almost hit Le Cheng's chin. Le Cheng leaned back and said with a smile, "What's the matter?"

Jin Jiao said: "Brother doesn't know. I didn't have any objections to the result of this martial arts competition. I, Miss Jin, am not a person without trust. I only blame the one who won the first place!" Said emotionally Jin Jiao grabbed Lecheng's sleeve and rubbed it vigorously, "If he hadn't said something in front of me...he is ten thousand times more beautiful than my brother, and his martial arts is also ten thousand times better, I...I It wouldn't be such a nonsense!"

It turned out that I heard others say something bad about my brother.Le Cheng smiled: "This man is so nice, you still don't want to marry?"

Jin Jiao twitched: "I wanted to, but he looked down on my brother. My brother is always No.1 in my heart. I don't allow anyone to say that about you. Besides, he's not much better than my brother, just... then A little bit, just a little bit." Jin Jiao gestured with her little finger to show Lecheng.

Lecheng is curious, is there really a person who is better than himself in everything?Making Jin Jiao admit in her heart that she is better than her brother?

Le Cheng patted Jin Jiao's head, and continued: "If he is indeed better than me, I will feel more at ease when you marry him."

Jin Jiao kept shaking her head: "No, I don't, I don't, I will be bullied after I marry, I am a weak woman, I have no strength to restrain a chicken..."

Bully?Lecheng hurriedly asked: "Did he bully you?"

Jin Jiao nodded: "At the beginning when I was arguing not to marry, he said that everyone in the city would testify to martial arts competitions to recruit relatives. If I don't marry, I have to marry. If I insist on not marrying, he will tie me up, woo woo woo, I A weak woman..."

"I'm here, I'm here, I'm here, I'll see if he dares to tie you up then."

At this time, Jin Jiao said again: "The man also said, or, or... It's okay for my brother to marry..."

Le Cheng's hands shaking the tea, spilled some tea on the table.

I haven't left yet!Is this the beginning of trouble for the Jin family?

Outrageous!

Lecheng: "I'm going to meet that brat tomorrow! He shouldn't be from Lecheng, do you know where he lives?"

Jin Jiao recalled, and replied: "It seems to be, Wanren Mountain or something, the Ten Mile Pavilion in the Baihua Valley of Qianxi River, I don't know what the hell it is, I have never heard of it."

After persuading Jin Jiao to sleep, Lecheng returned to his room, thinking about today's events, and sighed facing the dark night outside the window.Insomnia in the middle of the night and unable to fall asleep, I got out of bed and opened the daughter red that Boss Zhu gave me and drank it.After eating two jars, his face was full of sadness.Take a pen and paper, and pour out your thoughts on the paper.

It was only in the middle of the night that I gradually fell asleep.