Chapter 144: Those who are good at drinking have no great words

The debate problem was presented by Grand Secretary Zeng Jing. As soon as the show started, Mr. Xie San, who was invincible in the academy, knew what an unshakable mountain he had encountered.

Prince Longqing put his face in order and began to argue with a serious expression. It was not because he was afraid of his opponent who was difficult to argue, but because he respected the wisdom of the defense itself, and also expressed some kind of reward for Xie Chengyun's courage. When the defense began, he began to show his true level of proud members without any mercy.

Countless words were like beautiful lotus, flowing out from Prince Longqing's lips, surrounding the proposition of difficult debates, countless classics of predecessors were cleverly picked up and organized by him, and turned into a complex and clear net. It often took the listener to think about it for a long time before he understood the true meaning. What shocked the students in the audience was even more shocked and speechless that in this debate, Prince Longqing did not use the Xiling Haotian Taoist Sect Divine Classic, but used the Piaotian Literature to become denser, but he had no power to fight back.

Ning Que's method of seeking truth in classical and mysterious talks was something that Ning Que was not good at or could not fall in love with. When he was four years old, he found that the exercises solved in the mathematics class did not help his begging career, he firmly established a life principle: no matter how beautiful and wonderful learning and deep thinking, if it cannot be put in the practical position of the blade or the food table, it will have no meaning to his life and there is no need to continue research.

Well... calligraphy is exceptional because he loves it.

In short, it is difficult for him to argue without love, and he cannot have a good impression of Xie Chengyun. It is difficult for the marginal people who have been forgotten by the academy for half a year to have any sense of collective honor, but they do not want to see the prince who is so handsome and hateful to continue to be arrogant. So he no longer cares about what is happening there, pulling Sangsang, who is also incomprehensible, hiding in a dark corner drinking wine, eating fruits and vegetables, and waiting for the moment when the mat is dispersed.

"My classmates gathered together, and the Master once said: If you don't change your actions for three years, it is the way."

Prince Longqing finally ended his speech with the conclusion made by the current Academy President in a discussion thirty years ago and ended this completely one-sided debate.

There was a silence between the courtyards. The students of the academy looked at the prince who was sitting indifferently in the table. They didn't know what to say. The girls, including Situ Yilan and Jin Wucai, felt that their backs were a little wet. It was really terrible for such rigorous thinking but speaking with a sharp word. What's more, the other party used all the academy classics, and in the end they used the Master's Sutra to make the stone of the boat. Where did they have the face to get entangled?

At this point, everyone in the field finally understood why Prince Longqing had a handsome and quiet face, and had very little or gentle conversation, but he gave people a feeling of inexplicable pride and indifferentness. This did not mean that he was completely blamed for being blind, but that the people around him subconsciously felt that he was shorter in front of his powerful strength. Over time, this talented prince got used to this way of getting along, so he was now proud of him without saying anything.

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"Before others always like to ride on your back, or you should think about whether you squat down on your own initiative." Ning Que looked at the classmates in front of him like frozen quails, shook his head and said, "It's so embarrassing to be so proud in front of me on weekdays, but today I'm so embarrassed."

Sangsang took the wine he handed over quietly and took a sip, looked ahead and said, "It seems that Prince Longqing is quite powerful."

As if to answer the little maid's doubts, the deputy director of the Tianyu Academy, Mo Li, looked at the students of the academy in the venue and added with great satisfaction: "The way Prince Longqing defended the difficulties is highly appreciated by the elders of Lanke Temple."

At this point, the atmosphere between the venue was a little awkward. The middle-aged general from Gushan County, sitting at the lower left of Li Yu, suddenly smiled heroically and said, "I, Zhang Jianxin, is a rough man. I really don't understand what the prince and that young master are discussing. However, I know that wine is necessary to entertain the banquet. Today, everyone is here to bid farewell to Prince Chongming. I have nothing good to do in Gushan County, so I brought dozens of cans of Jiujiang Double Steam. I called the lieutenants to pull them into the backyard. Please try it at this time."

This is straightforward, but it is indeed quite polite. The Jiujiang Double Steaming Production in Gushan County is not an ordinary fine wine, but a high-spirited wine brewed by double distillation. This high-spirited wine was used by an emperor of the Tang Empire to soften the minds of the barbarians of the grassland and corrupt the iron blood of the tribes. It has received miraculous effects. Since then, it has become a secret craft strictly adhered to by the empire. It is often used to bargain with the grassland tribes in negotiations and is rarely for people to drink.

The reason why Jiujiang Double Steamed Wine is rarely used for people to drink, and even in the palace did not choose to be used as a tribute wine, is not only difficult to brew, but the more important reason is that the wine is too strong, and most strong men will be drunk after drinking only a large bowl. Although the strong wine is in line with the strong temperament of the Tang people, when they hold the wine on the railing and think that their hearts are magnificent, they can only sip it in small sips and get drunk after a little dripping. Therefore, the Tang people had to bear to give up their love.

The rare Gushan County double-steamed wine was divided into small pots and sent to each table, and replaced with more exquisite wine utensils. The suppressed and tense atmosphere in the courtyard was slightly relieved. However, no one expected that the general of Gushan County named Zhang Jianxin called a maid to remove the small wine cup in front of him, changed to a large bowl, and filled the bowl with the strong wine. After staring at Prince Longqing's eyes, he asked in a deep voice: "I wonder if the Xiling Temple is prohibited from drinking?"

Prince Longqing looked at the small wine cup in front of him and shook his head as if he was smiling. This was the first emotion he had shown in Ruhua's face since he entered the venue, and his charm was exuding, which caused the girls who secretly resisted him due to the damage to the reputation of the academy to be dizzy again.

General Zhang looked solemn, raised his left hand and held the bowl with both hands, and said solemnly: "That's right, General Wu had fought with the cavalry of Yan under the Min Mountains. Now, nearly ten years have passed, and the two countries have been repaired as before. This bowl of General Wu respects Prince Longqing, and he would not dislike him. However, this pair of steamed wine is extremely strong, and there have always been three bowls on the grassland that he will not be able to get on. I wonder if Prince Longqing can drink it, dare... not drink it?"

As soon as this said, the scene became quieter again.

In the corner, Ning Que looked at the place and shook his head and said, "Is this a forced wine or a troublemaker? It's really a vulgar. The old and young men who withdrew from the front line of our Tang Dynasty from the front are so honest or stupid. The prince is a magistrate at the peak of Dongxuan. Fighting with such people is like playing dice gambling with your young master, just to find abuse."

While talking, he emptyed the bowl where he had drunk rice wine before, poured the small can of Gushanjun wine into the bowl, and then carefully covered it with his sleeves and handed it to Sangsang behind him. The double steamed wine was indeed extraordinary. In a moment, the aroma of the wine spread out. Sangsang's usual calm face was hard to suppress his joy, and his eyes lit up.

Speaking of the meal deep in the courtyard, Grand Secretary Zeng Jing saw that the scene was boring, so he came out to rescue the situation, patted the folding fan in his hand, looked at General Zhang Jianxin and said with a solemn expression: "Since you raise your glass for repair, why do you everyone drink?"

The great scholar of the dynasty looked trembling. Even the generals of the Tang Dynasty's border army did not dare to act rashly. However, for some reason, Zhang Jianxin seemed to have not seen it. He still held the wine bowl in his hands, looked at Prince Longqing coldly, and said, "Whether to drink together or drink together, I will only ask one question...whether the prince drinks or not."

Ning Que took a sip of the strong wine at this time and frowned tightly by the spicy ones. After listening to this, he felt that he could only hear the smell of Wushui Sanqianwu taking only one scoop of drink?

He frowned and looked at the place, thinking that the general surnamed Zhang had previously claimed to be rough... I was afraid it was fake, deliberately vulgar and forced others with his own rudeness and rudeness, and used his own rudeness to defeat the enemy's elegance and pride. In the current situation where the empire face was repeatedly damaged, it was a strange trick. Maybe it was Li Yu's secret instruction.

But just like one of the two major foundations of Prince Longqing's pride, what does these things have to do with him Ning Que? When he found that Sangsang loved this double-steamed wine, he was busy pouring wine from the wine jar, then secretly handing it to Sangsang behind him, and then secretly feeding the wine from his classmates next to him to Sangsang. He was so tired of repeating and repeating it carefully and enjoying it.

When the master and servant hid in the dark corner of the courtyard, the situation in the field changed again. When many people thought that Prince Longqing would ignore the invitation of the generals of the Tang Dynasty to fight for wine with his usual coldness and pride, he suddenly saw a faint smile flashing between his eyebrows and eyes. With a light move with his right hand, he came to his hand silently.

Immediately afterwards, Prince Longqing brought the wine jar with his right hand. The transparent and clear wine poured out with the pungent aroma of wine, and instantly filled the big bowl. Before the wine could really overflow, he lifted the wine bowl with his left arm and sent it to his lips. He absorbed water like a whale and drank the strong wine in the bowl like a tornado, and his movements were so cool.

General Zhang Jianxin of Gushan County was slightly stunned. He seemed to have not expected that Prince Longqing, who was known for his pride, indifferent and seriousness, would become so casual and natural when facing his invitation to make a drink. After a moment, he woke up and remembered that he was still holding a wine bowl, so he quickly put it to his lips and drank it all.

However, just when he just held the wine bowl off his lips, he found that Prince Longqing on the opposite table had already filled the second bowl of wine and drank it all in one go with great care.

The third bowl, the fourth bowl, the fifth bowl... Gushan County Jiujiang Double Steamed Liquor, even on the grassland, there is a legend that three bowls cannot be used. Zhang Jianxin dared to invite wine and gamble, so he was naturally a master of this. However, facing Prince Longqing's face, he could not resist the way he drank wine and kept drinking, and his face fell down with a red face.

There were maids and servants who carried General Zhang away, who was drunk. The people of the Tang Dynasty in the courtyard felt that they were dull. Gambling and inviting to fight were extremely vulgar, but in the end they even made the prince who seemed to be in a colorful painting and was disgusted. This was not only vulgar, but also extremely vulgar.

Prince Longqing held the eighth bowl of strong wine in his hand, but did not let it go because of his opponent's drunkenness. He still drank it slowly. Then he looked at everyone in the venue calmly and said with a deep sense of fatigue:

"In my life, I have worked hard to seek the Tao first, then held the ruling, killed the remnants of the Demon Sect, punished the rebellion of the Taoist sect, punished the heretics and evil ways. I have always been ruthless, and I have been observing the divine laws and laws, and I will never allow myself to make mistakes. I have practiced so far that I can't disturb my heart. Only one thing I can't quit, that is fine wine."

"Wine can understand the paths of heaven and man, and can understand the mysterious opportunities. It is a beautiful gift from the heaven. Therefore, I always thought that if I use my own cultivation to relieve wine, it would be a waste of heaven. I have loved wine since I was a child but did not drink it often. Since I left Chengjing when I was young..."

He looked at the prince's brother in the previous head who seemed to be forgotten by the crowd in the field and continued, "...I have only drunk four times in recent years, one of which was in the Palace of Yuelun Kingdom. Because of the Chenjia incident, I was misunderstood by some people. They drank and fought with me. The wine was not as strong as it is today. Until the wine jar in the palace was empty, I stopped. The smell of the Liangzhu in the harem did not dissipate for three days, and I was not drunk."

"Fine wine is the supreme and wonderful product, and it is also a bone-eroding magic sound, so I rarely drink unless I have to drink it, such as in Yuelun Kingdom, and today's general who is forced to suffer from the pain of the country." He said calmly: "Or there is a wine worth drinking, such as this double-steamed wine from Gushan County, and for example, there is an opponent worth drinking."

At this point, Prince Longqing once again filled the wine bowl in front of him, raised it with one hand, looked at Xie Chengyun off the court, and said, "For this bowl, I wish the third son the courage before."

Xie Chengyun was slightly stunned, sighed in his heart, changed into a big bowl filled with strong wine, and gave him a faraway wish.

Prince Longqing poured another bowl of strong wine, looked at Wang Ying, Linchuan beside Xie Chengyun, and said calmly: "Wang Ying, Linchuan, knows the etiquette at the age of twelve. I have read your notes on the rituals of the previous year."

Wang Ying in Linchuan is only fifteen years old this year, and she is still a young man. She has no idea about the open and secret struggles in the previous banquet. She did not expect to talk about herself. When Prince Longqing, who was in Fengzi Town, had read his notes on her, she couldn't help but feel very excited and happy. She hurriedly picked up the small wine glass in front of her and drank it.

Without any surprise, Xie Chengyun and Wang Ying from Linchuan were drunk after a moment of strong wine. However, the two wines were considered peaceful and joyful. No one in the academy felt unhappy. Instead, everyone from Zhong Dajun filled the wine utensils in front of him, waiting for Prince Longqing to click in order.

Prince Longqing held the strong wine in the bowl and looked at the audience, but no longer wanted to toast. Instead, he sent it to his lips and drank it slowly, then put down the wine bowl, and did not look at the audience. The students of the academy couldn't help feeling a little dull. Even Ning Que, who was pouring wine in the corner, felt very unhappy. The slightest affection for this guy just now disappeared.

Prince Longqing looked at the empty wine bowl with a smile and sighed softly: "The academy... is so famous. I just hope that the real academy will not disappoint me."

"This is such a big tone." Li Yu looked at him slightly and said, "If you don't know what the real academy is, how could you come from all the way to be this hostage? How could the head lord and the three great priests be willing to let you, the great figure in the Temple Judgment Department, give up your errands and be a student of the academy?"

Prince Longqing was silent for a moment, raised his head and responded calmly: "What the Princess is saying."

Li Yu looked at him quietly and suddenly said, "Longqing, I admit that you do have talent and ability and pride capital. But since you are in charge of the Judgment Office and are well-versed in the doctrine of Haotian, you should clearly know the way to guard it. It is an exaggeration to force everything. If everything does not advance, it is the heart. Why do you have to go against your original intention and show such pride?"

Prince Longqing was silent for a long time when he heard this question. His handsome face gradually emitted a luster, and he replied slowly and firmly: "The country is poor and weak, so I can only be more proud."

He said this sentence very calmly and directly and calmly, and clearly stated that Yan State is weak and is not the enemy of the Tang Empire. But as the royal family of Yan State and a person from Xiling, he is in Chang'an. If he wants to be a qualifying person, he must be a qualifying person. In this way, he can prevent himself from being weak due to the situation and always remain strong.

Prince Longqing continued: "As for not drinking, it has nothing to do with pride, but because I can't find someone who can drink right."

Situ Yilan off the court couldn't help but whisper: "Men should be on the battlefield, not on the bar, what's the use of drinking more wine?"

"This lady is right." Prince Longqing replied calmly: "Those who are good at fighting can be able to fight, and those who are good at drinking can be able to drink. Since there is no war today, there is naturally no drinking."

Who can fight against Prince Longqing in the field? Xie Chengyun, the most popular academy, has already lost, and who can drink with Prince Longqing? He has drunk nearly ten bowls of strong wine and has not been drunk since Chen Chen's life.

There was an awkward silence in the courtyard, shocked by the people of the Xiling Temple, and no one dared to challenge it. This was really a humiliation that the Tang Dynasty and the Academy could not bear. When Li Yuxiu held the scarf in his jade hand and was about to leave the venue, he suddenly heard a gurgling sound coming from the corner.

At this time, the scene was too quiet, and even if only a needle fell on the ground, it could be heard. Therefore, the originally subtle sound of the gurgling gurgling was suddenly amplified, attracting everyone's confusing eyes.

The sound is like a clear spring flowing through the waterway cut by Nanzhu and falling into a slightly ice-like mountain stream, or a long-necked stork that woke up from the wetland grass in the morning proudly pursing the feathers on its neck. It is very beautiful and tempting.

Everyone, including Situ Yilan, opened their eyes wide, stared at Ning Que in the dark corner, and listened carefully to the gurgling sound coming from behind him, a little confused.

After a while, Sangsang, a thin and maid's uniform, walked out from behind Ning Que with an empty wine bowl. Then she was shocked to find that she had become the focus of attention. For some reason, everyone in the venue looked at him like a god.

Sangsang found so many gazes staring at him, and felt extremely uncomfortable. He raised his right sleeve and wiped his mouth, carefully placed the wine bowl on the table in front of Ning Que, and then quietly retreated behind Ning Que.

It was not until this time that everyone discovered that there were four wine cans neatly placed beside the plan in the corner.
Chapter completed!