Chapter 709: Only Du Kang
Hu Hui was ordered by Zhu Di to secretly visit Emperor Jianwen for 14 consecutive years from the fifth year of Yongle. Everywhere he went, he occasionally reported to Zhu Di about the hidden situation of the people. When his mother died, he asked to go back to the funeral, but Zhu Di refused to allow him and promoted him to the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites. Yongle seventeen years, he went out to visit the provinces, Zhejiang, Lake, Hunan provinces, it can be said that the customs of Zhejiang, all kinds of famous wine dishes are very familiar, just saw the shopkeeper's introduction of honey ham, ham is warm, and honey, if it is paired with ordinary liquor, it is just that, but this rice wine is known for its "soft and warm", sweet, sour, bitter, pungent, fresh, astringent six flavors in one, drink it to the body to cure diseases and nourish the effect, with honey ham, inevitably the heat is heavier, this is a good word to remind.
Hu Hui said the reason, the shopkeeper touched the beads of sweat on his forehead, Huangjiujia ham, it is strange if he doesn't make up for the broken body, thinking of this, he glanced at Hu Hu gratefully.
Hu Hu has been out all the year round, sleeping in the open air, and has studied medicine, and has talked about the classics of "Inside" and "Difficult" with Dai Yuanli over the years, and recommended Zhongjing as the authentic medicine. He is the author of "Health Easy Prescription", "Zhixuan Collection", "Law and Body Rules", etc., and has made great achievements in medicine, at this time he said that the words and the principle of studying medicine are extremely gentle, Liao Qing on the side also nodded secretly, he has been an official in Zhejiang for many years, and he has seen those ordinary people call drinking old wine "Mi", which is to drink slowly. Walking into ordinary restaurants, if you see people drinking, most of them are authentic Shaoxing appetizers, most of them are: salt-boiled peanuts, fennel beans, bad chicken, drunken dried fish, sauce fried snails...... At the beginning of the period, he thought that these ordinary people were hard-working people, and good wine may not be willing to drink and drink, at this time, he thought about it carefully, only to know how lonely he was, these dishes need to be chewed and swallowed slowly to taste the real taste, and the perfect match of Shaoxing wine - hairy crabs, just peeling crabs takes a lot of effort, but the taste is also in the slow drinking, this fresh thing in the world is accompanied by this mellow wine, can be experienced.
"I don't know what kind of good wine Master Hu has?" Yang Shiqi quickly came to know Hu Hu's ability, and then asked.
Hu Hui suddenly yearned for it, and said: "There are a lot of good wines in the world, and they may not be as good as Du Kang wine, why don't we taste it today?"
Liao Qing's eyes lit up and said, "But are you drunk with the Du Kang wine that Liu Ling said?"
Hu Hui said with a yearning face: "Isn't it?" This drunken Liu Ling said that it was an allusion, saying that there was a Dukang village in Ruyang, and there was a spring at the head of the village, which was sweet and mellow, and there was no spot. There is a family next to the spring, the old man's surname is Du Mingkang, and he is said to be a descendant of Xia Yu. The old man and his wife, like the sweet spring, have a gentle temperament. He is kind-hearted and is a well-known good person.
The old couple had no land and no land, so they relied on that spring water to make wine for a living. They draw water early in the morning and brew it carefully all day long. Only three jars of wine are brewed every month. The wine they brewed was better than the elixir of the Queen Mother's peach meeting. Legend has it that there are "bamboo leaf green" and "champion red", but the most mellow is "a thousand days drunk". The "thousand days drunk" is really: three drunken people in the opening altar, and ten miles of incense in the pan. Whoever drinks this wine, but only three glasses, will be drunk. One drunken is a thousand days. Good wine has to have a good price. Old man Du inscribed a poem on the wall of the tavern:
A pot of rice wine is 300 taels, and a pot of soju is exchanged for the country. A gentleman drinks three glasses of wine, and he doesn't get drunk for three years without money.
On a March day, the old man Du needed to go out for three days because of something, and when he was leaving, he said to his wife: "If anyone comes to drink high wine, they must leave their name and address in order to ask for money for the wine." When he had finished speaking, he went out.
About noon, a half-old man with a clean face and a gentle demeanor came from outside the door. His surname is Liu Mingling, and he was originally from Jiangnan. Because of the ups and downs of his career, he came to Baishui County, Shaanxi Province with his wife and children, and bought a few acres of land to survive. Liu Ling has an interest and hobby, in his own words, that is: "Reading classics with a cup and drinking articles." He takes wine as a friend and pleasure every day, and also wrote an article on "Ode to Wine Virtue". Today, he has nothing to do, so he goes to the suburbs alone, which can wake up the "wine worm" in his stomach. He greeted the aroma of wine and ran all the way to the restaurant by the spring.
As soon as Liu Ling stepped into the door, she saw the poem on the pink wall that looked like a price list and a wine notice, and couldn't help but scoff at it. I thought: what a high wine, such boasting. Then he sat down at the table and called: "Restaurant, bring wine!" Du Lao Yuan came out and saw that it was a stranger, and hurriedly asked: "Guest, do you want to eat wine?" Liu Ling saw that it was an old woman, so she smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I am here to eat wine, but I want high wine." Du Laoyuan asked for her name and address, and she brought her "Thousand Days of Drunkenness". After Liu Ling received the wine, a strong aroma of wine hit her nose, and she was overjoyed at first. As soon as Mrs. Du saw that Liu Ling was drunk, she called Jiu Er and sent Liu Ling home.
When Liu Ling returned home, when his wife saw it, she knew that she was drunk again, and as before, she was busy waiting. Liu Ling sat on the couch, feeling that this drunkenness was different from the past, so she instructed his wife: "There will always be an end in life, as long as you die happily, you will be blind." We have been married all our lives, and when I die, you will bury me by our vat. I loved to eat and drink when I was alive, and after I died, I would be drunk in Jiuquan. With that, he gradually died......
Liu Ling called the drunkard to death, how could Liu's wife not be hurt? She cried bitterly and watched her husband be buried. However, it was not buried next to the sake vat, but next to a clear spring in the south of the city.
Three days later, Old Man Du returned home and learned that on the day after he left, there was a gentleman named Liu Ling in Ansu who came to the tavern and ate "Thousand Days of Drunkenness". So he took the account book and wrote down the dates, names, and village names with clarity. He also personally went to Ansuzhuang and knew that the person was "dead" and buried, so he put the matter aside.
The moon is gone, and it is round again. Every time the moon is full, Old Man Du draws a circle shaped like a moon ring under Liu Ling's name. When the thirty-four circles were drawn, Old Man Du pinched his fingers and counted, Liu Ling had reached the day of sobering up. So, he prepared to dig the grave and ask for the bill.
Old man Du came to Liu Ling's house and said to Liu's wife: "Mr. Liu has been drunk for a thousand days, and it is time to wake up. Liu's wife didn't finish listening, so she said sadly: "Husband, why do you say that." How can people come back to life after death?" Old man Du hurriedly explained: "Mr. Liu eats 'Thousand Days of Drunkenness'. It's drunk, not dead. Liu's wife said with a slight sorrow: "The wine made by my husband is not the fairy wine of the Queen Mother's Peach Meeting, how can I get drunk and wake up after a thousand days? A tree dies, and it only decays day by day, how can there be a reason for regeneration?" Old man Du couldn't persuade Liu's wife to wake up, so he walked out sullenly, and he thought all the way: Liu Ling's wife didn't know the mystery of wine and was unwilling to dig up the grave. If I go to plan, it will inevitably cause misunderstanding and fall into the bad reputation of stealing people's graves. If he didn't plan, Liu Ling would inevitably die because of suffocation after he woke up in time. How is this good?, he thought, as he walked, his brow gradually opened, and his head was raised, and he hurried back to the tavern.
It was dark, and the people were quiet. After the head drum was beaten, Old Man Du accompanied the two wines and put on the head. The shovel walked out of the tavern and walked towards Liu Ling's grave.
When they came to the grave, they began to plan. Planing, planing, really planing until after the third watch, the flower coffin was revealed. When the two saw the flower coffin, they were very happy, so they hurriedly went to the coffin lid. After the lid of the coffin was opened, a strong smell of wine rushed up, and immediately poured the second wine. When Old Man Du saw it, he said to Jiu Er: "You are drunk, and you are indispensable for a thousand days." He then sent Jiu Er out of the tomb. Old man Du returned to the coffin. Seeing that Liu Ling had already sat up, he couldn't help but say, "Ah, Mr. Jean has woken up!" Liu Ling heard someone talking, opened her eyes, and took a closer look through the moonlight. So, he asked in confusion: "Am I dead, or am I dreaming?" Old man Du laughed and said, "Mr. Liu was revived after eating 'Thousand Days of Drunkenness'." Liu Ling hurriedly asked, "Who is my husband?" "My name is Du Kang, and I am here to ask for money for wine." Liu Ling, who said a word, suddenly realized, and hurriedly got up to make a salute.
The east was white, and when the morning sun flew up, Liu Ling and Old Man Du returned to the front of the house. When she knocked on the door, her wife couldn't help but staggered back a few steps when she saw it. She stared at her husband, whom she hadn't seen for three years, in disbelief, speechless, Liu Ling and Old Man Du looked at it. Look at each other and smile. Liu Ling hurriedly said to his wife: "It was Brother Du who saved me from life, come and thank Brother Du." When his wife heard this, she was so surprised that tears flowed down her face. She hurriedly bowed deeply to Old Man Du, and said, "Husband Du is a great benefactor. ”
Liu Ling and Old Man Du walked into the house and put him on the upper position. Liu's wife hurriedly took the tea and held it to Old Man Du with her own hands. So the two talked about wine, talked with each other, and talked for three days and three nights, but they still couldn't bear to separate. Later, Liu Ling searched for her family wealth, collected the wine money, and held it to Old Man Du with both hands.
Du Kang took the money in his hand, stroked it again and again, and said with a sigh: "Silver money can lead to heaven and earth and benefit everything, and it can also be a black heart, cut off relatives and friends, and hurt flesh and bones." Today I am not here to beg for money, but to find a colleague, brother, you can come with me!" So, the two of them went out of Liu Ling's house, hand in hand, and went south with laughter.
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The first one, and the other one, will come late!