At this time, the bazaar transaction in the city was nearing the end, and the noisy bazaar began to gradually calm down, and the sunset was still struggling not to completely set.

Ling Tianyun came out of the general's mansion and let out a long breath, he looked at the majestic mountain in the north of the city, the top of the mountain was already covered with snow, under the illumination of the setting sun, it reflected a dazzling light, and a sharp voice sounded above his head. Ling Tianyun raised his head and saw a giant eagle hovering above White Water City, turning around a few times before flying towards the north.

When Ling Tianyun was a scout, he had suffered several losses from this Haidongqing, and when he and other scouts were inquiring about the enemy, the enemy scout did not find them, but who knew that they could be easily discovered by the flat-haired beasts, and several times they almost fell into the ambush of the Khitans.

At this time, what kind of plan did the Khitan people have to release this Hai Dongqing, Ling Tianyun didn't feel alert in his heart, but at this time he felt that there shouldn't be much of a plan, after all, it was now the period of cooperation between the Han and the Khitan. He shook his head and didn't think much of it, and walked in the direction of the city market. Ling Tianyun and his father Ling Duozhi set off for Daizhou in two days, and there was still plenty of time, and he wanted to catch up with other acquaintances.

There is a bazaar in Baishui City, its main purpose is to strengthen the commercial exchanges between the Khitan and the Northern Han Dynasty, there is a wine shop next to the bazaar, only a proprietress operates, this wine shop has no name, Ling Tianyun often likes to come to this wine shop, the wine in the wine shop is brewed by the proprietress herself, called "Sydney Brew", it is made from the snow water on the top of the mountain in the north of Baishui Pass, the entrance is fragrant but spicy, and the wine is like a fire burning in the stomach.

Seeing Ling Tianyun's arrival, the proprietress greeted him, Ling Tianyun said the old rules, and then walked into the wine shop and found a place to sit down. After a while, a shy fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl walked in with a drunken drink, the girl's snowy face, with a faint flush, looked so delicate and lovely, the fly in the ointment was that the girl had a few freckles on her face, and the perfect face had some flaws because of a few finches.

The girl's name is Duo'er, she is the daughter of the proprietress, and she has been helping the proprietress take care of the business in the wine store, and there are no other guys in the wine shop, so the boss and her daughter Duo'er, Duo'er plays the role of the shopkeeper, beating the guests and sending some snacks, in fact, there are no other snacks in the wine store, except for wine, just some peanuts and the like to accompany the guests. Duo'er is relatively slender and introverted, except for drinking with guests, she basically rarely talks to guests, and every time a guest asks, she is cautious and shy and whispers to answer.

After Duo'er put the wine on the table, she looked at Ling Tianyun with watery eyes, and said timidly in a voice that only Ling Tianyun and herself could hear, "Brother Ling, please use it slowly." After saying that, he turned and left, and the flush on his face seemed to be a little thicker. Ling Tianyun looked at Duo'er's back and smiled, and said softly, "This girl."

Ling Tianyun patted open the mud seal on the wine, a pure aroma of wine immediately rushed to his nose, smelling the aroma of wine, Ling Tianyun had an indescribable comfort, the blood of his whole body seemed to be boiling, at this time there were very few people in the wine shop, except for Ling Tianyun, there were three Khitan people sitting in another corner of the wine shop who were also drinking here, they spoke some Khitan language, the voice was very loud, Ling Tianyun didn't understand a word, as a scout, Ling Tianyun occasionally learned some Khitan language, It's just that he didn't understand a word of what the three Khitans said today.

Ling Tianyun poured a bowl of wine and put it to his mouth, but put it down again, he felt that something was wrong, in the past, most of the Khitans would return to their own country after trading with the Han people on the opening day, even if some Khitans wanted to drink, they would rarely come to this wine shop to drink, most of them would go to another famous restaurant in Baishui City, called "Xizhao Restaurant", the Khitan people like to taste the food of the Han people, and they generally choose that restaurant, instead of only drinking here, The wine was accompanied by only a small plate of peanuts. At this time, the sunset was about to set, and it was about to get dark in less than an hour, and the city defense gate of Baishui City was generally closed before dark, and the three Khitans did not seem to have any signs of leaving.

Ling Tianyun still couldn't think of a reason, he still picked up the bowl and poured a sip of wine, the fragrant and thick aroma of wine filled his mouth, as soon as the wine entered his throat, a thick spicy breath went straight to his chest and rushed into his abdomen. Ling Tianyun closed his eyes and slowly enjoyed this exciting moment. He remembered that the first time he drank this wine was two years ago, when he and several scouts were fleeing from the Khitan territory to Baishui City in embarrassment, and his heart was extremely depressed. I happened to see this wine shop, so I walked in, and Guo Jianzhong, the official of Baishui City, was drinking in it at that time. At first, he was very uncomfortable with this stronger wine than other places, and spit it out as soon as he entered his throat, this embarrassment was joked by Guo Jian, who was drinking, for a while, and later he met Guo Jian. From then on, Ling Tianyun fell in love with the wine here, like the thick aroma of the wine, and the spicy flavor after entering the throat. He would often come here to drink with Guo Jian and other scouts in the army.

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Xizhao Restaurant is located in the middle of the central street of Baishui City, Xizhao Restaurant, as the name suggests, is a restaurant illuminated by the sunset, some people may think so, it is said that in fact, Xizhao Restaurant is always a strange person, he never likes to use that elegant vocabulary to name his restaurant, that day he was sitting in front of the restaurant, attracted by the sunset scenery, so he gave his restaurant such a name, whether it is true or not, this is impossible to test, after all, Xizhao Restaurant has a history of more than 100 years, The owner of the original name has long since returned to the West, and the restaurant has changed for three generations, and now the owner of the restaurant is the fourth generation of descendants who originally created the Xizhao Restaurant.

The restaurant has a total of three floors, with a height of four zhang, and is the tallest building in Baishui City. In a private room on the third floor of the Xizhao Restaurant, there are five people sitting around the wine table, and two other men in strong suits are guarding the door of the private room. The dishes on the wine table were in shambles, and the five seemed to have been at the wine table for a while.

Among the five people, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy is particularly conspicuous, this young man is dressed in a purple brocade robe, draped in a white fur robe, the young man's eyebrows emit a sharp breath, the young man's body is strong, the air is magnificent, the exquisite face is embedded with a pair of eyes like eagle eyes, a temperament that dominates the world is born spontaneously, and the high nose bridge highlights the unique characteristics of the Khitan people. The young man was sitting above the wine table, and he was at the table.

On the right hand side of the young man is an old man, full of silver hair, a few wrinkles on the old man's forehead are like a knife chisel deep on his forehead, all dressed in ordinary gray cloth clothes, the old man looks very ordinary, only the old man's eyes flicker from time to time with a sharp light, from the appearance of the can not tell whether it is a Khitan or a Han.

The left hand of the young man is a middle-aged man about forty years a year, with a slightly chubby figure, the middle-aged man's whole body exudes a kind of official authority that has been accumulated for a long time, and the middle-aged man is wearing a white fur coat, although he is dressed in plain clothes, but it can still be seen that he still maintains a unique image of an official. The first middle-aged man on the left hand side is a scribe in his thirties, wearing a robe showing the elegant atmosphere of a scribe, and a stout man on the left hand side of the scribe, with a full beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a pair of big eyes are bright, and he looks at the silver-haired old man from time to time.

"Come, Xiao Wang, I would like to give you a glass," the young man said as he raised his glass and stretched out his hand to the other four.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be" The middle-aged man with official authority stood up immediately, and the thirty-year-old scribe also stood up when he saw this, and the stout man hesitated for a moment and also stood up. Only the silver-haired old man did not move, still sitting, playing with the wine glass in his hand from time to time.

When the young man saw that three people got up, he also stood up, took the wine glass, and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, and the other three people who were standing saw the young man drink the wine in the cup, and also saluted the young man and the silver-haired old man with the wine glass, and also drank the wine in the cup in one gulp. For the old man who didn't get up and didn't move his expression, the other four didn't seem to have a displeased expression, and they were obviously used to it.