Chapter 20 Horse Week
Li Ke's appearance is completely different from Ma Zhou. Ma Zhou is dressed in a down-and-out manner and dressed casually. The bartender doesn't like it, but Li Ke is dressed in fine clothes and jade crowns. He is dressed in exquisite clothes and is a good person at just one glance.
Since Li Ke spoke, he naturally didn't have the money to pay for the wine. The bartender didn't care about not doing business.
Li Ke sat in the elegant room and waited for the order of wine and food to be prepared. The middle-aged scholar Li Ke had seen downstairs was brought up by the bartender and appeared in front of Li Ke.
"Sir, I am very good at drinking. I still don't know how to get drunk for three days. I admire you." As soon as the middle-aged scholar entered the private room, Li Ke stood up and said.
Qin Huaidao beside Li Ke didn't know why Li Ke wanted to treat this down-and-out scholar, but since Li Ke had all gotten up, he was not inconvenient to sit aside, so he stood up as well.
The bartender was worried that the middle-aged scholar would get drunk and annoyed the distinguished guest. He also took the middle-aged scholar to wash his face with cold water before coming up. Now the alcoholic smell on the middle-aged scholar has become much weaker.
When the middle-aged scholar saw Li Ke getting up, he didn't care. Instead, he looked down at the wine and food prepared on the table in front of Li Ke and asked, "I heard from the bartender, did the young master invite Ma to come and drink?"
Li Ke nodded and said, "That's right."
The middle-aged scholar then asked, "Can you manage enough?"
Li Ke smiled and said, "That's natural, even if you drink up this restaurant."
"It's good, good! Good!" After hearing Li Ke's words, the middle-aged scholar's smile became stronger and stronger. He put on his clothes and sat down opposite Li Ke.
When Li Ke saw the visitor sitting down, he also sat down and asked the middle-aged scholar: "You and I met by chance, but I still don't know the master's name?"
The middle-aged scholar heard Li Ke’s question and replied inadvertently: “In the dismount Zhou, Ma Binwang, now he is just an unknown soldier, and the young master must have not heard of it.”
Ma Zhou was born in Chiping County, Qinghe County, and was a poor family. He was not famous for his reputation. Ma Zhou had just entered Chang'an City for a few days, and the only one who knew him in the entire Chang'an City was probably the only bartender in the restaurant.
When Ma Zhou saw Li Ke's appearance, he must be a prince of a noble family. How could he know him? Therefore, he said this.
But others may not know Ma Zhou, but how could Li Ke not know?
"The phoenix is soaring, and it must be worthy of its wings. The trust of the loyalty and kindness is loyal."
Although Ma Zhou, the most legendary prime minister during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, was born in a miserable and began to be in a very short period of time, he was able to seize a rare opportunity. In just over ten years, he rose to the peak of the Tang Dynasty's ministers. How could Li Ke not know?
However, judging from Ma Zhou's appearance, it is obvious that he has just arrived in Chang'an and his opportunity has not yet appeared. Therefore, Ma Zhou is still an unknown person now. It would be strange if Li Ke said that he knew him.
Li Ke said: "Although I met Mr. Husband and I first met, my personality is very suitable for my appetite, so I specially asked Mr. Husband to come and drink a few drinks together, and I hope he will not see you."
Ma Zhou raised his hands, looked at his clothes, and smiled and said, "I, Ma Zhou, is so depressed. The young master is willing to invite me to have a glass of wine. I will naturally be happy. There is nothing wrong with it."
After hearing Ma Zhou's words, Li Ke picked up the wine pot himself and walked to Ma Zhou's side, wanting to fill the wine glass for Ma Zhou.
Li Ke had the identity of him, and suddenly poured wine for a down-and-out scholar. He was really shocked Qin Huaidao who came with him. Qin Huaidao hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I'll just pour this wine, how dare I bother the young master."
Seeing this, Li Ke blocked Qin Huaidao who was deliberately coming forward to take the wine pot and said with a smile: "Mr. Ma and I fell in love with each other when we saw this, so I thought I would pour this glass of wine in person."
After saying that, he picked up Ma Zhou's wine glass and poured a glass for Ma Zhou.
Ma Zhouwen was so arrogant that he was not a person who was arrogant. Li Ke was the son of the noble family. Such a person suddenly condescended to pour wine for him, which really shocked Ma Zhou.
Li Ke is different from the arrogance of the bartender. Li Ke treats him with courtesy, and Ma Zhou will not neglect him. Ma Zhou hurriedly took Li Ke's wine glass and thanked him: "Thank you for your kindness, I am ashamed of your gratitude."
Li Ke said: "When you see me, why bother to say the word "sham"? I will sooner or later have a day to soar to the sky. I will congratulate you on this glass of wine first."
After hearing Li Ke's words, Qin Huaidao finally understood what Li Ke meant. It turned out that Li Ke actually wanted to win over this down-and-out scholar. But what Qin Huaidao puzzled was that with Li Ke's identity, he could not win over any talented man, and he insisted on spending time on Ma Zhou.
After hearing Li Ke's words, Ma Zhou asked, "Ma is so miserable now. Why does the young master still say this? Could it be that the young master also has the art of meeting each other?"
Li Ke said: "The so-called 'The wind is born in the earth and starts from the end of the green apple. It invades the valley and is angry at the mouth of the earth capsule.' Although Mr. Hun is not successful at the moment, I think Mr. Hun is not an ordinary person. He has extraordinary ambitions and extraordinary talents. In today's prosperous times, he will not miss his talents. He will have a day of high success."
"Ha ha!"
After hearing Li Ke's words, Ma Zhou laughed loudly. He got up and picked up the wine glass in his hand, raised it to Li Ke, and then drank it all in one sip, saying loudly: "My Ma Zhou has been poor since childhood. He is a young man, but he is unruly, and he has been despised by many people all the way. I didn't expect that there are people who know me in this small tavern today."
Ma Zhou was a literary man when he was young, and his talent was the best choice, but because of his background, he was not valued by the people of the times, and he wasted his time to this day. Now Ma Zhou is thirty-two, and he has been standing by before, but he still has nothing to accomplish and is depressed. It is rare to meet Li Ke who knows him today, so he naturally feels happy.
Li Ke said: "There is Bole in the world, and then there are horses of thousands of miles. There are horses of thousands of miles, but Bole in the world is not. A gentleman has the talent for governing the world. If he does not have the eyes of noble people, it will inevitably be difficult to stand out."
Li Ke's words hit Ma Zhou's heart. Ma Zhou nodded and said excitedly: "Yes, there are so many mediocre people in the world, and few people can recognize others. The words of Gongzi Bole are very consistent with my heart."
Seeing this, Li Ke followed Ma Zhou's words and asked, "Since that's the case, I don't know if the sir has a plan for the next step."
In just a few words, Ma Zhou had already regarded Li Ke as his confidant and replied: "I have never been an old acquaintance with the Central Army General Chang? This time I went to Beijing and defected to my old friend."
Li Ke heard this and asked, "Chang He? Chang He is a military general. He is not familiar with literature and ink. How can he be a master of his husband?"
Chang He was appointed as the General of the Central Army. Because he had opened the Xuanwu Gate for Li Shimin and made great contributions, he was named a confidant. If Li Ke remembered correctly, Ma Zhou, a member of the Tang Dynasty, entered Li Shimin's eyes because of his memorials for Chang He Dai, and since then he leaned on his arm.
But what Li Ke said was in Ma Zhou's ears, but it was not without reason.
The different paths of civil and military affairs are, so why are they always military officials? But Ma Zhou has to follow the literature. The two are very different.
However, since Li Ke said so, there is naturally a reason. Ma Zhou asked, "I wonder what good words are the young master?"
Li Ke said: "How about I am going to be my husband's mentor?"
Since Dama Zhou saw Li Ke for the first time, he knew that Li Ke was not an ordinary person. Now that Li Ke said this, he became more and more sure.
Ma Zhou asked, "Didn't you ask about the name of the young master?"
Chapter completed!