Chapter 70 Grape Wine Luminous Cup

Ya Niang also got up, drank wine with a sip of wine, and tasted it as Xiao Jiading, and shook her head in surprise and said she didn't know.

Tang Lin laughed and said, "This is a fine wine in the palace, called 'wine'. It was made from a kind of thing called grape introduced from the Western Regions. Not many of these things have it! This is when the emperor ascended the throne..."

As soon as he said this, Tang Lin's voice stopped, his expression was quite sad, he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about it, drink! Today, if you can't finish this jar of wine, you are not allowed to leave!"

Ya Niang and Chi Mei have only heard of such a wine, but have never tasted it. I didn’t expect that there would be such a good taste today, and my face was very excited.

This wine is a treasure for Tang Lin and other Tang Dynasty people, but for Xiao Jiading, a guy who has never drunk any wine from modern times, it is not rare, and even thinks it is far better than the top red wine in modern society. The most important thing is that Xiao Jiading only likes to drink white wine and does not like to drink red wine or beer. So he is actually not very interested. However, he knew that this was a treasure in Tang Dynasty, and it must be the treasure in Tang Lin's heart. He had to pretend to be full of interest to make up for the fun.

So Xiao Jiading drank another glass, kept urging loudly and exclaiming: "Ah! This wine should only be found in heaven, how many times can you hear it in the world!"

His poem was transformed from Du Fu's "Present to Huaqing", but he changed the song into wine. This is also a famous line that has been passed down through the ages, which immediately attracted Tang Lin and the two girls to applaud.

Ya Niang said, "I am worthy of being a talented person who has become a poem in seven steps, and his words are all top-notch and good sentences. If you are not famous in the Tang Dynasty, then you will lose the law of nature!"

When Chimei heard him praise Xiao Jiading, she was as proud and happy as she praised her husband. Her face was full of pride and joy. She pulled Xiao Jiading back and picked up a small piece of crystal dragon and phoenix cake with her in her hand and brought it to her mouth: "Don't drink so much wine on an empty stomach, eat something first!"

The things were delivered to her mouth, Xiao Jiading had to bite them and secretly looked at Ya Niang. Seeing her turning her head to look at the moonlight outside the window, her expression was a little light. He quickly said to Chi Mei, "I'll eat myself, you can eat too. - Boss, are we going to drink?"

This sentence "Start drink" immediately aroused Tang Lin's heroic spirit and said loudly: "Pour wine!"

The flower girls who were serving the side quickly came up to pour wine. Xiao Jiading took a look at the wine glass, which were all silver cups carved with patterns, and asked the leading flower girl: "Do you have glass cups on your pleasure boat?"

There was no transparent glass in the Tang Dynasty, but there was already a translucent glass cup. Compared with silver cups, the value was naturally slightly less than that.

Hua Niang nodded and said, "Yes!"

There is a poem about "Grape Wine Luminous Cup" in Tang poetry, but the Luminous Cup only exists in legends and does not exist in reality. In modern society, people generally use open high-leg glasses to appreciate the color of red wine. If ceramic wine glasses are used, this interest will be reduced. There was no transparent glass in the Tang Dynasty, so they can only be replaced by glass cups.

Xiao Jiading turned his head and looked at Tang Lin, saying, "Boss, I see this wine as bright as a rose, very beautiful. If it is poured into this thick silver cup, you will not be able to see the beautiful color. Why not use a glass cup to serve? Can you just drink and feel the beautiful color of this wine?"

Tang Lin applauded: "Your proposal is very good, come and change to a glass cup!"

Soon, the glass cup was delivered, and a cup was served in front of Tang Lin. He picked it up and looked. Through the light green glass, the originally bright color became darker and turned into a deep red, as if it was about to be half-solidified blood. This color suddenly aroused the male spirit in his body. He raised his glass and drank it dry.

Then, he looked at the little dark red wine left in the glass cup, couldn't help laughing, saying, "Happy! It's so satisfying! Dalang's method is excellent! I want to tell the emperor to drink this with the glass cup..."

As soon as he said this, his words stopped again, feeling sad. He was demoted to Yizhou for no reason. I don’t know if he would see the emperor again in the future, and if there is such an opportunity to tell the emperor.

Seeing that he looked sad, Ya Niang immediately opened the topic and said, "Is this wine good to drink with a glass cup? I want to drink it too! Change it to everyone with a glass cup!"

The wine in the glass cup turned into a deep red blooming rose in the eyes of Ya Niang and the mad plum! Ya Niang loved it very much and looked at Tang Lin and said, "Dalang, if there is such a fine wine, wouldn't it be ruined if there is no poetry? Why not recite poems to entertain you?"

"This proposal is very good! Come on! Let's drink three big cups first, so that we can feel it!" After that, he drank three cups in a row. The others also drank them.

Tang Lin said: "Dalang, please give everyone a song?"

Tang Lin looked at Xiao Jiading. Xiao Jiading knew that there was something special about who recited poetry first, just like who made a drink in the barn. If such a senior leader was present, he would be very ignorant if the limelight was snatched by himself. He smiled and said with apologies: "Boss, come first. Let's listen carefully."

Tang Lin smiled and said, "I like poetry, but I am not good at it. I don't have the talent of you, my brother, to make poetry seven steps. You can just praise the fine wine for a good poem. This wine is only available in heaven, and it is rare to hear it in the world! Good! Well! If so, we are the free gods. Come on! Your poet who makes poetry seven steps will make poetry more and more enjoyable. Let's talk about this fine wine in the heaven palace! You'd better come on."

When Xiao Jiading heard the name of Poet Immortal, it was the name of Li Taibai, a flying immortal from the sky. No matter how thick-skinned he was, he would not dare to take on the title. He hurriedly said: "I can't afford to be this Poet Immortal. I'll be a wine worm. Wine worm is more cost-effective than Poet Immortal."

Everyone laughed.

Ya Niang also smiled so hard that her eyes trembled. She covered her mouth and looked at Xiao Jiading, her eyes circulated, and said, "I just proposed to recite the poem, that's for you Dalang... Oh, you two are Dalang, you are easy to mess around. I'd better call you Xiaolang?"

The title Lang is just a common name for men in the Tang Dynasty. It does not have the ambiguous meaning of later generations, so they don’t seem to be anything unusual, but in Xiao Jiading’s ears, it is peachy, and I can’t help but think of Ya Niang’s delicate lips and graceful body. But now Tang Lin is here, and he looks very close to Ya Niang, so he can’t show his intentions to her. He nodded quickly and said, “Okay.”

Ya Niang smiled, and said with a very spring breeze, "Xiao Lang, don't refuse, let me appreciate your talent for seven-step poetry."

When Xiao Jiading heard her sincerity, he didn't seem to be polite, so he stopped refusing. He stood up and held a glass of beautiful wine, walked to the venue, looked at the wine in the glass, and said, "Boss asked me to use this wine as the theme. I had been watching this wine just now. Looking at it, I actually remembered the blood of the soldiers fighting in the frontier dyed the blood on the battlefield. How about I recite a poem for the soldiers at the border?"

Xiao Jiading's words were exactly what Tang Lin thought. He felt this way just now, so he slapped and applauded.

Xiao Jiading walked slowly and recited the seven charades of the Tang Dynasty's border poet Wang Han chanted the fine wine:

Grape wine luminous cup,

I want to drink the pipa immediately urges me,

Don't laugh at me if you are drunk on the battlefield,

How many people have returned from war since ancient times.

After Xiao Jiading finished reciting this poem, Tang Lin's eyes lit up and said, "Good poem! I didn't expect Dalang to be able to write frontier poems, and so good that even those poets who really fought on the battlefield could not write such good poems as you!"

Xiao Jiading was very thick-skinned. Although it was a plagiarized poem, he did not feel blushed at all. He just said a few words of humility and drank a glass of wine.

Ya Niang said: "If we don't drink alcohol, how can we live a good life? Let's drink a drink together!"

The three of them also drank the wine.

After the Hua Niang who served the wine, Ya Niang said, "You said the good wine is blood, and it is a bit scary when you drink it! No, you have to chant a new song!"

Xiao Jiading and Tang Lin laughed.

Chimei also said to Xiao Jiading with affection: "Yes, I dare not drink what you said. I have to give us a poem, which is a punishment!"

Xiao Family Ding's eyes rolled and remembered a long poem by Li Shangyin. There were a few sentences in it that were suitable for plagiarism. Then he said, "Okay! Then I'll be ugly again."

He got up and walked a few steps, looked back at Chimei, and slowly recited:

There is a bright moon shining above and a spring breeze blowing below.

**There are beauty, color like roses.

The songs are filled with the sky, and the pain is unscrupulous.

The youth is not long, but Gu Mu is in trouble.

Just let the pearls fly into the coral cheeks.

Now, I am safe and happy, and listen to my hard-working poems.

Who wrote ancient poems? The elders were sad.

Ya Niang looked at Chimei with a smile and said, "Did you hear it? Xiao Lang confesses his love to you. I want to ask the matchmaker to marry you!"

Chimei was both ashamed and happy, and looked at him and said, "I don't have that blessing. As long as I can always be by Xiao Lang and listen to him recite poems and essays, I will be content to be a maid."

Xiao Jiading's poems aroused their interest. Under the influence of wine, he recited poems and savored the poems of his predecessors, and talked while he was having fun.

Before we knew it, it was already late at night. Several of them were already drunk. Tang Lin said to Xiao Jiading: "Drinking too much, my head is a little dizzy. Let's go to the bow of the boat to blow. - Ya Niang, it's too cold at night. Don't go out with Chimei. Don't catch a cold!"

Ya Niang and Chi Mei knew that they had something to talk about, so they obediently agreed.

Xiao Jiading followed Tang Lin out and arrived at the bow of the boat. There was no one else here. The gentle wind was gentle. Although it was chilly, he didn't feel it when he was drunk.

Tang Lin said: "Dalang, how about being a clerk in the county government office?"

"Everything is good!" Xiao Jiading hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "By the way, I haven't thanked you for your promotion."

"I recommend it only if you have the ability."

"I must work hard and live up to the boss's training."

"Um."
Chapter completed!