"Although I am willing to wait, I will absolutely not wait even a second longer if I can avoid waiting!" The man in white said, taking out a money pouch from his pocket and placing it on the tray. Without saying another word, he picked up a bowl of wine and drank it.
All eyes were on him, and people were whispering among themselves:
"Although the brothel uses singing and dancing to buy wine, it's not something you can just buy with a few taels of silver!"
"Look at his big money bag, it can only hold about thirty taels at most, right?"
"I really don't understand how someone like that managed to get in here?"
Listening to the conversations around her, Lüxiu frowned slightly and gestured to the servant beside her to open the money bag to see what was inside. But when the servant opened the money bag, everyone gasped. The bag was filled with glittering gold carved into translucent gold leaves.
Everyone was stunned and speechless. Even the few people who had spoken ill of him earlier were so frightened that their legs went weak and they sat down on the ground.
Green Embroidery was utterly astonished, never expecting this man to be so generous. In the Kingdom of Shuyi, gold was priceless and extremely rare, yet he had enough to buy an entire city, including this tavern!
Green Embroidery stared at the money pouch, which felt like a hot potato, and instinctively looked at the white-robed youth. "Young Master, you..."
Before he could say anything, the man let out a quick sigh, wiped his mouth, put down the empty bowl, and turned to look at Lüxiu with a puzzled expression.
"Good wine! But it's a pity there's not enough! Hmm? Is the young lady calling me?"
Everyone was stunned, staring at him in disbelief. Xiao Zhanlin had just been unable to swallow half a bowl of wine, yet he had actually drunk it all in one go, leaving them speechless with shock.
Green Embroidery opened her mouth, pointing at him in surprise, and said, "You, you, you actually drank the Red Dust Wine in one gulp!"
After saying that, Lüxiu realized that she had been impolite by pointing at the man, so she bowed and said, "I'm sorry, it was Lüxiu who was rude."
The man chuckled, a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth.
"It's nothing. Actually, I just happened to pass by the Fengchen Tavern and smelled the aroma of wine. My craving for a drink came over me, so I came in for a cup! But what you just said, young lady, is that your wine is called 'Red Dust'? What a nice name!"
After he finished speaking, a hint of melancholy appeared in the man's purple eyes.
"If you like, young master, you may have a few more cups," Green Embroidery said, pointing to the remaining cups of wine.
The man glanced at the green embroidery, smiled, and waved his hand, "The mortal world is only for one journey. If you go through it more often, it will no longer be the mortal world, but an endless cycle of reincarnation!"
Hearing the man's words, Green Embroidery's eyes lit up with understanding, and she nodded. "I don't understand the reincarnation you mentioned, young master, but I think what you said is correct. And that's also the reason why the Wind and Dust Tavern stipulates that one person can only drink one bowl of Red Dust Wine. However..."
Green Embroidery looked at the man intently. "I really didn't expect that you, young master, could drink this cup of wine without showing any signs of drunkenness."
"Haha, you're wrong! Actually, my heart has already been intoxicated by this wine, by this mortal world..." Haha laughed and said, "Today, I am fortunate to be able to taste this rare and exquisite wine, which is truly the first good thing for Gu Liyan since I came here! I have other important matters to attend to and cannot stay any longer, so I will take my leave, young lady!"
"etc!"
Just as Gu Liyan was about to leave, an old voice suddenly came from the second floor.
Gu Liyan turned her head and looked up, only to see an elderly man with a white beard coming downstairs with the help of several attendants.
Upon seeing the elderly man in his magnificent robe, everyone around him lowered their heads, including Xiao Zhanlin.
"Master Weng," Green Embroidery bowed and said.
The old man who loves wine nodded, then looked at Gu Liyan gently and said, "Hello, young friend. I am the owner of Fengchen Restaurant and also the brewer of this Red Dust Wine. They all call me the old man who loves wine, and he is known as Master Weng."
"Greetings, Master Weng. My name is Gu Liyan." Gu Liyan greeted him respectfully.
The wine-loving old man picked up the money bag from the tray and handed it to Gu Liyan. "You just said your surname is Gu, right? Young Master Gu, our Fengchen Restaurant cannot accept this money. Please take it back."
Gu Liyan looked at him suspiciously. He didn't want so much money? Was he stupid?
However, Gu Liyan suddenly noticed the bright eyes of the onlookers around him and immediately realized that the old man in front of him was actually a cunning old fox!
With so much money invested in a restaurant, it will surely become famous, but it will also attract the attention of greedy people. Since the restaurant is mostly populated by the elderly, women, and children, it seems unable to resist those greedy individuals.
Now that the drunkard has returned the money to Gu Liyan, he has shifted his greedy gaze to Gu Liyan, completely washing his hands of the trouble at the restaurant. What a clever scheme!
Gu Liyan thought to himself, "Although this old man who loves wine is old and has a kind face, he is definitely no ordinary person!"
The old man with a smile looked at Gu Liyan and explained, "According to the rules of Fengchen Restaurant, you can only buy wine after watching the song and dance. Young master, you did not watch the song and dance performed by my little sister, Lüxiu, so in principle, we naturally cannot accept your money!"
Gu Liyan narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing they wouldn't accept it, and that he had already exposed his wealth. He immediately put his money pouch away and put it away. However, his shrewd and intelligent fox eyes darted around, and he smiled wickedly as he spoke:
"Since that's the case, I can't break the rules. Although I've taken the money back, I can't let you leave empty-handed after enjoying such fine wine. How about this, I, Gu Liyan, am willing to stay at Fengchen Restaurant to pay off my debts! I'll keep paying off the 100,000 taels of silver!"
Hearing Gu Liyan's words, everyone looked at him in surprise. The drunkard had a look of utter disbelief on his face, cursing inwardly, "This cunning little fox actually turned the tables on me! Fine, since you want to stay, let's see how I deal with you!"
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