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Chapter 48: Can’t we drink the fine wine from Shu?
"Alas, I took Guo Zhao out, but I didn't bring him back..."

"This is a small token of my appreciation. If you have any difficulties in the future, feel free to come to me. I will do my best to help you and will never refuse..."

In the living area of ​​the Inner Palace Guards, Li Yi took Ma Renyu to find the thatched house where Guo Zhao's family lived, and gave his family twenty strings of cash and two pieces of fine cloth.

Guo Zhao's father has passed away, and now only his mother is still alive.

In addition, he had an older brother who unfortunately died young, and an older sister who was already married.

Before Guo Zhao died in Gaoping, his family of five lived here: his mother, his wife, a five-year-old daughter, and his newborn son.

"Erlang is unlucky, so it's no wonder the general is so wrong. The army has already issued a pension, so how can an old woman take the general's money?"

Guo Zhao's mother was in her early forties, but people from poor families tend to age early. Most of her hair had turned white, and her body was a little hunched.

The old woman's face was full of sadness, and she refused to accept anything Li Yi gave her.

Standing next to him was Guo Zhao's wife, who was about the same age as Guo and had a fairly clean and pretty appearance. She was holding her one-month-old son in her arms and crying non-stop.

Seeing this, Li Yi said no more and took Ma Renyu into the house. He put the valuables on the table and bowed several times to Guo Zhao's spirit tablet.

When a person dies, even the body cannot be found, and the family can only grieve over the empty memorial tablet.

Just thinking about it makes me feel uncomfortable.

In the case of the Guo family, not only the entire imperial guards, but also many members of the inner palace guards were affected. The last time the inner palace guards went on an expedition, they suffered heavy casualties.

Afterwards, Li Yi and Ma Renyu left the place where Guo Zhao's family lived.

"I know Brother Yi is kind and righteous, but you can't just give money away everywhere. So many people in the Imperial Guards died. You can't give away all the money even if you empty your family's coffers."

Listening to Ma Renyu's words, Li Yi remained silent.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people in this era, I sometimes seem to be too soft-hearted and not like a decisive warrior.

For example, after rescuing the group of elderly, weak, women and children in Shizhou, he also made special arrangements for their escape.

For example, he agreed to the dying person's last wish and brought Chen Xiaoniang back to Tokyo to raise her by his side.

And after returning to the court, he used his own money to subsidize the families of the injured and dead soldiers.

These behaviors are probably difficult to understand, not to mention outsiders, even people close to him like Ma Renyu would find it difficult to understand.

But Li Yi did this on the one hand to win people's hearts, and on the other hand out of inner sympathy.

Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect?
Furthermore, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

If Li Yi just wanted to be a carefree warrior, he could just go with the flow without thinking too much.

Most warriors of this era have this mentality.

But having climbed to his current position, Li Yi wants a brighter future.

Since ancient times, those who can accomplish great things, regardless of their abilities, must have a broad mind.

To put it bluntly, this is called pattern!

For Li Yi today, money and treasures are just that, they can be spent when necessary and there is no need to be reluctant to spend them.

On the contrary, the families of soldiers who died in battle like Guo Zhao really need money to survive, so Li Yi will naturally help if he can.

As the saying goes, a person's name is like the shadow of a tree.

Perhaps your current kindness and righteousness will become a stepping stone to help you take a step further in the future?

"By the way, you know where I can buy some better wine."

Li Yi mounted his horse and turned to look at Ma Renyu. He added, "It's the kind that tastes a bit stronger. The stronger the better."

Talking about where to find good wine was Ma Renyu's forte. He thought for a moment and said, "There's a wine shop on East Market Street in the outer city. They have connections to get some good wine from Shu. We can go there and ask."

As he spoke, he became curious again and asked, "Brother Yi, why are you asking this? Have you really figured it out and want to practice your drinking tolerance?"

Li Yi asked in return: "Does buying wine have to be used for drinking?"

"Why buy wine if you're not going to drink it?"

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go to the wine shop."

They left as soon as they said they would, and the two of them rode their horses over immediately.

The wine shop that Ma Renyu mentioned is located on the bank of Longjin River on Dongshi Street, not far from the breakfast shop.

The wine shop has a large facade, with three connected rooms in the front and a small courtyard in the back.

When Li Yi and the others arrived, they found the shop deserted. There was only a waiter sitting behind the counter, yawning boredly.

"This shop? It doesn't look like it has much business. Does it really have good wine?"

Li Yi turned his head to look at Ma Renyu, expressing doubt about the good wine he mentioned.

"I'm not kidding. The worst wine sold in this wine shop is better than those in other stores."

"Is it that exaggerated?"

"Can I still lie to you, Brother Yi? If the wine sold in this shop is not too expensive, I will definitely not drink from other shops." Ma Renyu promised solemnly.

Seeing that Li Yi was still a little unconvinced, he suddenly became anxious, walked quickly to the counter, raised his hand and slapped the boy on the head.

"Damn it, are you blind? You can't see the guests coming to your door?"

The young man cried out in pain, holding his head and was about to curse, but when he looked up and saw a big bearded man standing in front of him with a ferocious look on his face, he was so scared that he swallowed his words back.

"Where's your shopkeeper? My brother wants to buy your best wine. Hurry up and call the shopkeeper out."

The servant didn't dare to delay, fearing that if he was slow, he would be eaten by the man in front of him. He quickly got up and ran into the back room of the shop.

After a while, a middle-aged man in a plain-colored sleeved robe walked out from the back room, followed by the servant who had just gone in to deliver the message.

"I wonder what kind of wine the two distinguished guests would like to buy?" The middle-aged man's gaze lingered on Li Yi for a moment, then he asked.

Judging from his words and actions, he is quite elegant. He does not seem like the owner of a shop in the market, but more like a well-read scholar.

Ma Renyu said impatiently, "Just bring out the best wine in your shop!"

The middle-aged man smiled slightly and said, "All the drinks sold in the shop are here. You two can choose whatever you like. Why bother the shop assistants?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the neatly arranged wine containers behind the counter.

"Damn it, do you look down on us two brothers?"

Ma Renyu's temper immediately flared up. He grabbed the middle-aged man by the collar and was about to punch him in the face.

Li Yi quickly grabbed him.

Ma Renyu then loosened the middle-aged man's collar, still cursing, "Damn it, you think I don't know that you have a good wine called Qionghua Yuye in your store, but now you say you only have these crappy wines from outside? Do you think my brother and I can't afford it?"

The middle-aged man straightened his collar, but without getting angry, he continued with a friendly expression, "The Qionghua Jade Liquid was transported from Shu after going through a lot of hardships. The production is very scarce, and our store doesn't have much in stock..."

"So there's still stock?"

Even Li Yi, who was good-tempered, became a little impatient and couldn't help but frown and said, "Then according to the shopkeeper, this is the fine wine from Shu. Can't we drink it?"

"No, no, that's not what I meant." The middle-aged man shook his head. "It's just that the Jade Flower Liquid is only for the nobles in Kaifeng City. It's not easily sold."

His words seemed to be ungrateful, and he was clearly implying that Li Yi and the other two were not qualified.

Of course, this also shows that this store must have some background, otherwise the middle-aged man would not say such things.

"What a crap nobleman!" Ma Renyu cursed without waiting for Li Yi to speak.

"You should know Li Yi, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards, right? The one standing before you is him!"

Oh my god... Li Yi was originally a little unhappy, but after hearing what Ma Renyu said, he suddenly felt so embarrassed that he wanted to tap his feet on the ground.

Why does it seem like a melodramatic drama where someone bullies someone by taking advantage of their power?

However, the middle-aged man's expression changed slightly upon hearing this. He looked at Li Yi carefully and saluted hurriedly, saying, "So this is General Li, the man who killed the most powerful general of the Northern Han in battle, repelled the Liao army, and even killed the Liao political official. He is now famous throughout the world!"

"I have been blind and have offended you. Please forgive me, General Li!"

It seems that bullying is more effective... Li Yi felt helpless.

He has heard so much flattery from others recently that he is starting to feel numb.

"I cannot make the decision regarding the Jade Flower Liquid. Please wait a moment, General Li. I will go down and have my master come out."

The middle-aged man apologized and then hurried into the inner room.

Damn, it’s just a bottle of wine, but it’s made to be even more prestigious than the Moutai of later generations.

Do you still have to ask for instructions and call people left and right?
Li Yi couldn't understand it, but since he was already here, it wouldn't hurt to wait a little longer.

He wanted to see what tricks he could come up with when selling wine.

But what Li Yi didn't expect was that the so-called master mentioned by the middle-aged man was actually a young woman.

　This chapter is related to the later expedition against the Later Shu, or more precisely, to Lady Huarui and another group.

　　I can’t say much more, that’s all I have to say.

　　In order to prevent everyone from accusing me of writing a watered-down chapter, I can only reveal a little bit in advance.

　　As soon as I got to the transition chapter, I was scolded badly.

　　We can’t just get straight to the point without even any foreplay…

　　Please keep reading. It’s the last two days, and it’s very important to keep reading!

　　Tomorrow’s Monday’s follow-up reading is the most important!

　　The transitional plot is almost over, and then the protagonist returns to his hometown in Xiajin and visits King Wei Fu Yanqing on the way. The protagonist's wife will also appear.

　　I need to polish the plot.

　　Thank you very much, readers!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)