All realms have enabled me to achieve the Great Dao.

Chapter 287 Li Er

At this moment, Li Jing walked over and said, "What are you three whispering about in there?"

He noticed the three people as soon as he arrived, and after a while, the three of them were still whispering to each other.

As a member of the Yanhuang human race, he was naturally curious about everything and couldn't help but want to explore it.

When they saw it was Li Jing, they didn't object and pulled him over.

Cheng Yaojin whispered, "After court, we'll take you to a nice place."

Just as Li Jing was about to ask a question, the palace gates opened wide, indicating that the morning court session was about to begin.

Many ministers entered the palace, and the morning court session began.

Cheng Yaojin and the other two were naturally not interested in attending the morning court session. If they weren't afraid of being punished, they probably wouldn't even want to come.

The matters discussed at the morning court session had nothing to do with the military officers; they merely listened.

The morning court session ended early today, and Cheng Yaojin and the others thought they could go home, but unexpectedly, Li Shimin summoned them to his office.

"During the morning court session, the three of you seemed distracted. Was something the matter?" Li Shimin asked.

Sitting high above, Li Shimin could easily see any of his ministers' subtle actions.

Just like when you're in school, the teacher stands on the podium and looks at the students. The teacher can see clearly even the slightest movement of the students below.

Cheng Yaojin naturally dared not conceal anything from Li Shimin when he asked him.

"Your Majesty, a new tavern has opened on the street where we live, and the wine there..."

Cheng Yaojin described the tavern opened by Zhou Yongcheng, detailing the types of wine available and the effects of the low-grade spirit wine.

After hearing Cheng Yaojin's account, it would be a lie to say that Li Shimin was not surprised.

Low-grade spirit wine can help improve martial arts, and he himself has martial arts cultivation, so he knows the importance of spirit wine that can improve martial arts cultivation.

Before becoming emperor, he was the Grand General of the Heavenly Strategy Army, leading troops into battle, so his martial arts skills were naturally not weak either.

He also knew that cultivating martial arts was not easy. Although his cultivation level was not as high as that of Cheng Yaojin and others, it was mainly because he was busy with political affairs and had no time to cultivate.

If there were spirit wine that could enhance martial arts cultivation, then he wouldn't need to endure long periods of arduous training. He could simply drink some wine every day and cultivate for a quarter of an hour or two, and wouldn't his martial arts cultivation still improve?

As an emperor, what he most desired to see was an increase in cultivation level and a longer lifespan.

After becoming emperor, he asked a Taoist immortal whether an emperor could cultivate immortality, and was told that an emperor could not, which greatly disappointed him.

Fortunately, martial arts can be cultivated, and those who cultivate martial arts to a high level can have a lifespan of several hundred years.

"The tavern owner must be no ordinary person to sell spirit wine that can enhance cultivation," Li Shimin asked.

"We dare not inquire. If the low-grade spirit wine in the tavern is already so potent, what about the mid-grade, high-grade, and top-grade spirit wines? We can't even imagine what the effects of these grades of spirit wines are like," Qin Qiong said.

The four discussed the tavern for a while, and then Li Shimin asked Cheng Yaojin and the others to wait until he finished dealing with government affairs before they went to the tavern for a drink together.

After Cheng Yaojin and his two companions left Li Shimin's office, Li Jing was still waiting outside the main hall.

The three met up with Li Jing and waited together for Li Shimin.

"What kind of great place are you talking about? You're being so secretive," Li Jing couldn't help but ask.

"You'll find out soon enough." Cheng Yaojin and the others didn't reveal anything about the tavern.

They waited outside the main hall for more than two hours before Li Shimin appeared with his guards.

The guard was also holding a box, which contained money for drinks.

He learned from Cheng Yaojin and the others that the wine in the tavern was very expensive, with a low-grade spirit wine costing ten taels of gold per tael, so he brought a box of gold with him.

After leaving the palace, they soon arrived at Zhou Yongcheng's tavern.

Li Shimin stood outside the tavern, examining its entrance.

The tavern has no name. But you might say it has no name, since the word "tavern" is written above the entrance.

Looking at the tavern's signboard, Li Shimin found the tavern owner quite interesting.

Withdrawing his gaze, Li Shimin led the way into the tavern.

Zhou Yongcheng looked at the newcomer, surprised that Li Shimin had learned of the tavern's existence so quickly.

After learning the reason, Zhou Yongcheng exclaimed that Li Shimin had a very strong ability to see through things. He would even ask about Cheng Yaojin and others when they were slacking off during the morning meeting, which was enough to show that Li Shimin really cared about Cheng Yaojin and the others.

If it were any other emperor, you could just slack off, as long as you didn't cause trouble.

Li Shimin entered the tavern and looked around at its layout, which he found quite innovative.

Li Shimin looked at Zhou Yongcheng, an ordinary tavern owner with nothing remarkable about him.

But it was precisely this ordinariness that made Li Shimin realize that the tavern owner was extraordinary. His unassuming nature was the greatest reason for his unusualness, because the wine in the tavern was not something that ordinary people could possess.

Li Shimin gestured to the guards to place the box containing the gold on the counter. After the guards placed the box on the counter, Li Shimin spoke.

"Shopkeeper, how much low-grade spirit wine can I buy with all this gold?"

Zhou Yongcheng reached out, and the box on the counter appeared in his hand.

Li Shimin showed no surprise at Zhou Yongcheng's move.

Zhou Yongcheng glanced at the box of gold in his hand and said with a smile, "The Tang Emperor brought more than 210 taels of gold, which can buy 21 taels of low-grade spirit wine, plus 2 catties of meat to go with the wine."

When Zhou Yongcheng called out Li Shimin's identity, the guards behind him looked at him with a different expression. They became wary of him, fearing that he might attack Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was somewhat surprised to hear this; he hadn't expected his identity to be seen through so easily.

Then he felt relieved; for someone with extraordinary abilities, seeing through a person's identity is a piece of cake.

"can."

Li Shimin readily accepted the price, since he already knew the price of the spirit wine at the tavern.

"Which of the four types of wine behind me does the Tang Emperor prefer?"

Li Shimin looked at the names of the four wines on the wine jars and asked, "What are the differences in the taste of these four wines?"

"Each one has his own merits."

Li Shimin ordered sorghum liquor and Wuliangye liquor, half of each.

Zhou Yongcheng conjured two wine bottles on the counter, and with a wave of his hand, wine flew out from the wine jar behind him and poured into the two bottles, filling them just the right amount.

Then a cap appeared out of thin air and sealed the bottle, while the name of the wine appeared on the bottle so that people would know what kind of wine it contained.

After the wine was prepared, the robot took out two servings of meat from the inner room, which were packaged in disposable boxes.

Li Shimin and his group had come to drink. When he saw Zhou Yongcheng putting the wine into bottles, he knew at a glance that the wine was meant to be taken away. However, he did not want to leave for the time being, so he spoke up.

"Shopkeeper, I don't want to take the wine with me yet; I want to drink it in the tavern."

Zhou Yongcheng smiled slightly, and a wine glass appeared next to the two bottles of wine.

"Please feel free to make yourselves at home. Just let me know if you would like more glasses."

Li Shimin turned to Cheng Yaojin and the others and said, "Aren't you going to buy wine?"