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Chapter 86 Ugly Young Master

He was wearing brocade clothes and a veiled hat. Zhang Zong couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at the familiar outfit. He didn't expect that this mysterious veiled hat man would appear in front of his house again. Speaking of which, after the last time he met, he also inquired about the other party's identity, but he found nothing. He even almost forgot about the other party's existence, but he didn't expect that the other party would suddenly come to the door at this time.

"I haven't seen him for many days. I wonder if I remember to leave wine for me?" The other party asked in a relaxed tone. Although he couldn't see his expression clearly, he could feel the smile under his hat.

"Brother Taiwan hasn't come for many days, and I thought you wouldn't come again!" Zhang Zong was stunned for a moment and quickly reacted, and then smiled again, "I've prepared your wine for you a long time. Brother Taiwan has come in and I'll go and get the wine for you!"

Zhang Zong said and invited the other party in, and Shangguan Wan'er behind him was also curiously looking at the man with hats. However, the other party was a guest after all, so she only looked at him for a few seconds and did not dare to look again, and then followed Zhang Zong to pick up the wine.

Last time the man in the hat bought wine from Zhang Zong, he had a piece of gold when he made a move. The only requirement was to ask Zhang Zong to prepare more wine for him. Zhang Zong always remembered this, so when he made perfume, he steamed a few more jars of high-altitude wine. In addition to preparing for the man in the hat, Zhang Zong also planned to keep a few jars of himself, and maybe he could use it to give it to someone one day.

When Zhang Zong came to the back of the kitchen, he had someone dig a cellar behind the kitchen, which was quite large. It was warm in winter and cool in summer. Combined with the method of making ice in saltpeter, some food can be stored, and the distilled liquor is inside.

Zhang Zong went into the cellar to move wine. Because it was very dark inside, Wan'er stood at the door and carried lanterns to help him illuminate it. Soon Zhang Zong brought the wine out. Wan'er turned off the lanterns and helped him lock the cellar door. It's true that after having an extra helper at home, Zhang Zong felt much more relaxed.

At that moment, Zhang Zong came to the yard with a wine jar. The man in the veiled hat was looking at the flowers and plants in the flower garden. The roses grafted by Zhang Zong had not yet bloomed, but the two-color chrysanthemums grafted at the beginning of the year had already grown buds, and some of them were half open. One chrysanthemum blossomed into two completely different chrysanthemums, which made the man in the veil stopped and looked at these strange chrysanthemums carefully.

"If you like it, just take a pot away. I'll give it to you!" Zhang Zong saw that the other party seemed to be interested in the grafted chrysanthemums, so he smiled. Compared with the Shuang Color Rose, these Shuang Color chrysanthemums are not very popular. For example, Xue Ning'er doesn't like chrysanthemums and says it's too smelly. It's estimated that chrysanthemums will not usher in its golden age until the Song Dynasty hundreds later.

Unexpectedly, the man in the hat shook his head when he heard Zhang Zong's words, "Chrysanthemums, a gentleman among flowers, is a hermit. I am not a gentleman, nor a hermit. If I take him away, I will only insult it!"

"Flowers and plants are just things that allow people to rest and cultivate their nature. Brother Tai doesn't have to be too harsh on themselves!" Zhang Zong was stunned again when he heard this, and then spoke again. He likes flowers and plants, but he never pays attention to the messy meanings imposed on flowers and plants.

The man in the hat turned around at this time, staring at Zhang Zong through the gauze and said, "Everyone has their own ambitions. Actually, I envy you very much. You can wait for everything in this world so easily, but I am different. I can't even take good care of myself, and I don't have the energy or mood to take care of those things outside!"

Zhang Zong didn't know what to say when he heard this. This man with a hat was not only mysterious, but also seemed to be filled with a dark and desperate atmosphere everywhere. It was nothing at the beginning, but as long as he talked to the other party for a few words, he would feel very uncomfortable.

After saying that, the man in the hat ignored Zhang Zong, but turned his head to look at Shangguan Wan'er behind Zhang Zong, and then said in a relaxed tone again: "Is she your newly bought maid?"

"Uh, right?" Zhang Zong didn't want to explain Shangguan Wan'er's origin, and said perfunctorily.

"It's a pretty well-behaved woman. You're very lucky, little brother." The man in the hat looked at Shangguan Wan'er a few times, then said without a head or end, then fell on the wine jar in Zhang Zong's hand, and his eyes lit up immediately, "Little brother, how much wine do you have, I've bought all of it!"

"Brother Tai probably forgot. I have said a long time ago that I am not a seller of alcohol, and drinking too much of this kind of strong wine will hurt your health. I advise me to be more restrained!" Zhang Zong smiled helplessly when he heard this.

"Take the body? Haha, I'm broken, why are you afraid of not harming the body?" The man in the hat suddenly laughed wildly, and said, walking forward to take the wine jar, slapped the mud seal and sniffed it, then shouted excitedly, "Good wine! Good wine! I didn't expect that this time the wine was stronger and better than the last time!"

Looking at the other person's drunkenness, Zhang Zong smiled helplessly again, but he could understand the other person. As a disfigured person, life must be very depressed. Perhaps only alcohol can make him temporarily forget the pain.

"This jar of wine weighs ten kilograms, and you will definitely not finish it at once. However, this kind of spirit wine can be stored for a long time. As long as the jar is sealed and placed in a cool place like a cellar, it will not become sour after ten years. Instead, it will become more mellow!" Zhang Zong reminded again carefully.

The wine content in the Tang Dynasty was too low and it was not distilled and sterilized, so the wine produced would easily become sour after a long time. Therefore, the Tang people liked to drink new wine, and the aged wine would become vinegar after a long time. In contrast, distilled wine would not have this problem.

"Thank you, if you have the chance in the future, I will definitely plan to get drunk with you brother!" The man in the hat also thanked him again after hearing this. After saying that, he said goodbye and left, and Zhang Zong also sent the other party out.

The man with a veiled carriage was outside the door, and the other party was holding the wine jar and getting on the carriage. However, just as the coachman was about to drive the carriage, the man with a veiled carriage suddenly opened the window and looked at Zhang Zong again and said, "Little brother, I advise you to stay away from their Li family in the future, otherwise you will be caught in sooner or later!"

When Zhang Zong heard this, he suddenly looked up and stared at the other party with an incredible look on his face. What does this man with the hat mean? The Li family obviously refers to the royal family. He has indeed had many contacts with the royal family during this period. Not to mention anything else, he only offered coal through Princess Chengyang yesterday and brought Shangguan Wan'er out of the palace. Could it be that the other party already knew about this?

"I met twice, so I'm destined to be destined to do it. I wonder what you call me brother?" Zhang Zong stared at the other party with a serious expression. Unfortunately, the other party was wearing a veil on his face and could not see the expression on his face at all. However, thinking that the other party had been disfigured, even if he saw his face clearly, he probably didn't know whether he was crying or laughing?

"Me?" The man in the hat seemed to think about Zhang Zong's question for a moment, then chuckled, "Just call me ugly young master!"

The man with a hat, to be precise, was the man who claimed to be an ugly young man after he finished speaking, and the coachman immediately drove the carriage away. The other party also closed the car window and left it. Zhang Zong secretly became confused. The name "Ugly Young Master" was obviously made up by the other party, but it was also very appropriate. Although the other party was disfigured, judging from his current words and deeds, he must have been a handsome and elegant rich young man in the past.

"Young Master, is this person your friend?" Shangguan Wan'er came to Zhang Zong's side curiously and asked.

"No, he is the one who scared Taiping from the wall last time." Zhang Zong shook his head and introduced. Last time, the ugly young man showed his true face and was scared Taiping from the wall. Later, although Shangguan Wan'er also got on the wall, the man with a hat had left, so she had never seen the other party.

"It turns out that he is the ugly girl in the princess's mouth." Shangguan Wan'er shouted in surprise when she heard this, but she seemed to feel indecent in the end, so she didn't say anything more.

"This person is very mysterious and dangerous. I feel that he may come to me in the future. If you see him, don't offend me. Leave everything to me!" Zhang Zong also reminded Shangguan Wan'er at this time.

He was afraid that Shangguan Wan'er would accidentally bump into the ugly young man. Although the ugly young man seemed to have no malice towards him, his intuition told Zhang Zong that this person was extremely dangerous, even more dangerous than the real murderer of the Ghost Case he saw last time.

"Wan'er understand!" Shangguan Wan'er nodded very sensiblely. In fact, she had felt a little danger from the ugly young man just now, especially when the other party looked at her, it made her feel that the hairs all over her body were standing up, and she felt like she was staring at by a wild beast. If possible, she really didn't want to see the other party again.

When Zhang Zong took Shangguan Wan'er out, when he came to the market, Shangguan Wan'er was also happy like a bird out of the cage. She grew up in the deep palace since she was a child. Even if she was occasionally taken out of the palace by Taiping, she had no freedom at all. This was even the first time she came to the market to buy things. Everything in front of her was very fresh to her.

After buying a lot of things from a large bag, it was almost noon. Zhang Zong didn't want to go home to cook, so he took Shangguan Wan'er to find a restaurant where he prepared to eat something casually.
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