Chapter 16 The Famous Kyoto Hungry Cat
After asking Qiu to win 150,000 taels of silver for Su Qingshu with a needle in Wenwan Street, this news immediately made Mr. Yang of Xianlaiju make up a story.
Now the streets and alleys of Kyoto are circulating the story of Shen Wenqiu, which can be described as "Mo Chou has no friends in the future, and no one in the world knows you." ”
In the palace of King Nanming, a handsome young man of thirty years old in the solemn treasure hall asked in surprise, "Really?"
An old eunuch in front of him, Niang Liniang, said with excitement: "Your Majesty, of course it's true, and now it's spread throughout Kyoto." ”
It turned out that this handsome young man was the monarch of the Nanming Kingdom, and he continued to ask, "This Shen Wenqiu also entered Kyoto to take the exam?"
The old eunuch praised: "I heard that this Shen Wenqiu is still the first place in this year's Nanshan Mansion. "Don't hesitate to give a thumbs up.
You can't underestimate the praise of this eunuch; this Gonggong Lin was sent to the palace at the age of ten, and climbed from a small eunuch to the head of internal affairs, and the big celebrities around the former and current kings have their own scheming and skills; his eyes are naturally very vicious; he only gave three people a thumbs up in his life, the first is the king, the second is Su Jinchen, and the third person is Shen Wenqiu.
Seeing that Mr. Lin had given Shen Wenqiu a thumbs up, he became even more curious about this Shen Wenqiu, and said, "Quande, you said that I would quietly take a look at this Shen Wenqiu to see how he is and whether he can be used by me, what do you think?"
Manager Lin smiled and said: "The slave feels bad, there must be a lot of people outside to woo him now, we might as well wait and see what happens, test his character first, and wait for the imperial examination to see if he is really talented, or will he only be a little smart, and then consider whether to make good use of him?"
"If you think that a person with such a skill should not be a person who can only play small cleverness and lack great wisdom. "Mr. Lin analyzed the situation one by one for Jun.
The king praised: "Quande, you deserve to be my wise man." ”
Manager Lin didn't dare to take credit and said: "The slave is just worrying about the king." ”
In a blink of an eye, ten days have passed, and in the past ten days, many powerful people have come to the Wensi Guild, and they have chatted with Shen Wenqiu, and I am afraid that only the Su family, the Xiang family, and the Jun family in Kyoto have not made a move, and they are watching the excitement on the side!
Shen Wenqiu didn't understand what these people meant by talking to him one by one, but he knew very well that if he was named on the gold list, he would definitely be involved in the power dispute, and he would choose to stand in line, and if he stood in line, he could be mixed in Kyoto, if he stood on the wrong team and did not stand in line, the final result would only be to get out of Kyoto and be imprisoned.
This is also the ultimate goal of this group of people to have a good relationship with themselves in advance.
On this day, early in the morning, the people of Kyoto saw a scene they hadn't seen for many years, and they rushed to the scene with tears streaming down their faces.
It turned out that early in the morning, I saw the guys of Xianlaiju carrying cages one by one, and a fat and chubby cat in the cage was going to be sent to the pet store at the south gate of Kyoto for a whole day.
What signal does this portend? It indicates that Xianlaiju is going to be a "hungry cat" today, can the people of Kyoto not be excited? Hearing this news, a group of people gathered at the gate of Xianlaiju early, and they all wanted to see who had such a big face and could let the proprietress make a "hungry cat" for him, and at the same time, they also hoped that they could follow the dip and eat a bite, even if it was worth dying.
Su Qingshu is notoriously late to the appointment, but since he recognized Shen Wenqiu as a brother, people have changed a lot, the first time I saw him get up so early, ready to go to the appointment; when he had everything in order and was ready to go, he found that he was a lazy follower, still sleeping lazy, and as soon as he got angry, he entered Chuan'er's room and rewarded him with a basin of cold water; so frightened that Chuan'er jumped up directly from the bed and kept shouting, "It's leaking, it's leaking..."
Su Qingshu scolded and kicked him, and said, "Leak your sister, I don't know what day it is today?
For the first time, Chuan'er felt that something unprecedented had happened to his young master, and he had never been so attentive before, and when did he go to the appointment either to be late to the king or to release the pigeons? Which tendon was wrong today? Of course, he naturally didn't dare to say these thoughts in front of his young master, so he could only muttered in his heart.
Su Qingshu and Chuan'er came to the door of Xianlaiju and saw a group of people surrounding, different from Chuan'er's first reaction to ordinary people who thought something was happening, his first reaction was "Damn, Brother Shen won't open a gambling plate again, give me 150,000 taels!"
Alas, he is also the son of the eldest princess, the nephew of the king, and the son of the official Shangshu, so he can't make a little bit of a big profit and lose his money; but after Chuan'er inquired! Su Qingshu knew that it was the proprietress who wanted to make a "hungry cat" for others; when he heard this, Su Qingshu didn't have much reaction, after all, he had lived for fifteen years and had eaten this legendary "hungry cat". Even if he wanted to react, he didn't know how to pretend.
Perhaps, Su Qingshu came too early, and he hadn't seen Shen Wenqiu's figure until now, and muttered, "Brother Shen, it won't be tricking me, right?"
Chuan'er was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, so she muttered twice, "I think so." "Otherwise, why haven't you come yet?"
Su Qingshu heard Chuan'er muttering and glaring at him, this Chuan'er also had a little eyesight, and when he saw his young master's eyes about to kill, he honestly closed his mouth and didn't speak.
The two of them sat in Xianlai Jugan like this, and they didn't know how many times the tea on the table had been changed, and they didn't know how many times they had gone to the thatched house.
Finally approaching noon, Xiao Er of Xianlaiju shouted, "Shen Gongzi has arrived." ”
Everyone at the door knew whose face was so big, and at the same time they opened their eyes wide to see what this legendary Shen Gongzi looked like, whether it was like what Mr. Yang praised in his mouth, "A gentleman is like jade, and the son is unparalleled in the world." ”
Well, don't say it's true, resolute and delicate, eyebrows and sword eyes, it is estimated that the words of Xu Gong in the north of the city are tailor-made for him;
Hey, sure enough, as soon as I finished boasting, I don't know which bold girl threw her handkerchief like a hydrangea;
Shen Wenqiu didn't notice who lost it, so he bent down to pick it up, and just wanted to ask whose it was, he heard a woman's excited scream, "Ah, he picked it up, he picked it up." Then, the girl fainted because she was too excited, and the other girls saw that they all followed suit, and for a while, the whole sky of Xianlaiju was filled with all kinds of scented towels, and even underwear, and it was estimated that these things could be picked up and sold in the market, and they could be sold for a thousand taels; some elderly people couldn't help but think of the sensational scene when Su Jinchen and Master Su were raised fifteen years ago, and it was nothing more than that!
When Su Qingshu saw Shen Wenqiu, just like seeing his father, he ran over and cried bitterly: "Brother Shen, if you don't come again, I guess I will be the first one in our Nanming Kingdom to drink water and die." ”
Shen Wenqiu smiled and comforted him,
"Su Shao, it's not so exaggerated, don't worry!"
"So many girls watching?"
Hearing a bunch of girls looking at him, Su Qingshu wiped his nose like a nobody, tidied up his collar, coughed twice, looked around, and said in his heart: "Fortunately, no one saw it, and almost ruined the image of this son, Yushu, who is in the wind and suave." ”
Su Qingshu came back to his senses, remembered what was going on, and asked, "Brother Shen, what about the second big gift you mentioned?"
Shen asked Qiu Xiaoxiao, "Haven't you already heard about it?"
Su Qingshu didn't understand for a while, and asked, "Where did you hear about it?" Su Qingshu can't be blamed! He hasn't eaten the "hungry cat", but he has heard others say that it is normal not to be cold;
Shen Wenqiu ignored him and asked Xiao Er beside him, "Where is the boss lady?"
Hearing this, Su Qingshu knew what Shen Wenqiu was talking about, and said with some complaints: "Brother Shen, isn't it! The second big gift you said is 'hungry cat', I thought you were going to give me another 150,000 taels?"
Shen Wenqiu scolded with a smile: "You kid doesn't hesitate to be blessed! others are willing to exchange all their wealth for a bite of 'hungry cat' to eat, but you are good..."
Su Qingshu estimated that he had really lost money, and in his eyes, there was a burst of disdain and disgust in his heart.
Last time, the maid who brought Shen Wenqiu to see Meng Shuwan came over and said to Shen Wenqiu: "I'm sorry, I've kept Shen Gongzi waiting for a long time, my young lady said that she wants to make an exception for Shen Gongzi, and this time she will make a hundred dishes of 'hungry cats'." ”
Shen Wenqiu probably didn't understand the rules, and muttered in his heart, "What do you do with so much?" ”
After an extra quarter of an hour, I saw Meng Shuwan walking towards Shen Wenqiu in a charming manner, this bewitching proprietress looked at Gongsun Ming and Su Qingshu in the eyes, and even Fu Bo, a bad old man, couldn't help but look at it twice, probably because he felt a little sorry for Aunt Fu if he continued to watch, so he barely restrained himself;
This time it was broad daylight, and the proprietress didn't look as attractive as last time, and Shen Wenqiu's performance was naturally much better than last time, at least there were no more nosebleeds.
Meng Shuwan didn't care what others thought, she walked to Shen Wenqiu's side and did it, and teased: "Shen Gongzi, you are so determined, you don't have any more nosebleeds?"
At this time, Shen Wenqiu couldn't wait to find a hole in the ground to get into;
He pretended to cough calmly twice, this sensible person is okay, such as Gongsun Ming just showed an expression that was all men and understood and held back that smile;
This ignorant person is Su Qingshu, hearing the words of the proprietress, pretending not to understand, and asking, "Nosebleeds? What nosebleeds? Brother Shen is not on fire?"
When Shen Wenqiu heard this, he kicked him and scolded in his heart: "Ask, ask your sister!"
When the proprietress saw his embarrassed appearance, she didn't tease him anymore, and asked people to bring two plates of "hungry cats" up, and the rest helped Shen Wenqiu do good deeds.
Shen Wenqiu looked at the dishes on the table, didn't he think there was anything special?
The aroma is indeed very attractive and the condition is very good, but what is so special about it?
Shen Wenqiu originally planned to take a closer look at the research, but he heard a voice from outside, "That's the smell, how many years." Su Qingshu heard the excited cry of this person after eating the "hungry cat", and he was also a little curious, so he put a piece in his mouth and ate it expressionlessly, and the three of them looked at him as if they didn't react, thinking that this "hungry cat" was in vain! But they felt that something was wrong, if it was not delicious, what did you mean by eating it all the time.
Shen Wenqiu hurriedly grabbed Su Qingshu's chopsticks that were caught in the bowl again, and asked, "Don't you patronize and eat?"
Su Qingshu cried: "Brother Shen, it's so delicious. It's the best thing I've ever eaten in my life, and I guess there won't be anything better than this in the future, so let me take a few more bites!"
Shen Wenqiu looked at him with some suspicion, shouldn't he be lying to himself!
Shen Wenqiu thought, "Is it really so delicious?" I sandwiched a piece, which melted in my mouth, nothing special, and then I sandwiched a piece, which was chewy, and I ate a dish with all kinds of eating feelings, but it was not very special; but in the next moment, Shen Wenqiu also had the urge to cry, and the aftertaste filled his mouth, evoking the taste that people missed the most in the depths of their childhood memories, or to put it mildly, there was a taste of mother.
"Hungry cats" makes people want to stop, and it is really not in vain.
Today, I eat 'hungry cats', and I am also a ghost when I die at night.