At the opening of the "Pan Tao Club" show, the gongs and drums played a little bit, and in the rush of the gongs and drums, more than a dozen little monkeys moved and rolled to grab the stage, and a more attentive wonderful performance, Qiu Chen cheered highly.

The young man who happened to be sent out by Qiu Chen ran back with a big food box, panting, and very thoughtfully took out the smoked goose and snacks from the food box and placed them on the table. He smiled flatteringly and said: "Second master, the smoked goose that has just been baked, the small one has rushed all the way back, you two taste it, this goose meat is still very hot!" ”

Qin Zheng looked at Qiu Chen and didn't even look at him. Qiu Chen looked kind, nodded with a smile, threw out a plum blossom silver bill, and said with a smile: "Send these three smoked geese to the backstage, and give them to the children just now, oh, if you can, make a big pot of hot tea for me and send it over!" ”

The young man didn't react for a while, and wondered: "Child? ”

The smile on Qiu Chen's face faded, but he still added an explanation: "It's the ones who just played the little monkey!" ”

The young man was stunned, and only reacted after a while, and immediately agreed, and quickly put the smoked goose back into the food box, and carried it to the backstage with a frown. He frowned as he walked, and looked down at the food box in his hand with an uncomfortable face, this smoked goose from the old store of Gaosheng is a famous food in the capital, he hasn't eaten it yet, those little monkey cubs are blessed, and they actually entered the eyes of the master, and the reward is three, it's really ...... The dirty little monkeys just turned over a few times, and they won the reward of three smoked geese for nothing...... At this moment, he had forgotten the hard and heavy taels of silver in his pocket.

Qiu Chen turned his head and looked at Shang Qin Zheng with a slight smile but a little puzzled.

She didn't ignore it, and said in a low voice with a smile: "When those children turned their heels just now, I saw that their stomachs were collapsing...... Maybe I didn't even eat breakfast. The money will not reach them, so it is better to give them something to eat. ”

Moreover, she asked people to chop off goose slaps and goose wings, first, she loves to eat these two things, and second, if she has eaten with her hands, those 'horns' must not have any thoughts!

The doubts in Qin Zheng's eyes dissipated, his gaze turned to gentleness, he patted Qiu Chen's hand on the table, and didn't say anything, but Qiu Chen knew that he understood her thoughts.

To tell the truth, for Qiu Chen, who has watched movies shot by modern sound and light technology, this kind of stage drama is really not very attractive, and the heavenly palace mortal world built by such a simple two-story stage also seems too rough, but the actors are very attentive, every move, every move, one hand and one turn, all of them are very charming, not to mention the beautiful singing and lyrics, calm down and listen, you will feel more and more tasteful.

After the performance of "Pan Tao Club" with sonorous gongs and drums, it was close to noon, Qiu Chen and Qin Zheng got up and slowly walked away from Huichun Garden side by side.

The light in the opera garden was a little dim, and when he walked out of the Huichun Garden, Qiu Chen couldn't help but pause, squinted his eyes slightly, and raised his eyes, Qin Zheng had already looked back one step away. Qiu Chen looked at him and said with a slight smile: "There is a longevity fang sheep soup in front of you that is extremely delicious, how about we go there to eat?" ”

Qin Zheng nodded with a smile without surprise, took a step forward, put the hood on her head for her, pulled the cloak again, and laughed in a low voice: "I don't know where it is, you lead the way!" ”

Qiu Chen nodded with a smile and walked briskly side by side with him.

"Actually, I remember that the best mutton soup is the one in Huairong Town, and I don't know if it has something to do with the environment and mood, but I always feel that the mutton soup there has a strong aroma and is not greasy. The meat is also much more tender......" Qiu Chen said slowly.

In fact, she understands very well that the mutton in the northern grassland is much more tender and fragrant than the mutton in the mainland...... However, after all, the identity of Begonia does not go to many places, so it is better to modify it slightly.

"Haha, that's a good thing, the mutton outside the gate is better than the capital!" A voice came from behind him, Qin Zheng frowned slightly and looked at Qiu Chen, the two turned around together, and saw Yang Jingyong slowly walking over with a fan, and a step behind him, followed by a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy with a handsome appearance, and there was a three-point similarity with Yang Jingyong between his eyebrows and eyes.

Qin Zheng saluted: "The lower officials have seen King Yong and King Fu!" ”

It turned out that this was Yang Jingfang, the blessed king from Queen Xu, Qiu Chen paid a little attention, and saw that his face was slightly rounded compared to Yang Jingyong, and he could see some shadows of Queen Xu. Immediately, she also followed closely behind Qin Zheng and saluted, but did not speak.

"Hehe, sister...... Ahem, Brother Yang, Brother Qin, let's ignore these things today, just talk about personal friendship. Yang Jingyong stretched out his hand with a smile on his face, ignored Qin Zheng, and said directly to Qiu Chen, "Brother Yang, you two can make our brothers find it so hard!" ”

Qiu Chen secretly sweated, how can this sound like a thousand miles looking for a husband!

In front of the blessed king Yang Jingfang, Qiu Chen was not too casual, with a respectful smile on his face, he arched his hand, which was regarded as an apology, but he still did not speak.

Yang Jingyong didn't introduce Yang Jingfang, but laughed to himself: "I just heard Brother Yang talk about mutton soup, are you going to have lunch?" Haha, they all said that it would be better to meet by chance if you want to invite, and our brother will also go to try it, and the restaurant that can be admired by Brother Yang must be good! ”

Yang Jingyong is not alone, they are familiar with informality, but Yang Jingfang met for the first time, and he didn't say anything if he was not familiar, and Yang Jingfang grew up in the palace when he was a child, and he was honored and jade, and he didn't have the low-level life experience like Yang Jingyong, so take him to the small sheep soup restaurant to eat? Forget it!

Qiu Chen shook his head secretly, sighed, and said respectfully: "To be able to eat with the two princes, we can't ask for it...... It's just that there are a lot of us, and the sheep soup restaurant is very small, so why don't we change places......"

Yang Jingyong immediately smiled and said: "Hehe, the guest is as you please, since you are bothering the two, our brothers will naturally listen to the two of you!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and arched his hand, stepped aside with Qin Zheng, bowed down and invited Yang Jingyong and Yang Jingfang brothers, took a step behind and wanted to accompany them, turned around, and walked slowly.

The blue tile and white wall, the inconspicuous black door frame and door leaf, and the brick carving on the Ruyi door are not too complicated, but they are elegant and exquisite.

Yang Jingyong paused at the door, looked up at the plaque on the lintel, and whispered: "Huiji Hall!" ”

Nodding, Yang Jingyong looked back at Qiu Chen with interest on his face and said, "Huiji...... But Zhejiang restaurant? ”

Qiu Chen smiled: "What Lord Yong said is very true, this is a Zhejiang restaurant. It is said that Zhejiang cuisine is sweet and greasy, but the Zhejiang cuisine here is not...... The prince will know if he tastes it. ”

Yang Jingyong nodded again and again with a smile on his face, while Yang Jingfang looked at Qiu Chen from time to time, his eyes full of curiosity. This lady of Jingbei Marquis was different from the women in the capital he had seen, neither like those high-ranking women who were too restrained and respectful, nor like the women in the street who came and went...... Wearing men's clothes and walking with men, it sounds like a big violation of etiquette and rules, but it is free and easy to see, and people can't have any dirty thoughts at all.

Qiu Chen and Qin Zheng took a step behind and let the two princes enter the Huiji Pavilion, and the accompanying guards were all left behind.

After entering the door, there are two small men standing behind the door, respectfully giving salutes, and one person leading everyone to the inside, respectfully speaking, not like those guys who are as noisy as the second boy, more like the subordinates of a large family, with a faint trace of dignified solemnity in respect.

Yang Jingyong raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes were full of higher and higher interest, shaking the folding fan in his hand and following the little guy all the way through the hall, bypassing a verandah, and coming to an independent pavilion.

This pavilion is not like a restaurant, more like a small pavilion for the rich and noble, there are two delicate and beautiful girls standing at the door, both of them are fifteen or sixteen years old, with a one-color Tsing Yi moon-white skirt, combing double buns, and a few pink yarn flowers, slender and slender. Seeing everyone coming, he curts, neither humble nor arrogant, "Say hello to a few masters!" ”

It turned out to be a soft and touching Wu Nong's soft language!

Yang Jingyong's eyebrows were raised higher, and Yang Jingfang didn't care to look at Qiu Chen anymore, her eyes stared at the two girls, revealing her eyes full of interest and curiosity.

The furnishings in the pavilion are also elegant and unconventional, and a few teenage maids hold copper basins, mirrors, boxes, gargle cups, gargle bowls, handkerchiefs and other things, and send them up, for a few people to wash, sit down, and hot tea has been delivered.

Tea is eight-treasure tea, not the popular tea in recent years.

Qiu Chen doesn't have a big love for these mixed tea soups, but he can barely get into his mouth, in such weather, holding a delicate white-filled porcelain tea cup, a few sips, so that the tea soup mixed with a variety of ingredients and smells can be tasted in the mouth, but it is also interesting.

After the two girls had served their tea, they lowered their hands and stood on both sides of the door.

Yang Jingyong turned his head to look at the room, and he didn't see anyone delivering menus or anything, so he couldn't help but be surprised: "They are a little lazy to treat guests here." ”

Qiu Chen held the tea and said with a smile: "The prince doesn't know, this is the difference here......"

After a slight pause, he added, "There is no restaurant style here, it is more like people entertaining guests...... For the first time, they will bring the specialty dishes to the restaurant, and the second time they come, the dishes will be according to the customer's taste. The prince is a little restless, and the time is almost over. ”

Yang Jingyong and Yang Jingfang brothers were full of surprise, the girl at the door had already opened the curtain, and a beautiful girl was holding all kinds of boxes and fish in. The two girls who were waiting in the room followed, opened the box, first placed four cups and spoons in front of the four people, and then took out the same cold dishes from the box, and brought them out to be at the mercy of the people. Every time she puts the same, the girl will also clearly report the name of the dish.

Yang Jingyong Yang Jingfang brothers were curious, and looked at them one by one, and saw eight very delicate palm-sized white porcelain plates, which were put in small cold dishes such as bad duck tongue, smoked goose paws, almond eight treasure tofu, etc., and the number of dishes was also very small, delicate and delicate, but the color was bright and clean, and it was very pleasing to the eye.

The little girl holding the box stepped back, and the two waiting girls were about to retreat, Qiu Chen turned his head and ordered: "Send a pot of your wine today!" ”

A girl with a pointed chin lowered her hand and agreed, quickly withdrew, only to the door and whispered, then turned back, bent her knees towards Qiu Chen, and said: "If you return to your master, you have already ordered to go down, first start with the osmanthus winter brewing, and send it up one by one." Lychee wine can't be hot, and it will be sent with aged rice wine. ”

Qiu Chen nodded, turned his head and glanced at Qin Zheng, the two looked at each other, Qiu Chen saw a slight smile in Qin Zheng's eyes, she also smiled slightly, and turned to Yang Jingyong and Yang Jingfang: "The two masters, they are all from the south of the wine, mostly made of glutinous rice fruits, delicious and mellow, after a while, the two masters can have a good taste, and the next time you can pick your own favorite and drink." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Qin Zheng again, and the two looked at each other and smiled, their affection overflowing.

Yang Jingyong glanced at Qin Zheng, picked up the chopsticks and said with a smile: "It's so interesting." Then try their cold dishes first, what is different! ”

Yang Jingfang also took the chopsticks cleanly, took a piece of sour bamboo shoots and put it in her mouth, the entrance showed a slight hint of surprise, then frowned slightly, swallowed reluctantly, and nodded: "Well, it's really different!" ”

Qiu Chen looked at the expressions of the two, smiled silently, turned his gaze back, and put a piece of bad duck tongue on Qin Zheng's plate.

The dishes here, in addition to slightly aggravating the salty taste, the taste is very authentic, and the sour bamboo shoots are sour and delicious, but if you are not used to eating them, you are afraid that it will be a little difficult to swallow. However, it is precisely because of this that the different tastes of each person are also more obvious. Sweet and sour, salty, sweet...... Each has its own representative dishes, and after the restaurant has mastered the tastes of the guests, and after becoming a regular customer, it is natural to have a fixed dish.

When the dishes were served again, Qiu Chen didn't wait for the girls to set the dishes, so he ordered: "Several masters are here for the first time, when you report the name of the dish, you will talk about the taste characteristics of the dish by the way." ”

The two girls did not disobey at all, bent their knees and agreed, and sure enough, when they reported the name of the dish again, they reported the characteristics and tastes of the dish. With their introduction, Yang Jingfang finally didn't have to take any more risks, and each tasted the dishes according to their own tastes.

After tasting it, everyone has mixed evaluations, but they have to admit that as long as they choose the right taste, the dishes here are still very authentic.

At this time, the girls also poured hot osmanthus winter brew for everyone, and the four of them didn't have to let them not respect, they each raised a glass to drink.

After two glasses of wine, Yang Jingfang gradually let go, chased after Qin Zheng and asked about the battle into Sichuan and Tibet, and asked about the situation of Yungui Nanchen, his eyes were full of admiration, overflowing with words!

Qiu Chen was silent, tasting food and drinking, of course, drinking can't be as dry as a few men, but drinking slowly, the warm wine is mellow and sweet, with a heat in the limbs of the body, and gradually has a slightly drunken meaning.

The meal was comfortable and comfortable, and the four of them talked, and the topic shifted from Qin Zheng's war, to the customs and humanities of the frontier, and then to Nanchen's mission this time.

Yang Jingfang was already very drunk, and her speech gradually opened up a lot. drank another glass of wine and said with a smile: "That Nan Chen is really self-sufficient, and he is a small country, and he actually dares to offend my Daming...... Defeated, I actually got a few barbarian women from nowhere to send them...... Those uncivilized people, the woman must also be rude, and she dared to send it! ”

Qiu Chen thought that Southeast Asian women were really different from the appearance of Ming women, with a darker complexion, I was afraid that they would be disliked by many people......

Qin Zheng is silent, and he usually won't open his mouth if he doesn't ask.

Yang Jingfang's words, the couple didn't talk, the scene was a little colder, Yang Jingyong smiled and said: "The fourth brother doesn't have to be like this, those small countries, the country is small, and they are educated, but they are just remote barbarian people, I live in the Central Plains in the Ming Dynasty, and after thousands of years of civilization and inheritance, I should be broad-minded, how can I deal with those barbarians!" ”

Yang Jingfang's face turned red and she was about to refute, but Qiu Chen answered next to her: "Lord Yong's words, although he is not ignorant, he doesn't dare to agree!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Jingyong was very surprised, raised his eyebrows and turned to Qiu Chen, and said with a smile: "Oh? I am willing to listen to Brother Yang's advice! ”

Yang Jingfang also showed excitement. This Jingbei Hou Lady's life experience has too many legends, from a village woman who died of her husband, not only earned a rich family fortune, got the imperial gift plaque, awarded the three ladies of the three grades, but also married into the Jingbei Hou Mansion to become Mrs. Hou, and married for two years, still alone in the special room, it is said that the Jingbei Hou left Beijing to go on an expedition, far away in the land of Sichuan and Tibet, but also guarded like jade...... Today, he met Mrs. Jingbei Hou, who was traveling with Jingbei Hou in men's clothes, which had already made him very curious, but Qiu Chen had always been silent, and rarely took the initiative to participate in the topic if he didn't have to speak.

Unexpectedly, when talking about family and country affairs, Mrs. Jingbei Hou, who had been silent, took the initiative to refute Prince Yong...... Does she really understand that? And what is her opinion?

Qiu Chen smiled on his face, but his eyes were firm and calm, and said: "I don't dare to give advice, I just have a little bit of my own foolish opinion, since the prince is open-minded and open-minded, I will take the liberty to say it." ”

"I don't know how to govern the country, but I read some medical books and herbs. There is a cloud in the medical book, the disease of scabies, not enough to suffer, the two princes think this is right? Qiu Chen did not quote the scriptures at length, but in a sentence it was a rhetorical question.

The two brothers, Yang Jingyong and Yang Jingfang, both showed some interest, and nodded with a smile. Yang Jingfang also smiled: "Yes, the disease of scabies has nothing to do with life, so what does it matter?" ”

Qiu Chen's gaze flashed over the two of them, and he said with a solemn expression: "Two princes, then dare to ask, have you ever had scabies?" What do you know about the suffering of people with scabies? ”

Yang Jingyong and Yang Jingfang both looked embarrassed, looked at each other, and finally shook their heads.

"Sure enough, I didn't have it!" Qiu Chen nodded and added very seriously.

Qin Zheng paid attention to her and didn't make a sound, but Yang Jingyong and Yang Jingfang couldn't help but show a hint of forbearance.

Qiu Chen didn't smile, but still said with a straight face: "The disease of scabies is mostly caused by uncleanness, or contact with unclean people's things, and the skin is red and swollen, itching and unbearable, especially at night, when it should be sleeping with a high pillow, but it is the most difficult time for people suffering from scabies." At night, the yin qi becomes heavier, and the rheumatism caused by scabies is easy to move. Scabies mites are also lurking during the day, active at night, crawling and gnawing in human skin. Both of them are itchy and painful to the place of scabies, and the itching is unbearable, and naturally it can't help but scratch, and after scratching and breaking the skin, it will cause skin ulceration, which may further cause abscesses, and those who are strict can also endanger their lives. ”

The smiles on Yang Jingyong and Yang Jingfang's faces couldn't be maintained, and their faces were slightly pale, and what Qiu Chen said, it seemed that there was a faint itching sensation on their bodies, and there was a feeling of insects and ants crawling and gnawing......

Qiu Chen's eyes swept over the slightly pale faces of the two, and said lightly: "This small border country, in the eyes of many masters, is like a disease of scabies, which is called unhindered to life, and it is not allowed to be ignored a little. As everyone knows, the people of Xinjiang over there are just like patients suffering from scabies, they are attacked and harassed by those barbarian small countries every day, and they are not enough to rob money and materials, and they will burn, kill, rob and prostitution, and even slaughter villages and exterminate clans...... If the two princes had scabies, would they still say that scabies is nothing to worry about? If the two princes were in the frontier and had seen and experienced the atrocities of those alien races, would they still say that the small country of Puer should not be ignored, be more tolerant, and have a broad heart? ”

A series of statements and questions caused the other three people in the audience to fall silent. Yang Jingyong lowered his eyes and looked pensive, Yang Jingfang looked at Qiu Chen in surprise, and the look of curiosity and surprise became even more obvious; Only Qin Zheng looked over, and his gaze at Qiu Chen revealed a gentle expression of tolerance and praise in his eyes.

In the past dynasties of China, which of the Chinese imperial courts did not boast of being a great power of the Celestial Empire, turning people from other countries into barbarians, not looking at anyone in their eyes, and arrogant. And boast of being broad-minded, treating people with courtesy, and giving generous gifts to those countries that can rush to meet them, including many advanced technology and farming technology, as a result, the consequence of arrogance is that China's modern history has been humiliated for nearly 100 years, a large territory has fallen, tens of thousands of compatriots have been enslaved, mutilated and slaughtered, and countless villages and cities have been turned into a scorched white land......

In the past hundred years of humiliation, Qiu Chen's generation, including her parents, has not experienced it, but the country is backward, and she has experienced it more than once when she is discriminated against and ridiculed by the world. The history of 100 years of humiliation is like a boulder pressing on the body of generations, and it is like a brand, which is imprinted in the depths of the souls of generations, and cannot be ignored or forgotten.

Yang Jingyong, Yang Jingfang, and even everyone in this era did not have this kind of experience, so they may not be able to understand the solemnity on Qiu Chen's face and the pain in his eyes when he said this. But they were moved by Qiu Chen's metaphor of 'scabies', whether it was disgusting or diaphragm, Qiu Chen's words, they wanted to forget jì, I'm afraid it was not so easy.

After Qiu Chen's words, Yang Jingyong and Yang Jingfang lost the slightest smile, and fell silent during the banquet, and after a while, Yang Jingyong's face softened slightly, raised his eyes to look at Qiu Chen, and showed a wry smile before he spoke.

He knew that the advantage of their husband and wife was not so easy to take advantage of. It's just that after eating a meal from them, they actually said such a thing, and no one will be able to swallow any delicacies and delicious jade liquid elixir at this time.

"Brother Yang's words ......" Yang Jingyong paused, smiled bitterly, adjusted the color slightly, and continued, "Brother Yang's words are simple and refreshing, our brother has really been taught!" ”

As he spoke, he arched his hand in respect. Yang Jingfang also hurriedly followed the arch hand.

Qiu Chen turned sideways slightly, got up and arched his hand, and said with a smile: "The two princes are too humble, I am a villager in the mountains and wilderness, I haven't read many sage books, and I don't know anything about family and country affairs, but I just skimmed a few medical books and herbs, and I feel something." After drinking a few glasses of wine, the wine was a little unable to control his mouth, and he talked nonsense, completely out of bounds, and there were many rudenesses, and he also implored the two princes not to blame him for being rude! ”