Back in the hall, Zhang Jishi had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw us coming down from upstairs, he immediately stepped forward and said: "Big shopkeeper, everything has been arranged, the young master's accommodation has been arranged, and the dining table in the restaurant has been set, just wait for you to decide when to go!" ”

Uncle Wu looked at me, I saw that it was still a little early, so I said: "Shopkeeper Zhang, you take me to my room first, let me rest for a while, let's go to dinner, okay?" ”

Zhang Jishi said: "Don't worry, it's still early, you are in charge of everything, young master!" ”

I'm a person who eats and drinks as he pleases, nothing particular, just fill his stomach, but only a little "nitpicky" feeling about his own accommodation, especially when I go out, I encounter a little dirty inn, I would rather pull a rope and sleep on the rope than fall into bed to sleep.

It's like some people like to drink, some people are keen to gamble, some people are addicted to prostitution, some people pay attention to dress, etc., everyone has one or two special hobbies. Every time I go to a place and change accommodation, I have to see my accommodation before I can feel at ease.

I followed Zhang to the back of the counter, and then entered a small cubicle, only to hear a creaking of the machine, and the house quickly moved to the upper floor, and in a blink of an eye it was to the top floor.

Zhang Jishi and I said as we walked: "Young master, you may have heard the shopkeeper Wu say on the top floor of this Wen Bao Zhai, it is specially used by princes and nobles or wealthy businessmen on the rich side, with all kinds of food, drink, housing and transportation. And there are two rooms in the southernmost part of this, one is for the old man, and the other is reserved for the young master! ”

I asked curiously, "Leave it for me?" ”

Zhang Jishi smiled and said: "Maybe the master didn't tell you, once the master told me that he was half a hundred people after all, and the loess had reached his chest, and these family businesses would be handed over to you sooner or later, so I prepared them for you in advance!" ”

I replied casually, "I see!" ”

Then after walking for a while, Zhang Jishi opened the door of a room, I walked in, the house was antique, the windows were bright and clean, all kinds of tables, stools and beds were readily available, the space was almost larger than three rooms, an indescribable sense of warmth came to my heart, and my father was really attentive. After Zhang said goodbye to me, I walked around the house, and sure enough, all aspects of the room were what I wanted, standing in front of the window, I could clearly see the bustling crowd coming and going on Nanmen Street, but it was very quiet and not noisy at all.

Suddenly I felt a little dry, so I sat on the chair next to the table, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea, and instantly the fragrance of tea wafted in, what kind of tea is this so fragrant?

I'm a little confused!

There are a lot of precious teas at home, but this is the first time that this fragrance has been made. At this time, I noticed the teapot in my hand, the teapot in my hand blue and white background, with a small pen to render and fill in the color, the tire quality is precise and meticulous, white and hard, the glaze is thick and moisturized, the luster is soft and not dazzling, the lines are smooth, and the lines are clear, these characteristics are enough to prove that this teapot is the thing in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty.

I raised the bottom of the pot, and sure enough, at the bottom of the pot was written "Xuande Year System" in a four-character seal book. The decoration on this teapot depicts a folded branch lily, which is a rare teapot with this pattern in today's world. I thought about it for a long time, and I almost jumped up in shock, could it be that in front of me was the long-lost "blue and white folded branch lily pattern fragrant teapot"?

I hurriedly and carefully placed the teapot on the table, lest I slip and fall on this priceless treasure.

Speaking of this "blue and white folded branch lily pattern fragrant teapot" folk spread such a rumor: at the end of Xuande, Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory had a pottery supervisor surnamed Zhu, this person from the beginning to Jingdezhen porcelain "illiterate", after the perennial four seasons of physical practice, in the end became a very famous pottery craftsman.

In the early spring of one year, Emperor Xuande ordered the royal teapot to be burned and prepared to be given to the meritorious princes and ministers.

After receiving the holy decree, the Tao official surnamed Zhu rushed to work day and night, but the Tao official surnamed Zhu was meticulous in his work, followed the rules, and did not take a step beyond Lei Chi, and still did not catch up with the date when the emperor asked for the teapot. Seeing that the date was approaching, the ministers of the imperial court were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, so they sent a brocade guard to investigate what the situation was.

This brocade-clothed guard Qianhu came to Jingdezhen, and looked at the unhurried pottery supervisor and the slow and orderly warmth in the furnace, and was very angry, thinking that the pottery supervisor would definitely miss a major event if he was lazy. In order to rush the work, he ordered his subordinates to cut down the nearby trees to increase the firepower, and the Tao official surnamed Zhu strongly opposed it after hearing about it, but the big tiger just didn't listen, and finally tied the Tao official in the house and burned it alone according to his wishes.

At this time, it was early spring, all kinds of flowers were blooming, but they were sent into the sea of fire by this ignorant brocade guard, and the result can be imagined, all the porcelain in this kiln was fired into "crooked melons and cracked dates", which could not be used at all.

Emperor Xuande was furious when he heard the news, and immediately ordered the execution of Ma Dahu of Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and punished the crime of poor supervision of the Tao official surnamed Zhu and demoted him to a concubine.

But all this is related to this Tao Governor, it is all caused by the wanton behavior of the brocade clothes and thousands of households.

However, the emperor's order has been issued, it is impossible to change, the pottery supervisor since he entered the porcelain industry, unconsciously fell in love with this industry, and now he has been demoted to a common man, there is nothing, can only cry bitterly for three days and three nights on the porcelain full of kilns.

The former subordinates were also very sympathetic to this former good official, so they asked the pottery supervisor to take back the porcelain from this kiln and dispose of it himself, which should be kept as a souvenir.

The pottery supervisor dug in the kiln for a day and a night, in the middle of the night, the porcelain in the kiln was basically cleaned up, the pottery supervisor looked at the black kiln wall, thought about his grievances, very sad, tears could not stop staying, unexpectedly the place where the tears fell was still exposed a porcelain, the pottery supervisor carefully took out the porcelain from the ashes, and was suddenly shocked in place, this porcelain is quite well preserved, and from the teapot from time to time exudes bursts of floral fragrance. Is it because it was buried under the ashes and not destroyed?

The Tao Governor looked at this teapot countless times, and was overjoyed in his heart, for thousands of years, the porcelain artifacts of Jingdezhen were born by mistake! So, the pottery official surnamed Zhu left Jingdezhen overnight with a cart full of porcelain and this peerless teapot and went back to his hometown. From then on, the pottery governor kept his name incognito, playing with this divine thing every day, glad that he was so lucky to get such a treasure, and his love for porcelain was in vain, and he forgot all about the previous debasement.

It's a pity that the appearance of any treasure will eventually be accompanied by a bloody storm. This Tao official surnamed Zhu holds the treasure teapot every day to drink tea, every time he pours out the tea, it is fragrant for ten miles, and the villagers smell the fragrance and come, and they all feel that this teapot is very magical.

In this way, it was spread ten, ten was passed on to hundreds, and soon there was a rumor that "a pot of tea, ten miles of fragrance, better than the fragrance of flowers, and the pot is better than the name of tea", and then all kinds of literati came to visit in an endless stream. After Emperor Xuande heard the news, he also sent a brocade guard to collect it, and the Tao official surnamed Zhu had nothing else, but this teapot accompanied him, so he naturally didn't give it, so he took the teapot overnight and ran away.

Emperor Xuande Boyan was furious and immediately ordered his arrest. Poor Tao official wandering all day long, there is a wanted court in the front, secretly there are all kinds of heroes to rob, after a period of time, physically and mentally exhausted, disheartened, one day to Taihu Lake, looking at the endless lake, thinking about their own tragic experience, and finally jumping down with a teapot.

When the imperial court heard the news, it immediately sent the superintendent to salvage the teapot, which lasted for three months, and almost drained the water of Taihu Lake, but there was still no trace of the teapot, and even the superintendent who jumped down was also without bones, and could not be found.

One day, when the sky was cloudy, and seeing the rain coming, the superintendent was anxious, and suddenly the calm waves on the lake rolled, and in an instant a crucian carp bigger than a boat swam to the lake, and it was the teapot in his mouth.

Everyone was shocked, thinking that the gods of Taihu Lake had appeared and did not want us to kill and poison the sea tribe again, so the minister took back the teapot and filled the ditch that had been dug, and the heavy rain was about to fall down in an instant. The rain lasted for more than a month, and the water of Taihu Lake, which was close to drying up, returned to its former appearance.

The teapot was brought to Emperor Xuande, Emperor Xuande was overjoyed, named the teapot "blue and white folded branch lily pattern fragrant teapot", played all day long, hugged and slept night and night, who knew that he was not happy for three days, and died with a whimper. People talked about it, and they all said that the ghost of the Tao Governor was hidden in the pot, and in less than three days, the soul of Emperor Xuande was hooked to the underworld.

Since then, this "blue and white folded branch lily pattern fragrant teapot" has never appeared, there were many rumors at that time, a teapot was buried in the underground palace with Emperor Xuande; Second, after the death of Emperor Xuande, the teapot was stolen by the queen and replaced by the pillar, and finally went to the people; Three said that Emperor Xuande's death was because of this teapot, which was smashed by the queen on the spot; What's more, it is said that the teapot is the ghost of the Tao Governor, in order to come to Emperor Xuande to snatch the soul, and after the death of Emperor Xuande, the teapot will disappear.

To this day, this "blue and white folded branch lily pattern fragrant teapot" appeared in Wenbao Zhai, appeared in my room, I don't know how many accidents have been experienced, there is no way to find out, but if this thing is true, it largely confirms the reliability of this thing buried with Emperor Xuande.

As we all know, the tombs of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have basically been stolen, and it is reasonable that this place will be left to the people.

This thing has already created a series of bloody cases back then, and now if it is known to outsiders, such a troubled era will definitely lead to another fight, and it is better to persuade Uncle Wu to put away this teapot later. Thinking that the time had passed almost half an hour, it was time to go down to dinner with the others, so I closed the doors and windows and went to the hall.

By this time, the shop had closed, and the brothers and beggars were left drinking tea and chatting there.

When I saw that everyone knew that I had been delayed for a long time, I quickly said, "I'm sorry to keep the brothers waiting!" ”

Everyone also exchanged pleasantries.

When I saw that Uncle Wu was not there, I asked the beggar, "Why is Uncle Wu not there, where did he go?" ”

The beggar replied, "Uncle Wu is in the backyard to tell you something, I'll go and call Uncle Wu over!" ”

I nodded to the beggar.

After a while, Uncle Wu came over, and when I saw Uncle Wu, I said, "Uncle Wu, I'm okay here, you see that everyone can go over now, right?" ”

Uncle Wu smiled: "Yes, we are not all waiting for you!" ”

I smiled sheepishly.

Then let Uncle Wu take everyone to hurry up, and I, the beggar and Zhang Jishi followed out of the door, and the restaurant we set was the Phoenix Restaurant next door.

Zhang Jishi said to me as he walked: "Young master, when you first come to Xi'an Mansion, there may be some places you haven't been to yet, when you have time, I'll take you to have a good look." ”

I said, "Okay, then there's a record of Lao Zhang!" ”

Zhang Jishi said with a smile: "Young master, look at you are still so polite!" Oh, by the way, the Phoenix Restaurant we went to today is also one of the best restaurants in Xi'an, this restaurant has food from all over the country, what Cantonese cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Hunan cuisine and so on. In addition to eating, the aging daughter of Phoenix Mansion is famous all over the world, and the young master will have to drink a few more glasses at that time! ”

I smiled and replied, "Okay, no problem, I must make everyone happy today!" ”

As he spoke, he had already entered the restaurant, which was really big, and it was also a five-story house, which was decorated with gold and splendor, giving people a very comfortable feeling. The same is to do business, the restaurant business and our Wen Bao Zhai's business decoration style is completely different, Wen Bao Zhai pays attention to antique, the pursuit of cultural connotation; This Phoenix Restaurant is eye-catching, pursuing "beautiful and delicious".

The place we booked was in the large box of "Zhuyuan Chun" on the second floor of the restaurant, and Uncle Wu had already arranged everything, and when I entered the door, he hurriedly beckoned us to sit down.

After everyone sat down in turn, Uncle Wu picked up the cup and said: "Today's feast, first of all, welcome the young master to Xi'an Mansion for the first time, secondly, celebrate our successful completion of the task, and finally let's discuss tomorrow's major events, everyone raise a glass and drink this cup together!" ”

The others and I stood up, raised our glasses, and drank the wine from it.

At this time, Zhang Jishi stood up and said: "I chatted with the guys just now, and listened to the heroic deeds of the young master, I Zhang admired it tightly, and I personally toasted the young master!" ”

I quickly got up and saluted in return, and drank together.

Before I could sit down, the beggar stood up again and coaxed: "I can have today, it all depends on the son's rescue, and I will also give the son a cup!" ”

I smiled and toasted again.

Unexpectedly, the brothers in the back wanted to toast with me, and I was already slightly drunk. Seeing this, Uncle Wu hurriedly told the brothers to take it easy, don't get me drunk, and have something important to tell me later! In fact, this bit of wine is nothing for me, I can use my internal strength to force the wine out of my body, and then drink it like this ten times is no problem, but with my brothers, isn't it just drinking, this method is definitely useless.

Uncle Wu walked up to me and asked, "Tiancheng, are you okay?" Why don't you go back and take a break? ”

I waved my hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's just a little wine!"

Uncle Wu and I both laughed.

I saw that everyone was almost drunk at this time, so I asked Uncle Wu, "Uncle Wu, what do you think of going to Qunxian Tower tomorrow?" ”

Uncle Wu thought for a while and said: "Tiancheng, this is obviously a Hongmen banquet, if you go, it will definitely be nine deaths, as long as the murder case in Qunxian Building is ignored by the official mansion, this is already an unwritten rule of Xi'an Mansion, so there is a life and death competition field, once you go, you will have your destiny!" ”

I smiled and said, "Uncle Wu, don't you know my skills?" I didn't pay attention to them at all, I was just a little worried that my every move would cause any trouble to Wen Bao Zhai? ”

Uncle Wu said: "Tiancheng, the open gun is easy to dodge, the hidden arrow is difficult to prevent, this green gang is composed of a group of social ruffians and hooligans, you have to be careful everywhere, if you want to be a gentleman with them, I am afraid it will be difficult, we should be fully prepared." ”

I nodded earnestly.

Uncle Wu continued: "On the territory of Xi'an Mansion, the forces of our Wen Bao Zhai and the Qing Gang are evenly matched, and we are not afraid of any movement from them, so Tiancheng, you don't care about Wen Bao Zhai, let go and do it boldly, and it can be regarded as giving us a good eyebrow." ”

I felt like there was something wrong, but I couldn't figure it out for a while.

Uncle Wu continued: "Tomorrow, I will send three hundred guards with strong martial arts in Wenbao Zhai to ambush near the Qunxian Tower, as long as the situation changes, the brothers can stand up and scare each other!" ”

I was going to stop Uncle Wu from mobilizing the crowd like this, but after thinking about it, it is good to have a little reserve force, and the province will be stretched thin at a critical moment, so I nodded to Uncle Wu and acquiesced.

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