Chapter 34 The Territory of Youzhou
"Oh, is there still someone in this world who makes Miss unpredictable?"
Chen Da looked at the person in front of him in shock, he really couldn't believe his ears.
The man sighed leisurely, lost his mind and thought for a long time, and then whispered to himself: "Grandpa always said that I was too smart, and there was no deviation in looking at people, but today, I really met someone who made me curious and puzzled for the first time!" ”
Chen Da saw that this person's eyes were wandering, and he knew in his heart that he was not talking to himself, so he quietly withdrew from the room and stopped disturbing him.
"Who is he? Seeing his actions, he must have taken the opportunity to test my kung fu, and he must have discovered my disguise. This man is also very intelligent. But who is he? Why is it so memorable, is it his stunning face that makes me worry, or is it those seemingly indifferent but sad eyes that make me feel tempted? ”
This person sat alone at the table, whispering to himself, his eyes looked at the sky outside the window, and it seemed that he had followed Liu Yuxuan who he had just seen.
Let's say that Liu Yuxuan and the others, fast horses, galloped horses, two hours later, they were already outside Youzhou City.
Everyone raised their eyes to see a high city towering in front of them, and the four big characters of "Youzhou South Gate" were written with a high seal pen on the city gate.
Liu Yuxuan looked at these four big characters blankly, his eyes suddenly reddened, and he hurriedly lowered his head to hide the few tears that were dripping down.
Xiao Yu, who was following him, had already seen it in his eyes, and a pain immediately surged in his heart, as if he also felt the pain in his heart at the moment, but he gritted his teeth and held back, coughed, turned back to Xiao Bao and said loudly: "Xiao Bao, have you ever been here before?" ”
When everyone heard the sound, they all immediately looked at Xiaobao, who was far away from Liu Yuxuan, who was lazy at the moment, and his eyes were very sloppy.
Xiaobao is constantly reminiscing about the exquisite sauce buns eaten in the Xiaoyao Inn, feeling very unfinished, and suddenly heard Xiaoyu ask him out loud, he didn't react for a long time, and was repeatedly reminded by He Yong beside him, only then did he come back to his senses, frowned and shook his head and said: "I was born in the Black Tiger Cottage since I was a child, and the young master looked at me pitiful, and sympathized with me, so when he left, he took me to live in the bamboo forest." I never left there. ”
At this time, Liu Yuxuan had the opportunity to secretly wipe away the tears on his face, raised his head and exhaled softly, and secretly thanked Xiao Yu for his deliberate questioning, which made everyone focus on Xiao Bao, and they would not find their gaffe.
He instinctively raised his eyes to look at everyone, but saw that only the second son of Cheng had opened the soft curtain at some point, and was looking at him with a worried face, his eyes were full of doubts and pain, and he didn't realize that his heart was beating violently, and he hurriedly turned his head.
It was still early, but the people who entered and exited the city gate were already very lively.
Everyone was in high spirits, turned over and dismounted, and walked slowly along the flow of people.
Chen Ke sat in the carriage, he had already probed out, kept looking out, a pair of big eyes were looking around, and saw that after entering the city, although the ground was not paved with green bricks like the Beijing Division, it was also cleaned clean, and sprinkled with water, and the crowd of horses and vehicles was endless, but there was no dust at all.
At this time, it was the time of the morning market, and the farmers and vegetable farmers outside the city were already carrying the vegetables, vegetables and fruits produced in their fields early, pushing carts into the city, and did not compete to seize the place near the street to set up stalls, but came to a fixed place to set up stalls.
The stalls are neatly arranged along the street, full of all kinds of fresh items, and the shouting and selling sound of one after another is high and low, far and near, very lively.
The citizens of the city also rushed to buy the goods they needed with baskets and small baskets. In a short time, there were many people picking items in front of the stalls.
"Second brother, this Youzhou prefect must be a good official who is diligent and loves the people."
Although Chen Xinrou still kept wondering why Liu Yuxuan had tears in her eyes, she heard what Chen Ke said, so she went out to take a closer look, and sure enough, she saw people coming and going in the market, and the traffic was busy, but she didn't see the slightest sense of crowding and chaos, so she nodded and exclaimed: "What Sister Ke said is extremely true, just by looking at the rules and disciplines of the people in Youzhou, you can know the general." ”
Chen Yu had long seen it in his eyes, and kept sighing in his heart that this was a good way for the new governor of Youzhou.
He turned around curiously and asked He Yong, who was following closely behind him: "Do you know who the new prefect of Youzhou is?" ”
He Yong hurriedly replied in a low voice: "Back to the eldest prince's words, the new prefect's surname is Du Mingjiang, and he was transferred from the county half a year ago. This year, he is 4 out of 50, and he is very low-key, and it is rare to hear what this person is wrong in the government and the opposition. ”
Chen Yu nodded, and secretly thought to himself: "Looking at the streets in Youzhou City, the people are not crowded or crowded, and there are many carriages without the slightest sense of congestion, you can know how capable this Du Jiang is." He is a good hand at managing political affairs. ”
He unconsciously had the idea of mentioning this person in the future, and while thinking like this, he turned his head sideways to look at Liu Yuxuan beside him, but saw that he lowered his eyebrows, and his face was silent.
He Yong asked for an inn among the shops on the street, and led everyone along the market to the south, walking for about half an hour, and finally saw a three-story brand new high-rise building standing proudly, with eaves and tassels, carved railings and colored tiles, which attracted people's attention.
Everyone was in a hurry, and at this time they felt a little tired, and they came to the front of the building with a horse-drawn cart, and saw that the front of the building was full of people, and all kinds of people were going in and out, and the business was really prosperous.
Liu Yuxuan has been silent, his face is silent, at this time, as everyone came to the front of the building, looked up, and saw a plaque hanging in front of the purple building, with three big characters of "Juxian Hug" gilded on it, but it was a dragon flying and phoenix dancing, and the penmanship was first-class, and he didn't feel a meal in his heart.
Several juniors in the store had already come out, leading the horses and pulling the carts, and bringing the horses and vehicles that everyone was riding into the small door next to the building.
At this time, one of the juniors rushed over, looked at everyone, and asked in a loud voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, do you want to be sharpened now, or do you want to stay, or both?" ”
He Yong saw that this little two looked very clean, and his smiling face looked very comfortable, so he nodded and said, "We are a group of eight people, first make a point, and then stay in the hotel." Do you have any rooms available for us to stay in? ”
Xiao Er nodded with a smile and said, "There are naturally vacant rooms, you can rest assured, you can provide as many rooms as you need!" ”
He Yong originally saw that the business here was so prosperous, and he had long felt that the hope of being able to stay here was very slim, but he was really surprised when he heard Xiao Er's words, and hurriedly nodded and said with a smile: "That's the best, the eight of us need six rooms, do you have so much spare here?" ”
He also had the purpose of giving it a try, but he didn't expect Xiao Er to nod without hesitation and say, "Yes, yes, don't worry." The guest rooms have long been packed up, and the guests can move in at any time. ”
Between the two of them asking and answering, everyone had already followed him into the building.
Liu Yuxuan raised his eyes and looked at it, but he was stunned, but he didn't expect that this place was even more magnificent than the outside.
I saw that the spacious and bright hall was divided into three slidings, east and west, and was divided into seven or eight small rooms by delicate carved screens on the north and south sides, faintly revealing the round tables and chairs inside. The widest part in the middle is a dozen large square tables with square stools, all of which are delicately carved and decorated, which is very elegant.
In several corners of the hall, there are several pots of slender and comfortable bamboos and other things, which are verdant and lush, and people are immediately comfortable and pleasant when they look at it from a distance.
Near the side of the counter in the hall, there is an elaborate spiral staircase leading to the second floor, but I don't know what kind of layout the second and third floors are.
Everyone slowly followed Xiao Er in, and when they saw this, they all felt that this place was indeed different, making people feel comfortable and relaxed, and they had to secretly admire the taste of the owner of this restaurant.
At this time, although it was early in the morning, there were already seventy or eighty percent of the guests sitting in the building, but when I looked at it again, it was clear that most of them were people from the rivers and lakes. Come to think of it, these people are also coming for the daughter of the prefect of Youzhou.
Chen Ke said to everyone with a smile: "I really didn't expect that there would be such a unique restaurant in this small Youzhou Mansion, which is as distinctive as those big restaurants in our Jingshi!" ”
Chen Yu was stunned when he heard this, and asked in a low voice: "What?" How can you get out when you're at home all day? Since you can't go out, how do you know what is going on in our Jingshi restaurant? Do you always hide from me and sneak out of the house to hang out? ”
His heart immediately became alert, his eyes stared at Chen Ke, and his face began to be a little gloomy.
Chen Ke realized that he was too lamented, and for a while he actually exposed the bad deeds of the past, and he was so frightened that he stretched out his head, hurriedly turned around behind Chen Xinrou, and hid himself, not daring to look at Chen Yu, whose face was already extremely ugly.
Cao Mao's face changed, and he secretly thought to himself: "Our palace is such a heavily guarded place, where would it be so easy to go out and come in?" But listening to what this Princess Ke said, it seems that she always sneaks out of the palace to wander the market on weekdays, and come to think of it, our guards still have some loopholes? I'm going to have to check it out when I go back! ”
He Yong's face was already turning blue at this time, and when he saw Xiao Er bringing everyone to a private room, he hurriedly took the opportunity to say loudly: "The eldest son, the second son, the young lady, Liu Gongzi, let's go in!" ”
Chen Yu had to suppress the anger in his heart, glared at Chen Ke fiercely, took Liu Yuxuan's hand, and walked in first.
After everyone finished eating and drinking, they followed Xiao Er to the back accommodation upstairs, slowly climbed the stairs, turned the corner, and suddenly opened up in front of them.
A two-story carved railing painting building appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The reddish-purple hug body is fringed with eaves and tassels, decorated with colored tiles, and a small wooden sign is hung in front of each room, on which the words "Qing Yaju", "Qifeng Pavilion", "Wolongju", "Laifengyi" and so on are written with a strong and powerful brush, and each house is named.