Chapter 68: A Different Encounter with Yanni in the Night Market (1)
At this time, the city of Tokyo is already lit up at night, and the night is like day. There is still a constant stream of people on the streets, most of them who come to visit the night market. Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, is an unprecedented city that never sleeps in the world, and the Tokyo night market is the "originator" of China's night market. The Song Dynasty is the most popular dynasty for the night market, the Song Dynasty Qiande three years, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin "edict Kaifeng Mansion, so that the Beijing night market to the three drums, not prohibited". In the Zhenzong period, the night market was no longer limited by time, and the imperial court also set up street lamps and bridge lights to facilitate the people to travel at night.
Meng Ming walked to the nearby bus stop, he could take the Zongsan bus home, at this time Meng Ming walked and watched, but also experienced the nightlife of the Song Dynasty. He passed a food street, the stalls on both sides were dense, smoky, steaming, and full of delicious aromas, Meng Ming thought that he had returned to the barbecue street in his previous life, and it was also overcrowded. Meng Ming was a little hungry, so he found a place to eat first and then go back. Meng Ming arrived at a small stall, it was a barbecue stall, the stall owner seemed to be a Uighur from the Western Regions, wearing a melon skin hat, a full beard, a long beard, slightly sunken eyes, slightly blue pupils, and skin whiter than the Song people.
There are relatively few people in this stall, maybe the Song people don't like barbecue very much, Meng Ming found a seat and sat down, at this time, the barbecue only has beef and mutton, nothing else, and the meat is all large, skewered with a long bamboo skewer, of course, there is also a roast leg of lamb or something. Meng Ming asked for two strings of mutton skewers and a bunch of lamb kidneys, and asked for a steamed crystal pear from a neighboring stall, and half a catty of sake. Eat and drink by yourself, and be comfortable. The stall owner's craftsmanship is not bad, the meat is marinated, and the fishy smell of mutton is basically eliminated, but cumin and pepper are missing. Meng Ming remembered that cumin came from the Western Regions, and finally he called the stall owner to ask, and the stall owner took some seasoning materials, Meng Ming really found a few cumin grains, so he asked the stall owner if there was cumin, and the stall owner said that there were a lot of this thing in the Western Regions, but no one wanted it, but he still had a few packs, and finally gave them to Meng Ming.
Meng Ming looked at the people in the stall, most of them were from the feudal kingdom, and their clothes were obviously different from those of the Song people, and the Song people came to eat barbecue for Meng Ming himself. At this time, the stall owner was not busy, so Meng Ming called the stall owner over to learn about the situation of these vassal people, and at the same time learned that the stall owner's name was Nikoli, a Uighur from Gaochang, who had been in Tokyo for ten years. Niguli said that his kind of barbecue stall is the only one in Tokyo, and most of his customers are embassy personnel and merchants of the Western Regions of the Great Liao and Western Regions. Meng Ming told Niguli about the barbecue recipe in his previous life, and also told him the barbecue ingredients in his previous life, such as chicken wings, chicken gizzards, beef tendons, heart tubes, tofu, Tianxi taro, eggplant, dried steamed buns, etc., and told him the barbecue utensils, such as barbecue grills, barbed wire, etc. Niguli only heard that his eyes lit up, and he was surprised again and again, and finally waived Meng Ming's barbecue money, and said that when Meng Ming came to him to eat barbecue in the future, he would give three people a free order.
The two were talking happily, when they suddenly heard a rough voice say: "Nikoli, hurry up and roast three tender sheep for me, and then you need to clear the field for me, my head official doesn't like to dine with idle people, etc., and you don't need to be embarrassed, everything you order is recorded in my account, and you can take it away." Niguli saw that he was a middle-aged guard of the Liao Embassy, his name was Garuda, and he was his old patron, and Niguli couldn't care about talking to Meng Ming, so he greeted him with a smile. After listening to Nikoli's explanation, the diners packed up their uneaten food and walked away. Nikuli looked at Meng Ming with an apologetic face, Meng Ming knew what he meant, so he didn't want to embarrass him, and was about to get up and leave. Nikuli walked to the fire frame again and took a roast leg of lamb to Meng Ming, Meng Ming didn't want it, and finally Nikuli was anxious to give it to him, and finally Meng Ming had to accept it. Meng Ming secretly stuffed five taels of silver into Nikoli's pocket.
As soon as he walked out of the stall, he saw a group of Liao people coming over, about fifteen or sixteen, as if there were a few women. Meng Ming lowered his head and was about to leave, when suddenly a woman laughed and said, "Lord Chief, look at that young man, dressed as a scribe, but holding a big leg of lamb in his hand, isn't it insulting to Sven?" It's hilarious. Meng Ming knew that the woman was talking about him, so he didn't pay attention to it and turned to leave.
At this time, those Liao people all looked at Meng Ming and laughed. Meng Ming was a little annoyed, and wanted to ridicule each other, but then thought about it, he didn't want to deal with barbarians, otherwise he would surrender his identity. At this time, the people of the Liao State Mission in Tokyo were more domineering, and they did not do anything like a traitor, but they often played tricks on the Song people for fun, as long as they did not hurt people's lives, the Song Dynasty court turned a blind eye, and in the end, most of them compensated the victims with some money. At this time, there was a young man from the Liao Kingdom, about seventeen or eighteen years old, about the same age as Meng Ming, tall and powerful. Seeing that Meng Ming ignored them, he wanted to tease him, he grabbed Meng Ming at once, and was about to fall on his back and knock Meng Ming to the ground. I saw Meng Ming flash all of a sudden, and immediately put the leg of mutton on the nearby stall, and then grabbed the hand of the young man from the Liao Kingdom, grabbed him, and put him to the ground. Meng Ming's actions were done in one go, and these Liao people didn't react for a while, and finally heard the pain cries of the Liao teenagers on the ground, and then they came back to their senses, and everyone surrounded Meng Ming at once.
Meng Ming was not afraid, and at this time, a young man who seemed to be the leader stood up and shouted at Meng Ming: "You dare to use force against the people of the Liao State Mission, you are so bold, you must be a spy, come and take him down for me." Everyone is going to do it all at once, the heroes don't suffer the losses in front of them, the Liao people are overwhelming, Meng Ming feels that the enemy can't be beaten, he doesn't see it well, he kicks a person with his flying feet, jumps out of the battle circle, turns around and flees, and doesn't forget to take away his leg of mutton, and the Liao people are chasing after him. As soon as Meng Ming ran a few steps, he saw a woman coming towards him, Meng Ming couldn't stop his body, he didn't care about the woman's screams, the two collided together on the spot, and he and the woman were about to fall to the ground. Meng Ming reacted very quickly, he rolled sideways, and he fell to the ground first, so that the woman would fall on top of him so that she would not break. The woman fell into Meng Ming's arms, so much that nothing happened, she was just frightened, but Meng Ming couldn't say what she was suffering from, although the woman's body was light, but it was heavily pressed on her body, and Meng Ming couldn't stand it. The woman and Meng Ming were face to face, and Meng Ming suddenly felt that his face was moist and warm, as if something soft and moist had been attached to his face. The woman screamed, got up from Meng Ming in a panic, and looked at Meng Ming angrily. At this time, Meng Ming also sat up, he felt that he couldn't escape, and the Liao people surrounded him. He suddenly felt that the woman was so familiar, and when he looked closely, it was her; The woman looked at him as well, and finally both recognized each other. The two of them were stunned on the spot.