Just arrived at noon, and the restaurant was already full of people. On the first floor, there is a loose table, and a table of guests is pushing cups and changing lamps, which is very lively. Some of the petty traders are interspersed with the same people as the guys running the hall, selling their own snacks, drinks, side dishes, and dried fruits.

The little second brother who has a smooth tongue does not use pen and paper, but can remember the various fruit dishes ordered by the guests at each table, and dozens of dishes are reported to the kitchen in one breath, and the tone is low and frustrating, like singing, and it will never annoy people. As soon as his words fell, the master in the kitchen carried the knife like a fly, and the delicate fish, meat, vegetables and vegetables fell into the steaming pot like snowflakes, and the iron spoon danced a few times, and a fragrant dish came out of the pot. Every time Xiao Er, who was passing vegetables, came out of the kitchen, there were more than a dozen dishes from his shoulders to the tips of his palms, and he would not splash even a drop of juice if he ran upstairs and downstairs. The skill is breathtaking.

On the stage, after the sound of gongs and drums, the jugglers jumped out from behind the stage with somersaults, skillfully throwing more than 20 large bowls into the air like meteors catching the moon, and then catching them one by one, dazzling the people who watched. Under the porch on both sides, there are some women with heavy makeup and bright makeup, scratching their hands and waiting for the drinkers to greet them, and there are singing girls who play the wine seats, accompanied by men who pull strings, and slowly ascend the stairs to the private room upstairs to solicit business.

The third floor is a lot less noisy, it is very quiet and elegant, and the grade of decoration is very different from the first and second floors. The people who dine here are all big businessmen or officials and nobles in Beijing, and they are all people who pay attention to style, and they need to talk about friendship and close relationships in a high-grade place.

Yang Muyun walked around the restaurant, looked there, and everything felt novel. The people in the restaurant will salute when they meet him, and then respectfully call the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, what do you command?" A man with a head and a roe deer robe ran up to him and asked with a smile on his face.

"You ......"

"The villain's surname is Wei, and his name is Wei Sanxiao," the man said with a huff in his waist: "It is the head of the first floor of the restaurant, and it is dedicated to serving the guests on the first floor." ”

"Oh," Yang Muyun suddenly said, "So the first floor is under your control." ”

"The shopkeeper is too high-spirited villain," Wei San smiled and squinted his eyes and smiled: "The little one is just waiting for people, where do you dare to be a manager." ”

Yang Muyun nodded, pointing to the small traders shuttling in the lobby, the jugglers on the stage, and the drinking women under the corridor, "This, and this...... Are they all from the restaurant? ”

"No," Wei San said with a smile: "They are all people who take advantage of your treasure land to make a living, and they are indispensable for this business to open, and they have also paid the money to come here." ”

Yang Muyun smiled, "Then you can make a fortune here, everyone takes a copy, which adds up to a lot of money!" ”

"Shopkeeper's ......" Wei Sanxiao's face changed, "You can't afford to say that you are small, every money in the restaurant is managed by Miss Ning Xin, and the small one is not a penny, if this word spreads, she has to let the small roll cover roll get out!" ”

Seeing that there was fear on his face, Yang Muyun was secretly amused in his heart, but he comforted him and said, "Don't worry, as long as you work hard, I will never make Ning Xin difficult for you." ”

"Thank you, shopkeeper." Wei Sanxiao's complexion softened slightly.

"Are you all afraid of Ning Xin?" Yang Muyun asked with some curiosity.

"That's," Wei San said with a smile, "that little lady...... My aunt doesn't rub sand in her eyes, and we can't hide anything from her. A few days ago, Hua Cai bought fish, meat, fruits and vegetables but reported dozens of taels of silver to her, and somehow let her know, and without saying a word, he immediately dismissed Hua Cai...... It is not easy for the small to get to this position today, and the family is counting on the small salary to make ends meet, and the shopkeeper must not harm the small one. He said with a worried look on his face.

"Okay, then I have to answer everything I ask you honestly, and you can't hide anything." Yang Muyun looked at him and said.

"You are the shopkeeper, and no one can hide it from you!"

"How many customers are there in the restaurant every day?" Yang Muyun asked.

"Back to the shopkeeper," Wei Sanxiao replied respectfully, "Our restaurant has been around for a long time." Since the pre-Yuan period, it is a gathering place for dignitaries and nobles in the capital, and it has been counted for a hundred years

People don't know. The nobles in Beijing gather for dinner, and the first choice is our restaurant, and even the Ministry of Rites will entertain foreign guests, and we will also let us undertake it...... With fame, coupled with the unique taste of our dish, it is difficult for business not to be popular. Don't hide it from the shopkeeper, the little one has been working here for 20 years, starting from a young man, until he is mixed with the head of the hall today, he has never been able to be idle for a day. ”

"Well," Yang Muyun's eyes roamed around the restaurant, and he said, "According to what you say, this restaurant should be very profitable!" ”

"That's natural," Wei Sanxiao said without hesitation: "The daily silver in the restaurant's account is no less than tens of thousands of taels, and this year, after discarding the various expenses and the wages of the people in the store, the surplus should be no less than one million taels." ”

"Oh?" Yang Muyun was surprised: "Since it is so profitable, why would the previous boss sell the restaurant?" ”

"Didn't the Tartar cavalry approach the capital a few days ago?" Wei Sanxiao explained: "For a while, the sound of the imperial court moving the capital was loud in Beijing, and the previous boss was scared and anxious to get out and go to the south, so he sold the restaurant cheaply. ”

"I see." Yang Muyun smiled, but he was very suspicious in his heart, a century-old shop that has experienced the change of dynasty has gone through so many ups and downs, and just because of a rumor, the boss who inherited the ancestral business sold it cheaply and left Jingshi, which is too incredible.

"Shopkeeper," Wei Sanxiao hesitated for a moment and asked, "If you don't ask a small question...... Who is Miss Ning Xin? ”

"What do you think?" Yang Muyun did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

She ...... Is it your wife? Wei San said tentatively with a smile.

"How so?"

"Although Miss Ning Xin is ......" Wei San glanced at Yang Muyun with a smile, and then said: "The little one saw that she was dressed as a young woman, and she was obviously married. She is so respectful to you, so a little bold guess that she must be your wife. ”

Yang Muyun smiled, noncommittal, and only said lightly, "Go and do things, it's not good to chew people's tongues behind your back." So saying, he turned and left.

"Am I wrong?" Wei Sanxiao looked at Yang Muyun's back and muttered, "This little lady looks at him like she looks at her own man...... No, Ning Xin, this little girl, has a thin neck and a straight waist, and her eyebrows are not open, just like a virgin who has not yet come out of the cabinet...... "I was nervous for a while, "Am I wrong?" ”

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Yang Muyun looked around the restaurant for a while, and had a general understanding of the process of receiving and welcoming guests in the restaurant, so he went to the gate of the restaurant to welcome guests like a guy.

This can make the guy at the door of the restaurant very shocked, the shopkeeper comes to welcome the guests, it is really rare, could it be that there are any distinguished guests coming to the door today?

said that the distinguished guest really arrived.

The two official sedan chairs Shi Ran came towards Feihongju.

Yang Muyun recognized clearly that these were the two official sedan chairs of the Ministry of Rites.

It is very common for officials to come to the restaurant for a drinking party, but it is a little unusual to come in an official sedan chair. Moreover, the front official sedan chair was accompanied by Beijing guard officers and soldiers, while the back official sedan chair was accompanied by some dark-skinned soldiers, wearing yellow-brown rattan armor, and thick eyebrows.

"The group of people in the back are dressed strangely, I don't know where they came from, the person sitting on the sedan should be their leader, right?" Yang Muyun was thinking about it, and the two sedan chairs had already arrived in front of him.

As soon as the sedan chair stopped, a Beijing guard officer and soldier lifted the sedan curtain of the sedan chair in front of him, and an official wearing a red official uniform walked out of it. Yang Muyun narrowed his eyes, this official is about forty years old, with a round face, a beard under his chin, and a peacock on the complement of his official uniform, which is a third-grade official.

The official coughed lightly and looked around.

Yang Muyun hurriedly stepped forward and waved his hand, "My lord—"

The official didn't look at him, and said in a deep voice: "What about the shopkeeper, let him come out!" ”

"The villain is." Yang Muyun said.

"You?" The official narrowed his eyes and looked at him carefully, how could the young man in front of him be only fifteen or sixteen years old, how could he dare to claim to be the shopkeeper? "The shopkeeper of Feihongju Restaurant is surnamed Huang, and the official has seen it, who are you?"

"Returning to my lord," Yang Muyun replied calmly: "The shopkeeper Huang has sold the hotel to the villain, and the villain's surname is Yang, and I hope that the adults will help him more in the future." ”

"Oh," the official nodded, "This official is Meng Xiang, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and I have sent the Luchuan envoy here today, you quickly lead the way, and prepare a good banquet on the table to entertain the Luchuan envoy." ”

"It's just an envoy from a small and savage country," Yang Muyun was slightly surprised when he heard this, "At most, let the Honglu Temple Sibin Department send someone to bring them here, why did the right attendant of the Ministry of Labor and Rites, a member of the third grade, personally bring them here?" At a glance, I saw that the sedan chair behind me also opened the sedan curtain, and a graceful and luxurious woman walked out of it.

Yang Muyun's eyes widened suddenly, and his calm mood immediately surged, "Is it her?" His mind suddenly returned to the stormy night in Nandu, when Andemen, the outer city of Nandu, under the cold eyes of a woman, rained spears towards him, one of which penetrated his left shoulder......

"It's her, it's her who arranged people to assassinate the Governor of the Southwest Military Affairs and Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji in Wuyi Lane, Nandu, and she is the one who escaped from the Nandu City by Andemen...... And she is now appearing in Jingshi in a grand manner, and as an envoy of Luchuan, who is she? ”

The woman wore a peacock feather crown on her head, a large gold bracelet on each wrist of her hands, and a thick gold collar around her neck. She also had a little girl by her side, about ten years old, very cute, with a gold ring on her head, and a peacock feather was inserted in the gold ring, judging by the intimate attitude of the two, this should be her daughter.

"Shopkeeper Yang," Meng Shilang saw Yang Muyun looking at the woman with a stunned expression, and couldn't help but sink his face, "Why don't you lead the way quickly?" ”

"Yes." Yang Muyun immediately returned to reality from his thoughts, turned around and walked towards the door.

The woman also noticed Yang Muyun at this time, and her kind gaze immediately became cold.

......

"This is the envoy of the Luchuan Kingdom personally brought by the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and the origin should not be small, so we must not slack off." Back at the restaurant counter, Yang Muyun reminded Ning Xindao.

"Master, don't worry," Ning Xin smiled disapprerovingly: "It's not the first time to entertain foreign envoys, but it's the first time that the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, a member of the third grade, has personally brought it in." But it doesn't matter, these foreigners, where have they seen my Ming Dynasty, they are all like countrymen entering the city, and they buy a table for them at will, which is the same as drinking agar syrup and jade liquid, and eating dragon liver and phoenix pith......"

Looking at her veteran expression, it shouldn't be the first time she has encountered this thing. Yang Muyun's heart calmed down a little, "It's strange about this, just entertain foreign envoys in the same hall, why did you bring it here?" ”

"Those gentiles can't stay in the guild hall all the time," Ning Xin winked at her, "That stuffiness also suffocated people to death, important envoys usually go out to be led by officials, and the right attendants of the Ministry of Rites are here?" Tut-tut...... This envoy must have been a man of great standing in their state. It seems that the reputation of Feihongju Restaurant is still quite big, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites love to bring people from other countries here. ”

"Then you can look at it," Yang Muyun said: "In short, there can't be a trace of mistakes, this is my first day as a shopkeeper, you can't make me ugly." ”

"Got it, master," Ning Xin smiled at him, twisting her slender waist and leaving.

"I don't know if she recognized me," Yang Muyun couldn't help but feel heavy as Ning Xin went away, "Nandu's case has not yet been concluded, according to the law, I want to report this matter to the Jinyi Weidu Command Envoy." But she is an envoy from Luchuan, and the matter involves diplomatic relations with the imperial court, and I am now at home again, so I don't want so many things! ”

As soon as his mind was heavy, he no longer thought about wandering around, and his mind was confused and he flipped through the ledger on the counter.

"Is the shopkeeper there?" A general asked, pressing the handle of his knife to the counter.

"I am." Yang Muyun raised his head and arched his hand at him, "I don't know what the military master commands?" ”

"Follow me." The general glanced at him blankly, turned around and left.

"Could it be that Ning Xin arranged something wrong?" Yang Muyun felt apprehensive in his heart.