If it is the world in memory, less than 300 years after the Qing Dynasty, people's waists are bent and their knees are soft, and only in this way can it appear that another small group of people is tall. In front of me is the presence of military and political dignitaries and academicians of the Academy of Social Sciences, which is a supreme glory for the restaurant and a blessing for a hundred years.

Here, there was nothing, just three old men who came anonymously. Scholars should have relied on their own backbone, their own moral character, and their own knowledge and talent to gain a foothold in this world, not only for fame and fortune, but also for their predecessors and posteriors. For night visits to the banks of the Qinhuai River, talented people, beautiful people, and friends often get together, and the stories of talented and beautiful people derived from here are just a beautiful thing. Of course, this kind of romance depends on self-consciousness, and it is only a small part.

The three old men were not interested in "crossing the river" to go to the romantic land for the time being, and they were anxious to see the "missing couplet" in the house. Xu Kai had already taken out the pen and paper he was carrying, and Zhen Feng hurriedly took the ink strip and inkstone and followed.

The first thing you see is the couplet at the staircase: the upper eight bridges, the middle eight bridges, the lower eight bridges, and the 3824 bridges. This is exactly the couplet of numbers that the exhibition hall only recognizes. Du Mu's poem "Sending Yangzhou Han Xuan Judge": "On the moonlit night of the twenty-fourth bridge, where does the jade teach Du Mu to blow the flute?" The fame and artistic conception of the 24th Bridge have been pushed to the pinnacle of the literati's heart, and the building body is used as a bridge, with directions, numbers, arithmetic, beautiful scenery, and artistic conception.

Xu Kai pondered for a moment, shook his head, and copied the couplet. Zhen Feng led him up to the second floor. The sun sets, leaning on the railing, in the couplet, there is only the upper couplet: looking at the sky, looking at the sky, looking at the sky, every day there is space to look at the sky.

Chen Qiao frowned and thought, Xu You pointed and nodded: "Interesting, interesting." ”

Xu Kai hurriedly wrote it down, and then went to look at the couplets at the door of the four private rooms, which were:

Three-light sun, moon and star;

Smoke lock pond willow;

smoke along the eaves of smoke swallow eyes;

The moonlit screen window, all of them are bright and bright.

Look at the staircase on the third floor, the upper link is: Baita Street, yellow blacksmith, raw red furnace, burning black charcoal, green smoke, flashing blue light, quenching purple iron, playing east and west from north to south.

Xu Kai quickly copied these couplets, a total of eight couplets, and he had no clue. Some are barely right but biased, or the artistic conception is worse, and they are embarrassed to say it. He and the other two looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.

"Boy, don't prepare a banquet yet, the old man is still waiting to drink!"

Zhen Feng listened to this change in title, and knew that after the effect of spirits and absolutes, the distance between the two had been shortened. smiled: "Old man, it's ready, just waiting for you to enjoy your face." He didn't say "you", but "you", Xu You and Chen Qiao looked at each other and smiled.

Zhen Feng took them up to the third floor, a huge floor, leaving only a square table in the middle. The food and drinks were already on the table, and the lid of the plate had just been brought, but it was only warm, not very rich and not very tasty. In the eyes of these three banquet veterans, according to this level, the restaurant is estimated to be closed. Even the exhibition hall that followed the service next to him felt that his appearance was too ordinary.

Zhen Feng was still full of interest and arranged for the three of them to sit down. Xu You sat facing south, Chen Qiao was on his left, Xu Kai was on his right, and he was unceremoniously sitting on the north. When they sat down, they found that the dishes on the table had an unusually strong aroma, which was very different from the usual boiled, steamed and grilled dishes.

Zhen Feng pointed to the four dishes on the table and introduced: "Gentlemen, please allow the students to introduce today's appetizers to you, these are all new dishes that Wangjianglou will launch in a few days." The main consideration of these dishes is how to match this 'drunken life, dream and death' wine, and achieve the golden mean of harmonious taste and compatible taste. ”

Zhen Feng's identity is a businessman, and he claims to be a student, which can be regarded as narrowing the distance between everyone by "missing a link". Originally, I looked at the ordinary dishes, but after Zhen Feng's cap, I was a little interested. Zhen Feng continued: "This dish is called Dongpo Meat, which was created by a hermit, who was shy and couldn't afford to eat mutton, so he had to use pork to prepare it. This dish is made of pork belly ribs, mixed with Shao wine and other seasonings, so that the fat and thin alternately, the entrance is fat but not greasy, with the aroma of wine, and the charm is endless.

This is a stir-fried rooster, using a lot of spices, seasonings, the taste is the most tender and delicious, the aroma is endless, the key is to use the iron pot stir-fry, this practice is currently limited to a few rich and noble families. This is a roast duck, after the secret use of fruit wood hanging oven baking, the color is red and bright, the meat is delicate, the taste is mellow, fat but not greasy. ”

Zhen Feng pointed to a lump of soil and said: "This dish is interesting, it is called Huaji, and according to legend, it was created by Huazi accidentally." It is said that Hanako got a chicken by chance, but there was no cooking utensils and no seasoning, so he removed the internal organs of the chicken, coated it with yellow mud and firewood, and simmered it in the fire, and when the mud dried and the chicken was cooked, the mud shell was peeled off, and the chicken feather......s were also taken off with the mud shell.

Xu You couldn't help but move his chopsticks after hearing this, laughed twice, and motioned to the others: "This kid is talking about the truth, and he hooked the old man's gluttony, but I don't know what the taste is, so we'll help him taste it." ”

Xu Kai originally wanted to continue drinking a glass of wine, but the cup he used on the stage just now was too small, and ten glasses were only two or three, which was really not enjoyable. It's just that I couldn't resist persuasion, and I was also interested in the aroma, so I followed the chopsticks first.

As soon as the chopsticks went down, the faces and eyes of the three old men changed, and they forgot all the rules of eating slowly and chewing, and the chopsticks fell like hailstones, crackling, and then drinking that sip of a glass of spirits, it was really exciting, and the greasy meat relieved the spicy wine, which was a perfect match.

Zhen Feng and Zhantang looked at them and were a little surprised, the combined age of the three of them must be nearly two hundred years old, why are they not calm? That is called a flower chicken that hasn't been peeled off yet.

Zhen Feng started and peeled off the chicken, the aroma suddenly dispersed, and the attention of the three old men was immediately attracted.

Xu You said unceremoniously: "Boy, give me the chicken butt with legs." "I still have this hobby, it's really worthy of being old and strong.

With a stick of incense, the four dishes were swept away, and the exhibition hall doubted life. If it weren't for the limited amount of wine and the gagged food in their mouths, the three old men would probably have drunk it. At this time, the state of ruddy and radiant is the best.

Before he could speak, Xu Kai's held back question was finally thrown out: "Boy, your eight couplets of Wangjianglou can be said to be absolute, except for Xue Tao, who wrote the others?" ”

The other two looked at each other with the same puzzled looks. Zhen Feng took out the prepared rhetoric: "A few gentlemen, the student met a senior before, he has traveled south and north for many years, and there are many interesting things on him, and the student knows these interesting things when he gets along with him, but who wrote it is no longer verifiable." ”

"Haha, you have this 'drunk life and dream death', this delicious craftsmanship, and this eternal absolute, why worry about this restaurant not being prosperous?" When Chen Qiao said this, he sounded like he was congratulating, but in fact there was no trace of excitement.

Zhen Feng said solemnly: "What Mr. Chen said is that with these, this Wangjiang Tower can indeed ride the dust, but I hope that Wangjiang Tower is not a place to eat and drink, and it is not just to make some money, students think that this Wangjiang Tower can be in addition to the Qinglou, a mainstream group of people who are not mixed with lust, do not take women as a foil to the social communication platform, what they eat, drink, taste, and talk about, all of which are the most exquisite and highest taste, and the most meaningful." For example, these eternal absolutes, at the beginning everyone will find it fun, maybe it will inspire people to read, discuss to make up for their own shortcomings, and after a period of impatience, people will see their own gaps, instead of always being self-righteous, and finally everyone will find that everyone is the same, and they will calm down and continue to read and discuss. In short, at the beginning of reading, the mountains are the mountains, and the water is the water; When reading and understanding, the mountain is not the mountain, and the water is not the water; Reading and understanding, looking at the mountains is still the mountains, and the water is still water. Maybe the students are thinking biasedly, please gentlemen Haihan. ”

The three of them looked at Zhen Feng with a monkey-like eye, but they didn't expect a businessman and a young man to say casually, this is the case, and they have risen to the realm of life philosophy. For Zhen Feng, only when the layout of a restaurant is high enough and the power of culture is given in various details of wine and food can it win the resonance and favor of high-class people, and it is possible to make money and make a lot of money. The restaurant is just a platform, and spirits and delicacies and eternal absolutes are all carriers of common values.

Xu Kai pondered, walked to the pillar of the railing by the river, patted it, and said slowly: "What you said is very reasonable, the old man will think about it carefully." According to what you said, is this a wordless couplet that imitates Wu Zetian's wordless tablet? ”

The pillar that Xu Kai pointed to also had red paint on it, and it was very long, but it was not missing a couplet again, and there was not a word on it. Zhen Feng instantly broke the profound philosophical atmosphere and pulled back to the grounding mode: "Oh, no, it hasn't been written yet." ”