The department moved forward leisurely, qb(5).cǒМ\ came to the east of the city on the shore of the lake, not far from the cool, and a wide fork appeared next to the street. The two sides of the woods stand up, and the eaves at the end of the stone slab are warped, and it is vaguely a courtyard with extraordinary weather. Walked more than 100 steps. The sedan chair came to the front of a huge village, only to see that the village was surrounded by a small river, the bank was full of green willows, the high wall was towering, the buildings and houses in the wall were lined up one after another, I was afraid that there were seventeen or eight buildings, the real mansion was magnificent, towering Yunhan.

The location of this farm is excellent. Not only far away from the downtown in the city, but also near the West Lake waterside, and the structure is meticulous, the inner building is high, the courtyard is quiet, not the family is rich and the literacy is extremely high people can not build.

The sedan chair stopped. The sedan chair curtain was rolled up, Chu Zhen walked out, only to see a few lanterns hanging on both sides of the manor door, shining the lacquered Shen family word shines brightly, seeing that there are guests coming, several servants waiting in front of the door hurriedly greeted them with a smile, and found that the person who came was actually the magistrate of Qiantang, and behaved more sincerely.

Chu Zhen nodded slightly, and under the guidance of several people, he slowly walked into the manor, crossed the threshold and came to the front yard, only to see the strange flowers planted in front of the courtyard, the mountains are stacked with strange stones, very spacious, there is a round hole door in the middle to communicate with the front, the houses in the distance are layered, the lights are sparse, and I don't know how many entered

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Entering from the cave gate, walking along a pebble path, there are all kinds of flowers and plants on both sides of the path, and rockeries and strange rocks are scattered in between. Twisting across several flower paths, there is a pavilion at the end, walk for a few minutes, turn over a hill-like Taihu Lake stone, the end of the cobblestone path is a rain corridor on the lotus pond, the pavilion is Xuanxi, nine bends and eighteen bends, the elegant style of the garden in the south of the Yangtze River is exhausted

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Walking through the long rain corridor, we finally came to the place where the banquet was held, but it was a beautiful two-storey attic with carved beams, which was unique in that it was not built on the ground, but in a pond hewn by man. The pond is full of lotus flowers, and the night breeze blows through the fragrance.

A winding stone bridge connects the attic with the ground, the eaves of the attic are full of delicate and elegant palace lights, the candlelight is reflected in the pond, the light is shining, it seems to compete with the stars in the sky, and when Chu Zhen walks on the stone bridge, it seems to be in the bright starry sky, as if there is a feeling of stepping into the galaxy, heaven and earth.

When he walked to the door of the attic, the servant who led the way stopped, and after respectfully saluting Chu Qian, he quietly retreated from the original road, and could vaguely hear the laughter and laughter from upstairs, Chu Zhen did not hesitate, and stepped on the steps. Walking up slowly, turning a few steps into the building.

The upstairs is spacious and luxuriously furnished, with a felt carpet underneath, seven dazzling lanterns hanging in the shape of the Big Dipper on the top, and a bowl-sized red wax lamp illuminates the interior as if it were day.

Not on the ground after all. Due to the limited space constraints, the tables and chairs in the building are very small and compact, and can only fit thirteen or fourteen seats, but they are also enough for a banquet.

Of course, there are some people who want to be invited, such as Fan Zhongyan, but people may not be willing to come, but these people do not include Zhang Renshan and Li Mingda, but he is a guest who is not at ease.

The atmosphere of the banquet does not seem to be very harmonious, among the ** guests present, except for the host Shen Liao, the rest of the people don't seem to be able to talk together, a little bit of a clear meaning, in fact, it is not strange, the ancient saying is cloudy, close to Zhu Zhechi. can make friends with Shen Liao, his personality is definitely not gentle, and his vision is relatively high. For Zhang Renshan and other public officials, they naturally look down on it. Now he just drinks silently without cynicism, which is already very face-saving for Shen Liao.

The first to discover Chu Qian's appearance was Liu Renzhi, who had a lot of words. I am very uncomfortable with this kind of situation where I can't find anyone to talk to. had the heart to chat with someone for a few words, but found that he ignored himself, Liu Renzhi was very depressed, and could only drink a little wine alone. The lonely eyes searched around, and when he saw Chu Zhen's figure, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly put down the wine glass, stood up and said with a smile: "I look forward to Lord Chu coming." ”

I saw that it was Chu Zhen who arrived. Shen Liao also stood up to greet him, and Zhang Yuanshan was also very face-saving, although he was on the same level as Chu Qian. But he also stepped forward to greet with a smile, and seeing this situation, the others were not easy to sit down, so they stood up and saluted.

Chu Zhen smiled and returned the salute one by one. Then under the guidance of Shen Liao, he came to his seat and sat down, the table of the seat was only half a foot high, and the shape was very similar to the tic-tac-toe, but the seat was not furniture such as stools and chairs, but a large and short-legged couch bed, with a wall behind it, covered with a thick layer of cotton felt, which could lie or sit as you liked.

Chu Zhi had just sat down, and two handsome handmaidens came over, half of them squatted to take off their shoes and put on new socks, and the other placed warm Chun wine glasses and a few plates of melons and fruits on the table, and only quietly retreated when the guests were comfortable half lying down and half sitting.

"I seem to be a little late, should I punish myself with three glasses." looked at the concubines present, there are acquaintances and strangers, and Chu Zhen is not the first time to participate in the banquet, so he naturally knows how to communicate.

"Now that the adults already know themselves. Then we don't have to work to persuade us. Liu Renzhi said with a smile, finally there is someone to communicate, how can he not be happy in his heart.

"Back then, Mrs. Li drank alone among the flowers, and the three of them could understand it, but now the guests are gathered together, but let me drink alone, which is unkind." Chu Zhen smiled and raised his glass, but said something else: "The Mid-Autumn Festival is the night of the full moon, the circle is full, the extension is complete, and the whole is also all, that is to say, this glass of wine should be drunk with everyone." ”

In normal times, such a far-fetched will definitely be despised by everyone, but in the banquet, what is important is the atmosphere, no matter how nonsense is played, it is nothing more than a fun, as long as the words can be rounded to make everyone feel that there is something wrong, no one will investigate the truth, but echo it.

"Lord Chu is right, we should drink with him." Sure enough, hearing Chu Zhen's words, Liu Renzhi immediately laughed and agreed.

"For Li Qixian's sake, dare to disobey his fate." Shen Liao also smiled lightly and raised his glass

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The others also thought Chu Zhen was funny, and they all smiled and picked up their cups. Gesture to each other and toast with your sleeves covered. After that, the atmosphere of the banquet began to ease.

Don't wait for the woman to come. Chu Zhi picked up the wine jug and filled his cup, raised it, hung it in the air, looked around at everyone for a while, he hadn't spoken yet, Liu Renzhi next to him had already smiled and preemptively said, "Lord Chu." The first cup is for the sake of Mingyue and Shixian's face, and we drink with you, but we don't know what the second cup is famous? ”

"It's gone." Putting down the cup, Chu Zhi stroked Chenjiao's slightly prickly velvet whiskers, and said in a deep voice, "I just think it's strange." "What's the difference?" Not only Liu Renzhi was curious, but others also looked at Chu Qian.

"But I don't know if the guests have arrived?" Chu Zhen smiled and said: "If it is not all, then I am not the latest to come, why should I punish myself with three cups, if it is all together."

There was a deliberate pause. And Shan: Zhi asked very interestingly: "What about the people?" ”

"Guests, the banquet begins, where is the delicious food?" Chu Zhi said with a salivating look: "Ruida." You shouldn't be so stingy, just use a pot of wine to entertain guests, don't you know the reason why drinking on an empty stomach hurts your body, as a visitor, I don't dare to ask for luxury, as long as you cherish and eat enough

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"One treasure and one taste?" Shen Liao's face was a little strange, and he said lightly: "The number you said will not be let." Treasure the sea. ”

"Ruida, bosom friend." With a shy expression, Chu Zhi said embarrassedly: "Since that's the case." Then it should be served, you may not know, for tonight's banquet, I have not eaten a drop of rice from early morning until now, and now I am so hungry that my stomach is empty, if I am in front of the argali, I believe I can swallow it. ”

Everyone was stunned, and then burst into laughter, obviously no one took his words seriously, in fact, it was also, if it was changed to a small person in the market to say this, everyone would definitely believe it without hesitation, but what kind of character is Chu Zhen, who knows the county, although he can't eat dragon liver and phoenix marrow at every meal, but the mountains and rivers must be indispensable, of course, it is impossible to be hungry for a mere banquet.

"Lord Chu's words are simply a sentence that broke the pain in my heart." Liu Renzhi also frowned, rubbed his stomach and said, "Adults just haven't eaten for a day, but I'm not, I've been on an empty stomach for several days." What is argali, I can eat even calves. Although it was just picking up people's teeth, Liu Renzhi's funny expression did have a funny effect. The smile of the crowd was not yet restrained, and they began to laugh again.

"Master Liu. It dawned on me that you can not only eat, but also blow. Chu Zhen shook his head and sighed.

"What do you mean by that, sir?" Liu Renzhi was a little incomprehensible, the Song Dynasty had not yet bragged about the word, and everyone didn't understand what it meant, but they just looked at Chu Zhen curiously, knowing that he must have said something else.

"Master Liu must have recorded the cow skin in advance, and then sewed the cowhide together. If you blow and puff up, you must have eaten this kind of blown cow. Chu Zhen smiled, blowing and hair, and everyone naturally understood what it meant, and the stronger the laughter, the more lively the atmosphere of the banquet became.

Liu Renzhi naturally pretended not to be angry, and was about to start ridiculing each other, but two visitors came up to the stairs. Liu Renzhi's seat was just on the side of the staircase, so when he noticed this situation, he immediately raised his head silently, and everyone else was paying attention to Liu Renzhi, and when they found his gaze, they immediately noticed it, and turned their heads sideways.

Under the gaze of everyone, the two visitors were not stage frightened, showing a handsome smile, slightly arching their hands, one of the young men in green clothes and brocade clothes said a little apologetically: "Ruida, I am entangled in trivial matters, delayed for a while, and I ask for your forgiveness for the crime of being late." ”

"It doesn't matter. I've also been online for a short time, and besides, the banquet hasn't started yet, so I'm not late. Before Shen Liao could express his position, Chu Zhen stood up enthusiastically and said. It was as if he was the host of the banquet. Beckoned the two to take their seats.

Oh, it turned out to be a friend of Chuzhi County, and I only knew one of them, it seemed to be the Yang family, and the other one was a little faceless. I don't know what kind of character it is, this is what some uninformed people think, but there are also a few people who are inexplicable for a while, Shen Liao feels very strange, I don't know when Chu Zhen got involved with these two people.

"Thank you, brother." I don't seem to know him, and the young man in brocade is also a little confused, or it is caused by an illusion, and he vaguely feels that the words and deeds of the young man in front of him always have a flattering meaning.

"Brother Xu doesn't have to be polite, come, drink a glass of wine to warm up.

Chu Zhen said with a smile. There seemed to be a hint of flattery in his tone, and he decided to make a good impression in front of his future brother-in-law, and of course he would spare no effort to perform.

cough, don't say that Xu Hanqing was confused by Chu Qian's enthusiastic actions, and couldn't figure out what he meant, even Shen Liao couldn't stand it, and couldn't help but remind him out loud, who is the main person of the banquet.

Chu Zhen naturally understood. smiled at Xu Hanqing friendly before retreating to his seat, and Shen Liao didn't say anything more when he saw this, just clasped his palms lightly, clapped them three times in a row, and crisp applause echoed in the attic.

As if hearing the signal, Shen Liao's applause stopped, and the staircase was immediately like a tide, and more than a dozen maids poured in, placing the delicacies on the tray on the guest table in an orderly manner, and then turned around, still retreating, and so on, back and forth several times, and everyone's table was already full of meals.

The dishes are translucent in color. The heat rises, exudes a burst of attractive aroma, naturally it is mostly meat, the ingredients are as Chu Zhi said, nothing more than several kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, chicken, sheep, fish and crabs are divided into several plates, and they are all cut into thin slices. You can just take it in your mouth, so you don't need to pick and remove bone spurs. But it proves that you don't get tired of eating. I don't get tired of the old saying.

The food production of the Song Dynasty is mainly based on cooking sauce, the practice of stir-frying is relatively small, and pork and beef rarely appear on the table, ploughing cattle are forbidden to be slaughtered in ancient times, and pork is cooked by the method of boiling, there are no ingredients, it is difficult to remove the fishy taste, the taste is very poor, and the family with a little money naturally does not belong to eating, which makes Chu a little uncomfortable.

However, since life can't adapt to you, you have to adapt to life, slowly get used to nature, and Chu Zhi will naturally not have anything to adapt to, after all, compared with later generations, pure natural, pollution-free health food is not something that can be eaten at any time. Moreover, due to the single ingredient of the ingredients. In order to be able to make a variety of flavors of meals, the chefs have taken great pains to make all kinds of secret recipes, and after trying them, Chu Zhi of course gradually likes the various delicacies of the Song Dynasty.

After the maids finished the meal, they did not retreat, but poured wine for everyone in a plain handpot, and then sat beside the guests with thousands of manners, and some even snuggled up to the guests softly, and everyone did not feel strange, Qin raised the family, and the guests accompanied the wine, which is the most common behavior of large families, and if there is no woman to accompany a banquet, although it will not be said to be ruined, but it will indeed be inferior.

And the woman who can be selected by the host to accompany the guest is naturally not much worse in appearance, and there is no need to think about it. But it is inevitable that she is delicate and lovely, and a few delicate words of Jiangnan women's unique soft words make people get drunk before drinking.

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