In front of the thatched house, a light of tea, fragrant.

"Little Town, come here."

Holding his long beard, the old man squinted, the years had drawn deep marks on his face, but the kind and doting smile made him look radiant.

"Master!"

The little girl, who was no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, jumped and ran over.

The girl was dressed in crisp clothes, starry eyes and eyebrows, a high nose bridge, and the corners of her mouth were hooked with a big arc. With her eyes twinkling, she looked at the old man.

"Try the weak tea brewed by the master." The old man smiled and poured the pot and jar, and the girl picked up the teacup on the side a little awkwardly and handed it to the old man.

"Silly girl, how can you drink tea like this?" The old man chuckled, touched the little girl's head, took the teacup from her hand and put it on the tea table, slowly poured out the tea liquid from the pot, and when the cup was full, the old man held the teacup with both hands and handed it to the little girl.

"How can you drink tea like this?" Old Cheng said, took the teacup from Ganwu's hand and placed it on the table, just like the master poured tea back then, pouring the tea in an orderly manner.

"Old City, what's wrong with you?"

Ganwu's words woke up the old city, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that the tea he had just added for Ganwu had already overflowed from the cup to the tea table.

"I'm sorry." Old City said, without much explanation.

"It's okay," Gan Wu shook her head, "You should be able to get to Hangzhou in half a day," she looked around, "What are your plans to get to Hangzhou?"

The old city did not answer, but added tea to Ganwu again.

"As for me, I'm here for relatives." Gan Wu said, seeing that the old city still did not answer, he stopped talking.

Ganwu was acquainted with the old city on the way to Hangzhou, but the two did not communicate much. Six years ago, the master asked the old city to travel, and in the past six years, she has visited most of the Central Plains of Anxi, and now, she is ready to go to the Jiangnan region.

Half a day passed quickly, and the sky had darkened slightly.

"Phew."

The coachman gave a soft snort, and the carriage slowly stopped.

"The Old Town, here."

Gan Wu said, lifted the curtain and walked out first, the old city also got off the carriage afterwards, into the eye, is the city of thousands of lights, the city gate is majestic, engraved with three strong and powerful characters: "Hangzhou City".

"Let's do it all." Gan Wu said, and before the old city could speak, he turned around and walked to the city gate.

"......" The old city was slightly stunned, thanked the coachman, and walked to the city gate.

"The master said that if you go to Hangzhou, you must not miss Hangzhou Sanxian, but I have never known what this Hangzhou Sanxian is, and today I have the opportunity to taste one or two." The old city thought to himself and passed the city gate.

"O small town, this world is vast, and there are countless delicacies, as a chef, how to make real delicacies?" The old man asked, looking at the dancing flames of the campfire.

"The master said that if you want to make delicious food, you must first taste all the delicacies in the world!" The little girl replied aloud, grinning and smiling at the old man.

"That's right! If you want to make delicious food, you must first taste all the delicacies, but do you know how many delicacies there are in the world, how can you taste them all? Seeing that the little girl was trying to show herself, the old man smiled slightly.

"I don't know." The little girl replied with a big grin.

"It's impossible to taste all the delicacies in the world, all we need is to taste the different flavors of different regions."

"Huh?" The little girl's puzzled gaze swirled over the old man.

"You'll understand one day," the old man touched the little girl's head, "but remember, when you get to Jiangnan, you must try Suzhou honey and juice fire recipe, Hangzhou Hangzhou Sanxian, these two delicacies, but the master I like very much, easy to make, and delicious." ”

"It's better to find an inn to live in first, and then make other plans,"

The old city pondered, "I don't know where there are good inns?" ”

"Sell pancakes! Delicious yakiniku! ”

The clamor of the street pulled back the thoughts of the old city, and touching her empty belly, she walked to the stall.

"I've been to so many places, but I'm selling baked cakes, I wonder if the baked cakes taste the same in each place?" She thought so, "Auntie, let's have a baked cake." ”

"Okay!" The lady who sold the baked cakes was very enthusiastic, "Girl, eat it while it's hot, give, take it." ”

"Thank you," Old Cheng took the pancake and bit down gently, "sure enough, it tastes the same," she said secretly.

"Girl, how does this baked cake taste like Auntie?" The eldest lady showed a simple smile.

"Generally," Old Cheng replied truthfully, regardless of the Lady's somewhat embarrassed face, "Auntie, do you know where there are better inns around here?" ”

"Inn, you go south, go to the second junction and then east, there is a nice inn there." The eldest lady is still very enthusiastic.

"The mountains are high and the waters are long? This is clearly a teahouse, where is the inn? ”

The old city went to the place that the eldest lady had told me, but there was only a teahouse in front of me that was about to close.

"No matter, let's go take a look first."

The museum has a faint fragrance of tea, and by the light of the candles, the old city finds the store empty, only a few wooden tables, and a counter. Unlike the hustle and bustle outside, it is very peaceful.

"Is the shopkeeper there?" Old City looked at the empty teahouse and asked.

"The shopkeeper has something to do for the time being, tell me something."

As a murmur sounded, the old city noticed a man sitting at a table in the corner of the side.

This person is dressed in a plain white Confucian robe, with soft eyebrows and eyes, and a bit of a scholarly atmosphere.

"When will the shopkeeper come back?"

Old City asked, and she didn't bother to ask who the man was.

"The shopkeeper may still have time to come back with tea, if the girl is not in a hurry, can you let Xiaosheng make a pot of tea for the girl?"

"No need."

The old city said, turned around and left.

A few steps out of the teahouse in the old city, I heard faint music coming from the hall. "Huh?" The old city turned around and walked into the teahouse again.

The hall was still empty, but the man in the corner had found a piano out of nowhere, and it was he playing it at the moment.

"What is fate, what is Tao?"

"Once, I said that my heart is in the mortal world, and my body is in the avenue, and this fate is also, and the road is also; Later, I said that I was in the mortal world, and my heart entered the avenue, and this fate was also the way. ”

"Girl, what do you say?"

"The water flows, and the pen paints the tang."

The magnetic voice woke up the old city that was intoxicated by the music, and when he looked up, the man had stopped playing at some point, and was looking at her with a smile, seeing that the old city seemed to be stunned, the man said, "If the girl is interested, you can come to Xiaosheng's wine shop to see, the shopkeeper is almost coming back, Xiaosheng still has something to do, so he left first, and the girl is please." ”

The man said, not waiting for the old city to reply, got up and smiled at the old city again and left the teahouse.

"Is the girl coming for tea?"

Almost as soon as the man walked on his front feet, a door behind the teahouse counter opened, and a woman walked out right after.

"You are?" The old city came to its senses.

"I'm the treasurer of the mountains and rivers." The woman smiled.

"I'm not here to drink tea, I'm living here, I'm looking for an inn to live in, and someone has shown me the way, but I didn't expect to arrive at this teahouse," the old city's flat face didn't seem to have a trace of emotional fluctuations, "Does the shopkeeper know where there is an inn nearby?" ”

"There is an inn, but it's a little farther away from here, why don't you take a break in my teahouse for the time being, and I'll take the girl there when I'm closed?"

"So, it's troublesome." Old Town Road.

"Shopkeeper, can you ask a man who is drinking tea here, do you know who this person is?"

"Did the girl see him? He is my brother, and I have been out for business these days, so I asked him to come and take care of me one or two," said the shopkeeper, "By the way, is there something wrong with the girl coming to Hangzhou?" ”

"......" the old city was silent.

"It's inconvenient to say," the shopkeeper was slightly embarrassed, "Okay, let's go." ”

With that, the shopkeeper bolted the door of the teahouse, blew out the candlelight, and walked out of the back door with the old city.

"What do you want from the inn?" When I got to the street, it was very lively.

"It's okay to be quiet," said the old city, "never thought that Hangzhou City would be so lively at night, don't you have a curfew?" ”

"Curfew," said the shopkeeper with a smile as he walked around the old city, "there used to be, but the new city lord seems to be enjoying the bustling scene of Hangzhou City at night, and the curfew has been lifted." ”

"The shopkeeper has been in Hangzhou City?" Old Cheng asked, thinking that he might be able to stay in Hangzhou City for some time, so he was ready to ask the shopkeeper about the situation in Hangzhou City.

"My brother and I have been living together since we were children, and we have been wandering around until we came to Hangzhou, and my brother opened a wine shop, and we settled down here," the shopkeeper said lightly about his past, "But we have been living here for a long time, if the girl wants to know about the situation in Hangzhou, I can also introduce one or two to the girl," the shopkeeper smiled, and seemed to remember something, and said, "By the way, the girl just calls me Xiaoyue." ”

"Thank you," said Old Town, "my name is Old City." ”

"Then again," Xiao Yue said again, she opened the conversation, "Did my brother say anything to the girl just now?" ”

"Say what? Not.. It seems to say that I am welcome to a place called What's Tang. ”

"Brush strokes?" Xiao Yue asked.

"It seems, yes." The Old City hesitated.

"Old City, I know which place is best for you to stay." Xiao Yue smiled and quickened her pace.

"......" the old city was slightly stunned.

There was nothing in the sky where there was not a single star, except for the waning moon hanging there, and the cold moonlight hit the ground, the cold wind blew, and the trees under the moon shivered slightly.

"This is it." Xiao Yue stopped.

"What?" The old city was a little puzzled, they came to the location of the city gate, which was closed at the moment, and the guards who were keeping vigil stood on the high wall, and the old city had already felt the gaze of the guards.

"The gates are closed, if you two want to get out of the city, come back tomorrow." One of the guards stepped down and looked at the two men with serious expressions. Xiao Yue just smiled and handed the guard something.

The guard took it and looked at the moonlight, his expression gradually changing.

"Where are you going? But now that it's getting late, I'm afraid it's a little wrong for you to go out of the city alone. The guard's expression softened, and his tone was a little worried.

"I don't have to worry about this." Xiao Yue smiled again.

"......" The guards stared at the two of them for a moment, then turned to the other guards on the wall with the sign Xiao Yue gave him, "Open the city gate!" ”

Although the old city was puzzled, he didn't ask, and followed Xiaoyue out of the city in silence.

"Are you expecting to arrive sooner?" Xiao Yue asked the old city, "Look, there are privileges approved by the city lord, and you can enter and exit the city gate at will at any time." ”

"......" Old Cheng didn't speak, but one hand quietly reached for the package that had been tied to her body, and in the package was the dagger that the master gave her to defend herself. The first time she saw the brother and sister, the behavior of the two made her vigilant.

"Why is the expression so serious?" Xiao Yue still smiled, and threw something to the old city, and the old city subconsciously took it.

"That's what I just showed the guards," she thought, looking down at the sign in her hand.

The plaque is made of bronze, without any lines, only four quaint characters are engraved on it.

"Brush up and draw tang."

Old City whispered.