"Sheep soup, hot sheep soup."

"Cookcakes, freshly baked cookcakes."

"Sugar gourd, sweet and sour sugar gourd."

The market on the west street of Beijing is a lively scene, with hawkers, pedestrians, and diners on the food stalls, a lively market scene.

Li Qing stood next to Su Lu, looking left and right, his cheeks full of joy.

Since leaving Beiyang, she has not seen such a lively market for a long time. The dignity of the Ninety-Five is certainly noble, but there are many correspondingly things that are given up.

Following Su Lu's side, Li Qing seemed to have returned to Beiyang, when he was still a county lieutenant, and in his carefree days, he didn't need to worry about military affairs, he didn't need to worry about the theft of silver from the treasury of western Beijing, and he didn't need to listen to the quarrels of the courtiers every day.

"I want to eat a sugar gourd."

Li Qing pointed to the bright red and crystal sugar gourd in the hands of the roadside vendor and said.

The gāo zhān next to him stopped talking, looked at Su Lu, who was taking money from the bag, and swallowed back the words in his throat.

His Majesty hardly goes out of the capital on weekdays, and if he can have this moment of happiness, he will go with her, no matter how safe this sugar gourd is, where can it be unsafe.

Su Lu paid a penny and took two strings of sugar gourds from the depressed boss.

"Childe, I can't find a small business. You, do you have copper coins in your hand, I give you this sugar gourd, and it is not worth this money. ”

Li Qing was holding a sugar gourd in his hand, and his cheeks were full of surprise: "Can you buy so many sugar gourds with one penny of silver!" ”

Su Lu said to the gāo zhān next to him: "Lao Gao, you come, one person and one string, divide these sugar gourds, I invited you." ”

gāo zhān was dexterous, and with a wave of his hand, the guards dressed as ordinary people in the back rushed up, you in a string, I in a string, and in the blink of an eye, the hawker's sugar gourd was cleaned up.

Li Qing took the sugar gourd and continued to walk forward with Li Qing, and without much effort, Li Qing had a hand full of marshmallows, sugar people, fried skewers, and all kinds of snacks.

"Su Gong, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you've always been fine?"

Su Lu met an acquaintance in the crowd, Zhou Ping, the squire of the Ministry of War, and Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the two of them were wearing coarse cloth robes, and they were wandering around the market, first seeing Su Lu, and then seeing Li Qing next to Su Lu, their eyes were as big as copper bells.

Qian Qianyi walked over quickly, and was about to salute Li Qing.

Su Lu waved his hand: "Gong Qian, this is Fang City, so you don't have to be so respectful." Why, the two of them are traveling together, are they going to discuss something? ”

Qian Qianyi smiled, avoided Li Qing, looked at Su Lu and said: "The palace exam is about to open, students from all over the world are pouring into the capital, in previous years, the students stayed by themselves, and many things happened, and the students' exams were missed." ”

"In the past few years, with the support of Su Gong, several university halls have been opened in the capital, and I think that since they are all here to participate in the palace examination, it is better to arrange accommodation in a unified manner, which can also avoid many incidents and protect the country's talents."

Su Lu glanced at Zhou Ping, his eyes were a little playful, because Zhou Ping was on the wrong team at the beginning, he had been nesting in the position of the squire of the military department for ten years, and he was not allowed to be promoted, and now his hair was gray, and the whole person lost his previous high-spirited spirit.

"What is the matter with Duke Zhou here?"

Zhou Ping smiled, his face was full of bitterness: "Su Gong Mingjian, Your Majesty suddenly withdrew the army, and when I arrived in Xifang City, the capital, I was worried that something would happen, so I came to take a look, I happened to meet Qian Gong, by the way, I would like to talk about the protection of the children during the palace examination, whether it is appropriate to arrange the forbidden army, or send the students from the martial arts hall." ”

Li Qing said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this, Zhou Yuan, just let him take care of it." ”

Zhou Ping's face changed, and he didn't dare to speak anymore, so he only agreed.

Qian Qianyi suddenly smiled and said: "Since Su Gongxian and his wife have arrived, why don't I be the east, please eat some good things, there is a vendor in this Xifang City, and the duck blood vermicelli soup made is a must in the capital, and it is no worse than the chef of Yan Zhaolou." ”

Li Qing's eyes lit up.

Su Lu glanced at the location that Qian Qianyi was pointing to, and frowned, if it was somewhere else, it would be better to say, it was close to Tongzi Hutong, not far from Lu Shilang's mansion, if it was really a trouble, maybe someone would collide with the holy car.

Li Qing pulled Su Lu's arm: "Let's eat, I heard Changning say that this duck blood vermicelli soup is famous, and it is delicious." ”

Qian Qianyi didn't know about the leaders of Lu City, but seeing Su Lu's hesitation, he understood that there must be something in the middle, so he couldn't help but say:

"Or next time, this stall won't run anyway."

Su Lu waved his hand: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, just today, it is not easy for Qian Gong to invite him to a meal." ”

Su Lu turned his head and said a few words to Gao Dabao not far away, Gao Dabao grinned and turned around.

Qian Qianyi led the way, and the four of them arrived at the stall selling duck blood vermicelli soup.

A shed covered with a curtain on three sides, with three large cauldrons at the exit, the soup in the pots was steaming hot, and the fire was burning brightly.

There were seven or eight square tables inside, and only one was empty.

When the boss saw Qian Qianyi, he greeted him with a smile:

"The old money is here, and it's still the same today."

Qian Qianyi said with a smile: "It's the same old way, add more duck blood and vinegar." ”

Saying that, Qian Qianyi turned to Li Qing: "If the virtuous couple have any tastes, you can tell the boss." ”

Li Qing looked at the churning soup in the cauldron, and said with a smile: "I don't want coriander, everything else." ”

Su Lu saw that several Ouchi guards had already entered and began to crowd the table, and quietly changed seats with the guests on the three tables around the empty table, just for a moment, leaning on the position of the empty table, it was full of Ouchi guards and guards.

Li Qing sat down at the empty table and beckoned Qian Qianyi to sit with Zhou Ping.

Su Lu glanced at the soup pot again: "I want it, coriander or something, and I want it if I don't want money." ”

The proprietress smiled and narrowed her eyes: "Okay, the guests will sit down first, and they will come immediately." ”

Qian Qianyi beckoned Zhou Ping to sit down next to him, and introduced Li Qing with a smile:

"The duck blood of this family is handled by the couple themselves, there is a unique secret recipe, and it tastes delicious with the addition of things."

"The vermicelli is also a wide powder made from sweet potatoes, which has a delicate taste and is delicious and tight."

Zhou Ping suddenly spoke: "Su Gong has promoted sweet potatoes to the world, and there are countless living people, and the merits are immeasurable." ”

Qian Qianyi glanced at Zhou Ping, and also agreed: "It's true, sweet potatoes, potatoes, these two kinds of food, there are countless living people. Our Han Kingdom has been fighting endlessly over the years, but there has never been a starvation death, even if there was a great drought in Shazhou the year before last, no one died. ”

"Mr. and Mrs. Su Gongxian have great grace in the world."

The boss came over with a big bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup, and said in harmony:

"It's not like that, where is my hometown, in the years of wheat and sorghum in the past few years, people starved to death every year, and since planting these sweet potatoes and potato seeds, no one has starved to death."

"This potato seed and sweet potato guest couple found it, then I invited this meal, what do the Xian couple want to eat, I invited."

The proprietress came over with another big bowl, glanced at Su Lu and his wife when she heard the words, turned around and went back.

"Lao Qian is a real person, he will definitely not tell a lie, you have promoted these potatoes and sweet potatoes to the world, saving the lives of many people in our village, we invite you to eat this meal."

After a while, the proprietress came over with a big bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup, and there were obviously a lot more ingredients in the bowl, which was more than half of the first bowl given to Qian Qianyi.

Li Qing looked at the big bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup, and was a little at a loss for a while:

"We can't eat that much."

"Kill"

Outside the shed, there was a sudden sound of shouting, and Gao Dabao, who was coming with a team of guards, suddenly shouted, and the steel knife in his hand came out of his hand and flew straight to the side of the shed.