When everyone stepped into the three-story private room of Xinghualou - Drunken Flower Yin, Shen Gui realized that the furnishings and layout of Jiangzhou City Inn were all copied from the appearance of Jiankang City Restaurant. This single room, named Drunken Flower Yin, also adheres to the overall appearance of quiet and elegant, simple and tranquil; The only thing missing was the agarwood that emitted smoke from the furnace; But even so, the whole room still permeated the smell of water agarwood mixed with the smell of wormwood; Needless to say, it must have been smoked in advance long before Shen Gui and the others stepped into the house.

Dongshi Xiaofeng and Xizi are heart-warming, in fact, the difference between the two is often hidden in the details. Jiangnan cuisine is mostly light, fresh and sweet, and pays great attention to the perception and taste; If you want to taste the true taste of top Jiangnan dishes, you need not only a good tongue, but also a good nose and a good attitude. The tongue depends on nourishment, and the nose depends on practice; But this tranquil and peaceful mentality is a principle of life that can only be cultivated by relying on the idle wealth that has lasted for generations.

Burning a furnace of agarwood in the house, although it is valuable and elegant, will inevitably be entangled with the smell of wine and food, completely destroying the fusion and harmony of smells.

In this way, not only did the silver not be spent, but it was also left behind.

And the guests who can eat on the third floor of Xinghua Building do not have the rules of ordering by looking at the menu by themselves. Because not every guest is a gourmand who likes to study the cravings; Not every rich person knows the rules and etiquette of eating and drinking. The ancient sages also had the teaching of 'not eating from time to time', and for those who are not diligent and do not distinguish between grains, how can they know the seasonal products of all parts of the world?

Ordinary people want to eat a wide meal, and they will mention the words chicken, duck and fish. But if you follow this mantra to feast, it is simply an insult to the master chef in the back kitchen.

Although chickens and ducks belong to the same poultry, they have always been chicken on top and duck on top; Therefore, under normal circumstances, no matter how the preparation method is, duck meat will not be able to serve on the top table; Even in Jiankang City, which loves duck as much as its life, the famous dish of roast duck can only be counted as street food or braised cooked food.

The same is true for fish and meat. Although they are not in the same direction, they cannot appear at the same table at the same time. For example, if you order a dish of steamed anchovies, you will never be able to order rock sugar hooves. However, meat dishes such as braised lion's head and crispy fried lotus root clips are not in this taboo ranks. In other words, as long as you don't see the prototype of the meat, there is no question of conflict.

Today, after Shen Gui and the others sat down, they first wiped the dust with hot wipes, then took some appetizing candied dried fruits, and then drank a few sips of Babao tea that dispelled wind and warmed the stomach.

This top-notch table, whether it is the color, flavor and flavor of the dishes, or the seasonal combination of meat and vegetables, and even the temperature of the cups and plates and the residual gas, are obviously carefully calculated and planned by top chefs and catering experts. Before today, Shen Gui would never have imagined that this kind of ancient food and drink, which had long disappeared in the Northern Yan Dynasty, would be able to see the light of day in this fashionable and wealthy Jiankang City; Admittedly, there are still some shortcomings and biases; But on the whole, if it is placed in the Northern Yan Dynasty, this table of wine banquets can already become a benchmark model for state banquets.

It seems that behind all the ancient etiquette systems, not only the precipitation and accumulation of history and culture are needed, but also the foil and nourishment of gold and silver!

After a full meal and a cup of tea to eliminate food and relieve hangover, the young man who was in charge of welcoming guests at the door walked into the room with some thin bamboo strips soaked in mint water in advance for a few distinguished guests to pick their teeth......

"How many distinguished guests are still satisfied?"

"Yes, the dishes are authentic, and the banquet is also exquisite enough, it is worthy of the Xinghualou that is popular in the Huayu Continent! However, I know a little about cooking, but there is one thing I can't figure out at the moment. Why is this lion's head hollow? ”

"Childe, good eyesight! This is a new dish that our master chef of Xinghualou has just developed, and as for the technique of making hollow meatballs, it is not passed on by the master......"

"There is broth jelly in the meatballs, nothing fresh. And that's not what I mean, but this dish definitely doesn't belong in this dish! A table of ancient French dishes is stuffed with a new dish, anyone can see that there is a problem, right? Explain it to me, I don't want to exercise vigorously after dinner, but don't wait for me to ask myself......"

This young man looked at Shen Gui's threatening eyes, his whole body trembled, and when he spoke back again, he didn't speak very well......

"This ...... This...... Son, this has nothing to do with my trumpet...... But it really doesn't matter! This banquet was ordered in advance by the gentlemen who gave the money; The style of the wine and food is also arranged in the back kitchen in advance. If there is really something wrong with the dishes, then the trumpet is naturally duty-bound...... But if something goes wrong with the dish, then ...... That trumpet can't afford it! ”

"Oh? Someone knew in advance that I would come to your Xinghualou for a banquet? ”

"Yes! The dinner account has already been met in advance, and even the reward money in the front hall and back kitchen has been left a lot. If you are full of food and drink, you will go straight to you, and you don't need to dig out a copper plate......"

The young man was frightened by Shen Gui's fierce appearance, and retreated towards the door as he spoke; When he thought he was at a safe distance, he quickly turned around and ran down the stairs as if he were running for his life......

The more Shen Gui listened, the more he wondered, all kinds of unreasonable abnormalities were intertwined, and he hadn't figured out a clue for a while; And Qi Hui listened to the conversation between the two, and curiously used his chopsticks to pick up the hollow meatballs on the plate again, and muttered with confusion:

"I'm also a person who has seen the world, but this kind of meatball that can sing empty city plans is really the first time I've seen it...... Hey, that's interesting! ”

Empty City Scheme!

These three words were like a bolt of lightning, and suddenly hit Shen Gui's Heavenly Spirit Gai! However, this aura does not come from the legendary story of Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi's battle of wits and courage......

This is obviously an extra new style of dish, and it is an after-entertainment program prepared by the guy who paid money to buy the third floor of Xinghua Building and invited his group to dinner. And the five of them have just entered Nankang City, and they haven't even notified a relative's old friend, so where did they get acquaintances to entertain them?

Therefore, today's pre-arranged banquet and the two murders in Qingyun Lane and Changle Street must have been carefully arranged by the same people. Although he is not sure of the other party's intentions for the time being, Shen Gui is already more than ninety percent sure that these friends who have never met are undoubtedly the ones who listen.

In this after-entertainment show, the hollow lion's head, the stage is Jiankang City, the actors are the people who listen to the truth, and the audience is Shen Gui's group...... But what is the meaning behind the selection of this kind of trick?

Wait a minute!

As if he suddenly remembered something, Shen Gui quickly stood up, looked directly at Li Le'an with his eyes and asked:

"The second mother-in-law's medical hall, where is it located in Jiankang City?"

Li Le'an was also a little dazed by his out-of-the-box thinking, tilted his head and recalled for a while, then said with a little hesitation:

The master mentioned it in the letter. She was originally a rented house facing the street, but it seems that she has just moved out...... She said that she bought an elegant courtyard near the Medicine God Temple, away from Changle Street...... It shouldn't be far. ”

"Let's go!"

Although no one knew what kind of madness Shen Gui was smoking, these five people had already concluded a blind sense of trust with each other. In an instant, the five of them restrained the casual nature of tasting food and admiring the moon, and left Xinghualou in a hurry; And the little guy who stood at the door to greet the guests, looking at their distant backs, finally breathed a sigh of relief......

"Brother, didn't you say that after entering Jiankang City, you will sink for three days, and if there is no change, you will go to visit Granny Lin again? And now that our situation is no longer a problem of abnormal movements, why did we go straight to the hospital? Aren't you afraid of causing trouble to the second old lady? ”

Qi Yan walked forward quickly, and at the same time asked Shen Gui, who had rebelled. Shen Gui's group must have attracted countless attention. If you rush to visit the deceased, it is easy to harm the innocent. These old people could have lived on the banks of the Qinhuai River, but if they ruined their peaceful life in their old age because of the sticky smell on the bodies of their children and grandchildren, wouldn't they have become sinners for the ages?

However, judging from Diting's consistent pragmatic style of doing things, since they dared to demonstrate to themselves and gave them a lion's head that could sing empty city plans, then everything must have been prepared......

It wasn't until everyone came to the new site of the Rejuvenation Hall under the leadership of Li Le'an that they looked at the crooked and tattered two wooden doors, and looked at the empty and messy front hall of the Rejuvenation Hall, and finally understood why Shen Guifang was shocked......

Unlike the four people who quickly searched all corners of the Rejuvenation Hall, Shen Gui just stood in front of the door with a dull expression, looking at the empty room, his hands and feet were cold, his lips were white, and his hands couldn't stop shaking......

About a quarter of an hour later, the four of them walked to Shen Gui's side with iron faces, Li Le'an shook his head at him with tears in his eyes, and then cried silently......

Shen Gui took a deep breath and shielded all the complex feelings in his mind. He walked into the house, looked down at the mess of utensils and medicinal herbs around him, closed his eyes again, and after simulating it in his mind, he looked for a few dirt footprints in the atrium garden, and slowly touched the well in the backyard......

Along the way, Shen Guidu kept telling himself: It's okay, there are still people who always ask for food; It doesn't matter, the Thirteen Shamans and the two brothers of the Qi family are also there; It doesn't matter, I won't wait until today to do something to them......

However, when a well appeared in front of him, the reasons and excuses that Shen Gui Mo found in his heart instantly turned pale and powerless......