It was getting late, Zhou Nan and Yu Liyan returned to the city, and the people in the palace immediately came to report to Zhou Nan that Yu Liushou, who was staying in the mansion, came in person and left an invitation to invite Zhou Nan and Yu Liyan to the mansion for a banquet.

Yu Zhongwen is among the officials of the DPRK and China, and he knows Zhou Nan earlier. Besides, Zhou Nan didn't want to develop himself into a real "lonely person", so he and Yu Liyan happily went to Yu Zhongwen's house. Yu Zhongwen, who had already received the message, led the family to greet him outside the mansion gate, and welcomed Zhou Nan and Yu Liyan in happily.

Yu Zhongwen's family banquet was set up in a spacious warm room in the inner house. More than a dozen candles as thick as the mouth of a bowl were lit around. The table and chairs are not a few chairs sitting around the table, nor are they sitting on the ground like the Khitans, but are divided into several low long tables, Yu Zhongwen and his wife are on a table, Zhou Nan and Yu Liyan are on a table, and there are two other tables, respectively, a middle-aged couple and two young men and women, the young woman is Yu Zhongwen's granddaughter, Yu Liyan's daughter Hanlin Yu Min of Hanlin Academy. After Yu Zhongwen's introduction, Zhou Nan learned that the middle-aged couple were Yu Zhongwen's eldest son Yu Zhang and daughter-in-law, and those who sat at the same table with Yu Min were Yu Zhongwen's eldest grandson and Yu Min's younger brother Yu Shen - it seems that Yu Min and Yu Shen came from the sentence "Be sensitive to things and cautious to words" in the Analects. Except for a few maids, there was no one else. It seems that Yu Zhongwen is not a person who shows off, although the family has a large population, he only asks his relatives and grandsons to accompany the banquet.

"The king and the queen have arrived together, making my Yu Mansion shine!" Yu Zhongwen, as the host, said with a smile.

"Today, the princess and I came to disturb me, but we came to Lord Yu's family banquet, Lord Yu does not have to be formal, just call the horse and the princess as before." Zhou Nan is really not used to the title of king and queen, as if he has traveled to the Qin and Han dynasties.

"It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate. Today's family banquet is for the princess and the concubine to work day and night for the new Liao country, and there is no leisure. The country has horses and princesses, and only today is there today. Yu Zhongwen has been an official for many years, and he said that this banquet was both considerate and close, and the atmosphere was suddenly much more relaxed.

Zhou Nan and Yu Liyan were humble, and Yu Zhongwen ordered a banquet to be placed, and the dishes during the banquet were mostly all kinds of meat, and the wine they drank was also steamed wine. Zhou Nan is very strange, this steamed wine was only sent to dozens of jars, and most of them were set on fire by him and Zhou Fu when they were saving Yu Liyan, and this steamed wine was not popularized in Yanjing City, and it was only Xiao Laoliu who loved to drink it, why did Yu Zhongwen also have this steamed wine at home?

Yu Liyan saw Zhou Nan's strangeness and explained to Zhou Nan: "Zhou Lang doesn't know. Since the concubine entered Yanjing City, the city has been stable, and the market has become more and more prosperous. Uncle loves to drink steamed wine, but he can't buy it in the market, the concubine had to send someone to Sanssouci Village to find Sister Yun'er, Sister Yun'er sent someone to send two cars of steamed wine, except for the uncle left a few jars, the rest of the wine, the concubine sent it to the market to sell, this steamed wine turned out to be very popular. Presumably, Lord Yu bought it from the market. ”

"That's exactly what the princess said. The little old man also loves this steamed wine sweet and mellow, and it is intoxicating to drink a little, so he used it to entertain the horse, but he didn't think that this steamed wine was actually out of the worry-free village of the horse. It made the colt and the princess laugh. Yu Zhongwen shook his head and smiled.

Zhou Nan couldn't tell whether this Yu Zhongwen was deliberately currying favor with this wine, or if he really didn't know the origin of this steamed wine, but he didn't have to dig deeper, and invited himself to dinner, which was itself to envelop his feelings, but he didn't know what Yu Zhongwen wanted when he was already in a high position.

"This steamed wine was originally just made by the local method of the people of the mountains and wilderness, and it is not fragrant to talk about, but the mellow wine is true." Zhou Nan took a sip of his own steamed wine, which was warm and smoother.

"In the land of Yanjing, the weather is cold, guarding the fire, and drinking a glass of steamed wine, it will be warm inside and out. Although the wine of the Southern Dynasty is good, it is just not as strong as steamed wine and does not taste good enough. One cup of steamed wine is worth three glasses of ordinary wine, although it is more expensive, it is also worth it. Yu Zhongwen commented.

"Ordinary wine is only 1200 wen per jar of ten catties, and some of the better ones are only 400 wen per jar, but this steamed wine is 800 wen per jar. Even so, the two carts of wine, except for the ten jars left for my uncle, the remaining fifty jars were sold out in less than half a month. Now there are still old customers who come to ask for it. Yu Liyan glanced at Zhou Nan and said proudly.

"I'm ashamed!" Zhou Nan said, "When I was in Sanssouci Village, I wanted to make some rice money for the village, so I made some steamed wine and sold it in Yanjing, but unfortunately it was sent to the princess's Hongyan Restaurant, which caused the princess to sell wine." ”

Yu Liyan remembered that time, and said with a smile: "The concubine body was also miraculous that day, and I never thought that the person who shot the tiger in the western mountains would also sell moonshine like the world." In disappointment, he asked the bottle to take a box of gold ingots and send you away. ”

Zhou Nan was embarrassed: "No wonder the princess treated me like that at that time, it turned out that there was this misunderstanding - I shoot the tiger correctly, but I also have to eat and dress!" You can't eat and drink, right? ”

Although Yu Min is familiar with Yu Liyan, he has never heard Yu Liyan talk about it, and he listens to it with relish. Yu Zhongwen saw the deep affection between the two words, and sighed: "Speaking of which, the matter between the princess and the concubine is also full of twists and turns. If the old lady has knowledge under the spring, she should be pleased. ”

"What do you say at this time? I don't have to spoil the scenery. Yu Zhongwen's wife whispered dissatisfiedly.

"Lord Yu reminded me that if the two of us don't have Master Zhang and Master Yu, I don't know how long it will take." Zhou Nan didn't mind and said, "On the day of my wedding with the princess, I will definitely go to the tomb of Taishi Zhang to pay tribute." ”

"The horse is a benevolent person, and the young son of Taishi Zhang was selected as the envoy of the Biyuan Yuan, and he was in charge of the national criminal and prison lawsuits, which can be regarded as the succession of the family." Yu Zhongwen said, "But it's much better than my descendant." ”

came, Zhou Nan secretly said in his heart, it seems that Yu Zhongwen wants to ask for the shade seal for his children and grandchildren. Zhou Nan said with a smile: "Lord Yu doesn't have to worry, the imperial court has its own system of shadow sealing, and the prince of Lord Yu's mansion can naturally get an official and a half position, and the princess will decide how to go in detail." "For these ministers who follow him, of course Zhou Nan will not be stingy, in addition to important positions, it is also a good idea to give the children of these ministers some official positions or titles to win people's hearts. But those officials in the prefecture and county, as well as some officials in important positions in the imperial court, unless they have real talent and learning, no one should think about messing around.

"The colt misunderstood. How could the little old man ask for a reward for them?! Yu Zhongwen hurriedly spoke.

(End of chapter)