Chapter 631: Yang Lou 2
Unfortunately, Yang Tower is located to the west of Genyue, northwest of Shangqing Palace. is also a large and small goods shop alley, when passing near the Shangqing Palace, Zhou Nan walked all the way with his head down. There's no way, who let himself be framed by Lao Dao?
With Li Bangyan and Cai You, two pavilion companions who accompanied them to eat and play, led the way, and the group soon came to Yang Tower. Yang Lou is a three-story restaurant facing the street, but there is a row of bungalows on the street, and there is a three-story restaurant behind the bungalows. This layout makes the street not seem so oppressive.
Zhou Nan came to Bianjing City for a few days, and he also went to a lively and prosperous place, in Zhou Nan's eyes, although Bianjing City has a large population, it is not full of high-rise buildings. In Bianjing City, the tallest building Zhou Nan saw was the iron tower in Genyue, and it was also one of the eight views of Bianjing. Shorter is the corner tower at the four corners of the palace to observe the fire shop, and there is the three-story restaurant. There are very few three-story buildings in the palace, which makes Zhou Nan very strange.
Yang Lou outside the store door with a wooden pillar to build a two-storey high colorful gatehouse, the left and right sides each with two thick wooden pillars as the bottom, with a horizontal wood to build a platform-like waist sitting, a horizontal plaque on the top, written "Yang Lou" two big characters, waist sitting in front of the high two gardenia lanterns, around with colorful flags of various colors of brocade decoration, looks very beautiful. Sitting on the waist and erecting a slightly lower door head with a wooden plank, a colorful flag is inserted in the corner of the eaves of the door, fluttering in the wind, so that people can see it from afar.
There was a group of men and women standing outside the door of the restaurant, enthusiastically welcoming Zhou Nan and the others in. It seems that Li Bangyan and Cai You often come here, and a man came out of the restaurant and said to Li Bangyan respectfully, "According to the instructions of the Prime Minister, the largest pavilion on the third floor of the east garden has been prepared, please go upstairs with the Prime Minister and the honored guest." ”
Li Bangyan said to the man, "Shopkeeper Liu, today Cai Xianggong and I accompanied Liao Guofu to your store, so that the masters in the store can cheer up and serve well." This shopkeeper Liu hurriedly agreed with a smile.
This Yang Lou is characterized by quiet and elegant, which really makes sense. Even the stairs up and down the stairs are divided into several places. This man led Zhou Nan and the others to the backyard of the store, which was arranged like a small garden, with winding paths and deep into the flowers and trees. After a short time, the group came to the main building in the backyard, only to see two covered staircases on both sides of the building.
Li Bangyan and Cai You personally led the way in front and came to the third floor, it was still early, and there were no guests upstairs. Shopkeeper Liu ran forward, opened a pavilion curtain on the side of the third floor, invited everyone to come in, and sat down with the three handsome maids who came in. The shopkeeper Liu arranged more than a dozen guards brought by Zhou Nan to a pavilion opposite, so that they could not only rest, but also hear the summons at any time and wait for the dispatch.
After they were all seated, Shopkeeper Liu came in and asked if he wanted to have a banquet, Li Bangyan said with a smile, "Although you can bring the best wine and food in your restaurant, those idle men and singers who sell snacks will give a reward, but don't come in and disturb us." ”
Shopkeeper Liu immediately walked out quickly and did as Li Bangyan instructed. After a while, the guys in the restaurant first put some fruit plates, dried fruits, etc., followed by some pickled fish and meat, and finally hot dishes. These dishes are served on a variety of silver plates, and each dish is arranged in a very delicate silver platter, which makes people look very appetizing. In the end, Shopkeeper Liu personally presented three elegant white porcelain wine bottles, which were still sealed with red silk at the mouth.
The maid who served on the side opened the wine bottle, poured it into the wine vessel, and first scalded it with hot water in a porcelain compartment, and then scalded the wine glasses of the three with hot water, and then poured hot wine for the three of them.
The name of this wine is "Liuxia", because its entrance is like a cloud, brilliant to the extreme, and the aftertaste is endless. General Zhou, Brother Ju An and I borrowed this wine to wash the dust for you. Please! Li Bangyan picked up his wine glass and said.
The three of them drank three glasses in a row before stopping. Cai You picked up the silver chopsticks in front of him, and then began to eat. Zhou Nan also ate two bites, and it was only more than an hour after lunch, and he was not very hungry, so he didn't think the dishes were delicious.
"General Zhou, I don't know what you offended Emperor Maode?" Cai You put down the silver chopsticks and asked with a smile.
Zhou Nan was stunned, could it be that he and Mao De met at the State Bridge, or later he strayed into Huamian Pavilion and saw that Mao De was dressed in underwear? It's only been a day, shouldn't it? But these two guys must have eyeliner in the palace, and if they knew, it would not be a difficult thing. Zhou Nanqiang smiled calmly and asked, "Although I have known Emperor Maode before, it can only be general, and we haven't met a few times, let alone offended." Why did Chua Shumi ask like this? ”
Li Bangyan smiled and said nothing, Cai You pointed to the fruit bowls on the table, and said, "These fruit bowls and dried fruits, commonly known as "watching vegetables", can only be seen, not eaten. It only takes three glasses of wine to eat these meat dishes. On the day of the banquet in Zichen Palace, all the ministers in the court knew that General Zhou was going to the palace for the first time, and they all waited to see your behavior, and sure enough, you ate the food. ”
Li Bangyan said with a smile, "General Zhou is simple and brilliant by nature, and there is no need to be formal. ”
Cai You shook his head and said, "Definitely." General Zhou is cautious and steady by nature, how can he be like a hairy boy? It's just because I watched carefully that day, it was Emperor Namao who deliberately picked up a piece of pear to eat when he saw General Zhou looking around at others, and General Zhou was fooled, hahaha. ”
Li Bangyan clapped his hands and smiled, "So, sure enough, General Zhou was framed." ”
Zhou Nan asked strangely, "In addition to Emperor Maode, the crown prince also ate that day?" ”
"I think the prince was next to the emperor, and he was coerced by the emperor, so he had to follow the emperor." Cai You guessed.
"Damn!" Only then did Zhou Nan realize that he had fallen for Maude that day, causing him to make a fool of himself in front of so many people, "I can't hide it, when it comes to this matter, I have to talk about the building of the carriage that I just talked about in the post house." Emperor Maud held a grudge and only borrowed a car-making craftsman from me, but I didn't agree. ”
"The carriage that General Zhou said, but the carriage that the prince brought back from Xiongzhou years ago?" Li Bangyan asked curiously.
"Exactly. The carriage looked unremarkable, but it was unusually smooth when it was traveling, like sitting in a boat. Zhou Nan deliberately boasted.
"No wonder the official family regards it as a treasure, and they are reluctant to take it on weekdays. Later, Emperor Maude asked people to disassemble and wanted to make it the same, but after dismantling, it fell to the ground and could not be cleaned up. Cai You is very familiar with the story of that carriage.
"General Zhou, just now in the post house, you said that the official family has allowed the carriage to be sold in Bianjing?" Li Bangyan asked eagerly.
"Exactly. Don't worry, before you sell, I'll have you build one for each of you. Zhou Nan said generously.
"I don't know how General Zhou is going to sell it?" Li Bangyan asked closely.
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