Liu Xiu accompanied Yin Lihua, chose several pieces of jewelry, paid the money, and then came out of the jewelry store.

After that, the two went to the clothing store again, and the clothes in the clothing store were really nothing to buy, and even if they did, Yin Lihua couldn't wear them in the palace.

The two walked all the way, walked all the way, and came to the Drunken Xiang Pavilion.

Although the Zuixiang Pavilion is famous, there are not many guests inside, mainly because the price of the wine and food here is too high, even if it is an ordinary rich and noble family, if you want to come to the Zuixiang Pavilion for a meal and a drink, you have to touch your pocket first to see if there is so much money.

On the second floor of the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion, there were several people sitting in the box near the window, led by two people.

One of the young men was the person Liu Xiu met in the jewelry store.

Sitting with the young man was none other than Li Zichun, a businessman who was good friends with Liu Liang.

The young man's name is Li Ziyu, and he is Li Zichun's younger brother.

Li Zichun and Liu Liang have a good relationship, they are also very open in the capital, and the business is very big, Li Ziyu and Li Zichun are more than ten years old, Li Zichun's son is only three years younger than Li Ziyu, although the two are brothers, but they are similar to father and son.

Sitting in the private room, seeing the little brother looking sullen, Li Zichun asked with a smile: "Ziyu, in the afternoon, you accompany your brother and daughter-in-law to buy jewelry, can you choose what you like?" ”

"Don't mention it."

As soon as he mentioned this, Li Ziyu became angry, and he said: "The jewelry that Neiko likes is all from Mr. Shixi, but the price is too expensive." ”

Li Zichun smiled disappreciatively and said, "Ziyu, if you have no money, tell your eldest brother, don't wronged your brother-in-law." ”

Li Ziyu suddenly remembered something and asked, "Big brother, do you know that there is a person named Jin Wen in the capital?" ”

"Jin Wen?"

Li Zichun shook his head in a daze and asked, "Why did you suddenly mention this person!" ”

Li Ziyu said: "This person is very rich, twenty gold jewelry, he said to buy it, and he didn't blink his eyes."

I don't remember that there was a big family surnamed Jin in the capital, so I asked the eldest brother! ”

Li Zichun thought about it carefully again and shook his head, indicating that he had no impression of this person.

Li Ziyu muttered: "It seems that he is indeed not from the capital, he must have come from other places." ”

For inconsequential people, Li Zichun didn't take it to heart, he said happily: "Okay, it's rare for you and my brother to sit together and have a drink today, don't mention outsiders." ”

Li Ziyu said indignantly: "Big brother, I was swept away by this Jin Wen at that time.

Uchiko liked that necklace, but twenty gold was too expensive for me to buy, so he actually bought it! ”

In fact, this kind of thing is normal, but for Li Ziyu, who is used to flying and domineering, he really can't swallow this breath.

Li Zichun was amused by his brother and reassured: "Okay, okay, if you have the opportunity to meet this person in the future, I will help you teach him a lesson!" ”

Li Ziyu unwillingly picked up the wine glass, tilted his head, and drank all the wine in the cup.

Then, he put down the glass, and inadvertently swept his eyes out the window, just as he saw Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua getting out of the carriage in front of the door of the wine house.

He was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly pointed out the window and said, "Big brother, it's him!" He's Jin Wen! ”

After a pause, he sneered and said, "What a coincidence!" I met it again here! ”

Li Zichun followed Li Ziyu's finger and looked out the window.

He hadn't seen Liu Xiu before, and he naturally couldn't recognize him now.

However, Li Zichun is a big businessman after all, and he is still very accurate in looking at people, just looking at Liu Xiu's temperament, he doesn't feel like an ordinary person.

Li Ziyu said: "Big brother can say it just now, you want to help me teach him a lesson!" ”

Li Zichun glanced at his brother helplessly, shook his head, and said: "Luoyang is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, you and my brother, more is better than less." ”

Li Ziyu frowned and asked, "Is the eldest brother afraid of him?" ”

When Li Zichun heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows, laughed, and said, "Afraid? ”

In Luoyang, there are really few people who can make him afraid, with his relationship with King Zhao, who saw him not give three points?

Let's say that Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua, walking into the Zuixiang Pavilion, the interior decoration is both luxurious and elegant, which makes people feel bright.

Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua looked around and nodded secretly, although the layout of this restaurant is luxurious, it is indeed very tasteful.

The guy from the shop stepped forward, nodded and said with a smile: "How many guest officers want to eat?" ”

Without Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua talking, Zhang Kun asked on the ground, "Do you have a box here?" ”

"The boxes are on the second floor!"

"Then go to the second floor and open us the biggest and best box!"

"Yes, yes, yes! A few guest officers, upstairs please! Upstairs please! ”

The shopkeeper invited Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua to the second floor and led them to a private room.

This box is indeed very large, it is more than enough for one or twenty people to sit in it, and Liu Xiu and a few people are sitting in it, which is slightly empty.

The shop guy asked with a smile on his face, "Is the guest officer satisfied with this box?" ”

Zhang Kun looked around, looked back at Liu Xiu, and saw that the latter nodded slightly, so he said to the shopkeeper: "Okay, let's do it here!" ”

Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua walked to the inside of the box and sat in the middle, and then he looked at the guy and asked, "What kind of wine do you have here?" ”

The shopkeeper rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "The guest officer wants to taste wine, then he really came to the right place, the wine in this store is the most complete in the whole Luoyang City, and the famous wine from all over the place is available in this store, such as chrysanthemum wine, Hongliang wine, pepper and cypress wine, wine, as well as Wucheng Ruoxia wine, Guanzhong white thin wine, etc., but everything that the guest officer can say is famous, we have it in the store." ”

The guy can speak well, and he amused Yin Lihua.

Liu Xiu asked, "What kind of wine does Lihua want to drink?" ”

Yin Lihua thought for a while and said, "Just go to the bar with Wu Chengruo!" ”

Wucheng Ruoxia wine is a famous wine in the Qin period.

In the Qin period, there were two brewing masters, one named Cheng Lin and the other named Wujin, and the names of the two were combined to be Wucheng.

The place where they live, the upstream is called Shangruo, the downstream is called Xiaruo, and the wine brewed downstream is called Ruoxiajiu, and if the best of the wine, it is the famous Wuchengruo.

Hearing that Yin Lihua ordered Wu Chengruo's wine, and her voice was also pleasant, the shopkeeper had a good impression of her, and praised: "Madame is very good at tasting wine!" Wu Chengruo of this store is very authentic, thousands of miles away, and it is extremely difficult to transport it to Luoyang...... "Listening to his nagging and talking endlessly, Zhang Kun looked displeased and said in a deep voice: "Okay, okay, where did you come from, where did you come from, hurry up and serve the wine!" ”

The drinks in the Han Dynasty were all light and the alcohol content was not high, so even if people didn't know how to drink, there was no problem with drinking two or three glasses.

After a short time, the shopkeeper came up with the wine jar, and Zhang Kun ordered a few more signature dishes of Zuixiang Pavilion.

Everyone sat down one after another, each person has a small square table in front of them, after the wine and food come up, one per person, the plate is not big, if it is really open to eat, if you want to eat full, it is inevitable to order a few more dishes.

Liu Xiu picked up the wine glass, lowered his head and smelled it, the wine was fragrant, he shook the glass to Yin Lihua, and the two drank a glass to each other.

The wine is delicious, fragrant with spicy, spicy and sweet, very delicious.

It is really rare to be able to drink such a fine wine outside the palace, Liu Xiu greeted Long Yuan and the others present: "Come, come, come, let's have a drink together!" ”

Long Yuan and the others couldn't refuse, so they picked up the cups one after another, Liu Xiu drank them all, while Long Yuan and the others only took a shallow sip, or more precisely, they just dipped the wine with their mouths.

Outside the palace, Liu Xiuneng has no worries, but they can't, their first priority is to protect the safety of Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua, and they don't dare to be sloppy in the slightest, drinking is naturally taboo.

For the cautiousness of Long Yuan and others, Liu Xiu has long been accustomed to it.

He put down the cup and ate with Yin Lihua.

The food in the Zuixiang Pavilion is not as good as the imperial food in the palace, but it is not much worse, Liu Xiu and Yin Lihua still eat very happily.

Just as they were eating, there were two knocks on the door outside, and then the door opened, and it was the two brothers Li Zichun and Li Ziyu standing outside the door.

Li Ziyu seemed to be smiling, raised his eyes to look at Liu Xiu in the box, and said, "Mr. Jin, what a coincidence, we met ...... again" He didn't finish speaking, his eyes swept to Yin Lihua beside Liu Xiu.

At this time, Yin Lihua had already taken off the veil, revealing her true face.

Seeing Yin Lihua's appearance clearly, Li Ziyu was simply shocked, her two eyes were big and round, and her eyeballs were about to fly out.

Even Li Zichun, who traveled south and north and was well-informed, was stunned after seeing Yin Lihua's appearance, and couldn't help but secretly say: What a beautiful woman! What a peerless beauty who captivates the country and the city! Liu Xiu and the others looked outside the box one after another, and when they saw the two people outside the door, Liu Xiu smiled slightly and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Li!" ”

Li Zichun and Li Ziyu finally came back to their senses, the latter originally came with a domineering attitude, but after seeing Yin Lihua's true appearance, his arrogant arrogance was swept away, and he became gentle and elegant.

He cleared his throat and said with a smile: "My surname is Li, my name is Ziyu, this is my eldest brother, my name is Zichun." ”

Liu Xiu sighed, arched his hand, and said, "Under Jinwen." ”

Li Zichun opened his mouth and said: "Listening to Mr. Jin's accent, it doesn't look like a native of Luoyang. ”

"I'm from Nanyang."

"It turns out that Mr. Jin is from the imperial township, disrespectful, disrespectful!"

Li Zichun said happily: "Speaking of which, there are also many close friends from Nanyang, including many princes and nobles, and I think Mr. Jin will also hear of their names." ”

Without waiting for Liu Xiu to reply, Li Ziyu interjected: "Mr. Jin, we are destined to meet, why don't we sit down and have a bar together!" ”

After a pause, he added: "Our brother invited this wine." ”

Zhang Kun raised his eyebrows and asked unhappily, "Mr. Li thinks my son-in-law can't afford to eat a meal?" ”

His hot face was attached to other people's cold buttocks, which made Li Ziyu angry, but there was a beautiful woman present, he forcibly suppressed his anger, still with a smile on his face, and said: "Recently, Luoyang has not been very peaceful, and the old thief Gongsun Shu has been inserting fine works in Luoyang every now and then, spreading rumors, and assassinating ministers, it is said that many people who have made those fine works claim to be from Nanyang!" ”

The implication is that he suspects that Liu Xiu and others are the meticulous works of Gongsun Shu.

Zhang Kun was almost angry, and asked rhetorically: "What does Mr. Li mean, we are all the fine works of Gongsun Shu?" ”

"Who knows, but the government must be very interested in this."

While speaking, Li Ziyu deliberately glanced at the eldest brother beside him.

Li Zichun was silent, neither agreeing with his statement, but also not obstructing.

Silence means acquiescence.

Seeing this, Li Ziyu was more confident, and continued: "Recently, the government has caught a lot of fine works, and also killed a lot of fine works! ”

The threat of his words was already obvious.

Once you are arrested in the official mansion, as soon as you are punished, no matter whether you are really careful or fake, you will confess in the end.

Liu Xiu snorted and laughed, it was rare, he almost couldn't remember who threatened him last time, and he couldn't remember how many years he hadn't been threatened by someone like this again.

However, if Li Ziyu really goes to report to the official, it will be quite troublesome, one is to alarm the government, there is really no need for that.

Secondly, the fact that he secretly took Lihua out of the palace will inevitably arouse the dissatisfaction of the ministers.

He is not afraid of other ministers, but he is afraid of advising the doctor Wang Yuan.

The old man is a typical tendon, unruly things, he has always been strongly opposed, he really nagged, Liu Xiu would also feel a deep headache, and there was nothing he could do.