Since the Peking Opera appeared in the palace, many people have been holding back to watch it, but there is no place to watch it. Because it is only in the palace, there is a garden in the capital in April, and the name is Pear Garden.

Three into the big courtyard, facing the street in front of the door, a two-story small building, is a teahouse restaurant. The hall on the first floor and the private room on the second floor.

Out of the first floor, through the cloister and the corridor is still a small building on the second floor, inside is a theater. In the hall on the first floor, the table of eight immortals is equipped with eight chairs, and there is a small wooden plate on it that is beautifully carved. Attached to the wooden sign is a piece of paper with the price of tea and dried fruits.

Compared with the price of other tea houses outside, the price of pear orchard is 30% higher, but there are many other places that are not available, compared to the best Longjing tea.

Passing through the theater on the second floor, there is a whole set of small courtyards at the back, as long as there are a dozen of them, they are inhabited. One word, expensive, don't worry if there is anyone who lives in the shopkeeper, anyway, the name of the pear garden has spread out in a short time, after all, it is a place to sing Peking Opera!

Just after the afternoon Shen Shi, many people came to the pear orchard, and even many carriages, many of which were dignitaries.

There are two people in this group who are very low-key, coming in the same car, some talking and laughing.

The one on the right is not tall, he is dressed ordinarily, he is very safe between his gestures, and he said to the person on the left with a smile: "I didn't expect this pear orchard to be really lively, let's come for the first time, and I just happened to see it today." ”

"Then take a good look!" The man on the left said, "I'm in for a treat today!" ”

"Then I'll bother Brother Zhang Xian!" The man on the right said with a smile.

"Brother You is polite!"

These two people are none other than You Qi, the housekeeper of Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the nephews of Zhang Jing, the commander of Dongchang. The two of them came to see what was going on in the pear orchard, and they also wanted to see who opened the pear orchard.

As Zhang Whale's nephew, Zhang Xian can feel a little bit of taste, and You Qi can also guess that this matter is related to the palace.

But this Peking Opera was made by Wei Liangfu, the secretary of Taichang Temple, and everyone outside said that Wei Liangfu was Zhang Whale's person, and Zhang Whale never denied it, but Zhang Xian could see that this Wei Liangfu was afraid that he was not his uncle's person.

But Zhang Xian didn't dare to talk nonsense about this kind of thing, so he could only pretend that he didn't know anything.

You Qi guessed that this matter had something to do with the palace, this is not difficult, but what does it matter, this makes people think deeply. The emperor is still young, and the queen mother has no interest in it, and I heard that she has recently believed in Buddhism.

Could it be that Wu Qingbo got it?

However, Wu Qingbo has been busy making a lot of money recently, and I heard that he is negotiating with nobles from all over the country, as if he is laying some channel, and the little grandfathers of the Wei Mansion in Nanjing have entered Beijing. Nominally, he went up to look for relatives and friends, but he was much more diligent than Dingguo Mansion.

Anything that involves the palace, then it is nothing small, how could You Qi miss this kind of occasion.

Glancing at Zhang Xian, his new brother, You Qi hoped to get some news from him. For You Qi, or for You Qi and Zhang Xian, their worship of brothers is not pure in itself.

There is no difference from Feng Bao's henchman Xu Jue last time, and the friendship between all two people enters the country very quickly.

The two of them came to the door of the pear orchard, and there was a big red piece of paper pasted at the door, on which the name of the play to be sung tonight was written with a pen, and the name was "Suolin Bag". In the next row, there are two names, one is called Mingyan, and the other is called Mercy Flower, which are the two protagonists.

"Sure enough, it's "Suolin Bag"!"

Zhang Xian and You Qi glanced at each other, and they were even more sure that this place had something to do with the palace.

The name "Suolin Bag" is very familiar to the two people, after all, this is what was sung in the palace on the day of the New Year. The two of them didn't last long, they entered the restaurant together, and the two of them didn't go to the private room, and directly found a place to sit in the lobby.

"Two objective, what to eat, this is the menu of our restaurant!" Xiao Er came over to greet with a smile and reached out to hand over a booklet.

The two of them felt fresh, and it was good to hang a wooden sign on the wall of the restaurant in the past, and write the name of the dish. Open the menu, both of them were stunned, this is a little finer, right?

On one side of the menu is a text introduction, and on the other side is a drawing, I don't know what to draw with, and it is lifelike.

Others don't know, You Qi and Zhang Xian know that this kind of drawing is called pencil drawing, and it also comes from the palace. It's just that this painting is colored, and such a painting is used as a menu, and neither of them knows what to say.

However, the two of them are also more sure that this pear orchard has a lot to do with the palace.

The two of them flipped through a few pages of the menu, and the dishes here are so expensive! There are those I haven't heard of, such as this cold salad, which costs 200 Wen, and the other dishes are mostly 3500 Wen, and even a few taels of silver.

It's too expensive, you can't get a meal here without a dozen taels of silver!

Obviously, this is not a place for ordinary people to eat, Zhang Xian is not bad for money, he ordered six dishes with a smile, asked for a pot of good wine, and then handed the menu to Xiao Er with a smile: "Xiao Er, we want to go to the back to watch the play, is it okay to go after eating?" ”

"That's the case, the theater behind us has a private room and a private seat, the elegant seat is 500 wen, and the private room is two taels of silver, if you eat in front of the consumption of more than ten taels, you will be given two private seats." Xiao Er smiled and said, "You two have two free tickets here." ”

"Let's have two shows this afternoon, the show will end before the curfew, and the two of you will go to the back to watch the play after eating!"

Xiao Er left, Zhang Xian said with a smile: "Let's go find a private room!" ”

Although there are free tickets, Zhang Xian doesn't want to take advantage of them, and the two are not bad for money, plus he is treating him today, so it's not good to be too stingy. Uncle explained before he came out that the money spent with You Qi could be reimbursed.

"It's nice to have a seat!" The game smiled, not caring at all, he was a housekeeper, not so particular.

What's more, when I arrived in the private room, I and Zhang Xian, so what news did I have to listen to, the private seat is the most suitable.

After eating, the two of them went to the theater at the back together, found the table number written on the ticket and sat down, and then ordered two dried fruits and two candied fruits, a pot of good tea, and listened to the chatting while looking around.

"Hey, let me tell you, I've been waiting for Peking Opera for a long time."

"That's not it, I didn't watch the opera authentic before, Peking Opera, Peking Opera, we shouldn't watch it. Besides, this is coming from the palace, so be sure to take a look. ”

"Speaking of the news that came out of the palace, I'm a little curious, who are you talking about the owner of the pear orchard? This one is capable enough. Not to mention how much such a big garden is, just to be able to tease the palace out, this is really powerful! ”

Zhang Xian and You Qi glanced at each other, there are still many people in this world.