Zhao Honglie shouted, then beat his horse and galloped to the side of Liu Wuguo and Liu Renyu, and the three of them walked towards the Zhizhou Yamen together.

Liu Renyu walked on the street and found that Suide City, like other cities he had seen, was full of garbage, cows, sheep, and horse manure.

The roofs of many of the houses on both sides of the road were new, but the walls were blackened, and I think they were set on fire by thieves and rebuilt with them.

Most of the people walking in the market were dressed in shabby clothes and had vegetables on their faces, but their spirits were good, and it seemed that they were happy that the thieves had been beaten back and that their families could be spared calamity.

"General Zhao, the houses on this street were all set on fire by thieves, right?" Liu Renyu asked as he looked around.

"Who's to say it isn't! These thieves actually know how to use the trick, the thief and thief leader who was killed by you to make Jingguan, that is called Miao Mei, sent nearly a hundred spies, pretending to be physiognomy masters, beggars, red sticks, hungry people, lurking in the city, and when his army attacked the city, the fine work he sent was all around the city to raise fire, destroy, and act as internal response. Liu Shoubei, when you defend Jingbian, you have to be careful of the thieves' meticulous work. Zhao Honglie kindly reminded.

"General Xie Zhao reminded that the lowly post will definitely strictly investigate the spies, so as not to let the thieves' meticulous work have a chance." Liu Renyu replied like this, but secretly said in his heart: "In my Jingbian Fort, it is impossible for thieves to get involved, because I have a household registration system and a joint sitting method." ”

Zhao Honglie didn't know what Liu Renyu was thinking, he heard Liu Renyu solemnly listen to his own opinion, so he smiled at Liu Renyu in return.

"By the way, General Zhao, the house on this street was burned down a few days ago, and it was repaired so quickly, it's really not easy." Liu Renyu's house, which was burned down only a few days ago, was almost repaired so quickly, so he couldn't help but sigh a few words.

"Hey, our Li Zhizhou of Suide is a capable person, and his old man personally supervises it, so naturally it will be repaired quickly. It is precisely because Zhou Zun has been busy with this matter for the past few days that he has no time to go to you to comfort him. Zhao Honglie replied slightly apologetically.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, I think you have a good Zhizhou, you see we helped Suide to relieve the siege, his old man still knows to bring people to treat us, unlike the county governor of Mizhi, we helped them to relieve the siege of Mizhi, he, the county magistrate, refused to even take food to help, he was really angry." Liu Wuguo was impressed by Li Zhizhou's good attitude towards his family, and he couldn't help but arrange a few words from Yan Zibin.

"Liu Ye is talking about Yan Zibin in Mizhi County, this guy is known as the goose plucking, the official reputation is very poor, the court said that the tax is only 1 tael, he dares to collect 3 taels, half of their Mizhi people are forced to rebel by him." Zhao Honglie said with a sneer.

"It turns out that the guy is called Yan Zibin, our Lao Tzu will return to Yulin this time, and we must go to Hongjunmen to sue him and send him a charge of failing to recruit him."

Liu Wuguo had an extremely bad impression of Yan Zibin, but now that he remembered Yan Zibin's refusal to accept help that day, he couldn't help but be angry again.

"Then Master Liu, you have done a good thing for the people of Mizhi." Zhao Honglie stroked his palms and smiled.

"Yes, our Lao Liu can also be regarded as eliminating harm for the people, hahahaha." Liu Wuguo laughed heartily.

In this way, the three generals laughed for a while, and arrived at the Zhizhou Mansion located in the middle of Suide City.

When they arrived at the gate of the Zhizhou Mansion, the three generals saw a sharp-faced civil official wearing a black gauze hat, a small blue mixed flower collar shirt, a plain silver belt around his waist, and a goatee, and greeted him with a few servants.

"Who is this?" Liu Wuguo asked Zhao Honglie.

"This is a figure under our Suide and above 10,000 people, Xu Tongzhi." Zhao Honglie replied.

"That's a civil official from the sixth grade, I'll wipe it, let's be considered rude, let's get off the horse and see the salute." Liu Renyu saw that he and a few others were still riding on the horse, so he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and in addition to that, he didn't forget to remind the other two generals.

"Brother Xian, you are really a cautious person, we are still 50 steps away from Xu Tongzhi, why bother, it's not too late to walk 20 steps and then dismount to salute." Seeing that Liu Renyu was so eager, Liu Wuguo reminded with a smile.

"Oh, that's, that's." Liu Renyu saw that he was too careful, so he touched his head and laughed dryly, then turned over and got on the horse again, and walked about 30 steps with the two generals.

At a distance of 20 steps from the Zhizhou Yamen, Zhao Honglie and Liu Wuguo both turned over and dismounted, and Liu Renyu also dismounted when he saw this.

The three generals walked side by side towards Xu Tongzhi, and when they arrived in front of Xu Tongzhi, the three generals all bowed down and said, "The last general (lowly) has seen Xu Tongzhi. ”

"A few people are exempt, General Liu, Liu Shoubei, do you remember Xu?" Xu Tongzhi asked gently.

"Remember, remember, that day Zhou Zun took you out of the city to treat us, and it was the grain you sent to us." Liu Wuguo replied with a smile on his face.

"Yes, it's me, today the state invites the two of you to have dinner and wine, and I am here to greet you."

"We vulgar Qiu Ba, how dare we bother your master." Liu Wuguo said respectfully.

"Hey, General Liu, what are you talking about! If you hadn't rescued you, I'm afraid that we would have become the ghost of the thief's sword, so why not come to greet you? ”

"The last general (lowly) is afraid." Liu Wuguo and Liu Renyu said in unison.

"There's nothing to be afraid of, the two of you also asked for the weapons to be stored here in Menzi, and then pick them up when you go back, okay?"

"That's nature, that's nature." Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo nodded again and again, untied the sabers at their waists, and handed them to the men of the Zhizhou Mansion.

Xu Tongzhi quietly watched Liu Renyu, Liu Wuguo, Zhao Honglie and others untie their weapons, and then made a gesture of please: "The three of you, please." ”

Seeing this, the three generals all excused themselves again and again: "Please Xu Tongzhi don't want to kill a few of us, you should ask first." ”

Xu Tongzhi saw that the three generals refused to leave, so he smiled slightly, put his hands behind his back, took a figure-eight step, and entered the gate steadily.

The three generals followed.

Among these three generals, Liu Wuguo and Zhao Honglie are both imperial court generals, this Zhizhou Yamen is naturally often entered, only Liu Renyu has even entered the palace, but the county yamen and the state government yamen have not seen it, because he is walking a little slowly, I want to take this opportunity to take a good look, after all, this is a scenic spot in the future generations, and the entrance fee will be charged.

Liu Renyu first looked at the gate, only to see that there were four words on the walls on both sides of the gate, with the words 'Xuanhua' and 'Jieyong' written on it, and the plaque in the middle of the gate was written from right to left with the four big characters of Suidezhou Ya.

Walking into the gate, there is a straight, paved road with blue bricks, leading to the instrument gate.

When he arrived near the Yimen, Xu Tongzhi coughed, and said in a more serious tone: "This is the Yimen, please tidy up your bags." ”

When several generals heard this, they all pretended to pull around a few times and slapped them, and when the generals were done, Xu Tongzhifu smiled again: "Let's go on." ”

After passing the Yimen, Liu Renyu saw that a pavilion was built in the middle of the Yongdao Road, and a ring stone was placed in the pavilion, and the following words were written on the stone: "Erfeng Erlu, the people are fat and the people are anointed." The people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive. ”

Walking through this pavilion, it is the Jieai Hall, which is often said to be the public hall in later generations, and the pillars on both sides of this public hall are written with couplets: "Handle official affairs as if you are a family matter, and win the hearts of the people and the will of heaven." ”

After the festival love hall, it is the meeting hall of Zhizhou guests, that is, the living room as the saying goes, and today's banquet is arranged in the meeting hall.

"Several, the state venerable is waiting in the hall of the sun, you all go in." Xu Tongzhi brought people here, and then flashed and walked straight into the hall of seeing the sun.

The three generals walked side by side, walked in unison, and walked all the way from the road to enter the hall of the sun.

Entering the Jianri Hall, the three generals saw Li Zhizhou wearing a black gauze hat, wearing a blue small variegated pattern collar shirt, a silver flower belt around his waist, and soap boots on his feet, sitting in the middle of the lobby.

Li Zhizhou saw Liu Renyu and the others coming in, so he asked with a smile: "It's General Zhao, General Liu, and Liu Shoubei who are here?" ”

When the three generals heard Li Zhizhou's question, they hurriedly bowed down and said: "The last general Zhao Honglie (the last general Liu Wuguo, the lowly Liu Renyu) has seen the state honor. ”

"You're welcome, come on, take a seat, serve tea." Li Zhizhou waved his hand and asked the three generals to sit on his right hand.

After Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo sat down, they found two middle-aged people dressed as civil officials sitting opposite, one of whom was Xu Tongzhi, but the other was unknown.

Li Zhizhou saw that the two guests were looking at each other, so he chuckled lightly and introduced: "Xu Tongzhi brought you in, presumably the two of you guests already know each other, but the other one is our Judge Tan of Suide." ”

When Judge Tan saw that Li Zhizhou was introducing himself, he got up and said, "In Xia Tan Gangsu, I have seen two Lord Liu. ”

Seeing this, Liu Wuguo and Liu Renyu hurriedly got up and bowed down and said, "The last general, Liu Wuguo (lowly Liu Renyu), has seen Judge Tan. ”

"Hmm." Judge Tan responded and sat down on the drunkard's chair.

The two generals of the Liu family also sat down separately.

"The two of you relieved the siege of Suide and saved the people of the city, the official should have invited you to have a meal earlier, but there are many things in the city that need to be dealt with by the official, so I haven't found time to invite you to come here for a small gathering, I recently heard that you have recruited a thief and are going back to Yulin, and the official will invite you to sit down anyway, otherwise it seems that our Suide is not close to people." Li Zhizhou smiled and said gently.

"The state is serious, you personally went out of the city that day to treat me and others, we feel very good, better than the county lord of Mizhi." When Liu Wuguo arrived in front of Li Zhizhou, he did not forget to bury Yan Zibin.

"Yan Zibin!" When Li Zhizhou heard the words Mizhi County Zun, he first pronounced the name Yan Zibin, and then sneered twice, but did not speak.

"Forget it, the affairs of the neighboring counties, the official can't take care of it, and I don't want to say more, let's eat wine and dinner in peace." After Li Zhizhou finished speaking, he ordered the kitchen to hurry up and cook.

There are people who rush to the kitchen to urge, and before the meal is served, everyone can only drink tea first.

After a while, a few maids carried tea and put it in front of the two generals of the Liu family.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the tea from Yixing, the queen's hometown, how about drinking it?" Li Zhizhou asked, and then took a few sips to himself.

The tea in the queen's hometown, who dares to say that it is not delicious, so the civil and military officials in the lobby all said something about this tea, which is wonderful, delicious and tight.

After everyone drank tea for about half an hour, and said something about the thieves and the fact that Jiannu occupied the four cities in the Guannei and did not leave, the meal finally came up.

Zhizhou treats, the dishes will naturally not be simple, heaven and earth, running and swimming, there are all on the plate, and the most amazing thing is that there are cucumbers in the cold winter wax moon.

You know, this is the Ming Dynasty!

Then Li Zhizhou saw that everyone was amazed by this cucumber, so he smiled proudly: "This is a cucumber cultivated in a greenhouse, and you can eat cucumbers in the cold winter wax moon, right?" ”

"Hongfu of Tuozhou Zun, we can still eat cucumbers at this time." There was a burst of flattery.

In addition to flattery, Liu Renyu suddenly remembered that he could produce glass, so he could not build greenhouses and grow out-of-season vegetables, which was another money-making business!

When Liu Renyu thought of this, he couldn't help but smile and secretly said happily: "This trip was not in vain, let me think of this idea." ”

Li Zhizhou and the others flattered themselves for a while, then carried chopsticks and said loudly: "Let's eat first, the wine bottle is filled with Qinzhong's famous wine Pu peach wine, let's drink a few glasses." ”

After Li Zhizhou finished speaking, he picked up a small wine glass and made a toasting gesture, Liu Renyu hurriedly picked up the wine glass, but suddenly found that the wine glass in his hand was equivalent to Li Zhizhou's 5 big.

"." Before Li Zhizhou's words fell, he took a sip of the wine in the cup.

And Liu Renyu and the other three military attachés cooed, cooed, and drank a few sips.

After everyone finished drinking a round of wine, Li Zhizhou said again: "There are not only good wine and food, but also beautiful women, come on, go to Ge Yue."

As soon as Li Zhizhou's voice fell, the sound of silk and bamboo came from behind the screens on both sides of the lobby, and a team of glamorous singers wore flowers like brocade, moved lotus steps, came to the middle of the lobby, and danced.

And among the singers in red, there was another extremely beautiful singer dressed in white with a pipa in her hand, playing it by herself, while singing a bright minor key, only a few generals shook their heads and nodded their heads.

And this singer sang for a while, and Li Zhizhou suddenly said loudly: "There are two famous dishes from Beijing today, everyone should come and see them." ”

After Li Zhizhou finished speaking, he slapped his palms twice, and the team of singers slowly retreated, leaving only a burst of fragrant wind in the air.

When the singers had dispersed, more than a dozen cooks came to the middle of the lobby with a live goose, a live sheep, and all kinds of cooking utensils.

Under the curious eyes of Liu Renyu and others, I saw a cook cover the goose in an iron cage, let it drink the pepper pulp, and then roast it directly on the fire.

When it had been roasted on the fire for a while, and all its fur had fallen off, and it was still alive and not dead, the cook took out his kitchen knife and chopped the goose into several pieces, and served them to the guests' plates.

"It's called a hot goose, let's try it." Li Zhizhou smiled.

Everyone saw that the method of this dish was really peculiar, so they tasted it and found that it was indeed very delicious.

Li Zhizhou saw that the two generals of the Liu family were very satisfied with the food, so he instructed left and right: "There is such a delicacy today, how can there be no wine to accompany it, come, change the big bowl for the two Lord Liu." ”

He had his own servants to replace Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo with large bowls, and then poured a full bowl of wine into them.

"Come, two guests, please fill this cup." Li Zhizhou still held a small wine glass and drank it all.

The two generals of the Liu family looked at the big bowl in front of them, and had no choice but to raise the big bowl and drink it all.

The roasted goose was finished, and the next dish was done in this way.

The cooks cut the meat directly from the live sheep, and while cutting, they grilled it, and when they were done, it was delivered directly to everyone's plates.

"This is the cutting of sheep alive." After Li Zhizhou finished the introduction, he said a few words of 'dry'.

So at the end of this banquet, Li Zhizhou's face did not change, his heart did not beat, and the two generals of the Liu family, who were drunk like mud, were sent to the gate of the state ya.

"Today's greeting is not good, tomorrow the two will return to Yulin, the official still has some mundane affairs, so I won't send it, the two of you have a good journey." After Li Zhizhou finished speaking, he arched his hand and walked straight into the state office.

And Sun Wuxi, who had been guarding outside the yamen, took over Liu Renyu, who couldn't stand steadily, and said in great surprise: "My lord, it's the first time I've seen you drunk, this Li Zhouzun's amount of alcohol is really amazing." ”

At the gate of the state government, Liu Renyu was inconvenient to tell the truth, so he could only nod in a muffled voice.

When he and Liu Wuguo rode horses and staggered outside the city, he said hatefully: "Li Zhizhou is not good at drinking, he cheats." ”