Chapter Fifty-Eight: Candlelight Dinner
Dusk came, not much time, the moon on the willows.
The old man came back again and asked, "Young master, it's time for dinner, please go to the front hall to eat." ”
Du He asked curiously, "What dishes have you prepared today?" ”
The old man replied: "It's all some home-cooked food, which is definitely in line with the young master's taste, and they are all what you have loved since you were a child." ”
Although the food in the Tang Dynasty is very different from that of later generations, the cooking skills of Lai Guogong's chef are not bad, and there are several dishes, all of which Du He likes to eat.
Du He was about to go to the front hall for dinner, and when he looked up, he saw a bright moon hanging in the sky, like a huge jade plate.
"Wouldn't it be too wasteful to hide at home and eat on such a beautiful day!" Duhe muttered to himself.
The old man smacked his lips: "Young master, what do you mean by this?" ”
Du He thought about it, and suddenly thought of the red wine drawn in the lottery just now, and suddenly a bold idea popped up in his heart.
He beckoned and called the old man over: "Lao Du, go and prepare a lunch box for Young Master Ben, pack all the meals, and prepare a few more candles by the way." ”
Although the old man was puzzled, he still followed Du He's instructions and hurriedly went down to prepare.
In a short time, a half-person-tall lunch box was ready, filled with meals.
The old man handed the lunch box and five candles to Du He: "Young master, according to your orders, everything is ready!" ”
Du He nodded with satisfaction: "Good job." ”
Then he greeted Lu Bu: "Let's go!" ”
The old man was shocked and asked, "Young Master, where are you going?" ”
Du He took Lu Bu and walked out, without looking back: "Such a beautiful night, of course, I went to see my wife!" ”
"Big and small wives?"
The old man looked confused, pondered carefully for a long time, and didn't understand what this sentence meant.
Du He took Lu Bu and soon came to the gate of the imperial city.
As soon as he arrived at the city gate, he was stopped by Li Junxian.
"Du Gongzi, it is already curfew time, and you are not allowed to enter or leave the imperial city without Your Majesty's order." Li Junxian said politely.
Du He asked, "Do I have to be ordered by His Majesty?" ”
Li Junxian nodded.
As a lieutenant general guarding the imperial city, even if he can't beat Lu Bu, he must not put Du He in it.
When Du He heard this, he smiled, took out the gold medal presented by Li Yuan from his arms, handed it to Li Junxian, and asked, "This is not good?" ”
Li Junxian's expression changed, and he hurriedly got out of the way: "I don't know that Du Gongzi is coming to find the emperor, please come in!" ”
Seeing the gold medal, Li Junxian hurriedly let him go, without even checking the lunch box and candles that Lu Bu was carrying.
With the gold medal in hand, the road is unimpeded.
As soon as he passed through the Taiji Palace, Du He happened to meet Zhao Yang, the waiter.
When Zhao Yang saw Du He, he didn't dare to step forward to interrogate, but turned his head to leave.
Du He hurriedly stepped forward and stopped the other party: "Ouch, isn't this Mr. Zhao, stay here, I just have something to ask!" ”
Seeing this, Zhao Yang felt apprehensive in his heart.
Originally, he was a little bit at odds with Du He.
But as soon as he thought that the famous Kong Yingda was so angry with Du He that he vomited blood on the street, he made up his mind not to conflict with Du He again.
"Du Gongzi, do you have something to talk about?" Zhao Yang suddenly became polite.
Du He asked, "I would like to ask you something, where do Princess Runan and Princess Changle live?" ”
Zhao Yang looked at Du He vigilantly and asked, "Du Gongzi, what do you want to do?" ”
Du He smiled: "What else can I do, get some gadgets and send them to my daughter-in-law who has not passed the door." ”
As he spoke, Du He took out two ingots of silver and quietly stuffed them into Zhao Yang's hands.
Zhao Yang understood and whispered: "The two princesses usually live in the Wende Palace, but today the queen went to the Taiji Hall to take care of Her Majesty, and the two princesses went to the West Inner Garden to play." At this moment, it is in the West Inner Garden. ”
Du He nodded: "Thank you Mr. Zhao for your advice!" ”
"Du Gongzi is too polite! It's just this thing...... If the slave family does not report to Your Majesty in time, I am afraid that Your Majesty will blame! Zhao Yang said with some embarrassment.
Du He thought for a while and said, "At this time, it is the time of the Emperor, and Chief Manager Zhao can inform His Majesty at the time. ”
"Yes, yes, hehe!"
Zhao Yang took two ingots of silver and left contentedly.
Looking at the back of the other party leaving, Du He scolded: "Grandma's, sure enough, there is no eunuch who is not greedy for money!" ”
After speaking, Du He took Lu Bu through the palace and came to the lake in the East Inner Garden.
This is the fishing spot fixed by Emperor Li Yuan before.
It's just that after the fish bombing incident, Li Yuan never appeared again.
When he came to the pavilion, Du He put down his things and said to Lu Bu: "The East Inner Garden is the place where the ladies in the palace live, even if I have a gold medal, I can't enter, Lu Bu, you go quickly, call Li Yuanshu and Li Lizhen over, and say that Young Master Ben has carefully prepared a candlelight dinner and invited the two wives...... No, it was the two princesses who came to dinner, and there was even imported red wine to entertain the two princesses to ensure their satisfaction. ”
Lu Bu nodded.
Swish.
Lu Bu, this guy, as soon as he moved, didn't take the road, but flew to the roof and sneaked up.
Du He looked at it with envy.
"Looks like you have to hurry up and practice martial arts......"
It has been several days since Wen Buren gave him the introductory boxing method, and Du He was stunned that he hadn't moved once.
……
Lu Bu sneaked all the way, and it didn't take long to enter the West Inner Garden.
It didn't take much effort for Lu Bu to find the location of Li Yuanshu, the princess of Runan, and Li Lizhen, the princess of Changle.
The two of them were guessing riddles in a side hall at the moment.
Swish.
Lu Bu suddenly appeared.
Bang bang bang.
Lu Bu's figure appeared like lightning, and before anyone could find out, he knocked out several palace maids around him.
As soon as Li Yuanshu and Li Lizhen raised their heads, they were about to shout in a panic.
Lu Bu hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid, two princesses, I won't hurt you, my young master has already prepared a candlelight dinner by the lake in the East Inner Garden, please go and take a look." ”
Li Yuanshu and Li Lizhi reacted at the same time, this is Du He's guard.
Li Yuanshu shook her head and said: "You injured my palace maid privately, I don't care about this matter with you, you go back and tell Du He, ask him to leave quickly, this is in the deep palace, if the father and emperor know, I am afraid that he will be punished heavily." ”
Li Lizhi heard this, but stopped doing it, and hurriedly said: "Sister, what are you afraid of, Du He, that coward, forgive him for not daring to do anything, besides, I also want to go and see what a candlelight dinner is, it sounds delicious!" ”
Li Yuanshu hesitated.
Li Lizhi grabbed her arm and walked out.
After a short time, the two followed Lu Bu to the pavilion by the lake.
From afar, I saw Du He busy in the pavilion.
Lu Bu immediately found a place to hide.
Li Lizhen and Li Yuanshu both came to the pavilion and looked curiously at what Du He was fiddling with.