Everyone followed the young man into a bleak "smell the fragrance", and hurriedly found a place to sit down.

After a while, an old gentleman came down from the upper floor, just looking at the old gentleman's style, he really looked like a scholar, and everyone was comforted a lot, he should be able to tell stories......

When the people came, the shopkeeper of the restaurant also learned the valuable experience of the "Twelve Restaurants", closed the door, and thought that when the story was finished this time, it would be the same as the other side, and the word of mouth would ferment, wouldn't there be more people coming to their restaurant?

And those customers saw that even the door was closed, this operation was very realistic, and their eyes fell on the old gentleman, waiting for him to speak.

So, the story of the monkey began in the old gentleman's mouth......

Not to mention, this old gentleman has some skills, and he tells the story of the monkey in a vivid way, which is not much better than Lu Yuner, but he has less passion and action than Lu Yuner......

At first, everyone listened carefully, but when they listened, they didn't think something was right—they had heard all these stories!

Isn't that the story that Mr. Little told a day ago! They have already memorized the rolling melons!

The old gentleman mentioned the beginning, and they knew the plot below, and immediately shouted!

"Sir, I've heard this, let's talk about the following!"

"Old man, I've heard this paragraph too, the monkey took the Dinghaishen Needle!"

"Old gentleman, Nezha is not the opponent of the monkey, we all know ......"

“…………”

was interrupted by this group of people all the way, the old gentleman was angry, slapped the table and glared: "Come on, come on, the place is for you, you can talk about it!" ”

“…………”

So, the old gentleman talked again, and everyone didn't dare to interrupt again, because at this point in time, the "Twelve Restaurants" must have begun, if the old gentleman doesn't talk about it anymore, then I won't be able to hear the story today!

They just heard yesterday that the monkey had fixed the seven fairies in the peach orchard, and the seven fairies were all fixed, so what should they do next...... Hehe, the men all understood and thought to themselves, even if he was a monkey, he was a male monkey!

They waited for this paragraph for a long time, but the old gentleman stopped talking about this paragraph, which made everyone angry!

"What about after you settle down? Did the monkey do anything? ”

"Yes, old gentleman, tell me quickly—and this brother, what do you mean by doing things just now?"

“…………”

In the shouts of everyone, the old gentleman shook his head and said seriously: "As for the next plot, please wait for tomorrow to find out!" ”

The old gentleman is also very aggrieved in his heart, and I want to tell you what happened to the monkey, but the point is that I don't know!

“…………”

After only a few moments, the room erupted in extreme dissatisfaction.

"Old man, you don't tell such a story! We're here to hear the story below, and you're here to tease us! ”

"That's right, if it weren't for the fact that you can also tell stories, we would have entered the Twelve Restaurant a long time ago, and now we must have heard what the monkey was doing!"

This is full of resentment and dissatisfaction......

"This old man doesn't know what's going on, right?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly realized that this old man knew as much as they did, and he was ashamed to tell the story - damn, isn't Lao Tzu better than you?

And the old gentleman found that the situation was not quite right, and ran away a long time ago......

There was the grumpy one, so he grabbed the young man who had not had time to run away, pressed him against the wall and asked, "Didn't you say that he can tell the same story as the Twelve Restaurant?" ”

"Indeed...... It's exactly the same......"

The young man thought for a while and said innocently......

“…………”

This seems to make sense, this story is indeed the same, it is too much the same, and they all want to hit people......

This group of people came out, although it was time to eat, but it was impossible to eat, and they were full of gas, how could they eat?

Poor "smelling the fragrance" of the back kitchen, I saw that there were so many people in the restaurant today, and I had already stewed all kinds of hard dishes first, but the people's efforts were all gone after a while, what should I do......

…………

In the East Palace, the cups on the table were replaced by the prince, and it was indeed tragic enough......

It was uncomfortable enough to be confined to his home, but the news from outside made him even more uncomfortable!

The restaurant he opened with Yang Zexin was on fire for a day, and it was falling off a cliff, which he never expected.

However, this incident did not cause him much confusion, because money was not so important to him, especially this time he was defeated by Zhang Twelve, in his opinion, it was more normal, because he had lost to Zhang Twelve too many times, and he had long been a little accustomed to it......

What made him most angry was the rumors that were now raging in the streets and alleys of Jingzhou City, saying that he was not satisfied with being the prince and wanted to make the Tang Emperor angry and ascend the throne...... It is said that he insulted and beat the envoys of other countries as a wolf ambition that the Tang Dynasty ignored......

Anyway, there is only one purpose of these rumors: to abolish the prince and establish the king of Xiang!

To be honest, if before, the prince would not have paid attention to these words at all, but would have treated them as a joke, wouldn't it be some people who can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour?

But now he doesn't think so, his current situation is already particularly difficult, and he can't withstand a little blow at this time......

The mouth of the people, be cautious about the Sichuan, this sentence is very appropriate at this time.

But he couldn't get out now, and he was even more anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and then he thought of King Kang.

Kang is Emperor Tang's brother, if he is asked to say something for himself, Emperor Tang should listen, right?

But the man he sent to King Kang came back and told him that King Kang had returned to Jinling overnight last night......

This made the prince feel even more frightened, there were very few people who came to the East Palace these days, and the allies who were around him before had not come for a long time, and today even the prince of King Kang did not come, thinking about it very scary......

Are you really going to plant it this time?

He's not convinced!

It's all because of King Xiang!

The prince's eyes suddenly became gloomy again, and he was thinking about something in his heart......

…………

The impact caused by "smelling the fragrance" only lasted less than two days, and Zhang Twelve used his brain a little, and the "Twelve Restaurant" reversed the situation, not only reversed, but also pushed the restaurant's business to the peak......

The people who come to eat are not just for eating and drinking spirits, but to listen to the stories of the two little gentlemen, Zhang Twelve did not expect that the core competitiveness of the restaurant has changed from spirits to stories just because of his own small idea, and he doesn't know whether to be proud......

What is a little gratifying is that Lu Yuner and Zhang Tangyu are completely popular, those people saw the two of them on the street chasing and shouting "little gentleman and little gentleman", and there were even those bold girls who had not left the pavilion to flirt with the two of them, and that battle was comparable to a lot of little fresh meat now......

However, when it comes to age, it is indeed deserved to say that these two people are little fresh meat......

Contrary to the "Twelve Restaurants", the business of "Smelling the Fragrance" is so miserable, not to mention making money, you can't make ends meet every day!

After the old gentleman's storytelling was spread, no one came here anymore, and the shopkeeper saw such a depressed business, and he had the intention of giving up in his heart - this restaurant, open every day to lose a day......

But Yang Zexin didn't give up, he still had to let go and fight again!

Two days later is the Shangyuan Festival, the original Shangyuan Festival, will be held in the "smell the fragrance" lantern riddles and poetry meeting, the lantern riddles will be on the first floor of the hall, the poems will be on the second floor.

On that day, not only all the talented and beautiful people in Jingzhou City will be present, but even many princes and nobles will come to enjoy the grand event with everyone!

"Smelling the fragrance" is no longer the original smelling the fragrance, the hottest restaurant in Jingzhou City is the "Twelve Restaurants", it stands to reason that the poetry meeting should be held there, but this time it is not!

Before plotting to open "Smell the Fragrance", the prince had already set the address of the poetry club at "Smell the Fragrance", although the prince was grounded in the East Palace, but he would continue to count the decisions he had made before!

Therefore, Yang Zexin has taken advantage of the deserted restaurant and no customers in recent days, and just redecorated the inside and outside of the restaurant, ready to take advantage of the east wind of the Shangyuan Poetry Club to regain his strength!

…………

In the past few days, Zhang Twelve has been very happy, and he doesn't have to go to the Protector's Mansion to find Mo Li to learn from him—or to be beaten, and he doesn't have to take the Yue Saint Maiden to wander around the city anymore, because the Yue Saint has been attracted by the story, and every morning after dinner, she follows the Zhang family's daughter to the restaurant to wait to listen to the story......

As for Zhang Twelve, he walks around every day, because Lu Fujing and Qin Yutong both went to the restaurant and left Chen Qiaoxi at home, so Zhang Twelve, he can only be a burst of "hey, hey", ......

Before you know it, it has reached the fourteenth day of the first month, and tomorrow is the Shangyuan Festival.

In this era, in addition to the Spring Festival, the two most important festivals are nothing more than the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Shangyuan Festival.

When he was in Liangzhou, he had already spent a Mid-Autumn Festival and a grand poetry meeting, and now in Jingzhou, a place where talented people gather, the Shangyuan Festival must be very lively.

He also heard that the Shangyuan lantern riddle meeting and the poetry meeting were to be held in "Smelling the Fragrance", and the people in the "Twelve Restaurants" were quite dissatisfied with this.

In their opinion, the "Twelve Restaurants" is much better than "Smell the Fragrance", why is the Poetry Club not held here but to "Smell the Fragrance"?

It's not fair!

But Zhang Twelve didn't care, maybe this was an honor for others, but Zhang Twelve didn't value this, the restaurant still relied on its own strength if it wanted to make money, how could it leave customers because it held a poetry meeting?

Besides, on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, if the restaurant holds a poetry meeting, it will definitely be open, how dangerous it is, it's okay if nothing happens, if something happens, who is responsible?

More things are better than less, so Zhang Twelve doesn't care about the arrangements of the poetry club, and it will be good to play when the time comes......

After noon, someone came to the palace again and asked Zhang Twelve to enter the palace.

This is also the second time he entered the palace after he brought the Holy Maiden of Yue out of the palace on the seventh day of the first month, and I don't know what happened this time......

…………

After entering the palace, Zhang Twelve came to the long-lost imperial study.

Emperor Tang was sitting on the chair, and he didn't know what he was writing, when he saw Zhang Twelve coming in, he put down the pen in his hand, and said calmly: "Twelve sit down......"

This is the first time that Zhang Twelve has come to the imperial study so many times, and Emperor Tang has spoken so gently.

It turned out that it was either "Zhang Twelve, you are guilty" or a burst of blowing beard and glaring, but today's abnormality made Zhang Twelve a little uncomfortable.

Looking up again, Zhang Twelve found that in just a few days, Emperor Tang was much older, and he didn't think it before, but now that he looks at it, his temples already have gray hair, and he only regards him as a high king on weekdays, but in fact, he is already an old man over half a hundred years old......

Thinking like this, he actually felt a little pity for Emperor Tang......

"Twelve, are you still comfortable with the Holy Maiden of Yue in the past few days?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the saint of the Yue Kingdom is cheerful, and it is very worry-free to take her. Especially since she has recently become obsessed with listening to the stories in the restaurant, so she doesn't need to take her with her every day......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Twelve was a little embarrassed, Emperor Tang ordered him to take the Holy Maiden of Yueguo, but he always left the Holy Maiden of Yueguo alone, which was really ashamed......

"I've heard the story of the monkey, and you came up with that story?"

Speaking of this, Emperor Tang's eyes were a little more brilliant.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is not talented, but that story is indeed the ...... that the minister came up with"

Zhang Twelve said cheekily, thinking that I am the first plagiarism in the world, when will I plagiarize if I don't plagiarize at this time?

"But I prefer the latter story! In that story, there are Mongolia, Jin, and Song, and when I listen to them, I often compare them, and in my opinion, the Song Kingdom is more like our Tang Dynasty! ”

Zhang Twelve just listened quietly to what Emperor Tang said there, and did not answer.

"Twelve, did you say that this Song State fought the Jin State or Mongolia in the end?"

Zhang Twelve did not deliberately deceive him in order to curry favor with Emperor Tang, and said directly: "Your Majesty, if you fight with these two countries, the Song State will be defeated!" ”

"Why?"

"The emperor is mediocre and the people are not in harmony, the court is incompetent and the army is weak, there is no reason to win!"

"The emperor is mediocre...... The incompetence of the imperial court ......"

Emperor Tang was chewing on these two sentences of Zhang Twelve repeatedly, since the crown prince's accident, King Xiang's sudden rise, and the rumors inside and outside the court made him very sad.

He originally felt that King Xiang was more suitable to be the emperor than the crown prince, but he couldn't be ruthless, even if the prince did something to insult and beat the envoys, he just issued a grounding order.

He didn't want to remove the crown prince because he missed the old days, and he didn't want the prince to succeed to the throne for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, so he was entangled.

And what Zhang Twelve said seemed to give him a revelation, and suddenly his eyes flashed, and the things that had puzzled him for the past two days finally came to an eyebrow, slapped the table, and laughed loudly: "The only one who can solve problems for me is Twelve!" ”

After speaking, he laughed, and Wu De next to him was also very pleased, Emperor Tang has been depressed for the past few days, and he hasn't been so relaxed for a long time......