Chapter 758: Welcome at the Inn
After entering the city, he lived in the post house, and the wounded, including Yongsheng, were properly treated by medicine, but so many people suddenly stayed in the post house, and the guest rooms were in short supply, although Yang Zhai was also a big county, but the scale of the post house was average, and in the choice of staying in the camp out of the city and Xiaoman's suggestion to stay in the inn, Liu Lan finally chose the latter.
The name of the inn is 'Welcome Guest Inn', located in the small market of Yangzhai, covering a wide area, the courtyard is deep, planting peony and peony, planting pine, bamboo and plum orchid, in the small market of Yangzhai 'Welcome Guest Inn' is definitely a clean place with pleasant scenery, which is also the reason why Xiaoman chose to settle here, as far as Liu Lan and Zhang Fei are concerned, one is to sip tea on flowers, Panasonic drinks, one is to burn the qin and boil the crane, vassal elegance, naturally full of promises.
As soon as the three of them came to the inn, they asked for a courtyard, three upper rooms, and washed up, Liu Lan began to ponder the heavy armor in the room, although he had no clue about the heavy armor, but later generations had seen the equipment of European knights on TV, and he didn't dare to say that he remembered it vividly, but it was still okay to describe it in general, as for the horseshoe and bilateral stirrups were not in a hurry to get it out, and now his enemy was the terrifying first deceased.
Liu Lan casually opened a copy of "Honglie" bought in the market, this book is one of the few books that Liu Yin strongly recommended him to read, Liu Lan has always had a great interest in this Honglie, and I still remember that Liu Yin said that the number of times was broad and profound, and some people admired its profundity and attributed it to Taoism; Some people know that it is broad and belongs to miscellaneous families, but in Liu Yin's view, this book is neither miscellaneous nor miscellaneous, but Liu Lan came to the conclusion that the book "Honglie" is about the Tao in the inner part, and the outer part is miscellaneous. But after seeing the word Huainan and the name of the book's owner, Liu An, Liu Lan completely understood. The emotional Honglie is Huainanzi, especially after seeing the primary school text "Saiong Lost the Horse". was even more convinced, and laughed bitterly, but heard a strange sound in the courtyard, and said that it was Zhang Yide who was doing some work to burn the piano and cook the crane, and took the book out of the house, but found that it was not Zhang Fei but Xiaoman outside the house, staring at the green pine and green bamboo.
It is said that women love to paint, and scholars love bamboo, how can this girl still see God when she looks at bamboo? Although Liu Lan's literary background is not low now. But just like his own self-deprecation, he sipped tea on the flowers, Panasonic said, compared to green pines and green bamboos, he still prefers peony and peony, at least it is pleasing to the ears and eyes, and the heart is refreshing. Arrogant bones become cartilage: "It is difficult to deceive the world, and it is difficult to steal the name, so it is difficult to deceive the world and steal the famous; It is difficult to sell the name, and it is difficult to fish for the reputation, so it is difficult to sell the reputation of the apprentice. ”
"Isn't that a bit too extreme?" Xiao Man heard Liu Lan's voice, secretly put away a jade pendant in his hand, turned to Liu Lan and smiled.
"It's not extreme, it's a feeling."
Xiaoman was stunned for a moment. Estimating the reason for asking Dong, he said: "If you don't like it here, let's change an inn, if you just don't like Songzhu." We can also change to a courtyard without pine and bamboo. ”
"No, I've always been at ease with what comes my way. It's the same. ”
"Huh?" Xiao Man was puzzled: "Why do you feel weird today?" ”
Liu Lan smiled and said, "Aren't you the same?" ”
Xiao Man's eyes were glazed.
Liu Lan put his hands on the back of his neck and said lazily: "Since you don't say it." Then I'll go back and continue to look at Huainanzi, Ao, the troops, it should be "Honglie"! ”
"Liu Lan, don't force me, I really can't say it."
Liu Lan shook his head and said, "You know that I'm not asking about the man in black, it's you, can't you even say your real name now?" ”
"My real name?" Xiao Man hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he was likely to show a smile and said, "Don't you already know?" My name is 'Xiaoman'! Didn't I tell you? ”
"Of course I know your name is Xiaoman, what I asked is your real name, you can't have the surname 'Xiao'!"
"That's right, my surname is 'Xiao'!"
Liu Lan didn't pay attention to her 'flirting' anymore, not only that, but there was also the footsteps of Liu Lan leaving, Xiao Man was immediately anxious, turned around anxiously, looked at Liu Lan's back, and said very boldly: "Liu Lan!" ”
"Huh?" Liu Lan didn't look back, but stopped standing in the courtyard.
"After so many years, don't you have a woman you really like? Why is it still a person now? ”
"Yes, who said I didn't, there are two people you know, Cai Yan and Cai Shaofen, and my sister-in-law Liu Yin, I originally planned to propose marriage after asking Dong......"
There was the sound of footsteps leaving in a hurry behind him, and finally it turned into the sound of running, and when Liu Lan turned around, Xiaoman was gone, but Liu Lan's words were not finished.
Why did this girl run away?
Liu Lan walked to the house, Zhang Fei slipped over, squeezed his eyebrows, and was quite interested: "Lord, such a good place, if you don't burn a few roast geese, it's really unreasonable, why don't I go to the market to buy two geese, and save them to roast them in the yard to eat?" ”
When Liu Lan heard that Zhang Fei had mentioned the evil thing of killing the goose barbecue again, he covered his heart, and his face was blue: "Stop, stop, you're afraid that I won't survive tonight." "Liu Lan, who lacks interest, doesn't dare to do such evil things in Yang Zhai and Zhang Fei, if this is known by the local scholars, not to mention that the city can't get out, and his life will not be guaranteed.
"Sima, I can see it clearly, you can see this matter clearly, but why can't you see it at all?"
"What is this, that, I am confused."
"Sima, I have always thought that you are the smartest person in the world, but why don't you understand this matter?"
"You know!"
Can Liu Lan not see it, even if he can't see it, he can feel it, Xiaoman's kindness to him for so many years is in his heart, Luoyang Prison, Beisi Prison, Qingshui Pavilion, Liaodong County, and blocking a sword for him, how can there be no shadow of her in these things, but the more this is the case, the more Liu Lan can't lie to her, not to mention what Xiaoman's origin is, and he has so many secrets......
Liu Lan really had a headache.
He really can't tell whether he is more grateful than moved to Xiaoman, or more moved than grateful.
"Yide, a lot of things don't mean you can do what you want. Over the years, you must have seen a lot of what kind of family clans. As far as we are concerned, some large families with lush foliage will marry off the pearl of their palms? Or do you think we want to cling to others? People will let you climb up? ”
"But Xiaoman, she ......"
"But Xiaoman, she is the same as Cai Shaofen back then, she can't be her own master!"
Zhang Fei was silent, and Liu Lan was also silent.
In this era, grassroots like Liu Lan, many things, not as he wants, he can't help it, but the day of counterattack is not far away.
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The 'Welcome Inn' is divided into inner courtyard and outer hall. The inner courtyard is a lodging room, and the outer hall is a restaurant for entertaining people to eat and drink.
At night time, Zhang Fei came to beckon Liu Lan to go to the front hall to eat. Like any inn or hotel in this era, there is no private room, and Zhang Fei walked into the front hall, there were not many people eating, sitting in a group in twos and threes, some bowing their heads to eat, and some burying their heads in drinking. It can be seen at a glance.
Looking around, the two saw Xiaoman in a secluded place, walked over and sat down beside her. As soon as he sat down, Xiao Man picked up the table with great disgust and turned to another seat on the side to sit down. didn't forget to glare at Liu Lan viciously.
Don't ask if you're still angry about Fang Cai's business, no, you should be holding a grudge.
"Eating together was lively. It's delicious to eat. Liu Lan gave Zhang Fei a look, and the two immediately moved to Xiaoman's seat with the table. He understands that this is a girl who is angry and petty. At this time, if you hold it, then the relationship will be completely broken, and you can only shamelessly come over.
Xiaoman didn't think that Liu Lan was such a scoundrel, and he had to lose even a few seats, but Liu Lan didn't feel that he had lost face in front of Zhang Fei at all, but he still looked like he deserved it, in his opinion, this is the least. Gentlemanly demeanor', sat beside Xiaoman without care, after all, he lived in an inn, Xiaoman deliberately changed into men's clothes, and whispered to Xiaoman what he didn't finish when he admired Songzhu, and sure enough, as Liu Lan thought, Xiaoman's face looked better, not cold, and pinched his thigh angrily, and said: "Why didn't you say it earlier, then now Sister Liu Yin has no news?" ”
"Nope." Liu Lan said lonely, very depressed.
Xiao Man had a complicated look on his face and sighed secretly.
The two of them looked like this, but they put Zhang Fei aside, they didn't sit, they didn't stand, Zhang Fei still had a lot of vision on weekdays, but at this time, there was the temptation of 'food and wine', so they could only sit with their brows on their heads, looking east and west with a pair of eyes, deliberately ignoring everything that happened around them.
They were worried about Xiao Er here, and when they were completely seated, Xiao Er came over to greet him and said, "Three guest officers, what are you going to eat?" ”
Liu Lan said very boldly: "If there is anything delicious to eat, come up!" "Liu Lan has always wanted to entertain Xiaoman, but he has never had a chance, and now that the opportunity appears, he naturally has to perform well.
The food and drinks were quickly served, not much, all of them were common, a large plate of chicken, a plate of beef, a few side dishes and some pasta.
Xiao Er introduced them one by one, although Yang Zhai is a county governor, but it is really not a big county, so this dish naturally cannot be compared with Fenglailou, but for people like Liu Lan who have been in the military camp for several months, it can be regarded as sumptuous, and under Xiao Er's introduction, one of the 'longevity fish' attracted the attention of the three people.
This is the signature dish of our restaurant, and it is also a famous dish of Yangzhai County, since it is a signature dish, the price is extremely expensive, and it can be said that the full dish is not as expensive as this fish. This 'longevity fish' is selected from the Yellow River carp and is cooked with wolfberry, sand starch (sugar) and Shenxian aged vinegar (Wang Beqiao Fu aged vinegar), which has three flavors: salty, sweet and sour, bright red and bright color, and good taste.
Speaking of this dish, there is also an allusion, which the three of them learned about it under the introduction of Xiao Er. Legend has it that in the spring of the reign of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu went out on a safari, crossed the mountain, and came to the shore of the Yellow River. Revisit the old place, refreshed. Suddenly, a red carp jumped out of the water, and in the sun, the golden light was dazzling. Liu Xiu was overjoyed, so he ordered someone to catch him back to the palace, and the imperial kitchen came up with a new cut, and the wolfberry was burned together, called longevity fish. After Liu Xiu's food, he suddenly felt more energetic, tiredness disappeared, he often ate it, and his body became healthier, and Emperor Wu gave the name 'longevity fish' under his love, and the method of making 'longevity fish' also spread, and gradually became a famous dish in Yingchuan.
Listening to Xiao Erkou call the lotus, the three people who moved their index fingers immediately tasted it, the fish and meat were in the mouth, it was really delicious, and the chewing was really salty, sweet, and sour as Xiao Er said.
After Xiao Er left satisfied, Liu Lan personally poured a bottle of wine for Zhang Fei and Xiao Man, and the moment the wine entered the bottle, a special fragrance came out, Xiao Man smelled the fragrance, leaned over, and asked, "What kind of wine is this?" Why does it smell strange? It's fragrant though. ”
A young man who didn't want to be staring at their table from a distance heard the beautiful girl's inquiry, although Xiao Man was dressed as a man, but the young man still saw that she was dressed as a man. When he got up and walked immediately, he saw that he had a handsome face, but he was a little sickly pale, and his eyes were stubborn, which was the age of cynicism. The young Confucian walked behind Xiao Man with a smile on his face, and picked up the wine bottle in front of the table as if no one was around, no matter who it was, first looked at the color, then shook the cup and smelled the taste, and finally rolled his tongue into a circle before he entered the mouth, and after drinking it all, he praised: "The Father City (Baofeng) wine really lives up to its reputation, and if you drink it with a wine cup made of Ruyu, it will have an endless aftertaste." Tut-tut, after a long time, he smiled and said to Xiao Man: "The fragrance that this 'little brother' smelled just now is the fragrance of lotus flowers. He patted her on the shoulder and said, "'Little brother', this Father's City wine is a specialty of this county, if this wine is lit with fire, you will see that the flame is like a lotus, gorgeous and abnormal, and its smell is Qingyuan Yixiang, with the fragrance of the lotus, so the Father's City wine is also called Lotus wine!" ”
"I see, no wonder the wine tastes weird." Xiao Man opened the palm that the strange boy placed on his shoulder as he spoke.
Liu Lan found that Xiao Man's cheeks were flushed when he spoke, his eyes were full of brilliance, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or joyful, and in an instant, his chest seemed to be punched heavily, thinking that it wouldn't be the little girl who fell in love with this little white face, right? Isn't it just that you can taste wine, and if you want to seduce her, you have to pass my level first.
The relationship between him and Xiaoman is really entangled, but aside from these, the two of them are friends anyway, how can they make this little white face do something to her, just about to teach this kid a lesson, but he didn't want Xiaoman to invite Xiao Baiface to sit down, Liu Lan's eyes widened: whispered to her: "You don't know what the origin of this person is, you don't know how to say it, let him enter the table, you are not afraid that his real identity is those masked people who want to kidnap you?" ”
"Hmph."
Xiaoman ignored Liu Lan completely, in fact, she knew better than anyone else where those masked people came from, of course, she knew that the young Confucian in front of her was not from those people, and sincerely invited the Confucian son to sit down. (To be continued......)