Chapter 64: The Emperor's Rivers and Lakes (Today's Double Update, 6,000 Words)
Hearing Li Shimin say this, Du Ruhui glanced at Xiao Zheng in surprise and didn't make a sound, and the eldest grandson covered his mouth and smiled on the side.
"As long as the saint is willing, the minister can do it at any time."
"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, I am very happy today, tonight you go to Yingzhou Pavilion to invite me, a few days ago you invited the ministers of the DPRK and China all over again without inviting me, today you must invite! You have to pay the money yourself, you can't deduct it from the share, and also, call the auxiliary machine, Fang Qiao, and Wei Chi at night, and Keming will also go," Li Shimin said.
Are you going to eat big? Xiao Zheng thought to himself that you are now an emperor, who is willing to invite you when he is full, not to mention the big rules, it is also risky, and it is better to give other sycophants than to invite you to dinner, but since he said that it is not okay not to invite, he has to go back and prepare.
The three of them said goodbye and walked out for a while, Du Ruhui wanted to speak but was stopped by Xiao Zheng and said: "Old Du, do you want to say that my sycophant kung fu is first-class and unmatched."
Du Ruhui also knew Xiao Zheng's temperament and said with a smile: "In this Manchu Dynasty, no one can compare with Yu Wenshi in terms of brawl and shamelessness, and Wei Zheng is the one who dares not to fight with the saint on the basis of reason, but you are the one who can make the sycophant just right, and you can also make the saint do things comfortably."
Xiao Zheng also smiled and said: "Thank you for your compliment, but this Yu scribe is shameless, Wei Zheng is not lifeless, we have to do things in the Ministry of Civil Affairs not only to face but also to do things, this is a technical job, ordinary people can't learn it, but Lao Du, what is the 'Burning Tail Banquet' that the sage said just now?" ”。
Du Ruhui, who had just left the palace gate and was about to go down the steps, heard Xiao Zheng ask like this, and almost fell down from the end of the steps, and even Liu Yijie turned his head to the side and looked like I didn't know you.
After walking for a while, Du Ruhui asked cautiously: "Gong Xiao, you really don't know the 'Burning Tail Banquet'?" Haven't you told you before? ”。
"Not really, please don't hesitate to teach me."
Du Ruhui saw that Xiao Zheng was not joking when he spoke, so he said: "Alas, no wonder the sage complained that you didn't send the tail banquet, it seems that you really don't know."
Listen to Lao Du to know that this tail feast has a great origin, "burning tail" is named by folklore, before the carp jumps over the dragon gate and turns into a dragon, the thunder and lightning lead the fire to burn its tail to become a dragon. Later, it evolved to take its "dragon burning tail, straight to the meaning of the clouds", implying that its fish jumped over the dragon gate and the official fortune was prosperous. The ministers of the court and the central government were awarded the official position for the first time, and the "roasted tail banquet" was presented as a rule, and the emperor was invited to thank him for his kindness.
I see! Who the fuck knows there are so many more ways in there.
"Then did your old Du, Fang Xiang and eldest grandson Wuji send it?"
"We sent it a long time ago, who knew that your talented Lord Xiao was full of sycophants and didn't send the tail feast," Du Ruhui replied helplessly.
Xiao Zheng thought about it, no wonder, Jin'er couldn't know this, let alone mention it.
"What's that?".
"There are giant shengnu, Han palace chess, and longevity porridge in the pasta and dim sum, and the soup has Tonghua soft beef intestines, bright shrimp and ............" Du Ruhui said a lot as if reporting the name of the dish, which means that you can send food to the emperor and pick up the good ones and serve them to the palace.
"That saint can't eat that much alone."
"He can't eat it, he won't give it away, who can reward so many people in the palace, you still need to worry about it," Du Ru glanced at him and said.
"Then why didn't he send it?" pointed to Liu Yijie in front of him and asked.
"Do you think anyone can give a feast to a saint? This must be above the fourth grade to become a prince or county king, and even if he wins the champion, he wants to send it" Lao Du was a little anxious. Then there is nothing to say, so get ready.
went out to Yingzhou Pavilion, Zhou Bingrui has now been promoted to the big boss of Yingzhou Pavilion, and after entering, he has not yet arrived at the meal, and the shop guys are busy with their own affairs, it seems that the two of them have taken good care of the restaurant these days.
Seeing that the two of them said that they were going to invite Li Shimin to dinner here, Zhou Bingrui said bluntly, it stands to reason that it is a good thing for the emperor to come here to eat, but you can't drive others out when they come to eat, but there are many people in this place, in case something goes wrong, I can't afford it, and in the end, Xiao Zheng made a decision, I will take care of you as long as you are entertained.
Just arrived at dusk, because it was the Shangyuan Festival, Yingzhou Pavilion was already full of friends, some guests with female dependents were proudly taken into the private room on the second floor, and some female dependents got off the carriage and went straight to Yaochi and Zhehua Building.
Xiao Zheng took Xiao Hai and Zhou Bingrui to wait on the side of the road for a while, and Li Shimin's carriage arrived at the door, followed by Fang Xuanling, Yu Chi Laohei, and a gang of more than a dozen people.
When he arrived at the door, Li Shimin looked at the plaque and half of the couplet he wrote and stood for a while, Xiao Zheng whispered beside him: "The saint's character is not only well written, it is like a swimming dragon, and this half of the couplet is also unrivaled, and I admire it."
Li Shimin smiled proudly: "Where, I also thought of it on a whim", it seems that he is not thin-skinned.
originally wanted to let Li Shimin get into the carriage and go straight to the third floor Tianzi No. 1 room, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to directly reject Xiao Zheng's proposal and rush into the first floor with a group of people. When I arrived at the stage of the performance corner, I chose an empty table with the best perspective and sat down, fortunately, Xiao Zheng had already prepared, otherwise it would be a bit messy.
Today's holiday, Yu Chi Laohei and Cheng Yanjin are all dressed as scribes, with a money bag with drums and drums pinned to their waists, and then a palm-sized jade pendant is the same as a half-pulled brick, how awkward it looks, Xiao Zheng laughed several times on the side.
The wine and food are on the table, probably after a long time in the palace, Li Shimin is very interested and frequently persuades the wine, and after a few glasses of wine, everyone will have less estrangement between the monarch and the minister, plus the food here is really delicious, and soon a group of people will drink red and red ears and call them brothers.
As soon as the drum sounded, two more strong men on the stage began to perform, watching the diners around him throw copper coins on the stage, Li Shimin also wanted to learn, touched himself without money, turned his head and looked at Cheng Biting Jin, who was eating Haisai nonsense, and took advantage of this guy's lack of attention to reach out and ripped off his money bag and threw it on the stage.
The head of the class went over and opened the money bag, there were more than a dozen pearls and a handful of gold leaves in it, his hands trembled excitedly, and he shouted at Li Shimin with a fist salute: "Thank you for this uncle's generous reward!" Brothers, work hard to make this uncle happy! ”。
As soon as the words fell, Cheng Cheng's gold-biting mutton fat jade pendant flew to the stage again.
Shocked, Yu Chi Laohei, who was accompanying Li Shimin's left head, put down the wine glass, and hurriedly put his money bag on the side far away from Li Shimin, and the jade pendant was also untied and stuffed into his arms, God knows what kind of demon madness this guy will make if he drinks too much.
Cheng Yanjin came to his senses and was a little anxious when he found that two valuable things were on the stage. But your dignified husband, Grandpa Guo, can't pull down his face and ask for someone to ask for it, so he drank several glasses of liquor with Li Shimin under his breath.
Xiao Zheng was about to laugh and lay down, everyone knew that he had a good amount of alcohol, but no one was looking for him to fight, but he was idle.
After eating and drinking for more than an hour, in the end, each person had a bowl of sweet rice balls, Li Shimin held a small round silver tube with the thickness of a finger, which Xiao Zheng had just given him, and there were more than a dozen tiger whiskers in it, which was the best for tooth picking. Li Shimin gritted his teeth and said happily: "This place is really good, I will come often in the future, go."
Xiao Zheng also got up to lead the way for Li Shimin, preparing to send these people out, when four gorgeously dressed young men came from the opposite side, and they looked like they were going out after eating, and the biggest looked like they were in their early thirties, and behind the four of them were seven or eight people dressed as family members. One of them was stunned when he arrived at Xiao Zheng, grabbed Xiao Zheng's placket, and said with a mouthful of wine: "Xiao Zheng, you kid also deserve to eat in this place?" ”。
looked familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen this person, and before I could ask, I saw this person say: "Last time you hit grandpa's horse in Changyifang, my third brother also said that I recognized the wrong person and let your kid slip, this time grandpa didn't believe you could run."
As soon as the two of them tossed like this, the secret guard hidden next to them moved, as if they wanted to come over, Yu Chi Laohei and Cheng Yanjin blocked Li Shimin on both sides, and Qin Qiong took a step back and turned behind him.
Xiao Zheng was stunned and immediately remembered that inexplicable encounter, how could he meet this goods here again because of the narrow road of the enemy. Now that so many cattle are by his side, Xiao Zheng will definitely not worry that he will be beaten, but he still pretended to be very scared and said: "You, you, don't, don't mess with me, I have a big backstage."
At this time, someone next to him persuaded: "Fifth brother, we just came back from outside in the past few years, you still don't make trouble in this place, it's been so many years, why are you still bullying him?" ”。
I saw the young man laughing and said: "Haha..., you have someone backstage to cover you, just like you soft egg, there is also a backstage, in this Chang'an City grandpa wants to clean you up, I don't believe that someone can cover you."
I saw Li Shimin make a gesture towards the surroundings, walked up to Xiao Zheng with the strength of the wine and said to the man: "Let go, he is the person I cover, not only am I covering him here, this restaurant is also Lao Tzu's territory, he is killing people in Chang'an City and Datang and I can cover him."
"Blowing the atmosphere, who do you think you are, you can't be the emperor?" The guy said arrogantly.
"He, he..., he's the emperor," Xiao Zheng said cautiously to the man.
"Haha, if he is the emperor, I will be Li Yuan!" The young man let go of his hand, laughed with a mouthful of wine, twisted his head and said to a few people behind him, and his words also caused several people behind him to laugh.
Fang Xuanling covered his forehead after hearing this, it seems that Xiao Zheng is determined to pit these people to death.
When this guy turned his head and found that Li Shimin's fist had already arrived in front of him, with a "bang" this guy fell to the ground on his back face to the sky, and as soon as he moved his hands, Chi Laohei and Cheng Yanjin rushed up, and beat the rest of the people to the ground in a moment.
People who dare to come to this kind of restaurant to eat have seen a big scene, and this place is also spacious, and there are no dishes flying around when fighting, so there are many people applauding here, and some want to come forward to see what happened.
At this time, all the hidden secret guards stood up, and some of them pointed at everyone with strong crossbows in their hands and shouted: "Everyone stand still and don't move, the saint is here!" Those who dare to act recklessly will be killed! ”
It turns out that the emperor is here! All the diners honestly stayed where they were, not daring to move. The two young men who had just been knocked down were just about to sit up, and when they heard this, their eyes rolled and they fainted.