On the other side, Di Qing quickly ran back to Di Renjie, who was waiting slowly, called out to his lord, and told him everything he had just seen and heard.

Immediately, Di Renjie stopped and looked back at him with a little surprise.

Yuru in the distance saw Di Qing nodding again and again, as if he was doing something affirmative, and then Di Renjie immediately turned around and walked in this direction with Di Qing.

Immediately, Yuru's heart moved, and she ate the food in her mouth cleanly, then she turned around, walked to the stall owner, thanked her, and slowly pulled the money bag out of the package she was carrying on her shoulder.

On the other side, he listened carefully to Di Renjie's words about the aunt.

"I don't know where this aunt is from? I walked on this street early in the morning, and I didn't know how to use the morning food? If you haven't used it, there are still some on the small side. ”

Di Renjie asked very gently, but the aunt seemed to be a little afraid, shrunk her head, and refused to accept what he handed forward.

"Aunt don't be surprised, this is Master Di, it's our ......" Di Qing saw that she was so afraid, and her heart was also very pitiful, so she stepped forward with a smile and said a word, but before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by a burst of exclamations from the people who were listening with their ears on the left and right:

"It's Lord Di!? That Master Di?! ”

"Looks like so! If you put it aside, where will anyone care about the life or death of such a crazy aunt! ”

"Oops! Now that's it! God really opened my eyes! Hurry up, hurry up! Go and call Aunt Yue! Fast! Tell her! Let's just say that Master Di is in charge of Aunt Feng's case! Fast! ”

Immediately, the surroundings were like an exploding oil pot, and there was a lot of noise! Then, there were two young ladies in the tea shop next to him* who were holding a long-handled tea scoop* and looked at the young ladle* here, and immediately under the urging of their own old man, they threw off their strides and ran to the Yueming Xuan next to them.

After a while, I saw a woman in Tsing Yi dressed tightly and with exquisite makeup and hair, and quickly ran over with one of the guys, followed by an old lady on crutches, supported by another guy, and followed closely.

Di Renjie himself didn't expect such a situation to appear, and he was stunned for a long time, and then hesitated for a long time before he glanced at Di Qing, who was not strange, next to him:

"It's ......"

"I always tell you that you are a lot of people in the eyes of these people, and you don't believe it. Now you always have to believe it, right? ”

Di Qing has always been cold-hearted, but it is rare to see his master look confused, and he can't help but raise his eyebrows and smile evilly.

But he didn't laugh for long, and he saw Di Renjie take a look of surprise, raise his eyebrows, squint his eyes, and the little evil smile on Di Qing's face that was as light as water disappeared immediately.

Seeing that this kid put away his flamboyant momentum, Di Renjie no longer bothered with him, turned his head to look at the woman in Tsing Yi who rushed forward to give a big gift, and said hurriedly:

"Hurry up, please get up, Huaiying is still not allowed to accept such a big gift from her mother."

Seeing Di Renjie so kind, the woman was naturally even more moved in her heart, so she thanked her again and again before she got up and said angrily: "Everyone says that Master Di has the world in mind and is lenient. ”

Di Renjie saw that although she was dressed like a person in the Chu Pavilion, between her words and deeds, she was full of scholarly and elegant attitude, and he knew in his heart that most of them had met a former official girl who was not registered as a slave or even a slave.

He felt pity for his situation, so he smiled mildly and said, "Dare to ask Fang ......"

"The concubine's original surname is Yang, and her boudoir is clear. Now that I've entered such a place, I really don't want to report my real name anymore and humiliate the reputation of my old family, so I took the meaning of a check. changed his name to Liu Yueming. ”

"Well, the willow is against the yang, the moon is against the wind, and the light is against the Qing. It's a good change. Aunt Niang is really an extraordinary woman. ”

Di Renjie saw that between her words, she still looked sad and nostalgic, and knew in her heart that she must still be thinking about the old things, so she didn't say much, but she just praised her name and said two words. Just wait for her to say it herself.

But this Liu Yueming didn't say anything, just looked left and right, and then said softly: "I wonder if Master Di can leave a piece of paper to press the signature*, and wait for the concubine to enter the official in the afternoon to ask for a meeting?" ”

This made Di Renjie stunned.

(Note: Tea shop, I've used this term before.) According to some of the local chronicles and wild histories I have read earlier, as well as the travelogues of Japanese monks who came to China, this tea shop in the early Tang Dynasty to the prosperous Tang Dynasty not only refers to the place where tea is sold, but also includes some early sellers. In fact, the tea culture of the Tang Dynasty was very colorful, and it was already the habit of many people at that time to get up early and drink it with various spices and salt, which is now what we call sea salt or lake salt, plus tea soup made of tea leaves with various snacks or Hu cakes.

This is a large spoon with a slender and deepened handle, which is similar to the kind of spoon used to scoop porridge or soup from a large pot in breakfast shops today. But the difference is that the one used in the past is basically made of wood or bronze. In the Tang Dynasty, the folk mostly used wood. If you have seen a breakfast shop in Shaanxi or Henan that sells spicy soup, then the thick wooden spoon in the spicy soup pot is very close to this. It's just that at that time, it was very exquisite, there were carvings, and it was basically a straight handle and a spoon, that is, the place where the soup was used below was at an angle of about 90 degrees. So it looks sophisticated and it's all functional.

Guy spoon refers to the small spoon in this tea shop or called the breakfast shop, that is, the small chef who works part-time to make tea and add water. The reason why they say that they are not shop juniors is because the content they need to be responsible for is very different. The shopkeepers are only responsible for the tidying up of the store and ushering in the delivery, plus serving tea and pouring water, passing dishes and warm wine. But the guys are more of a job making snacks or making tea. Because the tea in the Tang Dynasty is very different from the tea drunk by modern people, which I have also talked about before - plus the whole people in the Tang Dynasty worshiped etiquette, so in the Tang capital Chang'an City and Luoyang City, even the ordinary people from ordinary families paid attention to the sense of ritual when they drank tea in the morning, that is, they were required to brew and brew freshly. and dim sum, most of which are made to order. Therefore, after receiving the request of the guest, the ladies often have to go to the guest to make tea and add soup cakes.

Also, a very interesting little legend. Students who know Henan should have heard that there is another name for baked cakes in Henan, called Huojiaoer. In fact, this statement, in addition to being related to the production process of baked cakes, also has another theory that the earliest origin of baked cakes is that a young man in the Tang Dynasty inadvertently invented the spoon. Later, everyone used his profession to call this kind of cake made from the fire. But after all, it's a folk saying, everyone listens to it, has fun, and it's over.

Quasi-visa, also known as quasi-visa. That is, the government yamen allows the lower nine gates - such as the signature of the characters in the hall mentioned in the text. During the Three Emperors of the early Tang Dynasty, that is, Li Shimin, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, there were very strict requirements for officials to enter and leave such venues. Once it is found that officials below the corresponding rank enter and leave at will, even if they are not wearing official uniforms, they will be punished or even dismissed. Therefore, this woman needs to enter the government as an ordinary person and ask Di Renjie to see him and explain the case. But because of her official background, even if she has grievances and wants to see Di Renjie, she has to have permission to sign it.

—Author's note)