On the second day after coming to Luoyang, before the sky was clear, Zhou Bian had to rub his hazy and sleepy eyes vigorously. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info now in Luoyang, although there is no need to hold a small pilgrimage meeting, but Zhou Bian still feels that time is pressing, coupled with the habits developed during this time, so Zhou Bian still wakes up very early, and his consciousness far exceeds that of children of the same age. Under Xiu'er's service, Zhou Bian got up and washed up, and then walked out with the prison guard.

Although there was no curfew in Luoyang, it was too early, and it was still cold in early spring, so there were no pedestrians on the streets, and even if there were, they were hawkers who passed by in a hurry. Taking advantage of the bright light in the sky, Zhou Bian and the others walked towards the center of the city. Yesterday, the supervisor said that these three places must be visited, among which the Taimiao is the place to worship the ancestors, the temple enshrines the tablet of King Wen, and the palace enshrines King Wu, these three halls are specially built for the ancestors when King Ping moved eastward, and invited the tablets of the ancestors from Hojing. When the Zhou Dynasty was established, Luoyang was originally a royal city, so there was a more ancient temple in the Luoyang Palace, which was built by Zhou Gongdan on the order of the king, and ordinary people naturally couldn't enter. As for the ancestral temple where the royal family worshiped in Chengzhou, it was built after the royal family moved to Chengzhou during the rebellion of the prince dynasty more than 100 years ago, and the three most authentic halls dedicated to the ancestors' spiritual thrones are still in Luoyang City, and the successive Zhou dukes worship for the king.

It's just that unlike Cheng Zhou, the front halls of these three temples are all open to the public, so Zhou Bian can enter and worship as an ordinary little boy, and no one cares. Jian Jia is an old man of the royal family, and he often says that the etiquette cannot be abolished, so Zhou Bian was forced to get up early in the morning to come, the ancients salute, the sooner the ancestor worships, the better, which Zhou Bian has already understood.

After walking for a while, the sky gradually brightened, but when he was walking, he suddenly saw that there were more pedestrians here, and a somewhat dilapidated palace building appeared in front of him. ”

Zhou Bian looked around, but he didn't see a guard, and walked in through the wide open door, only to see a door leaning on the inside of the door and falling asleep. Zhou Bian frowned slightly, this person is very good, and he can fall asleep while standing. Then, as the prison Jia said, he knelt down in the middle of the hall and respectfully kowtowed to the ancestors.

As soon as he straightened up, he heard a person coming behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw that it was a young scholar, and after smiling at Zhou Bian, he kowtowed to the place where Zhou Bian knelt just now, and looked at his appearance respectfully. I really didn't expect that there were others in this temple to worship, so Zhou Bian couldn't help but take a few more looks.

The hall was closed, Zhou Bian turned around and walked out with Jian Jia, Jian Jia seemed to see Zhou Bian's doubts, and explained when he went out, "Childe, the descendants of my royal family are all over the world, and they all take Luoyang as the ancestral land. ”

Zhou Bian suddenly realized, presumably the person just now was also surnamed Ji, and he couldn't help but look back, and he didn't know how far away he was from his relatives.

Followed by the temple and the examination palace, the Zhou people respected the two kings of civil and military affairs the most, so they specially set up a temple to worship. The scholar also followed behind him and bowed one by one, seeing that Zhou Bian was just about to leave after worshipping, and hurriedly caught up with everyone, Zhou Bian was puzzled, and he still slowed down his steps, but saw the scholar saluting respectfully, "This little boy is invited." ”

Seeing that this scholar was very polite, Zhou Bian couldn't help but have some good feelings in his heart, so he saluted back, "It's polite." ”

"When I see the little prince worship my ancestor very respectfully, could it be that he is also a descendant of my Ji family?"

Of course it is, it is still the direct line of the descendants, otherwise who will worship, Zhou Bian thought in his heart, but said, "Exactly, dare to ask Gongzi too, right?" ”

"Naturally, too. Let me introduce myself first, my name is Meng Yuan, and my ancestor is the Meng clan of the Lu Kingdom. Dare to ask where is Childe? "Lu Guomeng is the descendant of Lu Guogong, and Lu Guogong is a descendant of Zhou Gongdan, so naturally he is also the queen of King Wen. In fact, the descendants of Prince Wen of Zhou are all over the world, but many have changed their surnames, and now many surnames such as Zhou, Meng, Lu, Wu and so on are basically the descendants of Prince Wen.

Zhou Bian was embarrassed when he heard it, it turned out that what he had discussed with Jian Jia and others earlier was to say that he was a Lu person, because Lu is a big country surnamed Ji, and he has always valued Zhou etiquette, and his accent is similar to the Luoyang royal accent, so he is so good to pretend, but he didn't want to meet a "fellow countryman". Zhou Bian's face turned red, and he was stunned and said, "Such a coincidence, I am also from Lu." ”

Meng Yuan was overjoyed when he heard it, "Hometown people, hehe! The first time the little boy came to Luoyang, but I have been here several times before, and I am quite familiar with this path. ”

Seeing that this person did not ask about the scene of his hometown, Zhou Bian breathed a sigh of relief, he had already seen that he worshiped his ancestors quite respectfully, and when he heard him say that he wanted a tour guide, he was naturally happy, and nodded to agree, but he heard that the prison guard coughed lightly and stopped talking.

Listening to the prison guard, he leaned into his ear and whispered, "It's not that the old slave is worried about the safety of the son, but this person really wants to rely on the son and eat and drink for a day, but this is a trivial matter, and the son himself decides." With that, he stepped back behind him, his eyes on the ground, as if he hadn't said anything just now.

When he turned his head to look at Meng Yuan again, he saw that the young scholar was plain, but his eyes couldn't help but glance here. Zhou Bian smiled and said, "This son is willing to go with a certain person, and a certain person can't ask for it." Please! ”

Meng Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly came to Zhou Bian, looking very courteous. Zhou Bian casually ordered Jian Jia to go back first, and he took Zhou Mi and Fan Yu to walk to the prosperous place of Luoyang with this Meng Yuan. After walking a few steps, Zhou Bian looked back, only to see the three halls lined up in the early morning sun, vaguely with the glory of the past, and the back of the three halls of this hall is the Ming Palace, the palace after King Ping moved eastward, and at this time it is the residence of the Duke of Zhou. The gate of the Ming Palace is as thick and tall as the city gate, I want to come to the royal city of the Zhou Dynasty is now Tiananmen Square, but it is just more stable and simple, ordinary people passing by here need to look up, because no matter how this represents the majesty of a dynasty, although the royal family has been trapped, although the royal family does not live here, but the Ming Palace is still the place that every Great Zhou people admire the most.

Looking at the gate of the Ming Palace, which is far more brilliant than these three halls, several side door openings are slowly being opened by several guards, as if symbolizing the beginning of a new day of a dynasty, but the opening and closing of this gate now has nothing to do with the real royal family. Thinking of this, Zhou Bian secretly said in his heart, here, I will come back again.

After Zhou Bian left, the door of the Taimiao Temple had already woken up, and he leaned on the door frame when he was bored, and if someone was there, he could hear him muttering and laughing, "Meng Yuan, this kid, I grabbed it again today!" Hehe! ”

But if someone really wants to suffer, then no one can control it. Along the way, Meng Yuan kept talking, looking extremely excited, talking about this Luoyang street scene, but it sounded like a head, it turned out that this kid was really familiar with Luoyang. Although this Luoyang city is big, but the layout is clear, the four sides of the city wall each have three city gates, eighteen avenues are staggered in the city, the center is the royal buildings such as the Taimiao Ming Palace, adhering to the style of the city after the previous dynasty, the north side of the Ming Palace is a large bazaar, and the northwest side is a large kiln factory, and the northeast side is the place where the noble sons live. And because of the convenient transportation of Luoshui, the commerce in the south of the city is more developed than in the north, and many shops and even the places where merchants live are in the south of the city, and the south is close to the south gate, but it is a slum. And Zhou Bian and the others were walking towards the downtown in the south, listening to Meng Yuan's casual words, looking at the various shops on both sides of the street, Zhou Bian couldn't help but feel amazed by this commercialized big city.

Talking and walking, it was noon in a blink of an eye, eating too early in the morning, at this time the stomach was already rumbling with hunger, Zhou Bian couldn't help but look at Meng Yuan, the latter suddenly understood, turned around and pointed, "Bian Gongzi, this is the biggest wine shop in Luoyang, drunk and breezy, the best food and wine in Luoyang are here, is Gongzi interested?" ”

Zhou Bian looked in the direction he pointed, and saw that there were pavilions and a big wine shop, and he applauded in his heart, but turned his head and asked Fan Yu quietly, "How much money did you bring, is there enough to eat here?" Fan Yu had already been in Luoyang City, and nodded with a smile. Zhou Bian waved his hand and said loudly, "Meng Gongzi, please, this son will be the east today!" ”

After saying that, he pulled Meng Yuan and walked inside, Meng Yuan was overjoyed, in fact, he was also here for the first time.

After entering, I found that the inside was very wide and very bright, and when I looked up, it turned out that there was a cleverly equipped patio, the eaves on the patio were scattered, and the rain could not flow in, but the sunlight could shine obliquely, and when I was looking carefully, I saw a handsome little maid approaching, and after asking, I led everyone to the small room.

This small room is very luxurious, there is a small number on the low couch, there is a half-open window on the other side of the small table, and there is a pot of flowers that cannot be named in the corner of the window, which is blooming brightly at this time. And the most humane thing is that in order to facilitate the use of nobles, there is also a desk outside the small room for the entourage to eat, so that it will not disturb the host, and can cope with the host's greeting at any time, which is really thoughtful. Zhou Bian asked that Meng Yuan to sit down in the small room, and Zhou Mi Fan Yu naturally waited outside.

After a while, there were dishes served, nothing more than some meat cooked by Xiaoding, as well as small dishes such as sauce beans, but the meat was delicious, and it was even better than the royal kitchen. There was also a good wine served, and after Meng Yuan filled it for the two of them, he took the wine cup and drank it first as a respect, it seemed that he didn't know the taste of wine and meat for many days. Zhou Bian smiled and didn't care, picked up the small cup, took a sip, only felt that the taste of this wine was very light, so he took another big sip, still not spicy, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this wine was like the rice wine of later generations, mellow, but the degree was not high, I was afraid that it was only a dozen degrees, and I thought about it in my heart, and I had a plan.

Seeing that Zhou Bian also drank a glass of wine, Meng Yuan was happy in his heart, so he said, "Childe, this wine is a local wine in Luoyang, brewed from millet rice, the wine taste is light, not as mellow as the wine of Yanzhao in the north, but the aftertaste is long, there is an ancient taste, just like this big Zhou, you need to taste it carefully to know its beauty." As he spoke, he poured another full cup of wine, wiped his sleeve with his sleeve, and said embarrassedly, "I haven't drunk for many days, so it's not too late to have a few first." ”

After a jar of wine was served, there was a staple food served, Zhou Bian was stunned when he saw it, it turned out to be two bowls of white rice, and he couldn't help but think in his heart, it turned out that he had such a fine grain for a long time, and he wanted me to show it before the queen mother and Wang Mei. When I was embarrassed, I heard Meng Yuan say proudly, "Little boy, I haven't seen it, this is my new delicacy in Luoyang, peeled from the millet, the aroma is fragrant after cooking, the entrance is soft and tender, and there is a slight sweetness when chewed, it is really a delicacy in the world." ”

With that, he took a big bite of rice. Zhou Bian heard this, but couldn't help laughing in his heart, this kid actually thought that the rice was peeled from the rice, how much work it would take, but he didn't say anything.

I saw Meng Yuan swallow it and taste it again, and then said, "This is the second time I have eaten this rice, if I can eat it every day, I have no regrets in this life!" After a pause, he said, "The little boy is new to Luoyang, do you know where this white rice comes from?" ”

Zhou Bian shook his head cooperatively, Meng Yuan was satisfied when he saw it, and he played it again, "Originally, this white rice was also available, but because it was extremely difficult to peel out, there was no hotel to sell it." This is a year ago, the little prince of my Great Zhou royal family, seeing that the queen mother was eating and drinking, meditated for a few days, and then came up with a way to produce a large amount of white rice, which was only sold in the market. I founded the country with filial piety in Da Zhou, and the little prince is really a model for us! This Empress Dowager of the Great Zhou gave birth to such a child, and she is also a blessed person! ”

Zhou Bian couldn't help laughing out loud, it's not just the Queen Mother who is blessed, it's clear that you are also blessed, hehe!