The restaurant was empty, and Yuanhang sat in the private seat on the second floor of the restaurant, leaning on the railing and looking out at the street. Qinghe was beside him and made tea for Yuanhang. Tang Ling was waiting outside the restaurant for the arrival of Zhan Hu.

"Qinghe, prepare a table of hot pot in a while." Yuanhang looked outside and instructed Qinghe.

"Well, the guys are on the sixth floor, ready to serve." Qinghe nodded and replied.

"Okay, don't tell the guys not to come down without my orders." I don't know who will come, but even if it is introduced by Zhan Hu, it must be a big man.

"Huh? Qinghe, come and see. Yuanhang suddenly found something, beckoned to Qinghe and said, "Look at the restaurant nearby, why are there so many hawkers, were there in the past?" Yuanhang asked, pointing downstairs.

"No, I haven't seen it. And why are there so few people on the road today? Qinghe also said strangely.

As he was talking, Yuanhang saw a carriage coming towards the restaurant, and Zhan Hu and two men in black walked with the car on both sides.

"Here, Qinghe, come downstairs with me to greet you." Yuanhang hurriedly got up and ran downstairs.

After waiting for the carriage to stop outside the restaurant, Yuanhang stepped forward and saluted Zhan Hu: "Xiaomin Ye Yuanhang greets Lord Zhan." ”

Zhan Hu walked over, and the two men in black stood still on both sides of the carriage.

"Ye Gongzi has been waiting for a long time." Zhan Hu hugged his fists and said: "It's not appropriate to say more here, let's go into the restaurant." ”

After speaking, he turned around and came to the carriage and bent down and said, "Childe, we are here, please get off the car." ”

A man in black opened the curtain and walked out of it a twenty-seven or eight-year-old son. This boy is fair-skinned and handsome. The eyebrows are light, but the eyes are very bright. After seeing Yuanhang, he didn't speak, nodded and smiled at Yuanhang and walked into the restaurant.

Zhan Hu made a color to the voyage, and hurried to follow. Yuanhang took the two to the private seat on the second floor, and after sitting down, he ordered Qinghe to serve tea.

The three of them sat in the private seat, and the two black-clothed men outside the door guarded the door without saying a word.

"Childe, this is the Ye Yuanhang I told you." Zhan Hu got up and introduced the boy to him.

Yuanhang stepped forward, waved his shirt and knelt down. Said respectfully: "Xiaomin Ye Yuanhang, see the emperor." ”

Seeing this, Zhan Hu hurriedly asked, "Who told you that this is the emperor?" ”

"Lord Zhan, you told me that this is the emperor." Yuanhang bowed his head and replied.

"Nonsense! When did I say that? Zhan Hu blushed and defended himself.

"Lord Zhan didn't say it. Although I don't know much about official positions, I know that your official position is higher than that of Zhishu through the admiration of Lord Zhizhou. And if you respect this son so much, then this son's official position must be higher than yours. And it can make the people seal their feet and secretly whistle the streets. Except for the emperor, Xiaomin doesn't know who else can do this. Yuanhang looked up at the child.

"Haha, the envoy said that you are witty and intelligent, and it is really the case today." The boy helped him to sail away and said, "Get up and talk quickly." ”

Seeing that the emperor was not angry but happy, Yuanhang and Zhanhu were relieved. Yuanhang was worried that his guess was wrong, while Zhan Hu was worried that the emperor would think that he had revealed his identity to Yuanhang.

"Yes, I am Emperor Zhang Xian. Don't be inhibited, come and sit down and talk. Emperor Yin Wen beckoned to the voyage.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yuanhang walked over and sat down.

"The envoy of Zhan told me about you, and after hearing this, I was very interested in you, so I came out of the palace this time to see you." Emperor Yin Wen said frankly.

"How dare you let the emperor come in person and call the little people into the palace." Yuanhang said politely.

"Hehe, I was afraid that you would take care of it, so I came to Weifu, but I never thought that you would find out your identity. Besides, I heard that your restaurant is the best in the world, and I want to taste it to see if it can afford it. "Emperor Yinwen Daoming came to understand.

"Xiaomin has asked his subordinates to prepare it and can eat at any time." Yuanhang bowed.

"No hurry, no hurry. I'll ask you first. Emperor Yinwen waved his hand and asked: "The country is prosperous and the people are strong, do you need to emphasize literature or force?" ”

"Wen can be strong and prosperous, and Wu can set the world. Both are indispensable. Yuanhang replied casually.

"Oh? Let's take it into detail. ”

"Your Majesty, when the world is peaceful, use the wise man to seek prosperity. When the world is in turmoil, the warrior should be used to settle the country. ”

"Well, that makes sense. I ask you again, how do you do a good emperor? Emperor Yin Wen asked.

Yuanhang looked at Emperor Yinwen and said: "In ancient times, today, only the Holy Monarch can come to the world. What is a Holy Monarch? The outside is rigid, and the inside is soft. Treat the ministers as friends, and the people as children. There is a degree of flexion and stretching, and there are times of love and hate. All the talents of the world are for my use. ”

"Well, you're insightful." Emperor Yin Wen applauded. His face was slightly red with excitement, and he asked, "I ask you again, how should I deal with the matter of Xiaoliang Kingdom?" ”

"On the side of the couch, there is no room for a sound sleep." Yuanhang replied succinctly.

"Do you mean that I want to send troops to those imperial brothers?" Emperor Yin Wen continued to ask.

I'll go, even if you want to find a backing person for the righteous annihilation, you won't need me as a little person.

"The people are not sure. The emperor is in his chest. Yuanhang threw the topic to Emperor Yin Wen again.

"Definitely." Emperor Yin Wen shook his head and said: "I also know that Xiao Liang is a big trouble in my heart, how can I not be on the throne soon, if I fight Xiao Liang at this time, I am afraid that the world will say that I have no brotherly affection." Moreover, the three imperial brothers sat in the land of the four states, and there were no less than 300,000 soldiers. If I send troops, I am afraid that after capturing Xiaoliang, our country will have no troops available. ”

"That little people dare to ask the emperor, since the princes have established their own country, aren't they afraid that they will send troops to attack?" Yuanhang asked in deep thought.

"It should be fine for a short time. They rebelled against their teachers and became unknown, and they also had their own hearts. Emperor Yin Wen got up and walked back and forth in the elegant seat and continued: "I agree with your opinion, but you said that you moved the capital, I don't think it is possible. The rebuilding of Miyagi in Gyeongju was costly, and it could not be completed in a few years. Besides, I am not afraid of them, and I am willing to be an emperor who guards the frontier for the country. ”

Yuanhang saw Emperor Yinwen get up, and he couldn't sit still, so he also got up and said: "The little people don't know the truth, and they talk in vain and hope that the emperor will forgive their sins." But I don't know when the emperor plans to unify the Liang Kingdom? ”

"What do you think is the right time?" Emperor Yin Wen asked rhetorically.

"Within three years. If it takes too long, the trabecular will be fat and strong, and the wings will be full. At that time, I am afraid that the people of Xiaoliang Sizhou will no longer belong to my heart of Daliang. Yuanhang said.

"Well, you think the same thing as me." Emperor Yin Wen walked back to his chair and sat down and continued: "I have chosen your suggestion to hold a trial examination at the same time in the four states and one capital at the beginning of next month to select talents for my big beam, I hope you will participate, let me see if you can be reused." ”

"Your Majesty, can the little people not participate?" Yuanhang naturally knows the truth of accompanying the king like a tiger.

"What? Don't you want to use it for me? Or are you wasted? Emperor Yin Wen looked at Yuanhang and asked.

"Xiaomin has no ambitions, he just wants to be a businessman to support his family." Yuanhang Xindao: How good it is to be your own decision, as long as you have money and a wife, you can do it.

"Naturally, you don't have to take the test, but I don't know if this restaurant will be called the best in the world in the future." Emperor Yin Wen smiled, took a sip of tea and looked out the window.

Yuanhang scolded Emperor Yinwen a thousand times in his heart, but replied with a smile on his face: "Xiaomin naturally participates, I don't know if the emperor can reveal one or two of the test questions, hehe." ”

"I have ordered the test questions to be sealed, and they will be shipped to the state capitals in the near future. I have decreed that anyone who leaks the test questions will be killed. Emperor Yinwen's face changed, and he said majestically.

"Alas, since the emperor doesn't help me, then let it be fate, but there is one thing the emperor must help me." Yuanhang remembered that the Jingzhou garrison couldn't handle it by himself, so why not borrow the power of the emperor to seek refuge.

"Hehe, no one dares to talk to me like that." Emperor Yin Wen smiled: "Say, what else is the matter?" ”

"A few days ago, the son of Lord Du of the Jingzhou garrison got excited and wanted to flirt with a woman from a good family. Xiaomin Lu roared when he saw ...... unevenness, "Yuanhang is talking with a full voice."

"I already know about this, and the exhibition envoy will handle it." Emperor Yin Wen interrupted the voyage and said, "If you have nothing else to do, let me taste the world's best?" ”

"Okay, Your Majesty, please wait a moment, Xiaomin will order to go down." Yuanhang heard that Emperor Yin Wen had already made arrangements, and retreated after giving a salute.

After a while, Qinghe took his men to prepare the hot pot, accompanied Emperor Yin Wen on the voyage, and the envoy sat around the table.

"Is this the best in the world?" Emperor Yin Wen looked at a table of items and asked Yuanhang.

"This is a hot pot, and it is eaten with shabu. Xiaomin also has a must, which is grilled and eaten. It's just that today to greet the emperor, the idle people have all retreated, and they can only be shabu-shabu and can't be baked. Yuanhang replied as he laid out his things.

"Oh, let's try this hot pot first." Emperor Yin Wen smiled and began to eat.

Emperor Yinwen, who ate this hot pot, was sweating and applauded again and again. After a full meal and a few words of advice, he got up and went downstairs.

"That, Your Majesty, have you eaten well?" Yuanhang asked, following behind Emperor Yinwen.

"Good, good." Emperor Yin Wen nodded as he walked.

"Your Majesty, you have eaten well, the people are still hungry. Do you see if there are many small people's points, this restaurant has not been open for a day. Yuanhang bent down and nodded with a smile.

Emperor Yin Wen and the envoy of Zhan were stunned.

"Ye Yuanhang, you ......" The exhibition envoy couldn't believe that Yuanhang would ask the emperor for wine money.

"Don't blame the envoy, the emperor is a Ming monarch, and he must love the people like a son, and he will not take a penny from the people." Said with a long voyage and a horse.

"Haha, interesting. Exhibition envoys, reward! After saying that, he patted Yuanhang on the shoulder and got into the carriage.

Seeing the carriage leaving, Zhan Hu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and turned his head to look at the voyage.

"You are indeed a businessman, and a profiteer." After speaking, he took out a hundred taels of silver tickets and stuffed them into the voyage.

"Hehe, the exhibition secretary has won the award." Yuanhang laughed.

"Du Zhiyuan, I won't say it openly. I can't let him know that it is the people of the court who are involved, I will send someone to protect your restaurant, and the emperor's visit here must not be leaked. After speaking, he did not stop, and chased after the carriage.

Seeing that they had all gone away, Yuanhang walked back to the restaurant and handed the silver ticket to Qinghe.

"This one is for you, you don't have to keep an account." Yuanhang leaned over and said, "Thank you for the reward, wait for me at night." ”

Qinghe glared at him, put away the silver ticket, turned around and went upstairs.

"Qinghe, pack up and go home." The voyage shouted below.

"Got it, I told the guy to come down. Tang Ling is still on it. Qinghe replied as he went upstairs.

When he returned to the mansion and saw Tang Yuanwai, he only said that a high-ranking official had seen him, and told them about his participation in the trial examination. After chatting for a while, he took his leave and returned to his courtyard.

Yuanhang pushed Qinghe's door with a wicked smile, but he didn't lock it inside, and he couldn't help but be happy.

"Brother Ye, why didn't you come in without making a sound." Qinghe stood at the door, and Liqiu said to Yuanhang beside her......

"You...... How are you in the green lotus room? Yuanhang looked at Liqiu in surprise and asked.

"My sister said that there were rats in her room at night to steal food, and she was scared and asked me to catch mice." Liqiu said seriously: "Brother Ye, are you here to catch mice, or are you here to steal food?" ”

Yuanhang stood at the door for a long time before he said a word. "Liqiu, you can do it!"