Zhu Youzhen and his entourage walked south along the busy Shiwangfu Street, and finally stopped in front of a restaurant called "Wanghailou".

Lin Youkun whispered to Zhu Youzhen: "Gongzi You, this Wanghailou is a well-known restaurant, according to the villain, let's start here, and then make plans." I don't know what Childe thinks? ”

This "You Gongzi" is the name agreed with everyone before Zhu You was out of the palace. Since the micro-service is out of the palace, it is also necessary to disguise it appropriately. Otherwise, as soon as the prince's brand is revealed, I'm afraid nothing can be done.

When Zhu Youzhen looked up, he saw that this Wanghailou was a three-story building, with a width of more than ten houses and a depth of seven or eight rooms, which was comparable to the main hall in the Forbidden City. And there are three floors, which can be regarded as a high-rise building in this era. The guests who enter and exit this building are bustling and well-dressed, and it must also be a place of high consumption.

Of course, Zhu Youzhen doesn't have to worry about money now. And after being in the palace for many days, I was really uncomfortable, and I didn't want to miss it when I saw such a lively place.

The group entered the Wanghai Tower, and immediately a guy who ran the hall came forward to greet him warmly. Lin Youkun originally wanted to choose a secluded private room, but Zhu Youzhen only wanted to be as lively as possible, so he chose a table by the window in the hall on the top floor. He sat down with Lin Youkun and the four sisters, and several of Lin Youkun's subordinates pretended not to know each other, picked a few scattered seats and sat down separately, but in fact secretly opened the guard.

As soon as a few people were seated, the eyes of the surrounding diners all shot at them. Of course, they didn't look at Zhu Youzhen, but were attracted by the fairy-like appearance of the four sisters of Meilan and Zhuju, as if carved out of a mold. Some people still hold their own identities, and after taking a look, although they are uneasy, they deliberately hurry away and don't look away. Some people are more unbearable, and as soon as their eyes stick to the faces of the four sisters, they are reluctant to move away.

But no matter who it was, as soon as they saw Lin Youkun's murderous face and the scabbard in his hand, they all quickly turned their heads, for fear that Lin Youkun would see their evil gaze.

Zhu Youzhen was very happy in his heart, and joked to the four sisters who hung their heads in shame: "You are the focus here, and my son has become an insignificant person." ”

The four sisters panicked, and just said a "slave maid", and felt that it was inappropriate, so they quickly kept silent, but they were extremely uneasy.

After a while, the shopkeeper came over to ask Zhu Youjian to order. When Zhu Youzhen took over the recipe and looked at it, it was full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and he didn't know which dishes were delicious. Just as he was hesitating, Lin Youkun smiled and said, "Gongzi You is here for the first time, and he is not familiar with you here. You just have to bring your signature dishes from Wanghai Tower and let You Gongzi taste them. ”

Seeing that the shopkeeper answered excitedly, Lin Youkun whispered to Zhu Youzhen: "The villain often comes here, but he knows a little about the dishes here." Let the villain be the owner of this meal, please You Gongzi be sure to save face. ”

Zhu Youzhen still wanted to be polite, but Lin Youkun was quite sincere and must be treated. In fact, after Zhu Youzhen won Guan Ning in the gambling chess, he returned the 1,000 taels of silver that Lin Youkun lost. Lin Youkun thought that although it cost a lot of money to have a meal in Wanghai Tower, it was only a few dozen taels of silver, which was naturally much less than the thousand taels, so he insisted on being the east and took Xie Zhu Youzhen to avenge himself. Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to let him.

After a while, the shopkeeper served the dishes one by one. Zhu Youjian saw that most of them were seafood, and asked curiously: "You can also eat seafood in Jingshi?" Is it fresh or not? ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately enthusiastically introduced: "This boy doesn't know, the reason why we look at the sea tower is named is because there is a well next to the building, which is the one under the window behind you, the guest officer." Because this well is located on Shiwangfu Street, it is called 'Wangfu Well'. The well water in other parts of Beijing is bitter and astringent, but the water quality of this Wangfujing is sweet and clear, so it is famous far and wide, and the common people who fetch water every day are lined up. There is also a legend that this Wangfujing is actually open to the sea, and if the well water is calm, the sea will definitely not be prosperous; If the well water is shaking, it is terrible, which means that the Sea Dragon King is about to make waves. ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't know the origin of this "Wangfujing", so he also listened with great interest to the shopkeeper and continued to rap: "Because our restaurant can overlook this Wangfujing, it is named 'Wanghailou'." Since the name has the word 'sea' in it, if there is no seafood, it will be laughable and generous. Childe, don't worry, the seafood in our building is all transported from Dagu Port Express on the same day, and the quantity is extremely limited. If you don't have a valued guest like you, you can't eat fresh seafood like this. ”

In his previous life, You Jian couldn't afford to enjoy seafood, so it would be nice to eat a spicy crayfish. These days in the palace, in order to prevent food from being poisoned, Rui'er was asked to cook herself, and the three meals a day were mainly light. At this time, seeing the gluttonous feast in front of him, this product finally revealed his true colors, and immediately without saying a word, he threw off his cheeks, picked up his big molars, and feasted as if no one was around.

Lin Youkun was responsible for guarding King Ning, and his mind was not on eating, but just on a superficial basis. Needless to say, the four sisters have all undergone rigorous training and have been made to be classical ladies in every way. At this time, seeing Zhu Youzhen's eating appearance, everyone couldn't help frowning slightly, they couldn't imagine how the dignified prince could eat as if he was dying, but he had to fight with Huazi.

After a while, Zhu Youzhen swept most of the dozen dishes on the table like a whirlwind and clouds. He burped in satisfaction, patting his bulging belly, and wanted to sit and eat.

After this pause, he realized that he had been eating too intently and had not paid attention to his surroundings. In fact, there are dozens of tables in the hall, and there are hundreds of diners, basically every table is pushing cups and changing lamps, and you are toasting back and forth. In addition, the people who run the hall shout loudly from time to time to serve the food, and the hall seems to be very lively.

Zhu Youzhen thought to himself that this is also the characteristic of Chinese restaurants, as long as it is a restaurant, the noise in it basically has to exceed 100 decibels. If it's as quiet as a Western restaurant, it will be too scary. In his previous life, there were some fake foreign devils, who forgot their last name after drinking a few cups of coffee, and when others made two noises in the restaurant, he didn't like it, and opened his mouth and closed his mouth "Chinese quality". Just you gentleman? Why don't you want to think about the virtues of the football hooligans in England on the pitch and in the pubs? Is that your new ancestor, is it of high quality?

He was thinking like this, when he suddenly heard a few scholar-looking people at the table next to him, taking advantage of the noisy environment and a bit of wine, talking loudly.

Listening to thieves is also one of Zhu Youzhen's great pleasures. Idle is also idle, he just wants to listen to the discussion of a few people, and also take this opportunity to learn more about the people and things of this era.

I only heard one of them sigh: "It is said that the saints are weak today, causing traitors and villains to run rampant in the court." I don't think so, people like Yang Wenru and Zuo Gongzhi are very stylish. This time, the Donglin Party will participate in the impeachment of Wei Zhongxian, and I think there is great hope! No matter how much the saint favors the internal officials, he can't help but consider the opinions of so many courtiers! ”

The other person shook his head, already three points drunk, and said with a big tongue: "You still expect the emperor to be able to kill the evil and keep the right?" Don't dream about your autumn dreams! If you want to rectify the dynasty, it will be rectified a long time ago, can you wait until today? In my opinion, today's political situation is a mess and out of control! Do you think Yang Lianzuo Guangdou is a righteous gentleman, but I think they are stupid people who mislead the country! If it weren't for them, when the Divine Sect died, maybe King Fu would be able to ascend the throne! If King Fu ascends the throne,..."

A person next to him quickly covered his mouth and said, "Are you crazy?" If such rebellious words are heard, it will be a crime of raiding the house and destroying the door! ”

One of the people opposite him said drunkenly: "You are still arguing here about who is up and who is down, just like those high-ranking officials in the court, all of them are blind!" Haven't you heard that Wang Huazhen, the governor of Guangning, has just been killed by the Tartars and wiped out the whole army, and Xiong Tingbisu, the governor of Liaodong, did not agree with Wang Huazhen, so he did not send a single soldier to support, resulting in the loss of Guangning, and the defeated army retreated to Shanhaiguan in a hurry! ”

Zhu Youzhen was just listening to these people chatting, but when he heard this, he suddenly became nervous. He has been nesting in the Forbidden City these days, and he knows nothing about the world's major affairs. At this time, I heard that the army was defeated by Hou Jin again, which was closely related to his future fate, and I couldn't help but listen carefully.

I only heard this man continue: "I saw a piece of music in the newspaper of the palace yesterday by the left servant of the military department, Wang Zaijin, which said: 'The east is worse than Qing and Fu, then worse than Kai and Tie, three bad for Liao and Shen, and fourth bad for Guangning. The initial bad is a crisis, the bad is a defeat, the three bad is the endgame, and the four bad, donating the whole Liao, there is no game to cover! Gradually retreat to the mountains and seas, and there is no step back after that! 'I heard that after the thief chief Nurhachi occupied the whole of Liao, he expelled all the people of western Liao to the east of the Liao River, and then slaughtered them all, and the people died miserably. The situation in Liaodong is so erosive, but the princes of the court and the central government only know how to fight for power and profit, don't they know that under the nest, there are no eggs! If one day the Shanhai Pass is broken again, and the Tartars break through the Beijing Division, then the jade will be burned, see what they are fighting for! …”

Zhu Youzhen's heart sank when he heard this, thinking that it was said that it was just the third year of the Apocalypse, and there were still twenty years before the fall of the Ming Dynasty. At this speed, Brother Ke won't have time to run, and he doesn't need to be the emperor to hang the coal mountain, he has to let the big braids make dumplings!

He was in a trance for a moment, and he didn't have the heart to listen to the rest of the conversation. When the scholars left, Lin Youkun lowered his voice and said to him: "Gongzi You, the two people sitting at the table next to him just now are the people of Jinyiwei. These scholars are probably going to be unlucky. ”