Chapter 114: Winning the Handicap
When the three of them went back this time, the jailers didn't dare to make things difficult for a long time, they all knew that these three people were evil stars that they couldn't provoke, and even Lord He couldn't do anything about them. This is the first time I have seen it, and I can come down again after going to court.
There are more than 1,000 miles from Zhending Mansion to Bianliang, Tokyo, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and it takes five or six days to get there.
Li Ce wrote a letter in prison and gave it to Yu Xian'er, explaining his situation and asking her not to worry.
Early in the morning of the second day, the three of them went on the road, and the five officials escorted them all the way, just like the one in "Water Margin", which had to go to the capital purely on a pair of legs.
Li Ce originally thought that He Ruinian and Xu Shan could come to make things difficult, but he didn't expect to go out of the city all the time, and he didn't see their figures, which was really strange.
As soon as they left the city, the three of them took off their ugly prison clothes, and the officials were supposed to stop them, but after the official Zhen performed the empty-handed breaking of the boulder, the five officials shrank their necks and followed obediently, where did they dare to say half a word. For a while, these five officials became the followers of the three, and the three of them walked in front with their hands, and the packages were all on the back officials.
The three of them talked and laughed from time to time, pointing and pointing all the way, where there was a half-point prisoner, it was obvious that they had come out to travel. Since Li Ce crossed over to the Great Song Dynasty, he has not had a chance to get out of the Zhending Mansion, and this time he has the opportunity to go to the capital, just along the way to see the beautiful scenery of the Great Song Dynasty.
They set off in the morning, the three of them all traveled lightly, and they walked fifty or sixty miles in four or five hours, Li Ce was the first time to walk such a long way, and it was almost noon, and there was already some heel pain, but Di Qing and Guan Zhen still acted like they were nothing.
Even the official who was holding the package was not tired at all, Li Ce said in his heart, it seems that they have all been practiced, in this era, except for the carriage, they all rely on walking, these people have been like this since they were children, and they have long been used to it.
At noon, the three of them had arrived in the town, and they rested and ate.
"Huh? Natural dwelling? This restaurant is good, and the name is elegant, so it's better to leave it here. After Li Ce finished speaking, he pulled Di Qing and walked in.
It's just that as soon as they sat down, the three of them were worried, they didn't have any silver on them, and the officials didn't have much silver on them, so they couldn't invite the prisoners to dinner, right?
According to the usual practice, when they arrived at the restaurant, the prisoners asked for their own money and asked the guards to eat and drink, so as to be less tortured on the road, and the officials were never polite.
The five officials sat at a table alone, and several people asked for a few side dishes, a jar of wine, and ate by themselves.
Li Ce and the three of them glanced at each other, and finally Di Qing and Guan Zhen both looked at Li Ce blankly, waiting for him to make up his mind.
The shopkeeper was used to seeing this kind of scene, and knew that the three of them were prisoners, so they didn't even come up to greet them, but just waited at other tables.
Guan Zhen's stomach purred, this kid looked at Li Ce sadly, Li Ce knew that everyone was hungry, and he had been on the road all morning, who wasn't hungry...... The idea is to get some silver, otherwise wouldn't you have to suffer in the next few days? There was some dry food in the bag, but the hard buns were not eaten by people at all.
After learning a belly of skills, you can still make a meal difficult, "Little Er!" Li Ce shouted.
"What do you command, guest officer?" The shopkeeper trotted over and said.
"Why don't you order us food?" Li Ce said with a blank face.
"Oh, I'm sorry, guest officer, what do you want to eat?" The shopkeeper said with a smile.
"What's your signature dish here?" Li Ce asked.
Guan Zhen secretly gave a thumbs up, senior brother is really a veteran......
"The signature dishes of our natural residence are apricot cheese goose and honey-roasted quail, do you want a servant?" The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he listened to this old way of asking like a rich man, and he actually looked away.
"Okay, let's have one of the same, and then make two side dishes and a jar of wine." Li Ce nodded casually.
"Okay, guest officer, wait a minute, I'll bring it to you in a moment." After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he hurriedly ran towards the back kitchen.
"Big brother, can you bring silver taels? I...... I'm penniless. Di Qing's face was so red that he lowered his voice and whispered.
"Nope." Li Ce took a sip of tea and answered cleanly.
"No?!" Guan Zhen and Di Qing looked at him in surprise.
"What about when the bill is paid?" Di Qing was in a hurry, he hadn't done anything about eating the overlord's meal, and if he was caught and yelled later, it would be a shame.
"It's okay, you two just eat, I have a way to pay the bill." Li Ce smiled at the corner of his mouth and comforted the two, and the corner of his eye seemed to inadvertently glance at the east wall.
As he was talking, the shopkeeper served the food with a plate, and the three of them quickly stopped talking.
"Oh, what is this apricot goose, it tastes good when you ask, come on, come on, taste it." When Li Ce saw the big plate of geese, he couldn't help but praise it, the cooking skills of the ancients are still certain.
As soon as Guan Zhen saw this kind of delicacies, he had no scruples, so he had already started it, tore a large piece and stuffed it in his mouth.
A few officials over there looked at each other, hid their money bags, and lay down, and when these poor ghosts finished eating, they had no money to settle the bill, but don't rely on us, if they paid the bills for them, they would be laughed at by the brothers when they went back.
The three of them feasted and ate with juice, and the officials looked at the big meals that people ate, and then looked at the few vegetables in front of them, and the nest fire in their hearts, damn, the prisoner is still so arrogant, just eat, and so public...... Let's let you go wild, and we'll see what you will do if you don't have the money to pay the bill! Several people thought resentfully, bowing their heads and chewing on the steamed buns.
There are seven or eight dishes on a table, and the three of them eat nothing left, the dishes taste really good, not worse than the star-rated hotels of later generations, and the wine is far worse, and it is muddy and astringent for people like Li Ce who are used to drinking good wine.
"How many people, have you eaten and drunk enough? It's time for us to hit the road. The official at the head stepped forward and said, his surname is Xue, his name is Xue Xingsheng, and everyone calls him Xue Tou.
"Okay, hit the road." Li Ce touched his round belly and laughed.
Seeing that a few people had finished eating, the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him and prepared to settle the bill.
"Guest officer, are you satisfied with your meal?" The shopkeeper said with a smile.
"Well, it's okay." Li Ce gritted his teeth.
"Then settle the money for the food and drinks, right?" The shopkeeper stretched out his hand.
"Uh...... Xiao Er, let me ask you, there are couplets hanging on your wall, you see, just that one, the top one, but as long as there is a pair...... A hundred taels of silver? Li Ce pointed to the couplet hanging on the east wall.
A few people followed his gesture to take a look, and then saw that the east wall was full of couplets, some had upper couplets, some had lower ones, and there was a big-character notice next to it: There are those who can match them, as long as they fit neatly, no matter who they are, pay on the spot.
These different couplets are marked with different price codes, some are more than a dozen taels, some are dozens of taels, and Li Ce said that this is the most expensive one hundred taels.
Looking at this couplet again, it is a couplet, and I saw that it reads: "The guest is a natural dwelling, and the guest is actually a guest in the sky." This is an absolute, the difficulty is that the next sentence "actually the heavenly guest" is exactly the previous sentence "the guest on the natural residence" read upside down, what is even more rare is that the name of this restaurant is called the natural residence, the wonderful thing about this couplet is to embed the name of the restaurant - natural residence. It is precisely because of this pair that the natural habitat has greatly increased its fame in the local area.
This pair is said to be a wandering Taoist priest passing by here, turning into a fasting meal, leaving such a pair. Over the past few years, this pair has stumped countless literati and ink writers, so its value has also risen again and again, and now it has reached one hundred taels, as if it has become the signature of this store.
The shopkeeper is also a person who knows how to read and ink, as soon as he heard that someone wants to be absolutely on that absolute, he hurriedly greeted him, and for a while the news that Tianxianglou was definitely challenged spread far and wide, and the restaurant began to enter in an endless stream.
Li Ce looked at this formation, and felt embarrassed in his heart, he was a little too big, why did he come up with this pair, or because he participated in the pair competition in college, during that time he made up for all the absolutes from ancient times to the present, this guest natural residence is impressively listed, and there are many kinds of laws.
"This son, dare to ask if you want this pair?" The shopkeeper was a man in his fifties, with a slightly chubby figure, a clean face, and a long gray beard.
"Oh, yes, can I say the next link?" Li Ce bowed his hand and saluted.
"Of course, listen to me, Childe, please." The shopkeeper is very polite.
"Okay, I have to go down to the big Buddha temple, and the temple Buddha is bigger than people." Li Ce looked around at the lively crowd and said loudly.
"People have passed the Great Buddha Temple, and the Temple Buddha has been bigger!" After listening to it, everyone savored it.
"Absolutely! What a talent! For a while, all kinds of admiration were endless.
Li Ce desperately resisted the urge to laugh, and deliberately pretended to be calm and calm.
The shopkeeper's face changed, and he coughed a little under the excitement, he gasped and said, "Son's talent!" People have passed the Big Buddha Temple, and the Temple Buddha is bigger than people! Okay, it's good to go through the Big Buddha Temple alone! Dare to ask what is the name of Childe? ”
Li Ce smiled calmly and said, "My name is Li Ce." ”
"It turned out to be Li Gongzi, the old man is considered to be a teacher today, Li Gongzi is really a young talent. This pair has been hanging here for a full ten years, in the past ten years, countless talented people have been thinking hard and can't match, even if there is a reluctant pair, it is not very neat or the artistic conception is too poor, only today's son is right, both neat and coordinated, the son is talented. The shopkeeper was obviously very excited, he had waited for ten years for this pair, and today someone finally came out, how could he not be excited.
"Oh, it's just a coincidence that I happened to hit the right one, luck, luck, hehe......" The shopkeeper was so polite Li Ce was a little embarrassed.
"Don't be modest, the old man is a man, so go and get the silver." The shopkeeper was quite bold, and when he saw that Li Ce was right, he immediately wanted to take the silver.
Li Ce was happy in his heart, just now he was still thinking about how the old man couldn't finish talking, how could he ask for money, he was still waiting to hurry, he really wanted to come to something, this old man actually took the initiative to mention this matter himself, what a good person!