The walker Wu Song also quipped: "Big brother, no matter how strange it is that you are above the rivers and lakes, you have such a well-known nickname of flower monk, it turns out that you are also so flowery." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Flower monk Lu Zhishen said: "You also know the origin of my nickname, it is a big peony flower embroidered on my chest and back, which is why I have the title of flower monk." ”

The walker Wu Song smiled and said: "Hehe, what you said is good, that brother asked you, why didn't you tattoo some other pictures on your body, but you just tattooed the peony flower, which is clearly a natural flower." ”

The flower monk Lu Zhishen said: "Brother, you don't know about this, the peony flower is the fairy in the flower, noble and not bullying, so I embroidered two peonies on the back of the chest, always remind myself to be like the fairy peony in the flower, to have your own unique character." ”

Walker Wu Song said: "Oh, I see, I didn't expect this embroidery of the eldest brother to have such a statement, it is really superior." ”

The two of them were drinking and talking, and gradually it got dark, and they saw that the red lanterns were also raised high on both sides of the street, and dozens of lanterns were hung up and down at the Wanshou Gate, which brightly lit up the city gate.

At this time, the shopkeeper of the tavern came and said, "Why don't the two masters go to the city to watch the lantern festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, this is the first beautiful scenery in the city of Tokyo." ”

The flower monk Lu Zhishen said: "The shopkeeper, the two of them are the monks of the Great Xiangguo Temple in the city, but they can't bear the noise in the city tonight, so they ran out to drink a few glasses of wine to you. ”

The shopkeeper of the tavern hurriedly flattered: "That's, that's, it's not interesting to look at it every year, it's like drinking wine and eating vegetables, always eating those few dishes, you get tired, two masters, do you want to order a few more signature dishes of the small shop." ”

The flower monk Lu Zhishen laughed: "Haha, shopkeeper, you are really good at trading, okay, you can just watch two more signature dishes for us." ”

The shopkeeper of the tavern grinned happily and said, "I want it, I want it." As he spoke, he ran into the back kitchen, and then he heard a jingle of the spoon, and soon the shopkeeper ran over with a large plate of steaked beef and a large plate of fried mutton with green onions, put the dish on the table and said, "Two masters, this is the signature dish of the small shop." ”

Flower monk Lu Zhishen, walker Wu Song stretched out his chopsticks to pay a few mouthfuls and nodded again and again: "Good, good, it tastes good." ”

The flower monk Lu Zhishen said: "Shopkeeper, the Sprinkler family sees that you don't have any other guests here, why don't you come over and have a few cups with us." ”

The shopkeeper said: "The two masters are masters outside the world, and the small ones dare to bother." ”

The walker Wu Song was a little unhappy and said: "What bother, senior brother asks people to sit, you just hurry up and sit, don't push three blocks and four there." ”

The shopkeeper saw that the head was angry, hurriedly took a pair of dishes and chopsticks, moved a stool and sat down.

The flower monk Lu Zhishen poured wine into the shopkeeper's bowl and said: "Shopkeeper, you are not easy, you are busy from morning to evening all day." ”

The shopkeeper said: "Master, who says it's not, a few years ago, you could still have a little surplus by opening a tavern, but now it can't be done, you are busy every day, you are tired to death, and it is just a toad and a fly - it will be enough for the family to eat." ”

The walker Wu Song said puzzledly: "Shopkeeper, then according to you, you can make some money by opening a store a few years ago, so why don't you make money now." ”

The shopkeeper sighed and said, "Master, you are a monk, you don't know the difficulties of this world, there used to be so many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but now it is a goose plucking, forcing people to live simply." As he spoke, he looked around and said, "Don't say it, the long-lived lord will build a Genqiu today, and tomorrow he will make a flower and stone gang, you said that it was not money from the people." Let's just say that this year's Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month is not all hard-earned money scavenged from our people. When a lantern festival comes down, you can't spend a million taels of silver that year. ”

Walker Wu Song said: "The Son of Heaven has no way, and the people suffer, this has been the truth since ancient times. ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said: "These emperors are all good emperors, but they have all been bewitched by those chaotic ministers and thieves around them." Look at the people who are favored by the emperor today, what Cai Jing, Gao Yu, Tong Guan, that is a good thing, one is worse than the other. ”

The flower monk Lu Zhishen said: "The shopkeeper." You can't say that, as the saying goes, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, if the current emperor is a Ming monarch, the world of the Great Song Dynasty will not be so smoky. ”

The shopkeeper said: "What the master said is very true, he is really a monk, and the Buddha's eyes are like torches." ”

The flower monk Lu Zhishen laughed and said: "Haha, why is the shopkeeper also patting the sycophants of the Sprinkle family." ”

The shopkeeper said: "The little one here and there is a sycophant, this is what I say." Saying that, he stood up and poured wine into Lu Zhishen's bowl and said: "It's rare to be able to talk with the two masters tonight, it's really a happy thing in life, and the little one respects the two masters with a bowl of wine." ”

The flower monk Lu Zhishen took the wine bowl and drank it all, and the walker Wu Song also drank a big bowl.

The shopkeeper saw it and said: "The two masters are really heaven and earth, drinking like this, it is the first time that the villain has opened a tavern for seven or eight years." ”

The walker Wu Song was already a little drunk, and said with a smile: "Hehe, what is this, I think I drank eighteen bowls of wine in one go, and I went to the post to fight ......."

When the flower monk Lu Zhishen heard this, this practitioner Wu Song was about to talk about his deeds of fighting tigers in Jingyanggang back then, and hurriedly said: "Brother, the matter of the year must be mentioned, so as not to cause unhappiness." ”

Hearing this, the walker Wu Song came to his senses, and hurriedly diverted the conversation and said: "As soon as I drink some wine, this is the case, and the shopkeeper Hugh wants to laugh." ”

The shopkeeper said: "The little one dares to laugh, it can be seen that the master is also a man of temperament." ”

The flower monk Lu Zhishen picked up the wine bowl and said: "Shopkeeper, it's rare to be so happy to drink this wine tonight, so I also salute you with a bowl of sprinkling, and I wish you a prosperous business and a prosperous future." ”

The shopkeeper drained the wine and said, "The master is really kind, but this small shop, where it can be talked about is a daily fight, and now that the rich people outside the city have gone to the city, how many people can come to the small shop for leisure." He sighed and said, "Alas, don't look at the fact that this is only separated from Tokyo Bianliang by a city wall, it is really two heavens in and outside the city." Don't say anything else, let's just say that Fan Lou can be said to be really making money every day. Oh, by the way, I don't know if the two masters have been in the city to the Fan Tower. ”

The flower monk Lu Zhishen said: "The shopkeeper, the Fan Mansion is a rich place for dignitaries and nobles to enter and exit, it seems that I can go there when I wait for the monks, wouldn't that make people see jokes." Even if you come here, you are still sneaky, and you can't let the presiding abbot know. ”

The shopkeeper said with sympathy: "Yes, it is not easy for you monks to be monks, and you can stand the meal with clear soup and little water every day." No matter how good it is to become a monk, it is not as good as being happy at home. (To be continued.) )