Chapter 36 The Baifu Restaurant
It's lunchtime, and the Baifu Restaurant in Nanshi is particularly lively, the diners are bustling, crowding the inside and outside of the restaurant, and the shopkeepers are holding the food plates, squeezing through the crowd with difficulty, and their voices are hoarse.
Baifu Restaurant is one of the three major restaurants in Luojing, second only to Duobao Building, covering an area of eight acres, enough to accommodate thousands of people to eat at the same time, in a private room by the window on the second floor, Wu Jin and Tianxing sit by the window, although they joined the plum blossom guard, but after all, they are the prince's people, different, Li Yan does not restrain them, allow them to come and go freely.
Tianxing booked the best elegant room early in the morning, although it was noisy outside, their room was very quiet, Tianxing raised his glass and saluted Wu Jin with emotion, "Wu Jin, I salute you for this glass of wine!" ”
"I should respect you!"
Wu Jin hurriedly raised his glass and said with a smile: "It's really troublesome Brother Tianxing in the past two days." ”
"Where! Where! You're welcome. ”
The two drank the wine, Tianxing picked up the wine jug and filled him with a glass of wine, and asked him with a smile: "Wujin, who did you learn your skills from?" Amazing! ”
"Maybe it's a talent!"
Wu Jin didn't want to say more about his art, so he took out a gold medal from his body, put it on the table with a smile and pushed it to him, "This gold medal should be something of Big Brother Tianxing, and it will be returned to its original owner." ,”
He had already used this gold medal once at the mouth of the Daqing River, and the deputy general Zhao Xun also saw it at that time, he was the prince's person, and sooner or later he would report to the prince, and there was no need to hide it.
Tianxing was stunned, this gold medal was lost by him in Weiyang County Prison, how could it be in the hands of Wu Jin, he was preconceived, and he had already decided that it was the person sent by Uncle Sun Guo who plotted against him, and he never thought that the person who plotted against him was Wu Jin.
"Why is this gold medal in your hand?"
"It was given to me by the prison boss, I asked them to take care of my eldest brother, and I have already bought them out."
Wu Jin gently and skillfully made an excuse, and after clearing up the matter, he smiled again, "Thanks to this gold medal, Deputy General Zhao of the Qinghe Water Army came to our aid and let us escape from the barracks, and it is still the favor of Brother Chengtianxing." ”
Tianxing smiled bitterly and put away the gold medal, he didn't dare to tell the prince about losing the gold medal, if Zhao Xun wrote a report, how should he explain it to the prince?
At this time, there was a knock on the door, someone pushed the door open, and two young and beautiful Le Ji came in, wearing translucent white dresses, looking family name and charming, and the two women held the pipa in their hands, and smiled at them and saluted, "Two military masters, do you want to listen to music?" ”
Tianxing smiled and asked Wu Jin, "How is it, do you want to listen to a song?" ”
Wu Jin glanced at the two of them, then nodded, "Okay! It doesn't hurt to listen and relax. ”
Tianxing instructed the two of them, "Sing two elegant songs, and sing them so rewardingly!" ”
The two women smiled, although Wu Jin and Tianxing were wearing the brocade robes of the Plum Blossom Guard, but the reward was very generous, and the two Plum Blossom Guard military masters were dignified, they also liked it, the two women moved two chairs to sit in front of them, lightly opened their red lips, and sang with spring in their apricot eyes, and threw them a flattering eye from time to time.
Listening to the music just adjusted the atmosphere, the conversation between the two was not affected, Wu Jin poured a glass of wine for Tianxing, and asked him: "What is the relationship between Xiuyiwei and Meihuawei?" I heard that the relationship is quite stiff. ”
"It's not just a stiff relationship, it's a sworn enemy!"
Tianxing sneered, "Back then, the embroidered clothes guard almost killed the plum blossom guard, if it wasn't for the emperor wanting to balance the power, the plum blossom guard would have died out long ago, and now the two guards are in conflict almost every day in the capital, and they will use force if they don't like it, as long as they don't kill people, the court is used to it." ”
As he was talking, Tianxing suddenly pointed downstairs, "Look, the embroidered clothes guard is here." ”
The window is very low, they can see the door of the restaurant very clearly, only to see a group of people coming to the door, led by about five or six people, all of whom are in their twenties, three scholars wearing robes and reading towels, and the other two are wearing embroidered yellow brocade robes, wearing green gauze hats, and leather belts around their waists, and there is a silver medal hanging on the leather belts of both of them, indicating that they are also the captain of the Jinyi Guard, and the captain who walks in front has a small nose and a small face, and his expression is quite arrogant.
Behind them were seven or eight embroidered guards, who were their entourage, but Wu Jin was paying attention to the three scholars, he always felt that among the three scholars, the tallest person was a little familiar, as if he had seen it anywhere in Weiyang County? He couldn't remember for a moment.
Tianxing's face changed slightly, "It's actually them!" ”
"You know them?" Wu Jin asked.
Tianxing nodded, pointed to one of them, and said to Wu Jin: "Have you seen it, the tall and fat scholar is called Shen Qiwu, the third son of Uncle Shen Guo, who looks like his father, and the small nose embroidered guard lieutenant next to him is called Huangfu Yingjun, who is the youngest son of the emperor's uncle Huangfu Yibiao, who is flying in the capital, and the embroidered guard captain behind him is called Lang Jin, the son of the embroidered guard general Lang Lian, is also a powerful character, and I have not seen the other two scholars." ”
Wu Jin took a sip of wine from his wine glass, squinting his eyes and looking at this group of people, it turned out that they were all acquaintances, should I go and say hello to them?
A group of people have arrived at the gate, the shopkeeper got the report, and hurriedly greeted him, Huangfu Yibiao is one of the big proprietors of the Baifu Commercial Bank, the son of the big proprietor is here, and he is also the captain of the embroidered clothes, how dare the shopkeeper not stammer?
"Is the little prince taking a friend to drink?"
"Nonsense! I want to remember you, do you have it here? ”
Huangfu Yingjun scolded angrily and instructed the shopkeeper, "Make room for me to come out." ”
"Yes! Yes! On the second floor, there is a distinguished guest room, which is specially reserved for the little prince, please come in! ”
Huangfu was handsome and saw that the shopkeeper was respectful, gave himself enough face, and felt a little more comfortable, turned around and asked the tallest gentleman with a smile, "Guan Gongzi, how does this Baifu Restaurant compare with your Baifu Restaurant in Weiyang County?" ”
Wu Jin's mind flashed like lightning, and he suddenly remembered who the familiar scholar was, Guan Xianju, who had competed with his eldest brother for the head of Hu Cao, and he had seen that on the boat, he was desperately trying to please Jiutian, so much so that he had a misunderstanding with Jiutian, this is the person!
Wu Jin couldn't help but snort coldly, Tianxing was stunned for a moment, "Wu Jin, do you know each other too?" ”
"They're all old friends, can they not know each other? It seems that Uncle Shen Guo is working very hard to win over the Guan family! ”
Tianxing smiled, "Ignore them, let's drink, come!" I'll toast you again. ”
This time, Wu Jin picked up the wine glass but was a little preoccupied, he didn't expect to meet Uncle Shen's son, would this be an opportunity? A chance to leave an impression on Uncle Shen Guo, Wu Jin deceived Uncle Shen Guo with a fake silver ticket, he knew that Uncle Shen Guo would not let him go, so what kind of impression should he leave on Uncle Shen Guo, this is worth thinking about himself.
At this time, the laughter of several of them came from outside the door, they had already walked upstairs, perhaps because the nose was too small, the handsome laughter of the emperor was a little urn-like, "Guan Gongzi doesn't know, I originally wanted to invite Guan Gongzi to Xiangxue Pavilion to drink flower wine today, but the old man of Shen San's family is not allowed, no way, as long as you drink here, but, tomorrow my brother invites you to drink flower wine, let you find a good one in the capital, let's get rid of Shen San, haha!" ”
They walked into the next room, the wall of the room was very thin, and their laughter could be heard clearly, only to hear another scholar laugh and say: "Guan Gongzi has beauty in his heart, and he can't look down on other vulgar and glamorous fans." ”
"Oh? I don't know which lady Guan Gongzi has a crush on? This is Shen Qiwu's voice.
"Don't listen to Zhao Jie's nonsense, I entered Beijing to be admitted to the Jinshi, how can I have the heart to find a beauty."
Wu Jin knows who the other person is, the son of Sima Zhao Jiehao, he just got married some time ago, he should be taking the Ming Jing exam in the spring of next year, why do you enter Beijing now, and Zhao Jiehao is the person of the King of Qi, but his son is mixed with the son of Uncle Shen Guo, there is a little strange in this! Could it be that Zhao Jiehao wants to secretly cross Chen Cang?
Wujin's speculation is indeed close to the truth, the reason why Zhao Jie entered Beijing ahead of schedule was Zhao Jiehao's instructions, he let his son mix with Guan Xianju, just to let his son know more powerful people in Beijing, not necessarily the son of Uncle Shen Guo, but at least he can find some useful relationships from it, Zhao Jiehao does not dare to betray King Qi openly now.
Zhao Jie got his father's instructions, so he deliberately befriended Shen Qiwu and Huangfu Yingjun, he has the lowest status among several people, and basically has no room to speak, so as long as he can find a little initiative to speak, he will never let go, it is rare for Shen Qiwu to take the initiative to ask him for the first time, he smiled and said: "Guan Gongzi's sweetheart is the granddaughter of the country's priest wine, have you heard of it?" ”
His voice was very high-pitched, and when it reached the next room, Wu Jin's face showed a look of disdain, just with his virtue, Jiutian would take a fancy to him, dream! And he hugged Uncle Shen's thigh, the Su family is the prince's person, is it possible?
It seems that he really can't let go of this opportunity, and it's not bad to expose Zhao Jiehao, Wu Jin took out a piece of five taels of silver and handed it to the two Le Ji, "Don't sing, leave quickly!" ”
The two Le Ji stopped playing and singing, and looked at Wu Jin in a daze, they just sang a tune, and they haven't sung the best song yet! Are you leaving?
Hesitation is hesitation, but five taels of silver are handed over, how can they not want it, the two Le Ji are smiling happily and leaving with a thousand thanks.
Tianxing looked at Wu Jin strangely from the side, not knowing what he was going to do, why did the woman leave quickly? I saw Wu Jin grab the wine jug and wine glass, get up and smile and say, "I want to go next door to toast a drink, does Brother Tianxing want to go with me?" ”
Tianxing was stunned, he suddenly understood that Wujin was going to pick quarrels and provoke trouble next door, so he sent the two women away, it wouldn't be because he said that Meihuawei and Xiuyiwei were rivals! Next door is Huangfu Yibiao's son and Shen Qiwu! He is going to provoke, this is too reckless!
"Wu Jin, calm down!"
"Humph! Huangfu Yi is greedy for so much silver from our Donghai Huangfu clan, if you don't teach him a good lesson, I can't swallow this breath....."
Wu Jin smiled coldly, opened the door and went out, and Tianxing hurriedly followed.
(To be continued)