As soon as he heard this, Zhang Xin Wang Qi was dumbfounded, how could this be, we just came, and we haven't taken a good look at the capital! Zhang Xin said unhappily.

"That's it, Mingyuan, don't worry, we won't cause trouble for you!" Wang Qi also patted his chest and reassured.

Li Mingyuan didn't believe in the guarantee of these two second-hand goods, if anyone believed him, they would definitely be killed by them.

"Mingyuan, the two descendants are coming to the capital for the first time, so you naturally want to entertain them well!" Meng Ranhao spoke.

Zhang Xin: "That's it, that's it!" We're going to eat good! ”

Wang Qi: "That's right, that's right!" We're going to drink good food! ”

Li Mingyuan wanted to cry without tears.

The prosperity of the capital is something that Zhang Xin and Wang Qi have never seen, Li Mingyuan took the two of them to wander around the bustling streets, and the three of them came to the restaurant, Li Mingyuan looked up, and there was a plaque hanging on the door, which read: Drunken Building. This time, he walked out of the small hall from the inside, dressed in green, with a blue handkerchief on his shoulder, and knew that he was a clever ghost at a glance.

The cousin hurriedly stepped forward, greeted him with a smile, and said, "Three guests, if you want to eat and drink, please go upstairs." ”

The three of them stepped through the door, and went upstairs. Upstairs was quiet enough, and there was no one. Because breakfast has just been served, and it is still early for lunch, who hasn't run here to sit here? The three of them picked a table and sat down, and the window behind them was facing the intersection of Cross Street.

The cousin wiped the table clean and said with a smile: "Three guests, what kind of wine, what kind of food, what kind of rice?"

Zhang Xin said: "What good wine, good food, and good food do you have in this place?"

When the cousin heard this stunned young man speak. knew that Lu Dao was an "old rush", and he didn't look down on him, and said: "Master Ke, didn't you see the place when you went upstairs?" The eight-foot-long, two-foot-wide gold-lettered plaque is full of small characters. ”

"I can't read, you can report the name of the dish."

"There are big, small, soft, hard, flying in the sky, running underground, swimming in the river, jumping in the grass, everything, you have to be short. and fined me two hundred copper coins. "This

The sentence can annoy Zhang Xin, a big nerd. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed the cousin's head: "I want your head!"

"Play, let go. Hee-hee, my head doesn't sell. I'm going to have to keep it for dinner. You want to fly in the sky!"

"You fry the clouds for us."

"I can't fry it. You're going to run underground. ”

"Stir-fry the whirlwind."

"It was a gust of wind. How can you fry it! You want a big one!"

"Bring me a whole braised camel."

"Master Ke, how can there be such a big pot and such a big plate? Even if there is, it can't be moved. You want a small one. ”

"Give me a fried ant heart."

"Then how do ants disembowel? You're going to get out of the way. ”

"Fry me a live monkey cub. I'm not here to eat, just to watch, prick it with chopsticks and make it squeak! ”

"Master Ke, you don't have any of these things you want."

"You take the abacus, let's settle the score."

"Master Ke, spare me. There are still children in my family, this bowl of rice is called to eat by the guest, and I can eat it; If you don't tell me to eat, I'll tie my neck!"

Li Mingyuan said: "Cousin, it's too crazy to speak inappropriately!" My brother is joking, don't mind. Let's make us a pot of tea first. ”

"Yes."

When the cousin brought the tea, Li Mingyuan said: "After we finish drinking the tea, you can get eight cold ones, sixteen hot ones, eight large sea bowls, two jars of soju wine, and twelve catties of lotus leaf cakes." ”

"Master Ke, just take a look."

The hall boy stood at the entrance of the building and shouted, and the kitchen masters were busy, cutting and cutting, chopping and chopping, kneading and kneading, rolling and rolling, poking the fire and sitting on the spoon, frying and frying, making plate after plate, bowl after bowl. The three brothers also drank the tea, and the chefs finished cooking. He took a large tray, put the dishes in the tray, took off the blue hand towel from his shoulder, wrapped it around his head, picked up the tray, put it on his head, he held two small wine jugs in his mouth, squatted down, put the two wine jars to the armpit, took small steps, went upstairs, came upstairs, squatted, put down the two jars of wine, raised his hands, held the tray, got up and sent it forward, put one end on the table, freed his right hand, took down the two wine jugs in his mouth, and then put the dishes one by one.

Tang Xin'er's action was clean and neat, and after two trips, he got all the wine and food.

The two of them had almost drunk the wine, and the lotus leaf cake came up again, and Li Mingyuan said, "Let's settle the account first." ”

"Master, don't be busy, let's count it after eating."

Li Mingyuan thought that he would have to settle the bill anyway, in case these two and the two of them did something irrational, they might be easier when they ran away. So Li Mingyuan said firmly: "There are a lot of people who come upstairs to eat and drink, and you are also very busy, count it early and late, calculate it quickly!"

After the cousin finished settling the account, Li Mingyuan rewarded him with more than one or two pieces of silver, which made the cousin happy.

Just when Li Mingyuan was happy with his two brothers, an unlucky child entered Beijing.

"Second brother, you're here!" Bao Tonggang took Bao Yingang's hand and said very affectionately.

"Third brother, I heard that the bastard who beat him didn't die?" Bao Yingang was stripped of his clothes because of being stripped of his clothes, so the whole person was much pale and haggard. For a martial artist, it is really a very humiliating thing to be picked up in public.

"Hey, this is a long story, second brother, I'll take you to see your uncle first!" Bao Tonggang took his second brother to see Zhao Changyong, King of Ning.

As soon as Bao Yin saw Zhao Changyong, he asked Zhao Changyong to go to the Golden Palace to face the monarch and sue Li Mingyuan. Zhao Changyong thought for a long time and said, "I can't sue Li Mingyuan." ”

"Uncle, why is that?"

"There is Meng Ranhao in the court, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to tell him."

"In this case, revenge is not avenged?"

"Revenge must be avenged. According to the old man's opinion, if you want to kill Li Mingyuan, you must first get rid of Meng Ranhao. can't get rid of Meng Ranhao, can't kill Li Mingyuan! ”

"How can I get rid of Meng Ranhao?"

"The old man has his own clever plan, you can rest first."

In fact. How can King Ning have any tricks? After he spent Bao Yingang, he ordered him to find a confidant. Discuss the plan to kill Meng Ranhao. These guys have been working for a long time, thinking: It is not easy to kill Meng Ranhao in the capital, because Meng Ranhao understands the table, knows pearls, and has a prominent reputation, and the emperor is now quite proud of him, even if he wants to kill him, it is easy to be exposed when he is traced. The best way is to take Meng Ranhao out of the capital and kill him outside. That's easy.

After agreeing on a plan to trick Meng Ranhao out of the capital. In the evening, King Ning called Bao Tonggang and said, "You write a memora, don't sue Li Mingyuan." Let's just say that Shanxi is a demon. Some officials colluded with demons. The people of Li in Shanxi were miserable, and the old man entered the palace to perform the secret book. The emperor had to ask what to do, and the old man said that he should send someone to Shanxi to investigate the matter. The emperor must have asked the old man who to send. The old man offered to ask Meng Ranhao to go. As long as Meng Ranhao goes out of the capital, wherever he goes, there are henchmen of the old man, and the old man gives a secret order, and Meng Ranhao will kill him wherever he goes. After Meng Ranhao's death, it will not be difficult to kill Li Mingyuan again. ”

"Good, good, good! It's still my uncle's strategy!"

The next day, King Ning asked Zhao Xingjiang to enter the palace to present a recital, and Zhao Changqing frowned after seeing it. Zhao Changyong said: "Shanxi demons have killed countless officials and soldiers. Bao Tonggang was unfortunately stabbed in order to capture the traitor and the demon. Zhao Changqing asked Zhao Changyong: "What should I do?"

Zhao Xingjiang said: "Father, you should send someone to Shanxi to investigate this matter, capture the demons, find out the officials who colluded with the demons, and punish them according to law, so as to ensure the peace of the country and the people." ”

"Who to send?"

"According to Erchen's opinion, it is most appropriate to send Meng Ranhao, a scholar of Hanlin, to go, and he will definitely be able to live up to the holy will."

"Meng Ranhao is a civil official, can he do it?"

"Long live, this trip is not a requisition, but an investigation, and civilian officials can also dispatch troops when they are ordered."

As soon as Zhao Changqing heard this, it was reasonable, and he was allowed to play at that time. The next day, after summoning Meng Ranhao to the palace, he told him about the demon people in Shanxi, and said: "Li Aiqing, I ordered you to bring 3,000 imperial forest troops, 500 knife sharpeners, and 40 school captains, Zhang Wen and Li Wu to protect you." In order to investigate this matter, I will give you the sword of Shang Fang, which can be cut first and then played. You are the guardian of the heavens, and you are given the seal of the heavenly patrol, and you have the right to live and die wherever you go. ”

Meng Ranhao had no choice but to take the order and leave Beijing three days later. The civil, military, and loyal people were all worried about Meng Ranhao. Meng Ranhao went to the court, and many loyal ministers and good generals invited him to a banquet and feasted for him, and they all said: After leaving Beijing, you must be extremely careful and not careless. Meng Ranhao knew their intentions and said, "Please relax, it's okay." ”

Jade Butterfly Lin Zhong heard his father return home and said that Meng Ranhao was going to Shanxi, so he hurriedly ran and said, "Uncle, the child is willing to go with you." ”

Meng Ranhao said: "Nephew, you can't go." After I leave, you and I will have to take care of you. Your parents are old and you can't go. I have a lot of soldiers with me, you just have to rest assured. ”

After Meng Ranhao sent Lin Zhong away, he sat in the study and drank alcohol, pondering while drinking, why did the emperor send me there? Sending me out of Beijing, will it have anything to do with Zhao Changyong...... At this time, there was a person outside the mansion, this person was five short in stature, thin, withered, yellow face, thin eyebrows, small eyes, pointed nose, thin lips, and small ears. Wearing a ponytail scarf, pulling the three-pointed mushroom leaves upside down at the door, a large blue pom-pom, wearing a small jacket tied with green satin on the upper body, collar, sleeves, edges, buttons, breasted to the end, gold thread flowers, embroidered swastika on the end, white velvet rope cross loops, skillfully playing butterfly buckles, lantern tassels scattered on both shoulders, waist tied apricot yellow silk luan belt, when the middle of the cat head pimple, the lower part of the tassel more than three feet long, wear a pair of cyan crotch rolling pants, feet wear a pair of jumping three needles, Nami needles, ants up the mountain socks, feet on a pair of parrot mouths, Shna Ganger, mille-feuille soles and shoes, draped in a blue satin hero Kaiyu, blue silk hanging lining, embroidered with a thousand plums, and a single knife behind his back. There is a pocket on the left rib, which is really heroic.

He came to the door of Meng Ranhao's mansion and asked the messenger guarding the door: "Is this Meng Ranhao's mansion?"

"Yes."

"I'm looking for Li Mingyuan."

"He's not here."

This poor man was unhappy today, spoke very coldly, and only said "he is not there", and did not even say that Li Mingyuan went out to eat.

When this man heard this, he thought to himself: I heard that Li Mingyuan was in the Bachelor's Mansion, why did he say that he was not there? Am I late? Otherwise, Meng Ranhao, the bachelor, told his family to say so. I'll find out what's going on when I enter the house tonight. The man turned and walked away.

It's dark time. This messenger saw Meng Ranhao and told him about it. Meng Ranhao thought to himself: Since he came to find Li Mingyuan, he may be his friend, so he should be invited in, ask for his name, and entertain him. It would be rude to let the family go like this, and it would be wrong to send someone to do it. Well, you can't blame the poor people, blame me for not telling me! Come to think of it. He smiled and said, "Someone will look for Li Mingyuan in the future." Invite him in, ask for his name, and be well entertained. ”

"Yes."

The poor person felt that he had done something wrong, and he seemed embarrassed.

Dinner. Meng Ranhao and his wife Lin Meiyu sat opposite each other and drank tea. Meng Ranhao didn't say a word. Madame saw it in her eyes. I want to be in my heart: My husband went back to the back house happily in the past, and tonight he went to the back house with a sad face, I don't know why? Madame was embarrassed to ask. Meng Ranhao couldn't erase it. Until the day of the fixed watch, the lady couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Husband, what's the difficulty?"

Hey, at this time, who would have thought that the hero who was looking for Li Mingyuan during the day came. He came up from the house, found Meng Ranhao's back house, and jumped down from the house. He looked around, but there was no one, came to the window, stuck out the tip of his tongue, wet the window lattice paper, poked a crescent hole with his fingernails, hung the thread with one eye, and looked inside.

Madame was asking Meng Ranhao, Meng Ranhao sighed and said, "Madam, today, Banzai summoned me to the court, and sent me to Shanxi to investigate the matter of the demon man, and I will leave Beijing in three days." ”

When the lady heard this, she was taken aback and said, "Husband, you should send a military general for this matter, why did you send a civil official?" No need to ask, this must be the book played by Zhao Changyong, the king of Ning, he is trying to murder his husband. This time, my lord's trip to Shanxi, there will be more than one bad luck, if there is a good one, who will I rely on in the future?" Tears flowed down his face between the words.

Meng Ranhao hurriedly comforted: "Madam, don't be afraid. I know that someone is plotting against me, but I have soldiers under me, so be careful. I'm going to call Li Mingyuan and ask him to go with me, and it's okay. This time, I will patrol the heavens, and if the officials of the county, city, and government to the county serve the country and the people, I will promote him, and if there is a person who sells officials, defrauds the people's money, or does misdeeds, I will kill him. Madame, don't you think that's a good thing? Madam, after I am gone, you have to worry a lot about the affairs of the family. My nephew Lin Zhong wanted to go with me, but I had instructed him to take care of the two mansions and did not let him go. Ah, there is one more thing, after I leave, if Li Mingyuan's friends come, I must treat them well. Today, a friend of Mingyuan came and was coldly sent away by the messenger. In the evening, I learned about it, blind, I really don't want to go, I'm sorry to get up."

What the husband and wife said in the room, the person who eavesdropped outside the window, heard everything. I thought to myself: I thought that Meng Ranhao had become a big official and looked down on the people of Limin, I really blamed Mr. Meng! The bachelor went to investigate Shanxi, and there were many bad luck along the way. This adult is for the country and the people, and he is Li Mingyuan's godfather, how can I stand by and watch? If I don't protect him secretly, I'm sorry for Li Mingyuan! Yes, that's the idea. Thinking of this, this person jumped into the room, went to the room and left.

After three days, everything is ready, and it is time to leave the capital. Madame repeatedly told Zhang Wen and Li Wu that they must protect the bachelor. The two agreed, saying, "Please rest assured, Madame." ”

Lin Shiyu, Lin Zhong and some loyal lords sent Meng Ranhao out of the capital. Meng Ranhao said goodbye to everyone and left with 3,000 Royal Forest Army, 500 knife sharpeners, and 40 captains.

Meng Ranhao had just been gone for three days, Li Mingyuan, Zhang Xin, and Wang Qi came back, it turned out that Li Mingyuan took two nerds to take a good turn in the capital, which can be regarded as enjoyable.

The three brothers came to the bachelor's mansion, and someone reported to his wife. Lin Meiyu hurriedly ordered her family to let them into the back house, and the three of them met their godmother, Li Mingyuan asked, "Where is the godfather?"

Lin Meiyu said: "It's too unfortunate! The bachelor received the order and went to investigate Shanxi, just three days away. When he left, he said, "If you come, I won't let you stay for a day, but I will go after him at once." He is waiting for you and asks you to escort him to Shanxi. ”

When Li Mingyuan heard this, he was as anxious as fire, and hurriedly said: "Two virtuous brothers, let's go quickly and catch up with our godfather." ”

Lin Meiyu said; "No matter how anxious you are, you have to finish eating and leave!"

"Godmother, we're not hungry." In fact, Li Mingyuan was not hungry, but he was worried that his godfather would be in danger on the road, and he wanted to catch up with his godfather as soon as possible, and he didn't plan to delay more in the bachelor's mansion. The three of them said goodbye to their godmother, and then they left the house, and they ran into Lin Zhong. Lin Zhong came to see his aunt every day and asked what was wrong. He just arrived here today, and when he saw Li Mingyuan and the others, he was overjoyed: "Yo, senior brother, two brothers, when did you arrive?" How do you want to go?"

Li Mingyuan said: "We just came, and in order to catch up with our godfather, we have to set off immediately. ”

Lin Zhong asked, "Have you eaten?"

Without waiting for Li Mingyuan to speak, Zhang Xin said: "I'm still hungry!"

"Why don't you finish your meal and leave?"

Wang Qi said: "Big brother is in a hurry, and he can't wait to catch up with his godfather in one step." But how can you run hungry?"

Lin Zhong said: "Let's go, I won't leave after eating at the restaurant." ”

Li Mingyuan said: "I don't plan to eat in the capital, let's eat when I get out of the city." ”

"Let's go, don't you have to eat inside and outside the city?"

Zhang Xin said: "Yes, Brother Lin Xian is in for a treat!"

Wang Qi muttered and said: "If you become a starving ghost, how unjust it will be!"

Lin Zhong said: "Okay, let's go to the restaurant today." Bachelor Street, you know the way!"

Li Mingyuan: "Knowing the way! ”

"Tell you, Bachelor Street recently opened a Baihua Building, I heard that there are twelve facades in front of Baihua Building, which is very wide! There is a big garden in the back, among which there are three floors, where there are all kinds of wine and food, it is really a wild goose in the clouds in the mountains, and the cattle and sheep on the land are fresh at the bottom of the sea. Now it can be said to be the first sprinkling building in the capital city. Let's go there and have a drink!"

Zhang Xin and Wang Qi laughed: "Great!"

The two of them had to go, Li Mingyuan couldn't be stubborn, and the four of them came to Baihualou. (To be continued......)