Chapter 4 The drums of the sixth street are closed and pedestrians are stopped

"Puzhou Wei Bin" Wu Qilang heard about it and immediately knew that this gentleman was the son of the former Shangshu left servant Wei Anshi Xianggong.

Wei An Shi Xianggong was born in Jingzhao Wei's Yun Gongfang, Wu Tang Dynasty was Luantai Shilang, Jingyun Feng Xun Guogong, and later served as a servant, Zhongshu Ling, Shenlong offended Chu Gong Jiang Jiao, was demoted to Puzhou Thorn History, died in Si.

His two sons have talents, the eldest son Wei Zhi has just attacked the Duke of Xun Guo at the age of this year, the style is neat, good at writing, the book has a model, and the famous people are all with you.

The youngest son Wei Bin studied under the great Confucian Lu Xiangxian, and was proficient in the six arts of the gentleman, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and a few things, and he was also a disciple of Luoyang Sword Pavilion, which can be called both civil and military.

"These two Lang Jun are also candidates for this autumn's system, right?" Wei Bin Langjun also saw the extraordinaryness of the two people in the hospital.

Wen Yu's name is like his person, warm and mellow, dignified appearance, and anyone who sees it will have the heart of friendship.

The black-robed scholar is lonely and kind, low-key and luxurious, although his face is colorless, and his appearance is slightly ordinary at first glance, but his smart eyes make him more and more durable, and his young head shows that this person has a deep story.

"Lantian Wenyu, I've seen Wei Langjun"

"Far Eastern Dugu Xinci has seen Wei Langjun"

After a salute, the sky was getting dark, Wu Qilang walked outside the courtyard after pointing out Wei Bin's residence, he still needed to buy ingredients for Dugu Xinci.

"Qilang can purchase more points" Dugu Xinci instructed, and invited two more scholars:

"Wei Langjun, Wen Langjun has ever eaten? If you don't dislike it, a certain table will be rectified tonight, and on the fifteenth tonight, wouldn't it be nice to invite the wine to the bright moon? ”

"Such an elegant thing, voluntarily attached to the tail of Ji" Wen Yulangjun thanked him and agreed to the invitation.

"I brought two jars of burning knives, and I am willing to drink with you" Wei Bin also responded happily.

"A certain has not been freshened up, now go into the backyard to tidy up, and invite two of you later"

"No need to invite again, a certain also needs to be placed, and I will raise a drink to meet friends later" Wei Bin opened the folding fan, and there were two cursive words on the fan surface.

"There are also two jars of turbid wine, and I will also mention the wine to visit friends later, so I don't have to bother" Wen Yu also said that he would arrive later.

"That's a certain wine banquet," Dugu Xinci said with a smile, and gave up his hand to freshen up first.

Wei Bin's luggage is not much, the bed, bookcase, and toiletries are helped by the two servants to sort out, and they are soon put in place, the two servants and children are sorted out and return to the house by themselves, and the Yunguo Mansion is also in Chang'an City, the two brothers of Wei are siblings, but their personalities are different, the brother Wei Zhi is arrogant and luxurious, and there are no more than ten servants and children who will not go out, and the younger brother Wei Bin is relatively simple, and often travels alone.

There were a lot of miscellaneous items on Dugu Xinci's two carriages, and Wen Yu and Wei Bin saw the giant man and the big bear running back and forth three or five times, each time with a full cage.

In less than half an hour, Wu Qilang, who had purchased ingredients, came back and loaded nearly half of the cart with the butcher shopkeeper in a carriage.

Wen Wei and the two scholars are not diligent people, and Wen Yu also brought an old man as a companion, and also asked to help transport the ingredients to the courtyard of the back hall.

Dugu Xinci bit a copper hairpin, his hands were carefully combing Ah Gou's bun, and when he saw everyone entering the courtyard, he raised his head to signal, tilted his head again, shook his head, and motioned to the big bear who was wiping his hair to help.

There is still light in the sky, the sky is red in the west, everyone came in and saw this scene, a little surprised, the relationship between the three masters and servants is really not ordinary.

Everyone looked at Dugu Xinci again, only wearing a plain white shirt, and his hair was only tied with a black strap on the back of his head, and he couldn't see it with a hat before, but now he obviously saw that Dugu Xinci's hair was really not as good as Wen Yu's companion as an old man, white, gray and black, and dull, and then looked at the smiling white jade-like face, and a sadness arose.

Wen Yu put down the vegetable basket in his hand and bowed.

"Why did you thank you before you started eating?" Dugu Xinci used a copper hairpin to pin the dog's bun, and shook it carefully twice, and the dog's hair was as black as ink.

"Lantian Wen Yu has seen the Dugu Grand Magician"

"Oh, Far Eastern Dugu Xinci has seen Wen Lushi" Dugu Grand Sorcerer returned the salute "A certain name has now been changed to Xinci, the word Tianxing"

"Dugu Tianxing, Far Eastern Demon Wolf Grand Warlock" The rest of the people were stunned.

Nowadays, although few people mention the Far Eastern Demon Wolf who was a magician for half an hour last year, and Yan Tang Junyan did not see his name when he was on the list this spring, but after all, time has not passed far away, and most Yan Tang people still remember the Far Eastern Demon Wolf Tianxing Grand Magician who was once the fourth on the Junyan list, and some people even know that the Imperial Expedition to the Mohe War, the Great Warlock showed four magic moves, and after all, he was fully meritorious.

The most stunned was the handsome and beautiful man Wei Bin, who came over with the sound of rubbing the ground, and circled Dugu Xinci twice in a row.

Dugu Xinci was also a little surprised, stunned for a moment and didn't bother to pay attention, went straight to clean his hands, and then came to the butcher shopkeeper and gave a gift.

"Tired shopkeeper personally delivered"

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, ashamed of the old slave" The butcher shop shopkeeper has also heard rumors of the Tiger Demon Wolf and other handsome lists, although he doesn't know what is going on, but he always understands that this is a big man.

"Wen Langjun doesn't need to be polite anymore, a certain Zhilangjun has a friendship with Qiufeng Wuming Mansion on Temple Street, that is not an outsider, I'll talk about it later"

Wen Langjun nodded.

"You're actually a Demon Wolf Celestial Star?" At this time, Wu Yuandai, Wu Qilang, Wei Bin, and Wei Langjun called at the same time, and their voices were so loud that Da Xiong couldn't help but cover his ears.

"Ah, hiding it from you, there is a reason, I'll talk about it later, you still need to help someone hide it for a few days" Dugu Xinci helplessly spread his hands.

Ignoring the two of them scratching their ears and cheeks, they squatted and pinched the mutton they had purchased.

"Not bad, slaughtered this morning, right?" Dugu Xinci asked.

"Lang Jun has good eyesight, it was indeed slaughtered this morning, this braised meat is leftover meat marinated yesterday, if you don't dislike it, give it to Lang Jun"

"Now that the autumn is cool, the braised meat will not be tight for a day or two, and they will be accepted first, so thank you first" Dugu Xinci is not hypocritical.

"Listen to Qilang praise Lang Jun is a gourmet everyone, good rare ingredients, let the old slave go to the East Market tomorrow to buy some fresh ingredients, I specially came to ask Lang Jun about the requirements and taboos," the shopkeeper then asked.

"There are no special requirements and taboos," Dugu Xinci continued to pick up the vegetables and inspect them, still commenting.

"This alfalfa is a little old, spinach is good, although it is a little timid, it can be recovered by soaking it in water, can you buy more garlic and coriander tomorrow?"

"Yes, yes, yes," the butcher shopkeeper nodded frequently.

"Is this a cranberry? Got a red one? Is this Hu Manjing? Where did my husband get it? ”

"I found it from Dongshi a few days ago, but it tastes a little numb, and few people in Qinglongfang eat it."

"This is a good thing, tomorrow my husband will go to the East Market, find more and come back"

"Okay"

"How many do you find, this Hu Manjing is easy to store, oh, the pepper is well ground, the powder is uniform and not bonded, and the shopkeeper grinds it himself?"

"It's the old decay that grinds with the dogs"

"Only black pepper? Is there white pepper or not? ”

"People who don't use white pepper powder in the workshop, if Lang Jun needs it, he can buy some in the East Market tomorrow"

"Well, the more the merrier, it's so spicy" Dugu Xinci clapped his hands, began to check the braised meat again, directly tore off a piece and threw it into his mouth, chewing it a few times.

"Well, the heat is good, but this sauce is also made by the shopkeeper himself?"

"Exactly"

"My husband is a good worker, this marinated sauce may be sold, and a large amount of it is also needed"

"If Lang Jun needs it, the old slave can give it away"

"No need to give, my father-in-law's surname? Is my father-in-law okay for a living? ”

"Torment the old slave, the old slave is surnamed Yu, and the neighbors in the workshop take care of it, and it is still passable"

"Oh, that's bothering the old man, a certain book is not particularly good and taboo, the birds are the best, the fish can be fresh, but these condiments can be used as much as possible, spices, pepper, sugar, you can put it away"

"Eh, Dugu Langjun wants to hoard?" Wu Qilang couldn't help but ask again.

"What are you doing with that? A certain is used to match condiments, dry things are good storage, now these have just been harvested, the price is naturally low, and when the weather is cold, the price will naturally rise"

"That's right, every year the old slave will also store a little, but the book is small, and I dare not overcharge"

"Well, this business is done, a certain little savings, so let's not bother the two masters, Yu Lao Zhang will help to store more, and all the inexhaustible will be attributed to the old man" Dugu Xinci stretched out his hand and groped from the big bear bag, this time he took out a gold bar, about four or five taels, and handed it to the shopkeeper of the meat and vegetable shop.

"How can this be done?" The shopkeeper was taken aback, although he heard Wu Qilang talk about this Lang Jun's extravagance, but he saw that he gave such a heavy thing to the first side, which made people twitch.

"It's okay, it's okay, I have to worry about my father-in-law's operation, you can collect any dry goods, tangerine peel, walnuts, mountain goods, dried roe deer and wild boar, tiger meat and the like don't want it, it's too sour, you can help purchase any special products in Gyeonggi, as for those outside the Western Regions, if there are cheap ones, Yu Laozhang can look at the purchase."

"Lang Jun has a good business experience," the shopkeeper couldn't help but praise.

"So-and-so is the word eating and drinking, this eating and drinking is a big deal, so I have to use my heart" Dugu is kind and humble.

"Come, Ah Dog, first separate this leg of mutton" Dugu Tianxing beckoned Ah Gou, who was still tidying up with Gu Ying, and when he heard this, Ah Dog ran back to the inner room with a sound, and took out a box after a while.

"Qilang, but there are a few cases, move out, and so-and-so will sort out the ingredients in this courtyard first" Dugu Xinci continued to instruct, "Big Bear, the braised meat is all yours, go and boil the urn for hot water, I just saw that there is a copper stove in the east kitchen, move it out and heat it"

Dugu Xinci commanded repeatedly, Ah Gou opened the wooden box, it was actually a set of kitchen utensils, complete knives and axes, only kitchen knives have short knives, sharp knives, boning knives, thick-backed kitchen knives, small palm length, large two feet long, not much shorter than horizontal knives, but much wider.

"Then the old slave will go back first, prepare, and go to the East Market tomorrow to find a good look" The meat and vegetable shop saw that the courtyard was busy, so he said goodbye and prepared to go back.

"Uncle Yu might as well leave a glass of wine," Dugu Tianxing retained.

"Disturb it another day" It is not a hypocrisy to see Dugu Tianxing in the shopkeeper, "The old slave will go back and sort out the condiments and dry goods in the shop first, and send them to Lang Jun tomorrow morning"

"Oh, it's okay" Dugu Xinci picked up the burning knife wine jar that Wei Bin had put down earlier on the ground, and handed it over, "Then take the wine first"

The shopkeeper Yu smiled and drove back to the shop with the wine jar.

"That seems to be Ben Langjun's bar" means that the shopkeeper left the courtyard door, and Wei Bin said leisurely.

"Isn't it just an altar burning knife?" Dugu Tianxing despises.

"That's a burning knife," Wei Bin sighed, "I've been hiding for nearly a year."

"Or, you're going to come back?" The lone demon wolf teased.

"I still want to be cheeky" Wei Binjun's face twitched, and suddenly remembered something, "Dugu Langjun is from the Far East, but he has a burning knife, you have to pay for a certain altar, no, two altars"

"Wei Langjun just remembered, Dugu Grand Magician is the captain of Temple Street, and this burning knife is produced in Temple Street" Wen Yu on the side couldn't help laughing.

"Yes, since Dugu Langjun is the captain of Temple Street, it is not difficult to find the two altars of burning knives, right?"

"Okay, when the time comes, send you three altars" Dugu Xinci didn't bother to tease this handsome man, so he took the vegetables and started picking them up with clear water.

Over there, the dog had neatly separated the flesh and bone of the leg of the mutton, and the bone had been cut into two inches long.

"Big Bear washed the pottery urn and put the bones in it, and Ah Dog cut the meat into tendon pieces, and slice the rest into thin slices."

A dog began to slice meat with a humming sound.

Wen Yu was also ready to come over to help wash the vegetables.

"Big Bear, where is Go? Go and take it out first, let the two Lang Jun play chess and wait"

Big Bear went in and took out a wooden box, opened it and saw that there were two sandalwood round boxes inside, presumably containing black white clouds, Big Bear opened the box, and played with it several times, it was actually a chessboard, Wu Qilang, the owner, hurriedly went in and moved out of the case and the chair.

Wei Bin and Wen Yu smiled, looking at the cooking, they couldn't interfere, although the two of them could cook the food, it could only be a full stomach, looking at Dugu Xinci's posture, it was not an ordinary indiscriminate person.

The two confessed and went to play chess on their own.

After a while, the sky began to darken, and the faint sound of bells and drums was heard, and then the drums of the whole city rang out in unison.

Dugu Xinci was stunned, listened carefully for a while, the drums were endless, this is the twilight drum of Chang'an City, six hundred closed doors drumming, the whole city curfew.

The big bear and the dog are strange, and the big bear still ran out of the courtyard to see, but unfortunately, there is still a distance between the Qinglongfang and the street drum, so he had to go back.

"Wait for tomorrow when a certain person is on duty, take the big bear to see," Wu Qilang comforted, his ancestral home was Chang'an, he was a martial artist, and he was tired of listening to the drums.

"What's so nice about a drum? Go, light the lanterns" Dugu Tianxing scolded.

"This is a drum at the feet of the Son of Heaven," muttered the bear as he lit the lamp.

Daxiong took out four folded light gauze lanterns, opened the copper wire lining, peeled off a candle, lit a flint, and hung one on each side of the courtyard, and suddenly the courtyard became bright.

The bone broth in the pottery urn was already boiling, and Dugu Xinci threw some condiments and cut pieces of mutton into it, and after a while, he threw Hu Manjing pieces into it.

After a while, I entered the east kitchen and put some dry bacon into the steamer to steam.

The whole courtyard began to be filled with the fragrance of wax, and Wu Qilang couldn't help but gurgle in his stomach.

By the time Dugu Xinci and Ah Gou had prepared the vegetables properly, half an hour had passed, and the twilight drum was still ringing. Dugu Tianxing asked Ah Gou to go back to the house and take out a copper pot and a box of charcoal, transferred the mutton bone soup in the pottery urn to the copper pot, and took out an iron pot and put it on the copper stove, refining oil and starting to stir-fry.

The mutton fat is heated in the pot, the green smoke rises, the vegetables are thrown into the pot, Dugu Tianxing uses a piece of cloth to hold the iron pot along the edge of the pot and shake it a few times, and the green vegetables in the pot are tumbling, which is very good-looking.

Everyone was amazed, and the two Lang Jun also came to watch.

Dugu Xinci just ignored it, stir-fried three plates of cabbage, alfalfa, and spinach, and then fried a braised fish, when the fish was still stuffy in the pot, he went into the east kitchen to take out the cured vegetables from the steamer, and instructed Ah Gou to slice them, and filled two plates of balsamic vinegar and garlic water.

"Everyone, please take a seat, Big Bear, go and fetch two jars of wine," Dugu Tianxing commanded while cleaning his hands.

Dugu Xinci is to invite the host's house, the main seat is eastward, and let the big bear move a lean-backed low chair with armrests and sit down by himself.

Wen Yu and Wei Bin began to be humble, and the preface was discussed, Wen Yu and Wei Bin sat in March, sat in the south, Wei Bin sat in the north, Wu Qilang was already sitting in the west, Ah Dog and Big Bear were already holding pots and bowls while squatting and gnawing on meat, and Wen Yu's old cangtou companion also returned to the front yard with a pot of vegetable cakes.

As soon as the four guests of honor were seated, the twilight drum finally stopped.

"I just heard that Wu Qilang said that Dugu Langjun has a poem on the city wall: Hundreds of thousands of families are like a Go game, and the twelfth street is like a vegetable garden, which is very vivid, I don't know if Dugu Langjun has a lower link?" Wei Bin Langjun began to ask.

"The article is natural, and the magic hand is even good, and after coming up with that sentence, there is no inspiration, and then I will say "Dugu Tianxing perfunctory" in the future, or Wei Langjun will help write a couplet? ”

"Well, I also went to the city to see if there was any inspiration" Wei Bin was not fooled, "But I just heard the sound of drums, remembered the past, and fortunately got a verse"

Without waiting for the crowd to urge each other, he began to groan

"As soon as Yantai went, the guests were frightened, and the drums were noisy.

Thousands of miles of cold light produce snow, and the dawn on three sides is in danger.

The fire of the battlefield peak invades Huyue, and the clouds and mountains on the seaside embrace the thistle city.

Although Shaoxiao is not a pen caster, he still wants to ask for a long tassel. ”

When everyone heard this, they turned their heads to look at Dugu Xinci, he was the only one who had been on the battlefield.

"Yes, but in the verses, it's a drum, and this is a street drum."

"That Dugu Langjun heard the Chang'an Street drum for the first time, can you be inspired?" Qiao Langjun Wei Bin expressed dissatisfaction.

"Coincidentally, there happened to be a sentence "Dugu Tianxing is not ashamed."

"Oh, Dugu Langjun quickly groaned," Wen Yu also urged.

"Listen up" Dugu Xinci straightened his chest and pretended to cough twice, and groaned

"The six streets are full of pedestrians, and there is a moon in the vast sky of Jiuqu"