The gate of the palace is two zhang high, about five steps wide, from a distance to see the floating nails densely, vermilion majestic, but close up but covered with dust, it seems that it has not been opened for a long time.

"This door is rarely opened, well, it hasn't been opened for ten years, I don't know if it will be opened" Qiu Bin Jianxuan was half mocking and half explaining.

Ten years ago, when Duguzhen left Chang'an and went to Hebei, the grace of the Dugu family was flourishing in those years, and the saint often drove the Dugu Mansion, and the Queen Mother Dugu would also return to the house to live for a period of time every year, and the door of the Dugu Mansion would naturally be opened four or five times a year.

Dugu Xinci pursed his lips and walked into the palace through the left side door.

There are actually two rows of two corridors on the inside of the palace gate, but it seems that only one of them is occupied, and the doors of the other three rooms are closed, and one of them has a crooked window.

The front yard of the palace is about fifteen steps long, a flag platform in the center, a flagpole three zhang high on the tree, a big one hangs on it, three feet wide and five feet long, one side is a bear and tiger figure, one side is a big two Lishu Dugu.

There are five rooms and nine frames in the main hall, six thick wooden red pillars, and there are eight guards of Dugu Mansion standing in front of the house, which are Dugu Jia, Dugu Yi, Dugu Bing, Dugu Ding, Dugu Wu, Dugu Halberd, Dugu Geng, and Dugu Xin.

"Everyone is well" Dugu is merciful and happy, they are all old acquaintances, and bow down.

"The little prince is well," everyone laughed and returned the salute.

"Naughty," Dugu Xinci said with a smile.

Enter the middle hall, the middle hall is a big case against the gate, there is a brand name jade pot ice on the vault, a picture of Lao Tzu riding a green ox out of the customs in the middle hall, only to see the king of Liaoyang County Duguzhen sitting on the left side of the Hu bed, holding a scroll in his hand, and Dugu Xinci seems to be deaf to enter the house.

But Jian Xuan Qiu Bin had such eyesight, he had already seen his wrist shake many times.

Dugu Xinci was not ambiguous, he walked quickly to Dugu Wangye, knelt on his knees, pressed his left hand on his right hand, palmed inward, arched his hand to the ground, and his head slowly fell to the ground. Hold your head on the ground for two or three breaths, your hands in front of your knees and your head on the back of your hands. It is a great gift.

Duguzhen didn't get up, and accepted Duguxin's first salute safely.

"Get up" Duguzhen calmed down and called him up.

Dugu Xinci nodded his head on the back of his hand one more time before getting up.

Dugu Zhen looked at Dugu Xinci, got up from the Hu bed, and took him to the Buddha Hall in the back house, where there were incense and candle offerings on the big case of the Buddha Hall, all of which were new, obviously prepared for today.

"Say goodbye to the ancestors of the Dugu family" Dugu Zhen also demonstrated the great gift of Dugu Xinci just now, and Dugu Xinci followed and learned again.

"Dugu Zhen, the unfilial descendant of the Dugu family, and his son Dugu are kind to the ancestors and ancestors, and hope that the ancestors will bless them with peace and health"

After the three heads, he got up, and Duguzhen took him to a small case on his left hand and sighed

"Say goodbye to your mothers and brothers"

Dugu Xinci didn't say a word, and immediately it was a big gift.

The two stood silently for a while before they came out of the Buddha Hall, which was in the northwest corner of the second entrance of the house. Liaoyang County Wangfu is quite wide, not advance the courtyard and the lobby, only these two into the small courtyard also have more than ten steps long and wide, four corridors on each side, there is a rockery and a small pond in the courtyard, several garden trees are lush.

Dugu Xinci took him to the backyard again, which was actually bigger, with six rooms on both sides, and the courtyard was also full of pools and mountains.

"You will live here in the future," Duguzhen commanded.

"Okay," Dugu Xinci told Big Bear and Dog to tidy up the house by himself.

"Go get some food first, and then look at it after the meal, this home will be handed over to you in the future" Duguzhen instructed again.

"Hey, is Dad looking for an heir or a housekeeper?" Dugu was dissatisfied, and the king of Liaoyang County was too lazy to hum.

Lunch is eaten in the second courtyard, where there is Duguzhen's bedroom and study.

The lunch is very rich, but it tastes good, and Dugu Xinci might as well miss the cold food brought to the Gongyuan. In Dugujia's words, it is all the people in the palace who have worked hard to rectify, and the little prince is back, and everyone is blessed.

All the members of the palace ate here, and as for all the people in the palace, that is, fifteen people, Dugu Wangye, Little Wangye, Qiu Bin, the left-handed sword, the eight guards, an old gatekeeper with his stupid son, plus the big bear and a dog.

After lunch, Duguzhen recorded Ah Gou and Da Xiong on the household registration of Dugu's family, and changed their names to Dugu Hero and Dugu Alert, Da Xiong was elated, and Ah Gou probably forgot about it.

Duguzhen still needs to go to the director of Shangshu Province in the afternoon, and the prince is now the right servant of Shangshu Province, and the main duty is to lead the sorting out of the collection catalog in the Hongwen Pavilion.

"There is an existing printing bookstore, see if there are any opportunities for cooperation," Dugu asked with a grin.

"You made the thread-bound book, right?" Duguzhen was noncommittal.

"It is the masterpiece of Motoro-kun"

"Well, that way of writing a book is not bad" Duguzhen took two guards to duty.

Dugu Xinci walked around the palace, and after finishing it, the big bear shouted that his legs were gone.

Dugu Wangfu occupies the north of the west of the cross street of Qinrenfang, the courtyard with the middle hall has five entrances, there are countless corridors and wells in other pavilions, there is a small garden, there are about ten acres, the whole house is fifty steps from north to south, two hundred steps from east to west, there are nearly fifty acres.

It's just that there are only fifteen people in such a big mansion, Dugu Xinci shook his head, took Ah Gou and Da Xiong to Suzaku Gate to pick up Wen Wei and the two Langjun, and by the way, he instructed Qiu Bin Jianxuan to purchase some ingredients, Jianxuan Qiu Bin happily took two guards to go, and did not forget to ask Dugu Xinci for money.

"What kind of life are you living?" Dugu is speechless.

Out of the Qinrenfang Gate, he actually met Wen Wei and Wu Qilang, who were found, and Wei Erlang was naturally full of complaints, and Dugu was kind and made amends.

The group returned to the palace, Wu Qilang was naturally dizzy, and Wen Wei and the two were also amazed, such a big mansion, so few people.

Wu Qilang's fourth brother Wu Xun also lives in Qinrenfang, but his house is only more than ten acres, and there are more than 20 people in the family.

Dugu Xinci personally took a few guards to renovate the courtyard of Erjin and Sanjin where he lived, scrubbing and repairing, only to see Qiu Bin come back with someone to purchase ingredients, and find Dugu Xinci to ask for a tael of gold quilts to be clean.

was full of horse-drawn ingredients, and Dugu Xinci was speechless.

Since the purchase is back, let's move into the house, and then let's talk about it, I am moving, the first line of people in the opposite house return to the house, a middle-aged purple-robed Langjun looked at this side, turned around and ordered the rest of the people to enter the house, but he paced to the front of the mansion of the king of Liaoyang County.

"Steward Qiu, are you here?" The man asked with a smile.

"It's a certain little prince who has returned home," Qiu Bin is also familiar with this person.

"Little prince, this is His Royal Highness King Shen who is on the right door" Qiu Bin introduced to Dugu Xinci again.

Dugu Xinci hurriedly put down a live chicken and gave a salute, "Dugu Xinci has seen His Royal Highness King Shen"

"Okay, I have heard for a long time that the king of Liaoyang County has a great magician heir, and when I see it today, he is really extraordinary."

"False praise and false praise" Dugu Xin smiled.

"Is this preparing for dinner?"

"Exactly" Dugu Xinci was a little confused.

"A certain and Liaoyang Wangfu are close neighbors, the little prince returns to the house, this king must congratulate, it's not strange to chatter, right?" His Royal Highness King Shen is really out of sight.

"His Royal Highness King Shen came to this mansion and was full of brilliance, how can he be blamed?" Dugu Xinci understood whether this was an easy-going prince or a prince who liked to rub rice.

"Okay, wait for a certain person to return home and bring some gifts" His Royal Highness King Shen hurriedly returned to the house.

"His Royal Highness King Shen is the second brother of the saint, but he is familiar with the prince, and he often goes to the palace to drink and feast, but he is a little stingy," Qiu Bin explained when he saw that Dugu Xinci was confused.

Come on, what other gifts do you have to prepare? Dugu Xinci smacked his lips and continued to move the ingredients.

Dugu Xinci underestimated King Shen's stinginess, he changed into his regular clothes, and the gift he brought was a jar of wine, I was afraid that it would be less than half a bucket.

The guards in the house were accustomed to seeing it and didn't care, and Dugu Xinci greeted him with a smile in addition to secretly slandering himself.

Wen Wei and the two Langjun returned to the courtyard after visiting the county palace, and Dugu Xinci asked the two to chat with His Royal Highness King Shen, and went to the kitchen to prepare the dinner party.

The whole carriage of ingredients, I am afraid that there are more than 300 catties, nothing more than chicken, duck and fish, Dugu Xinci saw that the kitchen tableware was neatly poured, and he was too lazy to bother, the big urn first cooked the big bone broth, several copper pots lined up, what mutton, pork, chicken, fish head, and a green vegetable. Then marinate a few large pieces of fatty meat, a few Luhua chickens, and steam half a piece of lamb leg, and you're ready to live.

At the time of unitary, Duguzhen returned to the house, and the dishes were all prepared.

Just put a few cases in the middle hall of the second courtyard, and put a few large copper pots on the table, which was suddenly steaming and fragrant.

Dugu Zhen'an sat on the main seat on several sides of the middle case, Shen Wang and Dugu Xinci on the left hand, Wen Yu and Wei Erlang on the right hand, Wu Qilang and Daxiong Agou and others sat down on the left case, Qiu Bin took eight guards and the porter father and son also sat down, and the banquet with the largest number of people gathered in the Liaoyang County Mansion for more than ten years was opened.

Although it is just a simple copper pot, what kind of person is Dugu Xinci, one of the top ten foodies in the Yantang Empire, and the condiments he brings with him are comparable to the restaurants in the workshop, and the fragrance of this dish alone is very rich than lunch.

Qiu Bin and the guards all knew Dugu Xinci's cooking skills, and they started without waiting for the king of Liaoyang County to toast, the scene was comparable to the catapult attack on the city last year, and the prince of Dugu was no different when he saw it, and he first sandwiched a piece of mutton to taste, and then accused His Royal Highness King Shen and invited him to dine.

His Royal Highness King Shen moved his chopsticks, and naturally he couldn't stop chopsticks.

Dugu Xinci slowly signaled that Wen Wei and the two did not have to be polite, and took out the wine jar to pour wine for everyone, the main table was a wine cup, and the left and right tables were sea bowls.

Fortunately, although Dugu Xinci is the first time to enter the palace of Liaoyang County, but the filial piety on weekdays will not be less, although he is only a guest of the Far East Commercial Bank, but there is still a winery in the Far East to make wine for it, and there is a workshop for it to make cigars.

Dugu Xinci poured wine for everyone one by one, and the guards of Dugu Mansion also accepted it calmly, and King Shen who watched it was confused.

Dugu Xinci returned to the main table, and the king of Liaoyang County picked up the wine cup, signaled, and said simply, "Everyone has worked hard, there is no limit to drinks today"

All the guards got up and said, "The prince is hard, the little prince is hard" and drank it all.

Guests Shen Wang and Wen Yu, Wei Bin, and Wu Qilang also accompanied a drink.

"Good wine" burned the knife into his throat, and King Shen felt trembling all over his body, and the pores of his whole body dilated.

The crowd also ignored it, and drank food and vegetables by themselves.

Dugu Xinci first saluted King Shen with a wine glass, and then ate a glass of wine with Wen Wei and Wu, welcoming them to the palace as guests.

Then he ate wine with everyone in Dugu Mansion one by one, and after a while, the three jars of wine bottomed out.

Waiting for Dugu Jia and them to toast, after saluting the prince and the guests, and then saluting Dugu Xinci, Dugu Xinci quit, went down to a table with them, and began to roll up his sleeves and make fists, the scene was chaotic and lively.

King Shen is the first time to see such a bold and unscrupulous heir of the palace, Wen Wei and Wu used to drink with them were all cowardly, a look of old and serious, now it seems that Dugu Xinci is still messing with the soldiers to expose his true temperament.

There are four large copper pots on the main table, the main ingredients are mutton, fish head, chicken nuggets, and a clear soup, mutton cut into pieces and side dishes Hu Manjing, spicy and bright red, fish head stewed tofu, milky white and bright, chicken nuggets stewed in thick sauce, rich sauce, only a few big bones in the clear soup, fragrant and hot.

There is also a braised golden braised chicken, a smooth and shiny pork knuckle, a plate of shallots mixed with tofu, and a plate of cold salad with three shreds.

Shen Wang Yan Chengyi is the second brother of today's saint, and the royal banquet is commonplace, but after tasting a few bites, he shouted that all he had eaten before was pig food, only the clear soup did not know how to eat, but Duguzhen slowly picked up a few herbs and scalded them in it, and then scooped up the sauce plate that was dipped in the configuration, and ate quite enjoyably.

King Shen learned, the hot half-cooked cabbage was dipped in the sauce, and the freshness made King Shen almost groan.

The pork knuckle melts in the mouth, the mixed tofu is cool and delicious, and the three threads of hair cabbage are crisp and mellow.

Waiting for Duguzhen and Wen Wei to toast frequently, King Shen didn't know how to choose, and this wine was also difficult to give up.

Dugu Xinci has known several guards for four or five years, and it is not once or twice to roll up his sleeves and eat wine like this, several guards are also veteran ruffians, skilled in boxing, and all kinds of noisy interference, although Dugu Xinci is smart, he can only fight with one enemy and eight fights.

Their drinking scene was in full swing, the movements of the four people at the main table slowed down, after all, the stomach was limited, and no matter how good the food and wine were, they could only take a small amount.

Dugu Xinci saw that their scene was getting colder, and ordered Da Xiong to take out a jar of dry wine and distribute it to the main table and the old man in the porter, as for Wu Qilang, burning the knife had already made him dizzy and sleepy.

Dugu Zhen has long been surprised by any behavior of Dugu Xinci, King Shen praised this dry and authentic grapes, and he actually knew that Wei Erlang's family was a wine merchant in Chang'an, Kyoto.

Duguzhen asked about the situation of the scientific expedition again, and the two Lang Jun also answered one by one, although Wei Erlang had a jumpy temperament, but he restrained himself in front of the king of Liaoyang County, who was the protector of Anton.

The title of the scripture Dugu Wang Ye also tried to analyze one or two, and the ten questions were accurate, Wei Erlang was extremely depressed, he was only in the eight, Wen Yulang Jun poured ten in the middle, King Shen also studied the scriptures for many years, and the ten ways also thought that he could be seven or eight, so he asked about Dugu Xinci, Dugu Xinci smiled and diverged, and did not answer when he heard it.

King Shen was in a bad state and asked about poetry again. See the title of Fu De Daiyue, please Dugu Wang Ye should also be with a song.

Duguzhen said with a smile that he had only been to Mount Tai once in the snowy winter, so he composed a poem, but he did not follow the rhythm of the scientific examination, "The blue sea and smoke are gone, and the snow on the clear peak is half disabled." The ice spring hangs over the gully, and the cloud road is gloomy. ”

Everyone praised it, and Wen Wei and the others also recited their poems.

Wen Yu's is "bowing his head without Qilu, looking east at the sea like a cup; On the peak, I don't believe that the mountains are open. The sun hugs Fusang Yue, and the sky crosses the stone. After you look at the beginning of Qin, there is still the Han Emperor Terrace. ”

Duguzhen commented that the weather is open, the rhyme is neat, and it must be first-class.

Wei Bin's is "Guests come to spend the rain, and the autumn water falls into the golden pool." The stone contains clear brocade, and the green silk is loosely hung. The monk brushes the jade handle, and the boy offers double pears. Cherish to love the good scene, when the smoke is twilight. ”

Dugu Wang Ye also commented that it is fresh and natural, and the writing is pleasant, which is also a masterpiece.

Dugu Xinci guessed boxing by himself, and didn't bother to pay attention to them, and said casually, "I held it for three days, and it was an exam question all day, and now it is a time to relax, and I want to vomit when I hear the question"

(End of chapter)