Wu Yingying took the opportunity to say: "These two people came to me for the delay in receiving the armor in the army, seeing that the war is approaching, if the armor is not complete, the soldiers will inevitably have some complaints." ”

Liu Yi was shocked: "There is such a thing? I should play Your Majesty, and quickly equip the soldiers with all their clothes and armor." Seeing that he was so righteous, Wu Yingying, Xin Gu and Xiao Jiu thanked him again.

Liu Yi smiled humbly, and urged Wu Yingying to go with him to the literary meeting. Wu Yingying asked Xin Gu and Xiao Jiu to accompany Liu Yi to chat in the courtyard, and he went to the back room to change the short shirt into a moon-white long coat, and the clogs were changed to square shoes with a black face and white ground. There are few horses in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of the only war horses are concentrated in the army, so even if Liu Yi is the honor of the imperial history, he can only take an ox cart to Wenhui, but the ox cart is very stable, which is very in line with the quiet and good temperament of the literati. Wu Yingying looked at the still bustling crowds on both sides of the market through the bamboo curtains, and said curiously: "Don't these merchants know that the Song people are about to go south, and they don't pack up and go to the countryside to take refuge?"

Liu Yizheng pondered the verses that he was going to take out his hand at the literary meeting, and when he heard Wu Yingying's question, he replied dissatisfiedly: "General Wu is not a test of Liu, not to mention that the Northern Army will inevitably plunder and collect what is needed, even if our side also has to clear the wilderness in advance, these rich families and wealthy people will have to hide in the city sooner or later." ”

"Can't they hide farther away and come back when the fighting subsides?" Wu Yingying continued to ask "shamelessly".

Liu Yi glanced at him strangely and sighed: "These small people are not like me and other scholars, if they leave their hometowns and flee, they will not only abandon their family business, but also become helpless and helpless refugees, in this troubled world, where is there a safe place." Isn't Jinling very good? How can there be such a prosperous city in the Central Plains? ”

Wu Yingying then woke up and said: "I see, Wu Yingying was born in the north and grew up in the army, and he has a lot of problems with these worldly people, Brother Liu is not strange." ”

Liu Yi waved her hand with tears and laughter, a little provoked by the words of the troubled times, and immersed herself in the creation of poetry.

Wu Yingying's house is in Qingxifang in the east of the city, the ox cart slowly passes through the city, goes out of the west gate to the riverside, stops in front of a rather chic restaurant, a white background and black characters of the wine seller hangs down from the fourth floor, on the book "Sun Chu Restaurant" four strong big characters. Obviously, Liu Yi is a frequent visitor here, and as soon as he got off the car, the shopkeeper greeted him politely: "Liu Daguan, please, the pavilion on the fourth floor with a view of the river has been reserved for you early in the morning." ”

Liu Yi smiled and rewarded him with a few Tongbao big money, then pulled Wu Yingying upstairs, sure enough, he was a frequent visitor here, as soon as the two of them sat down, without waiting for orders, they first served fragrant balls, real oranges, pomegranates, oranges, kumquats, bayberry, Ya pear, papaya eight-color candied fruit plates, and then served eight plates of eight-color pastries that Wu Yingying couldn't name, and immediately filled the small table.

At present, Liu Yi is just taking a look at this kind of food, this Accord has a wide field of vision, and there is a faint smell of spices, there is nothing to do left and right, and Wu Yingying took his hand to the window to watch the scenery of Bailuzhou at the confluence of the Qinhuai River and the Yangtze River. In the afternoon, the westward slope of the boatman and fisherman are preparing to dock and return home, and the white sails reflect the golden sun, like a natural landscape painting.

With such an intoxicating beauty, it's no wonder that Cai Taibai often stayed here back then. Liu Yi sighed, took a long breath, as if he wanted to drain the chaotic things he had just discussed with Wu Yingying from his mind as much as possible, and when he turned around, he just saw Wu Yingying pick up a candied fruit and throw it into his mouth, and couldn't help laughing: "General Wu, these candied fruits are all on the plate, and they can't be eaten." ”

"Can't you eat it?" Wu Yingying said curiously: "It tastes good." But he no longer took the things on that plate to eat, although it was a little secretly that the food was spoiled like this, but he still couldn't be looked down upon by these rich people in Jiangnan who pretended to be coquettish.

Liu Yi said with a smile: "The general is no wonder that Liu said bluntly, this plate is the old system, only to hook people's appetite with food color, but it is not the main dish, for decades the north has been in turmoil, and the setting of the plate is probably rare, and Jiangnan has been peaceful for a long time, so it is still necessary for large families to feast and drink." ”

Wu Yingying smiled awkwardly and said, "I just think it's a pity." Changed the topic to: "Listen to Brother Liu, Qi Xian also drank in this restaurant back then, but there was a good story circulating?"

Liu Yi smiled and said: "Of course, Cai Taibai was victimized by traitors, and when he lived in Jinling, he often drank here, often sang from morning to night, and sang Qin Huai with a little drunkenness, as evidenced by the poem: 'Yesterday I played Xicheng Moon, and the blue sky hung a jade hook. Chaogu Jinling wine, singing Sun Chulou. Suddenly remember the embroiderer, take a boat to the stone. The grass is wrapped in a black gauze scarf, and the purple fur is draped. Both sides of the strait clapped and laughed, suspected to be Wang Ziyou. The drinkers are more than ten gong, and they are drunk and drunk. ’”

Wu Yingying was about to speak, and the four of them walked into the room under the guidance of the shopkeeper, and the current one was Cai Yu, who was dressed as a scholar, followed by another supervising the imperial history Zhang Yan and Lu Ying, a close attendant with an iron flute at his waist, and another one with a delicate and pleasant face, although he was dressed in a Confucian shirt, he couldn't cover his graceful figure, and he knew at a glance that it was a woman dressed up.

Wu Yingying was about to pay a courtesy to Cai Yu, but was grabbed by Liu Yi and gave him a look.

Cai Yu smiled and said: "Hehehe, Brother Wu, today's Wenhui, we are all brothers, and we don't have to stick to that vulgar courtesy." Wu Yingying was used to seeing the emperor go out of the palace to have fun on TV, and suddenly realized, and immediately according to modern practice, he lightly buttoned his fingers on the table three times, which was regarded as replacing three ringing heads. The people in the same room were all clever people, how could they not understand what he meant by this gesture.

Zhang Tong was a little reluctant to bow hands to Wu Yingying, but Lu Ying squeezed his eyes at Wu Yingying kindly, Wu Yingying hurriedly returned the salute, this person is the champion of Qiande for five years, not only is he unparalleled in literary talent, but also has a deep understanding of martial arts. The first time he was in the Yangtze River boat, Lu Ying stood behind Cai Yu, apparently a confidant who won the trust of the queen.

After Cai Yu sat down in the main seat, everyone sat down in turn, and the shopkeeper came up to remove the plates one by one, and said to Liu Yi diligently: "I don't know what main dishes the big officials ordered today?"

Liu Yi hurriedly looked at Cai Yu, Cai Yu seemed to be quite familiar with this place, and smiled sideways at the men's beauty next to him: "It's okay with the rest, Sun Chulou's ice puffer fish can't be missed, I don't think it's comparable to the imperial kitchen." ”