In the name of curiosity, Yin Lingyuan asked Hanlu to help her find men's clothes, and combed a man's hair bun, and the whole beautiful son. Hanlu and the others only thought that she was playful, and didn't think much about it.

Early in the morning on the day she left the palace, she entered the greenhouse early, and explained that Hanlu wanted to meditate and rest inside, no one was allowed to disturb, and lunch only needed to be placed at the door.

I said this because I was afraid that if the matter was discovered, these two girls would not be punished in a row. You must know that in feudal society, it has always been the masters who make mistakes and the slaves and maids who suffer.

Then Yu Ze applied a trick to her, and Yin Lingyuan could swagger out.

Out of the Yinghua Palace, I went straight to the dining room, and found the eunuch who was in charge of purchasing every day, and she followed quietly behind. Shenwu Gate is the back door of the palace, and all the personnel in the inner court enter and exit from this gate.

The gate in the middle of the Shenwu Gate was closed, and only small doors were opened on both sides for people to pass, and there were guards holding spears and wearing swords at the doors.

When the eunuch arrived at the door, he first greeted the guards, thinking that he was leaving the palace every day, and the guards of the same city recognized him, and then took out the waist card, and the guards took a closer look at it and let him go. Yin Lingyuan followed all the way out of the palace, and finally saw this prosperous imperial capital.

The morning sun of early spring has just risen, the main road of the imperial capital is already sparkling with cars and horses, the flow of people is like weaving, the carved sedan cars are parked on the side of the street, occasionally the dignitaries ride the high-headed horses slowly walk, not far away faintly heard the sound of shouting.

The street stretches east-west, lined with shops, breakfast vendors have just closed their stalls, and palatial restaurants have opened their doors.

Yin Lingyuan was in it, and he really felt the thousand-year-old time he had traveled.

She didn't know the exact location of the cyclamen building, so she found a jewelry vendor on the side of the road and asked for directions. ”

"Thank you, little brother", Yin Lingyuan smiled and arched his hand.

The peddler looked at him as a talent, dressed more like a rich man's son, and wanted to do business: "Isn't the boy from out of town?" Look at my hairpin ring jade bracelet, it is a real thing in Beijing, why don't you buy some and go back to the female relatives at home. ”

"No need", Yin Lingyuan smiled, she had seen how many precious jewelry in the palace, so naturally she would not be attracted by this vendor's things, "I am the Dijing clan." After saying that, I couldn't wait to look for the cyclamen building. Leaving Xiao Er alone, he muttered in the back: "It's strange, how can the people of Dijing not know about the Cyclamen Building?" ”

Walking through the streets and alleys, it doesn't take long for the huge signboard of the cyclamen building to come into view.

It's not yet lunchtime, there are not many people, only three or three diners scattered all over the lobby, there is a copper stove on their table, the stove has three legs, the shape is a bit like a tripod, the bottom is empty, presumably used for heating, the soup in the boiling water on the top is boiling all kinds of ingredients.

At some tables, Xiao Er is standing to serve the cooking, and the hot dishes are served to the empty plates in front of each guest, and the diners only need to eat what they have in front of them.

Some guests dipped in more spices, thirsty picked up the cup to drink, suddenly found that there was no tea in it, just about to take the kettle on the table to pour it for himself, but Xiao Er was quick, picked up the kettle before him, and poured the tea inside.

"The guest officer's water is a little cold, so let's change a pot for you." Little Twenty is very attentive.

"Okay." The guest nodded in satisfaction.

Others eat a dish, and the empty plate is immediately taken away; When the food was hot, he took off his coat and immediately had Xiao Er help put the clothes away.

Yin Lingyuan looked interesting, and couldn't help nodding, it seems that the second brother's service in this cyclamen building is very good.

"Is there a guest officer?" Xiao Er's inquiring voice came, Yin Lingyuan came back to his senses and nodded: "Is there a private room?" ”

"Yes", Xiao Er replied with a smile, "The guest officer is upstairs, please." ”

Going up to the second floor, Yin Lingyuan chose a semi-open room with a panoramic view of the lobby on one side, which she knew was for the convenience of the guests in the private room to watch the show downstairs.

There is a small platform set up in the lobby of the Cyclamen Building, and every day when the time comes, people will be invited to perform on stage, sometimes it is to tell stories, sometimes to play and sing, and this time period is also the time when the restaurant has the most guests and is the most lively.

"Do you want a la carte or a set of food?" Xiao Er asked.

This is also what Yin Lingyuan once mentioned to his second brother in the letter, setting up packages with different price levels to attract customers.

"I wonder what's the difference between the two?" Yin Lingyuan asked.

Xiao Er gushed about it, and Yin Lingyuan ordered a A-word package after hearing this, which was the most expensive and had the most variety.

Xiao Er smiled happily: "A set of food~", shouted and went out to prepare.

After a while, the food was served, just like the pot she saw in the lobby, heated underneath, and water on top, but I don't know if the walls of the pot were too thick or what, the water boiled slowly, and the waiting time was quite long.

When the water finally boiled, Xiao Er came over and asked if he needed to serve the shabu, Yin Lingyuan waved his hand, what fun is there in that kind of hot pot?

The A set menu is very rich, and the pork and mutton are thinly sliced, and although they are not almost transparent like in later generations, they can be eaten.

In ancient times, beef was forbidden to be eaten, and anyone who stole it was a crime to eat it unless they had permission from the government, because cattle were an important tool of production, and the government did not allow them to be slaughtered without permission.

Fortunately, the spirit vegetables are fresh enough, far beyond the deliciousness of ordinary ingredients, so that the meat on the table has become bland and tasteless.

The sauces are all prepared, with garlic, green onions, soy sauce and other things in them, and Yin Lingyuan eats it and thinks it's good.

Although this antique soup still has various shortcomings compared to modern hot pots, it is rare to be able to eat such delicious hot pot in ancient times thousands of years ago.

Yin Lingyuan was satisfied with eating, and Yu Ze was more miserable, so he could only watch.

Someone who turned into a foodie rarely felt a little compassion and discussed: "Your Excellency, why don't you avoid it?" It's embarrassing to watch me eat like this. ”

Yu Ze sat at the table, his cold face did not change at all: "This seat has long been opened. ”

"Huh?" Yin Lingyuan was shocked, and then remembered that immortals don't eat fireworks in the world, "Do you have to Bigu?" No, you can't. ”

What's the fun in life if you don't have good food? But he heard Yu Ze say lightly: "Let's talk about it when you can cultivate to Bigu." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yin Lingyuan was immediately relieved, and after eating alone for a while, he was curious: "But do you really not eat anything?" ”

Yu Ze: "Occasionally. ”

"Oh", Yin Lingyuan nodded, and said in his heart that now you can't eat even if you want to, so she asked, "Your Excellency, will you always be like this?" ”

"Huh?" Yu Ze was faintly puzzled, and Yin Lingyuan explained: "I mean, you have always existed as a soul body like this?" As she spoke, she tried to touch him, her fingers piercing the hem of his clothes.

Yu Ze understood, and he didn't hide it: "As long as the aura is sufficient, the cultivation of this seat will be improved, and the entity will slowly be restored." ”

"So resurrected?" The surprise in Yin Lingyuan's eyes was not fake.

Yu Ze bowed: "You can also say the same. ”

"Then when you come back to life, let's eat hot pot again." Yin Lingyuan said happily.

Yu Ze rarely pulled the corners of his lips, and a faint smile appeared on his face, which was fleeting, but it was a pity that Yin Lingyuan was busy eating hot pot and didn't see it at all.

Full of wine and food, it was also lunchtime, the guests in the lobby were already full, and there were many people coming to the private room upstairs, Yin Lingyuan cleaned his hands, but did not settle the bill, but the uncle leaned on the back of the chair and ordered Xiao Er: "Call your host to come." ”

Xiao Er was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "The guest officer is not to his liking?" If there is anything inconsiderate, you can tell the small one first. ”

Yin Lingyuan knew that he had misunderstood, and he didn't explain, but said, "Your owner is Yin Anlu?" You go and tell him, and you will say Yin...... Yu is here, and I'll wait here. ”

Since the other party could tell Yin Anlu's name, Xiao Er guessed that the two might be old acquaintances, so he didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly went to tell the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper asked someone to invite the owner.

Not long after, the door of the private room was pushed open, and Yin Anlu saw Yin Lingyuan at a glance, and almost dropped his jaw in shock: "Sister......"

"I didn't expect it", Yin Lingyuan hurriedly intercepted his words, clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Brother Yin hasn't seen you for a long time, you don't recognize the little brother?" As he spoke, he squeezed his eyes at him desperately.

Yin Anlu saw her dressed like this, and his heart was relieved, and he hurriedly returned the salute, and sent away the idle people, before asking in a low voice and carefully: "Why did my sister leave the palace?" ”

He heard that the shopkeeper sent someone to report that he didn't know any Yin Yu, thinking that he was a distant relative in the family, and he didn't want to be a concubine.

"Second brother, don't come unharmed?" Yin Lingyuan blinked, "I'm not my sister now, but your little brother Yin Yu." ”

According to the rules, Yin Anlu wants to salute Yin Lingyu, but her nondescript dress, Yin Anlu is not standing or sitting. Yin Lingyuan saw his embarrassment, asked him to sit down, and explained: "I came out quietly today, and the second brother should not be quiet." ”

Yin Anlu's ass was still solid, and suddenly it bounced up again: "Sneak out?" You, this is too bold, if someone finds out......"

"Second brother rest assured", Yin Lingyuan pressed the person, "It won't be discovered, I heard that the business of the cyclamen building is booming, and the antique soup is famous in the imperial capital, and my heart is itching, so I can't help but come out to take a look." ”

"But ...... in the palace" Yin Anlu wanted to say more, Yin Lingyuan immediately said: "It's okay in the palace, it's just that I ate a meal of antique soup, but I have some ideas to say to the second brother, do you want to listen to the second brother?" ”

Yin Anlu saw her indifferent attitude, and had a plan in his heart, and secretly said that this little sister is really favored, so she is so fearless, even if he is discovered, the emperor will not do anything to him, and immediately paid more attention to it, and asked with a heart: "Doesn't my sister have any new ideas?" ”

"Exactly." Yin Lingyuan pointed to the copper pot that had not yet been removed and asked, "Are all the antique soups in the Cyclamen Building boiled in clear water?" ”

"yes." Yin Anlu nodded, and then keenly noticed, "Can you still use other ones to cook?" ”

Sure enough, he was a born businessman, Yin Lingyuan spoke: "You can use bone broth, take pig bones and add a little ginger to boil in a pot until the soup is milky white, and then use this bone broth to cook antique soup, wouldn't it be more delicious?" ”

"That's right!" Yin Anlu suddenly realized, slapped the table and shouted: "Why didn't I think of it earlier!" ”

"What's more," Yin Lingyuan said, "adding different spices to the bone broth can bring out different flavors." For example, mushrooms in autumn, tomatoes in summer, and peppers in winter......"

"Yes, yes, yes," Yin Anlu said, "It's so varied, you can introduce different flavors from the soup base, and not just rely on dipping sauces." ”

Yin Lingyuan said the types of hot pot he knew one by one, Yin Anlu understood some of them, and some of them didn't understand them, but the way was already there, and Yin Lingyuan didn't need to worry about the specific implementation.

After finishing talking about the hot pot base, Yin Lingyuan asked the stove for cooking the hot pot again.

After listening to Yin Anlu's explanation, I realized that the current use of the cyclamen building is a thing called "wind stove", which was originally designed by tea tasters and specially used to make tea.

Cooking tea is slow and meticulous, so use the wind stove to eat hot pot, and the pot is extremely slow.

Yin Lingyuan thinks about the hot pot eaten in later generations, most of them use induction cookers, there is no point in this era, and the only famous hot pot that has been used since ancient times is the old Yanjing hot pot.

Old Yanjing hot pot is a hot dish with charcoal fire!

The pot is a special copper pot, there are tall legs below, there is a cylindrical long groove in the center of the pot, and the charcoal fire is placed in it, and the surrounding of the cylindrical long groove is the place where the hot pot is cooked, which makes the hot pot material heat very quickly.

The structure of the hot pot is simple, Yin Lingyuan described it, Yin Anlu directly ordered people to put pen and ink, and the two of them compared and described and painted, and they also drew the drawings of the old Yanjing copper pot.

"Tomorrow I will find a blacksmith shop and go and make this copper pot." Yin Anlu rushed to the road.

"There's no need to be in a hurry," Yin Lingyuan said with a smile, "This thing has to be debugged slowly, and you must not accidentally hurt the guests by operating it." ”

"My sister is very right." Yin Anlu nodded in approval again.

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, and the hardware and software of the cyclamen hot pot are both, and the most important fresh ingredients are the best, so it is difficult to make money.

"By the way, the second brother came back and said that he was researching a new dish", Yin Lingyuan asked, "I don't know what is going on now?" ”

"I've hired a few new chefs, and I'm researching them," Yin Anlu said, "I also recruited some gourmets, and I invited them to taste new dishes as soon as they arrived." ”

Yin Lingyuan was quite interested, and it was still early, so he wanted to go to the back kitchen to see, Yin Anlu had no choice but to take her down.

The back kitchen has always been a forbidden place for restaurants, not to mention the place where the cyclamen building specially set up a place to study new dishes, in addition to the owner and a few masters on weekdays, even the big shopkeeper is not easy to enter, and now I see the owner bring a young man to visit, and the head of the explanation is the way, several kitchen utensils are surprised.

Yin Lingyuan was looking at it interestingly, and suddenly heard a burst of noise outside, and was about to listen attentively, when he saw the big shopkeeper gently push open the corner of the kitchen door and report to Yin Anlu: "Boss, something happened ahead." ”

"How?" Yin Anlu frowned slightly.

"Someone is making trouble, I have to ask you to go out and have a look." The shopkeeper is embarrassed.

"Let's go." Yin Anlu followed the shopkeeper out first, Yin Lingyuan followed, out of the hall, and saw a group of people gathered at the door of the cyclamen building, as if watching the excitement, and when they saw them, they didn't know who shouted: "The owner of the cyclamen building is here." ”

Everyone got out of the way, and Yin Lingyuan followed Yin Anlu over, only to see a middle-aged man with a pale face lying on the ground, howling miserably while rolling around on his stomach.

Next to him was a fat and strong woman, and when she saw Yin Anlu, she didn't say a word, and she was about to do it when she came up.

The guy hurriedly stopped: "What are you doing!" ”

The woman said angrily, "What shall I do? Come and see, this cyclamen building is all bad things, and you are going to eat the dead! Yesterday, my father-in-law came to eat vegetables with you, and when I ate it, I felt that the taste was wrong, like it was bad, and I really got up early this morning with unbearable abdominal pain, and I vomited to death! ”

said and pointed at Yin Anlu's nose and scolded: "You rely on your father as an official, do you want to take people's lives when you open a cyclamen building?" If you don't give us an explanation today, you will definitely sue the lord of the government and smash your cyclamen building! ”

"What a big breath!" Yin Anlu sneered, "How can you just say that my cyclamen building made you eat bad stomach?" Feel free to slander me, and you can sue you as well. ”

"Oh, I knew you wouldn't admit it easily", the fierce woman said angrily: "My father-in-law met Dr. Wang in the east of the city when he was eating in the cyclamen building yesterday, and they also said hello. I'm going to find him and ask him to testify that my father-in-law is here to eat bad stomachs!" ”

"No need", Yin Anlu's eyes became cold, and he tilted his head slightly and instructed the shopkeeper, "Is there a record of this person's meal here yesterday?" ”

"I'm going to check it out when I'm old." The shopkeeper bowed down and told Xiao Er to look for the file.

After a while, Xiao Er brought a thick stack of paper: "The host, the guest officers who ate in the restaurant at noon yesterday and the dishes they ate are all recorded here." ”

The woman was taken aback, and even the middle-aged man who was lying on the ground and kept rolling was stunned, the entire imperial capital, even the entire Tianqi, which restaurant would record all the dishes that customers had eaten?

Yin Lingyuan followed and took a closer look, Yin Anlu flipped through it, and pulled out a sheet from it: "Yesterday at noon, I was of medium stature, dark complexion, and had a scar on my left eye, this is you, right?" ”

The onlookers took a closer look at the appearance of the man on the ground and said, "Yes, this man does have a scar on his left eye." ”

The woman immediately said, "Then you will admit it, what else do you have to say?" ”

I only heard Yin Anlu continue: "What I ate at noon yesterday was a set of dishes, with a plate of pork slices, a plate of potatoes, and a plate of cabbage sum...... And a plate of tofu. Tell me, what did you eat about me that made your stomach bad? ”

The woman's eyes rolled, and the man just rolled on the ground blindly holding his stomach: "How do I remember, anyway, I just ate your stuff and ate it badly." ”

"Your wife just said that you felt the taste was wrong as soon as you ate it, and now you can't remember?" Yin Lingyuan raised her voice, and she also saw that most of the couple came to deliberately find fault.

"Potatoes, it's that plate of potatoes!" The man seemed to think of something, and suddenly said, "When the potatoes were brought to the table, I felt that something was wrong, they were all green, but I thought in my heart how could such a big restaurant as the cyclamen house give me bad food, so I boldly ate them." Now that I think about it, I must have brought the sprouted potatoes! ”