The autumn night in Luoyang City is as cool as water, and the breeze rolls the banners of the shops along the street, gently fluttering, as if they are also soliciting business for the shops. Whether it is the Han people, the Xianbei people or the Qihu people on the street, in addition to the difference in appearance, the backs of the fish are all under the Hanfu, which seems so harmonious and unified, and people wander in the long-lost prosperity. The most attractive thing on the street is those wine shops, the wine girls leaning in front of the door are wearing red, green and green dresses, bewitching and bewitching at the door of the store, and occasionally a hu dance, teasing those prodigal sons, idle homeless people and pretentious sour scholars, each of whom can't help but be hooked into the store by their own eyeballs. Order a pot of sake, with two taels of beef, set up a few side dishes, or a group of three or five, or one person pour himself to drink, tell each other anecdotes, listen to the ancient and modern, and have a mixed noisy scene.

The most lively wine shop in Luoyang City is the Forgotten Sorrow House in the center of the city, and the couplet in front of the door is written with Tao Yuanming's "Drinking": Forget your worries and forget your worries, far away from my world. Just because the owner of this wine shop is surnamed Tao, he gave himself the name of Tao Yuanming's descendant, just to attract those literati who think they are romantic. This wine shop is still a little stylish in Luoyang City, and no matter how the interior of the store is decorated with Tao Yuanming's poems as screens and curtains, it is a pot and a plate, a bowl and a spoonful, all of which are embellished with one or two famous sentences. The singer who sings in the store is also a Su Yaluo skirt, with a little powder, and her slender jade hands are playing the pipa, babbling and singing songs arranged by ancient poems. This elegance attracted a lot of officials and nobles to come to the party, and those who wanted to seek a future also squeezed their heads into the wine shop every day, thinking about meeting one or two nobles. It's just that today they don't know that sitting in a corner, in a private room called Juju, is sitting in the current son and his queen.

This is the first time that Ying'e has gone out of the palace with Yuan Ziyou in disguise since becoming a queen, and she is happy. She looked at Yuan Ziyou affectionately, and quietly stretched out one hand to hook Yuan Ziyou's little finger, looking like a little daughter. "Xianggong, I haven't gone out for a long time, and the prosperity of Luoyang City is the same as what is said in the book."

Madame said stupid words again, the book is only a few sentences in Chinese, how can this scene be shown. I think the lady is also complaining about being a husband, how about taking you out to play more in the future? Yuan Ziyou smiled and sandwiched a piece of osmanthus quail, "Try their new dish, pickled with high-quality osmanthus nectar, the quail meat is honey but not greasy, and the floral fragrance is refreshing." ”

Ying'e opened her mouth and asked Yuan Ziyou to feed herself, tasting it carefully, "It's really delicious, I'll pack one later, and go back and let the cook at home try to make it." ”

Yuan Ziyou laughed and said, "If you want to eat, just ask his cook to go to the house, or ask the recipe, why bother so much." ”

Ying'e shook her head, "People rely on this craft to attract business, and it is also made after many hard attempts, how can we get other people's secret recipes without hard work." If you take it back and taste it yourself, and try to make it slowly, it will be fun and you can make some improvements. I ate this dish very well, but I felt that the time of marinating this meat was not grasped well, and after a long time, the aroma of the flavor was too strong, but it lost the deliciousness of the meat, and it was too late. ”

"Madame is so attentive, do you want to learn to make it for me?" Yuan Ziyou smiled and sat close to Ying'e, finding that her hands were a little cold, holding her two hands and rubbing them gently, and asked gently, "Is it cold?" Why are your hands so cold? Qi Wan hurried to get a cloak for Madame. ”

"If you like to eat, I'll make it for you tomorrow." Ying'e smiled and called Qihua, who brought her a cloak, and said to Yuan Ziyou, "Xianggong, I'm not cold, if my hands are warm, how can I be so loved by my husband?" ”

Yuan Ziyou smiled and hugged her into his arms, "Yes, if it's warm, how can I do my best to make my wife happy?" ”

Ying'e smiled shyly, "I will definitely learn this dish when I go back, give my husband more to eat, today's words are sweeter than this honey, I want to listen to it every day." ”

"Okay, how about Madame cook for me in a different way, and I'll be responsible for talking in a different way to please you?"

"It's not difficult to cook, I'm afraid that one day you will run out of words, and I won't follow it."

Just as the two of them were talking, the curtain of the wine shop opened, and three men and two women came in, looking like they had just entered Beijing from other places. Although the lady in the middle is plainly dressed, she does not hide her flaws, and her temperament and demeanor are really from everyone's background, and the maids around her are also as delicate as flowers. The shopkeeper led the group to sit down in the bamboo house opposite the chrysanthemum, and arranged some wine and dinner, and the lady was also generous and rewarded the little two with one or two pieces of silver. I was so happy that my legs and feet were faster, and I put the meal together in a few moments. Seeing that the food was ready, the lady was not in a hurry to move the chopsticks, and looked left and right, as if waiting for someone.

Ying'e couldn't help but take a few more glances when she saw her bearing, and whispered to Yuanziyou, "I didn't expect such a lady to come to such a wine shop." ”

Yuan Ziyou squinted at the other side, turned his head to look at Ying'e, smiled and pinched Ying'e's chin and said, "Aren't you?" On honor, who is like you in the whole world? I think it's waiting for her husband, but you are curious and keep staring at others. Then he instructed Zhang Gao Song, "I heard that the singer here can order music, Xiao Songzi, you go and order "Youlan Sheng's Vestibule" to the singer, Tao Yuanming's poem, I think it's good." ”

"But the poem says that the bird is not willing to hide the bow, how can the husband like this one."

"Tao Gong can pinpoint the disadvantages of the times and say the reason for his retreat, if I get a virtuous minister, I will not teach him to be depressed." After speaking, Yuan Ziyou glanced at Ying'e's expression, and added, "A scholar with a pen, you let him farm, and the grass can't be hoeed, let alone know the sowing season, and he can't support his family. So you see that Wen Zi is not moving, either he is a dead admonition or a resignation, and he looks like a spoonful of food and a scoop of drink is enough, and I am angry when I look at it. I'm afraid that he won't do anything about crops, and he will starve to death He himself is small, so I will say that I am not the same with a pen, wouldn't it be too wronged. ”

Ying'e sneered, "Lord Wen is a loyal minister, but he said such a small belly to Xianggong, you have to reuse such a person, after all, there are too few good ministers who dare to tell the truth." ”

"Yes, what Madame said is very true, so I endured it hard, and I can only admit it." Yuan Ziyou saw that Zhang Haosong hadn't gone out yet, "Why are you still stunned, why don't you go quickly?" ”

Zhang Gaosong agreed, and then went out with the silver to pay the singer, and after the singer thanked him in the direction of Juju, he hummed softly and crisply, "Youlan is born in the vestibule, and the breeze is smoked." The breeze came naturally, and I saw goodbye to Xiao Aizhong. The road is lost, and any road may be passable. Enlightenment should be returned, and the bird will waste a good bow. When the song reached the end of the bird's bow, more than a dozen masked people suddenly rushed in from outside, carrying swords and slashing at the bamboo house where the lady was, and cut down when they saw anyone. The people in the liquor shop screamed and fled out, and for a while, the tables, chairs, and screens were pushed crookedly by the crowded crowd, and even fell to the ground, and the cups and bowls of the table were shattered to the ground.

Boss Tao was so frightened that he hid under his counter, pushed the guy out to find a patrol, and shouted as if he was killing a pig, "Good man Mo kills people, just say it if you want money." ”

This group of masked men led the way, "We only kill the five people in Zhuju, and it is absolutely not good to kill, and the rest go out quickly so as not to suffer." ”

Seeing this, Ying'e hurriedly called for escort, and wanted to stand in front of Yuan Ziyou, but was dragged behind by Yuan Ziyou, "Can I still let Madam protect me, good, stand behind me." After speaking, he gestured to Zhang Gaosong's eyes, Zhang Gaosong understood, and immediately jumped up with the guards and rushed towards Zhuju.

Zhuju's wife was already frightened at this time, and the three attendants around her resisted desperately, and two guards had died, and the maid also blocked a knife for her, and fell to the ground dying. Just as he was about to slash at his wife, the guards rushed up from behind, fighting with the masked man, Zhang Gaosong was quick-eyed, kicked away the nearest lady, blocked the two knives that came from the split, and pulled the lady behind the guard. The masked men were gradually defeated, wounded and withdrawn, pursued by the guards, and fought fiercely in the streets.

The lady was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground and wept. Seeing that she was pitiful, Ying'e asked Qihua to help her up and sit beside her, and comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid, my husband is here." But who are these people, and why are they killing you? ”

Madame trembled, just shook her head, and kept saying, "I don't know, I don't know, I don't know." ”

Qi Wan brought a cup of hot tea to her wife, which calmed her mind a little, "Don't be afraid, my old lady will keep you safe." ”

Yuan Ziyou said, "Now you can tell me slowly, I will be the master for you and protect you." ”

The lady cried and said, "The little woman's name is Cui Fengqin, and my husband, Jun Gaoqian, is a subordinate of the rebel Ge Rongbu. Dissatisfied with Ge Rong's atrocities and wanting to surrender to the imperial court, he escaped from the military camp with his brother Gao Gao and accepted the court's recruitment. It was inconvenient for my husband to march with me, so I asked the little woman to bring a few entourages to Beijing first, saying that someone would arrange it properly when I arrived in Luoyang. I just arrived in Luoyang today, and according to what my husband said, I came here to forget my worries and wait for the people who came to connect, but I didn't expect to be chased and killed. Fortunately, the lady and the lady rescued each other, and the little woman was grateful. ”

Yuan Ziyou feigned anger and said, "What, you are Gao Qian's wife, your husband surrendered to me, but let you suffer this catastrophe, it is my negligence." Luoyang City is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and it is unbearable for such an interception and killing to occur in front of me. Zhang Gaosong ordered the outside to drive back to the palace, and summoned Li Yu to wait in the Taiji Palace, and I will investigate today's matter to the end. ”

Ying'e walked to Mrs. Gao's side and gently instructed Qiyu, "Bring Mrs. Gao to my palace to settle first, and then make other arrangements when the emperor finds out the reason." After speaking, he looked at Yuan Ziyou and said, "Your Majesty, what do you see?" ”

Yuan Ziyou looked at her approvingly, "The queen bothered, so she did what the queen wanted." After taking Ying'e's hand and boarding the sedan chair, he suddenly turned to Zhang Gao and said, "This store is not easy, you look at the loss in the store and leave some silver down." ”

Zhang Gao promised to promise, "The emperor can rest assured, this is handed over to the slaves." ”

The procession back to the palace set off in a majestic manner. Ying'e in the sedan chair saw that Yuan Ziyou was so sympathetic to the people's livelihood, and she was really happy in her heart, feeling that he was becoming more and more like a son of heaven, and couldn't help but hold the hand a little tighter. Yuan Ziyou closed her eyes, as if she was recuperating, and didn't say a word, just gently rubbed her hand twice with her thumb. Ying'e thought that he was tired, so she sat quietly on the side, gently lifted the sedan curtain and opened a thin slit, just in time to look at the messy things in the street because of the fight, the wounded guards leaned against the corner of the wall and gasped, and several guards bandaged them briefly and carried them to the carriage to the hospital. She watched as the sky began to drizzle, so soft and soft that her eyes were wet, and the blood on the ground melted little by little, and the calm restored to the street seemed so desolate. She gently lowered the curtain, leaned to the side and quietly looked at the man she loved in front of her, thinking about the protection in the chaos just now, and her heart was filled with sweetness.