Chapter 372: The Tea House
Liu Yan's feeling was not wrong, and he was only halfway back when he started to rain.
The leader of the guards came over and discussed with Dou Tang, who hurriedly came over: "Princess, I'm afraid this rain will rain for a while, let's find a place to shelter from the rain in front of us, and wait for the car to pick it up." ”
Liu Yan glanced at the sky, nodded and said, "It's okay." ”
Fortunately, I have already entered the city, and it is not easy to find a place where so many people can shelter from the rain if they are halfway through.
Not far from the road is a teahouse, and many people have already gone to take shelter from the rain.
The lobby of the teahouse was crowded with people, but the guy in the store was very stubborn, and immediately said that the upstairs seat was still free, and there was a quieter place behind the building through the hall.
"Just upstairs."
The shopkeeper rushed to lead the way, and he could see that this guest was either rich or expensive, and the girl who could take someone out to ride a horse in this year was definitely not low. Look at these guards brought by others, they are tall and big, not to mention how decent they are, ordinary people will definitely not be able to use them.
The shopkeeper was bent on stammering, but in the matter of serving people, the bean soup was more professional than him, how could he let him rob his own work, the food in the teahouse was not wanted, and their tea and bean soup were not eye-catching, so he only let him bring a large pot of hot water up, but the shopkeeper was not disappointed, and he was rewarded after lifting the hot water.
The bean soup was made with hot water, and the four fine snacks were taken out of the food box, and even the plates were brought by home.
The other guards don't have this treatment, but the refreshments in this teahouse are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, as long as they can afford it, they can naturally get it good, even if the teahouse doesn't have it, you can let them go to the neighborhood to adjust.
The location of the seat is very good, the windows facing the street are open, and the street below can be seen clearly. The window on the inner side opens, and the storytellers in the lobby can see it clearly.
The rain is getting tighter and tighter outside, and there are more and more people in the teahouse, many people are trapped in this street, and it is better to take shelter from the rain in the teahouse than elsewhere, at least there is a seat here, and the coarse tea is a penny and a big bowl, which can not only rest but also quench your thirst.
Dou Tang rarely gets a chance to serve - you must know that usually he is a eunuch and has no chance to serve the princess closely, it is all done by Gui Yuan and these palace maids, and all the things he can do are outside the princess's bedroom, and even the study of Dou Tang can't go in.
Although the bean soup has studied hard for a long time, the words he recognizes are still only one or two hundred, and they are the simplest and most common words.
He prepared refreshments, went out again, brought hot water in a basin, and served Liu Yan simply washed his hands and wiped his face.
"Princess, there are storytellers and singers below, if you want to relieve your boredom, you can order a book, or call someone to come up and sing two tunes to listen, it's convenient."
The bean soup handed over a slip of paper, which was written in the teahouse's common storytelling paragraphs, and some other juggling fun, if no one ordered, these people usually earned some rewards, and they had to give the teahouse a cut. If someone takes a fancy to it and is willing to order a show or two, then they can earn more.
"I don't think I've heard any of that." Liu Yan looked at it, after all, she didn't often go out of the palace, and she hadn't been to such a teahouse much before, so she didn't know much.
The bean soup came to the spirit: "The slave maid has heard that there are good pastime tricks in this teahouse." Some people can spit fire, some people can swallow swords, and some people can shrink themselves into small balls and stuff them into a jar......" Dou Tang said while comparing how big the jar was, for fear that Liu Yan would not believe it.
Liu Yan smiled, but didn't interrupt him.
Whether it's spitting fire or swallowing a sword, she's heard of it, it's all a trick to play with the help of some special props, just for fun, where can anyone really swallow a sword? Wouldn't that pierce people to death? In fact, most people who watch tricks also know that this is fake, but you don't have to be more serious, just have fun, and it's not easy for people to come out to beg for a living.
Liu Yan doesn't have much interest in these, especially the trick of how to stuff a person into the jar, even if it is a skill that has been practiced hard since childhood, it will definitely be punished.
"Click on a book and listen to it." Liu Yan casually pointed to one: "That's it." ”
Doutang glanced down, and he only knew one of the five words in that line, which was the official word. If you want to say other words, you don't know, this word he only recognized once and remembered it firmly, and he has never forgotten it since then, but it is not like the word next to him, he forgot the front and forgot the back, and he didn't know it when he saw it in another place next time.
People say that there are two mouths of official characters, and there is a hat on these two mouths, so it must be an official hat.
The bean soup went down and ordered this book, gave a reward, and when the person on the stage went down, the gentleman who came up again said this book.
The bean soup stayed by the princess's side and listened with relish.
It turned out that this was the story of a county magistrate who solved the case. In fact, it can't be regarded as a verdict, because this is not someone else to sue, and he did not sit in court. It was he who once went out and saw someone arguing on the street, and stepped forward to judge the right and wrong, which was barely a case, which was interspersed with jokes such as widows scolding the street, Lai Han spoofing and so on, and those people in the lobby also laughed from time to time.
However, the story of the real case, everyone really doesn't like to hear it, this kind of market slang with fun and suspense is what most people like to see.
The county magistrate finally judged that Lai Han was a defilement of others, and the widow was also interested in getting rich, and finally returned the cloth to the merchant from other places.
Dou Tang usually stays in the palace, in fact, he rarely hears this kind of lecture outside, and he stands behind the princess, also with a smile on his face.
"What are you happy about? Let me ask you, if you were to decide this case of throwing cloth, would you be able to do so? ”
Liu Yan asked him, of course the bean soup didn't dare to prevaricate, and after thinking about it seriously, he said: "The slave and maid should be able to break, because among these three people, only the cloth merchant can have such a good cloth, the widow and Lai Han are obviously greedy to lie, the matter is not difficult to understand, but the ins and outs of this, all kinds of evidence...... The slave and maid could not tell. ”
"yes, that's what makes it so rare."
Liu Yan asked him to give one more reward, and the bean soup ran up and down happily without any complaints.
He understands it at this time, no wonder so many people like to spend time in the teahouse, and they don't get bored of staying for a day, it is indeed a good place, there is food, drink, and fun, if two or three acquaintances and friends come together, it will be better.
Well, it's inconvenient for him to leave the palace now. In the future, the princess will also have her own mansion, and he will have more opportunities to go out at that time, and he can come here often.