Chapter 51: The Minister
Once the number of people had been determined, she set out to deal with it. After drawing up the general direction, Zhongli handed over the matter to a reliable person, and then continued to teach his younger siblings himself.
Time passed quietly, but the strange thing is that the minister of the imperial court did not come, but many merchants came to the border.
For a time, the border became lively.
One of the most outstanding teenagers, accompanied by his attendants, stepped through the gates of the Eight Directions.
"A few guest officers, what do you want to eat?" The shopkeeper comes into contact with all kinds of people every day, and as soon as they come in, he can see that their identities are not ordinary, and he hurriedly comes over to greet them.
"I heard that you have a famous dish here, called Buddha jumping over the wall, and it costs 1,000 taels of silver a piece?" Zhao Zijian, that is, the minister sent by the imperial court this time, stared at the shop Xiaoer and asked.
When the shopkeeper heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he greeted him even harder, after all, this Buddha jumping over the wall is not something that ordinary people eat.
"Exactly, I wonder if the guest officer wants to taste it?"
"Taste! If there are any other dishes, give me the same one. "Zhao Zijian is rich and rich, he has never eaten any delicacies from the mountains and seas, if he hadn't said this dish from many people's mouths, and praised it, he would not be interested in this dish.
"Holo." The shopkeeper knew that this person was extraordinary, and immediately went to inform the back kitchen.
Zhao Zijian sat in the hall, his eyes swept over the layout of the entire restaurant, and he found that this restaurant was completely different from the restaurants in the capital, and it was more upscale than the one in the capital.
This made him a little curious, who was the shopkeeper of this restaurant.
However, before the Buddha jumped over the wall and came up, Zhao Yiyan received the news and immediately sent someone to invite him.
"This son, the house has prepared the Buddha jumping over the wall, and I ask the son to move." The old butler said respectfully.
Zhao Zijian raised his eyebrows, this Zhao Yiyan's movements are quite fast, and the news is quite well-informed, he just sat down and didn't serve the food, so he came to the door.
"It's okay, since someone invited, I can't afford to pay for it myself." Zhao Zijian swaggered up and left Huibafang.
And Zhao Yiyan's mansion naturally has no Buddha jumping over the wall, and the purpose of his saying this is to let Zhao Zijian leave Huibafang.
Subconsciously, he didn't want Zhao Zijian and the people in the court to know about Zhongli's existence.
As for the Buddha jumping over the wall, he could bring back the share that Zhao Zijian ordered before.
On the way, Zhao Zijian kept looking at the people coming and going on the street. To be honest, this place was not at all the same as he imagined the border pass, but it was fine, if he was allowed to stay in a place where birds don't, he wouldn't be able to stand it.
"Butler, is there anything interesting here?" Zhao Zijian asked.
"Back to the prince, the people at the border are poor, and there is nothing to do." In the old butler's heart, the most fun thing is to save Zhong Li, but she is a person, not a thing.
Zhao Zijian closed his mouth boredly and was silent.
But in his heart, he was thinking about whether Zhao Yiyan knew the news that he brought back to the court last time, after all, such a big movement, as a guard here, it was impossible for him not to know.
When he came to Zhao Yiyan's house, Zhao Yiyan was waiting at the door, and when he saw Zhao Zijian coming in, he arched his hand and said, "Lord Wang." ”
"King Qingyang's good means, and the rich border passes are all the credit of the prince."
"The prince has won the award, the Buddha jumping over the wall has been done, and the prince is invited to taste it." Zhao Yiyan made a gesture of please, Zhao Zijian came by carriage, he was ready, not afraid of being debunked by Zhao Zijian.
"Okay, then let's go taste this dish first." Zhao Zijian and Zhao Yiyan each had a ghost child, and walked side by side on the cobblestone path.
Walking to the restaurant, Zhao Zijian really saw a delicate dish on the table, and this dish he had never seen before. Take a deep breath and the air is filled with enticing scents.
"Lord Wang, Zijian is welcome." Zhao Zijian couldn't wait to sit on the chair and eat with chopsticks.
After holding a pair of chopsticks and putting them in his mouth, Zhao Zijian only felt that the dishes they had eaten before were all in vain, which was called a dish.
Zhao Zijian was out of control, and he actually ate a Buddha jumping over the wall by himself, which made Zhao Yiyan a little unhappy, this is something he spent a thousand taels of silver to buy, and it was eaten by Zhao Zijian alone.
However, he didn't show it on his face, and said calmly: "What does the prince think about this Buddha jumping over the wall?" ”
"Delicious!" Zhao Zijian was full of praise.
"It's good if the prince likes it." Zhao Yiyan sat down opposite Zhao Zijian and ate with chopsticks.
After eating, the two walked side by side in the courtyard, Zhao Zijian said as he walked: "The prince has been here for almost a year, are you still used to the customs here?" ”
"Zhao is a rough man, and he is the most obedient." Zhao Yiyan said lightly.
He knew that since the emperor had sent the four princes over, he must have been suspicious of the previous explosion, but he was not alarmed, after all, the people who saw the incident directly at the beginning had already been dealt with, and even if they checked it now, they couldn't find anything.
Zhao Zijian nodded, suddenly stopped, turned around and said, "Before that, there was a thunder on the ground during the day, I don't know if the general can hear it?" ”
"I didn't expect the prince to hear it, when the thunder fell, the local old people said that they had never seen such a loud thunder in their lives." Zhao Yiyan knew in his heart what Zhao Zijian wanted to ask, but how could he possibly say that he would talk about other things.
Zhao Zijian frowned, he didn't know that Zhao Yiyan was perfunctory, but he had no evidence at all, and Zhao Yiyan's face was always serious, which made him even more clueless.
After going around Zhao Yiyan's house, Zhao Zijian didn't find any useful news, which made him very depressed.
Yes, after noon, Zhao Zijian found a reason to leave.
As soon as he left, the old housekeeper walked to Zhao Yiyan's side and said worriedly: "I'm afraid that the fourth prince won't be good at resting." ”
"So what, as long as we keep our mouths shut, all he gets is some answers that everyone else has, and there is no evidence." After saying that, Zhao Yiyan returned to the room, but thinking of Zhongli's pale face and soft body that day, his body tightened, and he hurriedly smoothed away these emotions and went to the army.
On the other side, Zhao Zijian was walking on the street, and happened to pass by Hui Bafang, and saw Xiao Er of Hui Bafang posting an advertisement.
It was the first time Zhao Zijian had seen this kind of thing, and he saw that it was painted with a lifelike suddenness, which made people can't help but drool at a glance.
He stepped forward with his hands behind his back and said, "Little Er, what is this?" ”
As soon as the shopkeeper saw Zhao Zijian, he recognized him as a guest at noon, and said enthusiastically: "This is a new dish in the store, called Sweet Potato, do you want to come in and try it?" ”
"Sweet potatoes?" It was the first time Zhao Zijian had heard of such a name.
Without waiting for him to think about it clearly, the shopkeeper said again: "And it is sold in limited quantities, a total of ten copies are withdrawn a day, and there will be no more than that." ”
Zhao Zijian's eyes lit up, as a member of the royal family, he immediately understood the secret of sales, and secretly sighed, this is called the wisdom of the shopkeeper of the restaurant.
Stepping into the door of Hui Bafang, he said to the shopkeeper: "Little Er, bring me a sweet potato." He wanted to see what this sweet potato was.
"Holo." The shopkeeper immediately went to the back kitchen to prepare.
At this time, Zhongli happened to be idle and went out for a walk.
When she passed by, she saw a man with extraordinary bearing sitting by the window, playing with a folding fan in his hand, looking very leisurely.
What was her identity in her previous life, and she naturally saw at a glance that this man was extraordinary, and his temperament was completely different from the people around him.
Zhongli couldn't help but be a little curious, what kind of identity was it, actually eating here.
She was in a daze, and the shopkeeper spotted her with sharp eyes, and stepped forward and said, "Second son, you are here." "Although the Hui Bafang is now under Zhong Liyu's name, who doesn't know that these are Zhong Li's credits.
"Hmm." Zhongli nodded at the shopkeeper.
It just so happened that this scene was seen by Zhao Zijian, and from Zhongli's bearing, speech and demeanor, he knew that this person was not an ordinary person, and he stepped forward and said, "Isn't this son also here to taste sweet potatoes?" ”
As soon as these words came out, the other diners laughed out loud and said kindly: "You are wrong about this son, these two sons are the bosses of all directions, how can they come here to taste sweet potatoes." ”
Zhao Zijian was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but set his eyes on Zhongli again.
Looking at her age, she is only thirteen or fourteen years old, and she is actually the shopkeeper of a hotel.
"Haha, this son looks like he's from out of town, and it's normal not to know." Another diner laughed.
For a while, the whole restaurant was very lively.
At this time, Zhao Zijian's shredded sweet potato was served, and Zhao Zijian was amazed by this new dish when he saw it.
The crystal clear appearance and fragrant smell are all appetizing. Rao came out of the rich capital, and he had never seen such a strange dish.
Zhao Zijian turned to look at Zhong Li and said, "I don't know if this brother can sit down and explain the origin of this dish to Zaixia?" ”
Zhongli is not the kind of person who rejects people thousands of miles away, and this person is a foreigner, so maybe he can get some news from him.
So she arched her hand and said, "It's okay, since Gongzi is interested in this sweet potato, then I will make the decision today and invite you to taste this dish." ”
"Thank you." Zhao Zijian hurriedly accepted this love.
The two sat opposite each other, and Zhongli's little servant stood behind her, guarding her all the time.
When they were talking happily, Zhao Yiyan soon received the news that Zhongli and Zhao Zijian were having dinner in Huibafang, and for a while, he actually had a sullen feeling in his heart, as if his things had been robbed.
"What did they say?" Zhao Yiyan lowered his head, seemingly careless, but only he knew that he was very unhappy somewhere in his heart.
"It's too far away for my subordinates to hear."