Volume 2: Yongzhou Mansion Chapter 68: Rebuilding the Inn
On the tenth day of the lunar month, there was a slight snowfall, although the weather was cold, but the enthusiasm of the hawkers on the street was still there.
In Yongzhou Mansion, where the New Year is approaching, the streets and neighborhoods are full of excitement.
People living in Yongzhou must prepare pork and cabbage for the New Year.
Because, in Beigan, the first meal of the Spring Festival must be a big dumpling stuffed with cabbage and pork.
Cabbage means wealth, eat cabbage, and wealth will come in the coming year.
This is a custom that entrusts the beautiful vision of the people of Beigan, and it is also a custom that the people who live here coincide with.
Stepping on the thin snow, the Tang Sect Lord and the Mo Sect Lord are also about to embark on the road back to Beijing.
The Lin Mansion, which was about to say goodbye to the Lin Mansion that had entertained them for more than half a month, the two brothers Lin Xiao and Lin Zheng naturally had to be polite.
Yongzhou Mansion has a small rule, get on the dumplings and get off the noodles, when you send people away, you must make a meal of dumplings for the departing guests as a practice.
It seems to be some kind of saying that originates from an ancient tradition, and today's Lin Mansion prepared sixty-six thin-skinned and large-filled three fresh dumplings for the two masters.
Sixty six Shun, good luck, I hope the two of them have a smooth journey on the road.
After breakfast, Lin Xiao was responsible for sending the two masters on the carriage back to Beijing, and Tang Ke, the second master of Tang on the same road, was also the second master of Tang Ke.
"Second child, you have nothing to do and go to the Qinglou less, look at your bones, if you turn around and are sucked dry by that goblin, it won't sound good. ”
"Oh, I know big brother, what about me, you should take a look at your body first!"
The two brothers stayed in the Qinglou four days a week, and the other boasted of being wise and martial, and it was all the same tone when they spoke.
Tang Ke is afraid that he will have to stay in Beiqian to accompany Lu Cheng this time, after all, he is on official business, so he can't hide his family in Tangmen for the New Year.
"Big brother, when I went back to the old man, I helped me give this to him. ”
Tang Ke took out a pair of walnuts from his sleeve, and the texture was very exquisite.
"Tell the old man, I won't go back to celebrate the New Year with him this year, this walnut is my filial piety to him. ”
Properly put away the walnuts, and the Tang Sect Master patted Tang Ke on the shoulder.
"Good boy, you have a heart, I will tell the old man!"
As he spoke, the Tang Sect Master got into the car, and the Mo Sect Master seemed to have been waiting for someone, and his eyes kept looking in the direction of the Lin Mansion.
"Lord Momen, I'm afraid I forgot to take something?"
Lin Xiao asked, Mo Tianxing shook his head.
"No, please go back. ”
Before Mo Tianxing's words fell, Mo Lin ran out of the gate of Lin's house panting with a cloth bag.
"Wait a minute, Master, this is for you. ”
He handed the cloth bag to Mo Tianxing, this kid ran too fast, and he was out of breath at this time.
Mo Tianxing took the cloth bag and opened it to see that it was a machine operator.
This trap happened to be his severed left arm, and Mo Lin made it overnight for seven days based on the magic arcane of the Mo family.
From the point of view of workmanship, Morin is very attentive.
"Well done and encouraged. ”
Mo Tianxing just praised Mo Lin, and after Mo Lin evened out his breath, he saluted Mo Tianxing.
"Mo Lin, a disciple of the Mo family, send the master back to Beijing. ”
Mo Tianxing got into the car without looking back, the curtain blocked Mo Lin and Lin Xiao's sight, and the coachman saw that the two old men had gotten into the car, so he whipped it.
"Drive!"
The carriage drove slowly towards the city gate in the falling snow.
"I heard that you are quite ruthless to the Mo family, why do you call yourself a disciple of the Mo family?"
Lin Xiao was a little puzzled, and Mo Lin just smiled slightly.
"Because, at the end of the day, my surname is still Mo. ”
At this time, Mo Lin actually had a kind of open-mindedness, although he didn't learn any special skills with Lao Lu during this period of time, but he also realized something.
Whether it is Lin Ruo and Tang Xin, or he and Mo Tu, this kind of grievance is indeed difficult to resolve.
However, if you live with hatred all the time, you will never be able to break through.
Just recently, Lao Lu helped Mo Lin get through the inner demon, and it was no surprise that his inner demon was indeed Motu.
When he re-experienced his demons, he found that even though Motu had killed so many of his cousins and cousins, he had been spared his life.
With the Mohist Momen's system at that time, the dispute between the younger generations entered the Broken Soul Valley, and only one person could be left out of the mountain.
However, Motu killed all those who entered the valley, but left Morin's life.
Perhaps, Motu, like Morin, can never be a killer when facing his relatives.
Just like in the ring, even though Morin had a million insidious and cunning tricks to kill Motu, he still didn't do it.
Lao Lu is right, he Mo Lin's hands are soft, and his heart is also soft.
In the Valley of Broken Souls, isn't he Motu soft-handed, and his heart is also soft?
The horror of the demons is that if you never dare to admit your weakness, you will never be able to overcome your demons.
This demon in Morin's heart lasted for two days and two nights, and finally admitted his weakness.
In the face of Motu, he is indeed weak, but he also has a strong and persistent aspect.
He wants to take revenge on the entire high-level of the Mo family and completely revise the cruel system of the Mo family!
Because, at the end of the day, his surname is Mo.
Leaving Mo Lin aside, Lu Cheng at this moment was lying in the Songhe Tower yawning.
The dead qi has been condensed, but the two days of rest are still suffering.
The ghost cockroach and the little ghost don't bother him anymore, but they become donkeys and Yang Ming annoy him.
These two people quarrel every day, night and night, and they have to earn the second in the gang.
The donkey was very convinced that the deputy gang leader was the second in the gang, which made Yang Ming, the young gang leader, unconvinced.
Who is the second of this gang leader or the young gang leader?
These two living treasures quarreled for two days without a result.
"Delayed?"
Zuo Gong asked, there are a lot of people eating in Songhe Tower today.
Liu Ruyu, the third prince, Jiang Qiandao, these three will come here to eat.
Yang Ming was naturally in charge, and Xiaohua came to the fourth floor of Songhe Tower in advance to help Yang Ming with chores.
"Alas, a little sleep deprivation, not a big problem. ”
"I've got something important to announce for today's meal, and you have to testify to me. ”
The mysterious appearance of the old man Zuo Gongquan made Lu Cheng feel a little strange.
He didn't know what the important thing was for the three people he invited, anyway, he was here to follow the meal.
As a witness, where is the third prince here, is it his turn to bear witness?
After a while, Liu Ruyu and the third prince came together, and the old man Jiang Qiandao followed behind the two.
Although Jiang Lao was slightly injured in the process of exterminating the demons, after Ying Caidie's treatment, there was no major problem.
"Come on, come on, sit as you like. ”
Zuo Gong beckoned the three of them to sit at the table, and seeing that everyone had already arrived, Xiaohua took the big plate and began to serve the food!
The six dishes and one soup made by Yang Ming today are also unique famous dishes in Beigan.
The first dish is cold braised donkey meat, as soon as I heard that I would eat donkey meat today, the donkey master was killed and didn't want to come.
This heavenly dragon meat, underground donkey meat, the taste of donkey meat is nothing to say, the cold marinated donkey meat and its strength and flavor.
Served with soy sauce sesame oil and chives dipped in water, it is extremely delicious!
The second dish is very homely, small stew of green pepper fungus, cut the pork belly into dice pieces, fry the sugar color and stew directly in a large pot!
After cooking, add winter fungus and fresh green peppers, how can the taste be fragrant?
Three or four or two dishes are a duck, two ways to eat, today is not a roast duck, but a famous dish of Beigan, fried duck shreds in sauce!
There are also duck bones, which are not used to stew soup today, but are directly dry-fried and sprinkled with cumin fennel, not to mention how tempting it is.
The last two light vegetarian dishes and one vegetarian assortment. Delicious side dishes of white fungus, peanuts and celery have an excellent taste.
There is also a refreshing perilla cucumber, a refreshing cucumber with the fragrance of perilla leaves, which can relieve greasy and appetizing.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today, it is the old man who I put on a banquet for Shopkeeper Liu and the Third Prince, mainly to ask Lu Qincha to be a witness. ”
"Old man, I want to invest in Shopkeeper Liu, let's reopen the Yuelai Inn. ”
Hearing Old Man Zuo's proposal, Liu Ruyu was a little surprised and a little puzzled.
Why did this old man Zuo, who was among the top three richest people in Beiqian, suddenly think of investing in his Liu Ruyu's small inn?
Seeing that Liu Ruyu was a little puzzled, the third prince said with a smile:
"Actually, I told Old Man Zuo that the inn that we have been operating in Yongzhou Mansion for so long can't just be broken. ”
"First, it's to better manage our intelligence agency, and second, it's to remember the six sons. ”
Speaking of the sixth son, the voice of the third prince was a little guilty.
Liu Ruyu's nose was a little sour, but she still didn't lose her temper because of this.
"Yuelai Inn, we can't just be gone, of course, we can't let Old Man Zuo invest in vain, Old Man Zuo also has something to ask for. ”
"Haha, yes, my old man still has something to ask for Shopkeeper Liu. ”
As he spoke, Old Man Zuo took out a list, which was full of expensive tea and wine.
"I, I know that our shopkeeper knows how to store wine and how to store wine, so I hope that Yuelai Inn can help me collect these famous wines. ”
"Also, I actually have a bottle of wine here, a very special bottle of wine. ”
After speaking, Old Man Zuo took out a bottle of somewhat strange wine from a quaint wooden box.
"This bottle of wine is a bottle of wine I received thirty years ago, and I haven't found the origin of this bottle for so many years, so I need to check it for me with Shopkeeper Liu. ”
"Old man Zuo, let me take a look first. ”
Liu Ruyu took the bottle of wine with both hands, it was a bottle of wine that was transparent red in a delicate glass bottle.
If Liu Ruyu's judgment is correct, this bottle of wine comes from the open sea.
The text on the bottle is not generic, but a strange hieroglyph.
"This wine...... Who sent it to you?"
"It's an old man named Yang Qi. ”
Hearing this name, Lu Cheng and Yang Ming both instantly became excited.
"Yang Qi?
Lu Cheng asked, Zuo Gong thought for a while and waved his hand.
"The old man had a meal at my place and left, and he used the bottle to pay for the meal. ”
"I've always been meticulous in my bookkeeping, so I put his name on the ledger. ”
"I've never heard of the title of Ghost Valley. ”
If Old Man Zuo's record is correct, then Old Man Yang Qi should have come to Beiqian thirty years ago.
However, Liu'er only discovered the whereabouts of Old Man Yang Qi more than ten years ago.
Could it be that Old Man Yang Qi has been in Beiqian during this time?
What has he been doing in Beiqian for such a long time?
Lu Cheng tried his best to recall all the things that happened in Beiqian from 30 years ago to 10 years ago, except for the war in Beiqian and Northern Xinjiang that lasted for more than ten years, nothing very strange happened in Yongzhou Mansion.
After the Rebellion of the Five Kings, the province has been very calm.
"Speaking of which, I heard the name of this old gentleman for the first time at that time, and I also inquired later, and there was no one named Yang Qi among the locals in Beigan. ”
What Old Man Zuo said is understandable, the name Yang Qi is almost a household name in Zhongzhou, and few people know it in other places.
After all, the Rebellion of the Five Kings fifty years ago had reduced the empire's population by nearly seventy percent.
There should be very few survivors who know this name.
"Anyway, all the information about this old man is worthy of our attention, and I only agreed to invest in Old Man Zuo after understanding this. ”
Liu Ruyu thought for a while, and then showed a gentle smile.
"Then I have to give a glass to Old Man Zuo, congratulations on becoming a shareholder of Yuelai Inn!"
After Liu Ruyu put down the precious bottle of wine properly, she picked up the cup and drank the wine in the cup.
"The shopkeeper Liu is really a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows go!"
Old Man Zuo was very happy and drank it all.
"Zuo Gong, if you ask Jiang Lao to witness this matter, it's a little redundant for me to have dinner here today. ”
Lu Cheng looked at Jiang Lao, and Jiang Lao smiled.
"Lu Qincha, I can't do this testimony, from today onwards, I will be the account office of Songhe Tower. ”
"Huh, you won't be in Zhongzhou?"
Yang Ming asked Lu Cheng's doubts on the side, and Jiang Lao nodded.
"I've been learning all my life, and I want to be relaxed, after all, Zuo Lao is also a friend of my teacher, and I help him look at the stall here, and it's a good thing to think about it. ”
Listening to Jiang Lao's tone, he likes the position of Mr. Bookkeeper of Songhe Tower very much.
"Then I have to pay tribute to Zuo Lao and Jiang Lao, I wish you two a lot of money and money!"
"Lu Zhenren's glass of wine doesn't respect me, does that mean he doesn't want me to make money every day?"
Liu Ruyu showed a playful smile and teased Lu Cheng.
"Then how can it, don't you have to pay homage to the God of Wealth first, do you say, the third prince. ”
"Lu Qincha is right, we have to respect Zuo Lao and Jiang Lao together, and the wealth is extensive!"
Everyone raised their glasses together, the cheerful wine syrup was full of cheerful laughter, and the fourth floor of the Songhe Tower was filled with laughter.