Qin Baozhu's craftsmanship is really good, especially the braised beef, the sauce is fragrant and fragrant.

Ye Tianhuai was a little surprised.

She always thought that the taste of the imperial dining room in the palace should be the best in the world, but she didn't expect that the dishes of ordinary people could be so delicious.

If you have to say it, the dishes in the palace are like delicate beauties, full of pearls, and every smile seems to be carved, neat and tidy, but only a little less angry.

And the table in front of him is like Qin Baozhu, although he is dressed plainly, he is smart and lively, full of vitality.

The only pity is that Ye Qianhuai only ate a piece, and only half a pot of braised beef remained.

Ye Tianhuai had to admire Qin Yang's speed of eating meat.

"You eat less, beef is not easy to digest!" When Qin Yang's chopsticks reached the side of the beef, he was quickly beaten by Qin Baozhu with the chopsticks, and his words were full of disgust.

Qin Yang was two heads taller than Qin Baozhu, and even if he was sitting, he was a lot taller than her, but when he was beaten by her, he suddenly retracted his hand aggrievedly like a child who had done something wrong.

Ye Qianhuai looked at the two of them and couldn't help laughing: "You two look like sisters and brothers. ”

Qin Yang looked up at Ye Tianhuai, his eyes suddenly straightened, and he blurted out, "Brother He, you look so good when you smile." ”

He was quick to talk, causing everyone at the table to look at Ye Tianhuai.

Ye Tianhuai has grown so big, it is the first time to hear such an evaluation, and he can't help but be stunned, and even the smile on his face has frozen.

For a moment, the atmosphere at the table was a little awkward.

It was Qin Baozhu who reacted first, she took a piece of beef and threw it heavily in Qin Yang's bowl, and said, "What are you talking nonsense?" You can't stop eating meat! ”

Qin Yang stopped in stagnation, and while cautiously observing Qin Baozhu's face, he picked up the beef and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Childe, don't care, my brother is used to being open-mouthed, and he has no offense." Qin Baozhu smiled at Ye Tianhuai.

Ye Qianhuai also said: "It's okay." Brother Qin has a straightforward personality, and the younger brother is very envious. ”

The atmosphere eased again.

"This Gongzi He, I heard Qin Yang say, you are going to Beijing this time to find the sacrificial wine of the literary school?" An old man at the same table asked, he was full of silver hair, and his words were slow but clear, and he seemed to have passed the age of sixties.

"Yes. Dare for this gentleman is? Ye Qianhuai stopped his chopsticks and made a straw salute in his hand.

"Childe, this Mr. doesn't dare to be. Lao Yu is the shopkeeper in this Wenxin Hall, surnamed Hu, and they all call me Uncle Hu. If the son doesn't dislike it, he will also call Uncle Hu the old man. ”

Ye Tianhuai nodded and said, "Uncle Hu." ”

Uncle Hu smiled with satisfaction and said, "Childe is a protégé of sacrificial wine?" ”

"Not really. My father had studied at the literary school for several years, and he often talked to his students about sacrificial wine, and he always admired him, so he told me that I would definitely go to the literary school to visit one or two when I went to Beijing this time. ”

Uncle Hu nodded and said, "Ling Zun must also be a man of integrity. It's been a few years since he left Shengjing, right? ”

Ye Qian pondered: "It's been ten years. ”

"No wonder." Uncle Hu sighed and said, "The literary school is no longer the literary school of ten years ago, and Shengjing is not the Shengjing of the past." Sacrificial wine, alas, sacrificial wine is no longer the sacrificial wine of the literary school. ”

He spoke this sentence with full helplessness, and his frustration was overflowing.

"Uncle Hu, how do you say this?" Ye Qianhuai asked.

Uncle Hu shook his head and sighed again, as if he couldn't bear to speak out.

"The government is greedy for ink, and the court has become a party. In today's Shengjing, the powerful can commit murder on the street, but the people die on the street. There are more than 100,000 officials in Beijing, and no one cares about them. Occasionally, those who dare to speak up will be reduced to prisoners like sacrificial wine. Ten years ago, Shengjing was not like this. A man sitting next to Uncle Hu suddenly spoke.

Only then did Ye Tinghuai notice him. He was born handsome, looks like a gentleman, looks like he is only in his twenties, but there is a bit of loneliness between his eyebrows and eyes to see through the world, and his words are even more ruthless.

"Yu Xiu!" Uncle Hu raised his voice and stopped him.

The man laughed dryly and said, "Uncle Hu, even tomorrow the Criminal Department will arrest me and go to court, and I will still say the same." I have been reading the books of the sages since I was five years old, so that one day I can serve the country, admonish the king, and show compassion to the people. Now you can't admonish the king, and you can't have compassion on the people. He shook his head and said with a wry smile, "It's useless to be a scholar, so what else can I fear?" ”

"Nonsense! If your father knows that you are so demoralized under the Nine Springs, how can he turn his eyes away? Uncle Hu seemed to be really angry, and he even spoke a little faster.

The man's eyes darkened, Ye Tianhuai noticed that he had a pair of very good-looking eyes, and as soon as he lowered his eyes, the long eyelashes covered half of his eyes, and he only heard him say: "Uncle Hu, you also know why my father died." With his temperament, if he were still alive, he would only be stronger than me. ”

After speaking, he put down his chopsticks, stood up, glanced at Ye Qianhuai, gave her a hasty salute, and left the hall.

"Alas, this kid." After he left, Uncle Hu sighed again, and then raised his head and smiled at Ye Tianhuai, "Don't worry about Gongzi He. He is a personal disciple of the sacrificial wine, and has been with the sacrificial wine since he was a child. This time there was an accident with the sacrificial wine, and he was the most uncomfortable. ”

"Sacrificial wine, what happened?" Ye Tianhuai's expression also became solemn, and she suddenly felt that things might be more terrible than she imagined.

"The sacrificial wine was captured by the Criminal Department." Qin Yang, who had been eating meat, interjected, "A few days ago, the three divisions were tried, and I heard that they were going to be exiled. But the edict has not yet come down. ”

"How many of you know what the sacrificial wine has done?"

"Say he preached reactionary ideas in class." Qin Yang chewed the meat in his mouth, and his speech was a little muffled, and after swallowing, he said, "Where are there any reactionary thoughts, in fact, they just tell a few words of truth." If this is reactionary, then the sacrificial wine is not the first day of reaction. It was nothing before, but this time he was suddenly put in prison, there must be something else. ”

After Qin Yang finished speaking, he felt the anger from his side, he turned his head sideways to look at Qin Baozhu and said, "Don't look at me like that, what I said is the truth." ”

Qin Baozhu glared at him angrily, but did not speak.

Several people were silent for a while, and Ye Qianhuai asked, "Then do you know the real reason why the sacrificial wine was arrested?" ”

Uncle Hu shook his head and said, "It happened very suddenly, and no one knows the real reason. ”

"Where is the sacrificial wine now?"

Ye Qianhuai remembered that Gyeonggi Wei asked her for a bribe during the day, and listened to Gyeonggi Wei's words, the sacrificial wine should still be alive.

"Yes, in the prison of the Criminal Department." After Qin Yang finished speaking, he saw Ye Tianhuai's serious gaze, and said, "But you can't see him." ”

Ye Qianhuai retracted his gaze and nodded.

Qin Yang was right, it was impossible for the Criminal Department to let people see the sacrificial wine easily.

"Thank you for your hospitality, it's not early, and I'm going to say goodbye." Ye Tianhuai saluted several people one by one, it was dark outside, and she had to go back to the palace.

"Where are you going?" Qin Yang asked.

Ye Tianhuai was stunned by his question, and then remembered that his stepmother came to his mother's house, and replied: "He still has relatives in Beijing, and he is going to join his relatives in Beijing this time." ”

Unexpectedly, Qin Yang asked, "Where do your relatives live?" ”

"Pingning Fang." Ye said. It was indeed where the He Mansion was located, and now it was her uncle in charge.

"Then you can't go, you can stay here for one night today." Qinyang Road.

"Why?" Ye was puzzled.

"I don't know what happened yesterday, there was a curfew in Shengjing City, and the control in Shangcheng City was particularly strict. Pingning Fang is in Shangcheng District, and I'm afraid that Gongzi won't be able to get by. It was Qin Baozhu who answered, and seeing Ye Tianhuai's suspicious face, she said again, "If the son doesn't believe it, you can go to the door and take a look, at this hour, there should be only patrolling guards on the road." ”