"Xianggong, this Huai bud cake is so sweet, where did you buy it?"

In the small courtyard on the outskirts of the city, the three of them were enjoying the shade in the courtyard, Situ Xi was shaking the chair under the seat, and the two daughters were tasting the food he brought back.

"On Yupan Street, there is a sake restaurant, which was given by the shopkeeper." Situ Xi looked at the eating appearance of the two, Zhong Li was stunned, sometimes covering it with his hands, and whispering while holding the shrimp cakes in both hands and chewing them heavily.

"Hmm, it smells so good! Why didn't the slave and maid find it when they went to Yupan Street before? Whispering while eating, the words are a little unclear.

"That's because you lack an eye that is good at finding beauty." It seems that their tastes are also in line with the public, since both of them think it is delicious, the father and daughter of the Zhang family may really be able to win a place at the Spring Food Meeting.

"What does this eating have to do with the eyes! Besides, the slaves all went with the young lady, but the uncle's words also included the young lady. She whispered, then rolled her eyes slightly and grinned.

This girl is quite bold, but it can also be seen that her relationship with Zhong Lisu is really close.

"That's because she has a pair of extremely beautiful eyes, and she doesn't bother to discover ordinary beauty anymore."

"Xianggong!" Zhong Li's cheeks were burning like fire, this peach-blossom-like flame had burned to the root of her ears, and her face was a little thin, and she was particularly shy.

"No more!" whispered and stomped his feet to pretend to be angry, but the corners of his mouth turned up, and he was happy for the two of them.

"But the person who made this locust bud cake is really ingenious, and he actually thought of using locust leaf water to make cold food." Zhongli took out another piece in a panic and changed the subject embarrassedly.

"There are not many pastries in Xuan'an City, I only found a few in the city, and even fewer use some flowers and plants, I will also make a snack called 'jasmine cake', the lady likes sweetness, I will make one for you another day."

Desserts are not something that ordinary people can enjoy often, after all, it is good for most people to fill their stomachs nowadays, and the restaurants and restaurants in the city that specialize in the high-end market seem to be bent on those "hard dishes" that seem to be generous and extravagant.

"Jasmine, it's going to be summer." It's a pity to whisper.

This clock was stunned but in a daze, her mind had been disturbed by Situ Xi's words, this was the first time in these days.

The first time she was called like this, it was like a drop of water dripping into a flat lake, and she felt something strange in her heart.

"Miss?"

"Huh? Ah, yes, it's a pity. ”

"Speaking of jasmine, there are a lot of interesting facts related to these flowers and plants, do you want to hear about them?" Situ Xi has nothing to do these days when he is also observing these flowers and plants on the side of the road in Xuan'an, it should be said that it is really in the south of the Yangtze River, there are many gardens in Xuan'an, and there are countless types of flowers and plants.

This also includes many flowers that were introduced to China after the Yuan and Ming dynasties, such as poppies, etc., of course, this poppy is talking about spring flowers, not the earliest poppy grass.

"Listen, listen!" didn't wait for Zhong Lishu to speak, she nodded softly and repeatedly, as Situ Xi's number one story fan and champion, she could always send him support as soon as possible.

"For example, in our small courtyard, have you noticed that there are many small blue flowers blooming on the wall recently, they actually have a nice name, called Po Na, and its flower language is health."

"The so-called flower language is the language that people pass through these flowers, and you can give your favorite flowers a flower language."

"There is a person named Zhang Yi, who also specially compiled the "Book of Flowers", grading them with nine products and nine lives......"

The copper kettle was dripping, and by the time the curtain came down on this small story, Yue'er had already hung up on the treetops.

……

Jinsefang is a folk music institution, and it is a bit inappropriate to say that it is an institution, because it is definitely not a serious place.

Not only do you want to learn vocal and dancing folk dances, but you can also perform some singing and dancing performances.

Not everyone can go to the government-run workshop to learn art, and most of the artists in the workshop are from music backgrounds.

Jinsefang is in the central block of Xuan'an City, Situ Xi got up early and ran from the courtyard in the morning, he still had some care about the nursery rhyme he heard in the whisper before, so he planned to come over for a field trip.

The masked woman acted a little rampantly, and even whispered that she could see that she was teaching children to sing in the alley, indicating that she did not deliberately hide her whereabouts, either there was a hiding place for her nearby, or she had the confidence and the way to run away at any time.

Because it was early in the morning, the door of Jinsefang was crowded, only the gate was open, what Situ Xi didn't expect was that at this time, he happened to bump into an acquaintance and walked out of the inside of the gate.

"Outside the old man, what a coincidence, you are also here." The person who came was the old man in cloth who was fishing by the water that day.

The old man in cloth lowered his head and was thinking about things, and was startled by Situ Xi who suddenly stopped in front of him, and when he looked up, he found that it was actually a familiar face, and he immediately shouted:

"It turned out to be you kid, how did you come out of nowhere."

"The kid was just passing by, but you, at this age, came here early in the morning to learn a craft?"

While joking, Situ Xi looked into the workshop without a trace, there was no man in the lobby, all the women in light blue and light blue dresses were laughing and laughing, and now it was the time of the hour, this old man came out of Jinsefang at this point, could it be that he also held shares in this music workshop?

"You kid is really full of nonsense, and the old man is very good at learning music and rhythm." The old man put his hands into his sleeve robe, then blew his beard and glared:

"You won't guess bolder than you think, can't the old man spend the Spring Festival with his friends in this square last night?"

That's really bold, it's just a bear's heart and a leopard's guts, Situ Xi's eyes scanned suspiciously at the old man in front of him with white sideburns and raunchy edges, who is full of nonsense, this old is not serious.

"What kind of eyes are you? Early this morning, the old man went to see the emperor's list, and when he came back, he passed by this Jinsefang, among which there was an old man of the old man. In fact, he was not obliged to say this to Situ Xi, but the old man felt that he had a good chat with the young man in front of him.

"The Emperor? The temple exam should be at the end of April, right? ”

"It is the list of His Majesty the Emperor Chu to show and raise advice, His Majesty is collecting food from the sea, and you also saw the old man's fleet a few days ago."

I see, Situ Xi knew it in his heart, seeing that the old man was worried when he came out of the workshop, he thought that he had encountered some difficulties, and it should be related to this matter.

"Mr. Fan, why are you still stuck in front of the door, but you are in trouble?"

A pleasant voice came from Jinsefang, drifting into the ears of the two people at the door, Situ Xi raised his eyes, and a woman in her twenties walked out of the door with lazy steps, she was dressed in a silk red dress, her demeanor was beautiful and moving, and her legs were long and round, and her calves faintly revealed a touch of snow white from the tulle, which made people distinguish her from most shy and conservative women in the market at a glance.

"Ah, what a handsome Lang Jun!" She walked out of the door and found that there was a handsome young man standing in front of the old man, so she immediately put away the small fan in her hand, approached Situ Xi's body, and leaned forward.

Hurriedly took a half step back, Situ Xi was suddenly frightened by this woman's fiery enthusiasm, and she was a little too open-minded.

"Hua everyone, this is a little friend of the old man, he happened to pass by, it's not a trouble." Old man Fan moved his steps slightly, blocking between the two to explain to the woman, but there seemed to be something in his words, and after speaking, he hurriedly introduced to Situ Xi:

"Xiaoyou, this is the flower of Jinsefang, she is also the master of this piano workshop, and her piano skills are superb."

"Everyone, I've been looking up for a long time." Situ Xi bowed.

"What is the name of everyone, since it is Mr. Fan's old acquaintance, it is good to call it Shake Shadow." The flower shook her smile smartly. "Xiao Langjun came to the slave house to listen to the music? There is a performance in the evening, and Lang Jun came a little early. But it's okay, the slave family will naturally not let you run this in vain, it just happens that the hour is still early, if you come to the slave's boudoir, the slave will play a song for you. ”

"There's no need to bother, the kid just passed by here, and Fan Lao chatted a couple of words, I still have something to do, so I'll say goodbye first, and I'll come here another day to taste the music here." Seeing that Hua Shaoying was about to touch his shoulder, Situ Xi took a step back, for some reason he had some heart palpitations, and his intuition told him that it was best not to have anything to do with the person in front of him.

"By the way, Fan Lao, if you encounter trouble and can't solve it, maybe you can go to the independent courtyard in the forest in the east of the city to find the kid, and everyone will collect firewood and the flame is high."

Seeing Situ Xi leaving along the street, Old Man Fan looked at the amorous woman beside him and asked curiously:

"You know him?"

With what he knew about this woman, she wouldn't talk to anyone at will.

"It is said that the Nine Emperors of Zhaoguo are withdrawn by nature, dumb and weird, and they retreat for miles when they meet people. When I saw it today, Fang felt that intelligence was also an unreliable thing. ”

"He's the proton of Zhaoguo?" Old man Fan was shocked.

……

Zhong Liwu, the Duke of Huaiming, is a great figure, he grew up in the army of Chu since he was a child, and inherited his father's title at a young age, he has repeatedly made meritorious achievements on the battlefield, which terrified the enemy, and his title of Duke of Huaiguo, which was reduced by one level because of hereditary, also quickly returned to the name of Zhong Li's family.

And with the passage of time, Zhong Liyi's command is getting stronger and stronger, and his military exploits are also accumulating, and it is inevitable to add officials to the knighthood, and at the age of thirty he became the general of Chu Guozheng Sanpin Nanwei, and the Chu Emperor also specially allowed his title to be hereditary without downgrading, and added to the word "Ming Gong".

Perhaps because of his age, Huai Ming Gong has become more and more inattentive to the war in recent years, and he even repeatedly begged to step down from the position of leader, but each time he was rejected by the Chu Emperor, and over time he no longer insisted on it, but he assigned the duties to his subordinates and no longer cared about it.

Huai Ming Gong doesn't like to make friends, and he doesn't like to travel in the mountains and rivers.

Although he was a general, he loved to read, so he spent more time at home, not leaving the door or the other, and locking himself in the study all day.

But today he had a rare chance of gathering a group of his staff.

"Spring and March, Xuan'an lewd rain, Tiantou rainbow, forever thinking about the blame, in the ...... of one person"

In a study, a group of six or seven people were sitting on carved lichens, gathered in front of Huai Minggong's bookcase, and they were all middle-aged men.

The man sitting in the main seat was wearing a brocade robe, although he was middle-aged, but because he was often cared for, his face was clean and clean, with sharp edges and corners, and he was heroic.

"Let's take a look." Huai Minggong threw the fold in his hand onto the table, and the index finger of his left hand tapped lightly on the armrest of the iron wood high chair under him.

"Is this a sin? But since it is in the hands of the grandfather, there is no trace of the seal on it, and it seems that the matter has not been finalized. "On the left, a Confucian-robed strategist stroked his beard and analyzed.

"Now that the Lebanese delegation is visiting, if Your Majesty really wants to make an edict against himself, he will definitely postpone it until after they leave." Another staff member on the right added.

"In the early court today, some families in Guanzhong also took advantage of this matter to put pressure on Your Majesty." Zhong Liwu rubbed his eyebrows, and the back of his neck relaxed and leaned back in the chair. "I want to help Your Majesty solve the matter of the rainbow dragon, what can I do?"

Hearing this, everyone below looked at each other.

"Grandpa, I'm afraid it's hard to disobey the will of heaven, I can't even do it in the stargazing courtyard, I'll wait ......"

"Think about it. In any case, the matter must be settled by the end of the month. Zhong Li's tone was unmistakable.