Chapter 37: The Spring Food Party
"The masked woman who spread nursery rhymes was caught?"
Whispering can always grasp the wind and grass in Xuan'an City at the first time, just to go to the market to buy some fresh vegetables and fruits, she brought back some of the latest news for Situ Xi.
Situ Xi had just arrived home at this moment, and Mu Juzheng also followed him to the small courtyard, because he found out that they were being followed in the morning, he was worried about Situ Xi's safety, so he strongly asked to follow him to escort him back.
Situ Xi did not refuse this kind of thing, people are somewhat worried about unknown things, Mu Juzheng is extraordinary, with him with him, there is always more security, and naturally there will be more security.
After sending Situ Xi back to the courtyard, Mu Juzheng saw some patrolling officials nearby, so he was a little relieved, and at Situ Xi's request, he turned back to the inn the same way.
There is no surprise in Situ Xi's heart that the woman who spread nursery rhymes in the city was arrested before, after all, this is Xuan'an, the imperial capital of Chu State, and spreading some remarks that are not conducive to his rule under the nose of the Son of Heaven is tantamount to digging his own grave.
However, people like this generally foresee their own results in advance.
"Yes, in the morning there was a lot of uproar in the streets of the city center, and at noon she was caught, but I heard that she was dead at that time, and later there were officers and soldiers with her...... Her body was paraded through the streets, and notices were posted in the city saying that after the investigation, she would be taken to the city walls for public display. ”
Whispering sat in the courtyard and slowly told Situ Xi about the general situation of the matter, and when she was halfway through speaking, she seemed to think of something, and her face changed slightly.
Although she probably didn't see it with her own eyes, she could roughly imagine it.
After all, she had met the woman before, and it had only been a long time, and the woman who was still singing quietly in the alleyway had now come to an end......
But she only sighed, she was not stupid in her whispering, and she naturally knew what the woman was doing now.
Seeing that she was a little distracted, Situ Xi couldn't help but reach out and flick her forehead, which immediately provoked her to cry out in pain, she covered her head with both hands, and asked Situ Xi in a slightly aggrieved tone:
"Ahh Uncle! Did the slave just say something wrong? ”
"These things have nothing to do with you, you don't do anything all day long, and you care about things that have nothing to do with you."
"Uncle wronged people, why didn't the slave and maid do the right thing! The slaves have been busy for a day, and they have just rested......"
"Well, eat these desserts, that's the right thing." Situ Xi displayed the snack package in his hand in front of her.
"Yikes! Is this the cake you are talking about? Whispering smelled the fragrance wafting from the bag, and immediately happily stretched out her hands to take the package, smiled sweetly at Situ Xi again, and then immediately turned around and walked to the house, "Miss, come and taste it!" ”
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Twilight is coming, and it's another day.
Tatsushi, also known as "food time", as the name suggests, is the time to eat breakfast.
Lezhen Road is one of the most prosperous streets in Xuan'an East City, where the most famous restaurants and restaurants in Xuan'an are gathered, and there is no shortage of famous Lelou Art Houses.
And today, at this time, Lezhen Road is even more lively, only early in the morning, this street has become a little crowded, people come and go, all kinds of costumes are dazzling.
Guests paused for a while at each roadside stall, buying only a few snacks and then wandering to their next home, slowly savoring the variety of food on the street.
The Spring Food Party is actually a very simple event, it just picks a day to gather some of the restaurants in Xuan'an City that can cook delicious food, so that passing guests can choose according to their tastes.
In fact, in the past, Xuan'an's Spring Food Club never said that it would be separated from these restaurants.
First, the standard of this judgment is not easy to determine, and secondly, there is no need for this at all, after all, this is just an activity of the merchants, and the original intention is just to be lively.
Most people love to be lively, and any event is a grand event once there are many people.
However, this time the spring food party has changed its taste, and it is led by the government, mainly for the envoys of the Li Kingdom who have come from afar, and the final ranking results of the restaurants seem to be completely decided by them.
But this kind of competition itself is unfair, some of the selected small businesses can only temporarily have a small shop on Lezhen Road, and those large restaurants that are already here have excellent conditions, they have superior locations, open space, complete facilities, and private private rooms, dignitaries are naturally more willing to go to this kind of restaurant to drink a few glasses of wine.
But it's a good thing for these eateries to come to such an event.
Today's Lezhen Road has a lot of scholars, although today is the tenth holiday, they are still wearing official uniforms, and the envoys are coming here for a while, they can't be too casual, these officials just look around in a restrained manner, and hardly go into the store to buy.
Some people are simple and cheap, and there are also people who are extravagant.
The most famous restaurant on Lezhen Road is called Swallow Building, which is three stories high, and there is a spacious open-air space on the top floor, and at this moment there are already a few officials sitting at a few tables on the top of this building.
It was obviously morning, and the table in front of these officials was placed with white fish, sugar crabs, cockles, and other delicacies from the mountains and seas, and they sat on the roof of the building, overlooking the street, chatting and laughing with a group of colleagues.
Seeing their happy smiles at the moment, people can't help but think of the "Biao Table" written by Houliang Weilin recorded in the "Taiping Guangji", which uses words such as "elephant chopstick", "jade plate", "purple" and other words to list the extravagant eating and drinking of these dignitaries.
Beside these officials, there was also a short young man in a Confucian robe who was far from their age, standing on one side, who was holding a porcelain wine bottle in his hand, and pouring wine for the elders who were eating with a smile on his face.
Seeing that the wine cup in front of him was filled again, the middle-aged man in a scarlet official robe on the second seat on the left looked at the young man beside him with satisfaction.
"Young Master Fang, your swallow building is getting better and better, and the annual income is probably not a small amount."
This young man was none other than Fang Di, and he was now beckoning these high-ranking officials to dinner.
"Uncle Xu, it's okay to call Di'er, listen to your young master, I'm afraid I'm going to have trouble sleeping tonight. As for income, you should know better than your nephew that the annual business tax of this restaurant is for your purpose. ”