Jiazhou City, ten miles of building.

This is the largest restaurant in Jiazhou, and it means that the fragrance floats for ten miles. Five independent small buildings are lined up in a crowd, each with a flying bridge railing, light and dark communication, bead curtains embroidered foreheads, lights and candles flickering.

The main building is three stories high, and the wide plaque on the gate has three big characters written on it - Ten Mile Building.

The carriage, which was not much faster than walking, swayed and stopped in front of the door of the Shililou, and Shen Yuzhou, dressed in a brocade robe, walked down from the carriage.

Zhao Wu was already waiting in front of the building, and before he could say a word to Shen Yuzhou, he saw that the dignified marquis turned around and stretched out his hand to help a woman down from the carriage.

The woman's eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, and her face was peachy. Wearing a pomegranate-colored embroidered acacia pattern dress, wearing a dazzling ruby red gold silk phoenix hairpin. At this moment, he leaned on Shen Houye's arm weakly and bonelessly and got out of the car.

Zhao Wu didn't dare to look more, so he looked away and arched his hand: "Xiaguan greets the marquis...... And this ......"

"This is Benhou's concubine."

As soon as Shen Yuzhou spoke, Zhao Wu immediately complimented: "I've seen Madame." ”

Xiao Yunjiao dodged behind Shen Yuzhou slightly, "Your Excellency is polite." ”

The voice is soft, really like a favorite concubine of the Hou Mansion who is charming and confusing the lord.

Zhao Wu said to Shen Yuzhou again: "The lower officials have already prepared a banquet, and they also asked the Hou Ye to move into the building and let the lower officials pick up the wind and wash the dust for the Hou Ye." ”

Before Shen Yuzhou could speak, Xiao Yunjiao said beside him delicately: "Master Hou, the concubine is a little tired. ”

"Since Luan Niang is tired, let's go in and talk." Shen Yuzhou half-carried her into the ten-mile building.

Zhao Wu, the prefect of the house, naturally did not dare to slack off, specially cleared a whole small building and left it to them, and sent four of the best cooks to serve the specialty dishes, not to mention, the shopkeeper of the restaurant personally came to serve.

"The villain has seen the prefect, the marquis, and the lady."

The shopkeeper began to introduce the table when they were seated, "Today's Shililou has prepared a signature dish of Hundred Birds and Phoenix, Fish Leaping Dragon Gate, Splendid Hydrangea, Four Seasons Flowers, Hibiscus Soup......"

"Okay, okay, you go down, the official will introduce you to the Hou Ye." Zhao Wu drove people out and said with a smile: "This ten-mile building is good, but some don't know what to say, good dishes have to have a different name, so people are in the clouds, and they don't know what it is after listening to it." Let's go down to the official to introduce it to Hou Ye. ”

"This bird is a steamed dumpling made of hen and pork and steamed in a cage, named after the shape of the plate like a phoenix with wings spreading; This fish leaping dragon gate is the squirrel osmanthus fish; Hydrangea is cherry flesh ......"

Zhao Wu introduced a table of dishes with a smile, and did not forget to be modest, "Jiazhou is not as good as the capital, and where the hospitality is not considerate, I still look at Hou Ye Haihan." ”

Xiao Yunjiao secretly gave Shen Yuzhou a look, picked up the wine jug and poured him a glass of wine.

Shen Yuzhou raised his wine glass knowingly, "Lord Zhao is polite, Ben Hou will borrow flowers to offer Buddha, thank you for your hospitality." ”

After saying that, I drank it all.

Zhao Wu hurriedly got up with a wine glass, "Thanks to Master Hou's high opinion, I am very grateful." ”

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere on the field was obviously loosened a lot. Zhao Wu clapped his hands, and a group of women in fluttering clothes rushed into the door.

The box was huge, and there were two hollow screens outside the dining table, and the women stopped at the other end of the screen.

After a while, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded in this room, and a graceful figure danced to the music.

Xiao Yunjiao's face became unhappy when he looked at it, and he whispered "hum" and said don't look over.

Shen Yuzhou took a chopstick of squirrel fish and put it in Xiao Yunjiao's bowl, and coaxed softly, "Luan Niang still likes it?" ”

Xiao Yunjiao didn't look at him, and "snorted" again, this time even louder than Fang Cai.

Shen Yuzhou shook his head and chuckled, and brought the fish meat to her lips, "How can those vulgar fans compare with my Luan Niang, naturally you are the most suitable for me." ”

Xiao Yunjiao was satisfied, and finally looked at him with his mouth open and ate the fish that was brought to his mouth.

Shen Yuzhou put down his chopsticks and said to Zhao Wu: "Lord Zhao smiled, Luan Niang was spoiled by me, and she was arrogant and indulgent in eating, so please let these dance and music women go down and rest." ”

Zhao Wu laughed, "It's the negligence of the lower officials, it's the negligence of the lower officials." ”

As he spoke, he drove away the group of girls who hadn't finished a single song.

Xiao Yunjiao laughed at this time, and reciprocated by giving Shen Yuzhou a shrimp and feeding it to his mouth, and the two of them were immersed in this feeding activity as if they couldn't see Zhao Wu.

Zhao Wu didn't open his mouth now, he didn't open his mouth either, he just wanted to find a crack to drill. The master who was accompanying him rolled his eyes and took out a box and handed it to him, and Zhao Wu came back to his senses.

"Master Hou, the lower official has something to offer to Master Hou, and please accept it with a smile." He dragged a flat wooden box in both hands, and the corners of his mouth were almost up to the base of his ears.

Only then did Shen Yuzhou put down his chopsticks and ended this feeding game as if no one was around.

"What is this?"

"Master Hou will know at a glance." Zhao Wu didn't answer, and handed the box to Shen Yuzhou again.

Shen Yuzhou took it and opened the lid casually, and when he saw it, his face changed and said, "Lord Zhao, what are you going to do?" Is it a bribe? ”

As he spoke, he threw the box out, and the flat wooden box fell to the ground, and the contents fell out—a neat stack of silver tickets.

"No, no, no." Zhao Wu was shocked and denied it repeatedly, "How can a lower official give a bribe, this is ...... It's ......"

He looked anxious, but he couldn't say why, and hurriedly glanced at the master on the side.

The master helped him round up, "Tell the Hou Ye, these are the stolen money that the prefect sent troops to encircle and suppress the bandits a few days ago, and I want to ask the Hou Ye to be the master and decide what to use this money for." Hou Ye misunderstood, misunderstood. ”

"I see." Shen Yuzhou's expression softened a little, "I almost misunderstood Lord Zhao." ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." Zhao Wu bent down to pick up the wooden box on the ground and secretly wiped the sweat on his head.

"I don't know when Lord Zhao exterminated such a large number of mountain bandits, looking at this number, the scale of this mountain bandit is not small, right? If Ben Hou remembers correctly, it seems that Jingzhong has not received the fold. Shen Yuzhou asked.

Zhao Wu said: "It's a shame to say that the lower officials heard that the people had encountered robbers in Wulian Mountain, so they sent people to inspect the mountain. Unexpectedly, his subordinates went up the mountain, but they saw a group of mountain bandits dead on the mountain road, surrounded by silver coins and jewels they had looted. The officials of the lower officials just did the clean-up business. ”

Shen Yuzhou asked, "How did Lord Zhao know that those dead bodies were mountain bandits?" ”

Zhao Wu said: "After those corpses were experienced, they replied that these corpses were stout, and most of them still had old wounds, plus they were rough in appearance and often had scars. This...... It's not a mountain bandit, who else can it be! ”

Shen Yuzhou didn't speak, but Xiao Yunjiao snorted, "I'm scared to death, are there any mountain bandits in Jiazhou now?" ”

Zhao Wu laughed dryly, "Madame, don't be afraid, the remaining subordinates of the mountain bandits will definitely go all out to clean it up, Madame does not enter the mountain, and it is still very safe to play in the city." ”

Xiao Yunjiao was unhappy again when she heard this, "What's the point of being in the city all day, Master Hou, you promised to take your concubine into the mountains to escape the summer." ”

"Good, good." Shen Yuzhou patted her hand, "Luan Niang, don't worry, I will definitely take you to have a good rest, and I will never let the mountain bandits disturb you." ”

"Lord Zhao!" He immediately said to Zhao Wu, "Please also ask your Excellency to immediately send a team stationed in the city into the mountains to clear out the mountain bandits, and five days later, Ben Hou will take Luan Niang into the mountains to escape the summer." ”

After a pause, he lowered his voice again and said, "Lord Zhao won't know that the eldest princess is coming to Jiazhou for this trip...... It's also for the summer, right? ”

After saying this, Zhao Wu had no choice but to respond, until the wine was gone, and he didn't say anything else except polite words.

……

In the next few days, Zhao Wu was honestly busy clearing out the mountain bandits, because Shen Yuzhou and the others were still waiting for him to open up a safe route into the mountains for sightseeing and summer vacation.

They were busy, but "Luan Niang", who was not very happy, was very interested. pestered Shen Yuzhou to accompany her around the city all day long, either listening to dramas or buying clothes.

Zhao Wu was about to cry every day when he personally stared at the mountain bandits who didn't show their faces, but he was a little lucky-fortunately, fortunately, they didn't stare at him anymore.

So in this relaxed and happy atmosphere, Xiao Yunjiao and their people inquired about Ru Niang's news.

Coincidentally, Xiao Yunjiao originally just wanted to go out shopping, and then he saw a big drama in Yaxing.

"This house is obviously rented out by our family, why did it become your Yahang's house when the time came?"

The guy looked at the man calmly, took out a few pieces of paper and showed them to everyone, and said, "Everyone, these are the sales documents of the second courtyard in the East Market. They were all stamped by the government, and they were sold to me when the Feng family moved half a year ago, and the government has a record. You and the Feng family, let's go to the Feng family to talk about it. ”

The man's face flushed, "The Feng family has already moved away, who knows where they went!" At the beginning, our house was only rented to them for a year, but they actually sold my house secretly! ”

Looking at the lively crowd, I don't know who asked the question, "They rent your house, how can they buy and sell without the deed?" ”

The man also looked remorseful, "It's all my fault for being gullible to others, his daughter Ru Niang said that the government went to the house to check her identity and wanted to borrow the deed to the government to check it, so I ...... Alas! ”

Someone heard something wrong and laughed: "I see that you are not gullible to others, but a lustful obsession!" ”

Everyone laughed and scattered, leaving only the man beating his chest in front of the teeth.

and Xiao Yunjiao and Shen Yuzhou, who heard that "Ru Niang" was in the same place.

"This brother," Shen Yuzhou stepped forward to speak, "It's really a pity that Brother Tai has suffered a grievance, if you don't dislike it, can you let me be the boss and invite Brother Tai to have a cup of tea?" ”

The man was full of helplessness and indignation and had nowhere to speak, and when he saw that someone was willing to talk to him, he followed them to a teahouse and took a seat.

Knowing too much, the two didn't get straight to the point and asked about Ru Niang, but first greeted the man for a while and knew that this person's name was Liu En, and then listened to him pour a stomach of bitter water.

It turned out that this person was a scholar, and the two houses were the ancestral property of his family, and the family had declined for decades, and he was the only one left. In order to make a living, he rented the house to the Feng family, and he only lived in a small temple outside the city to study. Feng Runiang often went to the small temple to visit him and deliver some meals, and he felt that he had some friendship with this woman, so he would be deceived.

"Now I know what it means to be a 'useless scholar', and I can't even keep my ancestral property, so I really have no face to see my ancestors. What's the use of reading this book of sages! Liu En raised his head and poured a cup of tea, as if he was drinking wine.

"Who says scholars are useless?" Xiao Yunjiao didn't speak, but when he heard this, he felt angry, "You yourself are useless, you can't beat all the scholars in the world to death?" Which of the officials today is not a scholar? In my opinion, it's not that reading is useless, it's just that you haven't read your own books well. ”

When Liu En heard this, his face turned red, and he was furious, "What do you women know!" I only know that I am hypocritical and pretend to meet the men of the people, and I am also talking nonsense here and talking about reading in vain. ”

As soon as Xiao Yunjiao heard this, he knew that this person had been deceived by Feng Runiang, but he was not affected by this guilt, and his face sank and said, "Presumptuous." ”

Shen Yuzhou's face was also pale, "Your Excellency can't help but push yourself and others, it seems that today is not speculation, so let's leave it at that." ”

After speaking, he pulled Xiao Yunjiao to get up and leave.