Chapter 1 Champion Parade Street
Shuiyun Guojingshi Tianxi City is downtown in the west
Tianxi City is worthy of being at the foot of the Son of Heaven, with people coming and going, cars and horses hustle and bustle, a prosperous scene.
The flow of people represents the heyday of trade, and the eyes of the people, whether adults or children, or the elderly, are full of careful care, and the street vendors wear coarse linen clothes, but they are much better than their counterparts in some big cities.
The sound of horses' hooves echoed on the wide West Street, and I saw the eight horsemen from the south coming straight to West Street, and stopped in front of the largest and best inn on West Street, "Immortal Residence".
Shopkeeper, who is good at reading people's faces, saw eight middle-aged men with rough skin and dark complexion, these are some characters who go south and north and have a ruthless look in their eyes, and then they are all wearing weapons, so they know that these people are not good at stubble, and they may draw swords against each other if they don't agree with each other.
However, everyone who comes is a guest, how can there be a reason to turn away guests when they open the door to do business, and they are doing the work of ushering in and sending them all year round, and the shopkeeper has already stepped forward with ease.
"Guest officer, please inside! Hit the tip or stay in the hotel?" The shopkeeper smiled and enthusiastically took the reins in the hand of the person in front of him.
"Stay in the hotel." The shopkeeper's strength is really good, this person is indeed the leader of these eight people, I saw him answer concisely,
"You're inside please!" The shopkeeper handed the reins to the person who was in charge of feeding the horses, instructed him to use good materials, and led the guests into the inn.
The seemingly self-asserted words of the shopkeeper did not arouse the disgust of the guests, but nodded with satisfaction, they are all characters who lick blood on the knife edge, and they can't do without horses when they go south and north; It's not even because the horses have died many times, and Tsushima naturally won't be stingy.
As a shopkeeper, he can afford to live in a house, so he will naturally not be stingy when he shoots, and he will serve them and horses well, and his share of the reward is naturally indispensable.
The shopkeeper took the children to the upper room to settle down, and then sent the food ordered by the guests as quickly as possible, and it was already past lunch time when he returned to the front, and when he was about to ask the shopkeeper to eat, there were two sons riding tall horses at the door.
People tend to be grumpy when they are hungry, and the shrewd shopkeeper is no exception, but he doesn't dare to put his dissatisfaction on his face at all.
Just looking at these two horses, you can know that these two sons are either rich or expensive, this is a famous thousand miles of good horses, "a thousand miles a day, fast as lightning" is to describe this kind of horse, each of these horses is worth a thousand taels.
Look at the two sons who look average, but the sons who walk in front of them use South China Sea cold jade to tie their hair on their heads, which has the effect of cooling and awakening the mind when worn on the head; The paper fan painted by the famous Su Lan in his hand, the fan bone is the red sandalwood of the East China Sea, which also has the effect of calming and awakening the mind. There is also the Lantian jade tied around the waist, which is transparent and flawless under the sunlight, and it is not ordinary at first glance: look at the fine silk and satin on the body, and a set of clothes, including shoes, cannot be worn without a hundred taels of silver.
The person behind him who seemed to be a follower was wearing a few dozen taels of silver, but don't underestimate these dozens of taels of silver, it would be a huge amount of money on someone like the shopkeeper.
Xiao Er's family of five only has a month's living expenses of only five taels of silver, but a set of clothes on the son's entourage can cover his family's expenses for more than half a year, so such a person shopkeeper will never dare to offend.
"Two sons, upstairs please! What would you like to eat?" The shopkeeper even used honorific titles, and he didn't even dare to say more when he greeted those people just now, after all, he didn't say anything wrong, but at this time he relaxed a lot, and even the smile on his face was sincere.
"What's your signature dish here?" The two sons sat down in the window seats, and the noble sons asked.
"Steamed Guiyu, Eight Treasures Duck, Braised Lion's Head, Golden and Jade Full Hall......" The shopkeeper saw the two sitting opposite each other and knew that they were not caring people, and they were not people who ate and drank a lot, so they tried their best to say that the dishes with exquisite workmanship and slightly more expensive prices were said.
"You can just come up with a few of them, be quick, and have another bottle of good daughter red." The noble boy didn't ask in detail, but he was very concerned about wine, and specified that he wanted his daughter to be red.
"Okay, wait a minute, the food will be coming soon." The shopkeeper responded sharply, then turned around and went downstairs, and ordered the kitchen to go.
The two young men sat in their respective seats, sipping the tea provided by the inn from time to time, and had no intention of talking, but fortunately, the noise of gongs and drums came from the corner of the street before it attracted strange eyes.
The sound of gongs and drums came to the front of the inn at the time of half a cup of tea, and I saw the long lion opening the way, and the gongs and drums followed, blowing while walking, so it was not lively. The sound of gongs and drums slowly walked away, and in the middle of this long procession, there were three young students who looked like scholars, dressed in red and green, riding high-headed horses and hugging each other, so imposing.
The two sons were also attracted by the lively crowd outside the window, glanced at them lightly, and suddenly froze.
The eyes of the two were fixed on the middle horse of the three parallel horses, it was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, who had just grown up and looked a little immature, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and thin lips under the straight bridge of the nose were pale red and moist, but they were gently pursed by the master, is there anything to worry about on such a festive day?
"Two sons, I'm sorry to keep you waiting." The shopkeeper was apologetic and carefully put the wine and food in his hand on the table, and just now he also ran out to see the excitement and did not serve the wine and food to the guests in time.
"Xiao Er, what's going on with that bustle outside just now?" It is naturally the responsibility of the entourage to inquire about the situation, and the son, who seems to be an entourage, looked at the shopkeeper and asked.
"Yo, you two are from out of town, don't you know about such a big thing?" The shopkeeper looked at the two sons in surprise, even if he didn't care, he would always hear about it.
"Well, we just came from out of town, tell us about it." The entourage made up a common excuse, and also lowered his identity and asked the shopkeeper about the situation.
"Just now it was this year's Jinke Sanjia Tour, the high school is our West Street Shangshu Mansion Mu Shangshu's son Mu Yunjing, soon to marry the princess of Lanyu, I heard that the top three's "pass on the introduction, give Qionglin banquet, wear red on the street", the champion was awarded by the emperor at that time on the four products of the Ministry of Rites. The shopkeeper said with honor, and his waist seemed to be straighter, but in fact, they and Shangshufu were just on the same street, not to mention that one was in the east and the other was in the west.
"Alright, you go down." When the entourage saw that the goal was achieved, he sent the shopkeeper away.
"I didn't expect to encounter such a good thing when I came back today, and I should be a big deal!" After the noble boy finished speaking, he picked up his daughter red and poured himself a full glass, and the entourage gestured to raise his head and drink it, and the entourage also smiled and drank the wine in the cup.