Chapter 80: King Wu Lifts the Table!
Life in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is becoming more and more popular, and the wind of eating and drinking is becoming more and more popular.
Whether it is an official or a commoner, the dinner is transferred to the underground.
Someone deliberately went to a humble tavern and instructed the restaurant in advance to specify which dishes to want, and did not hesitate to invite a celebrity chef to take charge of the dishes.
As a result, it seems that eating a home-cooked meal in a simple restaurant is actually the specifications of its dishes are tantamount to that of a high-class restaurant.
A table of food can easily cost tens of taels of silver, which is comparable to the living expenses of ordinary people for months or even a year.
The place where Governor Zhang's mansion entertained guests and set up banquets was naturally the most luxurious in Suzhou City.
Unlike a regular restaurant, this restaurant has a special black passageway.
Anyone who attends a banquet with an invitation must pass through a secret door and enter the private room through a dark passage.
It's like being isolated from the world, you can eat as much as you want, and you don't know what you want.
Zhu Yunxi disguised himself as a rich child and mingled among the guests, sitting with a table of celebrities.
A table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, looking at it, will increase your appetite.
After a while, a maid came up with a gold plate in her hand, and inside the plate was a crystal clear jade plate, and the body of the dish was carved with a green leaf and red flower.
Although the flowers and leaves are not big, they are like a touch of color on a large blank space, green like green smoke, red like painted glow, and it is extraordinary at a glance.
Looking at the delicacies on this jade plate, I don't know it.
A well-informed person introduced: "This is a sheep's lips, and the sheep has this small lip to eat, and the rest is smelly." ”
made a dish with lamb's lips, isn't the sheep's lips in the jade butterfly dozens of sheep?
Someone was secretly surprised and asked, "What will happen to the sheep after it has cut its lips?" ”
A wealthy businessman laughed: "If you abandon it, how much money is it for a hundred and ten sheep?" ”
Zhu Yunxi was curious about what it tasted like, picked up the chopsticks made of jade, and tasted the dishes quietly.
Put it in your mouth, smile and smile, and it is a masterpiece!
With a thought in her mind, the maid placed a delicate little stove in the center of the table and lit a fire in the brazier.
Hot pot?
Zhu Yunxi looked at it seriously, and another servant placed an iron box on the fire.
In this box was a turtle, as big as a plate, with iron wires tied to it, and it could not move.
Not long after, the iron box was heated, and the old turtle on it began to struggle, opening its mouth and exhaling heavily.
At this moment, there was already a small servant next to him who poured the prepared sauce, garlic and other seasonings into the old turtle's mouth.
The rich businessmen and celebrities at the table saw it, talking and laughing, thinking that they had already seen a lot of this way of eating, and they didn't think so.
made Zhu Yunxi stunned.
This way of eating, he has never heard of!
After a while, the old turtle stopped moving, and the little servant came up, took a golden dagger, took the turtle out, and threw it all over its abdomen.
The aroma of the meat is overflowing, and the diners at the table are smiling, moving their index fingers, and eating gracefully!
It didn't take long to eat up the turtle that was still dying and struggling.
Out of curiosity, Zhu Yunxi also grabbed a piece to eat, it was tender and refreshing, and it was really delicious.
In addition to the live simmering turtles, they also came up to roast donkey meat.
This is a donkey tied to a shelf, and the cook himself goes into battle to cut the donkey meat alive.
When he cut the donkey, he screamed so badly that half of the donkey's body was cut to a skeleton, and the donkey was not dead.
Such a perverted way of eating, there is actually a group of people applauding.
Then the dishes will be served one by one and presented on the table, all the same.
Zhu Yunxi originally wanted to eat a meal first and then do things after eating.
I didn't expect the Suzhou prefect to be so vigilant and discover them.
Li Zhigang, the long history of Wu Wangfu, was named by Zhang Luo, the prefect of Suzhou.
Li Zhigang untied the tooth tag on his waist and handed it over, then laughed loudly and shouted: "His Royal Highness King Wu has arrived!" ”
The lively banquet was a meal, as if time stood still.
Putting down the chopsticks, Zhu Yunxi stood up and said with a smile: "Governor Zhang, for such a big event as your son's marriage, why don't you invite Gu to have a wedding drink?" ”
Seeing him behave like this, Zhang Luo was a little annoyed: "Isn't His Royal Highness King Wu already here?" ”
This guy is still so presumptuous!
Zhu Yunxi's face turned cold and said, "It's just uninvited." ”
Under normal circumstances, whenever someone comes uninvited during a banquet, it is often a bad person.
What Governor Zhang feared most still happened.
Zhu Yunxi pointed to the sumptuous wine and food in front of him: "The delicacies of the mountains and seas are nothing more than that, Governor Zhang's mansion is really good at eating!" ”
He said coldly: "Your Majesty is in the palace, and you still have coarse tea and light food, and you don't hesitate to separate from the court for the sake of satisfying your stomach, how did you become the prefect of Suzhou?" ”
When Zhang Luo heard this, his body shook, and he almost fainted, and said, "His Royal Highness King Wu, why bother to be so embarrassed to get off the official?" ”
"Embarrassed?"
Zhu Yunxi glanced at him coldly, and flipped the wine table on the spot: "You dog official is against the yang and yin, and you treat the law as if there is nothing, are you alone?" ”
The original delicacies were suddenly poured all over the place.
The old turtle shell also rolled twice on the ground.
"Where is the Jinyi Guard?"
"In!"
A few brocade guards in plain clothes jumped out, and the young man wearing the old man's clothes was among them.
Zhang Luo glanced at the waist card, and saw that it was Jinyiwei, and his face was as white as paper immediately.
He hurriedly took Zhu Yunxi's hand and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness King Wu, today is the dog's wedding, and it is a major event for his life. ”
"Thin noodles? When Lone gives you face, why don't you? ”
Zhu Yunxi said coldly: "I want to save face now, it's too late!" ”
As soon as he gave the order, a shout rang out outside the restaurant.
A large number of military horses surrounded the entire restaurant.
Some wealthy businessmen who were planning to run away were blocked back by the murderous soldiers.
Looking at the cold light shining with the iron armor on the guards of King Wu, the kind of prestige that looks forward to self-pride, the businessmen and gentry are panicked.
Zhu Yunxi glanced at everyone and said, "My mastery in eating is very impressive!" ”
"After Gu returns to Beijing, he will tell His Majesty the truth! Let Your Majesty learn how to eat yours too! ”
Zhang Luo, the prefect of Suzhou, was still pleading: "His Royal Highness King Wu, please be accommodating...... At least let the dog take the bride to the house. ”
Zhu Yunxi smiled: "Don't spoil the bride in the world." ”
The heart said that when your family holds the wedding, who will talk about the stolen goods?
He waved his hand: "Take it all!" ”
He arrested Zhang Luo, the prefect of Suzhou, at the wedding scene without mercy.
Zhang Luo was a parent official in Suzhou, and his contacts were either high-ranking officials and nobles, or influential local celebrities and squires.
These celebrities went to the banquet that day, and they were all arrested by Zhu Yunxi.
A real one-pot end!
Although it is not a big crime, for these people with status, it is a small matter to fine money, and it is a big matter to lose face.
Moreover, the prefect of Suzhou was unable to play during this period.
He was locked up and awaited disposal by the imperial court.
It was a stone that stirred up a thousand waves and became a well-known case.
Officials before business.
Zhu Yunxi, the king of Wu, sat in the Suzhou Mansion and began the second wave of liquidation.