Ah Yan poured a glass of wine for each of the three of them from the ice jian. There is a mezzanine in the middle of this bronze ice book, and cold ice is placed in a circle outside, and fine wine is placed in the middle layer. Due to the icing effect on the outside, this wine is refreshing to drink.

From entering the door to sitting down, it was only a moment's work, Xun Bao and Xiahoumen's summer mood had disappeared for most of them, and at this time, they drank another sip of ice wine, and suddenly felt that the summer mood was completely gone.

Xiahoumen said: "What a baby." ”

Xun Bao smiled and said: "Although the baby is good, it also depends on where it is." The main wonder of this ice is the existence of ice, if there is no ice, then what is the use of the ice jian? Let's ask again, if it weren't for Luoyang, how could there be so many ice cellars, and if there were no ice cellars, how could there be ice in this hot summer? ”

Ah Yan said on the side: "What Xun Gongzi said is that in our hometown of Ruyin, even if there is a copper ice jian, a wood ice jian, even a gold ice jian, and there is no ice cellar, where can we find ice?" ”

Biyu doesn't like others to mention that he came from a small place, lest others say that he is a local tyrant, and he wants to be a real wealthy family. He glanced at Ah Yan and ordered, "Go, bring the dish of leeks that was placed in the ice cellar yesterday." ”

Xun Bao chuckled: "What kind of good thing is leek, and it is also worth putting in the ice cellar?" ”

Biyu smiled: "Whether it's good or not, you can taste it and you'll know." ”

Xiahoumen said: "In this season, not to mention anything else, this leek is very common, Luoyang people, rich or poor, love to eat a little, but in winter it is rare." ”

Biyu said: "Brother Xiahou is joking, of course leeks are eaten in this season, can you still eat them in winter?" ”

"Absolutely. I have a good relationship with the eldest prince of Shi Chongshi's servants, and I have eaten it at his house, and in the winter of last year, I asked him how his family did it, and he laughed and did not answer. Except for his family, I have never heard of anyone else being able to do this. ”

"That's weird."

Suddenly, Ah Yan brought the leeks to her, and because she was placed in the ice cellar, she was still bubbling with a little cold air. Leeks are a side dish that only needs to be pinched a little bit at a time. Xun Bao and Xiahoumen each sandwiched a small spoon and put it on the tip of their tongues, and suddenly felt a cool and spicy fragrance, which was refreshing from their mouths to their stomachs, and they couldn't help but grab a leg of lamb and nibble a few bites.

"Brother Biyu, your leek is really different, is it because of the cold?"

"Of course not." Biyu also ate a spoonful, "I tell you that this thing was not made by my cook, but by someone else." ”

"Your chef is good enough, who else is better than yours?"

Biyu put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Have you ever heard that there is a god chef in the Shangshutai Mansion?" ”

"I've heard of it, but the people who live there are all poor people and have no relationship with us, so I don't know them."

"Know, know, we all know, and we have dealt with each other."

"Acquaintance? Ever dealt with it? Who is it? ”

"The same countryman who was born on the same day, the same month, and the same year as me......"

Before Biyu finished speaking, Xun Bao exclaimed, "Huh? Shu Yan, what else will that kid do? ”

Biyu shook his head: "Of course it's not him, but the weirdo who often goes with him." ”

"Is that the weirdo who once scolded us? He is a flat-headed commoner and a Qiang man, how can he live in a mansion? ”

"It's that kid, but it's really weird to say that he blames him, he's been following Shu Yan for so long. I said that I would give him 10,000 yuan a month and let him come to my house to cook, but he refused, and only wanted to accompany Shu Yan's kid to eat and live in those two huts in the party hall. ”

"They live together?" Xiahoumen couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "It turns out that Shu Yan's kid is quite popular?" I can't help you ask him not to move. ”

Biyu was puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Xun Bao listened to Xiahoumen's words, and said: "Brother Biyu doesn't know, in the years after Taikang, among the scholars and doctors in Luoyang, there has been a trend of raising male pets, and the limelight of male pets has even overshadowed the beautiful concubines, and the scholars and doctors are vying to follow suit, and there are not a few couples who are separated......

When Biyu heard this, he suddenly realized: "I said, they are two single teenagers, who eat some leeks, eggs and other things every day, where do they go to vent?" It turned out to be for this! I teased that Xiao Mo, and that kid actually said that he never felt anything, and he didn't know what it meant to be hard. ”

Xun Bao said: "Shu Yan's kid is strong, just have him alone, Xiao Mo, as a male pet, just need to bear it silently." ”

The three of them laughed wildly when they said this. Ah Miao and Ah Yan were so ashamed that their faces were flushed. Although they are the same age as Xiao Mo, they are different from Xiao Mo's simplicity, they have long been used by Biyu, and they have already passed through personnel, and the more they talk about these three people at this moment, the more outrageous they become, they all turned around and left.

Biyu said: "Looking at his appearance, it doesn't look like a lie." ”

Xun Bao said: "How can Xiao Mo say this kind of thing to the outside world, after all, it is despised by most people." It's a pity that Xiao Mo is so handsome and has good cooking skills, but he has fallen to this. ”

Xiahoumen was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "I have a good idea, if it comes to fruition, I will ensure that we have a big tree in the future." ”

Biyu asked, "What's the idea?" ”

Xiahou Men said: "As a member of the prince's house, I often go in and out of the prince's mansion in the East Palace. I heard that now the crown princess Jia Nanfeng is tired of eating the food in the East Palace, and she is about to find a good chef to serve her alone. If Xiao Mo can do it, he can serve the princess closely. ”

When Biyu heard this, he shook his head angrily: "I thought it was a good idea, this is absolutely not good." You think, if you want to serve the crown princess full-time, you must first purify yourself. Xiao Mo is not a person who covets wealth and nobility, and if he suffers like that, he will not be able to agree. ”

Xiahoumen and Xun Bao looked at each other and smiled when they heard this, and said, "Brother Biyu is not from the East Palace, so he doesn't know the inside story. Our crown princess only likes beautiful men who are not clean, what is the use of being clean? ”

Biyu was shocked when he heard this: "Huh? You say that the crown princess actually had an affair with outsiders? ”

Xiahou Men lowered his voice and said, "Only the people of the East Palace know about this matter. ”

"Then the prince doesn't care?"

"The crown princess is cunning and cunning, with our stupid prince's stupid head, we can mix it up casually."

Biyu was silent when he listened. He was reluctant to recommend Xiao Mo out, after all, he had already obtained the "Book of Music" from Shu Yan, and promised not to trouble them again. But he couldn't stand the puff of the two Xiahoumen, and he couldn't do anything about it, so he had to let them go.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for someone from the East Palace to come to the party hall to find Xiao Mo and ask him to cook food for the crown princess. The people who came were full of confidence, thinking that how could the world not want to talk to the future queen? And you don't have to cleanse your body, where can you find such a good thing? As a result, he was scolded back by Xiao Mo, Jia Nanfeng held a grudge because of this, thinking, that kid toasted and didn't eat and drink, and when he had the opportunity, he would definitely suffer.

Since then, Shu Yan has occasionally heard some gossip about him and Xiao Mo. At first, he didn't care, but then the rumors intensified.

Xiao Mo is still the same as always, except for buying ingredients, she doesn't go out much, and she doesn't have much contact with outsiders, so she doesn't know anything about these rumors. Shu Yan is also a gentleman and frank, he doesn't do anything bad in his heart, and he is not afraid of what others say. So the two are still the same as before - one eats, two sleeps, sometimes Xiao Mo teaches Shu Yan to play the flute, sometimes Shu Yan teaches Xiao Mo to read the Book of Songs. Xiao Mo envied that Shu Yan and Zhixin could use such beautiful verses in the "Book of Songs" to express love, express emotions, express heartfelt feelings to each other, and make vows to each other, which was so romantic. In view of Shu Yan's sincere brotherly relationship with Xiao Mo, he often taught Xiao Mo to read some poems about the harmony between brothers, such as "Brothers are both Xi, harmonious and Zhan" in "Xiao Ya", but because most of the romantic and beautiful love poems in the "Book of Songs" are concentrated in the style of the fifteen countries, Xiao Mo is not willing to learn the "Ya" and "Song" parts, but is only willing to learn the "National Style". Xiao Mo is a smart woman and has certain writing skills, so after a while, she can also chant a few words casually.

The two of them went their own way, pure and innocent, but Ye Ye was in a hurry. He was worried that if this continued, it would affect Shu Yan's quality comments. On the evening of early autumn, the weather was finally cooler, and there was laughter in Shu Yan's room. Ye Chungxin walked to the front of the house, and listened to the house chant for a while, "Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island." My Fair Lady, the gentleman is a good ......" and then chanted for a while, "The peach is dying, scorching its beauty, the son is returning, and it is appropriate for his room to ......"

"Isn't it enough to recite these poems all day long for outsiders to hear?" Ye Jian pushed the door and went in, and saw Shu Yan and Xiao Mo sitting opposite each other. When the two saw Ye Ye coming, they got up to greet each other. Although Ye Jian wanted to comfort them, he couldn't say it clearly, so he just said euphemistically: "You two big men have a great future, you should study some books on governing the country and the country with each other, such as "Shangshu", "Spring and Autumn", "Analects", etc., how can you recite these crooked poems all day long, these poems of children's love are the most harmful, and they are not good for fame and fortune." ”

Xiao Mo snorted, "I don't want to be an official, so I don't want to learn any books, books, spring, summer, autumn and winter, what to send, what to welcome and so on." I only love to learn this, the poems that Sister Zhixin has learned. ”

Ye Mo looked at Xiao Mo and said: "If Brother Xiao Mo really wants to learn poetry, Brother Shu can teach him the famous sentences in "Daya" and "Song", you can also improve it, maybe you can still use it in the officialdom in the future." ”

Shu Yan smiled when he heard this: "Brother Ye, you drank again today, why are you confused, how can you say that the Book of Songs is harmful?" Don't you know that "Wind" is the main part of the "Book of Songs", even Confucius said that "The Book of Songs" is "innocent thinking", and "Guan Ju" is even more "happy but not lewd, sad but not sad", where is it an obscene poem? ”

"But, it's ......," Ye Qing stopped talking, "Anyway, you two big men can't recite these, this will affect your character comments, do you know?" ”

Xiao Mo didn't understand: "I just learned poetry from Brother Shu, why did it affect his character comments?" ”

"But you, so close...... Is it appropriate to chant such a poem? Seeing Xiao Mo's questioning face, Ye Jian turned to Shu Yan and said, "Xiao Mo doesn't know, don't you know?" ”

"What do I not know?"

Seeing Xiao Mo asking, Ye Jian and Shu Yan hurriedly shook their heads together and said, "Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing." ”

Xiao Mo is a straightforward person, and he can't see such a mouthful, half-concealed, half-hidden, how can he not ask to understand. Under Xiao Mo's repeated questioning, Ye Jian told the truth.

"Longyang? Outsiders suspect that I have a good manhood with Brother Shu? Xiao Mo's face turned red when he heard this, not only was he not angry, but he also slapped his legs and laughed, "Joke, it's really a big joke." How can the two of us have that kind of relationship? Hey, what do these people think, it's really ......"

After Xiao Mo learned the truth, Shu Yan felt a little embarrassed, and also felt that the relationship between himself and Xiao Mo was a little too close. is closer than Ye Qing, and even his younger brother Ruoxin, who grew up with him, he only feels that this relationship is between Zhixin and Ruoxin, and he can't say anything else, but it seems to be a little too much.

"Well, Brother Ye is a few years older after all, he is right, we can't do this, in the future, I should teach you some other books."

Shu Yan said this sentence, which was not only a comfort to himself, but also an explanation to Ye Jian and Xiao Mo. Where can Xiao Mo learn other books, he still pesters Shu Yan to learn the "National Style" in the "Book of Songs".