Volume I, Chapter IX
"The scenery is different in autumn, and the geese in Hengyang don't pay attention.
The sound of the corners on all sides rises,
In the thousands of mountains, the long smoke and sunset are closed in a lonely city.
A glass of turbid wine is thousands of miles away, and Yan Ran has no plan.
Qiang tube is full of frost,
People are sleepless, and the general's white hair is in tears. “
One by one, Fan Zhongyan
After Yan Fu parted ways with the Khitan princess Yelufei, he stumbled and couldn't distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, and he was aimless all the way, and he didn't know where he was going. Then, I only need to go to Jiangnan once, and I will naturally be able to get together with my uncle.
Thinking about it this way, after recovering his mind for a while, he chose the road to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Before he was ten years old, he was the heir of the emperor, and he was served with dignity and care in his daily life, and he never worried about food, clothing, housing and transportation. When the country is ruined and the family is ruined and the uncle avoids disaster in the countryside, all the daily life is handled by the uncle. As the saying goes, "teenagers don't know the taste of sorrow", and they have to get by day by day. Now that he is separated from his uncle, without a big tree with shade, and is penniless, he really understands the hardship of starvation and hardship.
Along the way, he had to avoid the search and arrest of officers and soldiers, and he had to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation. However, in this way, others thought that he was a displaced beggar, but it naturally brought a lot of convenience to him to beg for food along the way.
After walking for a few months, he gradually entered the boundary of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Wan Yanfu has lived in the bitter cold land of the north since he was a child, how has he ever seen such a beautiful place in the world? I saw the willows and greens everywhere, the peach and plum competing for beauty, and the swallows whispering, which is a wonderful picture of the early spring in the south of the Yangtze River. His mood was also swept away, and then he suddenly became brighter.
As soon as the day dawned, I saw a town, and saw that the city gate was open, and there were several big characters written on it, "Lin'an West Gate". The heart said: "Could it be that I have arrived at the former capital of the Song Dynasty?" and followed the flow of people who got up early into the city. Seeing the shops on the street, the flags were waving, and everyone was dressed brightly, I noticed that I was wearing a stinking cotton shirt, and I thought in my heart, how to find a place to change into clean clothes?
He looked east and west, and unconsciously came to a majestic, majestic and solemn place. When I looked up, I saw a plaque hanging high above the lintel, with a few black characters on a white background on the book "Zhenyuan Dart Bureau". He has practiced poetry since he was a child, knows calligraphy, and when he saw that the words were written with dragon and phoenix dancing, vigorous and powerful, he couldn't help but blurt out: "Good words!"
At this time, the sun is rising, and the soft sunlight shines warmly on a pair of stone lions in front of the door, and the whole house looks more and more majestic.
After Yan Fu's heart sank, he said secretly: "Sure enough, it's a Zhenyuan dart game! It is expected that the master must be a heroic and heroic figure with hands and eyes." However, what puzzled him was that it was now the third pole of the sun, and the solemn dart game of such a large treasure was silent, and the gate was open and no one entered or exited.
After Yan Fu's curiosity rose, he looked around and no one was paying attention, so he walked into the door.
When I entered the door, I couldn't help but exclaim "Mom" in surprise, only to see dozens of corpses lying in the courtyard, which was chilling.
The surprise of Wanyan Fu is not trivial. How could he ever have seen such a tragic situation of corpses strewn all over the field? In an instant, he felt a cold wind blowing on his face, and the hairs on his body stood on end, and a layer of goosebumps appeared, and he hurriedly turned around and retreated.
When I walked out of the door, I felt a little calmer, and I thought to myself, it was expected that the Zhenyuan Dart Game must have been attacked by the enemy just last night and suffered a catastrophe of annihilation. It's still early today, and no one has noticed, otherwise the government would have been alarmed and sent to conduct an autopsy or arrest to investigate the scene.
He looked down at his tattered, disgustingly dirty clothes, thought for a moment, and then quietly went through the door. In order to prevent pedestrians from seeing, immediately turn around and gently close the door after entering.
As the saying goes, "food and clothing think yi.n desire, poverty gives birth to stealing hearts". Wan Yanfu has been begging along the way for a living in the past few months, and he has never eaten a full meal, and his life is not as good as that of pigs and dogs. Seeing that Zhenyuan Dart Bureau was destroyed by this, and there was no one to live, he thought about taking the opportunity to search for some belongings and get rid of the current dilemma of becoming a beggar.
He walked back and forth in the courtyard, looking through the clothes of the corpses one by one, and sure enough, he found some scattered silver, about more than ten taels. Finally, when he saw that one of the dart masters was still clean, he took off his clothes and put them on himself. I was going to go into the house to have a look, but I was afraid that after a long time, people would find that they couldn't get out of it. So I decided to leave in a hurry.
Just as he was about to go out, the ground suddenly lit up in front of him, and an object that glowed green came into view. Wan Yanfu picked it up and looked at it, and it turned out to be half a jade. The jade pei is green all over, and it is engraved with the picture and text of the dragon and phoenix, and a word engraved in the middle is divided into two, only half of which is left, which looks a little like the word "昺". He didn't know what it meant, but when he saw that the jade was flawless and beautifully patterned, it was expected to be extraordinary, so he took it into his arms. Gently pushed open the courtyard door, looked around, and saw that there was no one in front of the door, so he flashed out and blended into the crowd on the street.
It was the first time in his life that he had been a thief, and he had stolen from a dead man. He felt both nervous and excited, and there was an inexplicable sense of excitement. After leaving the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, his nervous mood relaxed, and suddenly he felt hungry, he touched the bulging silver two in his arms, and a knowing smile flashed across his face. He decided to find an inn to stay in and then have a hearty meal.
He was thinking beautifully in his heart, not knowing which inn to go to. A voice suddenly came from behind him, "Where does Childe want to go?"
Wan Yanfu looked back and saw a little screaming flower with a muddy face who was smiling and tilting her head to look at herself. The little flower is about seventeen or eighteen years old, with bright eyes and bright teeth, and it is not entirely because of his age, but mainly because he is thin and not tall. I saw that he was wearing a small yellow hat on his head, and the clothes on his body were full of holes and colorful patches. His face was covered by mud, and his smile looked weird, revealing a little weird.
Wan Yan replied: "You are ......"
Xiao Yuhua smiled, and said, "I am Dan'er, a relative of Wang Xiaoer's aunt who lives next door to your house!
Wan Yanfu was inexplicable, and he couldn't understand what he said. I thought to myself, when did I have a neighbor named Wang Xiaoer living next door to my house? Besides, how can I know the relatives of Wang Xiaoer's eldest aunt? At that moment, he shook his head and said in surprise: "What Wang Xiaoer, what aunt Dan'er or something? I haven't seen it, and I don't know it." “
The little screaming flower looked innocent and said, "Forget it, forget it, Dan'er is hungry and hasn't eaten for several days...... In this way, Childe has made a fortune and doesn't want to recognize me, and I don't blame you, only blame our thin fate. Why don't you treat me to a good meal?"
Wan Yanfu felt that this little man was flamboyant, and his words and deeds were all strange, and he didn't want to deal with him, but he thought that in the past few months, he had been begging all the way, tasted the sangxin of the world, suffered countless white eyes and spit, and felt that it was not easy to be a beggar, so he said: "Please eat......?" But I'm new here, and I don't know where to eat......"
Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Xiao Xiaohua clapped his hand and said happily: "Zuixianlou! The dishes there are the most famous and delicious...... I like to eat the 'Dongpo Meat' of Zuixianlou the most!"
Wan Yan Fuxin secretly laughed: What do you like to eat the Dongpo meat of the Drunken Immortal Building the most? Say as if you often go to eat? Look at your dress, if you are not driven out with a stick, it will be blessed by the Bodhisattva. But he said, "You're going to dress like this?"
Xiao Yuhua snorted and said disapprehantly: "What's the matter? As long as I'm willing to go, I'll give them enough face!"
Wan Yanfu smiled and said, "That's right...... However, ......" thought about it, and said worriedly: "That's it...... I just don't know if the dishes in the Drunken Immortal Building are expensive?"
"You don't have any silver?" Xiao Hua said, "Don't worry, you have enough silver." “
After Yan Fu was stunned for a moment, he wanted to say, "How do you know how much silver I have?" Before he could speak, Xiao Minghua said, "You must want to ask me how I know how much silver you have?" Tell you, Aunt Ben...... The master will be divination and calculation. By the way, I forgot Childe's name, what's your name?" he said with a mysterious smile.
Wan Yan Fu smiled and said, "You are not my Wang Xiaoer's family next door......
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Zhaohua rushed to say: "People have been away from home for many years, and they often forget other people's names and surnames, what's so strange?"
Wan Yanfu knew that he was lying, but he didn't expose him, and said, "Oh! I see, it's like I know you clearly, but I can't remember who you are...... My compound surname is Wanyan, and my single name is a compound character. He was not good at lying since he was a child, and when he saw that the other party was just a little beggar who ate and drank, he thought that even if he told him his real name, he didn't care, so he told him frankly and said his real name.
Xiao Zhaohua hugged his fists and said seriously: "It turned out to be Brother Wanyan, fortunately, fortunately!" After a pause, he said, "You just call me Dan'er!"
Wan Yanfu was amused by him, and he also hugged his fists in return, saying: "Brother Dan'er, look up for a long time, look up for a long time!"
After that, the two looked at each other and laughed, feeling very speculative.
As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, Zuixian Lou enjoyed the reputation of the world's first building, not only the building is magnificent, unique, but also the dishes and wines are complete, the ingenuity is unique, and it has always been favored by the princes and dignitaries. The layout of the building is extremely luxurious, blowing, playing, singing, singing, dancing, dancing, everything. It's just that the consumption is very expensive, and ordinary people are used to rarely going upstairs once.
The two came to the door of the Drunken Immortal Tower. Dan'er swaggered to enter the door. was stopped by two doormen in front of the door. One of the doormen said angrily: "Go, go, go! Where is the name of Hanako, is this where you came!"
Dan'er raised her eyebrows and said, "What's the matter? The dog looks down on people, isn't it? The young master has this boy covered today, and he is afraid that he will not succeed without money?" turned back to Wan Yan and replied: "Wan Yan Gongzi, do you say yes or no?"
The two guards stared at Wan Yanfu suspiciously.
Wan Yanfu smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't worry, we have silver." “
Although the two doormen saw that Yan Fu's clothes were not gorgeous, and they didn't look like the sons and daughters of rich and noble families, their demeanor was a bit sincere, not like the lord who ate and drank on the street. After exchanging glances, they reluctantly let them in.
The Drunken Immortal Building is divided into three floors, and the entrance is the hall, and the consumption is slightly lower. Most of the people who eat and drink on this floor are business tourists from the north and south, and some local residents who are a little more relaxed.
Most of those business tourists who pass by here come here just to experience the feeling of the world's famous buildings, not to show off the pomp.
And those local residents, is friends to come to a distant place, or have a happy event, in order to show the host's hospitality or a little landlord's convenience, will be the first choice of this known as the world's first building of the drunken fairy building. It's just a kind of pride and reputation, and it doesn't necessarily care about the difference between upstairs and downstairs. Besides, they still have self-knowledge, knowing that most of the people who go upstairs to dine are dignitaries, or people with heads and faces, who are either rich or expensive, how can ordinary people be allowed to go up and mix?
Dan'er took Wan Yanfu's hand and went straight to the second floor without hesitation, and said, "Brother Wan Yan, let's be on the second floor, although the third floor is luxurious, it is a private room, and it is too quiet and not fun." “
After looking at him, he seemed to be very familiar with the Drunken Immortal Building, not at all like a little flower begging on the street, but like a frequent visitor who was familiar with the road, and couldn't help but be suspicious. But if he used to come here to ask for leftovers to wrap his stomach, and he was familiar with the Drunken Immortal Building, he didn't care, and nodded lightly at him.
Because it was still early, there were not many diners in the building, but everyone was brightly dressed and high-spirited, how could they be as sloppy and obscene as they were, and Dan'er was covered with patches and dirt, which instantly attracted the strange eyes of all diners.
Wanyan Fu looked at everyone red-faced, and lowered his head embarrassedly. Dan'er was fine, and pulled Wan Yanfu to the window and sat down, saying, "Let's just sit here, you can look at the situation on the street through the window." “
As soon as the two of them sat down, a guest came over to greet them and asked, "Two guest officers, what do you have to order?"
Wan Yanfu had never been in a restaurant, and he didn't know what food to eat, so he looked at Dan'er.
Dan'er said: "Let's have two plates of Dongpo elbows first, and then... Then come a Lin'an braised duck ......" thought about it, and said, "Hmm...... There is also a saltwater called flower chicken. By the way, don't forget to have a pot of Shaoxing daughter red. Alright, that's all. Dongpo's elbow must be ripe. “
He ordered so many meat dishes in one go, and Wan Yanfu was stunned. Not only had he never eaten these chickens, ducks, elbows, or so on, but he had never heard of them. When I heard Dan'er say "salty water is called flower chicken", looking at Dan'er's gray face, thinking of the current situation of the two, I suddenly couldn't help it, and laughed out loud.
Seeing this, the acquaintance also squeezed out an unpredictable smile on his face in an instant.