CHAPTER XLIV

The fat shopkeeper looked up at a few people with a smile, stopped the pen in his hand, and said, "I have been here a long time ago, and I have entered the palace a few days ago." ”

Fan Shijin didn't talk to the shopkeeper anymore, and hurriedly walked into the door on the left.

"Brother Fan... What's going on?" Bai Xiyue followed behind him puzzled.

"It seems that this Jin-Chu coalition army is going to kill people and punish people, and even the envoys are sent at the same time!" Xiong Jingyi's eyebrows could no longer be stretched, and he frowned deadly, as if he wanted to wrinkle a mark on his forehead before he would stop.

"Could it be that... On the paper..."Liu Cong was just about to speak, and Fan Jingchong in front of him hurriedly turned around and made a 'shhhhh

Fan Shijin strode in front of the meteor, inserted the white tiger talisman and pushed the door in, and walked into the study after entering the room, still grinding ink, lifting pens, and writing, several movements were very skillful, and they were done in one go.

Liu Cong was very curious about what Fan Shijin had written, so he walked aside and looked at it, and found that what was written on the paper was not words at all, just like a ghost drawing, and he didn't know what to do.

"Brother Fan... Where is this text?" Liu Cong held his chin and tried not to fall it off.

"This should be written in a code word, only you, Brother Fan, know the code word. Xiong Jingyu also came around.

Fan Shijin raised his sleeve and said: "It's still okay to revere it!" Write like this, even if the thief breaks in, he won't be able to understand the meaning of this code for a while. ”

"Then Brother Fan might as well not write!" Bai Xiyue sat on the side of the desk, picked up the kettle on the side and shook it.

"No, a good memory is better than a bad pen!" Fan Shijin put the brush in his hand aside and re-examined the ghost drawing on the rice paper.

"Knock knock... Knock knock..."

Outside the door of this room, I remembered a regular knock on the door, stopping every three times, and then knocking three more times, and the force was well controlled, neither heavy nor light, neither fast nor slow.

"Who?" Liu shouted from the direction of the door.

"The guest officer is about to have a dinner, if you haven't eaten, you have to get up now..."The shopkeeper paused for a moment after speaking, and then added: "Do you need a villain to lead the way?"

"Yes, yes!" Bai Xiyue hurriedly went up and opened the door.

Fan Shijin shook his head helplessly, then stretched out his hand and pushed Xiong Jingyi and Liu Cong on both sides.

The shopkeeper bent over the side of the door and waited, and after all five people came out, he stepped forward to show the way for a few people.

"I see that the officials are a little face-to-face, it should be the first time to come to our store. "The shopkeeper is still walking sideways like that.

"Your little two in this shop always have very good eyes. Xiong Jingyi smiled, then took out a tael of silver from his waist and threw it to Xiao Er.

"Thank you, Official! The official is so generous!" the shopkeeper carefully received the money from his waist.

"Xiao Er, we are the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty, do you know ......" Xiong Jingchong stared at Xiao Er and raised his eyebrows halfway through speaking, waiting for Xiao Er to understand what he meant.

The shopkeeper looked at this Xiong respectfully squeezing his eyebrows, and he already understood what this official meant, slowed down, leaned closer to these people, and his voice was a little quieter, and he glanced at the surrounding people and no miscellaneous people, and then said: "Your officials must be friendly with our country, although we are waiting for this Tang King to be talented and intelligent, but he is still young, so this power is on the queen mother." ”

"How old are you king...?" Bai Xiyue didn't forget to interject halfway.

The shopkeeper smiled awkwardly, and squeezed out a sentence from his mouth: "But eleven or twelve years old..."

"Isn't that younger than my younger brother?" Bai Xiyue smiled evilly.

"Don't tease me, I'm old enough to get married... How can he be swayed by his own mother?" Liu Cong immediately defended himself.

The shopkeeper was speechless, and suddenly stepped on the air and almost fell, and then hurriedly said: "Don't talk nonsense!

"Hahaha! Xiao Er, don't panic, my two brothers don't choose what to say, don't be surprised!" Fan Shijin pulled the corners of Liu Cong and Bai Xiyue's clothes, and then asked: "Can these hundred officials in the imperial court serve this queen mother......?"

The shopkeeper leaned his face to Fan Shijin's ear and whispered, "The Queen Mother and the General...... The relationship is very..."

"Ah, why are you two still whispering!" Bai Xiyue wanted to get close to listen to the two of them, but as soon as he approached the shop, Xiao Er pulled away.

The shopkeeper walked a few steps before, thought about it and then turned his head and added: "The news blockade between the DPRK and China is extremely strict, and it is normal for you to wait for the news not to hear the news." ”

Xiong Jingyi looked at the back of the shopkeeper, and knew that the news of the two silver purchases was over.

Fan and Xiong glanced at each other tacitly, and it seemed that they had found this point, and then they didn't speak again, and a few people silently followed behind the shopkeeper.

When passing through the patio, Fan Shijin specially looked at the sky through the patio, and at dusk, the sky was darkened at random, but he still saw that the dark clouds had already dissipated.

Soon after, you can see the plaque of this canteen, on which are clearly written a few large characters in gold lacquer, White Tiger Canteen.

"Ladies and gentlemen, eat well!" the shopkeeper listened to it when he arrived at the door, bent down and nodded.

As soon as the door was opened, a dazzling array of delicacies came to the face, accompanied by the aroma of the delicacies, the fragrance was in general, pinching the noses of a few people, and then dragging it in, and a few people followed the fragrance of the person and walked in.

"You guys find a place to sit first, and I'll go get some delicious food!" Fan Shijin didn't look at a few people, and walked over by himself after speaking.

When you enter the White Tiger Canteen, you can see the seats on both sides, although this seat is in the public area and is located in one place, but it is separated by a screen, which can be regarded as one person per room. Dishes, rice, drinks... All need to take their own, just see this place to take dishes, hang a lot of similar signboards of wooden signs, on which are written the types of birds and beasts, five steps and one pavilion, ten steps and one room, very numerous.

This Bai Xiyue sat at this banquet and did not stop, standing up for a while and looking left and right, looking around for a while to see where Fan Shijin had gone, in short, he couldn't sit still, and he was eager to try to get this dish himself.

"Oh, Bai Xiyue, don't hang around, you go get food, I'll just sit here." Liu Cong saw that Bai Xiyue was so impatient and said.

Bai Xiyue was overjoyed after hearing this, but still pretended to be calm and said: "Okay, since my brother said so, I will go next!"

"Brother Xiong, go too!I'll just keep it!" Liu Cong turned his head and looked at Xiong Jing again.

Xiong Jingchong woke up from his trance, and got up to get the drink with a sigh.

From a distance, I saw Fan Shijin's eyebrows fluttering, walking over with a plate of dishes in his hand, walking to the table, placing the dish on the table, reaching for his waist, and taking out a few wooden cards and putting them on the table.

Xiong Jingchong, who had finished taking the drink, saw this wooden plaque and asked, "What is this wooden plaque?"

"This dish must be cooked freshly, so you need to take the dish card first, and when it is ready, you will take the brand and get it. Fan Shijin lifted his clothes and sat down.

At this time, Bai Xiyue also came back, holding a few menu cards, still holding a small pot of rice, put down the pot of rice and said: "You still need to queue up to get this rice, but I have been queuing for a while." ”

Then Bai Xiyue looked at a plate of dishes on the table and asked, "Brother Fan, you are quite fast in this dish!"

"This is what you Brother Fan told me for a long time, and they gave it to me in advance!" Fan Shijin rubbed his hands, and then said: "This dish is called squirrel fish! salty and sweet, sour but not astringent, fresh and crispy!"

Before Fan Shijin finished speaking, these people picked up the chopsticks in their hands, held the bowl in one hand, put the fish meat in the bowl with the other hand, and then picked up a piece and put it in their mouths, and several people seemed to have escaped into the realm of immortals. Each face is filled with the taste of happiness, it seems that at the moment is not sitting in this dining hall, but riding on the body of this fish, the fish tossed into the river, and turned out, everyone lying on the back of the fish, enjoying the taste of the river rushing, this fish is full of vitality, constantly shuttling in the river water, which also happens to be the best embodiment of fresh and tender meat!

"Leave me some! This is what you Brother Fan brought over to me!" Fan Shijin didn't pay attention to the humility of the literati, so he picked up his chopsticks and went to grab the fish.

Each person only has two or three chopsticks, and this plate of squirrel fish is only left with soup and fish bones.

"You two... Handful... Give me the wooden sign, and I'll go get the vegetables. Liu said from his mouth, still biting the rice ball.

Fan Shijin also got up, took the wooden card and said to Liu Cong: "This person will serve one or two plates, and the three of us can bring them all together!"

After hearing this, Bai Xiyue must have nodded to himself, wiped his mouth and stood up, and followed Fan Shijin and Liu Cong towards the place where the vegetables were taken.

Xiong Jingchong filled the cups of several people with tea, and just put it down and looked up, he saw that several people had hurried back.

A few people put the dishes on the table, for fear that the dishes would fly away as soon as they turned around, but this time there were too many dishes, and several people did not fight or grab, quietly waiting for Fan Shijin's introduction.

Fan Shijin saw that a few people were very interested, so he nodded so teachablely, raised his hand and introduced: "This dish is called jar meat, selected pork belly, stewed and stewed, refined!"

"This pigeon egg is extremely delicious!"

"Then there is this wine condensed golden legs, red and white in color, mellow in fragrance, sweet and salty in taste, and elegant in shape!"

"A hundred flowers are full of spring, with a variety of postures, vivid images, like delicate flowers!"

Fan Shijin walked in front of the dishes one by one, and said that they were all drenched, and even the people in the two seats next door stood up and cheered for this talent.

"Okay, good! He is really a person who reads poetry and books, and even this dish is the first thing to say!"

"Hahaha! I was fortunate enough to eat this dish today, and I never thought that I would meet this talented person to explain and analyze!"

"Luck!

The people in the left and right seats carried chairs and exposed their heads to the screen, and they all applauded when they looked at Fan Shijin's narration.

Fan Shijin raised his two hands and clasped his fists, then looked around, and said with a smile: "Hahahahaha! Thank you for giving me Fan Mou!

For a while, this White Tiger Canteen can be said to be full of people, and Fan Shijin's reputation spread from the restaurant in the White Tiger Building in this embassy.