On the first day of October in the 70th year of Da Qiankang, at noon, in the Yunqi Inn of Changle Fang in Chang'an City, Xu Wuxian stretched his waist and finally got up and left the bed. He slept from childhood to noon, and slept for seven hours in a row, and the terrifying memories of last night in Tsing Yi Wei Prison finally made him forget for a while. As soon as he looked up, he saw his second brother Zhu Wuneng sitting on the edge of the bed looking at him, and couldn't help but wonder:

"Second brother, are you already up?"

"I'm not a pig, how can I sleep until this hour and not get up?" Zhu Wuneng said angrily.

"Second brother, is he hungry, let's go, take you to the best place in Chang'an City for my brother to have a big meal!" Xu Wuxian said with a smile. But he thought to himself, "Aren't you just a pig......

Xu Wuxi asked the shopkeeper about the best restaurant in Chang'an City. At first glance, the shopkeeper couldn't help but be surprised to see that Xu Wuxian could come back from Tsing Yi Wei unharmed. After thinking about it, he secretly said in his heart that this person can come and go freely from Tsing Yiwei, his identity is not simple, he is not the son of an official eunuch or a prominent person in the court, and he looks at Xu Wuxian differently at the moment, and his expression is also extraordinarily attentive, he saw that Xu Wuxian had something to ask, and hurriedly replied carefully:

"If you want to say that this place to drink and eat, there are two places in my Chang'an City that are the most wonderful, one is 'picking stars' and the other is 'getting the moon'. The star picking building, the building is seven floors high, take the meaning of the "Big Dipper", climb on the high place, drink and enjoy the night, there is really "a dangerous building is 100 feet high, the hand can pick the stars", but it is a pity that the drinkers who can go to this building are mostly royal relatives and nobles, and ordinary people only go to the moon building. Although there are only two floors in the Moon Building, it is very spacious, and the layout inside is very gorgeous, and the world's treasures and flavors, as long as you can say it, they can do it, it is the silver tael for this meal, and it can't go without it......"

Wu Zhi said: "It's okay, today my two brothers are going to have a good drink......

Xu Wuxian asked where the Yuelou went, and Zhu Wuneng together, out of Changle Fang to the north, and then slightly turned to the east, after a short time into the Daozheng Fang, as soon as he entered the door, he saw a huge restaurant standing in front of him. The restaurant covers an area of more than 300 feet, from a distance it looks extraordinary, the gold lacquer plaque on the door of the restaurant, the big book "get the moon" two words, the couplets on both sides are written "life must be happy, do not make the gold bottle empty to the moon", the handwriting dragon and phoenix dance, showing the elegant and free state. Xu Wuzhi and Zhu Wuneng walked into the building, but when they saw that the lobby was full of people, it was not lively, and almost every table was crowded with diners, and the hall was full of the sound of pushing cups and cups and calling friends. The center of the lobby was originally enclosed into a circular atrium, which was piled up with some rockery gravel, Qihua Yao grass, and now there are more than ten tables of eight immortals placed indiscriminately.

Xiao Er, who ran errands, took Xu and Zhu to the atrium, and said with a smile: "The guest officer can't help it, today's business is too good, so I have to wronged the two of you to sit down here, what does the guest officer want?" Xu Wuxian and Zhu Wuneng sat down with a big grin, and instructed Xiao Er to just serve the delicious food and drink in the store, and the shopkeeper said "Oh", and said happily in his heart: "I don't know how much I came to our store to be my uncle like you, I don't know how much in one day, see that Ben Xiao Er won't slaughter you today!" So he happily retreated.

The second floor of the restaurant is very fresh and elegant, surrounded by a long corridor, one end of the corridor is a large and small wing, and the other end is a row of fences, through which you can clearly see the atrium and lobby below. Compared to the hustle and bustle of the first floor, it is much quieter here. In the private room of "Xiuchun Pavilion" at the west end of the second floor, an eighty-year-old man in a brocade robe sat in front of the window, facing a table of mountain delicacies and wild fowl, and he couldn't get down. He took a sip of the famous tea "Huayu" that had just been launched in Chang'an, sighed, and wanted to eat something, but he had no appetite at all. An old man in gray about sixty years old stood behind him with a bow, and he didn't dare to say a word without the instructions of the old man in brocade robe.

The old man in the brocade robe suddenly turned back to the old man in gray and asked, "Gao Liangshi, go and ask, is there any baked cake here?"

The old man in the brocade robe was Li Chongsheng, the emperor of the Great Qiankang Yuan, and the old man in gray was naturally his personal manager Gao Liangshi. After Li Chongsheng was in the early dynasty, he suddenly had a whim and wanted to go to Chang'an City to walk around, so he called Gao Liangshi, changed into ordinary people's clothes, and went out of the palace city and walked in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City. The two walked to the side of Deyue Tower, and saw that the business in the store was quite lively, so they simply went to ask for a private room and ordered a table of dishes; however, the cook of the folk restaurant could not match the means of the imperial kitchen of the palace, and although Li Chongsheng was facing a table of delicacies from the mountains and seas, he only moved a few chopsticks and lost his interest.

Gao Liangshi called the shopkeeper and asked him if there were any baked cakes here. The shopkeeper was embarrassed: "Guest officer, the business of this store is all delicacies, and there are a few stalls selling ordinary Hu cakes as long as you go to the square......" "You go and buy two, you want the best!" After speaking, Gao Liangshi took out a few taels of silver.

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Li Chongsheng looked at a few baked cakes on the plate, of different thicknesses and sizes, all of which the shopkeeper told Xiao Er to go out and buy them. Xiao Er didn't know the preferences of diners, so he bought a few more from various famous cake stalls. Li Chongsheng picked the thinnest and largest, tore a piece and put it in his mouth to chew slowly, and then swallowed it slowly with the warm Huayu tea. The five pennies of the baked cake and the fifty taels of silver and one penny of tea together, as if there was a wonderful reaction, the fragrance of the oil, and the slightly burnt aroma of flour, the fragrance of green onions, and the fragrance of tea...... , these many flavors are mixed together, which makes Li Chongsheng eat with relish, and he can't help but praise "The baked cake is really thin and delicious, and it is ......."

At this time, a group of diners downstairs somehow gathered at the edge of the atrium, and these people pointed and talked at the people at the central table, roughly talking about how the people at that table could eat so much food. Li Chongsheng followed the prestige, and saw two people sitting on a big eight immortal table in the center of the courtyard, both of them were about twenty years old, one was in a green shirt and white face, starry eyes and moon eyebrows, and was very handsome, and the other had big ears, a nose and a wide mouth, but his body was extremely fat.

Li Chongsheng was curious, so he walked to the fence, leaned over, and saw that the white-faced scholar was very elegant in eating, but when he saw the fat boy, he ate wine and food like a wind. A honey-dipped Baihua chicken came into the hand of the fat young man, and he tore both hands continuously, and it was only two or three clicks to put the whole roast chicken into his stomach. A plate of anchovy shrimp had just been served, and the fat boy picked up the plate and poured it into his mouth. Next, the shopkeeper served another famous dish of Deyue Lou - "carp stewed tofu". The carp is taken from Weishui, each one is carefully selected high-quality fat and tender fish, and the tofu must be taken from the tofu family of Chang'an City "Xianyang Guo Tofu", that piece of palm-sized tofu needs to go through no less than a thousand knives by the famous chef, cut like a thin filament, but the magic is fine and continuous, these thin white tender tofu is surrounded by a red carp, and the carp head jumps high, as if there is a leap towards the sky, incarnated into the meaning of Jackie Chan, and the carp soup soup is mixed with Chang'an's famous wine "Fenyang drunk" Because of this, this famous dish was very popular after it was put on the market, and a group of vassal and elegant literati even gave it another name - "Drunk with a Thousand Cuts". It's a pity that after the "drunkenness" of several celebrity chefs, the obese boy just took a big spoon and took it all in his mouth, only smashed it a few times, spit out some finely chopped fish bones, and this famous dish of Deyuelou was reduced to an empty basin...... It didn't take long for the fat boy to pile up empty dishes beside him. Among the diners watching from the sidelines, there were a few elegant people, who couldn't help but shake their heads again and again when they saw the fat boy eating like this, sighing that the heavens were violent......

Seeing this, Li Chongsheng couldn't help but sigh: "Young people's appetite is really good......! Hey, I'll wait for the old man......" Gao Liangshi on the side hurriedly said: "San Lang is in full bloom in the Spring and Autumn Period, how can he have half an old look?"

(Note: Li Chongsheng was the third among his brothers when he was young, and everyone around him called him "San Lang".) When he is dying, but he misses the time of his youth, and he is called "San Lang" by the concubine who is favored by his side. After that, every time he paid a private visit, he also ordered Gao Liangshi to be so commensurate, which also shows the emperor's favor to this personal eunuch. ）

Li Chongsheng waved his hand, wanting to say a few more words of nostalgia, but he heard a melodious huqin sound coming from the atrium downstairs, the voice was tactful and low, and the noise in the restaurant did not seem to affect it in the slightest. Li Chongsheng stopped talking, just listened intently. Gao Liangshi brought a chair from the private room behind him and waited for Li Chongsheng to sit down, while he stood aside.

After the sound of the huqin, a loud and clear singing voice came slowly, the singing voice was obviously from the mouth of a young girl, but there was a trace of sadness and helplessness in the soft and beautiful voice, only to hear her sing quietly:

Leaning on a tall building alone and looking at autumn, the frost is like snow, and the west wind is sad

The sky is high, the clouds are tired, the birds are low, the green mountains are still the same, and the river flows eastward

Jianghu Luotuo has a glass of wine, boundless thoughts, speechless gaze

When will the hateful things in life be rested, and suddenly look back, Shaohua is long

(The above transfer is sent to "A Cut Plum")

Li Chongsheng was moved by her singing, and for a moment aroused infinite emotion in his heart, and he wanted to take a closer look at what kind of girl the singer was. At this time, I suddenly heard a big man's rough voice sound: "Wu Na woman, what kind of broken song is singing! Nuisance Uncle Ben's drinking!"

Originally, in the open place of the middle courtyard of the Deyue Tower, there were two rockeries, and between the two rockeries, a wooden platform was built, which was specially used for some people who were wandering folk artists to come to perform. At that time, the atmosphere of the entire Chang'an City was beautiful to be inclusive. The street performers are storytelling, singing, juggling, or laughing...... Anyone who has a skill can come here to perform. In addition to the rewards from diners, the restaurant will also give some silver rewards and serve a meal by the way.

The man who played the violin was about 50 years old, and the woman who sang was 28 years old, and they looked like a father and daughter. Xiao Er recognized the two of them and knew that they were good at singing, so he didn't stop them. Unexpectedly, as soon as the song was sung, four men in Tsing Yi jumped on the stage.

One of the men, who had a scar on his left cheek, shouted, "How can I tolerate such a beautiful voice from your emperor under the Heavenly Empire!" The old man playing the violin next to him hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, but was hit in the face by the scarred man. The scar man was so hard that he hit the old man on his back and fell on the stage, his mouth dripping with blood......

Seeing this, the shopkeeper of Deyue Lou hurriedly ran to the stage and persuaded: "Dare to ask where this eldest brother works in the yamen? Today, the store is not well entertained, and I hope to beg for forgiveness! It's just that this father and daughter are just ordinary performers, and I hope that you good men will be like them!"

The scar man's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "What kind of 'hateful things in life' does she sing, does she hate being born for my great cadres, or does she hate my great cadres' laws and regulations, and she keeps making mistakes? What kind of crime should she be guilty of slandering the court like this!"

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "This good man, the owner of the shop works in the ministry, and he is also the prince's doorman. Today's incident must be a misunderstanding, please look at the face of the shop, don't pursue these two. A little silver taels, not a respect, I hope to smile and accept ......" The shopkeeper said as he took out some broken silver and wanted to put it in the hands of the scar man.

When Scar Man heard the name of "Prince", his face couldn't help but move slightly, but he quickly returned to normal. He stretched out his left hand to block the shopkeeper, and with his right hand took out a wooden sign from his waist. The back of the wooden plaque is engraved with a bear's head, but on the front is three big characters "Tsing Yi Wei". I saw the scar man raise the wooden sign high, and shouted proudly:

"Tsing Yi Wei handles the case, idle people, etc., all of them are avoided!"

When the shopkeeper heard the words "Tsing Yi Wei", his face suddenly changed. He secretly said that more is better than less, originally he was just thinking about protecting the reputation of the restaurant, but at this time, he knew that the four people were actually from the Tsing Yi Wei who had changed his style from the government and the opposition, so he didn't dare to speak at the moment, and retreated in disdain.

It's not just the shopkeeper, after the scar man shouted, the restaurant that was full of people gradually lost its voice. Those diners who were feasting on the food, when they heard that the people of Tsing Yi Wei were handling the case here, they were so frightened that they not dared to speak, but they even had to be extra careful about chewing and swallowing, for fear of making a little abnormal noise, and they would also be charged with "acting without form and with bad intentions".

Seeing this, the Scar Man couldn't help but feel very proud, he put away the wooden card, and waved his hand at the other three, and the three men understood, and one of them took out a slender iron chain from his backpack, and was about to lock up the singer.

Li Chongsheng sat on the second floor and looked at the railing, seeing the things below clearly. He was suddenly unhappy in his heart, and when the man in green clothes wanted to hold the chain and take the singer, he frowned on his forehead, and wanted to get up to stop him. At this time, I suddenly heard someone downstairs "snap" on the table, stood up and shouted, "Stop!"