The sun was like a big fireball, and its rays were so scorching that even the dogs stopped barking, and stretched out their long tongues mostly under the steps and in the shade;

Liu Ye, who was dressed in a brocade robe, stretched out his hand to wipe the fine sweat on the top of his head, and the folding fan in his hand kept shaking, he still couldn't stop being happy in the sultry weather, looking at the cars and horses coming and going around him, like a long-unsuccessful shooter suddenly finding a beloved prey.

"Master Li, if the people of Liyang can be like Chang'an, they can live and work in peace and contentment, how good it would be. ”

Hearing this, Li Qingshan also smiled with relief and said, "I am very happy that you can have such an ambition, but this is really a very grand ambition." ”

Liu Ye squinted his eyes, the sun was shining in his face, a little dazzling, he grew up in Chang'an City since he was a child, he lived in the palace most of the time, and he had never taken a good look at the city like this.

A few steps out of the palace gate turned into an alley and came to the west street next door.

Naturally, he would not be so familiar with the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, but he had Li Shi leading the way in front.

"I have lived for 80 years, except for 20 years to travel and study, the rest of the time is spent in this Chang'an City, looking at the spring, summer, autumn and winter of each year, looking at the extra traces on the city wall, I have walked countless times on every road in Chang'an City. ”

Li Qingshan walked as he spoke, striding like a meteor, not at all like an eighty-year-old man.

"The twilight of Chang'an City is very beautiful, very quiet, no one, I remember that the old man went out to drink with his friends when he was young, and met the Wuhou who patrolled the night in the middle of the night, just hiding in the alley next to the road, don't look at this alley now to see at a glance, it's really at night, but it's black and rumbling and you can't see anything. ”

Li Qingshan said energetically, waved his big hand, rolled up his sleeves like dark clouds, and his deep voice sounded in his ears, like a conscientious tour guide, taking Liu Ye, a local who is not familiar with his home, to tour from place to place.

"If you want to talk about opera, the team at the end of West Street, although it is not famous, but I have heard of it, it is more authentic than the one in the palace, and the carp in the waterway in the city is also very fat, and even now I often go fishing, tsk, it is itchy to say. ”

As he walked, Li Qingshan stopped, pointed to the noodle restaurant in front of him, and said, "But if you talk about food, you should count the Huanghua beef noodles on this West Street, and this one's noodles are the most authentic." ”

"Tsk, what the old gentleman said is really a little torment. The shopkeeper also walked out with a smile on his face, wiped his hands on the apron casually, and the fat on his face was full of greasy, with this smile he looked like a simple crop man, but he was rarely so fat in the farmer.

"Let's have two big bowls of noodles and put more chopped green onions. ”

"Okay, two bowls of noodles—"

The noodle restaurant in front of me didn't even have a serious storefront, but just built a shack on the side of the road, put a few sets of tables and chairs, and started business.

Looking at Li Qingshan, who had already sat down, Liu Ye'er didn't dislike it, picked up her clothes and sat down, and said with a smile: "Master Li, it seems that you are also a frequent visitor." ”

Li Qingshan shook his head with a smile, did not deny it, looked at Liu Ye's eyes, and said, "I know that there is another person who often comes here to eat noodles, I think you should know him." ”

"Oh?" Liu Ye'er is also interested, since Master Li said so, then this person must not be an ordinary official in the court, he should be a very interesting person, and he also knows, could it be that he is the head of the court, his father-in-law?

Thinking about it, he felt unlikely, and asked with a smile: "Could it be that it is an old friend of the teacher, then it must also be a generation of scholars, and I must pay a good visit if I have the opportunity." ”

Hearing this, Li Qingshan shook his head and said, "Every time I come to eat noodles, the sun is in full bloom at noon, but every time he comes in the afternoon, when the sun is setting in the west, so I have never seen him, but I think you should have heard the name Yu Linglong." ”

Liu Ye was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "The No. 1 strategist of Jiangnan Province in the Fourth Brother's Mansion is known as Mr. Linglong in the world?"

Hearing this, Li Qingshan nodded, saying that it was this person who was correct, but then added: "This person has some ability, if he was born in troubled times, it is not a problem to stir up a storm, but he has more than enough to seek for a place, but if he wants to work for a country, he really may not have this ability." ”

Hearing this, Liu Ye didn't care very much, for his current situation, there was no difference between the two, what about a city, what about a country, as long as the other party counted him as a person, he would win.

just said: "Since this side can be loved by Mr. Linglong and Master Li, I want to taste it." ”

Hearing this, Li Shi snorted coldly, showing a sneering look, and said: "That Yu Linglong may have some means to play some trivial cleverness, but the taste of this noodle is not visible at all, every time I come here, I only eat that oily noodles, how can it compare to this authentic yellow flower beef?"

Looking at Master Li's smug look, Liu Ye also smiled and said How can you even know it.

At this time, two bowls of hot noodles were served, the yellow and clear noodles were lying in a sea bowl the size of a human head, a few boiled soft daylilies were rolling in the oily soup, and two slices of beef were lying quietly under the decoration of green onions.

"If you don't eat it again, the daylily will be cold. ”

Li Qingshan reminded.

Liu Ye was stunned, picked up the chopsticks, and didn't know if Master Li was talking about this or something else.

Liu Ye, who was accustomed to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, suddenly ate this street food, and he also felt that it had a different flavor, which reminded him of the three-month experience in the rivers and lakes, during which he often followed Li Shi to eat some things that he would not usually touch in this kind of small stall without a storefront.

In the blink of an eye, a big bowl of noodles was already in the stomach, and he burped without regard to the image, and the throne or something in his mind suddenly disappeared without a trace, just thinking about when he had time to sneak out and taste what this oily noodles tasted like.

Li Qingshan's mouth is not good, so he eats noodles very slowly.

Confucianism pays attention to etiquette and education, pays attention to food and does not say anything, looked up at the remaining half of the beef in Liu Ye's bowl, frowned slightly, but did not speak, but feeling the majestic gaze, Liu Ye also knew what was happening, and hurriedly stuffed the remaining half of the beef into his mouth, Li Qingshan was satisfied, lowered his head and continued to eat noodles.

Waiting for Master Li to finish eating, and put down the dishes and chopsticks with a satisfied face, Liu Ye asked with a smile: "Master Li, I heard the fourth brother say that the flower street and willow lane in Chang'an City are very famous, no worse than that night Huacheng, I have long wanted to see it, but I have never had the opportunity, why not?"