Chapter 17: Plum Wine
The boat moved slowly, heading downstream in the gentle river breeze. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
There are many restaurants on both sides of the strait, and there are gold powder buildings, row upon row; painting boats and Lingbo, strong wine and sheng songs, many singers live in them, singing and dancing lightly, and the silk and bamboo are ethereal, so that the literati can linger among them. Ten miles of Qinhuai, the sound of light and shadow constitute a dreamlike beauty and wonder, like the picture scroll of "Qingming Riverside Map" slowly spread out in front of Su Musha.
Liu Rumei walked to the piano platform opposite Su Musha, where the river breeze puffed up the light gauze tent, constantly stirring the strings, and hiding her delicate face in the faint candlelight. The sound of the piano sounded slowly, like a clear spring in the valley dripping into the stream, and like the distant sky outside the plug, precipitating a clear light, isolating the hustle and bustle of the Qinhuai River floating on the fat powder outside the painting boat.
In the sound of the piano, the maid of the West Building stepped forward with a wine bottle and poured wine with Su Musha, and a little viscous wine rolled in the ancient rattan cup, revealing a burst of wine mixed with plum juice.
Lu Chu toasted to Su Musha and said, "There are four unique ones in the West Building, stunning, fish belly, good piano and this green plum wine. Speaking of this green plum wine, but the girl Rumei picked it exclusively when the green plum turned yellow in the rainy season, and it was difficult for ordinary people to drink it, so the prince pleased. ”
Su Mu Sha Yiyan raised the wine glass, took a sip, and tasted it on the tip of the tongue, the wine is compatible with the gentle and gentle green plum and the hearty and strong wine, the slight sour and sweet reveal an extraordinarily mellow texture, and there is quite a bit of the daughter's curling rhyme, and the thick and smooth mellow aroma of the mouth makes people a little drunk.
"Good wine. Su Musha praised, and after Lu Chu turned around to toast others, he turned around and raised his glass to Mr. Gao, the head of the lower ram, and asked, "After entering the city, there are many mundane affairs, and I will have time to visit Mr. in the future, I don't know where Mr. will settle down now?"
The ram drank high and returned the salute and said, "Temporarily borrow to live in the Xiangshan monk of Nanyang Hall." Recently, I was helping Xiangshan monks prepare for the talent conference, so I didn't have time to visit the prince. ”
"Nanyang Hall?Bai Shangshu Baijia Academy?" Su Musha moved his gaze to Bai Anshi and asked, "What kind of grand event is the Talent Gathering Conference?"
Bai Anshi happened to come over, and when he heard the words, he said: "The Talent Conference is an annual event hosted by the four major academies of Jiankang in turn, aiming to select the pillars of the country for the Lord to help me recover the hometown of Jiangbei as soon as possible. ”
When the dynasty used the nine-grade Zhongzheng system to win the office, the family background and reputation are all important considerations for entering the temple, so it has become an opportunity to win a name in various grand competitions, especially the four major academies are backed by the four major gate valve families of the imperial court, and the influence is even more amazing.
"Not bad. Su Musha praised and listened to Bai Anshi ask: "This year is just held by the Bai family, I wonder if the prince will be able to enjoy the grand event at that time?"
Su Musha was about to see it, but when he heard this, he nodded without hesitation, and turned around and asked, "Mr. wants to preside over this talent selection conference?"
"Not bad. Ram Zigao replied, looked up and saw Su Musha looking like he wanted to speak and stopped, he was a little suspicious in his heart, and Su Musha asked again: "What are the main contents of the conference?"
"The art of striking is for martial arts, the art of sitting and talking about the Tao is for the defense of literature, and the marching techniques such as military tactics such as military tactics are personally tested by the Lord this year. The ram is high for Su Musha to list them one by one.
Su Musha was relieved, Su Mucheng told him about the selection of sergeants, but the Beifu Army was hereditary since its establishment, this matter has nothing to do with him, Su Musha didn't care too much about it, but he didn't want this matter to be related to the four academies, and the restraint between the royal power and the gate valve was so visible.
The sound of the piano gradually stopped, and the aftermath was in the ears.
Su Musha saw Liu Rumei stand up, led the maids over, put the plates in their hands on the table in front of them, and said: "The perch in the West Building, the perch is selected from the four-gill perch under the Songjiang Xiuye Bridge, and the fisherman sent it overnight. The fish is tender and fat, fresh and fishy, I think it is in line with the taste of the prince, please use it slowly. ”
When Su Musha heard this, he couldn't help but think of the fisherman Yuci he met before getting on the boat. He looked down and saw the perch, the soup was thick and red, and it was covered on the body of the fish with a head, tail, shape and style, exuding a bright and elegant luster like sandalwood, which made people have an appetite when they looked at it. Su Musha raised his chopsticks to eat, and suddenly heard the sound of swallowing saliva behind him, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and said, "Miss Liu, can you prepare two more dishes and chopsticks?"
Liu Rumei followed Su Musha's gaze, and when she saw Xiao Qingyi's green beads salivating, she immediately understood, and then she was a little surprised, she didn't expect Su Musha to treat Tsing Yi so well, and said with a smile: "Two girls, please come with me." Xiao Tsing Yi responded happily when he heard this, raised his feet and left.
However, Jianhua did not move her footsteps, and seeing that Su Musha was puzzled, she touched the sword on her waist and said, "It was the valley lord who specially instructed me to protect you." ”
Su Musha no longer persuaded when he heard this, he raised his chopsticks and picked up a piece of fish meat, which melted as soon as he entered the tongue with a slight curl, and there was not a single thorn, especially the meat on the tail ridge of the fish, which was indescribably tender and fragrant, making people fragrant between their teeth and having an endless aftertaste.
The ram Zigao tasted it and praised: "'The autumn wind is blowing and the leaves are flying, and the perch in Wujiang is fat'." Songjiang perch is so delicious, no wonder Ji Ying, who was an official in the Northern Dynasty, resigned and returned to Gusu after remembering its taste. ”
A scholar smiled when he heard this: "Xianbei people are vulgar, they can't taste such deliciousness, it's not surprising that Ji Ying resigned and went home." I heard that Xianbei has repeatedly plundered my city, all because the soldiers envy my Jiangzuo food and wine. ”
Su Musha frowned when he heard this, those were just excuses for Xianbei to loot the city, but he didn't expect that there would really be pedantic nerd letters. There were other scholars in the hall who said: "Jiangzuo is prosperous, they have seen it, and they have not seen the military power of the Southern Dynasty, and when the lord completes the rectification of the Northern Expedition and recovers his hometown, they will definitely let them have a good experience." ”
A scholar was sober-minded and said: "Don't underestimate the enemy, Yanyun Iron Cavalry can run rampant in Jiangbei, and it is not easy to take advantage of it." ”
"Yanyun Iron Cavalry?" the others retorted: "I have the Beifu Army in the court. The former Qin Ruishi is also unstoppable, how can the mere Yan Yunjun be enough?"
"However, the Beifu army is an infantry ......" The lobby then launched a fierce debate, from the arms to the weapons and then to the supply of grain, the scholars cited evidence from all sides, and the quarrel was very happy, and the Wei Shu, who had no ink on his chest, couldn't help but come forward to talk about it, but a few words were dismissed by Lu Chu, and he was red-faced, quite unhappy.
Su Musha listened to them arguing about the time of a stick of incense, then stood up boredly, walked out of the painting boat, asked the maid for the direction, and went away with the paper flower to find the green beads in the little green clothes.
Halfway through, I heard Liu Rumei in front of me say in the east kitchen: "You can take these green plum wines back and drink them with Ah Weng." It's almost winter, you beware of Ah Weng's old cold legs again. ”
Yuci said clumsily: "You don't have to worry, a few days ago, Ah Weng said that his leg hurt a little, so I took him to Qingxintang to ask for a few pairs of medicine, and after using it, he didn't commit it again, and his legs and feet were much sharper than in previous years." ”
"That's good. Liu Rumei breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Recently, Lu Gongzi often invited me to accompany me to play the piano and drink, and I didn't have time to visit Ah Weng, I hope he doesn't blame me." ”