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The main residence of the Gao family is in Jianningli in the capital, in addition, there are five old houses in Donglimen, Caomenmen, Taizihexi, Songmenwai, and Funingli in Xiguan. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And the other courtyard where Chris went out of the palace and settled down this time is the old mansion in Funingli in the northwest.

This is a graceful mansion. In addition to the main hall and main hall on the main axis, the courtyard space is wide and narrow, and changes with the staggered buildings. After the atrium is the main building, the Pavilion of Grace. The Pavilion of Mercy and Grace is seven deep, the heavy eaves rest on the top of the mountain, the appearance overlaps majestic, exudes the atmosphere of the times of ancient strength and solemnity. The scenery in the garden is very beautiful, there is a fish swamp flying beam in front of the Ci'en Pavilion, facing the water surface, there are many fish swimming in the water, and the sun shines sparkling. The trees in the courtyard are also beautifully trimmed, and there are occasional high-pitched birdsong from the trees, but there is no sign of the birds.

The furniture and ornaments in the house are completely different from those in the palace. Three-sided mirrored dresser inlaid with sandalwood beads, three-sided bib tent bed with red sandalwood carved and painted vines, grasses, fish and insects inlaid with finely carved jade, octagonal incense burner with double phoenixes carved with whole mutton fat and jade, agarwood screen with painted wood carved polo double-sided embroidered turquoise, high cabinet with black lacquer inlaid luodian lady's figure, yellow pear flush rose chair, fabric case enshrined with the statue of Guanyin of the Water Moon, octagonal gold flower silver table tea cup, melon-shaped chisel arabesque pattern gold box, violet sprinkled gold cushion and pillow...... Even the Nagong barrel is made of camphor inlaid with gold and jade.

When he first arrived, the corners of Chris's mouth twitched, and everything in this room was worth a fortune. The palace is simple, the courtyard is luxurious, and it seems that the virtue of thrift and thrift is really for others to see.

The annex only receives the Gao family clan who entered Beijing Province from Bozhou, although it is empty and uninhabited on weekdays, the subordinates are still well maintained and maintained.

A few days later, at noon, I don't know if it was because of the lack of oppressive feeling in the palace, or because of the leisurely atmosphere of the courtyard, Chris felt extremely relaxed. After dinner, she moved a circle chair and sat in the courtyard, just sat quietly, quietly looking at the scenery.

Xing Yun took out the washed grapes, took Mazha and sat next to him, and carefully removed the grape seeds.

For some reason, the quiet garden reminded Chris of Yuwen Zhishao.

When she left the palace, she carried Yuwen Zhishao's recital with her, and instructed that the booklet of the Heaven and Earth Pavilion be transported to the other courtyard.

She ran to the study, first turned out the Tiange booklet, but after looking for it, there was no name of Yuwen Zhishao, and her heart said that the Tiange booklet does not record the petty officials at the county order level, and this Yuge still dares to claim to be all-encompassing and exhaustive of the world's affairs? Chris recalled his nickname, so he found the "Baiwu Yan Tan" in the book of the Earth Pavilion, and sure enough, he found the name of "Mr. Zhizhi" among the four major factions of "Hidden Immortals". It said that he was a closed disciple of the Xuanzhen Sect Tsing Yi Daoist.

After reading the basic information, I really saw the small characters of Zhu Pi of Tingyu Pavilion: "Mr. Zhizhi's martial arts are superb, and his realm is far-reaching, and no one in the world can match it." The word "martial arts" is disassembled, Ge is martial arts, stop the war, one stop, for him to exhaust the world's martial arts, two stops, for him to stop the battle of the world, this is the origin of the word "stop". "Chris is looking for the content of Yuwen Zhishao's senior brother, and there is really no introduction at all, let alone the number one person like the tenth grandfather and the tenth old man. However, Zhang Ruoshui said that the Xuanzhen faction is an "earth immortal", and the disciples in the sect have always acted in seclusion and hidden deeply, and it is normal to think that there is no record.

Chris looked at the entries of the four factions of the Hidden Immortals again, closed the book, and thought: Zhang Ruoshui is the Dongling faction, Liang Huaiji is the Tongxuan faction, Brother Cao is the Shaoyang faction, and Mr. Zhizhi is the Xuanzhen faction, it seems that I know the masters of the four factions.

After that, Chris returned to the courtyard, took Yuwen Zhishao's recital, and read it carefully.

At the beginning of the article, it was nothing more than some exhortation to the emperor to fear the sky and the people, and to take into account the great truth that it was not easy for the ancestors to open the country, and then it also affirmed the positive attitude of the new emperor who was willing to govern benevolently, listen to advice, and reform the government. After that, I got to the point, telling about the recent droughts and locust plagues, businessmen not only took the opportunity to raise the price of rice, the state increased labor to build the imperial mausoleum, the thieves of the pu were everywhere, the people's strength was lost, and the people were not able to make a living. Really speaking of the truth, he pointed to the crux of the poverty and weakness of the Great Song Dynasty, that is, no matter what happened, the imperial court used the two means of selling officials and rewarding lords, and the breadth of monks.

Chris could read about the monk almost every day from the newspaper, and she didn't take it seriously, until she read Yuwen Zhishao's opinion today, and she suddenly realized. The second half of the song is all about specific reform methods in farming, water conservancy, military, horse administration, and county and county governance, which make Chris's eyes shine. Regarding the failure of several military operations in Qingli, Yuwen Zhishao believes that the disadvantage lies in the fact that the enemy soldiers are always together, and our troops are often divided. In the text, you can see between the lines that he lamented that there were no miracles in the temple and that there were no unscrupulous generals guarding the border, and you can better understand his pain and worry. In addition, his "ambition to go deep into the depths of Helan and recover the sixteen states of Youyun, and his ambition to march on five routes and go straight to the lair of the Liao State" makes people feel excited.

After reading it, Chris rubbed Yuwen Zhishao's recital in his hand, and his mood couldn't calm down for a long time, and he said in his heart Anyway, I want to cross the Liao Kingdom and go straight to the north, maybe I can help him realize this ideal?

Xing Yun was serving tea and water on the side, and Chris was completely unaware. Xing Yun was silent, but he was also curious about what could make his master look so attentive. It wasn't until the setting sun gave off its last rays that she came out of her thoughts. When I looked up, I realized that it had come to this hour.

She was about to get up when she saw someone coming from the other side of the garden. Because of the backlight, Chris blocked it with his hand, and a figure stood out between his fingers. Walking towards them was a boy wearing an indigo wide-sleeved straight-up robe and auspicious cloud-patterned black toe boots.

When I got closer, I saw that the indigo robe was embroidered with silver silk and the cuffs of the indigo robe, and a blue wide-brimmed brocade belt was tied around his waist, and his black hair was tied in a small silver crown inlaid with jade. In fact, even if he changes into a plain cloth shirt, he can make people feel so personable, how should I say it, it is noble and natural.

His demeanor was calm, his smile was gentle, and even his curved eyebrows were smiling, like a warm breeze in summer.

"Tao, I didn't expect it to be you!" Unlike his gentle appearance, he spoke in a tall tone, "Your three loyal dogs are willing to let you out of the palace?"

Chris was staring at the man intently, and suddenly heard him call his breast name, and his face was shocked.

There are no plans to go out today, and Chris does not undress with a snake on her face, but her true face.

The man took advantage of her daze, suddenly approached, pinched her chin and looked at it, his eyes were full of flowers, shining like fireflies, and said: "You said that you have been married to a wife for all these years, and now you have become a widow again, why do you not look old at all, but more delicate and lovely than before you left the cabinet, soft and graceful." ”

Chris suddenly came back to his senses, his blood was churning with anger, and he scolded in his heart: Bad embryo, you dare to tease me, and you have the appearance of a decent gentleman in vain.

The man seemed to feel her annoyance, and there was a chuckle in his ears, and the laughter was clear and clear, "Why do you say that you are my own niece, you can only look at it but not eat it, tsk!"

Then the man let go, and the warm wind he brought with him dissipated in an instant. Chris was on guard, she had never been teased so frivolously, and just as she was about to get angry, she suddenly saw a flash of clarity in the man's eyes, he deliberately annoyed herself. Suddenly realizing this, Chris turned his head to look at Xing Yun, and when she saw that Xing Yun was also angry, she laughed instead.

"Xiao Yun'er, let's ignore the embryo and go to dinner!" Chris pulled Xing Yun and walked towards the front hall.

Hearing this, the man couldn't help but be stunned and stunned on the spot. This fake niece who has always seen himself like a ghost, he can't help but provoke her, and every time she is exposed by himself, she turns into a rough and terrifying dominatrix. He never expected that Gao Taotao would react like this today. He narrowed his eyes, saw the slender and delicate back go away, and said, "Interesting, interesting, really interesting," and followed.

Chris entered the hall and sat down at the table, where knives, forks, plates, tall glass cups, and a pair of silver chopsticks were placed aside.

The man found a seat next to him and sat down, he raised his eyebrows and looked at the unusual cutlery, but he didn't ask, just kept looking at Chris.

Dinner was brought in by servants in small carts. Speaking of which, the servants in this inner courtyard are more or less old, some of these people are old servants of the Gao family who have served Gao Tao since childhood, and the other part is the loyal servants of the husband and wife when they were in the palace of Pu Anyi, after Yingzong became the emperor, she did not let these people follow the palace, but arranged them in the old house of Funingli, which is more leisurely on weekdays, which is a gift, which is considered to let them live for a long time. Of course, the servants in the mansion are loyal and reliable, and they know their roots, which is why Lan Yuanzhen asked her to live here.

Chris saw that the servant seemed very calm and natural to the man's presence, even habitual, and he himself said that the two were uncles and nephews, so Chris guessed his identity.

Chris asked succinctly, "Why are you here?"

"It's not that I recently made up an enshrinement official with my father's shadow, and my father and brother are endlessly chattering, saying that now they are also included in the office, let me restrain my mind and stop ...... "What do you say," he said, holding out a hand to count, "idleness, idleness, lack of business, lack of learning, and discouragement...... Alas, in short, my ears are calloused, so I avoided the quiet place of the other courtyard. ”

Chris was happy to hear him say this, it's not the same as when he was in junior high school, he was always counted out by his father and regressed in his studies, it seems that we still have the same disease. He is so young, and he is an uncle, and she is familiar with all the content in the Gao family's clan, so she already has a candidate in her heart.

The plates were placed on the table one by one by the servants, with silver lids fastened on them. When the silver lid was removed, the man looked curiously, what kind of dish is this Mingtang?

In the past few days, Chris has been instructing the cooks to cook according to their own tastes.

Chris asks for plenty of ingredients every day, but not too many dishes, four plates in front of him, a plate of boiled asparagus, a plate of Caesar salad, a plate of crab omelet and a main course roasted leg of lamb, plus bread and butter.

Chris waved his hand and said to the servant, "Don't wait, let everyone eat!"

The servant's face was joyful, he nodded, and bowed down.

"What does this mean?" the man was a little puzzled.

"What do you mean?"

"Why are there only four dishes? "Why don't you let them serve them?" the man pointed to the bread again, "and what kind of strange thing is this, can you eat it?"

"First, I always eat very little at every meal, and the rest is all wasted, so let them prepare it like this, everyone eats whatever I eat, and everyone eats together when it's time to eat; second, just me and Xing Yun eat together, where you need to be served by others; third, every dish on this table is fresh, delicious, moderate, and caloric, in short, if you think it's weird, don't eat it, but I advise you to try it." ”

Xing Yun took out the wine from the ice bucket, she had already poured the wine into the wine glass with skillful technique, which was all taught by Chris. Putting the wine in front of everyone, Xing Yun also sat down.

The wine was just right, Chris picked up the glass, and the aroma was pleasant, although it was just wine, not a fully fermented dry red, which Chris already enjoyed.

The man glanced at Xing Yun and said in surprise: "When the Heavenly Family changes the rules, the maids can eat at the table." ”

"Little uncle, haven't you heard of 'food is silent, sleep is silent'? Besides, this is not in the imperial city. ”

When the man saw that she actually called herself a little uncle, it was as if he had been hit by an acupoint, and he couldn't move.

The man is Gao Zunhui, whose father is Gao Jichang, the fourteenth son of Gao Qiong's youngest son. Gao Taotao's father, Gao Zunfu, is the third son of Gao Qiong's eldest son, Gao Jixun, so it is not wrong for Chris to call him "little uncle". However, Gao Taotao is actually ten years older than Gao Zunhui, if the deity would not call him that at all, because Gao Zunhui had teased Gao Taotao with his seniority, and this matter made him feel a special sense of accomplishment, every time he met, he always thought about how to make her ugly, and he was happy to do it. It wasn't until later that she became the queen, and the two rarely met.

Who is Gao Zunhui? Tiange's booklet is clearly written, if Uncle Xiang Guo met last time was a representative of the capital's world, then Gao Zunhui would be at the level of a demon king in the mixed world. It would be too shallow to say that lackeys fight cocks, eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, and the poor and extravagant playboys are the sons of gentlemen. It is always said that the children of the gentlemen are incompetent, but in fact, the high-level gentlemen are capable of everything. Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, proficient in everything; gentlemen and gentlemen - fighting incense, tasting tea, arranging flowers, hanging paintings, easy to come; romantic affairs, butterflies and bees, reaching the peak. Although these god-level gentlemen have a wide range of things, they also have their own relatively good fields, and Gao Zunhui likes beauty the most. If Chris's copy of "Xingshou Baijian" falls into his hands, he will definitely be criticized for being incomplete, and if he is willing, he can write a Song version of "Sister Master" or "Sister Cheats" or something, which is guaranteed to be the first to be purchased and sold out.

The corners of Chris's mouth twitched, ignoring Gao Zunhui, who was in a daze on the side, she asked Xing Yun to help pass the bread basket, took a piece of bread, and used a knife to order butter and spread it evenly on the bread. Chris found that the Northern Song Dynasty, like the modern West, practiced a separate meal system(1), which made her very comfortable.

In addition, many Western food ingredients can be seen, so it is not difficult to prepare an authentic Western meal like today. Some of the ingredients are foreign, such as butter, which is a product of nomadic culture, and when it came to Tang China, dairy products included not only milk wine, cream, and butter, but also some ingredients, which originated in China. For example, the olives in the Caesar salad, Chris did not expect that it is native to China, and cultivated olives were very common in the Han Dynasty, and the Song people called it "green fruit", which is almost indispensable for Westerners.

After Chris finished his meal, he began to use his knife and fork gracefully, without making a sound, and behaved generously.

Gao Zunhui escaped from the old house in Jianningli last night, made an appointment with a group of prodigal children for a whole night, and went to make up for sleep after returning to the courtyard to bathe in the morning, but now the breakfast is useless, naturally he is hungry, and his appetite is greatly aroused by the food in front of him, Xing Yun helped him get the meal, and he started to eat with confidence. Gao Zunhui didn't use a knife and fork, but still used chopsticks to take a bite of food and put it in his mouth, he was slightly stunned, but smiled again. The taste is delicious, and after eating the roasted lamb leg, I found that it was inconvenient not to use a knife and fork, so I also learned from Chris to use it. After tasting everything, he set his eyes on the rectangular loaf of bread.

Chris smiled in his heart, and without saying anything, he cut another piece of bread and carefully buttered it. After finishing it, she handed the bread to Gao Zunhui.

Xing Yun smiled and said: "This is called bread, it is a staple food like steamed buns, please try it! ”

Gao Zunhui looked confused when he heard this, and looked straight at Chris, it was really dazzling, he always felt that he was either surprised or lost his mind when he saw him again today, and he completely lost his previous momentum.

He snorted, took the slice of bread from Chris's hand, and took a bite, the crust was crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside, and the butter added to the sweet, rich flavor. The smell was admirable, but as soon as he looked up and saw Chris's slightly smug expression, he didn't want to say it.

Xing Yun knew that he liked to eat, so he said: "The dough and water, plus the old noodles, are actually used to make steamed buns, but the master put some sugar and salt in the dough, put it for some hours, and then bake it to become this bread." At first, I didn't dare to eat it, but after tasting it, I felt that the fragrance was unstoppable. ”

Gao Zunhui snorted, turned his head and asked Xing Yun, "When did your master start doing what this talent did?"

"This ......"

"Xiao Yun'er, don't pay attention to him!"

When the meal was finished, the dishes were removed, and Chris held the remaining half glass of wine in his hand and tasted it leisurely.

Gao Zunhui saw her leisurely appearance, and she was angry, these gases should have been given to Gao Tao, but now they are reversed. Originally, he was interested in Gao Tao, who looked different from before, but he was really angry, no matter how interesting it was, he was in no mood, and after thinking about it for a long time, he swallowed it back to his mouth, and he flicked his sleeves and prepared to leave.

Seeing him walking silently to the front yard, Chris spoke: "It's so late, why is the little uncle going?"

He stopped, and immediately turned around and said, "Go to the Qinglou!"

"Qinglou, which one? Didn't all the official prostitutes close down during the state funeral? Could it be a private prostitute?"

Gao Zunhui sneered and sneered: "It's you who died Xianggong, and it's not the people of the whole world who died Xianggong! Why don't you let people have fun!"

Chris was stunned and frowned.

Gao Zunhui seemed to be unbearable when she saw her, and felt as if she had moved back to a city, so she said: "What if it's a private prostitute? I only said that I wouldn't let you welcome guests, but I didn't say that I wasn't allowed to close the door!"

Chris suddenly realized and said with a smile: "It turns out that there are policies and countermeasures under the top!"

Gao Zunhui laughed when she saw that she was not angry, and suddenly found that her brain was useless, and she couldn't keep up with her thinking.

Chris put down the cup and walked over to him, frowning slightly, pursing red lips, then blinking his eyelashes, his bright eyes sparkling, smiling at him again, and coquettishly said, "Little uncle, can you take me with you?"

For a moment, as if time froze, Gao Zunhui stared at her lips first, lost in those big eyes again, and when he heard her words clearly and wanted to understand the meaning of the words, he stammered: "Who?!Who will take you to the Qinglou...... You ......"

"What kind of am I?" Chris's beautiful eyes shone like stars with a smile, and Gao Zunhui felt embarrassed in his heart.

Immediately, he didn't dare to stay, and ran away without stopping.

Xing Yun felt that his master had won completely.

Chris pouted, still in that tone, and said loudly: "Uncle is so stingy, people really want to go, take me to open my eyes!"