Tokyo Imperial Street starts from the Xuande Gate of the Imperial Palace in the north, passes through Zhouqiao and Zhuque Gate, and goes straight to the Nanxun Gate of the Outer City in the south. It is more than ten miles long and two hundred steps wide. "Street" is actually not enough to describe its scale. It is called the Central Square.

It seems relatively reliable.

The middle position is the royal road for the emperor. It is usually guarded by Ban Zhi and no one is allowed to trample on it.

On both sides are the roads used by officials, and then separated by two open areas. On both sides is the covered corridor where everyone walks on weekdays. Outside the corridor are various shops, as well as various departments inside and outside the Yamen.

The New Year's lanterns in Bianjing are laid out from Xuandemen to Nanxunmen.

In order to attract customers and play the holiday card, various merchants have also developed many new types of lanterns. The more famous ones are Suzhou's five-color glass lanterns, Fuzhou's white jade lanterns, Xin'an's boneless lanterns, and of course, now there are also Meishan lanterns.

Yale glass lamp.

This is still Jiangsu Oil's consistent operation, occupying the most upstream industries without revealing anything.

The brighter the lamp, the more attractive it is. Although the lamps of various companies have various designs and novelties, the core, that is, the part that emits light, is actually a platinum gas lamp made in Meishan.

Starting from the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, lanterns are lit on the mountain, which is called "Shangcai". The golden and jade trees shine together, and the splendid scenery blends in with each other. Visitors have gathered under the two corridors of the Royal Street and the excitement of the New Year has begun.

Small businessmen, hawkers, folk performers, and magicians also began to come to join in the fun.

"Thumbs of magical powers, hundreds of songs and dances, scales and scales intertwined, music noisy for more than ten miles, pills and cuju, stepping on ropes and poles."

"Zhao Yeren, eat Lengtao instead. Zhang Jiuge, swallow the iron sword. Li Waining, the medicine puppet. Xiao Jian'er, spit out five-color water, spin the clay balls. Da Teluo, gray medicine."

"Que Tie'er, Zaju. Wen Datou, Xiao Cao, Ji Qin. Dang Qian, Xiao Guan. Sun Si, cooking and refining prescriptions. Fifty-two, dramaturgy. Zou Yu, Tiandi Guang, miscellaneous costumes. Su Shi, Meng

Xuan, Zhuqiu. Liu Baiqin, Chongyong. Yang Wenxiu, drum and flute."

"There are also monkeys performing hundreds of tricks, fish jumping through the knife gate, calling bees and butterflies, and chasing ants. The rest are selling medicine, hexagrams, riddles written in sand, and they are full of ingenuity, and their ears and eyes are new every day.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the driver visited the Yingxiang Pond at the Five Mountains. Su You was lucky enough to accompany the driver as a Hanlin lecturer.

The banquet tour lasted for one day. In the morning, we accompanied the driver from Xuandemen. After the parade, we arrived at Wuyue Temple, started the banquet tour, and then returned to Xuandemen.

This banquet was not hosted by Su You, so the food was shabby:

Suofen, water rice, dry rice, tripe soup, pork belly soup, fried pork, salted pork with soybean paste, Qunxian roasted meat, roasted gold intestine, roasted bone, small flower pancake, white meat Hu pancake, lotus meat pancake, braised mutton pancake

, eat steamed buns alone, double hump coins, Taiping Biluo.

Suofen is rice noodles, water rice is semi-fermented physalis rice, similar to vinegar rice in later Japanese cuisine, dry rice is steamed rice, tripe soup is sheep tripe soup, luorou soup is shredded pork soup, and fried pork is stir-fried mutton.

, Pork salted with black bean paste is marinated mutton, Qunxianzhi is a mixture of venison and bear meat grilled, Zhongjin sausage is a lamb intestine smeared with egg yolk and grilled, Zhizi bones are mutton ribs that are marinated and then grilled, smallpox pancakes, white meat

Hu Pancakes, Lotus Meat Pancakes and Paizui Yanghu Pancakes are all stuffed pancakes. The single steamed buns are meat and vegetable buns. The Double Hump Slots have a nice name, but the meat and vegetable buns have been changed into a dumpling shape; Taiping Biluo

It is a Hushi that was passed from Persia to the Tang Dynasty and then from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty. It sounds mysterious, but in fact it is still a pie, but it is a pie with Western Regions seasoning.

Speaking of which, excluding rice, pies and steamed buns, there are two soup dishes, two stir-fried dishes and three grilled dishes.

Su You sighed at the plate. There were no green vegetables to accompany it. It's not that I'm picky, but I really can't eat it...

A handsome man with outstanding demeanor beside him said to him: "Mingrun, what's wrong? You're not satisfied with the banquet given by Yuci?"

This is the boss that Su You is wary of. If he nods today, he might be guilty of the crime: "Lv Xiaokan's words are serious. Su You has been lonely and poor since he was a child. He rarely sees big meat or meat dishes. Even the meat dishes for the Chinese New Year are not good enough."

It must be paired with mostly vegetarian food, otherwise the stomach and intestines will suffer. My Hachigong said that 'wild boar cannot eat fine bran', which is probably what he said. I'm really ashamed."

At this time, Lu Huiqing was serving as the editor of Jixian Palace and edited the books of Jixian Palace. Because when he and Wang Anshi discussed the meaning of the classics, they had many similar opinions, so he was highly praised by Wang Anshi and got this position.

To say that he had any outstanding deeds in the past, he was just a small promotion official in Zhenzhou. In terms of resume, he is really not worthy of Su You's shoes.

Therefore, many people thought that he was dependent on Wang Anshi and wanted to get ahead, and they were not optimistic about his character.

Lu Huiqing smiled slightly: "The noble will never forget the humble, the rich will never forget the poor, the fruit of Mingrun is good, and worthy of being valued by the prince."

Su You handed over his hand: "Who is the prince you are talking about? If it is Duke Jiefu, I admire his magnanimity and education, but his views on governance are still somewhat different. After three days of heated debate on the same ship, no one could be convinced.

Who, alas..."

This actually gives relief to the person in front of me. Don’t worry, I won’t follow Wang Jiefu’s plan.

Lu Huiqing's expression clearly showed disbelief, but it was difficult to continue the conversation at this point. After all, Su Mingrun was not someone he dared to offend now, so he changed the subject: "I don't know what they are talking about over there."

On the other side of the banquet, Zhao Xu was talking with Zhao Pian, Zeng Gongliang, and the Privy Councilor Lu Gongbi.

Su You smiled and said: "They are the decision-makers, and we are the executors. Now Tang Gong is holding on to the case and the generals. I am suffering like a frying pan. How can I care about these things..."

Lu Huiqing said: "Mingrun still doesn't know? Yang Ding made a big mistake."

"Oh? I wonder what's wrong?"

Zhong'e's return to Suizhou was a big deal before. Xixia trapped and killed Yang Ding, the commander of the Song Dynasty's security army, in a reciprocal manner. This was also one of the major crimes that the censors impeached Zhong'e. Framing a colleague was equivalent to murder.

In order to wipe out the troubles of Zhong E and Zhao Xu, Su You instructed Weizhou Tingfeng Pavilion to investigate this Yang Ding.

You won’t know the results if you don’t check them, but you’ll be shocked if you check them.

Information came from inside Xixia. When Yang Ding was sent as an envoy to the Xia Kingdom, he paid homage to Liang Zuo and promised to seduce familiar households in the area for Liang Zuo. Liang Zuo gave him a sword, a treasure mirror and many gold and silver utensils.

After Yang Ding came back from his mission, he handed over his sword and mirror, and then took the gold and silver as his own. He also told Song Liangzuo that he could assassinate him.

This is why Zhao Xu asked Su You if he could use the magical gun to assassinate Liang Zuo.

When the Xia people lost Suizhou, they thought Yang Ding had betrayed him, so they killed him.

The censors made a big mistake. In order to commit cheating to death, Yang Ding was praised in the bullets. Ten cheats were not worth a hair on Yang Ding. As a result, they made trouble for a long time.

The baby is a double agent.

Lu Huiqing said with a smile: "This time the Xia envoy came to express his condolences and revealed the truth. The official family immediately pardoned Zhong'e, cut off Yang Dingguan, and lost his land and house. You think this thing is causing trouble!"

Su You also laughed along with him.

In fact, this matter was an intelligence war between Jialiang, Wang Shao, and Weizhou Tingfeng Pavilion. The reason why Zhao Xu was so angry about the truth and must pursue Yang Ding's property was because Zhao Xu felt that he was being tricked.

You have to look like a fool.

If Su You hadn't stopped him, what would have been the consequences if he really handed over the magic weapon to Yang Ding?

Zhao Xu felt chills running down his spine just thinking about it.

The masters and bachelors around Zhao Xu were smiling, courteous and friendly, looking harmonious, but Su You knew that it was because they hadn't gone to work yet.
Chapter completed!