On the evening of the sixth day of July, Su Jin and others came to the west gate of Yingtian Mansion after a long journey. Seeing that it was already late, they settled in a small market town five or six miles outside the city gate. The people were tired and needed some rest before entering the city tomorrow.
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Normally, it was a four-day journey from Luzhou to Yingtian Mansion. Since they still needed to find accommodation in Yingtian Mansion, Su Jin and his party had to travel day and night to reach Yingtian Mansion in only three days.
A few people asked for five guest rooms next to each other and told the waiter to prepare hot water for bathing. After a lot of hard work, several people's faces were already covered with dust. Although they were also in the inn, they never took a serious bath due to fatigue;
Now that I'm back in the field, I no longer need to worry about delaying my trip, so I naturally want to take a good bath.
Several people took a quick shower and changed into dry clothes. Everyone seemed to have changed, looking refreshed and radiant.
Huan Niang and Xiao Sui'er came over to help Su Jin tie up her hair. After a long time, Su Jin changed into a light green Confucian shirt, her hair was tied up with a purple belt, and she even took a folding fan in her hands. A group of people came to the lobby to eat.
Seeing Su Jin Qiyu Bufan, the shopkeeper came to greet him personally and said, "This little official has come all the way from afar? What do you want to eat?"
Su Jin casually ordered some dishes and said with a smile: "How could the shopkeeper's good eyesight tell that we are from out of town?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Young Master came here with a lot of travels and spoke with a southern accent. Even if I am blind, I can guess it."
Su Jin laughed loudly at the shopkeeper's smile and said: "What's more, our Yingtianfu Academy is about to start school, and there is an endless stream of students coming and going. The junior officials must also come to the academy to study."
Su Jin raised his finger in admiration and said with a smile: "The shopkeeper has a pair of falcon eyes, he can read people deeply and you can guess it."
The shopkeeper actually had a hint of shyness on his face, as if he was being praised for the first time, and pointed to a few people in the corner of the lobby: "There are also people writing over there. It's just the old man from the capital who guessed it based on their identities."
You also came to the academy to study."
Su Jin turned around and saw that there was indeed a thin, luxuriously dressed figure sitting in the corner with his back to him. Several people who looked like servants were sitting sideways on stools and engrossed in eating.
Su Jin smiled and said: "Why do people from the capital still come here to study? Do the hundreds of Ph.D.'s in Bianliang City Academy have to come to Yingtian Academy?"
The shopkeeper said sternly: "Young official, you don't know something right now. Our Yingtian Mansion is not an ordinary place. How many people in the world want to come here to get good luck, let alone students like you who come to Yingtian Mansion to study."
This is the hope of scholars all over the world."
Xiaosui'er pouted and rolled her eyes: "Bragging...!"
The shopkeeper turned to her anxiously and said, "Don't believe me, little lady! When did Qian Sitong tell lies? There is a reason for this, little lady, and I don't know."
Su Jin became interested and asked with a smile: "What's the reason? If my husband is not busy with work, can you tell me something to open my eyes to me?"
Shopkeeper Qian Sitong looked around. There were only two or three tables in the lobby and two waiters at the dining counter were enough to handle it. He was also a chatty boss. He simply sat down and shook his head and said, "Do you know that the Great Patriarch of this dynasty will
He made his fortune in Yingtian. At that time, this place was called Songzhou. Taizu was once the governor of the German army and it was Songzhou. Later, Taizu won the title of "Yingtian Guangyun Renshengwuzhi" by all the ministers in the world.
There was Ying Tianliang among Emperor De, so the late emperor changed the name of this place to Ying Tianfu."
Su Jin was shocked and said: "Oh? There are such allusions?"
Qian Sitong smiled and said: "I'm afraid the little official is riri and deaf to what's going on outside the window. Yingtian Mansion, the land of Longqian, is the land of fortune. Since the little official is going to our Yingtian Academy to study, he should know the reason here."
Woolen cloth."
Su Jin said: "I am so ignorant and ignorant that I am trying to teach the shopkeeper what to do."
Qian Sitong got excited and pointed his hand on the table and said: "Although I don't know the origin of Yingtian Mansion, I think it is the right way to come here to study. Yingtian Academy is very famous through the great fortune of Grandpa Taizu."
A lot of people got angry."
Xiaosui'er curled her lips again and said, "I blew it again."
Qian Sitong said anxiously: "Why are you blowing it? Our Yingtian Mansion has produced many number one scholars, Tan Hua Lang Yuan. Without mentioning it, we can just say that during the Tiansheng reign of this dynasty, there were number one scholar Wang Yaochen, Tan Hua Lang Zhao Yan, and later there was Fan Xi."
You should know about Zhang Fangping, Fu Bi, Sun Fu, Shi Jie and other important officials of the imperial court, not to mention Mr. Fan Xi and other great scholars of our time?"
Xiaosui'er shook her head and said, "I don't know."
Xiaozhu shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Shopkeeper Qian rolled his eyes and said, "Why are you...aren't you from the Song Dynasty?"
Su Jin couldn't help but smile anxiously when he saw the shopkeeper's familiarity, familiarity and kind words: "Isn't it Mr. Fan Zhongyan?"
"Yes, yes, he is Master Fan. He is a junior official and worthy of being a scholar. If even Master Fan doesn't know about it, it would really make others laugh."
Xiaosui'er was unhappy and stared with big eyes: "Are you saying that this girl is ridiculous?"
Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper was easily offended by his improper words, so he hurriedly apologized and said, "Don't blame me for the old man's blunder."
Xiao Sui'er ridiculed: "What's the use of knowing so much? Even if you open a shop and sell wine here, you're not much better than me."
"Yes, I am offended by this old man." As expected, the shopkeeper has a better attitude towards admitting his mistakes in business.
Su Jin and Huan Niang looked at each other and grinned. Xiao Sui'er was never someone to be trifled with. Seeing the shopkeeper blushing and having a rough neck, he smiled and said, "Master, don't blame my little maid for having such a temper. She talks like a knife."
Hurry up and help me wait for the food to drink. I'm almost hungry."
Qian Sitong hurried away as if he had been ordered to do so, urging the cooks to hurry up with the food and drinks, while pointing out Xiao Sui'er to the boys, asking them to be careful when dealing with that little lady, who was not someone to be trifled with.
A few people were indeed hungry and came for food and drinks. Su Jin made an exception and allowed Xiao Zhuzi and the other three coachmen to drink some wine. This was actually the hardest time for them. Su Jin and others could still take a nap in the carriage. The three drivers could only wait in the hot sun.
Under the scorching heat, I was sweating profusely while driving the big car.
Xiaosui'er only took one bite and then she stuck out her tongue and said, "This dish is too mediocre for a restaurant with this skill. I don't know how many people come to eat it in a year."
Qian Sitong heard it very clearly, but he pretended to settle accounts and hit the beads on the abacus so loudly that he didn't even dare to raise his head and said silently in his heart: "Only women and villains are difficult to raise."
After Su Jin took a bite, he couldn't taste anything except the spicy taste. Xiaozhu, the other two driver boys, the four guards including Dynasty Mahan, tasted quite delicious and made their mouths rattle.
Xiaosui'er frowned and said, "Are you guys pigs? You guys are also smacking your lips at this unpalatable dish."
Xiaozhu chewed up the mutton in his mouth and swallowed it with difficulty before saying with a smile: "Sister Sui'er, I think it's pretty good. But compared to the food and wine in Hefenglou outside, it's thousands of miles behind. But compared to Hungry
This is a delicious meal for your stomach.”
Su Jin's heart trembled when he heard him talking about He Fenglou. Yan Biyun's beautiful face suddenly appeared in his mind, and his face darkened involuntarily.
No one else noticed the change in Su Jin's facial expression. Only Huan Niang's beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly and she glanced at Su Jin worriedly.
The food was off-putting, and the words touched a sore point. Su Jin suddenly lost his appetite, so he asked Xiao Sui'er to order three bowls of silver noodles, specifically emphasizing that no chili, no Sichuan peppercorns, no mutton soup, just a bowl of water noodles would be enough.
The shopkeeper did as he was told and was confused and thought to himself: The chili is so delicious and appetizing. The mutton soup is so delicious. These young men obviously live in fine clothes and have good food in their daily lives. They even have water noodles in their mouths and feed them to the dog.
It's strange that the official and the two pretty young ladies ate quite delicious food.
The happiest thing is that Xiao Zhuzi, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others have all the food and wine on the table. They are now eating and drinking with their bellies open. The fatigue and hard work along the way are thrown away in the midst of this feast.