Dressed in an off-white Confucian shirt, a gentle man with high eyebrows and light eyes walked into the door of Xiuyue Tower. This man is very strange, elegant and beautiful, but it makes people feel very cold. Maybe this is
It's an illusion. Yin and cold are often confused by people. What's strange about this man is that it's difficult to tell his age from his face.
He is said to be a young man in his twenties, and his beautiful face can prove it. There are almost no wrinkles on his face, and his skin is more shiny than that of a girl. But looking at this man's temperament, it feels like he is already
A middle-aged man who has passed his forties. The hair on both sides of his temples is already snow-white, which seems to indicate that he is indeed not young anymore. Such a handsome, somewhat feminine man, with such a face
A face that looks very young but has a bit of the vicissitudes of time can always attract the ambiguous looks of many women, whether they are girls or young women.
He walked into Xiuyue Tower alone, and he didn't feel that he had any intimidating aura. However, as soon as he walked into the gate of Xiuyue Tower, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Kaifeng is a very strange city. Maybe it’s because it is the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, or maybe it’s because there are too many dignitaries here, and their lives are too comfortable, so even though the Great Zhou Dynasty is in chaos, it seems like a tree has its roots.
The big trees are rotten, and the branches and branches are withered and rotten, but the city of Kaifeng is still a peaceful scene of singing and dancing. The business of the restaurant is still very good, and the people who are changing glasses of wine do not have any worries about their future on their faces. No.
I know whether they are really heartless, or they are just trying to make themselves more comfortable with the anesthesia of alcohol.
The business of Xiuyue Tower has always been good. From the time it opened three years ago to now, it has been filled with people almost every day, whether it is the lobby or the private rooms.
When the man in white clothes walked into the door, the busy accountant suddenly stopped fiddling with the abacus, raised his head, and looked towards the door. A young boy who was carrying a tray and serving food also stopped suddenly.
There was a hint of evil in his eyes as he looked at the man in white. Even the shopkeeper Ji Wuming, who was squinting in sleep on the second floor, slowly opened his eyes.
But soon, the accountant who was doing the accounting continued to lower his head and fiddle with the beads on the abacus. The waiter who delivered the food also showed a smile to the man in white and continued to deliver the food to the table. The guests were greeted at the door.
The waiter had just taken a table of guests and sat down. He immediately came to the door with a smile and said hello: "This old guest, why are you here alone today? Should you sit in the private room or the lobby?" It is on the second floor.
Ji Wuming, who was resting on a lounge chair, called a waiter and gave some low instructions. The waiter then looked at the man in white coldly and hurried to the backyard.
The man in white casually glanced at the guy who was hurrying towards the backyard, still with a calm expression on his face.
"Just sit in the lobby, I'll be leaving soon."
He nodded to the waiter who greeted the guests, and then found an unoccupied place to sit down.
"Old customer, what should you order to go with the wine?"
The man in white thought about it seriously and said, "Let me have a pot of tea first. The price of the tea can be higher. Just treat it as if I ordered all the signature dishes of your Xiuyue Restaurant."
The waiter who greeted the guests was stunned for a moment, wondering why he met such a strange person today. But his professionalism still made him smile and said: "This old customer is joking, tea is free, of course, we Xiuyue
Lou’s tea is also very good, and I definitely won’t fool anyone with the tea dirt.”
The man in white didn't seem to like talking too much. He took out a piece of silver cake and handed it to the waiter without saying anything. He cherished his words like gold. The waiter was stunned and didn't know whether he should pick up the piece of silver. Although Xiuyue Tower opened the door
Welcoming guests, but there is a strict rule that never accept copper coins, only silver. Although this rule is a bit harsh, it is easy to understand. Although Kaifeng is still peaceful, the five baht coins minted by Da Zhou are no longer valuable. Xianyuan
In the first year of the reign of Emperor Xiande, the purchasing power of five baht was twice as much as it was in the third year of Xiande's reign.
This piece of silver cake seems to be at least twenty taels. According to the current exchange ratio, these twenty taels of silver can be exchanged for sixty guan of five baht coins. Sixty guan, that is, 60,000 copper coins, which can fill a cart.
Silver is a hard currency. One tael of silver can buy a table of good dishes and a jug of good wine. Even if you serve all Xiuyuelou's signature dishes, you won't need so much. Although Xiuyuelou's tea is indeed good
, but if these twenty taels of silver are used to buy tea for Xiuyuelou to entertain ordinary guests, it will almost be enough for Xiuyuelou to consume tea for a month.
"Since this man has rewarded me, you should accept it. The money will not be included in your account, so you can keep it yourself."
Just as the waiter was hesitating, Ji Wuming, the shopkeeper of Xiuyue Tower, walked down from upstairs slowly and said to the waiter casually. The waiter was stunned again, wondering if he had committed some evil act today or what?
The shopkeeper has become so strange? Twenty taels of silver, that is his salary for five years.
He took the silver, then bowed and said, "Thank you, the guest officer, for the reward, and thank you, the shopkeeper, for the reward."
Ji Wuming greeted the guests in the lobby with a kind and sincere smile. When he walked to the table, he slowly put away his smile and said in a calm tone: "Our Xiuyue Tower tea
It's free in the first place, and this guest officer rewarded you with this money, so you don't need to thank me. Go pick up some refreshments and make them more refined."
The guy nodded quickly, turned around and left.
Ji Wuming sat down opposite the man in white, smiled and asked, "Is this your first time to come to our Xiuyue Tower, right?"
The man in white nodded and asked: "Shopkeeper, can you remember every guest who has come to Xiuyue Tower?"
Ji Wuming's expression remained unchanged, but the corner of his eyebrows twitched invisibly: "How is this possible? No matter how good my memory is, more than a hundred people come to Xiuyue Tower to drink every day. How many people do they have in a year?
Xiuyue Tower has been open for three years, how many people are there? I definitely can't remember."
The man in white didn't seem to care about Ji Wuming's slightly rude words. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then frowned. His eyebrows were very delicate, even more delicate than those of ordinary women.
"Your Majesty, you are not satisfied with the tea? I will ask someone to change the tea pot and bring it up."
Ji Wuming said with a smile. Although he is not particularly fat, he can already fit at least one and a half people with the figure of the man in white opposite him. He must lean back when he sits down, because this way he will not feel suffocated.
.And a fat man, especially a kind-hearted fat man, a fat man who always smiles miserably, will always arouse the good impression of most people. But the man in white didn't even look at Ji Wuming, but looked at
The tea cup on the table is a little strange.
Ji Wuming's expression was suffocated, and a trace of anger flashed between his brows.
"Sir, please sit down. I have something to do. If you need anything, feel free to tell me. After all... you have paid the money."
After saying that, Ji Wuming stood up and was about to leave.
The man in white suddenly sighed and said: "It turns out that you are also good at doing loss-making business."
Ji Wuming stopped and asked with a smile, "How do you say that?"
The man in white stretched out his delicate white fingers and waved them in front of Ji Wuming's eyes: "Although I paid the money, you have already rewarded it to your man. If you said you let me do whatever I want, wouldn't you be doing yourself a disservice? A man who has traveled thousands of miles away
Did the businessman who came to Kaifeng Mansion from Jinling in the Southern Tang Dynasty to do business change his character in three years?"
He sighed leisurely, as if he were a virgin: "When you were in Jinling Xiuyue Tower, you were a tough guy. The wages of the dozens of guys in those buildings together couldn't cost you twenty twenty dollars a year.
2. Moreover, you are always procrastinating...why did your temper become so generous after you arrived at Kaifeng Mansion?"
His words suddenly became more frequent, but the expression on his face was very serious: "The strangest thing is that you are still the same in Jinling, still so stingy. But you in Kaifeng are so generous."
What he said was difficult to understand and seemed to make no sense. But just such a confusing sentence made Ji Wuming change his expression. He subconsciously took a step back and stared at the face of the man in white carefully.
: "Come from Jinling?"
"Back from Jinling."
The man in white sighed and said: "I am always very tired in life. There are some things that you have to see for yourself to believe that they are true. So I ran to Jinling and spent a month going back and forth. I'm so sorry, I
I'm late."
Before Ji Wuming had time to speak, he continued to ask: "I just don't understand, since you can steal out, why don't you steal out? Kaifeng, are you really unable to get out? I gave you a month to let you go.
But you just don’t leave."
Ji Wuming's expression became worse and worse, and he began to retreat step by step.
"Don't be in a hurry to go to the backyard. The man you sent just now happened to lead the way for my people. I also need to say thank you for your hard work. You have taken care of my little master for a month, and you have taken care of me."
The man in white stood up and said sadly: "I originally wanted to let you go, so I went to Jinling. If I don't do something while taking advantage of others, it would be unreasonable. So I hid in Jinling.
This is my last act of loyalty to my little master, but unfortunately... you are stupid."
The man in white turned around and walked slowly towards the door of Xiuyue Tower: "Besides... the tea at Xiuyue Tower in Jinling is better than what you have here." (To be continued)
