After seeing the best stallions in the Ming Dynasty, Cao Xing was ordered to leave the ranch and return to the city.
After entering the city and taking a detour to the south of the city, Yunxi was about to see the bustling commercial street when he heard Cao Xing and Yang Feng say: "Your Majesty, it's getting late now. Please leave." They couldn't follow them back to the palace, and now Yunxi wanted to
It's not easy for them to be around when inspecting public sentiment, so I'm asking to resign now.
"Yang Feng, Cao Xing, since it's getting late, you two should go home. Cao Xing, remember to come to the palace to see me in two days, and I will personally arrange for you to lead the troops," Yunxi said.
Cao Xing agreed and retreated with Yang Feng.
Yunxi turned around, got off his horse, and walked with Yunzhi, looking at the bustling street scene.
This is now the most prosperous place in the capital, and even in the entire Ming Dynasty. It is almost the time of the year, which is a lively time. I see people walking shoulder to shoulder on the road, each with a face that may be vicissitudes of life, or elegant, or childish, or worldly.
people walking.
Not far away came the penetrating shouts of vendors playing traditional Chinese musical instruments, and occasionally a horse neighed. The different sounds were intertwined together, like a symphony, making people immersed in it.
When Yunxi saw this scene, he couldn't help but look happy. Now this country is his own, and seeing the people under his rule live a prosperous and healthy life is the best compliment to him.
Yun Zhi had also recovered from her near fall from the horse in the afternoon. She stopped from time to time and pulled Yun He into a store to buy some things.
As they walked, they passed by an inn. Yunzhi took Yunxi's hand and said, "Brother, my sister hasn't been to the inn yet. Let's go in and have a look."
"The inn is nothing to look at."
"My sister also knows that there is nothing to see, but after all, I haven't seen it before, so I want to go in and have a look. Why don't you accompany my sister to see it, brother." Yunzhi said coquettishly.
Yunxi had no ability to resist his sister or daughter's coquettishness. Hearing what she said, he agreed: "Then go in and have a look."
The group of them immediately walked into the inn and found a seat to the side. Yunxi, Yunzhi, one of her maids, and two guards, Chen Lijie and Song Qingshu, sat at the same table, and four other guards sat at the next table.
A table.
The waiters at the inn were all trained with a pair of sharp eyes. It was obvious at a glance that they must come from a wealthy family. I also noticed that Yun Zhi's big eyes were rolling around and looking around curiously. I guessed that they belonged to a wealthy family in the capital.
The young master accompanied his sister out for shopping. When they chose a table to sit down, he immediately came over and said respectfully: "I have met the young master, the young lady, and several guests. I wonder what the young master would like to eat? Our chef is from Sichuan.
He is good at cooking Sichuan cuisine. I guess all the guests are from the capital. Although our Sichuan is not as prosperous as the capital, our dishes are also unique."
"During the Song Dynasty, the great poet Lu You was an official in Sichuan. He was full of praise for our Sichuan cuisine and wrote several poems to commemorate it. One of the poems in "Fan Ba Xi Zu" wrote: "Buy pigs at the east gate.
Bones, glutinous rice sauce and orange scallions. The steamed chicken is the most famous, and the fish and turtles are the most beautiful.” This shows that our Sichuan dishes are definitely not bad.”
"You are a good guy. You can also memorize Lu Fangweng's poems." Yunxi said with a smile: "Looking at what you said is so lively, I am also hungry. Please tell me what kind of dishes your chef is good at."
"Sir, the signature dishes in our store include pork noodles, big fried noodles, large and small fried pork noodles, fried fried pork, fried rice, raw and cooked rice, Sichuan rice and tea, etc. They are all popular among Lu You
The poet wrote it in his poem." The boy said.
"Let's have one of each of the dozen or so signature dishes you mentioned." Yunxi couldn't help but become curious when he heard that these dishes were different from those he had heard of before, and they were also different from those cooked by the palace chefs.
Have a taste of everything.
The waiter immediately said with a smile on his face: "Okay, wait a minute, sir." He then walked to the counter, said a few words to the shopkeeper, and then came over with a bowl of soup and said: "This is our specialty appetizer soup.
, please give some guests a try."
Song Qingshu picked up the bowl and poured half a bowl of soup and drank it in one gulp. After a while, nothing happened, so Yunxi and Yunzhi also filled half the bowl and started drinking.
Yunxi was drinking soup and listening to the people around him talking. The palace examination has just ended, and the rankings of the Jinshi were posted this morning. In addition, the location of this inn is good and there are many people staying in it. At this time, there are ten people around.
Eight of them were talking about the imperial examination.
I heard someone say: "I have thought about this question for this year's imperial examination, and discussed it with several people from the same province, but I still can't figure out the other meaning of His Majesty. I wonder if any of you can give me some advice?"
"We haven't figured out this question either. But after a while, Brother Zhou Shuzhou, the number one scholar in Jinke and another one of my Ming Dynasty who won three consecutive prizes, will come. If you ask him, you will definitely know the other meaning of the question." Another person said.
.
"Brother Chongshu is coming too? This is great. This year's examination and imperial examination questions are all presented by His Majesty himself. If you talk to him, you will know what His Majesty means. It will be much more convenient for you to be an official in the future.
." As they said that, they began to talk about Yun Xi's ideas.
Hearing this, Yunzhi quietly touched Yunxi's arm and laughed softly: "Brother, the people over there are talking about how to figure out what brother means."
"This is unavoidable. Since ancient times, there is no official who doesn't want to think about what he wants. Even an upright official like Bao Zheng, in order to punish rape and eliminate evil, he has to..." Yunxi suddenly stopped talking in the middle of his sentence.
sound.
"What do you want?" Yunzhi asked, but when she didn't hear the answer, she couldn't help but raise her head and saw Yunxi looking at the three men who had just walked in from the door, and followed his gaze.
"These three people are so strange." Yunzhi immediately saw the problem: "Two of them are polite and are probably scholars. Maybe one of them is the Zhou Shu they just mentioned. The two people also look similar, and they are probably brothers.
But that’s it.”
"But the other person is very strange. Looking at his appearance, he walks with a solid base, steady steps, and broad shoulders. He must be a martial arts practitioner. He also has an air of being an official, so he should be a military general.
Why are you with two modern scholars?"
While Yunzhi was speaking, the three of them had already arrived at the table. Several people who had been sitting at the table stood up, and one of them said enthusiastically: "Brother Chongshu and Brother Meng Jian are here, sit down.
After exchanging a few words of greetings, he looked at the remaining person and said to Zhou Shu, "I wonder what I call this dear friend? Which province is he from?"
The man bowed and said, "I, Cao Zheng, have met you all."