Although Zhu Tingfang had personally visited Jiuzhangtang before noon, and also went to Xiao's house, which is now the main dormitory of Jiuzhangtang, and then stayed at Xiao's house to talk to Xiao Cheng, but since Zhang Shou told Zhu Ying
In the evening, I will go to Zhao Guogong's Mansion. Now that I am leaving the Imperial College, I naturally cannot go home immediately.
Although it was a little farther from the Imperial Academy to Duke Zhao's Mansion than back to Zhang Yuan, it was still in Beicheng. But after walking two blocks, he heard a big-mouthed person yelling. And because the person yelling had a big tongue, he just listened.
Four words became clear - colorful cotton is auspicious.
Because in his time, auspicious words were not a good word. Instead, they had some very subtle meanings. For example, when he was posting on the Internet, he also shouted auspicious words like others. So, he was in a daze for a moment, and then he realized
He wondered what the so-called auspicious colored cotton was. Seeing the extremely excited expressions of the people on the streets, he couldn't help but twitching the corner of his mouth.
Caimian Xiangrui... I don’t know who spread this news. Are you really afraid that the storm won’t be big enough?
Thinking this in his heart, Zhang Shou had no intention of joining in the chaos, but instead slightly lowered the gauze of the brim of his hat.
Whenever he doesn't care whether others recognize him or not, as long as he takes Ah Liu and picks two followers from home, he will dare to show his face openly even if he is walking on the street.
Ah Liu can solve the problem of the Cao Cao fragrant powder box himself. Especially when he is with Zhu Ying, there are often well-trained guards from Zhao Guogong's mansion, so he has nothing to worry about.
But if he doesn't want others to recognize him, he will wear a soft hat with hanging gauze most of the time. Otherwise... Haha, wouldn't it be annoying to be watched and judged by passers-by every day? Although he is not a guard who will be watched and killed.
Jie, but it’s too troublesome!
Moreover, due to Zhu Ying's ulterior promotion, this kind of soft hat with hanging gauze is very popular in the capital - ugly people use it to cover up their unseen face, while ordinary-looking people want to add a little more mystery.
...As for the handsome man who looks good but doesn't bother to be watched, he is definitely not the only one.
Therefore, at this moment, he was wearing a soft hat with hanging gauze and smoothly became a beautiful young man passing by quietly.
When Zhang Shou arrived at Zhao Guogong's mansion, he learned that Wu had been picked up by Mrs. Tai and Jiuniang. As a result, he had no choice but to stay after he had planned not to have dinner here but sit for a while before leaving.
Come down. During this dinner, the elders of the two families who are about to become in-laws are a happy family. Wu, who has long experienced that her in-laws are polite and easy to get along with, naturally has no burden.
The problem is, Zhang Shou has a burden, because at this moment, there is a seat for the elders and a seat for the juniors. On the small square table, there is Zhu Ying on his left and Zhu Tingfang on the right. Instead, Zhu Er sits on his side with a look on his face that is watching the fun.
Opposite.
Zhu Tingfang, who stopped mid-conversation at noon, opened up the conversation very simply in the evening because he invited Zhu Er and Zhu Ying to sit at the same table: "Just before noon today, two professors from Songjiang Huating Academy and Suzhou Taihu Academy
The principals have all arrived. At noon, the two who have already arrived and the two who have just arrived went out to have a meal."
Zhu Tingfang paused for a moment, as if to give Zhang Shou time to think, and then said calmly: "The place we went to was Xinglong Teahouse. It happened that Lu Sanlang was teaching for you, and you sent him to Xiao's house at noon, so
…”
"So what?" Zhang Shou smiled and raised his eyebrows, asking curiously, "Could it be that the four mountain chiefs were there to pick a fight? Without Lu Sanlang, no one could answer the challenge, so he was picked on.
Place?"
Zhu Er had never seen the gentle and elegant Zhang Shou speak in such a tone like a street ruffian. Just as he put a chopstick of fungus into his mouth, he choked and then coughed earth-shatteringly.
"Originally I thought it was like this." Zhu Tingfang was not as gaffey as Zhu Er. He had long seen that Zhang Shou was not the kind of literati who was simply powerless. He suppressed Zhu Ying, who was full of excitement about revealing the mystery.
, he smiled faintly at Zhang Shou.
"It was not the four mountain chiefs who were looking for trouble. The only one who made the rude remarks was the head of Yuzhang Academy, Hong Shan. As a result, the weird Song Juren who was taken in by you kept repeating the sentence "Food is the most important thing for the people" over and over again, and he was bullied in public to the point where he could not get off the stage.
Although Zhu Tingfang said it simply, the meaning of his words was not simple. Zhang Shou was stunned for a moment, and then imagined the scene at that time. It was just that you had thousands of generous words, and I stabbed my heart with a sword. He couldn't help but
She also laughed. When Zhu Ying saw this, she finally couldn't bear it any longer and directly started shooting.
"Brother went to look for you. I originally wanted to go with him, but I heard someone reported that the four old guys went out together, so I was more cautious and went to have a look. Sure enough, I saw them going to Xinglong Teahouse! That Yueshan
The older one was fine, and he said a lot of nice things. The other two who didn’t hum or laughed didn’t know what they thought, but the old man named Hong wiped his mouth after finishing his meal and left the Xinglong Teahouse, and started talking nonsense!”
"He said that holding the Royal Chef Selection Competition was to promote extravagance and indulgence in desires. As a result, he met his opponent this time. He cursed and someone shouted, "Food is the most important thing for the people." If he cursed again, the guy still believed that food is the most important thing for the people.
Oh my god, in the end, the people all around were happy too. They shouted such a sentence in unison, which almost deafened people's ears. I couldn't help but shout after him twice!"
Zhu Ying laughed unknowingly as she spoke, and then described Hong Shanchang's anger when he had to retreat under public anger, Yue Shanchang's righteous hypocrisy when he distanced himself, and the other two still didn't laugh.
Ha's city...
It wasn't until the end that she talked about how proud Song Juren was when he bragged to her about his methods after he emerged from the crowd.
Hearing this, Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh and said: "Since five words can cost four mountain leaders, where is Song Juren now?"
Zhu Ying burst into laughter immediately: "What's the point? The leader of the Guangdong Guild Hall, Song, happened to be nearby. He heard the noise and came over. He was so frightened that Song Juren ran away. When he was running away, he begged me in every possible way to help hold his uncle back.
.I helped, but as for whether he ran away later, I don’t know... By the way, I don’t know if he harmed poor Fang Qing."
Zhu Tingfang, who had just returned to the capital, was of course not familiar with Song Juren and Fang Qing, a pair of brothers and sisters, or enemies. At this time, he asked a few questions and heard Zhu Yingyan briefly and comprehensively talk about the strange and big-mouthed Juren.
Even though he had always been a serious person, he couldn't help but smile at this moment.
"No wonder I heard someone say that one of the two people arrested in black cloth hoodies from the Guangdong Guild Hall had spoken to you, Yingying, and it turned out to be someone you knew. In that case, I will have someone send my post over there, so that
Let them let him go."
"Have you really been taken back?" Zhang Shou asked in shock. When Zhu Tingfang nodded indifferently, he exchanged glances with Zhu Ying. At this time, even Zhu Er couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
For a moment, it felt like a toothache.
"Just because this Yaopiao guard named Song tied up the boy, and took away the groom for his horse Badou, he then slipped away to participate in the Royal Chef Selection Competition, and he was about to enter the finals to become the Royal Chef.
In addition, he was so angry that he cried about Princess Yongping. When the matter was exposed, he hid in your brother-in-law's garden and refused to meet his elders. Now he is taken back by his family like this... tsk tsk!"
Today's occasion was originally a family banquet. However, in the Qing'an Hall, apart from the table for the elders such as Mrs. Zhao Guogong, Zhu Jing, Jiuniang and Wu, and the table for juniors such as Zhang Shou, there is another small table.
There were two people with special status sitting opposite each other. But unlike the other two tables where they were chatting and laughing, the two people at this table didn't talk after they sat down.
They didn't say anything, but they didn't eat less food and wine. At this time, the table was full of wind and clouds. It was exactly the same as the old and young tables above, and even the portions were the same. On the contrary, there was more food, but not much was left.
When he heard what Zhu Er said, Ah Liu, who was half full at this time, immediately put down the chopsticks that he had been fighting with Hua Qi for food. The food he had been fighting for before seemed to be no longer in his eyes.
It couldn't be more important.
However, just as he was about to get up and leave quietly, Hua Qi suddenly laughed.
His sudden smile, which had been so inconspicuous just now, naturally attracted the attention of others. By the way, they also noticed Ah Liu who had already stood up, as if he was about to leave.
"The boy surnamed Song has a weird mouth. Compared to that, the outspoken Fang Qing is simply a good person. The boy surnamed Song deserves to be punished by his parents. If you go over now, you might as well wait until he has eaten enough.
Go over and save him, firstly, to teach him a lesson, and secondly, to sell him a favor."
Having said this, Hua Qi stood up and forcefully pushed Ah Liu back to the original chair: "You just need to take care of the safety of your young master. Why are you so worried about that unrelated person named Song?"
"I'm not worried about him, I'm worried about his craftsmanship." Ah Liu looked at Hua Qi as if he were a fool, and then looked at Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying, "Song Juren's Chaoshan casserole porridge and Cantonese soup are done well.
That's what the young master likes. He can also make delicious sugar water, which the eldest lady likes. The emperor also wants him to be the royal chef."
The dignified emperor was actually placed at the end, but when everyone in the room heard what Ah Liu said, no one tried to correct him.
And Zhu Ying just slapped the table and shouted: "Ah Liu, you are right, I have learned from Song Juren many times about his sugar water, and I know the recipe, but I am not sure about the heat...
...I also plan to make it for Ah Shou in the future. I haven’t learned this skill yet. If he gets beaten up by the pedantic elders, wouldn’t I be at a disadvantage?"
"Ahem!"
A majestic cough interrupted Zhu Ying's words. Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Tai smiled at Ah Liu and said, "Ah Liu, since you are worried, then go ahead. However, be polite first and then fight. Don't use Yingying."
Brother, take my post over here. You can also tell me something for me, even if Song Juren has all kinds of shortcomings, he is the one who is favored by the emperor."
Ah Liu's eyes lit up immediately, and when he saw Zhang Shou nodding to him, he immediately agreed. Waiting aside, Mother Li quickly brought a simple-looking post to him. He took it with both hands, and then bowed his head and saluted.
, turned around and ran out quickly. As soon as he left, Hua Qi couldn't help but shake her head.
"It's okay for my uncle and eldest lady to pamper him, but now even your wife is pampering him!"
"What's wrong with that? I like this kid Ah Liu at the first sight. Otherwise, why don't you ask Mrs. Wu if she likes her too?" Mrs. Wu looked at Mrs. Wu with a smile. As expected, she nodded repeatedly when she saw someone, and her eyes became more and more confused.
He narrowed his eyes and said, "This kid is different from you. You are heartless, but he is different. His face is cold, but his heart is warm."
Seeing Hua Qi shrug her shoulders, as if she didn't care about this comment at all, and continued to eat, the wife said lightly: "By the way, I received a greeting card from Hong in the afternoon, and it said that her father Ya'an
He is tall and dignified, rigid and self-respecting, and often impulsively offends others without realizing it. In Jiangxi, it is fashionable to be cared for, but in the capital it is easy to get into trouble because of his words. Please forgive me if I have offended you."
Zhang Shou did not expect that Hong Shan could predict the future. However, when he thought about how Hong Shan dared to scold him for his clever words and coquettishness in front of the emperor, he couldn't help but feel that there was no need for Hong Shan to predict the future, because with Hong Shan's character,
It’s really hard not to offend anyone!
In the lobby of the Guangdong Guild Hall in the outer city, when the gagged Song Juren finally had his black cloth hood taken off, he immediately squinted his eyes, trying his best to get familiar with the changing light, and then he was not surprised at all.
Seeing the familiar figure above - the direct younger brother of the same mother as the head of the Song family in Guangdong, he should call his uncle Song Huishou.
But even though he expected that he had been caught, he still glared at the other person angrily, without any awareness that no one had to lower his head under the eaves. When the gag cloth was also taken away, he
He immediately sneered.
"I didn't expect you, uncle, to kidnap people in broad daylight!"
"You can tie up your boy, drug your guard, and also give your horse Badou a groom to take away. I just invited a junior back to talk and use some drastic measures. What's wrong with that?
?”
Fang Qing, who was brought in earlier and was already sitting on the lower left seat of Song Hui Shou drinking tea, could not help but tremble his brows. Although he wanted to refute, he still knew that the situation was stronger than the person, so he could only
Try your best to suppress the instinct of crow's mouth.
And Song Juren was so choked up by Song Huishou's words that his face turned red - after all, if someone were to suppress it with things like etiquette, family rules, fame and future, then he would have a righteous reason, but if they were to suppress it with the stupid things he had done
came to block his mouth, he immediately became passive. After a long while, he finally regained his composure, but what came out of his mouth was a sentence that almost made Fang Qing spit out tea.
"what on earth do you want!"
Song Huishou, who originally seemed to be calm and composed, finally became calm and composed at this time. He was not wrong after all. Although Song Juren had a unique personality and a good talent, he was just a man who was busy studying and doing errands.
, maybe he really likes to sell sugar water or even cook, but at his core, this guy is a person with a very clear view of good and evil, right and wrong.
Therefore, he smiled and then said coldly: "What do I want? Of course, on behalf of your mother, I will give you a good meal first! How much hardship has your mother suffered for you to be a good person? How can you
Have you ever thought about it? Come here, take out the vitex for me!"