The Shadow Residence was built more than a hundred years ago. Legend has it that the Sword Master drank wine here and sat on the top of the pavilion. Under the moonlight, three people faced each other.
So Jianzu invited his shadow to drink with him. Unexpectedly, the shadow readily agreed, so he and his shadow drank together that night and fell asleep drunk.
When he woke up the next day, Jianzu thought about this incident and found it very interesting.
So he renovated the dilapidated pavilion, bought more good wine and food, and waited to get drunk with the shadow again at night.
However, the next night, under the moonlight, after the shadow appeared, no matter how he invited him, the shadow did not come and did not respond to him at all.
In the days that followed, there was no response from the shadow for several nights in a row.
Sword Ancestor was attacked one after another, and he was so angry that he chopped down the pavilion with one strike of his sword...
In the end, this incident became a legend, but in order to commemorate the sword ancestor, later generations rebuilt a larger pavilion here and made it look like a restaurant, and named it Duiyingju.
Legend has it that after the shadow residence was rebuilt, another person drank with the shadow here and got drunk.
Immediately it became famous and became a scene in Beijing.
In the next hundred years, whether they are people from the capital or visitors from other places, when they come to the capital, they will have a drink at the Shadow House in order to meet their own shadow and get drunk with it.
When Li Muhong first arrived in the capital, she heard about this legend and went to Duiyingju with some curiosity and expectation.
But I didn't expect to meet a woman like Li Xuanqing...
Duiyingju is located on the east side of Beijing, not far from Tongfu Inn, only ten minutes away.
Although it is not as famous as Baixiao Tower in the hearts of ordinary people, it is a unique scenery in the capital. After Lu Xiaoyue asked a few people for directions, she knew the specific location.
Fifteen minutes later, she arrived outside Duiyingju and could smell the aroma of wine and food from afar.
Except for the platform where you and your shadow drink together, the rest of the Duiying Residence is not much different from an ordinary restaurant. Although building an ordinary restaurant here is a bit unsightly, there must always be someone to help the literati and elegant people of Duiying.
They provide food and drinks.
Although the restaurant is vulgar, it has the meaning of being suitable for both refined and popular people.
Lu Xiaoyue walked into Duiyingju and was quickly greeted by a waiter.
"This little girl...who are you?" The waiter at the shop was unsure of Lu Xiaoyue's purpose. She seemed to be here for dinner and drinks, but how could a little girl come out alone at night?
"I'm here to eat." Lu Xiaoyue explained the purpose of her visit straightforwardly.
She has long been accustomed to Xiao Er's surprise. It was the same in Qingyue City and the same in Huayin City... Now in the capital, it is not the same.
Who told her to be just a little girl?
The waiter was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to his senses and asked quickly: "Then are you going to have a photo shoot above? Or just in the lobby..."
The biggest feature of Duiying Ju is Duiyue Chengying. Most people who come to Duiying Ju have to go up to Duiying's platform. Therefore, the prices there are very expensive. People who are not rich literati and poets cannot afford it.
However, there is another place to eat in Yingju, and that is in the lobby.
This is also prepared by the restaurant to take care of those people who have no money and want to come to Duiying Residence to experience the atmosphere.
Eating in the lobby is very cheap, about the same price as an ordinary restaurant, and you can still finish your meal halfway. You can take a bottle of wine to the photo booth and feel the elegance of facing the moon.
What a bargain!
Of course, Lu Xiaoyue was not short of money and didn't know the difference between the theater and the lobby. She just wanted to go to the theater to have fun.
"I want to go up there!" She pointed at the studio, indicating where she should sit.
The waiter at the store hesitated for a moment. He was a little worried about whether the little girl could afford the price on the studio.
Just as he was about to ask, he suddenly remembered something and subconsciously looked at Lu Xiaoyue's hand...
"Not a wooden sword?" He was a little surprised and muttered in a low voice.
Lu Xiaoyue's ears were sensitive, and she heard this sentence immediately, and immediately replied with a black line on her face: "I have replaced the wooden sword with an iron rod... Are you so ill-informed?"
"Uh..." The waiter was dumbfounded.
The name of Mu Jian Lu Xiaoyue spread throughout the capital as early as a month ago, especially in the Duiying Palace, where she became the most popular subject of discussion.
In his impression, Lu Xiaoyue should be holding a wooden sword with a master's demeanor, like a little fairy on the moon... How could she replace the wooden sword with an iron rod!
What does a little girl look like holding an iron rod?
Thinking of this, the waiter took a sneak peek at Lu Xiaoyue and found that the way she was holding the iron rod was quite cute...
"Um..." The waiter scratched his head and couldn't think of anything to say after thinking for a long time. He had no choice but to say: "Um... please take a seat."
After that, he left in a hurry.
Lu Xiaoyue laughed, put the matter behind her, and went up to the studio.
It has been dark for a long time, and there are already people on the viewing platform drinking in front of the moon.
Lu Xiaoyue found a relatively quiet corner, and as soon as she sat down, she felt the greatest pleasure of the studio - her shadow happened to appear on a chair opposite, right in the middle, as if she was sitting on a chair
.
It deserves to be called a photo booth, and I felt this great feature as soon as I stepped up.
Lu Xiaoyue suddenly became excited and stretched out her hand to touch her shadow. As soon as she stretched out her hand, the shadow turned into a big black mass, which didn't look clear at all...
"Why is it gone?" Lu Xiaoyue was curious, so she sat down again.
The shadow soon came out again, and it was almost the same as before, as if it was sitting on the chair opposite.
This time Lu Xiaoyue learned her lesson and didn't move her body, but she opened her mouth and said, "Shadow, are you really my shadow?"
"How can it talk to you..." Jian Zhen couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but remind him.
"Why not?" Lu Xiaoyue pouted and said unconvinced: "Didn't Sword Ancestor drink with the shadow here back then? Why can't my shadow speak?"
Jian Zhen: "..."
Can drinking and talking be the same?
What's more, the shadow will naturally move with your movements. Maybe Kenma's idea of drinking with the shadow is not all about his own imagination!
While I was struggling, the waiter appeared again.
After quickly ordering the food, Lu Xiaoyue started playing with her shadow again.
"Wood stick, what do you think your shadow will be like?" she suddenly asked curiously.
Hey, I really haven’t thought about this!
Jian Zhen was also a little curious.
Logically speaking, his appearance is a thick black iron rod, and his shadow should be rectangular, but his real body is an iron sword, and his shadow... well, it is also rectangular.
"That should be a long bar, right?" Jian Zhen replied weakly.