Zhurou

Chapter 181 Obstruction
When Zhao Mingzhi got off the carriage, he saw the lantern hanging high at the gate of the house.

She looked up and looked around, but she didn't see the plaque, and there were no stone lions or other auspicious beasts outside the door. Although it was late and the light was not bright, she could see the mansion clearly only by candlelight. New, as if just built.

At this time, the door was wide open, and a healthy woman stood on the left and right, with hands lowered and eyes closed, waiting quietly.

Pei Yong had dismounted a long time ago, and when Zhao Mingzhi stood still, he led the way forward. After taking a few steps, he turned his head and waited for a while, until he saw someone following behind him, and then continued to move forward.

This house occupied a lot of land at first glance, but Pei Yong took Zhao Mingzhi only a few dozen steps along the corridor before turning into a side hall.

The side hall was empty, and there was no decoration, only a small square table was placed in the middle.

At this time, two sets of bowls and chopsticks had been placed on the table, and a large pottery bowl was sitting on it, about half a foot wide, with a cover on it, which looked very thick, and a red charcoal basin was burning underneath.

As soon as Zhao Mingzhi entered the door, no one made a sound, someone had already detected movement at the side door, and after a while, they came in with plates and put them on the table one by one.

For a while, someone lifted the lid of the pottery bowl, revealing the boiling water that was steaming inside, someone lifted the pottery bowl up, someone took the charcoal basin away, and waited for the pottery bowl to be put back on the table, and someone else put a few small pots in it.

There were soup bases rolling in the pots, and one of them had more than a dozen moon-shaped wontons cooked, rolling up and down inside.

When the things were all over the place, Pei Yong took a spoon from the side, and suddenly shook his head at a group of attendants.

Everyone retreated at once, but they didn't retreat too far, some stood at the four corners, and some turned into the side door to find a seat in the inner wing room, only Mu Xiang stood closer, but there was still a distance of three or four steps.

There is no partition between the wing room and the side hall. The two rooms were originally small, but at this time there are more than ten guards and attendants. Although they are not so full of people, they are full of people's eyes, and they can really see every move.

Pei Yong moved freely, as if he and Zhao Mingzhi were the only two in the field, neither affected.

He first divided a few bowls of wontons, each of which had three or two, and filled the soup from a few small pots to soak the wontons, then pushed them in front of Zhao Mingzhi, and said, "I'm very tired after walking for a day. Meat and vegetables are probably too much to eat, and some hot soup with water will not easily hurt the spleen and stomach."

After all, Zhao Mingzhi was young, he had just squinted on the carriage for a while, and he had recovered some strength, and he didn't find it hard to bear, but because it was rare, he sat alone with Pei Yong again, as if going back to the time when they traveled westward to Jingzhao Mansion together. Every day, the whole body relaxes.

Facing Pei Yong, she spoke and acted freely, said whatever came to her mind, moved one of the small bowls to her face, and asked: "Second brother used to be on a march, what if he was too tired to eat?"

Pei Yong said: "It's only one or two dry food, just swallow it with water."

He answered casually, apparently not thinking it difficult, and didn't take it too seriously, but he sent another bowl over, ordered the bowl in front of Zhao Mingzhi, and said, "That's soup made from dried fish. , people in Guangnan are used to making it, it tastes a bit fishy, ​​you may not be used to it, if you are not used to it, you should try this one - this is the base of pork bone and chicken soup."

Zhao Mingzhi had already taken a bite. The wonton wrapper was extremely soft, and it shattered as soon as he touched his lips and tongue without using his teeth. Crisp, with another kind of wild fragrance, unlike shepherd's purse, which is smoother and crisper than shepherd's purse, there is also smooth shrimp meat, which is granulated and minced, and there is fish meat, which is extremely tender and sweet, and pork, which is delicious Soft, plus plump and oily.

The wontons are mixed with soup, the soup is clear and transparent, and the color is bright yellow. It really has a very strong taste of dried seafood.

She filtered the soup with a spoon, scooped up a few wontons and ate them all.

This bowl has just been eaten, and another bowl of pork bone and chicken soup is added.

Perhaps knowing that she is used to eating, there are a few more chopstick noodles in the pork bone chicken soup base.

The noodles were vermicelli, almost tasteless, thin and flat, only two or three millimeters thick, but the noodles were fragrant, and they could overwhelm the taste of the soup base and overwhelm the taste of wontons.

Zhao Mingzhi bit the wonton, looked up, and motioned for the person opposite to eat together.

She was really hungry. After eating more than a dozen wontons and noodles with seven or eight chopsticks, she gradually calmed down. Because pepper was added to the soup, it made her stomach warm. At this time, she looked up lazily, Pei Yongzheng silently raised his eyebrows and asked about the few wontons and noodles left in the pot.

Zhao Mingzhi shook his head naturally, took the spoon and poured the rest into the bowl of the person opposite.

Pei Yong didn't speak, and moved the bowl in front of her after she finished serving it, and with only chopsticks, he ate up a large bowl of wonton noodle soup in a short time.

The two of them didn't talk much, and there was only the sound of bowls and chopsticks colliding on the table.

Zhao Mingzhi had a full meal, and after the meal, he was in front of this person who didn't have to deal with it at all, and his energy was inevitably lost, and the tiredness returned soon.

Because Pei Yong was afraid of food accumulation, he didn't ask her to sit dry, but he urged her to get up first, and said: "There is a garden outside, and it happens that I haven't had time to repair it. It's rare to come today. Let's go and have a look together, so we can do it together. Digest."

Zhao Mingzhi had no reason to refuse, so he had to follow out honestly.

After leaving the side hall, there was a young servant carrying a lantern to light the way ahead.

As expected, the garden has not been well-arranged, only sporadic flowers, plants and trees, rockery and flowing water, ponds and corner pavilions, etc., and there are no stone steps, stone benches, or leaky windows on the sidewalks.

The two stopped and went, and it took a quarter of an hour before they turned around the garden again.

There is another small courtyard on the edge of the garden. Once you enter three houses, the one is the largest, and the other two live on the left and right.

When he arrived at the small courtyard, Pei Yong didn't continue to walk back, he pushed the door, turned around and said: "This is the future study."

After speaking, he went straight into the house.

A follower has long gone to light the lamp, which illuminates the room brightly.

Pei Yong led Zhao Mingzhi to a seat first, then turned around and took out a long scroll from a large porcelain vase on a wooden shelf, and spread it out on the table.

Zhao Mingzhi took a closer look and quickly recognized that this was the blueprint here.

Pei Yong didn't speak for now, took a charcoal pencil over, wrote and drew on the blueprint, simply marked everywhere, and after everything was marked, he briefly explained to Zhao Mingzhi, where can be used as a study, where can be used as a bedroom, Where is it suitable to be a garden, and how much space should be freed up in the garden for myself to use as a school ground, so that I can practice martial arts in my spare time.

There are hundreds of rooms in this house, and there are three or four gardens, but he only singled out a few places for use, and after finishing the selection, he said: "The rest are up to you."

Zhao Mingzhi was still a little puzzled at the beginning, but he didn't understand this sentence.

She wanted to pretend to be stupid, but she didn't want to, so she hesitated for a while.

Pei Yong then said: "This house has been vacant for many years. This time I came back and asked someone to clean it up. Although I can't live in it in a hurry, after all, the location is good and the layout is suitable. If there is a future..."

"If there is a future."

He repeated this sentence, a smile slowly appeared on his face, and he looked in a good mood.

"In the future, you can enter the palace from here, let them drive the carriage faster, and you will be able to reach Xuande Gate in about a quarter of an hour. It is very cheap to go back and forth."

Seeing that Zhao Mingzhi refused to agree, he didn't rush to urge him, but just looked at her with a smile.

Zhao Mingzhi pressed his hands on the table for a long while, and then asked: "Why don't we talk about the future?"

Pei Yongdao: "Usually breaking ground and demolishing walls would take several months. If you want to change the layout, it's even more difficult to calculate the time-consuming. Besides, everything is in a hurry now, so I don't have time to pay attention to the repairs. I just ask you to take it first." The blueprint is in my hand, and I can change my mind when I have time, so I have something to think about."

He said again: "The layout of this house, don't you and I need to discuss it?"

Once Zhao Mingzhi's heart is loosened, it will be like the ditch that has been bombarded with artillery. No matter how muddy and rocky it is, it looks solid, and it will collapse again and again in the end.

Pressing the thin blueprint in her palm, she just felt that it was just a house, and she refused it now, which was hypocritical, and she stopped being verbose, and finally nodded honestly.

Knowing that it was rare for the two of them to take a break from their busy schedule, they might not be able to find such time in the future, so they simply sat down and discussed, such as how many study rooms, and what flowers and trees to transplant in the garden.

She had worked hard all day, but at this time she was just holding on. Although she was in high spirits as she talked, she was exhausted in the end, and because she had a full meal at night, she felt more hungry and sleepier, so she slowly put her elbows on the table With his head and neck resting on his shoulders, he unconsciously squinted his eyes.

I don't know if he fell asleep or not, and how long he squinted for a while. When Zhao Mingzhi woke up again, he saw himself lying half-length on his desk.

She got up hurriedly, looked up and there was Mu Xiang standing not far away, and then turned her head to look, but she saw Pei Yong standing outside with frowned eyebrows, opposite to him stood two lieutenant generals, each with serious expressions, one of them was still talking.

"...Xuzhou failed to stop them. That Zongli was originally Zonggu's subordinate and a general of Di Bing. A few days ago, he led [-] soldiers and horses. The rear army [-] retreated and fought, and the forward [-] were rushing to the capital. Come……"

(End of this chapter)