Brocade legend

Chapter 135
Zhang Mo understood, hesitated for a while, and immediately said: "This subordinate understands! This subordinate will go to Liu Biao's house to wait for him tonight!"

Chen Hong nodded and said, "I don't want him to see the sunrise tomorrow!"

Zhang Mo took the order and retreated. As soon as he closed the door, he heard the sound of porcelain breaking inside the room.A trace of disappointment flashed across Zhang Mo's face, and he turned and walked away.

"The dishes are ready! My lords, this recipe of West Lake vinegar fish is my boss who personally went to the outer building of West Lake Building to learn the scriptures. It is our signature dish. Please taste it, two adults. It is delicious!" A big wooden plate, quickly exchanged greetings, quickly put the dishes on the table, cleverly turned the mouth of the fish to Fang Xianfu, the eyes of the fish were covered with sliced ​​ginger.

After the waiter in the shop set up the dishes, he poured a glass of wine for Lu Bing and Fang Xianfu each, bowed, and walked out of the room with the tray in his arms, and then he heard the sound of "deng ding ding" going downstairs.

Lu Bing and Fang Xianfu looked at each other and smiled, Lu Bing said: "This young man is really quick."

Fang Xianfu nodded, and said: "Indeed, this restaurant is closer to the imperial palace, and most of the dignitaries come to eat, so it is better than other restaurants in every respect."

Lu Bing heard the meaning behind the words, just smiled and didn't answer.

When Fang Xianfu said this, he was actually saying that whoever is closer to the emperor will obviously get the moon first, and naturally it will be better.However, because of this, he was forced to be better than others at the same time.

Seeing that Lu Bing didn't answer, Fang Xianfu thought for a while, then changed the subject, and said, "Master Lu, have you ever heard of the Louwailou by the West Lake?"

"But the building outside the building outside the mountain"? " Lu Bing asked

"That's right." Fang Xianfu nodded, and recited casually, ""When are the green hills outside the mountains, the buildings outside the buildings, and the West Lake singing and dancing? The warm wind makes the tourists drunk, and Hangzhou is called Bianzhou."

After Fang Xianfu finished singing, he asked Lu Bing, "Does Mr. Lu know the meaning of the poem?"

Lu Bing felt a little impatient, did Fang Xianfu really think that Wufu didn't study?
Lu Bing smiled slightly and said: "I have some understanding. In the Southern Song Dynasty, from the king to the people, the style of writing was at its peak, but it was also very degenerate. He was forced to go to the south of the Yangtze River by the Jin people, but he didn't want to fight back. He just indulged in poetry and songs. Poet Lin Sheng made this song "Ti Lin'an Mansion" to satirize the imperial court and the literati who did not act. From this point of view, if the literati are not upright when the country is in crisis, they will most harm the country."

After Fang Xianfu heard this, he felt dark in his heart, but this time he came to Lu Bing, he was really guilty, and he was speechless to refute for a while.

Lu Bing didn't wait for him to refute, and said first: "I don't know Mr. Fang...do you know the original name and origin of this West Lake vinegar fish?"

Fang Xianfu was stunned for a moment, he was born in the books of sages, and he was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics by heart, but he rarely read miscellaneous books, and he never studied the original name of West Lake Vinegar Fish, and of course he didn't know the origin of West Lake Vinegar Fish.

Lu Bing smiled slightly, and said: "West Lake Vinegar Fish" is also called "Sister-in-Law Chuanzhen". It was in the Southern Song Dynasty. There were two brothers surnamed Song. Fishing in the West Lake for a living. There is a villain Zhao Daguan in the local area. During a trip to the lake, he met a woman who was washing yarn by the lake. Seeing her beauty, he wanted to occupy her. After I sent someone to inquire, it turned out that this woman was Brother Song's wife used conspiracy to kill Brother Song. The uncle and sister-in-law of the Song family were very angry, and the two went to the government to sue together, hoping to uphold justice and punish the villain. They didn't know that the government at that time had the same nostrils with the evil forces Those who vented their anger, not only did not accept their complaints, but beat them with sticks and drove them out of the government."

While talking, Lu Bing picked up his wine glass, sipped it, and continued: "After returning home, Sister-in-law Song asked Brother Song to pack up and flee quickly, so as not to be followed by villains to take revenge. Before leaving, sister-in-law burned a bowl of fish. , add sugar and vinegar, and cook in a strange way. Brother Song asked his sister-in-law: "Why is the fish cooked like this today?" The sister-in-law said: "The fish is sweet and sour. I want you to go out this time. Don't forget that your brother is How did you die, if your life is sweet, don’t forget the bitterness of the common people being bullied, and don’t forget the bitterness of your sister-in-law’s hatred.” The younger brother was very moved when he heard this, ate the fish, and left with his sister-in-law’s heart in mind.

Later, Brother Song studied hard and gained fame, returned to Hangzhou to avenge his brother's murder, and punished the villain.But at this time, Mrs. Song had left and disappeared, and she could not be found.

Once, Brother Song went out to a banquet, and during the banquet, he ate a dish that tasted like what his sister-in-law cooked when he left home. He asked who made it, and found out that it was his sister-in-law's masterpiece.It turned out that after he left, in order to avoid being entangled by villains, his sister-in-law hid in the government's house to work as a cook under anonymity.Song Di was very happy to find his sister-in-law, so he resigned from his official position, took his sister-in-law back home, and started to live as a fisherman again.And his sister-in-law opened a small shop called Mrs. Song Yugeng. "

Fang Xianfu thought that Lu Bing had finished speaking, and was about to speak thoughtfully, but Lu Bing continued to preach: "One time, the poet Lin Sheng came to the side of the West Lake because his brother was wronged and he had nowhere to appeal. , wanted to commit suicide, happened to pass by Mrs. Song's restaurant, and was attracted by the aroma of Mrs. Song's fish soup, but she was shy and didn't want to die hungry.

It just so happened that Mrs. Song met him and saw him wandering outside the store with a sad face on her face, so she understood, invited him in, and gave him a bowl of fish soup.

Lin Sheng ate very delicious food, so he chatted with Mrs. Song and asked about the origin of the food. Mrs. Song wanted to persuade him, so she told Lin Sheng about her experience in detail, and persuaded Lin Sheng not to give up hope.

After hearing this, Lin Sheng empathized with him. Although he was still resentful, he regained hope and decided to try his best to find a solution for his brother.

Before leaving, Lin Sheng left behind the poem "Outside the mountains, the green hills, the buildings outside the buildings".

After hearing this, Mrs. Song felt that the name of Louwailou was good, so she left the song "Ti Lin'an Mansion" on the wall and changed the name of the shop to Louwailou.

Later, someone ate this dish, became very popular with poetry, and wrote a poem on the wall of the restaurant: "Skirts and clogs come together to buy drunk, and go upstairs in the shadow of the green sun; there are so many lake boats in front of the door, and half come back from the Three Pools Reflecting the Moon. Why bother to return?" Looking for Zhang Han's perch, the taste of fish is said to be West Lake; thanks to the master who has this conciliatory hand, I know that Song's wife did not have it back then." The last line of the poem refers to the legend of "West Lake Vinegar Fish".

Afterwards, Louwailou was closed several times due to wars and other reasons, but it has never been forgotten. Someone will always rebuild Louwailou and engrave "Inscription Lin'an Mansion" on the wall. "

After Lu Bing finished telling the story in one breath, he drank the wine glass in his hand.

Fang Xianfu listened intently, and when Lu Bing finished speaking, he couldn't help sighing: "I didn't expect such an allusion to a building outside a building, a West Lake vinegar fish... Master Lu is really knowledgeable!"

After listening to Fang Xianfu's words, Lu Bing smiled slightly, put down his wine glass, poured himself a glass, and said, "Master Fang, why do you want to tell this story?"

(End of this chapter)