Best Evil Emperor

Chapter 93 Delicious Food
"Brother Li, the gourd chicken in Tiantangju is the best in the capital, and the special wine is also very good. Today, my younger brother is the host, and we are enjoying the feast while reciting poems. Wouldn't it be nice? Brother Li, please." Soon, Lou The next magnetic voice came up.But this sound is so familiar, where did I hear it?Just as I was thinking back, another voice sounded again: "That's exactly what I meant, but this time I will be the host. Brother Wang, please. I heard the new lyrics written by Brother Wang last time, and I admired it very much. Today I will decide Please ask for advice."

"How dare you dare"

Haha, no wonder they are so familiar, since this is Li Ran, the right-hand man of the second prince, and Wang Feng, the new guest of the second prince, I have seen these two people at the celebration banquet, because they are the close subordinates of the second prince, so they sat in a row Then I saw it, and then I asked Kong Yu, these two people were newly joined by the second emperor brother, and they replaced Su Shi and Liu Yuxi's previous positions. It is said that these two people have been outside the palace with the second emperor brother for many years Well, the people who sent people into the palace to help this time are also two resourceful and strong men, and I heard that they are both very talented.

This is not a good time, such a coincidence, how could I meet these two people, if they found me and grabbed me by a braid, it would definitely be a great achievement.There is only one staircase in this restaurant, I can't escape even if I want to, even if I jump out of the window with Qinggong rashly, it won't be even worse if the waiter in the restaurant yells "Catch the thief".

However, although the waiter in the store was snobbish, it was a blessing in disguise for me, and made me take a sideways position. I quickly adjusted my direction, faced the wall, and swiped back secretly from time to time, hoping to pick a chance to get out of the way.

It was already noon, and there were quite a lot of people eating upstairs. I was dressed in modest clothes, so I obviously didn't attract the attention of the two of them.The two picked a seat facing the street, sat down and started chatting. The waiter obviously knew Li Ran, and kept laughing along behind him. After they sat down, they asked what dishes to order.

Wang Feng ordered five or six small dishes in one go, and ordered another jug ​​of special wine, then he and Xiao Ran started talking about poetry again.

I wanted to leave early, but I was afraid that Xiao Er would trouble me, so I had to be patient, and listened to the two literary giants' high-level remarks. I guess they would not mention the affairs of the palace when they were chatting like this. This is outside the palace. It will be tempting to raise it casually.

The voices of the two of them were not loud when they talked about poetry and fu, and I was far away. I had no internal strength, but I could only faintly hear a few words such as "the autumn water grows together with the sky and the same color" and "I can't sleep with love alone".The two chatted and clapped their hands together to applaud, and after a while they praised each other, but I can't see that these two people have anything other than a bit of literary talent, neither Su Shi's heaviness nor Liu Yuxi's wisdom. .

The speed of serving food in this restaurant is quite fast. I was casually listening in, and the waiter put my three dishes on the table, and then ran to Li Ran to wait for orders after saying "Guest officials take it easy".Those two people were well dressed, they looked like distinguished guests, so naturally he didn't have time to talk to me.

"Snacks in the capital really live up to their reputation." I tasted a few mouthfuls and felt good. The dishes served here are full of color, flavor and taste. Take this gourd chicken as an example. I don't know how it was cooked. It was just fried Out of the pot, the fragrance is overflowing, and the golden skin makes people's index fingers move.Fresh and tender chicken, the chicken bones have been removed, and the whole is in the shape of a gourd.A plate of chicken comes with a small plate of prickly ash powder, which is not oily or greasy, full of flavor, and unique in taste, which is better than Yushanfang's chicken dishes.

What I can't figure out is why such a delicious chicken has never been seen in the imperial palace, which is a collection of delicious food in the world?Next time I have to criticize the old cook in the palace.

After eating for a while, since the two of them couldn't see me, I didn't care about them for a while. I threw off my cheeks and chewed. I think people who ate this chicken for the first time had this greedy look, so no one paid special attention to me. Instead, it was the conversation between the two diners at the next table that caught my attention.

"Brother Yi, a few days ago, a lot of cars came from other places, and a lot of strange stones were brought into the city, and there was a lot of cinders dropped at the gate of the city. I don't know what it is useful for. Your cousin works in the government, have you ever heard of it? What news?" A diner asked.

As soon as I heard it, weird stones?Could it be the ore transported to the workshop?I couldn't help but began to pay attention. For a while, I noticed that the guests at several tables began to prick their ears, and they seemed to be quite concerned about this matter.

The guy called Brother Yi had a smug expression on his face, and he said in a rather ostentatious way: "Brother Jia, you are asking the right person. If you ask the second one, you definitely don't know. My cousin is in Beijing. His subordinates are now red and purple. Last year he was "talking about his cousin endlessly, as if he was himself. These people are masters of bragging and farting."

I secretly scolded that the person called Brother A is also slow, so I didn't interrupt him for being so wordy. If it wasn't for the presence of Li Ran and Wang Feng, I would have gone up to ask him.After finally waiting for him to deliver a long speech, Brother B finally remembered the topic: "Listen to my cousin, the stones shipped this time are all from nearby places, and there are dozens of carts!"

In the middle of his speech, he seemed to think of something, he lowered his voice a little, and continued: "I heard that they are all transported to a place called 'workshop', which is the one that paid people to move a few days ago. I express Brother said, the workshop was given to the fifth prince by the emperor, and the fifth prince also invited the Wuji Taoist priest, presumably to refine some silkworm bone armor for the emperor. Also, my cousin said, that 'workshop There are a lot of strange things in it. He once saw a two-wheeled wooden cart that can run upright, but God, I heard it is called a "bicycle". Brother A, I shouldn't say these things, I only told you because we are brothers and sisters, but please don’t spread the word.”

The person surnamed A is a sensible person, nodded quickly and said: "Yes, I can't talk nonsense. Brother B, don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut. I invite you."

I was taken aback, but this is a double-edged sword, and most of the people in the palace know what he mentioned, but the silkworm section bone armor is purely farting, and more importantly, he actually knows about bicycles, hehe, Just in time, help me publicize it, let the whole capital know about my masterpiece, and save me a lot of trouble.

Anyway, the big brother and the second brother know about the bicycle, so I'm not afraid. Once I tell my father about it, it doesn't matter if I follow Lu Ban's classics. Anyway, I was a child prodigy since I was a child. Inventing something doesn't count as being in the limelight. The two of them are pretending not to know about it now. They probably don't know what I will do, so they don't care much. They probably can't figure out my intentions, so let me do it. It just so happened that they were not vigilant, but I had murderous intentions. God helped me in this kind of thing.

Seeing that no one was chatting anymore, I only took a stick of incense to sweep through the delicacies on the table, burped, and looked at the pile of chicken bones on the table, feeling very satisfied. With the last piece of chicken still in my mouth, I vaguely asked Xiao Er to pay the bill.

Hearing the checkout, Xiaoer quickly ran over: "Gourd chicken, Wenyin one tael, storm fish, three cents and five cents; top-grade snowflake soup, eight cents, a total of one tael, four cents and three cents." And then He stretched out his hand in front of me like a fucking beggar.

I was in a hurry to leave, so I took out two taels of silver, stuffed it into his hand, and said, "You don't need to look for it." Without waiting for his thanks, I stooped and ran down the stairs directly.

Only then did they leave the sight of those two people, and they were finally safe.

But as soon as I stepped out of the door, I wanted to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible. With a "snap", a big hand grabbed my shoulder.

"Wait a minute, kid." A majestic voice came from behind, which startled me a lot.

My hurried figure was stopped by that person, I looked back, but there were two people in uniforms, they must be official servants.I couldn't help being startled, and then I turned my head to look into the store. The waiter was standing at the top of the stairs, looking at me, and I probably understood what was going on.

To say that the people in this peaceful and prosperous age have a strong sense of being the masters of the country, and report to the public security department as soon as they feel suspicious.But the waiter in this shop is too insidious. After I finish eating and pay the bill, I will have someone come and arrest me. I owe him so much money just now.If I hadn't been in a good mood today, I would have asked his family to collect the body.

But what kind of crimes can a kid like me do? Don't you think I'm a pickpocket?

My mind turned wildly. The most important thing now is to get out. Two officials took me to an alley next to the hotel. To be honest, I really wanted to knock them down and run away, but I felt that it would be too big. I didn’t make a mistake, and the one who looked like the head spoke up: “Boy, where are you from? Where are your parents? Why are you wandering around the street alone? Where did you get so much money?”

I was secretly delighted that it would be troublesome to attract Li Ran and Wang Feng if they were interrogated in the street, but luckily it was in this alley.I straightened myself up and replied casually, "I'm from the capital, and my father is a carpenter. He sent me to the workshop to do odd jobs last month. I paid my wages yesterday, so I came out to play today."

"Are you alone?" The two tolerances had heard the name of the workshop, but obviously they didn't trust me very much, and asked me again: "And where did you get the jade pendant in your arms? Did you steal it?"

, It must have been when I took out the money just now, the waiter in the shop must have seen the jade pendant, a deposit of silver is not too rare, but a piece of beautiful jade is doubtful, no wonder he had such a meaningful look at me last time.

"Of course not," I waved my hand rather easily, and replied, "It was given to me by His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince."

Hearing that it was related to the prince, the two officials did not dare to make mistakes.Giving up the idea of ​​searching me, the two whispered to each other for a while, and decided to escort me back to the workshop for a face-to-face testimony.

I had no choice but to follow my general impression and lead the two officials to the workshop.This is better than being sent to the government for interrogation.

The three of us were walking on the road, and it was quite conspicuous. Fortunately, no one recognized me on the road. I lowered my head and thought of strategies one by one, but none of them worked.

I even thought of the poisonous trick of leading them back to the workshop and asking the guards to help me silence them, but looking back at the two tolerances, they were not bullying, and they were polite to me. In addition, I am in a good mood today. I still can't do such a vicious thing.

In the end, I decided to get rid of them on the road and run back to the workshop, but I must not use light work, or I will be suspected, and it will be troublesome to track them down.

After walking for a while, I could see the familiar gate from a distance. There were not many passers-by here. I took a peek at the two officials who were already a little lax, and suddenly pointed to the left, wondering: "Hey, what is that?" ?” While the two of them turned their heads to look at it, I ran away.

The two of them turned their heads and saw nothing, screamed that they had been fooled, and immediately came back to their senses, shouting "stop", while chasing me quickly, fortunately, I felt that they did not use light work, probably not.

After running for a while, I was just about to strengthen my internal strength on my feet, when I heard a man's voice with a strange yin and yang: "The two officers and adults are chasing a little boy in the street. They are so majestic and airy. I don't know what the child has done. A heinous crime?"

Hearing the movement, this man actually stopped the two servants.I glanced back and saw that this person was an ordinary servant of the craftsman's club. I nodded to him secretly and ran into the workshop.There was no guard standing outside the square, but an elderly man was invited as the porter at the entrance.

At this time, the old man was sitting in the courtyard by the entrance, squinting his eyes and basking in the sun. His ears were straightened, and he didn’t hear what happened at the entrance. He only saw a small figure running in from the outside, and he didn’t see my face clearly. , but when he saw the clothes I was wearing, the old man didn't make a sound to stop him, he just cursed secretly: "I'm not stable at such a young age, running so fast, rushing to reincarnate?"

I didn't bother to care about him and ran all the way, and ran straight to the room where I was resting. When I reached a place not far away, I messed up my hair again and shouted: "Your Highness Fifth Prince, something is wrong!" It really doesn't look like me.

The two guards at the door saw that the child who had been serving His Highness ran back in less than two hours, and shouted, "What's wrong?" They didn't know whether to stop or let go.I only heard someone in the room cough and say: "Let him in quickly." I replied "Yes", and the guard opened the door for me.

Something similar to this happened before. Last time when the Dihuayuan was grinding stone powder, a small fire was caused for some reason, and someone came to report it in a hurry.Although there was no danger, I have ordered since then, and if there is an emergency, you can notify me at any time.

I rushed into the room in a few steps, closed the door, and sat on a chair to rest.The imposter in the room stared at me in surprise.I waved to him, and he reacted immediately, quickly picked up the clothes I took off, helped me change together, and then prepared a towel to help me scrub.

(End of this chapter)