In the early morning of the next day, everyone woke up in the crisp birdsong, and the people of Kaifeng Mansion came back, and there were many guests, so it was very lively for a while.
In particular, Tianzun, Yin Hou and others are all old people, who like to get up early and take the little fourth son and Xiao Liang to do morning exercises.
In the courtyard, there was the laughter of the maids teasing the little four.
Zhanzhao stretched out in the quilt, opened his eyes and rubbed his neck to sleep well Pulling down a little bit of the quilt, Zhanzhao looked not far away, Bai Yutang on the bed in the opposite corner of the room, and inexplicably felt a jujube smell in his mouth.
Bai Yutang also woke up, lying on the bed, looking at the top of the bed and not knowing what to think, the morning light came in through the window above his side, shining on his side, Zhanzhao hid in the quilt and "tsk" twice, as if a fairy descended to earth Just as he was aiming, Bai Yutang suddenly turned his face to look at him.
With a pair of eyes, Zhan Zhao immediately felt that his mouth was full of jujube smell, didn't he spit it out yesterday Bai Yutang saw Zhanzhao wrapped in a quilt, and a pair of cat eyes were exposed, staring at himself, like a cat who had woken up and was thinking about something.
Bai Yutang smiled, turned his face, and lay down towards Zhanzhao, "What do you eat in the morning?"
Zhan Zhao blinked, and said in his heart, he didn't eat jujube paste cake anyway.
Bai Yutang saw that he didn't squeak, and then asked, "Bai Fu told me yesterday that Baifu opened a morning tea shop diagonally across the door, and the porridge was particularly delicious, and then the crystal shrimp dumplings and fish siu mai tasted better than Taibaiju's."
Sure enough, Zhanzhao's pair of cat eyes lit up.
Bai Yutang asked him with a side face, "If you want to eat, you have to get up, and then you will collide with lunch." ” Zhan Zhao squinted, how could this hero be affected by a breakfast, a rare lazy sleep, but when he came back to his senses, he had already gotten up and changed his clothes.
Bai Yutang looked at the energetic Zhanzhao, and suddenly had a thought, if he fell into the water at the same time as a cage of siu mai, would this cat pick up the siu mai first or save him first "Change your clothes."
Zhan Zhao saw that Bai Yutang was still in a daze, and came over to drag him while wiping his face.
Bai Yutang sat up, staring at Zhanzhao again while changing his clothes, thinking about who the cat would save first "Hey" Zhanzhao had already cleaned up, snapped his fingers in front of Bai Yutang's eyes, and said in his heart, this person, why did he start to stay here "I'll ask you a question."
Bai Yutang finally decided to ask.
"Hmm" Zhanzhao was inexplicably a little cramped.
Bai Yutang wondered, Zhanzhao blushed and didn't ask anything, he could guess this "The weather is good today," Zhanzhao dragged Bai Yutang to go out.
"No shoes yet."
Bai Yutang asked Zhanzhao while putting on his shoes, "Ask you questions." ” Zhan Zhao saw that he couldn't hide, so he said, "Ask." ” "I fell into the river with a cage of siu mai, do you pick up the siu mai first or save me first" Bai Yutang asked and felt that there was something wrong with his brain.
Zhan Zhao blinked, then breathed a sigh of relief, "Ask this" "Otherwise, what do you think I'm asking?"
Bai Yutang was puzzled.
"Well, that's it, that's it."
Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand and patted Bai Yutang's shoulder, "Of course I saved you first" Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, Zhanzhao didn't struggle at all, this was really unexpected, and his mood got better inexplicably.
Bai Daxia was overjoyed that he had won a cage of siu mai, and in retrospect, it was really funny.
Just being happy, Zhan Zhao got a wet handkerchief and wiped Bai Yutang's face, smiling, "Is the cage drawer wooden, it will float, you are different, the white rat is a scale, and it will sink when it gets wet, ha." ” Bai Yutang looked at Zhanzhao who stretched out and went out refreshed, rubbing his eyebrows, this cat is lazy, greedy, dull and dull As soon as he got out of the room, he rushed over with a snack and hugged Zhanzhao's leg, "Cat Mao is early." ” "Morning, little fourth."
Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to pick him up, and when he saw him grabbing a piece of jujube cake, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth Who did this "It's so sweet early in the morning."
Zhanzhao pinched the cheeks of the little fourth son.
"I'll eat half of it, leave half for Xiao Liangzi to eat, and then I'll go eat two more soup dumplings."
Xiao Sizi said as he waved to Bai Yutang, who came out of the back, "It's early in vain." ” Bai Yutang nodded, reached out and touched his head, looking at the jujube paste cake in his hand.
"Eat" Xiao Sizi handed the jujube paste cake to Bai Yutang's mouth.
Bai Yutang stared at the jujube mud cake for a long time, and then heard the little fourth son come out and say, "Eat, there is no core" Bai Yutang looked at the little fourth son embarrassedly, Zhan Zhao was surprised that the little fourth son was teasing Bai Yutang, the little guy had a pure face, and he couldn't see it.
However, Bai Yutang still took a bite of the jujube paste cake in the hand of the little fourth son, and then hooked his finger at Zhan Zhao, which meant to leave.
Xiao Sizi looked at the missing piece of jujube paste cake, and asked Zhanzhao curiously, "Isn't it that Baibai doesn't like sweetness?"
Just asking, Zhanzhao took a bite of "ahhhhh The little fourth son blinked.
"I'll go out to breakfast with Yutang, do you want to go" Zhanzhao asked Xiao Sizi, "Siu mai and crystal dumplings." ” Xiao Sizi looked up and thought about it, "No, I want to read in the morning, Xiao Liangzi wants to practice, and in the afternoon we will go to the opera garden with Zunzun, Yin Yin, and aunts to listen to the play." ” Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, it turned out that his grandfather Tianzun was going to watch a play today, so he put the little fourth son on the ground, rubbed his head, and followed Bai Yutang out.
Xiao Sizi scratched his head, and looked at the jujube mud cake to eat two more soup dumplings Zhanzhao chewed the jujube paste cake in his mouth, and said in his heart that it was so sweet, who put so much jujube paste Baifu is not far from Kaifeng Mansion, the morning tea house is quite big, newly opened, and business is booming.
When Bai Yutang entered the door, a guy greeted him, "A few guest officers drink porridge or eat noodles and siu mai or steamed dumplings" Bai Yutang looked behind him.
"Both."
Zhan Zhao ran in, and before he could speak, he heard someone shouting, "Yo Zhan Lord, distinguished guest" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang followed the prestige, and saw a middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper greeted him.
Zhan Zhao glanced at it and recognized it, "Oh, no wonder the siu mai is so delicious, it turns out to be the fish boss's shop."
Zhan Zhao introduced to Bai Yutang, this middle-aged man is called Yu Xiong, known as the fish boss, and there is also a younger brother named Yu Yue, the two brothers are big eaters, and the fish boss is very good at water, there is a fleet dedicated to fishing, the second is a first-class cook, can cook all kinds of fish delicacies, he made a hundred fish banquet and entered the palace, the emperor used to greet visitors from the Western Regions, so that those northwest guests who do not eat fish all year round eat is praised.
Bai Yutang really admires Zhanzhao, not only knows the chef and the grocery buyer, but also knows the person who catches fish with his face, which is really the highest level of foodie.
"The second child is in the back kitchen" Zhan Zhao asked curiously, "This is the business between the two of you."
"Yes" Yu Xiong nodded, and invited the two of them while going up, "My daughter-in-law just gave birth to a son, and my brother-in-law also has a brother-in-law, and she is about to give birth, so we settled in Kaifeng, the fish is caught at home, and the two of us will not go to sea when it is fresh, and concentrate on this business." ” "Congratulations, congratulations" Zhanzhao heard that it was a good thing, and patted Yu Xiong on the shoulder again and again.
Yu Xiong said to the guy, "Hurry up and go to the kitchen and tell my brother that Master Zhan is here, he knows what to do."
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"Okay."
Dude stumbled and ran away.
Zhan Zhao also introduced Bai Yutang to Yu Xiong, and Yu Xiong heard that this was the famous Bai Yutang, and it was diagonally opposite the door, so he quickly saw it.
Bai Yutang said a few polite words, asking him to shout at the door if he needed help or someone was making trouble.
Yu Xiong was naturally very happy and served tea in person.
Zhanzhao and the others sat at a window table on the second floor, and Yu Xiong poured tea and asked, "Lord Zhan, you came just in time, I have something I want to ask you." ” Zhanzhao drank tea, wanting to flush the taste of jujube paste in his mouth, and when he heard Yu Xiong's words, he asked, "What's the matter?"
"Hmm" Yu Xiong found a chair and sat down, "I first came to Kaifeng to settle down, is there any rule in Kaifeng, you are not allowed to go to the north gate early in the morning" Bai Yutang frowned slightly, and Zhan Zhao was also stunned, "Ah, how early is the morning?"
"At about Mao, we get up early to buy and sell morning tea, and fresh fish and meat will be brought in from outside the city, and it will be steamed within an hour before we can open the door to do business.
However, when my brothers said that they pushed the fish through the north city gate, they couldn't come in, saying that the emperor ordered the city gate to be sealed, and a few military masters stopped them viciously. ” Zhan Zhao wondered, I have never heard of such an imperial order, there is the largest official road in front of the North City Gate, and the shops like to take the North Gate the most, as big as stone, wood, knives, firewood, rice, oil, and salt, most of them are early in the morning before dawn to go to the North City Gate to enter Kaifeng, so the North Gate is basically not closed, is it the matter of the previous Fang Ba Tun soldiers, so the door is closed "Your carriage was stopped by the officers and soldiers at the city gate," Bai Yutang asked.
"Not really, but about five miles from the city gate, there is a fork in the road that turns to the west gate."
Yu Xiong was helpless, "If you go to the West Gate, you have to go back and forth in two big circles, and it is really inconvenient for my brothers to pull fish and run as if they were dying."
I originally thought that Kaifeng had always been like this, but there were a few local people who did business and complained, saying that it was all unreasonable and that the city gate was sealed, which means that it can still be opened after a while."
Zhan Zhao frowned and thought about it, "Isn't this city gate sealed all the time?"
"No, it will open as soon as the day dawns, and it will be closed for about an hour."
While Yu Xiong was talking, the guy had already come up with a hot breakfast.
"Don't worry, I'll eat a bowl of rice and go and inquire."
Zhan Zhao Road.
"That's really Lord Lao Zhan."
Yu Xiong personally brought the porridge and snacks to the table, so he didn't disturb Zhanzhao and Bai Yutang to eat, and went down to continue trading.
"Otherwise, the entire city gate will be sealed, or it will be sealed separately for such an hour, what is the picture" Zhanzhao muttered to himself, stuffing a siu mai into his mouth, his eyes brightened.
"What I find suspicious is that the soldiers are waiting at the fork in the road, which does not see the city gate, and it is closer to turn from the gate than to walk from the fork."
Bai Yutang also ate a siu mai, and felt that it tasted really good, so he drank the porridge again.
But when he said it, he couldn't hear Zhanzhao's response, and when he looked up, Bai Yutang didn't speak anymore, and decided to eat a steamed dumpling.
At this time, Zhanzhao chewed on the happiness of siu mai, and sure enough, the fish meat for siu mai must be fresh, the shrimp balls are so big, and the shrimp and crab roe in the steamed dumplings are really amazing Bai Yutang didn't know if it was influenced by Zhanzhao, or if he had a rare appetite for a bowl of porridge today, and also ate two siu mai, two steamed dumplings, and one shrimp ball.
If Tianzun is estimated to be moved at this time, Bai Yutang will not say that he will eat breakfast obediently, he may not even remember to eat breakfast at ordinary times.
After the two left the teahouse, they went directly to the north city gate, at this time, the north city gate was very lively, and there were many people in and out, and there were a total of sixteen soldiers up and down the city tower.
Nowadays, it is not wartime, and the city gate tube is not standing on the gatehouse looking at the beacon tower, but more to check the people and goods entering and leaving.
Several door officials held a stack of imperial lists, standing at the door one by one to give pedestrians to face, but did not hinder, encountered some like wanted criminals, went up to compare the emperor list, the other party can prove that it is not, and let it go.
The goods went in another row, and a dozen or so soldiers checked them, probably just to see if there was any dirty silver or forbidden things, such as more than a certain amount of oil and sulfur, or things like loose and forgetful.
Zhan Zhao found the leader of today's team of officers and soldiers guarding the city, and stepped forward to talk.
The city gate official was called Wei Xing, and when he saw that it was Zhanzhao, he hurriedly agreed.
But after listening to Zhanzhao's inquiry, Wei Xing also wondered, "No." ” "There is no lockdown," Zhan Zhao asked.
"No," the second monk Wei Xingzhang was puzzled, "The North City Gate has not been sealed since the emperor ascended the throne, and there is no war, why do you have to close the door and put away the suspension bridge, what a big battle?"
"There is no closed door," Zhan Zhao asked, "The officers and soldiers at the fork in the road a few miles away are not your people."
Wei Xing kept shaking his head, unheard of "Is there anyone blocking in front," the other city gate official also looked confused, "I just said why didn't those traders come in the morning recently, and they dared to stop them back." ” "Who is so bold to do such a thing," Wei Xing was going to take someone to see it.
However, Zhanzhao stopped him and told him to keep it a secret and keep it quiet.
Wei Xing understood, Zhan Zhao probably wanted to go and take a look for himself early tomorrow morning, and didn't want him to startle the snake, so he instructed his subordinates who also heard it around him, and not to spread the word.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang immediately returned to Kaifeng Mansion and explained the situation to Bao Zheng.
Master Bao seemed to have encountered something unhappy early in the morning, his face was so black that when he heard that someone had sealed the city gate without permission, he slapped the table angrily, "It's just lawless" Zhan Zhao came out of Bao Zheng's room and asked Wang Dynasty Mahan, who was passing by at the door, "Why are you so angry?"
Wang Chao whispered, "The emperor originally announced that Fang Ba and his son were summoned to the palace today, but Fang Ba and his son didn't see anyone, saying that they left with soldiers and horses last night. ” "It's gone," Zhanzhao was surprised.
"Anyway, there is no one at the gate of the city, and the Nine Princes followed the letter this morning, don't you take someone to see it."
Wang Chao shook his head as he spoke, "Fang Ba is really a cow, this time it is not to resist the decree, but to directly ignore the emperor, and he doesn't even say hello when he leaves." ” "Zhao Zhen is so tolerant," Bai Yutang was a little curious, "If you are too patient, you will look cowardly." ” Wang Dynasty nodded, it seems that everyone has this kind of thought, and they feel that Zhao Zhen has repeatedly accommodated Fang Ba, and he is a little too tolerant, which will make people suspect him of indecision.
"The emperor really wants to calm things down."
At this time, the grandson outside walked in with the little fourth son and Xiao Liang, two little heels, holding a few volumes of dossiers in his hands, "I also asked Zhao Pu before, Zhao Pu said that with the terrain of Kaifeng, the surrounding population is so dense, in case of fighting, even if Fang Ba can be easily destroyed, it will inevitably cause other casualties."
Besides, Fang Ba's 100,000 soldiers and horses are also Han Chinese, and it is the stupidest thing to beat your own people, so it is the next policy to fight, and it is the middle policy to endure not to fight, and everyone can be happy if you don't fight, which is the best policy.
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It's a pity that everyone is happy and estimates that it is impossible, so they would rather choose the middle strategy, there is really no trick, and the casualties of the next strategy must be minimized. ” Everyone nodded, Zhao Zhen is indeed suitable to be the emperor, even if he can't be the overlord of the conquest side, but at least he is a benevolent emperor who thinks about the people.
You say that he has no temper or that he is cowardly, it's not, he will also lose his temper, but the key is to be able to hold back, restrain his character, and do what the emperor should do, this is indeed much stronger than Zhao Pu, if this matter is changed to Zhao Pu, when Fang Ba first came, he would have gone out with a knife and cut this old man.
Although it was cool for a while, it was inevitable that Zhao Zhen would end up with a reputation for protecting his relatives and mutilating Zhongliang, and the people would feel that Fang Ba was presumptuous and rude, even if he really wanted to accept the old man in the future, he would change from mutilating Zhongliang to killing him quickly.
As he was talking, he saw Hong Jiuniang running in with a food box outside, "Zhaozhao, go and see, there's a fight outside."
The corner of Zhanzhao's mouth twitched, he was an official errand, and when someone fought, he was unexpectedly going to persuade him to fight, and Aunt Hong was really afraid that the world would not be chaotic.
"Why is there a fight again" Gongsun was puzzled, "Isn't Fang Ba gone, who is fighting with whom?"
"I don't know who it is, but my kung fu is good, and I fight with Ouyang Shaozheng."
Hong Jiuniang put down the food box, "The palace master, they all went to see it, by the way, Yutang, your master also got into a fight." ” Bai Yutang was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that this is fresh, who Tianzun fights with, or which one is tired of life, so he will provoke him "Who is Zunzun fighting with?"
Xiao Sizi always wanted to see Tianzun's demeanor, so he hurriedly asked, and Xiao Liang also came up.
"Just that Huangshi Sea who came back from the dead" Hong Jiuniang's words made Zhanzhao and Bai Yutang's eyes widen.
"Huangshi Sea" Bai Yutang frowned.
"It's lively, hurry up and go to see it" Hong Jiuniang put down the food box and ran away.
Bai Yutang took the knife and ran out with Zhanzhao.
The little fourth son chased after him, and Gongsun grabbed him by the collar and lifted the person up, "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to see Zunzun" Gongsun narrowed his eyes, "Hey, don't you like Jiujiu the most, why don't you go to see Ouyang Shaozheng fight and watch Tianzun fight?"
"This baa," the little fourth son raised his face.
Gongsun put down the file, grabbed his hand and led him out, "Go to see Zhao Pu's side first, and then go to Tianzun's side, maybe they will fight together, it's more worry-free." ” The little fourth son looked up at Gongsun with a face, smiling, it turned out that looking at Jiujiu was more important than looking at Zunzun, at least in his father's mind, oh, I don't know if Jiujiu will be happy after he knows.
Seeing that everyone was gone, Xiao Liang turned straight on the spot, in a dilemma, whether to go to see Tianzun, or after struggling with Xiao Sizi for a few laps, Xiao Liang still followed Xiao Sizi very unambitiously, no way, there are often martial arts competitions, and Jin'er is only one: