Kaifeng Bistro

"Uh, just, is this thing? This, this... is this the Yellow Emperor's sword? Why is it so dark? What is it made of..." Zhuo Zhuo carefully stretched out her hand, but her hand was approaching At that moment, she trembled uncontrollably, so frightened that she retracted her hand all of a sudden. "Hey, it's really scary. I'd better not touch it. Oh yes, could it be this sword..." At this point, Zhuo Zhuo's voice became weaker and weaker, and he glanced at the kitchen with a complicated expression, but he didn't say anything. Finish this sentence.

In Zhifeng's tavern, four adults and two children sat around a table, and a bronze sword was placed on the table.The sword looked neither sharp nor refined.As if it had been burned, it was covered with a thick layer of black silt.

Yi Yi stared at Zhuo Zhuo, and then said: "There is a cloud in "Supplements of Relics": "Kunwu Mountain, there is a lot of red gold under it, and the color is like fire. It is said that in the past, the Yellow Emperor defeated Chi You, and Chen Bing dug a hundred feet deep here, but still did not reach the spring. , but see the fire like stars. There are many pills in the earth, and the stones are refined into copper. The copper color is green and sharp. The spring color is red. The mountains, grasses and trees are all strong and sharp, and the soil is strong and fine...' Therefore, later generations believed that the Yellow Emperor used This copper was cast into a sword called..."

"It's called red gold? It's neither red nor gold?!" Zhuo Zhuo cut off Yi Yi's words with a little disdain.

Yi Yi was so angry that he stopped talking.Zhan Zhao, who was sitting opposite the two of them, coughed, and said, "Miss Zhuo Zhuo, you guessed, uh, it's very close. I also heard that in ancient times, the name of the Yellow Emperor's saber was Kunwu, and it was because of this sword. It was cast from the bronze of Kunwu, this sword is the master of all kinds of weapons, such as my giant tower..."

As he said that, he unfastened the Juque Sword from his waist, and Bai Yutang couldn't help but sneered beside him and said, "Hero Zhan really can't forget to show off that you have such a magical weapon no matter where you go."

"That's not what I mean." Zhan Zhao said, "What I mean is that other weapons like my giant sword will look dull when they see the Kunwu sword."

As he spoke, he drew his sword out of its sheath with a bang, and put the giant que on the table. The sword, which had been shining in the past, was indeed covered with a layer of light gray, and it was still trembling, just as it was about to reach out to touch the bronze sword just now. Like the burning hand of the sword.

"Oh, Zhifeng is coming, hurry up, put it away!" Several people frantically closed the box where the bronze sword was placed, and then Yi Yi lifted the box calmly , Put it away just before Tan Zhifeng arrived.

Tan Zhifeng walked up to him with a big wooden plate, but saw that all the people sitting around the table were staring at him with smiles except for Ling'er who couldn't look at him, which made him feel uncomfortable: "What were you doing just now? ?”

"I... I don't know, we didn't play that, that..." Before Changshang finished speaking, Zhuo Zhuo stepped forward and covered his mouth, and finally Zhan Zhao stood up, taking the bag from Tan Zhifeng's hand Mu Pan said, "Just now we were a little curious about the Excalibur brought back by Xu Gan, so we opened the box to have a look."

Tan Zhifeng just said "Yes", and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, Bai Yutang asked, "Where's Xu Gan? It's been three or four days, why hasn't he woke up yet?"

"No." Tan Zhifeng shook his head and said, "He traveled back and forth within a day... I don't know how far it is, but he was very tired anyway. Master Wen Hui visited him this morning, it should be soon, maybe he will wake up tonight .”

Everyone nodded with different thoughts, only Shangshang looked around everyone with some doubts, and finally his eyes fell on the big wooden tray that Zhan Zhao was still holding in his hand.

"Oh, brother Zhifeng, what is this, let me smell it..." He leaned forward curiously: "It smells so good!"

"Come on, let's share points for everyone. Last time I owed Brother Bai a midnight snack. This time I will make up for it. Everyone has worked hard these two days. Let's have something to eat together."

"Wow! Crystal pig's trotters, fragrant chicken feet, beautiful and beautiful!" Zhuo Zhuo looked at the plates of delicacies on the wooden plate with bright eyes, "Hey, what are these, why haven't I seen them before?"

"This?" Tan Zhifeng pointed to a porcelain jar: "This is called 'Maimendong Fried', and it should be drunk with wine. It doesn't matter if you and Ling'er try it without wine."

"Almost forgot," Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, walked to the reception desk with a smile, and picked up the two wine jars covered with thick yellow sticky: "Zhifeng, Yutang and I entered the palace yesterday. Holy, the Tian family specially rewarded the two of us with two jars of Huangfeng wine. However, you found the thick stack of evidence that the Xixia spies intended to assassinate the officials of the Song Dynasty that we presented to the Tian family. Although you refused to enter the palace Receive the reward, the two jars of wine should belong to you too, right?"

"Yes." Bai Yutang took an altar and put it on the table: "Little shopkeeper, I heard that your tavern didn't sell alcohol before, and I will come here often in the future. You, Big Brother Bai, am a lover of wine and joy." Man, how can you do without wine here?"

Tan Zhifeng smiled and replied: "It is true that we should sell wine, but this year I remember hearing people say that we will have a try in a few months. The people living in Wheat Straw Lane are all scholars, and the smell of wine is overflowing all day long." Yes, who is still in the mood to read..."

"Hey, Zhifeng, don't you know about the 'Hundred Poems of Li Baidou'? Occasionally, if you have a few drinks, you might be able to help these scholars write a few masterpieces that will be handed down from generation to generation?" Bai Yutang lifted the yellow silk cloth , looked at the crowd and said: "Have you ever heard: 'Jianshu, Neijiu, Duanyan, Luoyanghua, Jianzhou tea... are all number one in the world. I can taste the light of knowing the wind and taste the hard-to-find wine in this world!"

"Oh, it's so good, come here, open it and let's have a taste." Since Bai Yutang regained his original appearance, Zhuo Zhuo's attitude towards him has changed drastically. After all, although Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are both very good-looking, But Zhan Zhao's demeanor is gentle and steady, not as delicate and agile as Bai Yutang's brows and eyes, Gu Pan is full of spirits and heroic.When Zhuo Zhuo saw Bai Yutang that day, he was shocked at first, then he was stunned for a long time, and finally he whispered to Tan Zhifeng: "Oh Zhifeng, I think you have met your opponent."

"To what hand?" Tan Zhifeng asked wonderingly, but Zhuo Zhuo happily ran to the back kitchen with his skirt in his hand to make tea for Bai Yutang.

A while ago, the life-and-death struggle with Taotie and Bo seemed to have never happened. In this familiar and warm tavern, everyone was smiling and looking at the two jars of wine with anticipation. The willow branches on both sides of the strait sprouted bright yellow new shoots, and the shadow of the Tianqing Temple murder and officials being attacked gradually dissipated from people's hearts.The people of Kaifeng are celebrating the upcoming Lantern Festival. The footsteps of warm spring are quietly ringing in the dazzling, lively and crowded lantern market, getting closer...

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At this time, the south of Kaifeng City was very quiet. At the end of another narrow and curved alley that was very similar to Wheat Straw Alley, someone knocked on the closed courtyard door in front of him. unexpected.The door opened after a while, and it was a beautiful young man who opened the door. He had a pair of cat-like eyes with round corners. At this time, his gaze was full of vigilance and anxiety like a cat.

"Why did you come here?" He complained to the long-clothed man at the door, "We have been waiting for you for a long time."

The man bowed and walked into the room with the young man. There were several men with different appearances and dresses sitting around the room.The long-clothed man sat down firmly, and said to everyone: "There is a lot of commotion in Tianqing Temple. I heard that Yeli Changrong has left Kaifeng, and most of the Xixia people's power in Kaifeng has also been cut off. What will happen next?" thing……"

"I said it a long time ago," the cat-eyed boy interrupted him disdainfully: "Although Yeli Changrong knows magic tricks, he has no real skills. If I rely on him, I will never win against Zhao Zhen." Chance!"

"My lord," the man said respectfully, "Your lord, please be careful. We are weak in Kaifeng city, and we have only had such a little power in the past ten years. If we don't join forces with the Xixia people, we will be able to communicate with them." No, wouldn't your chances be even slimmer?"

"What about you? Now that Xixia people can't go in and out of the city, why didn't your Liao Kingdom send a few helpers over? That's right! I haven't asked you yet. You go in and out of Maizhu Lane all day long. You clearly know Brother Gan. It's right there, why didn't you tell me, causing me to look for him everywhere?!" The man had just finished speaking, and the boy began to question him aggressively.

The young man frowned. Although his expression was still calm and gentle, there was a bit of indifference in his eyes.Another older person next to him said: "My lord, that incident is a bit strange, we haven't found out what happened to Xu Gan, besides, I heard that Bai Yutang, who died in Xiangyang a few years ago, appeared again Tianqing Temple is gone, he is very familiar with us... some of us, we can't act rashly now."

"After all, you don't have any countermeasures?" The young man angrily raised his hand and slapped the table: "In that case, I'm going to find Brother Gan now!"

The man in the long coat sitting next to the young man leaned slightly, pressed the young man's shoulder lightly, and said to him: "Young master, be safe and don't be impatient. Now that the war between Xixia and Song Dynasty is raging, we can reap the benefits. I have sent People send news to the north, and before long, we will have envoys come to Kaifeng and put forward our conditions with Zhao Zhen. Both the Western Xia Dynasty and the Song Dynasty hope to win us over, this is our chance."

"Then..." Although the young man showed displeasure, he finally calmed down: "What else?"

"Also, next year is the year of the big competition, and this year will also be the examination. The Guangwen Museum, Taixue, and Guozijian will select students to participate in the autumn examination in two months. There are also many articles in it. It can be done, Yeli Changrong had already made a plan with me before leaving..."

Several people got together and chatted in low voices, only the cat-eyed boy rested his chin on one hand and looked at them boredly for a while, then stood up and walked to the window, looking at the deep sky in the distance...