peach plum spring breeze a glass of wine

There are three cities in Nanze, the capital Fengshouzhou, the Shangcheng Luodu, and the Wencheng Baidi.

Baidi City is named after Baidi Mountain, and there are three most famous academies in the world, one of which is Baidi Academy.Every March, when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, talented scholars from the three academies will gather together to recite poems and compete with each other and learn from each other.

Gu Hanzhao's uncle Lu Suyang is the dean of this year's Baidi Academy, and as the most prestigious family in Baidi City, the Lu family naturally wants to participate.Gu Hanzhao was taught by the Lu family since he was a child, and he studied both civil and martial arts, but perhaps because he grew up at the border and joined the army at the age of 14, Gu Hanzhao prefers being with warriors rather than literati.

So back then when Lu Shi asked him to change his path to Baidi, he was somewhat reluctant in his heart, but he didn't want to meet Zhao Wuxia in Baidi's Poems and be shocked to be a heavenly man, and his love for her has been deeply rooted ever since.Thinking about it now, his initial love may have been based on her stunning appearance, after all, when he was young, he still had the inferior root of judging people by their appearance.

However, the same plan now has a completely different mood. When I think that I may meet Zhao Zhanyu earlier in Baidi, my heart that was heavy because of Zhao Wuxia also relaxes. in time.

Gu Hanzhao took his servant Gu Ransheng along the way and arrived at Baidi City in more than ten days.

The two stood outside the city gate, Gu Hanzhao looked at the Baidi City which was built on the mountain, and felt as if it was a lifetime away.Compared with the solemnity of Fengshouzhou and the luxury of Luodu, Baidi is worthy of being a city of literature. There are literati with feather fans and towels everywhere, and even children who are just learning to speak by the roadside can recite a few passages of poetry.

Although Baidi is known as Wencheng, he did not plant plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, which are loved by literati and poets. Instead, he was full of peach trees. At this time, the peach blossoms are in full bloom. When the breeze blows, you can see the peach petals falling freely. , all kinds of colors blend together in different shades, which is too beautiful to behold.

Gu Hanzhao didn't care to appreciate it. On the contrary, Gu Ransheng looked around curiously all the way. Gu Ransheng had been with him since he was a child, and now he was only fifteen or sixteen years old. Naturally, he was a teenager. He looked around, while he was wondering whether to go to eat first or visit Lu's mansion first.

In the end, for the sake of his stomach, Gu Hanzhao still decided to go to eat first. When he came to Baidi, he was reluctant. He just wanted to fulfill his mother's order early. Wherever he has time to wander around, now that the opportunity is rare, he naturally wants to look around.The two wandered around casually, and found that most of the restaurants were overcrowded, and even the tea sheds on the side of the road were full of literati shaking paper fans and talking eloquently.

In the end, the two stopped in front of a two-story restaurant. Compared with the people coming and going in other places, the number of guests in this restaurant was much less. Several levels above those outside.

Gu Hanzhao took a look at the words "Chunri Building" on the solid wood plaque and walked in first. The waiter at the door greeted the customers with a wink. Seeing Gu Hanzhao's extraordinary clothes, he greeted him with a smile.

"Young master." The waiter in the shop stepped forward attentively. Seeing that Gu Hanzhao was not interested in answering the conversation, Gu Ransheng said, "Your name, I want a private room."

"Yes, yes, my lord, there are so many guests recently that there are no more private rooms, but we have private seats here."

Gu Ransheng curled his lips in disappointment when he heard this, Gu Hanzhao glanced at him, and he immediately recovered, Gu Hanzhao saw that he had calmed down, and said to the waiter: "The elegant seat is fine, arrange a seat by the window."

"Okay, please follow me to the second floor." The waiter led the two of them upstairs, and sat in a seat by the window on the second floor. It was said to be a private seat, but in fact it was just separated from other seats by a screen, blocking the view from the outside. .

Gu Hanzhao's appearance was inherited from Lu's family, his eyes are shining like stars, but his slightly raised eyebrows are full of heroism, coupled with the lingering temperament brought from life and death on the battlefield, people often ignore his overly delicate eyebrows and eyes and only pay attention to him The hostility he exuded unconsciously.

The waiter in the shop brought a pot of Biluochun, and Gu Ransheng poured a glass and put it in front of Gu Hanzhao, with a flattering expression on his face.

"Sit down." Gu Hanzhao took a sip. Although his appearance was a bit weak, the past few years of border life had already made him used to the bitter cold in the northwest. Naturally, this tea was not as strong as burning a knife in his mouth.

"Serve some of your special dishes here." Gu Ransheng spoke for his father, and took the pastries from the shopkeeper who came back and came back, two small dishes made into peach petals, one with delicate milk White pastry, decorated with peach petals, is appetizing, and there are preserved fruits on the other plate.It's just a pity that the two who have lived in the border for many years are not interested in these exquisite pastries. Gu Hanzhao took a bite of the pastry and put it aside. The taste was too sweet and greasy for him. He didn't like it, but the preserved fruit tasted good.

"Do you two want wine? The peach blossom wine we make in Chunrilou is famous for Baidi." Seeing the recommendation from the waiter in the shop, Gu Hanzhao nodded and ordered a jug.

Gu Ransheng took a bite of a piece of pastry, and finished the pastry in a few mouthfuls, while Gu Hanzhao focused on watching the crowd coming and going downstairs, stroking the rim of the cup unconsciously with his index finger, as if to find the person in the bustling crowd Come.

It's just that when all the dishes were served, he still didn't find the person he wanted to see, he sighed lightly, he was too hasty, anyway, he has already arrived at Baidi, so there is no need to worry, he will never let that person leave him again in this life .

The waiter in the shop served a total of four dishes, two meat and one vegetable, one soup and one pot of peach blossom wine. They were not expensive dishes, but they were exquisite and had a special taste.Gu Hanzhao poured himself a glass of peach blossom wine. The peach pink wine was poured into the white porcelain cup, as if he could smell the tangy aroma of peach blossom. After he took a sip, the wine was sweet and fruity, not very strong. The stamina is not small.

"This wine is not bad." Seeing that his father praised him highly, Gu Ransheng asked for a glass and drank it.

Seeing his actions, Gu Hanzhao shook his head and chuckled, and pushed a jug of wine in front of him, "Drink it all." Gu Hanzhao was not worried that Gu Ransheng would get drunk, as their capacity for drinking was all practiced at the border. For ordinary people, this wine has a bit of stamina, but for Gu Jiajun who needs to drink spirits to keep warm, this jug of wine is no different from a jug of white water.

"Thank you, Lord!" Gu Ransheng was not polite, and he drank three cups before stopping.If the son and young master of another family encountered such a servant, they would definitely beat him up and set the rules, but Zhenyuanhou's mansion did not.Although Zhenyuanhou's mansion is in the capital, the Gu family has been stationed at the junction of Nanze and Beiyuan all year round.The folk customs here are tough, and even the women are mostly bold, and hunting on horseback is no problem, so the maids serving Lu's side in the Hou's mansion will also do a few tricks, which is quite different from the women in the boudoir who never leave the gate of the south of the Yangtze River.

Besides, the Marquis of Zhenyuan's Mansion has always been headed by warriors, so naturally it doesn't have all the rules of a big family, and there are fewer restrictions on the family. But even without these many constraints, the servants of the Marquis of Zhenyuan's Mansion are also loyal. When he was in exile, Gu Ransheng's loyalty to him was obvious, so he was so reassuring to them in this life.

"Master, what do you think that is?" Gu Ransheng asked with puffy cheeks, pointing at the white sail that had just been erected at the entrance of Chunri Building.I saw a few big characters written on the white sail, and a group of noisy literati gathered under the white sail.

Gu Hanzhao had no interest, and shook his head to indicate that he didn't know. He only frowned in displeasure when more and more people gathered under the sail. The endless stream of people blocked his sight, making it impossible for him to continue searching for that person in the crowd.

"Xiaoer, come!" Gu Ransheng summoned the shop's waiter, pointed to the grand occasion under Chunri's door, and asked, "What are these people doing?"

"The two of you are not locals." The shop clerk smiled and explained the confusion for the two: "Not everyone can go to the Baidi Poetry Review, only those who have received the invitation card of the Poetry Book can participate. There are only a hundred or so invitations in total, and they have already been distributed to famous talents from all over the world."

The waiter in the shop paused, and then said again: "The gifted scholars who didn't have invitations came from all over the world for this feast. For the gifted scholars who come from afar every year, we at Chunrilou specially asked the hosting academy for ten tickets." The invitations are for those talents who are not well-known but have great talents. All the talents show their talents and win with their talents, and as long as they get the post from our Chunri Building, we will prepare a spring banquet for them. There is also the 50-year-old peach blossom wine collected by our boss."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the downstairs and said, "Now all the talented scholars are showing their talents."

After the waiter finished speaking, Gu Ransheng gave him a piece of silver under Gu Hanzhao's gesture, and the waiter got a piece of silver for nothing, thanked him, and went down happily.

"These literati just like this." Gu Ransheng muttered, but he didn't want to move his eyes away, obviously very interested.

"I'll watch it after eating." Gu Hanzhao patted Gu Ransheng on the head, and said helplessly. Gu Ransheng ate even more happily when he saw his father agreeing.