Compete for the Song Dynasty

Everyone beside Wang was chatting and laughing happily, the wooden door of the private room was opened twice, and one person stood at the door and shouted five times and six times to make the group of people keep their voices down.

It seems that the person here is about twenty or so, tall and tall, with a high tone, there are guests in other private rooms in the private room on the third floor, and some stick their heads out when they hear the noise.Xiao Er had already run downstairs to call Cui Fu.Cui Fu, the old shopkeeper, also rushed over at this moment, and when he saw someone standing at the door of Wang's private room yelling at the room, he knew something had happened.

"Guest officer, please calm down. Everyone is here for dinner, please forgive me if you don't entertain well." Cui Fu laughed with him, and now he has to come out to smooth things over, otherwise Wang Pangzhen will slap the table Well, it's a trivial matter for these people to smash their own restaurant, if it is spread that the owner of Jinxiulou's restaurant is a big bully, it will have a bad reputation.

"Xiao Er!~ Go and deliver a pot of tea to the official's table. Everyone comes to eat, unlike our quiet meal at home, please take care of me."

Cui Fu's tone was not harsh, but his words were not soft. What he said was reasonable and restrained.Seeing that Cui Fu's words were decent, Wang Bang saw that it was not a big deal at first, and Cui Fu handled it well, so he signaled to everyone: "Eat~" and took the lead to rinse with sliced ​​meat. [

"Hmph!" As soon as the man turned and walked away, Cui Fu stepped into the room and closed the door of the private room casually.

Lu Shenyan asked: "Shopkeeper Cui, who are the people next door?"

"Instead, there is a man surnamed Xu, who is a frequent visitor of ours. I heard that he has just become an official recently." Cui Fu said, looking outside the door, closing the door and whispering: "I heard that he is an official donated with money. I know you. Today seems to be a treat. Two young gentlemen have been invited. It seems that the two of them are either officials or nobles. I don’t know what their origins are, they are awesome young people these days!"

"The donated official?! It's not uncommon for my son to know such a person." Cai Jing swallowed the food in his mouth, and said.Wang Pang smiled slightly. He has been away for more than a year, and the court has changed a lot. He doesn't know many officials in the capital, let alone newly donated officials.

"Master, you eat first, and I'll go outside..." Cui Fu said and turned to leave.

Wang Pang saw that Cui Fu had been busy going in and out for a long time, and it was hard work: "Cui shopkeeper, you have been working so hard, let me toast you a glass of wine." He picked up the wine glass and poured Cui Fu a glass of wine.

"Oh, look at this." Cui Fu watched Wang Pang toast, and happily wiped his hands on his body, as if afraid of dirtying the glass with his hands.Cui Fu took the wine glass and drank it down. After drinking, he wiped his mouth with his sleeve: "I've been honored by the young master. If there is no young master, I would not have this restaurant. I eat fresh food every day. Today, the young master still respects me." A glass of wine, I don't know which life I have accumulated blessings. This is really delicious for everyone, and I am very happy in my heart."

"Haha!" Seeing Cui Fu's excited look, the people at the table couldn't help laughing again.

The room here is still lively, but in the private room next door, I suddenly heard laughter from the room next to the king, the sound covered the singer Yingying's singing, and the conversation in the room, which was originally not loud, stopped. .

There are currently three people in this room, and the one sitting in the middle is a young man in his 20s. He frowned and looked at the other young man, and muttered, "How do you find such a noisy place?"

A middle-aged man beside him hurriedly said with a smile: "This is the hottest place in the capital now, and I booked a single room a few days in advance, but I didn't expect it to be so noisy here."

These three middle-aged people are the regular customers surnamed Chen that Cui Fu said, and their name is Chen Liang.These two teenagers also have backgrounds. The one sitting in the middle is called Gao Gonghui, although he is in his 20s. Although he is young, he has an official position.There is no way to be born, this person is the nephew of the current Empress Zhenggong Gao.

The one younger than Gao Gonghui who accompanied Gao Gonghui was a celebrity in front of Yingzong. Although his official position was not high, he did a few good things for Yingzong Zhao Shu.This person is Qin Minxue. Not long after, his elder brother was deposed because of his personal greed for coal, but this did not affect Qin Minxue's position in front of Yingzong.Now he is also proud of the spring breeze, and has made friends with many people in the officialdom. The one who makes him feel that he can work together the most is Gao Gonghui, the county king.

Seeing Gao Gonghui frowning, Qin Minxue glared at the servant standing at the door: "You can't do this well!" Although he was talking about the servant, Master Chen was very shocked.

"There's a kid inside, saying that this restaurant belongs to him. Or? I'll warn them again!" The servant-like villain muttered, looking at Qin Minxue with lowered eyebrows.

"Yo? Is Wang Shilang here?" Mr. Chen muttered to himself when he heard what the servant said, and seeing that both Qin Minxue and Gao Gonghui were unhappy, he stood up and said, "You two first, I'll go have a look."

Chen Liang went out of the room, turned to the next door and peeked in through the crack of the door, and saw Wang Pang holding a wine glass talking and laughing with everyone, who else could it be if it wasn't Wang Pang?He listened to a few words at the door, turned around and went back to his private room and said with a little regret: "It's really Wang Shilang who is here. I think it's unlucky to come today. They seem to say something about leaving the capital."

"Wang Shilang? Which Wang Shilang?" Qin Minxue raised his brows, rolled his eyes up and down, and asked Mr. Chen unceremoniously.

Master Chen really didn't like Qin Minxue from the bottom of his heart, he was not too young and put on airs. Although Qin Minxue's official position was just Secretary Cheng, this position is now equivalent to Cong Qipin, who is mainly in charge of anthology.But the official rank crushes people to death, and this kid makes friends with all princes and nobles, and he can meet the Emperor Yingzong.Don't look at the age of the official position now, maybe in a few years, you might get a third or fourth rank.Don't you think that Wang Pang was also young at that time, and he was promoted like a dance?Moreover, Qin Min's new favorite was called Qin Cheng, and he couldn't tell whether it was the prime minister or the secretary Cheng, so he didn't know why he was so happy when he heard it. [

"Qin Cheng, this restaurant is owned by Wang's servant Wang. Back then, the word "Jinxiulou" was a signboard bestowed by Emperor Renzong himself. It was also the first restaurant in the capital to use coal fire to fry dishes. Now it is the only one with this hot pot. Didn't I want the two of you to try something new, take a look, or I'll ask the shopkeeper to see if there is another room and we can change it."

"Forget it, forget it!" Gao Gonghui waved his hand, although his expression was still a little impatient: "This food is really fresh, anyway, I have finished what I want to say, Master Chen is about to go to Gaoyou, so let's get some qualifications first. Just wait a while and find another opportunity to transfer back to the capital."

Chen Liang hurriedly thanked Gao Gonghui again, but Qin Minxue frowned: "Why is it him again?!"

Gao Gonghui hummed: "Forget it, I heard that he and Zhongzhen have a very good relationship."

"What are you afraid of?! He probably knows that it's time for Emperor Renzong to be inferior to him. It would be a good thing for him to resign." Qin Minxue remembered that outside Baozhou City, Wang Pang's men had startled his horse, and he had to He hugged the startled horse's neck and was carried by the horse for a long distance, almost falling to his death. The more he thought about it, the more he wanted to find a chance to repair Wang Pang.

"Hey, haven't you heard of Qin Cheng? A skinny camel is bigger than a horse! Although Wang Pang is no longer an official, isn't he going back to Jinxiang Mansion? Besides, I heard that this kid has always acted unreasonably. Cheng better not provoke him."

"Hmph!" Qin Minxue gritted his teeth twice: "You probably don't know yet, do you?" He said, looking back at the singing girls in the room and the servant standing at the table by the door: "You guys Back off first."

Seeing these people leave the room, Qin Minxue said in a low voice: "Master Chen just said that Wang Pang is going out? Let me tell you, where is he going? I know what he is going to do!"

Although Gao Gonghui is the king of the county, it is because of his relationship with the emperor that the post of the king of the county is empty. He is not as well-informed as Qin Minxue when it comes to news. The officer went to one place.Now hearing what Qin Minxue said, he looked at Qin Minxue curiously: "Tell me, it seems that you know something?"

"Your Majesty, you forgot, I am Secretary Cheng?! In short, Wang Pang is going to be in trouble this time."

"Oh? Qin Cheng, come and drink." This Chen Liang is also a master who loves to listen to gossip. Seeing Qin Min learn how to tell a joke, he poured wine for him attentively. Gossip is second. , I am concerned about the transfer of imperial officials or everyone, and I want to know how much Taoism Qin Min has learned and what kind of inside story he can know.

"I said, you have to keep it secret."

"That's it, that's it!" Gao Gonghui was still sitting between Chen Liang and Qin Minxue, and Chen Liang was almost lying on the table, listening with his ears open.

"The king is going south, to Guangnan."

"so far?"

"Do you know what he's doing? To find a chapter that's missing from a book in the library."

Gao Gonghui and Chen Liang looked at each other, "What book? So important?"

Qin Minxue chuckled: "Books are still important, but it's even more important to lose chapters in them. The most important thing is that the king can't find it!"

"Why is this? Why did he find a book chapter that he couldn't find?"

"The fate of the emperor is hard to do. It's okay if you can't find it. If you find it, the king will be punished with death. Humph" Qin Minxue sneered, I will take revenge for the startled horse.

"How to find it is a capital offense?" The more Chen Liang heard it, the more confused he became, and he couldn't help feeling a little cold in his heart, but seeing Qin Minxue like that, the more mysterious he was, the more he wanted to know.

"I can't say specifically, anyway, if he can't find the scroll, he can't do business with the prime minister; but if he can find the scroll, it's a crime of deceiving the emperor. Hahaha, because there is no scroll in the first place? "Qin Minxue laughed. [

Qin Minxue was complacent about himself, but Chen Liang felt chills running down his spine. He just became a ninth-rank official and saw that the officialdom was like this. Being with the king is like being with a tiger. Even the emperor's will has such a big conspiracy behind it.If you go to Gaoyou, you'd better stay in that good place known as the land of fish and rice. There are only two ways to let yourself go back to the capital to face people like Qin Minxue.