Kaifeng Bistro

Zhuo Zhuo paused for a moment, and then sang loudly: "The jade ax breaks the osmanthus, and the brocade blows the Milky Way..."

Zhuozhuo's singing style is completely different from those "singing softly" girls. Her voice is very penetrating, gorgeous and high-spirited, but it is just as melodious and melodious at the highest point. She just sang two lines, The atmosphere in the tavern immediately changed. Although the scholars in the seat were startled like Tan Zhifeng at first, they seemed to have heard the beauty of the burning song at this time. Some praised softly, while others Get up and clap your hands.

Waiting for her to sing: "The chest is full of rainbow energy, hold the inkstone and call the maid...Three times spend five horses, smile and play ten thousand words, where is there no grace..." Tan Zhifeng heard the scholars whispering: "So this The melody should be sung like Miss Zhuo Zhuo, in order to show the spirit of 'Hong Qi Qian Zhang'!"

After singing, Zhuo Zhuo lifted his skirt and bowed his head gracefully. Lu Yang, Chen Qing and other young people immediately took the lead in applauding. The thunderous applause woke up Tan Zhifeng who was stunned aside, and he hurriedly picked up the broken porcelain bowl Walking into the back kitchen, took a breath, and said to Yi Yi: "This...is also possible?"

Yi Yi looked at Tan Zhifeng's stunned look, and couldn't help laughing: "Why not, isn't Zhuo Zhuo itchy all day long? She saves her strength to mess with you, why not let her sing a song for everyone."

However, Tan Zhifeng had to admit that the appearance of Zhuo Zhuo made the tavern more lively and cheerful.Zhuo Zhuo obviously sang a song that was not satisfying, but she didn't know any other libretto, so those scholars wrote it for her, and let her play it by herself, her singing was heard outside the alley, and those boys waiting outside The attendants and many people from the next street all surrounded the three floors inside and outside the three floors curiously looking in. This situation made Tan Zhifeng a little nervous, and he asked Yi Yi: "There are so many people here, there will be no one." What's the matter?"

Yi Yi didn't answer, but looked excitedly at the gathering of more and more people. Tan Zhifeng was puzzled, and was about to cook, but was suddenly pulled over by Yi Yi: "Hurry up, make a few more pots." Tea, outsiders can’t let them listen to it for nothing, at least they have to charge three dollars.” Yi Yi said with his eyes shining: “Look at these people who came here, if they go to Killing Pig Alley or Sangjiawa Listening to Le Niang singing, at least they have to pay eleven or twelve copper coins!" Tan Zhifeng just wanted to object, but Yi Yi rolled his eyes and taught him: "Tan Zhifeng, do you know how much you have lost for opening a shop these days? Money? If it weren't for the two bags of money that Xu Gan and Bai Yutang threw here, this shop of yours would have been closed long ago! Don't even think about it..."

"Okay, okay! I think, I think." Tan Zhifeng hurriedly turned around and walked to the stove to boil water and make tea. Yiyi's nagging and burning singing made him as restless, and what he needs most now is to have a good time Be quiet and continue to think about things that he hasn't figured out yet.

Tan Zhifeng walked towards the door with cups of ordered tea. When he was approaching the door, he hadn't figured out how to ask everyone to collect money, so he walked more and more slowly.Seeing his bewildered look, Zhou Yanjing stood up with a smile and yelled for him: "Everyone, I have heard that the singing voice of Zhuozhuo girl is unrivaled in Kaifeng city. When I heard it today, it really lingers. Absolutely! Come here..." As he spoke, he took out two big coins and threw them on the wooden plate, picked up a cup of tea and said to the crowd outside, "Everyone, why don't you spend some money and buy a cup of incense from Shopkeeper Tan? Ming, let Zhuozhuo girl sing another song for us!"

The house was already full, and the people outside gave their pockets one after another when they heard this. After a while, the wooden tray was full of money, and everyone took the tea to drink.Even the servants brought by Lu Yang and the others drank tea with great interest and found a place to sit and listen.Someone kept shouting from behind: "Shopkeeper, please have a few more cups of tea, we are all thirsty too."

"Okay, I'll be here right away." Tan Zhifeng thanked Zhou Yanjing, and returned to the back with the heavy wooden tray.Seeing him coming back with a wooden tray of money, Yi Yi showed a smile on his face: "You know that girl Zhuo Zhuo still has this ability, we should have let her support herself, right? Tan Zhifeng..."

Tan Zhifeng had already put down the plate at this time, and continued to boil water to make tea.The meat was still simmering in the pot, and the bones of the soup were stewed, and the strong aroma of the tea paste, together with it, immediately dissipated most of the smell of the uncooked meat.The water was about to boil, but Tan Zhifeng looked outside the house thoughtfully, Zhuo Zhuo had finished singing, the scholars sitting in the room shouted hello one after another, and many people wanted to drink a cup of tea served by Zhuo Zhuo himself, the spectators outside the house Call out from time to time: "Shopkeeper, is the tea ready?"

Tan Zhifeng poured the boiling water into the tea bowl, and kept stirring the tea whisk in his hand, watching pieces of tea foam floating up.With a thought in his heart, he ordered the tea one by one, and beautiful soup flowers appeared in dozens of cups. When the tea soup stopped shaking, he took out the wooden tray and put it on the counter next to Zhuo Zhuo , asked her, "Are you thirsty? Would you like a cup of tea first?"

Zhuo Zhuo was obviously enjoying everyone's praise, and he didn't come back to his senses for a while.She picked up a cup of tea and drank it without looking at it, then said to Tan Zhifeng with a smile: "Look, Zhifeng, I don't think you will have to cook so hard in the future!"

"Rely on you?" Yi Yi also came over from the back kitchen: "The money you earned today is not enough for the food and clothing of the whole family for a day, and besides, you have always been fishing for three days and posting on the net for two days." , shall we just be hungry and full?" He pointed to the big wooden tray and said, "Help Zhifeng and serve tea to everyone!"

Zhuo Zhuo reluctantly rolled Yi Yi's eyes, took another cup of tea and drank it down: "Money is money, money is money, I know money, I'm exhausted, can't I take a break?!"

"Let me help you, Zhifeng." Zhou Yanjing stood up again when he heard the words, Tan Zhifeng was about to refuse, but he said: "You don't need to thank me, I actually want you to do more like last time." There is a dessert called Sanxian Lotus Cake. My daughter likes it very much, but you haven’t made it for a long time, so I’m embarrassed to ask you to make another one for her alone..."

"What's the matter?" Tan Zhifeng said with a smile: "You often take care of my tavern business, I just don't know how to thank you. By the way, I have never met Ling Qianjin. When will I bring her here? He Chang Shang Ling'er, are they playing together?"

"Oh, it will take a few more days until the weather gets warmer." Zhou Yanjing had a soft smile on his face: "They are now living in Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Kaifeng, and I will bring them into the city so that you and Xu Gan also saw them."

As they said that, there was another urging from outside, Tan Zhifeng and Yi Yi hurriedly started serving tea for everyone, and Zhou Yanjing also helped them send out the rest.The sky gradually turned dark, and the alley began to become empty. When the sun set, the people in the house had almost left.

The last ones to leave were Lu Yang, Chen Qing and the others. They were staggering drunk. Luckily, the guards and servants of the Lu family were waiting outside. These attendants helped Lu Yang and his cousins ​​into the carriage. Yang poked his head out from the carriage, and shouted to Tan Zhifeng vaguely: "Huang Jing...then what kind of cakes, shopkeeper Tan, don't forget to make more for us!"

"Understood!" Tan Zhifeng waved to them, seeing their carriage disappear at the entrance of the alley, Zhou Yanjing had already left, and Chen Qing was still leaning over the table, sound asleep.Tan Zhifeng thought for a long time and finally couldn't bear to wake him up, so he let him fall asleep there, and started cleaning the house from the inside out.After more than half an hour, the whole tavern was restored to tidy inside and out.At this moment, Yi Yi came out and pointed at Chen Qing and asked Tan Zhifeng, "What about this guy?"

Tan Zhifeng was anxious to see Xu Gan, and said, "Let's send him back later."

Yi Yi snorted noncommittally.Tan Zhifeng ran to the next door to see that Xu Gan was still lying quietly, showing no sign of waking up.In the darkness, Tan Zhifeng stared at Xu Gan's sleeping profile for a while, and asked softly, "Do you think he will come tonight?"

Xu Gan naturally didn't answer, Tan Zhifeng sighed softly, walked to the corner, looked at the huge wooden box where the Kunwu sword was placed, then turned and walked away.

When he returned to the tavern, Yi Yi was holding a cold towel and slapping it on Chen Qing's head, and at the same time said coldly: "Mr. Chen, wake up!"

Chen Qing opened his eyes in a daze, and found that everyone had left, so he simply grabbed the towel and wiped his face, and said to Tan Zhifeng who had just come out from the next door: "Excuse me, excuse me... Zhifeng, please help me back, Can you go back to the next door?"

"I'll help you." Yi Yi dragged him up from the chair, and dragged him towards the door.Who knew that before they got to the door, someone hurriedly pushed the half-open door open. Yi Yi and Chen Qing were startled, and when they looked closely, the person walking in turned out to be someone they hadn't seen for a long time. Bai Yutang.

"You...?" Yi Yi took a step back in doubt.But Bai Yutang walked around them and walked in front of Tan Zhifeng, and whispered to him, "Someone is missing."

"It's Lu Yang and the others?" To Bai Yutang's surprise, Tan Zhifeng seemed calm.As if he already knew this would happen: "He and his cousins ​​haven't come home yet."

"Zhifeng, how do you know?" Bai Yutang's usual suave and unrestrained expression was completely missing, his brows were tightly frowned, and he looked worried.He continued: "Do you know that among those people are Lu Xianggong's grandsons. They just passed the imperial examination today, and the last time they appeared in everyone's sight... It was in your tavern. Now they The whereabouts of several people are unknown, it is... Zhan Zhao asked me to come to you to report a letter, maybe someone from Kaifeng Mansion will ask you and Yi Yi to question you, you have to be prepared in your heart."

"No, I want to stay here." Tan Zhifeng shook his head: "And...the other party will propose conditions soon. Lu Yang and the others should be in no danger."

"No danger?" Bai Yutang frowned again, "Why are you so sure."

"I think... I know where they are locked up..." Tan Zhifeng looked at Bai Yutang firmly, and said to him word by word.