Kaifeng Bistro

Zhuo Zhuo smelled the strong aroma of the wine, his eyes lit up, and he hurried to the back to get the wine glass.Yiyi and Changshang had put together several small tables long ago to form a long table, on which sat Chen Qing's classmates and friends from Taixue and Guangwen Museum, Zhou Yanjing, Lu Yang, and Li Weiming.Behind Li Weiming stood a delicate and slim girl, it was Shuanglian.

On the other side are the guards of Zhan Zhao and Kaifeng Mansion, Chao Chao and others.There are also two civil servants under Mr. Bao.They were ordered by Lord Bao to thank Xu Gan and Tan Zhifeng for their assistance in solving the case in Kaifeng Mansion.

The civil servants chatted happily with several students, and Wang Chao and others had already become familiar with Tan Zhifeng and Yi Yi, and they sat down carelessly as soon as they came in, chatting and laughing while eating all kinds of dried fruits and snacks served by Zhuo Zhuo .

Now when Zhou Yanjing took out the jug of good wine, everyone's eyes widened.Zhao Hu sniffed impatiently: "Master Zhan, this is much better than the wine in Qingfeng Building we often go to! Shopkeeper Tan, why isn't the wine cup ready yet?"

"Here we come!" Zhuo Zhuo was holding a large plate with a big porcelain pot on it, filled with boiling water, and the small wine cups were soaked in it: "Hurry up, hurry up, what's the rush, I don't know if you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry?! In winter, the wine cup has to be hot, and the wine has to be hot to drink!"

When Zhao Hu saw the pretty Zhuo Zhuo, his cheeks flushed, and he sat down obediently.Zhuo Zhuo scalded the wine on the back of his head, and the aroma became more intense.Zhao Hu couldn't bear it anymore, he didn't dare to provoke Zhuo Zhuo, so he ran to the back kitchen and poked his head to ask Tan Zhifeng who was busy inside, "Tan shopkeeper, what shall we eat today?"

"Boiled mutton." Tan Zhifeng pointed to a large pile of cut meat and said with a smile: "How about it, is there enough for Brother Zhao?"

"Go out and wait." Zhao Hu was full of excitement, and he wanted to ask again, but Xu Gan, who was helping Tan Zhifeng slice the meat, said, "If you want to eat earlier, don't come here to make trouble."

"Okay, okay, it's ready!" Tan Zhifeng counted the number of people, and put dozens of shallow small dishes filled with different sauces on the big wooden plate: "Where did Zhuo Zhuo go? Zhuo Zhuo, take out the dipping sauce Bar!"

"Strange, why didn't Chen Qing come?" After looking outside again, Tan Zhifeng said to himself: "And Xu Gan, where did they all go..."

"Yo! It's delicious!" Zhao Hu picked up a plate and dipped his finger in the sesame sauce, and put it into his mouth, he ate the whole plate of dipping sauce in a short while, causing everyone outside to burst into laughter.

In order to save his dipping sauce, Tan Zhifeng had no choice but to pick up the big wooden tray and walk out.Just as I was about to put the dishes outside, I suddenly heard the sound of the cotton curtain, and a clear voice said from outside: "Amitabha, the poor monk came uninvited, shopkeeper Tan, you won't be offended."

"The one who should have come didn't come, but the one who shouldn't have come has come." Yi Yi's cold and slightly teasing voice sounded in Tan Zhifeng's ear, making Tan Zhifeng stunned for a moment.He looked up, and the curtain was lifted, and it turned out to be the "high monk" who appeared on the winter solstice, Wen Hui, who came in.

Looking closely, this Wen Hui is young, about twenty years old, with phoenix eyes and thin lips, a tear mole under his eyes, and cinnabar between his eyebrows, and his every move is extraordinarily chic.He looked at the crowd with a smile in his eyes, put his hands together, and bowed. All the people seemed to respect him very much, and they all hurriedly got up to return the salute, saying: "I have met Master Wen Hui."

After saluting, Zhan Zhao bowed again: "Thank you, master, for treating my wound." Shuang Lian also gave a deep blessing.Tan Zhifeng remembered that when he asked Li Weiming about the poison in Shuanglian, Li Weiming told him that Master Wenhui had already detoxified Shuanglian.Wen Hui has such a great ability at a young age, but Tan Zhifeng can't see his details at all, so he can't help but feel a little more awe of him.

Why did Wen Hui visit his tavern?Tan Zhifeng stared nervously at the elegant figure, only to see Wen Hui enter the room lightly, strange to say, before he entered the room, the room was still a bit chilly, as soon as he entered, it seemed as if a charcoal stove had been lit, and the surrounding Instantly became much warmer.

"It's a trivial matter, why do the guards worry about it?" Wen Hui smiled and tossed the blue monk robe, and found an empty seat to sit calmly, but Tan Zhifeng was a little uneasy, and asked: "Wen Hui...Master, today The shop doesn't prepare vegetarian dishes, so I don't know what you... what do you want to eat?"

"You don't have to worry about preparing alone." Wen Hui looked up at Tan Zhifeng and smiled slightly, with a gleam of light shining from the corners of his upturned eyes.Tan Zhifeng always felt that there was a look in Wen Hui's eyes, but it didn't seem to be malicious.He still felt a little strange, wanted to test it out, but felt that it was better not to be too fussy, so he agreed and ran to the back to continue preparations.

Tan Zhifeng collected his thoughts and began to add charcoal to the middle of the three big copper tripods.This kind of copper tripod is not something that can be found in his dilapidated foot shop that has just opened for a month. He asked Zhan Zhao to borrow it from Fanlou, which is known as the first of the 72 official shops in Kaifeng City.Although the copper tripod is good, it is not as good as the copper pot used for mutton boiled in later generations. There is a charcoal fire in the middle, which can better heat the soup.

Despite this, Tan Zhifeng still tried to make everyone satisfied with the hot-boiled mutton.He spent a lot of money and asked Yi Yi to buy him the freshest mutton in the market, and repeatedly told Yi Yi: "Remember, only the tail, the back of the neck, the tip of the buttocks, and the inner legs of the lamb are the best." These few parts, the rest are not."

Yi Yi sneered at this: "Hmph, a poor and fastidious person will never live a rich life!" However, even so, he dutifully bought back all the meat that Tan Zhifeng wanted.There were a lot of people coming back, Wang Chao Mahan was tall and strong, and several scholars also had a lot of food. Yi Yi went there twice, and each time he brought back more than 20 catties of meat.

Seeing that the people outside were waiting anxiously, Tan Zhifeng brought out a large plate of mutton first.The slices of meat were very thin, with beautiful red and white patterns like marble.Tan Zhifeng stood by the table and introduced: "This is called 'Sheep Shangnaoer'. It is the meat from the back of the sheep. It's ready to melt. Let's try it and see if it suits your taste?"

"Oh! There are so many things to pay attention to when eating meat. Even if you cut it into big pieces and serve it to us, shopkeeper Tan, we will still eat it all for you!" Zhang Long and Zhao Hu said with a smile, and started to put it into the copper cauldron in front of them. Lost meat.

Tan Zhifeng smiled, and continued to carry out the meat. The two civil servants listened with great interest, and asked, "What about this plate? Does it look fatter? Do you have any explanation?"

"Yes." Tan Zhifeng replied: "This is the meat on the tip of the sheep's buttocks, commonly known as the 'big three-fork'. 'Sheep with brains' is more chewy."

Everyone nodded, Zhou Yanjing said: "Indeed! To eat meat, it needs to be a little bit chewy, and it will turn into oil in your mouth, and it will inevitably be too greasy."

Seeing Tan Zhifeng walking back again, everyone stretched their necks in wonder: "Why, is there another kind?"

"That's right." Tan Zhifeng smiled and nodded.At this time, Zhuo Zhuo came over with two big plates and a smile on his face.Tan Zhifeng took it in his hand, and put down a plate on both sides of the long table: "This kind is the two pieces of meat that are under the tip of the buttocks and the inner side of the lamb's hind legs. This meat is cut neatly like cucumber strips, but once it's cut Only two pieces can be cut from a sheep. Rare is the most expensive thing. The rare thing about this kind of meat is that it is not only tender, but also crispy and refreshing. Some people say that when eating lamb, the two The meat from the cucumber slices is the best."

Changshang and Ling'er sat next to Zhan Zhao and listened with interest, and Changshang's saliva trickled down unconsciously.Tan Zhifeng hurried over to wipe it for him, and then told him and Ling'er: "Eat some meat first, don't eat too much, I cooked noodles with sheep tail soup for you, oh yes, and frozen tofu, later You two can try it too."

After everything was arranged properly, Tan Zhifeng could finally take a breath. He walked to the door, lifted the curtain and looked outside again. For some reason, the peaceful night sky seemed dark and cold to him, which was extraordinarily frightening and elusive. .

The moment he was about to turn around and go back to the house, he suddenly heard a strange sound, like the hissing sound of a firecracker after lighting the fuse. He looked into the distance in horror, and saw the sky in the northeast , a familiar thick smoke rose.

This time, without Xu Gan standing in front of him, Tan Zhifeng stared at him seriously with wide eyes. To most people, this sound was just the sound of someone setting off fireworks, which is not uncommon when the New Year is approaching.But Tan Zhifeng vaguely discerned a strange handwriting in the gradually dissipating thick smoke.

The rising smoke gradually gathered, and the sky in the northeast direction brightened up inexplicably. The smoke obviously no longer scattered around randomly, but seemed to be blown by a wind from nowhere. Floating slowly in the air.

"Xia... Xia!" Tan Zhifeng was stunned.The rising gray-white smoke clearly turned into the word "Xia" in the bright sky. Two snakes, no, a two-headed snake lying coiled underneath, although it is not clear, the whole picture Scary and weird, Tan Zhifeng felt that the cold air from the whole street had penetrated into his body, and his whole body was frozen stiff.

"Brother Zhifeng, why don't you come in?" Changshang called him from behind.

Tan Zhifeng collected himself, put down the curtain after a long time, and walked slowly to the table.Looking at the happily chatting and laughing people sitting around the table, he didn't know how to speak.It seems that this kind of thing happened more than once, and the people in the room just now should not have noticed.They were so excited, all with smiles on their faces, Tan Zhifeng thought, no, he didn't want to spoil their fun by opening his mouth at this time.

He anxiously cast his eyes on the door again, where did Xu Gan go?Why hasn't he come back yet?