In the days when I was forced to become a Feng Shui master

The next day, Yu Ning woke up very early in the morning, and asked Fu Rong to dress him neatly, even the fake hair was combed again to put it on neatly and beautifully, and Yu Ning even picked out a wishful pattern dress himself. The wooden hairpin is attached to the hairpin.

This mood is exactly the same as when the teacher explained the spring outing when I was a child, so I couldn't sleep at night and woke up early during the day.

The three of them had a tacit understanding and ate some porridge at will, and they went to Yu Qingzhai together.When we arrived at Yuqingzhai, there were no people queuing up at the entrance of Yuxiangzhai opposite because there was no signature Hibiscus Cake, but there were still a lot of customers, and it was very lively with people coming and going.

Yu Ning took Mr. Mei and the others to the window seat on the second floor of Yu Qingzhai. Zhang Fenglai put the newly made pastries on the table. The freshly baked pastries were naturally much more delicious than the cold ones brought back by Yuning. Even Gu Guoshi He gave a couple of compliments very appreciatively.Gu Guoshi eats very elegantly, today he is wearing a pure black blouse embroidered with gold thread, there are so many pastries and cakes, none of the crumbs get on the black silk fabric.

Seeing Mr. Gu Guoshi's rare good appetite, Yu Ning quietly said to Mr. Mei: "Master, I think that if Yu Qingzhai can't open this shopkeeper, he can still come to our house to be a white case master. There is still a seventh-rank official at the gate of the prime minister." ,Why is the national teacher similar to the prime minister? In this way, the chef of the national teacher's family may be higher than the seventh grade."

Master Gu was not angry when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Since Ah Yu thinks highly of me so much, if you can't inherit Ah Ruo's mantle in the future, you can come to my teacher's residence as an accountant, and then I will beg for you in the Ministry of Households." How about a junior official of the sixth rank?"

Yu Ning originally wanted to be very happy and nodded in agreement with "Okay, okay", but out of the corner of his eyes, he caught sight of the master whose expression was starting to look a little bit wrong, and quickly shook his head, and said very righteously: "Master, don't say that, I will be the master in the future." If you want to inherit the mantle of the master, even if your qualifications are shallow and you can't get the true biography of the master, you will definitely not be some kind of accountant!" He glanced at Mr. Mei again, and added: "You are just giving me some kind of chief personal service You and I don't do it either!"

——His job is a small owner of a grocery store. According to this era, he is called a boss, and there is nothing wrong with him.

Gu Guoshi glanced at him sideways: "The chief stewards who serve me personally are all castrated."

"Ah?" Yu Ning was stunned for a moment. To be honest, he didn't see any little servants and book boys serving Gu Guoshi personally. It was always served by a few maidservants in green clothes.He always thought it was because Gu Guoshi was a homosexual, so in order to avoid Mr. Mei being jealous, there were no creatures of the same sex to serve him personally - even the parrot under the corridor was only female.Actually, counting carefully, Mr. Mei doesn’t have any servants of the same sex around him. His two servants are Axi and Achang. Axi is in charge of internal affairs and serves Mr. Mei personally.

Yu Ning touched his chin, thinking about it, he couldn't blame Gu Guoshi's behavior and eyes when he first met him, as if the old vinegar had been accidentally smashed by a hoe, so sour that he didn't hide it at all.Even if Mr. Mei explained that Yu Ning was his apprentice, after living with him for a few days, Gu Guoshi saw that he was close to Mr. Mei but not close to Mr. Mei, and his attitude improved.

Alas.

Thinking of this, Yu Ning couldn't control his eyes and unconsciously aimed at Guanshi Wang and others standing next to him. Guanshi Wang noticed Yu Ning's eyes, bowed his body and explained in a low voice: "The slaves and others are foreign affairs managers. The personal servants of your lord have always been housekeepers... Your lord came here this time with a light car, only a few maids, and the housekeepers stayed in Chang'an to take care of the house."

I see.Yu Ning looked at Gu Guoshi, who brought a hundred or so people with him when he went out casually, and he also called it "light car and simple travel", and he had a new understanding of the evil privileged class in this dynasty.

After listening to Yu Ning's answer, Mr. Mei was satisfied with Shi Shiran's bowing his head and drinking tea. After the three of them were full, Gu Guoshi walked around Yu Qingzhai like a stroller, and shook his head, indicating that there was no problem. , and also grabbed Yuning with great interest to look at it, Yuning had already looked at it yesterday, and there was really nothing here that made him feel uncomfortable.

It's just that the gossip mirror hanging at the entrance of Yu Xiangzhai on the opposite side sometimes makes him feel a little dazzling.

Seeing Gu Guoshi shaking his head, Zhang Fenglai's eyes turned red almost instantly, and he murmured: "... Is it true that my skills are inferior to others?"

As if Gu Guoshi hadn't heard of it, Sri slowly grabbed Mr. Mei's hand under his sleeve and said, "Ah Ruo, let's go to the other side to see?"

"Let's go." Mr. Mei agreed.

A group of people entered Yu Xiangzhai again.Yu Xiangzhai's servant naturally still remembers Yuning, who was a rich customer who had a lot of snacks yesterday, and seeing his grand presence today, he is not standing in the main seat, the two people in the main seat can tell at a glance. The young master's elders behaved so well that ordinary people would not dare to pant in front of others. The servant quickly and courteously led them in. He wanted to lead them up to the second floor, but Gu Guoshi refused. He chose a seat at random.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly ordered people to invite all the guests on the first floor out, and temporarily closed the business, only entertaining them.

For such a knowledgeable and interesting store, Gu Guoshi would not hesitate to give a "reward" in normal times, but they are here today to find fault, and rewards are useless.

The shopkeeper came up in person, and said with a smile on his face: "Guests, what do you want to use? The hibiscus cakes in our store are really unique. The master Gao who made the hibiscus cakes happened to be in the shop today. If you want to use it, please ask Master Gao to do it."

"Pick up some signs." Gu Guoshi and Mr. Mei didn't bother to pay attention to it. Yu Ning naturally had something to do, so he ordered a few pastries and a pot of Biluochun, because he had already used a lot in Yu Qingzhai before. Little, I also know that Mr. Mei and the others can't eat anything.

"Hey, yes, I'll go now, little one." The shopkeeper winked at the boy who was waiting behind, and soon the pastries came up like flowing water. The shopkeeper wanted to get close and say something, but Stopped five feet away by the maidservant in Tsing Yi, she had no choice but to say: "Your guest, take time, if you have something to say, the younger ones will come."

Yuning took a silver dime of one tael from his sleeve pocket and threw it to the other party: "Go down, I'll reward you."

"Thank you, young master——!" The shopkeeper accepted the reward, and his smile became more sincere, and he hid in the corner of the wall and stood there, waiting for the orders of these distinguished guests.Gu Guoshi didn't move his chopsticks, but just touched his lips with the tea: "The tea is not bad."

"Biluochun before the rain, it's a bloodbath." Mr. Mei also took a sip and nodded.The Biluochun before the rain is the most tender and fragrant, the quality is the highest, and the price is also the most expensive. The best Biluochun before the rain can only cost a few hundred taels of silver. Although Yu Xiangzhai is not that expensive, it still costs a dozen taels of silver Yes, such a cup is almost worth the price of a table of dim sum.

Yu Ning was so overwhelmed by eating in Yu Qingzhai that he couldn't drink any more tea, so he held his chin and fiddled with the tea leaves in the cup with the tea cover: "The best show is yet to come... When we enter Yu Qingzhai, they should I saw it."

After hearing this, Mr. Gu praised him: "Ah Yu is as careful as a hair."

Mr. Mei nodded, acquiescing to the compliment.

After a while, a man in his thirties, wearing an apron, walked over holding a blue porcelain plate after the rain. Inside were four light pink hibiscus cakes and pink peaches on a green plate. In the artistic conception of early spring, he should be Yu Xiangzhai's master Gao Shifu—that is, Zhang Fenglai's enemy and former junior brother.

Yu Ning signaled the maidservant in Tsing Yi to let him come over, and the other party bowed and carefully placed the hibiscus cake on the table, cupped his hands and said, "Gao Ming came to see some distinguished guests."

"You are Chef Gao?" Yu Ning asked.

"Exactly." The other party raised his head, with a respectful but not restrained expression, he showed a bitter smile: "This gentleman knows the little one...I'm afraid Senior Brother Zhang has already talked about the things between us, right? A few distinguished guests, would you like to know my story?"

Yu Ning glanced at Gu Guoshi and Mr. Mei, seeing that they had no intention of objecting, he said, "Why don't you tell me?"

Immediately afterwards, Gao Minglai told a story roughly similar to Zhang Fenglai's. He first mentioned a little bit about his father's entrepreneurial journey at the beginning, and then talked about the hard work and hard work among several seniors, and some interesting things. In the end, the situation took a turn for the worse. Said that Zhang Fenglai robbed the shop and kicked him out, but he didn't manage Yu Qing Zhai well, so he had no choice but to establish Yu Xiang Zhai, so as to save his father's life's hard work in vain.

Not to mention other things, the art of speaking is much more superb than Zhang Fenglai.His story has plots, emotions, and reversals. If you take it directly to the teahouse and tell the storytellers according to the script, you will win a lot of prizes. He is the parent-son of the previous generation of master Gao. Of course, ordinary people believe that he is his own son. It's not the adopted apprentice who believed in Zhang Feng!If Gao Minglai went directly to Weibo to fight public opinion wars with Zhang Fenglai in modern times, Zhang Fenglai might lose so much that he could go out of business for [-] times, and maybe he would be able to mention hot searches and be violent enough to cry and commit suicide in depression.

"I really didn't expect Senior Brother Zhang to be such a person. It's a pity that my father trained him for decades and treated him as if he was his own..." Gao Minglai said sadly.

Mr. Mei suddenly asked: "Yu Xiangzhai's business is good? It's very big."

Although Gao Minglai didn't know why Mr. Mei asked such a question, he still replied very respectfully: "Thanks to the folks who appreciate it, Yu Xiangzhai also sold the shop behind it as a warehouse."

Gu Guoshi nodded after listening, and suddenly said: "The gossip mirror at your door is well placed."

"The secret passage in the middle of your Yu Xiangzhai is also very good. There should be such a secret passage in the warehouse, right?" Gu Guoshi slowly patted his palms with the jade fan, and his eyes moved to the threshold of the gate. Yu Ning followed his path. Looking around, I didn't find anything wrong.Then I heard Gu Guoshi continue to say: "This round of cup bow and snake shadow is well done, who set it up for you?"

"What do you mean?" Gao Ming paused, "I don't know what you mean."

Gu Guoshi patted the back of Yu Ning's hand with the jade fan, and ignored Gao Minglai: "Go and see, see if you can see anything."

A layer of goosebumps suddenly exploded on Yuning's back. He looked at Gu Guoshi's gaze that seemed to mean something, knowing that the Guoshi was determined to accept him as a disciple, so he quickly shook his head and said, "How do I know this..."

"Go if you are told." Mr. Mei said flatly.

Mr. Mei spoke, Yu Ning had no choice but to bite the bullet and go.

"This shop has a secret recipe, so it's inconvenient to walk around at will, sir..." Gao Minglai wanted to stop him, but was easily restrained by the maidservants in Tsing Yi on both sides and dragged to the side to kneel, he could only watch Yuning walking around.

Yu Ning stood up, walked to the back of the shopkeeper's counter, opened the curtain and saw that there was a passage at the other end, the passage was very narrow, only for one person to pass through, and there were no lights or skylights around, so it was very dark.He looked inward, and the darker it was, the darker it was. Apparently, this passage was not too short. He walked a few steps inward, only to find that this secret passage was actually tortuous, roughly forming an S shape. From both ends, the light can't get in at all.

This kind of secret passage is usually set up in big restaurants to prevent all kinds of miscellaneous servants from appearing in front of the guests and disturbing the guests. For example, the secret passage in the previous Huanxi Building is used to pass dishes and let guests or flower girls avoid , the general entrance is set very remote, and it is very magical to set it in the middle like this.

Yu Ning replied: "There is indeed a snake-shaped secret passage."

"Look again, what else is there?" Gu Guoshi said.

Yuning ran to the door to look at the gossip mirror again, the gossip mirror is very rough, with slightly rusted edges, it seems that it has been hanging here for a long time.He took off the gossip mirror, and the moment he took it off, he seemed to hear a very weak blasting sound, but he didn't pay attention to it. Looking at the gossip mirror, he discovered the difference!

An ordinary gossip mirror has gossip on one side and a bronze mirror in the middle, but after he turned the gossip mirror over, he found that the copper bottom behind the gossip mirror was hollowed out in the shape of a snake, and even the wall behind the gossip mirror Such a hollow place, but the back of the gossip mirror is painted brown and black, and it is attached to the wall. There are many decorations on the snake-shaped hollow of the wall, and there is nothing to be seen at first glance. Come.

He looked along the vertical direction of the wall where the gossip mirror was hung, and it happened to correspond to the secret passage!It seems that Gu Guoshi's so-called "cup bow snake shadow" is to compare the secret passage to a bow, and then project the snake shadow on the opposite side of Yu Qingzhai through the gossip mirror, which makes the opposite customer feel uncomfortable when buying Yu Qingzhai's dim sum.

He originally held the gossip mirror and wanted to ask Mr. Mei for credit, and asked Gu Guoshi if it was like this, but seeing Gu Guoshi looking at him with a funny look, he held the bronze mirror a little awkwardly and asked, "What's the matter? Master why?" looking at me like that?"

Gu Guoshi shook his head amusedly: "...it's nothing." He stood up and said, "Okay, we can go."

"...Don't look anymore?" Yu Ning asked.

"The array is already broken, so what are you looking for?" Gu Guoshi: "I only promised Zhang Feng to come and give him justice, but now that I have, why don't you leave?"

Yu Ning looked at the bronze mirror in his hand in embarrassment, whether he was putting it away or throwing it away, he had no choice but to signal the maidservant in Qingyi to let Gao Minglai go, and put the bronze mirror in his hand: "This... from your store, you put it away .” He returned the things, and hurriedly followed Gu Guoshi and Mr. Mei.

Zhang Minglai held the bronze mirror, his eyes were full of disbelief.Since the gentleman put it on, no one can take it down again. The gentleman said that as long as he doesn't meet a fellow master, there will be no problems at all, unless God doesn't help him!

While walking, Mr. Gu said to Yu Ning: "Next time, don't get started so rashly. You can crack other people's Feng Shui patterns at will, and be careful not to be backlashed."

"I……"

Master Gu interrupted him: "Okay, okay, I know you didn't mean it."

"Then we don't care about the rest?"

"It's not so easy to seize the good fortune of the sky. Since you have taken down the gossip mirror, this snake that has been raised for so long is naturally going to make trouble in your own home." Gu Guoshi said softly: "If you don't believe me, turn around have a look?"

At this time they had already walked out of Yu Xiangzhai, and when Yu Ning looked back, he felt chills standing on end - in his eyes, Yu Xiangzhai was shrouded in a cloud of black air, making one feel gloomy and unspeakably uncomfortable.

"So that's how it is..." Yu Ning asked another question: "Then why didn't we feel anything when we entered Yu Qingzhai?"

Gu Guoshi pointed to Jiang Shan: "Then I have to ask Old Chef Gao."