Dragon Pattern Roll Set

In the early morning of the next day, everyone woke up to the crisp sound of birdsong. All the people from Kaifeng Mansion came back, and many guests came, so it was extremely lively for a while.

Especially Tianzun, Yinhou, etc. are old people who like to get up early and take the fourth son and Xiao Liang to do morning exercises.

In the yard, there was the laughter of the maids teasing the fourth son.

Zhan Zhao stretched under the quilt, opened his eyes and rubbed his neck...so full of sleep!

Pulling down a little bit of the quilt, Zhan Zhao couldn't see far away, Bai Yutang on the bed in the opposite corner of the room, inexplicably felt... a taste of dates in his mouth.

Bai Yutang also woke up, lying on the bed, looking at the top of the bed, not knowing what he was thinking, the morning light came in from the window above him, and shone on his side, Zhan Zhao hid under the quilt and said "tsk tsk" twice, the fairy came down to earth like...

While aiming, Bai Yutang suddenly turned to look at him.

Looking at each other, Zhan Zhao immediately felt the taste of dates in his mouth again, didn't he spit it out yesterday?

Bai Yutang saw that Zhan Zhao was wrapped in a quilt, with only a pair of cat eyes exposed, staring at him, like a cat waking up and thinking about something.

Bai Yutang smiled, turned his face, and lay on Zhan Zhao's side, "What do you eat for breakfast?"

Zhan Zhao blinked, and said to himself, anyway, he doesn't eat jujube cake.

Seeing that he was silent, Bai Yutang continued to ask, "Bai Fu told me yesterday that a morning tea shop opened diagonally across from the entrance of Bai Mansion. The porridge is very delicious, and the crystal shrimp dumplings and fish meat siu mai are even better than those in Tai Bai Ju. "

Sure enough, Zhan Zhao's cat eyes lit up.

Bai Yutang asked him with a sideways face, "If you want to eat, you have to get up, and if you don't, you will have lunch."

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes—how could this hero be affected by a breakfast to affect his rare lazy sleep?But when he came back to his senses, he had already got up and changed his clothes.

Bai Yutang looked at the energetic Zhan Zhao, and suddenly had a thought, if he and a cage of siomai fell into the water at the same time, would the cat pick up the siomai first or save him first?

"Change quickly." Seeing that Bai Yutang was still in a daze, Zhan Zhao came over to drag him while wiping his face.

Bai Yutang sat up and stared at Zhan Zhao while changing clothes, thinking about the question just now...Who will this cat save first?

"Hello!" Zhan Zhao had already tidied things up, snapped his fingers in front of Bai Yutang, thinking to himself, why is this person so dumbfounded?

"Ask you a question." Bai Yutang finally decided to ask clearly.

"Hmm..." Zhan Zhao was inexplicably embarrassed.

Bai Yutang wondered, why is Zhan Zhao blushing?Haven't asked yet, can you guess this?

"The weather is nice today..." Zhan Zhao dragged Bai Yutang to go out.

"I haven't put on my shoes yet." Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao while putting on his shoes, "Ask you a question."

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Zhan Zhao said, "Ask...ask."

"I fell into the river with a cage of siomai. Do you pick up the siomai first or save me first?" Bai Yutang asked, feeling that he was out of his mind.

Zhan Zhao blinked, then heaved a sigh of relief, "Ask this..."

"Otherwise what do you think I'm asking?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

"Huh? That's all." Zhan Zhao reached out and patted Bai Yutang's shoulder, "Of course I'll save you first!"

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, but Zhan Zhao didn't struggle at all, which was really unexpected... His mood improved inexplicably.Daxia Bai was overjoyed that he had won a basket of siu mai, and looking back later, it was really funny.

Just when he was happy, Zhan Zhao got a wet handkerchief and wiped Bai Yutang's face, smiling, "Is the cage made of wood? It will float, but you are different. The white mouse is a weight, and it sinks when it touches water, ha."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao who had stretched his waist and went out refreshed, and rubbed the center of his brows -- this cat is lazy, greedy, dumb and dull...

As soon as he stepped out of the room, the fourth son rushed over with a snack, and hugged Zhan Zhao's leg, "Maomao morning."

"Morning, little four." Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand to pick him up, seeing him holding a piece of jujube paste cake, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth—who made this!

"It's so sweet to eat early in the morning." Zhan Zhao pinched the cheeks of the fourth son.

"I'll eat half of it, and leave half for Xiao Liangzi to eat, and then I'll eat two soup dumplings." Sizi said while waving to Bai Yutang who came out from behind, "Bai Bai Zao."

Bai Yutang nodded, reached out to stroke his head, and looked at the jujube cake in his hand.

"Eat?" The fourth son handed the jujube paste cake to Bai Yutang's mouth.

Bai Yutang stared at the jujube cake for a long time, and then heard the fourth son say, "Eat it, the one without pits!"

Bai Yutang looked at the fourth son in embarrassment, Zhan Zhao was surprised—is the fourth son teasing Bai Yutang?The little guy has a pure face, you can't tell.

However, Bai Yutang still accidentally took a bite of the jujube paste cake in the hand of the fourth son, and then hooked his fingers at Zhan Zhao, which meant - to leave.

The fourth son looked at the missing piece of jujube cake, and asked Zhan Zhao curiously, "Doesn't Baibai not like sweet things?"

Just as he was asking, Zhan Zhao took a bite and bit off the other half.

Little Four blinked.

"Yutang and I went out for breakfast, are you going?" Zhan Zhao asked the fourth son, "Shaomai and crystal dumplings."

The fourth son raised his face and thought for a while, "I won't go. In the morning I want to read a book, and Xiao Liangzi wants to practice. In the afternoon, we will go to the theater to listen to an opera with Zunzun, Yin Yin, and aunts."

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows, it turned out that Grandpa Tianzun and the others were going to watch a play today, so he put the fourth son on the ground, rubbed his head, and followed Bai Yutang out.

The fourth son scratched his head, then looked at the jujube paste cake—he had to eat two more soup dumplings!

……

Zhan Zhao chewed the jujube paste cake in his mouth, thinking it was so sweet, who put so much date paste in it!

Bai Mansion is not too far from Kaifeng Mansion. The morning tea house is quite big, newly opened, and the business is booming.

When Bai Yutang entered, a waiter greeted him, "Who are the guests? Do you want porridge or noodles? Shaomai or steamed dumplings?"

Bai Yutang looked behind Zhan Zhao.

"Both of you." Zhan Zhao ran in, and before he could speak, he heard someone shout, "Yo! Master Zhan, honored guest!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang followed their reputation, and saw a middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper came out to welcome him.

Zhan Zhao glanced at it and recognized it, "Oh... no wonder the siu mai is so delicious, so it's Boss Yu's shop!"

Zhan Zhao introduced to Bai Yutang that this middle-aged man is Yu Xiong, who is known as the fish boss, and has a younger brother named Yu Yue. Both brothers are big eaters, and they eat fish very well!The boss is very good at swimming, and there is a fleet dedicated to fishing. The second son is a top-notch cook and can cook all kinds of fish delicacies. His banquet of hundreds of fish has even entered the palace. Northwesterners who eat fish are full of praise.

Bai Yutang really admires Zhan Zhao, not only does he know the cook and the grocery shopper, but he also knows everyone who catches fish. It's really... the highest level of foodie.

"The second child is in the back kitchen?" Zhan Zhao asked curiously, "Is this your business?"

"Yes!" Yu Xiong nodded, and invited the two of them up, "My daughter-in-law just gave birth to a son, and my sister-in-law also has a son, and the birth is coming soon, so the two of us settled in Kaifeng, and the fish were caught by ourselves. , Fresh! The two of us will leave the mountains and leave the sea, and concentrate on this business."

"Congratulations!" Zhan Zhao patted Yu Xiong on the shoulder repeatedly when he heard that it was such a good thing.

Yu Xiong said to the guy, "Go to the kitchen and tell my brother that Mr. Zhan is here, he knows what to do!"

"Okay." The buddy fled away.

Zhan Zhao also introduced Bai Yutang to Yu Xiong, and when Yu Xiong heard that this was the famous Bai Yutang, and it was diagonally across the door, he quickly met him.

Bai Yutang said a few polite words, asking him to call at the opposite door if he needed help or if someone made trouble.

Yu Xiong was naturally overjoyed and served tea himself.

Zhan Zhao and the others sat at a table by the window on the second floor, and while pouring tea, Yu Xiong asked, "Master Zhan, you came just in time, I have something to ask you."

Zhan Zhao was drinking tea, wanting to wash away the taste of jujube paste in his mouth, when he heard Yu Xiong's words, he asked, "What's the matter?"

"Hmm..." Yu Xiong found a chair and sat down, "I first came to settle in Kaifeng, is there any rule in Kaifeng that you are not allowed to go through the north gate early in the morning?"

Bai Yutang frowned slightly, and Zhan Zhao was also taken aback, "Huh? How early is it?"

"About Maoshi, we got up early in the morning tea business. At Maoshi, fresh fish would be brought in from outside the city, and they would be steamed in a basket within an hour before we could open the door for business. But my brothers said that at Maoshi they pushed Yu walked through the north city gate but couldn't get in, saying that the emperor ordered the city gate to be sealed, and some military masters blocked it viciously."

Zhan Zhao wondered, never heard of such an imperial order!There is the largest official road in front of the North City Gate. Shops prefer to go through the North Gate for buying goods, such as stone and wood, knives, firewood, rice, oil and salt. Most of them enter Kaifeng through the North City Gate in the early morning before dawn, so the North Gate is basically not closed... ...Could it be because of the fact that Fang Ba stationed troops before, so the door was closed?

"Did your carriage be stopped by officers and soldiers at the city gate?" Bai Yutang asked.

"That's not true. It's about five miles away from the city gate. There's a fork where you can turn to the west gate." Yu Xiong said helplessly, "If you go through the west gate, you have to go back and forth in two big circles. My brothers pull the gate every morning." It's really inconvenient to run like a fish and run desperately to open in time... I thought Kaifeng had always been like this, but there were a few local businessmen who complained, saying that Fang Ba was unreasonable and made the city gates open. It’s closed, does that mean it can be opened after a while?”

Zhan Zhao frowned and thought for a while, "Isn't this city gate always sealed?"

"No, it opens at dawn, and it will be closed for about an hour." While Yu Xiong was speaking, the waiter had already arrived with a hot breakfast.

"Don't worry, I'll have a bowl of rice, so I'll go inquire about it." Zhan Zhao said.

"That's really Mr. Lao Zhan." Yu Xiong personally brought the porridge and snacks to the table, so he didn't bother Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang to eat, and went down to continue the business.

"Either the entire city gate should be sealed, or else the gates of the city should be sealed separately, so what's the point?" Zhan Zhao said to himself, stuffing a shumai into his mouth, his eyes brightened even more.

"What I think is suspicious is that the soldiers are waiting at the side road. The city gate can't be seen from that side road, and it's closer to turn from the city gate than to walk through the side road." Bai Yutang also ate a siu mai, and thought the taste was really good, so he went again I took a sip of porridge.

But after he said it, he couldn't hear Zhan Zhao's response. He looked up, and Bai Yutang didn't speak anymore, and decided to have a good meal with a steamed dumpling.

At this time, Zhan Zhao was chewing on the happy siu mai—as expected, the fish for siu mai must be fresh!The shrimp ball is so big!The shrimp and crab roe in the steamed dumpling is really good!

Bai Yutang didn't know if it was because of Zhan Zhao's influence, or because he had more appetite today?It is rare to drink a bowl of porridge, and also eat two siu mai, two steamed dumplings and one shrimp ball.If Tianzun is probably going to be very moved at this moment, Bai Yutang should not talk about obediently eating breakfast, usually he doesn't even remember to eat breakfast.

After the two left the teahouse, they went directly to the North City Gate. At this moment, the North City Gate was very lively, and there were many people coming in and out. There were sixteen soldiers on and off the tower.Today is not a time of war, and the gatekeepers do not stand on the gate tower to look at the beacon tower, but are more concerned with checking people and goods in and out.

A few gate officials held a stack of imperial lists, and stood at the door to meet the passers-by one by one, but they didn't stop them. When they met someone who looked like a wanted criminal, they went up and compared them with the imperial list. If the other party could prove that they were not, It was also released.The goods go to the other row, and a dozen or so soldiers will check them, probably just to see if there are any dirty silver or prohibited things, such as more than a certain amount of kerosene, sulfur, or things like Xiaoyaosan and Wangyousan.

Zhan Zhao found the leader of today's team of city guards and approached him to talk.

The city gate official's name was Wei Xing, and when he saw that it was Zhan Zhao, he quickly agreed.But after hearing Zhan Zhao's question, Wei Xing also wondered, "No."

"Isn't the city closed?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Nope!" The second monk Wei Xingzhang was puzzled, "The North City Gate has not been sealed since the emperor ascended the throne, and there has been no war, so why seal the gate? To close the gate, the suspension bridge must be closed. What a battle!"

"The door isn't sealed?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Aren't the officers and soldiers at the fork a few miles away from you?"

Wei Xing kept shaking his head, unheard of!

"Is there someone blocking it?" Another city gate official also looked confused, "I said why the businessmen didn't come in in the morning recently! Dare to stop them back."

"Who is so bold to do such a thing?!" Wei Xing wanted to take someone to see it.

But Zhan Zhao stopped him and asked him to keep the secret.

Wei Xing understood that Zhan Zhao probably wanted to go and have a look in person early tomorrow morning, and didn't want him to startle the snake, so he told his subordinates who also heard the same thing not to spread it.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang immediately returned to Kaifeng Mansion and explained the situation to Bao Zheng.

Mr. Bao seems to have encountered something unhappy early in the morning, his face is so dark!When he heard that someone had sealed the city gate without permission, he was so angry that he slapped the table, "It's lawless!"

When Zhan Zhao came out of Bao Zheng's room, he asked Wang Chao Ma Han passing by, "What's wrong, my lord? You're so angry?"

Chao Chao whispered, "The emperor originally summoned Fang Ba and his son to enter the palace today, but Fang Ba and his son didn't see anyone, and said they left with soldiers and horses last night."

"Already left?" Zhan Zhao was surprised.

"Anyway, there is no one at the gate of the city. The Ninth Prince followed up with the letter this morning. Didn't he take someone to see it?" Wang Chao said and shook his head, "Fang Ba is really awesome, this time it's not against the decree, but Just ignore the emperor, and leave without even saying hello."

"Zhao Zhen is so tolerant?" Bai Yutang was a little curious, "Too much patience makes you look cowardly."

Wang Chao nodded. It seemed that everyone had this idea. He felt that Zhao Zhen's repeated accommodating to Fang Ba was a little too tolerant, which would make people suspect him of being indecisive.

"The emperor really wants to calm things down."

At this time, Gongsun outside came in with Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liang, two little henchmen, holding a few volumes in his hand, "I also asked Zhao Pu before, and Zhao Pu said that given the terrain of Kaifeng, the surrounding population is so dense, In case of a fight, even if Fang Ba can be easily wiped out, it will inevitably cause other casualties. Besides, Fang Ba's [-] soldiers are all Han Chinese, and it is the most stupid way for one's own people to beat one's own people, so fighting is the worst policy, endure it Not to fight is the best strategy, and if you don’t fight and you can be happy, that is the best strategy. Unfortunately, it is impossible for everyone to be happy, so I would rather choose the middle strategy, because there is really no move, and the casualties of the worst strategy should be minimized.”

Everyone nodded, Zhao Zhen is indeed suitable to be an emperor, even if he can't be the overlord of the conquering party, at least he is a benevolent emperor who thinks about the people.Are you saying he has no temper or that he is cowardly?Not really, he would lose his temper, but the key is to be able to hold back, restrain his character, and do what the emperor should do. This is indeed much better than Zhao Pu. When Ba first came, he went out with a knife and chopped off the old man.Although it was fun for a while, it is inevitable that he will get a reputation for protecting his relatives and harming Zhongliang... Zhao Zhen is so tolerant, and the people will think that Fang Ba is presumptuous and rude. Harmling Zhongliang becomes quick after killing.

While talking, I saw Hong Jiuniang running in carrying a food box outside, "Zhao Zhao, go and see, there is a fight outside!"

The corners of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched—he is an official, and if someone fights, he will try to persuade him to stop it. Aunt Hong is really afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

"Why are they fighting again?" Gongsun was puzzled, "Didn't Fang Ba leave, who started fighting with whom?"

"I don't know who it is, but they are good at fighting with Ouyang Shaozheng." Hong Jiuniang put down the food box, "The Palace Master and the others have all gone to see it. By the way, Yutang, your master also fought with someone."

Bai Yutang was taken aback for a moment, thinking this was new, who did Tianzun fight with?Or which one is tired of work and desperate to provoke him?

"Who is Zunzun fighting with? Is it powerful?" The fourth son wanted to catch a glimpse of Tianzun's demeanor, so he hurriedly asked, and Xiao Liang also came up to him.

"Just the Huangshihai who came back from the dead!" Hong Jiuniang's words made Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang's eyes widen.

"Yellow Stone Sea?!" Bai Yutang frowned.

"It's very lively, go see it!" Hong Jiuniang put down the food box and ran away.

Bai Yutang took the knife and ran out with Zhan Zhao.

The fourth son ran after him, but Gongsun grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to see Zunzun..."

Gongsun narrowed his eyes, "Huh? Don't you like Jiujiu the most? Why don't you watch Ouyang Shaozheng fight and watch Tianzun fight?"

"This baa..." The fourth son raised his face.

Gongsun put down the file, grabbed his hand and led him out, "First go to Zhao Pu's side, then to Tianzun's side, maybe they are still fighting together, it's more worry-free."

The fourth son raised his face to look at Gongsun, and smiled—it turns out that looking at Jiujiu is more important than respecting him!At least in his father's mind!I don't know if Jiujiu will be happier when he finds out.

Seeing that everyone had left, Xiao Liang turned straight on the spot, in a dilemma, should he go to see Tianzun, or follow the fourth son?After struggling for a few laps, Xiao Liang still followed the fourth son without ambition. There was no way, there were often martial arts competitions, and Jin'er was the only one!