Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

Zhao Hanyan was surprised, and immediately remembered the scene when shopkeeper Xue left wearing a black gauze hat when he was in Ziyan Temple.

"Could it be a coincidence?" Zhan Zhao saw Zhao Hanyan's and Bai Yutang's expressions were a little strange, knowing that they seemed to have other ideas, so he asked a question.

Bai Yutang curled up the corners of his mouth with a grin, turned around and sat down to drink tea, without saying a word.

Zhan Zhao didn't understand anymore, so he looked at Zhao Hanyan again in doubt.

Zhao Hanyan took a deep breath worryingly, "It doesn't feel like a coincidence, but I don't think it's that simple."

"How do you say it?" Zhan Zhao asked Zhao Hanyan to explain it in detail quickly to clear up his doubts.

Zhao Hanyan told Zhan Zhao about Shopkeeper Xue wearing a black gauze straw hat when she and Bai Yutang left from Ziyan Temple.Now that they had just found out about Wangyou Pavilion, shopkeeper Xue bought a new shop in Zhouqiao Night Market, which happened to be called "Wangyou Pavilion".

"No one can tell whether the two coincidences are a coincidence or not."

Zhan Zhao echoed: "If it's as you said, it's really a strange coincidence. Here in Wangyou Pavilion, should I ask shopkeeper Xue to question him clearly, or should I monitor his movements secretly?"

"You have to ask, but you have to watch." Bai Yutang interrupted, bowed his head and continued to drink tea.

Zhao Hanyan nodded to Zhan Zhao, and echoed Bai Yutang's proposal, "Surveillance may not necessarily lead to clues, but it is still necessary to be cautious."

If shopkeeper Xue didn't know the existence of Jianghu Wangyou Pavilion, and just picked up the name by chance, naturally no clues could be found.If shopkeeper Xue knew about the existence of Wangyou Pavilion, and deliberately named it, there must be some other purpose.Then he would probably know that Kaifeng Mansion is investigating Wangyou Pavilion. If he dared to show up so ostentatiously, he must act cautiously, guessing that the government might monitor him.Since the other party was on guard, surveillance would also yield no results.

After listening to Zhao Hanyan's analysis, Zhan Zhao frowned even more.

"I'll arrange someone."

"Then I'll meet that shopkeeper Xue for a while." Zhao Hanyan got up and walked out the door.

Bai Yutang was still sitting where he was drinking tea, without moving.

Zhan Zhao became a little curious, and asked him freshly, "Why don't you go with your little cook?"

After hearing this, Bai Yutang moved his eyes and got up.

"Why are you up again?" Zhan Zhao asked again with a smile.

"Since you said that the little cook is mine, of course I want to go." Bai Yutang said in a reasonable tone, then squinted at Zhan Zhao, "I will eat two less buns in the future, so as not to make my little cook tired."

Zhan Zhao was stunned, and couldn't help laughing: "I regret that I said something wrong just now, is it too late to take it back now? It's not your little cook, it's everyone's."

Zhan Zhao was really worried that Bai Yutang would protect the calf, and they would not be able to eat the little cook's delicacies at the small dining table in the future.

"Hero Zhan is majestic and majestic, he is a gentleman in this world."

Zhan Zhao was stunned again, and asked Bai Yutang incomprehensibly, "It's strange, why are you praising me all of a sudden? What do you mean? I don't feel very at ease when I hear that."

"When a gentleman says something, it's hard to chase after a horse. How can you change your mind casually? The little cook is already mine." Bai Yutang cast a cold glance at Zhan Zhao, clearly conveying the meaning of 'you think too much'.

Zhan Zhao suddenly understood, and laughed, Bai Yutang is really fussy and domineering enough.

Zhao Hanyan went out of the house and walked for more than three feet without hearing any footsteps behind him. He turned around strangely and found that there was no one behind him.

Just as Zhao Hanyan was about to call for someone, Bai Yutang came out, with a knife in his hand, his jade face was cold, he walked gracefully down the stone steps and walked towards her.Zhan Zhao then went out with a helpless smile on his face.

Zhao Hanyan glanced away at Bai Yutang, who was like a jade carving, and then at Zhan Zhao, who still had a weird smile.

"What's the matter with you, what were you talking about in the room?"

"Uh, nothing to talk about." Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang deliberately, and smiled back at Zhao Hanyan.Immediately, he asked the two of them to be careful, and he would report the specific situation to Mr. Bao and Mr. Gongsun after arranging manpower to monitor Wangyou Pavilion.

Zhao Hanyan nodded, watched Zhan Zhao leave, and looked at Bai Yutang.

"What are you looking at, let's go." Bai Yutang asked puzzled.

"What were you talking about in the room just now? You must have bullied Big Brother Zhan again. I think he smiled very forcedly." Zhao Hanyan asked again.

"I didn't bully him, but he bullied you." After Bai Yutang explained, he took the lead to lead the way.

Zhao Hanyan scratched her head, wondering what Bai Yutang said, and she was not in the room. Besides, with Zhan Zhao's character, how could he bully her?But when he asked Bai Yutang carefully, he didn't say anything, so Zhao Hanyan couldn't worry about this matter for himself.

After a stick of incense, the two stood in front of the building of Wangyou Pavilion, and the door was already open for business.

Seeing them staying, the shop waiter rushed to greet them warmly.

"The two guest officials are here. Our restaurant is open today, and all dishes are only charged half of the price."

Zhao Hanyan purposely glanced up and left and right, and after entering the lobby, there were not many customers, only two tables were sitting sporadically, and they were listening to the introduction of half-price meals by waiters in other shops.Obviously, these guests were similar to the two of them, and they had just been pulled in the door not long ago.

"You don't even beat the gongs and drums, and don't let off firecrackers for the opening?" Zhao Hanyan asked strangely.

The waiter smiled awkwardly and said: "Our shopkeeper said no. We specially asked Taoist priests to count the days, saying that if we open a restaurant in this place, there will be no fire in the back kitchen, so that there can be no fire in front of the door, so that the business in the shop can be good. The shopkeeper said that since the firecrackers It can't be played, and the gongs and drums should be omitted. We are not afraid of the deep alley for good wine. As long as we have good food and food, we don't need to make too much noise. If we spread word of mouth in a few days, there will naturally be more customers gone."

"You shopkeepers can see it." Zhao Hanyan sighed, and asked the waiter what dishes he had, and added, "Here is a plate of steamed pork."

"Tamped pork?" The waiter in the shop was stunned, then with a smile in his eyes, "Could it be that the two of you are old customers of Sanchunlou? That's more fate! But this store doesn't have the tamales of Sanchunlou. The two guests want to eat tamales in the future I still have to go to Sanchun Building. Our restaurant has other specialties, such as roasted red carp, red bean flour dumplings, roasted goose, stewed taro..."

The more Bai Yutang listened to the name of the dish reported by the waiter in the shop, his brows furrowed.

Zhao Hanyan was puzzled, the dishes that the waiter mentioned were all dishes that she cooked in the kitchen of Kaifeng Mansion.This can't be a coincidence. Could it be that shopkeeper Xue is deliberately provoking?

Bai Yutang put the knife on the table with a bang, and said coldly, "Call your shopkeepers!"

"What... what's the matter, but the two guest officials are not satisfied with the dish that the villain just reported?" The waiter in the shop was terrified.

Bai Yutang's knife-like gaze immediately pierced the waiter's body.

The shop clerk suddenly felt uncomfortable, and an indescribable coldness permeated his whole body, causing him to shrink his neck instinctively.

The shop waiter said from his heart: This guest officer seems to want to eat me, his eyes are too scary, he is obviously a beautiful boy, but he is so scary when he is fierce, I run away!

The waiter in the shop panicked and ran to the back of the hall to find shopkeeper Xue.

"You scare people." Zhao Hanyan sighed funny.

Bai Yutang also looked at Zhao Hanyan coldly: "Thank you for being able to laugh, these dishes are too obvious."

"Yeah, it's too obvious, and it arouses my curiosity even more." Zhao Hanyan held his chin in his hand, "I want to taste what they make, order two."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Hanyan helplessly, but he didn't expect her first reaction to be this.

Zhao Hanyan beckoned to another waiter from a famous shop, and ordered grilled red carp and red bean flour dumplings.Just order these two, nothing more.One is that there is no need to waste too much money here, and the other is that she and Bai Yutang won't be able to eat too much, just rely on these two things to 'see the big from the small'.

The shop waiter agreed, and then went to inform the back kitchen.At this time, the frightened waiter had already led the shopkeeper Xue from the back of the hall, and motioned for Zhao Hanyan's table.

Shopkeeper Xue looked up, just in time to meet Zhao Hanyan who was looking at him with his chin up.Shopkeeper Xue laughed, hurried over, and saluted Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang with cupped hands.

"The shop has just opened, and the two officials came to support us. It's a great honor." The shopkeeper Xue's delicate and fair face was filled with a very warm smile.

"Shopkeeper Xue, please sit down." Zhao Hanyan didn't get up, but still looked at Shopkeeper Xue with his chin resting on his hand.This is regarded as 'impolite', and it should be regarded as a reminder to Shopkeeper Xue.

Shopkeeper Xue didn't seem to notice Zhao Hanyan's 'rudeness', and he immediately sat down opposite Zhao Hanyan, that is, beside Bai Yutang.

"Since the last Ziyan Temple, I haven't seen shopkeeper Xue again." Zhao Hanyan sighed, "Treasurer Xue has changed a lot."

"Oh? Really?" Shopkeeper Xue touched his face with his hand with a smile, raised his eyebrows and asked Zhao Hanyan half-jokingly, "Did he become more handsome? Hahaha..."

"Just kidding, don't take offense, both of you." Shopkeeper Xue continued.

Fortunately, he answered his own words, otherwise Bai Yutang and Zhao Hanyan's answer would definitely embarrass him.

"I mean, the shopkeeper's restaurant is getting bigger and bigger. It's only been a while, and it's already the second restaurant. And the dishes in Shopkeeper Xue's restaurant are really familiar." Zhao Hanyan watched with a half-smile. Looking at shopkeeper Xue, his tone was meaningful.

"Could it be that the two of you have just listened to Xiaoer's order?"

Shopkeeper Xue pondered for a moment, then got up and apologized to Zhao Hanyan.

"I'm a little embarrassed to talk about this. These dishes are thanks to Zhao Chaye's blessing. Naturally, the dishes in my newly opened restaurant can't be as good as Sanchunlou. Otherwise, wouldn't this be a place for nothing? I just want to make another one." Some special dishes, because this shop is in a hurry, I can't think of anything else for a while, and I feel that the recipes reported by the cook are too ordinary, so I remembered that when Li San told me that Zhao Chaye made them in Ziyanguan Some of the dishes are so delicious. I just told him about the dishes that Li San told me that day, and let him learn from them, but I didn’t expect that this cook really didn’t have any of his own, so he followed my instructions.

These days, I have to be busy with the Sanchun Tower and the opening of the Wangyou Pavilion, so I don't care about his side at all.Today, I had time to listen to his report for the recipe, only to find out that it was wrong, but it was also open for business, so I can’t change it at the moment, I thought about making do with it for a couple of days, and let the chef quickly think of new dishes for me to replace.Unfortunately, it is so predestined to meet Mr. Zhao Cha, so I am ashamed now! "

"Well said!" Bai Yutang glanced at shopkeeper Xue, slammed the teacup on the table coldly, and turned to Zhao Hanyan, "The so-called profiteer is nothing more than that."

Zhao Hanyan suddenly realized and nodded to cooperate.

"It's my fault! The two officials can order whatever you want to eat today. I invite you. By the way, I still have 80-year-old bamboo leaf greens in the cellar. If the two officials don't dislike it, I will also bring back the ten altars and eight altars." I don't feel bad."

Bamboo leaf green, which has been cellared for 80 years, is indeed very expensive in Tokyo.But this couldn't tempt Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang at all.One is not a wine lover, the other is cold and arrogant, it is absolutely impossible to be bought by a few jars of wine.

Zhao Hanyan held his chin and did not speak.

Bai Yutang pressed his right hand on the handle of the knife on the table, squinted his eyes, and sat still without speaking.

"Then what should I do? If it doesn't work, please ask the two messengers to go to the government to sue me. Xue is willing to accept the crime!" The shopkeeper Xue suppressed the smile on his face, stood up, bowed his head while cupping his hands, facing Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang apologized.

The voice of this sentence was a bit loud, which attracted the attention of several guests who had just entered the door and the guests who had already started eating at the other two tables.

At this time, the shopkeeper Xue looked polite and modest, and the two people sitting at the table were holding a knife with a cold face, and the other looked lazy, looking like finding fault.

He also heard that shopkeeper Xue had the title of "bad master" in his words just now, and everyone knew that Bai Yutang and Zhao Hanyan were members of the official family.

Everyone naturally understood that the shopkeeper Xue had just opened, and the government would come to find fault, ask for money, and so on. This kind of thing is always seen.Everyone glared at Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang with unhappy expressions.

"What am I suing you for? The dishes in your restaurant just coincide with the dishes I usually cook. Does the law and the government care about this? You are not guilty of suing you. Knowing that the two of us are officials, Knowing this, I don’t want to sue you, but you say this, are you kidding me?” Zhao Hanyan sneered, and raised the volume impolitely, “If you say something, I will immediately withdraw all the dishes I learned secretly, isn’t it easier? Why not say it? "

The guests seemed to have other secrets when they heard it. It seemed that this time it was not the government that oppressed and made things difficult for the people, but profiteers playing tricks.

The newcomer was immediately in no mood to eat, turned around and left.Those who were eating, also put their heads down and quickly ate the food, and left quickly, without getting involved.

Shopkeeper Xue once again humbly apologized to Zhao Hanyan: "I was busy for a while, but I forgot about this, then follow the instructions of Master Zhao!"

"Farewell, what should you do, those dishes are not original to me."

Zhao Hanyan suddenly felt that she might have fallen into the trap of shopkeeper Xue. She now represents the Kaifeng government when she goes out. The cause and effect of the past and the future spread, and when the time comes, everyone will talk about it, and she is afraid that it will be hard to argue.

But in fact, Zhao Hanyan doesn't mind if someone learns how to cook from her.Imitation is always imitation, there is no way to learn the soul.The reason why she got serious with shopkeeper Xue just now in a fit of anger was because this was already the third 'subtle coincidence' event that shopkeeper Xue made.

The shopkeeper Xue repeatedly said that he didn't dare, so he had to order the kitchen to change the dishes.

Bai Yutang didn't think that Zhao Hanyan was wrong in this matter, so he turned his attention to Zhao Hanyan in a little puzzlement.

"It doesn't matter if I say it, it really doesn't matter. I ate your steamed pork at Sanchunlou before, and I will go back and try to make it. Those dishes didn't have my name written on them, so I can only cook them myself. In fact, shopkeeper Xue is too It’s so much the same, it sounds a little ‘wonderful’ at first, but when you think about it, I overreacted, and you’re not wrong.” Zhao Hanyan kept smiling politely, but it wasn’t really a real smile at all. .

"Then thank you Mr. Zhao for your generosity." Shopkeeper Xue's tone was not as vigorous as before, and he saluted and thanked Zhao Hanyan with a light and humble expression.

"The shopkeeper, please sit down," Zhao Hanyan motioned, "I think the shopkeeper trusts my cooking skills so much that he does this. You just trust Li San's words so much?"

"Mr. Zhao's appearance is extraordinary. He looks like a capable person. I really admired you for a long time. Later, I heard Li San tell how delicious Mr. Zhao's food was so delicious that it made people go crazy. I probably remembered it in my heart." That’s why I told the cook later.” The shopkeeper Xue added, and then asked the waiter to fetch the wine and punished himself with three cups to make amends.

"Okay, let's drink away our grievances." Zhao Hanyan raised the wine glass and took a sip in his mouth. "I can't drink, so don't be offended by shopkeeper Xue."

"No wonder, no wonder. I should punish myself. I'll drink three more glasses." Shopkeeper Xue quickly drank three times more.

Bai Yutang couldn't figure out what Zhao Hanyan meant, so he just watched the two drinking with cold eyes.

At this time, the shop waiter brought up the grilled fish and rice dumplings, and happily reported the name of the dish.

Shopkeeper Xue didn't know that Zhao Hanyan had ordered, and asked in surprise, "This is it?"

"Try how about the dishes made by your cook, haven't shopkeeper Xue tried it? Try it together." Zhao Hanyan glanced at the grilled fish on the plate, as well as the bean sprouts and light-colored soup under the grilled fish, Sure enough, he only learned the surface but not the soul.

Zhao Hanyan put a small piece of fish belly meat into his mouth with chopsticks, and frowned slightly.There are flaws, but if you eat it as a home-cooked dish, it can be considered an entrance.

Seeing that shopkeeper Xue didn't move his chopsticks, Zhao Hanyan asked him to taste it again.

Shopkeeper Xue nodded politely, and then started to eat with chopsticks.

Zhao Hanyan took a sip of tea, and the moment shopkeeper Xue put the fish into his mouth, he asked him, "How does shopkeeper Xue think this fish tastes like?" By the way, why is this restaurant called Wangyou Pavilion? Worry Pavilion?"

Shopkeeper Xue's heartfelt voice: This grilled fish is not considered delicious, Wangyou Pavilion, hehe, I finally asked this question.

The shopkeeper Xue just swallowed the fish in his mouth, and asked Zhao Hanyan in surprise: "There is Wangyou Pavilion in Jianghu? I am a businessman who doesn't know Jianghu, and I have never heard of it. My name is also for good business. Please help Taoist priests." It’s based on calculations. I don’t know what Wangyou Pavilion in the rivers and lakes is doing?”

"Murderer." Bai Yutang said immediately, examining shopkeeper Xue.

Shopkeeper Xue didn't like being stared at by Bai Yutang's icy eyes, so he avoided looking at Bai Yutang, and was surprised to himself: "Oh my god, it's a murderer? That's really scary, I have to find that Taoist priest to settle the score! Why? Give me such a name!"

"So shopkeeper Xue doesn't know Wangyou Pavilion in Jianghu?" Zhao Hanyan personally made shopkeeper Xue a red bean flour dumpling, and asked him to continue tasting.

Shopkeeper Xue agreed with a smile, and had no choice but to pick up the dumpling and put it in his mouth.He rolled his eyes and thought as he ate.

Shopkeeper Xue's heartfelt voice: Why did you pick something for me to eat yourself?This dumpling is too sweet, I don't like sweets, now I have to think about the reason why I can't change the name, so that they can prevaricate if they ask again.

The four guests at the next table lamented that the grilled fish was delicious and said it was a fresh way to eat it.

Bai Yutang glanced at the plate of grilled red carp, and was also a little curious about the taste, and after hearing what the neighbor table said, he would like to see how the fish compares to the little cook.

Bai Yutang finally decided to pick up the chopsticks. The moment the fish was in his mouth, Bai Yutang almost threw the chopsticks on the table.

This is also called grilled fish?The taste is completely different from that made by the little chef!Earthy smell!Rouchai!The skin is not crispy!Such an unpalatable food, the four people at the next table must have lost their sense of taste to swallow it?