Return to the Song Dynasty

"What? Who is Lord Zhang?" Zhao Bi was a little dazed after hearing Zhao Ji's report. "Ninth Brother, Mr. Zhang is the new Prime Minister Mr. Zhang Dunzhang. Why don't you even know this?" Zhao Ji glanced at Zhao Bi with contempt.

"Master Prime Minister? Is he friends with the teacher?" Zhao Yu muttered to himself. "Well, the prime minister is coming to celebrate my birthday. This is a good thing that many people can't ask for. There is nothing to worry about. Just treat me well." Zhao Yuhun didn't care, patted Zhao Ji on the shoulder, Said such a sentence.

"Brother, my dear brother. What will Mr. Zhang do if he finds out that you are the teacher's pen pal? Didn't you... pretend to be stupid when you wrote to the teacher back then..." Zhao Ji hesitated to speak, "Oh, really The emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry, I am just worrying about it."

"Hey, I'm afraid this Master Zhang has doubts. Think about it, the teacher has only a few people in contact with, and he just searched one by one, and found both of us." To ride on Zhao Ji.

"Then what should we do? He's already suspicious, don't you worry?" Zhao Ji avoided Zhao Bi's tricks, picked up the teacup on the table, and took a sip of tea.

"What's the rush, so what if he knows. Can he yell all over the street? He just wants to make friends, so what are you afraid of?" Zhao Yu felt that this matter was actually no big deal, and with Zhang Dun's IQ, he guessed it would be sooner or later. thing.However, he also believes that Zhang Dun will not pierce the window paper like Su Shi.The so-called heaven knows, the earth knows, you know and I know, it's good to have a little secret. "Besides, what else can we do now? Write on my head that I'm not the teacher's pen pal? Isn't that self-reporting."

"That's right, there's really no need to be too nervous." After relaxing, Zhao Ji regained his appearance as a handsome young master, took a sip of tea, and asked solemnly: "Ninth brother, when will you set the meal? Brother, I have already Been hungry for a long time."

Zhao Bi... This foodie is not my brother...

On June 26, the weather was fine, the breeze was blowing, and the air was filled with the faint fragrance of gardenia.The Prince's Mansion of Daning County on Litong Street outside Xuandemen welcomed the owner's 16th birthday.Not many people attended the birthday party of the prince of the county, and there was no particularly lively atmosphere.On the one hand, it was because Zhao Bi was relatively low-key and rarely made friends with officials in the DPRK and China to avoid suspicion. On the other hand, it was also because the Empress Dowager passed away not long ago, and it was not appropriate to make a lot of noise during the national funeral.

In short, the guests who came to the Prince's Mansion today were all Zhao Bi's close relatives and friends, and the number was very small.Among the brothers, only Zhao Ji took Zhao Si with him.Neither Zhao Xu nor Zhao Si came, and Zhao Yu was not in good health, so he was unable to make the trip.It was inconvenient for the sisters to come out, so they all gave gifts.

The elder sister, Princess Kang Guo, has long been married, and she specially came to the birthday banquet with her son-in-law, and she is chatting with the princess at the moment.Princess Kang has a gentle personality, and she hits it off with Princess Ma Zhener very well. The two hit it off immediately and they chatted very well.In addition, the princess has already had a son and a daughter, and she is well versed in childbirth, and she has endless topics to chat with the princess who is pregnant for the first time.

The queen mother has always been kind to Zhao Bi.This time for Zhao Bi's birthday, the queen mother gave a lot of good things, and specially gave the princess some supplements so that she could raise her baby with peace of mind.

Apart from the brothers and sisters, the concubine's family also attached great importance to it and prepared generous gifts.The super long gift list shows how satisfied the old man is with his son-in-law.However, the son-in-law is always a junior, and it is always inappropriate for the elders to congratulate the younger generation on their birthday.So the old man sent a brother-in-law duo Ma Qi and Ma Bin brothers to give gifts to his brother-in-law Zhao Bi to celebrate his birthday.

'I'm older than him, so I'm his brother-in-law, and I'm a little shorter for no reason. 'Mazzie thought dejectedly. 'When will my brother-in-law take me to a barbecue?I have been hungry for a long time.Well, I will find a chance to talk to my brother-in-law today. "Ma Bin doesn't care so much, he only cares about eating.

The rest are Zhao Bi's classmate Liu Yu and others, teacher Su Shi, and none of the other adults in the court.Originally, this was a family banquet, where relatives and friends gathered to chat and relax.In the end, the stupefied was destroyed by Mr. Zhang Dunzhang, who was next to Su Shi and insisted on following.

A group of people (except Zhao Ji who had been prepared for a long time) looked at Mr. Zhang who was sitting at the main table talking and laughing happily with Su Shi, all of them looked puzzled. 'Why is Mr. Zhang here?He doesn't know the prince at all, does he? ''Maybe I don't know him, Master Zhang has just returned to the court, and he has been outside for the past few years, where can I meet the prince. ''Then what is he doing here? '

Zhang Dun smiled slightly against everyone's doubtful eyes: "I haven't returned to the court for a long time, and I know very little about the young and middle-aged talents in the court. Fortunately, Zizhan is familiar with everyone, so I am here today to celebrate the birthday of the county king, and secondly to meet the young man. Talent."

The blood of the teenagers present was boiling with enthusiasm, and the atmosphere during the banquet was also much warmer.Everyone is no longer uncomfortable because the Prime Minister is here, and the chat has become much more relaxed.Who doesn't want to be recognized?Who doesn't want to be famous?The prime minister is willing to give it up without compromise, how could someone not know how to praise him.

The food in the Prince's Mansion is first-class, and the best restaurant in Bianliang City is owned by his family.Today's meal was kindly provided by Mingyue Xiaolou, and the dishes are of course top-notch.Nonsense, the big boss and the second boss are here today, so let's not behave well.Lu Qing said, I am not stupid, of course I have to serve well.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the highlight of today's birthday banquet is about to begin.That is to ask the teacher Su Shi to choose characters for Zhao Bi.The ancients took the word for adult, Zhao Bi took the word really late, the child is about to be born, and the father doesn't even have a word, which is really embarrassing.This is also the reason why Zhao Bi was anxious to ask Su Shi to choose a word.

Originally, Zhao Bi wanted to take one by himself and forget it, but fortunately Zhao Ji stopped it in time, otherwise Zhao Bi might become the first one in Song Dynasty to take a character for himself.What's wrong with your house?Not even an elder?Neither did the teacher?Isn't this the shiver man?

The idea given by Zhao Ji is to take advantage of the birthday banquet to invite the teacher to pick up a word, and the guests will also be a witness, killing two birds with one stone and saving trouble.Zhao Yu deeply believed that, nothing else, save trouble is more important than anything else.

So the shabby word-taking ceremony of Daning County King was carried out at the birthday banquet so simply that it couldn't be simpler.I saw Zhao Bi stood up, picked up the wine glass, toasted the teacher Su Shi with a glass of wine, and said: "The student has turned sixteen today and has not yet taken the word. Please ask the teacher to give the student a word."

Su Shi is also a person who doesn't stick to etiquette, not to mention that Zhao Ji gave him a pass before. He had already thought about this word a long time ago. He drank Zhao Yujing's wine, wiped his mouth, and said: "Full of damage, modest benefit. Since '佖' means full, this character should be called 'Ziqian'."

Sure enough, he is a generation of literary giants. The choice of this word is really appropriate and reasonable. All the people in the audience lamented the subtlety and appropriateness of this word.No one noticed that when Su Shi was seated, he whispered a word to Zhao Bi: "Actually, you should have chosen this word yourself early on. Gentleman Qianqian, the word Ziqian is really suitable."

Zhao Bi helplessly raised his forehead while listening, "Teacher, I really didn't think so much, that's just a handwritten signature." Zhao Bi communicated with Su Shi with his eyes, but Su Shi rolled his eyes, "Humph, who would believe it?"But, look at you, the teacher and I have to come forward at the critical moment. ''Yes, teacher, you have worked hard, come, eat vegetables, this is your favorite food, I put it in front of you specially. Zhao Bi obsequiously pushed the plate towards Su Shi.

The two of them exchanged eye contact, and were watched from the beginning to the end by the neighboring Zhang Dun.During the entire banquet, if it was not necessary, Mrs. Zhang would just be a wallflower, reduce the sense of presence, observe secretly, and look for the target person.In fact, Zhang Dun had already done an analysis before coming here, and the observation at the banquet was just to confirm it.

Seeing that Su Shi's enthusiasm for Zhao Bi was different from other students, Zhang Dun did not believe that it was because Zhao Bi was the prince.Su Shi wished he could stay away from the royal relatives and relatives.With Zhao Bi's status, Su Shi still moved to his side, which can only show that there is something tricky and problematic.

In addition, many of the familiar dishes at the banquet were mentioned in Su Shi’s letter, and Zhang Dun also participated in the discussion (another invisible foodie has appeared, do foodies rely on food to find people?).What does this mean? It means that the prince of the county is also a member of their foodie circle of friends. He is the third person in the circle of friends, the kid who is a 'modest gentleman'.

Thinking of this, Zhang Dun picked up his wine glass and drank it down. 'Yeah, good wine, this wine is also good, hey, this trip was not in vain.But having said that, if the prince of the county is really a little friend, how old was he when I was waiting for the correspondence?And I heard that the Ninth Prince seemed to be a fool at that time.From this point of view, this person is really unfathomable..." Zhang Dun's mind was full of twists and turns, but he couldn't see it on his face. He just concentrated on tasting wine and eating vegetables, enjoying himself.

'Actually, Mr. Zhang came here to eat and drink. ''Well, I think so too. ' A group of people shouted in their hearts as they looked at Mr. Zhang who was eating without saying a word.As a result, the news that the new Prime Minister Zhang Dunzhang was good at food and wine spread like wildfire, and officials who wanted to go through the back door looked for opportunities to invite Mr. Zhang to dinner and send Mr. Zhang all kinds of old wine.Of course, this is something……

After Su Shi picked up the words for Zhao Bi, the main task of the birthday banquet was completed. Everyone ate, chatted, and the birthday banquet came to an end.After eating and drinking enough, everyone went back home one after another.Zhang Dun used the excuse of being drunk and dragged Su Shi to the end before leaving, and Zhao Bi saw him off in person.

Seeing that there were no people around, Master Zhang finally showed his fox tail: "Hi, Ziqian, you cook Dongpo pork very well. I only read about the recipe in the letter, and I never thought it would be so delicious."

"Oh? I didn't expect Mr. Zhang to like food so much. You are a fellow. How about we get together in Mingyue Xiaolou some other day?" Zhao Bi invited Zhang Dun to dinner?Did you hear me right?Su Shi glared at Zhao Bi, "Shouldn't you hide a little bit?"Why are you still rushing forward? '

'Everyone has recognized me, and I can't hide, so why don't you just have a good time, let's chat and eat together.Besides, he is your friend, so his character should still be guaranteed, right? Zhao Bi spread his hands and met Su Shi's eyes.

Zhang Dun got a satisfactory answer, and pulled Su Shi, who took one step and three backs, out of the gate of the county prince's mansion together.