At noon.
The Anping Restaurant was noisy and noisy.
The waiter walked back and forth among the diners without a moment's leisure. There were several beautiful women on the stage in the center of the restaurant, and the piano and dance music were very beautiful, which attracted the cheers of countless diners below.
Li Junchen and his entourage followed Chen Xuan up to the top floor. Compared with the mixed crowd on the first floor, everyone gathered together. The top floor was divided into several guest rooms, which was much quieter.
When I opened the door, I saw a large wine table placed by the window. I leaned on the railing and looked down. I could see the graceful figures of the singers and dancers. Then I looked in. The red curtains were hanging, and I could vaguely see the table inside. There is a bed, presumably for guests to rest and take a nap.
Everyone took their seats one by one.
As the masters, Chen Xuan and Chen Tianwen sat at the main seat. Li Junchen and Lu Youjing sat on both sides. On the other side of them sat Qiao Aunt and the old servant. As for Chen Tianwen's book boy, he was not qualified to sit at the same table as the master. Instead, he stood aside and waited on everyone.
Soon, the shopkeeper and several waiters packed the big table with a dazzling array of delicacies.
Lu Youjing and the old servant were so salivating at the sight that they were so angry that they climbed onto the table with their whole bodies.
The food was gone and not a drop of wine was left.
Li Junchen and the others kept staring at Lu Youjing and the old servant. After each of them ate three large bowls of rice like a storm, the speed gradually slowed down.
Looking at the table full of leftovers, Li Junchen and others were stunned by the operations of Lu Youjing and the old servant.
I cried out in my heart: Are these two guys really from Beixiang Prince's Palace? How could the son of the King of Beixiang be like a beggar on the street robbing his rice and return his mother's nurse?
Chen Xuan's mouth twitched, he looked at Lu Youjing eagerly and said, "Master Lu, is this food okay?"
Lu Youjing's mouth was dripping with oil after eating. When he saw everyone looking at the two of him, he wiped the corners of his mouth with his dirty sleeves, looked up at the crowd and said, "Why are we eating together when everyone is looking at us?" .”
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he picked up a chopstick and threw the dish into his mouth, and said with satisfaction: "I have to say that Beijing is different. The chef's level is good and this dish is delicious. Over there in Beixiang County It’s really rare.”
When everyone heard this, they realized that this man was talking nonsense again. No matter how bitterly cold Beixiang County was, it would be impossible to shorten the food supply of the princess's home. Besides, Beixiang County was not considered a bitter cold place. Although after Dunlin established the country, Beixiang County It became a border gate, but it was also a famous and prosperous place in the past. In recent years, it has gradually become less prosperous.
After all, it became a border gate and a bridgehead against Akahara, and people moved southward one after another to the area around the capital.
Lu Youjing smacked his lips and persuaded again: "Everyone, hurry up and eat. If you don't eat this table full of delicacies, all the delicacies will end up in my and my Uncle Wei's stomachs."
Everyone looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, but none of them took their chopsticks.
Li Junchen glanced at Lu Youjing's cuffs, remembering some unbearable memories, and he didn't dare to take down his chopsticks. He urged Chen Tianwen beside him.
Said: "Brother Chen, seeing that you are thin and weak, please accompany Brother Lu to eat a few more bites."
Chen Tianwen is about the same height as Lu Youjing, but his figure is indeed much thinner. He looks like a frail young scholar. Wearing a black robe makes him look even more upright.
Chen Tianwen was so frightened that he turned pale. He quickly shook his head and said, "Master Li, how many years am I older than you? You should eat more while you are still growing."
Chen Tianwen was born in a noble family, and he had never seen Lu Youjing being so ostentatious. He had long been standing aside to watch.
Aunt Qiao looked at Li Junchen's deflated look. She smiled and said, "Sir, how come you have become so well-behaved after meeting a few strangers here?"
When Li Junchen heard this, he pursed his lips to Aunt Qiao and said in a low voice, "Lu Youjing is really a genius in this regard! Your young master's eyes have been opened today."
Chen Xuan watched his nephew and Li Junchen being humble to each other, treating the food on the table as funny as poison.
He said to A Tao who was standing aside: "Instruct the shopkeeper to have someone come up to take the food off the table and serve it again according to the dishes just now."
A Tao followed the order and walked out of the room with the corner of his mouth twitching. As a professional domestic slave, he would never dare to laugh in ordinary situations.
When Lu Youjing heard Chen Xuan's words, he stopped holding the food and murmured: "Luxury, it's really luxury, why don't you just want so much food? Uncle Wei, please eat a few more bites."
Lu Youjing picked up a large dish and poured it into Uncle Wei's bowl.
The old servant raised his head and said with a grimace: "Sir, our family has a big business and we don't care about this little money. Didn't Commander Chen let people serve a table of food? It's not a hurry."
Lu You had a shocked look on his face and scolded the old servant: "Commander Chen, of course he is not short of money for the third meal. Our master and servant are new to the capital. Thanks to Commander Chen, he thinks highly of us and holds a banquet here.
But we can't lose the face of the Beixiang Palace and let Commander Chen wait for the last meal! "
Lu Youjing and the old servant did not speak further. Chen Xuan sat aside and listened to what the master and servant said, and almost slipped off his chair without noticing.
Chen Xuan rubbed his sore face, waved his hand to Lu Youjing, and said with a smile: "Master Lu is serious. If Brother Wei likes to eat, let him eat more. Brother Wei and I hit it off. It is my honor, Chen Xuan, to entertain you all here today."
Chen Xuan's words really came from his heart. In his opinion, although the old servant was a slave of the Lu family, judging from the iron gun in his hand, this man was extraordinary and definitely not like what he saw now.
What's more, he really didn't dare to underestimate the identities of Lu Youjing and Li Junchen.
The old servant smiled back at Chen Xuan.
He leaned close to Lu Youjing's ear and whispered, "Sir, are you full?"
Lu Youjing blushed and didn't answer. He was really hungry at first. Is the reputation of Beixiang Palace so important to a guy who feels like he's about to starve to death?
Somewhat important, but dispensable.
Only when he didn't feel hungry anymore did he remember that people need to have some facial expressions.
In Ping An Restaurant, the service was attentive. In the blink of an eye, the leftovers on the table were pulled off and replaced with a new table of food.
This time there was no wolfing down by Lu Youjing or the old servant, and there was a lot of harmony at the dinner table.
Everyone took a few bites of the food around them.
Everyone drank five kinds of food and three rounds of wine. Lu Youjing and the old servant only drank wine and did not eat food.
Chen Xuan raised his wine glass and said to everyone: "I wonder if Mr. Lu and Mr. Li have any important matters when they come to the capital. If you need help, you can go to the South Gate Patrol Camp to see me."
He pointed at Chen Tianwen and continued: "If you two want to wander around the capital, you can go to Wenchangfang to find my nephew Chen Tianwen. Wenchangfang is just across the street from your two Wushengfang. You can get there in a quarter of an hour. arrive."
