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Chapter 4 Let's Listen to the Wind (3)

What would it be like to take a 17-year-old girl out to play? In fact, what would it be like in the present world? What would it still be like in the Ming Dynasty? Guo Xiu learned martial arts from his father since he was a child, so he was very good at kung fu, so she did not sit in a sedan chair, but rode a horse with Zhu Zhi. Zhu Zhi asked Xiao Chenzi to lead the way, and the master and servant went out of the city to visit Qixia Mountain. Qixia Mountain is located 22 kilometers northeast of Nanjing City, also known as Xieshan. During the Southern Dynasties, there was a "Qixia Jingshe" built in the mountains, hence the name.

Qixia Mountain is not as tall as Zhongshan, but it is quiet and peaceful, with charming scenery. It is full of peaks and is known as "the number one beautiful mountain in Jinling". Especially in Qixia in late autumn, maple forests are like fire, and the mountains are red, like a beautiful picture scroll, known as "the head of spring ox, autumn qixia". This is a famous scenic spot in ancient times. Li Bai, a poet of a generation, once left a poem here: "The south of the Ancient Horse Moon Bridge, the glorious road between the roads. The wise and heroes chased each other and fled to Qixia Mountain." In the scenic spots in the Ming Dynasty, there were very few people who did not charge money. Occasionally, you can see a few scholars who came to appreciate the leaves. Zhu Zhi and others tried to avoid the main road and walked on the mountain road.

It was late autumn, with clear sky and red leaves all over the mountains. Zhu Zhi, who was depressed for a long time, felt much more comfortable in the face of the beautiful scenery in front of him. Guo Xiu was even more so. She never left the door since she was a child, but never got to the door. After marrying into the royal family, she lost her freedom all day long. Now in nature, Guo Xiu couldn't help but reveal the innocent side of a little girl. She was excited about Zhu Zhi from time to time, and from time to time she hugged the beautiful scenery in the mountains and the small animals that appeared in the forest.

By the mountain stream, Guo Xiu mischievously squatted down and scooped a spoonful of water. She tasted the "so sweetness", so she simply took off her shoes and put her feet in the spring. Zhu Zhi was proud of her status as the prince and stood behind and watched his wife play in the water. In fact, there was nothing wrong with coming to the Ming Dynasty. If there was no court struggle or threat from Jingnan, she would also want to be a prince of Taiping, and would like to express her love to the mountains and rivers every day, or continue to use royal convenience to engage in antique research. Unfortunately, fate's teasing made him walk on this "fire chariot", and Zhu Zhi could only keep going along this road without going back.

In the afternoon, the two of them returned to the city. Zhu Zhi took Guo Xiu to visit the City God Temple. Guo Xiu was like a big girl in a sedan chair, full of curiosity about everything. He looked at this and touched that, and felt so happy.

Zhu Zhi suggested that the two of them would not go back to have dinner at night, anyway, they had a nurse with them. I remember one time when Xiao Ma Wang said that a new Korean restaurant was opened on East Street. In his previous life, Zhu Zhi especially liked to eat Korean cuisine. He had wanted to taste what the Korean cuisine tasted in the Ming Dynasty. Guo Xiu had no idea anyway. He heard that he was interested in eating Korean cuisine. The two of them came to East Street. The newly opened three-character "Jiangbei Pavilion" sign was very obvious.

In the early Ming Dynasty, China and Asian countries had frequent exchanges. In order to give foreign envoys a good place to rest, the Ming government set up a magnificent, luxurious and comfortable Huitong Hall (the first-level hospitality envoys) and Wuman Post (the entourages who entertain envoys) as the base place in Nanjing. It provides food and daily life for the envoys. According to the number of people coming to the envoys and the level of official rank, it prepared a recipe and handed over to Guanglu Temple for processing. In addition to serving wine, meat, fruit, tea, noodles and other foods as usual for three meals a day, it also held a banquet at the Huitong Hall. The Ministry of Rites arranged the date of the banquet and asked a minister to accompany the banquet. Every year, the four major festivals of "New Year's Day", "Suburban Sacrifice", "Holy Birthday" and "Winter Solstice" are always invited to attend the grand banquet.

Anyway, there were delicious food and drinks to serve them, so many people came to some countries at once. During the Yongle period, Japan sent a large delegation of 200 people to China for free and eat and drink, and stayed there for more than half a year. Even if the landlords had surplus food, they could not withstand the food and drink of these people. So during the Renzong period, they issued an order to Japan, which was to say that tribute was fine, but each time it was stipulated that only one boat could come, and a delegation of 20 people would come too much. Sorry, when the pirates were dealt with, there was no meat bun or a bow and arrow.

Therefore, by the Hongwu period, foreigners in Nanjing were already bustling, so sixteen large restaurants were built on the main transportation roads inside and outside the city, namely: Qingjiang Tower, Heming Tower, Zuixian Tower, Jixian Tower, Lemin Tower, Nanshi Tower, Beishi Tower, Qingyan Tower, Cuiliu Tower, Meiyan Tower, Danfan Tower, Euge Tower, Gufu Tower, Laibin Tower, and Re-translation Building, called Buddhist Tower, as a public place for foreign guests and domestic people to rest and entertain. Among them, the second floor of Laigu Tower is specially designed to entertain foreign envoys.

This "Jiangbei Pavilion" is a restaurant that came into being. When the three of them walked into the restaurant, they saw that the decoration inside the restaurant was very Goryeo, and all the guests walked to the collapse and sat down. It seemed that this was also a tradition that existed in ancient times.

A guy, wearing Korean clothes, came up to greet him in standard Chinese language, and Zhu Zhi asked him to find a private room. The guy took the three of them to a private room upstairs. When he entered the door, he just opened the door to serve the food. Zhu Zhi glanced at it and there were a grand court room with more than 10 people sitting in it, all dressed by Goryeo officials. Each of them was really similar to that in "Dae Jang Geum". And each of them seemed to be holding a girl and having fun.

Zhu Zhi didn't care so much. He entered his single room, which was very comfortable and simple. The two took off their shoes and sat on top, and Xiao Chenzi stood below to serve him. He didn't dare to sit with His Highness and his wife.

Zhu Zhi asked the guy a little and found that the Korean cuisine has not changed a lot over the years, so he ordered some dishes such as barbecue, dog soup, etc. Zhu Zhi had nothing to do with these dishes, but Guo Xiu was different. Each one was very fresh to her, and her expression seemed to be the first time she had eaten crabs.

After eating for a while, Xiao Chenzi suddenly turned his head vigilantly and stared at the door, Zhu Zhi said, "What?"

Xiao Chenzi said: "There is a martial artsman outside the door."

Zhu Zhi said: "Maybe he is the friend from the other side."

Xiao Chenzi suddenly made a swear gesture and whispered: "No, they have weapons." Xiao Chenzi immediately turned into a vigilant leopard, his hand pulled from his waist, and a narrow-body soft sword was transformed from somewhere. He slowly moved to the door and listened carefully to the outside with his ears.

Suddenly, a few words of Korean words were spoken outside, and then a "bang" sound came, and then someone screamed. Xiao Chenzi turned his head nervously and said to Zhu Zhi: "Your Highness, the opponent is fighting. If you rush in later, your subordinates will resist, and your highness and the Empress will find an opportunity to take the way." Zhu Zhi and Guo Xiu quickly put on their shoes, but they did not have weapons at hand. Otherwise, with the skills of the three of them, ordinary assassins would not need to worry.

Zhu Zhi slowly approached the door, and heard the loud noise of fighting outside. Xiao Chenzi said to him: "Your Highness, it seems that the people outside are not coming for us." Zhu Zhi nodded. This was the first time he encountered a martial arts scene since he returned to the Ming Dynasty. Although he did not come for himself, he was still quite nervous.

The fight outside became more and more intense, and "ping-pong" was in a mess. Just as Xiao Chenzi was about to open the door and observe the situation, the door was suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man rushed in. Xiao Chenzi had no time to react, so he stabbed into the chest with a sword. The middle-aged man in the official uniform of Goryeo grabbed the clothes on his chest and screamed in despair: "Ah, %¥-!#¥%—*%#!)." He didn't know what he said, but his body softened and fell in front of the door. The moment he fell down, a scroll fell out of the clothes on his chest and rolled to Zhu Zhi's feet.

This was the first time Zhu Zhi saw a murder with his own eyes. The blood of the middle-aged man gushed out with the sword. His face turned pale and his hands were tightly held at Guo Xiu. He glanced inadvertently, but found that Guo Xiu was staring at the door nervously. Zhu Zhi tried his best to speak smoothly: "Xiuer, are you afraid?"

Guo Xiu looked at him with a firm look on his face: "With your husband here, Xiu'er is not afraid."

While speaking, two people wearing the same official uniform as middle-aged people had already entered the private room. When they saw the middle-aged man lying on the ground, their faces were extremely frightened, and they muttered something, and they raised their swords and slashed. The two of them had great martial arts skills, and two single swords enveloped Xiao Chenzi like snowflakes.

At this time, Zhu Zhi had seen Xiao Chenzi's real kung fu. His sword skills were light and elegant, and they were intertwined between the two. The two were gradually forced out of the room by Xiao Chenzi. He only heard him shouting: "Prince, I will force them out and take my wife away first."

Before he finished speaking, a knife had already been slashed out. Xiao Chenzi's body rotated and dodged the blade. A strange sword light stabbed into the person's chest with the rotation of his body. The other person jumped out of the room in horror. Xiao Chenzi couldn't let him go, and swung his opponent's single sword with the momentum. The sword body instantly wiped the opponent's neck. The warrior's body softened and fell to the ground. Xiao Chenzi had taken three people's lives in a row. Zhu Zhi didn't even see Xiao Chenzi's tricks clearly. He looked at Xiao Chenzi in surprise. Please, is there really a "Sunflower Book" in the Ming Dynasty?

At this time, the door had already moved away. Seeing this, Zhu Zhi hurriedly pulled Guo Xiu and wanted to run away. When he left, he didn't forget to pick up the scroll on the ground and stuff it into his arms. When he passed by the door, Zhu Zhi picked up a single knife and handed it to Guo Xiu: "Can you use it?" Guo Xiu nodded, and Zhu Zhi picked up another single knife. There was a little Chenzi in front, and Zhu Zhi pulled Guo Xiu out of the room behind him.

At this time, everything outside the door shocked Zhu Zhi. He saw that the door of the private room opposite had been broken, and several people were slammed inside and outside the room, including those in official uniforms, masked men in black, and one or two girls. Needless to say, the man in black was an assassin, came to assassin these Goryeo officials. There were still several pairs fighting outside and they didn't care about them at all.

The three of them came downstairs, and the guest inside had already run away, and the tables and chairs were in chaos due to the fight. Xiao Chenzi took Zhu Zhi and wanted to go out, but outside was full of cheers, and someone was shouting, "Hurry up, surround the restaurant and don't let someone run away."

Xiao Chenzi turned around nervously and said, "Your Highness, you are from the Five City Military Command. Are we going out?"

Zhu Zhi said, "Go out?! Isn't that all messy? Can you make it clear?!"

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