Qingtai Town is just like the North and South Avenue, and it is blocked by water, which is particularly lively. After Wang Xiaoli occupied Luoyang, it was even busier and there were endless people on the road. Two months ago, not far from the Mashu, a new "Human Fireworks" was opened, adding a lot of fireworks to the town.

Looking at the sign of "Human Fireworks" in front of him, Gong Chengbowen said happily: "Okay, let's go to the front to eat something and have a good rest tonight. This trip has been a thousand miles and we are finally going back to Luoyang!"

Xu Sui said: "There are hundreds of miles ahead, why are you happy?"

Gong Chengbowen said: "Although there are still hundreds of miles, there are lively places ahead. Even if the road is long, you don't have to endure hardship."

The others laughed at each other. When they walked into the town, they saw many large carts parked on the horse shop in front of them, and soldiers guarding them. Looking at their flags, they were not ordinary officials.

Zheng Gangzhong looked at it and frowned. He said, "I haven't heard of any envoys coming recently. Who is this? It seems that he was heading south."

The rest shook their heads together.

Mu Ying said, "Why do you have to guess? Let's go forward and ask."

Everyone stepped forward and went outside the horse shop and asked a soldier: "Dare you ask who the envoy is? Why are you going south?"

The soldier looked up and down at several people and said, "Who are you?"

Zheng Gangzhong stepped forward and bowed, "We are a Jinshi who has just arrived in Jingxi Road. He was ordered by Xuanfu to check all directions and was about to rush back to Luoyang."

The soldier hurriedly bowed and said, "This is the order of the Privy Council to be transferred to the official and the carriage. He was ordered to go to Luoyang to ask for artillery and was about to return!"

Zheng Gangzhong looked around and shook his head. He said to Mu Ying beside him: "What a powerful weapon is the cannon? Although it is in the territory of the Song Dynasty, Zhe Ducheng is still too careless. Who knows the cart is parked here? When you arrive at a place with few people, something may happen."

Xu Chen said: "Along the way, there was no robber. Under Wang Xuan's rule, the bandits were not born, so what were they afraid of!"

Zheng Gangzhong still felt it was inappropriate after hearing this. He asked the soldiers: "I don't know if you can do it in the horse shop? Since we have met it, we should pay our respects."

The soldier said: "I went to the world to have a meal. There was no food in this horse shop."

Zheng Gangzhong thanked him and said to the others: "Okay, we'll go for dinner too. When we meet Du Cheng, we just happened to meet him."

Several people walked around the horse shop and walked to the "human fireworks" next to them. A servant saw it at the door and hurriedly came forward and said, "You are invited inside. I wonder if you want to drink or eat? Are you outside or a small pavilion?"

Mu Ying said: "Looking at the big cart outside, I said I had to come to you for dinner. Where is he? Take us to see you."

The servant did not dare to be negligent. He led a few people into the hotel, bypassed the many tables outside, and led them to a small pavilion behind him. He bowed to the soldiers guarding outside the door and said, "Officials, these people are looking for Zheguanren, please report it."

The soldiers looked at Mu Ying and others and said, "Who is Ji Shan? What's the matter with finding Taiwei Zhe?"

Mu Ying said: "We are a new Jinshi who worked on Jingxi Road. We are ordered by Xuanfu to visit all directions. Now that the matter is finished, we are about to return to Luoyang to hand over the order. When we walk here, we happen to see Du Cheng's car driver and come to pay our respects."

The soldiers asked for their names one by one, opened the door, and walked in.

Soon, the soldiers came out to invite a few people in.

After entering the pavilion, I saw an official in his fifties sitting in the middle, with several small schools standing around.

Mu Ying stepped forward and bowed and said, "Mu Ying was originally from Jinan Prefecture. She was a Jinshi in the second year of Jianyan. Recently, she was ordered by the court to serve as an official on Jingxi Road. When she came here today, she saw Du Cheng's carriage, so she came to pay a visit."

Zhe Yanzhi nodded: "The Jinshi is interested. These are—"

The rest of them stepped forward one by one and introduced themselves.

In the second year of Jianyan, there were Gong Cheng Bowen, a native of Dongping Prefecture; Li Hui, a native of Hebei. In the second year of Shaoxing, there were Zheng Gangzhong, a native of Wuzhou; Fan Yinbin, a native of Tangzhou; Xu Chen, a native of Caizhou. In the second year of Jianyan, there were Xu Sui, a first martial arts scholar in Jianyan, and a native of Jiankang Prefecture.

Although Zhe Yanzhi was born in a general, he was a Jinshi during the Chongning period, and he could be regarded as both civil and military. Today, he saw so many new Jinshi, and he respected them very much. He asked them to sit down and ordered the servants to serve wine and food again.

Mu Ying said: "Du Cheng is kind and I am grateful. We have been traveling for many days and are about to stay in this town for one day. It is not easy to have a seat with Du Cheng."

Zhe Yanzhi said, "It's such a pity! You are all pillars. I meet you today and are about to have a drink and have fun with you."

Mu Ying just said that it was inappropriate.

Zheng Gangzhong said: "Du Cheng, when we see your car outside the horse shop, we are a bit arrogant. Under Wang Xuanfu's rule, the bandits will not be born, so there will be no trouble. But after leaving Suizhou, the bandits were a little bit too many years on the road, so it's better to be careful. It's better to let some people disguise themselves as ordinary people to avoid attracting attention."

Zhe Yanzhi smiled and said, "It's okay. At the beginning of the year, Taiwei Zhang pacified Ezhou. As soon as Kong Yanzhou left, his troops were scattered and he could no longer cause storms. I had three hundred soldiers around me, so which thief dared to look at me!"

Seeing that Zhe Yan didn't listen, Zheng Gangzhong had to say, "I'm too much."

After a few greetings, Mu Ying took a few people out of the pavilion and said, "Zhecheng is not afraid of thieves, why should we be troubled? The 'Human Fireworks' is run by Xuanfu Department. It is available in various prefectures and counties, and is very famous. I heard that this stall is adapted to local conditions and the food is different everywhere. Today I arrived in Qingtai Town and was about to taste the flavor here."

Several people no longer cared about Zhe Yanzhi, so they found a secluded place surrounded by green bamboo in the yard, called the servant, and ordered the menu to order the menu.

Soon, the servant brought the wine and food and said, "Several guests, a kind of white lotus is produced near Qingtai Town. It has few lotus roots, broken and not connected, and is white and without residue. It is not found in other places. Try it. The other dishes will come up soon."

After hearing this, Mu Ying looked at the plate of lotus root slices on the table and said to everyone: "This is a rare thing, everyone eats it."

After saying that, he took a piece into his mouth. After tasting it, he nodded and said, "It's true that it's different from other places. This lotus root slice is very crisp and has no residue. It's really a rare thing. In this hot weather, it's just right to eat lotus root slices."

After hearing this, the rest of the people took lotus root slices to eat together.

Li Hui picked up the iced wine and poured it on everyone one by one.

The cold wine with crispy lotus root slices makes people throw the hot weather behind their heads.

After a while, barbecue, grilled fish, and cold cucumbers and other cold dishes came. Several people brought cups and feasted in large pieces.

These days, they set out from Luoyang, first passed Ruzhou to Caizhou, then from Caizhou to Xinyang Army, and finally from Xinyang Army to Tangzhou and returned to Luoyang. Although they were accompanied by officials in every place, they ate well every day, but they still worked very hard.
Chapter completed!