Chapter 9: The Southern Tour of the Messenger (Eighteen)

"Deyue Tower" was founded during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It is located at the mouth of Yefangbang, Bantang, Huqiu, Suzhou. It was built by Shengpingzhou Prefecture. It is almost a hundred years ago. Operaist Zhang Fengyi gave a poem "Deyue Tower" and said: "The seven-mile long dike is lined with painting screens, and the towers are vaguely green. The mountain master is sitting in a mixed manner. The water sings are intermittent. The flying flowers and roaming the other side of the river. When I arrived at the door, I often got drunk. I was sleeping in the trunk and was not willing to wake up."

Yefangbang, commonly known as Yefangbang, is located between Bantang Bridge and Puji Bridge. It is across the river from Huqiu. It blends mountains and rivers and has beautiful scenery. From Zhang Fengyi's poem, it can be imagined that Deyue Tower was already prosperous for a while more than a hundred years ago and became famous in Wuzhong.

According to Zhu Yinglong's later generations, it will be time for lunch now, which is the busiest time of the restaurant. Especially this restaurant that has been around for hundreds of years, there will definitely be many guests at that time, so if you go late, you will naturally have no good location.

Deyue Tower is a three-story building with cranes standing upright and flying eaves spreading its wings like phoenixes. The entire building has pink walls and black tiles, flying eaves and corners, simple and elegant, with a single step and a dense view, which is a fine product in Suzhou architecture. Because Deyue Tower has a high taste, it has always been a place where literati, poets, officials and merchants gather, and it is very lively at noon.

Zhu Yinglong likes purity, especially when eating, he doesn't like the noisy, so he chose a private room on the third floor. Because there are many entourages and everyone is unwilling to eat separately, so he discussed with the store, chose the largest room upstairs, bought an extra table, and then gathered together and sat down.

Li Xiangjun and Yang Lianying both lived in Suzhou. Although Suzhou City has changed a lot after six years of separation, some things will not change. So the power of this order of food was handed over to her. Although Deyuelou was not their regular customers before, he had eaten many times. Now that he returned to Suzhou, he has even attracted a trace of their memories.

Squirrel mandarin fish, clear soup shark fin, rosy eel paste, watermelon chicken, female oil whole chicken, Taihu water shield soup, jade shrimp bucket, lotus stew, these are all famous local specialties in Suzhou. The second girl knows that Zhu Yinglong’s tactful mouth is, so she naturally orders the best and most distinctive dishes.

The dishes are ready, but you have to wait until you have eaten, and you have to wait a little longer.

"Xiang'er, you have been away from Suzhou City for six years. This time we come back, let's stay for a few more days. Anyway, you're not in a hurry. Let's accompany us to walk around Suzhou City. How about it?" Zhu Yinglong said to Li Xiangjun with a smile.

Li Xiangjun felt the considerate meaning in Zhu Yinglong's words and smiled and said, "Xiang'er obeys the young master's instructions in everything."

"Forget it, don't call me Young Master. I sounded awkward, so call me Master. Master is nice." Zhu Yinglong finally couldn't help but correct me. He always felt a little uncomfortable along the way. Now he finally understood that he was in his thirty years old and was called "Young Master". It was really inappropriate.

"Yes, lord." Li Xiangjun smiled with a pursed lips.

"The food is here, please use it slowly!" With the waiter's greeting, the first Cai "squirrel mandarin fish" they ordered was brought up. The steaming heat and the scent of the nose made everyone's index fingers ignite and their appetite surged!

"Come on, everyone!" Zhu Yinglong greeted, and then he picked up a piece of chopsticks and put it into his mouth. It was fragrant, tender and refreshing, and it tasted good!

Soon, exquisite dishes were delivered. It is worthy of being a century-old restaurant. Each dish is full of ingredients and tastes exquisite. It is much worse than what the imperial chefs in the palace have made. It seems that this food is still among the people!

With a great time, everyone was full of wine and food. Zhu Yinglong ordered the Hai brothers to settle the tent, and the group left Deyue Tower and headed towards Dong Xiaowan's residence.

Dong Xiaowan returned from Jinling after Li Xiangjun and Yang Lianying left Suzhou. She happened to have two popular actors who suddenly left. She occupied a place in Suzhou's Fengyue Realm with her noble and cold temperament. In addition, she was self-admiring and not selling herself, which won many people flock to her. There are countless ministers who fell under her skirt, but there are not only anyone who can truly marry her. Although she is glorious, she is lonely and the years have passed.

Dong Xiaowan, who had lunch, was waiting for a short nap. When the maid came to report that a guest came to visit. Although she had a cold-eyed face that was thousands of miles away, she knew what kind of rice she was eating. After thinking for a while, she ordered to go down to welcome the guests in the flower hall!

The person who came was Zhu Yinglong and his party. After serving the tea, Dong Xiaowan, who had washed and dressed up, finally appeared in the flower hall.

At first sight, Zhu Yinglong couldn't help but exclaim in secret. Dong Xiaowan is indeed Dong Xiaowan. Her beautiful and delicate little face is full of the charm of oriental beauty. Her temperament is cold and noble. Under her crescent-like eyebrows, her eyelashes like a crescent eyelash, a pair of black eyes like gems, clear and pure, quiet and distant eyes give people a kind of cleverness, bright and charming, a small and elegant nose, a mouth-watering bright red curved and fragrant cherry mouth, showing a graceful and smooth curved curved curve.

The skin under the neck is as smooth as mutton fat, which is white and red, as tender and crystal clear as pink cherry blossoms. It reveals a piece of forearm with an intoxicating luster. It is pretty and cute, with a slender figure, graceful and graceful body, well-proportioned bones and flesh, and elegant posture. Especially the pair of buttocks wrapped in silk, it is evenly sensual and round that is rarely found in oriental women. They come slowly with small steps, giving people a feeling of being cold, reserved and incubating inner beauty.

Dong Xiaowan has been receiving guests all year round, so naturally she could see at a glance that among these guests today, Zhu Yinglong, unconsciously met Zhu Yinglong's calm gaze.

Dong Xiaowan's heart suddenly beat out in a bad mood. What kind of eyes are they like? It seems that they can see through their entire heart, but there is no desire to possess. In the past, even those conceited and noble men who were knowledgeable and noble could not help but be lost or confused for themselves when they saw them, but this man did not. His eyes seemed to have a sense of appreciation and evaluation, and the meaningful smile at the corner of his mouth made him lose for a moment.

Dong Xiaowan's first feeling is that the noble and unique temperament of the superior and the faint majesty exudes is that this man must be not simple.

"Little woman Dong Bai has seen a distinguished guest!" Dong Xiaowan bent down slightly to salute Zhu Yinglong.

"Miss Dong Bai is polite, and her surname is Wu. These are my family members!" Zhu Yinglong stood up and returned the greeting and introduced Li Xiangjun and others to say.

"Dong Bai has met all the ladies!" Seeing Li Xiangjun and his girls, they all had eyebrows that were no less than their own. Although they were a little surprised, they still politely said.

Li Xiangjun was the head of all the girls and returned the courtesy, saying, "Miss Dong Bai is polite. I also lived in Suzhou for a while and later left. It can be said that Suzhou is also half of my hometown!"

"Mrs. Have you been in Suzhou?" Dong Xiaowan said in surprise.

"Yes, she is still very famous!" Li Xiangjun smiled indifferently. Everything in the past has passed. Now she is about to become the wife of the emperor. Will she still care about some glory?

"This is Yang Lianying, who lives with me in Suzhou!" Li Xiangjun pulled Yang Lianying and introduced.

"Yang Lianying, why is this name so familiar?" Dong Xiaowan's heart moved, and she quickly remembered it, and asked in surprise: "Sister is Li Xiangjun?"

Li Xiangjun nodded with a smile.

"My sister has been away for six years, and now she is married." Li Xiangjun looked at Zhu Yinglong affectionately.

"It turns out that Mr. Wu is actually brother-in-law. My little sister was rude just now." Dong Xiaowan's cold and beautiful look suddenly went away and she smiled.

"It's okay, when Xiang'er left Suzhou, it was the time for you to come back, haha." Zhu Yinglong said with a smile.

"So that's the case. No wonder I came to Suzhou and found my sister to be unconscious. It turned out that my sister had found Ruyi Langjun to marry." Dong Xiaowan said sincerely happy for Li Xiangjun.

"This time we came back to accompany my master to relax. He has been working hard for more than ten years and needs some relaxation. There is paradise above and Suhang below, so we came." Li Xiangjun explained his intention.

"Xiaowan saw that her brother-in-law was in her early thirties and was radiant. How could she be a person who had been working for more than ten years?" Dong Xiaowan said bluntly.

"Sister Xiaowan, you don't understand. My master inherited the family business as a teenager. He has been going through ups and downs over the years and finally managed the family firmly and then he had time to rest. Otherwise, my sister would not have the leisure to accompany him to travel around the mountains and rivers!" Li Xiangjun said with distress.

"Sister Xiangjun and Sister Lianying are the people Xiaowan admire the most. Xiaowan is very happy to see that the two sisters can have the happiness they are today. How about Xiaowan cooking tonight and welcoming her sister and brother-in-law?" Dong Xiaowan said happily.

"Okay, I've heard of Miss Dong Bai's cooking skills for a long time. I'll definitely have a feast for you tonight!" Zhu Yinglong was very yearning for being able to eat what Dong Xiaowan made by himself. Dong Xiaowan was listed by later generations as one of the "Top Ten Famous Chefs" in ancient China!

"How did my brother-in-law know that I know how to cook?" Dong Xiaowan asked in surprise. Although Dong Xiaowan's cooking skills are good, it was discovered later. However, she is still not famous now, and few people can eat what she cooks in person.

"This, this girl Xiaowan is as beautiful as a fairy, and she must be extraordinary compared to her cooking skills. Mr. Wu just guessed it," Zhu Yinglong said in a hurry.
Chapter completed!