Li Le'an's response was so positive, but it made Shen Gui a little difficult. He just said it casually, but he didn't expect this somewhat schizophrenic girl to really respond.

"Hmm...... Actually, why don't we change the day? Because I've just come out of a restaurant. Generally speaking, it's not particularly hungry ......" Speaking of this, when I saw Li Le'an, who was expecting a face, his eyes were a little red at this time, and he hurriedly waved his hand to say goodbye: "Let's go, let's go now, Huiyoulou Huiyoulou." ”

As soon as the two of them walked to the door of the Friends Building, Xiao Er, who greeted the guests at the door, saw Shen Gui who was walking first, with a dejected face, and stepped forward a little strangely: "Master Shen, have you dropped something?" Don't worry, there is me in front and Master Song in the back, and I can't lose it. You tell me what it is? I'll find it for you. ”

Shen Gui angrily pointed to Li Le'an behind him: "Don't be busy with you." I've lost someone, where can you get me back? ”

Although it was past noon at this time, this Huiyoulou was very different from other taverns and restaurants in Fengjing. Every day, from the beginning of the noon opening to the closing of the board at the end of the day, it is a hot table that is hard to find. After Song Xingzhou took over the helm of the back kitchen, even the atrium garden leading to the back kitchen was full of guests.

Shen Gui entered the main hall, and it was full of excitement. The running hall that waits for guests back and forth, and the apprentices who keep shuttling through the front hall of the back kitchen to pass dishes, crowd every gap in the hall. Shen Gui frowned, and naturally stretched his right arm back......

Li Le'an, who saw such a lively scene for the first time, just saw a hand stretched out by the 'thief' in front of him, and only felt that the main hall of the Friends Building, which was originally lively and noisy, suddenly quieted down at this moment. Strangely, the drum sound of 'dong dong' actually sounded in his ears.

Li Le'an was squeezed twice by the people walking by, and looked up at Shen Gui, who stretched out his right arm. But seeing that he didn't even look back, he seemed to be still facing an acquaintance in the distance, and he was greeting something with his mouth. Then he bit his lower lip vigorously and slapped his left hand into his right palm very hard. The two of them squeezed in the direction of the back kitchen, one after the other, like two swimming fish.

"Did you bring me to dinner, or did you come to the temple fair?"

The two of them walked through the crowded antechamber into the atrium garden, where the literati and scholars gathered for drinks. Li Le'an shook off Shen Gui's arm and shouted loudly.

"Hmm, don't you want something delicious? This chef is my friend, and if you talk about cooking skills alone, you can't pick out a better one in the entire Youbei Third Road. However, others are a bit old-fashioned and old-fashioned, and there is an old rule in the kitchen that women are not allowed to enter the back kitchen. Nowadays, although there are a few famous cooks in various places, they are all men to men and women to women, and there has never been a place where there is a mixture. I don't know if he still cares about this rule, but it's not good to take you directly through the back door. ”

When Li Le'an heard the sentence 'Women are not allowed to enter the back kitchen', half of the spring rain in his hand was withdrawn, but after listening to Shen Gui's words, he pressed back again, but his face was still cloudy:

"This rule doesn't make sense! The people also cook in their homes, and all of them are women. When it comes to eating, wasn't the cook raised by his mother first? What can a woman do when she goes into the back kitchen? Can it still attract thunder? ”

Shen Gui explained with a smile:

"Women cook at home, which is a chore. And the chef is in the stove room, serving the guests who spend money to eat, which is naturally a business. Not to be confused. ”

Most of the guests in this atrium garden are literati. I came to this Huiyou Building to drink a sip of precious and rare grapes from the Western Regions, and by the way, I talked with fellow Taoists. Occasionally, a few court officials would join in, gather here to drink fine wine, and talk with fellow believers, throughout the ages.

At this time, the words of Shen Gui and Li Le'an also fell into the ears of these students and literati. Although Shen Gui can also be regarded as a man of the year for a while, although the fact that a prince is asking for food on the street is a bit new, after the fall of King Zhongshan, it has been slowly forgotten by people. Occasionally, it is just a laughing stock at the banquet, praising him for his foresight;

On the other hand, although Li Le'an has a noble status, his father can be said to be half the emperor of Youbei Sanlu, but after all, he still grew up in the Li family's old nest - Dongyou Great Wilderness City. This time when she entered Beijing, although she had a big drama with Yan Qinghong on the street, it was also passed on by word of mouth, and few people knew her true face. In addition, when he fought with Shen Gui on the street before, Yuebai Luo's skirt was already full of dust, and her face was crying like a flower-faced cat, so not many people paid attention to it.

But the chatter and dispute between the two fell into the ears of a caring person. This person is the prince of Youbei who went out of the palace to relax-Yan Day. A few days ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was just scolded by his uncle and prime minister, that is, his maternal uncle Li Deng, and when he returned to the palace, he was stopped by the chief manager Li Qing, and he has not seen his father until today. The evil fire in his heart has not been vented, and his eyebrows are full of gloomy and unwilling looks. Seeing that the prince was frowning all day, a few gentlemen from the Yan family made an appointment to accompany him today, first come to this Huiyoulou to have a few drinks, and then go to the Green Willow Building in the North Market for recreation and recreation in the evening.

Although Li Le'an was a little embarrassed at this time, Yan Day, his cousin, still saw her identity at a glance. I just wanted to step forward to say hello, but when I saw my cousin's hand being held tightly in the palm of my hand by Shen Gui, I couldn't help but be furious, and retorted:

"I think that what this brother said is extremely inappropriate. As the old saying goes, 'a gentleman cooks far away', since the kitchen is already low, why pretend to be arrogant and set any rules? Besides, it is already against women's morality for women to show their heads, so why should Brother Tai make a noise for those chefs who are willing to be cheap? ”

When Yan Tian said this, a kind of students around him nodded again and again, and there were a few Yan disciples who didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, although they didn't understand it halfway, they also applauded loudly at this time. The academic atmosphere that the prince wanted to create was distorted by these idiots, and instantly became a gag in a teahouse restaurant.

Shen Gui raised his eyebrows and looked at Yan Tian in surprise. Ignoring the sound of shovels knocking on the iron pot ringing in his ears, he threw off the sleeves of his clothes that were pulled by Li Le'an, walked in the direction of Yan Tian, and said loudly after clasping his fists and saluting:

"This brother Tai Gaojian, haven't you asked your surname Taifu yet?"

Yan Tian also returned the salute:

"The people of Guanbei are given by the teacher, and they are virtuous.

Shen Gui nodded:

"Then I'll answer Brother Mingde's doubts. Childe is afraid that he doesn't understand the original meaning of the phrase 'gentleman is far away from cooking'. The so-called 'gentleman cooks far away' does not mean that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen or the cook. Rather, the sages are exhorting the king to rule the country with benevolence and righteousness. In the original text, it is also very clear, 'There is no harm, it is a benevolent technique, and the cow is not seen the sheep.' A gentleman is also to beasts, seeing their life, and not being able to bear to see their death; Hearing its voice, I can't bear to eat its flesh. It's a gentleman who is far away from cooking'. Brother Mingde, it's not forbearing, not forgiving. To put it simply, it is necessary to eat or eat, and you should stay away from it when chopping. ”

The crown prince Yan Day, who was named 'Mingde', was a little embarrassed by Shen Gui's words. Although he is the crown prince, and he studied under the deputy head of the Sanbei Academy - Ni Xing and Ni An, but he only studied on weekdays. At this time, I was refuted by Shen Gui's white text, and I didn't know where to start for a while.

But Shen Gui still didn't stop his mouth, just gently patted the slender jade hand that tugged on the sleeve again, trying to calm her nervous mood. It's just that Shen Gui doesn't know what the reason for the nervousness of the two is, whether it is Song Xingzhou in the distance or Li Le'an behind him......

"Speaking of the cook. Brother Mingde has ever thought about how this cook came into being? In the third road of Youbei, before the three-legged establishment of Beiyan and Nankang, the Huayu continent was full of smoke and war, and before the disintegration of Dayan, there were about 10,000 people; After a hundred years of war, after decades of recuperation and recuperation, the total number of people in the Huayu Continent has only recovered to about 50 million. ”