Zheng Peng took out a picture and said, "Look at it, just do it according to this picture." ”

Cui Er took it and looked at it, and his eyes suddenly widened: "Uncle, this, is this good?" ”

"What's bad, what's wrong with it, it's also Young Master Ben's pocket." Zheng Peng said with a nonchalant expression.

Cui Er was speechless for a moment.......

On the tenth day of the first month of February, the street is very lively, this is the official's ten-month holiday, to this day, the officials who are busy with official business on weekdays will accompany their families to go shopping, shopping, and eating, however, at noon, the original lively Shengye Fang is full of traffic, the carriage is more luxurious than the other, and the battle is bigger than the other.

There are many people, and there are many people who maintain public order, in addition to Wuhou, there are also people from the county government and the Imperial Forest Army, which cannot arouse the onlookers of the people:

"Look, isn't that Cui Yushi? The carriage was magnificent. ”

"Of course it has to be magnificent, it is his grandson-in-law's roasted tail feast, and it must be grand."

"The former prime minister Yao Chong and the current prime minister Song Jing came together, and General Zheng really has face."

"The Royal Forest Army has been dispatched, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that they have a face."

"That's right, I just saw several generals of the Royal Forest Army coming together."

"Not to mention anything else, just the signboard of the son-in-law of the Boling Cui clan is loud enough."

"You don't need a monk's face to see the Buddha's face, and now who in Chang'an City doesn't know that General Zheng is the emperor's celebrity."

Just when everyone was talking, someone suddenly said loudly: "Look, Long Yuan, my God, the emperor is also here." ”

Everyone turned their heads to look, and sure enough, they saw a carriage with a body inlaid with gold, silver, jade, gems and pearls, and the body was also carved with dragon and phoenix patterns, pulled by six white horses, under the escort of the Royal Forest Army, slowly driving from a distance, Li Longji sat in the dragon chariot, waving to the people on the side of the road from time to time.

Seeing the emperor, many people knelt down to show respect, but many more people paid attention.

Li Longji saw a lot of bridges and carriages parked on the side of the road, and couldn't help but ask: "Lux, so many people are all participating in Zheng Peng's tail burning banquet?" ”

"Everyone, it should be."

"How many people did he invite to a roasted tail feast?"

Gao Lishi reported in a low voice: "According to the old slave, Zheng Peng sent more than 500 invitations abroad. ”

"I said earlier that he doesn't love vanity, look at the way he looks." Li Longji said angrily.

"Wan Qi is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, many people give up their official positions and don't want to be an ordinary pro-army of the Son of Heaven, everyone values Zheng Peng so much, can you not be happy? It's also fair to celebrate. ”

At this time, Long Yuan had stopped, and Gao Lishi hurriedly helped Li Longji get out of the carriage, and Zheng Peng was already waiting here.

"Weichen welcomes the emperor's holy drive."

"Zheng Aiqing, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Zheng Peng immediately said: "The emperor forgives the sin, Weichen does not dare to slack off, that is, the original house is too dilapidated, so I have to step up the decoration here, and it is not finished yet, I am afraid that the emperor will be able to wait, so I can only have a banquet, and I have been worried about the poor hospitality." ”

"That's good," Li Longji waved his hand and said, "Yao Aiqing is still renting a house, and you are much better than Yao Aiqing." ”

"Yes, yes, yes" Zheng Peng immediately admitted his mistake: "Yao Lao is dedicated to the Tang Dynasty, Weichen can't be as focused as Yao Lao, and he has to learn more from Yao Lao." ”

"Good!" Zheng Longji said approvingly.

If it was in the past, Li Longji would definitely have to beat Zheng Peng to prevent him from getting carried away, but today is the tail burning banquet, which is a festive day for Zheng Peng, so it will give him some face.

Gao Lishi mentioned on the side: "General Zheng, what, are you going to talk to Your Majesty here?" ”

Zheng Peng came back to his senses at this time, and immediately respectfully invited Li Longji inside.

As soon as he entered the gate, Yao Chong, Song Jing, Zhang Shuo and others had already greeted the holy driver, and after a courtesy of the monarch and ministers, Li Longji went to the back garden to participate in the tail burning banquet surrounded by the ministers.

On the way, Li Longji found an opportunity and whispered to Gao Lishi: "Lux, there are so many people, is Zheng Peng's new house overdue?" ”

Surrounded by so many officials, I learned that the number of people who participated in this tail burning banquet exceeded 500 people, and the tail burning banquet was held in the back flower courtyard, so there were dozens of tables to be placed, could Zheng Peng's back garden be so big?

Different official positions, titles, and the size, system, and direction of opening the door are different, Zheng Peng's back garden can put dozens of seats, and it won't exceed the system, right?

If you don't know, you can still open one eye and close the other, but you can't deal with it if you see it with your own eyes, which will damage the majesty of the court.

Gao Lishi immediately whispered: "Back to everyone's words, this house was bought by Zheng Peng from a Zhishi official, three in and three out, and the specifications have not been exceeded." ”

"That's good, this house is small, but it's elegant." Li Longji commented.

All the way from the front door, the design of the house is ingenious, the decoration is simple but not simple, and you can see the ingenuity everywhere, although many places have not yet been completed, but it can be seen that a lot of thought has been spent.

Gao Lishi was a little speechless in his heart, but he still echoed it.

Chang'an is becoming more and more prosperous and stable, housing prices are getting higher and higher, many officials can only rent houses and live in homestays, and it is already great to have a three-in, three-out house in Shengyefang, and Gao Lishi can't afford it, but it has become ordinary in Li Longji's mouth.

It can only be said that people are very fickle, and when the situation is precarious, Li Longji, as the emperor's grandson, has a much worse environment than here.

Li Longji went to the back garden under the leadership of Zheng Peng, and when he stepped into the back garden, he just looked at it and said with some surprise: "Zheng Aiqing, are you going to hold a roast tail banquet here?" ”

The back garden is beautifully arranged, with pavilions, lakes and corridors, surrounded by flowers and willows, which looks quiet and elegant, but these are not the point, the point is that this is not like a banquet place.

Others set up banquets, the tables are set up, and the lights are colorful, but in addition to some dispensable long tables, there are also very few tables and chairs, even the tables and chairs are also very casual, and there is no banquet atmosphere at all.

What is this Zheng Peng making trouble, it won't be under the guise of holding a roasted tail banquet to collect money, right?

"If you go back to the emperor, you will hold a roasted tail banquet here."

Li Longji didn't speak, and Gao Lishi couldn't help but ask: "General Zheng, what's the matter?" Didn't you invite Your Majesty and such colleagues to the roasted tail feast, where is the feast? ”

As soon as Gao Lishi spoke, many people at the scene looked at Zheng Peng.

Many people have long had this question, isn't there a banquet here, but now they can't feel the atmosphere of the banquet, and they haven't seen the banquet, and many people just want to find a table to sit down and can't find it.

The congratulatory gift was given, but the seat was nowhere to be seen, but it was not easy to ask.

Zheng Peng said with a smile: "Don't worry, Gonggong Gao, today is my roasted tail feast, the emperor is still here, can you prepare well, the ordinary banquet is estimated to have tasted all the people present, and this roasted tail feast will make some special." ”

"Oh, General Zheng, how special? Didn't you invite us to dry food? Zhang said with a smile.

"Don't dare" Zheng Peng raised his voice an octave: "This special banquet is a buffet." ”

"Buffet? What is a buffet? Zhang Jiuling in the crowd couldn't help but ask.

Zheng Peng grinned and said quickly, "Wait a while, and this mystery will be opened immediately." ”

As he spoke, Zheng Peng stretched his hand into the air and snapped his fingers familiarly.

When Cui Er saw the agreed signal, he immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "Serve!" ”

At the sound of an order, I saw the two entrances of the back garden of the four teams of slaves rushing in, some holding wine jars, some holding dishes and chopsticks, and some carrying large plates full of dishes, and the well-trained put things on the long table that had been set up in advance, and soon more than ten long tables were filled with all kinds of wine, pastries, and delicacies.

This is not over, there are still tools such as iron plates in the back, and now we are making iron plates.

After a while, the entire back garden was filled with the fragrance of various foods, and many officials were so hungry that they swallowed their mouths.

Li Longji looked at the delicacies that were scattered, then looked at Zheng Peng, and asked, "Zheng Aiqing, what's so special about your buffet?" ”

Zheng Peng said respectfully: "Buffet, as the name suggests, is to help yourself, after a while, the emperor and the guests present take a suitable tableware, such as plates, bowls, wine glasses, etc., there are all kinds of cold dishes, hot dishes, snacks, wine, fruits, etc., take what you want to eat, take as much as you want, and after you get it, you are not limited to sitting in a certain position, you can sit anywhere, you can chat while eating, you can play pitching pots, guess riddles, and you can also watch song and dance performances, anyway, how happy to come." ”

"There is another characteristic of the buffet banquet, that is, in response to the emperor's advocacy of moderation, many banquets, the host is afraid that the guests will not eat well, as rich as possible, but the taste of each guest is different, often a dish has not enough to eat, and some of the seats have not moved much, resulting in a lot of unnecessary waste, with the form of self-service, this situation can be avoided."

Speaking of this, Zheng Peng said loudly: "By the way, for the sake of cleanliness and hygiene, please use public chopsticks and spoons to take things, what you want to eat or someone to take it on your behalf, as long as you raise your hands high, the servants will help as soon as they see it, I hope you eat well, drink well, and play well, thank you." ”

And this way to eat?

Many people's eyes lit up on the spot.

Yao Chong stroked his long white beard and said, "General Zheng is really resourceful, and he actually thought of such an amazing idea as a buffet. ”

"It's good" A general surnamed Wang laughed: "General Zheng, we rough men like big fish and meat, don't feel distressed when you eat it." ”

"How can it" Zheng Peng patted his heart and said: "I have already prepared, the materials are fully prepared, eat with confidence, make up for it immediately after eating, the more I eat, the more face I will have." ”

Everyone burst out laughing.

Gao Lishi said loudly: "General Zheng, you are the master, tell me what delicious dishes or special dishes you have?" ”

Zheng Peng's eyes rolled, the corners of his mouth showed a subtle smile, and he said: "These dishes have been carefully selected, all worth tasting, as the so-called different people have different tastes, it is difficult to say which dish is the best, I can't say the delicious dishes, but I want to give a piece of advice to the guests here, there is a new wine in the wine, mellow but mellow, but the wine is too strong, ordinary people have to fall down after drinking three bowls, you must not be greedy for a cup." ”