Chapter 43: The Feast of the New Year
When he woke up in the morning, Huang Wuji felt a burst of amusement when he thought of what happened in the middle of the night last year. I don't know how bold that guy in the house is, he actually dared to steal Zi Yan's belly pocket, he is really cowardly and admirable.
It has been two weeks since Cui Hong, the secretary of the criminal department, was assassinated, and the court has gradually quieted down, and the position of the secretary of the criminal department has also been pushed up by Dong Hui, the servant of the criminal department of the great prince's faction, and the prince has not said a word above the court, and it can have such a result, which shows how terrifying the power of the prince in the Tang Dynasty is.
Moreover, recently, the Blood Demon Gate seems to have died down, turning its attention from the direction of investigating Emperor Wuji to other places. Although Huang Wuji didn't know what the Blood Demon Gate was investigating, his keen sixth sense told him that there seemed to be an invisible shadow in the sky over the entire Kyoto, and there was an ominous premonition in his heart that seemed to be related to him.
Huang Wuji finished his day's cultivation and waited in his room for breakfast. With the knock on the door, a young and unfamiliar voice came from outside the door: "Your Highness, the slave maid has brought you breakfast!"
Huang Wuji narrowed his eyes slightly, several thoughts flashed through his mind, and he still said, "Come in!" A young maid who was slightly older than Zi Yan walked in with a tray with difficulty.
After seeing the maid put the food on the table, Huang Wuji seemed to ask casually as if unintentionally: "Where is Zi Yan, where did you go!" Hearing Huang Wuji's question, the maid hurriedly replied, "Back to Your Highness, Zi Yan is sick and wants to rest for two days, and she is lying on the bed now!"
"Zi Yan is sick!" this reason will not be believed even if Huang Wuji is killed. However, Huang Wuji still thought of something, probably because of the incident last night that made Zi Yan embarrassed to meet him.
Huang Wuji didn't think much about it. didn't know that at this time, Zi Yan quietly changed into civilian clothes and ran out of the backyard of the prince's mansion.
After breakfast, Huang Wuji was a little bored and didn't know what to do, so he took out the sandalwood box from the space ring, and a sealing technique tightly wrapped the surrounding of the box.
The sandalwood box opened, and the crimson light of luck rushed to the sky, fortunately Huang Wuji was prescient, otherwise the whole of Kyoto would have been shaken again. He took the map out of the sandalwood box and looked at it carefully.
I found that the route on the map seems to be somewhat familiar, but I can't tell what it is if it is incomplete, anyway, it seems familiar. After reading it for a long time, Huang Wuji looked back and forth ten times, and he also felt tired, every stroke on the map, the location of each route, even a small punctuation, were all memorized.
The ancient oracle bone inscription is bitter and difficult to understand, and it is not as simple as imagined to write it all down, after understanding and writing it all down, a morning has passed, and it is almost noon.
Huang Wuji decided to go to Mingyue Tower to eat, and by the way, to find out what was going on in Fang Wai recently, since he got the fragment of the Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf, his heart was never steady, as if something was coming towards him.
And the reason why Huang Wuji went to Mingyue Tower to see Xu Donglai was also because no one doubted that a prince went to dinner. If the kitchen god of Mingyue Tower always runs to the prince's mansion, then others will think about it.
This time, Huang Wuji didn't bring many people, there were a total of four guards in front of Li Chong, and the remaining three were all guards who had participated in the extermination of the Blood Demon Gate stronghold. After participating in the extermination of the Blood Demon Gate, the three guards rested for about a week before recovering, and they all became cold, always with a trace of murderous aura on their bodies.
Walking on the main road of the aristocratic district, it was a little lively at noon. Some of the people who were away hurried home, or at the behest of other nobles, galloped towards the location of Center Street.
Huang Wuji is not in a hurry, there is a fixed private room in Mingyue Tower, there is no need to grab it with others. You must know that Mingyue Tower is very sought-after in Kyoto, and there are not a few princes and nobles who make a big deal for a private room on the third floor every day.
There are a total of three people in the entire Tang Dynasty who can have a fixed private room in Mingyue Tower, counting Huang Wuji, the first four floors and one floor are his, the second prince Li Chengqian, the Tianzi private room on the third floor of Mingyue Building is his, and the last is Huang Wuji's private room.
It can almost be said that having a fixed private room in Mingyue Tower is a symbol of status, and even the thirteenth prince Li Zhi wants to have a fixed private room in Mingyue Building, but Mingyue Tower has never agreed.
Walking to Mingyue Tower, the aroma of food had already come out, and Huang Wuji's stomach happened to make a gurgling sound. Huang Wuji walked into the Mingyue Tower, and Xiao Er, who was waiting on the first floor, saw him, regardless of the others, ran over, and said courteously: "Your Highness, you are here, I will take you up!"
Originally, Huang Wuji didn't need Xiao Er to lead the way, how many times he came, even if he was not familiar with it, he should remember it. However, Xiao Er's enthusiasm Emperor Wuji had no reason to push it off, and followed Xiao Er towards the third floor.
Just when I walked to the entrance of the stairs on the third floor, I heard a noisy shout from the third floor: "What's the matter, there is obviously no one in the private room, why do you say that there are people, don't you look at Lao Tzu, tell you this son today, but here to feast the thirteen princes, no matter who tops the private room, let me out, otherwise, this son will sue you in front of the thirteen princes!"
The voice is very unfamiliar, Huang Wuji can't remember that it is the son-in-law of that family, since there is no one in his memory, then it is certain that the son-in-law of the foreign feudal officials came to Kyoto, where he did not know the arrogance of life and death.
Kicking and kicking, Huang Wuji walked up, and the young brother who was watching the excitement on the side flashed to the side in fright when he saw him. So far, Huang Wuji's power in Mingyue Tower is still vivid, as if it was yesterday, looking at the sons and brothers who were broken one by one are still lying on the bed half dead, and there is no reason in my heart to shiver, I want to stay away from the demon king of the mixed world.
Brother Gongzi, who was exerting his might, also noticed that something was wrong, and the person who had been coaxing next to him suddenly quieted down. The crowded aisle revealed about one person, and a small child who didn't look very big walked out.
The little child looked at him with a frown, which made his heart very uncomfortable. Brother Gongzi is indeed not from Kyoto, and Cai Xiaobao, the son of Cai Hui, the governor of Xuzhou.
Cai Xiaobao's days in Kyoto have also continued, relying on the thirteenth prince Li Zhi to support him in the back, and anyone who goes has to give some face. Over time, he developed an arrogant and domineering personality, and he had long forgotten his father's advice before he came to Beijing.
Cai Xiaobao of Mingyue Tower is the first time to come, and he has heard about Mingyue Tower as early as when he was in Xuzhou. When he arrived in Kyoto this time, in order to show his sincerity, Cai Xiaobao specially thought of setting a table in Mingyue Tower to banquet the thirteenth prince Li Zhi.
But when it came to Mingyue Tower, things went wrong, and all the private rooms were fully booked, and there was no vacancy. Cai Xiaobao looked at the private room on the third floor, and all the figures were there, and he knew that it was true.
Cai Xiaobao is also boring. After checking that each private room was full of people, I was ready to go downstairs to find the shopkeeper of Mingyue Building and ask if there was any way to vacate a private room.
But at the moment of going back, Cai Xiaobao inadvertently turned around and found that a private room seemed to be empty. In order to confirm the truth of the matter, Cai Xiaobao deliberately leaned on the door of the private room and listened for a long time to make sure that there was no one inside.
The number of the place is a fixed private room of Huang Wuji, and even if the person is not there, it cannot be given to others. Cai Xiaobao saw that the shopkeeper of Mingyue Building did not agree to his conditions, and he forgot where he was in anger and brought out the name of Li Zhi, the thirteenth prince.
This made the children of the princes and nobles who came out to see the excitement despise this foreigner fiercely. Just when Cai Xiaobao and the shopkeeper of Mingyue Lou had a dispute, Huang Wuji came.
Huang Wuji looked at Cai Xiaobao, then looked at the shopkeeper of Mingyue Tower and said, "Go down from the shopkeeper, I'll solve the matter here!" When the shopkeeper of Mingyue Building saw Huang Wuji coming, he was in a good mood, and quickly nodded and ran down.
Cai Xiaobao looked Huang Wuji up and down and asked arrogantly: "Who are you, why let him go, this son's words haven't been finished yet!" As soon as Cai Xiaobao finished speaking, the surrounding princes and nobles looked at Cai Xiaobao one by one like dead people, and secretly laughed in their hearts.
"It doesn't matter who I am, the private room is fixed. Even if there is no one, it is not something that anyone else can use!" As soon as Huang Wuji's words were finished, the surrounding princes and nobles were obviously stunned.
They only knew that the fourth floor of Mingyue Tower was a fixed cladding of the Tang Emperor, and no one could go up. The private rooms on the third floor of the Mingyue Building are also graded, there are a total of twenty-eight rooms, and the last three good private rooms are the sky, the earth, and the people, and the rest are divided according to the temperament, spring (spring) rain (rain) surprise (sting) spring (vernal equinox) Qing (Qingming) valley (valley rain) summer (Lixia) full (small man) mangs (mangs) summer (summer solstice) summer (small summer) (big heat) autumn (beginning of autumn) (summer heat) dew (white dew) autumn ( Autumn equinox), cold (cold dew), frost (frost), winter (beginning of winter), snow (light snow), snow (heavy snow), winter (winter solstice), small (small cold), large (big cold).
The better private rooms in the 24 festivals are divided into four rooms: spring, summer, autumn and winter, which are generally used by high-ranking princes and disciples. However, there is no fixed herringbone private room, which is generally used by the children of the royal family, and the rest of the private rooms are used by the children of the nobles with status, everything is very clearly divided, and ordinary people will not cross this line.
An old hat from Xuzhou didn't know the rules, and these princes and nobles all wanted to see Cai Xiaobao's jokes, so they didn't say anything. Moreover, these princes and nobles have never heard of the private rooms now have regular guests.
Being recognized by Mingyue Lou also indirectly indicates the identity of the person who can have a fixed private room in Mingyue Lou.
(End of chapter)