8. Ask when is Qingzun Night Scene to celebrate the festival

He Qi looked at the four shadow guard subordinates kneeling in front of him, and a detailed report they handed in, his face was frosty.

Mr. "Yang Zhen" never existed, and the shadow guards sent to Cloud Province naturally couldn't find anything.The head of the shadow guards of this group of shadow guards had no results in the first investigation, and almost doubted his professional level, for fear that he might make a mistake in his investigation.

For this reason, this group of shadow guards even delayed for more than a month in the North, but they still had to submit a report of "no such person found" when they returned.

"Your subordinates are incompetent, please take charge of your subordinates' incompetence."

He Qi took a deep breath and waved his hand:

"It's not your problem... Go down, let me think about it again. By the way, you are allowed to rest for three days as usual, and you don't need to be on duty."

After the group of shadow guards retreated, He Qi pressed his frowning brows.

If the shadow guards brought him such a report according to normal tasks, he would have scolded them for being useless.

But this time Yang Zhen's identity as an old Cloud Province friend was told to him by the master, so the reason why Cloud Province doesn't have this person at all can only be that the master is lying to him.

He never thought about this possibility before, but let the shadow guard make a trip for nothing.Thinking about it now... the tone of the old building when he talked to him, I am afraid he also knew about this matter, but he still let him investigate.

……What exactly is this for?

For the safety of his master, he wanted to investigate the details of Mr. Yang.However, both the owner and the old building knew that Yang Zhen was using a fake identity, but they didn't tell him.

But he is the leader of the master's shadow guard.

If there is any secret, Lianying will keep it secret... He even began to suspect that he had lost part of his master's trust, or he hadn't gained it at all.

He Qi put down the report in his hand a little sullenly, but he didn't need to read a single word in it.

He sat in his room for a long time, and thought of asking the master directly, but he held back in the end - he still understood the duty of being a good shadow guard.

===

It will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, and the owner of the palace here has already prepared a table for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

Pei Nianyu traveled to this world in late autumn last year. After he came here last year, he "reunited" with his real brother.In the spring and summer of this year, He Qi found his long-lost sister again.

This Mid-Autumn Festival really has a lot more meaning of reunion than before, so Pei Nianyu is happy to actively prepare for everyone to have a good time together.

Knowing this, Pei Niancheng had no reason not to come, so he simply canceled the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet held in the palace every year.

The reason is also very simple and straightforward. He told the ministers this way: the Mid-Autumn Festival is a festival for family reunion, so there is no reason for the ministers to be separated from their families.At that time, the palace will reward the imperial mooncakes separately, please enjoy the holiday at home.

With an edict, everyone in the court is happy.

As for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the inner palace, there is no one in his harem, and only some old concubines from the previous dynasty live in the harem.The two brothers are only acquainted with Concubine Zhuang who raised them, and not with other people. As the emperor, he can't let go of eating and drinking when he goes to join in the fun.

So Pei Niancheng directly arranged a prosperous banquet for the palace, and hinted that the elder concubines can entertain themselves in the palace at will.

As a result, Pei Niancheng was able to get out of the entertainment and pre-book one... two seats at the King Yu Palace Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

——Almost forgot to count Li Han.

When writing a letter to his brother, Pei Niancheng wrote casually: Keep two pairs of bowls and chopsticks.

Pei Nianyu received a small note from the shadow guard in the palace. While thinking about something, he asked He Yanjun how the Mid-Autumn Festival mooncakes in the store were doing.

He Yanjun got a little excited:

"It's not bad. I finally have time to develop new products recently. There are many kinds of mooncakes. My shop over there has stopped selling other dim sum mooncakes these days, so I'm still busy."

Thanks to Pei Nianzhen's hard work, the chef's guild has done a lot of publicity. At present, the first batch of apprentices who came to learn skills have graduated.Most of them are seasoned cooks from other shops, who were sent by the owner to learn the recipe.

And those basic and mid-range dim sum recipes have spread through the guild, and have blossomed in all major dim sum shops in Capital City.Due to the many competitors, the price is very low, most ordinary people in Capital City can buy it, and He Yanjun's store finally has less people queuing up every day.

Therefore, her recent career focus is to transform the dim sum shop, and she will specialize in high-end limited, seasonal limited, and privately-made dim sum in the future.The price has also increased significantly. According to her master, this is called "reasonable brand premium". There are many rich people in Capital City, and they don't earn for nothing.

"By the way, Master, are you still inviting Mr. Yang over on the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Pei Nianyu froze for a moment, put down the menu plan in his hand and looked at her.

"If he wants to come...it's not impossible. But how did you come up with the idea to invite him?"

He Yanjun waved his hand:

"Didn't he help me a lot in the past two months? The restaurants in Capital City all have backgrounds, and sometimes I'm afraid of losing ground, but Mr. Yang helped me a lot.I just hid myself and let him deal with it."

What Pei Nianyu was thinking about was the grudge between Pei Nianzhen and the He family many years ago... This fate is a bit strange.

He sighed softly in his heart, what will happen between them is not something he can decide.

"Then you just go and tell him. He doesn't lack a pair of chopsticks anyway."

"By the way, Yanjun, don't be too busy with your shop. If you have time recently, please take care of your brother."

He Yanjun was surprised: "What happened to my brother?"

Pei Nianyu shrugged:

"I don't know. He seems a little unhappy these two days. I asked him why he didn't say anything. I don't know if there is something on his mind."

Although Pei Nianyu didn't know that the source of He Qi's unhappiness was that he, the master, was playing tricks on others, he still cared a little.

"Okay, I see."

===

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Pei Nianyu took a long sleep (and kept Lou Yefeng in his arms and wouldn't let him get up), so he ate breakfast.Lunch is also very simple, and I am preparing to eat a big stomach in the evening.

Before noon, mainly dealt with chores in the mansion, such as distributing benefits.

Pei Nianyu made a distinction by referring to the iron rice bowl unit in his previous life: the benefits everyone has are moon cakes and festival rewards, some practical things such as rice, flour, grain, oil and cloth are distributed to the servants and guards with families, and the unmarried maids and maids are distributed.All kinds of desserts, fruits and snacks.

The shadow guards are given pills that help to warm up the body and recover from old injuries. Shadow guards without old injuries can choose to replace the pills with snacks.

To Pei Nianyu's surprise, nearly half of the more than a hundred shadow guards in the mansion chose the snack gift pack instead of the more expensive health-care pills.

In the afternoon, He Yanjun and Pei Nianzhen were the first to arrive. They sold out today's dim sum ahead of schedule, so they closed the shop and went home to help their master.But Xiang Ping'en intends to make money, and the restaurants tonight received many reservations, so he has no time to go back to the palace.

The last ones to arrive were of course Pei Niancheng and Li Han.

There were no more than six or seven people in total, so Pei Nianyu ordered someone to set up a round table at the small round table in front of the bedroom, so they could sit comfortably.After everyone in the palace had finished their busy work and prepared the dishes, Pei Niancheng was just waiting for the meal to arrive.

Lou Yefeng, He Qi, and He Yanjun were used to the emperor's frequent visits, and they only treated him as Pei Nianyu's younger brother.Therefore, when Pei Niancheng entered the door in ordinary plain clothes, all three of them nodded slightly as a gesture, and it was considered polite.

On the contrary, a certain "Mr. Yang" who helped Pei Nianyu in the back kitchen took off his apron and cleaned his hands. As soon as he stepped into the yard and saw Pei Niancheng, he paused for a moment before slowly sitting on the seat reserved for him.

And Pei Niancheng was chatting with Li Han beside him, while casually glanced at Pei Nianzhen, as if he didn't see this person, and didn't say hello.

He Qi, who was already seated, watched the almost invisible expressions of the two meet, but somehow felt that something was very inconsistent.

This Mr. Yang... definitely knows Pei Niancheng's identity, how dare an ordinary literati have such a casual banquet with the present Holy Majesty?If it's an acquaintance with Pei Niancheng... Why don't these two people seem to know each other at all.

Something flashed through his mind, and he was about to grab something, but was suddenly interrupted by Pei Nianyu.

I saw Pei Nianyu carrying a whole basket of steaming golden hairy crabs, and put them in the middle of the table:

"It's just steamed, you can take it yourself."

The family banquet is not so particular, and this sentence can be regarded as the opening of the banquet.

Pei Niancheng didn't give in, and directly launched the magical skill of grabbing food, and the chopsticks went towards the biggest crab.Lou Yefeng wouldn't be afraid of him, he stretched out his chopsticks at the same time calmly, brought back the biggest hairy crab, and put it on his master's plate.

Pei Niancheng glared at him, but at that moment, He Qi followed closely behind, and put a fat crab in front of his sister.Pei Niancheng had no choice but to choose two at random, first gave one to himself, and then let it go to Li Han.

Li Han: "Master..."

He was a bit restrained on this occasion, but it was too much for the master to help him with food...

Pei Niancheng said: "You're not one to snatch. By the time you react, the good ones will have been picked by others."

Li Han: "..."

He stared blankly at the crab in front of him.

On such occasions, it was obvious that he couldn’t disturb the master’s interest by making an apology to the master. He sneaked a look and saw that no one noticed him, so he said “Thank you master” in a very small voice, and then began to compete with his crab.

This crab is not a rare item in the palace, but a seasonal one.However, the daily diet of the shadow guard has never included fish, shrimp and crabs, so Li Han's handling of the crabs is far from that of Lou Yefeng and He Qi, the two foodies who follow the owner's ears and eyes.

Pei Niancheng glanced at Li Han's meat that had been torn apart from the crab legs, hate iron for not becoming steel:

"How can you snatch those two at the speed of your crab removal? Forget it, I'll grab a few for you first."

He knew very well that Li Han's personality would never take the initiative to grab food, so he simply picked up several crabs and placed them in front of Li Han's table.

Pei Nianyu's strange voice suddenly came from across the table:

"Xiao Sheng, when did you learn to turn your elbows outward?"

... Li Han's expressionless face instantly became even more paralyzed.

Lou Yefeng on the side quickly removed the crab meat in front of the master with his flying fingers, but the perfect crab meat was sent back to Lou Yefeng's mouth by the master with his jade fingers, which made him secretly quarrel.blushed.

He Qi and He Yanjun were as usual, there was no rule in the mansion not to talk when eating or sleeping, they chatted softly while picking crabs.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone felt a little drunk except Li Han who resolutely refused to drink and substituted sour plum soup.

He Yanjun squinted and saw that there was another person on the table, who was only sipping light wine one by one, and looked at them with a smile, but did not eat the crab by himself, so he suddenly said:

"Brother Yang feels a little restrained? My master is used to this. He can eat and drink as he pleases, and he can take whatever he wants."

Pei Nianzhen accepted her suggestion with a smile, but just took a handful of vegetables with chopsticks to fill his stomach.

...Because he is the only one here who can't tear apart crabs.

Such indecent actions, of course, were all done by servants when he was the prince.Later... Later, there were no crabs to eat.

So when he saw Pei Niancheng's skillful movements, he was not only a little surprised, but also very envious.

He Yanjun is such an ice-snow and smart person, he chuckled:

"Brother Yang, if you don't know how, I'll teach you." After finishing speaking, he started to demonstrate.

And He Qi looked at his sister steadily:

"Since when did you start calling him Brother Yang?"

He Yanjun casually said:

"I often have contacts at work, and Mr. Jiao is always a bit unfamiliar. Brother Yang has a brilliant literary talent, but he is somewhat similar to.... The second brother laughed at me. Sometimes I think of the elder brother..."

Pei Nianzhen's fingers holding the wine glass trembled imperceptibly, relying on years of nourishing energy, he managed to calm down his face as usual.

"you……"

He Qi sighed, but couldn't bear to talk about her anymore.Their deceased eldest brother was very kind to his brother and sister, and it is understandable that He Yanjun misses them.But Yang Zhen's identity is still unknown, so it's impossible for He Qi not to be worried.

He Yanjun looked up at the bright moon above his head, and suddenly sighed:

"On the night of the full moon today, it is a blessing to have me and my second brother get together here. It's just that the elder brother won't be able to see this scene after all."

"Just don't think about it, I'm still by your side."

He Qisheng was afraid that his sister would be unhappy again when she remembered the sad past.He was the one who investigated the painful past, and tried his best not to mention it in front of her after the reunion. He just had to bear some things by himself.

He Yanjun shook his head and whispered:

"I just...I just, miss my big brother and my parents."

He Qi had no words to comfort her, so he had to peel another crab for her.

Pei Nianzhen, who was listening to the whole process, lowered his head and pretended to drink to hide his expression.

The light wine that entered his throat suddenly became extremely bitter, as if it wanted to cut him open.He gently fell down on the table with a little drunkenness, closed his eyes and plunged himself into darkness.

——He had no way to return her eldest brother to her.

It's just that the two brothers seem to know little about the past.If there is a chance, if there is a chance... In a few days, will tell He Qi about the transaction that year.

Believe it or not, at least he can't escape what he has to do.

I have been a coward for half life, and have done a lot of things that have wronged relatives, teachers and friends.Now there is nothing to depend on for the rest of life, only the two brothers and sisters are half cared about, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

===

The next day, everyone in the palace got up late.

When He Yanjun and Pei Nianzhen arrived at the dim sum shop to sort out today's ingredients, the sun was already high.Walking close to the entrance of the dim sum shop, saw a few people wearing different colored clothes on the street in front of the shop, wandering around.

Pei Nianzhen suddenly felt something was wrong, and reached out to stop He Yanjun.

However, the few people on the opposite side seem to have spotted them, and a young man with a long sword hanging from his waist stepped forward to salute He Yanjun:

"I have met the president girl, and I am the envoy of Baiweilou. Our young master has heard the reputation of the president girl's culinary skills for a long time, and wants to invite the girl to our school to exchange skills. I also hope that the girl will not hesitate to teach me."

Pei Nianzhen looked at the behavior of this group of people, and his thoughts changed, and he whispered in her ear:

"It's from the rivers and lakes."

He Yanjun frowned, she had never dealt with the forces of Jianghu, and now she had to move out of her master to try:

"Don't you Baiweilou know who the real owner of this dim sum shop in Wangfu is? If you act so boldly, you are not afraid to find him."

"However, if you invite the girl to be a guest for a few days, she will be sent back to Beijing. Presumably the prince will not blame him."

He Yanjun took a deep breath.

This Baiweilou sounds like it has something to do with cooking, and she was asked to go there for recipes or techniques.People in the Jianghu do not follow the rules, no matter what, they can't follow them. Even if the prince's shadow guards can definitely find her, the loss has already been eaten.

What's more, in her capacity, she didn't want the prince to make such a big move to mobilize the shadow guards for her.

This place is not far from the palace, as long as you can find a way to send a signal near the palace, there will be shadow guards coming here.

What He Yanjun can think of, of course Pei Nianzhen can also think of it.

He pushed He Yanjun back with his backhand:

"Go, go back and report!" Then the other palm quickly changed to block the grasping hand of the pursuer.

He Yanjun reacted quickly, tapped his toes, and ran towards the Wangfu with lightness kung fu.Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that he was fighting four against one, and he drew a dagger with his backhand and flew towards him:

"Take the sword!"

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