Chapter 120 King Dun takes office as an envoy (6)

Kazuki is the best restaurant in Kobe Prefecture. It is located on the uphill slope at the foot of Higashiyama Mountain. It walks a hundred meters along the stone wall extending to the right. The entrance is the mountain mén with daylily and the road leading to the museum is a stone road covered with moss. There are very densely grown trees on both sides, and lantern signs are placed in the middle.

It was just four o'clock, and it was still a long time before dark. The shopkeeper directed the up and down NV center (the upper and down NV center are synonyms for employees of different levels), carrying clear water with wooden basins, sprinkled water from the entrance of the garden to the parking lot, and laying a red carpet in front of the mén to complete the preparation for welcoming guests. Normally, early arrivals will arrive around five o'clock, and most guests will arrive around six half past. However, today's situation is special, Yuanting posted a notice of stopping business early.

The owner of Yuanting is the Kyoto family. The owner's wife is Aiko Kyoto, and there are three nv sons, namely huāko, Sakurako and Lizi. The four mothers are responsible for the Yuanting restaurant, which was founded by Aichi, the grandmother of three nv sons, starting in the fifth year of Jiayong.

Kyodo is Aiko's maiden surname. Since her mother, Aichi NV who founded Yuanting, she has never been married. Aiko and the next generation of Huānzi sisters were born after they were married. There is one thing in common in places like the restaurant, all of which are controlled by the NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV N

The beauty of the three-month gold in the Kyodo family is famous in Kobe. The three sisters dress up together, and the scene is spectacular. The men nearby say that seeing them is more satisfying than watching cherry blossoms, especially since huāko and sakura are twins, with their faces, figures and movements exactly the same. Whenever there are grand events such as the New Year or Gion Festival, the three sisters will always follow a series of men.

However, this is rare. The twin sisters went to learn Wuki when they were thirteen years old, and started their studies at the age of seventeen. They learned Jingwu and Qingyuan since childhood (one of the Sanxian tunes). With the encouragement of their mother, they became Wuki without any resistance. However, when they entered the industry, they almost no longer had free time. Most of the day spent learning arts and performing at the banquets at the pavilion.

The youngest Lizi saw that her two sisters worked so hard, so she had no intention of being a maki at the beginning. Because she had agreed to be the one who wanted her to inherit the family business, her requirements were not very strict, so she only studied for two years, which was considered an intern in the rituals, so it was fine.

Huāko and Sakurako have slender figures and beautiful faces. They are only twenty years old this year. Their hair is tied with a kimono behind their heads, giving them a smooth and fair forehead. But although they are twins, the temperaments of the two sisters are different: Sakurako has a facial features and does not look squint, giving people the impression of being cold. Because she wants to learn business with her mother, she plans to inherit the family business in the future, she is used to arching her back slightly and giving a flattering smile from time to time. The youngest, the youngest, is only sixteen years old this year, with white skin, petite and roundness, and her slightly raised mouth looks very cute.

Listening to the introduction of Sanjo Shimi who was walking in the same car, Yi Qi nodded frequently, "During the Chun Festival last year, Empress Méng Longen, sent her subordinates to the mansion to reward several Japanese dishes that were made by the Japanese master in the palace. To be honest, I couldn't get used to it at the beginning; later, when I tasted it, I disappeared."

"Oh?" Mizumi asked half curious and half echoing, "What about later?"

"Later, I had to snatch Yan and ask the emperor for a few more times." Yi Qi said with a smile, "However, the harem master is not his own stove maid after all, and he always needs to give it to the emperor to taste it. Later I thought, how convenient would it be if there were servants in my mansion who could prepare this kind of delicacy?"

Sanjoshishimei heard the song and knew the elegance of the song. "If the prince really likes it, it would not be difficult." He said, "When the prince returns to China, I will personally choose a skillful cook for the prince and send it to the mansion?"

Yi Qiong was overjoyed and laughed, "For this reason, I would like to thank the Minister of State for the Taizong."

As the two of them talked, the carriage stopped, got off each of them, and climbed up the steps along the gentle slope. The Kyoto family's Yuanting is a three-story wooden building with 16 houses of all sizes. Among them, the best view is the Luoyang Hall in the west. Here you can see the Hachisaka Tower through the courtyard that uses the hillside landscape. The fifth tower emits a golden light at dusk. Therefore, it was in the Aichi generation that named it Luoyang Hall.

It is said that a famous painter once painted a Japanese painting of a maki here looking at the Hachisaka Tower by the railing. From this room, the scenery is not only the dusk scene, but also the night view is quite good. Especially on the full moon day, the lights of Kobe Palace are twinkling among the branches and leaves of the old pine trees, accompanied by the mooring boats in the distance, listening to the sea and patting the embankment, just like a fairyland on earth.

Yuanting's garden covers an area of ​​5,000 pings, with cuckoos and red leaves in autumn. At this time, the white wood lotus blooms. The strange stones arranged in the garden are transported from saddle horses, precious boats, and Nazhi. Next to the path leading to the backyard tea room is a black stone of one and a half square meters. I heard that this is transported from China. The entire building is full of classical quiet and elegant interests.

Behind the slightly lower home and behind the lower bushes is the family's residence - guests cannot see it.

Headed by Kyoto Aiko, three dressed clean and refreshing, spotless NVs and more than ten Kabuki people in the cooking booth were waiting in front of Mén. Seeing that everyone was approaching, they bowed and saluted, "Good evening welcome."

Entering Luoyang Hall, this is a rectangular room with an area of ​​about 30 square meters. Sanji Shimei and Yiqiu sat side by side on one side of the room. In front of them were tables arranged in two rows in longitudinal direction. Because they had to take care of the daily habits of the Chinese, a small Xiudun was specially arranged.

The dishes were personally selected by Sanju Shimei, namely water shield tofu, lobster sashimi, grilled eel and salted lotus root, tender ji soup, boiled sea bass, and finally a carp soup with shrimps, mushrooms and ginkgo thickened.

Yi Qiong and others came to such a place for the first time. They were very curious. They felt that the Sanji Shimei had not finished speaking on the way when they came just now, so they urged him to continue to tell them.

Three things are so beautiful, they tell the story while cooking—.

Akiko Kyodo's husband, Kikuo Kyodo, is from Osaka, and his ancestors are also from the opening booth. Although he is already familiar with this industry, he cannot walk in front of the curtain like a nv person, and his career is missing after all. He has also practiced cooking skills, but he is a pampered young master and has not been tempered enough. Instead, his gentle style makes Aichi Kyodo pay great attention to it. He recruited him to be a son-in-law - the actual assignment of the kitchen in the kitchen in the kitchen was still made by the oldest chef Muraki.

Each dish must be tasted by Aichi Kyodo before it can be brought out of the kitchen. Aichi always says, 'NV people can't taste the taste', and never let Aichi try it, let alone the three grandchildren who are still young. Her reason is, "Young NV children have menstruation, their bodies are constantly changing, and their mood and taste often change, so their taste is not accurate."

While chatting in the upper and lower NV in the cooking booth, the old lady has stopped her menstruation and her sense of taste has been settled. No matter what, even if chef Muraki said it was okay, the dishes could not be served to the guests without Aichi's permission.

There is a boss lady like this, or some people think that it will be difficult for chefs to stay for a long time, but in fact it won’t. Some people feel disgusted when they first get up, but later they have to admire the boss lady’s keen taste. Chef Muraki is an old minister who has been obsessing since the opening of Yuanting. It has been 20 years since today. There are two others who have been there for more than ten years.

Aichi always says, "A sleek and calculating man is OK as a boss, but a chef is second-rate." She believes that men who are addicted to gambling and lazy can become real chefs. She is not particularly selected for such people. However, Yuanting is indeed a first-class chef who concentrates on cooking, which is also the pride of the Kyodo family.

This time, when he invited Chinese envoys to Yuanting, he was different from sitting upright in the governor's hall during the day. The environment was more elegant and the atmosphere was casual. Sanjo Shimei no longer spoke in Japanese, but changed to fluent Chinese. His eloquence was also very good. He talked about the origin and interesting stories of Yuanting one by one. Yi Qiong was overjoyed, "What else? What else?"

Sanjo Shimi smiled and said something to the geisha around him in Japanese. NVzi smiled shyly and lowered her head, "I'm telling her, what's the point of just listening to me, an old man, speak?" He switched to Chinese again and said to Yiqiu, "Why let's enjoy the dance of sisters such as huāko and Sakurako?"

Yi Qiong didn't force himself, nodded and smiled, and turned his eyes to the stage where the two of them sat opposite each other to perform Kabuki performances.

At the end of the road on both sides of the stage, the paper used for actors to use up and down was opened. The first ones were a few Kabuki holding gongs and drums in their hands, saluting the guests in the center of the stage, then retreating to a corner of the stage, and kneeling down. After a pause, one of the nvzi sat upright again, staring at a certain point under the cold moonlight, taking a breath, and suddenly carrying the drum.

"Clang~~~" was like a scream from an NV person, and a clear and deep voice sounded in the silence of the moonlit night. In an instant, the room reflecting the moonlight and lights seemed to have become a gorgeous stage that belonged only to her.

The sound of gongs and drums sounded, and two people walked upstairs outside the road, both wearing lion outfits. There was a pure white máo in front, which looked a little bigger. It was probably the Lion father, and a little lion in red outfits followed behind. No need to ask, this is a baby lion.

The little lion hung his eyes and turned his mouth down, and kept playing back and forth behind his father. The big lion looked a little sloppy, as if he was going to sleep, but it couldn't hinder the child's naughtyness and coaxed him helplessly.

Less than a moment, the sound of gongs and drums gradually stopped, and the two tired lions fell asleep. At this time, the butterfly appeared. This was played by two NV children, wearing costumes in the shape of phoenix butterfly wings, with long hair hanging around their waists, and a small golden crown on their heads.

The two butterflies played the nose of the sleeping lion. The lion moved, shook his head, and opened his eyes. The butterflies had already flew away; but after a while, they flew over to catch the lion, flying around the two lions of all sizes. The lion was disturbed and woke up and wanted to wave away the butterflies, but they had no effect. After repeated several times, they finally got angry with the lion, and turned all over, tangled together.

The gongs and drums on the field fluctuated with the plot. When it was crazy at the end, the three-string zither was quickly pulled, and the small drum hit the big drums, and the sound of the flute swept like a strong wind, and all the sounds were like hearts crying like a knife. In the huge Luoyang Hall, only the low shouts of Kabuki overlapped with high drums, "Ah", "Oh", "Ah", "Ah", "Ah", "

This form of dance is something that Chinese people have never heard of or seen, but it does not prevent them from being able to understand the plot. After a performance, the sound of the banquet is like thunder, "good"

When the Kabuki retreated, everyone began to become enthusiastic. Sanjo Shimei, Katsuhiba, Kido Takayoshi and others could listen to it and speak fluent Chinese. So when chatting during the meal, everyone deliberately relaxed the atmosphere and used Chinese with Shen Baozhen and others with a smile. The intelligence work of the Japanese was indeed home. Shen Baozhen, Xu Gengshen, Zhu Hongzhang, Yang Tinghui, Kuichang, Enshou, Fang Boqian, Deng Shichang and others were told casually, as they knew it, and they were all the glorious pasts that everyone deserved to be proud of. After a few words, everyone smiled sincerely.

The paper in Luoyang Hall opened lightly, a Japanese nv knelt in his mouth and said softly, "I'm disturbing."

"Ah, is it the little boss's wife here?" Deputy Shimatsuko smiled and recommended Yi Qiong on the main seat, "Prince, this is the little boss's wife of Yuanting. Look, is it a charming natural result?"

Yi Qi turned his head a few times and looked over. Huāzi changed into a bright blue kimono with a vermilion strap around her waist. Her pink makeup was not thick. The 20-year-old child has the charm of her age, but because of his business, he has more sophistication and maturity than his peers. "Oh, he is indeed a beauty."

The deputy island of Hoshimo knew that Huāko didn't understand, so he translated it for her, "Where is it, thank you for your praise."

"Oh, there is no such beautiful boss lady in Osaka's cooking kiosk." Takayun Kido said in an echo, "Miss huāko, this is His Highness from China."

"Yes" huāzi knew who the visitor was, knelt beside Yi Qiong and saluted respectfully, "Welcome to come, please give me some advice."

After listening to the translation of Deputy Shima Hoshimoto, Yi Qi blinked, "Such a beautiful lady asked me to give me more advice, what should I say or do?"

The two of them changed a look that only a man understood, and laughed at the same time.

Yuanting's NV was loaded with a large bamboo basket, which contained several crabs. Someone brought a charcoal brazier with barbed wire on it, "This is a bamboo-leaf crab, even in Japan, it is a delicacy that is hard to see."

Sanjo Shimi explained to Yiqiu, then nodded to the NV who was kneeling and signaled her to start doing it - fold the crab legs and put them on the iron net. After a while, the crab shells began to turn red. "This kind of bamboo-leaf crab should not be roasted too dry. It tastes the best with a little water. If you feel it is not salty enough, you can add some salt."

"With salt?"

"Oh." Deputy Shima Hoshimo smiled slightly, "It's a little different from the Chinese way of drinking and drinking, but please give it a taste, it has another flavor."

Yi Qi nodded obediently and was about to pick up the chopsticks when the nv said a few more words, "Prince, she said, let's accept you."

NV tilted his head and smiled slightly at Yi Qiong, picked up the crab legs, folded them from the joints, squeezed them from the thicker ones with silver chopsticks, and slowly squeezed out the snow-white crabs, Yi Qiong poked his head over, rolled his tongue, "Oh, it's really delicious."

“She said, ‘It’s best to roast pine leaf crabs alive to eat’”

"Did you catch it nearby?"

"It's not in Kobe, but it's also a sea of ​​people not far from here."

This name is not very auspicious in Chinese, Yi Qiong asked, "Why is it such a strange name?"

"This is because during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms of China, Prince Shengde's mother, the emperor of the Jin lived in seclusion here in order to avoid the war, and later named the sea with his own name."

As the two of them talked, sprinkled a little salt on the crab shells in the nv, added a little wine, and roasted on the charcoal fire. The wine sauce was bubbling and the fragrance spread over the stove. It was almost done. The nv put the crab shells on his plate, "Scoop it with a spoon, it's very mellow."

Yi Qiong acted according to his words. After tasting it, he sighed with satisfaction, "When I was in Beijing, I also tasted delicious food. I thought the world was so big that there was nothing to eat. Now I look so arrogant."

Such words make the host more happy than any praise. After listening to the translator's words, the lady huāzi bent down respectfully, "It's a great honor to get your approval."
Chapter completed!