Chapter 346: Back to Lugan? Confucius Temple
Just as Duanmulin went in and had a secret conversation with the host, Li Luotang and Shangguan Shanshan got up and found that Duanmulin was not in the room.
"Have he gone out to buy breakfast?" Shangguan Shanshan guessed kindly.
Li Luotang raised his eyebrows and refused to comment.
After a while, Duanmulin had not come back.
"I'm hungry, go out for breakfast." Li Luotang said.
Go out of the inn, turn left and walk through an alley, and you will see a stall sold back to dry braised.
The method to make the dried tofu is to soak the golden fried tofu into a chicken soup pot, cook it with a small amount of soybean sprouts and seasonings, soak the tofu and cook it softly and out of the pot.
The tofu soaked fully absorbs the chicken juice, plus bean sprouts, fungus and other ingredients, which is quite delicious. It is worthy of being a legendary delicacy that even the emperor likes to eat.
The two were eating when they saw Duanmulin walking over from the other side of the street, carrying a bag of oil paper in their hands.
Duanmulin also saw Li Luotang and Shangguan Shanshan, "You came out for breakfast, but I didn't catch up."
"We are hungry, so we will come out to eat first." Li Luotang said.
"What did you buy?" Shangguan Shanshan asked.
"Zheng Ji's duck oil sesame cake." Duanmulin handed her the fine paper bag.
Shangguan Shanshan said in surprise: "You ran out early in the morning just to buy sesame cakes?"
"I heard from the guy that this sesame cake tastes good and has a lot of people to buy, so I can't buy it if I go late." Duanmulin explained.
The two of them listened no matter what he said. As for whether he believed it or not, he had a conclusion in his heart.
Shangguan Shanshan untied the hemp rope, revealing the roasted browned and crispy sesame cakes.
Pick up one piece, it's still warm.
Shangguan Shanshan took a bite, and the outer skin fell down with a crispy skin. She hurriedly continued with her hands, "Yiyi, this sesame cake is delicious."
Li Luotang listened to her and took a piece to eat it. The fragrance of the scallion and the deliciousness of duck oil mixed with the aroma of sesame seeds were indeed delicious, even if they had just eaten their fill.
"This cake layer is just right, not hard but solid." Shangguan Shanshan covered her mouth and burped, "I'll eat too much."
"I have eaten the dried braised food before. I haven't eaten it?" Li Luotang glanced at her.
Shangguan Shanshan laughed in silence and wrapped the pancakes, "Yiyi, where to go to play in the morning?"
Li Luotang pondered, and when she arrived in Jinling, she realized that she didn't know where to look for Gu Ting-hyun.
Wandering on the street, try your luck?
Jinling City is so big, the possibility of meeting people is basically zero.
Go to the prefect's office and ask the prefect?
She was not driven out by the prefect, and her name was written upside down.
"Where do you want to go?" Li Luotang asked.
Shangguan Shanshan thought for a while and said, "How about going to Jiming Temple? The first temple in the Southern Dynasty is worth a visit."
Duanmulin's eyelids twitched. Did she know something?
Although he made sure that no one followed him when he went to Jiming Temple, it would be quite troublesome if he met the little novice monk who had just arrived at the temple and was recognized by him and called him a pity.
"Although Jiming Temple is famous, it is not as lively as Confucius Temple." Duanmulin paused and added: "And there are all kinds of snacks in Confucius Temple. They said that the taste is good."
Li Luotang and Shangguan Shanshan didn't believe in Buddhism, so they were very concerned about food, and they said in unison, "Go to Confucius Temple."
The two reached a consensus and the three went to Confucius Temple.
When establishing a school, Confucius must be worshipped and worshipped. Confucius is respected by people, so his temple is commonly known as "Confucius Temple".
Confucius Temple, which should have been noble and solemn, is full of fireworks and fragrance of powder.
Around the temple, there are many small shops, vendors, teahouses, and various jugglings.
The most important thing is that the edge of the temple is the world-famous Qinhuai River, a place where famous scholars can linger.
Songs, dances and pavilions, and traveling with pleasure boats, endless romantic events.
The brothel Chu Pavilion in broad daylight was closed, and the girls were resting, but the open space in front of the temple was still very lively.
The one who sells food, play, dog skin plaster, fortune-telling, and the most popular one is the magician stall. There is a large circle of people around, and the small gong is knocking soundly.
This section flowing through the open space in front of the temple is part of the inner Qinhuai River and was transformed into a Panchi when the temple was built.
Panchi is named after the Pan water flowing through the Confucius Temple in Qufu. It has a large screen wall on the south bank, which is majestic.
There are stone railings on the north bank and Wende Bridge on the west side.
The word "Wen De Bridge" in "Wen De Bridge" is taken from Confucianism "the best article and morality in the world".
"It's a pity that we came early. It's daytime now, not the fifteenth day of the winter moon." Shangguan Shanshan held the bridge railing and looked at the reflection on the river.
On the fifteenth day of the 11th lunar month, the bright moon is in the sky, and you can look down on the railings. On both sides of the bridge, you can see the shadow of the bridge dividing the bright moon in the river into two and a half months.
This wonder is called "Wen De Difference Moon". It is said that Li Taibai fell into the river just to fish out the shadow of the moon in the river.
The three of them enjoyed the scenery, walked past the bridge, and walked into the temple.
At this time, Shangguan Shanshan saw a group of children surrounding a stall, opened it and shouted happily: "Yiyi, come here, there are people selling stir-frying candy here."
Stir-frying candy is malt sugar. The child holds a small wooden stick and stirs it in a shallow mouth basin. The technique is good and can make the size of his thumb. If the technique is poor, the tip of the stick is dipped in some sugar.
A small wooden stick and a money plant are very cheap, and adults are happy to coax the children.
A shallow layer of syrup in a shallow mouth basin can be sold for two or three days. Although it is small, it will not lose money.
Shangguan Shanshan took out two money and handed it to the stall owner, exchanged it for two small wooden sticks and stuffed one for Li Luotang, "Let's compare and see who makes the sugar ball bigger."
"It's OK, don't use internal strength, otherwise we will be able to stir up all this pot." Li Luotang said with a smile.
"No problem." Shangguan Shanshan held a wooden stick and stirred it in a shallow-mouthed basin.
Li Luotang also stirred with a stick. The malt sugar was boiled very thickly, and the small wooden stick was thin, so it was not easy to stir the sugar.
But just like that, the children were still happy, "Oh, I've been a big mess."
"Your is not as big as mine." The child raised the sugar ball in his hand that was a little bigger than the broad beans, and smiled like a flower.
The child who had stirred the sugar ball licked the sugar ball and ran away.
"Pa Ji" Shangguan Shanshan's wooden stick in her hand broke, and Shangguan Shanshan was stunned for a moment, "This, this doesn't count."
Li Luotang smiled generously and said, "No, you can buy another one."
Shangguan Shanshan paid another money for the stall owner in exchange for a wooden stick. This time, she dared not use any force.
Just as the two were immersed in the candy, Duanmulin saw a short and fat man wearing a long robe, wearing a melon-skin hat, holding an oil-paper umbrella and hurriedly walked past Wende Bridge.
In a blink of an eye, the man got off the bridge and disappeared into the crowd.
Duanmulin lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally remembered where he had seen this man, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
He wanted to follow him, but although the poison in his body was removed and the needle was taken out, he could not use his full strength to perform his martial arts, and he would be very likely to lose it.
Chapter completed!