第二十四回 走马观花
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顺丰楼,位于都中最繁华的片区,字型大小悠久,其间美食名菜式丰地道,正是宝玉与薜蟠、冯紫英等狐朋狗友常聚的地方。
宝玉带着淩采容才进门,便有迎客接住,楼下早以满座,唤小二过来,又把他们往楼上引带。
宝玉望望四周,皱眉问道:“此已非正餐时候,怎还有这许多客人?”
小二识得这是荣国府的公子,毕恭毕敬答道:“公子有些时候没来了,不知多少江湖人物都入了京来,皆为夺拿那采花大盗的悬红哩,因此这些天,不单我们这一家,哪里的客人都多呢!”边说边把眼偷看淩采容,心里十分纳闷:宝玉身边那几个跟班的小厮,今天怎么一个不见?却大模大样地带来个姑娘,虽然容颜俏丽,衣裳华美,但瞧她那神色气质,怎么也不像他们哥儿几个平日带来的青楼姐儿。
淩采容却没在意小二偷看,只兴致勃勃地望向那边台上,有些舍不得往楼上走。原来正有女旦在唱曲儿,口中竟还咬着盏烛台儿,那烛火也不熄灭,几连晃动也没有,吐词咬字却是清楚悠扬,台前有客跟着摇头晃脑地哼着,或脚踏拍子如痴如醉。
淩采容原只在岭南,来到都中也不过半月,哪曾见过这京曲的绝技,当下瞧得目不转睛,只觉神乎其神。宝玉常来此处,早以司空见惯,笑道:“楼上风景才好呢,若是要看,等会吃了东西再下来瞧。”
淩采容只好跟着他上楼,到了二楼,只见大约摆放了三、四十张雕花的紫漆桌子,墙壁四周挂满了名家书画,布置得十分典雅别致,心里不禁叹道:“果然是都中,样样都比别处不同。”
楼上也有不少客人,只是还稍空余,小二讨好宝玉,便将他们带到窗边预留的一张桌子。
宝玉了菜,擡头见淩采容凭窗远眺,神情甚是兴奋,忽指一处道:“今天又不是什么节日,怎么那条街上家家都张灯结彩?好漂亮哩!”
宝玉哑口无言,一时不知如何作答,原来那条街,正是都中最有名的烟花之地,名叫“逍遥街”,闻名遐迩的“品玉阁”、“醉候乡”、“花楼”和“百锦营”这当今四大青楼,皆有堂馆座落其间。想了想只好含糊道:“那也是都中有名的繁华街道,只是去的人大多是官家富户,装扮自然就比别处漂亮些了。”
淩采容叹道:“便是我们岭南最大的城镇,也不曾有这么漂亮的街市呢。”
宝玉道:“姐姐原来是从岭南来么?”听她的言语,果然不似纯正的中原口音。
淩采容头,道:“我从来都在岭南,只是这几个月才到中原来。”
宝玉又问道:“姐姐为何而来呢?怎么在我家跟白婆婆打架?”
淩采容道:“那贱人原是我师姐,两年前趁我师父遇难,便偷我门中至宝,溜到中原来躲藏,谁知我师父大难不死,命我门中子弟四处搜寻,我入中原几个月一直苦苦寻找,直到两天前,好容易才在你家找到她,没想到苦练了两年,如今却还不是她的对手。”
宝玉异道:“白婆婆竟是你的师姐?她只说你是她江湖上结下的仇家哩。”顿了下又道:“看起来她跟你岁数相差了许多哦!”
淩采容一愣,霎回过神来,道:“才没差多少哩,她只比我年长七、八岁,而且容貌美丽,只是为了掩人耳目,化装成个老太婆罢了。”
宝玉更是讶异,心忖一个人怎能装扮得如此像,想想又道:“她是从南安郡王府推荐到我家的,南安郡王权位显赫,因有这层关系,你可万万不好再去惹她呀,等什么时候我再寻她帮你好好说说,求她把你门中的宝物还给你,所谓‘冤家宜解不宜结’呀!”
淩采容连忙摆手,道:“不可不可,你千万别去找她讨呀,我自已另外想法子好啦。”心里却道:“这王府少爷丝毫不谙江湖上的事情,若去跟那贱人要宝物,揭破了她的面目,只怕连你这小命也不保。”
宝玉瞧瞧她道:“我只怕你们再打起架来,伤了谁都不好。”
淩采容只觉怪怪的,心中微微感动,柔声道:“我不再冒险就是,只等我师父到了都中再说,反正你千万不能去找她讨宝物,就连跟我在一起也不能说,否则反而坏事,好弟弟,你可答应姐姐?”
宝玉从来听不得女人的软话,只好头应了。
两人正说话间,小二托盘上菜。淩采容见那些碗筷杯盘样样精致,各式菜肴更是色香味美,而且她又被饿了整整一天,不由食欲大动,但因对面坐着的是王府公子,也只好仍装着淑女模样,吞了吞口水,坐着不动。
宝玉为姑娘斟了酒,道:“这酒叫‘梨花白’,清冽甘甜,且一不辣,最适合女孩子吃。”见采容客气,便又笑道:“我的这几道菜,皆是都中有名的小食,这里做得还算精致,姐姐且尝尝。”
淩采容肚子饿得再挨不过,拎箸朵颐,尝了几样,皆是十分可口美味,吃得心畅口滑,竟嫌凤姐的衣裳拖曳累人,忽卷起袖子,露出一载滑雪雪的耦臂,哪里还有方才的淑女模样。
宝玉瞧得目瞪口呆,只觉面前女孩,比起家里的姐妹们另有一种风情味道,心里那老毛病又犯,便有些痴傻起来。
淩采容吃得津津有味,那“梨花白”也一杯接一杯地畅饮,只觉入口十分容易,喝得俏脸微晕,无意间擡头,眼角瞥见对面公子的那副尊容,自已倒有不好意思起来,道:“你怎么不吃呀?”
宝玉这才拾箸夹食,兴许是受了她的感染,吃起来竟觉比平日格外有胃口。
淩采容见两人没话的吃,不觉有尴尬,黑漆漆的眼珠子一转,用箸指着一碟菜,寻了个话题:“这是什么呢?这样好吃。”
宝玉道:“这叫‘炒肝儿’,最先出自禁城前门外的‘会仙居’,原叫‘白水杂碎’,用切成段的猪肠、肝、心、肺,加调料用白汤煮就。出名后,都中四九城的饭馆酒楼都相继添了这道菜,市面上也出现了以‘炒肝儿’为说词的俏皮活,如骂人时便说‘你这人怎么跟炒肝儿似的,没心没肺。’讽刺互相残害的人与事,则说‘猪八戒吃炒肝,自残骨肉。’”
淩采容听了这些典故,只觉十分有趣,笑吟吟自语道:“炒肝儿……没心没肺。”又咬着箸尖道:“这些都是常用材料,却做得这般好吃,难怪能够如此盛行。”
宝玉道:“材料是普通,但要做得好却不太容易哩!以前曾叫厨房的来问过,说是先将猪肠用碱、盐泡揉搓,用清水加醋洗净后再煮。开锅后改用文火肫,锅盖盖好使肠子熟透而不跑油。烂熟后,切成五分长的小段,俗称‘针段’,再将鲜猪肝洗净,用刀斜片成柳叶形的条。佐料是熬热的食油中放入大科,炸透后放入生蒜,蒜变黄时立即放入适量的黄酱,炒好置于罐中备用。此外还要熬些上好的口磨汤。原料、佐料备齐后,始制作炒肝儿。先将熟肠段放入沸汤,再放入蒜酱、葱花、芡同姜末和口磨汤,然后路生肝条放入锅中,以淀粉勾芡,最后撒上一层砸好的蒜泥即成。”
淩采容吐吐舌道:“这么多道工序,难为你记得住。”
宝玉笑道:“说起来繁复,但若是跟我家里做的许多菜肴比起来,却又算简单了,那些才叫做折腾人哩!”
淩采容听到这,忽道:“对了,你家里有什么大官?那么大的一座府第哩!”
宝玉简单扼要说道:“我祖上是荣国公,爷爷是京营节度使世袭一等神威将军,我爹是工部员外郎。”
淩采容吐吐舌头道:“听起来好像都是大官呀,你将来也会做大官是么?”宝玉皱皱眉头,却闭了口,再不愿聊此话题。
淩采容瞧瞧他,识趣的又指一道菜,问道:“这是又是什么?也很好吃哩!”
宝玉道:“这叫‘薰鱼儿’,就是用黄花鱼……”
突听旁边“砰”的一声巨响,皆把两人吓了一跳,转首瞧去,只见不远的桌子,一高大身影猛地立起来,怒气冲霄地喝道:“他奶奶的,这算哪门子鸟事!连那个小小的‘正心武馆’都有人被邀去东太师府赴宴,而我们名震华东五省的‘车马会’却一个没请,一个个在这里吃自已,真不知他们是怎么瞧人的!”
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