Chapter 36: The Birthday Feast
At noon, Ling Xiao accompanied her to eat, and the two were in the pavilion of Chengluan Courtyard, and there was a table of ...... on the table The cuisine has eighteen dishes, rich in color and quite spectacular.
Next to the pavilion, there were six attendants who served them to eat, in addition to eight maids who served the dishes, and eight serving cooks, who were walking through the small kitchen and courtyard of the Chengluan Courtyard, busy with their saddles and horses, filling the courtyard to the brim.
Of course, it wasn't just these dozen or so attendants who filled the yard.
Before the luncheon had even begun, Feng Zhiling was already confused by the strange things in the courtyard.
"What is this?" Feng Zhiling sat at the table, pointed to a large iron cage outside the pavilion, and asked Ling Xiao.
"Burning goose. Ling Xiao said.
She walked over curiously to take a look.
In this small iron cage, the living person has a pot of red charcoal fire, two live big white geese are locked in the cage, walking in a circle around the charcoal fire, a copper basin is placed on the charcoal fire, there is steaming juice in the basin, the white goose is roasted by the fire is probably hot and thirsty, so he went to drink the juice of the copper basin, and then let out a quack, so frightened that Feng Zhiling dodged back, and just crashed into Ling Xiao's arms.
Ling Xiao hugged her and said with a smile: "Why are you less daring than when you were five years old?"
"Is this, is this also a dish?" Feng Zhiling stumbled, "I...... Don't eat raw meat. ”
"Back to the little master, it's not yet, half an hour later, that's it. Next to the Ku Zheng said, "The copper basin is steaming hot is the five-flavor juice, the goose goes around the fire, thirsty to drink the hot juice, the fire scorches the goose painfully and rotates, within half an hour, the goose meat is cooked inside and out, its feathers are exhausted, the goose is dead, the meat is fragrant, and the goose is become." ”
After listening to this, Feng Zhiling had goosebumps all over her body, and she looked at the charcoal fire in the iron cage, as if she felt that she was locked inside.
She went back to the pavilion and sat down, and pointed to a stag in the courtyard under the apricot tree with a hind leg tied to an iron chain, and said, "How do you eat this deer?"
When the cooks heard her speak, four men came forward, one on each side holding half an iron ring, and fastened it to the left and right on the neck of the deer, and the third took a short dagger and stabbed it into the neck of the deer, and the fourth caught the blood gushing out of the deer with a silver basin. After the blood ran out, the left and right people put the deer down, and the knife bearer cut back and forth several times in the deer's abdomen, and the other used another silver basin to catch a string of bloody deer intestines taken out of the deer's abdomen.
The steaming fresh deer blood and fresh deer intestines were served in front of Feng Zhiling.
"I ...... I said I wouldn't eat raw. Feng Zhiling opened her mouth and muttered. She just asked casually, she didn't expect them to move so fast, and in just a surprised time, she skillfully and dexterously completed a series of bloody movements.
The dying deer was still struggling and crowing.
Na Zheng explained: "This is just to show the little master first-take the baking tray." ”
The attendant brought an iron baking tray and placed it on the charcoal grill that had been built outside the pavilion.
The deer blood was poured into the baking tray, and the deer intestines were put into the dish, and there was a sizzling sound.
After a while, a plate of deer blood sausage was placed on the table in front of Feng Zhiling.
"This deer has not eaten or eaten for five days except for the unfrozen spring water under Mingyi Peak. "Then the right way," little master, this 'Geluo River', please rest assured to use it slowly. ”
If the fishy fragrance is also fragrant, or this "Reluo River" is not completed in front of Feng Zhiling at all, then she may happily enjoy it.
Ling Xiao sat down on the stool on her left, put a piece of deer intestine in the empty bowl in front of her, and said to her, "Don't just look at it, taste it and see if it suits the taste." ”
"I'll wait, wait for the dishes to be ......," Feng Zhiling said.
Next, more than a dozen dishes were put on the table one after another, which can be described as bizarre.
"What are these things?" Most of these dishes were strange in color, strange in shape, and smelled bloody and choking, and many of them had never been seen before, and she sat at the table, not knowing what to do.
"The turtle in this copper tripod can't be a relative of the Wufu Sea Shenao family, right?" Feng Zhiling asked.
"This drunken turtle uses the mountain turtle of Fanjing Mountain. It is said that this taste is even better, so someone specially caught one for you. Ling Xiao said.
Fanjing Mountain is far away in Juzhou, thousands of miles away from the four domains of the Demon Realm, in order to keep the turtle, run so far?
"Then what is this soft, yellow and greasy?" Feng Zhiling picked up the chopsticks and pointed to the plate of stewed "meat" cut into pieces in the copper plate.
"The hump of a camel. Ling Xiao replied.
......
"So what is this...... Horse head?"
"Donkey's head. ”
“...... I know this, suckling pig. Feng Zhiling finally found something that allowed her to put down her chopsticks without hesitation, she was hungry for a long time, so she picked up a piece and put it in her mouth.
"How's it going?" Ling Xiao asked.
"Fragrant, crispy, crispy, fatty but not greasy, and a little winey. It's delicious. Feng Zhiling asked as she chewed, "How is this done?"
"Soak the live suckling pig in wine for three days and three nights, after the suckling pig is drunk, it is fed with five-flavor juice in the method of scorching goose, charcoal fire in iron cage, and slowly roasted. Ling Xiao said.
Feng Zhiling was chewing and stopped.
"What's wrong?" Ling Xiao asked.
"It's okay, I'm just ......" Feng Zhiling barely swallowed the suckling pig in her mouth, regretting her question just now.
"Choking, huh? Drink some soup. Ling Xiao scooped three spoonfuls of soup for her with a silver spoon.
Feng Zhiling saw that this soup was rich and fragrant, there were a little green onions floating on the surface of the soup plate, and there were no strange raw materials in it, so he took three sips.
"Looks like you like this panlong soup a lot. Come, drink more. Ling Xiao saw Feng Zhiling eating and drinking, so he added a big bowl for Feng Zhiling, and then added a bowl for himself. In this way, the Xuanji in the soup plate pays the surface.
I saw a two-finger-thick snake entrenched at the bottom of the plate, and the black and brown patterns on the snake's body were clear and clear.
Feng Zhiling was drinking the soup with a small spoon, and when she looked up, she could see the snake clearly, she jumped up from the stool and jumped out of the pavilion.
"Snake!" Feng Zhiling was shocked.
The serpent is too much like a living one.
"Yuhuang, this snake is dead, what are you afraid of? Let's try the snake meat, the meat of the fresh cobra tastes good. Ling Xiao stood up and took Feng Zhiling's hand back to the pavilion.
"I, I, I don't don't eat. Feng Zhiling's stomach began to tumble disobediently, and she suddenly understood that the first dish of hot goose was already the mildest and most amiable dish among these dishes.
She sat back in the pavilion and asked, "Do you have any vegetables and fruits?" ”
"Today's birthday, how can you only eat vegetarian? Isn't it true that your uncle has prepared these things for you, and you don't like to eat them?"
"I ...... Love to eat is love to eat," Feng Zhiling said, "I'm just afraid, I eat too much and get angry." ”
"Snake meat and turtles are all cool and have the effect of clearing heat, so you don't have to worry. ”
"......" Feng Zhiling had no choice but to obediently pick up the chopsticks and slowly look for something from the table that could be put into her mouth.
Ling Xiao can be regarded as a good intention, there is no need to have a conflict with him on such a trivial matter, it is better to coax him to be happy if he is fine, so that his life will be better.
Ling Xiao ordered someone to fill his wine glass with wine, but poured another wine for Feng Zhiling.
Ling Xiao raised his glass to Feng Zhiling and said, "Yu Huang, you are eighteen years old today, and my uncle hopes that you can be by your side every birthday in the future and have a happy time with you." ”
After speaking, Ling Xiao raised his head and drank the wine in his glass.
"Thank you, uncle. Although this blessing doesn't sound like it has much to do with me.
"Why is your wine different from mine?" Feng Zhiling finished drinking her own wine, leaned over and sniffed Ling Xiao's wine glass, and said, "It's so fragrant." I'm going to drink your wine too. ”
Ling Xiao smiled: "My wine is too strong, you children can't drink it." ”
"Didn't you say I was eighteen years old just now?" Feng Zhiling was greedy for the mulberry wine in the town below the mountain when she was in Taiyi Mountain, and now the wine in her cup tastes faint, and Ling Xiao's wine is strong and fragrant, and the aroma of the wine instantly aroused her gluttony, "The girls from ordinary people's families have all married and given birth to several children!"
"My wine is ......"
"Stop," Feng Zhiling interrupted, "you better not tell me what kind of wine this is, just have someone pour it for me." ”
"Okay. Ling Xiao no longer persuaded her, and asked people to pour her a large glass.
"Yuhuang, this glass of wine, uncle wishes you early success in cultivating demons, surpassing your uncle as soon as possible, and inheriting your father's will. ”
Feng Zhiling glanced at him. Perhaps, he knew what he was thinking.
"Thank you again, uncle. Feng Zhiling drank all the wine in the cup.
"You can't drink so quickly," Ling Xiao wanted to stop but was too late, "Be careful of getting drunk." ”
"Don't underestimate me. Feng Zhiling said, "I have a lot of wine, but I have been fighting wine with Senior Brother Lan Jiu in Taiyimen since I was a child. - One more drink!"
The attendant filled the two with wine glasses.
"!" Ling Xiao hadn't spoken yet, and Feng Zhiling had already raised his head and done it.
Half an hour later.
"Yuhuang?" Ling Xiao gently pushed Feng Zhiling, who was lying on the table, and asked, "Drunk?"
"Huh?" Feng Zhiling replied vaguely, raised her head, picked up the wine glass, and said to the attendant, "I didn't." Pour me another glass......"
"Bring the decanting soup to the little master. ”
"Yes. The attendant went to the small kitchen, and quickly brought out a bowl of orange peel decanting soup and handed it to Ling Xiao.
"Open your mouth. Ling Xiao scooped up a spoonful of soup and said to Feng Zhiling.
"I don't. Feng Zhiling squinted her eyes and shook her head.
"Little fool, it seems that you don't drink very much. Ling Xiao sneered, "I just saw your heroic appearance, and I thought you were so powerful." ”
"You're not right. You...... Wrong, wrong, wrong. Feng Zhiling said, "My alcohol is good, I'm not drunk yet, don't you think about fooling me and give me a sobering soup?" ”
"Yes, what my uncle said is not right, my uncle is wrong. You're a big drinker. Ling Xiao said, "This is extremely strong deer blood wine, you can drink seven cups before getting drunk, which is already good." - Come, since it's so powerful, take another sip, okay?"
Ling Xiao handed the sobering soup bowl to Feng Zhiling's mouth, and deceived her into letting her drink the soup into her stomach.
"Senior brother......" Feng Zhiling muttered, "I miss you so much......"
Ling Xiao heard that Feng Zhiling had already started to talk nonsense, so he picked her up horizontally, entered her bedroom, and gently put her on the bed.
"Big brother...... I'm a murderer......" Feng Zhiling said, "I was wrong...... I was wrong, Master......"
"You're right. Ling Xiao sat beside Feng Zhiling and covered the quilt for her, "You didn't feel sorry for anyone, it was your uncle who was sorry for you." ”
"Ling Xiao, you big villain, I'm going to kill you......" Feng Zhiling stretched out her two arms and slapped Ling Xiao's body, and accidentally, a crisp slap hit Ling Xiao in the face.
Ling Xiao was unconscious.
"Yuhuang, it's my fault...... It was I who lost you, it was I who caused you to almost die at their hands, it was I who caused you to suffer outside for more than ten years...... Now that you're finally back, I'm going to take care of you......"
He clenched Feng Zhiling's hand tightly.