Gao Mian can also talk to horses, but he is not as chatty as Xiao Baoer. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing that she was talking, she refused to stop, and couldn't help but say, "Princess, how long do you think it will take to tame it?"

Xiao Bao'er hesitated for a moment and replied, "Three days!"

Gao Mian looked at her in surprise, a little unable to believe her answer. The best horse trainer in the barracks also takes a week or more, and no one can tame a wild horse in three days.

"I know what you're trying to say, you think it's impossible for me to tame a wild horse in three days. Whether in the Northern Liao or the Central Plains, horse trainers have followed a way of 'tied, tied, beaten, and hanged' for many years, and no matter how arrogant the wild horses are, they will be tamed after more than three weeks of cruel torture. ”

"I love horses, I feel sorry for them, and I don't like this method. My father, in order to make me happy, had me teach me a new method, and it would only take three days for a wild horse, no matter how fierce, to be in my hands. ”

Gao Mian believed it and asked with admiration: "Is it okay today?"

Xiao Bao'er shook her head, horse training is physical work, she has lost all her martial arts, and there is definitely no way to tame this wild horse in three days.

"Not recently, but I can teach you how to do it, and you just have to promise not to tell anyone about it," she said. ”

Horse taming was just an excuse for Gao Mian to get close to Xiao Bao'er, he wanted to know how to tame a wild horse in three days, and he didn't want to lose the excuse to invite Xiao Bao'er.

After a moment's hesitation, he said, "I would like to know how to train a horse, but I can't keep it a secret. Don't hide it from the princess, the overall quality of the Great Xia war horse is not as good as that of Northern Liao, and the wild horse plays a very key role in improving the quality of the war horse. If the princess's method is used, the two armies will fight one day...... It's not fair to the princess. ”

"In this way, during the time that the princess is temporarily living in Chendi, she can come to train the horse at any time as long as it is convenient. Gao Mian's words were full of sincerity, and Xiao Bao'er couldn't find a reason to refuse, "The second son said so, I will definitely help you tame this horse." ”

The two casually slipped around the city, and Gao Mian took her to the busiest street in the city. There are many shops here, countless foreign merchants gathered, and the food tastes are even more colorful, bringing together many local specialties.

At the end of the winding alley was a small shop, two thick pieces of felt that kept the cold air pouring into the storefront. As soon as Xiao Bao'er approached, she smelled a spicy fragrance emanating from the store, "What is this store?"

Gao Mian said: "Sheep scorpion." Do you know what a sheep scorpion is?"

The people of Northern Liao eat meat, and they can't do without mutton in winter, and sheep scorpions can be called a good and cheap snack in Northern Liao.

Its main raw material is the most nutritious and delicious sheep keel on the sheep - a complete sheep spine with tenderloin and spinal cord from the neck to the tip of the tail. The sheep keel of one section after another looks from the cross-section, into the shape of the word "Ya", and below the word "Ya", there is a small fork, which looks like the shape of a scorpion from a distance, and the "sheep scorpion" is named because of this.

Xiao Baoer said: "I have eaten sheep scorpions, not this taste." ”

The cooking method of Beiliao is relatively simple, no matter what kind of meat, it is either boiled or roasted, boiled only boiled in white water and salt, and other seasonings are not put away, not that I don't want to, but no, and I am not used to eating.

Gao Mian smiled, pointed to the small shop and said, "The shopkeeper came across the sea, he is a spice merchant, he thought he could make a lot of money here, but when he arrived, he found that the Xia people didn't like such rich spices. What should I do? The cost of shipping it back is too high, and it would be a pity to throw it away. ”

"When he was in a dilemma, he suddenly heard a conversation, a businessman who had just arrived in Chendi from Dadu couldn't smell the smell of mutton, and wanted to eat mutton, and he asked his own cook to find a way to solve it!"

With this idea, he tried to add spices to mutton cooking, and after countless experiments and improvements, he made the best and the best taste was the lamb scorpion. ”

Xiao Bao'er pouted and found that all men in the Central Plains had the ability to tell stories.

Isn't it just a bankrupt merchant who uses the backlog of goods to cook mutton?

There are no tables in the restaurant, and diners sit around the fire pit in twos and threes.

Gao Mian found a fire pit that no one was using, and before he could sit down, the shopkeeper came out, picked up the ashes with tongs, put the charcoal fire again, and said politely, "The two of you will warm up your body first, and the sheep and scorpions will arrive in a while." ”

Xiao Bao'er asked, "Don't order?"

Gao Mian said: "This is a dish, if it is not enough for a while, you can add some seasonal vegetables." ”

The cold air and snowflakes brought by the outside were quickly turned into water vapor by the charcoal fire and permeated the two of them, and the shopkeeper took a copper pot and hung it above the pond fire, and before the pot was heated, he poured a pot of prepared sheep scorpions into the copper pot, "Two slow use!"

Xiao Bao'er looked at the black sheep scorpion in the pot suspiciously, "Can you eat it?"

"The sheep and scorpions have long been cooked, and the soup is old and ready to eat. Gao Mian said and took out a sheep scorpion into the pot, didn't gnaw it, gently pulled the bone open, and a complete spinal cord appeared in front of Xiao Bao'er, "Taste!"

Xiao Baoer didn't use her hands, she took the sheep's spinal cord with chopsticks and slowly put it in her mouth, without chewing, with a slight sip, the spinal cord melted into her mouth.

Several spices spread from the tip of the tongue to the entire mouth, as the impact of the spices dissipated, the fresh aroma of the suppressed mutton finally erupted, and the unique soft glutinous of the spinal cord lubricated the mouth, the key is that it is not greasy at all, and the food in the mouth is the sheep spinal cord.

Putting down the chopsticks, she learned from Gao Mian's appearance and fished the lamb scorpion directly from the pot, and the stewed mutton was rotten but not firewood, which was very delicious.

If there is any regret, the taste is slightly spicy, Xiao Baoer is not used to eating such spicy food, but the tip of her nose is as red as her cheeks in a moment. Gao Mian smiled and handed her a handkerchief, "The princess doesn't like spicy food, so I'll ask the store to bring some pasta." ”

Xiao Bao'er took the handkerchief and wiped the thin sweat on her forehead, and accidentally caught a glimpse of the dark lines embroidered with orchids on the handkerchief, isn't this Xiao Huafang's favorite flower?

Gao Mian also thought of this question, it was really Xiao Bao'er's previous appearance that was too beautiful. With watery eyes and clouds, he took out the handkerchief in a trance, not considering that this handkerchief was given by Xiao Huafang.

Xiao Bao'er snorted with the handkerchief, Gao Mian's heart "chuckled", and saw him pointing to the dough in the hand of the shopkeeper not far away and asking, "How do you eat this, do you put a ball in the pot to cook?" After speaking, she put the handkerchief aside, as if she didn't notice the dark lines on the handkerchief at all.

The sheep and scorpions boiling in the pot have begun to boil, and if you want to eat them, you have to use chopsticks to pick them out and put them in the bowl, and when the gnawing in your hands is finished, the temperature in the bowl is just right.

Gao barely put away the veil without a trace, and said with a smile, "The pasta here is the store's specialty, and you can see how to eat it." ”

When the shopkeeper came, he threw the dough in his hand up and caught it with his head, took out the kitchen knife pinned to his waist and shaved it off the dough on his head. I saw that he opened his bow left and right, and the knife in his hand seemed to have long eyes, and the dough was quickly cut into slender and even sheets of dough and fell into the pot like snowflakes.

When it was almost enough for two people, the shopkeeper put away his knife and turned to beckon to the other table.

"Wow......" Xiao Bao'er sighed and lowered her head to eat noodles, and the previously slightly spicy taste was replaced by noodles.

"Second son, you said that the sheep and scorpions here were cooked early in the morning, can I take one with me?"

"Of course, the princess and Tanhualang are in deep love. ”

Xiao Bao'er smiled on her face, but said in her heart: Who has a deep relationship with him, this is reserved for eating at night, that thief slammed the door, I haven't eaten meat for a few days.

When Yao Xitong returned home, he learned that Xiao Bao'er had followed Gao Mian, and said secretly: Day and night, it is difficult to prevent thieves, so he shouldn't have lived in Lord Chen's mansion in the first place......

In the evening, Xiao Bao'er was worried about how to eat the packed sheep and scorpions, and she thoughtfully asked the servants to bring them charcoal.

Yao Xitong glanced at the things in the pot and said disdainfully, "Sheep and scorpions, it's not a rare thing, it's worth your pleasure until now?"

The frozen sheep scorpion exudes a rich fragrance as soon as it is warmed slightly, Yao Xitong sniffed it carefully, "Yo, it really lets you find a good snack at home, nearly half of the more than ten flavors of spices are not available in the Central Plains, the boss is from a foreign country, right?"

Xiao Bao'er tore open a piece of sheep scorpion, sucked the exposed sheep spinal cord into her mouth, and said proudly, "It's so delicious, do you want to eat it?" I know that you love vegetarianism, so I prepared a lot of vegetarian dishes in the kitchen. ”

Yao Xitong sat down unceremoniously, "It's enough to cook me a white radish." ”

"You really don't eat meat?"

"Don't eat it, do you want to eat some vegetarian food?"

"Don't eat it!"

"It's a pity, this pot of soup has been boiling for a long time, and when the soup is halfway through, the taste of the lamb scorpion boiled in it is getting stronger and stronger. ”

After a cup of tea, Xiao Baoer was spicy, and looked at the white radish boiled in the pot by Yao Xitong.

Yao Xitong also regretted a little, although the radish is good, how can it be compared to meat? The two glanced at each other, silently stretched the chopsticks into each other's bowls, and said with satisfaction, "It's delicious!"

Before falling asleep, Yao Xitong finally asked the question that had been held all night - why did Gao Mian look for Xiao Bao'er?

Xiao Bao'er said slowly, and before she finished talking about what happened during the day, Yao Xitong had already exploded, "You are stupid, why do you want to promise him to train horses?"

"I don't want wild horses to suffer, and it's not difficult to train horses. When my martial arts recover, I can tame the horse in three days. ”

"When will your martial arts resume?"

Xiao Bao'er opened her mouth, she didn't know when her martial arts would recover, "Don't be in a hurry about this, take your time, we still have to stay in Chen Di for a while." ”

Yao Xitong opened his mouth and said, "You are stupid......"

Before she finished speaking, Xiao Bao'er blew up, "I'm not stupid, where am I stupid?"

"Clever princess, he doesn't want the secret method of taming horses, he wants you to help train horses, why do you think this is? After today, he has an excuse to come to you every day, and asks the same question every day--when can he help train horses? Even if we are far away in Zhongling County, he can bring horses with him, have you thought about this?"

Xiao Bao'er asked blankly, "Why is he looking for me?"

Yao Xitong sighed, "He wants the support of Northern Liao." ”

Internal contradictions, external forces to solve, Gao Mian quite has ideas.

Xiao Bao'er regretted getting too close to Gao Mian and asked, "What should I do?"

"I can solve the trouble I find by myself, I'm stupid, I can't give you advice. ”

The next day, Xiao Bao'er woke up and went to find Gao Mian, and the housekeeper said that Gao Mian went to the barracks and was not in the house. She borrowed a horse from the steward and rushed to the barracks, and Yao Xitong was worried that something would happen to her, so she followed.

Gao Mian was very surprised that Xiao Bao'er would come to the barracks to look for him, not to mention him, the soldiers in the entire barracks were very strange, this was a place that belonged to men, and women rarely set foot in it. Knowing that Xiao Baoer was from Northern Liao, everyone was relieved that there was no distinction between men and women on the battlefield in Northern Liao, and a sturdy woman could knock over the Central Plains soldiers with her bare hands.

Gao Wenyun was also there, he raised his eyes to look at Gao Mian, and said casually, "Let the sentry make an exception and let her in, and don't make an example." ”

Xiao Bao'er hadn't set foot in the barracks for many years, and she happily walked towards the main tent, and on the way asked Yao Xitong if she knew how to place the tent in the barracks to be the most reasonable.

Yao Xitong had the word "bitter" written on his face.

When Great Xia and Northern Liao had not formed an alliance, Chen Di was the first pass for Northern Liao to enter Great Xia, and the Chen Di garrison fought several times with the Northern Liao army. There are many soldiers' companions and relatives who died in the battle, can Xiao Bao'er have a little self-consciousness that she is a princess of the enemy country, don't treat this place as her own backyard!

Xia Jun was in charge, Gao Wenyu was in the center, Gao Mian was standing on one side, and two lieutenants were looking at Xiao Bao'er like a rarity.

Without waiting for Gao Mian to speak, Xiao Bao'er said with a grin, "I have changed my mind about taming wild horses," Yao Xitong stood beside her awkwardly, hearing this, he nodded secretly, Xiao Bao'er's identity is not convenient to salute Gao Wenyu, and such a straightforward speech is also to their appetite.

"I once said that I would help you tame the wild horses in three days, I'm afraid it's a little difficult, Gongzi is going to Zhongling County in the near future, and we don't have a coincidence in time. ”

As an excuse for refusal, although this sentence is a little stiff, it can barely be heard.

I heard her say again: "That's it, I'll help you tame the horse today, we all have a heart!"

Yao Xitong glared at Xiao Bao'er in surprise, she came over to say this? Three days of taming a horse is already the limit in his opinion, this girl actually said that she can tame the horse now, and the joke is big!

The faces of the people in the camp were even more ugly than Yao Xitong. Gao Wenyu heard that he could tame wild horses in three days, thinking that this was a joke between Gao Mian and Xiao Bao'er, and Xiao Bao'er came to admit defeat on this trip. Unexpectedly, he said that he could tame the horse now, what does this mean, embarrassed, and take the opportunity to demonstrate?

He glanced at Gao Mian and didn't speak, his eyes were full of reproach. The intention is obviously to let Gao Mian solve the matter by himself, and not to lose morale.

Gao Mian squeezed out an ugly smile and said in a consultative tone, "Princess, there is no hurry to train the horse, it's getting late today, why don't you change the day?"

He handed the steps to Xiao Bao'er, hoping that the matter of taming the horse would be resolved privately, and there was no need to get it to the camp.