Chapter 4: True Fragrance
"Brother Chen, you smell what this smell like."
"There's a strange smell, I don't know if it's from that restaurant."
"Brother Chen, let's find out."
I saw that a man in a white robe and shaking a folding fan said to another man next to him who was also dressed in the same costume.
The two of them followed the scent and walked forward.
"Well, how did this smell come from North Street, the filthy place where merchants gather." The two stopped at the corner of North Street, not knowing whether to go or not.
"Whew, whew, whew."
A gust of wind blew, and the aroma became even stronger.
Mencius said: Therefore, the heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, and be hungry - hungry, huh? It's a strange scent, I don't know what this group of merchants are up to. ”
"Yes, my generation of scholars needs to ask for the lives of the people. Today, for the sake of the people of Xianyang City, you and my brother will risk their lives to find out what the merchant is doing ghosts, tempting the people with strange fragrances. ”
"Yes, yes, Brother Chen is right. Even if I starve to death and jump from this Xianyang City Tower, I will not eat a bite of food in the filthy place where merchants gather on North Street. The two scholars chatted as they continued to follow the scent, but the pace was much faster.
"Mrs. Five, you can eat some."
"If you don't eat it, it won't taste good."
"You were seven months pregnant, and you gave birth to a healthy big fat boy for my lord. The master was so happy that he specially explained that he would serve you well. "In the courtyard of a high-rise mansion in Xianyang City, a maid is holding a food box and persuading a gorgeously dressed young woman.
"Xiaohong, I'm so happy, is there anything abnormal." The fifth aunt asked too cautiously.
"The lord didn't behave abnormally, the lord has been happy for the past two days, and he went to the garden for a walk today. But the grass in this garden grew vigorously, and it was green one by one. The little girl scratched her head and said suspiciously.
"Really?" The fifth aunt asked again.
"There is really nothing abnormal about the master, if you want to say abnormal, the most abnormal thing is the housekeeper, he always laughs alone, and I don't know if he is stupid." The little maid said.
"Well, it smells so good, and it smells sweet. Xiaohong, you go and ask the housekeeper to go out and buy some, and he will bring them to me later. The fifth aunt said with a stroking chest.
"Okay, I'll ask the butler to buy more. You eat more, so that the little master can have milk to eat. Little Red said and ran out.
Today, this fragrance will spread throughout Xianyang City with North Street as the center. The entire Xianyang City is also boiling because of this fragrance, and the city is full of wind and rain.
As the saying goes, the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, and our taste is not afraid of being blown by others.
"Boss, 20 skewers of mutton in honey sauce, 10 skewers of spicy ones."
"Okay."
"Boss, add some greens, and take mushrooms."
"Okay."
"Boss, grilled chicken wings on two skewers, enema on two skewers."
"Holo."
"Boss, pack twenty skewers of lamb with honey sauce."
"Holo."
"Boss, when will there be a place, I've been waiting for half an hour"
"Wait a minute, make a table right away."
"Confucius said: Eat without saying anything, sleep without speaking."
"It's insulting to eat and shout so much."
"There must be something strange about this table and chair being so short."
"Brother Chen, that's right, let's go, there must be a problem with this food, otherwise how could so many people gather. Let's go to the government to report it and check on him. ”
"Brother Chen, wait. I decided to test the poison myself, even though thousands of people have been doing it. ”
"In this way, how can Brother Meng's heroic things be beautiful in money, and I will test the poison with Brother Meng."
I saw that not far from the barbecue stall, two scholars were whispering.
"Boss, eat." The scholar known as Brother Chen whispered.
"Yo, it's really rare that there are scholars on this North Street." Xiao Liuzi quipped while grilling skewers.
"But we don't recognize merit here, let's get a number."
As he spoke, he drew out a wooden sign with a big "Ding" written on it.
Half an hour later
"Boss, here are twenty skewers of honey lamb and two skewers of spicy lamb kidneys." The white-clothed scholar shouted.
"Oh, Mom, it smells so good."
I saw these two scholars, stepping on a small bench, eating skewers with a big mouthful, and smearing their white robes with grease.
After another half an hour, the two scholars added dishes several times one after another, but they ate a lot.
"Brother Meng, you and I have to come tomorrow to test the poison."
"Brother Chen, that's right. The more you and my brothers suffer, the less the people will suffer. ”
"Pole, pole."
The two seem to have eaten too much, hooked their shoulders, supported each other, and lost the temperament of a reader.
"Brother, are scholars richer than businessmen?" In the evening, Xiao Liuzi asked Li Chen while packing up his things.
"The sixth son, Shinong Industry and Commerce, this Shi is the first. This scholar is going to be a big official in the future, this official has two mouths, you say that this scholar is not powerful. Li Chen explained with a smile.
"Brother, let's do these jobs, you go study, I think you were born to be a big official." Liuzi pulled his mouth and laughed.
"Then you say, how big a pipe can my brother be." Li Chen asked with a smile.
"Brother, look at the tallest, I stopped people and said that it was the emperor's residence. In my heart, you are a little worse than the emperor, you should live in the next building. ”
As Liuzi's fingers looked, the one he pointed to was Afang Palace, and the second tallest building next to him was Qinchuan Palace.
Liuzi would not have thought that today's joke would one day be a reality.
"Okay, when my brother lives there, I'll get you a five-doctor to play with." Li Chen looked at the palace in the distance and said.
After a few days of hard work, skewers have become a new delicacy in Xianyang City.
Afang Palace
"Old general, I plan to transfer Wang Li to the Imperial Forest Army as a deputy general, what do you think."
In this hall, a middle-aged man, dressed in a black robe, hovered a nine-clawed dragon.
"Your Majesty, there is only this single seedling left in my old Wang family. Ben'er is fighting with the Huns outside the Great Wall. I can't say, if I don't say no, it will be gone. It's really not good, old man, I'll do it.
Li'er, let him follow Princess Yue to hunt and run errands, which is very good, and also leave a lone seedling for my old Wang family. The old man with white hair and white beard sat on this high hall and said anxiously.
"Okay, don't worry, the old general, I will follow what the old general said." The First Emperor waved his sleeves and said lightly.
The only person in the world who can sit in front of the first emperor in the year of the first emperor is probably the Wucheng Hou Wang Jian who has been disarmed and returned to the field. The Wang family is now a saintly favor, one door and two waits, Lao Tzu Wang Jian sealed a martial city to wait, not to mention, his son Wang Ben also sealed a Tongwu Hou. It is really called the first family of Great Qin, and even the Meng family is much inferior.
"Your Majesty, why don't I take you out of the palace to eat something fresh." The white-haired old general approached the First Emperor and said.
"There are still things in Xianyang City that can compare to Shangme's imperial dining room, the old general should not coax me." The First Emperor said.
"Your Majesty, don't say it, it's really different from your imperial dining room. Why don't we take a look, old man, I've been lingering for days. ”
"Well, let's take a look."