In fact, the taste of this sheep is no different from the sheep in the imperial capital, at least even people like Pei Ran who are clothed in fine clothes and jade food can't tell the difference. But the Hullas insisted that their mutton had a characteristic sweet flavor because they added spices to their feed.

As soon as this gimmick spread, the price of the Huluo sheep immediately increased more than thirty times, but it was still difficult to find a sheep, especially those wealthy families who spent a lot of money to buy it, they all rushed to praise this sweet fragrance, firstly, because they could afford to eat it themselves, and secondly, for fear of being questioned about buying a fake falcon sheep.

Li Chongyan listened, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Lord Ye has broken the bill." ”

In order to show himself as an expert, Pei Ran nodded suddenly and said: "I said why did I vaguely smell a trace of sweet fragrance from the beginning, and it was so different, it turned out to be this Huluo sheep!" ”

Zhu Zhijie was a little puzzled, she had always tasted very well, and although she smelled the aroma of this meat, it was no different from ordinary sheep.

Lao Sun Tou brought two cooks here, and he had already begun to cut the mutton back and forth. Lao Cao stared at them intently, watching as pieces of mutton were distributed on plates, and handed to everyone's tables one by one.

Lao Cao stared at the plate of meat in front of him, as if staring at a monster.

This meat ...... Poisonous?

No way? The three of them saw it themselves when they cut the meat, and for each part of the meat, they divided the meat evenly into each person's plate, probably so that everyone could taste different parts.

But why is it so alarming to look at?

Lao Cao couldn't help but look at Ye Zhiqiu, who was sitting next to him, and there was also an identical plate of meat on his table.

Seeing him staring at him, Ye Zhiqiu asked a little strangely, "Hey, what's wrong with Lord Cao?" ”

"Uh...... It's nothing. Lao Cao held back a smile to hide it, but he still looked at Ye Zhiqiu's plate of meat.

Ye Zhiqiu looked at Lao Cao, then at his mutton, and asked, "But Lord Cao has taken a fancy to me?" ”

"No, no."

Ye Zhiqiu said with a smile: "Although it is almost the same, after all, there is a difference between fat and thin, I know that Lord Cao likes to eat fatter, it just happens that this plate has more fat, let's change it." ”

Lao Cao hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no." ”

Ye Zhiqiu was very enthusiastic, picked up the plate and put it on Lao Cao's table, and took Lao Cao's plate again.

This time, Lao Cao became more and more confused, Ye Zhiqiu was willing to exchange meat with himself, which means that he did not poison the meat, so it was wrong to guess just now that he secretly poisoned the dish for the prince?

No, could he have deliberately exchanged meat with me, but actually gave me the poisonous one?

At this point, Lao Cao found that his suspicions had begun to flood everywhere like the unstoppable flood in Jingzhou.

However, as soon as Ye Zhiqiu took the plate, he immediately stretched out his chopsticks towards Lao Cao's plate of meat.

"Lord Cao likes to eat fat, but I still like to eat thin. Give me this piece of pure lean meat, Lord Cao is not allowed to worry about me, hahaha. As he spoke, Ye Zhiqiu picked up the piece of meat and took a bite, and praised: "It really tastes good." ”

This time, Lao Cao was stunned again.

It is equivalent to Ye Zhiqiu having eaten all the meat on both plates, so it must be not poisonous.

He looked around again, and everyone was feasting there, especially his son, and in the blink of an eye there were already two sheep bones on the table.

Lao Cao secretly scolded: Why did this bastard eat so fast?

Among the people present, only Li Chongyan did not move

That plate of meat.

He does prefer to eat shabu-shabu.

The old grandson finished cutting the meat here, and the maidservants over there also brought some fresh mutton and served it to each person's table.

When Mrs. Ye saw the fresh meat on the table, she chuckled in her heart and looked at it carefully.

Suddenly, her gaze fell on one of the plates of meat, and she couldn't take any more of them.

I saw a white radish flower in the middle of the plate of meat.

Mrs. Ye's breathing suddenly became short.

You can't go wrong...... That's what I put on with my own hands!

She secretly looked at her husband and found that he was just like herself, staring at the plate of meat.

Zhiqiu ...... Do you have to go this way?

If you take this step, you and I will never recover, and we will never turn back.

Mrs. Ye felt that her heart was sinking, and she didn't know why her husband was in a hurry to burn the jade tonight.

Could it be that his decades of forbearance were just to get such an end?

While Mrs. Ye was sitting on pins and needles, Lao Cao beside her was also in a cold sweat on her back.

It's meat again...... It's meat again!

This time, Lao Cao found that Chen Qi was staring at him, and desperately glanced at him, and the intention of blocking was about to come out.

Lao Cao tried his best to stabilize his mind and secretly thought: From now on, I won't eat anything on the table tonight, what if I'm hungry? If you are not rewarded and do not eat meat, what can you do with me?

But what about the son?

But Lao Cao thought that it should be okay for his son to never eat shabu-shabu mutton. He looked over, and sure enough, his son didn't touch the plate of fresh mutton.

God willing, picky eaters also have the benefits of picky eating.

Ye Zhiqiu stood up at this time and said to Li Chongyan with a smile: "Your Highness, what you have in front of you is the best brain meat in this sheep, which was specially selected by the minister. ”

Li Chongyan knew what he meant, and he intended to remind him, so he deliberately said, "Oh? Lord Ye strongly recommends it, it must be a good meat with excellent flavor. ”

He looked at the plate and smiled at Cao Xiwen: "Xiwen, when I was in Jingzhou, you helped me a lot." I can't think of anything good to reward you, so I might as well ...... this plate of meat."

The implication is that everyone here understands that the prince is going to reward Cao Xiwen with this meat.

Pei Ran pursed his lips, what kind of luck did this kid have to make the prince so favored?

Lao Cao here suddenly felt that the blood in his whole body had coagulated.

This is...... Reward?

Is this the real catastrophe?

I'm not the only one who wants to do it...... And my son?

That's it...... He must have thought that my son knew about the siege of the village, so he refused to let it go!

Lao Cao didn't fight in anger, but felt that almost every pore on his body was shouting:

Son! You can't take that plate of meat!

Lao Cao watched Li Chongyan pick up the plate and didn't finish speaking, and suddenly Cao Xiwen replied casually: "I don't like to eat shabu-shabu, not to mention that I still have it here." He pointed to the plate of fresh meat in front of him.

Lao Cao turned from surprise to joy, great, my son is really good!

Li Chongyan put the plate in the air and was rejected, feeling a little embarrassed, he knew that Cao Xiwen had drunk wine, probably forgetting his identity, or simply talking like he had done on weekdays, not deliberately trying to lose face.

He whispered, "You serve it first, and then make a few slices for me." ”

Cao Xiwen was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Okay."

。 Then he immediately took it cheerfully.

Lao Cao's heart was suddenly hung back again, he felt that every nerve above his neck was about to break, as long as there was any slight breeze, he would completely collapse.

Little did he know, however, that there was another person beside him who was just as frightened as he was, or even more frightened than him.

Since the plate of meat appeared in the field of vision, Mrs. Ye's eyes have never left two places, one is the meat, and the other is her husband's face.

When Li Chongyan offered to reward the meat, Mrs. Ye noticed a strange smile on her husband's face, and when Cao Xiwen took the plate, the corner of her husband's left mouth rose even more.

No one understood what that meant better than Madame Ye.

He laughs every time his husband is secretly planning something and everything goes according to plan.

Mrs. Ye watched Cao Xiwen pick up a few pieces of meat with chopsticks and put them in the boiling hot soup a few times, put them on a small plate, and handed them back to the prince, and her scalp suddenly tingled.

At that moment, she suddenly discovered something even more terrifying.

The husband actually turned his head and stared at her with wide eyes, smiling darkly, his eyes were full of evil and cold, like a quenched dagger gently slashing at the skin, making people feel that every inch of the body could feel the penetration of toxins, and every drop of venom was slowly attacking the heart.

The smile was not so much a sign of the end as it was a declaration of victory, but rather a suppressed ecstasy in secret.

Madame, this time, you can't stop me after all.

The fear of falling into the abyss seemed to be magnified a thousand times, and at this moment, it captured Madam Ye's entire body.

"No ......"

"No!"

Mrs. Ye's ghost-like screams pierced the entire dark night.

The sudden sound frightened everyone present as if they had been recited a mantra.

"Poison in the flesh!"

Mrs. Ye finally shouted out the words that she had suspected thousands of times in her heart.

When Li Chongyan heard this, the hand that had just taken the plate loosened, only to hear a crisp cracking sound, and the plate smashed on the ground with meat and juice.

When Mrs. Ye saw that the flesh had fallen to the ground, she suddenly felt that all the strength in her body had been drained, and her body was weak and she collapsed on the ground.

Zhiqiu ...... Forgive me, but you really can't go on wrong.

Since I have cried this, I will bear the name of this poison for you, but I hope that you will stop for my sake of atoning for your sins...... Okay?

Mrs. Ye tried to look up at her husband's teary eyes, and she wanted to convey her heart with a sincere gaze. Forty years old husband and wife, even if he doesn't open his mouth at this moment, he should be able to understand me. After all, they are pillow people, and they know each other too well, don't they?

However, when she met her husband's gaze, she suddenly felt a shiver, and she could even hear her teeth chattering up and down.

Because her husband was still looking at her as he had just done, that evil and smug smile did not change in the slightest!

Why...... Why is he so proud when I stop him? Shouldn't he be resentful of me if I have spoiled his great deeds?

Mrs. Ye thought that her cry was a stop, but the moment she looked at her husband, she realized that maybe that scream was just the beginning......

Poison in meat?

The scream was like a stream of chicken blood hitting Lao Cao's brain, and finally crushed his last tense nerve.