Chapter III. The sword asks Beiyan 191.A gourd chicken

Lord Wang is a native of Lao Qin, who has just stepped into the backyard of the mansion, and smelled the smell of mutton soup coming from the kitchen shed, and his saliva was secreted in large pieces; In addition, he still has the overall renovation and expansion plan of Dongfang City in mind, so he naturally has no interest in those trivial small cases. In his mind, he casually threw out a high hat and pressed it, and then comforted a few words, as soon as possible to clean up this stranger from the inside to the outside. After all, for the ordinary people in Waifu, the classic image of a corrupt and perfunctory official is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the deterrent effect is naturally stronger.

But what he didn't expect was that he just said a sentence casually, and the other party actually carried it down!

"Yes, you're so right! Lao Tzu not only wants to break into your Chang'an City, but also clean up your biggest official here, and then bulldoze the entire Chang'an City! Hahahaha......"

Although Bai Wenyan's appearance is a little ordinary, he is superior in his tall figure and extraordinary temperament; In addition, there is a spirit in his body and two eyes are constricted, so although he is old, he looks like an elegant and sturdy middle-aged scholar from the outside.

And Wang Yi, the prefect of Chang'an, also thought that this misunderstanding was because of his scholarly character and integrity, which happened to collide with the recklessness and vulgarity of the poor soldiers; But now that I heard his reply, I didn't have half of the elegance and humility to speak of, why didn't I even have a normal person's brain?

In his eyes, Bai Heng was just an ordinary middle-aged man, unarmed and without anything; Although his body is more robust than other literati, he is definitely not as good as the practitioner who sells his art on the street. With a person like him, if he wants to capture Xin'anhou Zhou Changfeng alive, he has to bulldoze the entire Chang'an City? If someone gives him two taels of wine, he may fly directly to the ninth layer of heaven!

Wang Yi was really laughed at by him this time! He leaned back, leaned back in a comfortable position, and smiled at the master who had just stepped into the room, holding a wet towel in his hand and wiping the dust on his face:

"Do you hear that? This old man said that he planned to 'capture Xin'an Hou alive and shake Chang'an City'! This city gate official is a new ding, and the catchers in our yamen are all old people, how can we mess around with them? What are you doing by arresting a madman in the yamen? That's it, notify the Guangji Temple, and let them come and pick them up...... Oh yes, after lunch, we have to go to Sanxian Ju again, this plan to expand Dongfang City can't be ...... because of his family."

"Master Qingtian Mingjian! But well, since you don't believe in your crazy words, why did you use big words to deceive people before? ”

Hey, it turns out that Bai Heng is pretending to be crazy and stupid with a hook, waiting for Wang Zhifu here!

Wang Yi had just taken the face towel handed by his master, and he was also vigorously wiping the dust on his face; And the master, who had washed his hands and cleaned his face, picked up a Hanzhong Xianhao that he had prepared a long time ago, and after gently blowing it cool, he comfortably took a sip of warm tea:

"I look at your speech and demeanor, and you should also be a scholar. Once you have read the book, you should be reasonable. Whether you have a fame or not, before you show your fame and official body, you are always a flat-headed person; And although those city gate officials are all substitute recruits, they are also wearing the military uniforms of the Zhou family, representing the Northern Yan court. Think about it, no matter which rules you follow in the world, you won't be able to talk about the word wronged in this lawsuit. ”

After saying something, Wang Yi also happened to finish scrubbing; He also sat on the Taishi's chair, beating his sore legs, and waved his hand to the master impatiently:

"Since he still knows how to pretend to be crazy and stupid, then he is certainly not a madman. From beginning to end, whether this matter is good or bad, you must know it in your own heart. Since you and I are both disciples of saints, from the perspective of the style and integrity of the literati, this official agrees with your approach from the bottom of his heart; However, according to the laws of the imperial court, the official also had to perform his duties. To put it simply, you now pay a fine of five taels of silver, and let the defender of the city who kicked you drink a pot of wine; Then this little thing is completely over. ”

Bai Heng nodded when he heard this, and he also had a new understanding of this Lord Wang Yiwang in his heart. But he still has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders when he comes to Chang'an City today; So for him, if this Wang Yi judged the case unfairly and unjustly, he would directly get rid of the matter; If he is still a good officer, it will be better to spare him his life; As for this case...... It was the trouble he got back by himself, if it was really so simple, wouldn't all his thoughts be in vain?

"Lord Wang's judgment is fair. However, all of you present are under the wall of the same saint's door, and the majestic righteousness in your chest must be an iron wall with constant slashing and impenetrable guns! To paraphrase a common saying, if there is no such spirit, Bai Mou is not willing to live for even a day! Let's put it bluntly, even if I have mountains of gold and silver on me, even if the boss only fines me with a copper plate, I don't want to be so compromised! Because although this matter violated the king's law, he thought that there was no misconduct! As for whether the boss is beaten or punished, I will follow it with someone! ”

Bai Heng not only spoke passionately and generously, but even his body was invisibly more upright. This awe-inspiring righteousness emanated, and even Lord Wang and Master nodded again and again, and gave him a thumbs up in their hearts......

The two glanced at each other, and both saw the thoughts in each other's hearts; In the end, it was the prefect Wang Yi who sighed and made a decision:

"Hey, since Brother Tai knows what is at stake, this official will not say anything more. You are a scholar, so the responsibility of ten court rods is inevitably insulting...... In this way, you will live in the men's prison in the backyard of my government for ten days.! ”

As soon as Bai Heng heard this, he immediately nodded, and after a polite exchange with the two, he followed a cell boss with his head held high and walked to the male prison in the backyard of the mansion.

A prison is not a prison in that it is a temporary detention facility. Those big thieves and thieves who committed adultery, plundered, murdered and set fires were all locked up on death row outside the city; And Bai Heng is now dressed as a literati, and he is deeply appreciated by the master and the prefect, so the cell guards up and down the prison will naturally be a little polite and polite to him.

Along with Bai Heng, he was put into a single room with a small number, as well as a steaming gourd chicken, and two taels of Xifeng old wine. Needless to say, this reception banquet was also the order of Lord Wang. In this way, although the world says that the literati are inferior; But in Bai Heng's opinion, this is not necessarily the case.

"Hey, big brother, I see that you have a very strong body, and you are a newcomer who has just come in, and you must still have a lot of oil and water in your stomach. We are all hard-working people on the rivers and lakes, and the little ones don't dare to ask you for a drink, but if you can't eat the chicken, can you share it with my brother to pad my stomach? You see that this prison is cloudy and damp, even if you want to eat it tomorrow, it will already be rancid, right? ”

As soon as the cell boss put down the wine and food and left, a little fat man with a pair of huge ears and a round head and a round head leaned his head against the wooden railing of the prison and begged for meat from Bai Heng.

Bai Heng's eyes rolled when he heard this, and he casually twisted off the head of the chicken and threw it at the man:

"Although I love chicken, I never eat my head. If you kid wants it, I'll reward you with this head! ”

Although the gourd chicken looks very simple, it needs to go through three extremely complicated processes before it can be concocted: first, it is boiled in broth to stabilize the shape of the whole chicken; After that, many auxiliary materials are used as the base soup, and the basket is steamed to penetrate the flavor; After taking it out, it should be put into a pot of rapeseed oil that is burned to eighty percent of the heat to fry the crispy chicken skin; After being served, it needs to be served with salt and pepper, which can be described as a good accompaniment to wine with crispy skin and tender meat, full of aroma and mellow taste.

This kind of dish with all the color and flavor is placed in the basement with poor air circulation, and it will not take a moment to swallow these thieves who steal chickens and dogs, fight and brawl, and swallow them frequently and involuntarily......

Although the chicken head looks small, it actually has no meat at all; Coupled with the crispy and oily skin, not only could not satisfy the cravings, but hooked out the gluttonous worms in his stomach......

"Hey, hey, hey! I said what is wrong with you, you have eaten everything, don't drip on the thatch pile here with me!" I'll have to sleep here at night..."

Bai Heng broke off another chicken leg and licked the oil soup that flowed down his hand, while shouting at the summoner in a dissatisfied tone.

However, as soon as the chicken leg was broken, the juice in the meat flowed outward...... All the thieves who take turnips and cabbage and cabbage radishes every day, you are so greedy that you even have the mind of rioting and escaping from prison!

"Oh? What's wrong? The big guys are hungry, huh? ”

Bai Heng also heard the sound of them swallowing saliva, opened his mouth to bite down on a bite of chicken, and asked his classmates vaguely. But before these people could reply, he looked down at the half of the chicken leg in his hand again, opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of minced meat, and snorted coldly:

"Damn, this is an ordinary domestic chicken, not a local short-legged chicken at all! Now these people who open restaurants can really fool people, how can people eat! …… Boy, haven't you eaten enough? If you don't dislike it, I'll throw it at you? ”

With the sound of licking chicken bones in the bell-catching ear, the other prisoners were completely crazy by the two of them!

"I said this old man...... People like you who are particular about cooking dishes that are not authentic will definitely not be able to enter your Chrysostom! But we rough people don't dislike rough vegetables! If you don't want to eat it, can you do a good deed and give this chicken to our masters to open meat? ”

Finally, a bold young man also opened his mouth and begged Bai Hengyang; And Bai Heng nodded after hearing this, knowing that the time was almost up, he pretended to be surprised and asked:

"Oh? Aren't you all disgusted? However, this person has more meat and less meat, and it is not suitable for anyone who is thick and thin...... However, it is the so-called reactive and unrelenting...... I don't think it's better than this! It is also the first time I have arrived in Guibao Land, and I want to inquire with you about the customs and customs of this place; If anyone says it well, says it right, and can say it clearly, then this chicken will have a piece of meat to eat! ”