Qin Pei laughed: "Qing'er, as the old man expected, you saw Yiqing, and you didn't even pay attention to your mother-in-law." （ . ）”

Yang Qing blushed in embarrassment, and hurriedly confessed, the family had seen each other affectionately.

Qin Juan threw herself into Mrs. Qin's arms and coquettishly pampered, but Mrs. Qin just looked at her baby daughter lovingly, and instead took Xiang'er's hand and asked for warmth cordially.

After seeing Yang Qing drink half of the tea, Qin Pei's mind changed slightly, and he got up with a smile and said, "Qing'er, there was a heavy snowfall last night, and I can still see the snow scene in the back garden. Since you are here today, I also want to taste your roast mutton skills, how about we go to the back garden to enjoy the snow barbecue? ”

Yang Qing happily agreed, and casually glanced at Qin Juan.

"You go, I'll talk to them." Mrs. Qin smiled and waved her hand, "Qing'er, look at your father-in-law, don't let him drink too much." ”

"Yes." Yang Qing bowed in response.

"Don't drink too much, no more than three." Qin Juan blinked her eyes wide, and hit the snake with the stick.

In Qin Pei's laughter, Yang Qing and the others entered the back garden of the Qin Mansion.

In the end, it is the Guogong Mansion, and this huge back garden is magnificent. In the flower pond of no less than several acres of water surface, the rockery can not be called a rockery, in the mountain body of about ten zhang high, the eaves of a pavilion faintly poke out, the pond full of lotus flowers in summer has long been frozen now, and it is covered in silver everywhere. Even in this slaughtering winter, the garden was still cleaned and decorated by the Qin Mansion in a particularly elegant manner.

Walking along the Jiuqu Bridge into Chizhongshan, Steward Zhang had already led the people to prepare everything. Yang Qing looked carefully, only to see that the lamb meat as thin as a slice was neatly stacked on two large plates, and a plate of fat and thin beef belly ribs was placed next to it, the slender and long bamboo skewers had already been cut, and a group of small white porcelain jars of Xingyao with fine fetal quality and pure color were respectively filled with pepper, cumin, green salt, honey and other seasonings that were ground evenly. Just seeing these prepared raw materials, Yang Qing already had his index finger moved.

Steward Zhang chose a leeward place, and after commanding his subordinates to set up a large charcoal basin to make a fire, he quietly retreated.

Qin Pei beckoned everyone to sit down, and said with a smile: "There is no outsider here, I have ordered to go down, and the people are far away, so as to save the interest of eating, drinking, talking and laughing today." Ganting and Yanxi don't have to be restrained, this is still your home. Let's have a good time today! ”

After saying that, Qin Pei took the lead in wearing mutton skewers with great interest, and Yang Qing and the others looked at each other and smiled, and also started to move.

"Yiqing, today's roast mutton is different, it is neither the common roasting method of my Han people, nor the method of the Hu people. You haven't been back to Chang'an for a long time, so you may not have tasted such deliciousness, right? Qin Pei opened the topic with a smile.

"Grandpa Guo, you don't know this." Sima Chuan's action of skewering meat on the skewers was extremely skillful, "The method of roasting mutton with dormitoin fennel initiated by my uncle has already spread throughout the Tang Dynasty. I have seen it in Dongdu, Jizhou, Yingzhou, Youzhou and other places, and even many Hu people in the north have learned this method. Today, the value of benzoin everywhere has more than tripled. ”

Qin Pei and Yang Qing were stunned when they heard this, and Shang Han asked with a smile on the side: "Then Yiqing has ever sought his own benefits here?" ”

Sima Chuan smiled embarrassedly: "Yiqing is not talented, some time ago in Youzhou, there happened to be thirty cars of benzoin fennel, ten of which have returned to Beijing with me this time, presumably now scattered to the major medicinal herb shops and restaurants in Chang'an!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all laughed.

The unique aroma of cumin gradually spread, mixed with the alluring smell of mutton after it was roasted, and on the rockery in the back garden of Qinfu, the five old men began to feast on the clouds.

Weng and his son-in-law had already left their respective wives' advice behind, and after taking a sip of meat and wine, and burying their heads in killing no less than thirty strings of mutton and a pot of high-quality Baqiaoqing, Qin Pei finally wiped his mouth with satisfaction.

"Qing'er, last time you asked Juan'er to ask for someone, it's not that I didn't want to give it, I have to listen to you first ask Yiqing to go over, what do you want him to do before I can make a decision. Do you think that's the reason? ”

"Father is right." Yang Qing glanced at Sima Chuan, who quietly pricked up his ears on the side, and calmly replied.

"Brother Yiqing has been running around for the Qin family in recent years, with footprints all over the Tang Dynasty, and he has a deep understanding of the customs and customs of various places.

"Oh? So what is your purpose in doing this? Qin Pei continued to ask quietly.

Yang Qing hesitated for a moment, after all, he was the only one in the world who knew that An Lushan would rebel, although there were some people in the current court who were worried about An Lushan's excessive power, but no one dared to pat their chests and say that the king of Dongping County would definitely rebel. What kind of reason do you have to say to get over your father-in-law?

Yang Qing subconsciously looked at Shang Han and Zhang Nan, they knew why they wanted to form an intelligence network, and they also had unconditional trust in themselves, but Hu Guogong, would he?

Shang Han slowly shook his head at Yang Qing with an almost imperceptible speed and amplitude.

"Recently, the saint was assassinated in the Li Palace, and the thief almost succeeded. In fact, before the incident, Gan Ting and I had already discovered some clues, and the assassin seemed to be related to the Turkic and other Hu tribes in the north, so this idea came to me. ”

Shang Han nodded at the right time to confirm that what Yang Qing said was true, and a trace of appreciation flashed in Yang Qing's eyes.

Yang Qing was encouraged, and the more he spoke, the more fluent he became: "Moreover, after the assassination incident, Jian Yuwei found a large number of horses when he searched the mountain behind the Ligong Palace, all of which were good horses from the northern grassland, and they were suspected to be the mounts of the assassins!" I suspect that the Hu people colluded with our army traitors to carry out assassination! A few days ago, the Holy Lord secretly instructed me to secretly investigate this matter, and I heard that Yiqing has been taking care of the horse sales in the north in recent years, and the two are closely related, so Qing'er has this reluctant request. ”

When Qin Pei heard this, the doubts in his heart were finally swept away, and when he heard that Yang Qing had moved out both the assassination and the Holy Secret Decree, he quickly waved his hand to stop Yang Qing from continuing.

"In that case, then I will hand over Yiqing to you. Since the saint has asked you to investigate in secret, then Qing'er shouldn't tell me about this matter, so let's stop here. ”

Yang Qing bowed deeply: "Yes!" Thank you father for cutting his love! ”

Then Yang Qing bowed deeply to Sima Chuan: "From now on, Yiqing will be tired, Yang Qing is here to thank you!" Sima Chuan hurriedly got up and returned the salute, not even daring.

Yang Qing said a few polite words, and then smiled at Qin Pei with a pretended relaxed smile: "Actually, father doesn't have to worry, Brother Yiqing can still take care of both ends in the future, and will not delay your business." ”

"You!" Qin Pei had returned to normal, and knew that Yang Qing still meant to act with the help of Sima Chuan's current identity, but it was not easy to break it, so he had to sigh helplessly: "Yiqing is also a good talent for both civil and military affairs, and the three righteous sons I have worked hard to cultivate have all been given to you now!" ”

Yang Qing was stunned, and then together with Shang Han, Zhang Nan, and Sima Chuan, they laughed unabashedly, and the hearty laughter suddenly resounded in the sky.