In the antique living room, Wu Zhi sat on a large chair and listened to Zhu Wu tell him about these days.

A few days after reuniting with the daughters of Jin Lian in the capital, Wu Zhi began to handle the handover of Youyun with the Liao State, and Wujiazhuang became his front station.

A few months ago, after Wu Zhi left, he handed over the contact with Wu Yong, as well as the affairs of Wujiazhuang, etc., to Zhu Wu, in the past two months, Chao Gai's men and horses have entered Hebei in large numbers, but Liao is at war with Jin State, and Youyun is more uncertain, and things can only be slowed down, but Wu Yong runs Wujiazhuang every three or five times, it seems that he wants to find out his own details.

As he spoke, Zhu Wu smiled and said, "The prince has good news for you, and Liu Shanke has left Chaijiazhuang." ”

Wu Zhi smiled: "Chai Jin is willing to let him go?" What did you come up with? ”

Zhu Wu said with a smile: "It's not a small name that comes up with it, it's really Liu Shan's arrogance, Chai Jin can't stand his temper, but the commander who accompanied Liu Shanke to go doesn't eat Chai Jin's filial piety, Chai Jin is not good at what Liu Shanke does, so he pretended to send the guest and wanted to rob and torture him halfway, how could he succeed with Yang Zhi by his side?" Haha, Liu Shanke escaped without danger. ”

Wu Zhi nodded, and after a while, he will go to concoct Chai Jin, this guy has a few hard ideas, if he doesn't concoct it, he won't be at ease after all.

"What's going on in Youzhou, the prince?" Zhu Wu asked with a smile.

"Enye Lu Chun is also interested, there are no demon moths, most of the forbidden army has already driven into the clouds, tomorrow I will also go to Beiping Mansion, I just don't know how the Jurchens have not moved, I am always a little unsteady in my heart."

"Could it be that they really don't want to start a war with Liao Song at the same time?" Wu Zhi pondered for a while and said.

Zhu Wu frowned deeply: "This villain doesn't know that the mind of the Jurchen barbarians can't be reasonable." ”

Wu Zhi nodded and said, "This is true, you should be careful to be careful, and when you talk about it, is there any news from Yu Baosi these days?" ”

Zhu Wu shook his head. Wu Zhi smiled, and he also told Yu Baosi that there was no important matter, and he should not contact Wujiazhuang, and it seemed that there was nothing important recently. Now that I think about it, after thinking about Youyun, Yu Baosi's undercover agent is not of much value, but this guy can raise horses, and he can recruit to assist the forbidden army in taking care of the horse farm in Youzhou. As for Zeng Tou City, with the assistance of Yu Baosi, several guards were also sent in, and some of the famous guards were even valued by Shi Wengong. I'm not afraid that Yu Baosi will lose the inside line after leaving.

"How's the poppy growing?" Wu Zhi asked casually.

Zhu Wu said with a smile: "Hundreds of acres have been planted, and when we wait for next spring, there will definitely be thousands of flowers outside the Wujiazhuang." The princess must like it when she sees it. ”

Wu Zhi smiled and nodded, when he ordered to plant poppies, he only said that Mrs. likes to see, all the planters have given generous rewards, and others think that they are masters, in order to please Mrs., how can they know the mystery?

At that moment, Wu Zhi instructed Zhu Wu a few more words, and then accompanied by Zhu Wu, he went to the martial arts training ground to inspect the township army, and at noon, he had to drink with Li Kui again. This time, with Lin Chong and Hua Rong to help him, Wu Zhi was not drunk, Li Kui shouted that it was unfair while drinking, but when Lin Chong and Hua Dai toasted, the wine was dry, which really made people laugh and cry.

In the end, it was naturally Li Kui who looked up to the sky and fell down the mountain-like body, and the ground trembled, Wu Zhi smiled and carried Li Kui into the room with Lin Chong, and then came back to drink bitterly, Lin Chong and Hua Rong didn't dare to learn from Li Kui's unscrupulous wine with Wu Zhi. It made Wu Zhi a lot less fun, and talked with a few people for a while, and the village soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers of Wujiazhuang were dispersed happily afterwards.

A few days later, the Hebei forbidden army had been stationed in Youyun Prefecture for 6 consecutive years, and the Liao army withdrew intermittently, although there were occasional small frictions in the middle, but under the pressure of Wuzhi and Yeluchun, there was no major chaos.

On this day, in front of a grand mansion in Beiping Mansion, several fast horses flew in. Immediately, the passengers were all dressed in short clothes. It looks neat and neat, and several people dismount in front of the mansion. The subordinates in front of the mansion interrogated a few words, and then quickly entered, and after a short time, a golden-armored guard came out and led a few people into the mansion.

In the spacious living room in the front yard, Wu Zhi was wearing a purple robe and was leisurely sipping tea, and when the guards led a man with yellow beard in, Wu Zhi smiled slightly: "What good news did Yu Baosi bring me this time?" ”

Huang Hanzi, who is also Yu Baosi of Zengtou City, walked a few steps and knelt down and kowtowed: "Xiaomin has eyes and no beads, I don't know that you are your king, and you should die for offending the prince Huwei Caomin before he was a thousand years old!" ”

Wu Zhi smiled: "Forget it, let's get down to business, Zeng Tou City, but what are the moves?" ”

Yu Baosi said: "Elder Zeng ordered me to go to the Jurchen tribe to deliver a letter, but the content of the letter was read by the villain, and it was to persuade the Jurchen Mo to be the enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, but I remembered that the prince found a secret letter in the villain's clothes, and I thought that the letter was not so simple, so I went to Wujiazhuang to see the prince, but Steward Zhu sent someone to send Xiaodi to Beiping Mansion. ”

Wu Zhi smiled when he heard this: "Then have you ever taken apart your clothes?"

Yu Baosi said: "Without Manager Zhu, I can't say that the prince will allow him to dare not be a monopoly......"

Wu Zhi smiled and ordered the guards next to him to lead Yu Baosi to a remote hut, strip off his clothes and search carefully, Yu Baosi retreated with a bitter face.

Wu Zhi hadn't finished drinking this cup of tea, and the guards had already rushed in, holding a letterhead in his hand, Wu Zhi took it and asked, "Where are you hiding this time?" ”

The guard held back a smile and said, "In Yu Baosi's profane clothes......"

Wu Zhi smiled: "Go find Zheng Tong to judge!" "Zheng Tongju is carefully selected by the court, this person is proficient in northern affairs, and can speak to write Khitan characters, he used to be an official of the Ministry of Rites, this time Youzhou urgently needs officials, and Zheng Tongju was promoted, not only Zheng Tongju, this time Youyun made up a large number of officials, but it is the gospel of those idle officials in the Great Song Dynasty, they eight immortals crossed the sea, each showed their magical powers, and fought to fill the vacancy in Youyun Prefecture.

Compared with the officials scrambling, the selection of small officials is not alarmed, after all, most of the small officials are the gentry of their own prefecture and hometown, and they can be like a fish in water in the local area, and some years have been a long time, that is, local officials may not have their scenery, and some seniority no one wants to come to a place with no roots and no bottom to be called, and finally the imperial court urgently recruited a large number of officials to supplement into Youyun, so in a hurry to select those officials, the character of those officials will inevitably be a little uneven.

In the past few days, Wu Zhi has been busy handing over with the Liao. It is said that Zheng Tongju also has the heart to come to Beiping, and he specially went to #Zhou, Han Zhizhou, that is, the former Daimyo Mansion, Han Tongju asked for advice on how to do a good job of the general judgment around your king, Han Tongju smiled and sent him a twelve-character mantra: "Be conscientious, please take care of your life in big things, and take care of yourself in small things." ”

After having a deep conversation with Han Tongju, Zheng Tongju already knew that Wu Zhi liked to be the shopkeeper, so he naturally tried his best to handle all kinds of trivial matters in Beiping Mansion, and the officials of the Daimyo Mansion were also specially ordered by Wu Zhi, but Wu Zhi didn't want to make the people complain when he first arrived in Beiping Mansion. In just a few days, Zheng Tong dealt with several small officials who took the opportunity to make money. It can be seen that he is a shrewd and capable official, and he is quite appreciated by Wu Zhi.

When Zheng Tongju hurriedly came, Wu Zhi was studying the crooked Khitan characters, pondering what this word meant, and what words should be, and seeing Zheng Tongju, Wu Zhi smiled and said: "Come on, come quickly." Has this king not become blind with his eyes open? ”

Zheng Tongju smiled and said: "If your king is fluent in barbarian languages again, wouldn't he become an immortal?" ”

After taking the letterhead and looking at it a few times, Zheng Tongjuan's face changed greatly, and he stood up: "This ...... This ......"

Wu Zhi had never seen Han Tong's judgment disgraced, even when dealing with officials, one of the junior officials was said to be related to a certain second-class official in the court, and Han Tongju still drove him out of Beiping Mansion without mercy, and his methods were also very appreciated by Wu Zhi.

Seeing his pale face, Wu Zhi couldn't help but laugh and said, "What's the hurry? Tell me about it. ”

Zheng Tong judged that he was a little out of shape. After the accusation, he said: "The prince's letter says that the granary of the Youyun Forbidden Army is located in Zhuozhou, and it is said that Zhuozhou has been infiltrated by the hands of believers, and one of them is a small official in Zhuozhou, just wait for the gold lord to reply to the letter, and agree that he can send a fine worker to break open the city gate and answer from the inside!" …… Lord Wang'...... Who is this believer? How bold! ”

Wu Zhi laughed: "You don't have to care who the believer is." Well, now this stone in my heart has finally landed. ”

Zheng Tong looked at Wu Zhi in confusion. Wu Zhi smiled and said, "I'll just say that the Jurchens will definitely not be so honest and let us take back Youyun." These days, I've been trying hard to guess, and I can't figure it out, now it's okay, haha, this time, let's let the barbarian clan lead the majesty of the Great Song Land, hehe. ”

Although Zheng Tongju was angry, he also let go of the anxiety in his heart when he saw that Wang Chengzhu was in his chest, and Wu Zhi looked at him twice and quipped: "Zheng Tongju, don't report the matter of me to the court for concealing the place of faith!" ”

Zheng Tongju shook his head again and again, and said in fear: "The lower officials don't dare, the prince is unpredictable, how dare he speculate?" How dare you spoil the prince's affairs? Although the lower officials are dull, they can still distinguish between good and bad. ”

Wu Zhi smiled and Zheng Tong judged that everything was good, but he didn't know how to be flexible, and he was also a wake-up call.

"I don't know when the plaque of the prince's mansion will be delivered? The door number of the house is always empty, something is wrong! Zheng Tongju said with a smile.

Wu Zhi smiled and said: "When you settle down in a few days and send someone to pick up the princess, you can bring it first."

Wu Zhi now lives in the former Wei King Ye Lu Chun's mansion, although it is not as good as his own palace in the capital, but it is not far away, Zhao Ji heard about it, and put a plaque of "Guiwang Courtyard" for Wu Zhi, and waited for Jin Lian to take it with several princesses on the road, but now the clouds are not very peaceful, Wu Zhi is not at ease, and forced Jin Lian to wait in the capital for a few days.

"Well, stand down, don't mention today's matter to the second person!" Wu Zhi said with a smile.

Zheng Tongju nodded: "The lower officials will naturally take care of it!" As he spoke, he bowed and retired.

Wu Zhi picked up the letterhead written by Zeng Tou City to Ah Guda and looked at it carefully, with a smile on his face.

Jin Lian's daughters came to Beiping Mansion has been more than ten days later, ushered in the plaque written by Zhao Ji himself, although Wu Zhi was reluctant, he had to make a grand plaque ceremony, on the same day, firecrackers rang out, gongs and drums shook the sky, and the king's courtyard was full of laughter, and several dignitaries in Beiping Mansion came to celebrate, Wu Zhi set up a banquet at noon, set up a banquet in the palace to entertain several officials, and then hurried to the barracks to inspect and was busy until the evening.

A small table in the backyard of the palace is full of all kinds of dishes, Jin Lian and several women sit around the table, joking and playing, the thick curtain provokes the cold wind to blow in, Wu Zhi walked in, there is a red stove in the corner of the four walls of the side hall, and the hall is as warm as spring. As soon as Wu Zhi came in, he couldn't help but exclaim, "It's so hot!" ”

Jin Lian's daughters rushed to provoke Wu Zhi to laugh and take off his skin, and Wu Zhi laughed as he walked: "This day is busy? I can finally have a reunion dinner with you. ”

Jin Lian smiled gently, pulled Wu Zhi to sit down at the table, and said, "Xianggong has worked hard these days, today's dishes are all made by the concubine sisters, Xianggong can taste it." ”

Wu Zhi smiled: "Don't you often cook on weekdays? How many dishes does the chef cook, do I like to eat? It's also the old Dengdi's craftsmanship. ”

Jin Lian said with a smile: "Xianggong heard clearly that what the concubine said was made by the sisters, not the concubine alone." ”

Wu Zhi was stunned: "How many of you?" You're all cooking? "Turn your head and look. The Qiqiao girls nodded again and again, and even Chibazi, who was sitting next to Qiqiao, was nodding. However, Chibako twisted her body from time to time, showing that Qiqiao was not honest and teasing her under the table.

Wu Zhi was stunned for a long time, looked at Qiqiao and said, "You...... You did it too? ”

Seeing Wu Zhi's incredible expression, Qiqiao said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you frowning at the top of the list of dishes cooked by this girl?" ”

Wu Zhi laughed a few times and said, "En, first-class first-class ......" made up his mind that he couldn't eat Qiqiao's dishes. I don't know if the food she cooks will poison people.

"Enjinlian is still your best at steaming carp?" Wu Zhi smiled and took a sip, "I really can't get tired of eating!" ”

Jin Lian smiled and said, "Xianggong has been eating this dish for a few years, why don't you get tired of eating it?" ”

Wu Zhi smiled at Jin Lian and said with a pun: "Some dishes are eaten every day, and the more you eat them, the more flavorful they become......

Jin Lian couldn't help but blush when she saw the evil smile on Wu Zhi's face, and said in a low voice: "Don't teach bad children." "Secretly snorted at Chibazi.

Takeshi saw Chibazi blinking at him with big eyes. smiled and said, "She doesn't understand!" Having said that, he no longer laughed at Jin Lian.

"Well...... This is a Xuanjing yaki, and it looks like it has a Korean flavor...... Not bad, not bad," Wu Zhi said while chewing, Originally, Wu Zhi still attached great importance to the identity of a few women, although there was no difference in size, but Wu Zhi always handled things in the order of entering the door, for example, the order of the gifts brought back from Liao was also according to the Golden Lotus Qiqiao Xuanjing. Originally, after tasting Jin Lian's dishes, he should go to taste Qiqiaodi dishes, but Wu Zhi was really worried that his tongue would suffer. deliberately didn't ask Qiqiao and went directly to taste Xuanjing's dish. Then he asked Zhu'er with a smile: "What kind of food are you cooking this little girl?" ”

Zhu'er pointed to a plate of emerald green vegetables on the table, and said a little embarrassed: "The best thing Zhu'er makes is vegetarian meat, or something, Zhu'er always can't get it."

Wu Zhi smiled: "It's good not to forget the original, so try your dried fried vegetables today...... Kindness...... Delicious......"

Hearing Wu Zhi's praise, Zhu'er smiled happily and stood up and said, "I'll go and see if the wine for the master is okay." He ran briskly to the stove and looked at the brass jug in the casserole.

When it was Chibazi's turn, Wu Zhi had already seen the plate of raw fish cut into slices on the table, Wu Zhi frowned with some disgust, and said that he might as well be poisoned by Qiqiao to eat this, and turn his head to see Qiqiao, Qiqiao was looking at himself with anticipation.

Wu Zhi sighed, when he ate the food, he broke the usual order, but the girls didn't care, even a careful person like Jin Lian had no objections, it seemed that the girls were really sisters on weekdays, and they didn't pay attention to the details of their weekdays, but they were a little worried.

"Well...... Tangram: What kind of dishes do you cook? Wu Zhi asked helplessly.

Qiqiao smiled: "Xianggong is so smart, don't you know it by yourself?" ”

Wu Zhi was stunned, Qiqiao would also pat himself on the back? looked at the dishes on the table, and immediately stared at a black mess, that thing was originally covered with a silver vessel, I don't know when, Wu Zhi shook his head with a wry smile, and said, Well, just now, the dishes on the table are all normal, none of them look like a masterpiece of Qiqiao, but it turned out to be such a gorgeous debut.

"This ...... What's in this county? Wu Zhi pointed to the dish that looked like a piece of black charcoal.

Qiqiao smiled: "Didn't Xianggong talk about pulling silk fruits before?" This is a pears made by Tangram for you, you can taste it delicious! ”

Wu Zhi was dumbfounded? It's not a drawing carbon block, is it? When Wu Zhi and a few women eat together, they will occasionally recite a few words about the names of the dishes of later generations, and when a few women ask about Wu Zhi, they will probably say that others are all jokes, and only Qiqiao loves to tinker, and today I remembered what Wu Zhi said before, so I made this plate of "Silk Pear".

Wu Zhi frowned, looked at Qiqiao's expectant gaze, gritted his teeth, picked up chopsticks, and pinched a piece of silk, which is definitely not, and put the "black charcoal" in his mouth and chewed it a few times. Doesn't it taste good? Sweet and crispy, Wu Zhi Daqi saw Qiqiao looking at himself nervously, shook his head and sighed.

Qiqiao's gaze immediately dimmed, and he lowered his little head.

"Alas...... How can you lazy girl make such delicious dishes, what should I do if I want to eat after you are lazy? Wu Zhi sighed.

Qiqiao immediately raised his head and smiled: "In the future, if you want to eat Qiqiao, I will make it for you!" ”

Wu Zhi nodded and smiled: "This is what you said, you can't be a laipi!" ”

Qiqiao raised his head and said, "When does Qiqiao stop talking and counting?" ”

Wu Zhi turned to Jin Lian and said, "Did you all hear it?" ”

Jin Lian and Xuan Jingjiao smiled: "I heard it! ”

Wu Zhi smiled at the girls and said, "You also taste Qiqiao, this dish is well cooked, you can taste it!" ”

Jin Lian and Xuan Jing tasted it, and they were full of praise, Qiqiao smiled like a flower, and waited for a long time, and suddenly came back to his senses and whispered to Wu Zhi: "Xianggong...... Xianggong won't ask me to cook every day in the future, right? …… In advance, it is said that there are only ...... tangrams. Only when you're in a good mood do you make it for Xianggong to eat! ”

Wu Zhi smiled: "Talking doesn't count again, does it?" Isn't the Tangram hero a man of his word? ”

"Tangram is delicious when you are in a good mood, if you are in a bad mood, it is difficult to eat, Xianggong, if you don't think it's unpalatable, it doesn't hurt to do it." The seven-hearted Tao is full of words.

Everyone laughed for a long time before Wu Zhi asked, "Qiao, how do you do this silk pear?" How is it so ugly? ”

Qiqiao was also a little puzzled: "Yes, when I first made it, I thought I couldn't eat it, and after tasting it, I knew that it tasted very good, and Xianggong had eaten before, wasn't it like this?" ”

Jin Lian smiled: "When has Xianggong ever eaten silk fruit?" How did Jin Lian not know? I used to think that Xianggong was telling jokes, but I didn't expect it to be true. ”

Wu Zhi was stunned and smiled: "I ate it when I was young, and I have a faint impression that I forgot where I ate it." ”

Jin Lian nodded, not doubting it.

"Ah...... I know, should this silk plucking fruit be made of white cottoncandy? Qiqiao suddenly lost his voice and exclaimed.

Everyone has become accustomed to Qiqiao's frightened and deceitful character, and Wu Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, you? Yes...... What do you use sucrose? ”

Qiqiao stuck out his tongue embarrassedly: "I'll do it for Xianggong next time." ”

Wu Zhi smiled and nodded, and Xuan Jing, who had been smiling and silent, suddenly said, "Chibazi, what's wrong with you?" What are you crying about? Everyone looked at it, and saw Chibazi with her head down, and big tears rolled down.

Qiqiao was in a good mood and reached out to hold Chibazi in his arms and smiled: "Ah, the cutest little leaf sister, what's wrong?" Don't cry, don't cry, Sister Qiqiao hurts you! Saying that, he kissed Chibazi on the face, and the "female devil" who always pulls Chibazi's pigtails and twists Chibazi's small face on weekdays is like two people.

Jin Lian and Xuan Jing also hurriedly asked her what was wrong, and Chiba Zi choked up, "Big brother...... Big brother doesn't like the dishes I make......"

The girls were stunned and laughed: "Nonsense, your eldest brother hasn't tasted it yet, how do you know that he doesn't like it?" ”

Chibazi's tears fell faster and faster: "I...... I just know ......."

The girls looked at Wu Zhi, Wu Zhi nodded secretly, and Jin Lian whispered: "Xianggong just doesn't like to eat, and he eats a few thousand leaves, but in order to cook, his hands are cut......"

Wu Zhi was stunned and saw that Chibazi was raising his hand to wipe his tears, but he was not a pink little man, and his hands were wrapped in a thick white veil, which looked very pitiful.