Mei Sanniang's sleeves were rolled up, and the corners of the sleeves were fixed with "silver rope climbing arms", and the "silver rope climbing arms" were fixed on the collar by chains. Mei Sanniang, who rolled up her sleeves, showed her snow lotus-like arms, and then she put on a regimental jacket apron with a solemn face, stood in front of the tall wooden square table, took out a short-handled knife from the package, looked at the big fish on the big log vegetable mound, there was a basin of water at her feet, a square stove under the table, the stove was blazing, and a pair of ear iron pots were placed on it, and the water in the pot was boiling......

Zhao Xing looked at this image in a daze, and when he came back to his senses, he found that Xiao Feng's brothers were drooling, Xiao Feng was looking at Mei Sanniang dementedly, and his younger brother's lustful eyes were staring at Qian Wan next to him

No wonder these two girls can't hold each other and fight with each other. Qian Wan'er has a face that is not inferior to Mei Sanniang, even the arms of the two of them are snow-white, Mei Sanniang has not started work yet, Qian Wan'er has already started. She was seen sitting on a bench, with nothing in the open package beside her, and the only knife in her hand - a knife, hook-shaped.

It is an iron snowflake knife. Good knives!

Mei Sanniang's knife is the same...... It turns out that their so-called family heirloom is actually a family heirloom knife. This unusually sharp knife makes them stand out from the crowd!

"The dowry can be a treasure knife", Zhao Xing muttered to himself, and the Xiao Feng brothers bowed their heads frequently after hearing this: "Such a person will definitely not be able to refuse the temptation of the treasure knife, but we don't lack a knife for anything...... What are you still doing? Go for hire! ”

Qian Wan'er, who had set up the "silver rope climbing arm", waved a hook-shaped knife in her hand, and quickly took out a yellow eel from the bucket beside her. As soon as he pressed the stool, his shallot-like arm was dazzled and motionless, and the yellow eel had been stripped of flesh and bones. The blood of the red ground eel stuck to the snow-white arm, and the red became more and more hot. The whiter the whiter.

Turning her head again, Mei Sanniang has also started, she dropped her arms and entered, cut and wiped the criticism, accustomed to being organized, and really has the trend of Zhuangzi's metaphor of "fortune into the wind". The whole movement is full of dance charm, and it is difficult to describe its beauty in words.

Mei Sanniang made puffer fish belly.

People say, "February puffer fish and October crab are the time when they are freshly marketed." Eating puffer fish in February of the lunar calendar is the most seasonal.

As the saying goes, "Don't eat pufferfish." Do you know the taste of fish? After eating pufferfish, it is fresh and tasteless. ”

I saw that the puffer fish was cut into pieces of transparent fish sticks like chrysanthemum petals under Mei Sanniang's hands, and these fish sticks were placed on a plate by her, and the petals were put together into a white, jade-like chrysanthemum - this is the famous "chrysanthemum".

The flesh of the puffer fish is originally as warm and white as tender jade, and the chrysanthemums posed by these skillful hands are even more mouth-watering. Zhao Xing couldn't help it, he left the Xiao brothers who were drooling all over the place. Grab the front and pick up this plate of puffer fish and personally serve the banquet.

The way to eat fugu is to eat it from the outermost part of the "Kikumori" and gradually eat it inward. In this way, the shape of chrysanthemum petals remains maintained on the plate until the end.

Seeing that Zhao Xing came to the place of "Jusheng", Su Shi planned to introduce Zhao Xing to the guests. But when it was delicious, he also forgot the etiquette, and raised his chopsticks first, picked up the outermost piece of chrysanthemum and stuffed it into his mouth.

Pufferfish, saury, and anchovy are called "the three freshies in the world", and those people chatter. While praising the "three freshness in the world". Some people are still talking about how to put together the "three freshness in the world". In order to evaluate the good and the bad. After Zhao Xingduan puffer fish came up, he was going to leave, but when he heard the words "three freshs in the world", he was sneered.

At the moment when he smiled, the plate of "chrysanthemum" had been eaten, and everyone was closing their eyes, enjoying the feeling of poisoning brought by the pufferfish, the feeling was fluttering, Su Shi was still unsatisfied, he was still looking for a new chrysanthemum petal with chopsticks, and when he saw Zhao Xing, he remembered the task just now, so he danced with chopsticks and motioned for Zhao Xing to sit down.

Zhao Xing bowed, turned around and found a place where the senior brother was sitting. Before he sat down, several servants presented a new "Ju Sheng" like a stream - it seems that Mei Sanniang's hands and feet are not ordinary fast, and her long-standing reputation is not for nothing.

After everyone snatched up the pufferfish, Su Shi dropped the chopsticks and yelled: "It's also worth dying." ”

His sentence is a miniature version of a famous modern saying, the original sentence is: "Sacrifice your life to accompany the gentleman, desperately eat pufferfish". This sentence fully shows the allure of puffer fish delicacy - if you can eat it, it is worth dying. "Three or two peach blossoms outside the bamboo, the prophet of the plumbing duck in the spring river. The reed buds are short all over the ground, which is the time when the puffer fish wants to go. After Su Shi finished reciting this famous puffer fish poem, he asked Zhao Xing again: "Just now we talked about the three freshness in the world, I saw you snickering, is there a more beautiful taste in the world than this!" ”

Traditionally, there are no more than three puffer fish. That is, you can't eat more than three pieces of pufferfish. After that, the geotoxin in the puffer fish will make people walk unsteadily, speak with a big tongue, and even respiratory paralysis in severe cases. Everyone here just now ate more than three slices. At present, there are a little symptoms, and even Su Shi's tongue is a little big. But Su Shi's words still attracted everyone's attention, and they fixed their dull gazes on Zhao Xing.

"The world - this word is too big! Don't you know that in addition to my Great Song Dynasty, there are more than 100 countries in the world, and there are several large continents. The three freshness in the world are limited to the Great Song Dynasty, and the vision is too shallow. Puffer fish, saury, anchovy - it's better to call it Jiangyin Sanxian, or Yangtze River Sanxian", Zhao Xing replied with a grin.

"Is there really a taste in the world that is comparable to that of a pufferfish?" An official in the room asked.

"Of course - there are three fresh foods in the world, and the first delicacy in the world should be truffles. It is a very rare mushroom that grows on a pine tree, the size of a fist, smooth and tender like dew, and has the rosin fragrance of the forest like pine nuts...... Ah, that's the best in the world, the best of the best! ”

"Have you eaten?" Just now, the official said, "Stinky boy, since it's so delicious, why don't you bring it to your teacher to enjoy?!" ”

I think it's for you to enjoy—Zhao Xing muttered in his heart.

This thing was taken back, according to Su Shi's generous personality that likes to show off. Surely you will invite friends, and in the blink of an eye, you will wipe out that rare delicacy.

"I've eaten ......," Zhao Xing replied honestly: "This thing is extremely rare, and it is said that it only appears once in three hundred years." So its delicacy remains in the legend. Once, it was a great deal of luck. I asked a friend of mine to get a truffle, and he was excited to throw a big party, in which I tasted only a few small grains...... It's delicious.

It is said that the fist-sized truffle cost my friend several pounds of gold. To convert: a pound of truffles needs to be bought with ten pounds of gold...... It's a real deal. At this price, you can't buy it with money.

The so-called second best in the world, some people say that it is caviar. Caviar from Azov Haiti is the most delicious. When this caviar is lightly fermented, it will appear in a variety of colors: rose-colored like sunset; the golden ones are like transparent gold; The blue one is like the clear sea; Black like endless night...... The crystal roe is in the mouth, and the aroma is simply penetrating......

It is said that this puffer fish can only be ranked third in the world. ”

Zhao Xing's words were mouth-watering, and the saliva secretion was excessive, and the poisoning phenomenon was slightly alleviated. And Li couldn't hold his breath, and asked again: "What else?" What else? ”

Zhao Xing moved slowly. Only rubbed the tail of a "chrysanthemum", and the only chrysanthemum petal in the plate was specially left for him by the brothers, and he carefully picked up this stump, for fear that he would crush it if he used too much force. Wait for him to take it in his mouth. After tasting the taste of pufferfish, he continued: "The fourth delicacy is very controversial, some say that it is French foie gras, which is a French fat goose liver made into a sauce, or sausage; But some say it's a lobster, a kind of blue. A large prawn with a large body like a chicken.

Of course. Some people say it's a Mediterranean oyster, while others say it's a delicacy from Baiyi Dashi (Zhao Xing thinks the name refers to Egypt). However, I'm not interested in anything other than the three fresh things in the world, so I didn't remember ...... properly."

Zhao Xing said the above words with a look of reminiscence, full of happiness, and when he finished speaking, the performance of the banquet was on the stage, and some people still wanted to ask, but the noise in the field had made them unable to open their mouths.

The first thing he went to the field was to ridicule Zhang Shanren, and he came up to Chaco to tease, and finally boasted: "None of you can compare with my article." ”

The entertainer said disdainfully: "Bragging! Why are you? ”

Zhang Shanren said: "Why? You don't see me wearing a Dizizhan hat on my head, Zizhan boots on my feet, and Gaosu boots and high heels worn by my wife and concubine)! Come out at night, I still mention the bright moon night...... I can't be educated! ”

The guests looked back at the high hat on Su Dongpo's head, and they were all happy to lean forward and back together, and Su Dongpo was the only one who didn't smile.

At this time, an artist waiting for the stage rushed to the stage with a stick, and rushed to the comedians who were performing on the stage, and kept reprimanding in his mouth: "Laughing star, Nehan doesn't laugh, what kind of comedy are you?" ”

A bald scoop who had been beaten and fled in embarrassment hugged his head and said, "It's not that you don't laugh, you don't laugh, but you laugh deeply." ”

Su Dongpo laughed loudly.

It turned out that this person borrowed a sentence from his article "The King Does Not Govern Yidi": "It is not incurable, it is not governed, but it is so deeply governed."

Stars in the entertainment industry who are busy walking and don't have time to read books can use Su Shi's articles so freely, which shows how high the reading rate of Su Shi's articles is, which makes Su Shi quite self-conscious.

Zhang Shanren continued to say "nonsense", Zhao Xing didn't pay attention, got up and took a ***. At this time, the Xiao Feng brothers were already tense in the backyard, Mei Sanniang and Qian Wan'er were busy with their work, packed up the guys, and sat there quietly waiting for someone to send them home, and the Xiao brothers seemed to be making a fuss about this matter, the two girls held the package, sat there and watched the two brothers turn their eyes on themselves, laughing very happily, their eyebrows and eyes narrowed into a line.

As soon as he saw Zhao Xinglai, Xiao Feng spoke first: "Da Lang, marry my brother, I love both of them." ”

His brother was clumsy, and he held back two words for a long time: "Why! ”

"I saw ...... first," Xiao Feng argued. Before he could say what he said, Zhao Xing had already kicked him down, slashing his head and covering his face.

After exercising after dinner, the mood was really comfortable - Zhao Xing dusted his body with satisfaction, and at this time, Qian Wan'er spoke: "I don't want to marry him!" She rolled her eyes and added, "Don't marry his brother either...... I heard you're going back to Hangzhou. In the future, I want to be an official everywhere, and I don't want to leave Bianliang, so I won't marry either of them. ”

Mei Sanniang was still laughing. She couldn't breathe with laughter, and quickly declared: "I won't marry ...... either"

"It's late......" Zhao Xing sighed with regret, "Little lady." You just obey me-I, Zhao Laohu, said kiss, no one in the entire Bianliang City dared to refuse. Someone, beat the two dead pigs violently, and then send the two girls home. ”

Zhao Xing returned to the banquet with his hands behind his back, and now the hall was performing the illusion show "Seven Holy Laws", which was performed by Du Qisheng himself.

The "Seven Holy Laws" belong to the category of thrilling illusions, which are very popular among the dignitaries and nobles of Bianliang City. On the stage are seven tattooed men with hair and hair, and they are holding real knives. They are stabbing each other, clanging and clanging, which is very scary.

When Zhao Xing returned to the table, that Du Qisheng saw Zhao Xing coming, and hurriedly waved his hand, and the seven strong men who were fighting each other in the field put away their knives in a panic, and a small guy came onto the field with a stack of somersaults, and he posed. took off his clothes, revealing that the jade mill looked like white meat.

Seven strong men armed with sharp knives cheered in unison: "What a child! What a white body! ”

Du Qisheng stood up and said: "I have been up and down in Tokyo, and I have seen and unseen in a few years. My spell was left by the ancestor. Stew oil with fireworks, heat the pot and simmer the bowl, and call it a continuation method. He lay my child on a stool, cut off his head with a knife, and covered the cloth. Pick up the child's head first.

The magistrates are here. First, I sold this Bodao talisman, and then cast my own spell. I only need to sell this talisman for five copper coins! Ladies and gentlemen. This is the ...... of guarantees."

Du Qisheng took a walk on the sidelines, peddling charms to the guests, some guests bought more than one charm, and when Zhao Xing was around, Du Qisheng was a little timid, he shook the plate of the spells, saw Zhao Xing shook his head slightly, and immediately turned sideways, turned to Zhao Xing with the plate, and then peddled in turn.

Zhao Xing is the youngest, and he happens to be the last seat in the seats left by his brothers. Du Qisheng's mistake, Li at the top was missed, and Chen Gongchuan at the bottom was also skipped, and the two of them were so anxious that they grabbed the silver coin, straightened up and bought a charm from Du Qisheng. Du Qisheng didn't even bother to count, he threw a few charms in a panic, and rushed to the next head.

Li Miao, who was on the top, whispered in Zhao Xing's ear: "I feel that he seems to be afraid of you!" Do you know the secret of this trick? Come, tell me quietly. ”

Chen Gongchuan also pricked up his ears, and Zhao Xing said softly: "He and Li Ying are friends, Bu Qing went to him when he fled, but he didn't dare to take him in, so I let him go." As for his trick...... I do know what it's up to. Du Qisheng also knows, but I don't do the bad guy's job, so don't even think about it! ”

"Oh," Chen Gongchuan expressed surprise and explained the names to Li in a low voice. At this time, Du Qisheng had returned to the stage, he began to chant the mantra, burned the spell, and then picked up the knife, cut off the head of the little guy, and slashed off the limbs of the little guy with a knife......

Blood was spilled all over the ground, it was real blood, and the air was filled with a thick smell of blood.

Everyone watched with bated breath, Du Qisheng put down the knife, covered the bedding, lifted the talisman and went to the kid a few times, recited the mantra, Du Qisheng said: "Look at the official!" Hugh blames me for having occupied the unicorn case for a long time, and this boat has no boat in the past. Got rid of this law and sold this Bodao talisman! …… Let's look at the effect of my Dao Talisman! ”

Du Qisheng stuffed the child's stump and severed arm under the sheets, burned another talisman, sprinkled the talisman water on the sheets, chanted the so-called mantra loudly, and violently lifted the sheets, but saw that under the sheets, the limbs of the little man had automatically returned to his body...... Only one head is not there!

Du Qisheng shouted: "Hey, every time I open the order, the child jumps up, and if I can't pick it up today, I will break it!" ”

The seven strong men looked depressed and seemed to be a little flustered, and everyone was shocked, and the ladies who stood outside the hall and watched even cried. Suddenly, the headless little guy lying on the table jumped up and shouted, "It's time to break it!" It's due! In this way, in the image of a headless corpse, he ran out of the hall with a smoke, got into his carriage, and refused to come out again.

There was a warm applause in the field, Du Qisheng frequently bowed his hands to the surroundings, and the female relatives watching outside the hall chattered about their doubts, and that Du Qisheng specially made a solemn gesture in the direction of Zhao Xing, as if he was thanking the other party's subordinates for their mercy, and when Zhao Xing expressed his understanding, he retreated and walked out of the hall.

Su Shi's banquet was arranged by Xiao Shi Gao Yanshi, and his program was arranged very tightly, before everyone woke up from the show just now, a singer stepped on the stage with blood all over the ground - this is Miss Ni, who is the fourth most beautiful in the group of official prostitutes. She walked up to the stage with gentle lotus steps and swaying, and greeted the guests around her coquettishly. Speaking of Zhao Xing, he raised his eyes and looked at it, and his scalp suddenly exploded.

This Ni is sorry that Miss Ni is a man, and she has an Adam's apple!

Zhao Xing looked at the other party step by step Lotus and walked onto the stage, he asked Li in a low voice: "How is he an official prostitute, how can he be an official prostitute?" ”

Ni Duxi stood in the middle of the field and spoke, his voice was delicate, with a kind of enchanting power. Zhao Xing had seen them worship Liu Qi from a distance during the Qingming Festival, and this was the first time he had a close observation, but he had already affirmed his judgment.

This person is definitely a man, but why is her voice so sharp? As an official prostitute, it shouldn't be.

"What's wrong?" Li was puzzled, and asked again: "What's wrong with the official prostitute?" ”

According to Zhao Xing's understanding, official prostitutes should be the family members of the sinners sold by the government to make them official prostitutes. If this Ni Duxi is a family member of a sinner, how could she disguise herself as a woman and get into the ranks of official prostitutes?

Li whispered to Zhao Xing to explain the origin of the official prostitute. It turned out that the sale of sinners' family members existed before the Song Dynasty and after the Song Dynasty, but it was rare in the Song Dynasty. The setting of official prostitutes in the Song Dynasty was originally after the destruction of the Northern Han Dynasty, the Southern Tang Dynasty and other countries, and the confiscated captives and the families of criminal officials and criminals were punished into official prostitutes, but later, because the Song Dynasty did not carry out the raid of officials, the source of official prostitutes shrank, and the quality was very poor, and the supply was far from being in short supply.

So the Song Dynasty had a rule: anyone who registers with the government is an official prostitute, and if it is not registered with the government, a brothel opened in private is a private prostitute.

Official prostitutes are required to fulfill an obligation: "Whoever is registered as a prostitute is called an official prostitute; The government has public and private feasts, and they are called by name" - they must provide entertainment to the officials for free, in exchange for not paying taxes.

In other words, in the Song Dynasty, prostitutes who paid taxes were private prostitutes, and those who did not pay taxes were called official prostitutes.

At the same time, the Song Dynasty stipulated that officials were forbidden to stay overnight with official prostitutes or engage in "zero distance" with official prostitutes......

"What? The Great Song Dynasty does not even prohibit private brothel......" Zhao Xing muttered in a low voice: "This is really a free country, as long as you abide by the law and pay taxes, open casinos, and open brothels are not prohibited......"

Ni Duxi opened his mouth to sing, and Zhao Xing's doubts were not gone.

Li didn't pay attention to Zhao Xing's low muttering, Zhao Xing finished reading this sentence, and when he heard Ni Duxi's singing, he immediately felt extremely shocked.