Shangyuan is coming, no matter how much wind and snow are on the plug, no matter how much wind and snow there is outside the city, the inside of Lanting City is warm.

His Majesty of the Lanhe Empire personally visited the Lanting, which was a great celebration for the simple Lanting people, and most of the Lanting people grew up listening to the stories of his father's mouth, how His Majesty Lin Fengyi of the Lanting Empire personally conquered the northwest and laid down the land of Lanting. Although many veterans are also illiterate, I am afraid that they can only shout the names of a few generals back then, and they don't know where Lin Fengyi's "pro-campaign" was recruited back then. But this does not prevent them from fanatically worshipping the founding emperor Lin Fengyi, although Lin Haoyan's reputation was not very good in the past few years, but this also does not prevent the simple Lanting military and people from feeling close to Lin Haoyan.

If it is said that the person in the world who will not betray Lin Haoyan in the world may not be Shi Yiqiu, not Lin Hanyu, not Zhao Fu, but the Lanting soldiers and civilians in this city. With the purest loyalty and fanaticism to the monarch, they left their homeland and came to this barren northwest, where they established such a fortified city in the northwest for the Lanhe Empire, and stationed it for generations.

This may also be one of the reasons why Lin Haoyan was more relaxed after coming to Lanting, even if he rode out of Lanting City, he could meet the Hu people in less than a day, but it was a dangerous place, but it was so safe.

Therefore, Lin Haoyan dared to ignore the opposition of the important ministers, and lived directly in the Qin Mansion, walking in the streets and alleys of Lanting City at will.

And this time, Lin Haoyan moved north, and also brought a lot of floating population to Lanting City: the old foxes who have been in the officialdom all the year round have arranged for their descendants to go with them early. Whether it is so a thousandth chance that you can climb to Lin Haoyan, or for the qualifications of mixing in the future, following Lin Haoyan to the north this time is definitely a thrilling and risk-free deal.

After Lin Haoyan came to Lanting, it was really the same as traveling, except for going to see a few times when necessary, most of the time he changed into a brocade robe, and wore a thick winter robe made of snow fox fur unique to the northwest, just like a rich kid wandering around Lanting City with curious eyes.

Lin Haoyan also came to this overcrowded shop specializing in beef and mutton by chance, just smelling the smell from afar, Lin Haoyan could understand why this small store in the depths of the alley was so popular.

That time, he waited patiently outside the door for a long time before Lin Haoyan squeezed into the shop.

The store is not large, and there are only a few sets of tables and chairs in it, but this does not prevent the business of this old store, or this store does not exist for people to eat. From time to time, there will be residents who live nearby to bring some beef soup back, busy for a long time, the young man who works as a helper only found that there is an extra person in the store, who is sitting at the simple wooden table and watching all this with interest, the young man hurriedly greeted him, "This gentleman, do you eat?" ”

"Hmm." Lin Haoyan was in a good mood and didn't care about these.

"Just tell me what you want," the young man wiped the already smooth tabletop neatly, "There is beef and beef bone soup in the store today, what do you want?" ”

"Let's have a pound of beef in sauce." Lin Haoyan doesn't know much about this unit of measurement, but he thinks that it will not be a wrong unit.

"Okay." The boy habitually answered, and quickly ran to the shopkeeper, this shop is not big, because most of the products sold are braised meat and sauce meat and the like, so there is no kitchen at all, the big iron pot is set up at the door of the store, and the steaming heat and the unique aroma of the broth waft in winter.

The young man hadn't run a few steps before he suddenly stopped, and only then did he realize that the guest officer who was about to eat just now ordered a pound of sauced beef. Sauce beef is not the same as ordinary raw beef, because sauce beef is aged beef, so a pound of sauce beef is actually equal to two pounds of raw beef or even more, in the past, guests were to buy a few taels of beef to go home for dinner or wine, how to meet is a pound of sauce beef to eat?

Looking at the appearance of that guest, it doesn't look like the heroic warrior in the mouth of the storyteller, how can any knight wear such luxurious clothes to wander around the street?

The young man was also witty, and first served Lin Haoyan two taels of beef.

"Sir, here are two taels of beef, call me when you finish eating, and I'll give you the rest." The boy said.

Although the two taels of beef are not much, the amount is very sufficient, not to mention just stuttering, Lin Haoyan only ate a few bites, and understood that this kind of sauced beef must not be regarded as a snack or other food, and embarrassedly called the young man before he asked him to help pack the rest and take it away.

So, the maids of the Qin Mansion had an extra meal that night.

Shi Yiqiu followed Lin Haoyan around and around, and seemed to have a new perspective on the man in front of her who was above everything.

"Ahh Finally found it! Lin Haoyan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the steaming shopkeeper not far away. Living deep in the court, he did not automatically carry the skill of recognizing the way, but fortunately, the buildings of Lanting City were distributed in an extremely regular manner, although he also took a lot of detours, but he finally found it.

Shi Yiqiu had already found out that Lin Haoyan had taken her around a few times, out of respect for Lin Haoyan's manly dignity, but she was only held behind by Lin Haoyan with a smile.

The two came to the store to find a table and sat down opposite each other, or the young man who was the helper enthusiastically introduced the meat in the store to Lin Haoyan today.

After the beef was cut, it was served, and when the beef bone broth was also served in a small pot, the heat instantly dispelled the chill that was still squeezing the two of them.

Lin Haoyan was indispensable at this time, he used tea to wash the dishes and chopsticks and other dry tableware - this is the "dining etiquette" he learned from Zhao Fu, according to Zhao Fu, it is not clean to eat outside, and he will be happy to wash it with tea.

Divide the bowls and chopsticks to Shi Yiqiu, then divide the chopped garlic evenly into a small plate, and pour in soy sauce and a little sesame oil.

"Look! Any idea what it is? Lin Haoyan put the prepared sauce in front of Shi Yiqiu and asked.

"Oh? I don't know! "Shi Yiqiu is three points true and seven points false, in short, at this time, it is necessary to make Lin Haoyan very proud to say the answer.

"It's 'soy sauce garlic'!" Lin Haoyan took a slice of soy sauce beef and dipped it gently, and held his other hand under the chopsticks, worried that the dripping soy sauce would drip to Shi Yiqiu, "Ah-"

Shi Yiqiu smiled and opened her mouth.

"Ah~"

The beef in soy sauce is very flavorful, and the soy sauce and garlic are excellent, and the beef bone broth is also very fragrant, and the soup noodles are full of green onions and the scorching temperature, which always makes you forget that you are in the depths of winter.

Lin Haoyan and Shi Yiqiu are also people who are accustomed to the delicacies of the mountains and seas every day, but for the first time, they found that the real delicacy is so simple, so natural and simple - the beef bones and beef boiled with heart, the white radish slices cut into half circles, and the full of green onions, are such simple ingredients.

Of course, there may also be the most indispensable ingredient in winter - temperature.

The mist that kept coming out of the soup pot successfully blocked the sight of the two, Lin Haoyan had eaten the soup carefully concocted by various chefs in the imperial dining room, but he didn't think that this bowl of beef bone soup would be delicious.

Shi Yiqiu took a sip gently, she was not a nobleman who was born with such a status, she had often tasted this ordinary taste before, but even she didn't know when she was, and she began to slowly betray this ordinary ordinary.

It's just that Shi Yiqiu's eyebrows didn't have time to be nostalgic and sad, and she was amused by Lin Haoyan's eating appearance, and her eyebrows opened again.

In fact, Lin Haoyan's eating method is not strange, on the contrary, it is very common, which is very consistent with a ...... who is trying to gnaw bones Everyman. But that's it, Shi Yiqiu felt that there was

Interesting, no matter how bold people are, dare not try to imagine how their Emperor Majesty would gnaw on cow bones, right? Or maybe they don't think about it at all, but Shi Yiqiu sees it.

Of course, as the woman with the greatest voice in the Lanhe Empire in the future, Shi Yiqiu has seen too many things than others, and Lin Haoyan is not so much an emperor who stands above ten thousand people in her eyes, but more like a younger brother who has grown up watching her, a somewhat lustful younger brother.

"What? Isn't it tasty? Although the view was slightly blocked by the steaming heat, the actions on the other side could still be felt, seeing Shi Yiqiu stop the chopsticks, Lin Haoyan was a little nervous, and quickly stopped the aggression against the beef bone in the bowl.

"No, no, it's delicious!" Shi Yiqiu stretched out her hand to gently pat away the heat in front of her, then added a piece of beef bone to Lin Haoyan, and gave herself another bowl of beef bone soup filled with radish and green onions, and drank it carefully in her hand.

"That's good." Although he couldn't see it, Lin Haoyan could hear Shi Yiqiu's gentle sucking, so he quickly turned his head again to deal with the beef bones in the bowl.

Shi Yiqiu quickly added another bowl to herself, still holding the small bowl with both hands and sipping it to her mouth.

She remembered the first time she saw Lin Haoyan, at that time, she tried all kinds of ways, and finally got a chance to "bump into" Lin Haoyan on the way back to the dormitory after asking the queen mother for peace at night.

Of course, this opportunity is also very short-lived, so in order to succeed, Shi Yiqiu deliberately stuffed a mouse into her clothes.