Chapter 281: Buddha Jumps Over the Wall

Emperor Zhou E said warmly: "Jiu Niang, the mourning family is in charge of you, you don't have to be afraid of Cui Gongzi." Tell the mourners, what does it mean to be a foodie and a second cargo? ”

Qi Jiuniang looked up at Cui Daoshu, and saw that his face was pale, so she whispered: "Back to the queen, a foodie is a person who loves food, and the second goods is a little silly." ”

Li Yu stroked his palms and laughed: "'Foodie plus two goods', interesting, interesting." Cui Gongzi, is your fourth brother Du Dalei really like this? ”

Cui Daoshu was a little helpless, so he had to say; "Your Majesty, my fourth brother Du Dalei is very fond of food, and he can often drum up some new dishes, and this roast duck is made by him. He has a straightforward personality, loves to joke with everyone, and is a little informal, he has offended Jiuniang several times, and Jiuniang is still haunted by it. ”

Cao Deshun came out to play a round: "Your Majesty, there are still many dishes, if you don't eat them, after a while it will be cold, the taste will not be good." ”

Li Yu nodded, pointed to a plate of dishes with chopsticks and asked, "Mr. Cao, what is this dish called?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is called 'sweet and sour fish', this dish uses fresh grass carp as raw materials, and is generally starved in a fish cage for a day or two before cooking, so that it can excrete intestinal debris and remove the earthy smell. The fish meat is tender and delicious, with a crab flavor, the taste is tender and sweet, and the meat quality is unique. ”

Li Yu tasted it and immediately praised it, and Zhou Ehuang also ate some and was very satisfied. This dish is very suitable for women, it is sweet and sour, and the taste is very good.

Han Xizai saw that Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang had eaten it, and he also tasted it, he was from the north, and he was not very interested in fish, so he pointed to a plate of fat and thin, red and greasy large pieces of meat and asked, "Mr. Cao, what kind of dish is this?" ”

"Han Shangshu, this is called 'Dongpo meat'."

"Why is it called 'Dongpo meat'? What's the allusion? ”

Cao Deshun looked at Cui Daoshu, meaning that Lao Tzu doesn't know, you can explain.

Cui Daoshu had no choice but to start making it up: "Han Shangshu, this dish was invented by my fourth brother Du Dalei." The house where he lives is located on the eastern slope of my Cui's manor, so he named this dish 'Dongpo pork'. ”

Han Xizai grabbed a piece and took a bite gently, and his eyes lit up instantly.

"It's delicious! Fat but not greasy, soft in the mouth, the old man has never eaten such meat! ”

Li Yu didn't want to move his chopsticks when he saw this huge piece of meat, half fat and half thin. Zhou Ehuang was even more uninterested.

At this moment, the two men pushed into a small cart with a large wine jar on it.

Cao Deshun walked over and uncovered the lid on the wine jar, and the hot air was steaming instantly, and a strange fragrance came to his face.

Xu Xuan, the old glutton, hurriedly stood up, sniffled, and asked in surprise, "It's so fragrant!" What kind of dish is this? ”

Cui Daoshu said with a smile: "Xu Shilang, if Master Taiqin is here, he will definitely find me desperately." ”

Xu Xuan asked puzzledly, "Why is this?" Why is Taichin looking for you desperately? ”

"Because the name of this dish is 'Buddha jumping over the wall'."

Everyone was puzzled, and Li Yu asked, "Why is the name of this dish so strange?" ”

Cui Daoshu said: "Your Majesty, this dish is a famous dish in Fujian. It is said that the Tang Dynasty's high monk Xuanquan, on the way to the Shaolin Temple in Fujian, passed through Fuzhou, stayed in the hotel overnight, just across the wall of the noble official's house to 'full altar incense' banquet guests, the monk sniffed and salivated, abandoned Buddhism for many years of practice, jumped over the wall and entered to enjoy the 'full altar incense'. Hence the name 'Buddha jumping over the wall'.

Someone wrote a poem to praise this dish, 'The altar opens the meat incense and floats around the neighbors, and the Buddha abandons Zen and jumps over the wall'.

There are more than 30 kinds of ingredients in this dish, such as hoof tips, hoof tendons, ham, chicken and duck gizzards. There are also fish lips, shark fins, sea cucumbers, abalone, dried scallops, fish belly, and pigeon eggs, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoot tips, and razor clams. The raw materials and auxiliary materials are processed and modulated separately and packed into the wine jar in layers.

Buddha jumping over the wall has always chosen the wine jar containing rice wine, and there is rice wine in the jar mixed with raw materials. Simmering Buddha jumping over the wall pays attention to the storage of fragrance and taste, and the raw materials are first sealed with lotus leaves after the altar is installed, and then covered.

The flame of simmering Buddha jumping over the wall is a pure smokeless charcoal fire, which is made by simmering for five or six hours after boiling over a high fire. When simmering into the open altar, just slightly open the lotus leaf, there is a fragrant wine, straight into the heart and spleen. The soup is thick and brown, but thick but not greasy. When eating, the aroma of wine is mixed with various aromas, the fragrance floats in all directions, rotten but not rotten, and the taste is endless. ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, this Buddha jumping over the wall is too exaggerated! However, it smells really fragrant, and it is estimated that the taste must be no different.

Cui Daoshu glanced at Qi Jiuniang, Qi Jiuniang immediately stood up, walked to the side of the cart, and began to use a small bowl to hold all kinds of ingredients in the wine jar.

He respectfully placed the first bowl in front of Li Yu, and then said with a smile: "Please enjoy it, Your Majesty." ”

Li Yu nodded, scooped some soup with a spoon, and drank a little.

"Yes, yes, the soup is delicious."

He grabbed another chopstick and ham, chewing slowly.

Qi Jiuniang gave Zhou Ehuang a bowl and sent it to her.

Emperor Zhou E nodded and began to eat in small bites.

Qi Jiuniang gave Han Xizai, Xu Xuan, and Cui Daoshu a bowl respectively, and then stood behind Cui Daoshu and watched everyone taste the Buddha jumping over the wall.

After everyone ate it, they praised the Buddha jumping over the wall.

Soon, everyone ate a few bowls each.

Emperor Zhou E said softly: "Official, the concubine is really full, and I can't let Mr. Cao continue to serve food." ”

Li Yu chewed a piece of shiitake mushroom and said, "The widow has also eaten it, and it is true that he can't eat it anymore." That's all for today. Mr. Cao, you tell you to go down and don't serve any more food. ”

Cao Deshun agreed to come down and went out to spread the word.

After a while, he walked in, holding a beautiful lacquer box in his hand.

He opened the box, revealing two jade cards.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, this is the supreme card of Quanjude. One is carved with a flying dragon, and the other is carved with a flying phoenix. This is a small gesture of our heart for the two saints. ”

Li Yu asked curiously, "Mr. Cao, what is the use of this thing?" ”

"Your Majesty, there are only two cards in the world, if you two want to eat any dishes, you can send someone to Quanjude with the card, as long as you say the name of the dish, we will make it immediately, and then send someone to the palace."

Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang were very happy, but Li Yu thought about it and said, "Mr. Cao, the widow can't accept your benefits in vain. You are merchants, you can't always let people eat white food! In this way, how much do you say this supreme card is worth, and I will ask the palace manager to make it up to you. ”

Cao Deshun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is a little bit of the mind of the grass people and Cui Daoshu, please and the queen must accept it." ”

Han Xizai also persuaded: "Your Majesty, the old minister also accepted a card from them, which is called a gold card." Cao Deshun and Cui Daoshu are both business wizards, and they will definitely not suffer. Although Lao Chen received a gold card, he can come here at any time to eat and drink for nothing. But after thinking about it, they must have some purpose, and the old minister is still on guard, he can't fall into the trap of these two profiteers, hahaha! ”

The people in the room laughed, and Cui Daoshu said helplessly: "Han Shangshu, I just want to ask you to leave a calligraphy treasure and hang it in the lobby." It had no other intentions. How did Brother Cao and I become profiteers?

His Majesty inscribed a plaque on our Quanjude, so we gave the two saints two supreme cards. Han Shangshu is the leader of the Jiangnan literary circle, as long as you leave a piece of ink treasure, we will give you a gold card, and you will definitely not lose money. ”

Xu Xuan also joked: "Cui Gongzi, I also got a gold card, is it possible to write a word, and we will be cleared between us?" It's a good deal, haha. ”

Li Yu saw that Xu Xuan began to gag, so he said to Cui Daoshu: "Cui Gongzi, these two supreme cards, the widow accepted them." It's all small things, and we don't take it personally. The things that the widow really cares about are the exchange of ore for weapons, and the trade of wood for bed crossbows. This is related to the safety of the Tang Kingdom, and you must not ignore it.

After a while, the widow instructed Zan Xin to send someone to protect Qingliang Temple, and you stayed there and never went out, in case someone jumped over the wall and hurt you and Mr. ”

Li Yu looked at Han Xizai, Han Xizai understood and nodded slightly.

Cui Daoshu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the grass people understand, they will definitely not go anywhere, just stay in Qingliang Temple." ”

Han Xizai thought about it and said: "Your Majesty, after I go back, I will immediately gather the relevant personnel of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Households, and then take them to Qingliang Temple together." To the outside world, I said that I would go to worship the Buddha, and then exchange Buddhist scriptures with Master Taiqin, and I would stay in Qingliang Temple for a few days. ”

Li Yu said happily: "Han Shangshu is really powerful, you and Cui Gongzi are in Qingliang Temple, discuss a charter, and solve this matter as soon as possible." ”

Han Xizai said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the old minister will not go to court these days, if you have anything, send someone to send me a letter." ”

Li Yu nodded: "Han Shangshu, you have to comfort Mr. for the widow, his injury, the widow is very worried." If you need to heal him, immediately send a guard to the widow. Everything in the palace can be taken away. ”

Cui Daoshu hurriedly came over to give a salute and thanked Li Yu for his love for Na Zhe.

Li Yu said slightly apologetically: "Young Master Cui, the widow deeply regrets what happened to that gentleman. However, the Pucheng Zhang clan is deeply rooted in the court, and for the stability of the court, the widow cannot make any big moves.

But the widow can't let you suffer, Han Shangshu, Pucheng Zhang's family should be beaten, you just know it in your heart. ”

Han Xizai was overjoyed in his heart, but he was calm on the surface.

"Your Majesty, how far do you want Lao Chen to go?"

Li Yu pondered for a moment and said, "The commander of the Yaowu Army, the mighty general Zhang Renjian, resigned. The Yaowu Army was disbanded, and all the officers were dismissed and sent to prison for investigation. All the soldiers were sent to mine stones and cut wood, but there was a shortage of people in Cui Gongzi's place. ”