The four of them went up to the third floor of the castle tower, which was in a good location, with a lookout in three directions to observe the situation under the castle and on the left and right walls. Moreover, there is a secret door that leads directly to the inner city, from which the generals can escape in case of emergency.

Eight wind lanterns hang on the four walls, illuminating the interior as bright as day.

There is a long wooden case in the northernmost part of the room, and behind the long case stands a wooden shelf used to hang the battlefield map, and at this moment there is a cowhide map within a thousand miles of Erlong Valley as the center, which marks various cities, mountains, terrain, rivers, etc. within a thousand miles, which is Liu Ji's handwriting.

On the east and west sides there are six short wooden tables, and at the back there are cushions for temporary military meetings. On the south side there is a huge stone platform with straw mats for the rest of the generals on duty.

In the northeast corner, there is a large, sturdy weapon rack filled with various weapons and arrows.

Although the interior furnishings are simple, they are simple and heavy, full of utilitarian colors.

"Xiaowen, bring a few mats, let's sit here and eat." Jiang Chuan put the food box in his hand on a short wooden table and beckoned Xiaowen.

The little girl didn't need him to say hello, so she took the mat and the four of them sat around the short wooden table.

Bai Jinxiu's face was still red, as if she was a little afraid to look at Jiang Chuan, and lowered her head and laid out the food in the food box with Xiaowen.

One box contains four plates of side dishes, and the other contains a wad of flatbread and a bowl of pâté.

The dish is two meat and two vegetables, one braised pork and one shredded chicken. The two vegetarian dishes are cold dishes made with fresh seasonal vegetables.

Looking at the table full of delicacies, Jiang Chuan suddenly felt his index finger move, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

The little girl Xiaowen happened to hear it, and said with a grin: "Childe, look greedy, this braised pork was made by our young lady herself, I smelled it and drooled." ”

Jiang Chuan also learned to be smart this time, and glanced at Bai Jinxiu, who was blushing, with a smile, and said: "The white girl is not only beautiful, but also strong in martial arts, and chivalrous, I didn't expect that the skills of cooking are getting better and better, I really don't know which lucky guy will be cheaper in the future, it's really enviable." ”

The conscience of heaven and earth, Jiang Chuan's words did not have any hint at all, he was just used to the speaking style of his previous life, and he was just habitually joking. After all, people have worked hard to deliver food to themselves, and they also went to Datong City last time, so it's normal to say a few nice words.

But unexpectedly, after Bai Jinxiu heard this, her face, which had just faded a little, instantly turned red again, and the whole person suddenly became twisted, and after taking a deep look at Jiang Chuan, she hurriedly lowered her head like a frightened deer.

Jiang Chuan didn't notice the small mood of these daughters' families at all, his eyes were all attracted by the food in Table Mountain, and he couldn't wait to immediately put a piece of braised pork in his mouth and stuff it.

The little girl clearly felt the abnormality of the young lady, glanced at the young lady in surprise, and then looked clear, and said to Jiang Chuan with a smile: "Childe, since you don't want to envy others, then let others envy you." ”

Hearing Xiaowen's words, Bai Jinxiu couldn't help but look up at Jiang Chuan, pursed her lips, as if she was very nervous.

It's a pity that Jiang Chuan's attention is all on the food at the moment, and he didn't hear the meaning of the little girl's words at all, and laughed: "It's delicious, it's not enough to be enviable." Come on, military advisor, let's eat. As he spoke, he handed Liu Ji, who had been smiling and silent, a pair of chopsticks next to him, and he also picked up the chopsticks and prepared to attack the braised pork.

A trace of disappointment flashed on Bai Jinxiu's face suddenly, and the original crimson face also faded a little, and it became the familiar state of indifference again.

The little girl took in all this, sighed lightly, quietly pulled Miss Miss's hand, leaned into her ear and didn't know what to say, Bai Jinxiu's face was better, and there was a shallow smile on her face.

Liu Ji took the chopsticks handed over by Jiang Chuan, glanced left and right, smiled slightly, took a piece of braised pork and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it slowly.

Jiang Chuan had already eaten it, and oil came out of the corners of his mouth.

"It's fragrant, it's so fragrant, this is the second best braised pork I've ever tasted." Jiang Chuan shouted as he ate.

Bai Jinxiu's expression was a little nervous when he watched Jiang Chuan eat, and when he saw Jiang Chuan looking like a starving ghost reincarnated, he was relieved, and the smile on his face became even bigger.

"Where did you eat the first best braised pork that Childe ate?" The little girl Xiaowen asked curiously.

"The first delicious braised pork was made by my mother, and it was the best braised pork I have ever tasted. It's a pity that I can't eat it again in this life. When he said the last sentence, Jiang Chuan's expression suddenly darkened, but he quickly returned to normal.

Looking at the gloomy look on Jiang Chuan's face just now, Bai Jinxiu felt that something in the softest place in his heart was suddenly stabbed, and he couldn't help pursing his lips, looking at the gobbling man in front of him, and there was a trace of tenderness in his eyes.

It's a pity that Jiang Chuan, a straight man, only knows how to eat, and he didn't notice the ups and downs of the female tyrannosaurus rex in his mind and the tigress on the other side.

The little girl looked at Jiang Chuan's appearance, and she didn't know that her words just now touched Jiang Chuan's sad past, and she said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Childe, it was Xiaowen who said the wrong thing." ”

Jiang Chuan held a piece of chicken in his hand, waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "It's nothing, the eight hardships of life, birth, old age, sickness and death, sorrow and sorrow, resentment, love and parting, and can't ask for it, are all the pains that people must experience in this life, so I am used to it now." I just wish my mom was better over there. ”

Jiang Chuan naturally refers to the world he came from, but in other people's ears, it sounds like Jiang Chuan's mother is already under Jiuquan.

And Jiang Chuan's indifference made the two women feel that Jiang Chuan was really pretending to be strong.

The two women glanced at each other, tacitly, and when they looked at Jiang Chuan, there was more tenderness in their eyes, Bai Jinxiu was pity, and Xiaowen's was sympathy.

Jiang Chuan didn't know all this, and he just buried his head in eating.

Liu Ji didn't interject, and just ate the vegetables slowly, and the food was much more than Jiangchuan's.

Soon, the two pots of meat dishes were almost wiped out by Jiang Chuan and Liu Ji, and most of them went into Jiang Chuan's mouth.

"Cool!" Jiang Chuan swallowed the last piece of braised pork in his mouth, and burped comfortably, making the little girl opposite giggle.

"Childe, what do you think this is?" The little girl lowered her head again, took out an object from the food box, put it on the table, and said with a smile.

Jiang Chuan saw that it was a blue and white porcelain vase about three inches high, with a wooden cork on it, and said curiously: "Could it be a perfume?" ”

"Perfume? Is Childe talking about aromatherapy for women? Then you guessed wrong, you will know when you smell it. The little girl grinned and pulled the cork away.

Suddenly, a rich aroma of wine wafted out, lingering between the mouth and nose.

The aroma of this wine is so strong, not to mention that Jiang Chuan couldn't help but take a deep breath, even Liu Ji, who has always been very gentle, showed a pleasant and eager look on his face, and his eyes looked over.

"It's good wine, it's really good wine, it's so fragrant before you drink it, where did you get it?" Jiang Chuan took the porcelain vase in his hand, closed his eyes and sniffed again, his face was full of intoxication, and then he opened his eyes and asked eagerly.

He used to be a bad drinker, and only drank a little at social gatherings. It's perfectly fine without alcohol.

But I don't know why, after coming to this world, I always feel a faint desire for wine in my heart. But there has been no chance to drink.

Unexpectedly, when he saw this wine today, he immediately hooked out the wine worm in his body.

"Since Childe thinks it's fragrant, you might as well have a drink and taste it first." The little girl didn't answer him, took the porcelain bottle from his hand with a smile, filled the two white jade wine glasses, and gave Jiang Chuan and Liu Ji a glass each.

"Childe, sir, please!" The little girl grinned and made a gesture of please.

Jiang Chuan was not polite, he took the wine glass and drank it all, and the entrance was only clear and slightly bitter, but soon his lips and teeth were fragrant, and the aftertaste was endless, and he couldn't help but praise loudly: "Good wine!" ”

Liu Ji also looked intoxicated, stroked his beard and nodded again and again: "It is indeed a rare good wine." But the world-famous Dong Xiangchun? ”

Liu Ji has traveled all over the world for half his life, and everywhere he goes, it is naturally indispensable to taste local food and wine. There are not many heroes in the world who are not good at drinking.

"Mr. is really well-informed, this is indeed the cave Xiangchun of the Ming Dynasty." Bai Jinxiu, who had not spoken, said with a smile.

"Huh? As far as the old man knows, this cave of fragrant spring can only be bought in the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty, where can the white girl find it? Liu Ji was surprised.

"Sir, this is what my young lady finally bought from a Ming man when she went to Datong City last time. The young lady said that Childe and Mr. would definitely like it, so I bought it. Bai Jinxiu hadn't spoken yet, but the little girl Xiaowen spoke.

Bai Jinxiu glared at Xiaowen in disgust, and Xiaowen stuck out her tongue and didn't dare to say more.

"Actually, it's a coincidence. When I went to Datong that day, I was about to return, when I saw a man on the road, saying that he had been robbed by thieves and that all his belongings had been robbed. There is only a bottle of Dongxiang Spring that is hidden in advance and prepared for yourself to enjoy slowly. He wanted to return to his hometown, but he had no money, so he had to peddle this fragrant spring on the street. I saw that this man was credible, so I bought it and brought it back to the two of you to taste. ”

Bai Jinxiu said softly with a faint smile on her face, her eyes glanced at Jiang Chuan intentionally or unintentionally and quickly moved away.

No matter how dull Jiang Chuan was at this time, he knew that this was specially bought by the girl for himself to drink, and said with a smile: "The white girl has a heart, Jiang Chuan has thanked me here." ”

Bai Jinxiu smiled faintly and said: "Childe is polite, but the grace of saving lives is not something that can be repaid with a bottle of wine." ”

This girl didn't scold me, Jiang Chuan is still a little unaccustomed to it. However, he didn't plan to continue this topic, so he changed the topic and said, "Miss Bai went to Datong this time, but did she hear any news?" The last time the Tartars attacked Datong, didn't there be any movement in the Ming court? ”

Jiang Chuan actually asked casually, but Bai Jinxiu said after a deep groan: "Speaking of this, I learned a piece of news from the mouth of the wine seller. The man said that he came from the capital of Daming, and said that there was a rumor in the capital recently that the Ming court wanted to shoot a minister surnamed Yuan to supervise Datong. ”

"The surname Yuan? Does the military advisor know who the minister surnamed Yuan is? Jiang Chuan looked at Liu Ji suspiciously.

Liu Ji pondered for a moment and said: "As far as the old man knows, there seems to be only one person surnamed Yuan in the Ming Dynasty who knows the soldiers, and that is Yuan Chonghuan, the secretary of the Ming Dynasty's military department. ”

"Yuan Chonghuan?" Jiang Chuan was a little stunned for a moment when he heard this name.