Chapter Seventy-Three: Fried Locusts

"Chuan" is the letter of the passer, also called the line, is the pedestrian identification and pass book, made of silk, on the book of the pedestrian's name, age and the items carried, etc.

In the Han Dynasty, travel was a big event, not just if you wanted to go, you had to hold the 'pass' in your hand.

As a feudal society, it is inevitable to restrict the free flow of population, and Luoyang is the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so it is natural to pay more attention, otherwise a group of displaced people from nowhere will gather at the feet of the Son of Heaven, God knows if something will happen?

Therefore, if you want to enter and exit Luoyang freely, you must also have a pass order like 'passing', otherwise, the guards at the passes around Luoyang will not let people enter and exit at will.

Of course, although this system seems perfect, it is not without loopholes, if you are not too troublesome and take the road over the mountains and mountains, who can care about you?

Huang Zhong went to Yin, Henan, and after getting the news of customs clearance, he rode a horse and hurried to Yuzhou, and at the same time, Fuquan also took people to the Luo River outside the city of Luoyang.

I saw the river flowing quietly, flashing with sparkling water, as if flashing bright eye waves, staring at the beautiful colors of the Han imperial capital. On the turquoise surface of the river, the blue light of the blue light is reflected, and it feels like the water and the sky are the same color from a distance.

The Luo River, known as Luoshui in ancient times, is an important tributary of the right bank of the Yellow River. Because of the confluence with the Yi River outside the city of Luoyang, it is also known as the Yiluo River, that is, the Luoshui of the Heluo area in ancient times. Moreover, the name of Luoyang and Luoyang is also named because it is located in the Yang of Luoshui and Luohe. Yang refers to the south of the mountain or the north of the water, the ancients mostly used it for place names, Luoyang, Luoyang refers to its location in the north of the Luoshui and Luohe River.

According to legend, Fuxi, the ancestor of Fuquan, had a daughter named Concubine Mi, also known as Concubine Yu, who drowned in Luoshui, and became a god and became the goddess of Luohe, the wife of Hebo, the god of water in the Yellow River, and was later shot by Yi to injure one of Feng Yi's eyes.

Qu Yuan said in "Tianwen", "Hu Yi shoots his husband and uncle, and his wife is a concubine." "The concubine, that is, the god of water, is called the concubine, not to mention whether the legendary goddess is real, but the name of the goddess of Luohe undoubtedly expresses the praise of the ancestors for the beauty of Luohe.

Later, Qu Yuan used "I ordered Fenglong to ride the clouds and ask for the place of Concubine Mi" in "Lisao" to express his yearning for Luo Shen and his longing for Luo River, so that later in the Three Kingdoms, Zhen Mi was fascinated by the three members of the Cao family, and Cao Zhi saw the beauty of Luo River, thought of his sister-in-law Zhen, and referred to Zhen Mi with Concubine Luo Shen, and made "Feeling Zhen Fu".

As for the "Luo Shen Fu" handed down by later generations, it was just a family ugly biography that Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming did not want to let the sadomasochistic love between the Cao family's uncles and sisters-in-law, so he changed "Feeling Zhen Fu" to "Luo Shen Fu".

After the drought, the sun is scorching, even the Luohe River is not wet and cold, but very warm, the soil by the river is sandy, it looks very sparse, slightly damp, it is a good environment for locusts to grow.

With an order, Pan Jun led people to dig up the soil by the Luohe River. After digging only a shallow section, I saw dense insect eggs and even larvae crawling in and out of the holes in the bare soil. After standing aside, he shouted out "Ah", and then said, "Tannu, is this a locust egg?" ”

"Yes, yes." Fuquan replied, then walked to the insect eggs, stretched out his feet, and crushed the insect eggs under his feet with all his might, and then said left and right: "Take out some and take them away, and the rest of the people will dig up the soil on the spot, dig out the insect eggs, and let them turn into ashes no matter whether they are boiled in fire or water." ”

After everyone heard this, they immediately glanced at Fu Wan, and when they saw him nodding, they bowed and said, "No." ”

Overnight, the fire outside the city of Luoyang was full of fire, and it was impossible to hide from people at all.

After the spread of the villagers outside the city, soon up to the officials and nobles, down to the small people in the market all know about this, are all discussed, there are people who know that locusts can be killed sigh God bless the man, there are also superstitious people curse Fuquan, anger the locusts bring disaster, fortunately Liu Hong has already learned that he has already sent a small yellow door to send a decree to let Fu Wan's uncle and nephew enter the palace quickly.

Still in the Changqiu Palace, Liu Hong held Liu Jia and teased for a while, and then waited until the arrival of the two of them, and after a salute, several people entered the topic, and after the ambush, they told the events of last night one by one.

"Today's eating flesh and blood to repay the saint of heaven and earth......" Things are completely different from what the parties said are completely different, just like Fuquan's sentence Liu Hong had not heard before, and muttered a few times after hearing it at this time, and then looked at Fu Wan's uncle and nephew, and said with a smile: "Although this is wonderful, it is not like what the people of the horse family said." ”

After Fu Fu was embarrassed, he didn't know what to say, if it wasn't for the emperor at this time, he would definitely glare at Fu Quan a few times and scold him for a few words.

After all, Fuquan quoted earlier, "Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs; The saint is not benevolent, and the people are the dogs", but the words of Taoism are not the modern scriptures handed down by his family.

Since Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty "deposed a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone", the dispute over Taoism has been particularly fierce, and the struggle between ancient literature and scriptures in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the present day is even worse.

Otherwise, where do you use the words of his family to tell your own school? Isn't it a disguised explanation that your own school is not good?

Fortunately, Liu Hong was just joking, and then revealed this, and after seeing the insect eggs carried by Fuquan, he said: "In this way, locusts are not gods. Burning locusts, does it work wonders? ”

Fu Wan said: "Yes." ”

"Tannu eats locusts, locusts are really edible?" Liu Hong asked again.

After finishing speaking, I didn't know what to say, Fu Quan immediately stepped forward and said: "Uncle Qiqi, all things are born to support people, it can be seen that people are the spirit of all things, supreme, and can eat all things." My nephew once heard in the divine doctor Hua Yuanhua that locusts can be used as medicine for cough and asthma. ”

"This ......" Liu Hong was surprised, and then asked, "What did this Zhenhua Divine Doctor say?" He still doesn't believe that locusts can be eaten, but Hua Tuo's name is big at this time, so he will be skeptical.

"Exactly." Fuquan replied in a positive voice.

At this point, regardless of whether Hua Tuo knows the effect of locusts or not, Fu Quan must admit that it is a big deal to wait for him to enter Beijing, and he will talk to him first, anyway, the children in his hometown in the future will treat cough and asthma, and the old folk Chinese medicine doctors he is looking for locusts as a medicine guide will not be wrong.

"It's just that this insect is so small and dirty, how can it be eaten?" Liu Hong was obviously a little happy to see the hunt and wanted to taste it. He is naturally curious about all things and likes to do exciting things, similar to the psychology of curiosity hunting in later generations.

Fu Quan said: "Uncle, don't worry, this thing needs to be prepared before it can be delicious." I have heard that locusts are cleaned with boiling water, fried with 'bean paste', fried until golden brown, and polished with green salt, and their taste is beautiful. ”

"Really?"

"Uncle sent someone to try and find out."

Before long, Liu Hong sent people to Shaofu to look for "bean ointment".

Fu Quan smiled secretly when he saw it, the famous fried locusts in later generations were very delicious, but it was a pity that these people in the Han Dynasty wasted such a delicious taste because of superstition, it was really a waste.