Seeing that the situation was not good, the two officers wanted to run, and the men chased wildly under the leadership of Su Mu and Da Shu, and the two were caught after knocking over a donkey, a donkey cart, and an old man.

"We're being coerced." The skinny officer said with a sad face.

The big bolt spat in his face: "Who said you wanted to eat braised pork just now?" He also forced me to go to the kitchen to spread the word, and now I want it. ”

The head of the squad was stopped by Geng Zhi, and the two errands were not idle, one ordered a bunch of food, threatening to serve the food immediately, and the other searched around, taking advantage of people's inattention, reached out to pick up the painting on the hall, which was painted by Mi Jing, and I don't know how many people drooled after seeing the payment.

There are many red-eyed people, but there has never been one who dares to do it, that is, the messenger thinks that Lu Wei was taken captive and sees that the cow tower is over, so he dares to do this. A fellow pulled the scrolled painting back from his arms.

Lu Wei said: "It's all tied, wait for He Xianzun to come back and send it down." ”

The two servants kept begging for mercy, and wherever anyone cared about them, they had already been locked with the locks they had brought, and they were locked up in the firewood room.

Lu Wei made a circle to the diners and said, "Lu is here, the rumors are self-defeating, and the guests are invited to dine." ”

The squad leader and the servants are notorious, and the diners have long hated these people, and when they see them making trouble, they think that they are alarmist for the sake of profit, how can they really believe that Lu Wei is dead. Just now, the head of the team and Geng Zhi confronted each other, and the two errand officers were caught up and held by the guys, and the diners all watched the excitement, and when they saw Lu Wei greeting them, they all smiled and bowed their hands and entered the lobby.

"What are you doing kidnapping Cai Xianggong? How could they let you come back? As soon as he returned to the backyard, Geng Zhi couldn't wait to ask.

Lu Wei said: "I said I escaped, do you believe it?" ”

Escape? Geng Zhi was stunned, seeing that Lu Wei didn't seem to be joking, he hesitated for a moment, and said, "How strict is the Cai Mansion's defenses, how can you escape?" It wouldn't be Cai Xianggong's soft begging, you promised to provide him with food to get out, right? ”

In Geng Zhi's mind, Cai Liang kidnapped Lu Wei, it must have been coercion and temptation, and he wanted Lu Wei to make sky-high steamed buns, vinegar fish and cakes in the famous capital, as long as Lu Wei agreed, he would definitely send Lu Wei out respectfully.

Lu Wei Zhengse said: "For Cai Xianggong, power is much more important than eating. Do you know why he won the emperor's trust and became the prime minister above ten thousand people under one person? ”

Cai Liang's official position is the same as the middle book, and he has the power of the prime minister, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the prime minister.

Geng Zhi doesn't know this.

"The Emperor has been here." Lu Wei dropped this sentence and left. When the emperor came, Geng Zhi was busy greeting other guests, and he didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that Lu Wei was just chatting with a middle-aged man on a whim. Besides, the middle-aged man's attendant evened out a portion of braised pork at a price more than twice the price of the dish, which did not look like the emperor at all. The emperor should be domineering, how can he be so approachable?

Geng Zhi didn't understand, the emperor had come, what did it have to do with Cai Liang's captivity? Couldn't the emperor leave the palace in micro-service? He chased Lu Wei.

The sun hung in the air, the emperor dispersed, and the civil and military officials went out of the palace in turn, Cai Liang did not leave, but followed to Yanfu Palace, telling the emperor that another batch of jade was about to be shipped into Beijing.

In addition to calligraphy and painting, the emperor's favorite is jade, and Cai Liang, in addition to collecting money, is to collect jade from all over the world for the emperor to play. He hoped that the emperor would hear the news of the jade stone, remember his importance again, and forget about Lu Wei, a young man who was good for nothing but cooking.

Sure enough, the emperor was very happy when he heard that another batch of jade was about to be shipped to Beijing, not only left Cai Liang to speak, but also took out some calligraphy and paintings to appreciate with Cai Liang. 90 look

The emperor is a master of calligraphy and painting, and the comments on each calligraphy and painting are very incisive, Cai Liang echoed, seeing that the emperor was very interested, and the waiter brought a few plates of dim sum, he said: "I heard that Qiong Wan has a restaurant, made a kind of meat, the color is bright red, it is called braised pork, it is very delicious, and there is a dessert, called cake, which is a dessert holy product, and everyone who has tasted it applauds." ”

The emperor was obsessed with calligraphy and painting, didn't think much about it, and said casually: "Do you mean the kid surnamed Lu?" The cake and braised pork are good, but there are too many guests, even if I go there I have to make a reservation, hehe. ”

Cai Liang's jaw was so shocked that his jaw was about to drop, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses and say, "Do you have to make a reservation when you go to the official family?" "I can't see it, Lu Wei is arrogant to this extent, so why should he be nervous?

"yes. I heard that the sky-high steamed buns and West Lake vinegar fish are more delicious, but unfortunately I don't even have the qualifications to taste them. The emperor didn't care, he paid a visit, Lu Wei was a diner to talk to, there was nothing wrong, on the contrary, he also admired Lu Wei's wit and suggested that he give a portion to the diner, so that he could taste the braised pork. Although it is just an ordinary serving of pork, the person who makes it is dexterous, and the taste is so good that it makes people salivate.

Wouldn't it be better if pork could become a meal on the people's plate and the people would have one more kind of meat?

The Great Song Dynasty could eat very little meat, sheep needed to be imported from the Jin country, not to mention the price, but also subject to others, if the relationship between the two countries was tense, the mutton would be tense; Oxen are not to be eaten, which is written into the law, and they are not to be slaughtered except for sick cattle and old and dead cattle; Pork can be eaten, but people in the world don't know how to cook it, so it's hard to eat.

Now that Lu Wei has made delicious braised pork with pork, does it mean that the people have one more kind of meat?

The emperor doesn't care much about things, and he doesn't care much about the lives of the people, but after being the emperor for 20 years, he has listened to the courtiers talk about the people's livelihood for 20 years, and he has some common sense.

Cai Liang was shocked: "The official family is not qualified to eat sky-high steamed buns and vinegar fish from West Lake?" Then he was angry: "Even the official family is not qualified to eat, who else in the world is qualified to eat?" The surname Lu is really damned. ”

The emperor said: "He said that from now on he will only cook for relatives and friends." Although I am the Son of Heaven, I am not his relatives and friends, so I am naturally not qualified to taste it. ”

While speaking, the waiter came to report, and Mi Jing asked to see him outside the palace.

Cai Liang took the emperor's words and took the opportunity to leave.

Zhao Xuan and the others did not meet Mi Jing on the way back to Cai Liang's palace and home. He saw Cai Liang's chariot guard of honor arriving from a distance, and hurriedly got out of the carriage to greet him.

"Lu Wei? The old man had never heard of this person. Cai Liang flatly denied it.

Zhao Xuan wanted to persuade again, and Su Mu shouted on the side of the road: "Zhao Wulang, the owner has gone home." ”

"Don't you know? That's for the best. Zhao Xuan hurriedly said goodbye, came to the side of the road, and asked Su Mu: "Avi is home?" ”

"Yes, I'm home." Su Mu was overjoyed.

"Really home?" One asked.

Zhao Xuan and Su Mu turned their heads and saw that this person was wearing official robes, wasn't it who He knew about the county? Zhao Xuanqi said: "What are you doing here?" ”

He Zhixian laughed dryly twice and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing." "It's good to go home, he is thinking of Cai Mansion to ask to see him, but the official and lowly workers are small, how can Cai Liang meet him? Well, it saves a lot of trouble.