Chapter 16 The Cook Hou Hou

Guangyuan rice cold noodles are Guangyuan special food, made of rice and glutinous rice, the taste is smooth and delicate, cool and pleasant. When you come to Guangyuan, in addition to the tofu feast, there is also a must-try snack that is this.

But in Zhaoyun's impression, wasn't Guangyuan rice cold noodles invented in the Tang Dynasty? How did it appear in the pre-Qin period?

Seeing Zhaoyun's dazed look, the shopkeeper only said that he didn't know this thing, and said proudly: "This thing is 'cold rice noodles', with rice and glutinous rice as the main ingredients, it took many years to develop, accompanied by green plums, the entrance is smooth and glutinous, and it is a good way to relieve the heat in summer." ”

Zhaoyun hadn't seen something so close to him for a long time, so it didn't matter if he invented it in the Tang Dynasty or the pre-Qin Dynasty? Although this bowl of rice cold noodles has very few ingredients, it is a bowl of white cold noodles, but it is really not easy to make Zhaoyun feel cordial.

A bite of the stomach, slippery like a clear spring caressing the stubborn stone, burrowing into the esophagus a cool, if with peanuts, sugar, vinegar and other condiments, it is the best rice cold noodles. It's not a familiar taste, but the cool cold noodles spread in the stomach, and the tiredness of the past few days seems to be swept away!

"Good!"

Zhaoyun was amazed, and said to the shopkeeper: "It's really not easy for the shopkeeper to make history with this craftsmanship!" As the first diner of this rice noodle, I am deeply honored! ”

"Thank you for the praise, I dare not be, I dare not be, I dare not be!"

The invincible four brothers on the side also listened to it, and each wanted to ask for something from Zhaoyun's mouth, but how could it be reasonable for Zhaoyun to let things out of his mouth? Three times five divided by two, the cold rice noodles were washed clean in one go!

The four brothers looked at the empty bowl in disappointment, Zhaoyun was too ruthless, and he didn't even give any scum left!

"When you are full of wine and food, it is time to go; Shop, please check out for your trouble! ”

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper suddenly closed the door, and this sudden move caught the five people by surprise, and the invincible shouted: "What are you doing!" ”

"Shh

The shopkeeper completely closed the door, slowly leaned towards the frowning Zhaoyun, and arched his hand: "Childe, forgive me, there is a trouble for Childe, and I hope Childe will be successful!" ”

Zhaoyun breathed a sigh of relief, at first he thought it was a black shop!

"Please."

The shopkeeper said slowly: "Please follow me to meet my master!" ”

"Your family...... Master? ”

Only then did Zhaoyun understand that this guy was not a so-called shopkeeper, but the eyeliner of a certain big man! No wonder this person's attitude changed 180 degrees after he said the words "little hidden in the wild", and his feelings were fancy to himself!

Zhaoyun pondered for a moment and nodded: "Please lead the way!" ”

Being so cautious is not the work of the robbers, and it is expected that this mastermind behind the scenes will not harm himself!

"Childe, please come with me."

The shopkeeper led Zhaoyun towards the backyard, and the four brothers wanted to follow, but were stopped by Zhaoyun: "The four of you are here, don't walk around at will, it's not convenient to take a few subordinates with you when you meet a big shot!" ”

Invincible hurriedly said: "Boss, if that person wants to harm you......"

Zhaoyun smiled: "What, do you think your skills are better than mine?" ”

“…… Boss beware! ”

Zhaoyun's calm and unfazed look made the shopkeeper feel surprised, at the beginning, his own owner also instructed himself many times not to embarrass him too much, but he didn't expect this boy to change without being surprised, but it made him a little overwhelmed!

This man...... Will it really be a thing in the pool?

When he came to a room, the shopkeeper didn't say anything more and gave up. Zhaoyun understood what he meant, walked slowly close to the door in all directions, and with a slight push, stepped in.

The room was not very large, with a table and a maza in one corner, and smoke in the other, which was a stove. The stove was scattered in all directions, and the white smoke actually added a hint of mystery, faintly, and it could be seen that a young man was working in the clouds.

"The pickled cabbage fish is delicious, and the rice noodles are creamy...... Thank you for the reception! ”

Zhaoyun didn't have to think about it, and directly saluted respectfully to the figure in the stove; The figure suddenly suffocated, patted the water stains on his hands, and said, "It's just an ordinary dish, not enough to worry about!" ”

The voice passed over the white smoke, and suddenly there was a sense of lightness and emptiness.

Zhaoyun said with a smile: "Boiling fish over high fire is a well-known dish in all schools, but no one decorates it with a leaf; Rice is the food of all families, but there is no ingenuity to make rice noodles! These two things seem to be ordinary, but if you don't have the ambition of Kunpeng, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to achieve it in a thousand years! ”

The figure in the white smoke suddenly suffocated, as if looking at the sky outside the window, the geese outside the house skimmed, the sky took into account, and the sound of the flute came from afar, as if the world was overwhelmed.

"Hahaha!"

With three loud laughs, the flute stopped abruptly.

"Childe knows me!" The man said softly.

"I don't dare, but I speculated a little!"

The man nodded with satisfaction, did not stay in the stove for long, and slowly paced out from the ethereal white smoke, it turned out to be a son of about twenty years old, with a fair face and coarse cloth, which seemed to be unremarkable, but in the slender eyebrows, there was a domineering spirit brewing that was difficult to hide!

"In the next Zhaoyun, I don't know your ......"

The man said leisurely: "I am Du Cheng - the sixth marquis of the enlightened Tho Kingdom!" ”

Zhaoyun was directly stunned...... He, what did he just say?

The Sixth Marquis of the Enlightened Tho Kingdom?

In short, is it Hou Hou?

Who is actually in power in Tho?

In a hurry, Zhaoyun hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Shuren Zhaoyun, I have seen Hou Hou!" ”

"You don't have to be so polite!"

Du Chengxuan raised his hand, asked Zhaoyun to stand up, and sat on the Mazha on the side. To be honest, if it weren't for this guy reporting to his home, he wouldn't be able to get in touch with Hou Hou just like he was sitting on a horse zaa, but he really looked like a guy.

Du Cheng sat on the Mazha as a superior person, and Zhaoyun could only sit on the cold floor and watch him quietly.

The Marquis of Tho ...... How did you come here to open a restaurant?

"I think you must be muttering, the king of a country, why did you come to this alley to open a restaurant and cook?"

"Don't dare!"

Good guys, you're pretty perceptive!

Du Cheng sighed lightly, glanced at Zhaoyun, and said softly: "I won't hide it from you, I opened a restaurant here not because I like to cook, but now that the talents in the Tho Kingdom are withering, and there are many positions in one minister, so I personally went down to see what kind of talents are left behind among the people!" ”

"How can someone who hasn't even read a book be talented?" Zhaoyun muttered to himself.

"I just heard Wu Jia say that there was a young man who said, 'Small hidden in the wild, big hidden in the city', I was very surprised, and hurriedly made sauerkraut fish and cold rice noodles, and wanted to invite that person to come and talk about it, so I disturbed Your Excellency, please understand!"

"Don't dare to be, it's just a feeling, not enough to worry about!"

Du Cheng shook his head and asked, "But I always can't figure out what this means?" The hermit is a genius of heaven and earth, why is it that in your words, the great hermit is in this noisy place? Those great sages who were hidden in the mountains and forests have become small hidden? ”

Zhaoyun pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Hou Hou, this word does not refer to a character, but a spiritual realm!" ”

"Your Excellency, please explain!" Du Cheng bowed his hand to Zhaoyun extremely respectfully.

Zhaoyun nodded: "Hidden, you don't have to hide in the forest spring to get your own pure land, this is just a small hidden!" Xiao Yin in the city, in the middle of the court, can not do peace of mind, can only be the same stream, rare at ease, so pinned on the forest spring, self-proclaimed travel through the landscape, but just because in this noisy environment is not at ease! ”

"And the great concealment, the pursuit is not the formal concealment, but the psychological and artistic conception concealment. Even in the city, in the government and the opposition, they have their own spiritual space, and they will not become filthy because of the interference of external objects; On the contrary, to be able to deal with oneself in this environment, self-disciplined, and worthy of the great hidden! ”

After Zhaoyun spoke, Du Cheng still didn't move, as if he was constantly recalling everything Zhaoyun said; After a long time, he stood up and exclaimed, "What Your Excellency said is very reasonable! Why haven't I ever come up with such a superficial truth? ”

Shallow? This was proposed by Comrade Dongfang Shuo, you tell me how superficial?

After a long time, Du Chengcai broke away from his excited state of mind, and hurriedly asked: "Your Excellency has such feelings about the artistic conception of the hermit, I don't know what is unique about the governance of the country?" ”

Zhaoyun knew that if he didn't take some dry goods out, this guy would never let him go, so he said: "I don't dare to be unique, I have some opinions about what Tho Guo did, please Tho Hou to solve my doubts." ”

"Your Excellency, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" Du Cheng's eyes were full of surprise.

Zhaoyun said: "I think the way out for the country that Hou Hou wants is for the country to be independent of Shu and take Shu to stand on its own, so he does not hesitate to take the risk of betraying the country and joining the enemy, and take the risk to cooperate with Pakistan." When Ba and Shu attack each other, you will reap the benefits, but so? ”

Du Cheng was stunned, this was the top secret in his heart, except for the closest ministers, no one else knew at all! Those mediocre people only call him crazy, but they don't understand his ambition at all!

And why was his ambition seen through by this young man at a glance?

“…… Do you think this is feasible? ”

"Difficult!" Zhaoyun directly gave the head stick to drink, which made Du Cheng's heart cool down directly.

He seems to be unwilling, he has been planning for a long time, why is he so vulnerable in the eyes of this young man? He asked, "But why?" ”

"First, I know that Hou Hou's intention is to compete with the two tigers for food and gain his own benefits! As everyone knows, Pakistan is not a fool? Hou Hou intends to use Pakistan to weaken the military strength of the two countries, but in my opinion, Pakistan will not send troops at all, and Hou Hou is just setting himself on fire and reaping the consequences! ”

"This ...... Why is that? I have sent an envoy to Pakistan to express his loyalty, why does the king of Pakistan not obey? ”

Zhaoyun chuckled lightly and said leisurely: "Didn't Hou Mo forget...... Are you just a subject? ”

"Subject States...... And how? Du Cheng didn't seem to like it when others mentioned the subject country.

"You are a vassal country in Shu, and when you arrive in Ba, will others be on an equal footing with you? Even if the people of Pakistan believe in your surrender, you are also the vanguard of the attack on Shu, and you will reap the benefits when the time comes...... Who the hell is it? ”

Du Cheng's body was shocked, and he couldn't move for a long time, why did he not think of such a superficial and simple truth?

He is a marquis, and the country of Ba is the king, and the name is different! Otherwise, why are the Earls and Viscounts of the Central Plains all now kings? Just to be on an equal footing! And even if Pakistan wants to help itself become independent, it has to shoot the first shot itself! And as Zhaoyun said, this is not a disaster, but a fire!

This is the sorrow of the subjects!

"Second......" Zhaoyun pulled out the second finger, "Now the powerful minister of Shu is a native of Tho, I don't know what the relationship between this person and Tho Hou is......"

"This person ...... It's my uncle, because he is a concubine, so my father became the Marquis of Tho, and he became a hostage of Shu......"

"This is the second point, does the Marquis of Tho think that such a powerful minister of Shu will consider Tho everywhere?"

Without even thinking about it, Du Chengcheng shook his head.

"I think as long as the country dares to start a war, then the Hou Hou will put the hemp rope around his neck, and only need to take the first step to kill himself! Even though he is now enlightened and ignores political affairs, as a powerful minister, he can't look down on you! ”

The two points that Zhaoyun said were the shortcomings of Du Cheng's plan, and they were also the key to his impossibility! Just two points made Du Cheng's nearly three years of hard work go to waste!

He was very unwilling, why was he doomed to failure?

As if unconvinced, he raised his head again and asked, "Then dare to ask Your Excellency...... What is the way forward for my country? ”

Zhao Yunqing laughed, buried himself in deep thought, and said leisurely: "Maybe...... There is still a way to go! ”