The decanting soup of Cuixianglou is the best decanting soup in the world, after the pondering of Chongxu Daochang, Extermination Shitai and Chun Yuyi, the recipe can not only decant the wine, but also have the effect of nourishing the stomach. Holding the bowl and drinking a large bowl of decanting soup, Su Renchang let out a sigh.

Wei Qing hadn't left yet, and like Su Ren, he also poured himself with the sobering soup. There was not much food at the banquet, and he was not full at all, so he told Manniu to get some more food, and Su Ren and Wei Qing waited at the table.

"If you have nothing to do, tell me about Huainan Kingdom, right? There is a lot of danger here, so we have to inquire carefully. ”

Wei Qing pricked up his head: "What do you want to know?" ”

"You know what to say, the more detailed the better."

"Then let's start with King Huainan."

Liu An, the king of Huainan, was the grandson of Liu Bang and the son of Liu Chang. Liu Chang was deposed for rebellion and died on a hunger strike on the way to Shuzhong. Emperor Wen saw that Liu Chang's children were pitiful, so he divided the original Huainan Kingdom into three and gave it to Liu An's three brothers, and Liu An was crowned the king of Huainan as the eldest son, who was only sixteen years old at the time.

Liu An is quick-witted, good at reading, good at writing, willing to play the piano, good at arguing and good at writing, does not like to play and hunt, and is famous all over the world at a young age. In order to win over the corporal of the world, thousands of guests were recruited, and under his auspices, "Honglie" was written, which was called "Huainanzi" by later generations. Among these people are Su Fei, Li Shang, Zuo Wu, Chen You, Lei Bei, Mao Zhou, Wu Bei, Jin Chang, etc., who are known as Huainan Eight Horses, and Liu An's think tank.

During the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, the envoys of Wu went to Huainan to contact, and Liu An intended to send troops to respond. However, at that time, the minister of Huainan unexpectedly supported Liu An, and was willing to be the general of the unified army, and Liu An was overjoyed to hand over Huainan Guo's army to the prime minister. After the prime minister of Huainan obtained the military power, he commanded the army to defend the rebels in the city, and did not obey Liu An's orders to serve the imperial court; The imperial court sent Qucheng Marquis Gujie to lead an army to rescue Huainan: the Huainan Kingdom was thus preserved, and Liu An was not killed during the Seven Kings Rebellion.

Liu An has many children, and the one who is most like Liu An is his daughter Liu Ling. This woman is smart and eloquent, Liu An likes it very much, and among all the children's rewards, Liu Ling is the thickest. Liu Qian, the son of Huainan Kingdom, is the son of Queen Tu, even if he is a son-in-law, and he is deeply trusted by Liu An. In the Huainan Kingdom, the queen and the prince Liu Qian and Liu Ling were favored by Liu An, flying high-flying, specializing in state power, encroaching on the people's fields and houses, arbitrarily adding crimes and arresting innocent people, and no one dared to provoke them.

In addition, Liu An's eldest son Liu Bu is harmless, because he is not liked by Liu An, so the queen does not regard him as his son, and Liu Qian does not regard him as his brother. Because Liu Bu is a concubine, he is even less recognized, and he is not even as good as an ordinary son in Huainan Kingdom. However, Liu Jian, the son of Liu Buxian, was quite scheming and prudent, resenting the son Liu Qian to despise his father, and was dissatisfied because his father was not allowed to be a marquis, so he secretly befriended the Marquis of Biyang to judge his grandson Xianqing, and united with Zhuang Qingzhai, the imperial historian, to bring down the prince Liu Qian and replace him with his father Liu Buxian.

"Therefore, Huainan Country is also a black miasma, and it may be even more chaotic than Hengshan Kingdom!" Wei Qing explained to Su Ren while eating.

"What about Liu Hong? Why isn't there him here? ”

Wei Qing took the opportunity to eat a few bites: "Liu Hong is very strange, although he is the prince of Huainan, he has not stayed in Huainan for a few days throughout the year, and his banner is to travel, but he is actually helping the king of Huainan to do some hidden things, Liu Hong is not attached to the right, and I have not heard that he participated in the battle for succession." ”

Su Ren nodded: "This is a master, if you don't fight, you will fight, such a person is also the most terrifying, I don't know if he will be the king of Huainan in the future." ”

"Wouldn't it? With the current Huainan King's trust in Liu Qian, Liu Hong is impossible. ”

Su Ren didn't refute, and then ate: "I heard that Liu An, the king of Huainan, is good at alchemy, but is there such a thing?" ”

Wei Qing nodded with a smile: "This matter is true, speaking of which, there is an allusion, Mr. Li Qi on the street has tasted it?" ”

Su Ren nodded. The so-called Li Qi is tofu, the land of Huainan is fertile, rich in beans, and the mountain people here have the habit of grinding soybean milk since ancient times. Liu Anfeng became the queen of Huainan and followed the customs of the countryside, and every morning, like the mountain people, he also drank a bowl of soy milk. One day, Liu An was holding a bowl of soy milk, watching alchemy by the stove, but he forgot the soybean milk bowl in his hand, and when he sprinkled his hand, the soy milk was splashed on a small piece of gypsum for alchemy next to the furnace.

After a while, the plaster disappeared, but the liquid soy milk became a white and tender thing. Jin Chang, who helped Liu An to refine the pill, tasted it boldly and felt that it was delicious. So, Liu An asked people to bring the unfinished soybean milk to the pot, and crushed the gypsum and stirred it into the soy milk, and a pot of white and tender things was produced. Liu An called "bizarre". This is the origin of tofu, named Li Qi, which is also a bizarre homonym.

Su Ren heard this story for the first time, and laughed without waiting for Wei Qing to finish speaking: "It seems that this Liu An has finally done two good things, the first is "Honglie", and the second is Li Qi, Lao Jia, get a copy of Li Qi and bring it over and taste the craftsmanship of King Huainan." ”

Lao Jia was inexplicable and came over with a plate of tofu. Su Ren pricked it with chopsticks, it was too tender and similar to the tofu brain, and there were a lot of impurities, and the tofu residue was not cleaned. Su Ren lost his appetite all of a sudden, waved his hand and let Lao Jia take it again.

"What a thing, it's still called Li Qi, find someone to make tofu tomorrow, I'll give him some pointers, and it's better than this to make any random one."

Lao Jia hurriedly agreed and took the tofu away.

Wei Qing said with a smile: "If Mr. can spend his time on eating and other places, his future prospects may be limitless." ”

"Stop, I'm not going to rebel!" Su Ren hurriedly raised his hand: "It's not good for people to be too smart, it's not good to be too ostentatious, what is the future?" It's true to live, is King Huainan smart? It can be said that he is talented and talented, and his poetry and songs are all fine, and he has made "Honglie" that can be passed down for eternity, and his reputation is the first among the princes, so what? I am still jealous of the emperor, most of my mind is spent on enjoyment, and the rest of the little is used elsewhere, which is enough for a peaceful and stable life. ”

Wei Qing sighed: "Xi Ci talked to me last night, hoping that I would be Mr.'s deputy envoy, but I didn't agree, what does Mr. think?" ”

"Okay! I'm much more relieved to have you by my side, this time it's really a tiger's den in Longtan, to be honest, I don't know the bottom of my heart. ”

Wei Qing frowned: "Then what about this Hengshan country?" ”

"What can there be to worry about? Hengshan State has Liu Ci in charge, and there will be no problem. ”

"I'm worried about the prince, after the king recovered from his illness, he hit Liu Shuang very hard, and the little advantage he finally gained was gone, Liu Xiao's counterattack is probably very violent, I'm worried that Liu Shuang won't last long."

"Liu Shuang is a waste now, there is no more of him, no less of him, as long as he can't die."

"Hey!" Wei Qing sighed: "I'm afraid it won't be long before the king will write to the court to depose the prince and make Liu Xiao the prince." ”

"Then it's none of our business." Su Ren swallowed the last bite of rice and wiped his mouth: "By the way, what is delicious in Huainan?" ”

Wei Qing was immediately pulled back to reality by Su Ren and shook his head: "I don't know about this, I heard that Mr. had a holiday with King Huainan when he was still in Shu County, can you tell me?" ”

"Hahaha......" Su Ren laughed: "It's not a holiday, it's just that Liu Hong was arrested once and sent back to the King of Huainan, and the people who were placed in Shu County and Yelang were cleared, I remember that when Liu Hong was blocked by me in the room of the Wuyang City Lord Shama Shayi, that guy didn't even wear clothes when he ran, and he was caught by Sima Gou Tianming of Shu County, and he was embarrassed and wanted to laugh when he thought about it now." ”

"It seems that Mr. and Huainan have a deep enmity!"

"It's almost, but this time, as long as we blatantly do evil, the king of Huainan doesn't dare to do anything to me, but I am still an official of the imperial court and an envoy of Hengshan Kingdom, so I have to be scrupulous in the name of the king of Huainan."

The two chatted and ate at the same time. After eating, Lao Jia asked the guy to bring tea, and the two sat under the porch, listening to the insects at night, enjoying a rare comfort. There is no nightlife for the people of Dahan, and only Cuixiang Building is open all night in the entire Lu'an, and diners feel that after the curfew time, they simply stay in Cuixiang Building for the night. The patrolling soldiers are not surprised by this, not to mention that Cuixianglou still has the elements of the prince, so they have to save some face.

The front yard is very lively, and there must be many people who can't go home today. Su Ren looked up at the stars in the sky, trying to find the ones he knew. At this time, the sky is dark and pure, and the stars are as clear as if they have been washed. A bird suddenly flew out of the shadow of the moon, plunged down, and went straight to Cuixiang Building. There was not much time, and Lao Jia came to the backyard.

"Sir, news from Chang'an!"

Su Ren took it and unfolded it and looked at it, then crumpled it up and motioned for Lao Jia to dispose of it. Turned to Wei Qing and said: "The procedures that should have been completed have been completed, and the will will will come down in five days, you and I have to leave for Huainan, and by the way, let you see the newly built Jiangsu City, which is much more interesting than Lu'an." ”

Wei Qing nodded, got up and said goodbye: "I'll go back and tell Xi Ci that I agree to be the deputy envoy, and by the way, I have to comfort Liu Shuang, lest he do anything stupid." ”

Su Ren suddenly remembered something, and said to Wei Qing: "When looking for Xi Ci, let him find a lieutenant surnamed Hou, and I will let him be our guard officer." ”

"This person is ......"

Su Ren smiled: "Don't think too much, it's just an ordinary captain, when I went back to Huiji, I passed by Hengshan Kingdom, and when I left Lu'an, I was stopped by the captain Hou in the city gate, I was quite impressed, I didn't see him this time, I guess he was degraded by Zhang Guangchang, he went out, and there were acquaintances who were easy to do." ”

"Sir shouldn't have taken a fancy to that Lieutenant, right?"

"There is a little meaning, if this person is useful, if he wants to, he will stay."

Wei Qing smiled helplessly: "Mr. doesn't forget to find someone around him wherever he goes, and a captain guarding the city gate can look at it!" Anyway, presumably Xi Ci didn't know, I went directly to Zhang Guangchang. ”

"This person Zhang Guangchang has seen it, he should know who it is, and he doesn't know what Hou Duwei is doing now?"