In late spring and early summer, most of the flowers that should bloom have already bloomed, and the mountains and fields are also dark green, Li Xiu and Pei Lin rode horses and walked on the mountain paths, both of them were wearing hunting clothes, and they were also carrying bows and arrows, looking like they were going out to hunt, but now it was past the hunting season, and the two of them did not have any harvest, and the horses were bare. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Pei Gong really knows how to enjoy, such a large mountain forest is all your hunting ground!" Li Xiu enjoyed the surrounding scenery while walking, and said with admiration on his face at this time, although the surface was hunting, the two of them didn't even take off the bow on their horses, and their expressions were very leisurely, looking more like a spring outing in the wild.

Li Yuan's funeral has ended, Chang'an has slowly returned to its former life, and even the court no longer mentions things related to Li Yuan, it seems that the emperor has been buried in history, but Princess Pingyang is still a little sad occasionally. Today, Li Xiu also came to Pei Lian's Nanshan Villa Hunting Ground to hunt as agreed with Pei Lin on the same day.

"I'm old, I can live one day less, some of the things I didn't have time to enjoy before, and now I naturally have to make up for it, so in the past two years, I have bought a lot of the surrounding mountains and forests, one can stay for my children and grandchildren, and the other is that there are fewer people living around, and it is quieter, and I now like this quiet life more and more!" Pei Lin also smiled at this time.

"Didn't Pei Gong say that there are tigers here, but now there are just two of us, and we don't even bring guards, if there is really a tiger jumping out, I'm afraid the two of us won't even be able to escape?" Li Xiu asked with a smile at this time, although his mouth was worried, there was no trace of worry on his face.

"Hehe, there is indeed a tiger, but just a month ago, it has been shot to death, and this hunting ground was originally for the amusement of old people like me, so the hunting ground has been cleaned up by the family several times before, and the tiger is estimated to have run in from the mountains outside, and one mountain does not allow two tigers, so in a short period of time, it should be impossible for this hunting ground to have a second tiger!" Pei Lin replied with a smile again.

"Shot to death?" Li Xiu was very keenly aware that Pei Lin seemed to be hiding something in his words, because he only said that he was shot to death, but he didn't say who this person was, if it was his family's guard or subordinate, he wouldn't deliberately hide it, could it be......

Seeing Li Xiu's contemplative appearance, he saw Pei Lin laughing at this time, and then walked to the front with a pat on the horse, Li Xiu was also a little puzzled when he saw this, so he had to pat the horse to follow, but he saw Pei Lin walking along this mountain road for a long time, and finally simply abandoned the horse, because the road in front was no longer suitable for horseback riding.

In this way, he walked forward for a while in the mountain forest, and finally came to a mountain wall, and the road was also interrupted here, and it seemed that there was no road ahead, but at this time, I saw Pei Lin push aside a bush under the mountain wall, revealing a half-human-high hole, and then he was the first to get in, and motioned for Li Xiu to follow.

There are prepared torches in the cave, Pei Lin lit the torches after entering, and then led the way in front, Li Xiu also followed behind, the entrance of this cave is very small, but if you take a few steps inside, it will suddenly become clear, and there is wind in the cave, it seems that there should be an exit ahead.

Sure enough, Li Xiu walked about 100 meters in the cave, and there was an exit in front of them, and when he walked out of the cave with Pei Lian, he found that this was a small closed valley, surrounded by steep cliffs, and a small waterfall flowed down from the top of the mountain, forming a small waterhole in the valley, and next to the waterhole, there was also a delicate wooden house, and there seemed to be cooking smoke rising next to it, and there seemed to be a smell of food in the breeze.

"This ...... What a paradise! Li Xiu looked at this valley that was not big, but it was extremely elegant, and he couldn't help but praise it at the moment, this is simply a holy place for recuperation, with mountains, rivers and waterfalls, he never dreamed of such a place before.

"Haha, it's not a paradise, it's just a hiding place that no one knows!" Pei Lin smiled helplessly at this time, and then walked towards the hut next to the waterhole.

Li Xiu had actually guessed before, and he was not surprised to hear Pei Lian's words at this time, and he walked to the front of the wooden house with Pei Lian, but as soon as he arrived here, he saw a person turning out of the back of the house, and when he saw them, he also laughed loudly: "Pei Jian and the horse, you are really blessed, my little fish is about to be fried, wait a while!" ”

Seeing Li Yuan in front of him, Li Xiu almost couldn't believe his eyes, and even rubbed his eyes to wonder if he was dazzled, although the person in front of him was indeed Li Yuan, but he saw that he was now dressed in green clothes, with an apron for cooking on his chest, and a cooking fence in his hand, with a smell of oily smell all over his body, without the shelf of the emperor at the beginning.

"Emperor Taishang, what are you ......" Li Xiu finally reacted, and then said a little puzzled, but in addition to dressing up, Li Yuan is now full of red light, without the slightest appearance of a few months ago, and even as if he was a different person, if it weren't for Li Xiu seeing with his own eyes that the fake Li Yuan was dead, he would even wonder if the person in front of him was Li Yuan?

"Haha~, I'm the only one in the valley, and I usually have to cook by myself, and I just happened to net a lot of small fish in the waterhole today, don't look at these small fish, but they are very delicious, I cleaned up all morning." Li Yuan saw Li Xiu's incredulous appearance, and immediately laughed and said, but when he said this, his face suddenly changed, and he slapped his thigh and said, "It's not good, the oil pot is already hot, and the oil temperature is too high, but the fish will be scorched!" ”

After Li Yuan finished speaking, he turned around and ran to the back of the house, which made Li Xiu stunned for a while, in contrast, Pei Lin seemed very calm, and then pulled the stunned Li Xiu to follow Li Yuan to the back of the house, only to see that there was a small kitchen here, Li Yuan, who was the founder of the country, did not look like an emperor at this time, and was hurriedly frying a small fish with long fingers, wrapped in a seasoned batter, and as soon as he got off the oil pot, a tempting fragrance immediately came out.

"Your Majesty, is there anything you need help with?" Pei Lin seemed to be familiar with this place, but he rolled up his sleeves and walked into the kitchen at this time and asked with a smile.

"The steamed cakes in the pot are ready, you can get them out, and don't be idle, there are vegetables and eggs over there, you make an egg soup to eat!" Li Yuan was not polite, and directly ordered Li Xiu to come in and work.

Although the scene in front of him is a little unacceptable, but Li Xiu is not an ordinary person after all, and he also promised to go into the kitchen to help, although this kitchen is not big, but it is full of vegetables and meat, and there are several briquette stoves to cook, Li Xiu took an iron pot and put it on the fire, poured water to boil, and the green vegetables next to it were also cut into the pot, and the hooked batter was also poured in, and then various seasonings were added, especially salt and vinegar were the most important, and finally two eggs were flashed in, and a pot of green vegetable and egg soup was ready.

When Li Xiu put the three bowls of egg soup in place, Li Yuan had already fried the fish over there, and then put it into a large porcelain basin and brought it to the table outside, Pei Lin also put the steamed cakes, which were actually big white steamed buns, into the bamboo basket, and then helped Li Xiu bring the egg soup to the table outside.

"Sit and sit~, I started netting fish this morning, and I didn't even eat breakfast, in order to eat this fried small fish, especially with freshly steamed steamed cakes, it makes people have a great appetite!" Li Yuan took out three pairs of chopsticks at this time, and then beckoned Li Xiu and Pei Lin to sit down and eat with him.

"Your Majesty is really leisurely, the water in this pool is clear, although the small fish in it are not big, but the meat is delicious, I used to be troublesome and rarely eat, but today I have a good mouth with Your Majesty!" Pei Lin sat down and said with a smile at this time, and after speaking, he picked up a fried small fish and stuffed it into his mouth, and praised it while eating.

"Supervisor Pei, this is indeed a good place, I don't want to leave!" I saw Li Yuan break the steamed bun at this time, and then clamped a few fried fish and stuffed them in the middle, then put them together and put them in his mouth and took a big bite, and then beckoned Li Xiu and said, "Don't look at the horse, come and taste my craftsmanship?" ”

Li Xiu is no stranger to this kind of fried small fish, in his previous life, when he was a child, the family conditions were poor, it was rare to eat meat, occasionally when the river was dry, the family caught some small fish and shrimp, cleaned up and wrapped in batter and fried in oil, it was very satisfying to eat, but when he grew up, the family conditions improved, and he rarely ate this kind of small fish and shrimp, mainly because it was troublesome to deal with, and there were few people who sold it.

At that moment, Li Xiu was also the same as Li Yuan, picked up the steamed bun and sandwiched a few small fish, and then opened his mouth wide and took a bite of it, but the small fish in it was charred and tender, and the fish was full of fragrance, and the white steamed bun made people have a great appetite, and it was indeed lunch time at this time, so Li Xiu was not polite, he ate two steamed buns in a row, and drank up his egg soup before feeling full.

"Pony, is the fish I fried still appetizing?" Li Yuan saw that Li Xiu was eating so deliciously, and he couldn't help but ask with a smile at the moment.

"It's delicious, it's been a long time since I've eaten such a fragrant meal!" Li Xiu also praised sincerely at this time, although this meal was very simple, far less than the sumptuous food he usually ate, but it was full of wild fun in this valley, which made people have a great appetite.

"Haha~, it's good if you like it, but the fish here is really too small, I heard that there is a big fish in the sea, even bigger than the average house, the Kun in Zhuangzi's getaway is this fish, but I don't know how this fish tastes?" Li Yuan first laughed when he heard Li Xiu's answer, and then said again meaningfully.

"The fish that the Emperor said should be a whale, the meat of this fish is edible, the oil can be made of wax, the skin can be made of armor, it can be said that the whole body is a treasure, but the Emperor Taishang does not need to worry, after three months, you will definitely be able to taste this fish at sea!" Li Xiu smiled at this time, and then replied.