"Haha~, it's better to come early than to come by chance, this king smelled the fragrance outside the door, I don't know if I can ask General Ma for a piece of mutton to eat?" At this time, I only heard a clear voice outside the door, and then I saw Li Shimin walk in with two people, one of them on the left was very young, with a smile on his white face all the time, and seemed to be very kind, while on the right was a tall and thin yellow-faced general, who didn't seem to be very strong, but he walked with a tiger's wind, and a pair of tiger eyes were not angry and arrogant, so that people didn't dare to look at him.

"His Royal Highness King Qin is too polite, the last general didn't expect His Highness to come, it's really a disappointment, if His Highness doesn't dislike it, then sit down together and taste my craftsmanship with Captain Li!" Ma Ye hurriedly stepped forward and saluted at this time, and He Panren and the others naturally all stood up and saluted, but Li Xiu was a little slandered, and a good meal was probably going to be disturbed by Li Shimin.

"Haha, I think General Ma is too polite, and this is the first time that this king has smelled such fragrant mutton, so he is cheeky and uninvited!" Li Shimin laughed again, he seemed to be born with a leader temperament, and as soon as he appeared, everyone else became a supporting role, and Li Xiu didn't have this kind of ability, which also made him even more unhappy.

At that moment, Ma Ye invited Li Shimin and the three of them to sit down, and personally served them mutton, there were not so many false gifts in the army, even Li Shimin was no exception, so everyone immediately started to eat, but as soon as everyone put the mutton in their mouths, they were almost stunned for a moment, and then began to gnaw wildly.

"It's so fragrant and tender mutton, how the hell is this, this king has never eaten such delicious mutton." Li Shimin even ate a few bites, and said with admiration, just now he praised the mutton for a few reasons, and there was a little politeness, but now he praised it sincerely.

"Haha, this is going to ask Captain Li, this time he is in charge!" Ma Ye laughed and pointed at Li Xiudao, it is not ashamed for men in the army to occasionally cook something, and they may even be more popular because of it, but they must not praise him for his good cooking skills, after all, cooking is a cheap industry, in the era of Datang, except for real cooks, no man would be willing to be praised for his good cooking skills.

"Oh? I didn't expect Captain Li to have this hand, I don't know what the secret of this mutton is? Li Shimin also looked at Li Xiu with interest at this time, since he found out that Li Xiu was a rare talent, Li Shimin also changed his previous contempt, and at this time, the tone and demeanor of his speech had already treated Li Xiu as a person of equal status.

"Hehe, in fact, it's not a secret, it's nothing more than don't put salt when cooking meat, and then add salt to taste when the meat is about to come out of the pot, so that the mutton is the most tender!" Li Xiu explained with a smile, and continued to bow his head to eat his mutton after speaking, if it was not necessary, he really didn't want to deal with Li Shimin, lest he accidentally get on his thief ship.

However, Li Xiu didn't want to deal with others, but people wanted to talk to him, only to see Li Shimin smile again at this time and said: "Captain Li, you are proficient in medical skills at a young age, and I heard General Ma say that you still know how to make bean sprouts, which is a kind of farming, and even an ordinary boiled mutton will become very different in your hands, I don't know where you learned these things?" ”

"This ......" Li Xiu is most afraid and hates others to ask this question, because he is essentially an honest person, but this question forces him to lie, which makes him have more resentment against Li Shimin, and finally has to answer helplessly, "His Royal Highness the King of Qin has praised it falsely, in fact, his medical skills are very ordinary, and he just has some experience with external injuries, but if you ask me to treat others now, I'm afraid I can't even cure a little wind and cold, and the way to make bean sprouts is also forced out to solve my own food and clothing, As for boiled lamb, it's not worth mentioning. ”

Li Xiu said the truth, but Li Shimin didn't believe it at all, but thought he was humbling, and smiled again: "Captain Li, don't be too arrogant, this king has seen a lot of young heroes, but there are not many outstanding ones like Captain Li, speaking of which, this king and Captain Li are of the same age, so you can walk around more in the future!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness!" Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills, although Li Xiu showed a sincere and frightened expression on his face at this time, he secretly pouted.

Although Li Shimin is the final victor, but in the early battle, Li Shimin is actually very disadvantaged, after all, Li Jiancheng is the prince, and the so-called name is not right, it is not good, so before the Xuanwumen Change, Li Shimin and his subordinates were greatly suppressed, and even some henchmen were transferred to other places as officials, Li Xiu thought that he was just a small person, and he didn't want to do anything to be a hero from the dragon, let alone go through the ups and downs of life, and it was true that he could live his own small life with peace of mind. So he didn't care about Li Shimin's obvious wooing at all.

Although Li Shimin is shrewd, in the face of Li Xiu, an old monster who has been a man for two lives, he can't see the alienation under his enthusiastic surface, so he chatted with him very enthusiastically, in fact, they are all very ordinary words, such as asking Li Xiu's age and hobbies, etc.

"Your Royal Highness, in fact, there is no special hobby, usually nothing more than eating and drinking, maybe it is because of this, so I have a lot of experience in cooking, for example, I invented a stir-fried dish, compared with cooking also has a different flavor, if you have the opportunity, you can ask Your Highness to taste it." Li Xiu suddenly smiled very brightly and said, since Li Shimin values himself so much, it is better to show more, such as cooking, which is a profession that is looked down upon.

"Cooking?" Li Shimin was really stunned by Li Xiu, who played cards out of common sense, and was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to pick it up.

Seeing Li Shimin's bewildered look, Li Xiu was energetic, and introduced excitedly: "Cooking is the art of the kitchen, as the so-called people take food as the sky, so we can see how important eating is for ordinary people, and the purpose of cooking is to make people eat comfortably and happily. ”

Li Xiu stood up as he spoke, came to Ma Ye's room and brought out a basin, at this time the mutton had been eaten, and only a pot of mutton soup remained, which was specially left by Li Xiu, only to see him increase the heat to make the mutton soup boil again, and then Li Xiu lifted the white cloth on the basin, grabbed a ball of noodles dipped in oil, and threw the noodles into the pot with waist-width casually, and the white noodles rolled up and down in the milky mutton soup, looking appetizing.

Li Xiu made the Central Plains stewed noodles known as China's top ten noodles in later generations, the essence of this kind of noodles is all in the soup, before he boiled the sheep in fact did not need to add seasoning, only need to boil in white water and add salt, but he added seasoning in advance, in order to make the mutton soup more delicious, so that the braised noodles are delicious.

The noodles were thrown into the pot one by one, and then the side dishes of the stewed noodles were also put in, but because of the limited conditions, the kelp, coriander and chili oil common in the stewed noodles in later generations were all gone, only shredded tofu and some dried vegetables, which made Li Xiu also quite regretful, fortunately, this sheep was very fat, and all the food was natural pasture, far from being comparable to the sheep raised by artificial feed in later generations, but also made up for some defects.

Soon the stewed noodles were ready, Li Xiu personally served them to everyone present, because they did not expect Li Shimin and the three of them to come, so the noodles were prepared a little little, but the mutton soup was enough, each person held a large bowl of sea, Ma Ye and others tasted the stewed noodles, and they all applauded loudly, noodles have appeared in the Tang Dynasty, called soup cakes, but the soup cakes are single, and the taste is far from being comparable with the stewed noodles carefully made by Li Xiu.

"Why doesn't Your Highness eat it, isn't the stewed noodles made in Xia not to His Highness's appetite?" Li Xiu saw Li Shimin staring at the stewed noodles in front of him with a tangled face, and asked with a sincere face, but secretly he had already laughed through his belly, and the talent in his heart suddenly became a cook, just like the goddess in the eyes of ** silk suddenly became a prostitute, this huge gap is probably not something that ordinary people can bear.

"Huh?" Li Shimin finally came to his senses when he heard Li Xiu's words, and he had to taste the noodles with a wry smile, but with a more tangled expression on his face, he said, "It tastes good!" ”

Maybe Li Xiu hit Li Shimin too hard, and our Royal Highness the King of Qin was still a little unable to accept the reality for a while, and then finally stopped bothering Li Xiu, which also made him finally relieved, and immediately turned his attention to the two people who came with Li Shimin, since these two people can follow Li Shimin, they must also be famous figures in history.

With a kind of curiosity about historical figures, Li Xiu immediately leaned next to the young man with a white face and a very kind face, this person seemed to be very talkative, so he took the initiative to speak: "This brother is invited, I don't know what you call it?" ”

"Under the eldest grandson Wuji!" I saw the young man put down the big bowl in his hand and introduced himself with a greasy smile.

"Huh? You eat slowly, it's not enough! After Li Xiu finished speaking, he left as soon as he gave his hand, this guy is not only Li Shimin's brother-in-law, but also his good friend, it is said that he is a scheming and ruthless guy, the change of Xuanwumen was planned by him, and he should stay away from such a person.

In the end, Li Xiu's eyes turned to the yellow-faced general on Li Shimin's right, this person has never left Li Shimin three steps away since he came in, even when he was eating, the whole person remained vigilant, when Li Xiu and Li Shimin were talking just now, he felt that the other party had been staring at him, it seemed that this person was not only a general in the army, but also responsible for Li Shimin's safety, and he could bear such a responsibility, he must be a person that Li Shimin absolutely trusted.