Chapter 128: Ice and Fire

"Shi Yun, only thin batches are used in the mountains, and wine, sauce, and pepper are fertile. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info put on the table with a wind stove, half a chop of water, wait for a cup of soup, each with a chopstick, so that the soup is cooked, and eat, but at will, each with juice for free to eat. ”

This is the first time that the ancients recorded the formation of hot pot, in the Wei and Jin dynasties, there is obviously no hot pot to say, in Wang Ningzhi's view, when the sacrifice is "striking the bell and lining the ding" and eating, that is, everyone surrounds the periphery of the ding, and puts the beef and mutton and other foods into the ding to cook and divide the food, which is the prototype of the hot pot, but at this time there are far from the rich seasonings and ingredients of later generations.

But it's hard for him, hot pot is the easiest to enjoy and suitable for civilians, and it doesn't need particularly difficult to find seasonings, peppercorns, spices, etc., at this time, Wang Ningzhi said on the side, Guo Shishi recorded on the side, took live water, boiled it into soup, and served it with spirits, this is the bottom of the pot, he tasted it, and after feeling that it was okay, he ordered the little servants to scatter and call people in each room...... Hot pot is such a thing, eating is enthusiastic, a person is completely fresh, and Wang Ningzhi doesn't plan to hide, just go to each room to call people, if you are interested, come over, forget if you are not interested.

So after he was busy in the back kitchen for a long time, and asked the slaves and maids to arrange the needs in the courtyard of the second room, he looked up, heh, startled, and the black pressed a crowd, and they were all in time for the family dinner...... Or it could be called a family dinner.

At this time, it was already dusk, the light was dim, after the slaves and maids took the lamp, there was some light in the courtyard, Wang Ningzhi and Xie Daoyun beckoned everyone to take a seat, and what surprised them was that not only the younger brothers and sisters in each room came, but even their parents Wang Xizhi and Xi Xuan also came, and even brought Wang Xian and his wife, so that there were a little too many people, Wang Ningzhi beckoned Guo Shishi to divide the two pots, and simply made three tables.

After everything was in order, the maidservant was filled with freshly brewed wine, raised the wine glass, he stood up, and said with a smile: "Everyone may be surprised, what is delicious that can make me call everyone here, this is not ordinary cooking, but it is not troublesome, you taste it first, think it is delicious, call yourself in the kitchen, let Guo Shishi teach them, and in the future, you can find and eat it if you are greedy......"

There are more people are a little noisy, but the atmosphere is hot, all of them are close to the blood, although the Wang family does not often have dinners, but they are also familiar, and there is no need to talk more about the rules, demonstrated by Wang Ningzhi, after the soup in the pot boils, people will move the ingredients over, the ingredients are very rich, chicken, duck, fish, meat, and even live shrimp, mutton, supplemented by seasonal vegetables, each take a little, put it in the pot shabu, after a while, the mutton cut into slices is cooked, he personally sent the two slices of mutton to Wang Xizhi and Xi Xuan in the bowl.

"Father, mother, how about a taste?"

Wang Xizhi and Xi Xuan tasted it separately, and they were smoky and hot, especially Wang Ningzhi put it spicy, and after eating a piece of mutton, he was sweating hotly, but he felt extremely happy...... Wang Xizhi wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, and smiled at everyone: "This thing is very good, fragrant and delicious, everyone can eat it......"

Then he said to Wang Ningzhi: "I didn't know that Uncle Ping was busy and could still make hot pot as a fresh way to eat." ”

Watching everyone eat and chat, Wang Ningzhi, who was sitting under Wang Xi, replied: "I was thinking that the weather was getting colder and colder, and if it snowed, it would be more satisfying to eat some hot food, so I deduced from the saying 'striking the bell and Lieding', and tested it several times before I came up with the finished ......."

"It must be related to evolution and evolution, this time the second brother has poetry, can you say it and listen to it?"

A group of people who ate happily were overjoyed, directly ignoring the common etiquette of "eating silently", Xi Daomao sat next to Xi Xuan, hearing Wang Ningzhi say this, and thinking that playing chess with Wang Ning in the past would always be amused by his various crooked poems, so he simply opened his mouth to joke.

"Yes, the second brother has the most crooked poems, why not say the last one." Most of the younger brothers and sisters were in the school, and when they heard Xi Daomao's ill-intentioned jokes, they also hurriedly catered and turned their eyes to Wang Ningzhi.

Wang Ningzhi hurriedly waved his hand: "You are embarrassing me, you have a lot of fun, why bother to let me recite poetry, you all know, second brother and I will only have a few crooked poems." ”

"Crooked poems are enough, besides, listening to this, Lang Jun should already have a draft of poetry in his belly, right?" Xie Daoyun also smiled at Wang Ningzhi, and stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from Wang Ningzhi's forehead with a handkerchief.

"Since the lady has said so, then I will ......"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Ningzhi saw the people coming from outside, it seemed that he was a little shocked to see so many people gathering here, and hesitated to know whether to come in or not, he made a decision at the moment, so he stood up and waved his hand, and said to the people in front of the table: "I'll talk about it later, I'll finish the matter first......"

Obviously, memorizing poems also has a price, and there are not many poems in his memory, not to mention that there are five-character poems with fixed propositions, but there is a vague impression in his mind, and it is impossible for him to memorize it suddenly, so he simply ran away.

Immediately, there was a sneer, and even his mother Xi Xuan looked at him with a smile.

Entered the study and listened carefully to Chen Quan's report, there were not many things, but they all made him frown.

Li Linghuai went to Yixing again, and called the soldiers of the afterworld to assist...... County Jail? Could it be that those corpses have clues? Wang Ningzhi, who didn't feel that Li Linghuai was targeting him at first, also began to doubt, could it be that he was wrong, or that Li Linghuai had reached a condition with some people, he remained silent, "It looks like this, I'm afraid it's not good for me in the future...... Did the man leave safely? ”

"I have left safely, and the Taoist on the other side of the sea has heard the news and watched them leave by boat." Chen Quan, who was in charge of this matter, hurriedly replied, and then said, "Erlang, there is one more thing I need to tell you over there. ”

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"There were originally three villages on the seaside, because of the hurricane disaster, and under the planning of the soldiers, they were combined into one village, perhaps because of Erlang's decree, so they were grateful to Dade, so they ...... They carved a large wooden statue of Erlang and worshipped it as a god all day long, and only after the worship did they go to work, which ......"

"And that kind of thing?" Wang Ning was stunned, he was carved into a wooden statue to worship all day long, he had heard of this kind of object, but those people were undoubtedly great people who had great achievements or had died for a long time, but he didn't expect that he would be sought after just for a disaster, which made him cry and laugh, and his brain was a little dazed, but after all, one thing was certain, the impact was not bad, so he could only signal that he understood, and then explained all kinds of things and sent them away.

Wang Ningzhi did not forget these parts, and caught Guo Shishi before sending them away, and asked him to teach the practice of hot pot to these parts and Taoists, the weather is gradually getting colder, hot pot is undoubtedly a very enjoyable delicacy, steaming to dispel the cold, and easy to make, speaking of which, with the mouth of these parts, it can be regarded as benefiting the people.

After explaining, he returned to his seat, looked at the people next to him who were focusing on him, coughed dryly, and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, isn't it just a crooked poem, let me think about it, okay, let's do it...... Green ant new brew wine, red clay small stove, late day snow desire, can you drink a glass of no? ”

The noisy voice was quiet, and after a while, Wang Xizhi exclaimed: "Good poetry." ”

"Ah, it's not a crooked poem." Xi Daomao's little face was flushed, his body was crooked, he had already taken off the coat covering his body, revealing his delicate figure, half leaning into Xi Xuan's arms, only revealing a small face, "It's just the second brother, this seems to be a poem of persuasion...... Are you persuading people to drink? ”

"Yes, but I'm persuading officials and slaves to drink some, and you are not allowed to drink it."

Wang Xian, who was eating meat, was stunned, felt Xi Daomao's vicious gaze, and hurriedly shook his head: "I won't drink......

"I'll drink it for you." Blinking his eyes, Xi Daomao raised his smooth chin at Wang Ningzhi, "Hmph! ”

……

Different from the bustle here, not far from the Wang Grange in the Wang Xizhi line of SY County, there is a large mansion, which is quite deserted here, and the green smoke that only occasionally appears rises and gradually dissipates into the air.

At night, the wind blew through the treetops, making the dense branches around sway, the leaves touched each other quickly, and the moon had appeared in the sky, a shallow crescent moon, very light and shallow, exuding a cold light.

The moonlight poured down, and the smoke from cooking could be seen, but only very little, and most people had already eaten.

The people who live here are now the tribes of the Wang family, but retrospectively, they are mostly homeless, and they used to follow the homeless marshal Xu Heng to entrench in Huiji County, and they are also a relatively powerful army...... Now the number has decreased a lot, unlike the suspicion at the beginning, now they are living a good life, Wang Ningzhi is also paying more and more attention, and the food, clothing, housing and transportation have improved a lot.

In a room in the center of the house, there was a constant sound of talking, inside were the big and small leaders of this song, and the people who spoke were Liu Hu and Ge Shun, since Han Ziwen died, the two of them are the leaders of this group of people, it is impossible to say who is big and who is small, in short, if Wang Ningzhi explains the matter, it will be the two of them who have passed.

“…… Okay, that's it, in short, remember, tomorrow is the time for Xu Shuai to come back, and Xu Shuai will still lead me to wait...... Let's disperse, it's a big night, if you haven't had time to eat, go to eat quickly, and you have to rush out as soon as possible tomorrow. Ge Shun waved his hand and let the big and small leaders go out, but stopped one person alone, "Fang Ming, your face is so ugly, you quarreled with your younger siblings again?" ”

The big and small leaders all dispersed, and even Liu Hu nodded and went back to eat, leaving only Ge Shun and Fang Ming.

Fang Ming was a thin man, his face was gloomy, the clothes on his body were a little thin, the door was opened, and the cool breeze blew in, making him subconsciously shiver, and whispered: "Don't mention it, she took a break sooner or later, and the weather turned cold, so she didn't even make me a piece of clothing." ”

"If you don't have warm clothes, just take a few from me and go back, it's getting colder and colder, and my younger brothers and sisters are not like words, quarreling and quarreling, and they don't even do clothes, you too, don't mention the matter of divorce again, I'll let your sister-in-law talk to you tomorrow......" Ge Shun patted Fang Ming's shoulder, looking at this man, although he said this, his face was still ugly, as if he had encountered something terrible, but he didn't go to his heart, just when this brother didn't want to go home to face his wife and child.

"No, no." Fang Ming stammered, looking at Ge Shun, although his body trembled, a few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, his lips moved, and after a while, he stood up and said, "Brother, you should rest early, I'll go back." ”

"Okay, slow down."

Ge Shun sent Fang Ming out, watching this thin figure blend into the darkness, then he sighed and turned back to the house, unlike Fang Ming, his family is harmonious and beautiful, and he is valued by Wang Ningzhi, plus his own personality and other reasons, he is not too distressed, but he still wants to let his wife go over tomorrow and tell Fang Ming's wife that it is not a good thing to have conflicts all the time.

It's just that he didn't know that this Fang Ming, who he thought was going home, walked far away, and after turning the corner, he didn't go to his home, but just lingered at the door of the house for a while, frowning tightly, his hands hidden in his sleeves clenched into fists from time to time, and then as if he had made a very important decision, he stomped hard in the open space at the door, and then bent down and ran cautiously into the distance.

The house is not small, almost every house is inhabited by people, but they are all former homeless soldiers, Fang Ming is still a leader, occasionally encountered, nodded, said a few words, and would not suspect anything, just like that, Fang Ming came to a remote corner, here is the gap between the two houses, because it is too remote, no one lives here.

Here he stopped, cowered in the shadows, and slammed his elbow against the wall.

Knock knock knock......

The dull sound was heard far and wide in the night, and after he had knocked it, there was a thump outside, and then a rope was thrown in from the outside, and he grabbed it, tried it, and then crawled out quickly.

Syllable!

Fang Ming landed outside the wall, shook his spirit, saw a circle of black shadows around him, and hurriedly said, "It's me, Fang Ming." ”

The circle of black shadows dispersed, and a man who seemed to be the leader came out of it and asked, "Why are you alone, your wife and children?" Could it be that it was discovered? ”

"If you don't find it, you ...... Just me, I think about it, I will leave with you, I just ask you to provide me with a good way out, as for my wife and children, ......" Fang Ming hesitated for a moment, looked back, but there was only a cold wall, "It's inconvenient to bring them out, lest people be suspicious...... Don't worry, I didn't tell them, even if they were discovered, they would suffer at most, and their lives would not be in danger, I just begged to come back to help them when there was a way out in the future. ”

"So you're the only one? Then let me make sure that when Han Ziwen was still alive, you were a cronie? He knows everything? The man in black asked.

"Yes, I know all of them, even how many moles he has on his back."

"Very good, one person ......" the man in black said meaningfully, "It is more convenient to be alone, rest assured, we will definitely give you a good way out of the ......" (to be continued.) )