Volume 1 Chapter 57 Killing Game (I)

Time flies, it's getting late, and it's time to lock the palace gate, and Hu Sanbao hasn't come back yet. Li Bao was not worried, he had already sent more people to follow him, and he expected that it would be fine. Li Bao looked at the red cloth hanging on the big bamboo pole in the courtyard. This is called "carp floating", and the Tang people have the custom of erecting a large bamboo pole on the first day of the New Year, and hanging pieces of cloth or paper to pray for blessings.

In previous years, Li Bao and Ling'er Hu Sanbao were set up together, and because he performed in the Lin De Hall last night, this year's "Carp Floating" was made by Hu Sanbao and the palace people. Looking at the red cloth fluttering in the cold wind, if this cloth is making a little bit of star patterns, and the flag of the Chinese country in later generations. Thinking of the national flag, Li Bao couldn't help but chuckle and said, "You kid, you can't go back." ”

Ling'er came behind Li Bao, and just heard Li Bao's words, and couldn't help but say, "What is Lang Jun muttering again?" ”

Li Bao looked at Ling'er coming, this little Lori has always cared about Li Bao, and it was difficult to talk to her about her homesickness, so she had to talk to him left and right, and said softly: "Is the barbecue ready, let's go to the barbecue if it's good." ”

When Ling'er heard that Li Bao was prevaricating herself again, she didn't want to ask again, so she smiled and said, "Okay, Cui Niang and Zheng Ah Li have just been ready, so they will call the slave to invite you, come with the slave quickly." ”

Li Bao stepped forward and took Ling'er's hand and said, "I'm afraid San'er won't be able to come back today, let's eat more, let's go." ”

Ling'er was held by Li Bao's hand, her face was faintly red, but she didn't twist, and followed Li Bao to the outer hall.

Today is New Year's Day, and Li Bao remembered that in such weather, eating barbecue and drinking some wine should be a refreshing thing. Nowadays, in the Tang Dynasty, fire and medicine have not been invented, so there are no firecrackers to set off. Thinking of firecrackers, Li Bao will feel a little lacking after the New Year. Every time it comes. Li Bao will make an exception and drink a little wine to drive away his homesickness.

came to the grill in the outer hall, this grill was also designed by Li Bao according to the grill of later generations combined with the actual situation of today, and then asked Wu Qicheng to make it from the internal procurement of Xuanhui Academy.

Zheng Ah Li has now taught a few apprentices, and most of her apprentices are busy preparing for the barbecue banquet today. She was happy to be idle, and when she saw Li Bao and Ling'er arriving, she hurriedly greeted: "Lang Jun has arrived, hurry up and prepare the meat and spices." ”

Other palace people also greeted Li Bao one after another, and on this occasion, Li Bao was very easy-going and informal. Everyone is used to Li Bao not having a fight.

There are five ovens in the dining hall, and one stove can seat five people, and these ovens are very quaint. But after Li Bao arrived, he picked up the skewers with meat from the table and went directly to the oven to barbecue, and Ling'er and Cui Niang also started to choose the grilled meat and some vegetables by themselves.

These are all taught and cultivated by Li Bao. The most important thing about barbecue is the seasoning, Li Bao according to the memory of later generations, specially prepared some barbecue seasoning, everyone in the hall felt very enjoyable after eating, the only fly in the ointment is that the dogwood powder still can not be compared with chili powder. In today's time and space, there is no hope for chili peppers, and at least a fleet of ships traveling around the world can be found on the American Road.

However, the barbecue mainly depends on the atmosphere, so many people are together, it is not bad to talk and laugh, and there is cumin powder to season, Li Bao is also satisfied. After a while, everyone had baked their first skewers.

Li Bao was going to eat it immediately, but Ling'er said, "Lang Jun, don't be busy eating barbecue, there is still something to drink?" ”

Looking at the smiles of Ling'er and the palace people, Li Bao said with a bitter face: "Can you not drink it, my tongue is numb when I think of that thing." ”

Everyone looked at Li Bao's rare deflated expression, and they couldn't help laughing. Laughing, Ling'er said: "Lang Jun, this is a good thing, it must be unavoidable." As the old saying goes: Yuan Ri drinks Tusu pepper and cypress wine, and the rule is to drink it from a young child, which is famous and called: 'The little one gets the year, the first wine is congratulated, and the old man loses the age, so he drinks later'. ”

After Ling'er finished speaking, she brought two glasses of wine on a tray, the first of these two glasses of wine is called "Tusu Wine", which is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which can be soaked in wine or water. Is it tasteful, it is really hard to swallow, Li Bao hated this kind of wine, and slandered in his heart: I don't know if it is the custom passed down by that bastard, it is so unpleasant!

Li Bao frowned and drank this cup of "Tusu Wine", everyone looked at Li Bao's expression, they all gloated, it was rare to see something that Lang Jun was afraid of, and they all enjoyed this rare moment very much.

Li Bao secretly cursed the inventor of Tusu wine in his heart, and had to drink the second glass of wine, the second cup of wine is called "pepper and cypress wine", as the name suggests, it is the wine made by putting the leaves of pepper and the leaves of the cypress together. It tastes terrible.

Finally drank it, Li Bao was about to start eating barbecue, Ling'er stopped him again, and continued: "There is one more thing that Lang Jun hasn't eaten yet." ”

Ling'er is like a little fairy who can do magic, but this time she conjured up something that Li Bao could accept, and this thing is called "Wuxin Pan". There are five kinds of vegetables, namely garlic, garlic, leeks, brassica, and coriander (coriander). Eating "Wuxin Plate" during the Chinese New Year is to diffuse the depression of the five internal organs and prevent the epidemic from getting sick.

Li Bao looked at these five kinds of vegetables and had no scruples, and laughed: "This barbecue with these green vegetables is also good." After speaking, he didn't wait for Ling'er to urge, he immediately took a coriander and ate it on the mutton skewers, and shouted: "It's enjoyable!" ”

Everyone watched Li Bao finish drinking the wine and eat Wuxin vegetables again. congratulated Li Bao, and then everyone arrived at the wine, and drank it according to their age. Li Bao looked at Ling'er with a bitter face, and immediately teased her.

After Ling'er finished drinking, her pretty face was dyed with two flushes, and she didn't distinguish it from Li Bao, so she lowered her head and picked up Li Bao's barbecue, and ate it by herself. Li Bao saw that he dared to eat his barbecue, and he was not to be outdone, and picked up the bell and roasted it and chewed it. also smoked the bell with his mouth full of onions and garlic, causing the bell to run around the house, everyone looked at these two little frolicks, and they were all happy, and only at this time could they see that Li Bao was still the young man who loved to play and laugh.

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In the far southwest of the vast territory of the Tang Dynasty, a family banquet was also held in the Thorn History Mansion in Wuzhou. The feast was sumptuous, but there were only two people eating at the feast.

One of them wore a beard, blue and dressed in regular clothes, his beard was frosty white, his face was full, and his demeanor was bookish. Sitting across from him was a middle-aged scribe, and the two had a somewhat similar face.

The servants had all been sent out, and the middle-aged scribe looked at the dishes on the table and said to the old man, "What do you think of this dish?" This is the specialty of the most famous chef in Wuzhou City. ”

The old man is Zheng Zheng, the assassin of Wuzhou, and the opposite is his son. In the face of his son's question, Zheng Zhen was noncommittal, and said softly: "I heard that the six princes who have always been silent in the Daming Palace in Beijing have recently become unexpected, and they have successively presented food and music and dance to the official family? ”

The middle-aged scribe was called Zheng Ningji, and after listening to Zheng Jin's words, he hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Your lord's news is so sensitive, Ning Ji received news from Beijing today." Lu Yan's guy is dead, it's really happy! ”

The reason why Zheng Zhan was relegated to such a remote Wuzhou to be the assassin of this fishing Shizi was because Princess Tongchang died of illness, Zheng Zheng sympathized with Liu Zhan, the prime minister at the time, and was framed by Lu Yan and Wei Baoheng. Now that Lu Yan is dead, Zheng Ningji is of course happy, so he came to report the good news to his father, so that Zheng Yan can also be happy.

Zheng Zhen stroked his beard under his chin and said indifferently: "Da Lang, do you know how this Luyan died?" ”

Zheng Ningji looked at his father, wondering why his father was not happy to hear the news at all. hurriedly replied, "It is said that Wei Baoheng and the ministers of the court participated in Lu Yan together, and he was overthrown. ”

Zheng Jin looked at his son and said word by word: "Is it really Wei Baoheng?" ”

Zheng Ningji said blankly: "Ningji is dull, please give me advice." ”

"If it was Wei Baoheng, why did he quit from Lu Yan, why didn't he take advantage of the victory to pursue? Why did you have to wait half a year to launch here? ”

Zheng Jin's eyes were a little sharp, and Zheng Ningji was frightened by this look. He bowed his head and muttered, "I don't know, please let me know." ”

Zheng Zheng was disappointed in his heart, his son, was more than loyal but had no power. I think that although the Zheng clan is not as prestigious as the Boling Cui clan, it is also inherited in the Tang Dynasty. But the hope of my Zheng clan is placed on his son, and Zheng Zheng has always been uneasy.

However, when Zheng Ji thought of his granddaughter Yan'er, he felt a trace of warmth in his heart. If Yan'er is here, she will definitely be able to understand the mystery of this.

Zheng Ji didn't blame his son, and said in a low voice: "Wei Baoheng can only share hardships and hardships, and it is difficult to share wealth and prosperity, thinking that Lu Yan and him are embarrassed, but as soon as he took power, he kicked Lu Yan out of Xijing, but I am afraid that the driving force behind Lu Yan's death is not Wei Baoheng." It's someone else. ”

Zheng Ningji looked at Zheng Jin's long eyebrows and frowned slightly, knowing that his father was thinking about whether it was inconvenient to disturb him at this time, so he bowed his head and remained silent, waiting for his father to come to his senses.

Zheng Ji thought for a while, and couldn't think of who was behind the scenes, but he was full of interest in the six princes in the Daming Palace, so he asked Zheng Ningji to tell him about Li Bao in detail.

After listening to Zheng Ningji's narration, Zheng Jian pondered carefully, and then spoke: "According to Da Lang, will the person behind this curtain be the Liu Lang Jun who presented food to the official family?" ”

Zheng Ningji's face was full of doubts, and he said: "How can adults think like this, that sixth prince is just a ten-year-old child. Does he have any grudges with Lu Yan, how can he be so cruel to him? ”

Zheng Ji is also not sure, but he has a faint feeling in his heart, why did this Liulangjun be silent in the past, and suddenly made a high-profile "birthday cake" last month, and then not long after, Lu Yan was given to death, which must have something to do with it. He said to his son: "I'm afraid this Liulangjun is not so simple. ”

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PS: I'm sorry for the late update today. The first watch will be delivered, and there will be a second watch later. Newcomers and new works, kneel and beg for support, and I want to collect tickets!