The two broke up at the gate of the city, Li Tao returned to the pavilion, and as soon as he finished changing his clothes, Zheng Guang's messenger who invited him to the banquet arrived. Li Tao led Pei Yue, Li Bai and Liao Yan to Zhechong Mansion. The guards guarding the mansion first unloaded the weapons of Pei Yue and the others, and then inspected them for a long time before bringing Li Tao and the others to the central hall. Zheng Guang's face was full of spring breeze and he was very enthusiastic.

The chef of Zheng Mansion, Diao Shenyan, came from Kuiyuan Tower in the ancient city of Luoyang, and was nicknamed the Crab God. Ten willow crabs of the same size and with a round shape were cut by him with a knife, and all of them went down into the spicy soup pot. After a while, the crab fragrance wafted out, Diao Shenyan took a bamboo clip in his hand, took out the willow crabs in the soup pot, and then quickly put them together on the plate into whole crabs.

Li Tao looked at Diao Shenyan's crab spelling technique, and couldn't help nodding again and again. Zheng Guang smiled conceitedly: "Cut ten willow crabs of the same size in half and cook them, and then put them together into the original whole crab, this eyesight, that is definitely real kung fu!" ”

Seeing Li Tao nodding, Zheng Guang leaned into Li Tao's ear and said with a smile: "King Lantian, you have a good eye for picking a cook, right?" ”

Li Tao nodded and ate the crab, while observing the crab on the plate that was cut by Diao Shenyan, and when he ate the two fat crabs, he patted his head, and said with a smile: "I know the reason why Diao Shenyan can quickly fight crabs." ”

Li Tao pointed to the knife edge on the crab body and said to Zheng Guang: "The knife edge on these crabs is not straight, and the angle at which it is cut is completely different, as long as you remember the angle of one of the crabs, you can easily find the other half." ”

After Zheng Guang listened to Li Tao's speech, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up. Li Tao smiled pun and said, "If my eyesight is not good." How can Your Majesty send me to Yushan Pass. ”

After hearing this, Zheng Guang coughed a few times in embarrassment. The crab feast was eaten until the second watch, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves. Li Tao saw that it was not early, hugged his fists and said goodbye, and said before leaving: "Tomorrow I will hold a banquet in the pavilion to invite Zheng Duwei, you must come." ”

Zheng Guang nodded again and again: "Okay, I will definitely disturb tomorrow!" ”

The next day, as soon as Xie Tianbao came to the pavilion where Li Tao lived, the guards of the garrison surrounded the pavilion post layer by layer. All the weapons in the pavilion have been collected by the guards.

Zheng Guang went to the banquet today, and he also brought Diao Shenyan over, and the willow crabs made by Xie Tianbao were carefully selected by Diao Shenyan. The size is the same, the weight and color are almost all the same, and when Xie Tianbao brought three willow crabs to Zheng Guang, Diao Shen saw that the willow crabs were cut very squarely. He also checked the secret notes he had made on the crab. These three crabs fought well at all, and they all became the original crabs. It seems that this Xie Tianbao's eyesight is even higher than his Diao Shen Eye.

Li Tao looked at the unwilling appearance of the two people, and smiled mysteriously: "Actually, the secret of Xie Tianbao's crab cutting is in the kitchen knife in his hand!" ”

When Zheng Guang heard what Li Taoyi said, he hurriedly asked his guards to take Xie Tianbao's kitchen knife in, Zheng Guang turned the kitchen knife over, and when he saw the blade, he was stunned at first. Then he laughed, it turned out that the secret of Xie Tianbao's crab cutting was all on the blade - the blade of the kitchen knife was the sharpest. The part of the knife body is relatively blunt, and the part of the tail of the knife is simply an unpolished dumb blade, so that the blade of the kitchen knife with different edges is cut out of the willow crab knife edge is naturally different, and it is naturally easy to recognize when fighting the crab.

Li Tao drank a lot of wine and said proudly: "Captain Zheng, this kitchen knife has a nice name - it is called Shanshe Ji Knife, but its most mysterious place is not on the blade!" ”

When Zheng Guang heard this, he hurriedly handed the kitchen knife to Li Tao and asked Li Tao to show him, Li Tao picked up the kitchen knife, pretended to be drunk, and held Zheng Guang in his arms.

Zheng Guang looked at the kitchen knife in Li Tao's hand dangling in front of his nose, and he was so frightened that he exclaimed: "Lantian King, you are drunk!" ”

Li Tao shook his head and said, "I'm not drunk, I'm going to tell you the secret of this kitchen knife!" ”

Although Li Tao was inarticulate, Zheng Guang could still understand what he said, and it turned out that Li Tao actually told the court's statecraft from the body of the kitchen knife - the sharp tip of the kitchen knife was naturally used to defend against foreign enemies, and the half-fast and unpleasant kitchen knife was comparable to the country's legal prison, and the blunt knife tail meant that when the imperial court dealt with meritorious soldiers who had committed crimes, it must be sympathetic and extrajudicial to show mercy.

After Zheng Guang finished listening to Li Tao's speech, he only felt that his heart was beating wildly, and he said in a cold sweat: "King Lantian, you are so right, you better take the kitchen knife away quickly!" ”

Li Tao put his mouth to Zheng Guang's ear, and said with a smell of wine: "Zheng Duwei, do you know why the willow crab in the lake has changed its taste?" ”

Zheng Guang shook his head, and Li Tao shouted loudly: "Because someone dumped a large amount of loess into Liushen Lake!" "The loess was poured into Liushen Lake, which changed the original water quality, and the willow crab became earthy and pungent. Why did someone dump loess into Liushen Lake? There must be thieves digging a hole in the Yuji Mountain, and behind the cave, there must be an ulterior motive hidden. ”

After Zheng Guang listened, he only felt that cold sweat flowed down like a river. He hurriedly nodded and said, "Please rest assured, King Lantian, I must exterminate the bandits who are digging holes!" ”

Li Tao's arm let go of Zheng Guang, Zheng Guang was just about to wipe his sweat, but he didn't expect Li Tao to shake the kitchen knife and say, "If there is a thief who can't be caught, you can say it!" Li Tao suddenly picked up the kitchen knife, and the knife light turned into a bolt of lightning and slashed straight at Zheng Guang's head.

The blade of the kitchen knife was attached to Zheng Guang's forehead, Zheng Guang only felt a cold knife wind straight into his brain, he screamed strangely, his face was as frightened as ashes, and he couldn't help but shiver. And Li Tao was so drunk that he didn't know what he was doing, his body shook, the kitchen knife in his hand let go, and with a "bang", he slashed on the bench that fell to the ground.

The next day, Zheng Guang fell ill, and when Li Tao returned to Chang'an, he did not go to his house to resign, and Li Tao only left him a letter. By the time Zheng Guang received the letter, Li Tao had already led his men to ride out of the road for two hundred miles.

Li Tao wrote in that letter - Zheng Guang sent people to build a cave on Yuji Mountain, hoard military rations, and build weapons The secret has been known by the imperial court, and now Yougu Pass and Nanping Pass have each transferred 50,000 troops to prepare for it, and when Zheng Guang raises troops to raise an incident, it will be the day of his complete destruction!

After reading the letter, Zheng Guang felt a headache, and a rush came to his head, he hugged his head and screamed, and fainted on the bed.

The next day, the three poles of the day, the messenger in the Zhichong Mansion did not see Zheng Guang get up, and when everyone opened the curtain, there was an exclamation, it turned out that Zheng Guang's head was split in half, and black blood flowed all over the bed. He's been dead for a long time.

Li Tao is really a good knife technique. He waved his hand, and the cold knife wind actually split Zheng Guang's head with a secret wound, and when Zheng Guang attacked his head in a hurry, his head was suddenly split in half! A rebellious conspiracy was thus eliminated by Li Tao.

A round of red sun hangs high on the top of Yuji Mountain, the waves of Liushen Lake turn over the crab dance, and restore the former peace, no one pours dirt into the water anymore, it is estimated that soon the fat willow crab should return to the original deliciousness.

…… (To be continued......)