It will not take long from Yiningfang Dali Temple to Li Yuanba's Wuwang Mansion, but the emperor's travel, although it is a micro-service, but the security work must also be foolproof, so in this short period of time, the vigilance on this small road has also been significantly enhanced.

Although it is not so blatantly allowed the Praetorian Guards in black armor to stand guard and drive people on the street, to the point of three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, but judging from the nervous Cheng Dù on the street who dressed as passers-by, they were strictly guarded.

The brothers Li Yuanba and Li Shimin rode on horseback, and the short distance took only a quarter of an hour.

In the palace, a guard had already come back in advance to report that it was noon, and the cooks were preparing lunch in full swing, and the place of the meal was chosen in the room with an earthen kang in the west courtyard behind.

led Li Shimin to walk in this palace, and Li Shimin watched while walking.

"Brother Huang, speaking of which, after the renovation of my courtyard, you have never been here, have you?" Li Yuanba's hair flew wildly, but he said a little uninhibitedly.

Li Shimin looked around and nodded: "Since my Li family's royal family entered Chang'an, I have only been here once, and I have been idle since then. If you hadn't woken up, maybe the mansion would have been sitting idle! ”

"Hehe, it looks like I've picked up a big bargain!" Li Yuanba smiled, and just entered the West Cross Courtyard behind him and shouted: "Xia'er, Jingjing, all come out......"

The bodies of the two little girls have almost recovered, the emperor is coming, and those ordinary guards and miscellaneous servants are also counted, as Li Yuanba's number one maid, the two little girls have to come out to meet them.

"Squeak!"

The thick curtain was lifted from the inside out, and the two little girls came out. The first thing I saw was not Li Shimin, but Li Yuanba, who was still wearing a blood-colored robe.

"Ahh

Two extremely frightened voices pierced the palace compound, startling the Li Shimin brothers.

"Qiang Qiang ......"

The black-armored guards who guarded the safety of the palace and the soldiers of the palace. Qi Qi appeared in this western courtyard.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wang......" Prince He glanced at Li Yuanba and Li Shimin with some hesitation. Some of them don't know what to do.

"It's okay, let's all stand down!" Li Yuanba waved his hand and said.

"No!"

The guards and the royal soldiers left the West Cross Courtyard in a daze, but they did not go far, but always paid attention to the movements in the courtyard.

After the prince and they all left the courtyard, Zhao Jingjing and Xia'er reflected and hurriedly trotted in front of Li Yuanba, completely ignoring Li Shimin who was standing beside Li Yuanba. After looking his prince up and down for a long time, he said at the same time:

"Lord Wang, what's wrong with you?"

"Lord Wang, where are you hurt?"

The two little girls were full of urgency, and they wanted to cry, and their eyes instantly became red, so they were as aggrieved as they were.

"Hi, it's okay! I'm covered in other people's blood, you two go and boil me a bucket of hot water, just wash it!" ”

Li Yuanba was suddenly a little speechless. These two girls are really a little too worried, just by virtue of their master's skills and their status. Who dares to move the master?

"Lord Wang, I think it's better to let Butler Bai go outside the city to find Doctor Sun! Doctor Sun Shen has excellent medical skills, let him take a good look at you......"

Zhao Jingjing was relieved, and she was about to run out of the hospital.

Li Yuanba's eyes were quick, and he grabbed her and said, "Alas, I said! It's really okay, I said that this body is someone else's blood, and besides......"

"Ahem......"

Speaking of this. Li Shimin over there coughed lightly twice and said, "Yuanba......"

"Huh? His Majesty...... 陛xià...... Slave Xia'er meets His Majesty! ”

Until this moment. Xia'er only found out that the person standing beside Li Yuanba turned out to be today's saint. Hurriedly saluted.

Zhao Jingjing was also stunned, she didn't expect that the person who appeared on Li Yuanba's side turned out to be the current saint Li Shimin.

"What do you think? Don't bow yet? Li Yuanba squeezed Zhao Jingjing's little hand and said.

Zhao Jingjing suddenly saluted Li Shimin Yingying and said, "Zhao Jingjing, the daughter of the people, has seen Your Majesty!" ”

Li Shimin bowed his head slightly and said, "Excuse me!" ”

"Brother Huang, let you laugh, these two girls make me spoil in this palace on weekdays!" Li Yuanba instructed the two little girls to boil hot water, and said to Li Shimin with a smile.

"Yuanba, I see that these two little girls care about you very much!" Li Shimin winked at Li Yuanba, and the ambiguity in his eyes could be seen by a fool.

“……”

Li Yuanba suddenly had a black line in his head, Zhao Jingjing didn't say anything, why is it eighteen or nine years old, this is in the current social form, that is a typical older leftover girl.

But Xia'er is different, she is only thirteen years old, and her physical development in all aspects is not complete, if Li Yuanba really makes that step, she is simply a bird. Beast!

"Brother Huang, let's go into the house first! It's slimy, I've got to go take a shower first! Li Yuanba can't stand Li Shimin's ambiguous eyes, what kind of person, do you want to be such a bird. Beast?

This left today's saint and ran out by himself, it is estimated that he is the only one in the entire Tang Dynasty Li Yuanba who dares to do this!

……

took a hot bath and changed into refreshing clothes, and when Li Yuanba returned to the house, he saw Li Shimin sitting cross-legged on the earthen kang, looking curiously at the objects in front of him.

I saw that the original small square table on the earthen kang has been replaced by a low long table, in the center of the long table there is a small pot with a strange style, this small pot is about the size of a small basin, it is made of brass, there is a base frame below, and a round pot is above, but in the middle of the pot, there is a tall chimney, suddenly emitting white smoke.

In addition, there are a few wild vegetables around the small pot, mushrooms the size of a baby's fist, white tofu, transparent fish, and a plate of very thin mutton, these mutton were cut out yesterday.

Yes, you read that right, this is the hot pot that Li Yuanba specially ordered the blacksmith to create, and with the current blacksmith technology, it is very easy to create this thing, and there is no technical content.

Coming to Datang, how could Li Yuanba, a peerless gourmet, forget the traditional Chinese delicacy of hot pot?

"Yuanba, what is this?" Seeing that Li Yuanba finally came, Li Shimin couldn't help but ask with some surprise.

Li Yuanba smiled and said, "Brother Huang, you must not have eaten this thing!" I call it hot pot, also known as 'antique soup'! ”

"Oh? The meaning of hot pot is quite apt! But where does this 'antique soup' come from? Li Shimin asked.

Li Yuanba didn't speak, but put the small ingredients with refined salt, sesame oil and sesame paste in front of Li Shimin, and then put a thin layer of fish, mutton, and a few wild vegetables into the freshly boiled water......

A few wild vegetables and mutton were thrown into the boiling water, making a 'coo' sound.

Li Yuanba smiled slightly and said, "Brother Huang, this is the origin of the 'antique soup'!" ”

"Huh?" Li Shimin paused for a moment, and then seemed to think of something, and couldn't help but purse his lips and chuckle: "I see!" When these things are put into boiling water, they make a 'coo' sound, and 'coo-dong' is a homonym for 'antique'! You stinky boy, you can come up with a name! ”

Li Yuanba laughed, he stretched out his chopsticks, picked up a few slices of cooked mutton, put them into the sauce in front of Li Shimin, and said, "Come, Brother Huang, try it!" ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he picked up the mutton dipped in sauce and stuffed it into his mouth and took a bite, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he found that all the delicacies in the palace could not be compared to the unprocessed mutton in front of him.

The sweetness of sesame paste, the saltiness of refined salt and the hemp of sesame oil stimulated the taste buds in his mouth to open and close!

He quickly chewed twice, and immediately put his chopsticks into the pot again, and the gobbling up looked as if he hadn't eaten for several days.

After sandwiching the three chopsticks, Li Shimin finally let out a breath of heat with satisfaction, and said: "Little brother, prepare a copy of this thing for me, and I will bring it back to the palace when I go back, so that your second sister-in-law and nephews can also try it!" ”

“……”

Li Yuanba was a little speechless at once, this is really what kind of Lao Tzu has what kind of son, think about Li Chengqian came to him some time ago, and he didn't take away the two servants in Li Yuanba's mansion who knew how to make zuò soil kang in vain.

"Brother Huang, you haven't sued me yet, what did the two eunuchs you saw before do?"

Li Yuanba shook his head and asked casually while putting food in the pot.

Li Shimin's hands kept moving, but his mouth said: "Little brother, do you know who is the most well-informed in the entire imperial city?" ”

Li Yuanba frowned and said, "Praetorian guards? ”

Li Shimin shook his head.

"Palace maid?"

"Wrong!" Li Shimin swallowed the hot tofu in his mouth and said, "It's a eunuch!" ”

"Eunuch?" Li Yuanba was a little puzzled, he looked at Li Shimin with a puzzled face, and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Li Shimin put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand and said: "In this imperial city, no matter which palace or hall, there is no shortage of people to serve, and there are some things that the palace maid can't do, and the imperial city is a forbidden place, except for the guards on duty, all men are not allowed to enter." At this time, there is a need for eunuchs who have broken their roots! ”

"Also, speaking of which, in this palace, except for the guards, there are the largest number of eunuchs!" Li Yuanba nodded thoughtfully and said, "But second brother, even if this eunuch is well-informed, what about it?" Could it be that they still dare to spread the word about what happened in the imperial city? ”

"Why don't you dare?" Li Shimin sneered and said: "The eunuchs were normal people before entering the palace, and their connections with the outside world can be described as inextricably linked, only a lot more than the guards!" (To be continued) R640