After the hunt, the group set up camp in Guangchengze. In the evening, Ruzhou City sent all kinds of condiments, and everyone was ready to roast game and wine in the curtain. Piles of bonfires had been lit in the camp, and the fire was bright, and the evening breeze was blowing, and the laughter around was even louder.

Liu An, who was sitting by the fire, had been pondering about the "bird shooting" during the day, but he only felt that Xue Chongxun's truth was very mysterious. He intuitively felt that Xue Chongxun was not easy to fool, so he took advantage of the toast and said tentatively: "Xue Lang will definitely have a plan to control the river when he comes to the Eastern Capital this time, can you tell us a thing or two?" Let's wait for the overall situation. ”

Everyone also chimed in: "Yes, please Wei Guogong preside over the overall situation, and we are willing to follow left and right to assist Wei Guogong in rectifying the river trough." ”

Xue Chongxun smiled and picked up the wine glass in front of him, looking like he had something to say. Seeing this, everyone held their breath and listened.

The surroundings were quiet, and they all had to listen to Xue Chongxun's words, but unexpectedly, he glared and said, "What about the bird I shot at noon?" Is it cooked? ”

Liu An and the officials immediately looked at each other, and after a while, Liu An shouted: "What about the bird of Wei Guogong?" As soon as these words came out, the people next to them tried their best to hold back their laughter, and some of their faces turned red.

Seeing this, Xue Chongxun said: "If you want to laugh, laugh, I don't care about small things, you are free, haha...... Fang Cai Liu Envoy Jun asked how to govern the river? I just arrived in Luoyang, Liu Yuanjun arranged either a banquet or a hunting, I haven't been so happy to play for a long time, and I haven't thanked my colleagues, why did you suddenly ask about this kind of thing? What a disappointment. ”

Is he complaining that everyone is not his own person? Liu An was speechless, so he had to take the wine and toast to cover up the embarrassment.

At this moment, the servant came up with a porcelain bowl, and when the lid was lifted, the smell of a delicious broth came to his nose. Xue Chongxun looked down and saw that there was indeed a bird in the middle, but the fragrance of this soup was the smell of many condiments inside. He casually said, "This is not the bird I shot and killed." ”

Liu An immediately said: "Call the cook!" ”

The servant hurriedly called the cook over, and Liu An asked very seriously, "What about the bird that Wei Guogong shot with his own hands?" ”

The cook said tremblingly: "Back to Liu Yuanjun, in the bowl? ”

"Fart!" The elegant Liu An scolded people with a lot of momentum, pointing at the chef's nose and scolding, "Wei Guogong said that the bird in the bowl is not that one, just by virtue of you, you are also qualified to fool Wei Guogong?" ”

Everyone present felt that Liu An was a pun, and it was not the chef who scolded him, but himself, and suddenly everyone's faces were a little ugly.

At this time, Xue Chongxun said with a smile: "You don't have to mind, what Liu Yuanjun said is that the cook fooled me, not that you fooled me, don't hear it wrong, don't be nervous, ah." ”

The cook finally didn't have the strength to hold on, hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said: "Ming Gong spares his life, the little one accidentally dropped the bird into the fire and roasted it, so I had to find another one that was about the same, where did I think that Wei Guogong could see it at a glance......"

Everyone was stunned, Xue Chongxun's eyes were so poisonous? It's not the same bird yet!

In fact, Xue Chongxun was also a little surprised, he originally wanted to say that the original taste of the condiment bird had changed after getting too many condiments, but he didn't think of deceiving the truth of this cook.

Liu An pretended to be annoyed and said: "Be bold, what Wei Guogong wants is the bird he shot with his own hands, what did you give, ah?" Bring me what Wei Guogong wants! ”

The cook said innocently: "Ming Gong, the bird is already paste." ”

"If it's muddled, you want it!"

The cook could only turn around and fetch something, and after a while, he came up with a delicate plate, but inside it was a black gooey thing, like charcoal. He cautiously brought the plate to Xue Chongxun and said, "Defend the country and forgive the sin, the small one is careless ...... for a while."

Xue Chongxun pondered for a moment, and then had an idea, he smiled first, and said: "It's okay, it's okay, you just made a small mistake, what do my big husband and you care about this?" ”

The cook hurriedly knelt down and said, "Lord Wei Guogong has a lot. ”

Xue Chongxun made a gesture of support very kindly: "What I want is this bird, not a good-looking fake thing." As long as you honestly hand over the original bird, it doesn't matter if you're confused, how can I punish you casually? Isn't that great? ”

Everyone bowed their heads and pondered, as if they were thinking about some mystery.

Cook said: "Thank you for the grace of forgiveness." ”

Xue Chongxun picked up the chopsticks and pointed to the black thing on the plate: "You have to eat it even if it's paste, who told you to cook for me?" ”

"Wei Guogong, this thing can't be eaten, we have prepared a lot of delicacies......

But Xue Chongxun didn't care about him, picked up the paste bird with chopsticks, stared at it and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, put it to his mouth and bit it gently, and then chewed it slowly with a taste.

Seeing the way he closed his eyes and tasted the evaluation, Liu An couldn't help asking, "Xue Lang, what does it taste like to be a pasty bird?" ”

"Bitter ...... Coarse, hey, you said that our people in Datang, is this what they taste in their mouths? Xue Chongxun said with a smile.

Everyone was silent. After a while, Liu Ancai said seriously: "Wei Guogong's words, we must remember them!" The ancients said that governing the country is like cooking, and when we are officials, we are like cooking. Make a good soup from the birds, and the people will eat it; And he made a bird in the form of this black bird, and the people had to eat it. Got it? ”

"Lower officials and others are taught." The crowd chimed in.

Xue Chongxun smiled: "I mean birds, what is Liu Rangjun talking about?" ”

"Yes, Xue Lang said birds, and I also said birds." Liu An's face turned pale for a while and he said.

Xue Chongxun's chopsticks held the paste bird, looked at it for a while, and really didn't want to take a second bite, so he picked it up and threw it back, threw it away, and then picked up the spoon and drank the bowl of broth that was sent first, while saying: "Mencius said that it is better to be happy alone than to be happy with all." You can't just eat alone, come here, serve the food, and eat together. ”

The servants came in droves, bringing all kinds of delicacies to the table, and the atmosphere was more relaxed.

Xue Chongxun couldn't stop praising while eating and drinking: "It's delicious, today's game is much better than what I ate at the official prostitute yesterday, game is game, it has vitality, good!" ”

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The speaker has no heart, but the listener has a heart. As soon as he said this, Ruzhou Thorn Shi Lu Zhu thought at that time: official prostitutes are human beings, and wild meat is food, how can these two things be compared? But if you defend the country, you have to compare people with things, what is the law...... Hey, don't you think there is no 'game' similar to the official prostitute tonight?

Since people have come to the land of your Ruzhou Thorn History, you can't be entertained badly. Isn't it just 'game'? Is it okay for women from good families? Illegal? In Ruzhou, Lao Tzu's thorn history is the law! Besides, it was the son of Princess Taiping who was entertained, and he was afraid of a bird.

While they were still eating meat and drinking, and there was still some time to rest, Lu Zhu asked Liu An for leave and came out of the camp, and hurried back to Ruzhou City with his own people.

Changshi opened the city gate to greet Lu Zhu and asked, "Why is the envoy back now?" ”

Lu Zhu said: "Wei Guogong thinks that yesterday's official prostitute has no 'vitality' and wants to eat 'game', so I have to quickly find a way to get it." When people come to our Ruzhou land, we must make him happy! ”

Changshi understood, but immediately frowned: "What kind of game do you want?" If there is an emergency, the old man has more than a dozen at home, and it should be enough to get it. ”

"How can you take your woman? Besides, the prostitutes have long been raised, where is there any 'vitality' aura? The prince of the People's Republic of China is a nobleman, and he still looks down on this kind of goods that we raise? You have to have a good family, you always think about it, the good family has never seen that battle, the clothes were ripped off and the tears were loud, Chu Chu was pitiful, what vitality and aura were there all at once! Lu Zhu laughed.

Changshi thought for a while: "It's so late, where are we going to get a good family?" If it's okay for three or five days, you can buy a few by means, and now ...... Did he lead troops to rush into the people's houses and rob them? This can't be helped, and when the time comes, the imperial history will be folded, and our officials will be in charge. ”

Thorn Shi Lu said: "What's wrong with robbing? Yu Shi Shen asked him to participate, I don't believe that the people in the court are just waiting for others to rectify our people. ”

"Don't worry, I've thought of a plan." Changshi twisted his beard for a moment, and immediately said, "Although it is as the envoy said, it is not a big deal to rob a few people, but it is always too rude and not good for the prestige of the envoy, and it is better to pretend to be someone else's hand." Liu Ba, the second lang of the Liu family in the east of the city, what kind of thing did he do to molest widows, rob people's daughters and the like, what did he not do? Just let him do it, he is not only familiar with the road, he knows which handsome little lady there is, but also can carry the notoriety. When the time comes, the envoy will arrest him and punish him slightly, and then compensate for the loss of the victim's family, so that the matter will be calmed down, the above things will be done, and his reputation will be gained, won't everyone be happy? ”

"Brilliant plan!" Lu Zhu was immediately overjoyed, and said with Changshi's hand, "You are really my Zhuge Liang, there is no way you can't think of it!" ”

Changshi said humbly: "Since I am the governor of Ruzhou, it is my duty to give advice to the king. ”

Lu Zhu nodded, straightened it again, and said with great satisfaction: "The Liu family is well-off, and they should have been used as a rich family to transport grain, and they should be recruited to be responsible for transporting taxes to the imperial court, but I have taken care of them many times to avoid symptoms, which does not owe me a lot of favors, although they usually have filial piety, but if they are asked to do some small things, there should be no problem." ”

It was agreed that Lu Tingshi would return to the yamen and immediately call someone to find Liu Ba in the yamen. After a while, I heard a broken voice outside the hall door shouting, "New here? Your second brother and I are a friend of Lu Yuanjun, and the second brother is the same as going in and out of this public gate and following out of his own house, and he still has to search his body? Do you know the rules? ”

Because Lu Zhu was worried about something, he immediately shouted: "Don't search!" Let him in. ”

I saw that the man who came was eight feet tall and strong, and his face was full of horizontal flesh, so that his face was fierce and vicious...... This look, as if it were written, on the left: villain; Right: ruffian.

However, when he saw the official, he immediately smiled all over his face, and the flesh on his face was smiling and twitching, and he pretended to clench his fists and said: "Oh, two Ming Gong, long time no see!" Second brother...... No, I thought you forgot about me. ”

Liu Ba observed his words and expressions while speaking, but seeing that there was no smile on the faces of the two officials, he immediately suppressed his smile and said carefully: "The little nun in the retreat nunnery has come to complain?" Don't listen to her nonsense, I didn't even touch a finger, I just talked. ”

Lu Zhu was stunned and said, "Nun, you move?" Don't be afraid of bad luck! ”

"Didn't move, didn't move...... Liu Ba blushed and muttered again, "Other than that, I don't seem to have done anything bad lately, I just bought that pair of birds is quite interesting, don't I stay at home?" ”

Lu Zhu said in an official tone: "For the sake of your old Liu family, I will take care of you!" Hmph, you have to give me some restraint, if you can't listen to people, I will turn out your previous case records, and killing your head is not enough to atone for your sins! ”

Liu Ba hurriedly said: "Ouch, you can't be like this, when did I not listen to the envoy?" ”