"That is where the kitchen of the mansion is located, and Yu will only send the general here......"

At a fork in the corridor, Jin Ling'er raised her hand and pointed in the direction of the kitchen, turned around and whispered to Le Xu, one of the [Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang] behind her.

Le Xu hugged his fists when he heard this, and said, "There is Mrs. Lao to lead the way!" ”

"Don't dare to ......" Jin Ling'er smiled slightly, watched Le Xu turn around and walk in the direction of the kitchen, then looked left and right, saw that there was no one around, and hurriedly turned to the garden gate on the side of the corridor.

"It's really a call, that little thief ......" sighed softly as if sweet and complaining, Jin Ling'er took off the delicate hairpin on her head, bit it in her mouth, reached out to break her hair bun that showed the charm of a mature woman, coiled the hair strand on her head, and then fixed it with a hairpin that was bitten in her mouth.

Immediately afterwards, I saw her reach out and pull her belt, and the brocade robe with gold embroidered brocade on the red bottom slipped off in response, revealing a set of black night clothes worn inside.

Casually tucked the hood ball under a low tree in the garden, Jin Ling'er glanced at the corridor, saw that there was no one in the corridor, tiptoed, turned over and jumped to the eaves of the corridor, and followed the corridor towards the kitchen.

The whole process was so fast that when Jin Ling'er came to the roof where the kitchen was, Le Xu, one of the five tigers, had just walked into the kitchen.

Walking into the kitchen, he caught a glimpse of the three busy cooks in the house, and Le Xu coughed.

At the same time, Jin Ling'er on the roof was half-lying on the tiles, quietly opening a few of them, watching Le Xu's every move.

To tell the truth, Jin Ling'er's hiding of her body is also first-class throughout the entire Great Zhou, and the reason why she was noticed by [Suzaku General] Geng Nan, one of the six god generals, was discovered a few days ago was because Jin Ling'er had just been broken by Xie An at that time, and she was not yet adaptable. And now, Na Le Xu obviously didn't notice that there was a person lying on the roof, monitoring all his movements.

The three cooks in the kitchen raised their heads when they heard the sound, looked at Le Xu suspiciously, and asked, "General...... I don't know what to command? ”

Because Fang Cai Le Xu and the others had already come once, these three chefs also recognized this person as one of the guests invited by Xie An, the head of the family today.

"How's the roasting place of the fat sheep just delivered? -- My Royal Highness ordered me to come and explore, and you don't know how to bake in northern Xinjiang, and you have wasted the food in vain! ”

"Oh." Hearing this, the three cooks suddenly realized, and one of them hurriedly walked over, saluted, and said. "Returning to the general, I can't hide it, the little one and the others really don't know how to bake these two sheep, and they just wanted to ask the master about this matter, His Royal Highness King Yan asked the general to come and guide the little ones and others, this couldn't be better......" As he spoke, he invited Le Xu to the corner of the kitchen.

Turned out in the corner of the kitchen. The stove necessary for the barbecue had been set up, and the two fat sheep had been killed and blooded, washed and soaked in two wooden plates filled with water.

Le Xu frowned when he saw it. said, "Nonsense! ――Roast sheep is the most taboo in water, and you still soak it in water? Why don't you get it up quickly? ”

The three cooks panicked when they heard this, and hurriedly scooped up the two fat sheep from the water in the wooden basin. This is to be placed on the barbecue iron rack on the stove.

"Wait!" Le Xu hurriedly raised his hand and shouted to stop, and said in astonishment. "What are you doing here?"

"Roast Lamb ......"

"You ......," Le continued, pointing to the two fat sheep and said, "just roast like this, can you cook it?" You two, lift the hind legs of the sheep and lift them! ”

The two cooks glanced at each other, did not dare to slack off, and did as Le Xu instructed, but saw Le Xu pull out the saber at his waist, raise his sword and fall, and cut the fat sheep from his chest to his belly, and the sword momentum was very sharp.

What a quick move, good momentum......

It's not easy!

Jin Ling'er, who was peeping on the roof, narrowed her eyes slightly, according to her rough estimate, this guy named Le Xu, most of his martial arts were similar to that Zhang Qi, in other words, this person was also a fierce general of the same level as Fei Guo.

This northern Xinjiang is full of talents......

Jin Ling'er frowned secretly.

It's no wonder, after all, Jin Ling'er was born in Jinling, Jiangnan, and she doesn't know what kind of chaotic place Northern Xinjiang is, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Northern Xinjiang is the most chaotic place on the border of the Great Zhou.

Before Li Mao sat in Yuyang to suppress the grassland tribes, the land of Youyan in northern Xinjiang was harassed by the grassland tribes for a long time, which also made the people of Youyan land fierce.

In northern Xinjiang, once many villages heard that there were Beirong foreign tribes fighting with the county soldiers nearby, even if they were cultivating the land, they would immediately throw away the farm tools in their hands, go to the house and dig out a simple knife, and follow the men in the village to help the county soldiers resist foreign enemies, after all, once the county soldiers were defeated by Beirong, the first to suffer were their villages that did not have the protection of the thick city walls.

Sometimes, when a small group of Beirong foreigners invaded the village, all the men, women, and children in the village would take up arms to resist.

Ordinary villagers are still so strong, let alone the army?

Because of the harsh environment in northern Xinjiang for a long time, it had to fight with foreign tribes of the grassland tribes from time to time, which made the personal quality and combat experience of the soldiers of the northern Xinjiang army far superior to that of any army in the Zhou Dynasty, even the Eastern Army.

In the eyes of the people of Northern Xinjiang, the name of the so-called [First Elite Iron Cavalry of the Great Zhou] of the Eastern Army comes from the prestige of its main general Liang Qiu Wu, and half comes from the armament of the Eastern Army with millions or even tens of millions of taels of silver. More often than not, the training is carried out without casualties, and how can the bloodiness be compared to the former?

And if Le Xu, Zhang Qi, You Dou and others, if they did not have the superb martial arts and outstanding ability to command the troops far beyond ordinary people, how could they be promoted to generals by Li Mao, called the [Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang]?

It can be said that the five generals under Li Mao will definitely not be much inferior to the [Six Divine Generals] made up by Chen Bei, the third-generation commander of the Taiping Army, especially Na Youdou, who is a rare fierce general, that is, a monster like Liang Qiu Wu from the Liang Qiu family, who can defeat it with one move, except for her. Even Jin Ling'er is not completely sure, of course, Jin Ling'er is not completely sure that it is only because she is not a general-type martial artist, and fighting alone is not her specialty.

But even so, it is enough to prove that the five tigers of Northern Xinjiang such as Le Xu are by no means parallel goods that can be seen everywhere on the streets, they are really fierce generals who have gone through nine deaths on the battlefield.

"Okay, okay, leave the rest to the general. What are you going to do with the three of you? After the three cooks had skewered the two fat sheep with iron rods the thickness of their little fingers as they had instructed, Le Xu waved his hand and sent the three of them away.

Because roasting sheep needs to be roasted over low heat, it is extremely time-consuming, therefore. Le Xu moved a stool over and sat on the stool to guard the fire, which made Jin Ling'er, who was peeping on the roof, feel a little bored.

Thinking about it, her dignified eldest sister of Jinling, the third lady of the Xie family's mansion, is not by her husband's side at the moment, and is here to monitor a Five Tigers who don't know if it is the Six Divine Generals of the Taiping Army. What is this called?

Later, I will definitely ask the thief to compensate for the remainder......

Jin Ling'er told herself secretly.

But how to compensate?

She was a little embarrassed, after all, Xie An was considerate and caring for her, not only did she fund the expenses of poor orphans for her, but also took out some silver taels from his poor private money from time to time. Prepare jewelry for the women, no, the hairpin in Jin Ling'er's hair at the moment was given to her by Xie An.

Look at the golden bell. Her husband Xie An has a good temper and a large weight, and treats his own women sincerely and considerately. Like such a good husband, where can I find it?

In all fairness, when Jin Ling'er was still in Jinling, she also secretly sighed at the bronze mirror about the two seeping scars on her face, how could you imagine that one day, she could find such a good husband?

Compensate......

recalled the scene of Changsun Xiangyu at the dinner table a few days ago, and Jin Ling'er's pretty face flew a little red.

In fact, on the issue of childbirth, Xie An has long said to the daughters, whether it is Liang Qiuwu, Yiyi or the eldest grandson Xiangyu, in his opinion, the age is too young to give birth prematurely, especially the eldest grandson Xiangyu, this woman is weak when she comes, and one bad is one corpse and two lives.

At that time, Jin Ling'er heard those words, and her heart was really a little happy, after all, she could meet all the conditions Xie An said, she was twenty-three years old this year, and her body was strong, the problem was ......

It's strange, thieves are no less these days...... It's not less with myself, how can I ......

Thrill!

Thinking of this, Jin Ling'er couldn't help but pouted a little childishly, after all, in her opinion, anyway, after she got married, she could be regarded as a disguised husband [grounded], and she couldn't go back to the days of swords and swords in the past, instead of doing nothing all day, it was better to give birth to a child for Xie An......

If you give birth to a son for the thief, the tigress will unfortunately give birth to a daughter......

Fantasizing about this, Jin Ling'er couldn't help but raise a little inexplicable smile on her face.

Suddenly, Jin Ling'er's eyes lit up, and the smile on her face was all put away, because she saw that Le Xu in the kitchen stood up, stood by the wine jar, stirred the wine in the jar with a wooden tool for scooping wine, and sometimes swept her eyes to the three cooks in the kitchen.

"Ahem," Le Xu coughed and said, "This wine is very fragrant, could it be the wine at the banquet?" ”

Hearing Le's question, a cook turned around, nodded and said, "Exactly!" -- These drinks were all sent by the restaurant [Huixianju] in the city, and the lord preferred this wine......" After speaking, he took care of himself and went away.

"......I see," Le Xu muttered, glancing at the three cooks in the kitchen, seeing that they were busy without noticing themselves, he quietly took out a small paper bag from his arms, and quietly poured the powder inside into the wine.

Is this really the guy?

Jin Ling'er's eyes were a little solemn.

"Oh, that's right," under Jin Ling'er's prying eyes, Le Xu pinched the paper in his hand into a paper ball, coughed and said, "When I came just now, the wine at the banquet was almost drunk, how many of you, who will send this wine to the banquet?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a woman walked into the house, it was Xie An's fourth wife, Yiyi, behind her, followed by several maids in the house, and four domestic servants.

"Three masters, have you prepared all the dishes?"

"Fourth lady," seeing that it was Yiyi who came to inquire in person, the three cooks had a straight face, and hurriedly saluted and said, "The usual dish is the last dish of vinegared fish, as for the two roast lamb ......" Speaking of this, they turned their heads to look at Le Xu.

Seeing this, Le Xu flipped over the roast sheep. Nodding his head, he said, "Look at the color, it's ......baked," he said, making a [please] gesture.

Yi Yi nodded, and instructed the maid behind him, "Quickly serve the dishes and wine to the banquet, so as not to spoil the taste if it is cold, by the way, send a few more jars of wine......

"Yes. Madame ...... "The maids bowed, put the dishes and roast lamb on a wooden plate, and then went out of the kitchen and headed for the banquet.

Four of the domestic servants carried two jars of wine to the side hall. One of the altars is the one that Le Xu secretly threw the medicine on.

"It's hard work general...... Yi Yi bowed to Le Xu, and said politely, "The rest of the things will be handed over to the concubine, the general is here for the banquet this time, please return to the banquet ......"

Le Xu nodded. Turning and walking out of the kitchen, Iyi was left waiting for the last dish in the kitchen.

At this moment, a dark shadow appeared in the kitchen.

"Sister Ling'er?" Yi Yi looked at Jin Ling'er in a night suit in surprise, with a puzzled expression. After all, she didn't know what Xie An and the others were planning.

"Shh Making a silent gesture to Yiyi, Jin Ling'er turned her head to look at the three cooks who turned their heads when she heard the words, frowned and said, "Take care of yourself!" ”

"Yes. The third lady ......, "I want these three chefs to know the identity of Jin Ling'er, the third lady in the house, how dare they disobey."

And at this time. Jin Ling'er had already walked to the place where the wine was placed, and although the jar had been removed, there was some white powder left on the table.

Under Yiyi's puzzled gaze, Jin Ling'er stretched out her slender index finger of her right hand, scratched it on the table, and then put it in her mouth and tasted it.

It has a bit of a medicinal taste of mandala leaves......

Sweat medicine?

"Phew!" Spit out a few faint medicinal juices in her mouth, Jin Ling'er frowned, turned her head to Yiyi and said, "Yiyi, don't go to the side hall later, my sister needs to borrow your identity, you know?" ”

Yi Yi Ke is much smarter than her young lady Liang Qiu Wu, hearing Jin Ling'er say this, she knows that she must have a reason, so she nodded when she heard this.

Seeing this, Jin Ling'er smiled slightly, turned around and ran out of the kitchen again, she didn't notice that in the dark corner in the distance, there was a pair of eyes that were faintly looking at the direction of the kitchen.

"I see......"

Muttered playfully, the owner of those eyes disappeared into the darkness.

Leaving the kitchen, Jin Ling'er did not rush back to the side hall to tell Xie An about Fang Cai, after all, she was the one who left the table under the pretext of not being able to drink too much, and now she went back to her own room, which would inevitably make people suspicious, so she returned to her room and used the disguise technique to disguise herself as Yi Yi, so she asked Yi Yi not to go to the side hall for the time being, otherwise, wouldn't it be even worse if there were two Yi Yi in one room at the same time?

"Fortunately, a few days ago, in order to tease the thief, I made Yiyi's mask......"

Outside the door of the side hall, Jin Ling'er, who had been dressed as Yiyi, chuckled and stroked the rubber mask on her face, learned Yiyi's words and deeds, stepped into the house, and then sat quietly beside Xie An.

I have to say that her stunt can't be seen by others, even people close to Xie An, Liang Qiuwu, and Changsun Xiangyu can't see any flaws, so it's not difficult to imagine why Jin Ling'er is called the elusive [Ghost Queen].

"Yiyi, why did you come? Are you done with the kitchen? Patting the seat that originally belonged to Jin Ling'er on his side, Xie An greeted with a chuckle.

"Hmm......" Jin Ling'er bowed, sitting next to Xie An obediently like a bird, no one would have imagined that this woman who looked delicate and gentle was actually dressed by the woman who was very charming as a mature woman.

beckoning [Yiyi] to sit down, Xie An glanced at the Five Tigers of Northern Xinjiang behind Li Mao, who had all returned to his seat, and said to her in a low voice, "Have you met your sister Ling'er?" ”

Jin Ling'er was amused when she heard this, and took the opportunity to pour wine for Xie An, and said in Xie An's ear, "Do you miss Yu like this, little thief?" ”

"......" Xie An was taken aback, and then realized that the Yi in front of him was pretending to be Jin Ling'er, and while admiring Jin Ling'er's superb disguise technique, he couldn't help but feel a little angry and funny in his heart, and he rolled his eyes when he heard the words, with a helpless look.

Learning from Yiyi's usual manners and pursing his lips and smiling, Jin Ling'er whispered in Xie An's ear and said, "Little thief, that Le Xu was drugged in wine, nothing went wrong, it should be sweat medicine......"

Xie An's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked in a low voice, "Which altar?" ”

After all, the two jars of wine brought by the people just now were both opened, how can you tell the difference?

Jin Ling'er glanced at the two jars of wine when she heard this, then shook her head and said in a low voice, "It's not good to say this, but it's not difficult to tell whether the wine is mixed with sweat medicine...... The liquor mixed with sweat medicine is slightly bitter, but if you look closely, you can detect it......"

That's right......

So how to remind Li Xian and Li Mao?

With Le Xu, the [Six Divine Suspects] who drugged in the wine, Xie An didn't want to prompt it too obviously, so as not to be seen by Le Xu.

Some people may think that since Jin Ling'er has seen Le Xu drugged in the wine, why not arrest him?

The reason lies in the evidence, after all, no matter how you say it, Li Mao can't believe that Le Xu is a meticulous work of the Taiping Army lurking beside him based on Jin Ling'er's words alone.

Wine, drunk round and round.

Suddenly, Zhang Qi showed a little doubt on his face, shook his head, and said suspiciously, "This wine ......" Speaking of this, he rolled his eyes and slammed down on the table in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of thumping in the room sounded continuously, and everyone in the room overturned, so that the entire side hall showed an eerie silence.

After a period of silence, Le Xu, one of the Five Tigers, slowly raised his head, quietly drew the sword beside him, and looked at Xie An with a strong anger and killing intent in his eyes......

Why haven't you seen any movement for so long?

Lying on his hands and pretending to be fascinated by the medicine, Xie An secretly opened a glimmer of glasses, this look didn't matter, and he was almost frightened.

For he saw a bright sword slashing down at his head......

Hey, didn't you say kill Li Mao?

Pit man, this is!

In addition to the six gods without a master, Xie An scolded Li Xian in his heart for being unreliable.