At night, there were far fewer pedestrians on the streets. Liu Yu took Lu Chuer and Sui Yi not to walk the bustling streets of the night market, but picked all the small roads, added a few more spurs to the horses, and soon returned to the palace in front of the general's mansion.

The ancients called the fire to take away the water, and there would be some water dragon teams in big cities like Chang'an who were responsible for extinguishing the fire. When Liu Yu returned home, the flames in the kitchen had just been extinguished, and there was a pungent smell of coke, but fortunately, the fire was discovered early, Xu Xuanzhu and Sui Yu escaped from the fire as soon as possible, and no one was injured. However, the good end of the house burned black paint, and the wooden beams were not burned, and they had to be rebuilt unless the ruins of the original site were demolished.

Xu Xuanzhu walked over apologetically, like a little woman who had done something wrong, and looked at Liu Yu silently. Liu Yu sighed and said: "Madam, if you want to learn cooking, you can choose to cook during the day, and it is easy to go wrong at night." Besides, if you have a husband, you can wait for me to teach you in my spare time, why bother Miss Sui. ”

Xu Xuanzhu was surprised: "Husband also cooks food? ”

"I had an empty stomach, and I wanted to come back and make something to eat. But don't worry, while everyone is here, I'm going to introduce you to a new cooking method to try. ”

Liu Yu found a stove pot, lit firewood in the yard, the fire was not big, boiled water in the pot, found meat and vegetables, and threw them into the pot little by little. Xu Xuanzhu and the female soldiers thought that Liu Yu was going to cook chowder soup, but they didn't expect Liu Yu to just take out the pot after shabu, and the meat and dishes were still a little half-cooked. It's like drinking blood.

"Let's have a taste." Liu Yu picked up the chopsticks, dipped the meat and vegetables in the salt, wiped them and stuffed them into his mouth.

Liu Yu's homemade hot pot soup base is just water, and the fish is extremely precious in this year, and there are not many good ingredients that can be found. Everyone's eyes were obviously hesitant, but the birth of food needs people who "dare to eat crabs", Sui Yu moved her chopsticks for the second time, and put the slices of meat in her mouth, with a little happy smile on her face.

Everyone did it themselves, no one thought that this simple shabu-shabu would be so delicious, Liu Yu explained again, saying that a small charcoal stove should be found to cook, so that it can be placed on the table without taking up too much space to become an auxiliary delicacy. The soup base can be made with different condiments, so that the food that comes out can be integrated into the flavor of the soup base.

Sui Yu listened very seriously, Liu Yu knew that with her cleverness, she had already started the idea of hot pot, and with the current development attitude of Yuelaiju, she believed that hot pot would be promoted and prospered in Chang'an City in the near future.

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On the second day, Liu Yu and He Mao went to the song and dance workshop in the south of the city, and the emperor approved a special decree to allow the secret establishment of a detention point in the song and dance workshop to interrogate the perpetrators of the rape.

It is said to be a detention point, but it is a big house with a cellar, and as soon as the door is closed outside, and some soundproofing facilities are arranged in the cellar, everything is unaware. Liu Yu went to the singing and dancing workshop to see how Sima Xuan'er's injuries were, but Aunt Xuan said that Sima Xuan'er had moved home to recuperate from her injuries and had not appeared in the singing and dancing workshop for many days.

Liu Yu couldn't help but sigh a little, the Sima family and the Li family were both prominent families in the court, but the slightest mistake led to the destruction of the family. The prince's case and Li Zhongchun's fornication with the Turks were most likely framed by others. As a minister for a day, you must always be careful, and if you are not careful, you will never recover.

The Guards will be disguised as a wrestler performing a military dance, and a member of the smashing team, who will practice dancing in the big house, while the striking-off team members will practice smashing away in the inner courtyard. There is a wall between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, and He Mao will arrange people to guard it. He Mao also specially approached Yu Mo, the old eunuch of the Shaofu in the singing and dancing workshop, and made it clear that it was not allowed to mention other people to the outside world, let alone enter the inner courtyard at will, otherwise it would be dealt with by military law.

And the first criminal to be arrested is Xu Rong, and everything is going on in an orderly manner. Zangyunfang has already released the wind, saying that Li Shaer and a few popular ladies will run for Oiran on the second night, which is a big deal in Fengyue Field, and those who can enter Zangyunfang are high-ranking officials and nobles, and they spend a lot of money to win the beauty body, and they don't have to be responsible for patting their butts and leaving after three days, and the merry official sons and daughters like this tone the most.

"Little Brother Liu, are you sure that Xu Rong will go to Zangyun Fang tomorrow night?" In the chess building, Han Sheng said with some doubts, "Even if he really goes, how dare you guarantee that he will definitely bid for the Oiran?" ”

Liu Yu said: "Brother Han, you also said that Xu Rong accepted a large amount of bribes from those Jinshi, and with the current status of the Xu family, as well as the past festivals between the Xu family and the Li family, Xu Rong will definitely win the beauty at all costs, and what Xu Rong wants to ridicule is not Li Shaer's body, but her identity." This temptation will not be missed. Now it's better to carefully plan the terrain of Zangyun Fang, and then think about how to smuggle Xu Rong out of the stun. ”

Han Sheng took out a copy of the floor plan of Zangyun Fang and annotated it in detail, Li Sha'er's boudoir was a room in the corner on the third floor, and she also had a little maid living with her. On the night of the election of the Oiran, she must have brought her benefactor into the room alone, and then the Imperial Forest Army had already prepared manpower and incense, stunned Xu Rong in the room, and then hung it down from the window and transported it away in a carriage. The only thing that is more difficult is to deal with Li Sha'er afterwards, Li Sha'er could have been transported away with him, but this is easy to arouse suspicion. Liu Yu meant that he would find a soldier who was very similar to Xu Rong, and quarrel with the benefactors of other soldiers with foreign accents, and then the two sides would fight, and the fake Xu Rong could also be transported away to confuse the opponent and not distinguish the real from the fake.

The plan was set, Liu Yu sent Han Sheng away, and Han Sheng still had many things to arrange in advance. Liu Yuxin said that this was a matter of kidnapping people, and he wanted to tell Xu Xuanzhu whether to tell him, but when he thought about it, this matter was too confidential and complicated, so it was better not to worry Xu Xuanzhu.

Liu Yu was a little bored, and suddenly saw a person walking into the chess building, and as soon as he entered the chess building, he asked the chess building guys about the son of the Liu family. It was Wang Hu.

Wang Hu recuperated for a few days, and the injury on his buttocks was almost the same, and his expression was also sincere at this time, and he saluted Liu Yu when he entered the chess room, and said: "Hello sir." ”

Liu Yu didn't expect Wang Hu to come to the door, seeing that he didn't look like a talented person, he suspected that this Wang Hu's jinshi was obtained by cheating in the field, Wang Hu smiled faintly and said: "Sir, the student respects his father's order and comes to be taught with an open mind." ”

"Do you know how to compose poetry?" Liu Yu asked suddenly.

"Poetry? Some, not good. ”

Liu Yuxu asked: "Then how is your calligraphy?" ”

"General. It's okay to write. ”

Liu Yuxin said that this is "bad" and "improvised", it seems that this gentleman is still a little self-aware.

"I won't tell you, I don't know how to compose poetry, I can't write words well, I am not proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and I don't know much about the art of war.

Wang Hu didn't expect Liu Yu to be so resolute, according to his previous temperament, he would have thrown his sleeves and left, but on the one hand, his father pressured him and refused to recognize him as a son if he didn't apprentice, and on the other hand, the fourth princess personally asked, so that he had to follow Liu Yu's side.

"It's better to ...... Sir teach me how to play? ”

Liu Yu sneered: "Wang Dashao, you better go home first and think clearly, what I can teach you, what you want to learn, think clearly before you come." Play? Hmph, is there anyone in the world who can play better than you? ”