Verse 41: The magic tongue
Whether in ancient times or in later generations, China always likes to talk about things at the dinner table, there are two tables in the wind-chasing pavilion on the top of the mountain, which are full of various delicacies in Chang'an, all kinds of barbecue, and Yun family dishes customized from Cheng's restaurant, the black porcelain jar is also filled with the Yun family's high wine, and there is a strong man outside the pavilion roasting a sheep on the grill, making the mountain full of pungent spice smell, Yun Ye hates this taste very much, but Shan Ying enjoys it very much.
Since the Lingnan fleet returned to Chang'an, the price of spices has plummeted, and now small civilian households can weigh a little bit back to make meat, if anyone does not waft out of the smell of spices, people think that the livelihood of this family is difficult, there are more people who eat spices, the price seems to have gone up again, everyone is waiting for the Lingnan fleet to come again, hoarding a little when the price is reduced, so as not to eat fish and meat, but there is no spice to match, so that the neighbors look at their own strange eyes.
The food is spoiled by spices Yun Ye has always thought so, the food has all kinds of flavors, and the spices are added to make it a taste, it smells good, but it is uncomfortable to eat, and Xin Yue at home worked hard to pretend to be rich for two days, but as a result, several sisters-in-law howled and refused to eat, so that there was no way, and the Yun family restored the era of clear tea and light rice.
Seeing the young Taoist priest in front of the pavilion who put Buddha dust on his arm and saluted, Yun Ye had not yet spoken, and the yellow dog behind him barked at him twice, and the Taoist priest's eyes were covered with a layer of gloomy fog, and then disappeared, and said with a smile: "I have heard the name of Yunhou for a long time, but you and I have not talked carefully, causing today's misunderstanding, it is really a creation to make people, no matter what, the matter has come to this, I won't say much, there is still time today, please ask Yunhou to allow Poor Dao to taste these delicious foods that have never been enjoyed, so that I will not be without memories in the years to come. β
"As long as you can bring those kids back to life. Yun Ye will personally cook a hundred dishes for you. Let you taste the delicacies of the world, and apologize to you. β
A good-looking man doesn't have a good thing, at least what Yun Ye met was either a pervert or a pervert, Li Ke already had more than a dozen concubines at a young age, and Li Tai, who was a few months younger than him, now has a wife, needless to say, the dog worshipped a eunuch master. Now he has become yin and yang, and he actually knows that he wants to take a soapy bath, he used to rub it with sand in the river, and now the Taoist priest in front of him is full of a turbid prince if he removes the Taoist robe, which is very deceptive.
Cheng Xuanying did not make any further excuses. Instead, he invited Yun Ye to take a seat, and Shan Ying sat next to Yun Ye, sniffed and said to Yun Ye, "The food is fine." "The voice is loud. Cheng Xuanying also heard it and said with a wry smile: "Although Yunhou can rest assured, today's dishes are all concocted by the famous chefs of Chang'an, and they don't dare to do anything when they think about it." β
"I believe in the cook, but not in you, a man who can be ruthless enough to throw an ignorant young man into the sea. It's not surprising that poisoning is done. β
"Yunhou has set this charge on me just by hearsay, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."
"Cheng Xuanying. Don't make me look down on you, the government's spy reports prove that you did it. What's more, Ben Hou also has circumstantial evidence, you want to sacrifice the child of the winter fish to the Sea Dragon King. Dongyu refused, shouting that you are a demon, and as a result, his tongue was gone, and you were on the scene at the time, don't say that this matter is also fake. β
Cheng Xuanying closed her eyes in pain, nodded and said, "That's right, that man's name is Dongyu?" Didn't I spare his child? Why does he still hate me so much? β
"You left home when you were a child, I don't know what family affection is, if someone treats my child like this, even if it goes to heaven and earth, I will break him into thousands of pieces, Dongyu saw you in Chang'an, if it wasn't for him, I checked the spy report of the government again, and I really don't know that you Cheng Xuanying is so vicious."
Cheng Xuanying suddenly smiled, raised the wine bowl in front of him and said to Yun Ye: "The world is complicated, where is right and wrong to tell clearly, Yun Hou, and drink to win, when you are full of wine and food, it is the day to cut your tongue and feed the dog, you did not hesitate to destroy the Dou family in one day for a courtesan, and now for the sake of an innocent child, I want to become Xuanying's tongue, it has fallen lightly, how can I not be satisfied." β
Yun Ye picked up the wine bowl and saluted Cheng Xuanying from afar, after all, he is still a person who dares to act, and it is not an exaggeration to show respect.
The wine was very strong, a line of fire slid from the throat to the stomach, the chill brought by the breeze on the top of the mountain dissipated in an instant, the three people in the pavilion, did not speak, ate two mouthfuls of food, and saluted each other, if you don't know the reason, you will definitely think that it is three friends who have not seen each other for more than three days are drinking.
Halfway through the drink, Cheng Xuanying took his sword from behind him, took out a cherished finger across his knee and wiped the blade of the sword, and said to Yun Ye: "This sword is not just a decoration, I practiced sword with my teacher when I was a teenager, and I have a small success in fifteen years, when I traveled the world with a sword, this sword also drank the blood between the neck of the thief, and also cut off the head of a shameless villain, Yunhou, this sword has never insulted the teachings of the teacher, do you believe it or not?" β
Yun Ye threw down the lamb chops in his hand, nodded pertinently and said: "Believe, because I found that in addition to liking to throw children into the sea, you can indeed be a model in other aspects. β
Cheng Xuanying nodded and thanked Yun Ye, and said to Yun Ye: "My Daomen has never had the habit of sacrificing people alive, as long as I find that if I don't say that a righteous person like Yunhou will chase and kill, even the Daomen will not tolerate it, and it is common to clean up the portal." β
Yun Ye scratched his head, he was also very strange, how did a person who had a history of living sacrifices become the Grand Master of Xihua, at the beginning, Yun Ye's anger towards Yuan Tiangang came from this, thinking that they were harboring a vicious murderer, and now it seems that there is a hidden secret? No, no matter what he has secrets, the child died, the cause is him, even if he was insane at the time, the murderer is also him, not to mention, there will still be children thrown into the sea next year, and he will have inertia when bad habits are formed, and finally reach the state where it is uncomfortable not to throw children into the sea every year, and it will be difficult to stop it at that time. It's not too much to become a Xuanying's tongue now.
Seeing the chill in Yun Ye's eyes, Cheng Xuanying's last hope was shattered, he sighed, and took out a delicate knife from his arms, the cold light was shining, and it looked very sharp. I pinched a pinch of sugar from the sugar bowl on the table, put it in my mouth and enjoyed it for a while, and after eating the sugar, I said to Yun Ye: "When I was isolated from the five flavors, I made a small discovery, the tip of the tongue is the most sensitive to the taste of sweetness, so I compensated the first dead child with sweetness, no matter what, it is my sin." β
After saying that, he picked up the knife and carefully cut off the tip of his tongue, put it on the plate, and despite the bleeding in his mouth, he took a pen and wrote a paragraph on the paper: "I compensate the second dead child with salty taste." After letting Yun Ye finish reading, he picked up the knife again, carefully cut off the edge of his tongue, and put it on the second plate.
A large mouthful of blood spurted out, and a third sentence was written with the blood: "I compensate the third dead child with a sour taste." He put down the paper, cut off the back of his tongue again, and put it on a third plate.
Yun Ye looked at Cheng Xuanying's movements coldly without blinking his eyes, if he wanted to use this bit of blood to scare himself off, it was too naΓ―ve, Shan Ying next to him didn't care even more, and when he heard the new knowledge, he tirelessly dipped his chopsticks in various spices and put them on his tongue to test whether Cheng Xuanying's words were correct.
The crumbling Cheng Xuanying struggled to stretch out the only remaining bit of tongue, and slashed it down with a swing of the knife, Yun Ye saw it very clearly, and cut it thoroughly, much shorter than the tongue of the winter fish.
Cheng Xuanying was like a Japanese at this time, and he still had to maintain his demeanor after the caesarean section, trying his best not to let his hands shake in any way, and the font was not scattered in the slightest, and it read: "I compensate the fourth dead child with bitterness, Yunhou, are you satisfied?" β
Yun Ye nodded and took the half leg of mutton on the table and stuffed it to the earth dog who had been waiting for the food behind him, watched the earth dog gnaw on the leg of mutton with satisfaction, clapped his hands and said: "It's a man, your tongue won't feed the dog, use that leg of mutton instead, this matter is over, some things are inconvenient to say here, you let Yuan Tiangang come to my house to find me, I will tell him what the hell is going on, your tongue is worth it, if you don't come today, I will smile and wait for the turning point of the decline of the Daomen." β
Cheng Xuanying squirted out a mouthful of blood again, grabbed a handful of prepared grass ash and filled it into his mouth to stop the bleeding, although his painful face was distorted and deformed, he still wanted to show a smiling face, and he tried twice without success, so he had to give up and make a gesture to send off the guest, this bastard was not lacking in etiquette from all to the end.
When he got out of the pavilion, he heard the sound of Cheng Xuanying banging his head against the pillar in pain, Yun Ye said to Shan Ying, who had tasted Coptis chinensis just now, and now his bitter face was twitching: "You can't learn from others, how polite you are, and there is no shortage of etiquette when your tongue drops." Don't climb over the walls of my house anymore, you like the big girl I know, didn't I stop it, you can't enter and exit through the door, good things have to be like cheating. β
Shan Ying couldn't speak, he drooled as soon as he opened his mouth, just tugged Yun Ye's sleeve and motioned him to look ahead, only to see eight old Taoists sitting in the open space under the pavilion, each with a sword on his back, looking at Yun Ye was not friendly at all, Yuan Tiangang, who was sitting on the side, spoke: "Yunhou, Cheng Xuanying has done what you requested, if you don't have a practical explanation, stay in Yushan today, we won't ask for much, you will pay Xuanying a tongue." β
"Old Yuan, are you sure you want my tongue, and you don't want to know what the Buddha Sect is doing? Sue you, the monk of Yulin came to my house five days ago, and he already knows my secret, and now he may be making amends, you are already four days late, are you sure you want a tongue, don't want to know the secret? β
Yuan Tiangang's hair was about to stand up, Yun Ye's indifferent demeanor, coupled with the yellow dog behind him licking his mouth, completely made him go berserk. (To be continued.) )
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