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At noon that day, Mr. Xu came back from outside, locked the door of the house, and hurried to Ashina's room where he was recuperating from his injuries.

When he entered the door, he saw that Ashina was the only one in the room, and he was leaning on the bed alone.

"Uncle, how is the situation outside?" Ashina asked indefinitely as he lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

Old man Xu hurriedly stepped forward to help Ashina Wuji, "If you go back to the emperor's husband, an hour ago, when the ban was just lifted in the city and Xiaomin just went out, there was no one on the street. Xiaomin went around the market and saw that a notice had been posted there, saying that the city gate would be opened tomorrow and that entry and exit would be allowed, but that it should be strictly checked and that no prisoners could be missed. Xiaomin guessed that the city was closed for days, the market could not be opened, and the residents could not operate normally, which attracted some public resentment, so the thieves had to open the ban. ”

Ashina's eyes lit up, nodded, thought about it and said, "Is there any other news?" ”

Old man Xu sighed before saying, "Xiaomin also heard that the original 1,000 soldiers defending the city in the city were all beheaded as long as they were caught. There are also Liu Junwei and Song Taishou's family, none of whom can be spared. Their heads...... I heard that they were all hung outside the city gates......

"Abominable thief!" Ashina clenched his teeth and clenched his fists when he heard it.

Ashina sat up straight indefinitely, "Which city gate is it hung on?" Among them, is there a guard around His Majesty, called...... Scarlet Feather's head? ”

He thought to himself, if there was also the head of the blood-deficient muddy boy, he must not let the little girl see it with her own eyes.

Old man Xu shook his head and said, "Back to the emperor, the people don't know." All this news is just hearsay. The small people have not seen it in person, and it may not be true. ”

At this time, Zuo Ying came in from outside the door, and the fragrance of dishes wafted into the house with her.

Mrs. Xu and Ashina looked at her together. I saw that she was holding two large steaming porcelain bowls in her hands. The utensils used by the people are not as delicate and small as those in the palace, and these two large colored porcelain bowls are really very difficult, and Zuo Ying's small hands are quite difficult to hold.

Mr. Xu hurriedly stepped forward to help take over the two porcelain bowls. Hurriedly said: "Oh, Your Majesty, how can you let Your Majesty do this kind of rough work?" The little people are confused! The little people are confused! Xiaomin is really damned! Damn it! ”

Zuo Ying said with a smile: "I should cook a meal for my life-saving benefactor and husband, and my father-in-law doesn't have to be polite." ”

With deep self-reproach and anxiety, Mr. Xu put the two large porcelain bowls on the desk in front of Ashina's lifeless bed.

Ashina had already stretched his neck by the smell of vegetables, and only now could he see that the two bowls were red stewed beef and a bowl of black and purple unknown melon vegetables. In short, it smelled very good, and it made people feel good, and he couldn't help but reach out and grab a piece and put it in his mouth.

He chewed it twice, only to feel that the red stewed beef was moderately soft and hard, rich and juicy. The aroma was attractive, he had never eaten such delicious beef. Before he finished eating a piece, he couldn't wait to put a piece of that black and purple melon vegetable into his mouth, and the special delicacy that he had never tasted before also made his teeth and cheeks fragrant, and he almost swallowed his tongue.

Zuo Ying couldn't help but smile when she watched Ashina eat a piece of pork and an eggplant indefinitely, and she was happy and satisfied like a child who had arrived at Disney. I remembered that he was seriously injured that day, and he looked like he couldn't support him, and now he is as alive as before, as strong as a calf. I also felt a sense of relief in my heart.

She turned to Mrs. Xu and said, "Mr. Xu, I know that in this year of famine, food, vegetables and meat are very scarce, and I and the imperial husband have taken a lot in the past two days. ”

"Your Majesty! This is where the words are. It's really torturous for the people...... It's Your Majesty who has been wronged here by Xiaomin. Thanks to His Majesty's dislike, Xiaomin is really full of brilliance here......" Xu Laohan didn't know how to answer for a while, so he could only wave his hand again and again.

Zuo Ying said with a smile: "There is still prepared rice and soup in the kitchen, so I asked Mrs. Xu to help me get it." Don't hide in the kitchen and eat, eat with me and the royal husband, I just have something to say to you. ”

Mr. Xu hurriedly walked out of the room, for fear that it would be slow, so Zuo Ying went to get it in person.

Old man Xu left the room, and Zuo Ying came to Ashina's indefinite bed and sat side by side with him. She looked at him sideways, only to see him staring intently at the two bowls of food in front of him, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was hesitating about which bowl to steal next.

Zuo Ying twisted a piece of eggplant and put it in Ashina's indefinite mouth, solving his dilemma, "Eat more, they are all dishes that replenish blood and calcium." A little soup is also left for you to drink more. You've shed so much blood, you need to make up for it. ”

Ashina did not refuse to chew the dishes in his mouth. When Zuo Ying put the dish in his mouth just now, he seemed to suddenly feel a strange feeling, as if it was inexplicably crispy and numb, I can't say it clearly, anyway, it's very strange. And the eggplant in my mouth seems to be better than the one just now.

"Isn't it delicious?" Zuo Ying asked.

Ashina didn't want to praise her directly, "You actually know how to cook?" I thought that your emperor of the Great Zhou was used to govern the country. ”

"Lao Tzu said, 'Governing a big country is like cooking small fresh', cooking and governing the country are originally the same truth." Zuo Ying curled the corners of her lips and said. In fact, she doesn't need to verify at all, she is confident in her technology.

"Hey, you're an emperor, aren't you?" Ashina suddenly turned his head sideways and asked nonsensically.

"Uh-huh." Zuo Ying sucked the vegetable juice on her hand.

"You were raised in that death-big labyrinth since you were a child, and many people are waiting to grow up, aren't you?" Ashina looked at Zuo Ying with his hands on his knees and cheeks.

Zuo Ying also held her cheeks and looked at him noncommittally.

"That's weird," Ashina straightened up indefinitely and touched his chin, "How can you know how to take care of people and know how to cook?" When he suddenly realized that he was praising Zuo Ying, Shengsheng changed his words, "I thought that your emperor would only be taken care of and eaten!" ”

Zuo Ying looked at his contradictory look with a smile, and deliberately followed him: "Hmm...... Being taken care of a lot and eating a lot, I naturally understand a little bit. ”

"Hmph, perfunctory me." Ashina didn't get angry for a long time, "Could it be that your palace maid there also sews your wounds like sewing clothes every day?" ”

"That's what you're talking about." Zuo Ying also sat up straight, rolled her eyes, and then pretended to be mysterious: "The reason why I know that is because I ate something." ”

"What did you eat?" What is it that makes people have that special skill after eating? Ashina couldn't help but prick up his ears and listen intently.

Zuo Ying pretended to be serious and said: "I ate a dish called 'pork belly wrapped chicken'." This dish is made by putting a chicken in the whole pork belly and boiling it whole in a special soup. The result is not only a great complement, but also a rich and delicious taste. There is a process here, that is, after the chicken is put into the cut pork belly, the pork belly must be sewn together with needles and threads. So after I ate that dish, I learned how to stitch you. ”

Ashina listened very carefully at the beginning, but only realized that something was wrong in the second half.

He raised his eyebrows, glanced at Zuo Ying, who was smiling evilly, gritted his teeth and said, "Hmph! You dare to make fun of me again, see that I haven't eaten enough of these dishes, and eat you! ”

"The appetite is not small." Zuo Ying didn't eat Ashina's indefinite intimidation and coercion at all, but felt that he was the most entertaining at this time.

At this time, Mr. Xu came in with two large bowls and several sets of cleaned dishes and chopsticks on a tray. The two large bowls contained soup and white rice, respectively.

Mr. Xu placed the big bowl and chopsticks on the table, and put soup in Zuo Ying and Ashina's indefinite bowls, and then retreated to the side nervously. At Zuo Ying's repeated insistence, he also came to sit down in front of the desk and had dinner with Zuo Ying and them.

"That's right," Ashina took a sip of hot soup indefinitely, only to feel that his mouth was extremely sweet and refreshing, "Uncle, why are you guarding this big mansion here alone?" What about your family? ”

Zuo Ying would not ask a question like this. Since they are alone, it is likely that there is something unspeakable or unwilling to mention about the past, so why mention the sadness of others? But the direct child like Ashina is indefinite, and there is no cure.

Old man Xu smiled and said, "Xiaomin was originally a reckless man in the mountains, living in the deep mountains with a cheap man, and there is a dog under his knees. Xiaomin was originally happy to be idle and free in the deep mountains and old forests, but he didn't want to make a living in this busy city, just because he missed the kindness of the old master, and deliberately went down the mountain to come here to help the old master guard the mansion temporarily. And the cheap ones are not used to this noisy world and do not want to walk with the small people. As for the dogs...... Because of Xiaomin's fault, he neglected discipline in his early years, and Xiaomin unfortunately became increasingly estranged from the dog. Not long ago, I learned that the dog originally joined the public gate, and he was far from the same way as Xiaomin and the idle clouds and wild cranes in the lowly, and the Xiaomin was also out of reach, so he could only let it go. ”

Zuo Ying listened to the experience of this old man Xu seemed to be a little mysterious, and after carefully playing with it, some sentences even seemed to have metaphors, and I didn't know if it was because she was too sensitive. However, after so many tests in the past few days, she already has every reason to trust this old man Xu, so there is no need to be skeptical. If he is willing to speak, she will listen; He was willing to be bright, and she just laughed.

It's just that in what he said just now, there is one message that is true, that is, he has a son who "devotes himself to the public".

"Dare to ask Mr. Xu, what position is Ling Lang in now? Where is the official? Zuo Ying asked.

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