Chapter 100: Running into a rival
Zhangxian County is in chaos!
As soon as Wen Zhen heard the news, his heart jumped.
She was a little worried. Because according to her thoughts, Yan Sui chased all the way, she should have been impatient, and she always felt uncomfortable hanging behind, so it was said that she should simply go by land and use his method to copy the front, then it was possible to go to Zhangxian first.
Something is happening in Zhangxian County now, is it Yan Sui's doing?
Beside her, Tang Xianzhi asked her with a smile, "Miss Wen, what do you think?" β
She thought in her heart that it would be good if the gentleman did not stand under the dangerous wall, so that Yan Sui could not catch up. But he said: "I'm still a court official, it doesn't seem to be in line with the laws of Dongtang to take a detour in case of turmoil, in case I return to Beijing after His Majesty asks, Wen Zhen, what's going on with the turmoil in Zhangxian County, I can't answer that I want to deduct my salary, right?" β
After saying that, I despised myself in the bottom of my heart.
Fortunately, Fairy Tang would never despise her, so she smiled and said, "That's right." I'm also going to work in Tianjing.,I'm probably going to go to the household department.,Maybe it can be related to weaving.,Bento should perform my duties in advance.γ β
Since there is turmoil, naturally the old lady can't be allowed to follow anymore, and even if it is agreed that the old lady stays on the boat, Tang Xianzhi and Wen Zhen will take a look.
Saying that, the two of them got off the boat, Tang Xianzhi handed over his hand, Wen Zhen raised his hand at this time, swept his sideburns, raised his head and smiled: "The air here is fresh." "Perfectly dodge that hand. But after Tang Xianzhi smiled and withdrew his hand, he freely inserted his hand into his arm and crutched.
She is a principled and dedicated person. The principle is not to be any closer. Dedication is to do a good job in the role of a fiancΓ©e and give him face in front of others.
She felt that it was not against the peace.
Tang Xianzhi smiled slightly, his eyes flashing slightly.
Naturally, she understands her little Jiujiu.
However, wasn't it this unusual cunning style that made him remember her at a glance?
Who can desperately escape like that, and who can not hesitate to hug a man's thigh in order to escape?
Who else can remember to give back immediately after escaping?
Who can help you repay your love one second and continue to pit you the next?
She's weird and funny about everything. People are funny, laughter is funny, thoughts are funny, and even the strange movement of the elbow is funny at the moment.
It gives people a sense of belonging and pride.
For a moment, he felt satisfied, as if this was really his wife who had been married for many years, who knew and loved each other, and regarded him as the sky.
Immediately, he regained his calm, and in front, the county guard of Qiao County, the superior of Zhangxian County, and the county commander of Zhangxian County greeted him, greeted him helplessly, and briefly explained what had happened.
In the words of the county guard and the county order, the local embroidery workshop is the main industry, it is inevitable that the competition is fierce, the cause of this matter is that the queen's birthday is imminent, according to the routine Zhangxian County to present the fine embroidered phoenix robe, this kind of glorious thing, naturally everyone fights, several large embroidery workshops are constantly fighting, embroidery between the girl is also fighting, one of them, somehow also involved with the people in the rivers and lakes, killed and injured competitors, triggered several large embroidery workshops between the fighting. Almost all local households are related to embroidery, and there are inextricable relationships between every household and those embroiderers, so once the trouble is big, more and more people are involved like a snowball, and in the end, it is just a matter between a few women, but it has caused chaos in the city.
The county guard and county order were so anxious that they wanted to hide it, and if they pressed it as soon as possible, nothing would happen, but the incident became more and more intense, so they had to report to the imperial court while asking for help from the local military commanders at the county lieutenant of Qiao County and the county lieutenant of Zhangxian County. Now the messenger of the imperial court has just set off, and the one who went to ask the county lieutenant for help has not yet returned, and it is the most chaotic time.
Wen Zhen was noncommittal when he heard this, thinking that the magistrate had picked himself clean, but when this kind of thing happened, either the magistrate was incompetent, or he was black-hearted. This kind of thing is a birthday gift, or open competition, or taking turns to sit in the village, it is easy to solve, why did it evolve like this.
So these people don't want them to go into the city, and they don't want to be found out.
Wen Zhen suddenly felt that the name of Zhangxian County was familiar, and then remembered, isn't this where Tianji Mansion is located?
A place for Sikong Yu to stay.
It was also the place where she was going to run the other day and then was intercepted halfway by someone.
There were so many things that had happened lately that she had forgotten about it.
Thinking about it like this, she felt that it was even more necessary to go to the city, would Yan Sui be angry with Sikong Yu and slaughter him?
The county magistrate was still chattering there, saying that these women were so bold and reckless that they dared to hold the imperial court officials hostage, and a county official in the government was still in their hands.
Wen Zhen asked, only to know that there are three major embroidery villages in the local area, namely Tianzhen, Huayun, and Qiaohuang. The reason for this is that the three major embroidery villages compete for the right to make phoenix robes, and Huayun Embroidery Village won, and then Qiaohuang pointed out that Huayun cheated in the competition, rising from a quarrel to a big fight, and killed the winning embroidery, and injured an embroidery girl of the Tianzhen, and the Tianzhen was also involved. Because the embroidery village is a woman, so has always hired a large number of thugs to protect, after the trouble, the county government sent people to persuade the explanation, a Yao County Cheng volunteered, in the largest local restaurant banquet to invite the three parties, originally talked about a good talk, somehow suddenly made a fuss, the county was immediately detained, the people inside said nonsense, even said that the root of this matter is the management of the embroidery village, to dissolve the embroidery village, return the embroidery village and each person's employment deed, and settle the wages of everyone, let the embroidery girl work by herself or something. The owner of the embroidery village is also there, naturally will not agree to such a request, so the owner of the embroidery village of Tianzhen was pushed down from the restaurant, fell to death on the spot, and the remaining two embroidery owners are still resisting, originally this is also a matter within the scope of the restaurant, who knows that the relatives of these embroidery girls learned the news, saying that the county government sent troops to besiege the restaurant, and immediately rioted, and now the county government is about to be pushed down.
The more Wen Zhen listened, the more he felt that this whole thing was strange, and then looked at Tang Xianzhi's expression frequently when the county commander and county guard spoke, and thought to himself that this was not the land of Sanzhou, these were court officials and not appointed by the Tang family, as for being so careful?
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, remembering that I heard that the Tang family was a manufacturing predator, and its weaving workshops were all over the country, and the embroidery industry in Zhangxian County was actually managed by the Tang family's remote control?
So Tang Xianzhi came here today for a purpose?
The county guard over there said with a bitter face, the county man who was detained has some background. It's Taiwei Yao's nephew, who was originally going to be promoted back to Tianjing after a few years of training, but now that this incident has happened, his safety must be guaranteed no matter what.
Wen Zhen listened to them discuss how to transfer troops, how to surround them, whether it is necessary to capture the thief and capture the king to find out the main matter first, whether to send people to negotiate again, whether to use archery or fire to attack...... I was irritated to hear it.
She felt that there was something wrong with this, and the government should have a lot of things that had not been said, or they were simply lies. But she didn't want to come out, at this moment the lights in the city are everywhere, the sound is chaotic, the county guard and the county order tremble, out of the city with hundreds of people to call back and forth, Rao looked around, fidgeting, as if she was afraid of being shot to death by an arrow, she is just a woman, thin and martial arts, Tang Xianzhi around her is the closest title, but it is difficult to distinguish friend from foe, she doesn't want to meddle at this time.
As he spoke, he was already close to the restaurant, and everyone looked at it from a distance, and saw that the restaurant was dark and gloomy, with only an occasional light flickering, presumably those women were afraid of becoming the target of arrows, and did not dare to light the lamp.
The restaurant is quite big, and the surrounding area has been surrounded by three layers of the county guard and the county government's officials, and there are Qingke strategists from the county guard and the county government in the open space in front of the door chattering and persuading, but it is probably playing the piano to the cow, because from time to time some rotten eggs are smashed down, accompanied by the woman's ridicule, those Qingke are also dedicated, with an egg yolk on the top, still with a lotus tongue.
Wen Zhen looked funny, at this time, there was a spark lit upstairs, she subconsciously looked up, and in the hazy light and shadow, a face flashed.
Wen Zhen was stunned.
How did he end up here?
That face was fleeting, as fast as a dream, she couldn't verify it, full of doubts, and heard that the other side was still trying to persuade Tang Xianzhi to avoid this dangerous place first, afraid that the family members of these embroidery girls would impact the encirclement.
She suddenly said, "I'll try." β
Everyone looked at her in amazement. Immediately, Tang Xianzhi immediately shook his head: "Ah Zhen, it's too dangerous." β
He suddenly changed his name, but Wen Zhen's heart was full of doubts at the moment, and he didn't pay attention, only said: "I think there is something strange about this, I am a woman, it is more convenient for me to go, and it is easier to talk." β
When she said this, she paid attention to the expressions of the county guard and the county magistrate, and sure enough, she saw these two people looking at each other, their eyes flashing.
Then the county guard said, "Lord Wen." Thank you very much for your kindness, but this is a dangerous one. Although there are most embroidery girls in this restaurant, there are also guards from various embroidery villages, all of whom are rough and fierce men, and they will kill people if they don't agree. Your status is noble, don't take the danger lightly. β
"I am also an official of the imperial court. When this kind of thing happens, it's not about men and women, it's about identity. Wen Zhen smiled, "Your Majesty is kind to us, and we are courtiers, so we should die to serve us, how can we shrink behind others and spare our own bodies?" β
The county guard and the county commander blushed, the county commander was a little thin-skinned, and when Ai Ai was speechless, the county guard immediately smiled and said: "Lord Wen is loyal and patriotic, which is really admirable." It's just that you are still the future young lady of the Tang family, and this matter is still decided by Tang Gongzi. β
After speaking, his eyes narrowed and his stomach was shy, and he didn't care.
Wen Zhen looked at Tang Xianzhi with a smile, and said leisurely without waiting for him to speak: "I remember that you once mocked Yan Sui, saying that he was always used to representing my will. β
Tang Xianzhi was silent for a moment, smiled helplessly, and said, "How about bringing a guard in?" β
"Not how." Wen Zhen shook his head, "I just want to win their acceptance as a weak woman, and it will feel different to bring people." β
"I didn't try to send a female lobbyist in before, but I was also denied. Moreover, Lord Wen is an official of the imperial court, this identity is more sensitive, and they will not accept it. The prefectural order interjected.
"I have a way." Wen Zhen only smiled at Tang Xianzhi, and Tang Xianzhi was silent for a while before saying, "Protect yourself." β
"Don't worry."
Wen Zhen breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, thinking that Tang Fairy was Tang Fairy, but it was different from coriander essence, if she didn't let her go, it would be useless to say anything.
Tang Xianzhi is good at acceptance and extraordinary. What Wen Zhen admires most about him is that he is polite and measured, and he does not despise anyone at any time, and he will never say that there is a man asking you and a woman to do more at this time. I will not be afraid of being accused of shrinking my head as a turtle.
He has self-esteem and respect for others, and he is confident and trusts others.
He really knows how to get along with each other in the world.
She took a look at herself, asked the county order to arrange someone to find a set of coarse cloth clothes, and asked Tang Xianzhi's subordinates for some simple disguise tools, that is, powder that can change the skin tone, make the skin look much rougher, and cut the bangs flat, combed them down, covered the eyebrows, and painted the eyebrows thick, and suddenly looked like an ordinary and silly little girl.
Then she asked the lobbyists to step up their persuasion, attract the attention of the people in front of her, and quietly touch the back door of the restaurant according to the guidance of the restaurant owner who had escaped.
This kind of big restaurant usually has a back kitchen, which is located at the back door. But at this moment, the back door must be guarded, but she just didn't know, clumsily climbed over the wall, and fell down with a bang.
Sure enough, a female voice immediately asked, "Who?!" β
Wen Zhen didn't pay attention to it, covered his knees and cried and got up, while inhaling slightly, he looked up sluggishly, and saw a girl coming towards him, followed by a big man, and suddenly showed a frightened look, turned around sharply and was about to climb the wall to go back, but his hands and feet were clumsy, he climbed up two steps and slid down one step, like a snail trying to climb a bamboo pole, his posture was clumsy, and it was miserable.
Probably Yan Sui is here, and he wants to lift his thin lips again, and say, the human with fish lips is going to be fooled again.
Sure enough, the girl snorted and couldn't help laughing, and even the vigilant fierce man relaxed his expression.
"Okay, if you can't climb up, don't climb. Tell me, who are you and what are you here for? The girl couldn't stand it anymore when she saw that she had climbed clumsily several times without success, and couldn't help but come forward and pull her down.
Wen Zhen was waiting for this sentence, looked at the other party pitifully, and said, "Sister...... Sister...... I'm the kitchen lady in this restaurant. After the accident before, everyone in the restaurant fled, and I ran with it, but I forgot all the last month's wages that I had just settled today in the kitchen. This, this, this...... I will be beaten by my stepfather when I go home and can't get the money...... I've been walking around the street for a long time, and I don't dare to go home, and I don't dare to enter the restaurant, I really can't ......" She threw herself forward, hugged the girl's waist, and cried, "No, if you don't take the money home, my stepfather will beat me to death, and he will sell me into the kiln!" Sister, sister, can you let me in...... I don't look at anything...... I took the money and left......"
She tried to recall her feelings when she agreed to the emperor's marriage, and cried quite sincerely, the girl listened to it, her eyes were also red, and she seemed to think of some unsatisfactory things about herself, sighed, and said: "We are not strong beams and thieves, we are all hard-working people, how can there be any reason to embarrass you." Then go to the back kitchen, take the money, and go, without disturbing the others. β
The man hesitated, as if he wanted to say something, but Wen Zhen's big teary eyes turned to him, and he suddenly couldn't speak.
Wen Zhen thanked her for her kindness, and when the girl saw her go down to the kitchen, the two did not leave, watching her every move in the kitchen from afar, Wen Zhen pretended to turn over in the kitchen, and the more she flipped over, the more anxious she became, "Huh...... I'm just under the plate in the cupboard, where is this...... Where have you been......"
She was blindly looking for it, but the girl couldn't look past it, so she couldn't help but remind: "Girl, will someone take advantage of the chaos to take it?" β
Wen Zhen was stunned, dumbfounded for a while, patted his head, and suddenly said: "It must be Da Suizi!" Da Suizi is the most lacking in virtue bastard! He was in the kitchen when I hid the money, there must have been a peek! When I ran out, I forgot about it and touched it! This big Suizi who kills a thousand knives! β
β¦β¦ Yan Sui suddenly sneezed......
The girl sighed and said, "In that case, you better go back." Otherwise, the sisters in front of me will find out, and I won't be able to protect you. β
Wen Zhen was so anxious that he was in a hurry, "Oh, no, I can't go home empty-handed!" β
The girl thought for a moment and said, "The restaurant has no owner now. Either you take something valuable and go back and sell it. β
Wen Zhen said: "No! What's the difference between that and stealing! Although Da Suizi stole my things, if I do such a thing, it will not be the same person as him! β
β¦β¦ Yan Sui sneezed again and looked at the sky in amazement......
The girl was in awe, and suddenly her attitude towards her was three points better, and she was really worried about her, and was frowning and thinking, Wen Zhen's eyes suddenly lit up and said: "Hey, my stepfather loves wine the most, and it is the best to eat." There are so many ingredients in the restaurant today, and if you don't make them, you will waste them. I cook him a few good dishes, bring a pot of wine back, and he eats happily, so he doesn't blame me! β
The girl also thought it was feasible when she heard it, and when she heard the good food, her stomach also gurgled, and she hurriedly walked out in disguise, and told Wen Zhen not to move too much.
As soon as Wen Zhen heard the grunt, he knew that there was a play today.
She asked these people about the time they had been in the restaurant, and these people had started to make trouble when they entered the restaurant, and it had been nearly a day now, and they must have not had the heart to eat anything at this time, and they were all hungry.
How to solve the problem? Only good food.
When eating and drinking, it is also the time when people are most relaxed, and it is natural to talk about the world, and naturally they can't avoid the current topic.
And what is said in a relaxed state is the most true and credible.
She didn't plan to listen to what the county guard said, but if she wanted to listen, she would listen to what the embroidery lady said.
Just now she had already looked at the ingredients in the kitchen, the seaside city, or the most seafood and aquatic products, the raw materials are very fresh, the quality is excellent, she looks at it and itchy.
The relationship between time is not too particular, such as the Buddha jumping over the wall, which takes time, otherwise they must jump off the restaurant and be caught.
I chose a good grass carp to make sauerkraut fish. Choose another big white fish that can't be named, but the fat and fat are rich to make grilled fish, this kind of grilled fish is not the kind of shabby grilled fish for a picnic on the fire, but follows the practice of grilled fish in Wanzhou, Chongqing, after three cooking methods of pickling, grilling and stewing, the skin and bones of the grilled fish are crispy, and the fish meat is kept fresh and tender, and then with seasoning, it is very delicious.
Choose a fatty eel and make it into eel rice.
The prawns are made of thousands of wisps of anchovy shrimp. The shrimp are made into kung pao shrimp balls. Abalone is made into abalone sauce.
The squid is fried quickly with green pepper bean sprouts and eggplant slices over high heat, and its crispy and tender chewiness is alternating with blue and white purple, and the color is fresh.
The clams are used to stew eggs, and these clams are big and tender, and the shells are perfectly opened.
The snails are made into a fragrant sauce, which is mellow and the juice is strangely fresh.
Then a steamed mussel with garlic vermicelli. Choose the best and fattest mussels, seafood is the most common and classic method.
The soup is a hodgepodge of seafood, and the remaining seafood is braised with tofu and cabbage in a pot. At the very least, the eyebrows are fresh.
Wen Zhen has always been a god in the kitchen, fast and lightweight, with thousands of changes, his hands are so busy that he is almost out of the shadows, and the rhythm of pots and pans is fast and not chaotic.
All kinds of different aromas diffused out one after another, and the two people who were standing far away originally came to remind them that the smell was too strong and easy to attract people, but they became more and more unbearable when they got closer, and they couldn't help but smell the aroma and imagined that they had eaten three bowls of rice, but they didn't notice the chaotic sound of the stairs and the mixed footsteps, and when they woke up and felt that this was really too big, they found that the kitchen door and the entire staircase were full of people.
All of them stretched out their necks like foxes, and although their expressions were different, they looked ready to scream at any moment.
Especially the empty city plan in the stomach sang very loudly, and could almost play a song to break the array.
At this time, the girl also felt that something was wrong, and looked at Wen Zhen with a pale face, but Wen Zhen was concentrating, stir-frying a dish, knocking on the edge of the pot with a spatula, and raising her head with a smile.
She glanced at everyone's faces.
There wasn't the face she had seen earlier.
Then she seemed to have just noticed so many people, and as if frightened, the spatula in her hand fell to the ground.
Everyone originally thought that she had a problem, but at the moment they were confused, after all, the acting skills were not covered.
Wen Zhen stammered and asked the girl; "Sister, this ...... How could so many people ......"
The girl looked at her blanklyβI can't say that everyone is still hungry, and they are all attracted by the aroma of your stir-frying, right?
"Who the hell are you?" A sallow-skinned woman on the stairs asked unceremoniously.
"I, I, I...... I'm the chef of this restaurant...... I usually cook the dishes in the restaurant......"
Wen Zhen inquired before he came, this restaurant is very famous in the local area, and it is also a good seafood.
"How do I remember that the most famous chef in this restaurant is a man?" The other looked suspicious.
"Chef Sun is a man, he has always been in charge of the dishes, and he is also the one who entertains the store, I am a woman, and I usually cook in the back......" Wen Zhen bowed his head and wanted to cry.
Everyone also understands a little, after all, in a patriarchal society, female chefs are always not so popular, and there are many heroes behind the scenes.
The girl told everyone her reason, and the woman was always soft-hearted, and the atmosphere was better. Wen Zhen said in horror again: "Then I will give my sisters a taste of this dish first, anyway, there are still many things, my sisters are full, I will make it and take it home." β
As soon as this proposal came out, everyone felt that a large amount of saliva was immediately secreted in their mouths, and someone came up to test the poison, Wen Zhen looked at a loss and didn't know what you were doing, while thinking that there were really people in this group of people, otherwise that group of embroidery girls would not understand this.
The girl couldn't help but say, "This dish is fine, I kept looking at her just now, and she eats it herself while cooking......"
Everyone still tried it, and it was determined that it was non-toxic, Wen Zhen's dishes came out one by one, and they couldn't stand it anymore, so they poured into the kitchen one after another, found dishes and chopsticks to eat by themselves, and the stairs were full of people for a while.
Someone said, "What about the sleeve girl?" Calling the eldest sister of the sleeve mother to eat, ah, this grilled fish is really unique! β
Another said: "The sleeve lady is guarding those bastards, and there are guests to receive, who will change her, ah, the sauerkraut in this fish is so delicious, I can eat three bowls of rice with this sauerkraut!" β
Everyone was eating one after another, but no one answered, and finally the girl who was guarding the back door went up. Wen Zhen thought while cooking vegetables, this sleeve girl must be the soul of this trouble.
Look at this batch of embroidery girls, the standard dresses they wear are different, they are indeed from the three major embroidery workshops, but they are familiar with each other, the attitude is united, where is the so-called fighting and killing?
After a while, footsteps sounded, and a person smiled: "Hey, hey, this is all eaten, where is the deliciousness?" He said and looked down.
As soon as Wen Zhen looked up, he saw a charming and delicate face.
The face is unfamiliar, but for no reason it feels familiar to the eyes, and the voice is familiar, and it has been seen only recently.
The sleeve lady was still holding a mask in her hand, playing with it in her hand, Wen Zhen looked familiar, and put the mask on the woman's face in her mind.
Then he was covered in white sweat.
It's the woman who loves Tang Xianzhi and sets up a stall in Dingyao City to ask for three questions!
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------Off topic------
Well, it's time for Ming'er to meet Da Suizi and Xiao Zhenzi.