When the two of them came out of the cellar, they had already beaten the drum of the fifth watch. The starlight turned dark, and the Toad Palace moved east to hang the willows, and it was already dawning.

At the brightest point of the torch, a man in a gorgeous costume and jade belt sat between the teeth of the wooden grille, dangling his legs boredly. With a cloth bag in his arms, he rubbed a lot of fried rice into his mouth.

Eat deliciously.

Happy and pure emotions are always infectious, Mu Dianke waved his hand and shouted: "Chang Qi." ”

Chang Qi looked up, only to see that under the dim light and dark moon, a beautiful woman had just leaned out of the ground and was smiling at herself with a pair of eyebrows, so frightened that she shook her body and held on to the fence dangerously.

The fried rice pocket in his arms was not spared, and he fell to his feet with a "pop" and poured to the ground.

"Four... Miss Four. Chang Qi smiled awkwardly, raised the surviving paw and shook it, and received it behind his back a little timidly: "What a coincidence." ”

Mu Dianke felt frustrated, and looked at the bamboo board on Chang Qi's right arm with some apologies.

"Archie is here." Liangqing also came out of the cellar and opened his mouth to relieve the sudden and strange atmosphere.

"yes." Chang Qi seemed to be very happy that Liangqing had something to ask him for help, stretched out his legs, jumped off the fence, happily pointed to the flowers and trees in the garden, and talked eloquently, quite a bit of a pointer.

"This one with red flowers is star anise, and the one next to it with green fruits is also star anise. It's just two different varieties of star anise, with different flowering periods. The flowers now bloom in regular roughness, usually from March to May, and from September to October. It is already fruited in the spring, which blooms from August to October and ripens between March and April of the following year. You see, some of the fruits are ripe and have fallen off in natural air-drying.

The fruit of star anise can be used in medicine after drying, and can also be made into spices. It has the effect of dispelling wind and regulating qi, regulating the stomach, and dispelling cold and dampness.

The plant is mostly distributed in the southeast of Guangxi, the west of Guangxi, Fujian and Yunnan, and is not common in the Jianghuai area. ”

"The yellow flower is Xiao Huaixiang, also known as fennel. Its taste is pungent, warm, and has the effect of regulating qi and dissipating cold in the stomach. It can treat cold hernia, cold pain in the abdomen, kidney deficiency and low back pain, stomach pain, vomiting, and dry and wet athlete's foot.

The flowering period is from May to June, which can be extended to July, and the fruit sets in September and October. This thing is drought-tolerant, mostly found in the north, and is also planted in Sichuan and Shu. ”

"This one with purple flowers is called rosemary. The flowering period is long, and the cultivation method can be from November to April of the following year......"

Mu Dianke interrupted Chang Qi: "Are you saying that as long as the cultivation method is correct, the flowering period of these three plants can be connected, so that the four seasons have a floral fragrance?" ”

Chang Qi thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's the case." ”

"And in addition to rosemary, star anise and small Huaixiang are uncommon things in Jianghuai, but they have been transplanted here and carefully cultivated to survive?"

Chang Qi nodded again: "In fact, rosemary was popular for a while except when it was introduced in the early Wei and Jin dynasties, and it was rarely used for garden planting, and it mostly grew in the mountains. ”

Mu Dian can fall into deep thought.

As Chang Qi said, Tan Zhou took great pains to plant such a large piece of exotic flowers and trees in the courtyard, and carefully matched the categories to make the fragrance of the flowers last for many years, so what did he want to cover up with these strange flavors?

Is it fragrant?

I have heard that good wine is afraid of deep alleys, and I have never heard of a restaurant selling wine for fear that the fragrance of its own wine will drift out.

The word "taste" sounds elegant, but it really can't stand scrutiny.

"Uncle Liang, can the wine in this village be moved?" Chang Qi was a little scared when he saw Mu Dianke frowning, and found a slippery head to say to Liang Qingxian: "Uncle Ling said, when the plague is pacified, we will set up a flowing water banquet to reward everyone, drink for three days and three nights, and don't get drunk, anyway, no one wants this Zhuangzi, and I will pull it back in a car, and I will save money for wine." ”

"I'm afraid it's poisonous." Liangqing said.

Chang Qi smiled: "Uncle Liang, you are too good at laughing." What are we doing, and we are afraid that people will poison the wine? Even if it's poisonous, I'll make it non-toxic. ”

He slipped out: "Well, I'll check it." If it's not poisonous, don't stop me. ”

Liangqing can be regarded as quiet, his thick eyebrows furrowed, and he was also thinking about what Chang Qi said.

He thinks the same as Mu Dianke: Tan Zhou, no matter what he does, has a deep purpose, and he values the pros and cons themselves more than any elegance. Taste and taste, I am afraid that what is hidden is not the taste of wine.

"Tut, tsk," Chang Qi shook his legs, swaying between the rows of wine racks, breathtaking.

"This is too much wine, it's the big wine tank of the Thousand Buddhas, and I can't drink so much wine in my life." Chang Qi looked up, was frightened by the heavy rows of wine jars hanging above his head, and turned around and shouted: "Do you say that the person who sets up the wine rack is stupid, so high, and so close, in case someone accidentally bumps into the shelf, this is not like pushing a bamboo card, and it will all fall down in a bang." ”

He shook the wine rack tentatively: "Meet, it's quite sturdy." ”

It was like a bolt of lightning in his head, and Mu Dianke's heart suddenly brightened. She finally knew where the strange feeling she felt when she saw the shelves came from.

The shelves are too densely spaced!

As Chang Qi said, fall one, stand upside down. The people who run the winery will not fail to understand this truth. Moreover, there is no partition wall in the middle of the house, which is clearly intended to make these shelves flutter...... Mu Dianke was shocked, and a bold idea came up: Tan Zhou arranged it like this just to wait for these shelves to fall! Let all these countless wine urns be smashed to pieces and spilled out of the wine the moment they are activated.

And then what?

Her mind quickly swept over the stepped stone blocks in the cellar that held the dense wine urns, and the floor tiles on which the vats were placed, the textures, sizes, and joints of the bricks...... Huo Ran Liangtang! The wine vessels in the wine cellar seem to be stable, but as long as the underground mechanism has been activated and the stone bricks are staggered, all the wine jars can be covered in an instant.

But what is Tan Zhou's purpose?

Destroying all the wine must be to gain greater benefits. Drown them? Smoke them to death? Isn't it because she's afraid that she'll move all this wine away like Chang Qi and pick up a windfall for nothing?

Mu Dianke sat on the steps with his cheeks back, and his head hurt when he thought about it.

Chang Qi pulled a chicken leg and handed it over: "Here you go." Only when you are full can you have the strength to think about problems. ”

Mu Dianke shook her head, she wasn't hungry, she just didn't have any appetite at all.

Chang Qi was sincere in giving Mu Dianke chicken legs, and he was really happy to take back the chicken legs, and spread the oil paper wrapped in roast chicken on his legs with one hand, and happily nibbled on the chicken thighs.

The reason why he suddenly became close to Mu Dianke and was no longer afraid of her was because Mu Dianke bought him a roast chicken.

The roast chicken was given to him by Yaojia, and it was carefully accompanied by a cup of mellow milk drink. Chang Qi's jaw dropped at that time, and he asked in surprise: "How do you know that I like to eat roast chicken?" ”

Yaoyi said expressionlessly: "The girl ordered it." ”

Chang Qi was even more confused: "When did she order you, why didn't I hear it?" ”

"Secret words." Yaojia, the top spot of the Tianzi Palace, had a dark face: "Do you want it or not?" ”