Chapter 041: Barbecue
When we left Broken Leaf City, Su Muli still warmly saw us off, this lovely city lord not only prepared a sumptuous breakfast, but also made a lot of pastries for us to take on the road.
"The Great Zhou is different from the customs of our Crescent Country, with some food, if you are hungry on the road, you can fill your hunger."
"Thank you, city lord, it's rare that you are so hearted."
Looking at the big bag of crescent cakes, I was very grateful.
At this time, Urhan, who was on the side, smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "Your Royal Highness the Princess, it was the negligence of the lower officials, and I ask Her Royal Highness the Princess for forgiveness." So saying, he bowed to me and made amends.
"It's all a misunderstanding, so why bother with it? What's more, I have a lot of rudeness, so don't care about it, general. ”
"Where, where." Urhan said embarrassedly: "Thanks to Su Muli's reminder, don't worry, Your Royal Highness the Princess, we have brought enough food and mutton, and we will definitely stop for lunch on the way below." ”
"That's so grateful to General Urhan." I turned my head and saw Ziyu inspecting the cart containing grain, fruit, and mutton, and waved at Huanxi with satisfaction, and I knew that she would be able to show her skills again.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, Su Muli welcomes you to the New Moon again, and I hope that the friendship between Da Zhou and the New Moon will last forever."
Su Muli gave me the New Moon National Ceremony, and I also responded according to the etiquette of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"The earth is long."
We sat in the carriage and waved goodbye to the people of Shattered Leaf City through the car curtain on the side of the car.
After the convoy left Shattered Leaf City, I saw the Jade Terrace in Sedum's mouth.
It was a green grassland, and the morning sun sprinkled on it, glowing with a warm luster, and from a distance, it really looked like a piece of jade.
The convoy moved slowly, and the emerald grassland was flowing with sheep dressed in pearl chains, and the breeze was blowing, quiet and beautiful.
"It's beautiful."
Listening to my heartfelt praise, Du Ruo also agreed.
"It seems that the Crescent Moon Country is not as desolate as it is rumored, and the people are not so barbaric."
"Well, maybe I don't know enough." This sentence is also a reminder to yourself not to judge people by their appearance. "I don't know how long it will take to get to Kyoto. Li Da, did Gu Shoucheng say how long it will take to get to Kyoto? ”
"Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, I really asked General Gu yesterday, and he said that he would arrive in about two or three days."
"Two or three days, it's pretty fast." Du Ruo said in surprise, turned his head, and looked at me suspiciously.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Something? ”
"When we arrive in Kyoto, are Ye Guards and Ziyu about to leave us?"
I nodded hesitantly, "I don't want to leash them either, but it's up to them." ”
Hearing that my tone was loose, Du Ruo said happily: "In other words, as long as they don't enter the palace, it doesn't matter if they are there in the new moon?"
"Even though I'm a princess, it's impossible to bring everyone into the palace, and likewise, it's impossible to manage the management of Kyoto's foreign population. It's just that who knows if this second prince Qi Yan will mind if they stay in Kyoto. ”
"They? Miss is talking about ......"
I nodded and said seriously: "It's all the send-off teams." I saw that the Emerald Terrace was a good environment, and it was not too far from the border, so it would be a good decision if I could stay here. ”
I secretly thought about Gu Shoucheng's whereabouts in my heart, I didn't want to enter the palace by myself, and there was no guard around me for a long time, and I didn't want to have no way back at all.
The convoy walked along the steppe for two days, and during these two days, Urhan would stop at noon every day to organize people to make a fire and cook according to the previous agreement.
Of course, the girl in purple once again took the big spoon, and even if she was making crescent moon food, she also won everyone's praise with her exquisite craftsmanship.
"Sister Ziyu, you are so powerful, you even make barbecue so delicious." Sun Zheng took the barbecue and feasted on it, and said happily: "If you don't say that you made it, I thought it was the chef of the new moon." ”
"Haha, I only listened to the city lord of Su Muli speak once, it should be Uncle Wuda's mutton."
"This is Uncle Uda's pickled mutton?" I pointed to the roasted lamb on my plate, "Are these all these?" ”
Ziyu nodded, "It's all pickled by him, the city lord Su Muli said that this is the last pot he has left, and he was lucky that he grabbed it." ”
"There's still a lot of tacit understanding between them." I remembered Sedum's words, "It seems that Su Muli really has a soft spot for Uncle Wuda's mutton." ”
"Your Royal Highness, sprinkle some spices, it will taste better." Ziyu pinched some spice powder and sprinkled it on the roast meat on the plate in front of me, "Taste it." ”
I was about to pick up a piece of meat when suddenly a big hand picked up a piece of meat and put it directly in my mouth.
"Well, the taste is really unusual, it smells like a crescent moon." Ye Liuyun raised his eyebrows, "It's just a little rushed." ”
Ziyu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "If you don't rush, how can you cover up the smell of mutton?!" ”
"Well, I like this too." As he spoke, Ye Liuyun was about to reach out to my plate again to grab the meat and eat it. I hurriedly moved the plate aside, turned my head and scolded: "Bold, dare to rob Princess Ben's barbecue, don't you want to live?" ”
Ye Liuyun pursed his lips, looking indifferent. "Your Royal Highness Princess, I'm trying it for you, it's probably not suitable for you to taste like this."
"Nonsense, how can it be ......" When I turned my head to look at the meat on the plate again, I found that there were not many pieces on the plate. I looked up and saw that Sun Zheng was holding the piece of meat, chewing happily. "Sun Zheng!"
"Your Royal Highness Princess, this barbecue meat really tastes very strong, and it is still more suitable for us to eat."
"Why are you doing this, disrespecting Her Royal Highness more and more." Du Ruo said angrily on the side, especially dissatisfied with Sun Zhengzheng's performance.
"It's okay, there's a lot of barbecue, it's enough." As she spoke, Ziyu turned around and went to barbecue again.
I put the empty plate on the table and whispered to Ye Liuyun and Sun Zheng, "Say, what have you found." ”
Hearing me ask Du Ruo like this, Du Ruo looked dazed, and even Li Da stared at me and Ye Liuyun with a puzzled expression.
The corners of Ye Liuyun's mouth lifted lightly, and he looked at Ziyu who was roasting meat in the distance and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, I think that Miss Ziyu is very likely to have been to the Crescent Moon Country, and even, she is a person from the Crescent Moon Country." ”
I sighed, and the familiar strangeness I had always felt felt finally found the words to describe it.
"You're the same as I thought, but whether or not she really is, I'm sure she doesn't mean it."
"Intuition?"
"That's right."
Ye Liuyun frowned, "I hope you're right." After speaking, he picked up an empty plate and dragged it towards Ziyu, shouting in his mouth: "Put more spices, Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't think the taste is enough!" ”
I yelled at Ye Liuyun's back and scolded fiercely: "What an unreliable guy." ”
Du Ruo and Li Da looked at me blankly, only Sun Zheng was still happily chewing the barbecue, "Don't ask, in short, there is meat to eat and tea to drink, this day is very happy, come to Du Ruo, eat meat!" ”
While he was talking, Gu Shoucheng and Urhan walked over together.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, past the dense forest in front of you, is the capital of the crescent, Leah." Urhan saluted and explained to me: "It will take about half a day to pass through the dense forest, and I will discuss with General Gu that we should either rush more this afternoon and enter the city after dark." Either stay here today and get up early tomorrow, so that you can enter the city in the afternoon, I don't know what Her Royal Highness the princess wants? ”
"What about General Gu's opinion?" I turned my head and asked Gu Shoucheng, and Gu Shoucheng saluted and responded: "The minister thinks that it is safe to enter the city during the day, but it takes energy to be stationed, and it will be delayed for a day to enter the city." But entering the city at night, not to mention the time, whether you can get out of the dense forest before dark is also an unknown risk. ”
I thought about it, at this moment, Ye Liuyun came back with barbecue, and when I saw Gu Shoucheng and Urhan there, I gave in.
"Freshly roasted mutton, the two generals can taste it?!"
"Thank you, Guardian Ye, no need."
"Don't you really want to eat? Freshly baked, very fragrant? ”
The two generals rejected Ye Liuyun's good intentions at the same time, he continued to invite to taste it a little reluctantly, and after being rejected again, Ye Liuyun picked a piece and threw it into his mouth and chewed it, while eating, he muttered: "This barbecue meat has to take time, where is this purple jade girl has been supervising, roast slowly over low heat, the meat will be charred and crispy, and it will be delicious." ”
"Hmph, look at what you said, I'm drooling a little."
I glanced at Du Ruo, who was drooling beside me, "Why don't you go get some freshly roasted mutton?!" ”
"Oh." Du Ruo took his saliva, and before he got up, Cuiyun and Yutang were already holding the plate and rushing towards Ziyu.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, have you ever made a decision on the plan for this trip?" Urhan asked anxiously, "If we enter the city at night, we must leave now." ”
Without waiting for me to respond, Gu Shoucheng on the side still understood my opinion.
"General Urhan, Her Royal Highness the princess has given us advice, let's go and prepare to set up camp."
Urhan was still stunned, and the messenger Moss beside him had already guessed my intentions, and stepped forward to tell him in his ear, and at this moment Urhan suddenly realized, saluted, and turned around to make arrangements.
"The two generals stayed."
I hurriedly called Urhan and Gu Shoucheng.
"Even though I'll leave tomorrow morning, I thought I'd better leave early. Taking advantage of the afterglow of the next half day, we sorted out the materials of the convoy, set up the camp tent as soon as possible, rested early today, and set off at dawn tomorrow to save time as much as possible. ”
"Yes, the minister will go down and prepare."
"General Urhan!"
As the two of them turned to leave, I stopped Urhan again. Urhan looked at me with a puzzled expression and asked in a low voice, "I don't know what arrangements Her Royal Highness has made." ”
"It's not a big deal, it's just that General Lao will take a few people and move the things in the carriage behind us to the big carriage in front, and tomorrow a few of our daughters will take the carriage into the city."
Urhan was stunned for a moment, then showed a brilliant face, and responded excitedly: "Yes, Your Royal Highness Princess, the minister will go down and make arrangements!" After saying that, he turned around and immediately ran down to arrange it.
At this moment, Cuiyun and Yutang came over with roasted mutton, and first handed it to Du Ruo, who immediately glanced at her, "It's right to give it to Her Royal Highness the princess first." ”
"It's all the same." I responded with a faint smile, picked a piece and put it in my mouth to chew, and said happily: "It's really good, it's delicious!" ”