Chapter 57: Falling Flowers and Flowing Water
"Is she awake?" Red Tianxia had just been treated by the famous doctor invited by Zheng Juchen to treat the injuries on the collarbone and pipa bone, so he eagerly asked Peng Wuwang, who was waiting beside him.
"Red Gang Leader? Hey, don't worry, she's still asleep. It's no wonder that she probably hasn't slept a single solid sleep in these years, and now it's normal to make up for it at a time, sleeping for three days and three nights." Peng Wuwang said while beckoning the guys in the inn to put the wine and food on the table.
"I'm sorry for her, for letting a girl take on such a heavy responsibility, and almost accompanied her life." Red Sky Man looked up to the sky and sighed, sighing with emotion.
"Senior brother, you are in the rivers and lakes, and you can't help yourself, so why should you blame yourself. Now, the New Year's Gang is over, and you father and daughter should take this opportunity to reunite well." Peng Wuwang picked up the chopsticks and tasted the food.
This dish is a clear soup chai duck, which is considered a relatively fresh dish in the Tang Dynasty, but as soon as Peng Wuwang ate it in his mouth, he immediately knew that it was wrong, and he was furious, and stretched out his hand to grab the man's arm, and said angrily: "What do you use to steam the duck with clear soup chai, and have you steamed it with chicken clear soup?"
The guy was so frightened that his face turned earthy, and he said, "The guest officer is angry, our clear soup firewood has indeed made enough food for the duck."
"You're a big fart! You must have steamed the duck in plain water, and that's it, the original soup of the steamed duck should be stir-fried with chicken broth and spices, and then poured over the duck meat and drizzled with chicken fat. It's good for you, the original soup of the steamed duck was put away by yourself, and some inferior chicken soup was poured on us, and I wanted to wronged the young master's silver taels, believe it or not, I demolished this black shop." Peng Wuwang scolded loudly.
The guy was so frightened that he shook his hands again and again, and said, "The guest officer's eyes are like torches, please spare the little one." My wife had just given birth to a child and was in need of supplements, so I begged the master of the room to leave more duck soup and chicken soup for me. It is a small work that cares about them."
At this time, Red Sky Man waved his hand and said, "Senior brother, why bother with him, this person is also considered to be a Gu family, let him go."
Peng Wuwang snorted and said, "The most important thing to be a man is to be above board, although you have extenuating circumstances, but there are still mistakes." He took out a handful of broken silver from his bosom, handed it to the man, and said, "You tell the kitchen to prepare the materials, and I will cook it myself." Take these silver taels back and make your own soup and serve your wife." The man turned his worries into joy, and went out with joy and thanks.
"Senior brother, are you finally ready to show your hand?" Red Sky Man smiled.
"The raptor is not a river, you and I are a centipede with a missing leg. I'm going to convince you today." Peng Wuwang smiled.
When Hong Sixue woke up and turned around, it was already twelve hours later, and Zheng Jiechen was almost guarding her side every step of the way. On this day and night, when he only ordered his men in white to ask the best doctor for Red Sky Hero to treat his illness, he left the room where Hong Sixue was recuperating, and the rest of the time, he looked at Hong Sixue's beautiful face with slightly closed eyes in a daze.
One by one, his men were stunned by the sight. White Horse Zheng Juechen, the first romantic rhymer of Tianzi; Taiyuan, Chang'an, Jiangdu, Luoyang, Chengdu's largest Qinglou brothel benefactor; Leaning on the horse leaning bridge, spending a lot of money, a ruthless son who makes countless girls sad. A thin lover who treats the beauties of the world as nothing. Now, for a girl who has only known each other for less than two days, she sits all night and can't bear to leave. All of this has made an indelible proof of the four words of love and hate at first sight.
When Hong Sixue opened her eyes, a vague white image gradually came into her eyes. Zheng Jiechen was still wearing the white robe he had worn during the bloody battle in Longjiazhuang two days ago. The mottled bloodstains had stained the robe. The smell of sweat and blood made her remember all the details of the bloody battle for a moment. She remembered that when she passed out on the ground, the last thing she saw was Peng Wuhope, who had miraculously come back from the dead. At that time, he stood alone on the broken stone pillar of Longjiazhuang, looking at her with a smile. She still remembered Peng Wuwang's white teeth that did not match his ordinary appearance at all, like a ray of brilliant sunlight piercing the clouds, making her feel warm and comfortable, as if she could completely relax and forget everything.
"Are you awake?" Zheng Juechen said ecstatically. He stood up abruptly and shouted to his subordinates outside the door, "Brothers, the Red Gang Leader is awake, call the Red Seniors quickly!" Hurry up and ask Dr. Chen to come!" One of the guards outside the door galloped to the next wing, while the other got on his horse and galloped out of the inn's courtyard.
Then he rushed back to Hong Sixue's bedside like a whirlwind, and said excitedly, "Sixue, you have been in a coma for nearly twelve hours, and I thought you wouldn't wake up."
Hong Sixue's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she still couldn't bear Zheng Juechen's arrogance of calling her Sixue. However, she remembered that Zheng Juechen had put everything aside and fought for her, and couldn't help but sigh slightly, and didn't blame her.
Zheng Jiechen saw that Hong Sixue seemed to accept his intimate call to her, and there seemed to be a hundred larks singing happily in his heart, he brought a freshly brewed tea on the desk to Hong Sixue, and said softly, "You just woke up, you should be a little thirsty. Come, this tea is my unique chrysanthemum tea from White Horse Castle, which can refresh the mind and refresh the mind, and also has the effect of clearing the heart and calming the soul."
Hong Sixue smiled weakly, took the tea into her hand, took a sip, and handed it back to Zheng Juechen.
Zheng Juechen said excitedly: "I hope you will get better soon, the New Year's Gang is over, and in the future, Sixue you can relax your arms, swim in the mountains and rivers, and no longer have to worry about mundane things." I, Zheng Juechen, will follow left and right, and follow the work of dogs and horses."
Hong Sixue's brows jumped, her face turned from white to red, she shook her head slightly, and suddenly said, "What about Peng Wuxi?"
With a "thud", the teacup that was firmly in Zheng Juechen's hand fell to the ground.
The kitchen of the inn was full of aromas, and the increasingly strong fragrance attracted almost all the guests who joined the inn. As soon as the shopkeeper who served tea and water walked to the kitchen door, he couldn't walk anymore. And the innkeeper stood at the door in a daze, unable to remember to greet the guests. And the visitors from all over the world who had just entered the inn also rushed straight to the kitchen door, straightened their necks and squeezed towards the already crowded kitchen door.
"Senior brother, your daughter is tired enough these days, she doesn't have three meals, she works hard, and if she doesn't nourish her, she will have endless troubles. In this dish, I have medicines to nourish qi and nourish the body, which is a rare medicinal food."
Peng Wuwang held a big banana fan, squatted in front of the small stove he had set up, and said while blowing the wind vigorously: "There are many taboos in medicinal diets, but the most important thing is the tonic of the four seasons. Now in late autumn and early winter, the level is appropriate. The veal head meat I have chosen is of a good nature, and it is the best tonic."
Red Sky Man stayed in the kitchen, not letting anyone step further, sniffing hard, and reluctantly pretending to be serious, "Senior brother, why is your little calf head meat so fragrant, it's too weird."
Peng Wuwang smiled and said, "Senior brother, good luck, I learned the recipe of this dish from a tavern in the Bashu area."
Red Sky Man said, "What's so special about Bashu Restaurant?"
Peng Wuwang's face showed a thoughtful look: "From Qingzhou to Bashu, I realized that my knowledge in cooking is still insufficient. The kung fu of Sichuan cuisine is still a long way from the native Bashu chef. Sichuan cuisine has a long history and began to take shape in the late Qin and early Han dynasties. It is now developing rapidly. Sichuan cuisine is authentic to Chengdu flavor, but also includes Chongqing cuisine, Dongshan cuisine, Jiangjin cuisine, Zigong cuisine, Hechuan cuisine, rich in strong local flavor, known for its wide taste, rich flavor and thick flavor, and has a dish and a taste, a hundred dishes and a hundred flavors of the reputation. Senior brother, do you know that Sichuan cuisine is divided into three spices, three peppers and three ingredients, seven flavors, eight flavors and nine miscellaneous tastes, complex and changeable, which can create strange flavors in the world."
Red Tianxia looked dazed and asked, "Senior brother, what are three spices, three peppers and three ingredients?"
Peng Wuwang glanced at him proudly and said with a smile, "Senior brother, you have finally started to take some interest in the kitchen, right?"
Red Sky Man let out a long laugh and said, "I see that you have been tossing for so many hours, and you have nothing to do, just chatting and relieving your boredom. Why should the junior brother be careless."
Peng Wuwang didn't force him, so he smiled and said, "The three spices are known all over the world, but they are green onions, ginger and garlic."
"Hey," Red Sky Man finally laughed, "I have something earth-shattering about you, this onion, ginger and garlic is too ordinary."
Peng Wuwang waved his hand and said, "Senior brother, listen to me. The three peppers are pepper, chili pepper, and Sichuan pepper. The three ingredients are mash, vinegar and bean paste chili paste. Among them, the chili sauce produced in Barnyard County is particularly outstanding. These spices are mixed with each other to create a variety of flavors. It's like the Luohan Fist and Shaolin Changquan in the Shaolin Temple, although they are ordinary, they can hide and change, and they can derive countless killers."
Red Tianxia's eyes lit up, and he said, "Senior brother, there is some truth in these words, Master often says that Shaolin boxing is broad and profound, and you will still gain from studying it all your life, and I think this is what it means."
Peng Wuwang said: "Seven flavors, eight flavors and nine miscellaneous are even more exciting, and seven flavors refer to: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, numb, fragrant, and salty. The eight flavors refer to: fish flavor, spicy, sour and spicy, dry roast, spicy, red oil, strange flavor, pepper and seac. Nine miscellaneous refers to the miscellaneous materials. The land of Bashu, known as the "land of abundance", is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, how abundant the rainfall, surrounded by mountains, rivers and rivers, rich in grain and oil, vegetables and fruits continue in all seasons, livestock and poultry varieties are complete, the mountains and deep hills are special bears, deer, roe deer, white fungus, cordyceps, bamboo shoots and other mountain delicacies, rivers and lakes have river groups, elegant fish, rock carp, golden sturgeon. Therefore, this nine-character is to say that its input resources are extensive. Imagine how desirable it is to have such a profound culinary skill in a place with such abundant products."
Red Sky Man let out a long sigh and said, "I once lived in Bashu for a year, but I was busy with chores and forgot to sleep and eat, and I missed all these delicious foods." After speaking, he swallowed hard, and casually looked at the clay pot that Peng Wuwang was guarding wholeheartedly. The calf's head meat in this clay pot emitted a seductive smell of numbness, which really opened the eyes of the blind man.
Peng Wuwang then proudly introduced the dish he had carefully cooked: "My stewed beef head was originally used by beggars in Wannian County to eat stolen beef head meat. But before I cut the material, I burned the young cow's head with fire and scalded it with boiling water to remove the remaining cow hair. Put it in the pot and stir-fry it with green onion and ginger and Bashu tempeh, then pour water and boil, cut the beef head meat into slices after cooking, and mix it with perilla, white soybean, pepper and orange peel as ingredients, and put it into a clay pot together after mixing, seal the mouth of the jar with yellow mud, and then cook it on the fire.
Red Sky Man's eyes were shining, and he stared blankly at the clay pot fluttering on the fire, and suddenly said, "Does Master also like this dish?"
Peng Wuwang sighed and said, "It's really a regret in my life, the claypot beef head I made for Master didn't add peppercorns and tempeh, and the taste was a little worse. Although it is carefully cooked, it is not as delicious as today's claypot beef head."
Red Tianxia was slightly stunned, sighed, and said, "If Master can be here, Hong will have a short life span of ten years, so what's the matter?"
Looking at the fragments of teacups scattered all over the place, Hong Sixue realized in her heart, her face was slightly red, and she turned her head slightly. Zheng Jiechen stood up, forcibly suppressed the extremely disappointed emotions in his heart, and said in a trembling voice: "Sixue, please rest assured, Brother Peng is fine, now he is alive and kicking, and he is nowhere to be found."
Hong Sixue coughed and said, "Gongzi Zheng gave up his life this time and lived and died with me, and this grace will never be forgotten."
Zheng Juechen laughed self-deprecatingly: "Si Xue is polite, whether Zheng is alive or dead, now it seems that there is no difference, you will never forget it for the rest of your life, what is the use of me."
When Hong Sixue heard Zheng Juechen's resolute words, her heart trembled and she stopped talking.
At this embarrassing moment, Peng Wuwang stumbled into the door with Red Sky Man in his arms, and said ecstatically, "Red Girl, are you awake?"
Red Sky Man struggled to the side of Hong Sixue's bed, grabbed her hands, and said in a trembling voice, "Girl, you finally woke up, but you are in a hurry for your father."
Seeing the faces of her long-lost loved ones, Hong Sixue burst into tears, hugged Red Tianxia hard, and cried out loudly: "Daddy, I miss my child!"
Seeing the father and daughter who had reunited after a long absence, Zheng Juechen and Peng Wuwang both quietly withdrew from the room.
"Over the years, it's hard to be the leader of the Red Gang." Peng Wuwang smiled and said to Zheng Juechen, "The Nian Gang's work is heavy enough, and my father's whereabouts are unknown. If I had known about the troubles of the Nian Gang earlier, I could have shared more with her."
Zheng Jiechen looked at the man who made him the most jealous in his life, and he really couldn't think of any words to deal with it, so he had to snort unreasonably.
Peng Wuwang looked at this handsome and dashing young man who was ten times more handsome than himself, and admired it very much in his heart. In any case, the white-clothed boy's team of white horses and his world-shattering Divine Bow skills are obvious to all. Coupled with the fact that he and Hong Sixue were born and died, it seems that he seems to like his niece of the Red Master very much.
"It's really a talented woman, a match made in heaven." The more Peng Wuwang looked at it, the happier he became, and he laughed unconsciously.
Zheng Juechen saw Peng Wuwang smiling strangely, his eyes widened, and he said, "Brother Tai, why are you laughing? Could it be that you are laughing at me?"
Peng Wuwang hurriedly said: "Brother Zheng, don't misunderstand, Peng has no malicious intentions, but I just found that Brother Zheng seems to be interested in the red girl, and the two of you are so compatible, so I am happy for you from the bottom of my heart."
Zheng Juechen looked at him, and suddenly said, "Brother Peng has been born and died for Sixue many times, don't you have a ...... for her?"
Peng Wuwang hurriedly smiled and said, "What Brother Zheng said, I, Peng Wuwang, respect the chivalrous righteousness of the director of the Red Gang, and I am indignant at the leader of the Nian Gang, so I came to help. There is absolutely no personal relationship between a man or a woman."
Zheng Jiechen sneered and said, "In this way, Brother Peng is really a rare chivalrous man."
Peng Wuwang didn't hear Zheng Juechen's sarcasm at all, smiled bitterly, and said, "It's really not easy to be a chivalrous guest and want to live a healthy and happy life, and you can't do it with a little less catty. This time I narrowly escaped my life, and I was lucky to be home."
He looked at Zheng Juechen's expressionless face again, and suddenly said, "If Brother Zheng is really interested in the red girl, it is better to find a time to hire, I see that the red gang leader has no bad opinion of you, and there is no reason for such a beautiful thing to be impossible." Peng is willing to speak for Brother Zheng."
Zheng Juechen's surprise was not trivial, and his jaw was almost dislocated in an instant. "Brother Peng, are you kidding?"
Peng Wuwang smiled and said, "Peng speaks, and there are few jokes. Brother Zheng probably didn't know that Red Sky Man and I were apprentices of the same teacher, so it can be said that they were equal friends. There is no difficulty in saying things for you."
Zheng Juechen said loudly: "The relationship between men and women is the most important thing in the love of each other, you haven't asked Si Xue's intentions, so you have to make the decision for her, it's too reckless!" It can be known that there is a saying in the world: the falling flowers are intentional, and the flowing water is ruthless."
Peng Wuwang was stunned for a moment, and said: "You like her, naturally you want to marry her, the next appointment is a show of heart, if Si Xue doesn't like you, of course she will refuse to marry, how can she be reckless."
Zheng Juechen couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "If a man's employment is rejected, it is a big ugly thing, how can he act hastily."
Peng Wuwang thought for a while and said, "If you agree, you will come, and if you don't, you will go, this is a natural reason, how can it be a scandal. If you don't have the determination to be hired, you love her very much, and it's false."
Zheng Juchen was furious and said, "You rely on your own heart to determine the affairs of men and women in the world, and you are arbitrary to the extreme, and you are really not a common speaker." After saying that, fly on the horse, and ride the horse away.
Peng Wuwang chased after him and said loudly, "Brother Zheng stayed, I just said it directly, and I didn't mean to offend. However, if you don't get hired, how can you prove your heart for the Red Girl?"
Zheng Jiechen quickly whipped up, stepped off the jade spine, and the white light flashed and flew out a hundred steps away. He shook his head vigorously and sighed, "This guy, if you don't go faster, you will be killed by him."