I don't know how long I walked, but it was getting dark, so I stopped the carriage and whispered outside: "Master, rest for a while, it's getting dark." ”

Hua Manxi was stuffy, so he wanted to breathe, and quickly opened the curtain and got off the car, and then the outside was not a post station, nor an inn, but a wilderness.

"When, how did you get here? Why don't you want to stay overnight at a post house or inn? Hua Manxi asked.

Danyun took out a roll of parchment from his arms, which was the road map, he pointed to the location on it and said: "You see, we are here now, this section is a flood-prone point, there is a reservoir not far from here, all the residents in this area have moved away, and the government also has a clear decree that caravan pedestrians cannot spend the night here in the rainy season in June and July, so this area is very desolate, where are there any post stations and inns?" ”

"What! Shall we do this tonight? Camping? Wang Shishi wailed, "Isn't that not that a bath?" I've been holding it all day. ”

I didn't expect it to be so hard to travel, hey, the old man really didn't say it wrong, it's really a thousand days at home, and it's hard to go out half a step.

"It's too unsafe to travel at night, and the horses need to rest, so they have to settle for it." Light Cloud whispered.

"It's okay, it's just that in this wilderness, we have to eat, don't we, what should we eat? I had a lot of dry food in the carriage, but I don't know if they will be able to eat enough? Hua Manxi said in a low voice.

"Haha, don't worry, little lady, isn't there a reservoir? Isn't there food in the reservoir? Wait, I'll bring some of my brothers up and catch some fish. The person who spoke up was the person named Feiying sent out by Xu Shizi today, he smiled honestly and pointed to the reservoir not far away.

Hua Manxi nodded, and looked in his direction, there was indeed a huge reservoir there, and now it was not dark, and the rippling blue water reservoir looked boundless and unfathomable, but it had a unique scenery.

"It's amazing that there is such a big reservoir." Hua Manxi walked closer, looked at the calm water, and exclaimed.

This is in ancient times, there were no excavators, no machines, these were all hand-chiseled! Such a large and deep reservoir can be regarded as ingenious!

"This reservoir has been under construction for many years, and this dam has been in disrepair for a long time, and there are frequent floods, so the surrounding residents have moved away." A deep voice spoke.

Hua Manxi looked back and saw that it was Xu Shizi in a wheelchair.

"Lord Shizi, it's windy here, you better stay in the carriage." Hua Manxi saw him come down and kindly reminded.

"This son is a person who has been on the battlefield, and the bloody wind and rain have come over, are you still afraid of this mountain wind?" He chuckled and said lightly.

Since people don't care, Hua Manxi has nothing to say, so he can only turn his head and say to Danyun: "You go and help, if you catch a fish, kill it, I'll get some sticks to skewer and grill the fish." ”

There is no pot and no pot, if you want to eat, you can only grill fish, fortunately she brought seasonings in the carriage, otherwise it would be really difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

The eagle soon caught a dozen big fish, all of which were still on the dam.

The days of Danyun following Hua Manxi are not short, and the kung fu of killing fish and chickens has long been perfected, and the fish will soon be killed and cleaned up.

Hua Manxi picked some plantain leaves and washed them, then put the washed fish on the plantain leaves, and then sprinkled salt, cooking wine, peppercorns, and other seasonings to wipe the fish evenly and marinate it.

Over there, Xu Shizi's people had already picked up firewood and made a fire, and after Hua Manxi asked them to burn the charcoal fire, they put some stones on both sides, passed the fish through with sticks, put the sticks on the stones on both sides, and roasted them slowly over the charcoal fire.

The fish meat slowly roasted out of the fragrance, Hua Manxi brushed some oil and chili powder, and after a while, the fragrant grilled fish was ready, this is charcoal fire roasting, the fragrance is more than this morning's roast wrapped in mud, everyone has not yet started to eat, but attracted uninvited guests.

This person, who is not someone else, is actually an acquaintance, it is Zhao Yi, a second-grade master who also left the post station today.

They originally set off much earlier than Hua Manxi, but they fell behind at this time, and the description was very embarrassing, the carriage was gone, there were only two horses, that Zhao Yi sat on one, one carried the salute, and the rest of the entourage were walking, although it was still a cold day, but they were all sweating and panting.

Hua Manxi thought of Xu Shizi ordering someone to go out this morning, and soon figured out what was going on, it must have been him who made people do something in the carriage, and he chose to do it in this deserted section of the road, so that they had nothing to do.

I didn't expect this Xu Shizi, he was quite cautious, but that Zhao Yi was not a good person-

Zhao Yi and his entourage saw Xu Jinfei and them camping, he was an official of the imperial court, and he often went out on errands, so he naturally knew what the situation was now, so he also stopped the horse, but without the carriage, they must have no place to sleep tonight, so they could only sit and rest in the open air.

They dug out the kettle and dry food from their luggage, but the smell of grilled fish over there was one after another, and it made people hungry.

"You guys, go catch some fish in the reservoir and let this cook make them." Zhao Yi naturally wouldn't open his mouth to ask Xu Jinfei for grilled fish, but he couldn't bear to have an empty stomach, and this dry food was really difficult to swallow.

"My lord, we don't have any seasoning, if the fish has no taste, it can't be eaten." The cook sniffed the aroma in the air and couldn't help but exclaim, "This grilled fish must have been marinated first, and then served with chili, cumin, and pepper, it is really fragrant." ”

Zhao Yi glanced at him: "I didn't listen to you tell you about other people's ingredients, if you can't sit still and eat with the taste, you don't have to follow us to Beijing." ”

The cook's face turned pale suddenly, and he subconsciously looked up at the butler, who also nodded.

His expression was even more ugly, but he couldn't, so he could only stand up and follow the guards to the dam face.

Those guards know how to do some work, and at night, the fish are very active, it is not difficult to catch fish, since the cook can go to the sea to select the imperial chef, naturally he also has some ability, and quickly borrowed the guard's dagger and knife, and killed the fish, but this seasoning-

He thought about it, and in desperation, he could only walk up to Hua Manxi, and said in a low voice: "This girl, can you borrow some spices from me, and when you get to Kyoto, I will pay it back tenfold." ”

Hua Manxi was sprinkling cumin powder, looking at him, stunned for a while before remembering this person.

If the housekeeper or Zhao Yi came, she would definitely not borrow it, but this cook did not offend her, and everyone was together, so it was not easy.

She groaned for a moment, then gave him the spice packet.

The cook, naturally, went away thankfully, marinated the fish, and roasted it.

Everyone has eaten and drunk enough, and it is natural to rest. Originally, Hua Manxi and his party had three carriages, plus Xu Shizi and their carriages were also many, except for the people on duty at night, resting was not a problem.

But Zhao Yi and the others are bitter.

They only had one carriage, and it broke down halfway, and they could not go to the village or the store in the future, so they could only abandon the cart and hurry away, and buy it again when they arrived at the market, but by the reservoir, the wind was very strong, and even if they took out their clothes and wrapped them, they were still shivering with cold.

There is a fire, but you can't keep it all the time, right? He's too old to take it.

Helpless, he could only signal the housekeeper to go to Hua Manxi, planning to buy a carriage from her.

Although the housekeeper was very embarrassed, he still found Hua Manxi and apologized in a low voice: "Little girl, I'm really embarrassed, today's incident is that I am wrong, it is me who bullies others, I have eyes and do not know Mount Tai, I hope the little girl will forgive the old slave once." ”

This battle is bullying, Hua Manxi agrees, but she doesn't know Taishan, it's a little too much, she looks at the housekeeper with a bitter face, as if she doesn't forgive, he will kneel down immediately.

Hua Manxi is not such a stingy person, so he can only wave his hand and say, "It's okay, and I didn't cause anything." ”

The housekeeper still had some eyes, and when he saw that there was a play, he hurriedly praised: "That's the girl's clever mind, if she changes someone else, something big will definitely happen." ”

Wang Shishi and Hua Manxi were almost inseparable, and when they heard this, they nodded approvingly: "Even if you still have some vision." ”

"Naturally, this is natural, the old slave has something to ask the girl, and I hope the girl can ignore the past suspicions and make it convenient for the old slave." The butler whispered again.

"What's the matter? Let's hear it. Wang Shishi was afraid that Hua Manxi would suffer if she was soft-hearted, so she interjected.

At a glance, the housekeeper knew that Wang Shishi was not an easy character to deal with, far less than Hua Manxi was easy to speak, however, in this situation, it was not his turn to complain, so he had to euphemistically: "That's the case, our carriage broke down on the road, and we had to abandon the car in order to hurry, but our old man was not in good health, and he was old, and he couldn't stand the cold by the reservoir. ”

"But our wagons are also full, and they are full of things brought from home." That's all the people of Shishan County who have their hearts for themselves.

"Things can be squeezed, you have so many carriages, all right, girl." The butler's face was also unbearable, and he begged in a low voice.

Although he is a housekeeper, but the Zhao family is now full of saints, even his identity as a housekeeper is also rising, how many dignitaries and nobles want to have a relationship with the Zhao family, they have to buy him and let her help say something, how could he have spoken in such a low profile?

"If you sell, you can sell it." Hua Manxi was about to refuse, but Wang Shishi tugged at her sleeve and signaled her not to make a sound.

"Thank you girl, the girl is really a bodhisattva, and when we get to Kyoto, our master will definitely reward you with a heavy gift." The housekeeper didn't expect it to go so smoothly and was overjoyed.

"It's just that the price may be a little higher." Wang Shishi showed a hint of a thief's smile and stretched out a finger to the housekeeper.