Su Zicheng was plain white, his face was solemn and full of sorrow, he stepped on the chosen time to come out, got on the horse, and slowly went out of the city. Li Xiaoqi was dressed in a plain white robe, and together with Liu Xiuyun and Lu Feng, who were also wearing a plain white robe, they were sandwiched in the ranks of generals and officials, followed Su Zicheng's horse, and walked slowly outside the city.

The team marched very slowly, walked for nearly an hour, before arriving at the altar outside the city, Shi Yu praised, Su Zicheng officiated, and made three big gifts, Li Xiaoqi mixed in the group of generals and officials, followed by kneeling, bowing, worshipping, rising, not daring to make a mistake for half a point, the surrounding generals and officials, all elegantly flung their big sleeves, kneeling and worshipping was as rhythmic as dancing, a group of people danced so neatly and beautifully, if she was wrong even a point, she had to stand out, it would be too eye-catching! Li Xiaoqi stared nervously at the officials in front of her, she wanted to make sure that she was doing a good half step, this was so nervous that she couldn't take care of anything beside her. I don't know how many times I knelt and bowed a few times, I only knelt and worshipped with sweat, full of regret, I knew that this bow belonged to the subject of dancing, when Shi Yu invited her to perform, she really shouldn't be lazy and not go!

After the ceremony came to an end, Li Xiaoqi just stood up with a sigh of relief, and Lu Feng leaned over and whispered: "The sacrificial text is well written, did you write it?" Li Xiaoqi glanced at him with slanted eyes, as if his lips just moved, and said, "Your little uncle wrote it." Lu Feng glanced down at Li Xiaoqi from the corner of his eyes and muttered, "Then it's only one benefit, short!" Li Xiaoqi pursed his lips tightly, pulled down his smile hard, and looked straight ahead, not ready to pay attention to Lu Feng anymore.

This side became a salute, the team slowly moved for a quarter of an hour, and arrived at the altar of the sacrifice to the dead soldiers of Wu Land, Li Xiaoqi bowed four times with the crowd, and knelt straight on the ground in the crowd, paying attention to Su Zicheng, Su Zicheng had been led by the salute official Shi Yu to the extremely long and wide incense case in the middle of the platform, Shi Yu turned around and took the three lit incense sticks, held them high and was about to hand them over, only to see Su Zicheng solemnly lift up his robe, kneel in front of the incense case like the sacrifice to the Beiping dead soldiers just now, take the incense from Shi Yu's hand and start to incense, There were a few suppressed sobs faintly around Li Xiaoyi, after the three incense was finished, Shi Yu took the white silk with the sacrificial text written on it and was about to shake it off, Su Zicheng stretched out his hand to signal, Shi Yu hurriedly handed the white silk over, Su Zicheng's voice was full of sorrow, and he read the sacrificial text brightly, this sacrificial text is different from just now, and it is also different from the usual sacrificial texts of the four and sixth, the text is very plain, telling the vain death, unwillingness, grief and accusations of the Taiping Mansion and Chizhou Mansion of the Wu Di soldiers.

The crying around started faintly, and gradually evolved into a cry, Li Xiaoqi secretly exhaled, Lu Feng leaned closer to Li Xiaoyi, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Wu, among those big blisters in Jingdi, there is a monster called Pig Longpo, have you seen it?" Li Xiaoqi glanced at him, Lu Feng looked at Su Zicheng and then whispered: "That pig dragon woman also looks like a stone, ugly and hard, that pig dragon woman bites the beast and swallows it raw, while swallowing, while shedding tears, while swallowing, while shedding tears." Li Xiaoqi couldn't cry or laugh, turned his head slightly and glanced at Lu Feng, and asked in a low voice, "I was beaten this morning?" ”

"Nope! Well, the bone looks like it's broken. Li Xiaoqi was startled, and Liu Xiuyun answered next to him: "It's about to break, but it's not broken, Uncle Xiao is precise and precise." Li Xiaoqi breathed a sigh of relief, Lu Feng was about to speak with his teeth wrong, and Su Zicheng on the stage choked up and read 'Shang Fang!' The three of them hurriedly stopped, knelt upright, listened intently to the sound of praise, and prepared to dance and worship again.

Licheng returned to the house, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly ran in to bathe and change clothes, came out and poured on the couch to relax, Su Zicheng has not come back yet, he still has to sweep the ownerless deserted grave outside the city, it is too early to come back.

Shi Yu was the busiest in this mid-year festival, accompanied Su Zicheng to sweep the deserted grave and came back, and he didn't have time for a while, so he was busy bidding the next day, of course, he was not the only one who was busy all night, Zhao Hongzhi and Ming Qian Chuzhou and Runzhou presided over the mid-year festival sacrifice, and rushed into Yangzhou City overnight, but the rich merchants in the two places entered Yangzhou City two or three days in advance, drilled the camp everywhere to inquire about the news, looked for the way, discussed and judged the truth and falsehood, guessed what these Beiping people meant, did not dare to bite but were reluctant to eat. Chairman Qian, the dozen or so people, finally touched the amount of silver they had scraped together, agreed on the strategy carefully, and the people dispersed back to rest at regular intervals, just waiting for a big meal the next day.

Early the next morning, Shi Yu rushed to the other courtyard to urge Su Zicheng, Li Xiaoqi sent a letter to him the night before, she had something to do, so she didn't go to see the bidding. Su Zicheng cleaned up and let people pass a message to Li Xiaoyi, he went over to say a few words and came back, and then went out of the city when he came back, in fact, this word was not passed on, Su Zicheng said that he came back, and Li Xiaoqi had not finished breakfast.

However, Li Xiaoqi was originally planning to go out of the city to find a place to have lunch, so it was still very early, and it was not until it was time to eat, the four of them packed up and came out of the courtyard, got on the horse, went out of the west city gate, ran unhurriedly for more than an hour, entered a small town, Lu Feng rode in the forefront, passed through the town, and dismounted in front of a very large but slightly dilapidated courtyard in the southernmost part of the town. Everyone also dismounted and threw the reins to the little guy, Su Zicheng frowned, turned his head to look around, Lu Feng's eyes were full of schadenfreude, but he smiled dignifiedly: "This is a rural place, it is not as dirty as the city, it is dirty, but the things are absolutely delicious!" You'll find out when you taste it later. Li Xiaoqi had already entered the courtyard with Liu Xiuyun, and Su Zicheng didn't look at Lu Feng, shaking the folding fan and raising his feet and entering the courtyard.

The yard is very large, there is a row of five stone houses in the middle and back, two ear houses in the west, the northeast corner of the yard turns the railing, next to the railing there is a pile of fresh grass, there are five or six sheep tied inside, one of them stepped on the grass pile and stood to eat grass, not far from the sheep pen there are several wooden stakes more than one person high, tied to a large and a small two horses, on both sides of the gate, one left and one right are stacked with two huge rice stalks with round domes, and in the middle of the yard there are four or five straw-roofed sheds that are not very thoughtful, and the shed is either piled with sundries, or put hay, The most leaning under a shed in the ear house is quite clean, with a white stubble wood table and four tree stumps, in front of the ear house, there is a large iron pot half a person high, the fire under the pot is burning vigorously, and the courtyard is overflowing with the strong fragrance of mutton.

A tall and sturdy middle-aged man with a dark face was talking to Li Xiaoqi and Liu Xiuyun with a smile on his face, and when he saw Su Zicheng and Lu Feng coming in, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, and bowed his hand with a smile on his face: "Lu Ye is here!" This lord is here! ”

"Old Zhou, how is this sheep today? You can only eat the best! Lu Feng casually patted Lao Zhou's shoulder with a folding fan and smiled, Lao Zhou looked at Su Zicheng with an expressionless face, subconsciously flashed two steps to the side, turned his head to look at Lu Feng and smiled: "Don't worry, Lu Ye, how dare you give you something that you can't eat?" Today's pot of soup is better than the last one! ”

Su Zicheng walked up to Li Xiaoqi in a few steps and said in a low voice: "This place•••••• how did you find this kind of place?" ”

"Lu Feng has found a really good place, among the mutton I have eaten, his family makes the best! The really good stuff is in this kind of place. Li Xiaoqi replied with a smile, turned around, and called Lao Zhou with a smile: "Lao Zhou, I see that your yard has been cleaned, and the tables and stools have been wiped clean with boiling water?" And the sheep, have they been washed? How many times has the pot been brushed? ”

"Knock on the girl and ask, don't worry! They all did as the girl commanded! This sheep was first fed with chrysanthemum for ten days, and washed it with well water more than a dozen times before entering the pot to ensure that it was clean! The pot, even the bottom of the pot has been cleaned, the girl can rest assured! It's clean! Lao Zhou replied with a smile, Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at Su Zicheng and said with a smile: "Did you hear it?" It's all washed, rest assured, Lao Zhou is our Beiping people, he has lived in this Jiuli town for almost 20 years, and he burns a pot of mutton every day to sell it in the town, but it is sold out in an hour or two, his mutton is good, he is kind in business, and his reputation has spread all the way to Yangzhou City. Su Zicheng exhaled softly, sat down under the grass shed, a woman with a thick waist held a stack of bowls in one hand, and a large stoneware teapot in the other, put the bowls in front of the four people one by one, poured the tea, and said with a hearty smile: "We have to wait for a while!" Drink tea first, the girl drinks tea, Lu Ye drinks tea, this master drinks tea. ”

Su Zicheng looked down at the coarse porcelain bowl in front of him, turned his head to look at Li Xiaoyi, who was holding the bowl, drinking tea and talking to the woman at the same time, took a deep breath, took the bowl to his mouth, took a sip with his eyes closed, only the bitter tongue was numb, he swallowed it forcibly, pointed to the bowl, interrupted Li Xiaoyi's words and asked, "What kind ••••••of tea is this?" ”

"It's not tea, it's also tea, the tea of the poor family, it is Liu Yaer, tea is a valuable thing, and the poor can't afford it, so they rush to pinch it off and dry it when Liu Yaer just came out, and usually brew it as tea to drink." Li Xiaoqi explained with a smile, and the woman also looked at Su Zicheng and explained: "You are all delicate people, you can't get used to eating this, so let's eat this!" ”

"It's only the wealthier who can afford to eat, and if you are poorer, you can drink well water, and you have to spend firewood to boil water." Li Xiaoqi took another sentence, Liu Xiuyun sat with a golden knife, and had already drunk a bowl in one go, and poured another bowl with the pot, drank two sips in a row, smacked his lips and smiled: "It's just delicious, I drank this when I was a child, those teas, what are the frozen snow peaks, one by one is light and tasteless, how can there be this to drink?!" Master said that this willow bud is often drunk, and it can also disinfect and remove swelling, a good thing! Lu Feng stilted Erlang's legs, shook his toes, sipped tea with a bowl, and looked at Su Zicheng gloatingly, Su Zicheng looked at Li Xiaoqi who was smiling and looking at him, stretched out his hand and slowly picked up the bowl, and slowly took another sip.