"Tai Shi Ling, stay in the official office at noon."

"Okay."

It took nearly an hour for Meng Fan, who understood the general situation, to agree.

Because he knew that as long as the officials in the imperial capital Chang'an came to the official office, the imperial court would definitely take care of the food.

"Dr. Li, let's eat together later, and give me a good talk about Gouchung Ridge."

After chatting with Taishi Cheng Lao Huang for a while, Meng Fan turned his gaze not far away.

The young man in the light cyan official robe who was named did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly crossed his hands and saluted:

"Why?"

For the time being, the Taishi Bureau is indeed very idle, and the civil and military officials and even the emperor are also happy to do so.

If you have to find a relatively busy department inside, it is the Wind Observation Envoy, the five people are responsible for dealing with various incidents involving demons and evil near Chang'an, and if there is a state or county to report the situation, they will also go over to investigate according to the situation.

At the same time, there are also two Jiupin doctors who manage the eucalyptus, which is equivalent to logistics personnel, sorting out all kinds of files, sealing those that have been solved, and handing over those that have not been solved to the Guanfeng envoy for processing.

So far, there has been no backlog -

The Chang'an area has a strong humane atmosphere, and the evil demons dare not approach at all, plus Zhongnan Mountain is not far away, more than ten miles, all kinds of hermits and masters, if they encounter it, they will solve it.

Because of this, two of the five wind watchers are solving various cases for the prefecture and county, and the only remaining cases at present involve a place called Goucan Ridge in Chang'an City.

The one who complained not long ago deliberately squatted all night last night and found nothing, and he had to go tonight, which seemed very resistant.

It just so happened that Meng Fan's new official took office with three fires, and he planned to do a eucalyptus in person and warm up by the way.

……

Breakfast, also known as morning food, is the responsibility of the officials, while lunch is different.

As long as it is a court official of the ninth rank and above, and comes to work in the government on a non-day holiday, this meal is a public treat, and the state is a financial burden, every official can, and must eat and drink with his colleagues at public expense!

If you don't come, the matter spreads again, and you may be impeached.

However, there are two forms of working meals for Chang'an officials, one is called "eating at the corridor of the pilgrimage" and the other is "dine-in by the chef of the non-contemporary".

According to the etiquette system, officials below the three grades go to the court every Monday and the fifth day of the month, namely: the first day, the fifth day of the first month, the eleventh, the fifteenth, the twenty-first, and the twenty-fifth need to go to the court.

But there is such a thing as rules, which have always been used to break, and Emperor Li Zhi is not in good health, so he will cancel some of them from time to time.

And tomorrow's court meeting has not been canceled, Meng Fan can experience a meal under the corridor-

When we got up at three or four o'clock and went to court, everyone stood hard in the morning, and after reporting their work in a few words, they looked at their noses and noses, and listened to other officials.

At this time, the humanized side of the Tang Dynasty was revealed, and since the beginning of the Zhenguan period, the imperial court would arrange for the officials of the previous dynasty to sit on the ground on the eaves and corridors of the palace, and each arranged a small table to eat.

Prepare meals at public expense and eat in the open air.

In addition, it is the imperial kitchen technique, which represents the face of the emperor and the queen of heaven, and the standard will not be low.

It is worth mentioning that in summer, special meals will be provided to relieve the heat: cold noodles and flour porridge with chestnuts, peaches, pears, pomegranates, etc.

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In winter, it is a barbecue meal, not to mention the charcoal stove to warm the body, and the additional mutton ration is added.

Catch up with special festivals to go to court, such as the Cold Food Festival, the imperial kitchen boils sweet rice porridge for the courtiers to drink; On the seventh day of the first month and the third day of the third month, pancakes are given; On the fifteenth and thirtieth day of the first month, cakes are given; Dragon Boat Festival to give zongzi; Ninety-nine Double Ninth Festival with cakes; October 1 with yellow rice soup......

After knowing that he has four types of inputs, receiving double portions, and countless other intimate benefits, Meng Fan is really full of emotion, no matter what era, it is right to follow the imperial court!

In the past, the benefits of the ghost hunting army were also exaggerated.

Well...... Now Meng Fan is experiencing the second type, dine-in in the public kitchen.

As the name suggests, officials do not go to court, work

I ate at my own government office in the morning, the stove was big and small, and there were many dishes and few dishes, which were served according to the administrative level.

The superlative and exquisite canteen meals must have been enjoyed by the prime ministers of the most popular ministers, in the political affairs hall, next to the main hall of the upper court.

The five-grade official should not be too bad.

With this thought in mind, Meng Fan sat on the ground and watched the officials set up a table and arrange the tableware.

After a short time, the cook brought in one dish after another, and the standard of Jiupin Guan was four dishes and one soup.

Two vegetables and one meat with chicken soup, the staple well water pulls cold noodles, the meat is roasted mutton, and the fruit is peach.

The eight-pin official adds a dish of steamed camel meat, serving sour sauce, pepper, and apricot jam.

On this basis, the seventh, sixth, and fifth grades will each add one, but the amount will not be large, so as not to cause extravagance and waste.

Looking at the sumptuous dishes in front of him, Meng Taishi made a lot of emotion in his heart, the first working meal in Datang was quite special.

"Don't be nervous, come on, eat a chicken leg."

Because he had something to ask Dr. Li, who was in charge of the finishing of the eucalyptus, he was now sitting on the eucalyptus table opposite.

However, this guy didn't look easy, his back was straight, and the rest of his colleagues had already started eating, but he didn't dare to move.

Am I really that scary?

Meng Fan doubted himself as he handed over the bowl with braised chicken thighs.

"Tai Shi Ling, this ......"

"Food, it's not a rare thing, and the official is counting on you to introduce it well."

Such a scene, falling into the eyes of colleagues, instantly made them feel at ease.

If only it wasn't harsh!

As long as the chief official does not look for trouble, everyone is similar to the gods, drinking tea, talking about mysteries, discussing Taoism, and occasionally doing things.

"Goucrest Ridge, the ancient dragon of Gailongshou Mountain, this dynasty is the place of execution, and the reason why it is called this name is because its terrain is obviously uplifted along the east-west direction, like a dog's back."

"Sho Ye Fang ...... near Higashi City"

The vegetable market is full of slashes?

That's pretty much what it means.

Meng Fan muttered secretly, and continued to listen carefully to Dr. Li's explanation.

The imperial capital of Chang'an was divided into two, governed by two super-sized county orders, Li Bai has a poem called: You don't need to seal the marquis of ten thousand households, but I hope to know Han Jingzhou.

That Han Jingzhou was born in Wannian County, but he was just a master book, and he was directly promoted to supervise the imperial history, which shows how much the official position in this county is beyond the specifications.

And the official who reported the situation to the Taishi Bureau was a county lieutenant from Wannian County, and the bad handsome and bad people under his command said that they could often hear ghost wails and various strange noises at night.

As we all know, the execution ground is heavy and yin, and Gouxingling is also the place where death row prisoners are killed in the Chang'an area, which may indeed breed dirty things.

But then again, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the luck of humanity is so strong, and the authentic Taoism of the Xuanmen will be affected to a certain extent......

Can't figure it out?

After all, he is an experienced person, after learning about the relevant information, Meng Fan immediately decided to go over in the afternoon to see it in person, hearing is better than seeing!

"Well, come with me in the afternoon."

"Why?"

Dr. Li was about to cross his hands when he was stopped by his eyes.

"There's no need to be polite in the future, let's eat in peace and give you a plate of roast camel meat."

Snail climbing