Because King Yun does not live in the palace all the year round, there are no other servants in the palace except for the housekeeper and the mother-in-law who sprinkles the sweep.

As soon as King Yun left, there was not even one guard left in the mansion.

The eunuchs who announced the decree came out of the main hall to take a look, and the huge palace couldn't even see a ghost, and they suddenly wanted to cry without tears!

When even a few of the accompanying eunuchs retreated.

"Lord Cao, do we really want to live in the palace? The palace is empty, not even a slave can be seen, I am afraid that there is not even a charcoal fire for heating and firewood for boiling water, we might as well go outside and find an inn to live in, so that some money and men can wait. ”

"Yes, we have suffered a lot of sins on the way from Kyoto to Yunzhou, and we have been frozen outside the city for several days, and our bodies and bones can't stand it!"

"In the past, I only heard that the north was bitter and cold, and the slaves thought that no matter how bitter they were, they couldn't get to us, after all, we were the envoys of the Son of Heaven, and even if the barbarians in the north were bold, they didn't dare to slap the saint in the face, and they had to be entertained with good food and drink, who knows...... Lord Cao, we also feel sorry for ourselves, so we have to keep this little life and go back to Kyoto. ”

The eunuch surnamed Cao let them say these words, he couldn't say these words, but he could be regarded as venting himself when he heard others say them, and after everyone's emotions passed, he snorted coldly and asked them: "Do you really want to keep your life and go back to Kyoto?" ”

The accompanying eunuchs were stunned, not knowing what he meant.

Eunuch Cao then said in a solemn tone and warned them: "If you really want to save your life and go back to Kyoto, then let me stay in the Yunwang Mansion honestly!" What kind of person is Lao Yunwang, haven't you seen it yet? Out of this Cloud King's Mansion, no matter where you throw your little life, it has nothing to do with the Cloud King, Yunzhou is the territory of the Cloud King, he wants people to die in the third watch, you don't want to live to the fifth watch! ”

When the eunuchs heard this, they immediately turned pale with horror!

"No, it won't! We are the envoys of the Son of Heaven, who have come to announce the decree! Even if King Yun is bold, he doesn't dare to be so blatant! ”

Eunuch Cao didn't joke with them, looked at the withered gate of King Yun's mansion, and said in a tight voice: "Old King Yun doesn't even pay attention to the Son of Heaven, and the envoy is a fart!" What's more, the holy decree has been announced, and the task given to us by the saint will be completed, if we die, in the eyes of the saint, it will be an excuse to charge Lao Yun Wang An at most, but the fate is his own, and it is up to him at the expense! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, several eunuchs who accompanied him were silent for a while.

This errand, they knew before they came that it was not a good errand, the entire border sixteen states, for the officials of Dayu is the Longtan tiger's den, for decades few officials dare to set foot on it, that is, the one on the dragon chair, but also several times through the post house edict did not dare to move the real character, this time they were ordered to travel, how many people are talking behind their backs that they must have gone and have not returned.

"Lord Cao is right, our lives are our own! Be careful! ”

A few eunuchs quickly figured it out, echoed the voice, and then went to the door to find the old slave guarding the door, and found a remote courtyard for them to stay.

There were no ornaments in the courtyard except for beds and necessary furniture, and Eunuch Cao went to the storeroom and kitchen to look around, and sure enough, he didn't see a single piece of charcoal or firewood.

"Take the money to the city to buy more important things, and then talk about it in the next few days, although the county lord of Zhaoping agreed to go to Beijing to thank him, but I wondered, I can't leave until the next year."

After speaking, Eunuch Cao took out the bag of silver rewarded by King Yun, and did not hide any personal secrets.

The other eunuchs are not rich in their hands, after all, those who can be sent to the sixteen states are not the ones who have a face in front of the saint, and they can't get much oil and water on weekdays, so they can only mean it.

More than a dozen people scraped together fifty taels of silver and handed them over to a few young eunuchs to go out to buy, and when they went around the back gate of the palace to hit the back of the main courtyard, the eunuchs suddenly smelled a strong and seductive smell of food.

The gluttonous insects made a big fuss in the Five Organs Temple, and several eunuchs all stopped in unison.

"It smells so good...... I've been passing on dishes in the Imperial Dining Room for two years, and I've never smelled anything like that. ”

"It seems to be a thick soup, fragrant and nose-washing, and a little weird that can't be explained."

"Why do I smell meat? Is it mutton soup? ”

"I don't think you can guess, you can't eat if you guess correctly, you can eat in the main courtyard of the palace, it must be the Zhaoping county lord who stayed in the mansion to play, Lord Cao said, let us do more than less, it's important to do our own things quickly."

After one of the eunuchs finished speaking, he pulled the clothes of the other two eunuchs, and the group continued to walk towards the back door of the palace.

As soon as I reached the back door, an old servant shouted over there, "You guys! It's you, come and help! ”

Several eunuchs stopped again, and after looking at it for a long time, they were sure that the old servant was calling them, thinking that this was the territory of King Yun after all, so they walked over and asked, "Old brother, is there anything you want us to do?" ”

The old servant unceremoniously pointed to a sheep and a pile of ingredients outside the door, and said, "Move these to the small kitchen in the main courtyard, they are all the things of the county lord, be careful!" ”

The eunuchs looked at the abundance of ingredients that they didn't recognize, subconsciously swallowed their saliva, and then carefully followed the carrying.

After entering the small kitchen in the main courtyard, the fragrance I had just smelled outside was even stronger.

A few eunuchs couldn't hold back in the end, and after putting down their things, they quickly glanced at the stove while no one was paying attention, and when they saw a pot of red soup, all of them showed doubts on their faces.

"Haven't you seen it?" The fat master on the stove also glanced at a few eunuchs, and said proudly, "It's normal if you haven't seen it, this is a kind of food unique to our sixteen states, called hot pot, also called shabu-shabu, you can't eat it anywhere else except Baicuilou, it is the most suitable for winter!" Today's New Year, the county lord specially asked me to make a few shabu-shabu pots for the people in the palace to taste! ”

The little eunuch couldn't hold back and asked, "Shabu-shabu, isn't that the same thing as shabu-shabu?" We also have it in Kyoto, so it's as strange as you say. ”

The master was not happy when he heard this, so he knocked the spoon on the stove with a "dang" sound, and asked, "A thing?" Hmph, it's really a bun from Kyoto! Do you have butter in Kyoto? Do you have chili peppers in Kyoto? Do you have a 72-flavor Chinese medicine soup base prepared by a divine doctor in Kyoto to dispel wind and dispel evil? ”

The little eunuch was so frightened by the master that he almost didn't dare to squeak, and after a long time, he whispered again: "Then, then you said that this is a reward from the county lord to the people in the house, do we have it?" ”

When the master saw that he had confessed, he took a closer look at the eunuchs and said, "You are not from the palace, are you?" Whether there is this or not, you have to ask the county lord to know, but I tell you, the county lord is generous, not only let the kitchen make shabu-shabu, roast mutton, but also eighteen new dishes from Baicuilou, all of which are unique to the sixteen states, not to mention Kyoto, even the prince and his old people may not have eaten it! You have a little bit of eyesight, sell a good thing at the county lord, and say a few more auspicious words in exchange for a meal that the prince has never eaten, what a bargain! ”

When several eunuchs heard this, they all felt that it made some sense!