On the tenth day of the first lunar month, everything returned to normal in the Houhou Mansion, and Wu Yong also accompanied the Son of Heaven to study as always. Today, Liu Hong, the son of heaven, is still studying in Huaguang Palace, and Liu Kuan lectures.

After Wu Yong arrived, he listened carefully, and accidentally caught a glimpse of the Son of Heaven being a little absent-minded, but he didn't dare to ask more.

Liu Kuan spoke for about an hour, and when he saw that Liu Hong was a little absent, he stopped lecturing and asked with concern: "Your Majesty has something on your mind?" When Liu Hong heard the question, he simply lay on the desk and asked Liu Kuan: "As a member of the Han family, has the teacher ever thought about the day when he would become the emperor?" Liu Kuan shuddered and hurriedly asked, "Why does Your Majesty ask such a question?" The old minister is old, but he can't help but be scared! ”

"Teachers don't need to panic! Today, the hall is full of my own family, and I will never leak the news, I just asked casually. Liu Hong waved his hand, and then sighed: "I never thought that I would be the son of heaven one day, but the will of heaven made people, and by chance, I was picked up from the country between the rivers and sat on this dragon chair. But I am not living as happily as before, this palace is like a cage, binding me, and I am like a bird in a cage, without any freedom at all. In fact, Liu Kuan is the fifteenth grandson of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Hong is the fourteenth grandson of Liu Bang.

Liu Kuan was also relieved when he heard Liu Hong say this, so he comforted: "Your Majesty is the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty, every move, word and deed touches the hearts of the people, and it is related to the life and death of hundreds of people. The ancients said: Only the Son of Heaven is ordered by Heaven, the world is ordered by the Son of Heaven, and a country is ordered by the king. If the king's order is obedient, the people will obey their order; If the king's order is rebellious, the people will be disobedient; Therefore, one person has a celebration, and the people rely on it. That's right. After speaking, he opened his mouth and asked, "Why does Your Majesty sigh like this today?" Liu Hong glanced at Wu Yong weakly, and then sighed: "A few days ago, Zhuo Taijun's birthday in the Houhou Mansion, I heard that it was very lively, so I wanted to go over to have a look, but I was blocked by the princes of the imperial court, and I still feel a little depressed when I think about it. ”

"Ugh!" Liu Kuan really didn't expect such a reason, and he didn't know how to persuade for a while, so he looked at Wu Yong and motioned for him to stand up and comfort the Son of Heaven.

He is quite satisfied with Wu Yong's student, Wu Yong not only has the ability to never forget, but also learns a little bit, which can be described as a genius among geniuses.

Wu Yong looked at Liu Kuan's eyes, and immediately understood the meaning, so he smiled and said to Liu Hong: "Fortunately, Your Majesty didn't go!" His Majesty just heard about the commotion, and he would never have thought that there was a constant scramble at the feast, and there was not enough food to eat. The minister has been very busy these days, but he would rather accompany His Majesty to study. Liu Hong immediately became interested and hurriedly asked, "Why are you grabbing the food?" Wu Yong smiled bitterly: "There are too many guests here, and the ministers are not well prepared." ”

"That's fun!" Liu Hong laughed. Wu Yong shook his head and sighed: "The minister was scolded miserably, and he said that the minister was stingy and didn't let the guests have enough to eat. Liu Hong exclaimed: "I didn't expect such a play to be staged in the Houhou Mansion, but I didn't go, otherwise I would have to go back to the palace hungry." ”

"If Your Majesty goes, the ministers will probably be held accountable by the Queen Mother." Wu Yong said with a smile. After a few back and forth conversations, Liu Hong's mood improved significantly.

At this time, he suddenly stood up and asked with a smile: "Why don't we go hunting today?" ”

"Your Majesty, no!" Liu Kuan hurriedly stopped. Nowadays, there are two places where the Son of Heaven hunts, one is Luoyang Shanglin Garden, which is located at the foot of Pishan Mountain in the northwest of Luoyang City.

The second is Guangchengyuan, which is located near Guangchengze in Liang County. Both places are very far away, and I don't know how much time it will take to get there.

The most important thing is that the travel of the Son of Heaven is extremely cumbersome, and the waiters, palace maids, guards, eunuchs, etc., do not know how many.

It can be said that a hunt by the Son of Heaven will cost at least hundreds of thousands of dollars. Liu Hong's face was a little unhappy, but because of the opposition of his teacher Liu Kuan, he could only be helpless and sat there depressed.

Seeing this, Wu Yong proposed: "If Your Majesty wants to hunt and play, you don't have to work so hard, the minister has an idea, maybe you can give it a try." ”

"What thoughts?" Hearing the play, Liu Hong's eyes lit up. Wu Yong said with a smile: "There are many rabbits in this Fanglin Garden, why don't you hold a rabbit catching competition here today!" You can also let the dining room prepare some ingredients, and let's hold an open-air barbecue in this Hong Lim Garden, wouldn't it be beautiful! ”

"That's good, that's it!" Liu Hong agreed without thinking about it, and then instructed left and right: "Come here, prepare the ingredients according to Wu Shiyu's idea." ”

"Whoa!" Immediately, two waiters came to Wu Yong. Wu Yong thought for a while, in order to prevent them from remembering wrongly, he wrote a large list of ingredients, as well as the corresponding pot and stove utensils, and at the end, he also said: "You have to ask people to go to the Houhou Mansion for another trip, and ask the steward to go to the courtyard where I live to get a bottle of five-spice powder." The waiter agreed, turned around and was about to leave, at which time Liu Kuan also reminded:

"Don't forget to bring wine!" Waiting for the waiter to leave, Liu Hong couldn't wait to take everyone to catch rabbits outside Huaguang Palace.

These rabbits don't look usually cute and cute, they like to get in front of people, but if they really want to catch them, it is quite difficult, Liu Hong took the Zhongchang attendants Hou Lan and Cheng Huang, and some eunuchs and palace maids, chased and intercepted for a long time before they could catch one.

Wu Yong also cheered behind them, tired enough. As we all know, catching animals is a very large amount of exercise, which is undoubtedly extremely physically demanding.

In addition, everyone is the master who does not exercise regularly, so after tossing for most of the day, everyone is already hungry!

At this time, Wu Yong saw that the waiter had already prepared all the ingredients and tools he needed, so he began to instruct the several chefs who came with him to start making the ingredients.

"All the lamb is cut into small pieces and threaded on skewers with bamboo skewers!"

"The chicken should be condimented, marinated for a while, then wrapped in lotus leaves, and then wrapped in a layer of mud and placed next to the fire!"

"Break all the fish, pick out all the thorns, and use them for fish balls later!"

"The beef should be cut into thick slices and fried on an iron plate!"

"The rest of the beef and mutton are cut into thin slices and used in shabu-shabu later."

"......" Wu Yong commanded and demonstrated to everyone at the same time, and several chefs were in awe!

Liu Hong stopped catching rabbits at this time, watched Wu Yong command everyone with great interest, and finally shouted that Wu Yong would assign him some work.

Wu Yong thought for a while, and then arranged for Liu Hong to go to the lamb skewers.

"What? You actually let the Son of Heaven do such rough work? Hearing that Wu Yong actually asked Liu Hong to grill skewers, Hou Lan was suddenly like a raccoon cat whose tail had been stepped on, and he exploded in an instant!

Wu Yong explained with a smile: "Don't misunderstand, the kid just wants the Son of Heaven to feel the fun of cooking by himself, and there is a chef on the side, and you are there to accompany him, so there will be no problem." ”

"That's not going to work either!" When Hou Lan heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, but he still shook his head decisively, and replied in a firm tone: "How can you do such rough work?" It's out of place! At this time, Liu Kuan, who was standing on the side, interjected: "Hou Changshi's words are also fallacious! The Son of Heaven made food with his own hands, and knew that food was not easy to come by. In the past, Emperor Guangwu personally farmed and often enjoyed the world, and today the Son of Heaven personally cooks and experiences the suffering of the world, which is a manifestation of a generation of Ming monarchs. ”

"Ugh!" When Hou Lan heard this, his face stiffened slightly, and he was speechless for a moment. When Liu Hong heard this, he laughed and said: "Since the teacher has said this, I will learn to be a chef today, do it myself, and have enough food and clothing!" So under the careful escort of a group of eunuchs and palace maids, Liu Hong began his own skewer journey.

In fact, Wu Yong didn't dare to let Liu Hong bake the skewers alone, just let him turn it a few times, and other processes such as sprinkling salt and condiments were all operated by him.

"Whoa... Crackling..."Inadvertently, the crystal salt grains occasionally fell down the cracks of the meat skewers on the fiery red charcoal pile, making a slight pop... As time passed, the lamb skewers were gradually grilled to brown, and there was a faint aroma.

After sprinkling the salt, Wu Yong picked up a small bottle from the side, poured out a little powder from it, and sprinkled it evenly on the meat skewers... After a while, an even richer fragrance quickly spread around!

"It smells so good!" The people around, after smelling this strange fragrance, subconsciously sniffled, and their eyes lit up one by one and involuntarily looked at the meat skewers on the grill, and the saliva secretion in their mouths instantly accelerated... For a while, the sound of swallowing saliva suddenly sounded around!

Even Liu Hong couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly, and then curiously leaned over to Wu Yong's side and whispered, "Wu Yong, what kind of spice is in your small bottle?" Why does it taste so good when sprinkled on the meat? ”

"Five-spice powder!" After hearing Liu Hong's inquiry, Wu Yong did not hide anything, and then explained: "Xiaochen uses five kinds of spices, pepper, star anise, cinnamon, fennel, and cloves, which are ground into powder after drying and mixed together, so it is called five-spice powder!" ”

"There are so many spices, no wonder the roasted meat is so fragrant!" Liu Hong sighed, and then instructed Hou Lan: "Hou Lan, after returning to the palace, you instruct Taicang to make some five-spice powder, and put some when cooking in the future!" ”

"Whoa!" For Liu Hong's instructions, Hou Lan didn't dare to be sloppy, and at the same time secretly planned in his heart that he would ask Wu Yong for a secret method for a while, otherwise the Taicang order in the palace would not be able to prepare this kind of taste, and it would be a lot of fun.

After about 10 minutes of grilling, the skin of the skewers has turned golden brown and it looks like it is almost cooked!

"That's it!" Wu Yong picked up a meat skewer and handed it to Liu Hongdao: "Your Majesty, how about tasting it!" ”

"Well, it's fragrant!" Liu Hong took the mutton skewers, sniffed them gently, and suddenly felt an attractive aroma of meat, coming to his nose!

"Ahh

"Woo, delicious..."The new taste, the fresh and fragrant taste, and the stimulation brought by this skewer of barbecue made Liu Hong, the son of heaven, couldn't help but eat it!

Three times five divided by two, it only took less than ten seconds for a whole bunch of mutton to enter Liu Hong's stomach!

"It's so delicious!" After eating a skewer of barbecue, Wu Yong couldn't help but let out a sigh! These grilled meat skewers are burnt and buttery in color, slightly spicy in taste with fresh fragrance, not greasy or fatty, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and taste very good, which instantly conquered Liu Hong's taste buds!

Therefore, after Liu Hong tasted it, he asked Wu Yong to bring a bunch and began to eat it. After eating five skewers in a row, Liu Hong burped and said to everyone with a smile: "You also try the lamb skewers I grilled!" As he spoke, he gave the remaining four grilled mutton skewers to Liu Kuan, Hou Lan, Cheng Huang and Wu Yong.

"Thank Your Majesty for your love, the old slave will never give up!" Cheng Huang and Hou Lan were so moved.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wu Yong took the mutton skewers, and the familiar taste made him miss the days of drinking beer and eating barbecue in later generations.