Chapter 8 "Did the Sprinkler Encounter a Robbery?"
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"Why!?" Wang Chengen asked
"This dog is not fat, since the sprinkle family...... Well...... Since I ascended the throne, natural disasters have continued."
The awkwardness in Lu Zhishen's heart, judging from the residual memory, Zhu Youzhen is not bad - of course, this is definitely not a good word, but an extremely mean scolding word, the subtext is that this guy is useless, and there is no place to praise if you want to.
But Zhu Youzhen is indeed an unlucky guy.
Since the year of sitting on the throne, the entire Ming Dynasty has fallen into a situation where the wind and rain are not smooth, only the locusts are more and more prosperous, who has seen such a "grand occasion" in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years.
Ruda was subconsciously disgusted when he said it.
But he still has to explain that the Dao King in here really doesn't understand.
“…… There are either droughts or floods, there are locusts, and there is not enough food for people to eat, so how can a dog be so fat? Unless ......"
"Unless what?" Wang Chengen asked in a trembling voice.
"Dogs have red eyes, and they want to drip blood, and they eat the flesh of dead people, and wild dogs will have red eyes as long as they have eaten dead human flesh, and they are no different from tigers and wolves. Hurt people at the first opportunity. ”
"No wonder, there are no husbands and night patrols here......"
"Well, then, what should we do, long live, let's go?"
"Let's go? Of course, I have to go, but before I go, I still have to do a lot of tricks. You can't ignore the family! ”
After finishing speaking, he rushed forward with a low shout, and the leader of the opposite group of wild dogs immediately jumped up more than half a person high, and his big mouth went straight to the throat of the person, the size of this dog was huge, like a calf, and his eyes were red at the moment, and the saliva in his mouth was thrown into the air, and there were a few traces of cold light in his life.
Other wild dogs also bit Chongzhen's limbs separately.
The wild dog colony has a spirituality, or a return to the wolf nature, and the hunting behavior is entirely based on the leader's intentions, and the natural division and attack make them repeatedly successful in hunting.
Wang Chengen was so frightened that he didn't know what to do, this kind of scene was unheard of and unseen, he had the heart to help, but he found that he couldn't take a step, he was originally a good skill, but now he couldn't even stretch out his hand.
After an instant, the wild dogs fell to the ground almost at the same time, and the dog's head was shattered, which was terrible to see.
Under the huge battle, there was not a single barking of dogs.
I don't know what effort Banzai used, but in two or three breaths, it was over.
If it weren't for the rafter that kept dripping blood, Wang Chengen would have thought that this was a demon law......
"Let's go, go to Southside. Bear with me......
As soon as the words fell, the prince's feet left the ground again, and he was picked up by Banzai.
Then he felt the strong wind blowing in his face, and Emperor Chongzhen opened his legs and galloped rapidly, like a galloping horse.
Nancheng is finally a bit of a human being, with a lot of ruins and broken walls, but there are beggars in the corners of the alleys, and occasionally there are people who sleep late to light the lights, and there are husbands who patrol the night.
Although it looks like a dot, it can be ...... I still ran into a thief who didn't have long eyes......
They, they ...... He even tried to block the road and rob ......
The two of them were looking around on the street looking for dogs, and several big men immediately came out of the black alley, holding bright knives in their hands and looking at them viciously.
Lu Zhishen was also stunned, he was thinking blankly, this seems to be a robbery, but why didn't I wait for a long time and didn't have the lyrics of this mountain that I opened......
That's unprofessional!
Master Zhishen lamented that the way of the world has changed, people's hearts have been broken, and the inheritance of this craft has been wasted a lot.
Anyway, he has fallen grass in Peach Blossom Mountain and Erlong Mountain, and now he sees his peers and juniors, and he has a little bit of affection for his hometown and old acquaintances, and his first reaction is not to pounce on them angrily and give them a stick, but to mention them a few words of professional technology.
For example, the knife that took the lead was hanging, very careless, and seemed to pay no attention to the work, which inevitably made the robbed person feel a little contemptuous......
Wang Chengen said angrily: "Open the dog's eyes, we just came from the north, and the night patrol soldiers are about to arrive here, you are doing death!" ”
Before the words fell, I heard the sound of a gong, usually followed by a dozen or so heavily armed Ming soldiers.
Originally, this was a matter of the official service of the Beijing Division, but in recent years, with the erosion of state affairs, the security of the capital has deteriorated day by day, so the soldiers equipped with spears, wild feathers, knives and even strong bows were simply transferred to be responsible for the night patrol.
Naturally, there is no disadvantage against robbers who only have short weapons.
"Hahahaha" The robbers on the other side seemed to hear some great joke, and they all laughed arrogantly, and the laughter spread especially far in the night.
"Sure enough, it's two chicks, I'll let you see today, what is a night patrol soldier!." The bandit leader suddenly shouted.
The sound was so loud that the night guard who had just struck the gong could hear it completely.
Sure enough, a moment later, the gong sounded again, and then it was apparently the soldiers shouting, "Old man, go east to patrol the streets!" ”
To the east is to the place where they are.
"Fart, we've got a deal here!" The bandit leader drank impatiently.
After the gong sounded, someone shouted "Old man to the south to patrol the street......
As he spoke, the sound of the gong gradually faded away......
Wang Chengen was dumbfounded.
Emperor Chongzhen was speechless for a while, knowing that the Ming Dynasty was going to die and was already rotten.
But it's rotten to this extent, unexpectedly.
"Hey......" Wang Chengen sighed again.
The leader of the bandits was overjoyed, thinking that the fat sheep in front of him gave up resistance: "Obediently hand over the money and things, and take off your clothes, the master has the virtue of a good life, let you live." ”
The prince smiled slightly, and also thought about it.
In the past, he said that he had to take the first step in front of Banzai, and he could be crushed, but the health of the dragon body must be guaranteed.
Wang Chengen's own kung fu is not bad, but he is a person close to him, and he can't be helpless......
But today, he quietly pulled Banzai's sleeve and squeezed his eyebrows vigorously, which means "Hurray, hooray...... Don't be too ruthless...... If you have something to eat, who will cut the path......"
The Son of Heaven loves the people like a son, knows the measure, and the rafters that can scare people to death are useless, but they just rush into the crowd with their bare hands, and then they see the big living people being thrown all over the sky......
Lu Zhishen is also strange, this thief doesn't have long eyes, he dares to come up and rob the road when he sees such a rough rafter, if these people go to Liangshan, I am afraid that they don't know how they died.
But in a quarter of an hour's effort, three gangs of thieves were scattered/flown in Nancheng, and by the way, there were four wild dogs - not fat, but also a little meat, and more importantly, the eyes were not red.
On the way back, he carried Wang Chengen back to the palace wall, and threw him on the wall as usual, this time the prince didn't stuff waste paper in his mouth, but he didn't scream.
It can be seen that the head of the East Factory is indeed outstanding.
Then he quietly returned to the Qianqing Palace, which was the emperor's bedroom.
The idle people in the palace had already been dismissed by Wang Chengen to prevent them from seeing what they shouldn't see.
As for the stunning beauty Chen Yuanyuan, who originally stayed in it to sleep, he was also driven away by Lu Zhishen on the grounds of "having national affairs in mind and having no time for children's personal feelings".
Wang Chengen opened the fork bag and looked at the four dead dogs......
It was the first time he had encountered such a problem.
How do you cook this thing?
You can't send it to the kitchen, although he is a eunuch with a pen, he can carry four dead dogs to the kitchen, this is ...... It seems unprecedented.
Besides, this dog still has to be skinned, and the eunuch in the small kitchen has good skills in cutting meat and stir-frying, but he is obviously unfamiliar with the butcher's work.
As soon as the Son of Heaven opened his mouth, he almost stumbled in fright: "Wang Chengen, you go and fetch some water, wash this copper incense burner, and stew dog meat here for a while...... Well, the sprinklers went to the garden to chop some wood for firewood...... It's stewed right here. ”
"Long live, long live...... Wang Chengen hurriedly stopped, "This is the dormitory." ”
"So what?"
"This, this, in this way, let's go to the small kitchen, and the slave and maid will let all the irrelevant people avoid it first."
"It's okay, the kitchen has all the condiments......"
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So Wang Chengen lit the fire, and the emperor hung the dog on the beam of the house, casually pinched a sharp knife and began to peel the skin.
The water had not yet boiled, and four intact dog skins had been thrown to the ground.
"It's a pity, if you find a craftsman to make it well, you can also make a mattress...... It's very warm in winter," said Long Live Lord with regret.
The prince didn't dare to answer, and he didn't know how to answer, but he just played with the bellows.
The water was boiling, and the long-lived lord tied the hem of the dragon robe around his waist, and turned out a lot of spices from the cabinet next to him, regardless of the three, seven, twenty-one, and threw them into the pot, and after the water boiled three or four times, the taste of the spices came out.
He found an axe and chopped a dog into four pieces and threw it into the pot.
"Wang Chengen, you go and pound some garlic, remember to pound it carefully, don't grind it or cut it, so it's fragrant!"
"Yes, yes," the prince wiped his sweat and went to work.
He was quick with his hands and feet, and after pounding the garlic paste, he saw that there was still a lot of time, so he made his own opinion, and grinded a portion of pepper salt, mixed a portion of Zhenjiang sour pepper oil, and cut a large plate of green garlic leaves and minced ginger, put them together, put them on a plate, and brought them to the table.
Chongzhen was overjoyed: "You have to get it, no wonder you can do this position, your hands and feet are nimble, you are meticulous in your chances, not bad, not bad" said and sniffed a few plates of small ingredients one by one on the plate, and praised them constantly.
Wang Chengen smiled bitterly, he has not stopped since sunrise in the past day, and he has handled countless things, but the most praised is in the kitchen......
"That's it!" Emperor Chongzhen looked for a large bowl and reached out to scoop up cooked dog meat from the pot of boiling water......
The capital on a spring night is still very cold, and the cold wind is howling outside.
It is unusually warm in the small kitchen, and dog meat is also called fragrant meat, and it is this fragrance that makes the old glutton.
Boiling water is boiled, just to stimulate the aroma of the meat, but you don't have to worry about the taste of the seasoning.
The water vapor is rising, the dog meat is rolling three times, and it has become the truth that the gods are unstable.
Wang Chengen originally had a psychological shadow about eating dog meat, but when he smelled the fragrance, he seemed to be a little moved, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
Master Zhishen's piece of Buddha's heart was thrown to the country of Java, the six roots were pure, and the Dharma was empty, and all the colors were empty at this time, and emptiness was color.
"Dog meat through the intestines, the Buddha sits in his heart" The tiger roared, regardless of the eating appearance, threw chopsticks, grabbed a dog leg, dipped it in the garlic paste and sent it to the mouth.
was burned so that his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and he didn't let go, and he exhaled loudly.
"Long live, drink some wine to moisten your mouth," Wang Chengen swallowed his saliva, holding a gold-inlaid treasure flying fish pattern holding pot, filling the rhino silver bell.
"What kind of wine is this?" Emperor Chongzhen took the wine glass and asked with a frown.
"This is Banzai's favorite Haraji."
It is a distilled liquor, and Haraji is a Mongolian language, and it was used by the Ming Dynasty.
"No, no, this thing hurts my throat and eyes when I drink it!" Lu Zhishen was furious, "Is this drinking or sinning!" ”
"Yes, yes, slave, I know, I'll exchange it for the yellow rice wine that is a specialty of the capital."
"Don't change the cup, change the big bowl! Men should have a big bowl when they drink! ”
In the small kitchen, Luda has a dog's leg in his left hand and a sea bowl in his right hand, drinking and gnawing on it, eating with a sigh, and the placket of Su Xiu's dragon robe is full of soup.
He was so hungry that he had hardly eaten anything since noon, and now he saw the dog meat that he had been thinking about for a long time, and he was afraid that even the Buddha would not recognize it......
Wang Chengen shook his head, put the remaining dog meat into the pot, and while observing the heat, he had to pay attention to whether the sea bowl was empty.
Emperor Chongzhen saw that he was really busy, and waved his hand, "You go and look at the fire, and you can understand it here."
After speaking, he threw the wine bowl on the cabbage pile next to him, grabbed the wine jar, raised it high above his head, and leaned it slightly, and the elixir poured out like a waterfall, all into his mouth.
I didn't see him swallowing, and in the blink of an eye, two or three catties of wine entered his stomach, and Chongzhen put the wine jar away.
Pinch the pepper and salt and sprinkle it on the dog's legs.
Pepper is a precious spice, not produced in the Middle Earth, thanks to the Lu Song merchants transported by sea, the value is extremely expensive, even the imperial palace dining room is counted as a precious fine material, kept separately, and only the imperial concubine's diet is qualified to be used in the daily life.
The pepper smell is fragrant, the strong fragrance is tangy, and the dog meat is just like a perfect match, after the two strange fragrances are mixed, it is like the substance, straight into the human nostrils.
Wang Chengen's daily diet is naturally exquisite, and he has tasted all the delicious foods in the world, and he can't help but shout at this moment: "It's so fragrant!" ”
Emperor Chongzhen laughed: "You are also honest, just let you eat dog meat, with a bitter face, I don't know that I thought that the Sprinkle family would punish you to go to Fengyang to guard the emperor's mausoleum!" How about now? ”
"Hooray, let's leave a dog's leg for the slave in a while......"
"That's natural, follow me to ensure that you have wine and meat in your life, and when the time comes, the big scale will divide the gold, and the small lining will divide the silver, wouldn't it be happy!"
Apparently, the Son of Heaven was already drunk and began to talk nonsense.
Wang Chengen put the last cooked dog in a sea bowl and put it in front of Emperor Chongzhen.
"You, sit down, eat together!"
"Long live, the slave doesn't dare, how can the slave and the maid eat with Banzai, wait for Banzai to finish eating, the slave and maid will go to bed after serving Banzai, and it's not too late to eat again!"
"You are so unhappy, Sprinkle family and tell you, this dog meat, just to roll it out, dip it in the minced garlic while it is hot to be fragrant, if it is cold and return to the pot, the taste will change."
"You are also a person of merit and enlightenment, let you sit on the toilet, let you eat and eat. If Chen plays Wei Zaode and the like, he will knock his head, don't think about it! ”
"Slave and maid thank the emperor" Wang Chengen was moved, the old rule, first kneel down and kowtow, and then sit next to him.
Rubbing his hands on his clothes, he didn't say much, picked up a dog's leg, dipped it in sour vinegar chili oil, and opened his mouth to bite it.
The dog meat is extremely fine, delicious, and chewy, Wang Chengen has not eaten for most of the day, and he has followed the emperor before and after the saddle, his hands and feet are non-stop, and he has long been so hungry that his chest is close to his back.
He looked at it from the side, and felt even more scratched by the claws in his stomach.
At this moment, the entrance of fragrant meat is as happy as ascending to heaven.
"Come, take another sip, this is the most lively thing in life!"
"If it weren't for Banzai, the slave would never have been able to eat such good things in her life!" The dignified celebrant Bingbi also completely ignored the appearance of eating at the moment, and was patting the sycophants from the bottom of his heart.
No, this is not sycophancy, it is a sincere compliment.
"There are a lot of things at the moment, and the Sprinkle family is a person who is afraid of trouble, but he can only bear it, and when the big thing is over, he will go to live happily together, and he will care about the Jinluan Palace...... "The drunkenness of the Son of Heaven is even stronger.
"Long live, slave maid, this life is the life of serving Long live, when the time comes, I will go wherever you go!"
"Haha, sprinkling people and setting fires is going to hell!"
"Slave maid, there is blood on this hand, don't be afraid, if there is really this day, the slave maid will open the way for the long live lord first! If there is a fat dog on the road, we will put it in a fork bag first! ”
"With your words, it's done!"
After eating until the third pole of the moon, Wang Chengen carried the Son of Heaven back to the Qianqing Palace, recruited the palace maids and eunuchs who served, and put Chongzhen on the bed, and then he staggered back to his room to rest.
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