Chapter 43: Shopkeeper, Your Dish Is Not Salty
"Brother Shepherd, don't you know?" Meng Xuyang was very puzzled by Mu Heng's suspicions.
"I only know what kind of protector the Holy Maiden's master is, and I don't know anything else." Mu Heng spread his hands and said that I knew so much.
"Qingdao people, that is, Senior Sister Luo's master, that is the legendary great monk, there is no monk of my generation who does not admire." Meng Xuyang described his admiration for Qingdao people with a look of admiration.
"Senior sister, is your master Qingdao very powerful?" Mu Heng didn't understand what kind of scene Meng Xuyang was talking about, just based on his reaction, it was not easy to change the Qingdao people.
"Of course, my master has been a great monk of the Liangyi Realm a long time ago, and in the past few years, he has been traveling in the past few years to find an opportunity to break through the Taiyi Realm, maybe the next time he comes back, he will already be in the Taiyi Realm." Luo Yunjin and Meng Xuyang's expressions were similar, and there was a hint of intimacy.
"Liangyi Realm?" Mu Heng recalled these three words, and he was also angry and admired in his heart.
I discussed with Ye Qingyin before that it would take two thousand years for me to cultivate to the Four Elephant Realm, and if the goal rises to the Two Instruments Realm, it is estimated that it is not necessarily a matter of time, but a question of whether it can be.
Roughly estimate the gap between himself and the Qingdao people, like clouds and mud, it is estimated that there will be no intersection in this life.
"If only I had the opportunity to admire the demeanor of the Great Monk." Mu Heng sighed helplessly.
Although I can't reach it, my heart yearns for it.
"That's not easy, when Master comes back, I'll take you to meet Master." Luo Yunjin listened to Mu Heng's emotion, and his heart was happy, and he swore an oath.
"Your master will meet me?" Mu Heng also noticed that he had a great relationship with Ye Qingyin and Luo Yunjin, the two disciples of the Qingdao Daoists, and it seemed that it was not difficult to meet the Qingdao people.
"That's great." Mu Heng's heart was hot.
Meng Xuyang, who was flying alone with the sword next to him, saw that Mu Heng and the two were chatting happily, but he seemed to be very unfamiliar with some common sense, and a lot of questions appeared in his heart: "Brother Mu, Senior Sister Luo's trip is for her senior sister, what are you doing here, could it be that you have something to do with the Holy Maiden?" ”
Meng Xuyang's question also resonated with Luo Yunjin, he had asked Mu Heng a similar question before, but he was perfunctory by Mu Heng, and when he heard outsiders ask, he waited for Mu Heng's answer attentively.
Meng Xuyang, who was staring at him like a curious baby, and Luo Yunjin, who was concentrating on the sword but waiting for his answer with his ears pricked up, Mu Heng glanced at the two of them, and his heart kept slotting: You two are really gossipy.
Mu Heng understood that he liked Ye Qingyin, and he went to Wuyin Tianshan for her, and he never minded telling others that he liked her, but he knew that he would cause her trouble by doing so, so he concealed his intentions.
Still using the same rhetoric as last time, he said ambiguously: "Because the saint is the first person I met!" ”
"What does that mean?" Meng Xuyang listened to Mu Heng's answer and became even more puzzled.
"All in all, in a word, it's fate." Mu Heng didn't want the other party to dwell on this issue anymore, and said, "Let's speed up the pace and hurry to the Fog Hidden Heavenly Mountain." ”
Along the way, Mu Heng chatted with Meng Xuyang, taking the opportunity to understand his situation and the situation in the Xiuzhen world.
Meng Xuyang is a true disciple of the Taiqing Dao Palace, and his cultivation foundation is the wood attribute spiritual root, and he has now reached the second-order cultivation of the Liuhe Realm.
As for why he was swimming in the wilderness, Mu Heng felt the embarrassment and helplessness on his face, and there were various expressions, and the reasons for this must be very complicated.
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Three days later, in the evening, amid the chirping of insects and the chirping of birds, the three of them crossed the last forest and saw the towering gate ahead.
"Senior brother, look, we've arrived in Xuanzhou City." Luo Yunjin shouted excitedly, three consecutive days of hurrying, so that she loved to play a little tired, not far away Xuanzhou City three words came into view, and she knew that she had reached the destination Star Country.
Xuanzhou City is the border city of the Star Kingdom, the ancient city wall carries the vicissitudes of history, and the city wall is also full of wind and frost.
"Hey, this Xuanzhou City looks majestic, but it's a little dilapidated?" Mu Heng looked at the disrepaired city wall and wondered in his heart.
It stands to reason that the walls of the border cities are the gates of the country, which not only need to be heavily guarded, but are unlikely to be unmaintained.
"The Star Kingdom also belongs to the country that is blessed by my Yuqing Xingzhai Sect, and there are fewer conflicts between countries, so it is normal for this situation to occur." Luo Yunjin has some understanding of this and explained.
"I see." Mu Heng also understood when he heard this, all countries belong to the jurisdiction of Yuqing Xingzhai, and there is a common Lao Tzu pressed on it, and they don't dare to fool around.
"What Senior Sister Luo said is not unreasonable, but I look at the strange atmosphere in Xuanzhou City, and it doesn't look like it's very peaceful." Meng Xuyang interjected.
"What does Brother Meng mean by this?" Mu Heng sensed a trace of worry on the other party's face.
"There are not many conflicts between countries, but they are by no means impossible, and it is rare for border cities to be so loose. And I looked at the aura of Xuanzhou City a little messy, and I guess something bad happened. Meng Xuyang explained.
"Let's go in, we just need to go to the capital of this star country and find someone who is familiar with the Fog Hidden Heavenly Mountain as a guide, and we won't care about other things." Mu Heng made up his mind and went straight to the goal, not wanting to meddle in his affairs and delay time.
On the street, the people are sparse, and there are many dishes on their faces, and there are few smiling faces. This is very different from what Mu Heng encountered in Xinzhou City at the beginning, thinking that this star country is not as prosperous as Changguo.
"It's not early, let's stay in Xuanzhou City for one night today, and then set off for the national capital tomorrow." Hurried along the way, Mu Heng was also a little tired.
Luo Yunjin and Meng Xuyang didn't have any opinions, so they came according to Mu Heng's arrangement.
Mu Heng took the two of them to wander around the street, looking for a hotel where they could stay overnight.
"There's an inn? Senior brother, the name of this inn is really interesting. Luo Yunjin pointed to the name of a hotel facing south in front of him and smiled.
Mu Heng looked in the direction of her finger when he heard this, and sure enough, he saw those four words, but he didn't expect the strange names in the movie to be used by people in reality.
"It looks good, so let's do it." Mu Heng was a little inexplicably kind to this familiar name.
"Three guest officers, please come inside." As soon as he entered the door, Xiao Er greeted him, and his cheerful tone made people feel comfortable.
"I wonder if the three distinguished guests are sharpened or staying in the hotel?" The shopkeeper wiped the non-existent dust on the stool and arranged for the three of them to sit down.
"Stay overnight. Let's have some food and drinks first. Mu Heng replied.
"Wait, officer." Zhang Luo, who was polite to the shopkeeper, said: "There are three distinguished guests, three upper rooms." ”
After Mu Heng finished speaking, he looked at the surrounding environment.
The lobby of the inn is a place to eat, the whole is a brick house, lined with wooden boards, it looks a little old, and it is a long time ago.
At this time, there are only a few guests who are not salty or light, drinking wine and chatting. I don't know if it's an illusion, Mu Heng feels that many people are eating food, as if chewing wax.
Is it hard to swallow the food in this place?
After a while, the shopkeeper began to serve with a plate, three meats with chicken, duck and fish, and two vegetables for green vegetables, fungus and bamboo shoots. Then he took another jug of wine and filled it for all three of them.
Although it is not delicately plated, the attractive color looks really good.
"Brother Meng, junior sister, let's eat something simply." Mu Heng knew that the two of them didn't need food to satisfy their hunger, but it was also fun to try food.
"Only beauty and food can not be disappointed, come, I will toast Brother Shepherd." Meng Xuyang smiled in his heart, and touched Mu Heng with the cup.
"Please." Mu Heng looked at the slightly cloudy rice wine in the cup, and thought that the degree was not high, so he took a sip.
The liquor with a hint of sauce has a softness that does not match the appearance, and it is not as spicy as the liquor of the previous life, but it also has a different taste.
"Good wine, I didn't expect this remote Xuanzhou City to have such good wine." Meng Xuyang praised after drinking.
"It's really good, the store that my sister chose is right." Mu Heng tasted the mellow fragrance in his mouth and echoed.
Luo Yunjin took a sip of wine, the taste of wine seemed a little strange to her, and it could be clearly felt from her slightly furrowed brows.
"Come, Brother Meng, taste the food, it looks good." Mu Heng beckoned the two of them to eat vegetables, and he also sandwiched a piece of fish meat and put it in his mouth.
The fish in this era, whether wild or artificially raised, all have the original umami, but Mu Heng smashed his mouth and carefully understood the freshness of the fish with the tip of his tongue.
Realizing again with his heart, Mu Heng always felt that there was less taste, and he was always very dissatisfied with the taste of fish. Savor it, it turns out that there is less saltiness.
Mu Heng raised his eyes and glanced at Meng Xuyang and Luo Yunjin, and saw that the two of them had tasted other dishes, and they unconsciously showed the same expression as themselves, thinking that they also lacked saltiness.
Generally speaking, it's normal to forget to put salt in one dish, but it's no accident that you forget to put salt in several dishes at the same time.
"Little second brother, come here." Mu Heng glanced at the two of them, nodded and shouted at the shopkeeper.
"Guest officer, you command." The shopkeeper leaned over and came to the table in the blink of an eye.
"Little second brother, did you forget to put salt in this dish?" Mu Heng asked.
"Huh? Guest, you're definitely not from the Star Country, are you? The shopkeeper asked without answering.
"Not really, but how do you see that?" Seeing that the other party was using such a tone, Mu Heng obviously knew that there was no salt in the dish, and it seemed that there was something inside that everyone in the Star Kingdom knew about common sense.
"Everyone in the Star Kingdom knows that if you can ask such a question, you are obviously not from the Star Country." The shopkeeper replied.
"Oh? Is it related to salt? Mu Heng also had some simple speculations in his heart.
"Guest officer, don't you know, the salt that originally my Star Kingdom ate was all fine salt purchased from the Tian Kingdom in the east. However, a month ago, the government issued a decree to revoke the right of merchants to purchase foreign sea salt, and the government has since purchased it uniformly. ”
"Even if it is purchased by the government, it will not affect the price of salt."
"Well, since the decree was issued, the government has increased the price of salt more than tenfold. The price of salt is extremely high, so I waited for a small shop to buy it. The shopkeeper explained helplessly.
"And what do you usually do with salt?" Mu Heng knew that people could not live without salt.
"I can't afford to buy the high-priced fine salt of Tian Country, but fortunately, there are many salt mountains in my Star Country, and it is also the source of salt in ancient times. Usually, people go to the salt mountain to knock down a few pieces of salt stone, and then grind it into powder, which can replace salt. ”
"It's just that this kind of coarse salt is not only bitter, but also slightly poisonous, if it is not for the maintenance of the body, who wants to eat that thing."
Coarse salt also often appeared in ancient times in the previous life, and what Xiao Er said in this shop is mineral salt, which is also a kind of coarse salt, which has a very strong bitter taste because it contains impurities such as magnesium chloride. And the lead content is high, which is harmful to the human body.