Chapter 100: Meditation and Food
Seongnam City, Luoju Prefecture, is quiet
Jing Xin Zhai is a well-known restaurant in Luozhou City, and the food it makes is a must in Luozhou City and even the entire Dayu Dynasty.
Every merchant from other places who comes to the state city of Los Angeles is proud to be able to eat a delicious meal in meditation.
Therefore, Jing Xin Zhai is full of customers every day, and every diner who comes to Jing Xin Zhai must make an appointment in advance.
At this time, Li Yi and the others were sitting at a table on the second floor of Jingxinzhai and waiting for Xiao Er to serve the food.
The reason why they were able to enter this meditation and taste some food was thanks to Yang Ping.
Yang Ping, who usually seems inconspicuous, even knows the boss of Jingxinzhai, this Yang Ping and the boss of Jingxinzhai are both Huizhou businessmen, and the boss of Jingxinzhai has to call Yang Ping an uncle according to their seniority.
When Yang Ping went out this morning, he told Li Yi that he had greeted the boss of Jingxinzhai in advance and asked them to go to Jingxinzhai to taste the food at noon.
After more than two hours of strolling around the South Market, they were only part of the South Market.
However, compared to Qi Ning's excitement, Qi Chao was already a little listless at this time, and as for Jingzi, his hands and feet were frivolous as if his bones had been pulled out at this time, and he was about to lose his legs.
And Li Yi also felt that his stomach began to growl, so they switched to Jingxinzhai.
Looking at the four-story meditation fast, and the carved beams and paintings, Haiyin couldn't help but sigh at the exquisite craftsmanship of Dayu's craftsmen.
There are no such gorgeous houses on the grassland, and even the largest felt tent is not as tall and gorgeous as Jingxinzhai.
Although they also captured a lot of craftsmen, as nomads they could not settle in one place for a long time, so it was a waste to build a fixed house.
And after entering Jingxinzhai, Hai Yin and Yu Zhenlei looked east and west like Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden, and Ansu, as the former bandit leader, did not perform much better.
Of course, although Li Yi's performance still looked relatively indifferent, his eyes kept looking around.
Among their group, only the Qi family sisters and brothers and Jing Zizheng behaved more calmly and indifferently.
After all, these three people can also be regarded as eunuchs, and they have seen more of the world.
When Xiao Er heard that Li Yi and their names were secret, Xiao Er enthusiastically led everyone to the second floor, and also arranged a table by the window for them.
At this time, everyone was shocked to realize that Yang Ping's ability was much stronger than they thought.
Soon a variety of dishes were served, and although most of these dishes were from the north, there were a few southern dishes as the main course.
In this regard, Li Yi, Jing Zizheng and the Qi family sisters and brothers couldn't help but be very happy, after all, as southerners, they can eat and sleep in the open these days, and it is a kind of enjoyment to have the dishes of their hometown to taste.
As for Ansu, Hae-yin, and Yu Zhenlei, they could only stare at these exquisite-looking foods, and they had no idea what these dishes were.
Even the Khan of the Xianbei tribe, Hai Yin had never tasted these dishes.
Although he had caught a lot of Dayu cooks before, most of these people were northerners, and there were few southerners who could make fine dishes, and there were too few ingredients on the grassland, so Hai Yin really didn't have a chance to taste these dishes.
Seeing the embarrassment of the three of them at a loss, Keiko immediately began to introduce them.
Then everyone began to taste it, and as soon as the dish was entered, everyone couldn't help but close their eyes and taste it carefully.
Only Li Yi didn't react much after tasting it.
Seeing Li Yi's calm expression, Xiao Er, who was delivering food on the side, couldn't help but secretly judge that the son in front of him should be the master of this group.
The others looked like servants, and they certainly hadn't seen much of the world when they looked at their enjoyment.
At this time, there were six people at the table next to them, and these six people were also tasting the dishes on the table and exchanging the taste of the dishes from time to time.
And among these six people, there was also a young man of the same age as Li Yi, who didn't have much expression on his face after tasting the dishes.
"Childe, what do you think it tastes like?"
An Su asked Li Yi after reflecting on it for a while.
Li Yi shrugged his shoulders with a smile and did not speak.
And Xiao Er on the side is also a good observer, and he knows at a glance that Li Yi may not like his own dishes as much as he expected.
So Xiao Er said goodbye and went downstairs to serve the food.
Seeing that Xiao Er was gone, Li Yi picked up a chopstick tofu and said.
"The time of this tofu is a little shorter, the umami of the soup is not fully integrated, and there is a little bit of a faint beany smell in it."
He put the tofu in his mouth and swallowed it in three or two strokes, and then picked up a bundle of hooves.
This dish is an authentic southern dish, and it is a famous dish in their Sizhou county.
"This hoof bundle seems to be well done, and the frozen skin is also crystal clear, but the meat rolled in it has a slight smell, which indicates that the pork used in this hooves bundle is an unsmoked boar, so it will have a bad smell."
Li Yi dipped the bundle of hooves in the sauce and stuffed it into his mouth.
Seeing that Li Yi was talking about the Tao, Qi Ning, who was a native of Sizhou County, was a little happy.
They also eat pork, but it seems that pork has a bad smell.
"I've eaten such a pair of hooves, and I've never heard of pork without a smell!"
Qi Ning held his head high and put on an expression that you don't know what to call it.
And several other people also focused their attention on Li Yi, they have also eaten pork, this pork and beef and mutton have the same smell, this should be common sense.
Although Qi Ning's voice was not loud, it was also heard by the people at the table next to him.
So these people also put down their chopsticks one after another, wanting to hear what Li Yi would say.
"Haha! Miss Qi, you can't blame my junior brother, because the pork that my junior brother eats is all incredded pork without smell! ”
Seeing that everyone was looking at Li Yi, Jingzi hurriedly helped Li Yi explain.
"Brother Jing, what do you mean by inciting pork?"
Qi Chao asked Jing Zizheng curiously, it was the first time he had heard of this word.
When he asked, everyone's eyes were focused on Jing Zizheng.
"Alas, this! It's up to my junior brother to explain! ”
Jingzi was a little embarrassed to say it by everyone, so he kicked the question back to Li Yi.
Looking at everyone's inquisitive eyes, Li Yi hesitated for a moment, made a downward cutting motion with his palm as a knife, and then pointed to Qi Chao's crotch.
Everyone didn't react for a while, and everyone was still thinking about what Li Yi meant by this action.
"Li Yi, what do you mean by this action?"
Qi Chao adhered to the good habit of asking questions if he didn't understand.
"It's a castrated boar."
Li Yi held back for a long time, looked at Qi Ning, and finally whispered.
"Huh!? Can it be like this? Didn't they eat eunuch pigs before! ”
Qi Chaoxin said straightforwardly, and he came directly.
His words made everyone laugh, and the young man at the table next to him directly squirted out the food in his mouth.
And the guy directly opposite him can be regarded as moldy, and the various foods in the young man's mouth spray him all over his face.
"Hahaha! Eunuch pig! ”
The young man laughed, causing all the diners on the second floor to look at him.
"Childe, be quiet!"
The one across from him whispered a reminder at once.
But the boy still laughed, and he couldn't stop patting the shoulder of a white-faced middle-aged man next to him.
The white-faced middle-aged man looked like he had swallowed a fly, looking embarrassed and helpless.
"Childe, be quiet, there are a lot of people here!"
The white-faced middle-aged man reminded in a whisper.
The young man still laughed, but he stopped talking loudly.
"No, does it have anything to do with whether this pork smells bad or not?"
Qi Chao still kept asking, he didn't see that Qi Ning, who was sitting next to him, was already flushed at this time, looking at his younger brother with an angry face.
"I can tell you clearly that this is indeed related, once when my master told me about this, I didn't believe it, and then I specially bought two piglets in a litter for experiments, and finally I found that the pork that was indeed castrated did not have a smell."
Jingzi is explaining to Qi Chao.
"That's right, the pigs raised in our Guigu Gate are all castrated."
Li Yi added.
The young man at the table next to him heard Li Yi's words, and couldn't help but whisper curiously to the person opposite.
"Jiang Jun, have you ever heard of castrated pork that can be tasted after reading poetry and books?"
The man across from the boy whispered after cleaning all the food on his body.
"It's the first time Jiang has heard of this kind of thing, but after I go back to this matter, I'll ask Lord Bai, he has been running around most of the time and is well-informed, maybe he will know."
The middle-aged man surnamed Jiang whispered.
"It's strange if that's the case, you say that the gelding has a peculiar smell all over his body, and this gelding pig can have no smell."
The young man said happily.
And although the white-faced and beardless middle-aged man beside him looked embarrassed, he still nodded and picked up vegetables for this young man.
Li Yi listened to all the words that the people at their table said, and then hurriedly excused Li Yi to turn around and observe the six people at the table.
Of the six, it was obvious that the boy was the main one.
Although the young man deliberately dressed plainly, the boots on his feet were made of fine cowhide, and the boots were wrapped in silver toes, and the two sides of the boots also had different patterns, which were worn by the children of the powerful.
What made Li Yi even more sure of his noble identity was the hairpin on the top of the young man's head, although it seemed to be made of wood, but the wood was a fine jujube wood.
If it's just ordinary jujube wood, after all, even ordinary people can afford it, but the jujube wood on the top of this young man's head is different, and his jujube hairpin has wisps of black.
Others may not understand this thing, but as a person from Guigumen, they must understand, after all, Guigumen is also a branch of Daomen.
Li Yi could be sure that the hairpin on the top of the young man's head was a jujube wood that had been struck by lightning, and this jujube wood had grown for hundreds of years judging by its texture and texture.
This thing is not understood by ordinary people, but it is a supreme treasure in the hands of Taoists, and it is something that all Taoists dream of.
Because the general jujube wood will become a piece of pitch-black coke at most after being struck by lightning, and a slightly better one will form black lightning strike marks on the appearance, while the hairpin on the top of the boy's head will form a filamentous pattern after being struck by lightning.
Li Yi once heard Liu Yu say that his master and a piece of lightning strike jujube wood sign he wore with him, and the lightning strike lines on the wooden card formed a natural "Tao" character.
It is said that this is the treasure of the head of the Lingyu faction, and it will only be passed on to him by the old head after the next head succeeds to the throne.
Liu Yu also told Li Yi that his master Tai Jizi also had a Qiankun circle, which was also a lightning strike wood, and the lines on it were from the Big Dipper Star Chart.
At the beginning, Tai Jizi used this Qiankun circle as a bet to make a bet with the head of the Lingyu Sect to win the mountain where the Guigu Gate was located.
Later, all the heads of the Lingyu faction were willing to accept Liu Yu as a disciple, that is, Tai Jizi had promised that all his Dao Sect magic weapons would be passed on to his son after a hundred years.
In this way, his Qiankun circle and other good things will be completely attributed to the Spirit Feather Sect.
After confirming that this young man was the son of a powerful man, Li Yi looked at the white-faced bearded man and saw at a glance that this person was a eunuch.
In the early stage, he also spent some time with the Pengzhou Army and the eunuch Zhou Gonggong of the Pengzhou Military Prison Army, so he was very familiar with the eunuch's behavior and subtle movements.
The white-faced and beardless middle-aged man at the next table spoke and behaved similarly to that father-in-law of that week.
And the middle-aged man surnamed Jiang, who was sprayed by the young man, had an elegant and calm temperament at a glance, even if he was just sitting there, Li Yi could feel the kind of quiet temperament like an abyss revealed in his body.
And his senior brother Jingzi is far from this middle-aged man surnamed Jiang in terms of temperament.
As for the remaining three, Li Yi felt a murderous aura on their bodies.
But these three people are different, one of them has a long sword next to him, and this person has a sharp aura like this sword, which makes people feel that they have a momentum that repels people from thousands of miles away.
At the same time, Li Yi observed and found that in addition to this person's momentum, his eyes were still scanning around, and Li Yi was almost found by him secretly observing them several times.
The other two sat at the table in a straight posture, looking like sculptures, and they looked like people from the army.
Although they didn't wear any weapons on their bodies, Li Yi observed them and found that they had this domineering momentum, and that feeling of oppression seemed to be something that could only be cultivated after being in a high position for a long time.
Li Yi judged that this young man should be the son of a powerful man with a very high status, and he was accompanied by a eunuch and a great Confucian, a guard, and two military men.
However, although the combination of this group of people looks very special, Li Yi has no idea of going to make friends.
So Li Yi and everyone continued to enjoy this table of sumptuous food with peace of mind, and from time to time Li Yi also commented a few words, and put forward some improvement methods that he thought were feasible.
Originally, Qi Ning and Qi Chao thought that Li Yi was just playing tricks, but when Jingzi was telling everyone that his master Tai Jizi was a top gourmet, and Li Yi had studied under his guidance for several years and was affirmed by Tai Jizi, this made everyone skeptical.