Chapter 28: Hot Pot

Achu was about to jump to his feet, when Xie Yao and Murong walked over: "Brother Chi is still used to taking a car?" ”

At noon, Xie Yao and Murong did not come to the back, at this moment, Achu saw Murong in the wind of Yushu at a glance, but he was stunned and did not speak, and gradually his face became hot, fortunately, before going out today, Chi Tao smeared a special "foundation" on her again, her face was dark and red, and she couldn't see her face at all.

Chi Tao secretly hid Chi Xing and Achu behind him, and saluted: "Thank you Gongzi for your concern, everything is fine." Please call me Tao in the future. ”

Xie Yao nodded: "What are you used for dinner?" ”

Chi Tao knew clearly, thinking that Xie Yao had been raised by her these days, and she had to use a meal made by herself every day: "The road is inconvenient, but fortunately, there is a post station, and the charcoal fire is convenient." Why don't you make a 'dispelling offering' to eat? ”

"Dial the glow?" Xie Yao thought about it with interest, but couldn't think of what it was, "It's okay." Tell Ting Yu what he needs and let him prepare. ”

Chi Tao agreed, and there were already guards who helped take the luggage of Chi Tao and the three of them and move them to the inn room. Yi Cheng got the news and ran out in a hurry, and he was making a fuss from afar: "Murong Houye, Gongzi Xie!" I don't know if you two are here, there is a loss of welcome, there is a loss of welcome! ”

Chi Tao's footsteps paused - this Murong is already a prince at a young age?

But this matter has nothing to do with her for the time being, she glanced at Murong Wannian's iceberg-like face, secretly scolded, and went to her room first to change into light clothes, and went downstairs to listen to the rain.

Tingyu had been waiting downstairs for a long time - Childe's diet was the top priority - and eagerly followed Chi Tao into the back kitchen: "Brother Chi, what materials do you want?" ”

Chi Tao looked around, saw that there was meat and vegetables, and there happened to be a freshly skinned hare hanging by the stove, so he said: "You go and find a charcoal basin, a deeper copper pot, and you don't have to worry about the rest." ”

Chi Tao first took a piece of pork, blanched the water and boiled the soup base, then took a knife, sliced the rabbit meat into very thin slices, sprinkled with a thin salt and smeared some sauce to marinate it, and washed a few handfuls of green vegetables by the stove and put them on the plate.

Tingyu came back with a copper pot: "This is Yicheng's private room." If it weren't for our hard work, ordinary people wouldn't be able to hold it! ”

Chi Tao's subordinates didn't stop, and asked casually, "Why did he rush Murong Gongzi to call Hou Ye?" ”

"You don't know?" Listening to the rain patted his head, "Hey, too." I didn't tell you, how did you know these things? He walked around the place, and saw that the people in the kitchen had been cleared away, so he said: "Murong Gongzi is the emperor's Huai'en Hou!" ”

"Wynnehou? I think he is only twenty, what credit does he have to make the Hou Ye? ”

Listening to the rain, he lowered his voice even more: "He turned out to be the prince of Xiyan..... seven years ago, our emperor had just ascended the throne for a few years, and he was the most warlike, and he destroyed several small countries one after another, and Xiyan was one of them......"

Chi Tao was secretly surprised: "Since it is a small country, why do you want to bring me back to the court to give me a knighthood?" ”

Listening to the sound of the rain seemed to be squeezed out of between the teeth, it was already inaudible: "It wouldn't have been...... It's just that Murong Gongzi's sister was brought back by the emperor and made a concubine, which is now Concubine Lin. I haven't seen her, but people who have seen her say that she is the most beautiful woman in the world...... The only condition she agreed to enter the palace was to save her brother's life, which was ...... You see that Murong Gongzi's single name is Lingzi, the word Fuxi, who of us in the Central Plains would give such a name? ”

No wonder.....

No wonder Murong Ling is like an iceberg all day long, with both innate nobility and indescribable decadence, and he has never seen him smile.

As soon as the box was opened, it was not easy to close it again, and he whispered: "But Murong Gongzi's Hou Mansion is close to our family, and he never went out at first. Our son-in-law visited the door twice according to etiquette, but he felt that he was in love, so he took him out for a walk occasionally. ”

Having already got the information he wanted to know, Chi Tao didn't ask any more, put some charcoal into the charcoal basin, adjusted the taste of the broth, poured it into the copper pot and sat on the charcoal basin to continue boiling, and prepared two plates of dried chili peppers and a small bowl of salt and a small bowl of coriander. He took out a secret weapon from his body - tahini paste and sesame oil.

In this era, there were already sesame seeds, but the planting area was not large, because it was imported from other countries, people called flax, and there was no way to cook it, and people only knew that they were fried in a dry pan and eaten. Chi Tao happened to see people selling in the market, and bought all the treasures, bought a small stone mill, grinded a small jar of sesame paste, and squeezed some oil. This time in Beijing, her ability to settle down now is cooking skills, and this kind of treasure is carried with her.

Chi Tao carefully scooped two spoonfuls of sesame paste, mixed in an appropriate amount of water to make it thinner, sprinkled some salt grains, dripped a few drops of sesame oil and stirred well, divided into two small bowls, put the chili powder and custard into a large tray, and put the rabbit meat and green vegetables on the plate, and smiled at Tingyu: "Help me bring this charcoal basin to Xie Gongzi's room." He also picked up the tray and went up to the second floor with the rain.

After a day's journey, Xie Yao barely ate a few bites in the morning and at noon, Xie Yao was already hungry, and he refused to take the pills he used to use, so he took a book and forced himself not to listen to the rumbling sound in his stomach.

So Tingyu just walked to the door of the room, and before he could knock on the door, Xie Yao couldn't wait to open the door from the inside.

Hearing the rain, he was stunned: "Childe came so fast......"

Xie Yao saw that he only took a copper pot, he didn't bother to pay attention to him, and said to Chi Tao behind him with a smile: "What did Tao do today?" ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw that Chi Tao only had a tray in his hand, and a few plates of meat and vegetables were placed on it, I don't know what was in the small bowl, but the meat and vegetables were raw!

Well, why don't you take pills......

Chi Tao saw Xie Yao's handsome face with an expression that changed from anticipation to joy to petrification, which was very funny, but he also knew the feeling of being hungry, so he hurriedly said: "This dish is to do it yourself, and it is fun to eat while making it, and the taste is also beautiful, you will know it as soon as you taste it." ”

Listening to the rain put down the copper pot on the table, the broth was still boiling and boiling, Xie Yao smelled the aroma, and he was a little relieved, but he was still a little suspicious: "But it's just boiling meat to eat?"

While speaking, the sharp-eyed subordinate invited Murong Ling to come over, so Chi Tao didn't say more, took out the same thing in the tray and put it in the copper pot, first took a pair of chopsticks and put some rabbit meat into the copper pot, but after a few breaths, he took it out, dipped it in the sesame sauce, and sandwiched it into the plate in front of Xie Yao and Murong Ling respectively.

Xie Yao tasted it in disbelief: "It's really delicious!" ”

Murong Ling ate silently, nodded as well, and the two of them learned from Chi Tao's method and sandwiched the meat by themselves.

Chi Tao said with a smile: "This is called 'Diaxia Offering', taking its bright red meat slices and rolling them in the white soup, like the meaning of sunset steaming." Pointing to the chili powder: "If you like spicy food, it is delicious to just dip it in the dried chili dish." In fact, it was hot pot, but Chi Tao thought that since these two were noble sons who read poetry and books, they naturally loved elegance, so they still used the name of hot pot in ancient times.

Sure enough, Xie Yao praised: "Not only is it delicious, but the name is also quite interesting." ”

Chi Tao smiled, saw that Tingyu was waiting carefully, so he retreated, and went to the kitchen to cook some meat and vegetables on the stove, put them in a big bowl, adjusted three bowls of sesame paste, and served them to have dinner with Chi Xing and Achu.

Achu, who was chattering on weekdays, was stunned, and only picked up a few mouthfuls of green vegetables for dinner, so he stared at the peach with wide eyes and waited for the peach to finish.

Chi Tao was a little surprised, and thought about putting down the bowl: "Do you have something?" ”

Achu blinked, ran to the door and looked around, saw that no one was outside the door, and ran back and looked at Chi Tao seriously: "I want to marry that Murong Houye!"

Chi Tao almost jumped up: "No! ”

Achu was stunned for a moment, crossed his waist, and unconsciously showed a coquettish tone: "I want to recruit him as a county horse, and his status is also comparable, why can't it?" ”

"You only saw him for the first time today, and you know whether people are good or bad? Is it compatible with the temperament? Chi Tao was also a little surprised at her "nosy", but after getting along with Achu for so long, she was really a little girl with a simple personality, so she couldn't care about Chi Tao. She lowered her voice: "Do you know that he was originally the prince of Xiyan, but after the destruction of the country, he was exiled to the Central Plains, and the emperor named him Huai'en Hou, but it was just a face-saving effort!" You see his face is always like an ice cube, I've never seen him smile, can such a temperament be good to his wife? And there is no freedom, it is not as good as ordinary people! Your father wouldn't say yes! ”

Ah Chu said "ah": "It turned out to be the prince of Xiyan!" She thought for a while and said with a smile: "The nurse told me that the Xiyan royal family only chooses beautiful concubines, so after so many generations, the princess and princess are extremely handsome, and sure enough!" If I marry him, my children will be beautiful! ”

Chi Tao was speechless, and the little ancestor didn't listen to it at all.

Chi Xingguang listened to Ah Chu's bold words, her face was as red as a persimmon, and she whispered: "You little girl, how can you say such a thing?" ”

Achu raised his chin: "Why can't you?" Since I was a child, my father told me that whoever I want to marry when I grow up is all up to me! ”

It took Chi Tao a lot of words before she asked Achu to agree, at least until she resumed her status as the county lord, she would never have contact with Murong Ling. Otherwise, not only is she worried that this little sister may be hurt, but the Queen Mother is Achu's own grandmother, and she is even more afraid that she will lose her life if she is angered by the Queen Mother!

After dinner, Chi Tao called the people at the post station to bring hot water up, and the three of them washed up and rested early.

Sleeping late at night, Chi Tao was awakened by a few shouts.

She listened carefully, and it seemed to be the sound of weapons fighting.

It didn't take long for it to calm down.

This post station only picked up their group of people today.

I don't know if it's for Murong Ling, or Xie Yao? In the minds of most people, Murong Ling should already be a lost dog, and it is all up to his sister to be favored in the harem to survive, and there should not be much need to get rid of it. She is more inclined to Xie Yao - it seems that even if you are the son of a family, you will not only face flowers.

However, it seemed that the people who came to sneak attack had already been killed, and Chi Tao rolled over and closed his eyes again.