CHAPTER IX

As soon as it was dawn, Qi Liyun woke up, a habit she had developed since she began practicing martial arts.

The military advisor said that early morning is the time when the sun and the moon alternate, and it is also the time when the aura of heaven and earth is the purest, and this is the most beneficial time to practice.

Qi Liyun closed his eyes and sat cross-legged in the courtyard, and began to use his luck all over his body.

She could feel that the qi in Jingbei City was significantly different from that in the village.

She didn't know why this was the case, but it seemed to be much easier to absorb the qi here than in the village.

This operation failed to take away the stones according to the plan of the military division, and I wonder if the military division will be angry.

I don't know if Lin Weige will give her the stone as agreed.

The events of these days reappeared repeatedly in her mind, and the last thing that came to mind was Lin Anyan's smiling face.

Exercising qi is the most taboo to think nonsense.

Qi Liyun, who was afraid that he would go mad, hurriedly collected his work, but he was still a step too late, and a mouthful of blood couldn't help but spurt out directly.

"Hehe, it's the first time I've seen you if your luck has hurt you. ”

Hearing this voice, Qi Liyun hurriedly opened his eyes.

I saw a woman in red sitting at the stone table in the courtyard with Erlang's legs crossed, and when she looked closely, it was the big girl of the Lin Mansion who had a big battle with her last night.

This square stone table is actually one of the strange stones collected by Lin Weige in his early years.

I don't know how many years of wind and rain have drawn a series of winding ravines on the stone table.

Strange stones, strange stones, free and magical.

The beauty of this strange stone lies in the fact that the ravines washed out by the rain are connected vertically and horizontally, forming a natural vertical and horizontal nineteen chessboards.

At this moment, on the stone table, there are no chess pieces, but a beautiful food box.

"Alas, fortunately, this girl is a righteous gentleman and never takes advantage of the situation, otherwise your way of practicing would have been attacked eight hundred times, I really don't know why the master asked you to protect the son. ”

As soon as Du Juan met, he spoke ill of each other, and his words were full of contempt for Qi Liyun, as if it was Qi Liyun who was knocked into the water last night.

Qi Liyun was naturally too lazy to talk so fast, she just complained about why she was so careless.

It is taboo to be close to others when practicing, and ordinary martial arts practitioners practice either there is no one around to take care of them, or they will leave a little qi to investigate the situation.

The military advisor had repeatedly told her to be cautious when practicing outside the village, but now she had forgotten all about it.

Qi Liyun didn't say much, just straightened out the qi and blood in his body, and then sat next to Du Juan.

She looked at the food box and estimated that it was today's breakfast.

Thinking of the cuckoo's vicious words just now, Qi Liyun asked in a provocative tone:

"Why, the eldest girl of the Lin Mansion still has to be responsible for delivering food, it's really hard for you. ”

Her original intention was actually to tell Du Juan that she was a guest invited by Lin Weige, and Du Juan was just a subordinate.

This sentence reminded Du Juan of what Lin Weige said to her last night after returning to the Baihualou where Lin Anyan lived.

"An Yan is about to go on a long trip, Li Yun was invited by me to protect An Yan on the road, but you are so impulsive, you will apologize early tomorrow morning. ”

Childe is about to go away, and he is still alone with the masked female thief in front of him.

As soon as he thought of this, the cuckoo became angry.

I only heard her say viciously to Qi Liyun:

"I'm afraid that the medicine in the back kitchen is not ruthless enough, come and stare at it, and I'll make up two more knives to see if you're not dead. ”

"I'm dead, who will protect your son-in-law on the road? I can't keep your son-in-law, not necessarily, but it will never be your son-in-law to save me. ”

Qi Liyun's words were clearly laughing at the cuckoo who was knocked into the water last night, and asked Lin Anyan to go into the water to save people.

Hearing this, the cuckoo was so angry that he slapped his palm on the stone table.

A strange stone that was finally formed for thousands of years was forced out of a crack.

The cuckoo wanted to open his mouth to refute something, but after thinking about it carefully, there was nothing to refute.

Helpless, she had no choice but to snort coldly, turned around, and no longer looked at Qi Liyun.

On the other hand, Qi Liyun's side naturally won't take these conversations to heart.

I saw her open the food box by herself, ready to enjoy her breakfast.

However, as soon as he opened the food box, Qi Liyun couldn't help but be a little amazed.

In the end, it is a rich and noble family, and breakfast is so exquisite.

The food box is two-sided, and when the first layer is opened, four plates made of white porcelain are placed inside.

The plate was burned like snow, white and moving.

Qi Liyun, who only knew a little about porcelain, could see at a glance that this should be fired by Xingyao, one of the seven famous kilns in the world.

And in this Xingyao white plate, there are all kinds of exquisite pastries.

The first plate of Qi Liyun is the most familiar, it is four osmanthus cakes.

At this time, it has just entered autumn, and it is the season when osmanthus flowers are in full bloom.

When he was in the village, he would often go to the back mountains to pick some back.

Those flowers need to be soaked in water overnight, then squeezed out of the bitter water, pickled with molasses, and when they are pickled, they are mixed with steamed glutinous rice flour to make osmanthus cakes for everyone to eat.

The color of the Lin family's osmanthus cake is yellow and white, without a little spot impurities, cut into a bite-sized piece by piece, thin and even, and it is mouthwatering to see.

Qi Liyun gently picked up a piece with chopsticks, lifted the veil, and put it in his mouth.

The taste was sweet but not greasy, and the aroma of osmanthus instantly filled the entire mouth, and it was even more delicious than that made by the military division.

The second plate is a few pieces of panstang water chestnut cake.

The horseshoe cake is semi-transparent, the color is tea yellow, and if you look closely, there are dotted chrysanthemum petals inside.

Qi Liyun poked it carefully with chopsticks, the horseshoe cake was full of elasticity, and when he clamped it hard, it was broken but not cracked, pouting and pouting, I don't know how to make it.

The third plate is cloud cake.

Cloud cake is a famous snack in Jingbei City, and it is said that the method is complicated, and the raw materials alone need to use more than a dozen kinds of glutinous rice flour, sugar, lard, sesame seeds, walnut kernels, etc.

After being cooked, the cloud cake is actually a large piece, which requires the chef to use a special large square knife to cut it into slices as thin as a book page.

A piece of mouth, without even chewing, naturally melts in the mouth, as dense and soft as a cloud.

The military advisor once brought back Wanyuanzhai's cloud cake, which is said to be the best cloud cake in Jingbei City, and the sweet taste made her unforgettable for a long time.

However, after eating the cloud cake made by the Lin family's kitchen, Wan Yuanzhai became not worth mentioning.

The fourth plate is the most ordinary-looking xiaolongbao.

The skin of the bun was as white as snow, and it was as thin as if it could shine through.

Unlike the xiaolongbao that Qi Liyun had eaten, looking through the skin of the bun, it seemed to be golden brown.

Qi Liyun didn't think much about it, but just picked up one and put it in his mouth.

But as soon as he bit it, Qi Liyun screamed.

The cuckoo was startled by the sudden scream behind him, and when he looked back, he couldn't help but laugh.

It turned out that the juice of the xiaolongbao was so rich that it surpassed all the buns that Qi Liyun had eaten, and when she took a bite, the juice splashed directly.

Qi Liyun frowned and took out a handkerchief from his arms, and complained while wiping it:

"What kind of broken buns, why is there so much soup, is this for people to eat or drink. ”

Du Juan was watching from the sidelines, and when he heard Qi Liyun's words, he said contemptuously:

"You thief from the countryside, you don't have a vision at first glance. ”

"This is a small crab roe cage, you should first bite into a small mouth, suck the juice inside, and then eat it in one bite, it is called a delicious fragrance. ”

Crab roe dumplings?

Hearing these four words, Qi Liyun subconsciously looked at the bun.

Sure enough, through her bite, the whole bun was stuffed with a filling composed of crab roe and crab meat.

Qi Liyun looked at the bun with some puzzlement and said:

"It's just autumn at this time, and it stands to reason that there is still some time for the crabs to mature, so why is there so much crab roe in this bun?"

Hearing this, the cuckoo smiled proudly and said loudly:

"This is the first wave of fat river crabs after autumn, and only Huajin Lake has it. After the crab fishermen salvaged it, they all had to supply it to the emperor. ”

"You are a little maid, you are quite good at bragging, if you are all supplied to your emperor, where did your family come from?"

Hearing this, Du Juan looked at Qi Liyun with some surprise.

"Which village are you from, don't you really know the status of our Lin family in Daliang? Even my wife was appointed by the emperor, and of course these crabs were rewarded by the emperor. ”

After speaking, for fear that Qi Liyun didn't understand, Du Juan thought about it and added:

"The emperor basically only leaves a dozen every year, for the prince and concubines to taste fresh, and the remaining more than 100 will be rewarded to the ministers, although the Lin family is not an official, but basically there is a share of the Lin family. ”

"However, even if it is the earliest mature crab, its fatness is still far from enough to be steamed with wine, so the kitchen is usually used to make this crab roe xiaolong, and you have come to the right time. ”

As he spoke, the cuckoo reached out and opened the second layer of the food box.

There is only a plate and a small bowl on the second floor, which looks like white porcelain from Xingyao.

On the plate was a steamed sea bass, and the cuckoo put the plate in front of Qi Liyun, for fear that she wouldn't know her, so he hurriedly introduced:

"This is steamed sea bass, made with fresh sea bass caught from the Bohai Sea, 600 miles away from Jingbei City, accompanied by Jinhua ham and local shiitake mushrooms, steamed and made. ”

As he spoke, the cuckoo took out the little bowl again.

"This is white porridge, and it is the most fragrant fish to eat. ”

Hearing that the cuckoo even had to introduce the white porridge, Qi Liyun couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

She is just confused now, do the rich and noble people eat so richly in the morning?

Qi Liyun rarely ate so many delicious foods at one time, and it seemed that every bite was savoring.

The cuckoo looked at her, and she didn't know if it was because Qi Liyun was wearing a veil, and she had to tease every bite she ate, and she was slow to eat.

It was estimated that it would take a long time for Qi Liyun to finish eating, and the bored cuckoo had to stand up and start practicing on the side.

Qi Liyun only felt that this meal was so rich, and after eating it for a long time, there was still a lot left.

She was a little tired, she put down her chopsticks, looked at the cuckoo who was practicing on the side, and suddenly remembered that this maid was practicing incense making.

Ning Xiang Jue is an ancient martial art, which is said to have been transmitted from the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty.

Since ancient times, Ning Xiang has been passed down from women to men, and the last successor of Ning Xiang Du was the wife of Yan Heng, the general of Western Shu.

It is said that Yan Heng fought all his life, and he had no defeat before meeting Jiang Fengyang, and he was able to lead an army of 100,000 in Western Shu, known as "Yan 100,000".

However, the 100,000 troops of "Yan 100,000" were slaughtered by the 300,000 Liang Iron Cavalry led by Jiang Fengyang in the Battle of Chishui.

Thinking of this, Qi Liyun suddenly asked:

"Cuckoo girl, General Yan of Xishu has a relationship with you?"