Li Bochen followed Meng Peiyong into the courtyard, and as soon as he stepped into the door, he smelled the fragrance. When I looked again, I saw a fire pit in the yard, and charcoal was burning in the pond. Above the fire was a strange cauldron, thin and wide, like an upturned straw hat.

The first time he entered the courtyard of the Meng family, he found that it was not an ordinary form. And like a three-entry courtyard, the hanging flower door was demolished, and a large piece of space was empty in front. Although there are no pavilions and water pavilions, there are also some strange stones, flowers and trees. This fire pond is located under the two plum trees on the east side of the courtyard, the tree has bloomed, all thanks, and now it has green leaves, but it has a special interest.

There are also two small tables and two low stools by the fire pit, and some dishes and chopsticks are placed on the table. Meng Niangzi and a girl were busy by the pond, listening to the sound of the door opening, Meng Niangzi said: "Hurry up, hurry up, it's all right - can't you just ask Brother Li to take you to see it tomorrow?"

Then he took a fire clip and turned to the girl and said, "Go and see if they are still asleep, you don't need to be busy here." ”

The girl answered, put down the work in her hand and walked to the backyard, Meng Niangzi saw Li Bochen beside Meng Peiyong, was stunned for a moment, and said: "Oh, really, I just said you, and you came-why did the prince have time to come to my house?

Li Bochen actually ate at Chang Zhai. But when he smelled the fragrance, he smiled and said, "Not yet." ”

Meng Niangzi said: "That's good, Junhou, let's try it together." ”

At this time, the two walked to the fire, and Li Bochen took a closer look at the appearance of the pot - it was a big stone pot, and a pot of clear soup was cooked in the stomach, with some green vegetables, mushrooms, and tofu. The edge was a palm's width, and it was brushed with oil, and it was rattling.

There was some cut meat on the table next to it, and I couldn't tell what kind of meat it was. He was stunned, and said in his heart that a few days ago, he heard that the grain in the tunzi had been requisitioned by Zhu Hou's people, but his family could still eat meat.

Thinking of this, I heard Meng Niangzi put a low stool and said: "Junhou, thanks to you, every family in Tunzi has a holiday today." ”

Li Bochen said: "Huh?"

Meng Niangzi said: "Huh, don't you know? In the second half of the day, the Sui Gongzi said that he wanted to move the formation to the north, and someone ran to the original to look, and saw a pile of wild things piled up there. Everyone guessed that it was the frightened people in the mountains who ran over last night, and they were all killed by the people of Xuansu City, but this is good, like a festival, and the afternoon's work has been carried home, and my family has also been divided. ”

Wild things?ah, those monsters.

He didn't look carefully last night, but now that he heard Meng Niangzi say this, he thought it should be the original form that those little demons showed after they died-but I don't know if there are those big demons.

At this time, Meng Peiyong asked Li Bochen to sit down, and at the same time sat down opposite him, frowning and said, "How can the prince eat these." I thought about it, too...... What wild things wow, Prince, how did I hear people say, these are monsters, it was last night-"

Meng Niangzi said: "Bah, don't come to pour your appetite, why can't you eat? Have you forgotten that when you fled more than 10 years ago, you grabbed beans from military horses and ate them?"

Meng Pei never spoke. Li Bochen put the helmet in his hand aside, picked up the fire clip and sandwiched a piece of meat, and said, "I'll take a look." ”

He put the meat in the fire under the pot and burned it for a while, until the surface of the meat turned brown and gave off a burnt aroma. After waiting for a while, the meat was paste, and it looked no different from ordinary animal meat. He took out the meat and tore a little bit of it in his mouth to taste, and said with a smile: "It's not in the way, you can eat it." ”

He put down the fire clamp again and said to Meng Peiyong: "Mr. Meng, don't worry, this is indeed the meat of a monster, but when the spiritual power is dispersed after death, it should be no different from ordinary livestock." Speaking of which, this meat is a little more supplemental - I tried the meat of demon beasts on the Northern Plains, and that meat is really inedible. ”

Meng Peiyong was stunned: "Demon beast meat?"

Li Bochen nodded and said, "Actually, those demon beasts have a beast character in their names, but they are much smarter than ordinary livestock. The high-level demon beast No. 1 order, they also know how to advance and retreat with each other, and they feel like people. It's a bit silly when you don't have a conductor. ”

"When I first joined the army, the veteran said that the meat of demon beasts could not be eaten, but he didn't say why. Once, a dozen of our recruits killed a lone one, and after eating dry food for several days, there was no oil and water in the stomach, so I thought, should I try it. ”

"I made a fire and cut the meat off my legs. The meat looked good, fresh and tender, so it was roasted on the fire. As a result, after roasting for a while, the meat is blistering. Some people do not believe in evil and say that if they burn it again, they will eat it as if it was burned. After a while, the meat burned into a puddle of pus, and exploded all at once—the smell that lingered on the body for days. ”

Meng Peiyong coughed and looked at the plates of meat slices on the table.

Li Bochen said again: "Later, I heard that it was because there was too much spiritual power in the flesh and blood of demon beasts, and when it caught fire, it would be like that. You can eat it raw, but you can only eat offal. But what does that smell...... Alas......"

Meng Peiyong reached out and took a wine glass from the table, poured a glass of wine for Li Bochen and handed it over, saying, "...... Junhou, drink some wine to warm up first-you said you want to set some knowledge, how do you set it?"

Li Bochen took the wine and took a sip, saw that Meng Niangzi also sat down, and slowly brushed the oil on the edge of the stone pot with a small pig hair brush, and then said: "Those two people were captured by me, and they are both soldiers, so they must be very unconvinced by me in their hearts, and they will complain a little." I talked to them in the morning, and I thought these two people were okay, but their bones were a little hard - Mr. Meng, I think so, you go and talk to them first, just say that you also like the art of mechanism, listen to what the two of them say. If you feel that you can slowly relax, then I will work harder. ”

Meng Niangzi finished brushing the oil at this time, and put a few pieces of meat on the edge of the stone pot. The slices of meat were next to the hot stone slab, and the edges immediately curled up slightly, and a burst of smoke rose up, which made Li Bochen swallow his saliva. Meng Peiyong listened to his words, still pinching the wine glass and thinking about it, and Meng Niangzi said, "Junhou, do you want to stay with these two people?"

Li Bochen said: "If they want to stay, they can stay, if they don't want to stay, I promised to send them away in seven days." That commander is a Sui man, and he will definitely go. But the mechanic couldn't hear it, so it was hard to speak. ”

Meng Niangzi used garlic, chopped green onions, and bean sauce to mix a plate of sauce for him and put it on the table next to him, and said: "If you don't do this, let's make a radical way - it's okay to let you go, but you have to compete with Da Lang, and if you can convince my Da Lang, let him go." ”

Meng Peiyong said: "Hey, where am I going to do it." ”

Meng Niangzi said: "Why can't it be done? You don't know any less than they do. ”

Li Bochen smiled in his heart, thinking that he had heard Meng Niangzi say that Meng Peiyong was making some gadgets, but now she is actually very confident in her husband. Li Bochen felt that the things that Meng Peiyong would know were difficult to compare with the tricks in the armor car, but he came here tonight mainly not for Meng Peiyong, but for Meng Niangzi, so he said: "It's okay, Mr. Meng, you can really try it." ”

Meng Peiyong showed a little smile on his face and said, "Where is it...... But if you want to, then I'll try. ”

At this time, Meng Niangzi turned over the meat slice again. Li Bochen looked at the side of the meat that was already golden and crispy, and he suddenly felt that he was really not full tonight.

Meng Niangzi said: "Junhou, you taste it." ”

Li Bochen picked up a slice of dipping sauce and put it in his mouth. The taste of this meat is a little peculiar, not fishy, just meaty. Mixed with the flavor of garlic, green onions, and sauce, I feel that the meat is still a little fragrant, and it is crispy and a little juicy to eat, which is really delicious.

Meng Niangzi also sandwiched a piece of Meng Peiyong. He looked a little worried, but when he tasted it, he smiled. Meng Niangzi put a few more slices of meat, and the fat from the previous roast flowed down the edge of the pot into the boiling soup. She said: "The dishes in this pot will be delicious after a while—if the prince likes to eat warm pots, he can still eat them." ”

Li Bochen said: "It's the first time I've seen this way of eating. ”

Meng Niangzi smiled: "This is my family's way of eating." In the past, when the family was still in good shape, my mother-in-law came up with it for my father-in-law. Later, it was spread to the palace, and those nobles also liked it, and now it is the same as before. ”

Li Bochen said: "Oh, Mr. Meng, I haven't seen Ling Ci yet. ”

Meng Peiyong was drinking, and Meng Niangzi said: "Don't bother, your mother-in-law has already slept." She still eats two meals a day and goes to bed early. It is said that the ancients lived for a long time with two meals a day, and now we eat more, and the more poison in the stomach will be, so we don't maintain our health. ”

Li Bochen said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I haven't asked, what did your ancestors do?"

Meng Peiyong put down the wine glass and sighed: "Oh, speaking of which, I am ashamed of my ancestors." Junhou, my great-grandfather, was the Sikong of the previous dynasty, and my grandfather was also Ren's servant doctor. Father's ...... Let's not talk about it. But when you come to me, you are really ashamed of your ancestors. ”

Li Bochen used to know that the Meng character of "Mengjiatun" was Meng Peiyong's Meng, and knew that his family should have been an official in the past. But now that I heard it, I was shocked, I didn't expect it to be so big.

The three princes and nine secretaries below the monarch are the supreme people. Sikong and the other six secretaries are called Jiuqing, and their status is very high, even if they are servants, they are also important positions in charge of palace affairs. Looking at it this way, Meng Peiyong's great-grandfather and his grandfather, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, are of equal status, even if it is his grandfather, he should be able to talk to his grandfather.

He said in his heart, no wonder Meng Niangzi was able to enter my house two days ago, and she was not in a hurry to go to the house to meet her like those people. That's a good thing for me, too.

He was surprised: "I see? But Mr. Meng, you don't have to be presumptuous, it's just that you were born at the wrong time. But now in this world, it is also the day when heroes emerge. Maybe in the future, you will achieve more than your grandfather and great-grandfather. ”

Meng Peiyong's alcohol consumption doesn't seem to be very good, and now that he has drunk two glasses, his face is already a little flushed under the firelight. Listening to Li Bochen's words, he put the wine glass on the table and said, "Yes, you are right! I will think about it tonight, and I will help you ask those two people tomorrow!"

Meng Niangzi only looked at him and smiled, and then gave him meat. Li Bochen himself ate two more slices before drinking a glass of wine and said, "Mr. Meng, Sister Meng, I came tonight in addition to the armor car, in fact, there is something I want you to help with." ”

Meng Peiyong said: "Prince, you just have to say!"

He did have some drunkenness, and his words became arrogant. Li Bochen smiled at him and said, "That's the case, I want to ask Mr. Meng if you can do some wood carving—for example, carving a piece of armor out of wood, life-size." The specific shape can refer to the armor we wear now. ”

Meng Peiyong thought for a while and said, "I will, hey, Junhou, didn't you come here today? He should be better at doing this, call him too, right? I used to be familiar with him." ”

Meng Niangzi didn't speak, Li Bochen shook his head, glanced at her, and said, "Don't do it for the time being." I don't really trust this person. The fewer people who know about it, the better. ”

Meng Peiyong said: "Haha, his person is actually good, before-"

When he said this, Meng Niangzi said: "Da Lang, you just listen to the prince." ”

Meng Peiyong was stunned, thought about it again, and then said, "Oh, that's good." ”

Li Bochen's body shook slightly, and he took out a dried fish from behind him, and said, "Sister Meng, I want to ask you for this matter-I said before that I would send some elixir tomorrow, and this is the elixir." ”

The two of them looked at the dried fish, and they were a little confused. Li Bochen said with a smile: "What I got by chance is indeed a spiritual thing. But this thing, cut into pieces, is not good-looking. So I want to ask my eldest sister to think about what kind of method, what to use to wrap fishmeal in pills, and it will look good tomorrow. There should not be too much in each pill, just a piece the size of a fingernail. If there is anything left, it will be considered a thank you both. ”

Meng Peiyong said: "Oh, how can this be done?"

Meng Niangzi stretched out her hand to take it and said, "What is there to do with the prince's heart." ”

Li Bochen laughed happily and said, "I still have something to do tomorrow, so I will ask you for the matter of dispensing medicine." When the time comes, you can go to Fang Qi and ask him to lead someone to stand on the side, and discuss with him if you encounter any trouble. ”

Meng Peiyong finally heard something at this time, was stunned for a while, got up and poured a glass of wine for Li Bochen, picked up his own wine glass, and said, "Don't worry, you marquis, we will do these things with our hearts." ”

Meng Niangzi also reached out and poured a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "I'll also accompany you." ”

Li Bochen said with a straight face: "When I first came, thanks to the two of you, Li always remembered this feeling. Both of them are people I can trust, and there will be no shortage of troubles in the future—I drank this cup first. ”

The three of them drank it all, and they didn't make a sound for a while, only listening to the crackling of the fire in the pond and the sound of meat on the pot. After a while, Li Bochen said again: "If I go out tomorrow and don't come back for a while the day after tomorrow, then please don't show up for Brother Meng - eldest sister, you just say that the two of us are discussing the confidential matter of the armor car." ”

Meng Niangzi was stunned and said, "You want to go far away?"

Li Bochen smiled: "To do a big thing." ”