The life of Cai Jing's family is really extravagant, whether it is from the perspective of the area of the Taishi Mansion, the scale of the outdoor garden, and the scale of the interior decoration, or from the huge team of servants in the palace, this conclusion can be drawn.

And compared with the modern people of later generations, how big can the dining room of the family of later generations be? Even the richest people can't make a restaurant like a canteen at home, right? But Cai Jing has a food court that is even more exaggerated than the canteen!

The food garden is a flower garden, and if the area is estimated, it can only be used as a unit in acres. In the vast flower garden, among the flowers and trees, there are dozens of pavilions, which are equipped with stone tables and chairs for the host and guests to eat in summer.

It is the beginning of winter, so today's luncheon is not set up in these pavilions, but in the houses around the garden. Those houses are surrounded by the low walls of the garden, and I am afraid that there are not hundreds of them.

After entering the food court, the two maids turned back, and a steward in the food court continued to lead Bai Sheng's "family". According to the steward, part of the house was used for the kitchen, part for the servants, and the rest for the dining room where the master and guests ate.

When passing by the kitchen, Bai Sheng followed the guidance of the steward and looked over, only to see that the dozens of rooms belonging to the kitchen were pasted with nameplates on the doors, with the books "Sichuan Cuisine", "Fujian Cuisine", "Zhejiang Cuisine", "Cantonese Cuisine", "Lu Cuisine", "Soup Room", "Porridge Room", "Bun Points", "Green Onion Shredding Room", "Meat Filling Room", "Seasoning Room" and so on.

"What does this shredded green onion room do? Could it be that shredded green onions are also a dish?" Xiao Feng couldn't help but be curious and asked.

The steward said: "This shredded green onion room is dedicated to cutting shredded green onions, a total of four people are responsible for the supply of shredded green onions for three meals a day, cut according to the requirements given by each chef, and a special servant responsible for delivering vegetables is sent to each chef's room. ”

Xiao Feng was even more strange, "Isn't this green onion just cut everything casually?

The steward said with a smile: "The types of green onions used in various dishes are different, for example, stewed vegetables need green onions, stir-fried vegetables need to use chopped green onions, mixed vegetables need to use shredded green onions, and steamed buns and dumplings use minced green onions." ”

"Then you don't need four people, do you? How many shallots do you have to cut this day?"

"Four people are not enough, as today, there are hundreds of more guests than usual, and these four people are too busy to keep themselves busy, and they have to be drawn from people outside the kitchen. ”

Along the way, the various fragrances he smelled were mouth-watering, and Bai Sheng couldn't help but be really a little greedy, although he had already eaten a chicken before coming here.

Originally, he didn't plan to eat at Cai's Mansion, and he couldn't wait to go back immediately to give Guo Sheng and Pan Yan the second daughter an antidote. But because of Wanyan Wulu, he had to come to dinner first before making plans, he was worried that Wanyan Wulu would always follow him, and he would not be able to treat his brother and family in front of Wanyan Wulu anyway.

Therefore, the real purpose of his coming to the food court was to sneak away quietly while there were many people, so as to get rid of Yan Wulu's follow.

While Xiao Feng was chatting with the steward, he quietly looked back, only to see that Yan Wulu was still thinking about his thoughts and slowly walked behind, farther away from him and Li Xiao, and suddenly felt a pain in his heart.

"Look, isn't this the white boy who was with Bai Lu? Let's see where the Taishi arranges for him to eat. ”

Voices came from the next room, and through the open door, the guests who had come to give gifts were talking.

"It's definitely not like us, I heard that people have given them priceless treasures. I guess the Master will arrange for them to go to the natural dwelling. ”

"Look, that Xiao Feng also walked with him, this beauty really has a way. ”

"Huh, isn't that Li Qingzhao of Zhao Mingcheng's family, why is she also with Bai Gongzi?"

"What about Zhao Mingcheng? If Zhao Mingcheng sees it, it will be interesting, interesting. ”

"Zhao Mingcheng is not here with us, and the gifts from others are also heavy gifts, at least on the first floor of the natural residence, right?"

The Natural Residence is the only building in the food court, with four floors high, and when you eat on the top floor, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery in the garden.

The steward has already said that today Taishi Cai arranged for Bai Sheng to have dinner in the natural residence.

Continue to walk through more than a dozen dining rooms, harvested all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred of hundreds of officials in the court, Bai Sheng stood in front of the door of the natural house, only to see a plaque hanging on the lintel, written "natural house" three gilded characters, on both sides of the door pasted a couplet: the upper link is "the guest on the natural residence", the lower link is "actually the guest in the sky".

Before he could enter the door, he heard someone talking at the bottom, it was Zhao Mingcheng's voice: "Why don't you believe it? That person is not a rich boy at all, he is a poor man born of poor mountains and bad waters, called Bai Sheng, just last night, he didn't even have the money to stay in the inn!

"Brother Mingcheng said bluntly, brother really can't believe it, you say that he is a mountain and village husband, but people can sit with us in the sky and rank in the front, is this fake?

"That's it, Brother Mingcheng, don't say it, what everyone sees, we don't believe it if you just say a flower. ”

I only heard Zhao Mingcheng snort coldly: "Who knows if he stole someone's treasure last night? ”

Bai Sheng was shocked when he heard this, what Zhao Mingcheng said was really right, he only blamed himself for refusing Yan Wulu's gold with all his will, and he had already left trouble. But then again, if you use up Yan Wulu's gold to enter Cai's mansion, you will definitely not be able to get Cai Jing's summons.

After all, the name of the giver signed in the sign-in book is Bai Lu, not Bai Sheng.

Thinking of this, when I looked back at Yan Wulu again, I couldn't see her anymore, where did this woman go?

Of course, the steward didn't care where Yan Wulu went, and pushed open the door of the building and invited Bai Sheng and the three of them to enter, as soon as these three people came in, a table of guests in the restaurant on the first floor was suddenly silent.

And Zhao Mingcheng's face suddenly lost blood, and he stammered when he spoke: "Qingzhao, you ...... How do you stay with him?"

Li Qingzhao replied coldly: "Is there anything wrong with the Taishi arranging for me to have a meal with my cousin and his wife?"

"Uh...... Appropriate...... Right, right. ”

"Distinguished guests, please follow me up to the second floor. "The steward doesn't care about anything else, he is only responsible for bringing the guests to the designated place.

Bai Sheng and his entourage went to the second floor without squinting, and Zhao Mingcheng's table resumed discussion, "Brother Mingcheng, it turns out that this Bai Sheng is your cousin?"

Zhao Mingcheng's face was full of bitterness, and now if he didn't admit that Li Qingzhao and Bai Sheng were cousins and brothers, wouldn't he paint green paint on his head? ”

“......”

Sitting in a single room on the second floor, Bai Sheng pushed open the window, wanting to look for Wanyan Wulu's figure, but he couldn't find it, the words of Zhao Mingcheng and others downstairs were in his ears, and at the same time, he heard the talk of Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan, Gao Yu and others on the third floor.

It seems that after all, these people on the third floor are still awesome, this is not a treatment bought with money, but a position given by power.

Suddenly, he heard someone on the fourth floor talking, the voice was very low, if it weren't for the open window, he could barely hear it, he couldn't help but wonder, Cai Jing himself was lying in the bedroom and didn't come, who else could be above Tong Guan's group?

There were only two people who spoke, one was Zhai Qian, the head of Cai Mansion, and the other was Cai You, the eldest son of Cai Jing.

I only heard Cai You say: "Killing should be killed, but how to kill, who to send, and where to kill, these must be considered." ”

I heard Zhai Qian say again: "How about letting our people pretend to be bandits? ”

Cai You said: "No, the people who went to ask An Daoquan have no wealth and no color, it doesn't make sense for you to pretend to be a thief to kill, and a discerning person can know at a glance that someone doesn't want my father to recover." ”

"Then what should we do? We finally settled the Taiyi Bureau, but I didn't expect another Bai Sheng to pop up. Otherwise, let's just send someone to kill An Tao!"

"This is a good way, well, we can let our people pretend to be members of the Demon Sect! Isn't Fang La going to attack Jiankang Mansion? It just so happens that An Daoquan died at the hands of the Demon Sect! You go and do it, you must not make any mistakes!"

This time, I, Zhai Qian, have staked my life, I just hope that you will take the authority of the court into your hands as soon as possible, otherwise once the news of An Daoquan's death comes back, the master will definitely kill me. ”

"Don't worry, I will protect you, you go. Wait a minute, is that Bai Sheng really just Li Qingzhao's cousin? In this way, after killing An Daoquan, kill this Bai Sheng as well, who let him eat enough to support my big deal!"

"Oh, I've already buried the truth about this, once An Daoquan can't come or can't cure the master's illness when he comes, I'll be the first to take him Bai Sheng. ”

When Bai Sheng heard this, his lungs almost exploded, Malegobi, you Cai You want to take away the power of your Lao Tzu, can't you kill your father directly? What are you doing to others?

After thinking about it, it seems that Cai Jing is really not easy to kill, at least the old woman in black next to him is too powerful, and it seems that the security measures of this Cai Mansion are very in place, and it is estimated that it will not be possible to poison or drugged or something.

But you can't attack Lao Tzu and me like this! Bai Sheng had 10,000 alpacas galloping in his mind, and it didn't matter how old Cai You was old.

Not only must An Daoquan be saved, but An Daoquan must be brought back to Bianjing safely so that he can see Cai Jing, otherwise he will be dead.

Once Cai You is put in charge of the court, will I still have a way to live? If I were someone else, I can still be forced to go to Liangshan, but what about me? Whether it is now or in the future, those people in Liangshan are especially enemies! What is the difference between going to Liangshan and looking for death?

Hearing the sound of the wooden stairs in his ears, seeing Zhai Qian's figure out of the natural residence, he pretended to close the window as if nothing happened, turned around and said to Li Qingzhao and Xiao Feng: "What, you can eat the food first when you come up later, and I'll go to the bathroom." ”

Li Qingzhao and Xiao Feng looked at each other until Bai Sheng's figure went out, and then asked each other, "What is the bathroom?"