Chapter 47: The Feast of the Goddess
"God catches quickly, what's going on?"
The guard asked.
"This person wanted to buy me for twenty taels for an hour, but I slapped him down. ”
"Hey, pork guy, is that so?"
"Yes, it was originally agreed that twenty taels were negotiated, but this woman suddenly changed her mind and beat people, you have to discipline her well. ”
"Twenty taels are still talking, do you know who she is?"
"Who else can it be, a woman goes in and out of Yufei Building, either out to sell or a maid. ”
"It seems that you don't know anything, she is the female catcher of Bacheng County, and this female thief was caught by her and Zhou Zhutou. ”
"What's wrong with the female catcher, you can't just beat people. ”
The butcher had stood up as he spoke, and thanks to his body of fat he had not broken his bones.
He stepped up and stopped the goddess who wanted to leave and said, "Lose money, don't want to leave if you don't lose money." ”
"How much do you want?"
"I have ten taels of money for going upstairs, as well as medical expenses, lost work expenses, and fright expenses, and you have to pay me a total of one hundred taels of silver. ”
"I've got five taels left on me, and I'll give you these at most. ”
"It doesn't matter, then you will pay the debt, according to the price we negotiated, twenty taels and one hours, you will stay with me all night tonight. ”
"I disagree. ”
"If you don't agree, then you will lose money, you beat up good people for no reason, everyone present has seen it, and you are a fast catcher who knows the law and violates the law, and it is even more of a crime. Let me tell you, I have sent pork to Taishou's family, and I am very familiar with Wang Taishou, I just need to say hello to him, and then report to the county master, and the county master will definitely arrest you and let you taste the pain of prison. ”
"Whatever you want, I don't have any money for you anyway, and I won't go with you. ”
"Fool me, why did you negotiate the price with me if you didn't agree just now?"
"Whether you talk about it or not, as long as you think about me wrongly, I will beat you up. ”
"Listen, listen, is this what you should say? Is there still a royal law in the Great Han Kingdom, what do I think if you are in charge of the heavens and the earth?"
The butcher was arguing under Yufei's building, and Cai Yong walked out of the residence under the city wall when he heard the sound.
"What's wrong, why is it making noise again?" Cai Yong asked.
The guards guarding the building briefly reported what had just happened to Cai Yong.
"That's the case, God catches quickly, I said that you have nothing to do with what you are doing upstairs in Yufei, isn't it easy to misunderstand. ”
"I just went up and took a look, and I paid for it. ”
"Okay, you have to go and see it, but it's just a small misunderstanding that won't hurt anyone. ”
"That's right, it's still Captain Cai's high level, so he said it at once. The butcher chimed in.
"Pork guy, don't be too hard, but if you roll down from the upstairs, you will have to slander a hundred taels, do you have golden branches and jade leaves on your body?"
"Hehe, what Captain Cai said is right, I was angry just now, and I wanted a lot, so Captain Cai looked at how much I wanted. The butcher said with a smile on his face.
"I'll give you a tael at most. ”
"One tael? It's too little, I spent ten taels upstairs. ”
"You went upstairs for ten taels, you can continue upstairs, no one is stopping you. ”
"Well, one or two is one or two, and it's better than nothing. ”
"God catch, take the money. Cai Yong said.
The goddess was too lazy to dwell on this, and gave the butcher a tael of silver.
The butcher took the silver, gritted his teeth and climbed up the Yufei Building again. After a while, the sound of Sister Da Fei's screaming and vomiting came from upstairs.
"I said God catch, you can be ruthless to the thief, and you still have to take care of the common people, thanks to this Yufei Lou is not high, if you really slap him to death, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you." ”
The goddess was too lazy to listen to Cai Yong's nonsense, and she couldn't bear to continue to hear Sister Da Fei's painful moans, she didn't pay attention to anyone, and walked straight back to Jing Yiju.
After experiencing this incident, the goddess did not go to the yamen the next day, but went to Yeyulou, found the Zhuxiang girl who had just finished delivering bamboo shoots, and wanted to ask her to help her cook a table of dishes in Jingyiju together, and invited Zhou Xiao to chat together.
Since she caught Sister Da Fei, Yeyulou's business has become more and more popular, and her bamboo shoots have also risen, and when she heard the goddess ask her for help, she immediately nodded and agreed.
In the evening, the goddess and Miss Zhuxiang began to prepare dinner together, and the goddess asked her how to cook food by the way.
The goddess is a martial arts genius, but she is very rusty with cooking, and when she lives alone, she either buys and eats, or simply eats some mixed vegetables. This time, she invited Zhou Xiao to dinner, firstly, to talk about recent events, and secondly, to improve her cooking skills.
Under Zhu Xiang's careful guidance, the goddess finally made a hot dish, although she was not very skilled, but she had a foundation in martial arts, and there was no problem in cutting vegetables and stir-frying. With Miss Zhuxiang grasping the heat and seasonings on the side, the goddess's first course was relatively successful.
Then the goddess learned and made a few more dishes, and in the process of cooking, she realized that cooking is not an easy task. In martial arts, a punch, the greater the strength, the better the effect, but cooking is the most taboo to use too much force, the salt can be remedied if you put too little, and you can't save it if you put too much, and the heat is even more so, it must be just right to make a perfect dish.
After a busy afternoon, it was not until night fell that a sumptuous dinner was finally ready. Zhou Xiao carried the guard knife on his back, and appeared on time.
"Miss Zhuxiang is also there. ”
"Well, she was the one who guided me and taught me how to cook. ”
"Wow, the goddess actually cooks herself, it's really getting more and more down-to-earth. ”
"You can't always trouble others to make what you eat. The goddess said.
"Lord Goddess, you have saved the entire Bacheng County, anyone who wants to cook for you can line up in a long line, if you don't dislike it, Zhuxiang is willing to cook for you every day. ”
"That's not necessary, as long as you teach me often. ”
"Okay, Zhu Xiang will definitely give you everything. ”
After a brief conversation, the three of them sat at the stone table in the courtyard of Jingyi Residence, enjoying the half moon while eating.
"The food is a good dish, the moon is a good month, but unfortunately the moon is full and there is no good wine. Zhou Xiao said.
"Who said no?" Miss Zhuxiang took out a large bamboo tube from behind her back and placed it on the table as if by magic.
"The eight-year-old green bamboo forest, the special wine of the Night Rain Building, if I wasn't familiar with them, I wouldn't be able to buy it if I wanted to. ”
"Wow, it's an eight-year-old green bamboo forest, and I heard that only distinguished guests are qualified to order this wine in the Night Rain Building. ”
"Yes, when I asked for wine at first, the bartender was still hiding it, but I said that Zhou Zhutou wanted to drink, so he decisively gave it to me. ”
"Haha, I see, I really didn't expect that I would be a little thin now. ”
"Why did you mention Zhou Xiao's bartender to give you wine?" the goddess asked suddenly.
"Because Brother Zhou is a head catcher, and he caught Sister Da Fei, he will become famous in Bacheng. ”
"Official position, fame, is it because of these that others will take a fancy to you?" said the goddess.
"Of course, after taking off clothes, everyone is the same head and two legs, but after putting on clothes, their lives are very different, and these differences are the differences in identity and status. ”
After Zhou Xiao finished speaking, he took a sip of the green bamboo forest, the pale green wine with a slight bamboo forest aroma flowed through the mouth and along the throat, and a warm current followed from the root of the tongue all over the body, making the whole body feel comfortable with muscles and blood. After the warm flow, it is the sweetness of the wine, and the sweetness of the wine swirls in the mouth, making people have an endless aftertaste.
"Oh, what a good wine, it seems that this thief was not caught in vain. Goddess, you haven't had a drink yet, come on, try it too. ”
Seeing Zhou Xiao's enjoyment, the goddess also drank a drink. Then he raised his glass and drank it down.
Zhou Xiao thought that the goddess would be spicy because of the first drink, and he was ready to comfort him, but after drinking it, the goddess did not react too violently, but closed her eyes and seemed to be tasting carefully.
"It turns out that this is wine, and it is very different from water, and it seems to contain a lot of energy. ”
"Of course, the green bamboo forest is a high degree of wine, and it can be lit in case of fire. Zhu Xiang said.
In fact, people are just like this wine, their own quality is one thing, and the recognition of others is also very important. Just like this green bamboo forest, in terms of quality, it is not inferior to the Sanhuatai of the imperial wine, but the Sanhuatai has the blessing of the name of the imperial wine, and the price can reach ten times that of the green bamboo forest. ”
"And how much do you think I'm worth?"
The goddess suddenly asked seriously.
Zhou Xiao and Zhu Xiang were both stunned, they looked at the expression of the goddess, and felt that she was really asking a serious question, not like a joke.
Zhou Xiao thought for a while and said, "How much is it worth, are you asking for Yulu? Do you think the current Yulu is too low? It doesn't matter, I can give you a raise." ”
"It's not Yulu, Yulu can only let me catch the thief, I mean buy me. ”
"Buying you?"
"Well, it's the kind of buy that can do anything to me. ”
"You mean selling yourself?"
"Almost. ”
"Why do you ask this? Do you need money urgently?"
"I'm not short of money, I just want to know what I'm worth in the eyes of others. ”
"But the value is not calculated like this, if you only sell your body, even if you are super beautiful, your body is super attractive, and the beauty has become the top brand in the capital, it is only a hundred taels of silver a night. Even if you are lucky enough to be favored by the rich, your worth can be doubled, no matter how valuable your body is, you are still a woman in a green house who is looked down upon.
But if you get fame, even if you are just a county magistrate, you can at least get the respect of the people of a county. ”
"Goddess, why do you suddenly care about your value?" Zhu Xiang said.
"Because yesterday someone offered twenty taels of silver to buy me for an hour. ”
"Poof, who is so bold, didn't you smoke him?" Zhou Xiao said.
"Of course I smoked him, and I paid him a tael of silver. ”
"That's right, but you shouldn't even give him that tael of silver, this kind of person deserves to be killed. ”
"So I'm thinking, if I participated in the martial god test you said and won the top three, then they wouldn't dare to say that, and Cai Yong wouldn't let me lose money. ”
"Of course, if you enter the top three, then you are the court official of the fifth grade, and his verbal tease to you is insulting to the country, even if you smoke him to death, he will die in vain, and he will not get a penny. ”
"What about Cai Yong?"
"He's just a centurion, and he's not as good as the county order in terms of rank, so you can't look up when you see him. ”
"It seems that there are many advantages to being an official. ”
"Of course, what's the matter? Are you interested in participating in the Martial God Exam?"