Zhang Qing was concentrating on the big table of food in front of him.

It has to be said that the higher the status, the better things that people can enjoy, is the law that applies to all worlds. Not to mention the chefs raised by the Zhang family themselves, the skills of the chefs of the state mansion are more than a step better than the chefs of the best restaurant in Huinan Mansion and the welcome building. Of course, the chef in the Huinan City Lord's Mansion may also be better than the chef in the Yingke Building, but it's a pity that Zhang Qing and Zhang Shanyi haven't eaten it.

In general, Zhang Qing not only took the most comfortable bath after the crossing yesterday, slept the most comfortable sleep after the crossing, and is now eating the most delicious lunch after the crossing.

In fact, if the feeling of 'mother's taste' in the memory is removed, the three words 'after crossing' in the previous sentence can be removed, which is the best food he has ever eaten throughout Zhang Qing and Zhang Shanyi's lives.

He was alone in the meal, but the food was on the table. First, there are four dishes of small cold dishes, two vegetables and two meats: pickled white radish strips, mixed kelp shreds, crispy fried crucian carp, and boiled crab legs. Not to mention the pickled sweet and salty taste, which is completely different from the common white radish strips and fried crucian carp that is more than one point and less burnt and less cooked, the two fresh seafood of kelp shreds and crab legs alone made Zhang Qing stunned.

You must know that this is Yunzhou, which is located inland, and it is thousands of miles away from the nearest coastline. Zhang Qing, who grew up on the beach, is very sure that the kelp is not made of dried goods, and the crabs are also fresh sea crabs. He really couldn't think of how he could bring these fresh sea goods here in this backward feudal era without trains and planes.

Then four hot dishes were served, which were also two vegetarian and two meat, namely: Dinghu Shangsu, Wensi Tofu, Yehe Shrimp and Guang Belly Suckling Pigeon.

The climate of Yunzhou is humid and hot, so there are many mushrooms, this dish is a variety of wild mushrooms with oil flavor after simmering, the neatly stacked in the bowl, covered on the plate, mixed with oil, wine, vegetarian soup, salt, sugar, soy sauce, wet starch, etc., and then thickened on it, and finally steamed over high heat. When eating, it is tender and smooth, and the fragrance is overflowing.

Compared with Dinghu Shangsu, which uses more than a dozen kinds of wild mushrooms, Wensi tofu only uses four ingredients: tofu, winter bamboo shoots, ham, and shiitake mushrooms, but this dish requires extremely high knife skills from the chef, and all ingredients must be cut into thin strips. Anyway, Zhang Qing has carefully compared, and the four silks don't need to be much thicker than his hair.

Compared with these two exquisite vegetarian dishes, the two meat dishes are not so amazing, but they are far beyond the level of their peers.

Later, in order to take care of the great appetite of the warriors, there is also a large piece of scorched pork, which is carefully simmered into the surface with honey, and at the same time, the saltiness is moderate, neither too sweet nor greasy. It's so much better than what honey barbecued pork I ate in my previous life, I don't know where.

Finally, there is a bowl of cheese mixed with crushed ice, which is garnished with all kinds of dried fruits and fruits, which reminds Zhang Qing of ice cream, but it is more sweet and refreshing than ice cream.

In this way, Chen Er, the little servant who was waiting on the side, couldn't stop compensating Zhang Qing: "Zhang Gongzi, I'm really sorry for neglecting you, the state lord and Lord Bai are busy, you are the only one who eats alone, and a few people in the dining room refuse to pay attention. ”

"Ha, Chen Er, you're welcome. Zhang Qing replied vaguely while stuffing the roasted meat into his mouth, "I'm from a small place, and my family's former chefs can't make this kind of food." I don't see that these dishes are like Yunzhou flavor, aren't they chefs brought by adults from Jiangnan?"

"In your reply, you guessed right, the original cook in the house was taken away by his predecessor. Lord Liu couldn't get used to the craftsmanship of this Yunzhou cook, so he called a few people from Jiangnan with good skills, and the dishes you eat are basically Jiangnan dishes. Chen Er said with a smile while helping Zhang Qing refill the tea. Because Zhang Qing was too young, he didn't ask for drinks.

Zhang Qing was a little too anxious to eat, so he quickly picked up the teacup and drank it all, and washed the food in his mouth before he breathed a long sigh of relief. Then he slowed down and asked while nibbling on the pigeon, "Then do you know what the state lord and Big Brother Bai are doing? I haven't seen Big Brother Bai since yesterday afternoon." ”

"Look at what you said," Chen Er said with a smile while helping Zhang Qing dismantle the bones, "I'm just a little guy, how can I know the situation of the adults, if you have anything, I can help you inform Steward Wang." Yesterday, Steward Wang told me, if you need anything, inform him directly. ”

Zhang Qing nodded, cleaned the food on the table like a whirlwind, and finally basked in the warm sun, eating the ice cheese one bite at a time, and the mood was about to fly beautifully.

But delicious is delicious, and business still has to be done. Zhang Qing, who was full, asked Chen Er to take him to Steward Wang, he was not the kind of person who didn't care about other people's things, not to mention that it was about revenge. If he just crossed over and hoped for revenge just because he inherited Zhang Shanyi's memory, and now he has escaped death from the Tinghe Gang twice in a row, Zhang Qing has already had a personal experience and put the other party in the position of dying.

After a night's rest, Zhang Qing, who was refreshed, thought about a lot of things carefully. Although Bai Huiye and himself have experienced life and death together, he is trustworthy, but he is not familiar with the people of Cloud City at all. He wants to be able to keep abreast of how things are going, instead of letting the high-ranking adults use this as a bargaining chip and sell themselves out of a daze.

When Chen Er took Zhang Qing to find Steward Wang, he was directing his subordinates to clean the yard, and when he turned his head and saw Zhang Qing coming, he hurriedly greeted him with a smile: "Zhang Gongzi, how are you resting last night?

Zhang Qing arched his hand: "Thank you Steward Wang for your concern, I haven't slept so well for a long time." I ate lunch too, and it tasted good. ”

Chen Er next to him added: "The kitchen prepared a C-shaped meal, and it was accompanied by a piece of honey-glazed pork. ”

Steward Wang frowned and said angrily: "Nonsense, the C-shaped meal is prepared for ordinary guests. Zhang Gongzi is the lord's honored guest, how can he arrange it like this, and you are too, are you so ignorant?"

Chen Er was a little aggrieved, how could he talk in the kitchen, but he didn't dare to fight back, so he had to keep silent. Zhang Qing hurriedly played a round next to him: "Steward Wang, don't blame Chen Er, he has been taking care of him with all his heart, and today's food is also very good." I'm ashamed to say that I've never had such a delicious meal. ”

"Well, for the sake of Gongzi Zhang's face, I won't punish you, you have to take good care of Gongzi, do you know?" Seeing Chen Er's promise again and again, he turned his head to Zhang Qing and said, "This time it should be the kitchen who is lazy, it seems that the master is too merciful and makes them too lazy, I will teach them a lesson later." ”

Seeing that Zhang Qing still wanted to intercede, Steward Wang decisively stopped the topic and asked, "Gongzi Zhang, do you have any instructions for coming to me?"

Zhang Qing saw that he didn't want to talk about the kitchen, so he had to say the purpose of his visit: "Steward Wang, I want to ask where Big Brother Bai or Big Brother Lu are now, I want to go and meet them." ”

Steward Wang pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid this is a little inconvenient, Lord Bai was ordered to go out with Master Leng today, and he hasn't come back yet." And Master Lu left the mansion after meeting Tongzhi yesterday, and it is inconvenient for me to inquire about his whereabouts. ”

He paused, and then said, "But Lord Bai has ordered, prepare a banquet tonight, and he will invite you to drink with Lord Lu in the mansion, so you might as well wait for the evening to talk about anything." ”

Zhang Qing nodded, now that he knew their news and could see them at night, he was not in a hurry, so he asked instead: "Then can I go out of the mansion to visit?" Yunzhong Mansion is the state capital after all, I just took a cursory look from the car window yesterday, and today I want to take a closer look at the prosperity of this place. ”

Steward Wang's face was embarrassed, waved his hand to let Chen Er retreat away, and said to Zhang Qing in a low voice: "Gongzi Zhang, I am not embarrassed by you, but you also know that your identity is too special to go out of the house alone." The lord specially instructed that you must ensure your safety, so you don't have to be embarrassed for me. If you want to leave the house, you might as well talk to Lord Bai at night, he should be able to get an idea. If you're bored, you can take a stroll around the house, and the scenery of these courtyards is still good. ”

Steward Wang thought that Zhang Qing was young and playful, and he saw the excitement of the state capital yesterday and wanted to go out to play. He knew that Zhang Qing was also a son of a big family, although in his opinion he was just a rich man in the countryside, but this kind of family was easy to cultivate a guy who didn't know the height of the sky. And the state lord instructed him to let him entertain Zhang Qing well, so now he is dissuaded, for fear that Zhang Qing will make trouble as soon as he is unhappy.

In fact, he was too worried, Zhang Qing just had a sense of crisis. When he first arrived in Huinan City, the first thing he did when he settled down was to find out the roads and gates in the city, and designed an escape route for himself, but he didn't use it. And in Fengqiu, he relied on the familiarity of the terrain to hide all night.

Now that he came to Cloud City, even if the largest force in the city, the Lord of the State, was on his side, but after all, it was not enough insurance, and he still wanted to observe the layout in the city by himself, just in case.

However, what Steward Wang said was also right, the people of the Tinghe Gang should know that they had entered the state lord's mansion, and they were probably ambushing people waiting to kill him. It's also a little dangerous to go out now, so I agreed to Steward Wang's suggestion and let Chen Er lead the way, just touring the mansion.