Chapter Seventy-Two: Food Knows the Old and the Young

Everyone looked back, a white-haired, but spirited old man, Liu Qiming, a distinguished tenured professor of the Department of Chinese at Hecheng University, and a specially appointed language consultant of the Eighth Middle School. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Xiang was surprised and said, "Professor Liu, why are you here?"

Liu Hongxiang was stunned for a moment, then ran forward and grabbed the old man's arm and said, "Yes, grandpa, why are you here." Since the relationship was confirmed, Li Xiang has known the characters of her family, the so-called things gather people in groups, and Liu Hongxiang's family is all top-level characters standing in all aspects of human beings.

Although Liu Qiming is retired, he occasionally teaches them Class 8 students.

Old man Liu's classroom style is completely different from other teachers. He loves to joke, has a sense of humor, and is quite trendy, and likes to insert ancient Chinese into modern events. That's why his classes are always fun and full of laughter. The classmates all liked this frolicking old man.

Liu Qiming didn't answer, pointed to the plaque of "Wen Bao Zhai" on his head, and said angrily: "I don't know how to look at it, young people nowadays are really high-eyed." ”

Li Xiang knew his temper and didn't think it was wrong. Look at the plaque again, and sure enough, the inscription is: Liu Qiming's question.

Only then did he remember that Liu Lao was not only an expert in ancient characters, but also a well-known calligrapher in China.

It turned out that the four of them were good friends who had been friends for decades.

Liu Qiming saw that he understood, and then said strange things, pretending to have a stiff face, and said: "Xiao Li Xiang, I said that your kid really has no conscience, and when he heard that there is something delicious, he didn't call me, and I gave you two a warm match, without me, her parents can agree to you so easily? It's too much, I don't know if I'm so good?"

When he said this, there was still a smile in his eyes, and he said to Su Hongxiang: "Xiaohong makeup, did you say?"

Su Hongxiang pulled his arm and shook it for a while, indicating that he was coquettish.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's all mine. Li Xiang hurriedly apologized and said, "Didn't I just know about your relationship with Aunt Liu." ”

Besides, how do I know what you call "good mouthful", Li Xiang added in his heart.

"What's the matter, what's the matter, I have nothing to do with Liu Huiyun, so you can't think of me?"

Li Xiang just smiled and didn't speak, Liu Qiming also laughed first, and said: "Don't you know, she praised you as a flower, and described the taste of that soup as rare in heaven and earth, and made me ......greedy."

Seeing that Li Xiang was standing still like a stump, he urged: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and get ready to go, what, do you want my old man to invite you?"

After speaking, he said in a strange manner: "Okay, Chef Li, can you please help my old man make a bowl of fish maw soup too!"

He turned to Huang Yuexi and said, "Old man Huang, quickly, show him the location of the kitchen." ”

Old man Liu is also a foodie, and he has never been able to walk when he sees food, so of course Su Hongxiang knows his grandfather's hobbies, so he hurriedly dragged Li Xiang to the back kitchen.

When Li Xiang and the others went in to get busy, Liu Qiming could take care of the three old friends who looked at each other.

Old man Pan said angrily: "Lao Liu, what are you doing?" ”

Liu Qiming smiled and said, "Everyone, you have a good day today." Let me tell you, Li Xiang's cooking skills are definitely this, the master of the masters. He gave a thumbs up.

I picked up the dried fish maw that Li Xiang put on the table, and I was amazed. He is not Huang Yuexi, as a senior gourmet, he also has a little research on top ingredients, this glue is really rare in a hundred years.

said to the old men: "I testify, Lao Huang has definitely exchanged for a good treasure this time, this money eel glue, super top ingredients, can be met but not sought." My son-in-law, as you know, has been sick with stomach for many years, and there is no cure for it. A bowl of fish maw soup in the stomach, okay, God, right? And this thing has a miraculous effect in treating postpartum blood collapse, it can be said that the medicine can cure the disease, it is simply a life-saving thing. It is also of great help to the kidneys and yin deficiency, and the body is weak and sick. Don't blame me for not reminding me, I'll have to drink a little more later. You old guys don't have a much better spleen and stomach. ”

When he touted this, Huang Yuexi's eyebrows and eyes next to him were almost gone, and he couldn't stop nodding, and kept echoing: "Did you hear it, let me tell you, I bought it for fifty yuan, it's a super big leak." ”

After speaking, he asked Liu Qiming and said, "Old Liu, how much is this worth?"

Liu Qiming pondered for a long time and said, "This ...... It's hard to say, the year before last, there were fishermen in southern Fujian who grabbed a smaller one than this and sold it for more than 500,000 yuan, as for such a big ...... Never heard of ......"

Huang Yuexi was even more proud, and said: "Listen, listen, how many times is this, more than 10,000 times." Besides, you're all dead, and it's a life-saving medicine. I'm in charge, I'll take some back for a while, who doesn't have a daughter and daughter-in-law, good things, it's right to prepare some. ”

Another burst of triumph.

Pan Ge and the others were angry for a while, so they had to agree to lend him their respective treasures for a few days to study, but they still had pain, this was their lifeline, and they had never kept it secret, not even their own son.

With their current mood, it is estimated that the queen mother's peach will not be able to eat.

Of course, it's not really angry, after all, decades of friendship are not talking. That's the old naughty boy, that's what you gamble on. More than an hour passed, and Li Xiang came out with a tray. There were six small bowls on it, the size of a fist, not much bigger than the small purple clay pot on the tea table.

Before the dish is served, smell it first, and the aroma is tangy.

As in the Su family, monkey head simmers fish maw. Of course, too, the praise is overwhelming.

Even Pan Kou and Old Man Ge, who had always looked at him with a nose and eyes not eyes, were full of praise and enthusiasm after drinking the soup, and looked at the fish maw lying on the table from time to time.

Liu Qiming even took a sip and closed his eyes for a long time, and also wrote Zou Zou and said: "The ancients said: When you hear the Tao, you can die at night, and you really don't deceive me." Today I saw the Tao in food. ”

Huang Yuexi was obviously unsatisfied, handed over the bowl, and said to Li Xiang: "Li Xiang, have another bowl." "The second elder Pan Ge also has this intention.

Li Xiang shook his head with a smile and said, "There is only one bowl." ”

Old man Pan was angry and shouted: "Just one bowl? ”

At this time, his stomach was warm, quite comfortable.

Li Xiang smiled bitterly: "Old Pan, you can't eat too much of the big supplements. Besides, there are only so many, this is what I made in advance, and it takes a long time to make dry products, and it is too late to make them ready. ”

Liu Qiming woke up slowly, despised the three old men with dirt buns, and said: "I haven't seen it, it's not enough, it's enough, I don't understand." ”

Turning his head, he said to Li Xiang with a pleasant face: "Li Xiang, come here." Ignore them, a bunch of uninformed buns. I ask you, did you bring a kitchen knife?"

That's the second reason why he's here today. From the sample of the kitchen knife described by his daughter, especially the appearance of the two words, he was fascinated. Because these two words seem to be related to a national treasure that he has been tracking.

Li Xiang didn't want to take it, as his natal artifact, how could he easily show it, but Liu Qiming had a special identity, so it was not good not to take it.

He pulled out the gluttony from his back, carefully placed it on the table, and faced Liu Qiming with the side with the words. Since he carried the knife on his body all day long, like a night song, he was nourished by the Xuanming Deucative Water, and now in addition to the appearance of the dark accident, he no longer behaves as a speciality, Xu is soul figured out the reason, under his instruction, gluttony has changed the shocking nature, ordinary people can also move, but it is much heavier than the usual kitchen knife.

Old man Liu had already heard the description, and he didn't get started. Bring up your reading glasses, pull out a small magnifying glass, and look closely.

This attracted the attention of several other old men, who no longer dwelled on the matter of drinking soup, and stepped forward one after another.

No one had ever seen this kind of dark kitchen knife, and several heads were put together. Old man Pan was impatient, so he directly reached out and grabbed the handle of the knife, and mentioned it!

Two exclamations, Li Xiang and Old Man Liu shouted respectively: "Be careful."

The unimaginable weight made Old Man Pan completely unprepared, unstable, and the knife came out of his hand. The toes of the old man Ge were directly cut into the hard stone slab below, and the knife surface entered more than half. It's like a quick knife inserted into tofu, silently.

The four old man's eyes were straight, so sharp? Old man Ge jumped three feet high, jumped backwards, took two steps back before stopping, and burst into a foul mouth: "Damn!"

Old man Pan regrets that he wants to die, if this hurts Old Man Ge, how can he explain it.

Li Xiang went over, carefully pulled it up, gently placed it in the center of the table, and advised: "The knife is abnormally sharp, please be careful." ”

Needless to say, a few people just stuck their heads out at this time, and they didn't get started easily.

This is a kitchen knife, it's a murderous weapon!

It was Old Man Liu who dragged the knife in front of him, took out a few pieces of paper with ghost drawing talismans written on them from his arms, and carefully compared them with the inscriptions on the knife that also painted ghost talismans.

After a long time, he took down his eyes, rubbed his sour eyes, and said in a tone that was not very sure, in a slightly excited tone: "If the historical data is good, these two glyphs should be the same as the words on a national treasure, that is, the jade seal of the country." ”

Hearing this, Li Xiang's mind roared, and he was stunned on the spot.

Liu Qiming didn't care, and continued: "Legend has it that Li Si also used this kind of fish and bird ancient seal, in the form of Yin script, the seal is engraved on the surface: ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity. And now these two words should be read as: gluttony. ”

"Ordinary people only know the eight characters of the jade seal seal of the country, but they don't know that the image carved on the nine dragon seals is one of the legendary dragon nine sons, and there are two yin seal characters. ”

Flashing like thunder and lightning, a bright spot seemed to explode in Li Xiang's chaotic mind, and then disappeared.

"Little Plum, Little Plum, Li Xiang......"

A voice pulled him back to reality, came back to his senses, and replied, "Ah...... Red makeup?"

Su Hongxiang said worriedly: "Li Xiang, it's okay, I've been calling you for a long time!"

Li Xiang disguised and said: "It's okay, I was distracted just now! What did you tell me to do?"

Liu Qiming asked, "I asked you just now, where did you get this knife, is it convenient to say?"

Obviously, it's inconvenient to say, this is his natal artifact, and replied: "Ancestral, it's been there a long time ago, maybe the ancestor was a cook." ”

Then Li Xiang grabbed the pen next to him and quickly drew an image of the body of a dragon head beast, which was the image of Xuantian's ninth heavenly gluttony, that is, the ninth palace totem that he personally presided over.

He pointed to the pattern and said to Liu Qiming: "Liu Lao, is this pattern engraved on the jade seal of the country?"

Liu Qiming slapped the table and said, "Ah, it seems that Li Xiaozi is also very good at studying this history, and I also went through ancient books to know the true situation of this heirloom jade seal." ”

Then he talked about it happily, and said: "I'll tell you about this Dragon Nine Sons, most people think that the legendary Dragon Nine Sons Boss is a tyrant or a scumbag, but it is actually wrong, I found out in many wild histories that the boss is actually this gluttony, the dragon head and the human body, can devour the world!" After speaking, he shook his head.

However, several other people have also been playing all their lives, and they are very interested in history, and when they see them talking about myths and stories, they can't help but shake their heads, and the bad-tempered old man Pan directly scoffs at them.

Or Huang Yuexi is more kind, seeing that he has deviated as usual, he hurriedly came back, because he specializes in calligraphy and painting, he is also very good at ancient characters, and interjected: "Although there are many versions of the seal of the jade seal, these two characters are indeed fish and birds ancient seals." It's just gluttony, is it still up for debate?"

Old man Pan and Huang Yuexi are not on the same page, they have been used to arguing for decades, and they always appear on the opposite side of him, and this time is no exception, quite a bit of "I agree with what you oppose, and I will oppose what you agree with", just now I laughed at Liu Qiming, but now it has changed again, just listen to him: "What to discuss, Lao Liu has said, gluttony, you can be better than him, besides, gluttony, gluttony, is exactly what the cook uses." ”

So several people expressed their opinions and disagreed.

Only Li Xiang has been on the spot, others don't know, he is too familiar. In the Xuanxian Realm, he is the embodiment of gluttony, ruling the nine Xuantian Palace, and these nine Xuantian are based on the dragon nine sons as totems.

I don't know what historical materials Liu Qiming is reading, but when I look back at the bibliography, could it be that the traitors who crossed over felt guilty and promoted the legend of Xuantian Palace to this world?

Why did he browse the web for days and nights and still see no clues?

Just as he was pondering, the old man Pan shouted again, he was a porcelain researcher, and said: "However, don't say it, maybe there is such a possibility, I have never seen such a heavy metal." It is advisable to do a carbon fourteen and metal analysis, and I suspect that there is a big mystery to this knife. ”

In order to deepen the persuasiveness, he also nodded solemnly.

Li Xiang directly refused, joking, now that it has been verified that the kitchen knife may be related to the heirloom jade seal, does he dare to take it for testing?

That is the jade seal of the country, the totem in the minds of the whole Chinese people, even if there is a connection with the thickness of a hair, it must be traced to the end.

In case the relevant departments need to study it, what should you do? To give or not to give? What if there is an accident, such as "the sample has been lost"? This is a similar incident.

You must know that the relevant department is a powerful department, and it is omnipresent.

Isn't sending it for testing the equivalent of a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?

Li Lianlian didn't think about it, and said: "Thank you for your help, I am a kitchen knife, and I usually take it with me to chop vegetables." ”

He accentuated the words "kitchen knife" and "chopping vegetables".

Of course, Liu Qiming understands his concerns, after all, he is still the honorary dean of the Faculty of Arts of Hecheng University, a semi-official figure, and there are many dissatisfaction with relevant departments.

As for Huang Yuexi, the three of them are also leaders in the Ming Palace Museum.

Liu Qiming spoke and said, "Okay, let's not get entangled in other people's family heirlooms." As the saying goes, eating people has a short mouth, and you have eaten all such delicious things, doesn't it mean that it means?"

The three old men didn't understand what they meant for a while, and Old Man Ge thought about it, and said directly: "This is easy to do, Li Xiang, you can go and get a random piece of the things in my shop!"

Of course, Li Xiang resolutely refused, definitely not, isn't this a deal?

Old man Liu made a disdainful expression and said, "Phew, it's not worth a lot of money if you add it all over the house." Your jade belt hook is pretty much the same. ”

He still helped identify the little white belt hook, and he was greedy to look at it.

Seeing that Old Man Ge had a anxious posture, Liu Qiming said: "Look at your urgency, just kidding." Li Xiang's kitchen knife is used for cooking, but others don't know it. It's so sharp, it must be inconvenient. Wouldn't you just give me a certificate of craft? It's just an elm head. ”

A few old men suddenly realized that this was the case. This is easier to do, they have been in the cultural relics world for decades, and the only thing they can get their hands on is the right to open a certificate. After the cultural relics they opened proved that it was a guarantee of "authenticity", no one would question it wherever he went, in fact, Old Man Liu also had a strong appreciation of calligraphy and painting, and he was able to open this kind of certificate.

They also have a common method, they are both executive directors of the "Chinese Cultural Relics Protection Association", belonging to calligraphy, painting, jade, ceramics and other branches.

It's just that they now cherish their wings and no longer do it lightly.

Pan Ge and the others can still feel the heat in their stomachs, and they vaguely feel that the hidden disease that has been suffering for many years seems to be getting better. I am thinking about how to repay others, after all, they are all people with status, and they still can't do things that wipe their mouths and don't admit it.

Besides, don't they still think about the fish maw that's left on the table, and now they really appreciate it.

When it comes to doing it, they open an antique shop anyway, and everything is ready-made.

Ten minutes later, a certificate of about the same size as the household registration book came to Li Xiang's hands, called "Handicraft Collection Certificate", which wrote the shape, size, appearance, weight and other information of the kitchen knife, in short, everything that could be described was written, and the signature of the four old men and the steel seal of the Chinese Cultural Relics Protection Association were written.

Just like the household registration book, even if Li Xiang's kitchen knife has an ID card, it will never be confiscated by the police on the grounds of controlled knives when it is taken out in the future.

The old men also thoughtfully found a brocade box about the size of the same and put it up. The brocade box turned out to be a small-leaved red sandalwood, the material is exquisite, the box surface has honeysuckle grass pattern and cloud pattern, the carving is exquisite, and there is a handle, which is convenient for hand movement.

The box was provided by Old Man Ge, and the small leaf red sandalwood alone was worth a lot of money. Li Xiang didn't know the goods, but he knew that it was a good thing from the appearance, so he resolutely refused. But the old man Ge made another request: his little daughter-in-law was pregnant, his grandson was about to give birth, and the doctor said that the body was weak and that it might be dangerous during childbirth.

Today he personally experienced the power of monkey head simmering fish maw, and now he feels that he is still full of strength, and he hopes that Li Xiang will be able to make another copy for his daughter-in-law when the time comes.

It is equivalent to asking for help in return, and several other people are also admonishing, in line with the meaning that the elders dare not resign, Li Xiangmian accepted it reluctantly.

Of course, he also likes this new set of equipment, and he will never have to draw a knife from the back waist when he goes out in the future, although it is very handsome, but it is too shocking, and it is easy to cause people to worry, although he is not afraid, but it is always troublesome.

But what he didn't know was that there were still people thinking about him Li Xiang at this time.

A certain alley in the capital, a deep house compound, full of sentry posts in the open and secret, and heavily guarded.

Deep in the compound, the study.

An old man with crane hair sat on a wicker chair, his eyes closed and contemplative, looking drooping and old. In the back, stood a man in military uniform, in his thirties, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, handsome and straight.

The lieutenant colonel spoke, speaking sonorously and forcefully, and said: "Grandpa, after several years of investigation, we have found two children in the population record of the Hecheng Public Security Bureau, and they were adopted by two families respectively. Compared with the appearance and time node, it looks like an aunt......"

The old man suddenly opened his tiger eyes, and the light was shining, illuminating the house in an instant, as if he wanted to choose and devour people, and it was the murderous aura tempered on the iron-blooded field. Looking at the essence light, it has reached the essence of external release, this old man is actually a master of cultivation, and he is at least above the stage of transformation of the gods. He said in a hoarse voice, "Tong'er, can you be sure?"

The lieutenant colonel was a little frightened, but replied, "Not yet, unless ......"

The old man said directly: "Say!"

The lieutenant colonel was helpless, said his thoughts, and said, "Use my non-family secret technique - blood dissolution for sperm!"

The old man didn't answer, closed his eyes and thought for a long time, and then said, "How are they now?"

The lieutenant colonel replied: "The eldest boy, who is currently in his second year of high school at Hecheng No. 8 Middle School, has changed his name to Li Xiang, and the person who adopted him is General Xu Chuanzhi, the one who was rehabilitated not long ago. But ......"

The old man nodded and said, "Well, I know Xu Chuanzhi, his rank of major general was still issued by me, this person has been upright all his life, but what?"

"He seems to be making friends with Chairman Huang Naixian's granddaughter right now. ”

"Oh, that old immortal!" the old man seemed to be in deep thought, and after a long time, he said, "What about the other one?"

"It's a girl, adopted by Lu Xiaofu, who is the richest man in Tiannan and the heir of the Lu family gun. ”

The old man waved his hand, signaling that he knew, and suddenly frowned and asked, "What is Wudang Mountain's statement now?" It's been like many years, and there is no official statement?"

The lieutenant colonel was a little hesitant and said, "They reported that Wu Yuen Long has been punished according to the door rules, and Hu Zhinan has been expelled from the division and is currently wanted." ”

"Hmph, the dignified true martial arts, the prestige is great, and he can't catch a little Hu Zhinan, and what does it mean to be punished according to the door rules? It is clear that he looks down on us Xiuzhen families!"

As the old man showed anger, a yellow light suddenly flashed on his body, and the sound of broken items continued to sound in the room. Looking at this majesty, the old man's cultivation is not as simple as turning into a god.

Soon he put away his spiritual power and said, "Tong'er, from now on, you rush back to Changbai Mountain and make every effort to prepare for the treasure appraisal conference, this time you will definitely make those great cultivators look at it differently." ”

"Yes!"

"In addition, let me inform you, I want to see Huang Naixian, the old immortal. ”

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Chapter 72 (End)