Facts have proved that Xiao Ruoyuan's cooking skills are indeed good, especially after two months of training in Prince Teng's Mansion, his cooking methods are more diverse. From braised pork face to big bone soup, from braised pig ears to spicy stir-fried kidney strips, it’s a proper whole pig feast.
The heavy rain also came as promised, and when everyone was having a good time, the raindrops fell without any warning, which was very willful.
"The wind swept the rivers and lakes and darkened the village, and the sound of the four mountains was like the roar of the sea. The firewood in the stream was soft and warm, and Xue Nu and I didn't go out." Princess Jinyang hugged Xue Nu, looking at the rain and mist under the white light outside the window, she was so cute Smiled cutely.
The corners of Li Yuanying's mouth raised, and he said very eloquently: "My son Si is smart and uses poetry skillfully."
The temperature in the mountains is low in summer, and there is indeed a copper stove in the house. There are also wooden blocks made of dry wood placed in it, as well as fried tea leaves. The tea smells fragrant... Qu Sanniang is responsible for throwing the tea leaves to ensure that the tea is fragrant scattered.
Qu Sanniang: "..."
No matter how you say it, I am also a princess of the same country! Even if she is not a princess, she is still a beauty. Prince Teng... is going too far!
Li Yuanying did not look at Qu Sanniang next to the copper stove. With two elders, Yuan Tiangang and Sun Simiao, she had no chance to poison her. What's more, since the day she entered Prince Teng's Mansion, everything from her hair to her toenails had been cleaned. , I don’t know how many times, including every one of her teeth. He looked at Du Che who was about to get up and go out, and reminded him softly: "Put on your bamboo hat and coir raincoat, and bring a small red clay stove and tea set, green plum wine and various side dishes... Forget it, let Xiao Shiyi and Peony accompany you. Let’s go together, please be safe.”
"Here." Du Che, Xiao Ruoyuan and Mudan sang in unison, left the hall and went to prepare related items.
Gongsun Bai, who was originally planning to go with him, silently picked up the tea cup. The fact that his apprentice was valued meant that someone was valued. Someone should be happy...
Li Jing and Tang Jian frowned slightly. Although the prince did not have to be as unpredictable as the emperor, Prince Teng's thoughts were too simple. Du Siliang and the others are indeed talented, but around him are not only officials from the Yunhe Mansion, but also officials from the royal palace, officials serving in the state government, and officials from the princely kingdom. They must also pay attention to the issue of balance.
Li Jing glared at Tang Jian: You, the prince, are incompetent. Didn't you teach the prince these things?
Tang Jian slumped his shoulders and spread his hands helplessly: Don't you know how busy the prince is every day and how many things we are assigned to do every day? Also, a certain religion can only teach when there are no outsiders around! But... when has there been no outsider around the prince? You can't let someone take extra classes temporarily while he's sleeping!
Li Jing: "..."
"Jinyang, it's very cold by the window. Come here, uncle will tell you a ghost story." Li Yuanying looked at Jinyang's little bun who was still lying by the window watching the rain, and laughed softly.
Chuntao took the dinner away and served melons, fruits, pears, various snacks and tea. Musicians were arranged to play soft and soothing music as background music.
Princess Jinyang hugged Xue Nu and ran to Li Yuanying in small steps. Suddenly her big eyes flashed and she asked, "Uncle, is it related to the heavy rain and the river?"
After coughing lightly, Li Yuanying touched Princess Jinyang's forehead. There was no fever or cold, and she said: The king of hell in the underworld hates people who commit suicide by jumping into the river, so he made a special law: Anyone who falls into the water commits suicide. Those who have not yet found a replacement will not be allowed to reincarnate.
It is said that one year in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhang Sanlang failed to seek an official position and felt that he was shameless in public, so he found a remote river, jumped into the water with rocks and committed suicide... When his soul left the body, a ghost servant came Before him, tell him the contents of the law. Zhang San was stunned on the spot. In such a remote location, when and how long will it take to find a replacement? After suffering for one hundred and twenty years, living at the bottom of the cold river every day, Zhang San was no longer mentally normal. Unexpectedly, this year suddenly encountered a flood year, and rivers everywhere burst their banks. The river channel has been widened more than three times, and the coldness of the water bottom has also increased more than three times.
After another three years of suffering, the original ghost sergeant appeared in front of him again and told him: in three days, a man with an iron hat will appear. He is a villain who has killed countless people. He can be captured as a substitute, commonly known as a scapegoat. .
"He's just a scholar, how could he be that evil man's opponent?" Princess Jinyang tilted her head and asked in confusion with her big eyes flashing. "Besides, since the evil man has killed countless people, he can't be someone who is afraid of ghosts, right?"
"Zhang San said the same thing to Gui Cha." Li Yuanying scratched Princess Jinyang's little nose and smiled fondly. "Gui Cha said angrily, if you are afraid, then just continue to stay here. The next person who can come and take your place will be about two hundred years later."
Princess Jinyang's mouth was slightly open, and she didn't speak martial ethics!
Li Yuanying was very satisfied with Jinyang's little bun's expression and continued: Three days later, hundreds of boats came here, and on the bow of the largest boat stood a man full of blood and blood. Sure enough, he was wearing a hundred boats on his head. An iron hat made of steel.
"Your Majesty, if you arrange so and so, he will return to Chang'an tomorrow." Li Jing picked up the tea cup and said in a cool tone.
"Someone is talking about Murong Shaozong, who defeated the 100,000 Northern Expeditionary Army led by Xiao Yuanming of Nanliang in response to Hou Jing near Pengcheng, and then returned to fight with Hou Jing." Li Yuanying gave Li Jing a lazy but brilliant smile and said. "If you want to go back to Chang'an, just tell me, I won't refuse you~"
Li Jing: "..."
"Oh, it turns out that it was Zhang San who blew up the strong wind and broke the mast!" Princess Jinyang said softly, as if she suddenly realized something. "No wonder Murong Shaozong, a super-famous general of his generation, ended up drowning in the water. It turned out that he killed too many people and was captured as a scapegoat."
Li Zhi glanced at Yu Shinan: As a princess, why don't you help correct me?
"Then Murong Shaozong must have done something shameful and wrong to be targeted by ghosts." Yu Shinan stroked his beard and added leisurely.
Li Zhi: "..."
You might as well not speak.
"But..." Princess Jinyang frowned slightly and asked in confusion. "Uncle, why is it that every time you tell a story, Zhang San dies in a new way, and it has not been repeated so far?"
Li Yuanying raised his hand and touched his nose, because the outlaw Zhang San was very famous in later generations and could be called a walking code of conduct... He said with a hint of embarrassment: "Because the surname Zhang is not likely to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. It’s better than talking about Li San, Fang San, Cui San or Zheng San, right?”
"Oh, I understand, baby, there is currently no one in the Zhang family who is particularly powerful." Jinyang Little Baozi nodded obediently and concluded softly.
Li Jing: "..."
When Zhang Liang heard this, he would hold His Majesty's thigh and cry bitterly. The late emperor ordered the officials to torture him, and those who kept secrets and never spoke would really be deeply hurt by the little princess's words.
Tang Jian: "..."
Zhang Gongjin in the underworld would smash Zhang Sanlang's head with a turtle shell! At that time, Li Laoyin was preparing to launch a sneak attack on the East Turks. After he learned about it, he objected: "Your Majesty has accepted their surrender, and Tang Jian is still in the Turks, how can he send troops to attack?" From a personal point of view, I was very grateful to him; from a national point of view, he was not flexible enough and was too That's pedantic... but it doesn't mean that his strength is average. It can only be said that his vision is a little short-sighted.
Sun Simiao looked at the sky speechlessly: "..."
Fortunately, Zhang Zhongjing has been gone for more than 400 years, but I don’t know if the coffin board can still hold it?
Ouyang Xun silently dug his toes on the floor. The little princess was talking about the present, and should be referring to the living people... Zhang Boying, whom Wang Youjun admired the most, has been gone for a long time. He turned into withered bones and should not have the strength to push open the coffin board. .
Yuan Tiangang looked at Princess Jinyang with approval in his eyes. Old Thief Zhang's strength was indeed average, he could only be considered an expert in drilling into caves and so on. As expected of a princess raised by His Majesty himself, she has a professional vision and a bright future!
"Mr. Yuan, I am very sure that I did not mean to sneer at Mr. Zhang. Please calm down your expression." Li Yuanying said with a headache. These bosses are really professional when doing things, and at the same time, their ability to cause trouble is also very professional. Just like Feng Lazi said, if something is wrong they will make fun of her, but if something is wrong they will blame Sang and Huai's complaints. Sitting on a mountain and watching a tiger fight, killing someone with a borrowed sword, causing wind and fire, standing on a dry bank, and knocking over an oil bottle without helping him are all martial arts skills.
...The elders will not point out Sang Shuhuai's complaints, they will only point out Sang Shuhuai's adding insult to injury, then stomp a few more times, and fish the person out when there is still breath left...not to save people, just to catch their breath. Finally, you can continue to dig holes and let others jump.
Zhang Guo fiddled with the golden abacus and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry about me. I'm just casually talking about Zhang San. He doesn't have such a heart. Madman Yuan and the others have been joking about me for a day or two. Sprinkle water, it's drizzling~"
Anyway, he didn't hurt them verbally, and everyone understood each other tacitly.
"Mr. Zhang, isn't it too difficult to get through the mountains from here to Yuzhou, the land of Shu?" Li Yuanying asked cooperatively, changing the subject and reciprocating the favor.
If someone remembers correctly, the water inflow volume of the Langao Tunnel increased from 836.14 cubic meters/hour to 1315.25 cubic meters/hour, and then to 1493.26 cubic meters/hour. The pumped water inflow is equivalent to one-fifth of the West Lake, and the critical water inflow situation still exists. ...With today's technology, it is difficult to pump out gushing water. The abundance of water resources now is also higher than that of more than a thousand years ago, and the risk is too high.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we know that there is a lot of water in the mountains and we will avoid those undercurrents." Zhang Guo recorded the calculated data, picked up the abacus and gently shook it back into place, then said with professional confidence. "The two iron drills between X and Wei Santian are great for more than just finding ores. There are a lot of good things in Yuzhou. From the Three Gorges and then through the canal or Han River to Chang'an, it's a lot of distance."
Before something is done, talking more is useless and will only make people think that it is rhetoric. It used to be that it took too long for only one person to investigate, but now with Wei Gui, a prodigy, investigating together... things are becoming more and more interesting.
Li Yuanying bowed his hands and said with a smile: "As long as Mr. Zhang and Wei Sanyang think there is no problem, I will naturally believe you. But do you have too many things at hand?"
"Prince, you don't have to worry about this. I have assigned four apprentices to help the two of them." Gongsun Bai took over the conversation and said. "In addition to the disciples and grandsons of Old Thief Zhang, their detection ability is weaker, but there is no problem with their execution ability. They can ensure that they do everything they tell them to do."
Breakthroughs from scratch require geniuses. Doing things according to their instructions only requires elite level. People who can improve are also geniuses and belong to the range that can only be met but not sought.
Li Yuanying nodded slightly and said with a casual smile: "On the salary issue, you draw up a charter. I will go to my brother to ask for a small amount of money. I can be considered a semi-professional in this field."
Tang Jian picked up the cold melon seeds on the plate and ate them. It was a rare moment of humility for Prince Teng, so he did not make trouble.
Princess Jinyang, who is playing with Xue Nu's two little paws, looks even more well-behaved: What my uncle said is right. When he asks for money, I can help him play the drums~
As for Zhang San, Zhang San’s affairs are under the control of the underworld and have nothing to do with this baby, la la la~
Seeing that two-thirds of the tea leaves in the box had been used, Qu Sanniang's mood changed from indignant, to indescribable indignation, to about to cry without tears, and now she is despairing... In Gaochang City, there are only a few The tea leaves that several important ministers could drink were burned like dirt just to smell the fragrance.
...The Tang Dynasty is so rich!
...and that bridge that can only be built by gods. Prince Teng has always kept me by his side. Why?
...I am not the crown prince of Gaochang!
Summer rainstorms come and go quickly, but within half an hour or so, the rain disperses and the clouds disappear, leaving half a bright moon hanging in the sky and stars shining brightly.
"Sizi, let's go to Yuanzhong to enjoy the moon and the bridge." Li Yuanying stood up, took Little Baozi's hand, looked at Guyu, and said. "Help the princess change into autumn clothes."
Everyone dispersed and changed their clothes. After more than a quarter of an hour, they all came to the courtyard. The leaves after the heavy rain seemed to be coated with a layer of grease under the illumination of the white lamp, and the emerald green seemed to be dripping from the leaf tips at any time. The long bridge not far away has white lights on both sides, like a river of stars falling into the mortal world, and like everyone has arrived in a fairyland... How could there be such a wide bridge if it wasn't a fairyland?
"Uncle, this is the Magpie Bridge that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl crossed, right?" Princess Jinyang, wearing a small cloak, sighed blankly.
The river is clear and shallow. How far has it gone? The water is full of water, and the pulse is speechless... Weaver Girl is so pitiful.
"It will be even more dazzling than this. There is a galaxy under the magpie bridge." Li Yuanying said softly. "Think about those lanterns on Yuan Day. When we return to Chang'an, we can put the lanterns in the lake of Fenghe Garden or the lake of Furong Garden. They will probably be comparable to one or two."
Princess Jinyang: "..."
I really want to go back to Chang'an tomorrow!
!
Li Zhi: "..."
Aye has another headache. Uncle is the most professional when it comes to doting on Sizi!
certain? Just be a tool man honestly. No matter who wins, Aye or Uncle, it won’t be You. People must be self-aware.
"Princess, how about we go looking for the cicada turtle together?" Sun Simiao's smile looked a bit like the wolf's grandmother who deceived Little Red Riding Hood.
Princess Jinyang looked up at Li Yuanying... Uncle seems to have grown taller again? My neck is so tired!
"Let's go together." Li Yuanying lowered his head and said with a warm smile.
Sun Simiao: "..."
Li Zhi: "..."
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