In the kitchen of Penglai Restaurant, fireworks are rising and the fragrance is lingering.
Young Master Liu was holding a wine flask in his hand, and he casually picked up Huang Lingyi's food with chopsticks and started tasting it. Then his sister took a sip of wine, showing a contented look.
Huang Lingyi was washing the dishes, and from time to time he glanced at his sweetheart secretly eating the food and drinks.
I was a little confused about Young Master Liu's behavior of lowering his identity and stealing food, but I was also a little happy from the bottom of my heart. I guess it's because the dishes I made to go with the wine whetted my sweetheart's appetite, that's why I behaved like this.
Young Master Liu swallowed his drink and smacked his lips, the inadvertent sadness in his eyes flashed away.
"Lingyi, your craftsmanship is really good. It's been a long time since I've had such a big appetite."
"I went to Yingzhou as the governor for more than two years, and I never tasted the food from my hometown. After returning to Beijing, although the house was full of top-notch chefs brought over from Jiangnan by my old man, I couldn't taste the same food as before, eldest brother. The taste of Jiangnan.”
"Only here, when I am eating food and drinking wine, can I find this long-lost taste of my hometown."
“Before I knew it, I didn’t go home for another year.”
Liu Mingzhi sighed, and the days when Xu Ruyi visited her grave once a year passed.
Father-in-law and mother-in-law Qi Run also know about Ruyi's affairs, and hope they can go there on their behalf.
Huang Lingyi took the vegetables out of the basin and looked at Young Master Liu's melancholy face with a little heartache.
"Brother Liu, it's not that the taste of the food has changed, it's just that your mood has changed, Brother Liu."
Liu Mingzhi paused as he was about to drink, then put down the flask in his hand in interest.
"Yes, you are absolutely right. Brother's mood has changed."
"You cook the vegetables, and my eldest brother will wash them for you."
Huang Lingyi hurriedly shook his head: "How can this be done? How can you, the dignified Duke Ding, wash the vegetables? You should go upstairs to accompany your friends first. If you delay for a long time, they will feel uncomfortable."
"After Lingyi prepares these two hot dishes, I will serve some of them to you to eat first."
Liu Mingzhi waved his hands with a complicated expression, raised his sleeves, picked up the lotus root slices on the side, and started cleaning them.
"Lingyi, you don't understand. Brother, it's not time to go up yet. This is not the time to go up yet!"
Although Huang Lingyi is now a little beauty cook, she was also one of Qin Huai's most famous courtesans in the past, so she is naturally a smart person.
When his sweetheart said twice in a row that he was not going up, Huang Lingyi understood that there must be some reason why his sweetheart was not going up.
Huang Lingyi nodded silently and said nothing more. He said to the boy under the stove: "Increase the fire."
"I know, boss lady."
Young Master Liu absentmindedly washed the lotus root slices in the basin. He didn't even notice that a lotus root slice was soft after being washed.
He has been thinking in his mind about the same issue that Zhang Kuang and the six people discussed upstairs, dividing the troops into three groups, and where his middle army should go when the time comes.
This national war is completely different from previous battles.
In a battle involving nearly two million people, if the troops were not concentrated in one place, they would easily be gradually cannibalized by the Jin Kingdom and the Turks.
Based on my understanding of Li Zheng, Li Zheng must have chosen this arrangement to prevent himself and others from overpowering others with their superior achievements, so that Li Baiyu, who had an unstable foundation, could use a weighing method to restrain himself, a generalissimo with heavy troops who was on an expedition.
However, Li Zhengying was wise and devoted his whole life to the unification of the dragon, so he would not fail to understand the consequences of dividing his troops.
In this case, does Li Zheng have any deep meaning in doing this?
Liu Mingzhi recalled the past with Li Zheng in his mind, and many important discussions came to mind one by one.
I fell into a deep state of mind for a moment, and even stopped washing vegetables.
After a while, the lotus root slices in Young Master Liu's hand turned into lotus root dregs. Young Master Liu clenched his fists tightly with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Father, if you were still alive, no one would be confused anymore.
"Brother Liu, Brother Liu."
"Ah? What's wrong?"
Huang Lingyi looked at Young Master Liu's confused face angrily, and licked his lips at the basin, only to see that the lotus root slices in the basin were being held in an awkward shape.
Young Master Liu looked at the lotus root slices in the basin with an embarrassed expression, and rubbed his nose angrily: "Lingyi, the ingredients in your restaurant are not good. Did you pull out the lotus root before it has grown? It is too brittle. How can we do this when we become scum on the sidelines?"
"Aren't you deceiving your guests? It doesn't matter if my brother sees it. If others find out, it will have a great impact on your reputation."
"You sisters can't ruin the genuine calligraphy treasures left by the few of us."
"It's just this once, you won't do it next time, you must remember it, you know?"
"You should be busy first. Brother is going out first. Arrange the dishes carefully so that no one can see signs of being eaten."
Huang Lingyi held the spoon and stared blankly at Mr. Liu's back. Huang Lingyi didn't come back to his senses until he disappeared at the door.
Huang Lingyi waved the spoon in her hand angrily, and Huang Lingyi gritted her teeth and shook her head.
"I've always heard that Duke Dingguo is shameless. I thought it was someone else's slanderous remarks about Brother Liu. Today I've seen it."
"It's not just as simple as being shameless. It's simply crazy. Even the black things can be said to be white."
"Shopkeeper, don't be stunned, it's almost time to make ginseng chicken soup."
"Ah good."
"Bizhu, what good wine do you have here?"
Xue Bizhu stood by the door and looked at Mr. Liu who came out of the kitchen with a chuckle: "Dukang, Zhuyeqing, Nuerhong...all are more than thirty years old. Brother Liu, what do you want to drink?"
"Dukang!"
"The only way to relieve your worries is Du Kang, just drink Dukang."
"I know, little sister, I'll get it for you right now."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Xue Bizhu's beautiful figure walking towards the wine cellar and sighed: "It's hard to bear the deep love of a beauty, let it be."
Mr. Liu shook his head and walked towards the second floor. He walked lightly in front of the two women's boudoir and listened quietly to the sounds in the room. When he heard the smiling conversations of six people, Liu Mingzhi knew that it was time to go in. when.
Gently pushing the door open, Young Master Liu walked in with a smile and sat on a chair, pretending to be nothing.
"Seniors have been waiting for a long time. The food will be here shortly."
Nangong Ye looked at Young Master Liu strangely: "Your little beauty's craftsmanship is good enough, and the fragrance has spread to the second floor. But no man has two confidante, but he must not let down this child Yan'er. , otherwise I won’t be able to spare you.”
"Yes, yes, uncle said that, but if I say that I and the two of them are innocent, would you believe it?"
The six people were startled and drank their tea with scorn, obviously not believing Young Master Liu's nonsense.
He played with the tea cup arrogantly and looked at Young Master Liu with no majesty as a general.
"Boy, tell me and my brothers, how confident are you that you will lead 300,000 cavalry in this expedition?"
Young Master Liu held the teacup and glanced at the six people: "Uncle, are you asking about taming and serving 300,000 soldiers? Or are you asking about returning victoriously?"
"I asked them all."
"About seventy percent!"
The look of surprise in the eyes of the six people flashed away, and Zhang Kuang stared closely into Young Master Liu's eyes: "Are you kidding?"
Young Master Liu pursed his lips and smiled: "How dare you joke about this important matter of military aircraft?"
Hearing Young Master Liu's affirmative statement, the six of them took a breath, looked at each other and pondered for a moment.
Yun Chong tapped his fingers lightly on the table: "Do you understand the disadvantages of dividing the troops into three groups to deal with the armies of the two countries?"
"My nephew naturally understands."
"In this case, you still dare to say that you are 70% sure. To be honest, the six of us brothers just discussed it for a long time, and we only have a 60% chance of winning."
"You blurted it out and it was 70%, but you were so careful that your tongue flashed."
Liu Mingzhi smiled bitterly and took out the tiger charm from his arms and placed it on the table.
"At this point, do you have any choice?"
"Liu Mingzhi knows what he is capable of."
"Ten years of planning, just to unify the world."
"Mingzhi has now taken over the Tiger Talisman Commandery Seal. Even if it doesn't work, he has to do it!"
