It must be said that Li Ling's archery skills, under the training of his grandfather Li Guang, have surpassed those of most adults.
From the beginning of the game, he was far ahead of Huo Guang.
"This is the ninth one!" Li Ling looked at Huo Guang, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and his arrogant expression was evident.
He fired ten arrows in a row, and all of them hit the chickens raised in the garden.
For a while.
In the mansion of General Cheng, the chickens and dogs were jumping up and down.
On Huo Guang's side, even though his talent was good, the practice time was short after all. Not only was his hit rate not as good as Li Ling's, but his speed was even much slower than him.
What to do?
How do you defeat someone who is more talented than you and practices harder than you?
Of course... beat him up.
Not sick!
If you say it's about diverting misfortune to the east, then let's divert misfortune to the east. Who is in the mood to compete in archery with these unlucky kids?
Huo Guang bent his bow and nocked an arrow, aimed the arrow at the barking thin dog in the yard, shot out an arrow, and hit it on the butt.
Suddenly.
The barking of the dog became shrill.
Li Ling on the side didn't know why, and even sneered: "Huo Guang, I thought you were so capable. The arrow shot so far, and you dared to be so arrogant!"
"I advise you, just admit defeat!"
"Save me time."
Huo Guang didn't pay attention to Li Ling's ridicule.
Turning around, he looked at Li Ling.
He just smiled contemptuously and said, "What nonsense, just keep competing."
"I really think there is no need to compete." Li Ling proudly picked up his bow and arrow, preparing to aim at his tenth target.
Draw the bow, charge it, aim, and shoot!
Done in one go.
The arrow pierced the air and shot straight at the poultry in the yard. If there is no accident, the arrow will definitely hit.
However.
There was a clanging sound of metal clashing, and the arrow was actually lifted into the air.
"Where did the baby come from? It actually ran wild in my house. How did the family raise it?" The old man cursed with a fierce look on his face.
Immediately.
The teenagers from the Wei family and the Li family watching the competition on the wall were so frightened that they ran away quickly.
"Run quickly, it's General Cheng!"
Mr. Wei immediately recognized the old man holding a knife to pick off flying arrows, and immediately dragged his two younger brothers to jump off the wall and ran away.
The same was true for the children of the Li family on the other side. They jumped down and ran away one after another.
originally.
Huo Guang also wants to run away because his goal has been achieved.
But after thinking about it.
He climbed up the wall again, looked at Old General Cheng and his men chasing him out, and then did the opposite. Not only did he jump into the yard openly, but he also took out two of the chickens that had been shot.
"Such good ingredients cannot be wasted."
Although Huo Guang now lives in the General's Mansion, he has a lot to eat. But to be honest, the "food" of the Western Han Dynasty was really unpalatable to Huo Guang, a man of two generations.
Health is indeed health, after all, there are no such technologies and harsh work.
But in terms of taste, it’s really not good.
As far as Huo Guang knows, the number one delicacy recognized by the people of the Han Dynasty was barbecue, which was their feast.
But the problem is.
There's not even a hint of cumin in the barbecue, so it's called barbecue?
At best, it fills your stomach!
Even in wealthy and powerful families, when it comes to eating barbecue, the most they can do is dip it in some sauce and vinegar.
this point!
It can be confirmed in "Qu Li", which records the sentence "In all the rituals of eating, the food is first outside, and the sweet sauce is inside."
What does that mean?
That is to say, barbecue-type food needs some vinegar and sauce to make it taste better.
Thinking of this, Huo Guang felt a little hungry.
After he slaughtered and cleaned the chicken quickly, he went to the lotus pond to pick a few clean and intact lotus leaves, preparing to make two beggar's chickens to eat.
As for why you chose beggar’s chicken as a delicacy?
Because it’s simple!
Just kill the chicken, remove the internal organs, coat the feathers with yellow mud and firewood, simmer the coated chicken in the fire, wait until the mud is dry and the chicken is cooked, peel off the mud shell, and the chicken feathers will also come off with the mud shell. The cooked chicken was revealed.
This is the most primitive method.
However, Huo Guang specially wrapped a layer of lotus leaves in order to give it a fresh aroma.
Light the fire and grill!
When it's cooked, crack open the mud shell and the chicken will smell fragrant.
But wait until after eating.
But it feels wrong, like something is missing?
"It's salt!" Huo Guang frowned slightly and sighed: "Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea, if there is no salt, the taste will be really bad."
Simply.
The remaining beggar's chicken was not opened. Instead, it was "packed" and taken back to the General's Mansion, so that Brother Champion could have a try.
However.
When he returned to the General's Mansion, he couldn't help but secretly say something bad.
General Cheng, who was strict with himself, was currently in the general's house, catching the guard there and loudly reprimanding him for what he had committed.
As a general, Wei Qing could only apologize to Cheng Bushi.
On the other hand, Aunt Shen Youjia, who was standing aside, was a little unhappy when she saw her husband being so groveling.
Huo Guang glanced at it from a distance and did not dare to enter through the main entrance.
The old general Cheng Buji must have come here because of the poultry that had been shot. If he went in with the beggar's chicken at this time, he would undoubtedly hit the muzzle of the gun!
So we can only take a detour and enter through the back door.
Since the back door faced the kitchen, Huo Guang happened to grab some sauce from the kitchen after he came in. During this period of the Han Dynasty, there were still many types of sauces, including bean paste, meat paste, mulberry jam, wolfberry paste, etc.
Although it is not as delicious as the condiments of later generations, it is still edible.
After Huo Guang took the sauce, he was going to find Brother Champion.
But when passing through the hall, he saw that Wei Qing had invited General Cheng Bushi to come in and sit down. He immediately ran into a room and hid in a panic.
"What a risk, what a risk!" Huo Guang patted his chest. He was slightly flustered after having done something bad.
At this moment.
Suddenly a middle-aged man's voice came from behind.
"What's the risk?"
Huo Guang was suddenly startled when he heard this sound. He didn't expect that there was someone in the room.
Before.
This room has never been occupied, and no one is allowed to enter. This was an order personally issued by General Wei Qing, and even his three naughty children did not dare to disobey him.
Unexpectedly.
It turns out there is a strange man living here.
Huo Guang turned around, trying to see the man's face clearly, but he found that a sharp long sword was already on his shoulder.
"Don't move!" The man said in a rich voice: "What did you say about danger just now? Also, I have never seen you before. Who are you, a little thief, who dares to run into the general's mansion?"
"You're just a little thief, take the sword away from me!" Huo Guang stared at the strange man in front of him, with an expression on his face that showed no fear at all, and continued: "I should be the one to ask you who you are, right? ? I’ve been living in this shogunate for almost a month, why haven’t I seen you?”
When the man saw Huo Guang, he was not afraid of him. Not only was he not angry, but he seemed a little amused. He immediately said, "You are not afraid even with the sword on your neck? Boy, you have some courage!"
Huo Guang snorted and said with a smile: "I'm not even afraid of my brother, so why would I be afraid of you, a ranger who cheats on food and drinks in the general's mansion?"
Ranger?
Um!
They are a group of people who do nothing serious but have money of unknown origin to spend.
They have similar meanings to the Jie Liuzi of later generations. Compared with the Jie Liuzi, they are just from a noble family background and have a little more kung fu.
There were many knights in Chang'an City during the Western Han Dynasty.
People like Guo Xie, Wan Zhang, and Lou Hu can all be classified as rangers.
The middle-aged man holding the sword was said to be a ranger by Huo Guang, but he didn't care and seemed to acquiesce in this identity.
He just gently picked up the long sword in his hand and said with a smile: "Aren't you even afraid of your brother? Humph, why do you still look so glorious! Okay, what I mean is that your brother should also be a good person in Chang'an City. Character, tell me, who is it?"
Huo Guang felt happy when he heard this.
I thought I would give him my champion brother’s name later, wouldn’t I want to scare him?
But then I thought about it!
I also felt that if I said it directly like this, I would look very unworthy.
so!
Huo Guang pretended to be profound and said, "My surname is Huo. Who else could my elder brother be in Chang'an City?"
"Last name is Huo?" The middle-aged man immediately thought of someone, but then narrowed his eyes slightly.
after all!
He had never heard that the person named Huo had a brother.
So, the middle-aged man asked with some uncertainty: "You are talking about General Huo Qubing, right?"
"Yes!" Seeing that the ranger knew his brother's name, Huo Guang immediately smiled and said sarcastically: "Are you afraid?"
After hearing this, the middle-aged man laughed loudly. Not only did he not look scared at all, he even asked, "Am I scared? What a joke!"
"No one in this world can make me feel scared!"
"Do you know who I am?"
