A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen. This is a principle followed by many scholar-bureaucrats.
Now there is a group of chefs in the court. Although they are imperial chefs, they still allow these scholar-bureaucrats to direct their opinions here.
However, not long after they pointed out, the mud lumps in front of them that they were not optimistic about were actually made into quite delicious food and served in front of them.
Such a scene made them stare at each other.
"Is this the food made from those mud lumps just now?"
A scholar-bureaucrat muttered here that it was insulting to politeness, and a colleague next to him hurriedly patted him on the shoulder.
"Master Yushi, this is not a lump of mud, this is auspiciousness!"
"To Xiangrui!"
Everyone hurriedly savored the auspiciousness, which was relatively harmonious. However, those who had always disliked Li Tang couldn't help but tremble all over when they saw the mud lumps appearing in front of them.
"It's too much to bully people, it's really too much to bully people! It's just cooking food in the court, but you still let us eat such clear soup and watery food made by this chef. Li Shimin, just wait for me, bully me like this, We will never let it go with him."
Although these aristocratic families are once again preparing to embarrass Li Shimin here, but watching those scholar-bureaucrats eat some auspicious potatoes, they are indeed quite delicious, and I can't help but After praising the goodness of this auspiciousness here, and the identity of this auspiciousness is really worthy of his auspicious name, these aristocratic families have a vicious taste here.
It was indeed more delicious, but based on the principle of finding fault with the eggs, they racked their brains here to consider how to move back to the first round.
The people in the court are busy here for auspiciousness, but in Huainan Road, many county magistrates are really having a headache here.
They kept patting the table and asking the subordinate officials below.
"What's going on? Tell me clearly, aren't you just some pirates who robbed homes and homes? Why did it look like this?
A county magistrate was here slapping the table and was so angry that he almost overturned the table to the ground, while the subordinate officer next to him was obedient and did not dare to say anything.
Seeing this, the county magistrate pointed at them fiercely.
"Don't think that you have no responsibility if you don't speak up. Someone in our seaside village was captured by this pirate. What do you do for food? Aren't you asked to patrol the village to prevent pirates from causing trouble?"
When the county magistrate said this, there was finally a more courageous police officer below who said this.
"Your Majesty the County Magistrate, we did inspect the village as the Magistrate said, but as soon as we appeared, the pirates ran into the sea. They entered the sea and sailed away. They waited until we left and then returned. The young men in this village don't stay in the village every day, so this pirate has an opportunity to take advantage of it."
Listening to what these people said, the county magistrate was still here blowing his beard and staring.
"Excuses are all excuses. Some girls have been arrested now. If we don't rescue them, our county government will lose all face. No matter what, we have to go out and catch them and punish them!"
This kind of situation is happening in many counties in Huainan Road, and it also happened on Li Dejiang's side. He was so angry that he almost pulled out his catcher's knife and went forward to argue with the pirates.
It's just that Li Dejiang was gnashing his teeth here and had no chance to see what this pirate looked like with the people in the county, although he had already gone to find someone for help.
In the Yancheng seaside salt factory, Xue Li and Wang Ergou looked at the guards gathered around them and asked them.
"Have you figured out all the rules of pirates?"
These people are nodding their heads here.
"Don't worry, Captain, we have a clear picture of the pirate's situation."
Last time Xue Li and Wang Ergou were stationed and resting in the salt field, but after hearing a pirate rushing over, the pirate ran away again. They were preparing to release a lot of bait here, and they would catch them all after they landed on the beach. .
It's just that this pirate is not an easy person, and he is not that easy to deceive.
Then Xue Li and Wang Ergou made arrangements here, finally throwing out a few small baits, and temporarily knew the whereabouts of these pirates.
Xue Li and the others were ready, waiting to lure the pirates to land again tonight, and then, after they caught them all, there were more than a dozen small sampans leaning together on the sea, and there were some people in strange clothes standing on the boats.
Some of them can be seen as being from the Tang Dynasty, and some are not dressed in Tang Dynasty clothes at all, but their appearance is also that of small foreign countries surrounding the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, those hateful islanders are indispensable among them. After these dozen small sampans gathered together, several bosses on the boats were discussing there.
"This time I am going to the mainland. This time I must go 30 miles and find a few more villages. As long as I can grab enough food, I will lead them people come back."
One person had just expressed his opinion like this, and another person who looked similar to him, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, but was not from the Tang Dynasty at all, was talking here.
"You are just too timid. I saw that the Tang people were nothing more than this. They also said that our officials in the Tang Dynasty were taught like a grandson by the Tang people. But I saw that their army was nothing more than this. I saw We fled."
A turtle-like guy from a small island country was saying something bad about the Tang people. Several people beside him hurriedly echoed the words. Judging from their clothes, although they were not from the Tang Dynasty, they were far away from Li Tang. Not much, and they were as thin as monkeys. If Xu Yunyan were here, he would be able to recognize that he was someone from Annan.
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These people who know the heights of heaven and earth are saying here, "I must be a big vote in Li Tang and let him know that our envoys to Tang are a bunch of losers, and I am the only one who is the best. This will save them from looking down on our country."
This little gangster-like guy was talking loudly here, and everyone didn't pay attention at all. Instead, he made his respective goals clear, and after preparing to break up, the island countryman looked at the other people walking away and couldn't help but snort.
"You are so brave. After I become a big vote, I will see if you listen to me. If you dare not listen to me again, I will make you pay the price you deserve."
After the little leader muttered such a harsh word, he looked at the guys beside him who were still standing here and had no intention of sailing away. He raised his foot and kicked them.
"What are you doing? If you don't hurry up and set sail, let's go back to our big ship? Then we will gather our people to play a big game. We will save ourselves from being looked down upon by them every day, right?"
There happened to be an opportunity in the salt field. Some soldiers in Yanchang wanted to escort Haiyan away. There were not many people, but the wages they had just arrived had not been paid, so we robbed them. "
These pirates were once again preparing to do something outrageous that day, and at the far west of Huainan Road, a group of Tang soldiers finally entered the boundary of Huainan Road.
Seeing that Xu Yunyan had finally reached the boundary of Huainan Dao, he turned to look at Li Chun who was following him and said something here.
"Okay, now that we have arrived in Huainan and reached the realm of the underworld, shouldn't it be time for you to go back?"
Li Chun shook his head.
"General, are you too unreasonable? We have to send Buddha to the West no matter what, right? It's better to send you to Yancheng." Li Chunggang's first sentence was so smooth that he almost said When he came out to send Xu Yunyan away, Xu Yunyan was a little speechless.
Fortunately, Li Chun changed the topic in the end, and this embarrassing situation did not occur. Otherwise, Xu Yunyan would have to let him know what price he would pay for following him if he violated his orders.
However, Li Chungang finished his polite remarks to Xu Yunyan with a playful smile and then started talking here.
"General, look at how we have been serving you food and drinks along the way. We have also killed all the robbers along the way. Will you reward our brothers?"
Li Chen rubbed his hands here, meaning that Xu Yunyan would give them some benefits, and Xu Yunyan looked at him.
"How do you want me to reward you? You disobeyed my orders and broke away from the Anbei Protectorate and came here to follow me. Do you still want me to reward you?"
"this……"
Li Chun and several high-ranking men under him looked at Xu Yunyan here.
"But Lord Protector, even if you drive us away now, we don't have a penny on you. Aren't you making things difficult for us? It's better for us to follow Lord Protector, and then have a few meals from Lord Protector, and prepare some Order some dry food and we’ll go back, is that okay?”
Li Chun was talking about the injustice he had suffered. He originally had a lot of gold and silver, but just to serve Xu Yunyan and to collect luggage for Xu Yunyan, now there is very little left, and Xu Yunyan looked at Li Chun and smiled.
"Why did it suddenly occur to me that you are good cooks, and the food you cooked along the way was quite delicious."
When Xu Yunyan said this, Li Chun felt embarrassed.
"General, are you looking at us for a joke? Isn't this just to make food for you? We are all here to make food for you. Many people came to our store to consume, but we all drove them away. There is nothing at all. You make money, and all the money goes to you for food and drink.”
"Yeah?"
As soon as Li Chun finished speaking, Xu Yunyan looked at him.
"It seems like I didn't eat or drink very much, not to mention that every time I ate or drank, I left money behind? Right?"
When Xu Yunyan said this, Li Chun's heart skipped a beat.
"this and that……"
Xu Yunyan looked at him and said, "When you took turns going out to investigate the situation, did you eat and drink outside? You went behind my back?"
have to!
This suddenly caused Li Chun and others to make trouble, and they wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
They were all dedicated to Xu Yunyan, and when they went out to investigate the situation, they always had to disguise themselves, and then spent a little gold and silver.
How come it’s all about eating and drinking on the sly?
Li Chunran was so resentful on the horse.
"It seems like you can't blame us, right?"
It's just that he underestimated it, and Xu Yunyan listened to most of it.
"Why can't I blame you?"
For a moment, Li Chun and others trembled in fright, but quickly pointed forward.
"General, there seems to be a situation ahead."
"What? How could something happen again?"
After changing the subject, Xu Yunyan stopped talking to them about this topic. Instead, she felt that he had deliberately changed the topic, but it was just a matter of changing it, and he didn't care about it.
Just when Xu Yunyan was thinking this, he looked in the direction Li Chun and others were looking, and suddenly Xu Yunyan was also startled.
"There really is a situation, go and see what's going on!"
