"Chef Wei, your skills are really good. I wasn't even hungry just now. I just took one bite, and now my stomach is growling with hunger."
As soon as Ye Jintang opened his mouth, other people around him also echoed his words, so much so that Chef Wei was embarrassed.
The lotus leaves were lifted layer by layer, revealing the tender chicken inside.
Everyone present could not help but swallow their saliva.
"It smells so good. I could smell someone making beggar's chicken from a long way away."
A deep male voice came from afar. Ye Jintang turned around and saw that the person who came was none other than Jiang Zhi, who had given her the little white cat.
Jiang Zhi and his boy came on horseback. He did not wear official uniforms, only a dark blue gown. He had a boy and no other entourage with him.
"Where are you going, Master Jiang?"
As soon as Ye Jintang said these words, he immediately felt something was wrong.
She wore a human skin mask on her face and was dressed like a young man. She had never had any contact with Jiang Zhi before, so her familiar words just now were really inappropriate.
Jiang Zhi got off his horse and stepped forward slowly.
"Does this young master recognize me?"
Jiang Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the handsome young master in front of him. He was very unfamiliar, but when he saw Lvzhu and Forsythia, he understood everything.
"I wonder if I should call Mr. Ye or Miss Ye better?"
Ye Jintang didn't expect that his vest was so vulnerable. Jiang Zhi fell off his horse after just one look at her.
Although she was very upset in her heart, she still said bravely, "It is too inconvenient for me to be a house girl when I go out. It would be better for Mr. Jiang to call me Mr. Ye."
"Then Mr. Ye, please don't call me Mr. Jiang."
"Call me Brother Jiang, do you have the words?"
"No, my full name is Ye Qinglin."
"Well, it's a good name. Brother Qinglin, are you planning to return to the capital?"
Ye Jintang shook his head.
"I'm going to Xingnanzhou to visit my grandpa."
"Then we are on the way, I am also planning to go to Xingnan Prefecture."
"It's getting late. There's no village or shop here. I wonder if Brother Qinglin can give me a meal."
While speaking, Jiang Zhi glanced at the beggar's chicken on the stone slab, and the meaning was obvious.
"Sir Jiang, I'm serious. Please, I can't repay you for my father's grievance. I met you by chance today and it's my honor to treat you to dinner."
Ye Jintang's words were not just a casual statement, but she sincerely wanted to thank Jiang Zhi.
"Brother Qinglin calls you!"
"Uh, Brother Jiang, please."
"Then I won't be polite."
The two of them exchanged a few polite words and sat down in front of the stone slab together. Chef Wei quickly tore the beggar's chicken into small pieces, used a lotus leaf as a plate, and placed it in front of the two of them.
She then brought two plates of pickled side dishes and two bowls of rice.
The dinner was a little simpler, but the taste was absolutely outstanding. Even Jiang Zhi, who is used to eating delicacies from all over the world, had to praise it a few times.
While the two were having dinner, the little white cat kept spinning around at their feet and meowing.
Jiang Zhi wanted to give the kitten a chicken bone to eat, but was stopped by Ye Jintang.
"Snowball can't eat chicken bones. Its teeth are not sharp enough. If it swallows the chicken bones whole, it will easily scratch the intestines and stomach."
There were still a lot of beggar's chickens on the table. Ye Jintang reached out and tore off a piece of chicken breast and placed it on a stone.
When Xue Tuan smelled the fragrance, he immediately ran over and had a great meal.
Ye Jintang liked it so much that he stretched out his hand to stroke it gently. Xue Tuan couldn't help but make a grandma's meowing sound.
"I didn't expect Brother Qinglin to be so careful. I didn't know that kittens can't eat chicken bones."
"Well."
Ye Jintang was embarrassed to say, isn't this common sense in raising small animals?
Her snowball is as big as a palm. If conditions didn't allow it, she would have cooked some goat's milk for it to drink.
During dinner, Ye Jintang and Jiang Zhi chatted a lot, and their relationship became much closer.
Ye Jintang has always felt that Jiang Zhi is a fourth-grade official who is informal and a bit difficult to get along with.
Unexpectedly, he was still quite talkative even after taking off his official uniform.
No matter what topic she brought up, he could always say something.
Especially when it comes to the humanities and customs of Tianqin Kingdom, Jiang Zhi becomes particularly talkative.
Luzhu cleared away the dishes and chopsticks for the two of them and poured mung bean soup twice more before he finished speaking.
"If I have the chance, I really want to see the great rivers and mountains of Tianqin Kingdom."
Ye Jintang looked a little melancholy, looking not far away.
She thought that after King Qin died, she would be free. When she had money and leisure, she would definitely go around and see.
It's just that it's still too early to kill King Qin.
The stars twinkled in the night sky, and the river shimmered, reflecting the shadow of the moon.
The mountain breeze blew by, bringing a hint of coolness to Ye Jintang's cheek.
Jiang Zhi on the side just thought that she was sad because she was afraid that she would never be able to see the beautiful mountains and rivers of Tianqin Kingdom when she returned to the capital and lived in the Danyang Hou Mansion.
He opened his mouth, wanting to comfort Ye Jintang with a few words, but when the words came to his lips, he felt so pale and weak.
Women in the inner house must stay in the four directions of heaven and earth before they get married.
After getting married, she still has to stay in her husband's house in all directions.
Thinking of this, Jiang Zhi felt inexplicably unhappy. Maybe, maybe he could take Ye Jintang to see the great mountains and rivers of Tianqin Kingdom.
The two talked for a long time, and then Grandma Liu came over and urged Ye Jintang to rest early, as they would be on their way early tomorrow morning.
"Brother Jiang, don't you want to set up a tent?"
"I'm a grown man and I don't have that much trouble. I can just find a clean place to spend the night."
After Jiang Zhi said this, Ye Jintang realized that when escort leader Song was setting up a tent, it seemed that he was only setting up a tent for a few of them, while the other men were sleeping outside.
Good guy, were all men in ancient times so rough?
Summer nights were always so hot that people couldn't sleep. Ye Jintang lay in the tent, listening to the chirping of insects outside the tent, tossing and turning, and her mind was filled with confusion.
She didn't know how to face Mr. Wen and clean up the rubbish in the Danyang Marquis Mansion. She was full of confidence and energy.
But when she was asked to comfort Mr. Wen who had lost his daughter, she couldn't think of how to comfort him even if she tried her best.
It seemed that no matter what I said, nothing could heal the wounded heart of an old father.
Ye Jintang, who was lying in the tent thinking wildly, couldn't figure it out. Suddenly, a rapid whistle sounded, and she sat up smartly.
"Everyone, get up, there are robbers."
Guard Song screamed, and everyone in the camp woke up.
Luzhu and Ye Jintang slept in the same tent. She was so frightened that she was dragged out of the tent before she could realize what was going on.
Through the moonlight, one could vaguely see a group of men with swords running on the hillside not far away.
Thinking about it with your toes, you also know what these people are here for.
They should have been staring at Ye Jintang and his group for a long time.
Rushing down the hillside, they split into two. Some of them went straight to the cage on the carriage, while the other rushed towards Ye Jintang.
"Protect the young master."
Zhou Wuwei yelled and stood in front of Ye Jintang with his long sword.
