A group of people set off in a light car from Jane, and did not stop for a while until noon.
Today is the first day, everyone did not eat dry food, most of them eat meat as much as possible, they are all meat biscuits. When you get to the back, you can rest on the official road. If there is no post station nearby, you can only eat dry food.
Someone set up a pot to boil water, Lin Cheng touched Xie Xun's side, saw Xie Xun take out a sandwich, and asked curiously, "Is this what your wife prepared for you?"
Xie Xun nodded.
Lin Cheng didn't speak anymore, went over to ask for two cups of hot tea, and sat down beside Xie Xun again.
Lin Cheng took a bite of the biscuits that he brought. Although they were baked early in the morning, they were already a little dry. He took a sip from the teacup and turned his head to the side, and found that Xie Xun had opened the oil paper in his hand.
Lin Cheng looked at the food in his hand, which looked like steamed buns and steamed buns. The outer layer was soft and white, with green vegetables and dark red meat patties in it, which looked very strange.
He watched Xie Xun take a bite, and sure enough, the cake on the outside was soft and moist, not at all dry and hard like the oil cake baked in his hand.
Is it a bun? The buns will be dry too.
Xie Xun took a few bites of the sandwich and felt Lin Cheng's gaze, and his face was itchy when he swept his gaze, and said helplessly: "You eat, why are you looking at me, we're just taking a break, we'll have to do it again soon. On the way."
Lin Cheng nodded while nibbling on the cake, and said vaguely, "I eat, I eat."
"Kacha" He took a bite of the cake and chewed it hard, staring straight at the cake in Xie Xun's hand, with a grim expression on his face.
Take another bite, this one is even drier, it is very difficult to chew, even the eyebrows are forced, and it is even more ferocious, as if he will come over to take a bite of Xie Xun in the next second.
Xie Xun, whose scalp was numb from his stare, said: … Do you still want anyone to eat
He looked around helplessly, slyly opened the baggage he was carrying, took out a bamboo box inside, and whispered: "Is there any stuffing here, Madam said that as long as it is sealed, it won't dry, and it can be preserved. Longer." I planned to save it for later.
He opened the layers of oiled paper wrapped in the bamboo box, took out two pieces of toast, and handed them to Lin Cheng: "Don't let them see it." empty.
Lin Cheng nodded and sneaked into the grass on the road.
The thickness of the toast is even, put it on the tip of the nose and smell it, there is a strong milky fragrance, and the baking taste has a sense of happiness, sweet and long, giving people a warm illusion.
Lin Cheng took a bite. Sure enough, the toast was soft and moist with a bit of milky aroma on the inside. It wasn't dry at all. There was no need to swallow the tea at all. Chew slowly, and feel the aroma of milk and wheat on the tip of the tongue. Lingering, after swallowing, there is still that sweet and sweet aftertaste in the mouth.
Lin Cheng ate secretly. After eating, he squatted in the grass for a while, waiting for the sweet fragrance in his mouth to dissipate, for fear that he would be smelled when he was talking to others, so the small stove that Xie Xun opened for him had to be with everyone. share.
Brothers, I'm sorry, we have the same blessings and sorrows, except for the food.
He was squatting behind the grass. Someone passed by, feeling strange and shouting, "What are you doing, Lin Wenrao? Squatting in the grass for so long?"
Someone dragged the shouting person away: "Don't say it, he must be out of respect, how embarrassed you are shouting."
Lin Cheng: …
After rushing all the way, on the third day, the toast was eaten up, and Xie Xun's stock only had a few bottles of sauce.
The crowd traveled for three days and decided to take a good night's rest at the inn. Finally, there is no need to eat dry buns. After a group of people bathed in the station, they let the station serve a few tables of good dishes, ready to eat a big meal.
Although everyone is from an extraordinary background, they are not picky people. After eating dry food for three days in a row, and then eating hot meals, they feel that the taste is extremely delicious.
It's just that the cooks at the post station have limited skills, and they don't know how to stir-fry. The cooking method is mainly boiled, with some boiled meat stew.
Xie Xun struggled for a while, but still took out the sauce and asked the cook to bring a bowl of plain noodles without even adding salt.
Everyone was still eating the stewed meat under the steamed buns. Hearing what he said, it was inevitable that they would be curious, and they all turned their attention to it.
Soon the plain noodles were brought up, Xie Xun opened the bamboo bottle containing the crab yellow sauce, and picked out a spoonful with chopsticks.
To be honest, everyone was a little disappointed when they saw that he took out a small bamboo bottle. After all, they had seen Xie Xun bring different food boxes for value every day. However, now Xie Xun went out with only a small bamboo bottle.
When they thought so, they saw Xie Xun use his chopsticks to pick up a large piece of yellow-orange-orange, oily crab yellow sauce.
The crab yellow sauce is delicate and full of orange at first glance, and it seems that there is no meat at all. Put it on the noodles, and the shreds of crab oil soak into the noodles, dyeing the white and light plain noodles with a light yellow color.
The main ingredient of the crab roe sauce is a fresh dish. When it is mixed with the hot noodles just out of the pot, the rich crab roe fragrance immediately blows on the face, mixed with the plump and mellow aroma, which is very attractive.
The noodles are coated with delicate crab yellow sauce, either deep or shallow. As soon as you enter the mouth, the rich crab fragrance immediately dyes your lips and cheeks. Because it is only used to mix plain noodles, the plump aroma is original, soft and silky, sometimes mixed with yellow jelly, the more you chew, the more fragrant you are, and you can't bear to swallow it.
The appearance alone can make people drool, and the colleagues sitting next to Xie Xun immediately felt that the meat in their hands was not fragrant.
Usually when he eats lunch, everyone is embarrassed to take a sip, but now the food is not good, they only bring a small bottle of sauce made by his wife, they are even more embarrassed to let them give a spoonful.
Everyone stared at Xie Xun's noodle bowl, chewing the stewed meat with a fishy smell in his mouth, watching him mix noodles, watching his entrance, watching him chew...
Xie Xun couldn't take it anymore. When he raised his head, everyone looked away.
He doesn't know how to cook, but thinking about Jiang Shuyao's instructions, it's okay to mix rice and noodles, so it should be okay to act as a vegetable.
He thought for a while, took out the mushroom sauce, and said, "My wife said that this bottle of sauce tastes the most salty and fragrant. If you don't mind, how about I try to mix it with this plate of stewed meat?"
Everyone didn't understand the wonders of the all-purpose bibimbap sauce, but they had extraordinary trust in Jiang Shuyao's craftsmanship, and nodded quickly.
Xie Xun used the public chopsticks to pick out a few large chopsticks of mushroom sauce, stir a little, the stewed meat was simmered very well, the soup also had the gelatin of the meat skin, and the mushroom sauce was mixed in, and the thick soup was immediately dyed. On the reddish-brown, stirring, the originally bland stew suddenly added a savory taste.
After Xie Xun withdrew his hand, the chopsticks that couldn't wait stretched out over the stewed meat, slammed it vigorously, and took away a piece of stewed meat.
The stewed meat is soft and rotten, and the strong umami of the mushroom sauce removes the fishy smell of the meat, leaving only the aroma of the meat. The diced mushrooms have an obvious taste and are very tough. They are chewed together with the stewed meat, full of salty taste. The fresh mushroom particles are dyed with meaty flavor, and the more chewed, the fresher.
This meal immediately tasted delicious, not to mention mixed meat, mixed vegetables, noodles, mixed rice, even if it is dipped in steamed bread, it is delicious.
It turns out that there is no need for any delicate ingredients, just a bottle of sauce is enough to eat.
Xie Xun looked at a group of people who looked like wilted eggplants these days, and had no intention of hiding their secrets. Every day they ate vegetables, they just took a bottle of sauce and scooped a few spoonfuls to dress up. Everyone stopped eating rice and noodles, and asked directly. Yicheng wants steamed buns. The steamed bun dipping sauce is perfect.
When they arrived at the destination, everyone had already eaten Xie Xun's sauce all the way. Although it was quite inappropriate, the tongue couldn't help it and couldn't control it.
The embezzlement case on the embankment has been implicated in a wide range. The original intention of the prince sent by the sage was to train the prince. The local officials wanted to please the prince, but they were afraid of offending the prince. The more difficult it is, the more it can be reflected in the people's worries and worries, even if they are deliberately disheartened and tired, to show the worries of their parents and officials.
They greeted the prince from a distance, and saw that the prince and his party were busy, but they were not as tired as they thought. I heard that when King Wu was on his way to the locust plague, it was hard for people to eat all the way. In just one month, everyone lost a circle. Could it be just a show
But the status of the prince is here, and it is normal to serve food and drink along the way, but when you get here, don't worry about that anymore.
However, the prince was not as expensive as they imagined. He worked harder than them and did it himself. When he inspected the river bank, a group of people were holding their trousers and their feet were muddy. They didn't mind their demeanor at all. Get this done.
Young people can survive, but old people can't. I thought they would be able to take a breather with the prince when the prince came, but they didn't expect to be more tired.
The people who built the river embankment saw that the prince and his officials were so conscientious and conscientious, and even followed them here at night to guard the river embankment and endure hardships. They were very moved and more motivated. Everyone worked together to strengthen the long river bank little by little, and the progress was unexpectedly fast.
The old fritters officials who wanted to be lazy and perfunctory could only work hard with the prince and his party. No matter how much physical exertion was spent every day, they could only eat steamed buns.
On the contrary, the officials on the prince's side were still full of energy. Although they were stained with dirt, there was no sign of discouragement.
When the restaurant arrived at noon, the local officials looked at the big basket of steamed buns that were delivered again, rolled their eyes, and almost didn't catch their breath.
However, the prince and his party did not complain, they lined up obediently to clean their hands, and one person took two big steamed buns and left happily.
Xie Xun took out the bamboo bottle and said solemnly, "Not much left."
The prince said: "At this point, everyone should save a little. Whoever does the most things today can eat an extra spoonful."
The rest nodded, looking serious.
"Let's reduce the amount, we still have a way back."
"Yes, don't be greedy."
The people looked at them from a distance and saw that these nobles were all dirty, eating white steamed buns in their hands, and they were discussing something seriously. At first glance, they were worried about the disrepair of the river bank. complex. When they came, the people hated those corrupt officials. Even if they were not greedy, none of the officials regarded their people as human beings. They were all arrogant and shouting. Now they have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the future court officials. The pillars and ministers realized that people are divided into groups, and not all officials have no conscience.
Remembering that the river bank was smashed by the flood last night, and the people who reinforced the river bank were about to be washed away, and it was two nobles with superb martial arts who rushed up to save them, and the people felt that if the capital in the imperial court were to be swept away in the future It is these dutiful officials, and there is hope for that day.
The prince and a group of people do not know how the common people are moved.
As the person with the highest status, the prince took on the responsibility of sharing the sauce.
"Yesterday, Bo Yuan and Wen Rao rescued five people, and they deserved two spoonfuls of crab yellow sauce. Do you have any objection?"
"No." Everyone replied in unison.
Lin Cheng twisted his wrist yesterday, but there was no pause in the movement of stretching out the bun: "Hehe."
A spoonful of yellow and orange-yellow crab yellow sauce was spread on the big white steamed bun, and Lin Cheng couldn't wait to put it into his mouth. The extremely delicious crab scent made his face full of satisfaction. It was so fresh and fragrant that he couldn't bear to chew it. The most wonderful thing was when the crab yellow sauce slowly melted in his mouth.
The local officials who were cheating and cheating looked at Lin Cheng's expression, and then looked at the steamed buns in their hands.
Are you serious? The Lin family is rich, and the bureaucrats of the East Palace are even close ministers of the future emperor. What delicious food has never been eaten before, and you actually show that kind of expression when you eat a steamed bun? Is that a bun? right
After the prince divided the sauce, a group of people formed a big circle, nibbling on the steamed buns.
In this matter, a sudden change happened. An assassin who came from nowhere pretended to be a commoner and came to thank him. When kowtowing, he suddenly took out a sword from his sleeve and stabbed the prince. The guards who were standing a little further away had no time to rush over, and the first to respond were the officials of the East Palace surrounding the prince.
These people are all noble sons who have been arrested since childhood. They responded quickly and turned around to deal with the assassins.
They did not wear heavy weapons, which led to the disadvantage at the moment. Fortunately, someone took the sword, the form was reversed, and the assassins fell one after another.
The martial artist rushed forward, and his partner who had not practiced martial arts since he was a child stood with the prince. Seeing that the assassin was about to be eliminated, a sword was suddenly stabbed from the rear, and the weak partner was short and grabbed. The next moment, the sword was pointed directly at the prince.
He was startled, and subconsciously threw the thing in his hand.
I saw the minced meat sauce bottle draw a beautiful arc in the air, and the chili oil was sprinkled, filling the assassin's face unceremoniously.
The chili oil in his eyes hurt like gouging out, the assassin let out a pained cry, covered his eyes instinctively, bent down and kept crying.
Xie Xun and the others hurried over to subdue the assassin.
The frail companion shouted: "Damn!"
The crowd followed his gaze. The empty bamboo bottle fell to the ground pitifully, and the minced meat sauce was all immersed in the silt.
The crowd was shocked.
"I've been pointing at this sauce for half a month! How could you lose it!"
"Which one did you lose! Isn't it crab yellow sauce?"
"Let me see, no, no."
"What's the matter with you! Why did you lose the sauce? Didn't I let you hug it when I handed it to you?"
The person who lost the sauce bottle: "Woo woo woo."
The eyes of the assassin who was stepped on were burning with pain, and he was so angry when he heard the conversation that they did not take him seriously: Can we give the necessary respect to the dreaded profession of the assassin