After lunch, everyone continued on their way.
When they arrived at the inn at night, everyone stopped for a short rest.
Xie Xun Xijie, when he arrived at the inn, he immediately asked someone to bring some hot water to bathe. He had just stepped into the tub and was ready to take a bath, when he suddenly noticed something was wrong. How could he vaguely feel that someone was shaking outside the house.
At this time, it was unusual. There was a servant guarding the door when going out. Now that no one is guarding the door, anyone can come in.
Although this kind of thinking is very strange, Xie Xun still feels that he should be careful not to let women other than Jiang Shuyao see his body.
He calmed down and listened carefully to the movement outside the door.
"Boom." The people outside just knocked on the door lightly and then stopped. They should have heard the slight slap of water in the house.
With just one action, you can tell who is outside the house.
Xie Xun stood up and stretched out his hand to hook his clothes. At this moment, there was movement outside the house.
"Ah!" A shrill woman's scream cut through the sky.
The young lady outside turned around and almost bumped into Lin Cheng who was silent behind her.
The candles of the inn were already dim, and half of Lin Cheng's face was hidden in the shaking shadow, which was really terrifying.
The young lady covered her heart, her face turned pale with fright: "My lord, what's the matter with you?"
Lin Cheng is good-natured, but not unconditionally good-natured.
He frowned and looked at the young lady here, his expression not very good: "What are you doing standing here?"
He looked at Xie Xun's door, then looked at her again, and seemed to have guessed her intention, with a look of disgust on his face: "Miss, please respect yourself."
The young lady had accidentally heard the elders in Beijing talking about Xie Xun's marriage, and asked about the story behind Jiang Shuyao and Xie Xun's marriage. In her opinion, Xie Xun is a good-tempered, good-natured, and easy-going gentleman. He has a promising future and is the best son-in-law in the capital. As long as he sacrifices his face, who knows if he can win a good marriage.
She froze and said with a cheeky face: "Young Master, please be careful, it's not a gentleman's actions to smear people's reputation for no reason."
After she said it confidently, she felt that Xie Xun couldn't do anything again, so she turned around and prepared to go back to the room, but when she turned around, a large group of people stood behind her.
They were equally dark-faced and looked at her in unison.
"Ah!" She screamed again, barely recognizing that these people were the adults she saw during the day.
But why, their eyes are so terrifying, as if they were wolves who came out to hunt for food in the middle of the night in folklore, with a faint green light in their eyes.
She was so frightened that she took a few steps back and almost bumped into Lin Cheng.
She made up her mind, she had no confidence just now, and did not dare to walk in front of this group of people, so she prepared to take a detour from Lincheng and return to the room.
"Ah!" When she turned around, there were a few more people in the corridor where Lin Cheng had been standing alone, and a group of people surrounded her in the blink of an eye.
During the day, all the handsome and extravagant young gentlemen seem to have changed their personalities now, and their eyes have changed when they look at her.
She swallowed and whispered, "Excuse me... can you make way for me?"
Guan Ying glanced at her, everyone was a young man who was instilled in the style of a gentleman since childhood, and even when he was entangled by an inexplicable woman, he would not say heavy words.
But this time he spoke up.
Anyway, in the dead of night, there are only them here, who cares what a gentleman is not a gentleman. What's more, they have already woken up during the day, no matter how they are worthy of Miss Jiang at this time.
"Master Xie already has a wife, why are you here late at night?"
"We are doing good by letting you go, and we can leave you behind at any time."
"Okay, Master Xie is not what you can think of. If you want to pester him, you have to pass our level first."
The young lady was stabbed all over her face, and she couldn't believe her ears: "You, you?" What happened to passing them? Could it be that they are still mothers-in-law
Lin Cheng gave way impatiently: "Let's go."
The young lady was ashamed and angry. She wanted to refute but was afraid of this group of people. After all, they used to be polite in the gentleman's style. Now that they have torn their face, she has no support.
She cried "Wow-" and stumbled away.
When the group of people in Donggong watched her return to the room, their hearts reluctantly fell.
They look at me, I look at you, and they greet each other tacitly: "Can't sleep?"
"Yes, come out and walk around."
"The moon is very bright tonight."
"It's a coincidence."
Everyone knows why they are here.
They stood at Xie Xun's door for a while, and Xie Xun's door finally opened.
His temples were slightly damp, and it looked like he had just finished bathing.
Everyone was immediately alert. Fortunately, they came out for food tonight, otherwise Xie Boyuan's innocence would not be guaranteed. How would they explain to Jiang Shuyao
Xie Xun knew why they came here by looking at their dodging eyes, but today they were successful, and Xie Xun didn't want to bother with them, so he said, "Come in, I'll get some bacon, let's go and warm up the bacon."
Xie Xun entered the kitchen with them. The kitchen happened to have rice. Xie Xun thought about the method of bacon mentioned in Jiang Shuyao's letter, and said, "Let's eat something to nourish the stomach for a late night snack. How about cooking some meat porridge?"
How could the courier let them do it themselves, after hearing the movement, he put on his clothes and came to the kitchen. Hearing Xie Xun's words, he hurriedly grabbed the cooking.
Xie Xun did not shirk, and told him about the cooking method that Jiang Shuyao said.
Yicheng nodded, and although he thought it seemed too easy to cook like this, he did it anyway.
After the rice is washed, put it into the pot and boil it. After the sweet and pure rice fragrance overflows, add the diced bacon and continue to boil. The salty and umami taste of the bacon gradually merged with the mellow rice fragrance, the fat oil penetrated into the rice, the surface of the porridge was slightly shiny, and the lean meat was boiled and hidden in the white and rotten rice porridge.
The inn is not big, the rooms are reserved for the nobles, and the soldiers are just crowded in the lobby. The wind at night was peaceful and gentle, and it was wrapped in fresh fragrance and gradually drifted into the lobby. When the soldiers who had just laid their mattresses smelled the fragrance, they stopped their movements and continued to inhale the fragrance, their stomachs rumbling like drums.
The room where Lian Liu lived was close to the young lady, and she started crying as soon as she entered the room, abruptly shooing away his sleepy howl.
He got up and dressed, and was about to go out and wander around to avoid the god of plague. As soon as he opened the door, a fragrant and soft aroma instantly penetrated into his nose.
"Gulugulu." His stomach growled a few times, sniffing the aroma and finding the kitchen.
Because the lobby is where the soldiers sleep, it is really unkind for them to go to the lobby to eat supper, so everyone planned to eat in the kitchen, anyway, they are not blind people.
After the postmaster finished cooking the porridge, he went back to his room to rest, and Xie Xun took the initiative to undertake the task of dividing the porridge.
Although there is no slow cooking, the rice is still boiled softly. Perhaps the gelatin of the fat meat is integrated into the porridge, making the porridge seem to be thick and sticky. The rice soup is wrapped in dark pink diced meat and Oily juice, with a touch of soft luster.
Emerald green scallions are dotted in the middle, adding a fresh and bright color to the white and thick rice porridge. It looks like a bowl of simple vegetarian porridge, but in fact, everyone knows how delicious it is when you smell it.
Lian Liu touched the kitchen, saw so many people crowded in the kitchen, remembered the meat fried by Xie Xun this afternoon, and immediately understood where the smell came from.
He was about to turn around to leave, but saw the prince yawning from a distance.
The prince didn't seem to wake up yet, he just walked instinctively smelling the smell. When he got to Lian Liu, he was about to salute, but he looked up like he didn't see this person, smelled the smell with his chin up, and wiped him directly. over the shoulder.
The night was silent, and Lian Liu seemed to hear the "sussing" sound of the prince sniffing his nose.
Not all members of the East Palace were present tonight, and the people who came tacitly did not call others. After all, the fewer people there were, the more points they had.
Xie Xun divided the porridge, and was about to scrape the thickest layer of porridge at the bottom of the pot and put it in his bowl when the prince came.
The prince looked at everyone in confusion, froze for a while, came to the table, took a deep breath, the steaming heat wrapped in the delicious smell and penetrated into his nose, the prince finally woke up from the drowsiness.
"Is this supper?"
Xie Xun was helpless, and without the prince saying anything, he took another bowl and poured it on him: "Yes."
The prince held the bowl in both hands, and the warmth spread to his palms. He spoke a lot slower than usual: "It's good. Bo Yuan, it's good."
Xie Xun silently stayed away from the prince who hadn't woken up, and went to the side to drink porridge.
Everyone snorted and drank the porridge, and the prince suddenly remembered: "Hey, I just came in as if I saw someone standing at the door."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and the man near the door went out and glanced, and everyone heard his voice ringing outside the door: "General Lian."
After a few polite words, Lian Liu came in behind him.
Seeing everyone's attention, he picked his face and was a little embarrassed.
Lin Cheng held the bowl, saw him coming, and mentioned it casually: "By the way, let's not go with that lady tomorrow. We've been on the road for too long these days, and we need to speed up the journey in the next few days."
Lian Liu thought about the cry he just heard, and seemed to understand something: "Lord Lin, even if she offends you, she is still a weak woman, so that's not true." Lian Liu is not a fake, but he is used to staying in the military camp. Well, I have never seen a sinister heart.
Lin Cheng glanced at him, didn't speak, sipped the porridge slowly, and gently crushed it with his tongue, so that the plump rice melted in his mouth. Very comfortable.
"Ah." He sighed, "It smells so good."
Slide the six Adam's apples together and pick out the face again.
Everyone present ignored him, and Lian Liu couldn't stand up in embarrassment. As he was about to leave, Xie Xun stopped him: "General Lian, there is still half a bowl here, do you want it?"
Lian Liu hesitated for a while, but still stretched out his hand and took the porridge bowl.
The moment he took the bowl, he suddenly thought that Xie Xun was the one who seemed to have been pestering the young lady a few days ago. Thinking of what he had just said, he blushed a little. Excited to spend more time in the kitchen.
Mr. Xie is so gentle and polite, he must have been offended to the extreme, so he thought about driving people away.
The aroma of the porridge kept penetrating into his nostrils, he couldn't hold back, and took a sip from the corner.
After eating dry steamed buns for several days in a row, and now drinking a mouthful of delicious and dense meat porridge, he was suddenly shocked.
The bacon made by Jiang Shuyao doesn't last long. Compared with bacon, it is more like braised pork. Just eating bacon will not be salty, not to mention cooking it with porridge. The rice absorbs oil, and the taste is soft and glutinous. When you bite into it, there is a hint of meaty aroma. The mellow rice aroma gives the fat and thin meat diced the last bit of greasy, and it tastes silky and fragrant. Fresh, It has a refreshing and refreshing alcohol, which is really delicious.
He sighed comfortably, holding the bowl carefully, ready to go back to the room and use it slowly.
Just as he passed by the lady's room, the lady suddenly rushed out after hearing the sound, with tears on her face, and bumped into him.
Only half a bowl of rice porridge flew away from his hand and fell to the ground.
The young lady was startled, clutching her chest and looking at him aggrievedly: "General Lian..." This time, Lian Liu was the most graceful in this group. Although he looked rough, he was really heartless. Don't care about her, not to mention that she often hears people say that the men who come out of the military camp are the most sympathetic and sympathetic...
Thinking of this, she felt a little proud in her heart, and the expression on her face became more and more aggrieved, with tears hanging on her eyelashes, so pitiful.
Just as she was about to cry, she kept holding the bowl and stared stiffly at the continuous movement of the white porridge scattered on the ground.
He turned to look at the lady.
The young lady was overjoyed, hurry up, ask her why she was crying, she just happened to file a complaint, he is the only one who can't deal with the group of civil servants here, he will definitely uphold justice for her—
Then she heard the roar of Lianliu's collapse: "You pay! You pay!"