On September 29, the lanterns are on.
The snow has not melted in all directions, but in the small pavilion in the backyard of Dingxiang Building, a roaring bonfire is lit.
A fresh and plump elk is slowly rotating on the grill. The fragrant breath corresponds to the cold snow outside, making people more appetite.
Seeing someone pick up a dagger next to him, Zhao Nan, who was serving the grill, hurriedly leveled the stand, and pointed with a smile on his face: "Master, you first put the knife on the lower abdomen, where is the most meat? Fresh and tender, definitely ripe."
But the man refused to listen to him, he just sliced a large piece off the thigh, stuck it with a knife, smeared the plate with a lot of sauce, and shoved it into his mouth and chewed it.
On the other side, he was scrambling, and while he was spitting out the hot air, he swallowed it with great difficulty. It was as if a layer of red powder had been applied to the face that was as white as jade.
He didn't even bother to wipe off the oil stains on the corners of his mouth, so he picked up his big brother and praised repeatedly: "Give strength, the chili the second brother brought is really stronger than cornel!"
She was born with a beautiful face, and her demeanor was arrogant, and she was none other than Liu Xianglian.
Seeing that he was talking and sticking his tongue out, it was the first time he had eaten this chili noodles, and he couldn't bear it.
"I said earlier that this thing is very spicy, but you have to be brave."
Sun Shaozong swept around silently. Seeing that the table was full of hot shochu, not even a cup of tea, he instructed Zhao Nan to quickly slice a few more pieces of venison and let him press down without the sauce.
However, Liu Xianglian waved her hand and said, "I just try it first, and there are no people here. How can I eat it?"
As he said that, he stroked the tongue several times with his upper teeth, swept away most of the contaminated chili noodles, and said twice more vigorously.
Just as he was talking, he saw Jia Baoyu, Xue Pan, and Feng Ziying, chatting and laughing in the backyard.
Seeing that Liu Xianglian was already in the pavilion, and some venison was placed on the plate, Xue Pan complained half-truthfully, "Old Liu, you're not being loyal, just come here quietly and pay it back. Why do you have to eat it first?"
"What's the silence?"
But Liu Xianglian didn't like his tricks, got up and said with a black smile: "I'm not going to be a follower for the second brother? Today's promotion banquet is half the main family, it's too late. What's it like?"
With that said, he used a knife to fork a piece of venison, rolled it into the chili noodles a few times, and handed it to Xue Pan pretending to be attentive: "Come on, the whole deer banquet appointed by Brother Bao, how about tasting this first? ."
This time, the court reward is urgent, and the date is also near.
On the first day of October, Sun Shaozong will officially go to Dali Temple to take office. With the spare time of the past few days, it is inevitable to gather old acquaintances for a casual meal.
Moreover, Qiu Yunfei had not heard from Sun An's case for two days in a row, so he just took this opportunity to ask how it was going.
As for this whole deer feast, it was suggested by Baoyu—it is said that he baked a piece of food yesterday, but he was restrained by the family, and the food was not enough.
However, Liu Xianglian just now did not mention that she wanted to be her valet.
Sun Shaozong did say at the beginning that he would be his master, but at that time he shied away in every possible way, and now he takes the initiative to mention it in front of everyone...
It seems that after getting married, Liu Xianglian has changed a lot.
However, when Xue Pan saw that he had put the venison pestle to his mouth, he immediately sneered and said, "There is nothing to be diligent about, either a traitor or a thief! You think I'm stupid..."
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Xianglian took advantage of him to open his mouth, stabbed the venison in, and pulled out the dagger with a clever effort.
"How about it, doesn't this taste very good?"
"Bah, bah, bah!"
Xue Pan hurriedly spit out the venison, complaining in his mouth, "What... what... sigh~! Water, water, water, get me some water!"
Seeing him jump three feet high, snot and tears flowing, Liu Xianglian couldn't help laughing, and Feng Ziying on the side was overjoyed.
Only Jia Baoyu was a cousin after all. Although he kept laughing, he hurriedly ordered someone to bring tea over for Xue Pan to rinse his mouth.
After finally tidying up, Xue Pan asked while sticking out his tongue, "What is this? What the hell is this?! You were almost killed by you!"
"This thing is called chili. It's similar to dogwood, but it's a lot more spicy." Sun Shaozong said, "I found it in the south. I'm going to roast venison today, so I just brought some for you to try."
Feng Ziying and Jia Baoyu listened to it and tried to taste it, but they were obviously not sensitive to this exciting taste.
On the contrary, it was Xue Pan, who tasted a little more carefully, then got used to the spicy taste, and ate a piece of it left and right.
"Look at your success."
Liu Xianglian said disdainfully: "There are still people who haven't arrived yet, you are not finished eating."
Xue Pan didn't mention it for a moment, and asked vaguely, "Who else is there?"
"Qiu Yunfei!"
Feng Ziying said with a smile: "Second brother, didn't you ask him to investigate the case for the past two days? I heard that this kid was jumping up and down, and he had tossed all over the place, and no accurate news came out. It is estimated that he has encountered a problem. ."
"You are well informed."
Sun Shaozong pointed at him with a smile: "This dragon guards hundreds of households, it's really not a joke!"
After two years, Feng Ziying is no longer a scoundrel who is always on the move, but a serious family of Beizhen Fusi.
Among them, Qiu Yunfei also played a somewhat stimulating role - before the two met, they would pinch each other, but now Qiu Yunfei has made a six-rank general sentence, Feng Ziying is willing to stare at it
Speaking of this dragon guarding hundreds of households, Feng Ziying said depressedly: "I originally pointed to my second brother to come back, so I can get a glimpse of it. Who would have thought that you will come back, but you also gave the errand of the Beizhen Fusi to you. quit!"
The other people obviously didn't know about it, so they were busy asking Sun Shaozong to find out.
Sun Shaozong spread his hands and said helplessly: "Don't you understand? Now that I'm older, I can barely count as one of the little Jiuqings, and I'm still in charge of the world's prison litigation, so I will continue to carry the title of inspecting thousands of households. , I am afraid that someone should submit a letter to impeach me every three or five times."
Although everyone was not as transparent as him, they were all descendants of officials. After a little thought, they knew that Sun Shaozong was doing this to avoid suspicion.
Since there was nothing wrong, everyone slacked off again.
Xue Pan even raised his glass and shouted: "Let's not talk about this official matter, how about we drink two glasses to warm our stomach first?"
But no one answered him. Last time, this guy also said to warm his stomach first, but he threw down half of the table in one go.
Liu Xianglian couldn't help but said sourly: "With your old husband here, you don't need to pay attention to official matters - I don't see you going to the yamen every day, so I quietly transferred to the Ministry of War, and now it's actually a sixth-grade rank. Master, he is stronger than the Feng family brother."
"Pull it down, I'm just hanging on to my name!"
Xue Pan listened and pouted: "Besides, my father-in-law may not be willing to contribute to the sixth rank, and it is estimated that it will be like this until death."
This made him accurate, it would be good to have a rank six idle position, and then it would either be a light and expensive clerical position, or he would have to be responsible for some actual official duties.
Regardless of his job, and he has no fame, he basically has no chance to make progress.
After Xue Pan said that, he wanted to persuade him to drink again.
Liu Xianglian and Feng Ziying were willing to answer a few words with him.
Jia Baoyu, who was deeply hurt that day, pretended not to hear it, got close to Sun Shaozong, and said with a smile, "Second brother, we used a few of you to write a poem yesterday. Guess who won the prize?"
Sun Shaozong also heard Xiangling talk about his poetry club a few times, basically it was Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai Lunzhuang. Occasionally, Shi Xiangyun could pick up a slack, and the chances for the rest of the people to shine are few and far between.
Taking into account the personalities, knowledge and other factors of the three, Sun Shaozong casually guessed: "It is probably either your sister Lin, or the Shi family's Xiangyun girl."
The reason why she didn't guess Baochai was because she seemed too prudent on weekdays, and she was afraid that she would be a little inferior in the face of such topics that require warm-blooded appeal.
"Ha ha!"
Go listen to Jia Baoyu's smug smile: "Second brother guessed wrong this time. Although sister Xiangyun's poems are also very good, she is one step behind Baoqin girl, and can only be ranked second."
Xue Baoqin
Immediately in Sun Shaozong's mind, Xue Baoqin was graceful yet charming.
But I don't want this little girl to be a talented girl.
"Looking at how happy you are, those who didn't know thought you were lucky."
Shunzui teased Baoyu, and Sun Shaozong wanted to hear how Xue Baoqin's poem that won the first prize was done, but suddenly he saw a man rushing over with great strides.
Just by looking at the round and full figure, you know that it is not someone else who is here, it is the protagonist of this banquet - Qiu Yunfei.