Feng Shuo narrowed his sharp eyes and looked at Xing Yao.
Xing Yao clasped his hands and said, "The Turks attacked Dingjia Village this afternoon."
Chi Qing was stunned, and Feng Shuo's face instantly turned ugly. Why would the Turks suddenly take action in broad daylight
He asked: "Is there anyone alive in Dingjia Village?"
Xing Yao said, "No one was injured or killed."
Hearing this, Feng Shuo and Chi Qing were both stunned.
When the Turks attacked the village, they would certainly burn, kill, loot and even massacre the entire village. How could there be no casualties, unless the people in the village were evacuated in advance
Chi Qing hurriedly urged Xing Yao: "You are a taciturn person, don't speak half of the truth. Where are the people from Dingjia Village now?"
Xing Yao then realized that his words were a bit of a suspense, and hurriedly said, "More than 300 people from Dingjia Village are outside Xizhou City. The son of Lu Daxueshi passed by Dingjia Village and found something unusual nearby. He led the whole village to flee, and thus escaped a disaster."
Feng Shuo's eyes flashed with surprise, and he asked, "Lu Linyuan?"
Xing Yao replied, "That's right. Master Lu is outside the Xizhou camp right now. Would you like to see him?"
"The father and son of the Lu family are quite interesting. I was afraid of being associated with this king, but this boy took the initiative to approach me." Feng Shuo's eyes were more amused, "Bring him over."
Xing Yao bowed and left the tent.
Chi Qing said: "Mr. Lu's move seems to be that he wants to use the three hundred lives of Dingjia Village as a token of his loyalty to you and become your subordinate."
Hearing this, Feng Shuo looked at the location of the capital on the map, his narrow eyes flashing with a faint light. The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the half-lifted curtains onto his jade-like face, without a trace of warmth: "Is there any news from the Lu family in the capital?"
Chi Qing seemed to recall something interesting, and said, "Grand Secretary Lu openly accused the new emperor of being obsessed with women, not being able to distinguish between loyalty and treachery, and treating the lives of his subjects as a joke. He hit his head against the pillar in the Golden Throne Hall and died to make a warning. This angered the new emperor. Although Grand Secretary Lu was rescued, he completely lost the emperor's heart. Now he has been fined for half a year and is confined to reflect on his mistakes."
"There are rumors in the capital that Master Lu and the concubine of the Jiang family were childhood sweethearts, but because of the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children, he was forced by his mother to get engaged to the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family. Later, the concubine of the Jiang family entered the palace, and the new emperor was still brooding over the old relationship between him and the concubine of the Jiang family. Master Lu was suddenly demoted to Xizhou, which may be related to this matter."
Feng Shuo's eyes deepened and he said, "No wonder."
Mr. Lu is a loyal minister, but he is too stubborn and too straightforward.
He cursed the new emperor in the Golden Palace, obviously not to seek justice for his son, but because he could not bear to see the new emperor so rashly execute his own ministers for a woman.
But the new emperor was rebellious and the effect was counterproductive.
The relationship between the king and his minister became estranged much faster than Feng Shuo had expected.
Chi Qing said quietly, "I suspect you had expected this day to come. The memorial you wrote to Fan Wei simply added fuel to the fire. The new emperor is in a state of panic now. Fan Wei allowed his son to rob women, and the people are cursing him. If the new emperor does not punish him, he will surely lose the support of the people."
Fan Wei had been domineering for many years. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he was even more respected, and ordinary officials and other people tried their best to avoid him.
Even if there is a conflict with the Fan family, they will have to swallow their anger.
Fan Wei's youngest son, Fan Shengnian, relied on his father's power and his elder sister being a royal concubine to bully men and women and do all kinds of evil.
The most ridiculous thing was that on the eve of the wedding of the daughter of Jingzhao Yin, she went to Ruyifang to buy a hairpin and was caught by Fan Shengnian. Fan Shengnian was aroused and raped her in Ruyifang. After returning home, the daughter of Jingzhao Yin hanged herself with a white thorn.
Jingzhao Yin cried and complained before the emperor, but Fan Shengnian was only punished with three days of solitary confinement. Jingzhao Yin was disappointed and resigned and returned home. On the way home, he was chased and beaten to death by Fan Shengnian.
The Fan family is a vicious dog raised by the new emperor. The only one who can confront the Fan family head-on is the wild wolf Feng Shuo.
As soon as Feng Shuo submitted the impeachment letter, he didn't even need to send people to incite the people. The court officials who had a grudge against the Fan family but dared not speak out showed their talents. Some bribed the storytellers in the teahouse, some asked the children in the neighborhood to sing nursery rhymes exposing the crimes of the Fan family, and some even made a complaint to the people...
They all wanted to take this opportunity to make the Fan family suffer a heavy defeat.
Feng Shuo listened to Chi Qing's words, his eyebrows were cold: "Raising a dog without a leash, this is the evil result sown by the little emperor himself."
He changed the subject and said in a deep voice: "Carefully check the people who stayed in Huotou Camp last night."
Chi Qing understood what he meant.
Last night the cook told them that things were not peaceful in Dingjia Village, so they sent spies to investigate and indeed found traces of the Turks.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Turks will attack the village tonight. After all, late at night when everyone is asleep is the best time.
But the Turks suddenly took the risk of attacking the village in broad daylight. It was obvious that they knew that Dingjia Village would increase its defenses, so they had to act in advance.
It must be the spy who delivered the message to the Turks, and the spy was also in Huotouying last night.
Chi Qing hesitated for a moment and said, "That cook... do you want a reward?"
Now it seems that the cook is not a spy, otherwise she would not have revealed such important news to them.
Feng Shuo said calmly, "Reward."
***
Tonight is the last time for the camp prostitutes to help in the kitchens at Huotou Camp. Tomorrow, when the household registration documents are issued, the camp prostitutes, who are girls from decent families, can leave the military camp. I heard that each of them will receive a travel subsidy of five taels of silver.
The prostitutes in the camp were all grateful to the general, and Jiang Yanyi felt more and more that the general was as kind-hearted as a bodhisattva.
She learned that camp prostitutes with criminal records could also be sold, and she had secretly made up her mind to buy Qiu Kui. However, Qiu Kui's criminal record could not be cleared unless she performed a great deed and received grace.
But they don't go to the battlefield like soldiers, so how can they get the credit
Jiang Yanyi felt regretful, but helpless.
She also changed into thick autumn clothes before going to Huotou Camp. Seeing the cloak wrapped in cloth and placed on the corner of the bed, Jiang Yanyi sighed and said, "Give it back to the owner. He doesn't want it, so it's just taking up space here."
The more she thought about it afterwards, the more she felt that the cloak belonged to the military advisor, but the advisor just disliked it and didn't want it anymore.
Qiu Kui was originally staring at the embroidery on the hem of her skirt. After hearing what Jiang Yanyi said, she tilted her head and said, "Maybe because you were wearing thin clothes before, they were afraid that you would be cold, so they left it for you on purpose."
Jiang Yanyi was slightly stunned. Could that military advisor with a weird temper be so kind
She quickly shook her head like a rattle, impossible, impossible.
If it was a benevolent and kind general, she would still believe him a little more.
After Jiang Yanyi had packed everything, he took two cakes of tea and Qiu Kui and went to Huotouying.
When Chef Li accepted the tea leaves, he said with emotion: "As a girl, it's good for you to leave here. I heard from Lao Zhao that you want to open your own restaurant?"
Jiang Yanyi smiled and nodded.
Chef Li also laughed and said, "It's good to open a restaurant. You have to have a goal in life."
He pushed the tea bowl towards Jiang Yanyi: "Your father is so lucky to have a daughter like you. His legacy is passed on. At my age, I am afraid it will be difficult to find a practical and insightful apprentice. I know you are good at cooking, but I have been cooking for decades, so I still have something to teach you. If you are willing, can you pour me a cup of tea?"
This means to ask Jiang Yan whether he is willing to offer tea and become his disciple.
There are also rest days in the army. Jiang Yanyi will open a restaurant in Xizhou City in the future. On his days off, he can go to her and teach her a few dishes. Jiang Yanyi has solid basic skills and does not need a master to guide him in everything like a new apprentice.
He has spent his entire life cooking, has no children, and his original apprentice was an ungrateful person.
After what happened before, he was also afraid that once he closed his eyes, all his skills would be buried with him in the earth, without any chance of passing on his legacy.
Jiang Yanyi naturally knew that Chef Li was being modest. He had been the head chef of Huotouying for decades, so he had his own strengths and knew many dishes.
Even in her original world, the profession of chef has been mostly passed down through the master-apprentice relationship for thousands of years.
When she was in Huotouying, Chef Li helped her a lot and taught her many cooking skills.
Jiang Yanyi poured a cup of tea and respectfully handed it to Chef Li: "Master."
Chef Li let out a sigh, and his eyes felt a little hot for a moment. He took the tea from Jiang Yanyi with a smile and took a sip. After putting down the tea bowl, he said, "Let's go to the stove. Master will show you his skills today."
Earlier, a flag officer came to tell me that the general would entertain guests tonight, and the dishes for the guests must be very good.
Chef Li will personally cook the "Braised Shark's Fin with Lotus Root Sauce".
This dish is very exquisite and can only be found on banquets in the homes of princes and nobles.
The main ingredient is shark fin. Jiang Yanyi doesn't know much about the cooking techniques of high-end ingredients such as abalone, shark fin, and shark's fin. After all, she didn't have the spare money to buy these high-end ingredients in her previous life.
Jiang Yanyi studied hard, and Chef Li explained in detail, pointing to the expanded shark fins and showing them to her: "Not all shark fins can be called row fins. Only those that are a whole wing after expansion like this are called row fins. If they become scattered like vermicelli after expansion, they are called scattered fins, which are inferior products. You have to be more careful when buying shark fins."
Jiang Yanyi nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
The "Furong" in "Ba Furong" refers to chicken.
Following Chef Li's instructions, Jiang Yanyi washed the chicken, chopped it into a paste with a sharp knife, mixed the mashed ginger and garlic into the chicken paste, added fresh milk, cracked an egg, removed the yolk and kept the egg white, added salt and some water starch, and finally stirred it in one direction with chopsticks.
Seeing that she had done every step perfectly, Chef Li nodded in satisfaction and said, "If you want to make good chicken puree, all the effort lies here."
Jiang Yanyi nodded and continued to beat the chicken puree until her hands were about to cramp. She couldn't help but miss the modern egg beater and decided to find a way to make one herself tomorrow.
After the raw materials were almost processed, Chef Li put the soaked chicken wings into the steamer, and put oil in another pot. "The chicken paste must be stir-fried slowly over low heat, and the oil temperature cannot be too high, otherwise it will taste woody and not right."
Jiang Yanyi continued to nod like a chicken pecking at rice.
Because Chef Li wanted to teach Jiang Yanyi his specialty, everyone else stayed away.
When Chi Qing came in person to investigate the spies, Jiang Yanyi and Chef Li were unaware of it.
The people on duty in the Fire Camp every night were arranged by Zhao Touer.
When Chi Qing asked, Zhao Touer quickly called several firemen who were on duty last night to Chi Qing.
Chi Qing questioned them one by one but couldn't get anything out of them. He then asked who else stayed in the fire camp last night besides them. Several firemen thought about it and said that it was only Jiang Yanyi and Qiu Kui.
Chi Qing couldn't help but tap his palms with his fan. He had already confirmed that the cook was not a spy, so the only suspicious person was the camp prostitute named Qiu Kui.
He said, "Bring over here that camp prostitute called Qiu Kui."
Someone immediately went to look for okra.
A camp prostitute outside saw a soldier calling Qiu Kui and her face suddenly looked a little flustered.
Thinking of Qiu Kui's usual naivety, she pulled her to a corner before the officers and soldiers came over and said, "Qiu Kui, you didn't see me in Huotouying last night, did you know?"
Qiu Kui glanced at her and pulled back his hand: "But I clearly saw you, didn't I?"
She ate too much last night and went to the toilet. When she came back, she found this camp prostitute sneaking around outside the barracks.
The camp prostitute was angry in her heart, but she still smiled: "Just say you have never seen me. Do as I say, and I will secretly give you some meat later."
Qiu Kui said, "I won't lie. Hua Hua will give me meat to eat."
A hint of murderous intent flashed in the camp prostitute's eyes, and the dagger under her sleeve was half exposed.
At this moment, an officer came over here and shouted, "Who is Qiu Kui?"
Qiu Kui raised his hand: "I am."
Suddenly many people looked towards this corner, and the camp prostitute had to put away the dagger in disappointment.
The camp prostitute looked more and more flustered as she watched Qiu Kui being taken away. Qiu Kui's brain was so bad that no one would believe that she was a spy. If she gave herself away, she would be in trouble.
The camp prostitute became ruthless and turned around and went into the kitchen.
The entire Fire Camp was surrounded. There were so many officers and soldiers around Chi Qing that she couldn't get close to them. The only way she could have a chance of survival was to kidnap the leader of the Fire Camp, Chef Li.
When she entered, Chef Li was just serving the braised lotus on a plate. He didn't like being disturbed while cooking, not to mention that he was teaching cooking today. When he saw someone coming in, he frowned and scolded, "Get out! Who allowed you in?"
The camp prostitute walked forward quickly and said, "Master Li, the military advisor is looking for you."
Jiang Yanyi was cutting ham. Hearing this, he looked in her direction and saw half of the dagger tip sticking out from under the sleeve of the camp prostitute.
She was so scared that her voice broke: "Master Li, be careful!"
In a panic, he threw the kitchen knife in his hand over, and the camp prostitute avoided the vital parts, but was injured in the hand.
She covered her wrist in pain and the dagger fell to the ground.
When Chef Li saw the dagger, he also reacted. He quickly picked up the big spoon on the stove and hit the camp prostitute on the head with it.
The camp prostitute was hit hard out of the blue and couldn't help but cry out in pain, but she was a martial artist after all, so she endured the dizziness and grabbed Chef Li's big spoon, then used her backhand to make a claw to grab Chef Li.
Chef Li swung up the iron shovel beside him and hit the camp prostitute's hand. A big blue lump swelled up on the back of her hand and she grimaced in pain.
At this moment, Jiang Yanyi stepped forward quickly.
The camp prostitute suddenly felt something was wrong. As soon as she turned her head, a thick rolling pin hit her hard on the forehead.
There was a muffled "bang" sound.
This time, she didn't even make a sound, and her eyes went dark and she fell down.
Chef Li was still in shock. He staggered back a few steps and finally stood firm by holding on to the stove.
Jiang Yanyi was also frightened. She carefully poked the unconscious camp prostitute with a rolling pin and found that she was motionless. She reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief and went forward to help Chef Li: "Master Li, are you okay?"
Chef Li wiped the sweat from his forehead and shook his head, not caring that Jiang Yanyi had forgotten to change his address.
The noise in the barracks soon attracted the firemen outside, and a group of people rushed in.
Seeing a camp prostitute lying on the ground with a dagger beside her, everyone was horrified.
Qiu Kui followed several soldiers in and saw the camp prostitute. He pointed at her and said, "That's her. She was outside the tent last night. She just pulled me aside and asked me to say I had never seen her."
Several soldiers immediately tied up the camp prostitute and dragged her out.
After a while, someone came in and said that Jiang Yanyi and Chef Li had made great contributions, and asked them to personally deliver the dishes to the general's tent in the evening, and the general would personally reward them.
When Jiang Yanyi learned that the camp prostitute was a spy, he secretly sighed that it was a close call. This was his last day at work and it was really not a peaceful one.
At this moment, she didn't know that compared with the "unrest" in a while, what was happening now was really nothing.
***
Inside the big tent.
Lu Linyuan looked at the King of Liaonan who was sitting above him, and for a moment the only two words that came to his mind were "golden appearance and jade quality, and gait of a tiger and a dragon".
The name of King Liaonan was well-known in the court, but because he had joined the army before he was twenty, and he himself entered the officialdom late, Lu Linyuan had never met Feng Shuo before.
Thinking of the previous life, when this hero, at the time of the fall of the Daxuan Dynasty, single-handedly killed all the princes and made them dare not enter the palace, and finally died from thousands of arrows piercing his heart, Lu Linyuan could not help but feel regretful.
If this person could have lived longer, why would the world have been in chaos for so many years
It is said that "the emperor guards the national gate and the king dies for the country". When the Daxuan Dynasty fell, the emperor moved the capital and fled, but this prince died in front of the palace gate.
Naturally, he was not guarding the national border, but only the person in the palace.
Lu Linyuan had heard the secret of the Grand Concubine Dowager's madness in his previous life.
The country was about to collapse, but the Grand Empress Dowager regarded herself as the empress of the late emperor and vowed to sink with the country and stayed indoors in Ci'an Palace.
King Feng Shuo of Liaonan killed people at the palace gate until the ten-mile-long street was filled with corpses and blood flowed like a river.
When he was alive, no one could touch the Grand Empress Dowager.
Only after his death was the gate of Ci'an Palace broken open...
Lu Linyuan was lost in his memories. He did not speak for a long time. Feng Shuo, who was sitting above him, frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice, "Nephew Lu?"
Feng Shuo is of the same generation as Lu Daxueshi. Although he is only a few years older than Lu Linyuan, in terms of seniority, he deserves to be called uncle by Lu Linyuan.
Lu Linyuan came back to his senses and quickly bowed: "Your Majesty."
He died of old age in his previous life, but unexpectedly, when he closed his eyes, he did not go to the underworld, but returned to his youth and was on the way to be demoted to Xizhou.
He was troubled by love affairs all his life, but after living a new life, he became more open-minded and cared more about his country.
At least-
The King of Liaonan should not have died in front of the palace gate, the land of Xizhou should not have fallen into the hands of the Turks, and the whole of Daxuan should not have been flooded with blood...
The reason why the Grand Empress Dowager was able to leave the palace smoothly in this life was that he used the power of the Lu family to bribe the palace maids around the Empress Dowager, and let them instigate the Empress Dowager to force the Emperor to send the Grand Empress Dowager out of the palace.
Recently, he arrived at the border of Xizhou, and he was worried that Dingjia Village would be massacred like in the previous life.
All the troubles in the previous life started from here...
In order to prevent tragedy from happening again, he deliberately asked the assassins who were protecting him secretly to keep an eye on the movements near Dingjia Village. Only then did he rescue all the villagers before the Turks attacked Dingjia Village.
When Lu Linyuan recalled this, he heard Feng Shuo ask:
"How did my dear nephew know that the Turks would attack Dingjia Village?"
Lu Linyuan hurriedly said, "I'm ashamed. It was the guards beside me who noticed something was wrong. I was afraid that the villagers would be in trouble, so I took them away on my own initiative."
Feng Shuo looked at him thoughtfully: "My dear nephew, you saved 300 people from Dingjia Village. This is a great achievement."
Lu Linyuan hurriedly said that he was not worthy of it.
At this moment, Chi Qing came into the tent. Even though there were outsiders present, he still politely bowed to Feng Shuo and said, "Your Majesty."
Fu Cai nodded to Lu Linyuan, and Lu Linyuan quickly returned the greeting.
Military Advisor Chi was no ordinary man, and was best at deploying troops. In his previous life, after the King of Liaonan died in battle, he joined a new master, only to use the power of the new master to avenge the King of Liaonan. He was a righteous man.
Chi Qing felt uneasy when he saw Lu Linyuan's look of regret, respect, and a bit of admiration.
I wondered if the young master of the Lu family was impressed by his appearance
When he thought of this possibility, he nodded politely to Lu Linyuan again. Lu Linyuan looked slightly excited and quickly returned the greeting.
Chi Qing: “…”
He walked to Feng Shuo and asked him in a low voice: "What's wrong with this kid from the Lu family?"
Why do you look like a fool
Feng Shuo ignored him and asked, "Have you found the spy?"
Chi Qing then remembered the reason why he came here, and told him about what happened in the Fire Camp. He then asked, "Catching a spy is also considered a merit, will you reward me?"
Feng Shuo glanced at him and said, "Reward."
Chi Qing seemed to have expected him to say this, and said in a particularly provocative manner: "I'll have the two chefs personally deliver the dishes, and the prince can reward them personally later."
He added the words "reward personally" with great significance.
Feng Shuo frowned subconsciously, but before he could react, someone outside the tent came with a message that people from the Huotou Camp were delivering food.
The author has something to say: Chi Qing: Please call me Chi Assist!
Sorry, my dears, I am not satisfied with this chapter no matter how I write it today, the update is late qaq
No buying and selling, no killing!
Although shark fins were a very precious food in ancient times, they are actually not very nutritious and taste similar to vermicelli. It is not recommended to eat them in real life.
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