Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 226 Dengzhou Heroes
In the blink of an eye, it’s the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, this year’s Laba Festival. Early in the morning, Baota Temple and Liantai Temple used walnuts, pine nuts, persimmon chestnuts and other small ingredients to cook Laba porridge and presented it to Tanyue, the benefactor who came to the temple to burn incense.

Cheng Wan'er, Bai Zhi and Jin Cuilian also went to the hospital to give everyone the wax medicine prepared in advance. This wax medicine is packed with traditional Chinese medicines such as Tiger Head Pill, Eight Gods, and Tusu into a small cloth bag and can be carried around the body. It has the effect of health care and treatment.

Ordinary people also use various types of grains to cook together to make eight-treasure porridge.

Abbot Yuantong of Liantai Temple sent Laba porridge. After eating it, Cheng Wan'er felt that this was the best. Zhao Zhen sent someone to ask for the recipe again. As expected, Liantai Temple had some skills in making eight-treasure porridge. The various grain and bean ingredients were not put in at once, but in batches.

Put in the kidney beans first, and a quarter of an hour later, add the red beans, peanuts, and lotus seeds. Wait another two-quarters of an hour and add the glutinous rice and rice. After another four sticks of incense, add red dates; after a quarter of an hour, add candied dates and ginkgo almonds. Before serving, add incense and icing sugar. Turn off the heat and let the two sticks of incense stand. Finally sprinkle with osmanthus.

The heat is also particular. Every time you add an ingredient, cook it over high heat for a stick of incense, then reduce to a simmer and stir constantly to avoid sticking to the pan.

After getting this recipe, Cheng Wan'er read it and combined with her experience as a herbalist, she felt that this was also a food tonic recipe with a variety of foods and reasonable combinations, which had the effects of strengthening the spleen, replenishing qi, calming the mind, and nourishing the blood. In addition to Laba Festival, it can also be cooked and eaten at home.

In Liangshan County, there are Xiao Rang, Pei Xuan and others in county affairs, and there are many heroes in the army. Many secular affairs do not require Zhao Zhen to take care of. After the Laba Festival, Zhao Zhen led the county affairs committee, Wu Yong, and Xiao Rang, and returned to the main world with Cheng Wan'er, the three of them, and a few accompanying spirit seeds.

The four of Zhao Zhen stayed in Bailiu Village for a day, and then went to Nanshi's house. Ji Qingwan and Cheng Wan'er were slightly embarrassed after meeting each other. Fortunately, there were Ji Xuan and Jin Cuilian on both sides who were smart and talkative, and Zhao Zhen had greeted them in advance, so the first meeting was not too awkward.

At first, the seven people were clearly divided into two groups. They only smiled and nodded when they met, and then they missed each other.

Ji Qingwan and Cheng Waner became familiar with the spiritual seeds brought back by Zhao Zhen. Ji Qingwan and the other two talked about things in the main world, and Cheng Wan'er and the other two talked about things in Liangshan County.

Zhao Zhen has completely relaxed these days. He spends his days playing with his wife and concubines at home, or hanging out on the streets together, visiting a lot of restaurants and stalls.

But early the next morning, everyone was boxing in the yard, using exactly the same routine. In an instant, the seven people accepted the reality and tried to get along with each other.

After that, the seven people gradually communicated more and more. With Bai Zhi's approval, Ji Xuan frequently fed Wang Cai and put Wang Cai and the mastiff that Zhao Zhen had brought from Gao Hu together. Ji Minghan and Ji Minglian couldn't let go of their two little tigers.

As time goes by, the markets in Chengwu County are much more lively than last month, and the flavor of the new year is getting stronger and stronger.

Every household began to pickle cured meat. The cured meat can not only be used as a new year's product, but can also be stored until the following summer. Most of the meat used is pork, mutton, and fish. As the saying goes: "In the twelfth lunar month, you can salt pork, mutton and other meat, or make cured fish, etc., and it will not be damaged after the summer."

This little white snake is a first-level snake after hatching. Angelica dahurica does not allow it to eat meat. It is tamed according to the medicinal snake recipe and fed with medicinal herbs every day. It turns out that it has become more and more dusty.

What most pleases Ji Qingwan is not the lion cat Yunxi that Jin Cuilian often holds, nor the auspicious beast white fox Baishuang, nor the three chickens. But it is the little white snake wrapped around the wrist by Angelica dahurica.

When it snows, wealthy families will hold banquets, mold snow lions, and pretend to be snowy mountains, so that they can gather with relatives and friends, drink wine and sing softly. On sunny days, invite friends, go out to Tianjie at night, and watch the dance team to preview the New Year's Eve.

As New Year's Day approaches, every household is cleaning their homes in preparation for the festival. Zhao Zhen, along with his father Zhao Jin and brother Zhao Xiang, worshiped their ancestors, welcomed gods and made offerings to Buddha. New Year pictures and peach charms were also hung at home. On New Year's Eve, the whole family sits around the fire, drinking and playing cards until dawn.

After staying for more than twenty days, Zhao Zhen returned to the fantasy world after New Year's Day.

The fantasy world is also full of new year atmosphere. On the day of his return, Zhao Zhen took out the stored fourth-level green water python meat and asked Zhu Fu to hold a banquet for both civil and military officials. Celebrate together with the village officials, stewards, and military heroes. The next day, Zhao Zhen had a secret discussion with Wu Yong and Xiao Rang. They each made preparations and only waited until the Lantern Festival before implementing their plans.

During these days, [Blue Eyed Tiger] Li Yun and [Hidden Rabbit] Li Wang patrolled everywhere and found two strangers in the wilderness. After some interrogation, it was confirmed that both of them were Zhujiazhuang spies. During the New Year's Day holiday, come to Liangshan County to explore.

It's a pity that the two of them don't know much, and they don't know if they are the only two people here to investigate. After some torture, Wu Yong found out some secrets of Dulonggang Sanzhuang.

After repeated torture, no more useful information could be obtained, so Wu Yong ordered people to give the two men medicine to create gold, and put them in a cell until they were ready to sacrifice the flag on the day of the expedition.

The day before the Lantern Festival, Yang Lin finally returned to Liangshan County with Zou Yuan and Zou Run.

Zhao Zhen asked Yang Lindao: "Brother, why is it so late? It makes me worried."

Yang Lin said: "The official is so generous. My younger brother went all the way to Dengyun Mountain without stopping to find the two brothers and told him about the official. Uncles and nephews Zou Run and Zou Yuan also heard about the name of the official, and also heard about Deng Fei. Two brothers, Shi Yong, are also here. They did not hesitate and immediately took people to join the high officials. "

"Because I heard that the high-ranking officials would use troops here in the spring, they told me that the two of them met two heroes through gambling in Dengzhou. They lived ten miles away from the east gate of Dengzhou. My husband's name is [Little Yuchi] Sun Xin , the wife called her Mrs. Gu, opened a hotel, and killed cows for gambling. "

"I thought since we are heroes in the world, I might as well get acquainted and see if I can recruit them. These two people are really loyal, but it is a pity that Sun Xin has a direct brother, called [Sick Yuchi] Sun Li, who is now a Dengzhou military horse. It’s not possible to do this.”

"After two days of banquet, the two introduced two heroes. The two brothers were born as hunters. They both used iron and steel forks and had amazing martial arts skills. The elder brother was called "Two-Headed Snake" Xie Zhen, and the younger brother was called "Two-tailed Snake". Scorpion] Jie Bao.”

"I drank in Sun Xin's shop for another day. The next day, I went to the city to buy some fruits, bought two loads of wine, killed a pig, and invited a bunch of sheep. This wasted a lot of time. It's a pity. , Sun Tiha and his brother-in-law [Tie Jingzi] have never met. They only have some affection with Sun Xin and his wife, Xie Zhen, and Xie Bao brothers. "

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen turned his anger into joy and said: "I see, considering the distance, my brother should be back five or seven days after the new year. We will be worried."

Only then did Zhao Zhen and Yang Lin leave the hall and met Zou Run and Zou Yuan's uncle and nephew on the school grounds.

Behind the two men were eighty or ninety soldiers, and behind them were many old, weak, women and children.

After seeing the ceremony, Zhao Zhen asked: "Two brothers, are the women and children behind you family members?"

Zou Run replied: "Daguan people, these are landless farmers hiding in Dengyun Mountain. Most of the people I accepted are from them. I heard that Daguan people have a lot of land here and are recruiting farmers, so I took these people Brought it over."

Zhao Zhen said happily: "Yes, we are short of farmers here. After registration, they will be assigned to each village to grant land. The sergeants brought by the brothers also need to be registered and sent to the Wanzicheng camp for training."

Zou Yuan said: "I heard Brother Yang Lin say on the way that since the two of us are willing to come, we have no second thoughts, but we can only follow the orders of the high officials."

(End of this chapter)