Border Cook

"There is a deep rift between Li Junhao and Li Juncheng. Tao Kanglai suffered a big setback today. I am afraid he will not let it go. We need to send more people to keep an eye on him during this period of time to prevent Tao Kanglai from causing other troubles."

"Well, don't worry, brother-in-law." Xia Yunji agreed with a smile.

Apart from anything else, you should hang around Tao Kanglai more often these days so that he can remember how the wound on his face came about and how painful it was when he was beaten. Maybe this will help him remember it better.

"I'm at ease with you doing your job." Lu Qiyan smiled and patted Xia Yunji's shoulder. "It's getting late. You should go back and rest early."

"Okay, brother-in-law should go to bed early too."

The two parted ways. Xia Yunji returned to his house, but Lu Qiyan wandered around the door of his house for a while and finally went to the house where Xia Mingyue lived.

Seeing that the candle in her house had not yet gone out, he smiled slightly and walked away.

The next day, Li Juncheng rode on horseback to hurry on his way, even driving his horse forward, parallel to Lu Qiyan.

Before Lu Qiyan could say hello, Li Juncheng spoke first, "I wanted to take a carriage, but General Tao was not feeling well, so I gave up the carriage and let General Tao rest for a while."

The peace delegation sent by Jin Weiguo had a large number of people, and there were also many horses and carriages. Even if Tao Kanglai didn't want to see anyone because of the wound on his face and was trying to avoid them, there were many carriages accompanying them, so he could just arrange one at random. But Li Juncheng gave up his carriage...

For Tao Kanglai, riding in Li Juncheng's carriage was probably a very honorable thing, so he naturally would not refuse.

For Li Juncheng, giving up his carriage to Tao Kanglai would not only show that he, as a prince, was considerate of his subjects, but more importantly, it would show that Tao Kanglai was so arrogant that he dared to ride in the prince's carriage.

This Li Juncheng learns things really quickly.

Lu Qiyan laughed, "Your Highness is so considerate of me, I admire you."

"Commander Lu, you are too kind." Li Juncheng smiled helplessly, "But the phrase sympathizing with the subordinates requires that the subordinates feel that they are subordinates, otherwise the phrase cannot be established."

It can only be judged as contempt for the prince.

Seeing that Li Juncheng’s plan was similar to what he had imagined, Lu Qiyan smiled slightly and stopped talking.

Li Juncheng naturally changed the topic and talked about other things with Lu Qiyan.

The carriage was moving slowly not far behind the two of them. Tao Kanglai was sitting in the carriage with his face covered with various ointments and powders.

The pain on his face was not obvious at this time because he took medicine in time, but the blue, red and swollen face was difficult to eliminate in a short time, so he really didn't dare to show up.

After all, whenever he appears in front of everyone, people will inevitably ask him the reason, and it will also remind people of the fact that he was at a disadvantage in the competition last night.

People will also remember his act of surrendering and admitting defeat after being framed by Xia Yunji.

This summer, the clouds gather...

There really isn’t a single good person in the Great Zhou Kingdom!

But Li Juncheng, the extremely disgusting man who only wanted to bow to the Great Zhou Kingdom and whose spine was completely broken, was still chatting and laughing with Lu Qiyan of the Great Zhou Kingdom with a frivolous smile on his face.

Damn it, damn it!
No, he had to do something.

Let those sinister villains in the Great Zhou Kingdom know that he, Tao Kanglai, is not someone who can be bullied at will!

More importantly, we can’t let the peace talks go so smoothly…

Tao Kanglai gritted his teeth and angrily lowered the curtain of the carriage. Xia Yunji, who was not far behind, saw the scene clearly, sneered, and then cleared his throat and said to the people below, "The wind is really strong today, and it hurts your face. You should protect your face carefully to avoid being injured by the flying sand and stones. Come to me to ask for leave."

"I'm going to tell you the truth first. We in the Western Frontier Army don't have such rules, and we are not so squeamish and proud. Do you understand?"

Tao Kanglai, "..."

Except for not pronouncing his name, every word between the lines refers to him!

Does Xia Yunji really want to kill people and destroy their hearts?

So angry!

The soldiers of the Western Frontier Army did not understand what Xia Yunji was trying to say, and seemed a little puzzled, but they still nodded and replied in unison, "Yes!"

There is no need to investigate the reasons behind the military commander's orders, just follow them!

Xia Yunji said "hmm" with great satisfaction, then rode his horse and went to the back.

It was still a sunny day today, and on the way we passed the wild forest that Lu Qiyan mentioned.

Xia Yunji took Wu Jin for a walk with great interest, and in a short while, they hunted two pheasants and brought them back.

It’s time to add more food!
Xia Yunji was very happy and went to Xia Mingyue to take credit.

Xia Mingyue naturally gave generous praise, and at noon, she even picked up the two pheasants herself.

After slaughtering the pheasant, removing the hair and internal organs, and cleaning everything up, marinate, soak, and rub the whole pheasant with garlic, ginger, salt, soy sauce, rice wine, etc. It takes half a day to marinate, and the marinated pheasant is not taken out until it arrives at the post station in the evening.

Since there were no lotus leaves, they used thin oil paper instead to wrap the whole pheasant completely. Then they covered the whole chicken thoroughly with yellow mud and put it into the stove.

Considering that these were pheasants, the meat was much firmer than that of normal domestic chicken. Xia Mingyue roasted the two pheasants for a full hour and a half before taking them out of the stove.

The yellow mud ball that was originally stuffed into the stove had now been baked to a black-brown color and became hard. When it fell to the ground, it made a "bang" sound like an iron ball.

Lu Qiyan and Xia Yunji, who witnessed the birth of this delicacy, were both standing nearby. They looked at the extremely hard ball one by one and frowned slightly.

Xia Yunji looked at it for a long time and couldn't help asking, "Sister, is this really edible?"

He suddenly felt doubtful.

After all, it was sealed into a ball with yellow mud and baked in the stove for such a long time. He doubted whether the pheasant was now as solid as the yellow mud ball.

"Of course it's edible." Xia Mingyue said with a smile.

"Not only is it edible, but it will be very delicious." Lu Qiyan smiled like a big wolf, "right, my lady."

"You can say that." Xia Mingyue was very confident about the beggar's chicken she made.

"See, I told you that your cooking skills are definitely not bad. Even if I take a step back, no matter how your wife cooks it, I will still like to eat it, and I will definitely not be as hesitant as Yun Ji!"

Lu Qiyan said this in a decisive tone, and the expression on his face was extremely resolute.

Xia Yunji, "..." (End of this chapter)