Yefutidaolu

Chapter 215 Zuo Family’s Tomb
In the inner city of Cangzhou, Bazhen Food Hall.

It was a snowy day outside, and the garden was also filled with the fragrance of red plum blossoms.

It is indeed auspicious snow.

After the Zuo family’s property was confiscated, one of the items found was a piece of Gao Jian’s.

This portion is not much, probably only one cent.

But the Zuo family is wealthy and powerful, and this one cent is a huge sum of money. If you calculate it carefully, it must be hundreds of thousands of gold, or even more.

Of course, most of it is property, not cash.

What does this mean?
These industries are actually part of production and life, such as docks, chambers of commerce, workshops, and even farmland. These things are linked to the lives of many people.

Gao Jian did not keep this considerable income into his own pocket, but gave it away instead. In this way, the entire outer city of Cangzhou could live a prosperous life in the future.

These industries were all dismantled by Gao Jian to the outer city. In this way, the entire ecology of Cangzhou's outer city has been completely controlled by Gao Jian.

For the tens of millions of people in the outer city, their good days have arrived.

These industries are in Gao Jian's hands, so this year, tens of millions of people in the outer city basically don't have to worry about basic living issues.

With the productivity of the Divine Dynasty, it is impossible for people to starve to death unless someone deliberately exploits them.

Everyone has some skills, or in other words, everyone has some farming skills. As long as you have enough food to eat, it is unlikely that you will get cold in the winter. You can go out and practice some skills, jump around a bit, and you will feel warm even without wearing cotton clothes. It's just a waste of energy.

Therefore, with sufficient funding from Gao Jian, the snow in Cangzhou really turned into "auspicious snow".

Snow will not freeze people to death and will also nourish crops. The more it falls, the better it is for everyone. When the snow covers the fields and melts next year, it will be all water that is comparable to spring rain during spring ploughing.

People say spring rain is as precious as oil, and this winter snow is no different.

Therefore, Gao Jian was sitting in the Bazhen Food Restaurant at the moment, not worrying about the lives of people outside the city, but only worrying about his own situation.

It really needs some worrying, he is sweating profusely now.

There are several courtyards behind the Bazhen Food House, which are like "private rooms".

There is a pavilion here, and inside there are magic spells to control the temperature. Therefore, there are four seasons outside, but no cold or heat inside. When walking on the corridor, one can hear the sound of cymbals, the mournful sounds of horns, the playing of zithers and harps, the endless singing and dancing, and the clear pool, small hills, flowers and trees are hidden between the red railings and curved pillars.

Although it was snowing outside, it didn't feel cold at all inside.

Several maids came walking along the cobblestone path, holding lacquer trays. Even the maids were wearing scarlet silk jackets, looking very wealthy.

In contrast, the three people sitting at the table were dressed simply.

Gao Jian, wearing the official uniform of the Demon Suppression Division, looked out the window and felt uncomfortable all over.

Wang Long was also wearing the official uniform of the Demon Suppression Division. He felt uncomfortable looking at Gao Jian.

Next to her, a beautiful girl was blinking her eyes.

She doesn't look completely human.

Although she was basically a human, and had retracted her dragon horns and tail, and had practiced shapeshifting very well, she still left her own characteristics in places like the corners of her eyes and the backs of her hands.

There were cinnabar-stained scales at the corners of her eyes. When she blinked, her eyes would glow with flowing golden red. On her feet were small cloth shoes embroidered with cloud and thunder patterns, which concealed the appearance of her socks.

The most beautiful part of course is her pupils. When she blinks, it seems as if a tide is surging. That's because the gold in her eyes flows. This gold is actually some kind of ability of hers, but Gao Jian doesn't know what it is.

There are scales in more than one place on the body, such as the neck and wrists. The scales are translucent rouge color, and also silver and red, indicating that this is not a "naked worm" of the human race, but a "scaled worm" that is one of the five insects.

Humans are the primates of naked insects, and the primates of scaled insects are undoubtedly true dragons.

Looking at her clothes again, she was wearing a shark silk, a silver-red gauze dress that stretched into the shape of a stream of water, with twelve pearls hanging on her head and a string of bell-sound shells wrapped around her waist. There was no sound when she moved, only a clear sound would be heard when her scales brushed against the gauze dress. There was some kind of crystal ring on her wrist, about five or six rings put together, each layer was locked with a different color of sea fire, and when she raised her hand, some broken shadows were cast on her white wrist.

And then there's her hair.

I don't know what happened, but her hair seemed to be dirty, and every time she moved it, it would scatter firefly-like scales...

Not clean, but beautiful.

Her eyes are like morning stars containing the color of cinnabar, her eyebrows are like the smoke of coral on distant mountains, her cheeks are haloed with the halo of a young peach blossom, and there are lines at the corners of her eyes that have not yet dried. Her black hair hangs down like a waterfall, adorned with twelve black pearls.

"No, Dansha, you scatter everything wherever you go. It must be hard to clean up, right?" Gao Jian spoke helplessly and called out the other person's name.

Yes, the girl in front of me is Dansha.

To be honest, this was the first time Gao Jian saw her in the true sense.

Before, the cinnabar he had seen were actually scenes conjured up by the Taiguang True Spirit. Although that was indeed her appearance, that state was a bit like 'a bare face with a bad complexion'.

But now, the situation is completely different. The cinnabar makeup is complete, the jewelry is full, and the clothes are obviously carefully selected. With the blessing of this series, the feeling given is completely different.

When the girl dresses herself up, puts on jewelry, makeup and rouge, she looks really stunning.

“Hehe, it looks good, right? But it won’t dirty anything. I’m applying this water crystal powder, which I grind into powder and rub on my hair. It will sprinkle out light spots in the next two days, but it will turn into water vapor when it falls to the ground. You can’t use it if your cultivation is not good enough. Water vapor entering the body will affect your cultivation, and you may even catch a cold and cough.” Dansha giggled and showed off her crystal clear hair, and shook it to show off.

Then, light dust spread all over the sky, brilliant and gorgeous.

"There is such a thing?" Gao Jian raised his eyebrows. He thought it was something Long brought with him, but he didn't expect it to be cosmetics.

Yes, in this world of cultivation, it is not uncommon to have some strange cosmetics like this. Rather, in places with extraordinary abilities, people will create some incredible things for the sake of beauty.

“Yes, women have to put a lot of thought into being beautiful.” Wang Long seemed to be sighing about something.

As he said this, Wang Long was moving cautiously outside.

He finally saw it.

When this non-human species named Dansha came, Gao Jian captured him immediately.

Obviously, Gao Jian didn't want to be alone with the other party.

The other party suggested going to Bazhen Food Restaurant for dinner, and I was tempted by the idea and wanted to have a good meal, so I followed them there.

But now, Wang Long's brain, which had just been heated up by the Eight Treasures Restaurant, calmed down, and he immediately realized that something was wrong! This was obviously wrong!

If I stay here, I might die!
So, he was looking for an opportunity to leave quietly.

Dansha knocked on the table unhappily, "It's just light makeup, light makeup, why do you say it makes me sound like I've put on a lot of makeup! I just did a little bit of scale polishing!"

"Yeah, it's very beautiful." Gao Jian nodded, his perfunctory look evident in his words. In fact, he was still watching the situation outside, about the snowstorm.

Dansha's face was full of dissatisfaction. He stood up and walked in front of Gao Mian: "Gao Jian?"

"Ah, what's wrong?" Gao Jian withdrew his gaze.

Dansha pointed to her own face and said, "Is the snow prettier than me?"

Gao Jian broke out in a cold sweat.

Then he turned and looked at Wang Long.

I'm super, no one!
The stool just now is empty!

Wang Long, that bastard, had already run away. I could only see his back. How the hell, a first-level warrior could climb over the wall so fast! ?

Gao Jian could only laugh dryly: "So, Dansha, what are you doing here all of a sudden?"

"It's nothing. I just wanted to see what you were doing. I'm just a little unhappy now. Why do you look like this when I come? Are you unhappy that I came?" Dansha looked unhappy.

It wasn't because of anything else, but mainly because she came here excitedly and saw Gao Jian's indifferent look. She felt like she had dressed up and came all the way here but was ignored.

Hate!

"It's nothing, I just don't know what to do. By the way, you came to me specially, you must want to step on the Zuo family's grave, right?" Gao Jian immediately changed the subject.

"Yes, yes, but before that, I was thinking of treating you to a meal first. But you look like this. What's wrong? Are you unhappy that I came here?" Dansha said unhappily, twirling her hair with her fingers.

"No, I just want to take you to see the Zuo family's grave."

"Okay, let's go after dinner! I've always heard that this restaurant has the best food since I came to the city. I like delicious food, so come and try it!" Dansha completely ignored Wang Long who was running away, and sat back down excitedly.

Gao Jian finally discovered it.

Although the cinnabar in front of me is a real dragon and very powerful, looking at this situation...

He is really just a child.

She lived for hundreds of years, but did she really end up as a dog?
With this question in mind, Gao Jian looked at Dansha sitting on the chair, swinging her legs, holding chopsticks in her hand, excitedly waiting for the waiters to serve the food.

But I saw that the carved table was already covered with a sky-blue table curtain with goose yellow tassels hanging from the four corners, which held down the tablecloth and prevented it from swinging around.

Suddenly, the sound of the bead curtain was heard, and three or four strong men came in carrying a copper charcoal stove with a large copper pot on top. When the lid was opened, it was a whole yellow sheep from the frontier, wrapped in grape leaves from the grassland royal court, stuffed with red dates from the Western Regions, and roasted until the lamb legs were golden and crispy. The strong men began to cut it up, using a knife to slice it. Where the blade passed, the aroma of fat and fruit went straight into people's noses. The bread that was eaten with it was as thin as a cicada's wing, with a sweet aroma of malt.

Then another soup was served. In the milky white soup were a few pieces of jade-like water shield floating, and on the surface of the soup were rouge-colored ham slices, just like a few petals of red plums fallen on the snow. The soup was made with Taihu whitebait and water shield, simmered over low heat for thirty-two hours, and the aroma even attracted a few winter sparrows hanging under the eaves to flutter their wings.

While they were chatting and laughing, the kitchen brought out another dish of bird's nest stewed with rock sugar, which was simmered with aged Huadiao wine. The bird's nest shreds were soaked in amber color and served in a peony bowl with a few side dishes on the side.

Another large plate was brought over. It was a hollowed-out ham stuffed with rice. The rice had absorbed the essence of the ham and was shiny like amber, with green beans, lotus seeds, and pine nuts embedded in it. It looked like it was sprinkled with broken jade and gold beads, and a thin piece of gold foil was placed on top, just for the sake of beauty.

Dishes were served one after another. On the celadon plate were fresh lotus leaves, holding four crystal shrimp dumplings. The dumpling skin was kneaded with lotus root powder, revealing the pink shrimp inside, just like a beauty lying drunk on a peony quilt. On the side was a cup of lotus dew, which was the morning dew collected on the lotus stamens, mixed with lychee honey, and served in a suet jade cup, with a sweet taste and lotus fragrance.

One is pickled goose feet mixed with tender celery sprouts, rouge goose breast cut into plum blossoms, quail eggs pickled in rose sauce, and cabbage hearts boiled in water with only a few grains of sea salt. The cabbage was grown in chicken soup, and it has a variety of flavors in its sweetness.

The entire Penglai Fairy Mountain is carved out of ice, with all kinds of fresh fruits embedded in the mountain: lychees with their cores removed and stuffed with cheese, longans peeled and wrapped in honey, and honeydew melons from the Western Regions carved into small balls and frozen into crystal beads.

The colorful ice sculptures encountered the heat from the warm room in the courtyard and gradually turned into mist, which created a truly ethereal atmosphere.

There was also a plate of emerald feather dumplings - the dumpling skin was dyed with spinach juice, so thin that the crab roe filling inside could be seen through, looking like twelve jade ingots.

"No, this is a bit too much, right?" Gao Jian looked at these things and frowned.

That sheep alone weighed more than 100 kilograms, enough for ten people to eat, not to mention other miscellaneous dishes.

"It's not much, just eat something." Dansha reached out and picked up the whole ham, put it in front of herself, and took a small bite.

Compared to that leg, Dansha's mouth is too small.

So Gao Jian just thought it was a little funny.

But soon he stopped laughing.

Cinnabar ate the entire ham in small bites at a very fast speed.

At this time, Gao Jian suddenly remembered...

The one in front of me... is a dragon.

Fine.

So Gao Jian also stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a little to eat.

The food at the Eight Treasures Restaurant is of course very delicious, and the quality is not low. The meat inside is not from ordinary animals, the base is made of refined things, and the vegetable leaves are all at the level of spiritual materials.

So Gao Jian felt full after eating about four or five kilograms of food.

Looking at Dansha who was still eating and even preparing to add more food, Gao Jian suddenly said, "The way you eat, the Zuo family will be resurrected by you."

"Ah? I ate him and he was resurrected?" Dansha stopped immediately and said, "Then I won't eat him. But why?"

"Don't eat anymore. You'll know soon. I'll take you to the Zuo family's grave." Gao Jian said

"He said he would take me to the Zuo family's tomb, in the direction of the outer city. Aren't all the tombs in this place mass graves?" Dansha stood up and followed Gao Jian curiously. She seemed to know the direction of Cangzhou very well.

"This is the real Zuo family's tomb." Gao Jian said casually, "Other places can only be said to be where the Zuo family's dead are buried."

(End of this chapter)