world festival

The governor's mansion in Shouzhou has been completely cleaned up, and the faces of the servants and maids have long since lost the feeling of panic they had in the past few days, and they have changed into new clothes that were issued during the Chinese New Year, which are not expensive on weekdays. The utensils are also fully arranged, making them even more magnificent.The hall was full of guests, the Huainan Jiedu envoy Yang Xingmi was sitting in the middle, and the former Shouzhou governor Jiang Congxu was sitting next to him. On both sides were generals from various armies in Huainan. A few of the former Shouzhou generals had unnatural expressions on their faces. , are all flattering, wanting to get a good end.

Lu An was also among them, seated a bit late, he made a great contribution this time, this rank is already lower than the fifth rank, and he also brought Wang Fo'er, Lu Xiong, Fan Niseng, Chen Wu, and Long Twelve to the banquet.Sitting in front of the table, Lu Fang only saw maidservants in Chinese clothes delivering dishes like flowing water. Many of them had never been seen before, let alone eaten.Just lamenting the arrogance and lust of the exploiting class in ancient times, Lu Fang was about to pick up his chopsticks to enjoy it, when he saw Lu Xiong next to him staring at the breast of a servant girl Bai Shengsheng who had just put down a plate of grilled fish, his saliva was about to flow down.Lu Fang was furious, and was about to scold Lu Xiong, but he saw Chen Wu and Fan Niseng next to him also behaved like this, but Wang Fo'er poured himself a drink as if nothing had happened.Lu Fang kicked the four of them hard under the case, and the four of them came back to their senses, feeling a little embarrassed.Lu Xiongmin said with a cheeky smile: "Don't blame me for being in power. Brothers started from Haozhou and haven't even seen a sow. They have been holding it back for more than three months. I really can't hold it anymore. Just now that bitch... *If you really want it, if you don’t wait for your subordinates to tell you, it will be delivered to your room at night. Don’t worry, the young lady will never know.”

Lu Fang's wife is the daughter-in-law of the head of the Lu family. Lu Xiong was born as a farmer of the Lu family and has always been called Miss.Chen and Fan Niseng next to him also stared at Lu Fang with piercing eyes. They both had long been exhausted, but it was difficult for them to open their mouths if the boss didn't do anything. They were not like Lu Xiong and Lu Fang for a long time. Seeing that Lu Xiong made his words clear, they were all waiting for Lu Fang's reply.Lu Fang smiled. Some time ago, he either served as an internal response in Haozhou City, or was in the process of surrendering troops. There was a string in his mind that was always tense, but now the string has loosened. A hot current surged up, and he said with a smile: "Forget it, I have suffered you these days, so I will let you relax for a while today, but the four of you have to take turns, two today, two tomorrow, otherwise these thousands of soldiers will not be able to go out." Another problem is that you must return to the camp before noon tomorrow. If you violate the military order, don't blame me for not being sympathetic." The four of them were overjoyed and nodded repeatedly, but Wang Fo'er said: "You four will divide, and I will stay here. In the camp, Jiang Congxu is so extravagant, how can the soldiers return to their hearts?"

The four people next to them were overjoyed when they heard the words, and went to finish allocating time by themselves.Turning around and looking at the dishes on the table, Chen Wusai started to eat, his mouth was full of food, and he took a few sips of wine, finally swallowed it down, and sighed: "I'm already over 30, but the case I only know one dish of vinegar and celery, or sauerkraut for sobering up, and I don't know the rest, if I didn't follow General Lu, how would I be here today." Lu Xiong, Wang Fo'er and Long Twelve nodded after hearing this, Fan Niseng Seeing Fan Niseng's face, Chen Wu was slightly annoyed, and said with a smile, "Could it be that you can tell the names of the dishes in this case? Even Lu Zhizheng may not be able to tell a few."

Lu Fang heard the words and said with a smile: "I am also similar. I heard that Jiang Congxu has been an official for several generations, and they are all at least the first level of the governor of the state. He is the home of Zhongming Dingshi. I am afraid that some of these dishes are the delicacies of Chang'an City in the past. .”

The four said yes, and Fan Niseng smiled and said: "The general is right. Several dishes here are said to be famous dishes in the homes of saints or prime ministers in Chang'an." Speaking of which, he pointed to the dishes on the table and said: "This The banquet should follow the dishes of the "Shaowei Banquet" in Chang'an City in the past. This "Shaowei Banquet" is said to be a sudden change in the status of a person, just like a tiger changing into a person. The tail is still there, so it needs to be burned; When a new sheep first enters the flock, it will be disturbed by the flock and will not be at peace. Only by burning the tail of the new sheep will it settle down. The second is to say that the scholar has just become an official or has been promoted to congratulate relatives, friends and colleagues. , must invite a meal. The source of its name is that the fish leaps over the dragon's gate, and one day the fire burns the tail of the fish, and the fish turns into a real dragon, so it is called Shaowei Banquet for auspiciousness."

Speaking of this, Fan Niseng pointed to the dishes brought up one by one, and explained like a few treasures: "This red rotin is a cold dish made of butter and blood clots; Deep-fried with black sesame seeds; Guifeihong is a refined flavored red crispy snack; Wu Xinglian is a cold dish marinated with raw fish; Tianxue is roasted with honey and slow fire. Yulu group is made of soufflé with carved patterns; grid food is made of mutton, sheep intestines, and sheep viscera wrapped with bean sprouts; water refining calf is to cook the calf meat over a slow fire, and all the water with seasoning must be dried; Xijiang material is steamed pig with powder Shoulder blade meat crumbs; Bailong is shredded mandarin fish; Tangluoxiu balls are minced meat wrapped in frangipani; Chicken nuggets are blended with milk; onion and vinegar chicken is fresh steamed chicken; The animal meat is finely shredded, marinated into scallops, and then put together to make cold dishes of various colors; Xunpao sauce is fried fish fillets and mutton pieces; Wrap soy flour in a hot pot; Jinsuping is caviar sandwich cake; Jinyinhuahua flat-cut is crab meat and crab roe flat cake, rolled up and cut into slices; Eight Immortals plate is roast duck divided into eight shapes; divided into steamed Baked bears are steamed in sub-packages of bears marinated in winter; cold toad is clam meat soup; Mao Geng is rabbit meat soup; Duck flower soup cake is duck soup with noodles; double mixed square cake is a square snack with flowers on the corner; Yuhuangwangmu rice is a rice bowl with meat, eggs, and oil seasoning; Tianhua Biluo is a candied fruit Pilaf; Shengping roast is mixed with sheep tongue and deer tongue; milk-stuffed fish is a whole fish cooked with goat milk; soft-shelled turtles are boiled in sheep oil and duck egg fat. Fortunately, Shouzhou is on the edge of the Huaihe River, so the transportation is convenient , otherwise how can we get so many ingredients."

After Fan Niseng said this, he spoke for a long time. The four people in the seat did not expect him to be so knowledgeable, and he listed many unheard of dishes on this case one by one. Lu Xiong, Wang Fo'er, and Chen Wu all came from rough Well, the best Chen Wu is not from a well-to-do family, and he looked at Fan Niseng with very different eyes, with a look of admiration.After Fan Niseng finished speaking, he sat down, and Chen Wu, who was next to him, quickly moved away to make way for him. Lu Xiong took out two pieces of cool and cold food from the plate and placed them in front of Fan Niseng. Fan Niseng proudly picked them up and put them in his mouth. chew.But I heard Lu Fang say: "It's strange, Fan Niseng, you said that your parents gave birth to you after the monastery was burned and returned to secular life. Then how have you seen so many dishes that only belong to officials and eunuchs? How can there be such a rich monastery in the world."

Fan Niseng was startled when he heard this, and choked the food he was swallowing in his throat. He rolled his eyes for a while, and almost passed out. He finally coughed out, but he saw the four people in front of him with serious faces and eyes. He was full of embarrassment, and even Wang Fo'er, who recommended him, was holding the handle of the knife. Seeing that if he didn't explain clearly, he would draw the knife and face each other, he hurried forward a few steps, grabbed Lu An's calf, and begged: "The general must believe XX, every word XX says is the truth."

Lu An had a sinister smile on his face: "I really want to believe you, but that depends on whether your words are convincing."

Fan Niseng saw that the faces of the people around him were full of murderous intent, and Wang Fo'er was already standing behind him, so he could only say in a low voice tremblingly: "What I said earlier is indeed the truth, and my parents are indeed monks and nuns, but my father is a monk. He is the abbot of the Lingyin Temple, the largest temple in Zhenhai, the Great Monk Konghai."

"What a big piece of gossip." Lu An felt the feeling of watching entertainment news on the Internet in his previous life. The pious religious leader and his female believers had illegitimate children and enjoyed a luxurious and lustful life. The following content should be more exciting.At this time, I heard Wang Fo'er scolding in a low voice: "You are talking nonsense again. Although I am vulgar, I have heard old people in the village say that the Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou is the largest jungle in the southeast, and it is even bigger than the one in Chang'an City. The seat is not bad, the presiding monk Konghai is a good monk, the Bodhisattva descended to the world, the most charitable heart, repairing bridges and paving roads, giving porridge in times of famine, he has countless merits, he has passed away long ago, and his reputation after death should not be slandered by you, a thieves. " Speaking of this, he drew his sword from his waist and chopped down Fan Niseng on the spot.

Lu An quickly grabbed Wang Fo'er's wrist. In the ancient times when entertainment was scarce, it was hard to find any signs of gossip. Don't dig to the bottom, don't be bored to death.Besides, who said that monks and nuns cannot marry and have children? Have you never heard that having an affair with a female believer is an important feature of all cult leaders? Lu An didn't have the slightest respect for gods and Buddhas in his heart, but he said in his mouth: "Hugh, Buddha!" It's crazy, this is a banquet, how can I draw the sword and let Xiao Fan finish speaking, and then tell the truth after listening to the truth." Wang Fo'er just let go of her hands in resentment, staring at Fan Niseng, and wanted to spit out fire.

Lu An waved his hand to the frightened Fan Niseng, and was about to say a few words of comfort, wanting to dig out more gossip.At this time, I saw Zhu Yanshou walking in from outside the lobby, his face was full of smiles, but his body was different from everyone else. He was wearing armor. Chen Wu leaned over and asked, "Why is General Zhu still wearing armor in such a day?" Today is the day of engagement between King Yang and Governor Jiang, why is he dressed like this?"

Lu An thought for a while, and always felt a lingering idea in his head, but he couldn't explain it clearly, and said casually: "Maybe General Zhu is going to inspect the city defense, and he will be the shepherd of this Shouzhou soon. This Shouzhou is the gateway to Huainan, if the Xuanwu army wants to invade Huainan, it will be the first place to bear the brunt, this is the style of a good general, you should learn from it."

The other four people nodded after hearing this, but Chen Wu shook his head and said: "Someone feels something is wrong, today is a day of great joy. Although General Zhu is smiling all over his face, why does this one feel that he is full of lifelessness, not like that?" Patrolling the city, it looks like he just came off the battlefield, that's right, every time people in Heiyundu came down from the battlefield, they smelled like this."