The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Newly awarded the title of Jiuxian, Yun Yan couldn't laugh or cry. According to him, this was completely hype by that foot shop. No, it spread all over the city. Everyone wanted to go there to meet "Jiuxian" or taste "Jiuxian" products It's too late.

Marketing hype all day long, this time it also became someone else's advertisement, Yun Yan replied that it was quite funny, so she didn't mention it.

With the wine, Yun Yan went back to the canteen of Kaifeng Mansion to test the dishes, preparing to make wine duck and wine chicken wings, and chose in the afternoon. At this time, everyone was resting and no one entered the back kitchen.

In fact, cooking in the cafeteria is also for convenience. Not only are there always prepared chickens and ducks here, but also a new batch of casserole has been purchased recently, and the quality is particularly good.

It was bought from a Ji county outside Bianjing. The casserole made by the locals with kaolin is also extremely cumbersome to make.Pharmacies in Bianjing love to use it to boil medicine, because it can preserve the medicinal properties to the greatest extent.

In the same way, the deliciousness of food can be preserved to the greatest extent. Since some restaurants took the lead in using it, it has gradually become popular in restaurants of all sizes in Bianjing.

And this casserole is also very good at keeping fresh. It is said that the soup boiled on the [-]th of the new year in winter can be drunk on the [-]th.Compared with other containers, the boiled soup is more fragrant.

Yunyan took back a casserole for later use. This casserole has been maintained several times, and it is already very suitable for stewing.

Pour the washed duck meat with wine, add light soy sauce and dark soy sauce, and marinate it for a longer time, about half an hour, then heat up the wok, add green onion and ginger and fry until fragrant. Then add the duck meat.

Stir-fry until the duck meat changes color, pour it into a casserole, pour half a pot of wine again, sprinkle with salt, put tangerine peel, star anise, cinnamon, perilla, etc.

In this way, slowly simmer over low heat until half of the wine is left, then put some rock sugar, collect the juice and take it out of the pot.The duck meat is red in color and has fully absorbed the wine. The aroma of the duck meat is mixed with the smell of spices, and the aroma is tangy.

Yunyan tasted a piece, almost bursting into tears, it was so delicious, mom, how come my cooking is so delicious!

The duck meat has a strong flavor, the meat is fat and the bones are soft, and it is very attractive before you eat it.One bite, it is extremely fat and tender, delicious and delicate, with the aroma of wine and seasonings.

As for the wine chicken wings, it is much simpler. Yun Yanhui likes to eat the root of the wing, the meat is more lively than the drumstick, and has more meat than the tip of the wing.Blanch and drain the wing root, fry on low heat until it is burnt yellow, add salt and soy sauce and stir-fry, then pour in the wine and simmer to taste, collect the juice on high heat, and sprinkle some pepper powder.

The two dishes were both salty and fragrant, and it was easy to crave rice after eating. Yun Yan made a bowl of rice and poured a jug of wine, and ate it. The two experimental products were very successful.

After eating a few mouthfuls, a young man suddenly came in from the outside, wearing a Yanju suit, with a handsome face, about 20 years old.

After the man came in, he looked around with his hands behind his back, as if he was looking for something.

Yun Yan looked familiar at him, and his clothes were relatively high-end. He was probably an official from the mansion, or someone from another yamen who had been here before. Since there was no one in the back kitchen, he greeted him: "At noon, come to discuss matters from each side. , there are no leftovers, but I just fried two dishes here, sir, come and eat some."

Although the cafeteria is only open for morning and lunch breaks, if someone misses the meal time, they can come and ask for food, as long as there is food, they will be served.If you are an official, you have to make a small fuss for others.

The young man seemed to be taken aback for a moment, then walked over and looked down at the dishes in front of Yun Yanhui.

"I just ate a few mouthfuls. I was experimenting with new dishes, and you were the first to taste them." Yun Yan thought it was good after eating, and planned to include it in the menu in the future, but the wine used at that time had to be sold in the market. Bought it online.He looked at this person and didn't know where the rice was, so he kindly helped him with a bowl of rice and handed it over.

The young man pondered for a moment, then reached out to take the rice bowl.

Yun Yan looked back at him stretching out his hands. His hands were as white as jade, and his fingers were long and delicate. Only there were some thin calluses between his fingers, as if they had been rubbed with a brush, which showed that he was a scholar.

The young man grabbed the tableware very politely, ate a few pieces of duck meat, and ate another piece of wing root, then smiled slightly, "It's delicious."

"Of course, wine is added to this dish." Yun Yan replied quite complacently, "And my cooking is so delicious, it's like a magic chef of ice and fire."

The young man froze for a moment, although he didn't understand what he meant, he still smiled politely, then poured himself a bowl of wine to drink.

Yun Yan murmured back to her heart, although I am generous, buddy, do you have to be so natural when pouring other people's wine?

The young man tasted the wine, his eyes lit up, "good wine."

Since he came in, he has said four words and two words, which are delicious and good wine.

Yun Yan laughed back, "Be careful, you have a lot of stamina."

"It's mellow and thick, where is this wine?" the young man asked after eating half a bowl.

Yun Yan replied casually: "It's a Hu businessman who walks around the streets."

"Impossible," the young man said decisively, "Although the taste is similar to the commercial wine sold by Hu merchants—I don't know why I haven't been able to produce that kind of taste—but Hu merchants' wines are all old wines, and this jug clearly It is new and old, and it will not be released for more than one month. Hu merchants want to use local grapes to make wine, but in one month, they will not be able to reach Bianjing."

Yun Yan replied: "..."

Yun Yan was also a little dazed when he returned. He didn't expect anyone to be more serious about it. He scratched his head with a naive look on his face, and his acting skills were superb, "I don't know, does that mean I'm lucky?"

The young man looked at the wine and food, then at him, and said meaningfully: "You brewed this wine privately."

Yun Yan was very surprised and refused to admit it, "No!"

But the young man looked determined, "You brewed it privately."

Yun Yan was even more frightened when she returned, and she didn't know where she was going.Seeing that the young man had no grievances or enmity with himself, he didn't look like he was about to sue. Anyway, we were all on our own, so we admitted it half-tactfully: "How did you decide?"

Youth: "Intuition. When I just entered Kaifeng Mansion, I saw the grapes were ripe and someone was picking them. In addition, this dish is a new dish, and the wine is a new wine."

"..." Yunyan choked back speechless, she relied on intuition, what else can you say?

Yun Yan had no choice but to pour another bowl of wine, and stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around the young man's shoulders, "Brother, Ming people don't say dark words, this is my private brew, it's just for cooking and seasoning, and I don't sell it. You're such a nice person, you won't sue me, right?" I added in the bottom of my heart, you didn't even admit it even if you sued me.

The young man was embraced by him, looking a little unnatural, probably never hooked up with anyone, but he didn't break away either, "Hmm..."

"That's great, come on, let's go." Yun Yan touched bowls with him and drank it in one gulp.

The young man also drank a couple of sips, his face was already flushed, and when he saw Yun Yanhui, his face remained unchanged, "You drink well, how old are you?"

"Seventeen years old." Yun Yan replied, "By the way, just now when you said you saw the grapes were ripe when you came in, aren't you from the mansion?"

"No, let me take a look." After the young man finished speaking, he asked another question, "How did you buy the koji with the strictness of the imperial court?" He said, and added, "Don't worry, I don't Will entrap you."

"I didn't buy koji. I'm not qualified to buy koji." Yun Yan went back to spread her hands, not caring about revealing the method. There is no koji. The reason why wine is wine is that grapes are used to make wine, and koji is added to make wine as a match.”

"Is that so?" The young man pondered, "It makes sense..."

"Hey, buddy," Yun Yan said between words, silently changing her address from Lang Jun to Xiongtai and then to buddy, "You are not from the mansion, which yamen is that? Dali Temple? The Ministry of Punishment? "This is the department that deals most often with Kaifeng Mansion.

Youth: "Changing Arch Hall."

Yun Yan replied: "Where you look at the court, are you a bodyguard?"

Before the young man could speak, another middle-aged man came in from the outside, his face was white and beardless, his body was tender, and he bowed and said in a male duck voice: "Officials, the judge of Kaifeng government is here to see you."

Yun Yan replied: "........."

……Oh shit! !

Why do you think this person looks familiar?Because every year when people come out to have fun with the people during the Lantern Festival, they can take a look at it from afar!

Why do you claim to work in the Chui Gong Temple?Because I handle government affairs there every day!

Why, why didn't I recognize it sooner...

Yun Yan recalled that there was a villain in her heart, who was already crying and fainted in the kitchen.

"Well, go to the hall." Renzong put down the wine bowl, walked out with his hands behind his back, walked to the door, and smiled back, "Child, I won't remember your name this time, and the merits and demerits will be equal."

No name, no reward and no punishment.

Probably because he was meritorious in donating food, but breaking the law by brewing wine, and calling the officials his buddies, so he could offset his merits and demerits... This is too exciting!

Yun Yan returned to the quail shape and said, "Thank you, the official family."

……

When Renzong left, there was still half a jug of wine and two plates of leftovers left. Yunyan was in no mood to eat it when she returned. When she walked out of the back kitchen, she saw the cook and the handyman kneeling all over the floor, all of whom had weak legs and had no time to get up.

At the beginning, the presentation of the dishes made everyone so excited that they didn't sleep well for several nights, not to mention that Renzong suddenly appeared in Kaifeng Mansion, which almost scared them so much that their hearts would spit out.

Yun Yan immediately felt that her psychological quality was not bad, and muttered: "No wonder people just entered the back kitchen like this, and there was no one to say hello..."

Everyone got up one after another, "Brother Yan, how are you doing? The official family has been looking inside for so long, is there something that hasn't been cleaned?"

"I don't know, I've been on my knees for a long time, and I dare not look at it." In such a situation, how could Yun Yan dare to tell the truth, let people know that he is still a brother and brother to the officials?

"I said, why did the officials suddenly come to Kaifeng mansion in low clothes? This is not normal!" Either Yun Yanhui never thought that this person was actually Renzong, and if he had nothing to do, he would sit in the palace and come down when Bao Zheng was not around Kaifeng Mansion is not only abnormal, it is too abnormal!

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and after a while, someone stammered out the common aspirations of everyone: "It's hard, could it be... something happened to Bao Shaoyin..."