Palace Full of Delicacies

As soon as he entered the fourth floor, Su Yu was really shocked.

Completely different from the open and bright second and third floors, the entire fourth floor is dark and dark. The floors, pillars, and furniture are all made of black stone with golden sand.From the hole in the center of the ceiling, the slightly cool sunlight pours down, bordering the light that spreads up from the third floor, forming a beam of light in the middle of the tower. In the beam of light, there is a silk ribbon with finely broken silver bells. The place where the beam of light cannot reach , it is pitch black.

The national teacher flicked his fingertips, and with a "whoosh", the candle on the stone pillar instantly ignited.The candlestick is shaped like a dragon, winding up along the stone pillars, hundreds of candles are lined up one by one, and they ignite spontaneously from the bottom one by one.

Su Yu clenched the fish basket in his hand, and the mackerel in the basket flopped twice in response to the scene. No matter how you look at it, this scene looks like a horror movie.

The candles on the eight stone pillars were lit at the same time, and the originally dark fourth floor suddenly became bright as day, even covering the central light pillar.It was only then that Su Yu discovered that the reason why the fourth floor was so dark was because there were no windows here, and the eight walls were divided into eight stone chambers with stone slabs, and the stone doors were closed tightly, completely shutting out the light outside the tower.

"Uncle Huang, what's in these stone chambers?" Su Yu asked boldly.

"Sacrifice." The thin pink lips poured out two words, and the national teacher took a look at the stone rooms, and there was a bit of mockery in his cold eyes.

Sacrifice, sacrifice!

Various horrific scenes kept flashing in Su Yu's mind. Maybe there were countless boys and girls raised there, like lambs waiting to be slaughtered; The heads of 99 villains are stored, only to be burned to sacrifice to heaven on the day of sacrifice...

Sure enough, the royal family has many ulterior secrets. Su Yu regretted going to the fourth floor with the national teacher. What happened today must not be good. He decided to talk less, and the more he knew, the sooner he would die.Once you know what those sacrifices are, it is estimated that the blood contract will be signed.

Guo Shiruo looked at Su Yu's complexion with interest, and slowly said: "The matter of sacrifice is related to the fate of the country. I have seen you for the first time since I first met you when I was choosing a concubine. You are very suitable for the job." Sacrifice."

"Bang!" The fish basket in Su Yu's hand suddenly fell to the ground, and his whole body felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

You are very suitable for sacrifice, suitable for sacrifice, sacrifice...

The catastrophe is approaching, and alien stars come to the world...

Are you sure?This matter is about the fate of the country...

The mackerel fluttered out of the basket. It was still alive and kicking after being out of the water for so long. It tried hard to move its ugly body on the floor, and opened its mouth to bite Su Yu's foot.

Su Yu took a few steps back, his hands and feet were cold, the only thing he could think of at the moment was the handsome face of the emperor, "As long as you obey, I will not tell others." That person said he would protect him, where is he at this moment?Do you still have any hope of getting out of Anguo Tower alive?How sad it would be if we never saw him again...

The national teacher walked slowly to a stone gate, and put a hand that was so white that it was almost transparent, on the door, his beautiful voice seemed to be chanting from ancient times, "Let me show you, the sacrifice of the ancestors."

The heavy stone door opened suddenly, and dazzling light surged out from the door. Su Yu closed his eyes, mustered up the courage to open them and looked, and suddenly froze.

But after seeing the stone door, there is a wide stone room, inside there are many black and gold shelves, and countless... dried fishes are densely placed on the shelves.

"Ka Ka Ka!" A strange voice came from under his feet. Su Yu lowered his head and saw that the mackerel was still trying to bite his feet with all his strength. He raised his hand to pick up the fish and put it into the basket, and walked over with it.

"Uncle Huang, this, this is, the sacrifice?" Su Yu twitched the corner of his mouth.

"This is just one of them." The national teacher casually picked up a dried fish, elegantly tore off a small piece and stuffed it into his mouth. "You can only see the rest after you sign the blood contract."

Su Yu raised his forehead, the teacher's sentence "You are very suitable to be a sacrifice" turned out to mean "You are very suitable to help make dried fish". As for what is in the other stone chambers...he has given up hope. ,

In the center of the stone chamber, there is a black-gold stone table, on which there are extremely exquisite chopping boards and fish-killing knives.

"Today, let me show you how to kill fish with internal strength." The national teacher threw aside the dried fish in his hand, took out a jade barrel carved with intricate cloud patterns, and twisted a jade knife about an inch long .

The jade knife was as thin as a cicada's wings, and a lifelike jade dragon was engraved on the handle, holding it in the slender and white hands of the national teacher, it complemented each other and was very pleasing to the eye.

After receiving a mackerel handed over by Su Yu, the national teacher lightly turned the thin blade in his hand, and quickly cut a slit on the fish's spine, pinched the belly of the fish with one hand, and used his strength in the palm of his hand.

Even if Su Yu was a layman, he could feel a wave of force, "crash la la", but saw some black liquid spray out from the knife edge, and all of it was sprinkled into the white jade bucket.

Su Yu leaned over to look, and the black liquid exuded an unconcealable stench. No wonder the "Su Ji Recipe" emphasized that the blood should be removed with internal strength. If you don't remove this thing, you can't eat it at all.

The national teacher lightly threw the fish in his hand into the air, and flipped the jade knife between his fingers. His hands were like the seals of a mage. The technique was complicated and gorgeous. Su Yu didn't see what was going on at all. separate.

Su Yu stared at it for a while, and finally said a word: "Uncle Huang, I forgot to shave my hair."

The national teacher paused while wiping his hands with a silk handkerchief, and slowly looked at the fish with black hair that was separated from its flesh and bones. His slender eyelashes trembled slightly. After a moment of silence, he said, "Kill another one."

This time, except for removing the blood, the rest of the steps were done by Su Yu.It is not difficult for Su Yu to remove the hair by boiling the gills, and the bones and flesh will be separated automatically. Although the mackerel looks quite unattractive, the quality of the fish meat is really good. The smell of roasted suckling pig makes me want to try it.

Fearing that the fire would spoil the sacrificial offering, the national teacher led him out of the stone chamber, found a charcoal basin outside, and concocted a leg of seasoning from there, sat comfortably on the black and gold stone chair with one hand With his jaw propped up, he watched Su Yu grill the fish.

The mackerel meat is white and tender, with a slight pink color. It is grilled over charcoal fire and quickly turns brown.Su Yu carefully sprinkled seasoning on it, and made a temporary plate of barbecue sauce himself, and brushed it over and over again.Because it was recorded in the recipe that the taste of "suckling pig" can be roasted, he brushed another layer of honey sauce on it.

Brushed with honey sauce, the fish meat started to emit oil, and an indescribable fragrance spread out.

The national teacher's slightly closed eyes slowly opened, and a clear silver bell sounded suddenly from the silk ribbon in the center of the hall.

Su Yu was taken aback. There were only him and the national teacher in the tower, and there was no wind on the fourth floor. How did the bell come to mind?In this gloomy Anguo Pagoda, anything can happen, Su Yu turned his head suddenly, and saw the silk sash swinging left and right, and two fluffy kittens were hanging on it, wobbling and crawling down.

The golden kitten stretched out its hand neatly, and quickly moved down with its claws hooked on the silk ribbon, while the little chubby yellow and white cat was not very good at it, hanging on it at a loss.

"Sauce!" Su Yu ran over in surprise, and raised his hand to catch the jumping kitten. He didn't expect that the guy he hadn't seen for several days was on the fifth floor of Anguo Tower.

"Meow——" the little fat cat asked the national teacher for help without tears.

The national teacher glanced at him, got up, picked up a pair of jade chopsticks, and elegantly tasted the fish that Su Yu had just grilled, without any intention of helping the poor nephew.

"Meow!" The golden kitten in his arms immediately struggled to jump on the table, the little fat cat stopped barking, and jumped down as if desperate, rolled on the ground, ran over stumblingly, grabbed the The hem of Shi Xue's clothes climbed up.

"How about it, does it taste like pig meat?" Su Yu went over to sit with the sauce in his arms, took a sip himself, and was stunned.

Different from the aroma of any kind of fish in the past, this aroma is very thick, really like roast suckling pig, but it is different from real pork, the fish is tender but not greasy, it melts in the mouth, and after swallowing, there is a lingering smell between the lips and teeth What's more is the fresh fragrance of seafood.Really delicious!

His Majesty the Emperor broke away from Su Yu's hand, jumped onto the stone table, slapped his younger brother who was trying to bite directly, wrapped his tail around Su Yu's wrist, and pulled on the grilled fish.Stupid slave, don't give me vegetables!

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

"Sacrifice to Ancestors: Take Good Care"

Xiaoyu: It must be very hard for the national teacher to protect the sacrifice

Uncle Thirteen: (seriously picks up a piece of dried fish) Snakes and rats are rampant recently, let me see if there is any harm to the sacrifice

National Teacher: (raises paw, shoots flying)

Uncle Seventeen: (smiling and picking up a piece of dried fish) The weather is cloudy and wet recently, let me help you move the offerings out to dry in the sun

National Teacher: (raises paw, shoots flying)

Brother: (Sneakily hiding a piece of dried fish) Uncle Emperor, I think there is a lack of a rag in the storeroom, let me help

National Teacher: (raises paw, picks up younger brother to wipe the fish drying rack, and shoots it flying)