spring and autumn officials

720 BC, March 24 in late spring.

"Black clouds turn ink, and white rain jumps into beads."

The heavens made a decision, the torrential rain was like pouring sea water, thunder pythons rushed down the sky, thunder and lightning intersected, whipping Luoshi Wangcheng.The huge Luoshi King City was shrouded in a deep silence.

In this dead silence, the sound of "tapping, treading" chariots and horses' hooves came rushing forward, as if they were about to tear the gloomy darkness apart. It was the chariot of Emperor Zhou who personally appointed Dazai.Rampage all the way, rushing through the outermost Gaomen of Luoshi Palace, crossing Kumen, Zhimen, Yingmen, galloping with horseshoes, running over Zhichao Palace without getting off the car, and rushing straight to the most heavily guarded road in front of the bedroom palace of Luoshi Palace the road gate.

The horse neighed, its front legs were kicked amid lightning and thunder, snorting, and the torrential rain was whistling, and it suddenly stopped in front of the road bedroom platform.Regardless of the heavy rain, the Dazai jumped off the cart without stepping on his feet, passed through the eaves of the beast-face moiré tiles with dripping water, and grabbed the head of the Pan Chi Chi Xiao who had been washed and baptized by the rain, "Bang! "Open the door of the road sleeping hall, and trot in.

In front of the sleeping hall on the road, there was no sound, a row of high officials stood with their heads bowed in the rainstorm, none of them dared to hold an umbrella to shelter from the rain, they stood solemnly, as if they were waiting for something.

waiting……

At this moment, when the black-clothed Dazai entered the room without a single stick of incense, the golden golden ring on the door of the road sleeping hall made a slight ringing. With his head down, Dazai couldn't see his face clearly, he paused every step, and walked out of the hall slowly.

The next moment there was a sound of "Plop!", and he knelt down in the majestic heavy rain, crying loudly: "The Son of Heaven... the Son of Heaven has collapsed!"

"Heaven!"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

"Why is my king...my king!"

The doctors and officials lined up in front of the Road Sleeping Hall cried out in an instant. No one took the lead, and no one needed to take the lead. They cried in unison, and the crying continued with the shower, and the waves were louder than the waves.

Dazai in black knelt on the ground, wiped his rain-stained face with a large sleeved robe, and said in a sad voice: "Everyone, now that our king has collapsed, it is impossible for the court to be silent for a day, and the crown prince will die. Passed away early, the eldest grandson, Prince Lin, is the orthodox of my Zhou family's bloodline, his name is right, and his word is right! I also invite all the ministers to assist the new king, mourn/encourage each other, and work together to help my Zhou family's foundation!"

"Assist the new king! Help the Zhou family!"

"Assist the new king! Kuang help the Zhou family..."

The mournful wailing instantly turned into a high-pitched swearing, echoing over the thunderstorm-ridden Luoshiwang City.

"Dazai! Dazai! Something is wrong!" Just as everyone was swearing passionately, a high official suddenly staggered into the doorway and fell to the ground with a "plop". Shouting: "Dazai, something bad is going on, it's the appearance of Yinghuo guarding one's heart! It's the appearance of Yinghuo guarding one's heart!"

As he spoke, his arms trembled, pointing to the sky, and he said: "There is a vision in the sky, and Yinghuo stays in the place of the big star. If it is light, the king will collapse, and if it is serious, the country will perish! Yinghuo will move, and the world will be chaotic!!"

Clap-!

The thunder python slashed down from the sky, tearing apart the hollow darkness, as if it was about to split the palace in two. Accompanied by the violent thunder, there was another burst of noise. Several eunuchs and ministers rushed over, saying Crying: "Dazai is not good! Dazai! Prince... No, the new king, the new king has passed out!"

In 720 BC, on the 24th of March in the late spring, the founding emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, King Ping of Zhou died in the 51st year of his reign, and the eldest grandson Prince Lin ascended the throne...

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"Gentleman! Gentleman, spare your life..."

"Gentleman, please forgive me..."

"Let's just forgive this time! Gentleman..."

Qi Lu's ears were crying, one after another, like mourning for a concubine, Qi Lu's ears were ringing, and his headache was about to split.

He slowly opened his eyes, and first saw a few strangely dressed men, kneeling on the ground, grabbing the ground with their heads, kowtowing their heads non-stop, their foreheads were already red and congested, but they didn't dare to stop. It seemed that the head was not his own.

"Gentleman! Gentleman, spare your life! Forgive me!" Several men kowtowed and cried, Qi Lu squinted his eyes and slowly turned his eyes. His head was still a little dizzy, and he didn't understand the current situation for a moment.

The simple and unsophisticated house should be the kitchen, because there is a black pot burning in the corner, and there are two pottery water tanks next to it, and the "backward" kitchen utensils, Qi Lu's head is even more dizzy. Big difference?

Qi Lu heard the sound of crying and shouting in his ears. Although his head was full of doubts, he slowly settled down, calmed down, and gradually understood the current situation.

Qi Lu didn't expect that when he opened his eyes, he came to the Spring and Autumn Period when the feudal lords were fighting.In the early years of the Spring and Autumn Period, the royal family declined, the power of the Son of Heaven weakened, feudal lords coexisted, and heroes rose, and the famous Five Hegemonies of the Spring and Autumn Period, headed by Duke Huan of Qi, appeared one after another. The age of rudeness.

If you use one word to concisely summarize the Spring and Autumn Period, there is one word that is very suitable, and that is - chaos.

Qi Lu is a very Buddhist person. To be honest, if someone else came to this chaotic era when they opened their eyes, they might either scream or faint. However, Qi Lu was surprisingly calm and didn't panic at all.

Why?Because Qi Lu is afraid of trouble.

Qi Lu is lazy, afraid of trouble, and an extremely Buddhist person.When he was in school, he was a good student. He never skipped classes, never bullied female classmates, and never took the lead in doing bad things, because it was troublesome to ask parents; Gatherings, because socializing is very troublesome; at the age when it is time to fall in love, Qi Lu never has a girlfriend or a boyfriend, and of course he does not have promiscuous sex, because falling in love is more troublesome...

There is only one thing that Qi Lu never bothers about, and that is food.

Qi Lu's culinary skills are outstanding, and he likes to study all kinds of delicacies, but anyone who has tasted his cooking skills will praise him. It can be said without humility that almost no one can surpass him in the matter of cooking skills. Qi law.

For a person like Qi Lu who is afraid of trouble, anyway, the situation in front of him is like this, even if he is shocked and frightened, it will not help, but it will be more troublesome, so it is better to let nature take its course.

Qi Lv finally understood the situation in front of him amidst the wailing. The men who wailed were dressed in plain clothes, even tattered, and they called themselves "Xiaochen". The slaves called themselves. It is obvious from these that these men must be slaves doing hard work and have no status.

Unfortunately, Qi Lu looked down at his clothes. Although he was a little better than those slaves, it was only a little bit better, and he should not be much better than slaves.

And in front of them, a young man in a Chinese robe, holding a horsewhip in his hand, raised his chin slightly, arrogant and arrogant, obviously he was the "gentleman" in the mouth of the slaves.

This era is somewhat different from the past. "Gentleman" is not a title for a person of high moral character. "Gentleman" is opposite to "little man". The society is called the Shaojun, and the slaves and people without status are called villains, or "savages".

The young gentleman was holding a horsewhip in his hand, swinging it "shuashua", the tip of the horsewhip was stained with blood, obviously he had beaten someone, and the person who was beaten was undoubtedly Qi Lu.

Qi Lv felt the burning pain on his back. He didn't need to look back to know that the blood on the whip belonged to him. Maybe he suddenly traveled to the Spring and Autumn Period because this young gentleman beat the Lord alive. It was only after he was dead that he encountered such a troublesome thing.

"Gentleman! Sacrifice the little gentleman! Spare me! Spare me!"

The slaves cried and howled one after another, as if they had fallen into a toad pit, but Qi Lu didn't cry, in Qi Lu's words, because crying was too troublesome and consumed lung capacity...

Qi Lu tilted his head slightly. From his angle, he happened to see the large water tank in the corner. The water tank in this era was still made of clay, and it was full of clear water. When he tilted his head, the clear water reflected Qi law image.

The reflection was wobbly and not very clear, but Qi Lu was really relieved, because his appearance was still his own, and there was basically no major change.

Why do you say it’s not too big, of course there are still changes, because Qi Lv has become a "white-faced scholar", the kind who has no strength to restrain a chicken, pale and weak, slender, willow slender waist not enough to hold, scattered Her temple hair hangs down at will, as if she was born with a deficiency, which is overwhelming.

Qi Luben was born gentle. When he was in school, he was often "ridiculed" by the boys in his class. He was even more attractive than the school belle. Now he suddenly became weak, and he only added the word "more" than before.

Just when Qi Lu was "in a daze" at his own reflection, Ji Xiaojun lifted his whip and pointed at Qi Lu with the tip of the whip, wishing he could sneer with his nostrils upturned: "Others are crying for my gentleman's life, you Why is a Heng so arrogant and rude?"

Heng people.

Qi Lv seemed to have grasped an important point.

Because Qi Lu likes to cook and also likes to study food, he naturally has some research on the history of food. The word Hengren is very old, dating back to the Zhou Dynasty.

Although the Spring and Autumn Period was in the pre-Qin period, food and clothing were very backward in this ancient society. There was no sugar, vinegar, pepper, corn, potatoes, or tomatoes, and so on.

However, this does not prevent the high-ranking people in the Spring and Autumn Period from enjoying the aristocratic life. There are more than [-] people in total, such as He, Wai, Hengren, Dianshi, Beastman, Fisherman, Turtleman, Laman, Jiuzheng, Wineman, Oarman, Lingren, etc. The luxury is unimaginable.

It is recorded in "Zhou Li" that the Heng people are responsible for "giving water and fire." In other words, the Heng people are responsible for lighting the fire and pouring water.

Qi Lu traveled to ancient times and became a small official in charge of burning fires and pouring water...

The slaves next to them were so frightened that they fell on the ground, trembling, for fear that Qi Lu, a little Heng, would anger the little gentleman Ji, and beat them to death if he didn't pay attention.

The little gentleman Ji sneered: "A rich man, what a big score! A few days ago, I kept my heart in my heart, and a vision appeared in the sky, which is very ominous. I am unhappy in my heart. You savages who are not as good as pigs and dogs, you still do these things. Pig food comes to prevaricate this gentleman, it hits the brow!"

"Forgive me! Forgive me—" cried the slaves in the dining room.

"Forgive your life? Okay." The little gentleman Ji said indifferently: "It's okay to spare your life. Don't say that my members of the Ji family are mean to make things difficult for you savages. I will give you a chance to save your life."

At first glance, the little gentleman is a rich second generation, playing games in the world, and doesn't regard the lives of these slaves as human lives, so it doesn't matter if he plays around.

Indeed, the life of a slave, not to mention the "noble sacrificial creature" like a cow, is even worse than that of a pig. After all, a slave will never be able to eat a bite of pork in his life.

Sacrifice to the little gentleman was simply to pass the time, and when he got excited, he said: "Today, my family has harvested some rare rice. If you can make the rice into tricks, I will forgive you."

Although there is such a thing as rice now, rice is a rare item, and people without status can't eat it. It is quite expensive, but as a gentleman's domestic slaves, although these servants and slaves have never eaten rice, they still have experience. Those who have eaten rice also know how to cook it.

The slaves were lucky enough to scramble to say, "Thank you, gentleman! Thank you, gentleman!", but they were stopped by the little gentleman, who said with a ferocious smile on his face, "Don't be too happy, I'm tired of this rice, you guys It needs to be done in a different way. I can’t let the gentleman see the shape of the rice, but it should have the fragrance and sweetness of the rice. In addition, the way of this meal, don’t boil it, don’t boil it, don’t use it, don’t use it, don’t use it Do not boil, do not smash, do not liver!"

The "Chun boil" and so on mentioned by the little gentleman are recorded in the "Book of Rites". The famous "eight treasures" are also delicacies that the upper class can afford. The name of the dish is not necessarily complete.

"This this……"

"Don't want the shape of rice, and don't want to boil it, how...how can it be done?"

Little gentleman Ji didn't intend to spare these slaves, but just for entertainment, to have some fun for himself. Seeing the slaves staring dumbfounded and beating their chests and feet, he couldn't help but feel that it was very interesting and useful.

The little gentleman gave a sly smile: "If you can do it, I won't kill you, but you will be rewarded! My family has clear rewards and punishments, but... if you can't do it, then don't blame me for being cruel..." The hand is hot !

Before he could finish speaking, he was "single-handedly" cut off unexpectedly.

Seeing the little official from Heng who had not spoken all this time, he slowly stood up from the ground. His face was still covered with bloodshot eyes from the whip whip. Wearing a confident smile with ease.

When it comes to cooking food, he is no longer that humble official, nor is he the lazy person who is afraid of trouble, he is Qi Lu.

Qi Lu's frail face and his ease of self-confidence seem to be as wonderful as the unity of opposites. The corner of one side of his lips raised a slight arc, and he said eight words lightly: "It's not difficult, but it's okay to do it."