spring and autumn officials

, Ji Lin called him three times, Qi Lu came back to his senses, saw that the emperor's face was a little strange, and said, "Teacher, what are you looking at?"

Qi Lu quickly said: "Go back to the Son of Heaven, Lu was rude, maybe... I didn't rest well last night, so I was a little lost in thought."

Ji Lin nodded, although his heart was sore, he didn't break it, and said, "Let's go, Mr. Zheng has already held a banquet."

They were going to have lunch in the camp at noon. Zheng Bowei set up a banquet, and Qi Lv took a bite, but there was nothing too delicious. In order to show the temperament of the military camp, Zheng Bo used all the meals of the military camp. Although respectful , but tasteless.

Qi Lu ate a few mouthfuls, his mind was full of hooking up with Zhu Dan, so he withdrew from the tent, looked left and right, wondering if he could meet that bearded soldier Zhu Dan by chance.

"Big Brother!"

As Qi Lufang thought about it, he heard someone yell, and looked up following the sound, and saw two people walking not far away, the person behind shouted at the person in front, and the person in front recognized The speed is very high, a beard covers his face, only a pair of eyes can see clearly, isn't it Zhu Dan who Qi Lu wants to meet by chance?

The soldiers behind caught up with Zhu Dan, and the two walked forward talking and laughing, and soon entered the barracks' house, which should be the house where the soldiers rested.

Qi Lu didn't go up to talk to them hastily, but followed them and took a look inside the room. It turned out that there were many soldiers in the room, and everyone should be eating.The soldiers were not as particular about meals as the princes were. They didn't need to play music when they ate, and they were very informal, and they ate very ordinary food, mostly dry pancakes.

Qi Lu stood outside and peeked, and saw Zhu Dan took a big gulp of water, almost spitting it all out, the soldier next to him laughed and said, "Brother Zhu is still not used to the water in our place?"

Zhu Dan swallowed the water, wiped his beard casually, and said, "I made everyone laugh."

"Hey, Brother Zhu is from Old Zhengcheng, and he's different from us. We don't pay attention to these things. The water we drink on weekdays has this strange smell, so we're used to it."

It turned out that Zhu Dan was not from this barracks, but a Chinese doctor who was on duty in Old Zhengcheng. He came to this barracks temporarily because Mr. Zheng Boxu wanted to show off, so he gathered all the best generals together to show himself to Zhou Tianzi majesty.

Zhu Dan was brought here temporarily to fill up the number. He has been in the military camp to help with training for a few days, and he is used to eating. He is informal and eats everything the same, but drinking water is a problem.

This place is very remote, and all the water is picked up. Although it is boiled, the taste of the water is still weird. It is not as good as drinking water in Old Zheng City. After all, Old Zheng City is the capital of Zheng State, so the water quality is natural. Much better than here.

Qi Lu was peeking outside, originally looking for an opportunity to get close to Zhu Dan, but now that he saw it, he couldn't help but pay attention, Zhu Dan is not used to drinking the water here, so it's not easy?

Qi Lu left the soldiers' house and went to the dining room of the barracks. The dining room in the barracks was not as lively as in Zheng's palace. Now that he finished his lunch, he was fine. The cooks had already dispersed to rest.

No one stopped Qi Lu from entering the dining room. He went in and walked around, thinking that Zhu Dan was not used to drinking water with a strange smell, so the best way was to "make tea". It is precisely because the taste of water is bad that tea leaves are used to cover up the taste of water.

The tea in this era does not pay much attention to soaking in water, but to eating as a vegetable. Naturally, the taste is not good, so it is not popular. Before that, Ji Lin lent money to Qi Lu to buy a large basket of tea. When I was a teacher, I drank tea every day.

Now that he arrived at the military camp of Zheng State, Qi Lu went around and found no such thing as tea leaves. After all, this is a military camp, and the leaves of vegetables can hardly be seen, let alone tea leaves, but Qi Lu was not disappointed, because he I saw another good thing, it can also make tea, and the taste is not bad.

That is - tartary buckwheat.

Buckwheat is an old native crop. It has a history of planting buckwheat in the Xia Dynasty, but Qi Lu had never seen buckwheat when he was in Luoshi, because buckwheat only grew on "barren" land in this era, and he paid tribute to Luo Master's, are the best ingredients, how can there be such a bad buckwheat?

Qi Lu didn't expect to see this kind of treasure in the military camp. He picked up the buckwheat and looked at it. It was still tartary buckwheat, which was just right for making tartary buckwheat tea.

Qi Lu immediately rolled up his sleeves and began to make tea. If buckwheat tea was made outside, the process would be complicated, dehydration and water spraying are required, but to make tartary buckwheat tea at home, one only needs to remove the hulled buckwheat tea. Put the tartary buckwheat into the pot, first stir-fry the tartary buckwheat to get rid of the water in the tartary buckwheat tea, and then fry the tartary buckwheat until fragrant, then it is the tartary buckwheat tea.The only thing you need to pay attention to is the heat of frying tartary buckwheat. Don’t fry it. If you are afraid of frying it, it’s not a problem to stir fry it directly with low heat, but the time will be a little longer.

Speaking of tartary buckwheat tea, tartary buckwheat tea was not very popular when Qi Lu was a child. After all, tartary buckwheat tea was too cheap, but later health preservation became popular, and tartary buckwheat tea became an Internet celebrity. The taste of tartary buckwheat tea is strong and brings It has a special aroma of roasting, which is different from ordinary green tea and black tea. It is very unique, and you can’t taste the bitter taste when soaking in water. Moreover, tartary buckwheat tea has a strong covering ability because of its richness. It wants to cover the water. The smell is definitely not a problem.

Qi Lu's right hand was dislocated before, and he couldn't use much force. After a while, his arm was a little sore. He raised his hand and hammered the hammer, and suddenly heard "Who is there?"

Qi Lu was taken aback, and when he looked back, what a coincidence, it was Zhu Dan who Qi Lu had been "working hard" to meet by chance!

Zhu Dan came in from the dining room with a big beard. His expression was low and hoarse, and his tiger eyes narrowed dangerously. He seemed to be very vigilant. No wonder Qi Lv was taken aback.

Zhu Dan walked in, met Qi Lu's eyes, his guarded eyes were instantly gone, replaced by shock, and said: "Teacher Qi? The humble general is rude."

He hurriedly bowed to Qi Lu and said: "There should be no one in the dining room at this time, the humble general heard the movement, and thought some bold thief was coming to the dining room to cast/poison...so he was reckless and rude."

Qi Lu suddenly realized, yes, this is a military camp, and there are few people in the dining room on weekdays, and it is not the time for the cooks to be active, and the emperor and Zheng Bo are both in the military camp. The Son of Heaven and Uncle Zheng, who were also naturally alert, rushed over, but they didn't know that Taifu Qi who was "conspiring to do something wrong" was caught.

Qi Lv originally wanted to win over Zhu Dan, but now when he saw Zhu Dan, he cupped his hands and said, "It's Lu who forgot to take care of the account, and wants to borrow the dining room."

Zhu Dan scratched the back of his head and said, "Teacher, but the food for lunch is not to your taste? If it is not to your taste, I will order the cook to exchange it."

Qi Lu shook his head with a smile, and said with a friendly face: "It's not that the food is not to your taste, it's just that Lu just passed by the generals' room, and accidentally heard the generals say that the drinking water in the army is difficult to drink, so I thought of making tartary buckwheat tea. Water can alleviate the bitterness in the water, so I borrowed the dining room and roasted some buckwheat tea."

Zhu Dan was taken aback, his tiger eyes widened suddenly, and he said in surprise, "Is the Taifu...is he frying tartary buckwheat tea for the humble generals?"

Qi Lv said with a smile in his heart, he was really moved, but he looked like an outsider, smiled and said: "Exactly, if you dare to ask General Zhu, what's wrong?"

Of course Zhu Dan felt that something was wrong, Qi Lu was from Master Luo, the teacher of the emperor, and he overheard them say that the water in the barracks was undrinkable, so he rushed over to make some tea for everyone, which was naturally very wrong, Very wrong!Zhu Dan has never seen such an approachable emperor and Tai Tuo.

Sure enough, Zhu Dan was very moved, although Qi Lu couldn't see his face, but just by those eyes, Qi Lu knew that Zhu Dan must be moved.

After all, Zhu Dan was born as a soldier. It can be seen that he is a careless person with a shallow mind and an honest person. How can he resist Qi Lv's collusion with so many tricks?

Zhu Dan was touched, and hurriedly said: "Teacher, how do you want to fry it? I will help you in the future."

Qi Lu happened to be very tired, such a big pot of bitter buckwheat, I should have known less, the two of them were talking, they almost forgot the bitter buckwheat, and it almost burned, Zhu Dan quickly took it and continued frying, soon The fried tartary buckwheat emits a strong fragrance.

Qi Lu said: "Okay, we can start the pot."

Zhu Dan poured the buckwheat out of the pot, and Qi Lu put the fried buckwheat tea into a jar, leaving only some in the earcup, and then filled it with hot water.Pour hot water into the ear cup, the water splashes, and the buckwheat tea at the bottom of the cup is also flying. If you only look at it with your eyes, the buckwheat tea is nothing special. Buckwheat, the grains are not obvious, and it is not plump, and it does not seem to be good-looking.

But if you smell it with your nose, it will be different. The aroma of tartary buckwheat tea is agitated by hot water and erupts immediately. Unlike the fragrance of green tea, tartary buckwheat tea has a strong aroma and is widely accepted. A food-like aroma that doesn't make people feel too elegant.

Zhu Dan is a vulgar person, if he is asked to taste the best tea, he may not be able to taste it, but this tartary buckwheat tea is different, both refined and popular, the fragrance is just right.

Qi Lu brewed a cup of buckwheat tea, handed it to Zhu Dan, and said with a smile: "General Zhu, come and try it, this buckwheat tea tastes good, can it cover up the strange smell in the water?"

Zhu Dan was skeptical, he had eaten this tartary buckwheat before, and this year’s tartary buckwheat is also eaten by grinding noodles. Like pancakes, they are all steamed and eaten with water and noodles. It is conceivable that the taste of tartary buckwheat pancakes is not Not very tasty.

Therefore, Zhu Dan does not believe that tartary buckwheat will become delicious after frying, and secondly, he does not believe that the taste of tartary buckwheat can overwhelm the strange smell in water.

Zhu Dan held up the earcup suspiciously, took a sip first, then opened his eyes wide, and said in shock, "This... this tartary buckwheat..."

Qi Lu didn't need him to finish, he already knew that Zhu Dan must love this kind of buckwheat tea very much. The taste of tartary buckwheat tea is strong, coupled with the aroma of frying, soaking in hot water will make the aroma more intense and cover the strange smell in the water More than enough.

Although the water is not very good and cannot stimulate the taste of buckwheat tea, it is absolutely no problem to get rid of the strange smell. Zhu Dan only took a sip at first, he was afraid that the combination of the buckwheat and the strange smell in the water would be too difficult to drink. After taking a sip, his attitude changed greatly, and he took another big sip immediately, and his tongue was burned immediately.

Seeing him like this, Qi Lu smiled and said, "General, I wish you a drink slowly."

Zhu Dan said in admiration: "Teacher is really amazing. This tartary buckwheat tastes ordinary, and this drinking water tastes weird. It's really strange that the two are so sweet and mellow!"

Qi Lu thought of something again, and said: "The weather is hot now, this tartary buckwheat tea tastes just as good after brewing it, and it tastes just as good. If the general is afraid of the heat, make a pot of tea before training, and it will be cool after training." Right, just in the entrance."

Zhu Dan was full of praise for the taste of the tea, and his affection for Qi Lu naturally skyrocketed. The two talked for a while, and almost forgot the time.

An eunuch ran in from the outside, he was serving by the emperor's side, seeing Qi Lu immediately said: "Teacher! The minister is easy to find! The team is about to leave for the old Zhengcheng, and the emperor has not been able to find the Taifu. Very worried!"

The team was ready to go back after lunch, and they should be able to return to Old Zheng City before dark. Qi Lu hooked up with Zhu Dan, and forgot the time for a while, and quickly said: "Yes, then Lu will go ahead."

Zhu Dan cupped his hands and said: "I will send you the Tai Tuo."

Ji Lin asked someone to look for Qi Lu, but they couldn't find it after a long search. He thought that Qi Lu had been robbed by someone again. In the end, the emperor was wise and asked the eunuch to look for it in the dining room. Maybe Qi Lu escaped. It's unknown if he went to the dining room, if it wasn't because this was Zheng Guo's military camp, Ji Lin would have gone to find someone by himself.

Sure enough, after a while, the eunuch led Qi Lu back. Ji Lin took a look, good guy, not only Qi Lu, but also that bearded general, he and Qi Lu were walking together , The two were talking and laughing, but they didn't know what to say.

Half an hour ago, they didn't know each other. Unexpectedly, they didn't see Qi Lu for a while, and they didn't catch Qi Lu under his nose for a while. What has just been eaten is immediately dissolved.

The Son of Heaven got on the cart and asked Qi Lu to come and join the ride. Qi Lu said goodbye to Zhu Dan for a while. Although it was only a few words, the Son of Heaven always felt that he had been talking for a long time and was almost impatient, so Qi Lu got on. lorry.

Putting on airs, Ji Lin was afraid that Qi Lu would find out that his taste was too embarrassing, so he said tentatively, "Teacher seems to be very close to that bearded general?"

Qi Lv cupped his hands and said: "The Son of Heaven doesn't know something. The general named Zhu Dan just now is very good at riding and shooting, and he is familiar with the art of war. He is a rare talent. Lv then thought, if he can win over this general Zhu Dan , come to our Master Luo and be used by the emperor, isn't it a beautiful thing?"

When Ji Lin heard it, it turned out that Qi Lu worked so hard to attract talents for himself, and the sour idea just now dissipated in an instant. To be honest, the emperor is really easy to coax. A little dog immediately cheered up.

After returning to Old Zheng City, there was nothing else to do, just waiting for a few days to eat Zheng Guo’s practice banquet, and the group will drive back to Luoshi. Qi Lu has been away from Luoshi for so long, and he still misses himself a bit Taifu Mansion.

Although the Grand Tutor's mansion is poor and there is nothing to ask for, but at least it is my own home, and it is comfortable to live in. Even though the Zheng Palace is luxurious and grand, staying in the palace of Mr. Zheng Boyu every day is always scary. .

Qi Lu had nothing to do on the second day, and planned to stay in the room for a whole day, but suddenly someone came to ask him out, no mistake, someone came to ask Qi Lu, and she was also a beautiful woman.

Naturally it was Ji Zhong's younger sister Zheng Ji, after all Qi Lu knew very few beauties in Zheng Guo.

Logically speaking, Zheng Ji and Qi Lu were originally "ex-girlfriends". The two of them should avoid suspicion, or simply feel embarrassed and never interact with each other, but Zheng Ji and Qi Lu didn't feel anything, and Qi Lu felt that Zheng Ji still regarded herself as a "best friend" and didn't regard herself as a man at all. This was one of the things that really gave Qi Lu a headache.

When Zheng Ji asked Qi Lu, there was naturally no other place to go, but the dining room.

Qi Lv took Yan Yangjian and Shi Hou to the dining room to attend the appointment. He went to the partial dining room first, thinking that Zheng Ji was in the partial dining room. After all, there was no one in this place, and Zheng Ji was a lady, so why was she in the big dining room? Show your face?

But who would have imagined that there was no one in the small dining room, Qi Lu felt a little strange, and went back to the big dining room to see that Zheng Ji was really in the big dining room.

It's not that women in this era can't show their faces. On the contrary, women have a lot of autonomy and are much more open than the red tape of many dynasties in later generations. The reason why Zheng Ji doesn't show her face is because of her temperament, she is relatively reserved and a little shy.

Zheng Ji didn't go to the small dining room, but when she came to the big dining room, Qi Lu was surprised, wondering why Zheng Ji's temper changed today.

Qi Lu walked in and called Zheng Ji, Zheng Ji didn't notice Qi Lu or hear her, she stared blankly in one direction, not knowing what to look at, Mrs. Shan's head was crowded over there, many people crowded together, Qi Lu didn't know which one Zheng Ji was looking at.

Anyway, that look... is a little bit springy.

Qi Lu saw that Zheng Ji might have someone she likes!

In fact, Qi Lu is very happy for her, after all, the emperor is a big pig with a big heart, and he has disliked Zheng Ji for a long time. It is good that Zheng Ji can find someone she likes, but the person Zheng Ji likes seems to be a cook, Qi Lu didn't know what attitude Zheng Ji's elder brother had...

Qi Lu couldn't help but want to laugh, Ji Zhong is not easy, on the one hand, there is a deceitful boss Zheng Boweisheng, on the other hand, there is also an uneasy nephew at home, Ji Zhong is now looking for a man because of his nephew's love , and it is still troubled by the matter of Gongsun Zidu, the deadly enemy of the Qing clan.

Qi Lu felt that he was a bit unkind, but he still couldn't help thinking about it. Ji Zhong's nephew didn't make him worry, but his sister was fine. Love met a cook, and she was also worried. It seems that Ji Zhong recently Something is bothering me.

"Ahhh!" Qi Lu was thinking this, and then he heard Zheng Ji exclaimed suddenly, looked down, and saw that Zheng Ji lost her mind and cut her own hand.

Although the bleeding was not much, it still bled, which frightened Zheng Ji.

One must know that Zheng Ji's ten fingers do not touch the spring water on weekdays, not to mention being injured, she has rarely been ill, and is tightly protected by her family. Now that she has made an incision, it hurts her to death.

Qi Lu said: "Hurry up, rinse with clean water, don't let dirty things enter the wound."

Zheng Ji cut her finger and felt a little aggrieved, but who told her to be out of her mind? The cook next to her noticed the commotion here, and one of them ran over immediately, took out a clean handkerchief, and He brought some wound medicine with him, applied the medicine to Zheng Ji's wound, and then wrapped it up with a handkerchief.

Qi Luding took a look, isn't this Hua Gan?

They have met Hua Gan before, and Hua Gan's cooking skills are very good. Although he looks extremely beautiful, he is extremely low-key and obedient. , please forgive me.”

Zheng Ji looked at her bandaged fingers and suddenly blushed, she was too ashamed to say a word, turned around and ran away.

Qi Lv looked confused, and didn't realize what was going on, "Boom!" Zheng Ji bumped into her, seeing Zheng Ji running away like a little rabbit, and soon disappeared.

Qi Lu: "..." What's going on?

Qi Lv is naturally a bit slow in emotional matters, but although he is slow, he is not stupid. Zheng Ji's performance is too obvious, her face is flushed, she is embarrassed, and she fixed the direction she was looking at just now, carefully Thinking back, isn't it where Hua Gan stands?

It's just that Hua Gan was preparing a meal in the crowd just now. He was slender and buried in the crowd, so Qi Lu didn't see him at a glance.

Qi Lu suddenly realized that it turned out that Zheng Ji was haunted by this beautiful cook, Hua Gan!

Qi Lu looked at Hua Gan again, Zheng Ji saw that Hua Gan looked very shy, but when Hua Gan bandaged Zheng Ji, his expression was very respectful from beginning to end, as if there was no unnecessary expression, let alone unnecessary ambiguity.

Qi Lu couldn't help shaking his head, he can take care of other things, but he doesn't want to take care of this matter, it's better to let nature take its course, so as not to make more troubles.

Obviously Zheng Ji invited Qi Lu, but Zheng Ji ran away shyly, Qi Lu had no choice but to make some snacks, and then left the dining room, ready to go back to rest.

He had just walked out of the dining room not far away, "Bang!", something hit Qi Lu directly, Qi Lu's eyes went dark, as if he had hit a mountain, he almost squatted on a big fart, one was unstable, fell backwards.

"Teacher!" Yan Yangjian and Shi Hou followed behind. Just as they were going to help Qi Lu, the person who bumped into Qi Lu moved very quickly. He grabbed Qi Lu and brought him up without letting Qi Lu. Law fell to the ground.

Qi Lu was dizzy and strong, and blamed the other party for being too tall. Qi Lu looked up, and it was a coincidence that the other party had a big beard, which was Zhu Dan whom he had seen in the barracks before. .

Zhu Dan also recognized Qi Lu, and said in surprise, "Teacher Qi?!"

As he spoke, he hurriedly saluted and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the humble general was in a hurry to deliver the official documents, so he offended the Taifu."

Qi Lu was indeed hit badly, and Zhu Dan was too reckless, but in order to express generosity, after all, Qi Lu was going to hook up with Zhu Dan, so he said, "It's okay."

Zhu Dan was indeed in a hurry, holding the official document in his hand, sweating all over his head, and there was urgent words on the official document, so he said: "Teacher, I am really sorry. I will excuse you first."

After Zhu Dan finished speaking, he hurriedly ran away with the official document, his back looked like a leopard, very fast.

Qi Lu squinted his eyes as he watched Zhu Dan leaving, touched his chin and said, "Xiao Yang, what do you think General Zhu likes to eat?"

Sheep Shoulder: "..."

Ji Lin was a bit busy these two days, and didn't have time to take care of Qi Lu's "flirting with flowers and grass". When he was free, he smelled a scent. The scent was sweet and very pleasant. Ji Lin didn't notice it just now. , now suddenly hungry.

Ji Lin smiled and said, "But the Taifu is here? Quickly pass it in."

Not long after, someone came in, accompanied by the sound of "da da da" footsteps, which made Ji Lin very disappointed, because it was the grand master, but the grand son of the grand master, Bao Shuya.

Bao Shuya was holding a Chengpan that was huge compared to him. The Chengpan was filled with bright red pork jerky, covered with rich honey sauce, and the fragrant smell came from the Chengpan.

The little bag was going in a twisted way, and Ji Lin suspected that he almost threw Chengpan away, so he quickly got up to catch it, picked him up together with the little bag, and let him sit in his arms.

Ji Lin said, "Did your adoptive father do this?"

Xiao Baobao nodded, and stammered, "Back to the Son of Heaven, it's - it's the father-in-law who did it! The father-in-law asked Baobao and Bao Shuya to present it to the Son of Heaven!"

Qi Lu promised to make jerky pork for Ji Lin before, and now he fulfilled it. Although Ji Lin was very happy to eat jerky with honey sauce, Qi Lu didn't deliver it himself, but sent a child laborer to deliver it.

Ji Lin then said, "What's your adoptive father up to, why didn't you bring it yourself?"

Xiao Baobao looked eagerly at the pork jerky in Chengpan, and bit his white and tender fingers. Ji Lin took a look, and immediately pinched a piece of pork jerky and handed it to Xiao Baobao. Xiao Baobao knew everything, and said in a childish voice: "The father-in-law said, he is very busy! No time to give the emperor—send dried meat!"

Ji Lin: "..." The widow has a headache.

Ji Lin said again, "Then what is your adoptive father up to?"

Xiao Bao Bao ate the jerky meat, pouted for a while, and said, "Busy, busy to see Elder Sister Zheng Ji!"

Ji Lin was very satisfied. The little bun called Qi Lu his adoptive father and Zheng Ji his elder sister. It was very good. His seniority was directly diverged, which made the emperor very satisfied.

However, when Ji Lin heard that Qi Lu was busy going to see Zheng Ji, his heart skipped a beat. One of them didn't pay attention, so the two of them got together again?

Xiao Bao Bao smashed and bit the jerky, and said distressedly: "Sister Zheng Ji loves a big brother who is so good at cooking, and keeps sighing, sighing, alas—"

When Ji Lin heard this, he narrowed his eyes, his eyes were full of calculations, Zheng Ji fell in love with a cook?Although it's enough to give Ji Zhong a headache, it's a good thing, as long as Zheng Ji doesn't like Qi Lu.

Ji Lin breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Hey, from now on, you will tell the widow what happens to your adoptive father, and the widow will give you something to eat, okay?"

Little Baozi's eyes lit up immediately, "Yeah" nodded vigorously, and said, "The Son of Heaven is the best!"

The little bun seemed to think of something again, and said in a childish voice: "Yes, yes, Bao Bao and Bao Shuya almost forgot. Recently, Taifu always, always likes to ask the general, what duck does the general like to eat?"

Alarm bells rang in Ji Lin's heart, and he said, "General? What general?"

The little bun thought about rubbing his little hair, and said: "I don't know what a general duck is, because, because I can't see the face! The hot uncle, they all have big beards, covering their faces, and they look... good-looking Fierce duck!"

Congratulations!

When Ji Lin heard it, he didn't need to guess at all, it must be Zhu Dan, because his big beard is very conspicuous, it seems that Qi Lu didn't have time to send honey jerky, because he wanted to cook for Zhu Dan?

The emperor Bingxue is smart, and he really guessed right. The reason why Qi Lu didn't come here is because he was thinking about what to cook for Zhu Dan every day, so that he could pull Zhu Dan into his camp. To put it bluntly, it was also for the emperor. It broke the old father's heart, but it's a pity that Qi Lu is very attentive, and the emperor has a feeling of admiration for Qi Lu, so it's inevitable that his thinking is wrong and he feels bad.

Qi Lu made many inquiries and found that Zhu Dan was very afraid of heat. In fact, like Qi Lu, Qi Lu was also afraid of heat. It was very painful in summer, especially in ancient times when there was no air-conditioning, so he didn't like eating very much in summer.

Zhu Dan has no special taste, but has a quirk and likes to eat cold rice.The cooks next to me were very troubled by Zhu Dan's eccentricity, but when Qi Lu heard it, he felt that there was nothing to worry about. Isn't it not easy to like cold food? There are so many summer foods, Liangpier has done it before, so I won't talk about it , This cold food also has cold noodles!

It just so happened that Qi Lu asked the dining room to prepare some buckwheat before, which can be eaten as cold buckwheat noodles. It is just right to eat this in summer. The cold cold noodles are sweet and sour. Put the noodles into the mouth together, the taste is really amazing, refreshing and appetizing!

Cut a few more slices of beef, boil an egg, put it in the cold noodles, and serve with some pickled side dishes. I'm not afraid to wish Dan that he doesn't like eating in summer.

Thinking so, Qi Lv took Yan Yangjian and Shi Hou to the dining room.

When Qi Lu entered the dining room, he didn't see Hua Gan for the first time. He didn't know if Hua Gan was not here today. He went in on his own, found a cook and said, "The buckwheat that Lu asked for before is ready." ?”

The cook immediately said: "Yes, it's ready, it's ready, please look at it, Taifu, it's here."

Qi Lu walked over to have a look, frowned immediately, and said, "It's not this kind of buckwheat."

The cook was stunned for a moment, and said: "This... dare to ask the Taifu, is this buckwheat wrong?"

There are roughly two types of buckwheat, one is tartary buckwheat and the other is sweet buckwheat.Qi Lu has made tartary buckwheat before, and it is the best for stir-frying tea. It has a mellow taste and is just right for soaking in water. However, tartary buckwheat tastes bitter, so it is better to make tea.

The cooks couldn't tell the difference between these two kinds of buckwheat. After all, buckwheat was not a specialty of Luoshi, but a specialty of the "barren and bitter cold" land, so the cooks of Luoshi couldn't help but be unable to tell the difference.

Qi Lu and Shanfu talked about the difference, but Shanfu was still confused, so Qi Lu said, "Yes, is Huagan here? Lu told Huagan a few days ago, and he said that he could find the buckwheat that Lu needed. Why didn't you see Hua Gan today?"

"This..." The cooks suddenly faltered.

When Qi Lu looked at it, he felt that these cooks seemed to be hiding something. One of the cooks said, "Hua Gan... Hui, Hui Taifu, Hua Gan... he didn't come today, it seems... sick!"

"Shut up!"

The two cooks spoke in different voices, almost slapping each other in the face.

The two cooks looked at each other and winked. Qi Lu saw that the problem was serious, so he put on a straight face on purpose, smiled coldly, and said: "Very good, although Lu is just a little emperor and Taifu, But if you look down on Lu and lie to him..."

"No, no, no!" The two cooks were terrified, knelt down with a "plop", and begged for mercy repeatedly: "I dare not, I dare not!"

Qi Lu only said one word: "Say."

The two cooks didn't dare to be negligent, and finally they said, "Teacher, it's Sergeant Sergeant! It was the sergeant who took... Hua Gan away, and said that if the tutor mentioned it, he would be fine." Just find an excuse, prevaricate, prevaricate the master..."

Qi Lu frowned, Sergeant Shan Fu took Hua Gan away, why did he prevaricate himself?I'm afraid I didn't have a good intention, so I sneered and said: "Why, do you still want to hide it, and why don't you tell it all in one breath? Can I, the Taifu, beg you?"

"Don't dare!" The two cooks didn't dare to hide anything, and said tremblingly: "Because of... because of jealousy of Hua Gan being favored in front of the Taifu, I always, always wanted to To rectify Huagan..."

When Qi Lu heard this, he suddenly realized that it was because Hua Gan was good at cooking food, and he was neat and low-key, and his popularity was also good. These days, Qi Lu also attached great importance to Hua Gan, so he attracted the envy of Sergeant Sergeant.

Sergeant Shan Fu is the boss of the Shan Fu, and he is a sergeant in the Zheng Palace, so he is the leader of the Shan Fu in Zheng Guo, it goes without saying.

A few days ago, Qi Lu became a young concubine from a young official, and the sergeant came to Qi Lu with a big goose, and became friends with Qi Lu, Qi Lu immediately remembered that face, even though it was a long time It's been a few months, but I still remember it clearly.

Before Qi Lu came, Sergeant Shan Fu called Hua Gan away without saying what he was going to do, but everyone knew that he must have gone to teach Hua Gan a lesson, and Sergeant Shan Fu also told the Shan Fu, To prevaricate the Taifu, isn't there no silver 300 taels here?

Qi Lu frowned and said, "Where did you go?"

The cooks looked at each other and said, "This... I don't know."

One of the cooks said in a low voice, "The sergeant usually lectures people, but... they always take them to the corner room of the warehouse. Taifu... Taifu can go there and have a look."

The courtyard of the dining room is not small, and there are many warehouses where ingredients and condiments are piled up. When Qi Lu heard this, he immediately turned around, strode away from the dining room, and said, "Shi Hou, let me go and have a look."

Both Yangjian and Shihou followed Qi Lu, and this moment came in handy. The two immediately followed Qi Lu and quickly went to the warehouse behind the dining room.

There are quite a few warehouses in the dining room, Qi Lu went all the way, Shi Hou walked in front, pushed open the doors of the warehouses one by one, and went to check in a row, suddenly heard the voice of "嘿咕", it seemed very boring, Shi Hou's martial arts Chao Qun, naturally with sharp ears and eyes, said: "Teacher, this side."

Qi Lv and Yan Yangjian hurriedly followed Shi Hou, Shi Hou came to the door of a warehouse, "Boom!!" kicked the door open, his movement was not light, "Boom—" The door panel was almost kicked by him.

A smell of blood rushed out of the house, it was so pungent, Qi Lu frowned, and immediately rushed into the house with big strides, and saw a few cooks around the house, all of them were tall and big Among them, Qi Lu, the chief cook, knew him. Wasn't he the same cook who gave Qi Lu a big goose when Qi Lu was promoted to young bastard?

Those cooks were already startled when they heard the sound of kicking the door, and they were even more surprised when they saw Taifu Qi rushing in.

The cooks held firewood in their hands, obviously picked up directly from the side. There were blood spots on the firewood, and there were also blood stains on the ground. The smell of blood permeated the stuffy warehouse.

Qi Lu looked forward along the bloodstains, and saw Hua Gan lying on the ground, his hair was disheveled, his face was bloody from the beating, and the wood thorns from the firewood were stuck on his skin, which was very terrifying.

What made Qi Lu even more angry was that the servant sergeant actually tore Hua Gan's clothes, and half of his belt was untied, intending to do dirty things. Several people pressed Hua Gan's hands and feet. , as if I heard the laughter of yellow accents inside.

The nasty smiles of those cooks were still stuck on their faces and could not be completely receded. They were already stained with panic, and their expressions were indescribable.

Qi Lu squinted his eyes and walked over, with a look of indifference on his face. Although he was not tall or burly, but when he walked over, the cooks didn't dare to move.

"Wow!" With a sound, Qi Lu immediately took off his outer robe, wrapped it up tightly, glanced coolly at the cooks, and said, "Shi Hou, lock everyone up for me! "

Only then did the cooks realize they were afraid, "Gudong!" They all knelt on the ground, and the sergeant said repeatedly: "Teacher... Taifu, please forgive me, my servant... I just teach this blind slave a lesson, he... …Relying on the Taifu’s favor and full arrogance, he came late this morning to make breakfast, and almost missed the emperor’s meal, really... really hateful."

The sergeant wanted to make excuses, but the cooks next to him hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Tai Fu Mingjian, this cook just took advantage of his color, so he was late for no reason. The little people were just... just teaching him a lesson."

Qi Lv was about to speak when suddenly someone came in from the outside. The person was in a hurry, sweating profusely, rushing in and panting. Everyone turned their heads and saw that Qi Lv recognized him. It was Sima with a big beard Congratulations from Dr. Zhong!