Crown Sword

On the day they left Jianmen Pass, the five of them settled down in Jiange County, where mountains are surrounded by mountains and valleys are peaceful. Rangers and peddlers come here on their way, and they often come to eat a bowl of brine tofu to get angry.

When the weather is fine, in the old dilapidated teahouse, there will be storytellers and diners sharing stories about the story of Jiang Wei, a general of the Shu Han, trapped in Jianmen, his family serving beans to feed horses, generals and soldiers hiding their strengths and biding their time, and surprise soldiers defeating the enemy.When the sky was cloudy, there were pretty girls who sold wine, asked the scholar to recite a passage of Sima Xiangru's "Book from Two Places", and asked the singer to play the strings and sing a poem "Resentful Lang Poem" by Zhuo Wenjun.

Jiange, as the fortress guarding the throat of Bashu and leading to Guanzhong, is not the most famous sword, nor the ancient history, but the fragrant, tender and sweet tofu.

A few outsiders came to the bowl of bean curd first, and they wanted to lick the bowl after eating it dry. Only Gong Yangyue ordered a plate of bok choy, which was neither boiled nor stewed. After it was marinated with salt, it was mixed with sugar, vinegar, and soy sauce.

Look at him picking it up with chopsticks, chewing it crispy and delicious. Chao Chen, who was born in the north when he was young and grew up in the south of the Yangtze River, had never seen it before, so he asked what it was.

It was Shuang Li who answered the conversation: "Hu Cai, Lao Yue's favorite!"

Gong Yangyue raised his eyelids to look at him, stopped his chopsticks: "Do you want to try it?"

don't, don't—

Shuang Li waved her palms in front of her chest, trying to dissuade with her lips, while Cui Tanfeng looked nervous and looked weird, pushing Qiao Min to move aside, determined to stay away from Gong Yangyue.

"Which one?" Qiao Min recognized the words.

It was too difficult for a Goguryeo native to figure out how to write. Cui Tanfeng said in a low voice, "It is recorded in "Bie Lu", also known as Houttuynia cordata."

Chao Chen looked at the green leaves and the white tender roots on the plate, and didn't think there was anything wrong with it, not to mention that there were many people eating here, and there was a person who asked the shopkeeper to cook soup and water, so he hesitated a little. Proceed forward into the plate, pick it up and taste it.

Gong Yangyue hates eating pork liver the most, so what is his favorite taste of bok choy?

Under everyone's expectant and worried eyes, Chao Chen put the tender white rhizome and leaves into his mouth, Shuang Li gasped, even Cui Tanfeng, who dealt with medicinal materials all day long, couldn't bear to look at it, only Qiao Min Silly thought: Since it is called Houttuynia cordata, does it smell like fish?

Chao Chen chewed it twice, his face turned pale immediately.

Seeing that his eyes were wrong, Gong Yangyue rolled over and jumped behind him, raised his hand to lock his throat, pressed his shoulder bones, and covered his mouth: "Don't spit, don't spit."

The fishy smell spread in his mouth, Chao Chen was in a daze, and he was too embarrassed to spit it out, so he could only bite the bullet and swallow it, staring sideways at Gong Yangyue, wondering what kind of strange taste he had.

If Gong Yangyue felt something, she turned her head, and the two looked at each other.

At that moment, one lip could feel the residual warmth of the palm, and the other palm could touch the softness, both of them were suffocated, and then quickly separated.

Chao Chen sat up straight, picked up the bamboo chopsticks and poked awkwardly into his bowl, but he poked it several times, all of them landed on the food table, he managed to hit the food table, but lost his mind and caught the bok choy.

Shuang Li looked at him suspiciously, then went to look at Gong Yangyue.

Gong Yangyue seemed to be doing better, but she just pulled the plate back silently, bowed her head, and ate the cold bok choy all by herself.

"This isn't right. This is how most people react when they eat bok choi?" Shuang Li pinched Cui Tanfeng's wrist. It was unbelievable. The first time she ate it, she almost threw the table over.

Cui Tanfeng was pouring wine, she turned her head to the side with one hand, and said to Qiao Min in a half-drunk way: "Kids, please don't ask nonsense." He was already an adult, so he said to Qiao Min with a serious face: "Kids, don't look around."

Chao Chen was not full, so he called Xiao Er again and asked what other specialties the store had.

The waiter glanced back at the hanging menu, and boasted: "Guest officer, you came here by chance. The small shop'Babao Daozhen' is a must. The meatballs are soft and fragrant, but today There are a lot of diners, it is already out of stock, and there is probably a small bowl left, if you want it, we will go to the back kitchen to bring it to you."

When they heard this, they all salivated a little, but they were too full to eat bean curd just now, and they no longer had stomachs for delicacies, so they could only encourage him to order a bowl for him to have a look.

The waiter's hands and feet were numb, and as soon as he nodded, he immediately ran over to bring it, and the tray was still steaming with hot mist.

"Wow, it smells so good!"

Shuang Li gave a compliment, and Chao Chen saw that her eyes were shining and gave her one, and she hurriedly picked it up happily.Cui and Qiao watched from the sidelines, although they were a bit greedy, but as big men, they didn't have the nerve to beg for it like a little girl, they just smiled and chatted, and opened the bamboo curtain to point out the mountain.

In fact, there is still Gongyangyue who is not full, but he opened his mouth one step later, did not grab the only one, and was embarrassed to say that he wanted it too, but he is also greedy, so he had an idea, patted the table and said in disgust : "It's good to say that Haikou is good, and people can't be drowned. I think I used to eat Babao Dazhen in Jiankang Zhuque Tower, but they are worthy of the name. The beef and mutton tenderloin has been repeatedly beaten for three days and three nights. It is fragrant on the outside and tender on the inside. ..."

In short, it is a boast, that is, there is nothing in the sky and nothing on the earth.

The old shopkeeper who listened with his ears behind the counter was not happy, and even angry, he rushed over and said with his hands on his hips: "You boy, you have eaten and haven't eaten, how dare you speak nonsense! Zhuquelou? Then Zhuquelou is nothing, my family is the only one!" It is number one in the world, if you don’t believe it, you can try it!”

Chao Chen was at a loss.

"Give it to him, give it to him!" The old shopkeeper clamored, although he was a little embarrassed, he didn't care and pushed the bowl over.

Gong Yangyue got up to pick it up, knocked off the bamboo chopsticks resting on the chopsticks pillow, and looked at the nearby tables, the chopsticks barrels were all empty, and he didn't bother to go further away to get them, so he didn't even use Chao Chen's chopsticks. And snatched one, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed slowly, the play was not enough, nodding his head for a while, shaking his head for a while.

"how?"

Gong Yangyue frowned, as if she hadn't tasted anything good yet, she picked another one.

"Does it taste good?"

He took another one.

"Is it number one in the world?"

"That's right, Lao Yue, tell me quickly! I've never eaten Zhuquelou's, so I can't make a comparison!"

Just mouthful after mouthful, the bottom of the bowl was smashed, just when everyone thought he was about to open his mouth to criticize, his eyes lit up, and he changed his face directly, slammed the bowl and chopsticks on the table, and said solemnly: "Old shopkeeper, I Take back my words, your Daozhen is worthy of the title of number one in the world!"

Shuang Li recalled it and suppressed a smile.

Chao Chen stretched out his hand to carry the bowls and chopsticks, only to realize later: "Gongyangyue, you really don't want me to eat, I believe your nonsense!"

"What nonsense?" During the dinner, only the old shopkeeper was puzzled and left muttering, "Let me just say, my shop has been open for decades, and I have always been innocent."

Sending people away, Gong Yangyue sat down, pointed to the bowl with his eyes, without shame: "Didn't I leave one for you?"

Chao Chen didn't argue with him, but couldn't figure out why there was such a brazen person.

He picked up the bowl and sat back on the mat in a dignified manner, picked up the chopsticks, and picked up the last pounding pearl. Just as he was about to pick it up, he caught glimpses of Gong Yangyue's peeping eyes from the corner of his eye, and felt amused inexplicably: "Please, please." Don't look at me with those bare|naked|naked eyes, okay?"

Ram Moon turned her head away.

But as soon as Chao Chen picked up the chopsticks, that fiery gaze swept over him again. He had no choice but to give him the chopsticks again: "Here, don't you want to eat?"

"No way." Ram Yue didn't pick it up.

Chao Chen's temples were aching, and after some mental struggle, he picked up the ball and passed it to his mouth: "If you don't eat it, I will eat it."

Gong Yangyue put on a look of reluctance, but when he went to eat, Chao Chen quickly put the chopsticks back into his mouth, then put down the chopsticks, straightened his clothes, and chewed aggressively.

Unexpectedly, the honest man who had been bullied by him turned against him, Gong Yangyue was furious and picked up his chopsticks, Shuang Li and the others rushed to fight, and secretly gave Chao Chen a thumbs up in the confusion.

Chao Chen gave her back one like a sign, and then sat down and drank tea. Thinking about teaching Gong Yangyue to be crushed by him once, it is really rare in a thousand years. The more I think about it, the happier I am, but what really makes him happy is that, Gongyangyue has resumed her former ostentation, and the Jiangu incident is finally settled.

He squinted at Gongyangyue, and smiled rarely: "It's really delicious."

Gongyangyue snorted and called Xiao Er: "Give him a plate of Er Mian Huang."

Xiao Er responded and went to fetch it.

The so-called two-faced yellow is fried tofu that is crispy on both sides.When the food was on the table, Chao Chen started looking for chopsticks in front of and behind the bowl again, then glanced at Gong Yangyue's hand, and coughed lightly: "You don't want to eat, can you give me back the chopsticks?"

Gong Yangyue cheated with chopsticks in her mouth: "If you don't return it, you have legs and don't know how to get it yourself?"

In the 21st year of Taiyuan, early spring.

The four of them came out from the sword gate and took the way of the golden bull.

When climbing the stairs, Gongyangyue took out the pearl hairpin bought at the Dunhuang Night Market last year, and casually inserted it on the head of Shuangli: "Congratulations to you and the hairpin in advance." Shuangli touched the hairpin, full of surprises, cheered loudly, and chased after him. Qiao Min ran all over the mountains and fields, Cui Tanfeng walked alone in the middle carrying the medicine box, raised his eyes leisurely, and saw the two of them messing around, while the rest of Gong Yangyue and Chao Chen fell behind.

Gongyangyue stopped in front of the Guanlou and looked back at the stretching green hills.Back then, when there was a big disturbance in the sword ceremony, he left Sword Valley with Li Zhouyang, but Li Zhouyang lived in seclusion in the bamboo sea, and had seldom been involved in the martial arts.

After the two parted ways in Jiange, he went back to Mianzhu to visit Xia Houzhen's tomb, stood in front of the green mound and swore that one day he would avenge the grievances of the Gongyang family.Afterwards, he headed west to Mount Que'er, intending to take some money to thank him for saving his life, but unexpectedly, the girl of Shuangli didn't "see money" and insisted on pestering him that she would go to the rivers and lakes to see that girl alone, Ram Moon took her along with her.

At that time, one big and one small, one person with two swords, also started a long wandering before going through the long and powerful pass. Looking at this scene now, the mood is completely different.

Chao Chen walked over with the birdcage in hand, followed his gaze, flew over the sea of ​​clouds, high sky, and cliffs, and finally said softly: "The mountains are high and the water is long, and the future can be expected."

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