Honghuang on the tip of the tongue

33 Outside Chongtian is the residence of Hongjun, the number one sage in the prehistoric times.

This place used to be the busiest place in the entire prehistoric world, with three thousand visitors coming and going, just to listen to Hongjun's preaching.

However, the times have changed, and the glorious years of the past are no longer. The Zixiao Palace, which was once full of traffic, is now deserted, and even the boy who guards the gate has left. The only thing left is the never-ending wind around the palace.

If Zixiao Palace also has emotions, will it feel lonely?

Yuan Shi stood outside Zixiao Palace, and suddenly such a thought popped into his mind.

"Second brother, what are you thinking, you look unhappy." Before Tong Tian's hand landed on Yuan Shi's shoulder, he dodged it.

Tongtian put down his hand in embarrassment, scratched his head, and said helplessly: "Second brother, do you want to react so strongly? My hands are not dirty."

Yuanshi glanced over, and Tongtian raised his hands in surrender: "Okay, okay, I shut up, shut up the head office, okay?"

Daode Tianzun coughed lightly and reminded the two of them: "The gate of the palace is about to open."

Before he finished speaking, a loud "rumbling" sound resounded through the sky.Under Sanqing's watchful eyes, the ancient door that hadn't been opened for many years automatically opened inward.

The three looked at each other and stepped into the palace.

Not long ago, Yuanshi and Tongtian received news from the Daodetianzun who was guarding outside Zixiao Palace, saying that Hongjun had sent a message and asked to see Sanqing.

After receiving the news, the two didn't dare to delay, and hurried to the 33rd heaven.Hence the present scene.

Since Hongjun became a Taoist, Zixiao Palace has been completely closed to the outside world, and even Sanqing rarely has the opportunity to set foot here again.

Zixiao Palace is still the same as before, but the atmosphere is much cooler, without the slightest popularity.Even Yuan Shi, with such a quiet personality, couldn't help frowning when he was in it.

Stepping into the main hall, Yuanshi saw Hongjun sitting on it at a glance.I don't know if it's because he hasn't seen him for many years, but he always feels that Hongjun looks a little more vicissitudes than before.

But shouldn't the saint be immortal, eternal life?

At present, this situation does not allow Yuan Shi to think about it carefully. After he gave Hongjun the teacher's ceremony, he found that there were three more futons in front of him.

The style of the futon is exactly the same as in memory, and the placement is exactly the same as it was back then.

Yuan Shi's eyes flickered slightly, and he sat down silently.

Hongjun said: "I am looking for the three of you for the sake of chaos."

Sanqing exchanged glances with each other.

Tong Tian was the first to ask: "Could it be that the teacher knows the inside story?"

Hongjun nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Chaos is left over from the chaotic period at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the Great God Pangu opened up the Great Desolation in an attempt to subvert Chaos. However, things did not go well. He had already expended a lot of effort to create the world, and he could not completely eliminate the chaos. "

Yuan Shi's pupils shrank slightly: He didn't know there was such a thing?

As if hearing what was in his heart, Hongjun said: "To avoid causing panic, Father God blocked the truth."

Tong Tian sighed softly: "In an extraordinary period, this is not a solution."

Hongjun continued: "Although Chaos cannot be completely eradicated, Father God still exhausted his last ounce of strength, suppressed the Qi of Chaos in the sea of ​​void, and turned his body into five mountains and four poles, sealing the gate of void. If these nine seals If it is destroyed, then the gate of the void will open, and at that time, the air of chaos will come to the prehistoric world and devour everything."

Tong Tian gasped, and muttered to himself: "No wonder the mad beasts specifically target the five mountains and four poles."

Yuan Shi looked solemn, and suddenly said: "Teacher, there is one thing that the students don't understand."

Hongjun smiled: "You say."

Yuan Shi decided to meet his eyes: "Since the five mountains and four poles are so important, why didn't the teacher tell us about this in advance?"

"Yeah, if we knew about this in advance, we could have prepared earlier, right?" Tong Tian whispered.

If they could have known the seriousness of the matter at the beginning of the beast horde, they must have arranged for manpower to protect the five mountains and four poles, at least they would not let the Western Pole fall so easily.

Yuan Shi stared at Hongjun closely, not wanting to miss the slightest fluctuation in his expression.

However, he was disappointed. With his usual faint smile, Hongjun said with a natural expression, "This was entrusted by Pan Gu on his deathbed. He was worried that if this matter spread, it would be used by people with ulterior motives, which would be detrimental to the seal."

It sounds reasonable.

Hongjun said again: "Right now, wild beasts are raging because they are affected by the energy of chaos, trying to break the seal. If you want to protect the seal from being destroyed, you must solve the disaster of wild beasts."

Tong Tian hurriedly said: "Students are already working on ways to curb the beast horde."

Yuan Shi and Daode also said: "The students will definitely do their best to stop the beast tide."

Hongjun nodded in praise and said: "It's so good. Whether Honghuang can survive this disaster depends on you. As a teacher, I believe in your strength, and I will never let Pan Gu, my teacher, and the people of the world down."

Tong Tian was greatly encouraged, and quickly expressed his feelings: "Teacher, don't worry, the students will live up to their trust!"

"Yuanshi, you seem to have something to say." Hongjun suddenly turned to the silent Yuanshi, with a meaningful tone.

"Second brother?" Tong Tian looked at Yuan Shi in puzzlement.

There was no expression on Yuanshi's face: "Teacher, the students still have a doubt, and I would like to ask the teacher to answer it."

Hongjun was not surprised: "What's the matter?"

"When the student was going to the South Pole for disaster relief, he passed through a small country called Fire Annoyance, and obtained a magical orb from the king. That orb seemed to have a natural inhibitory effect on the power of chaos. With it, the wild beast They don’t even dare to approach this country.” Yuan Shi paused, his eyes flickering, “The most important thing is, if the students are not mistaken, this bead should belong to Zixiao Palace.”

As he spoke, he spread out his palm, and in the palm lay an olive-shaped white bead the size of a baby's fist, with two pointed ends and a slightly bulging belly, exuding a soft luster all over.

"This bead does have the aura of Zixiao Palace, but how did it fall into the hands of the king of the Fire-hating Kingdom?" Tong Tian was surprised.

Yuan Shi looked at Hongjun and said: "The king said that one night about 20 years ago, a huge stone suddenly fell from the sky, causing a fire. After the fire burned out, this orb was left in place."

"Oh?" Hongjun hooked his hand, and the orb flew towards him automatically, and stayed quietly in his palm.

After a while, he laughed: "That's right, this thing did come from Zixiao Palace. The giant stone you mentioned was left from Zixiao Palace. For some reason that day, the gang style was so violent that it knocked Zixiao to the ground. A stone statue at the gate of the Xiao Palace was swept away, so it turned out to have fallen into the mortal world."

Yuan Shi suddenly thought that there is indeed a row of stone statues outside the gate of Zixiao Palace, which are said to represent the things created by Pangu such as heaven, earth, mountains and rivers.

"Speaking of which, I do see that a stone statue has disappeared." Tao Daode Tianzun stroked his beard.During these days, he has been waiting outside Zixiao Palace, and his observation of the surrounding environment is quite profound.

So this is the whole truth?Yuan Shi intuitively felt that things were not that simple, but he couldn't find out what was wrong for a while.

"Yuanshi, since this orb was found by you, it shows that you have a destiny with the orb, and you are still in charge of keeping this orb." Hongjun raised his hand lightly, popped the orb lightly, and flew towards Yuanshi quickly.

Yuan Shi hurriedly reached out to catch it, subconsciously raised his head, and his movements became stiff for a moment.

"Yuan Shi, what else do you want?" Hong Jun noticed his gaze and asked slowly.

Yuan Shi was lightly pushed by Tong Tian before he came back to his senses: "...Nothing."

His gaze never left Hongjun, as if he wanted to see something from his face.

But nothing happened, as if the scene just now was an illusion.

"Since this is the case, you can retreat on your own."

Usually Hongjun said this to see off guests, but Sanqing was about to leave when he suddenly heard him say, "Wait a minute."

Sanqing looked at each other, Daode Tianzun took a step forward and asked, "Teacher, what else do you want?"

"Remember, what you see and what you hear may not necessarily be the truth." Hongjun's eyes slid across the puzzled faces of the three people, revealing a mysterious smile.

In the next second, the eyes of the three went dark, and they found themselves standing outside Zixiao Palace.

Seeing the reopened Zixiao Palace gate, Tongtian scratched the back of his head, and couldn't help but ask, "What do you guys mean by the teacher's last sentence? Is he implying something?"

"Second brother, did you think of anything?" Seeing Yuanshi's expression changed, Tongtian nudged him with his elbow.

Yuan Shi came back to his senses suddenly, and said lightly: "It's nothing."

Tong Tian still wanted to ask, but was winked at by Daode, so he had to swallow silently.

Yuan Shi's eyes were heavy, and he couldn't help but recall the scene he saw in the hall just now.

Is it an illusion, or is it real?

Black air flashed across the left half of the teacher's face.

The outer skin of the mature peach is honey pink, with fine fluff on the surface. Put it in running water and rub it gently, and the skin and hair will peel off, and the pink peach flesh will appear.Take a bite, the taste is soft and juicy, the peach flesh seems to melt in the mouth, leaving a puddle of sweet juice and the fragrance of peaches.

Rong Ze can guarantee that this is the most delicious peach he has ever eaten in his life!

It's a pity that the ripening period of peaches is not long. Once they are ripe, they must be picked as soon as possible, otherwise the taste of peach flesh will be greatly reduced, and a large amount of juice will also be lost.

There are three thousand fairy peach trees in Tianhou, and each tree will be full of fruit every time it is ripe. With the fairy mouth of Tianting alone, even if you open your belly to eat, you can't finish it.

Because of this, Tin Hau will regularly hold fairy peach banquets, inviting all immortals to taste fairy peaches.

However, during this period of time, wild beasts have been raging wildly, and all kinds of grand events in the past have been cancelled, and the Fairy Peach Banquet is no exception.

It was the time when the peaches were ripe, but the fairy peaches in the peach orchard were not patronized, and they were about to rot on the trees.

Rong Ze learned of this by accident, and hurriedly reported to Tianhou, expressing that he wanted to pick fairy peaches.

Facing this lost and regained precious son, Yao Chi wished to give him the best things in the world, of course he would not refuse his son's trivial request, and even sent him a fairy servant to help him pick peaches.

But the peaches were picked in time, so how to preserve them became a problem.

These fairy peaches must be enjoyed as soon as they are fresh, otherwise the taste will deteriorate, and the efficacy will be greatly reduced, which is too wasteful.

But for Rong Ze, a professional chef, this is not a big problem.

Sugar is one of the main means of preserving food.

In ancient times when refrigerators were not yet popular and fresh-keeping technology was underdeveloped, wise working people often preserved perishable foods, especially fruits, by candying.

With the power of sugar, Rong Ze planned to use these peaches to make peach jam.

Put the cleaned peaches into boiling water and boil till soft, after cooling, peel off the core and cut into small pieces, put in some lemon juice and white sugar to marinate for several hours, then boil the marinated peaches for a second time, during Pay attention to constant stirring to avoid sticking to the pot and rolling out the juice.

When the juice in the pot tightens and the peach flesh is sticky and difficult to disperse, turn off the heat.When the jam has cooled slightly, stir in a little honey to enhance the flavor of the peach jam.

The pink peach jam was put into a transparent glass bottle, with a very high appearance, which attracted all the attention of the fairy servants present.But due to Rong Ze's identity, no one dared to take further action.

Rong Ze rolled his eyes and greeted actively: "You all come and try it."

The female fairy named Biluo is the close female official of the Queen of Heaven, and is also responsible for managing other fairy servants.Seeing that the others were standing still, she stepped forward first, and said with a smile: "Then Xiaoxian would rather be respectful than obedient."

She dug a spoonful of jam on the peach jam with a small clean spoon, carefully licked it with the tip of her tongue, and her expression instantly softened.

"Sweet and fragrant peaches."

As the favored female official by Tianhou's side, she has tasted various flavors of fairy peaches in the peach forest. She thinks she knows the taste of peaches very well, but this is the first time she has tasted such peach flesh. Peaches are sweeter, although not as tender as fresh peaches, but they also have a special taste.

Rong Ze smiled and handed over a piece of homemade toast: "You eat it with it, it will be more delicious."

This is the most classic white toast, without coconut shreds, red beans, bean paste and other additives. It only has a strong wheat flavor, soft and moist taste, and slightly tough when chewed.

Just like pizza and cheese, fried chicken and beer, plain toast and jam, it is a perfect match.

Under Rong Ze's guidance, Bi Luo spread a layer of peach jam on the toast, folded the toast in half, and put it in his mouth.

With a slight pull of the teeth, a piece of toast was torn off. The fluffy and delicate toast mixed with the sweet and soft peach jam was an unprecedented combination, dancing on the tip of her tongue.

"It's so delicious!" Bi Luo was a little embarrassed, she rarely lost her composure like this.

But soon she was relieved.Because she found that every fairy servant who tasted the white toast with peach jam showed a surprised expression, which was even more exaggerated than hers.

"Ah!" Bi Luo called softly, drawing Rong Ze's attention.

He hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?"

"It's okay," Bi Luo covered her mouth with a chuckle, "I just found out that the toast tastes better when you press it tightly together." The pressed toast is no longer fluffy and soft, but the taste is firmer and more resilient. Chewing brings indescribable pleasure to the teeth.

Rong Ze smiled and said, "Congratulations on discovering one of the ways to eat."

Bi Luo asked curiously: "One of them? Could it be that there are many ways to eat this toast?"

Rong Ze nodded and said: "Besides, you can also bake the toast or fry it without oil, so that the outer skin of the toast will be more crispy. Or cut it into cubes, wrap it in egg wash, and serve it with butter , fry it in a pan, it is fragrant and crispy. It can also be made into lava toast, or honey thick toast with ice and fire..."

Bi Luo listened with half understanding, although she couldn't understand many words, she still swallowed quietly.

Since the last banquet, the culinary skills of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have been spread for a long time. Even the old-fashioned Barefoot Immortal praised him. Everyone said that the Crown Prince cultivated the avenue of culinary skills, and now no one dares to underestimate him Ze.

Rong Ze smiled and said, "If you want to eat, I'll make it for you later."

"Don't dare trouble His Highness the Crown Prince!" Bi Luo hurriedly said.

She is just a little fairy, it is a great fortune to be able to eat the peach jam made by His Highness herself, so how dare she trouble His Highness any more?

Don't want Rong Ze to put away his smile, and said seriously: "I am the prince, but I am also a chef. As a chef, cooking is my duty, there is no trouble or no trouble."

After a pause, he turned his head, glanced over the surprised or disturbed faces, and said in a louder voice: "If you want to eat anything in the future, you can come to me. As long as I am free, I will try my best to give it to you." Do."

The fairy waiter who heard this was all moved.

In the Heavenly Palace, their identities are ordinary, and few people would think of them and make delicious food for them.

Although they will not starve to death even if they do not eat, this kind of intention is extremely rare.

"Think of it as adding bricks and tiles to my 'cooking skills'." Rong Ze said with a smile.

While speaking, there was a commotion from the other side of Taolin, vaguely mixed with roars of "Grab him" and "Don't let him get away".

Rong Ze froze for a moment, and saw a flash of black shadow in front of him, rushing towards him.

The author has something to say: Although "Journey to the West" sets the queen mother's garden as a flat peach garden, but since all kinds of peaches are delicious, the adult author said that I want them all!This article privately set up [Zhensheng] Tianhou’s peach grove has all kinds of peaches, and the ripening period is not as long as hundreds of years or thousands of years.

PS Delicious peaches can really melt in your mouth like water. I heard that you can even insert a straw to suck peach juice directly.But the premise is that it must be fresh, otherwise, after a long time, it will feel like your mouth is full of fibers and there is no moisture, so it is best to go to the peach producing area to taste it if you have the opportunity~