Daguanyuan Food Research Bureau

After eating something, get ready to fight monsters.

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She left the capital and ran so far away to Gusu, and finally came out to eat Hokkien cuisine. Jia Ying instantly felt absurd that she flew halfway around the world to the United States and was taken to Chinatown to eat Thai food.

But whatever, it's delicious.

Jia Ying raised her eyes and saw that all kinds of ingredients were crowded together, and it was very lively, and because Jia's mother taught her to distinguish them, she could tell at a glance that the shark's fin was the top-grade fin and the abalone was big. Purple abalone, sea cucumber is black sea cucumber, and ham is cloud leg with a middle waist on top.

They are all high-quality products, but it is understandable just by looking at them, what is the matter with this extremely strong fragrance.

However, Jia Ying was not as happy as before when she smelled it.If you don’t eat much normally, you might expect a lot after seeing this. Jia Ying has been raising her tongue with Jia’s mother all these years, and tasted everything. In other words, it’s also piled up by these Appetite, looked nothing surprising, even somewhat disappointed.

These ingredients are expensive, but they are all crowded together, and there is always a feeling of winning with materials, like a nouveau riche, deliberately wearing all the precious things on his body to show off.Buddha jumping wall does not require much attention to knife skills, let alone seasoning.And in this pot, most of them can stir up the umami taste of a dish just by taking them out. If they are really put together, if they are mixed up, it will make people feel a bit too thick and colorful, like a hodgepodge piled up in a pot.

Out of trust in the taste of the person opposite, Jia Ying picked up a spoon, skimmed off the thin oil slick, and poured a few spoonfuls of soup.

The soup is light brown, with a tangy aroma, but the taste is mellow and delicate, not greasy at all.The ingredients are mixed, but it is extremely strange to synthesize a particularly novel and delicious taste.

Jia Ying couldn't hide her surprise.

With so many umami products, it is possible to simmer such a simple and amazing soup.It's like an oil painting with heavy makeup, suddenly turned into an understated landscape painting.This gap is too big.

After such a while, the warm feeling that melted into the stomach has dissipated in the limbs, Jia Ying sighed, and felt that the whole body was relaxed.

Sure enough, in winter, it is still comfortable to drink soup.

Mu Shi never said anything about food, he just took a sip and said with a smile: "I finally know why you went to Shaoxing so hard."

The person who was untying the apron paused, and felt sincerely: "What kind of structure are you born with? I have studied it for so long, and you just tasted it. It is still the secret method of separating so many ingredients."

Mu Shi picked up the silver roll in a small dish, and said, "Not only can I taste the inside, but I also know which street you bought the wine from."

The old gentleman was surprised: "I didn't know you had this ability, it's amazing."

Mu Shi smiled and said, "Because I saw the name of the store engraved on this wine jar. I happened to taste this wine when I went to Shaoxing earlier."

The old man was stunned for a while, then he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: "It turned out that it was planted here. I thought you had some kind of tongue. It turns out that your eyes are sharp."

Jia Ying listened and watched for a while, then recalled the conversation between the two of them, and finally understood.

The jar where the soup was simmering turned out to be a wine jar, she took another sip, and only then could she taste the warm and mellow aroma from it.

She rummaged through it for a while, saw a lot of materials in the altar, and thought for a while before she understood the delicate thought of matching.

The old gentleman happily sat on the side pouring himself a drink, humming a tune that Jia Ying couldn't understand, obviously very satisfied with the finished product this time.

Jia Ying felt emotional, this chef is really interesting, this meal is neither an invitation to others, nor a private dish prepared by spending money, it is obviously setting a question with Mu Shi.

Just with this jar of Buddha jumping over the wall and side dishes, Jia Ying actually added half a bowl of rice.

After she finished eating, she raised her head, only to find that the other party was staring at her with her head propped up again, with a smile on her face.

Jia Ying was puzzled, but still felt guilty for a while, and subconsciously stared back at him.

The two of them finished their meal, and the old man was no longer in the house. Mu Shi didn't see him at all, picked up the tableware used by the two of them, and cleared the jars and dishes. Lu Ren had already boiled the water, and poured it into the in a large basin.

Mu Shi gently put all the dishes into the basin, and sat down without a trace of image.

Jia Ying was stunned for a while, and seeing that the other party had rolled up his sleeves, he also sat on the small stool. Because he was wearing arrow sleeves, which were not as wide as his sleeves, he only pushed them up a little, revealing half of the sleeves that were bigger than the bowl of porcelain in the basin. With snow-white arms, he also bent down to wash the dishes.

Mu Shi paused, looked at her and laughed silently again, but he didn't stop her. The two of them washed the dishes and asked Lu Ren to put them on the drying rack.

After washing their hands again, the three of them walked out of the house, Mu Shi did not forget to close the door for others.Lu Ren silently stood behind as the backdrop, not far or near behind by five strides.

Mu Shi asked, "Where do you want to go?"

Jia Ying thought for a while: "It's hard to come out, let's go around again." By the way, eat.

Mu Shi led her to go deeper into the alley, and after a while, there was an open field. Mu Shi greeted the old gentleman who was shoveling snow not far away.

"Let's go." He said casually.

The old gentleman over there just clasped his fist at him.

Jia Ying suddenly remembered that people in the capital said that this person likes to deal with people of all kinds.

Thinking of Jia Zhu's expression when he brought his good friend's girl out, Mu Shi wanted to abduct Jia Ying to Jinling for a moment.

This friend has been in the officialdom for the past few years, and it is becoming more and more difficult to deal with.

However, no matter how unwilling they were, when it was time for dinner, the two of them obediently went back to the mansion.

Jia Zhu seemed to have figured it out, and stood at the back door, blocking the two of them.

Feeling guilty for a while, Jia Ying left the other party very unscrupulously, ran to Jia Zhu's side in small steps, and stood obediently.

As soon as she raised her eyes, she saw that Mu Shi's face was unchanged, and she said very naturally: "Long time no see, Shan Duan, please come and pick me up." It seemed that she had just arrived here.

He glanced at Jia Ying again, and then a little surprise appeared on his face: "When did you have a younger brother?"

Jia Ying: "..." He forcibly lost his memory like a god.

Jia Zhu's heart is broken.

Why did he meet two people who were so restless?

"Finally, why did you come to Gusu at this time?" At this moment, the two sat opposite each other as the guest of honor, and Jia Zhu spoke first.

Mu Shi didn't expect Jia Zhu to expose everything, so let's talk about the main topic first.I knew in my heart that there was still something to say, but I just talked about the business, and put all my thoughts aside, so I looked down, sat up straight, and took out the folded paper from the boot tuck.

"You take out the residence newspapers of the past few months."

Jia Zhu sent his attendants to take a stack of official documents from the mansion.

Mu Shi asked Jia Zhu to open a few of them by marking them on the paper, and let him read them one by one.

Jia Zhu watched, her face paled a little.

"My family has no relationship with Prince Zhongshun's mansion. Why did he set up such a big stall and design it against us?"

Seeing that he had figured out the situation, Mu Shi held the three forts in his hand and was silent for a while, but then started another topic.

"When can you transfer back to Beijing?"

Jia Zhu thought: "My grades are very good, and I can do well in Jinling, but I don't have enough qualifications. If I do something in Jinling, it also falls on the superiors. So my father discussed it with my uncle, and took advantage of the situation to transfer to Gusu. With my uncle's accumulation of experience in taking care of things in Gusu over the years, and with achievements, the starting point for returning to Beijing will be higher."

Hearing that he confessed to him without any hesitation, Mu Shi was moved and sighed again: "Nowadays the border is tense, and in the imperial court, the main war faction and the main peace faction are arguing fiercely. Isn't Wang Junmen going to be transferred back this year?" Beijing?"

Jia Zhu was stunned for a while. A few years ago, Wang Ziteng was transferred out to investigate the border defense. Now that he was transferred back, could it be that the main peace has won?

Mu Shi said again: "You are a civil servant and have never taken over military affairs. You may not know that the war will not start in a short while, but it will not stop for a few years. Now that there are so many princes in Beijing, the reason why they don't come back The fiefdom has the Supreme Emperor in charge. But how long can it last? There are still many worries inside. If there is a war, the situation will become even more unpredictable, so this stalemate will only last longer."

Jia Zhu thought for a moment, and then said: "You mean, the situation in Beijing is extremely chaotic? In fact, the main battle and the main peace have nothing to do with the war?"

Mu Shi nodded: "Now the Supreme Emperor encloses all the princes in Beijing with filial piety, so it is delicately balanced. In the past few years, His Majesty has gradually consolidated the foundation and concentrated power. Therefore, some of these princes had a good relationship with His Majesty Long Qian, and some In order to save their lives and stay in Beijing due to illness, those who obediently handed over their fiefdoms, and even those who have long been unable to turn back."

"This time, the two factions are a mixed bag, and some advocate fighting. In fact, they want to take advantage of the chaos to do something, and even more advocate peace. They don't intend to let His Majesty take this opportunity to seize the military power, and they may even take the next step. plan."

Jia Zhu was taken aback, her mind was in a mess: "Then what does His Majesty mean?"

Mu Shi stared at Jia Zhu and said seriously: "Shan Duan, there are many possibilities for war, and His Majesty cannot decide so easily. It is not a matter of war and peace."

"The problem now is that, including your family, they have completely stood on the opposite side of Prince Zhongshun's line."