[Tianyitongren] The Demon Emperor Slashes the Wilderness

After entering the market, it was getting dark, they passed by a restaurant, a waiter was eagerly soliciting business in front of the gate, and shouted: "Our Linjiang Restaurant has exclusive dishes, stir-fried fly heads, eight immortals crossing the sea, well-intentioned and so on. Wait, all guests are welcome to go upstairs to taste—"

Interesting, interesting.

Bai Ying dragged Zhan Huang to the shop and asked for a private room.

Xiao Er was very discerning. Looking at his clothes and appearance, he knew that he was definitely a distinguished guest. He served the best tea diligently, and asked, "You two guests, are you passing through our Jiatong City?"

Bai Ying nodded, "I just heard at the door that your restaurant has special delicacies with strange names, so I came here to taste them."

"Yes, yes—" Xiaoer asked again: "We have light, hot and sour dishes, I wonder what kind of dishes you two like?"

It's been a long time since I've been fasting, I drink tea and wine at most, Zhan Huang and Bai Ying look at each other, it's been hundreds of years, and I still don't know each other's taste...

Slapping the handle of the fan heavily into the palm of his hand, Zhanhuang said in a deep voice, "I'll just serve all of your most famous dishes, and pair it with a jug of the best wine!"

When all the dishes were served, the table was full at a glance, Xiao Er poured them a glass of wine, smiled and asked them to take it easy, then left.

"This is too much, how can the two of us finish it?"

Zhanhuang didn't take it seriously, picked up the chopsticks and began to pick up vegetables for her, and put a small portion of everything closest to him into her bowl. "If they can't finish eating, they always have a way to deal with it, and they will definitely not waste it."

Bai Ying searched around, and finally found the dish that she thought was the most unusual, and lightly pulled Zhan Huang's sleeve, "Hey, I want to eat that, what stir-fried fly's head!"

Following the direction she pointed, the dish was a little far away, so Zhanhuang had no choice but to get up and scoop up a portion with a spoon. After hearing the name of the dish, he couldn't help shaking his hands, sat back on the stool, and carefully looked at the bottom of the spoon. What kind of dish is called such an indecent name!

After a closer look, it turned out that it was stir-fried tempeh with beans, preserved eggs, and diced meat. At first glance, it really looked like a fly.

After eating a few flies with chopsticks, Bai Ying scooped up a few shrimps in "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" with a spoon, looked left and right, and asked, "How should I eat these shrimps?"

She didn't eat bigu before, she only ate fish, lingguo xianzhi, and other unnamed meat in the clan. After becoming independent at the age of [-], she basically stopped eating, so she can name many things in the world. The name, but how to use it and how to eat it, all have no practical experience.When she was young, the Emperor of Heaven took her to eat in a restaurant once. I can't remember the dishes, but there were no shrimps.

Zhanhuang immediately understood what kind of life she was like before, and couldn't help but feel a little pain in his heart. He picked up some other dishes for her, "You eat these first, I will peel the shrimp and crab for you, don't worry."

It's really hard to imagine that the demon emperor, who looks down on all living beings from above, is now in the mortal world, rolling up his sleeves to peel shrimp shells for his daughter-in-law. His slender fingers are extremely nimble, tearing the shrimp heads, removing the shrimp feet, tearing the shrimp shells, and breaking the shrimp tails. , Send the beautifully peeled shrimp meat to the Bai Ying bowl.

Then use a set of exquisite crab-eating tools to pull the crab meat out of the crab shell perfectly. Every move is elegant and pleasing to the eye. It doesn't look like I haven't eaten fireworks in a long time.

"You are so proficient, but you often do it yourself?"

Zhan Huang smiled and said: "I used to eat, and I never had to do it myself. Besides, I seldom eat mortal food after Bigu." After speaking, he looked at the table again, and made sure that there were no more dishes that needed to be done by himself, so he went to the side Wash your hands with aromatherapy in the washbasin.

Bai Ying ignored Zhanhuang's disguised display, and savored the dishes slowly, paired with a sip of wine, with great relish!She carefully tasted all the dishes from beginning to end.

Seeing how contented her kitten was when its neck was scratched, Zhan Huang pursed his lips and smiled, sat back and drank a glass of wine, suddenly the person beside him coughed violently, covered his mouth with tears in his eyes.

"Bai Ying, what's wrong with you?"

Zhanhuang was a little nervous, and looked back at the remaining chili shreds in her bowl, and realized that she was choking on the heat, so he quickly took his own teacup, and when she calmed down, let her drink it to relieve her mouth. Fierce feeling.

"It seems that you won't be able to eat spicy food in the future."

Bai Ying waved her hand and wiped away the tear stains. After choking, she lost all appetite. "I'm fine, so let's check out and go."

Zhanhuang nodded, wiped off the oil stains around her mouth with a silk handkerchief, called the waiter to pay the bill, and took Bai Ying to leave, so he heard the waiter say: "You two, it's rare to come to Jiatong, we This happens to be the Lantern Festival, which has been around for 200 years. It will be lively for three days, and tonight will be the last night. If you are interested, you can go for a walk.”

There is excitement?Bai Ying couldn't help being happy, she thanked Xiao Er, and left with Zhan Huang.

The street market at night is full of traffic, and there are a variety of goods sold. Many people come and go wearing various masks. Children walk around the streets from time to time, laughing and playing.

Zhan Huang and Bai Ying watched as they walked, the more people around them became more and more, Bai Ying focused on those gadgets and didn't care much, Zhan Huang had already noticed that some people followed them for a while, both men and women, but he was used to That's right, don't worry about skin matters.

It's just that Baiying picked up a fun one, and after trying it out, she smiled brightly, and talked to Zhanhuang all by herself, causing countless gasps and whispers behind her, which made the demon emperor angry, but she didn't want to lose her temper and disturb In Bai Ying's interest, she cast a cold glance at the group of sons and wretches, and pulled Bai Ying straight forward, wondering if she had to change her appearance.

As they walked, they managed to get away from the group of people, and saw an old man in front of him selling candied haws, Bai Ying said to Zhan Huang, "I want to eat candied haws."

Zhan Huang also saw the peddler, smiled dotingly, "Let's go."

Before they approached, five or six children appeared around the old man, reaching out for money and pointing to "I want this bunch, that bunch" to buy a lot, and soon the red balls on the handle were gone. There are so many left.

"Hey, there's only one string left, don't let someone buy it first..."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Zhan Huang clenched her hand, pulling her to trot against the wind all the way, the two of them walked through the lanterns and bustling crowds of people, laughing and arriving in front of the old man.

Zhanhuang was just about to buy a bunch, when a girl doll ran out from nowhere, with tears in her eyes and sweat profusely, pulling at the hem of the old man's clothes, "Grandpa, I got the money when I went home, I want a Candied haws..."

Then the girl got the last string and walked away cheerfully.

The handle of the grass was bare, Baiying was a little disappointed, the old man understood when he saw that there were two people who looked like angels standing in front of him and did not leave, staring at the handle of his house.

"You two want to buy candied haws?"

Zhanhuang smiled softly helplessly, rubbed his beloved wife's catkin with his clasped fingers a few times, and replied with some comfort, "Exactly, it's just that it's gone."

Seeing how affectionate they were, the old man smiled, waved his hands, and signaled them to wait a while, then turned sideways and took out a bunch of red flowers from his cloth bag, and handed them out.

"My grandson happened to go to his grandmother's house today, so I left a bunch here for the two of you."

After Bai Ying took it, with a happy face, Zhanhuang paid the money, and the old man thanked him repeatedly and left.

Carefully unwrapping the candy wrapper, and carefully taking a bite, Bai Ying's expression made Zhanhuang laugh, what's the matter with a bunch of candied haws?

Ignoring Zhan Huang snickering aside, Bai Ying murmured softly while chewing: "It still tastes the same as it did many years ago..."

It was really too long ago, the fragment flashed by, and the memory is a little fuzzy.The young man smiled and handed her a bunch of Shen Ya's jade noodles, demonstrating how to eat them in an old-fashioned way.

Zhan Huang looked around, the street seemed to be still busy, so he wanted to go and have a look. "Don't stand here anymore, I'll take you to the front to have a look."

The two strolled slowly, only to find that more and more people were rushing in the other direction. On the way, they chattered and said, "Hurry up, hurry up, the fire dragon sacrifice is about to begin—"

When they got to the outskirts of the crowd, they were already blocked by darkness. Zhan Huang was tall and slender, so he could still see a little bit, but Bai Ying couldn't see at all, only heard bursts of applause.

Standing on tiptoes, he couldn't see it, unexpectedly Zhanhuang bent down and picked her up, made her sit firmly between his arms, and lifted her up.

Baiying blushed with embarrassment, how could this posture of holding a child hold her up in front of the public, he is shameless, she is shameless!

"Put me down quickly, what kind of words are these!"

"Don't worry, everyone is watching the fire dragon, no one is watching us."

Unable to resist the curiosity, Baiying stabilized Zhanhuang's shoulders with her hands, and finally saw a fire dragon several feet long in front of the heads of the crowd, which was stabilized by several burly men with strong wooden sticks, shaking from side to side , spinning and flying, spraying sparks from the beginning to the end, accompanied by the sound of gongs and drums, the performance is very exciting.

After looking at it for a while, Bai Ying jumped down because of this posture, and smiled contentedly, with a charming smile, the fire reflected on her face, and there were stars in her clear eyes, making Zhanhuang feel like she was As if in a dream, those 500 years of waiting have tortured him for so many nights. At this moment, Zhan Huang couldn't help himself, holding her silhouette, kissing her softness, absorbing her breath, there is still rock sugar in it Sweet and greasy, lingering for a long time.

Suddenly round after round of fireworks rose into the sky, and the sound of the explosion woke them up. Looking up, it was colorful, and the cheers of men, women and children came one after another. Zhan Huang embraced Bai Ying and felt the festive atmosphere in the city. Sure enough, this is The only good view in the world.

As the night got darker and the temperature dropped, Zhan Huang took Bai Ying back the same way, taking advantage of the people coming and going and the street was still brightly lit, he rushed back to the pier and returned to the cabin.

Probably because more and more street shops closed for rest, the streets began to darken, and more and more people came and went with lanterns, and there were all kinds of new ideas.

A young woman and her family came to meet her, holding a lotus lantern in her hand, which was very delicate, and a few words were inscribed on the petals. The words were very small, which did not affect the beauty, but made people feel quite meaningful.

Bai Ying's gaze never left the lamp, and she looked back for a long time until she couldn't see it anymore.

Zhanhuang didn't know why, so he asked, "Like it?" He suddenly remembered this lotus lantern that he had seen in Beihuang...

Bai Ying shook her head, "What I like has long since decayed, and I have taken it into my heart."

Finally returned to the cabin, after a tiring day, Baiying took a hot bath, lazily got on the couch, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

A pot of silver bone charcoal was lit in the cabin, the candle was burnt out, and a new candle next to it was lit again with a wave of the green sleeve. Huo regained his composure, and saw Zhanhuang drinking wine alone at the table, holding a unicorn jade pendant in his hand.

Baiying didn't get up, but just yawned, and said in a low voice: "I told you that this is a relic of your father, but it is not true, this jade is a pair, when you and the Emperor of Heaven were born, the two were specially made to make people feel happy." The precious thing that I made, yours has been in my hands since then, and I have never seen him wear the piece of the Emperor of Heaven. I thought about his temperament of thinking about you, and appointed myself to hide it, so I had to make up a lie. After wearing it for a long time, you should see that your name is on the side of the jade pendant, not your father's relic."

Zhan Huang heard the sound and looked sideways, with the candle behind his back, she couldn't see his expression clearly.

"You still know these..."

Bai Ying blinked, feeling drowsy again. "How could I not know, I saw you were born, holding each other's hands, this jade pendant represents the bond between you..." before finishing speaking, she fell asleep.

Zhanhuang flipped to the side of the jade pendant, staring at the two characters for a long time, every stroke was engraved in his bones and blood.