The happy life of the devil and the devil

With the holy order, even in the darkest and coldest hour before dawn, everyone acted very quickly.Half of the Jinwu Guard and Habayashi Guard guarded the imperial camp, and the other half scattered in small groups.Instead of looking for the famous nobles, they went door by door to find the poorest free herdsmen, and then the lowest-level little nobles, paying with one hand and delivering with the other.

Although it is a business, but Yuan Shao's verbal instructions are placed here, which crazy guy dares to hold the flock of sheep?Fortunately, Yuan Shao issued strict orders in advance, and the prices given by Jinwuwei and Habayashiwei were very generous, so that the bitter hahas would not feel like they were being robbed.The Imperial Army soldiers who were ordered to come out to discuss business walked along the way, and along the way, some people helped the old and the young out of the tent, knelt and kowtowed tremblingly by the side of the road.

The tents were opened one by one, and the sheep that lost most of their fat in the long winter were driven out, and gathered in large groups to the specially set up slaughterhouse.At noon that day, Yuan Shao shook his head and couldn't help but laugh out loud looking at the fragrant hand-caught lamb, dry-fried lamb chops, and lamb blood soup on the table:

"They're pretty fast. - Where's your people? Don't you go to help?"

"The servants should not make any trouble." Ling Yucheng shrugged, took a piece of mutton for himself, and slowly cut it with a knife.Beiliang's dishes are particularly rough, especially local dishes such as hand-caught mutton, even at palace banquets.

Ling Yucheng still remembers that the first time he attended a big banquet with Yuan Shao, a whole lamb rib was served on the plate in front of him, seven or eight ribs were connected to the spine, and at the other end, there were feet There is half a palm thick fat...

Just as he didn't know what to do with this thing, he saw Yuan Shao lightly grasping the end of a rib, using a knife to cut open the mutton between the ribs smoothly, and then gently parted his hands outward. "Kaba" and "Kaba" sounded repeatedly, and the ribs with meat were separated like this, directly dipped in the coarse salt in the plate, grabbed it and sent it to the mouth.

By the way, it is still coarse salt!

Ling Yucheng felt sad and indignant when he thought of it. It was a state-level banquet anyway, so couldn't you serve finely fried salt and pepper on the plate?The kind of slabs that are lumped together, the size of mung beans or even soybeans, don’t you really feel salty in your mouth?

Fortunately, he was used to sending troops and releasing horses, and he quickly got used to the eating method of drinking in big bowls and eating meat in large pieces, and cutting and eating with a knife.At this moment, the knife fell, and the tip of the knife picked up, and the thin slices of meat fell on the plate, naturally spreading out a perfect fan shape.As soon as he put down the knife, Yuan Shao's chopsticks stretched out, rolled it unceremoniously on his plate, and half of it disappeared in an instant.

"..." Your Majesty, can you stop being so lazy!

"Aren't you going?" The mutton slices were very thin, and even though he stuffed half a plate in one mouthful, Yuan Shao was still able to speak, but his voice was a bit vague: "At least I'm familiar, don't you still have the meat?" Is the caravan going this route?"

"This is His Majesty's grace, my servant, you better not get involved." Ling Yucheng couldn't make the movement of chewing and talking at the same time, swallowed two pieces of mutton quickly, and then protected himself on the plate. sliced ​​meat, while answering:

"Just let the people of Jinwuwei and Habayashiwei be busy. When the spring comes, I will send a caravan over..."

"And then earn back the money I spent today?"

"Could it be that the caravan of the minister didn't bring the goods?"

It was obviously a meaningless slobber, but both of them talked with great interest, and they didn't feel bored at all.While talking, there was an announcement from outside, and Jin Wu General Lei Yong strode in.

"Are you done?" Yuan Shao didn't raise his head, and nodded the leg bone in his hand as a greeting. "Sit down and eat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lei Yong bowed and sat down at the table with his head tilted.Yuan Shao watched him gobble up a plate of dry roasted lamb chops and drank two bowls of milk wine, then asked with a smile:

"How is it outside?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, they have traveled all over the place, and delivered meat from door to door. The herdsmen were very moved, and knowing that it was His Majesty's grace, they all knelt in the snow and kowtowed in the direction of the golden tent."

"Thank you." Yuan Shao nodded in approval, "It's really not easy to finish so many things in half a day—by the way, where is the child brought back today?"

"I've already fed him and cleaned up." Lei Yong knew that Yuan Shao was asking about the blue-eyed concubine Xi Wang, and to be honest, he also sympathized with the child.They were all the sons and daughters of the prince, and among the dozen or so silk and satin servants who served the king's tent, this one was ruined to such an extent just because he had blue eyes.

After the child was handed over to him, Lei Yong quickly asked the child to be washed and cleaned, and found some warm clothes for him to change into.The left and right little princes came out this time with eight companions, and they always had clothes of the right size to wear. "It's just... at this moment, I'm afraid it's not suitable for face saint."

"Oh?"

"The old lady who has been taking care of him has died... The boy cried so much that he wanted to wear filial piety for the old man."

"Bullshit!"

Yuan Shao frowned.Unrelated, how can the son of King Xi, even if he is a concubine, wear filial piety for his servants?

"Where is this kid? Call him over!"

If it was a day ago, one of King Xi's sons insisted on dressing his servants in filial piety, Yuan Shao wouldn't even bother to pay attention.The family has a biological father, and a eldest brother who is ready to be a prince. Whoever disciplines him is justified, so why should he, the emperor, be too busy.

But now, they brought the child back, and General Jin Wu ordered someone to take care of it.Prince Xi's son can't even reach the Jinwu Guard. If this child does something inappropriate, isn't it all instigated by the emperor?

Thinking about it one more level, the father was lying on the bed and was about to die, so the son put on filial piety in advance.This is because the emperor couldn't get used to King Xi, so he borrowed the hand of a child to curse his important officials to die quickly?

Therefore, when Barener was brought in front of him, Yuan Shao didn't give him a good face at all, and ordered directly:

"Your father is dying soon. Come with me to the king's account. In the past few days, you will wait in front of your father."

"minister--"

Just by hearing this self-proclaimed one, one can tell that Lei Yong has taught him some manners of face-lord at any rate.However, etiquette can be learned, but the stubbornness of heart is not so easy to erase. Barener knelt in front of Yuan Shao, kowtowed, and said:

"Your Majesty, let me go and change clothes first!"

"how?"

"Grandma is dead...Please Your Majesty, let me wear mourning for Grandma..."

The boy choked with sobs, pressing his forehead to the ground.The thick and soft carpet sank deeply, and soon, a small piece of the sunken place was wet.

Yuan Shao can understand his thoughts, and it can even be said that such feelings are exactly what he expects to see and make full use of - the young man does not regard Xi Wang as his father at all, in his heart, the so-called relatives, Only the grandmother and the woman who have been taking care of him.

However, understanding does not mean condoning!

He frowned, and was about to scold him, but a soft cough came from beside him.Yuan Shao looked up, and saw Ling Yucheng blinked at him quickly, and said slowly:

"Do you want to wear filial piety for your grandma? Yes."

"Thank you, Your Majesty—"

"However, everyone is busy now, and there is no manpower to make filial piety for a while. You don't want to make filial piety for you, and let others get the food and grass rewarded by His Majesty a few hours later, and end up hungry?"

"This--" the boy hesitated.The speaker's voice was gentle and patient, and he did not refuse his request, and his subsequent words were well-founded.Thinking that the sooner he put on the filial piety clothes, several households as poor as grandma would be starving, Barren couldn't say anything to refute.

However, I always feel like something is wrong...

"Let's go to the king's tent with your majesty first. For at most three days, I will definitely let you wear filial piety, how about it?"

Three days doesn't seem like a long time.The young boy remembered watching Ayiduo's sister do needlework, with the light of the big bean on the oil lamp twister, and a very simple burlap dress, it took several nights to sew.And the sophistication of those clothes, compared with the ones he was wearing at the moment, was heaven and earth.

Clothes of this level can be made in three days, which is already very fast.Thinking of this, Barener kowtowed again:

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The boy's figure quickly disappeared.When the two were alone, Yuan Shao shook his head disapprovingly at Ling Yucheng:

"Is this how you play him?"

"Ah—anyway, King Xi will die within two days at the most. Once King Xi dies, he will definitely wear a filial piety..." There was no sincerity in the tone.

So a few days later, when King Xi died, he was quickly wrapped in filial piety?Anyway, he made a fuss about wearing it?

How nice of you to be so deceitful!

Yuan Shao pointed at Ling Yucheng, his fingers trembled, and trembled again, he couldn't find the words for a moment.Thinking about it, I spit out a mouthful of old blood for that child. Will he shed tears when he knows the truth...

Seeing the lord's angry and funny face, enduring very uncomfortable, the smile on Ling Yucheng's face gradually restrained.He lowered his head slowly, and when he raised it again, his eyes were already filled with deep emotion:

"I used to be like him before."

"Ok?"

"When my first mother passed away... I never had the opportunity to wear a filial piety for her... I knelt down to mourn for my late father, and my aunt..."

At that time, he just knelt in the mourning hall, kowtowed, and silently called his mother's name in his heart...

Anyway, there is still a chance to express our condolences.Only when I got older did I realize that it is impossible for the concubine and concubine of another family to even have the opportunity to serve their biological mother with such filial piety.

"So, I want to fulfill him. Let him feel that he is wearing filial piety for Grandma..."

Coaxing and guiding is much more effective than coercion.In this way, when he mourns in front of the soul in the future, how many tears can he sincerely cry?

For Yuan Shao, a concubine of King Xi who is very filial on the surface but secretly alienated from his clan is much more useful than a child who looks rebellious and hates his clan.Ling Yucheng sighed slightly, such a decision seems to be to fulfill a soft and sad memory in his heart, but in the final analysis, he still cannot get rid of the cold calculation behind it...

Just as I was thinking, there was warmth on the back of my hand.Across the table, Yuan Shao leaned over and covered his palm on the edge of the table.The thumb rests on the edge of his palm, gently rubbing back and forth:

"It's all over. - From now on, I will be here."

At noon the next day, King Xi finally swallowed his last breath.The funeral was held that night, and the concubine Ba Luner, who had been ignored by him, was among the brothers, dressed in filial piety, knelt before the coffin and wept bitterly.

The author has something to say: When I went to Lanzhou that time, the landlord and the tour group shared a table of ten people, and the hand-caught mutton served was such a big piece!

A whole rib, more than a dozen ribs!connected together!The restaurant doesn't even give you a knife!We still gave the knife after asking for it!

Three men stabilize the ribs from both ends!Another band saw with a knife!The meat was sawn open, and four or five people grabbed the bones on both sides and broke it hard!Still slipping from time to time!

The most hateful thing is the salt or coarse salt!It's still something else to come!

As a Han nationality, the host said that eating this kind of food is really not enough for force!