Wei Qi

Looking at the simple wooden house in front of him, Wei Qi was stunned for a long time.

This is the orchard of the back kitchen of the Shang Palace, right?Although it's just an orchard, in his impression, any place that has something to do with the imperial palace or some wealthy family, even if it's not magnificent, at least it won't be the dilapidated wooden house in front of it, right?

The current wooden house is less than ten feet away from the stables. There is an orchard in front of it, and there are many kinds of fruit trees standing there. It is the season when the flowers on the fruit trees are in full bloom. When the wind blows, the fragrance is overwhelming. .

Such a windy and intoxicating scene, but the wooden house next to it has completely destroyed the scenery.

The wooden house was supposed to be built of high-quality wood, but the outside is dilapidated and must have been in disrepair for a long time. The house is not small, and a small courtyard is separated by a small bamboo fence. There are some chickens and ducks free-range.

On the left side of the fence are rows of chicken coops and duck nests, and on the right side of the fence are small piles of firewood built with wooden frames.The house is divided into two entrances, with three rooms in the front and three rooms in the back.

Wei Qi followed Xiaodouzi forward, and Xiaodouzi entered the first room on the east side first.

There was a wooden bed inside, and a tattered mattress was thrown casually. Xiaodouzi smiled awkwardly, pulled the mattress off the bed and threw it on a chair beside him. Wei Qi spread the mattress on his hands, and Xiaodouzi put it on The quilt in his hand was folded and placed on the bed.

Wei Qi took a look. In addition to the wooden bed against the wall, the wooden house also had a wooden wardrobe, a wooden table, two wooden chairs, and a basin rack with a copper basin inside.

This copper basin may be the most valuable thing in the house, Wei Qi thought to himself.After turning around twice, Wei Qi saw that there was really nothing to see, so he turned around and walked out, ignoring Xiaodouzi, and went into the middle room.

That room is even simpler.It was empty inside, nothing.There are some vegetables in the west room, but they don't look very fresh.

"It was picked at the back." Xiaodouzi pointed, Wei Qi just gave him a weird look, and continued to walk back.

There are three rooms in the back, one is a clean room with a toilet with peeling red paint, one is a bathroom with a wooden bucket for bathing inside, and the other is a kitchen with pretty pots and stoves. Complete.

"Are you sure you're here as the palace's back kitchen? You're not lying to me, are you?" Wei Qi became deeply suspicious after walking around, looking up and down at Xiaodouzi, especially the two who stared deeply at Xiaodouzi. between the legs.

Uh, he said he was a little eunuch, isn't that...

As if sensing Wei Qi's evil, Xiaodouzi suddenly stepped back a few steps as if stepping on a dog's tail, covered his lower body with both hands, and then let it go, feeling too revealing, his face turned red for a while White.

"I'm not lying. This place is not bad. The place I lived in the past was leaky."

Wei Qi was dumbfounded.

But this is not Wei Qi's fault. In his impression, the palace is of course a place with golden walls, bright and golden. How could there be such an unbearable residence?It's not that he dislikes it, after all, when he was a beggar, where did he not stay and where did he not sleep?

He just couldn't stand the disillusionment.In his imagination, the back kitchen of the royal palace must be a piece of luxury. He lives here to enjoy the blessings, and even if he oppresses the cowardly little eunuch in front of him, he will enjoy the emperor.It's a pity that dreams are always shattered prematurely...

Wei Qi sighed helplessly.Forget it, he'll stay for a couple of days, at worst he'll go somewhere else, although he doesn't have any luggage, he still has 600 taels of cash in his arms, right?

Thinking of this, Wei Qi tossed aside the disappointment of the shattered dream just now, but a not-so-good sound came from his stomach.

so hungry!

Wei Qi rubbed his stomach, looked up and down Xiaodouzi.

"So, you will live here alone from now on, right? No one usually comes here?"

"No, people from the palace will come once a month to see how the fruit trees are ripe, so there is no need to live here."

Ah, very good.Wei Qi nodded.

"Go, make something to eat, I'm hungry."

Xiaodouzi looked up at him aggrievedly, wanting to resist such domineering and excessive behavior of the other party, but looked at Wei Qi's gloomy eyes, nodded hurriedly and ran to the kitchen.

Wei Qi felt something was wrong in his heart, if the little eunuch gave him some medicine or spit in the food, wouldn't he be at a disadvantage? (Uh, this kind of behavior is usually done by a little ruffian like Wei Qi to deal with people he hates...)

Thinking of this, he also followed to the back kitchen, watching Xiaodouzi cook.

Xiaodouzi gave Wei Qi a strange look, not understanding what he was doing in this dirty and greasy kitchen, but he didn't dare to ask, just honestly washed the rice, put it in the pot, covered the pot and steamed the rice.

Here I picked vegetables, washed them, cut them up, took out a small piece of bacon, and cut them up for later use.Over there, he took out the two pieces of tofu that Brother Chun had just bought for him, rinsed them with clean water, and put them aside.

First stir-fried a vegetable, then put the bacon into small slices and steamed it in a rice cooker, mixed one piece of tofu with shallots, scalded one piece with hot water, and made a small dish of sauce from the sauce tank.When the rice in the pot was cooked, Xiaodouzi breathed a sigh of relief, and began to bring the food to the east room.

Wei Qi looked at it, and kindly helped to carry it. After two trips, it was almost the same.

To be honest, Xiaodouzi's cooking skills are really not very good, just barely enough to eat, but Wei Qi is not picky, he has never learned to be picky about food, on the contrary, he eats more than twice as fast as ordinary people.

When I used to be a beggar on the street, if I didn't eat what I had in my hands quickly, I might be snatched away.Normally, Wei Junxiao would watch him, but he would still pay attention to it, but now finally no one cares, he just let go of his speed to eat and drink.

In just a short while, he ate up half the pot of rice, all the bacon and most of the stir-fried vegetables, and he also wiped out the mixed tofu.

After wiping his mouth and being satisfied, Wei Qi could only feel that Xiaodouzi's gaze in front of him was a little dull.

"What's wrong?" Wei Qi squinted his eyes slightly.

"Uh, it's nothing." Xiaodouzi shook his head and quickly started to eat the rice in the bowl. Only then did Wei Qi realize that he had almost cleaned up the table, but Xiaodouzi's bowl was still full.

His face turned red involuntarily, Wei Qi suddenly remembered the first meal he and Wei Junxiao had when they returned to Nuanchun Pavilion.

Wei Junxiao ordered the kitchen to make more dishes for him to eat. He sat down at the table, threw the chopsticks aside, grabbed the dishes with his palms and threw the dishes on the table into his mouth at an almost pouring speed. While watching, he swept all the dishes on the table into his stomach.

After he ate it all, he saw Wei Junxiao staring at him all the time, he asked unconvinced.

"Father, are you distressed?"

"No." Wei Junxiao's face was calm and indifferent. "I just know that you may not have a good night."

In the end, things really went according to Wei Junxiao's words.Where has he eaten so many dishes?Not to mention oily and meaty ones.He vomited and vomited all night, and couldn't even get out of bed the next day.

"You, are you okay?" Wei Qi was awakened by a weak voice, Wei Qi raised his head and saw Xiaodouzi's slightly worried face.

"It's okay." Wei Qi replied calmly, stood up and walked to the yard, looking at the orchard in the distance, his eyes were dark and cold.

Xiaodouzi swallowed and wanted to ask, but actually what he wanted to ask Wei Qi was: Do you really want to cry?

Wei Qi, who is full of food and drink, is obviously not a master who stays obediently, and he quickly discovered one thing.

"I'll sleep on the bed, you go to sleep on the floor." Wei Qi pointed to the broken mattresses piled up in the corner, not feeling guilty at all for snatching up the only good blankets from other people.

Xiaodouzi nodded timidly, not daring to argue for his position at all.

Wei Qi nodded in satisfaction, and stepped out of the orchard to take a walk to digest food.

Outside the gray orchard wall is a flat land. This should be the outskirts of Fengyu City. The orchard is not too far away from the palace. When you leave the orchard, you can faintly see the city wall and outline of Fengyu City. The palace inside can also be seen. Can be seen from a distance.

There is a clear stream behind the orchard. Wei Qi walked to the stream and could faintly see the shadows of fish flowing in the water.

The creek flows down from the nearby mountain. Wei Qi looked at it and planned to go to that mountain one day to see if there is anything interesting.Such a simple orchard, and the boring and cowardly little eunuch in it, all this is too monotonous for him.If it wasn't for being too depressed, he thought he wouldn't be able to stay here for a moment.

Sitting by the stream in a daze for a long time, Wei Qi dragged his heavy steps back until the sky darkened.

Back in the room, Wei Qi saw Xiaodouzi obediently spread the broken mattress aside and fell asleep obediently, heaved a sigh of relief, Wei Qi pulled back the quilt sleepily, and fell into a deep sleep.

This night, Wei Qi kept running away in his dream, and there was always a faint sound of shouts chasing after him. He ran in panic and looked back, only seeing the black figure behind him. He raised his sword and stabbed at him.

Desperately trying to hide back but somehow fell down, the gleaming sword pierced straight into his chest, Wei Qi tried his best to look up carefully, the person with the sword turned out to be Wei Junxiao.There was a stabbing pain in his heart, Wei Qi suddenly sat up from the bed, tightly clutching the clothes on his chest, Wei Qi felt as if his chest was really stabbed by a sword, the pain was unbearable.

After a long time, Wei Qi breathed a sigh of relief and let go of his palms. He raised his head and his face slowly recovered. He found that the sky outside the window had already brightened. the shadow.