Banquet of generals in the wandering world

Stopping at the entrance of the General Building, looking at this resplendent and well-known Tianzi Restaurant, Xiao San remained silent, thinking about what Su Luan had just heard in her mind.

The night was getting dark, and the general building was about to close. The waiter in the building saw Xiao San, and immediately walked forward eagerly, and said with a smile: "The third master is back! It's relatively late today!"

After a while, Xiao San looked back, said "Yes" to the boy, and then walked into the building.

Xiao Liu followed Xiao San all the time.He felt that his third senior brother was angry and happy at the same time today, which was unusual, and he stopped talking after returning from Prince Qing's Mansion, which made him a little worried.

Going upstairs and back to the wing room, Xiao San didn't take off her clothes, she fell into bed and pulled up the quilt and fell asleep, Xiao Wu didn't even have time to call a senior brother, there was already a slight snoring sound from Xiao San's end.

"Brother, what's the matter?"

Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu unconsciously walked to the corner together and spoke softly.This has already become their habit, they want Xiao San to sleep well, and they don't want to disturb Xiao San.

Xiao Liu whispered what happened in Prince Qing's Mansion, and after the two brothers finished reading the phrase "Those who make great things don't care about small things", Xiao Wu said: "Brother may really have something to do with the Su family, but maybe not. He He's the one who can't see the mess and wants to take care of it, besides, from what you said, the three generations of the Su family are in a mess, since senior brother lets that little girl call him third brother, he will be distracted by that little girl."

"Do you think brother will dig graves?" Xiao Liu asked.

"Of course." Xiao Wu replied firmly. "And he won't allow us to follow."

"Why?" Xiao Liu was surprised.

"Don't you understand how senior brother is?" Xiao Wu said, "Nie Su wants to steal the general's tomb, that's a family matter of the Su family, senior brother will definitely solve it by himself, so we won't let the two of us get into trouble."

"But the General's Tomb is very dangerous. They told us that when they came to us with the bank notes." Xiao Liu frowned.

"So brother will send us away." Xiao Wu said: "Anyway, no matter what, we don't listen to what brother says after he wakes up. We will go wherever he goes. We must put him in prison."

"En!" Xiao Liu nodded vigorously.

Xiao San was sleeping on his back, and Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu returned to the bed after talking, and hurriedly helped him take off his coat to make him sleep more comfortably.Unexpectedly, there was a knock on the door outside at this moment.

The sound was very heavy, and Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu were taking off Xiao San's belt and the other was taking off Xiao San's hairband, Xiao San seemed to be arguing, and in his sleep, his brows frowned slightly.

Xiao Wu got up to answer the door, opened the door, and saw Nie Su who was dressed in white, dressed like a scholar, and was holding a fan.

"Nie came here as promised, the third master should give an answer tonight." Nie Su smiled slightly, but it was a pity that the wound on his cheek cut by the mistress broke his scholarly atmosphere.

Xiao Wu looked at Nie Su, and then at his younger brother.Hmph, obviously they are all wearing white shirts, but this person looks treacherous and hypocritical at first sight, and his younger brother looks good in white.

Xiao Wu couldn't hide his disgust and said: "Brother is asleep, we can talk about it tomorrow. You leave quickly, I will feel sick when I see you."

Nie Su's mouth twitched involuntarily. "It's what the third master said, and the answer will be given in three days. This matter can't be delayed any longer. If day by day, does Nie really have to wait like this endlessly?"

"Go as soon as I tell you, don't disturb my brother." Xiao Wu frowned.

Nie Su suddenly looked behind the door, stretched her neck and shouted loudly: "Su San, could it be that you are such a person who does not believe what you say? Don't people in the martial arts value integrity the most? Your two juniors agreed to refund my money." Don’t you feel ashamed of this behavior!?”

There was a loud bang in the wing room, and Xiao San was woken up.

The sound was made by him waking up in a state of displeasure and smashing the head of the bed with his palm.

Xiao San walked out of the house, walked around the screen and came to the door. He couldn't see the color of his face, but his clothes were disheveled and his hands were folded around his chest.

"Su Jinhua nodded?" Xiao San's eyes were as cold and deep as a cold pool.

"Yes." Nie Su said.

"Okay, according to the appointment, I'll go." Xiaosan said coldly.

Nie Su's brows were filled with joy, and he immediately said: "We will set off at dawn tomorrow."

As soon as Xiaosan heard this, she began to scold: "Fuck you! Do you think the Su family is buried in the capital? Are you going to leave at dawn tomorrow? What a fart! No horses, no dry food, no winter clothes, no herbs , didn’t prepare anything, you think I’m going there to die!”

"You don't have to worry about these, Nie will take care of it." Nie Su said with a grim face.

"No," said the third master, "I'm so worried that you'll poison everything you can, especially food."

"Su San, it's clear that you can't trust me!" Nie Su said.

"Yes, I made it clear that I just can't trust you!" Xiao San replied directly.

"You!" Nie Su just said a word, and before she could speak the rest, she saw Xiao San turn around and walk into the room, and said as she walked, "Throw him out. It's too late to be so polite. I don’t understand, can someone come at this hour? Damn, tent, east, west!”

A faint smile appeared on Xiao Wu's handsome face, and he asked Nie Su, "The window or the stairs? Choose one."

"What?" Xiao San walked too fast, and Xiao Wu asked inexplicably, Nie Su couldn't react at all.

"I don't know how to choose? Then I'll help you choose." Xiao Wu stepped out of the room, grabbed Nie Su by the collar of his neck, and walked to the window in the middle of the corridor like a chicken, Open the window, and then throw the person out with a smile.

Then I heard a long "Ah──", the sound of Zuo Yiren falling and smashing the eaves.

Xiao Liu leaned over curiously, looked down with his head, and said in surprise, "You really threw him down, this is the third floor."

"Brother called to throw it, would you throw it instead?" Xiao Wu asked his brother.

"...Throw it away...If you don't throw him away, the senior brother will throw me away!" His younger brother nodded straight.

"When he goes down, at least he has to practice for three or four days so that he won't come to quarrel with the senior brother. We will prepare the trivial things that the senior brother said. You go to the horse, and I will buy winter clothes. Take the medicine from Xiaochun's Huichun hall, and the dry food will be taken. According to the brother's idea, the food we made cannot be eaten." Xiao Wu said.

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Xiaosan is preparing food.

jerky.Wash the venison with rice washing water, take white wine, and marinate it with several spices.Then use pine branches to slowly smoke the meat until dry, let it cool, and cut it into long strips, preferably the size that can be eaten in one bite.

rice crackers.Fresh soybeans are steamed and ground for juice, and the dregs are taken, mixed with three-point glutinous rice and seven-point basmati rice to make a paste, sprinkled with rock salt, a little sugar, and chopped small dried fish to taste.Shaped into palm size, baked, and placed in a cool place to dry.

Steamed bun.Add the best flour to duck eggs and balls, knead the dough with all your strength, open the poles, stack them up, layer upon layer until firm and strong, leave for a while, and then steam in a steamer.

stains.It has been prepared before, and all the jars placed in the food court are taken out.Pickled cabbage in sweet sauce, pickled cabbage in shrimp oil, dried salted radish, etc. Pick up more than a dozen kinds of pickled vegetables, wring out all the sauce, oil, and sour water, and pack them in oil paper one by one and bundle them up.This little thing goes well with rice whether it is stewed with rice cakes or eaten with steamed buns.

Xiao San spent a whole day cooking leisurely in the kitchen of the General Building.

He opened three stoves, and a bunch of dishes, including dismembered Liaodong venison, should be very hard work, but all the cooks just saw his neat and smooth movements, turning this stove and that stove, and that stove turning and turning Don't worry, there is no hindrance at all.It was as if those cooking techniques were innately engraved in his heart, as long as he wanted to, he had to use them at will.

When Xiaowu and Xiaoliu came back, they saw such a carefree Xiaosan.

If it is said that before leaving Immortal Valley, Xiaosan still seemed to have a lot of worries in his heart, and when he reunited outside the valley a few months later, Xiaosan seemed to have cleaned up all those chores and lived his life happily.

Xiao San has many secrets in him, and those secrets may have weighed heavily on his heart before.But now he is open-minded, nothing can affect him anymore, he is being his real Bailisan, looking at the colorful world with those clear eyes.

"I'm back!" Xiao San glanced at Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu, and continued to cook.

Xiaosan took two knives and chopped pork. The pork was half pork belly and half lean meat. He added some green onions and chopped it into a puree.

Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu walked up to Xiao San's exclusive table and chairs in the kitchen and wanted to sit down, when Xiao San said, "If you have nothing to do, pack up and go south tomorrow to find senior brother."

Xiao Liu immediately looked at Xiao Wu, and said in his heart: "Brother, you are right, senior brother wants to drive us away!" 』

Xiao Wu gave Xiao Liu a reassuring look, then turned to Xiao San and said, "Brother, we want to go with you, the place Nie Su said is very dangerous and there are many traps, how can we let you go alone? Besides, Nie Su will definitely bring people along, what if they think badly about you after they get something? It’s hard to guard against villains!”

Xiaosan held the mud balls and fried them one by one in the hot oil.He flipped the ball occasionally, focused his eyes on it, and said Xiao Wu's words in his mouth: "It's because the future is unknown that I won't let you follow. Those people under Nie Su's hands are not capable of touching me. It's really dangerous in the tomb. I'll keep an eye on it." Come on, one of you can’t keep an eye on two, if something happens to you, how can I explain to Master?”

Xiao San spoke very casually, but his sonorous and forceful voice contained the meaning of not being able to resist.

Xiao Wu went on to say: "We follow only when it's dangerous. Brother, you always tell us to go wherever you are in danger. Didn't Xiao Liu and I have you thrown out of the valley when the demon sect bloodbathed the rivers and lakes? You said it was experience, It helps us hone our minds and martial arts, so why not bring us along this time? It's also an experience, isn't it?"

Xiao San suddenly froze for a moment, thinking that Xiao Wu would actually be able to refute him with some reasoning, and he was also coherent, and everything he said was on point.

However, Xiaosan said: "I don't want you to meddle in the affairs of the Su family. Digging people's graves, besides the graves of so many people, is not a good thing. I will let you go as far as you go. It was hard to get the two of you together." If you want to get back on the right track, I’ve spent so much effort on you, I’m determined not to let Su Jinhua and that wicked beast lose my effort.”

Xiao Liu said bluntly: "Brother, if you go alone and someone gets you lost, brother and I will go crazy. If we really go crazy, it will not only be Nie Su and Su Jinhua, but also the Nie family and the Su family." We all dug together, even that Su Yuanyuan and Mu Xiaorou were equally unforgiving."

Xiaosan scooped up the fried meatballs and started to noodle again. "Baili Xiaoliu, how dare you! Are you threatening me?"

"We're just telling the truth." Xiao Wu said.His thoughts are the same as Xiao Liu's. "Brother, we are already grown up, and it is natural to listen to what you say in normal times, but when it comes to life and death matters, it is impossible for us to watch you in danger and do nothing.

Even if you whip us, we'll go with you.Senior Brother has Master and Second Senior Brother who are worried, and Fourth Senior Sister and Xiao Qi are looking for, but you only have the two of us.You have been taking care of me and Xiaoliu since we were young, now that we are grown up, we want to take care of you in return, you can't even refuse such things. "

What Xiao Wu said was true, Xiao San felt as if his heart had collapsed, warm and soft.

The water boiled under the surface, and the soup made by the bones was added with old Chen's vinegar and pepper brought back from the south, and the aroma of the soup wafted out after a while.

Stir the diced meat until it becomes crystal-like and translucent, add fungus, radish, and garlic sprouts, and finally take three bowls, first loosen the noodles, then put meat scorpion seeds and other ingredients on top, and then add red soup, The aroma was tangy, and Xiaosan took three bowls with both hands and put them on the table. This is the dinner for the three of them tonight—red oil noodles with rice noodles.

"Why should I whip you?" Xiao San mixed the wide noodles with chopsticks, letting the noodles soak up the soup. "I didn't let you go because I thought it was too dangerous, and it really violated my original intention of teaching you. You two have really grown up, and you know how to reason with the third brother. Life is hard, and you can cherish what is in front of you; Only when you encounter life and death, you will understand that life is precious."

Xiaosan took a mouthful of noodles, then said:

"Go if you want! But as the saying goes, if either of you dies there, I will flog the corpses a hundred times, then burn the corpses to ashes and let your second senior brother sprinkle them into the cold pool, even if the other one dies." An Sheng, you are suffering from the cold and freezing every day. You know what your second senior brother is learning! He knows a lot about those weird things. I think he can still do what I want."

Xiaowu and Xiaoliu could only hear the first sentence, "Go if you want!" Then, because they were so happy, they kept winking at each other and chatting in their hearts, completely ignoring what Xiaosan said later.

They were hungry, and the noodles were fragrant, so Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu stirred them quickly with chopsticks, sucked in Su Su and swallowed the noodles whole.

The fragrant and spicy soup is just right with the wide noodles. The red color makes people appetite. After eating half a bowl, the tongue starts to numb, and the forehead and nose are sweating, but the taste cannot be restrained. It was so satisfying to taste, Xiaowu and Xiaoliu ate it all at once, their eyes sparkled and they said: "Senior brother, do you have any more, let's have another bowl!"

Little San didn't even raise his head, he swallowed the noodles, and said after his mouth was empty, "Warm it on the stove, go get it yourself."

He only took a few mouthfuls, and the two little ones ate the whole bowl, these two rice buckets, no, noodle buckets!

The second bowl of noodles brought back was stacked high, and the soup was almost full. Are you so hungry! ?

But Xiaosan was very happy in his heart.

The two boys taught had their own ideas and dared to be tough in front of him.

This is the first time that Xiaosan can't find a way to refute what the two of them said, and it is also the first time that Xiaosan feels that the child has really grown up, so he doesn't have to nudge them to pay attention to this and that.

The third master felt very relieved.

Next, we will wait for General Zhong and his party.

See if his chicks have molted into eagles.

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After returning to the room at night and finishing washing up, Xiao San almost turned the wing room over, only to find the jade bone fan and Baiyang jade pendant that had been cut from Nie Su earlier.

"Brother, what are you doing?" Xiao Liu saw that Xiao San was sweating profusely.

As soon as Xiao Liu said something, Xiao Wu twisted the cold water towel and asked Xiao San to wipe his face.

Xiao San gave the jade pendant to Xiao Liu, and the fan to Xiao Wu, saying, "These two things are at least a hundred years old, and I don't know what will be in the tomb. Jade can ward off evil spirits, so you should take it with you."

"Senior brother believes in ghosts and gods? I have never seen such a thing. Are there really ghosts in the world?" Xiao Wu smiled with eyes crooked.Not only did everything go well today, but Xiaosan gave them something again, with all the care in it, it's hard to make him unhappy.

Xiao San gave Xiao Wu a blank look, and thought, "Of course there is, why not!"The one standing in front of you has been floating behind your master for several years! 』

But in order not to scare the child, Xiao San still didn't say it.

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Xiaosan made food for three people.

I didn't know when I went back last time, but the last small village was covered with snow, and there was not even a bird in the ice and snow.He was hungry for a few days before arriving outside the General's Tomb. If it wasn't for the roast chicken and wine in his hand to make a sacrifice to Su Ling, he would have eaten the chicken long ago.

The lessons learned from the past are still deep in his memory, and there are Xiaowu and Xiaoliu, so he has prepared enough food at this moment.

After solving the main problems, he left the rest to Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu to do.

When traveling far away, the miscellaneous things to be sorted out are always trivial. The third master didn't want to trouble himself, so he left the trouble to the two younger ones.

The shopkeeper told him to go to the second-hand bookstore to look for recipes, and explained the location of the store so that Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu could not find him when they came back, so Xiao San left the General Building and went to the second-hand bookstore.

After making nine bends and eighteen turns all the way to the end of the alley, Xiao San walked into the bookstore.

The owner of the bookstore was reading a book, and he didn't know what kind of precious ancient book he was looking at. He only used his index finger and thumb to hold the yellowed pages and gently turned them over, as if if he used more force, the pages would be broken.

"You're here..." The little boss's voice was soft and soft, but his young face had a pair of impenetrable eyes.

Xiaosan responded, but didn't care.

The capital city is full of dragons and snakes, and there are everyone, not to mention this person treats him like an ordinary guest, and he is just a customer who borrows books to read.

Xiao San went to the bookcase to flip through the books, and helped these old books sweep the dust along the way.

The little boss has quite a lot of recipes in this study, but they are all buried in a sea of ​​books. If you want to read them, you have to keep digging for a chance to get one.

"..." Xiaosan saw the latest book he found, with two big words "The Complete Book of Medicinal Food" written on the cover, he was speechless, and put the book back.

Then I searched, and dug out another "Medicinal Diet Collection", I was speechless again, and continued to put it back.

An hour later, on the third book drawn out, the stylus and silver hook directly wrote "Medicine".

Xiaosan frowned, and was about to put the book back, but unexpectedly, a gloomy voice came from beside her, saying, "You have a predestined relationship with this book, it tells you to read it, why don't you read it?"

Xiaosan snorted and said, "I'm here to relieve my fatigue, I don't read this kind of stuff. Books that teach people how to cook medicinal herbs will only make me angry."

The little boss said: "Look, this book has not been read for a long time, it is very lonely."

Xiaosan said: "How do you know it is lonely? Could it be that even the book can become a master, and it came to your ear to talk to you about your thoughts?"

"..." The little boss's black eyes were bottomless, and he just looked at Xiaosan.

After a long time, the little boss said softly, "Yes, there is a spirit in the book, and it will become a master after a long time. I have read the book master, but it is not the one in your hand."

I don't know why, but the serious face of the little boss combined with the dull tone of his speech always makes Xiao San want to laugh.He said: "Have you got the dragon essence and phoenix feather? I said that if you can get it, I will help you cook that dish of the same longevity."

The little boss turned around slowly and walked towards the counter, saying as he walked, "I also said that I don't want to live so long..."

The corner of Xiao San's mouth curled up, and he looked down at the book in his hand, after thinking about it, he took the book and put the money on the counter.

The little boss also made a pot of tea for Xiao San and gave him a cup with a chipped edge.

Xiaosan was the same as before, with a book in one hand and tea in the other, went up to the second floor and lay down on his seat, drinking tea and reading a book.

Medicinal diet chapter, general introduction, one by one detailed explanation of various medicinal materials that can be used in dishes, efficacy, location, and meticulously describe the appearance of medicinal materials.

Xiaosan was a little surprised, the surprise was due to the detail of the pictures under the medicinal materials.

The book says what color the medicinal materials are, and what color is painted on the picture instead of just writing.It is even subdivided into the fresh appearance when picking and the dried appearance.

Xiao San has never given up on using medicines in his dishes, but unfortunately he just can’t tell the difference between the raw and the dried ones, not to mention that the dried medicines all look the same, except for the red dates or goji berries, which are red. He recognized everything else in a mess.

The third master is ashamed of this, and the medicinal food is an eternal pain in his heart.

The book is very thick and heavy because it is very detailed.The third master looked at it and saw it in his heart, so he chewed on those ancient characters and tried to stuff the pictures into his head until the little boss climbed up the stairs "creaking" on the wooden steps, and half a flower was exposed at the mouth of the stairs. Looking at Xiaosan with a pair of eyes, he said, "It's late at night, the bookstore is about to close, I'm going to bed, and you should go too."

Xiao San raised his head from the book, his face turned pale, and his head was still a little dizzy. He froze for a moment and turned his head to look out the window, only to find that it was really dark, but after closing the book and getting up from the reclining chair, he saw While reading the word "Medicine" written in silver lacquer on the dark blue cover, she was a little reluctant to return the book.

Xiaosan paused, and said to the little boss: "I'm leaving Beijing tomorrow, and I'm afraid I won't be able to return to the capital in a short time. I know that almost all the books in this study are alone and never borrowed, but I'm fascinated by them, and I haven't read them yet. After reading it, I wonder if you can make an exception and let me borrow this book?"

"..." The little boss and Xiaosan looked at each other for a long time, then slowly turned around and went downstairs.

After that, Xiaosan also went downstairs, came to the counter, and watched the little boss lower his head and slowly move the abacus.

Xiaosan put the book in front of the little boss, and didn't force him, but said, "I'll come back when I return to Beijing."

The little boss stopped moving the abacus, and reached out to touch the book that Xiaosan had put down.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Xiaosan didn't know what he was thinking, so Xiaosan took another ingot of silver to the young boss and said, "This is the money for next time's books, put it away first."

Xiaosan turned and left, just as she was about to step out of the study, the little boss suddenly said, "Where are you going when you leave the capital?"

Xiaosan turned around. "north."

"Far North?" asked the little boss.

Xiaosan paused and replied, "Yes."

The little boss said, "If you see a turtle egg, bring it back to me."

"Turtle egg?" Xiaosan felt that these words were a bit weird, but after thinking about it carefully, the little boss himself was a bit weird, so he didn't feel anything wrong.

Then, the little boss walked out of the counter, holding the heavy medicinal book, and handed it to Xiaosan.

The little boss looked straight into Xiaosan's eyes and said, "This book is for you, you are destined for this book. And you don't need to go find the egg, just bring it back if you come across it."

"..." Xiaosan didn't know what to reply, so she said, "Thank you then."

When Xiao San took the book, their fingertips touched accidentally.Suddenly, the little boss tilted his head slightly, and said, "The north belongs to water, and you belong to fire. Water and fire never match, so you have to be careful."

Xiaosan blinked. "Are you a magician!? The boss of the study is just a cover."

The little boss said seriously, "I'm not a magic stick."

"By the way, I don't know your name yet." Xiao San said.

"My surname is Xuan, and my name is Xuan Snake."

"Bailisan. But when you leave this gate, everyone is called Su San." Xiao San said, "Your name is quite strange, not like the name that ordinary people would give."

"Bailisan, you have to come back alive." Xuan Snake said.

"Go!" Xiao San rolled her eyes and showed the owner of the study.

Xiaosan took the book and walked out of the alley under the moonlight.

"Brother!"

Xiaosan had only walked a few steps when two figures ran over and asked eagerly, "Where did you go? We followed the shopkeeper's instructions and walked around here for a long time, but we didn't see the study you mentioned."

"Isn't it the alley behind me?" Xiao San turned his head, wanting to show Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu the way, but he didn't know: "..." The alley is gone, there is only a wall behind him, and a plant grows beside the wall A locust tree with lush green leaves, the tree is full of butterfly-shaped pale yellow small white flowers.

hell...

Little San thought to himself.