Tang's dining table

"The more normal He Lan Minzhi behaves, the more abnormal this person is, which means this person is getting closer and closer to true madness."

Yun Chu put down the record in his hand and said to Wen Wen.

She smiled softly and said, "Are you planning to drive him crazy?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "I need He Lan Minzhi to maintain this calm madness in order to accomplish anything."

"Now, He Lan Minzhi, a passionate and ruthless person, has fallen in love with that stall and the people who eat there.

How are you going to take the next step? "

"Let that small stall become the core content of his current lonely life, and give him the illusion that except for those few people who are superior and sorry for him, all people in this world are beautiful, kind and harmless."

"Why make it so complicated?"

"I need that strong sense of gap, I need to tear the best things in Helan Minzhi's heart into pieces and put them in front of him.

He also needs to maintain absolute calmness and absolute wisdom. If we only need a madman, it is not worth our effort. "

"With Changsun Wuji's sense of smell, it's impossible for him not to notice it. After all, he also wants to take advantage of Helan Minzhi."

"Yes, he just wants to take advantage of Helan Minzhi, and we just want to comfort Helan Minzhi without hurting a hair of Helan Minzhi. At some point, we will even protect him and help him. ,Help him."

"So, we are good people, right?"

Just as Yun Chu was about to nod his head and admit it, he heard Di Renjie say coldly: "You say we are good at everything, but don't say we are good people. These two words are attached to us, which makes me feel a strong sense of vomiting.

Zhong Kui just can't stand you two, so he would rather go to Zhongnan Mountain to build a temple than join in the same deeds with you.

I'm fast too. "

Wen Wen ignored Di Renjie's words and said to Yun Chu: "Pei Xingjian invited us to watch his concubine Gongsun dance. I always feel that something is wrong there. Are you two going?"

Di Renjie said: "We have seen more exciting ones, so we won't go."

Wen Wen asked in surprise: "When did you watch it? Why didn't you take me with you?"

Yun Chu said: "Don't look at anything that's inappropriate, don't listen to anything that's inappropriate."

Wen Wen was stunned for a long time before asking in a low voice: "To be honest, which of you two does that little boy in Gongsun's family belong to?"

Di Renjie looked at Yun Chu and said, "Look, I have already said that this person is not a good person at all."

Yunchu sighed and said, "As long as Pei Xingjian mentions his grandson, he must be asking us for something, so I won't go either."

Wen Wenwen shouted: "You still say you have nothing to do with that child?"

Di Renjie said: "You can ask Pei Xingjian directly."

Wen Wen sneered and said, "Do you think I'm that idiot like Guo Daifeng who goes around asking for office and hits a wall everywhere?"

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Guo Daifeng got the order wrong. He should have asked for an official position first and then for a title. The fact that the emperor fulfilled his highest wish at once shows that for a long time, he will not Give him something else.”

Di Renjie said: "Why did Pei Xingjian spare no effort to help Guo Daifeng?"

Yunchu sighed and said, "Because Qibi Heli disappeared in Anton, all the thousand personal guards accompanying him were killed in the battle."

Wen Wen frowned and said, "Why don't I know?"

Yun Chu said: "No one among the civil servants knows except me."

Gentle said: "The emperor doesn't know either?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Di Renjie said: "They are so brave."

Yun Chu sighed and said: "The land of Andong has been combed over several times by the Tang army, and the remaining Goguryeo people simply do not have the ability to challenge Qibi Heli's personal guards.

The only people who could accomplish such a big thing were the Silla people who went boating on the sea. "

"Why can't they be Japanese?" Di Renjie felt that Yun Chu's judgment was not rigorous and had loopholes.

Wen Wen looked at Di Renjie and said, "Qibi Heli's thousand personal guards can defeat five thousand or even ten thousand Japanese people."

Di Renjie nodded and said: "So, Gao Kan from Liaodong wants one of Pei Xingjian, Xue Rengui, and Yunchu to go to Liaodong to see if it is possible to rescue Qibi Heli.

But none of the three of you had any intention of returning to Liaodong, so Pei Xingjian, who was most likely to go, took the idea of ​​Guo Daifeng, who was looking for an official position everywhere, right? "

Yun Chu smiled bitterly and said: "The Battle of Liaodong is the pinnacle of the Tang army's external military exploits, and it is also the pinnacle of His Majesty's military exploits since he ascended the throne. It cannot be tarnished by anyone or anything.

The reason why I say Your Majesty doesn't know is because I want to believe that His Majesty doesn't know. I want to believe that Gao Kan is hiding this matter and is preparing to rescue Qibi Heli privately. This is why Pei Xingjian and I, Xue Rengui, are unwilling to go. .

When we tricked Guo Daifeng, we never thought about taking his life. However, Pei Xingjian wanted the lives of Guo Daifeng's whole family this time.

There was only one reason why he invited us to watch Gongsun dance this time. He wanted us to shut up. "

Di Renjie said: "If this is the case, will you shut up?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "I don't know anything."

Di Renjie nodded and said: "Since Qibi Heli's body was not found, it means that they are planning to use Qibi Heli in exchange. I wonder who among the people you brought back from Silla is important enough to need Qibi Heli." How about exchange for someone with this level of strength?"

Wen Wen said: "No, the Silla people we brought back were not that important, because when we attacked the seaside, the important people had already followed the King of Silla to the sea."

Di Renjie sighed and said, "After listening to you talk about this incident, I found that the three of us are indeed good people."

When people in Wannian County began to go out to clear snow as a habit, Helan Minzhi opened the door again.

He knew that as soon as the door latch of their house clicked, a fat woman would start to take advantage of his wallet.

No matter what, Helan Minzhi felt very happy when someone was waiting for him without any regrets.

Sure enough, the old woman was waiting for him and said attentively: "The noble man has gone out. Today the old woman got some onions, and also got some beef from Jinchangfang to mix them together. I made the boss's beef and onion buns." , do you want to try it?”

Helan Minzhi smiled and said: "A certain family also believes that the buns are first-class and the price is also first-class, right?"

The old woman smiled flatteringly, and her fat face suddenly became like a bun, with wrinkles everywhere.

He kept inviting He Lan Minzhi to try it.

Helan Minzhi also knew that no one in the world would spend the price of a chicken to eat a steamed bun stuffed with onions and beef, except for him, a big wretch.

It is said that onions come from the East Palace and beef comes from Jinchangfang. Just listen to the names of these two places and you will know that these things are not cheap.

Helan Minzhi lacked everything except money. The money in his hands could not be used for other things except buying food, clothing, and daily necessities, such as buying slaves and hiring servants. .

One of the conditions that allowed him to come back from Leizhou was that he must live alone in Zhou Guogong's mansion to think about his mistakes.

When I had the morning meal today, I didn't see the scholar named Xue Changfeng, let alone those four interesting strong men.

However, the buns are really delicious...

Just when He Lan Minzhi was devouring the buns, a mouthful of buns stuck in his throat. Just when he was about to roll his eyes, a bowl of hot soup saved his life.

Helan Minzhi, who was patting his chest to catch his breath, saw the scholar named Xue Changfeng.

"The way you eat delicious food is wrong. As scholars, we must know how to restrain our desires. We cannot become slaves of desires and let ourselves be manipulated."

After hearing Xue Shusheng's words, Helan Minzhi, who almost choked to death just now, laughed loudly and said: "I thought so before, but I restrained myself, have others restrained themselves?"

Xue Shusheng said: "Confucius said: A scholar cannot be without great perseverance. The responsibilities are heavy and the road is long. Isn't it also important to be benevolent when one considers one's responsibilities? Isn't it also too far to do it after death?"

Helan Minzhi continued to laugh and said: "Confucius said: "When the pines and cypresses wither, then you will know that the year is cold! "

Xue Shusheng said: "Confucius said: When the weather is cold, pines and cypresses will wither. It means that when the weather is the coldest every year, most other trees will wither, and only pines and cypresses will stand tall and not fall. You have misremembered the subtle meaning of Confucius."

He Lanmin said: "What I mean by that is that only when the pines and cypresses have withered do you know how cold the weather is.

It has nothing to do with Confucius's subtle words and great righteousness. "

Shusheng Xue looked at He Lanmin and said, "What happened to you? Why are you so desperate?"

He Lan Minzhi chuckled and said: "You'd better not know, if you do, hehehe, it will be a life and death dilemma.

Today, I plan to treat you, a pedantic Confucian scholar, to eat expensive beef buns and drink the best antivirus. "

Shusheng Xue took out a money bag from his sleeve, shook it at Helan Minzhi and said, "I have no place to get anti-virus medicine, but I can treat you to steamed buns. You see, I have a lot of money."

Helan Minzhi looked at the shriveled money bag in Xue Shusheng's hand and concluded that the money bag would never contain more than fifty copper coins.

So, with a weird smile on his face, he picked up a beef and onion bun and took a big bite under the expectant eyes of the fat woman, and then stuffed the whole bun into his mouth with the second bite.

After eating the hot soup, he said to Shusheng Xue: "I have already eaten four beef buns. Did you know that each bun costs fifty cents!"

Shusheng Xue said with a smile: "Try to coax me, there are fifty cents a bun there, and they usually cost one cent each."

As soon as he finished speaking, the fat woman stood next to him and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are not wrong at all. These are steamed buns stuffed with beef and onions. The onions are only grown in the East Palace, and there are very few onions on the market.

The beef is fresh beef bought from Jinchangfang, and these cattle are brought back from Haixi. These two things are mixed together to make steamed buns. Do you think it is not worth fifty cents? "

Xue Shusheng's face was so wonderful. It turned from bright red, to yellow, then to white, and finally to the color of despair. Looking at it, He Lanmin felt extremely happy.

Scholar Xue hesitated for a long time, and finally dumped the money in his wallet on the table and said to He Lan Minzhi: "My money is only enough for you to eat one and a half buns."

He Lanmin said: "A scholar must be ambitious."

Xue Shusheng gritted his teeth and finally put his hand into his arms, only to hear a crash. When his hand appeared from his arms again, there was a golden longevity lock in his hand.

The front is engraved with longevity and eternal prosperity, and you can't see what's engraved on the back. However, looking at the way Shusheng Xue holds the golden lock firmly in his hand, you know that this thing is extremely precious to him, even far more than the gold itself.

Even though he was so reluctant to give up, Scholar Xue still stubbornly handed the golden lock to the fat woman and said with tears: "I drank his good wine and treated him to beef buns today."