palm river mountain

Chapter 60 Golden Ripple
As much as Yan Jing was embarrassed, Mr. Qi was as resentful as he was.

Duan Yi is good at everything, her mouth is more gluttonous than anyone else's, and her uncooked meals are mediocre.He ate and drank on that grave for many years, but he really never saw her cook a table of delicious dishes.

It is obviously an advantage inherited from women's ancestors, but Cui Zigeng took the lead.

Qi Langzhong followed behind, with a lot of thoughts in his heart, but Duan Yi, who was walking in front, walked with big strides, without the slightest discomfort, and didn't feel that she and Cui Zi were even more out of step.

Now it's not time to eat, the big kitchen is very quiet, only a few women guarding the soup pot are chatting.

Duan Yi watched and cleared the situation for Cui Zi.

Cui Zigeng rolled up his sleeves, took the ingredients from the chopping board, and started to prepare.

The other three old men, who value a gentleman far away from the kitchen, flung their robes and sat down at the stone table in front of the kitchen door. Qi Langzhong took out a few chess pieces from his arms, and put them on the table. Play backgammon on the Internet.

Duan Yi crossed her arms, watching Cui Zi prepare the dishes with relish, without saying a word.

After a while, Fang couldn't help asking, "Aren't you afraid that once the Jiannan crisis is over, my grandfather will go back on his word?"

If high-five swearing is useful, people don't need to press their finger prints to sign the deed of prostitution.

Cui Zigeng didn't even raise his head, "If it's Duan San, it's useless to break your hand. But Mr. Gu, even if you don't have those three palms today, there will be no such unfaithful things as you said. This is roughly the difference between a gentleman and a villain."

Duan Yi was not annoyed at all, she never thought about being a decent gentleman, but she also considers herself an upright person, otherwise, if she was rescued in the teahouse, she could say that she would be a cow in the next life. The horse repays the kindness.

Its effect is the same as inviting you to a restaurant for dinner another day.

But she pulled out the hairpin.

"The murderer who killed my uncle back then, I didn't see his face, but I saw his boots. There was a strange golden ripple embroidered on it. It wasn't auspicious clouds or waves. I searched all the embroidered patterns I could find , have never seen the same."

Duan Yi frowned, thinking about it carefully, and said, "But it's definitely not the embroiderer who did it casually, because it's not just a killer's shoe. Now we are also regarded as grasshoppers on a boat. Before the shore, it can barely be regarded as a group."

"You even know Chu Ge, but you know this golden ripple?"

Cui Zigeng paused with his hand holding the knife. He thought about it carefully, then shook his head, "I didn't hear about it. I spent most of my time in the Xuanying Army, and I learned about Chu Ge by accident."

As he spoke, he paused for a while, "If I'm really that well-informed, I won't be kicked out."

As he spoke, he hesitated for a moment, then fell silent again.

Duan Yi's eyes were sharp, and her heart became excited, "What did you think of?"

Cui Zi shook his head, "I remembered a story my aunt told, but nine times out of ten it is not the same as what you told."

"It is said that when King Zheng was born, he was quite like the previous emperor. Wang Daxi, favored him, and wanted to abandon his eldest son and take King Zheng as his successor. But the rumors are false. When King Zheng was young, he was the same as King Han today. , cannot enter the eyes of the late emperor."

"Until the day of the late Emperor's birthday, he held a banquet on a palace boat ingeniously, with one person sitting on each boat. The setting sun is very upright, and in response to the saying that the sunset and the solitary duck fly together, the autumn water is the same color as the sky."

"Golden waves shimmered on the lake. The late emperor sat on the bow of the boat to watch the scenery. Everyone shouted long live, and whoever saw that scene would not praise the scene of a prosperous age. But the late emperor saw something different."

"The setting sun reflected on the river, and the small boats of the three princes floated with the waves, but under the three boats, only King Zheng's boat had the brightest waves, far surpassing others. The first emperor thought it auspicious, and now he feels that King Zheng is extraordinary."

Cui Zi spoke even more slowly, and Duan Yi discovered that his voice was quite nice.

Unlike him, who usually speaks poisonously and coldly, when he mentioned his mother and told stories, his voice really became warmer.It sounds like I drank a glass of warm wine.

"King Zheng?" Duan Yi frowned.

Cui Zigeng shook his head, "I didn't want to tell you before, because my mother likes to tell stories. She read a lot of legends and anecdotes about unofficial history. When I was young, a mole suddenly appeared in the corner of my eye. She's going to make up a story for me."

"Yes, I don't know whether the story she told me is true or she just made it up."

"Furthermore, the remaining party of King Zheng has almost been wiped out, and now they are brutally murdered. After ascension to the throne, they would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go. How many people related to King Zheng will be executed?"

Duan Yi was thoughtful, "You may not know that those people not only killed my uncle, but also slaughtered the entire Qiao family. Whether it was my grandfather or the Qiao family, they were all loyal to His Majesty. "

"If the remaining party of King Zheng did it, then it just makes sense. They want to cut off the wings of the emperor, and then plan to rebel, don't they?"

Cui Zi was obviously hearing this news for the first time. He put the knife on the chopping board and shook his head.

"In this world, the complexities of people's hearts are far beyond what you and I expected. Throughout the ages, how many loyal ministers have made great achievements, and the trusted emperor has wiped out all of them. If the emperor really treats Gu Qiao's family as loyal..."

"Then there will be no crime against the Qiao family and no danger to Jiannan."

Duan Yi sighed softly when she heard this. They have been tracking them down for many years, but those people are like a drop of water returning to the sea, and their traces are hard to find. "You are very right."

"What are you still staring at? Don't think that you are a Jiedu envoy just because you are in Jiannan's Jiedu envoy's mansion. I asked you to come here as a servant girl to set the fire, not to be an official interrogator!"

Cui Zi's colder voice sounded above her head, Duan Yi chuckled, and raised her head, "Cook, have you chopped it up yet? Just tell me to light a fire, and when the time comes, there will be nothing left to cook, so what's the matter with stewing you?" No?"

As she spoke, she took out a fire pocket, stuffed a few sticks of firewood, and stuffed some wood shavings into the stove, and worked hard to light the fire!

Cui Zi didn't answer the conversation, but just concentrated on cooking.

Duan Yi was holding a blowing torch, puffing out her cheeks and blowing. From the corner of her eye, she glanced at Cui Zigeng on the stove. His fingers were slender and fair, and he was holding a black spatula handle, which contrasted sharply.

I haven't noticed it on weekdays, but I just heard Cui Zigeng mention that the tear mole under the corner of his eye is eye-catching no matter how it looks, as if it can't be ignored.

Thinking about it, Duan Yi put down the torch, folded her hands together, and patted herself on the face.

"If you fan yourself while burning a fire, will the fire be bigger?"

Duan Yi rolled her eyes at Cui Zigeng, "What do you know? I just took away the useless brains I inherited from my aunt."

Her greedy and lustful brain will only affect her speed of lifting the gun, so don't worry about it.

(End of this chapter)