The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 41 Confucian Mansion Banquet

With Huai En's letter there, both Kong Hongtai and Liu Daxia regarded Chang Feng as their own.

Not everyone has the courage to resist the treacherous party and protect the prince.The two even felt a little admiration for Chang Feng.

Kong Hongtai warmly invited Chang Feng: "The ancestor worship ceremony is approaching, and there are too many chores at home. I plan to go to Tai'an Fucheng with Liu Zhifu, climb Mount Tai, and hide and relax."

"Changbaihu is new to Shandong, right? How can we not climb Mount Tai? Why don't we go together?"

Chang Feng was about to go to Mount Tai for field investigation to see how to create a strange disaster.

Chang Feng cupped his hands: "Thank you, Duke Yan, my subordinates are worse than obeying orders."

Kong Hongtai said again: "It's almost noon. Let's stay for dinner together."

It is the supreme honor of all Ming officials to be able to eat at the same table as Yan Shenggong!

Everyone knows that Yan Shenggong is lonely and arrogant.

For people he despises, no matter how high the grade is, he will not give face to a meal.

The last time the governor of Shandong went to the Confucian Temple to pay homage, it was nearing the end of the day, and he wanted to stay in the Confucian Mansion and taste the famous Confucian Mansion Banquet.

But Yan Shenggong refused people thousands of miles away: "Master Futai is busy with business. Please go back."

Kong Hongtai invited Chang Feng, a little brocade guard, to try a hundred households for dinner, not for anything else but for loyalty.

Kong Hongtai naturally didn't know that Chang Feng's protection of the crown prince was out of selfishness to protect himself.

The three of them entered the dining room of Confucian Mansion.

The former residence of the sage is very particular about eating.The diet system is a branch of the ritual and music system advocated by Confucius.

Therefore, the daily diet of Yan Shenggong in the past dynasties is comparable to the royal banquet of the palace.

The beautiful maids of the Confucian Mansion began to serve dishes gracefully.

The first dish is the yellow sparrow bream.

Chang Feng took a sip, and there was a subconscious smile on his face when people eat delicious food.

This is much more delicious than the pork head meat on Lvdiaozi Street!
Chang Feng couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask Yan Shenggong, Mr. Liu, what is the name of this dish?"

Changfeng at this moment, to use the allusion in the later "Dream of Red Mansions", is really like "Grandma Liu entered Cybertron for the first time, and Optimus Prime first tested the love of clouds and rain".

Kong Hongtai stroked his beard, but did not speak.

Liu Daxia is honest and self-sufficient, and spends his days in Tai'an government office with vegetables and tofu.As soon as there was a glutton in my stomach, I ran to the Confucian Mansion to fight teeth.

He pays more attention to the food and drink of the Confucian mansion than Yan Shenggong!
Liu Daxia explained: "The name of this dish is oriole bream. Take a three-month-old male oriole and slaughter it before removing the claws and wing tips."

"Soak and wash with 20-year-old Shaoxing wine. Then disembowel the sparrow and dry it to remove [-]% of the water."

"Use orange peel, green onion and ginger, red yeast rice, sweet rice wine, pepper, fine sea salt, and add water to make a marinade."

"Add the oriole to the marinade and marinate for 16 to [-] days to taste."

"When eating, take the oriole out of the marinade and wash it again with the best daughter red. It will be exposed to the hot sun for an hour and a quarter."

"Use high-quality rapeseed oil and heat it to [-]% heat. Put the yellow bird in and roll it twice."

"Take out the upper drawer and steam it for a while. This dish of oriole bream is ready."

What Liu Daxia said stunned Chang Feng.

Such a common side dish in Confucian Mansion is so complicated to make.It is indeed a 2000-year-old family with millions of acres of land.

Liu Daxia added: "As for the various dishes of the Confucian Mansion Banquet, I am more familiar with it than Yan Shenggong! I am a poor official, and I come to eat Yan Shenggong's autumn breeze whenever I have time."

Kong Hongtai said: "The poor officials of the Ming Dynasty are even rarer than the rare ones. I wish you could come to my house every day to enjoy the autumn breeze."

After eating the sixteen-flavored dishes, the first delicacies of the Confucian Mansion Banquet were served.

It was an ordinary-looking longevity peach.It is called "Yipin Longevity Peach".

Chang Feng thought to himself: This should be the staple food at the Confucian banquet.

The beautiful maid gave Chang Feng a piece.

Chang Feng took a bite, where is this birthday peach?Refreshing and glutinous, sweet but not greasy.The sweet aroma is refreshing.

A smile appeared on Chang Feng's face after tasting the delicious food.

Liu Daxia smiled and said, "It's the first time I've eaten Yipin Longevity Peach, and my expression is exactly the same as yours."

"This kind of longevity peach is as exquisite as the oriole bream. First, use a low fire to fry the sorghum maltose to half dry."

"Take the Gongtian yam at the foot of Mount Tai, steam it in a drawer for two quarters, and finely chop it into mud with a wooden knife."

"Hawthorn jelly, green plum powder, red silk, and jujube paste are mixed with yam paste, made into a birthday peach, and steamed in a drawer for two minutes."

"Finally, add sorghum maltose to cold black tea, boil over low heat to make Gorgon juice, and pour it on the birthday peaches."

Chang Feng was dumbfounded again.No wonder Confucius said in "The Analects of Confucius" that "you never get tired of fine food, and you never get tired of fine meat"!

The descendants of his old man are really very particular about eating.

However, Kong Hongtai didn't move his chopsticks much with the delicious food on the table.

Not long after, a maid walked up to Kong Hongtai.

What about this maid?Hey!It is ditched and tossed, with protruding lordosis and long legs, so beautiful that it is bubbling.

The maid has a tray in her hand.On the tray was a pancake, a green onion, and a bowl of yellow sauce.

Kong Hongtai picked up the scallions, dipped in the yellow sauce and spread them evenly on the pancakes, then skillfully rolled up the scallions with the pancakes, chewing on them.

The dignified Yan Shenggong is actually the most fond of pancake rolls with scallions!
You know, Yuan Shao's "Four Generations and Three Dukes" during the Three Kingdoms period was already extremely honorable.

The Confucius family is "61 generations, [-] princes and [-] king".Such an honorable person as Kong Hongtai only loves pancakes rolled with scallions?

Kong Hongtai wolfed it down, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and explained: "Hundreds of households often laugh at it. The Confucius Mansion Banquet is for you distinguished guests."

"I don't really like to eat it myself. It's still refreshing to eat pancakes with scallions."

Chang Feng is very good at talking: "Yan Shenggong has never forgotten the teachings of Confucius. The master said: eat lightly, drink water, bend your arms and sleep on them, and enjoy yourself."

The translation of this sentence is that eating rough food with cold water and using your arm as a pillow can also enjoy yourself.

Kong Hongtai was surprised: "Chang Baihu is a warrior of Jinyiwei. He also knows the words of "The Analects of Confucius"?"

Chang Feng was a little embarrassed: "When I was young, my father used to force my subordinates to study. However, my subordinates are not talented enough to study. I failed the county examination three times."

Kong Hongtai said: "Reading does not depend on how far you can go in the imperial examination. It depends on how to read and how to use it."

At this moment, the effervescent maid who served Kong Hongtai to eat pancakes knelt down to Kong Hongtai with a "plop".

The maid was tearful: "Master, this is the last time this slave will serve you for dinner."

Chang Feng thought: In the capital, which high-ranking official doesn't have an affair with the beautiful maid in his own mansion?Presumably, this beautiful maid must be Yan Shenggong's untitled confinement.

Chang Feng is still young.In Jinyiwei, I saw a lot of bad things, but I don't believe that there are really saints in this world.

Kong Hongtai hurriedly said: "Nian'er, get up quickly. I forgot that you will leave the house tomorrow and marry the person you like, right?"

"You entered the mansion at the age of six. You served the Kong family for 11 years. The Kong family never regarded you as a slave, only as a daughter."

"Your wishful gentleman, as I remember, is a scholar from a poor family? I will give you twenty acres of land as a dowry from your natal family."

"With twenty acres of land, it's enough for you and your husband to live a good life."

"You tell him that you have to keep reading and learning endlessly. But don't be obsessed with imperial examinations."

"Students, once you win the exam, you will become an official. A good person will also become a wicked ghost!"

From Kong Hongtai's eyes, Chang Feng didn't see the love between men and women, only the kindness of a father to a child.

Kong Hongtai's last words shocked him even more.

(End of this chapter)