box of hearts

Chapter 62
Qi She nodded, and with a gesture, Zhou Dun stepped forward and poured out two bowls of clear soup from the porcelain basin in the middle.Qingtian tried to smell it first, but Qi She took a sip from the bowl and said: "This pot of soup is called Qiankun soup, and it takes tree chicken, tit, velvet antler, camel tendon, clam bun, bear paw, rhino nose, lion Milk, puffer fish skin, civet cat, plus water eight treasures, and the soup is golden lotus from the snow mountain. Golden lotus is produced on the ice peak of Kunlun Mountains. Two golden lotuses. Five taels of golden lotus are used in this soup, and the cold and snowy fragrance of lotus is used to remove the fishy smell of delicacies from mountains and seas. After the soup is finished, the surface layer is decanted, leaving only the clearest part in the middle, and the soup base and ingredients are discarded. This banquet is called the 'Five Elements Banquet' and costs 1 taels of silver."

Qingtian clasped his heart in both hands, feeling lingering fear, "After hearing about it, I was too scared to eat it."

Qi She smiled and took the snake liver with her chopsticks, "I advise you to eat more, it's just like this in this life."

Qingtian took out a handkerchief to imprint the corners of his lips, and the handkerchief was embroidered with dancing spring flowers, "Although a feast of 1 taels of silver is given, but a dignified first-class prince has less than 80 yuan in a year? Treat yourself to this for a lifetime. It must be stingy."

"To tell you the truth, this banquet is only the second time, sir." Qi She raised two fingers, and there was a hint of harsh spring cold in the spring breeze on his face, and the heat and cold were unknown, "The first time was four years A few years ago, after I led the troops to defeat the Tatars and returned to the court, my uncle and Chief Assistant Wang Chaezhao invited me to eat here. This place is his private theater, and the old man prefers to sing operas. I am here to hold a meeting, and all the high-ranking officials and guests at the meeting love this five-element banquet. I also count as a little brocade, even if I am a hostage in Tartar later, it is still the prince's preferential treatment. What kind of fine food is delicious? Have you ever had a meal? But I didn’t understand until I saw this feast, what is 'wine pond meat forest' and 'people's fat and people's ointment'."

Qingtian looked surprised, "I also heard something in my ears that day, saying that the third master has been very harmonious with the Dongdang Wang family recently, but I didn't expect it to be so harmonious."

"I told my uncle that I would like to borrow his place to invite a guest, and my uncle readily agreed."

"Could it be me who the third master invited?"

"Could it be the third master you invited?"

Qingtian smiled, and then frowned in thought. After a while, he clasped his hands together and pressed them sharply against his chin, "The third master has only been in charge of the country for a few years, and it has already faded away. The relatives of the Wang family will definitely not want to sit and wait for death. On the second day of July , the third master was assassinated. Although the main messenger has never been found out, he must be inseparable from the Dongdang. Seeing the Wang family's extreme strategy, the third master knew that he was too aggressive and too sharp, so he changed to the art of hiding. With the Wang family Don’t talk about relatives, but you still have to borrow their place to eat. You have shown no doubts or fears, and you are using my name to paralyze the world, making everyone think that you are content with the status quo and indulging in women. Showing good and weak at the same time, Believe it and be safe, use evil to draw it, this is the strategy of "hiding the sword in a smile" in the 36 strategies."

Qi She laughed, and there was only a lot of joy hidden in the smile, "What a 'Nv Zhong Zhuge'! But you are only half right, and you are half right. I really want to treat you to a big meal, but I have no choice." With little money, I had to come to a rich family to make a fortune. In your jargon, this is called 'find a wrong bucket to be the bottom'."

Qingtian laughed so hard that he rubbed his cheeks with both hands, "If the third master is listed to do business, he will surely be rich in wealth and famous in Beijing."

Qi She cupped his hands, "I'm ashamed and ashamed. If a girl is in power, she must be respected and prominent, and the government and the public will look at her."

Zhou Dun and Mu Yun, who were sitting at the table, were laughing uncontrollably, when a soft voice came from outside the curtain: "Eunuch Zhou!" Zhou Dun wiped the corners of his eyes, turned around and took a hot pot with an apricot grove in it. A carved silver jug ​​of Chunyan.

"My lord, here comes the wine."

The wine juice was poured into the cup, the color was golden, it was really beautiful.Qingtian still put it in front of his nose and sniffed it first, Qi She smiled happily: "This is a 'Hundred Flower Brew' made of sweet-scented osmanthus, lotus, narcissus, rose and other fragrant flowers. Sweet wine, it doesn't hurt the spleen and stomach, try it .”

Qingtian took a sip, the mellow wine smell pierced his heart and spleen.I was greedy for a while, and drank two cups in a row. Although there was a lot of it, I still felt a little hot and dry. I even threw away the stove, and my brows became red.

Qi She put his palm horizontally in front of his forehead, "I'm afraid of this sentence." But he glanced at Qingtian, who was full of wine, and let go of his hand on the table with a "slap", "Forget it, it's rare for you to be happy, just tell me, sir Yours, you can do whatever you say."

Qingtian was overjoyed, "Shoot it."

Qi She refused straight away, "Shooting can't do it."

Qingtian was half angry and half laughing, "Couple sentence?"

"Couples don't work. How about a dice roll?"

"No."

"Guess?"

"There is no elegance at all. Hey, there is a flying cup! It can't be simpler, just a flying cup!" She nodded her hand forward, it was a cat's claws, domineering, sharp nails, and soft and silent palm rest.

Qi She's chest became inexplicably hot, as if there was a cat softly nestled in his heart, even if it went away, it would still leave fine hairs, one on the left and one on the right, itchy, and could not be patted off or picked off. Can't finish.

He wanted to put his arms around her and hold her in his arms, but he just smiled with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Flying cup."

It was already dark, and the fine snow was falling quietly. The copper pot of hot wine was haloed with yellow halos under the lamp, and there was a slight sound of bubbles breaking open on the water surface.

Qingtian raised his silver chopsticks and knocked on the food plate, smiling brightly, "From this moment on, I am the order officer. I also know that the third master doesn't like the sour orders of ordinary people, and I don't use those who gnaw at me. Meaning, just take an extremely easy literal to fly, but all idioms, common sayings, songs, lyrics, songs and Fu are not allowed, only the seven words of Tang and Song Dynasties are allowed, from the first character to the seventh character in order, not reversed, the first sentence and the last sentence must be flying Local scenery. Before flying, eat a cup at the door, three cups if you can’t tell, one cup if you say a wrong word, and five cups for those who mislead.”

Qi She groaned, gritted his teeth for a while, "Okay, come on. You fly first and I fly first?"

"Fist to decide."

Immediately punched a few times, Qingtian won, Qi She raised his hands and looked there, "The winner flies first, the loser flies first?" The two couldn't help laughing, and decided that the winner would fly first, and then punched twice , but Qi Shesheng.So after drinking a glass of facade wine, Qingtian smiled softly and raised his eyes, "Eunuch Zhou, please say a word."

Qi She has always been a soldier, eating meat and drinking in large bowls, and has never had the pleasure of reciting poems and prose. Therefore, Zhou Dun has limited knowledge in this regard, and some stares, "Here, girl, what does the slave say?" What word?"

"It doesn't matter what the word is, just say it at will."

Zhou Dun scratched his scalp, and timidly tried to say, "Wine?"

Qing Tian smiled immediately, "That's a good point, but we have left some leeway for our orders, that's the word 'wine'. Third Master, please invite first, don't forget, the first sentence must have local scenery."

Qi She was toasting his glass and thinking, when he heard Zhou Dun twittering behind his back and asked Mu Yun: "Hey, what is this 'local scenery'?" , ignorant, ignorant and incompetent!"

Zhou Dun knew that he was deliberately making fun of him, so he just smiled silly, and Mu Yun, who was opposite him, smiled and explained: "No wonder Mr. Zhou doesn't know, these are all those tricky and weird tricks that have emerged recently. 'Local scenery' means to say No matter where the sentence comes from, it must be appropriate to the person and situation at hand. For example, if it is snowing in the severe winter, you should say "the window contains the snow in Xiling Qianqiu", not "the spring breeze in February is like scissors". "

Qi She gave a "tsk", pointed at Mu Yun with one hand, and yelled at Zhou Dun: "Listen, listen, what does it mean to have a master like a servant? You really don't want to give me face."

Qing Tian was also grinning, and cast his eyes on Mu Yun, "Yo, my sister is Du Zimei and He Jizhen, so knowledgeable, I am too ashamed to open my mouth again."

Mu Yun pulled the two dark eyebrows, suddenly showing a bit of savagery, "Eunuch Zhou didn't understand, so I told him kindly, but the third master and the girl teamed up to make fun of people!" As soon as he turned around, he was about to hide, and Qing Tian smiled and said, "What a big girl, you will turn your face if you say a word, stop quickly. Can't you make an apology?"

Mu Yun spat, cupped her face and smiled.The four of them laughed happily, and Qingtian stared at Qi She eagerly, "Third Master, after all this time, can your first sentence fly or not?"

Qi She hummed slightly with a smile, and raised the plain white cup in his hand, "A thousand cups are too rare for a bosom friend [2]—" He stared at her indomitably, his eyes were too dark and too bright Bright again.

Qingtian greeted this gaze, the man in front of him was really a good-looking man, with thick eyebrows and clear eyes, and a heroic demeanor, and he was so powerful and gentle, no matter how heavy his heart was, he should be moved by it.But she has no heart, there is only an empty blood hole where the heart used to be, and she trembles with pain whenever she touches it, it is completely a kind of strong physiological and instinctive resistance.

She suppressed her heart with one hand, turned her head and laughed: "What is this called 'local scenery'? So-so, you pass the test. I will come to the second word, um, you must be drunk when you meet with wine[3]. You should fly the third Character."

"May I ask where the restaurant has [4]?"

"Wu Ji presses the wine and invites guests to taste it [5]."

"Why are you so fast?" Clenched fists under the nose, frowned in thought.

After a while, Qingtian tapped the side of the plate with a silver chopstick, "I'm going to strike the bowl to remind me to sing."

"There is no reminder, the ink in my stomach is limited, so I can't remember a word in this rush."

"Third Master, have a drink first, and I'll tell you for you."

(End of this chapter)