Chapter 79 Mushu meat? Three oddities
Li Luotang was supported by Cui Liu all the way, walked through the long corridor with flower pots, passed through the Yuedong Gate, and arrived at a small pond.
When Li Luotang saw the water pavilion hanging with a gauze, there seemed to be a person standing. Is that the owner of this place?
Cuiliu helped Li Luotang into the water pavilion, and a man in white clothes turned his back to this side. Cuiliu placed Li Luotang on the cushion and sat down, and quietly retreated with Mingcui.
After waiting for a while, the man in white slowly turned around and Li Luotang took a breath. It was not that the man in white was ugly, but that he was wearing a mask with strange patterns.
"Sorry, I scared you." The man in white said hoarsely.
Li Luotang pursed the corners of his lips, "You kidnapped me, what do you mean?"
"Do you know that the reason why this dynasty was able to establish a country was that in addition to the four dukes, eight marquis and ten generals, there were three strange people to help him?" asked the man in white.
"I heard of it." Li Luotang not only reads official history, but also unofficial history. "After Taizu founded the country, Sanqi retired."
"Retire after success?" The man in white shook his head, "Of the three wonders, the only one who truly escaped without permission was Jian Qi."
Li Luotang frowned, kidnapped her, and told her about ancient times?
The man in white continued, "In order to protect the Wu Dynasty for thousands of generations, Taizu cast a bronze statue of the Three Qis, guarded the imperial tomb, and ordered Xiang Qi to build a mechanism to protect the dragon vein, and put the treasures of the whole country into it. In order to prevent Xiang Qi from spreading this matter, Taizu and General Xiang Qi secretly executed them."
"The cunning rabbit dies and the lack of dogs cook, and the birds are full of good bows and hide them." Li Luotang discussed the matter.
The man in white was silent for a moment and said, "Xiang Qi calculated that he could not escape the disaster. He handed over the map of the dragon vein to Bing Qi and the map of the mechanism to Jian Qi."
"What does this have to do with me?" Li Luotang asked in confusion.
"Ling Zun is the descendant of Jianqi's lineage." The man in white said slowly.
"Is it to arrest me so that my father can hand over the agency map?" Li Luotang asked.
"I'm asking you to come here to persuade Lingzun to work together with us for major events." said the man in white.
Li Luotang smiled, "Is there anyone who hired someone like this?"
"You are unhappy with my actions, I can only say sorry." The man in white bowed slightly, "Please forgive me."
"Are you the successor of Xiangqi or the successor of Bingqi?" Li Luotang asked curiously.
"Why do you guess like this?" asked the man in white.
"It's very simple. You just said that only Jian Qi escaped without permission, which means that Bing Qi was also liquidated by Taizu. Those who want to overthrow the Wu Dynasty regime should have no one except the successors of these two Qis." Li Luotang analyzed calmly.
"Xiangqi is my ancestor, and I have inherited the military lineage." The man in white is the common descendant of the two strange.
Li Luotang bit the corner of his lower lip and said, "It is not easy to overthrow the old dynasty and establish the new dynasty. My father must have known that this matter cannot be done, so he will reject you. So even if you catch me and threaten him, he will not compromise."
"How can this not be accomplished if you cut off the dragon vein of the Wu Dynasty, get the treasures of the whole country, and recruit millions of troops?" the man in white asked in a deep voice.
"How can the dragon vein be broken so easily? Can treasures be taken out so easily? Can a million troops be recruited so easily? It is easy to talk about war on paper, but it is difficult to send troops in actual combat." Li Luotang said righteously.
"It's up to people to do it. Miss Li thinks about it carefully and it's not too late to make a decision." The man in white was obviously not so easy to be persuaded by Li Luotang.
Li Luotang stared at the man in white for a long time, and then asked, "Why should I call you Lord Gong or something else?"
The man in white was stunned and smiled, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you."
As he said that, the man in white took off his mask and revealed his handsome face, "How did you recognize me?"
"Guess." Li Luotang smiled slightly, "I didn't expect to guess it."
"Smart girl." Gong Jiuxian praised with a smile.
"Can you tell me when you decided to catch me?" Li Luotang asked.
"I didn't want to catch you at first, but Tang Chenxiao was too wary, so I could only change my strategy." Gong Jiuxian was also helpless. He didn't want to get to this point.
"So you knew from the beginning that I was not Brother Tang's sister." Li Luotang said.
"Yes." Gong Jiuxian admitted.
"The Lou sisters are yours?" Li Luotang continued to ask.
"No, I just followed the trend that day. I wanted to sell my favors to get close to you, but who knew I would backfire." Gong Jiuxian said the truth.
"How did you do Brother Tang?" Li Luotang asked.
"My people just led him elsewhere and would not hurt him." Gong Jiuxian replied.
"If it's okay, can I let the maid help me back to my room?" Li Luotang knew that Gong Jiuxian would not let her go easily, so she decided to use obedience to reduce his vigilance and find an opportunity to leave.
"Come on, help the lady back to the room." Gong Jiuxian said loudly.
Mingcui and Cuiliu walked in from outside the water pavilion and helped Li Luotang back to their original room.
Li Luotang lay in the bed and fell asleep soon after.
At noon, two maids came in and woke her up, "Miss, it's time to have lunch."
Li Luotang was taken to a flower hall by his maid, and Gong Jiuxian was already waiting for her. "I asked the chef to cook a few dishes. I wonder if it suits your taste?"
"I'm not picky about food." Li Luotang said shamelessly.
Gong Jiuxian smiled, "That's good."
Li Luotang sat down and looked at the dishes on the table, but was not in a hurry to do it, "Sir Gong, there is nothing else added to this dish, right?"
Gong Jiuxian did not answer the question, but picked up the food and told Li Luotang with action that nothing else was added to the food.
Although Li Luotang was not completely relieved, she could not be hungry either. She was so hungry that her feet were weak and her hands were still unable to escape. She could only pick up chopsticks.
Two people, four dishes and one soup.
After tasting every dish of Li Luotang, he pointed to a bowl of dishes containing lean pork, eggs, black fungus, cucumbers and other ingredients, and asked, "What is this dish called?"
"Osmanthus meat." Gong Jiuxian replied.
Li Luotang thought for a while, "Is this a Shandong dish?"
Gong Jiuxian's eyebrows moved slightly and asked with a smile: "How does it taste?"
"Very good, green, yellow, red, white, black colors are alternated, bright in color; rich aroma, soft and smooth taste, salty and delicious." Li Luotang picked up another chopstick, "I like to eat it, but I don't understand the name of this dish. Osmanthus is an alias for osmanthus, but there is no osmanthus in this dish, so why is it called osmanthus meat?"
"This dish was originally called Mushu. Because the egg yolk and egg white are mixed and fried, it looks like osmanthus, so osmanthus is used instead of Mushu." Gong Jiuxian explained.
"Brother Gong, you know so much." Li Luotang praised with a smile.
After the two of them happily finished lunch, Li Luotang asked, "Do I have to stay in that room or can I walk around?"
Gong Jiuxian smiled and said, "You can walk around."
In the afternoon, Li Luotang was in this house and walked around and took a look.
Chapter completed!