When the beef was halfway through, a strong fragrance appeared in the pot, which made the two bandits feel itchy. They were drooling around the stove from time to time, and asked anxiously: "This has been stewed for a quarter of an hour, so it should be ready to eat it?"

"It's still early, and the meat will be stewed for at least half an hour." Lin Dan picked up the handkerchief and wiped his hands. "Can the two elder brothers take me to my carriage? I want to get some seasonings."

The two bandits immediately became alert and pointed at the bottles and jars on the stove and scolded, "Don't be fucking trouble, there are all kinds of seasonings here, isn't enough for you?"

Lin Dan was not panicked and explained warmly: "That's right, my beef stewed is still a seasoning to completely taste. You two escort me and take me back. I, a weak woman, can you escape from your hands? If you have this seasoning, this beef stewed pot will be several times better than it is now."

The two bandits smelled the strong fragrance in the air and thought that it was even better than now. What kind of delicious way should it be? The imperial chef's skills are indeed no better than those of ordinary people. Instead, they remembered Lin Dan's method of slaughtering cattle, and they became a little timid again.

Lin Dan took the initiative to take out a piece of rope and wrap it around his wrist. The two bandits nodded reluctantly, and locked the kitchen door before leaving to prevent Shaoyao and Dujuan from running out. The three of them walked to the deepest part of the village and found a cave with vines on their outside. If no one advised them, they would really ignore it.

The two bandits opened the vines and scolded them sternly, "You go in and find them yourself, move quickly!"

Lin Dan looked in with the torches of the two, and saw that her five carriages were parked in the hole, and dozens of locked boxes were all stolen. She just glanced at it and walked in, climbed onto one of the carriages, knocked open the mud seal of a large urn, scooped a few spoons of wine with a long spoon, put it into a small empty jar, quickly covered the kraft paper at the mouth of the jar, and tied it tightly with a rope.

Although she moved very quickly and had just taken a few breaths to seal the wine jar, the two bandits still smelled the indescribable fragrance of wine and were immediately a little frightened.

"What kind of wine is this? How come it smells so fragrant?" the two said with mouth water.

"It's just an ordinary drink. I'm making it myself, it's not worth it." Lin Dan's expression froze and his eyes dodged.

The two bandits looked at her deeply and then took her away. After returning to the kitchen, Lin Dan poured the wine from the jar into the stewed beef and stirred it slowly with a spatula. The already rich soup became more and more sticky and mellow under her stirring. Each piece of stewed beef was wrapped in a layer of crystal clear and sticky juice, and a strange fragrance spread everywhere. This fragrance was nothing but a sharp weapon, and it even penetrated the doors and windows of the kitchen and wandered over the village, which was fascinating.

"Hurry, hurry up, grab some beef for us." The bandits in charge of guarding Lin Dan and others knocked on the empty bowl and urged.

"Two brothers, the meat has not been stewed yet, so I have to wait for a while." Lin Dan explained kindly.

"No matter whether it is rotten or not, as long as it is cooked, you can catch it, what's the point!" The two bandits were so anxious that their eyes turned red. They were stimulated by the fragrance, and they wanted to plunge into the pot and eat it happily. The other bandits also came over with the smell, saying that they should taste the meat in the pot no matter what. Fortunately, the bandit leader could hold back, otherwise the kitchen would have been robbed long ago.

"What kind of wine did that woman put in the pot? How fragrant is it?" The bandit leader immediately grabbed his subordinates and questioned him after leaving the kitchen, and occasionally twitched his nose and smelled the aftertaste in the air.

"Boss, I'll take you to see." The two bandits said as if they were offering treasures: "It will take a while before the food is served, why don't we brothers drink first?"

"Okay, go and bring out the wine." Several people carried the big jar to the main hall, pulled the kraft paper and looked in, and they were a little dizzy. No matter how good the wine was, it was too fragrant. If it was opened and smelled, it would be stronger than the ordinary burning knife, and it was even more mellow than the aged Wuliangye. Before it could be put in, the saliva had already flowed all over the floor.

"Fill it up, hurry up!" The bandit leader took out a big bowl and shouted urgently. After drinking all the wine, he was stunned for a while, then laughed out loud, and even praised the wine. The rest of the people couldn't help but scoop a bowl to drink. The strong aroma of wine filled the air, hooking more people over...

Xiao Zhu and his friends were already gathered together to discuss how to escape and how to rescue the shopkeeper. Suddenly, they smelled an indescribable aroma of meat and immediately became quiet. Then they said confidently, "The shopkeeper is making beef stewed with rice wine!"

"I'm hungry!" a servant licked his lips and murmured.

The other people looked at me, and I looked at you, and they all whineed in their stomachs. As long as the shopkeeper cooked, those who were not hungry would immediately feel hungry. Even the man who closed his eyes and rested in peace opened his eyes and looked towards the kitchen, and the Adam's apple moved up and down uncontrollably.

Everyone started discussing again after quiet for a moment, but unexpectedly, a domineering fragrance of wine came from all directions, making them red in their eyes. Xiao Zhu, who was caught, beaten, imprisoned, had never lost control of his emotions and spat fiercely and cursed, "Damn, these beasts struck by lightning, dare to steal our wine!"

The Junwei man who had always remained silent suddenly asked, "What kind of wine is this?"

Xiaozhu gritted her teeth and said, "There is a legend in Zhongshan County that I don't know if you have heard of it--Liu Xuanshi sold wine from a Zhongshan Restaurant..."

The man was very knowledgeable and immediately replied, "Xuanshi is drunk, can he drink a thousand days?"

Xiao Zhu looked at him in surprise and nodded, "Yes, this wine is the legendary Qianli wine. Manager Lin has been traveling in Zhongshan County for three years and traveled to many places. He finally restored the recipe of Qianli wine. After the brewing was successful, he buried it underground for seven years. He has only dug it out recently and is ready to sell it to the capital for a good price. When he opened the wine jar, a wine insect had already grown in the jar. The wine was extremely mellow and thick. Although it would not make people intoxicated for a thousand days, he could still be drunk for three days and three nights."

"Xuanshi Drunk" is an allusion that has been passed down for hundreds of years. It is said that there is a man named Di Xi in Zhongshan County. His winemaking skills have reached its peak. A drunkard named Liu Xuanshi came to buy wine. Di Xi sold him a jar of wine, but forgot to tell him that this kind of wine has great potential and must be restrained. If he gets drunk, it will cause people to wake up for thousands of days. After drinking, Liu Xuanshi returned home and died of drunkenness. His family thought he had died of death, so he buried him. After a thousand days, Di Xi suddenly remembered this and hurriedly went to search for it. The Liu family dug out the buried Liu Xuanshi. As soon as he woke up, a strong smell of wine was still permeated. People around him smelled it and woke up for three months.

When it was passed down to later generations, this kind of wine was named Qianri Wine, which can be called the true immortal among wine.

The smell of wine was soaked in the nose, and the noise of bandits slashing wine fists were wrapped around his ears. The man in Junwei licked his dry lips and gritted his teeth and said, "It's really a bunch of beasts!" As soon as he finished speaking, he broke the rope and stood up with a deep face. He originally wanted to wait until late at night, but now he can't stand it.

"You, you, why did you open the rope?" Xiao Zhu and others looked at him with tongues.

"You stay here first, I'll go to save Manager Lin. When you hear the whistle, you come out to meet me." Afraid that the bandits would be shocked by the random running, Junwei's man loosened the tie for the few people, and then pulled the iron chain on the door bolt with his bare hands, restored it a little, and sneaked in the direction with the strongest meaty smell.

Lin Dan was stir-frying beef tendons, and Shaoyao and Dujuan pinched the beaten beef into meatballs and put it into the milk soup made with beef stick bones. Seeing the man pushing the door in, the three of them were slightly stunned. Lin Dan reacted the fastest and immediately pulled the other party in and covered the door with his backhand.

"Why are you here? Where are Xiao Zhu and the others?" she asked with a low volume.

"I'll save you." The man's weapon has been confiscated by the bandits. He is picking up kitchen knives in the kitchen, and his tone is very calm. "I'll send you out of the mountain village first. Don't run around when you enter the forest. Go down the stream and wait for me in the open area at the foot of the mountain. Xiaozhu and others will come later." The scene will be a bit bloody and is not suitable for women to watch. It's okay for Xiaozhu and others to stay until the end to save him. You can also help him clean up the body.

After thinking about it, the man went to pull Lin Dan's wrist, but she gently pushed it away, "There are more than thirty bandits in the village, and you only have one, how can you deal with it? You sit and eat something, and we will go down the mountain later." While saying that, he brought a plate of beef with a boiled beef and stuffed the bowls and chopsticks into the other party's hand.

The man subconsciously took the bowl and chopsticks, swallowed it a few bites, his eyes flashed with a satisfying and enjoyable light, and he stopped stiffly in his voice, with a slightly awkward tone: "Now is not the time to eat, please follow me!"

"What are you going, sit and eat!" Lin Dan gently patted the man's hand that came out, with a light smile in his voice.

The man looked at the back of his numb and itchy hands, and then looked at Lin Dan's smiling face. Before he knew it, he fell silent and his eyelids drooped.

Shaoyao and Dujuan looked at the stewed beef that had been scooped in the pot and complained: "I told them that the meat was not stewed, and they had to boil it for a while. They insisted on scooping it out and eating it, which would really ruin things!"

"It's a blessing to just waste things and not people." Lin Dan turned her ears and smiled in her eyes became stronger, "There is no noise, let's go and have a look."

The man immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks and stood up, but Lin Dan pressed his shoulders back, "You sit down, we'll go." After saying that, he and the two little girls were holding a plate of hot dishes and walked out slowly. Even if they met bandits, they could use the excuse of serving dishes to cover up, and they were not afraid at all.

The man touched his shoulders, his expression was a little strange, and then followed closely. The group came to the hall smoothly, and saw bandits lying on the table, snoring like thunder. The air was filled with the fragrance of wine that could not be dissolved. As soon as the door was pushed, he rushed over, making people unable to walk. There were also snoring sounds from several other houses, which showed that these bandits could not resist the temptation of thousands of days of wine and were drunk to death.

Shaoyao and Dujuan stood on tiptoe and looked at the wine jar placed in the middle of the hall, gritted their teeth and said, "A jar of wine has been harmed by them!"

Lin Dan touched the heads of the two little girls and said the same thing: "It's better if you don't harm others. Let's pack up and leave."

The man looked at the drunkard on the ground with a surprised expression. He never expected that the shopkeeper Lin had solved the matter without any effort and no one needed to save him.
Chapter completed!