38. Chef 37 (End)
Thinking about the peaceful and prosperous times and the prosperous scenes before, looking at the current wars and the mountains and rivers, Lin Dan found that she could no longer watch coldly. She dug out a jar of wine buried in the cave, and after several twists and turns to the front line, she wanted to meet Weiyuanhou.
"Who do you think I want to see me?" Wei Yuanhou almost thought he had heard it wrong.
"Go back to Marquis, Manager Lin Danlin wants to meet you. She has been waiting for you outside the military camp for more than 20 days. If I hadn't seen her when I left the camp today, I still don't know when she would wait." Marquis Weiyuan's guard leader once followed his master to his hometown restaurant for dinner every day, so how could he not know Manager Lin? I thought that the Marquis' condition worsened and he was too thin to be human. It was better to use Manager Lin's good skills to make up for his body.
"She is a lonely woman, why don't she stay at home? Why do you run to the border?" Wei Yuanhou frowned, as if he was unhappy, but he still stood up in a hurry and went to the door to pick up people.
"Marty, I haven't seen you for many years, why don't you come here?" Lin Dan bowed with a smile.
"Don't stand here, follow me to the tent." Wei Yuanhou muttered all the way: "Why have you run over? Are you in danger on the way? This is not a good place. In the near future, blood may flow into a river and corpses are everywhere. You might as well leave quickly, and I'll send someone to escort you."
"Mr. Marquis, I'm here to give you a gift." Lin Dan put the jar in her arms on the table.
"What kind of wine is this?" Wei Yuanhou finally showed his first smile in recent days. Since he got used to eating in his hometown restaurant, he rarely drank again because Manager Lin refused to let him go. He didn't know why he was so obedient, but the facts proved that Manager Lin had to listen to what he said. His already ill disease was difficult to heal, and his weak body gradually recovered under the careful nourishment of Manager Lin. Otherwise, there would be no such person as Wei Yuanhou in this world.
"This is the thousand-day wine you have been thinking about." Lin Dan poured the clear wine into an empty bowl.
"We have been separated for less than three years, right? Well, Lin Dan, it will take at least three years to brew a thousand-day wine. Then where did your jar of wine come from? Are you deliberately trying to fool me!" Wei Yuanhou stared at him in anger.
"This is the wine I have lived elsewhere, and it has been buried for five years." Lin Tan smiled and said, "However, what I came today is not this jar of wine, but the things in the wine. Look, Marquis."
Wei Yuanhou looked closely and saw a slender, pink flesh worm flowing out of the clear wine. As soon as the insect came out, the already mellow and fragrant wine emitted a more domineering smell, which was so popular that the entire camp could smell. Not to mention how drooling he was, even the personal soldiers standing outside the tent couldn't help but sniff, and then shook their heads, as if they were drunk.
"Is this a wine worm?" Wei Yuanhou couldn't believe his eyes.
"That's right. Only top-notch wine can give birth to wineworms. Put it in clean water. After a while, the water can also turn into a bowl of fine wine." Lin Dan took out the wineworms and put them into the bowl containing water. After a while, a strong aroma of wine actually floated out of the mouth of the bowl.
Wei Yuanhou took a deep breath and immediately smiled: "Lin Dan, I like your gift!"
Lin Dan lowered her eyebrows and said slowly, "But do you know that Marquis? The wine worm can live in fine wine or in clear water. However, if it is put into the turbid liquid, it will die immediately." She said as she pulled the wine worm into an empty bowl and poured some brown tea. The wine worm rolled violently, and it stiffened in an instant, and then slowly turned into a stream of blood.
Wei Yuanhou's ecstatic mood fell to the bottom of the valley in an instant. His eagle eyes glared at Lin Dan, as if he was so angry, but he couldn't bear to blame her for a word. No matter how precious the wine insect is, it is not as good as the weight of this person in his heart.
Lin Dan looked back without any timidity and continued, "Marty, I said shamelessly that my hands can turn decay into magic. No matter how weird the ingredients are, they can always turn into delicious food in my hands. But there is one thing that no matter how hard I try, I can't make it into a dish. Do you know what it is?"
"What is it?" Wei Yuanhou asked patiently.
"It's Guanyin soil. I've seen the most blood flowing into a river, starving people all over the world, people are displaced, they are in danger of being hungry, and eat whatever they are when they are extremely hungry. They grab a lot of Guanyin soil and stuff it into their mouths, and then they break their stomachs and die. Have you tasted the Guanyin soil? Do you know the feeling of being homeless and life is in the air? The people of the Great Chu State are like this wine insect struggling in the turbid liquid, which will turn into blood sooner or later. Marquis, you come to the border to fight, what exactly are you defending?"
Marquis Weiyuan was about to answer, but was interrupted by Lin Dan: "You are defending the imperial power, the emperor, and his absolute rule over the Great Chu State. You claim to be loyal, but in addition, you cannot see the people struggling under the imperial power. If you really attack the coalition forces of Prince Tang and the Little Prince from the rear, the cavalry of the Xiongnu will go straight to the Central Plains and trample on the mountains and rivers. At that time, the emperor can save his throne by cutting a few cities, but who can see the people struggling to survive in these cities.
.You don’t know the bad nature of the Huns. They only know how to invade and not govern. They will harvest the lives of the people in the city, kill all the people, burn all the houses, and even keep the chickens and dogs. If they occupy these cities, they will become stronger and stronger, while the Great Chu State, which lost the city and was divided, will become weaker and weaker. In less than five years, another war will break out between the two countries. This time, who can save the people and who can save the world, are you?"
Lin Dan looked straight at Weiyuanhou and asked, "Are you doing now defending the Great Chu, saving the people, or helping the evil and trapping the people in trouble? Your battle may bring peace to the Great Chu for several years, but what will happen?"
She poured out the turbid water in the bowl, and her voice became calm again: "Living in a chaotic world, people are like ants, and no one can escape the fate of being crushed. Living in a prosperous era, there will be fine wine and food. If a wine worm dies, you can raise thousands of wine worms. Marquis, you have a noble status. Even if the country is in decline and the people are living in poverty, you still have a way to get food to make wine. But do you know that when you enjoy fine wine and food, the people are eating soil or even eating people? Marquis, you should withdraw your troops and give peace to the world. Without this wine worm, I can raise more wine worms for you in the future, don't you?"
Wei Yuanhou's depressed look had been replaced by deep thought. After a long time, when Lin Dan almost wanted to give up, he slowly turned the ring on his hand and said, "Lin Dan, we have agreed that you can't regret it. You can't stop me from drinking much wine in the future."
Lin Dan smiled and nodded, "I agreed to not regret it."
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That night, Tang Jiu and the Prince of Yunnan and Guizhou, no, should be called the King of Yunnan and Guizhou, now they are sitting by the bonfire and drinking. The King of Huns will launch a general attack on them tomorrow, and the Marquis of Weiyuan will probably take advantage of the chaos to get into the trap. Both sides will be attacked, and this war will be eighteen or nine out of ten will lose. But they cannot retreat. If they take a step back, the Huns will go further, and the people of the Great Chu State will definitely suffer a catastrophe.
"It would be great if I could persuade that old man Weiyuan Hou." The King of Yunnan and Guizhou spoke in a deep voice.
"I can't persuade him. He won't see anyone before the war begins." Tang Jiu shook his head.
The King of Yunnan and Guizhou sneered and gritted his teeth and said, "Then let's fight to the death."
Just at this moment, Zhao Liu hurried over, handed over a letter, lowered the volume and said, "General, this was sent by Weiyuanhou, please take a look."
Tang Jiu opened the envelope and looked at it with a look of surprise on his face that had been tense for many days. The King of Yunnan and Guizhou went over to look at it, and was also very surprised. In the letter, Marquis of Weiyuan not only agreed to withdraw his troops, but also was willing to cooperate with them to perform a show to lure the King of the Huns into a trap and strangle them.
"Will there be a fraud?" The King of Yunnan and Guizhou said without thinking.
"Go and check the Weiyuan Hou, who has seen no one recently. His attitude has changed drastically and it is impossible to have no signs. Regardless of whether there is a fraud or not, this is always a glimmer of hope." Tang Jiu analyzed calmly.
The scout soon found out the news that it was a graceful woman with a beautiful figure and beautiful appearance who went to see Weiyuanhou with a jar of wine. The wine was very magical. She only slapped the mouth of the jar, and the strong aroma of the wine soaked the entire camp. The two talked secretly in the tent for a while. After the woman left, Weiyuanhou changed his mind.
"Is it the shopkeeper Lin?" The King of Yunnan and Guizhou smiled softly, "Only shopkeeper Lin can brew that kind of fine wine. The old man listened to the words of shopkeeper Lin the most. The shopkeeper Lin told him not to drink, and he didn't even dare to touch the cup. The shopkeeper Lin told him to have breakfast, and he would wait in his hometown restaurant before dawn. Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper Lin was so wise and ran to the border alone in times of danger to persuade the old man to withdraw his troops. We all owe her a life."
Tang Jiu's eyes flashed, as if they were happy and sad. After a while, he said hoarsely: "It's not just you and me, but everyone in the world owe her a thank you. Since that's the case, I'll go to meet Marquis of Weiyuan tonight for a while. Zhao Liu, you send someone to bring Lin Dan back. The border is too dangerous, and I'm not at ease."
However, after that night, Lin Dan disappeared. The war ended with the defeat of the Huns. The King of Huns was cut off one of his right arm and finally escaped from heaven. From then on, he was as afraid of the people of the Central Plains as a tiger. The emperor colluded with the Huns to sell the city and was found by Tang Jiu to force him to abdicate. Tang Peng was the first general to attack the capital. He found the harem all the way to the harem and strangled Yan Langqing, who had already fallen out of favor, and hung his body on the beam of the cold palace. He waited until it turned into white bones before the palace servants could put her down. That was also the place where Concubine Tang hanged her.
The Yan family restaurant, which was once prosperous, had long been ruined. Lin Laoer and Lin Laosan had nowhere to make a living and lived in a very miserable life. Occasionally, one day, they passed by Sanchakou Hutong, but saw that the restaurant in their hometown was still open and the business was very prosperous. Tang Jiu, who had ascended the throne, sat in the store in casual clothes, carefully reading a stack of books, and his eyebrows were covered with a happy and longing spirit.
It was a travel notes written by Lin Dan. She asked someone to take them back to the capital and gave them to Qiu Xiaochuzi as a textbook. This restaurant in the hometown was opened by Qiu Xiaochuzi. She recorded the wine and food she met by writing stories, and used vivid words and sentences. Looking at these words, Tang Jiu could imagine how free and unrestrained she was. She would give Wei Yuanhou a jar of wine every once in a while, but unfortunately she would always be cut off by Tang Jiu. He also tried to find her, but every time he took a step, she was like a wisp of wind. When you thought you could hold it in the palm of your hand, she slipped away along your fingers.
Someone once asked Tang Jiu what the most delicious meal he had ever eaten in his life. Tang Jiu closed his eyes and thought, and smiled and said, "You may not believe it. The most delicious meal I have ever eaten is the silenced rice..."
Chapter completed!