Chapter 45: Preparing Food
Compared to the swaggering return like King Qi, Yuchi Gong and Changsun Wuji were much more low-key. After all, they were also avoiding human affairs and were afraid of being discovered, because if others knew about it, it would be that King Qin did not trust his younger brother and was more careful about his younger brother.
Naturally, Li Shimin could not have had such an opportunity for others, so the journey of Yuchi Gong and Changsha Wuji was Li Yuanji taking the big road, and they took the small road.
The small road is difficult to walk, but it is a larger road closer, so Yuchi and Gong had already arrived in Chang'an before King Qi entered Chang'an City.
I haven't seen my brother Tao Jin for a long time. The first thing Yuchi Gong did when he came back was to go to West Street to see Tao Jin. When Yuchi Gong saw the almost completed building, he was surprised at the surprise. In just a few months, everything changed.
Changsun Wuji kept following Li Shimin to fight, and was not as familiar with the situation in Chang'an as Yuchi Gong, so he kept following him. Yuchi Gong was a little sad and thought to himself: I finally came back once, but I couldn't even find anyone, and I couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
After inquiring about the construction craftsman, Yuchi Gong found out that Tao Jin had moved away, but the small building was still his, and he had just lived elsewhere temporarily.
Yuchi Gong remembered the soldier who wrote back to him. He seemed to have said that Tao Jin went to live outside the city. Could it be that it was there? His head lit up and he remembered a place.
Tan Yong heard someone looking for Tao Jin and hurriedly chased him out, but only saw the back of Yuchi Gong and Changsun Wuji.
Yuchi Gong and Changsun Wuji were both often in the army, and their bodies were extremely burly and strong. Tan Yong looked over from behind and thought to himself: This figure is not the generals!
But Tan Yong just thought about it. He had heard that Tao Jin still had good brothers in the army, so I guess he should have brought him a letter. Tan Yong would like to please Tao Jin, who could bring him a lot of money, because he was afraid that Tao Jin would be unhappy and would lose his job.
Yuchi Gong and Changsun Wuji dare not ride horses in Chang'an City. After all, this war horse is different from an ordinary horse, and they are afraid of attracting attention. Moreover, for insurance, they put their horses in a farmhouse outside Chang'an City. Now the two have to walk out of the city.
Looking at Chang'an City, which has not changed much from the past, Yuchi Gong and Changsun Wuji sighed: "Brother, do you think about how to live in the future?"
"Why didn't I think about it? I thought that if the battle was over, I wouldn't know what to do!" Changsun Wuji and Yuchi Gong started chatting while walking.
"If you don't do anything else, I can also open a restaurant with my brother! Brother, you have never eaten what my brother cooked, but that's all. When I think of it, I saliva flows out! Do you remember that you snatched my cake, and you made it by my brother!" When Yuchi Gong thought of Tao Jin, the song he thought of was eating.
"Then I have a chance, but I have to try it!" Changsun Wuji said seriously with his big eyes.
No one noticed it. In the teahouse they were walking past, a figure hid his body behind the door. After seeing the faces of Yuchi Gong and Changsun Wuji, a treacherous smile streaked across the corner of his mouth.
Yuchi Gong and Changsun Wuji were all over the place to find Tao Jin, which was delicious.
Tao Jin fiddled with the drawings in his hand that had almost been seen through, muttering the mantras that Yuan Tiangang said, "What is this and what? Is this thing still based on the time?" As he said that, something seemed to flash in his head. He quickly recited the mantras again, and then followed the drawings to find the corresponding time and prophecy, combined with this, and based on this, he found that a passage appeared. In short, it was: A guest was visiting today!
There were also tourists visiting. Besides the thief who was willing to steal food, there were any other guests here. Tao Jin didn't care. It was not until the horse's neighing sound came into his ears that Tao Jin walked out of the courtyard.
Yuchi Gong saw Tao Jin from a distance, urging his horse to approach Tao Jin quickly, turned over and dismounted, and gave him a big hug.
"Brother, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have gone back to this Tang Camp. I'm grateful to you for the rest of my life!" When Yuchi Gong said this, he said it against Tao Jin's ear, so others couldn't hear it.
"What nonsense? You and I are both brothers. If you still remember this, I would be unhappy!" As Tao Jin spoke, Changsun Wuji also came to the front and got off his horse.
This is the first time Tao Jin has seen a famous general other than Yuchi Gong in the "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties". Unlike Yuchi Gong, Changsun Wuji has a foreign style. His fair face is beautiful, his beard is floating on his face, his eyes are slightly blue, and his figure is tall, which looks like a handsome man.
Yuchi Gong introduced Changsun Wuji to Tao Jin. Although it was his first time meeting, he did not seem quite unfamiliar because of Yuchi Gong.
Tao Jin felt secretly in his heart. No wonder his sister could be the queen. Seeing him like this, his sister could not go there. Tao Jin led Yuchi Gong and Changsun Wuji into the yard. Yuanbao was also very happy to see Yuchi Gong. After simply reminiscing about the past with Yuchi Gong, he went to find fresh dishes. Yuanbao knew that Yuchi Gong was back, and Tao Jin must make some delicious food.
Because the weather was hot, several people sat outside the house. The old man Tan made of stone table. Tao Jin gave them some tea, so the few people started chatting.
"Brother, before coming here, I told Brother Changsun that you should not embarrass me of your skills!" Yuchi Gong pushed Tao Jin and said with a smile.
"Of course, I can't let my elder brother slap in the face. I'll prepare later. Today, I still have a surprise for you?" Tao Jin thought about the wine he brewed and couldn't help but say proudly.
"Brother, I haven't seen you for only a few months, and what good treasures do you have?" Yuchi Gong asked curiously after hearing this.
"When you wait for a while, you will naturally see it!" Tao Jin did not tell Yuchi Gong directly, but kept it a secret.
Changsun Wuji was Li Shimin's confidant general. When Li Shimin talked about Yuchi Gong, he also heard Tao Jin's name. Now when he saw him, he felt that Tao Jin was no different from those ordinary people, so he had nothing to say, but he just heard Tao Jin and Yuchi Gong say.
Because Changsun Wuji is here, Tao Jin and Yuchi Gong have many concerns when talking.
After the ingots were ready, Tao Jin went to the kitchen. Changsun Wuji glanced at Yuchi Gong, pursed his lips and whispered: "You and I will come out this time, it is a secret mission, so don't talk to outsiders!"
Yuchi Gong understood that Changsun Wuji could not believe in Tao Jin and wanted to argue, but after thinking about it, he shut up.
Tao Jin got into the kitchen, and a few dishes came out in a blink of an eye. As the dishes were served on the table, Changsun Wuji also felt that the saliva in his mouth began to flood.
"The dish today doesn't seem to be much the same as usual?" Yuchi Gong asked, pointing to a dish.
Tao Jin also walked out with a dish himself and said, "That's not a dish, it's the snack I made, the wine-stewed meatballs, which I made with the waste of wine!"
"Wine-making meatballs!" Yuchi Gong repeated, and the chopsticks had already risen. "Well, it tastes delicious, and it smells like wine!" Yuchi Gong chewed and said his feelings.
Tao Jin closed his eyes helplessly and said, "That is to be eaten with soup, you should eat it like this!" Then he put a bowl in a spoon and handed it to Yuchi Gong.
Yuchi Gong took it, and then put it in a few sips. After chewing it a few times, he swallowed it and said, "How can I make it like this? But even the sour taste of the wine is gone!"
While taking care of Yuchi Gong, Tao Jin held dishes for Changsun Wuji. Although Changsun Wuji was conservative about Tao Jin, he was not at all resistant to delicious food. After eating a few bites of the dishes, he ignored everything else.
Tao Jin is having a good meal here, and the King of Qi has also entered Chang'an City. While the King of Qi has entered Chang'an City, the arrival of Yuchi Gong and Changsun Wuji is no longer a secret.
Li Yuanji listened to the reward, narrowed his eyes and said, "Since my second brother is so worried, I can't hand over the food directly!"
"If you pass it down, I will say that I was seriously ill on the way! I want to see if I am the grain raising official, where does this grain come from! Just those two people, I will see what they use to make food and grass!" Li Yuanji ordered Wei Han who was standing in his head.
Yuchi Gong and Changsun Wuji didn't know at this time that Li Yuanji was already dragging Li Shimin's food and grass. They thought that even if they were acting, the King of Qi would do it, but he didn't expect that he would just flirt with the pick!
When Yuanbao brought the wine that Tao Jin asked him to bring, Yuchi Gong was almost crazy when he smelled the wine. Even Changsun Wuji said in surprise: "I finally know why General Yuchi said that he is willing to open a restaurant with you!"
"Brother is a joke! Both brothers are people who do big things, and I am just a businessman. If the two brothers were not disgusted, I would probably not even have the qualification to eat with you!" Tao Jin had long seen Changsun Wuji's contempt for him, so he deliberately said such words and stabbed him.
"Brother, what do you mean? If you look down on you, how could we come? You are my brother of Yuchi Gong. If you look down on you, then you look down on me. If you don't have you, how could I save the King of Qin?" Yuchi Gong mentioned what Zeng Ji said to Li Shimin again, which also stimulated Changsun Wuji. Changsun Wuji still smiled faintly and did not say anything.
Chapter completed!