Lu Qingchen spread the knowledge of spiritual practice to Wang Gang and Ning Que. The more he talked, the happier he became. This unexpectedly inspired the attribute of being a good teacher. Later, the more he talked, the more he talked, and he even taught Wang Gang some tips on how to control the vitality of heaven and earth.
In order to express his gratitude to Lu Qingchen, Wang Gang specially cooked some grilled fish for him.
The three of them plus Sang Sang sat by the stream, set up a bonfire, ate grilled fish, and talked about spiritual practice, which was quite relaxing and comfortable.
The aroma of grilled fish slowly spread to the carriage and was smelled by Princess Li Yu.
Although she was a bit excited, due to her status as a princess, she didn't bother to ask Wang Gang for grilled fish.
However, a child beside her pulled Li Yu's sleeve and said pitifully: "Mother, Xiaoman wants to eat grilled fish."
This child was Li Yu's stepson. Li Yu rescued him when he escaped from the Golden Tent. They got along day and night together, and they developed a feeling of love between mother and son.
"Good boy, little Man, when we return to Chang'an, mother will buy you the most delicious grilled fish in the world." Li Yu comforted Xiao Man.
Xiao Man swallowed his saliva and looked longingly in the direction of Wang Gang and the others, but he was sensible enough not to speak.
Li Yu couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw his son's eager look. He looked at the maid next to him and said, "Go and ask them for some grilled fish, and tell me that I, the princess, will buy them with my money."
The maid was a little afraid of Wang Gang. It took her two days to finally get rid of the swelling on her face, but she had to obey the princess's order. In the end, she had no choice but to go to Sang Sang.
"Girl, can you give us some grilled fish? Just two."
The maid felt that Wang Gang and Ning Que were not getting along well, so she had no choice but to turn her attention to Sang Sang.
"We don't have enough fish to eat, so we can't share it with you."
"I'll buy it with silver," the maid said urgently.
As soon as Sang Sang heard the word silver, her eyes immediately shined and she turned her gaze towards Ning Que.
"Lao Wang caught the fish and grilled it. Whether he sells it or not depends on him."
Sangsang said unconvinced: "I also helped kill the fish and scale them!"??
??Ning Que shook his head and indicated that he would listen to Wang Gang in everything.
Lu Qingchen never spoke. He was a minister at the south gate of Haotian Dao, not a subordinate of Li Yu.
Wang Gang took two grilled fish and said to the maid: "One tael of silver for each fish."
"You charge a tael of silver for a broken fish, why don't you go and rob it." As soon as the maid heard the price, she mentally greeted the three generations of Wang Gang's ancestors, but she didn't dare to show it on the surface.
"Okay." The maid took out a piece of broken silver and handed it to Wang Gang. She saw that it weighed more than two taels.
Wang Gang did not take advantage of the maid, and directly gave him three grilled fish, and specially sprinkled some spices to make the grilled fish smell stronger.
The maid felt a little better, because the price of spices in the Tang Dynasty was more expensive than gold, and the spices Wang Gang sprinkled were enough to be worth the money.
"Old Wang, where did you get the money to buy these spices?" Ning Que couldn't help but ask Wang Gang as he watched the maid walk away.
Wang Gang smiled and said: "I stole it from horse thieves before."
The fact is that the spices were stored in Wang Gang's previous life. When he bought them, they cost more than ten yuan a pound.
The maid returned to the carriage with the grilled fish. Li Yu could smell the aroma of spices from a distance, and Xiao Man couldn't wait to rush to the grilled fish.
"Princess, I bought the grilled fish for twenty taels of silver each." The maid held the grilled fish and lowered her head and said.
Li Yu glanced at the spices on the grilled fish and said, "It's not expensive to eat such delicious grilled fish in this barren mountain."
Xiao Man was recalled to the carriage by Li Yu. In the carriage, Li Yu took out a plate and chopsticks and carefully removed the fish bones for Xiao Man.
Even if you run for your life, as a princess of the Tang Dynasty, you must not forget the rules.
"Mom, this grilled fish is so delicious. I have never eaten such delicious fish." Xiaoman was very satisfied eating the grilled fish with dry food.
Li Yu took a small taste, his eyes suddenly trembled, and he had to praise Wang Gang's grilling technique, which was even better than the royal chef in the palace.
Thousands of miles away in the desert, there was also a carriage. An old man with white hair and a white beard was sitting in the carriage. His nose twitched as if he smelled something.
"This outsider actually has a superb skill in grilling fish. It's so delicious!"
The old man stretched out his right hand from his robe, and when he held it in the air, there was a branch in his hand, with a roasted fish stuck on the top of the branch.
"Hey, teacher, do you smell anything? It seems like grilled fish. It smells so good!" A slow voice came from outside the carriage.
"Slowly, give me a tael of silver to pay for the grilled fish." The old man stretched his left hand out of the carriage.
A young man was driving a carriage outside. Hearing the old man's words, he took out a money bag from his arms.
"Teacher, we don't have much travel expenses, so we have to save some money."
The young man took out a tael of silver from his wallet and placed it in the palm of the old man's hand.
"Such a fragrant grilled fish, one tael of silver is worth it." The old man tossed the silver casually.
The young man saw the silver flying into the sky, drawing a thin line in the sky and heading north.
Next to the stream, Wang Gang was about to eat another grilled fish, but he missed it. When he turned around, he found that the fish was gone. There was an extra tael of silver where the fish was originally placed.
"Hey! Who ate my fish?"
Ning Que gave Wang Gang a strange look.
"We haven't eaten yet?"
"Then the fish can still grow legs and run on its own?" Wang Gang picked up the silver and glanced at Lu Qingchen who was returning to the carriage, thinking that he had taken it.
There was no conversation all night. In the early morning, the convoy set off again, but this time Wang Gang was not at the front of the convoy, but went to the back of the convoy, driving alongside Lu Qingchen's carriage. The two of them chatted about cultivation topics along the way, but they did not feel bored.
In the next few days, the convoy was stable. After Wang Gang showed his skill at grilling fish, Ning Que would find a way to get some game for Wang Gang to grill and eat every time he was stationed.
But the strange thing is that every time Wang Gang finishes roasting meat, he will find that there is one less portion, and there will be one or two more silver in the place where the roasting meat was.
Forget it once or twice, it has been like this for more than ten days in a row, but Wang Gang still can't catch the "thief". He even suspects that there is a thief hidden in the motorcade.
Seeing Chang'an in the distance, and the convoy was about to cross Minshan Mountain and reach the capital, the carriage suddenly stopped at the Beishan crossing.
Li Yu ordered him to rest where he was and to have a good rest before going to Beijing.
Ning Que rode his horse around the North Mountain crossing and found that it was easy to attack and difficult to defend. If the convoy stopped here, it would be very dangerous.
"We can't stop here, we must rush to Chang'an overnight." Ning Que found Maid Li Yu and expressed his opinion.
"We have been running around for more than ten days. Seeing that Chang'an is right in front of us, we have to take a rest for the night. It is too much for the adults and it is too much for the children." The maid conveyed the princess's intention.
Ning Que said angrily: "If you want to die, don't involve me."
After saying that, Ning Que turned around and left, calling out to Sang Sang and Wang Gang, wanting to leave the group.
Of course Sang Sang didn't care. She focused on Ning Que, but Wang Gang didn't agree to leave the team.
"You guys should go first! I still need to get a recommendation to take the academy entrance examination. Now that I'm leaving, my hard work for more than ten days will not be in vain." Wang Gang said.
"If you want to be admitted to the academy, you must have a life." Ning Que advised: "I know you are a practitioner now, but I have a hunch that it will be dangerous to stay here."
Wang Gang smiled and said: "What a coincidence, your premonition is the same as mine. Not only is there danger here, it is also a big danger."
