First, Du Liniang, the culprit, refused to be held accountable, and then several young men were beaten.
Perhaps because of Zhang Fei's relationship, they learned that Guan Yu was Zhang Fei's sworn brother, so the matter was reduced to a trivial matter. They just asked Guan Yu to pay for the decoctions and medicines of each family, and then refused to file a lawsuit.
Guan Yu only stayed in the guardhouse for two days before he was released.
At this time, he had sobered up, but his overall state was still muddled.
The gate of Anyi City.
Guan Yu rode a Dawan horse and looked at the city gate with a haggard expression.
Not seeing the beautiful figure that he thought about day and night made him sigh softly.
Seeing this, Zhang Fei frowned and said: "Second brother, there's only so much I can do to help you. This time, for you, not only did I get punished by the young master, but I also owed favors to several aristocratic families. Sister Du is a good girl."
, but you are not suitable, the melon that is forced is not sweet."
Guan Yu couldn't listen at all. He glanced at Zhang Fei, clasped his fists and said, "Third brother, second brother owes you a lot this time. I will pay you back when I have the chance. As for Liniang, you first help second brother take good care of her."
"What do you mean?"
Zhang Fei's big eyes are full of doubts. After a long time, you still don't give up?
A glimmer of light flashed in Guan Yu's narrow eyes, and he said in a somewhat solemn tone: "I'm going to find that Qin Yilu. As long as he writes a letter of divorce, Liniang will..."
Zhang Fei was immediately furious and yelled angrily: "Second brother, why can't you forget her? It's just a woman. Why are you doing this? Even if you force her to give her a letter of divorce, she won't."
I will be grateful to you."
Guan Yu was startled when he heard this, opened his mouth, took a deep breath, and said: "Third brother, you don't understand. If I don't get her, there will be a hurdle in my heart that I can't overcome, and my mood will never be perfect.
"
Zhang Fei was stunned on the spot, and he didn't know how to persuade him.
Zhang Fei also encountered that kind of situation where his mood was not perfect, but it was not because of the woman, but because he couldn't beat her.
Because I can't beat him, I work harder to improve myself. When I beat him one day, my mood will be perfect, and my strength will also be improved... Come to think of it, this is what the second brother means by mood!
Zhang Fei looked helplessly at Guan Yu in front of him. He still couldn't understand why his second brother suddenly became so persistent and paranoid because of a woman.
"Okay, third brother, you can send it here. When the day comes for you to marry, the second brother will definitely come to Hedong again. By then, you and I will have a drink and have a good time."
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei waved their hands, and there was a tacit understanding between the two of them not to mention Liu Bei. They probably knew that Liu Bei would not be able to abandon the territory he finally won and go north, and mentioning him would only embarrass each other.
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Modern time and space.
Wei Cheng doesn't have time to care about an 'idler' whose ambition is affected by beauty.
Longcheng, an industrial park.
Wei Cheng stacked all the herbs obtained in exchange for grain in containers to prepare for normal trading next month.
When I was about to close the door and leave, I suddenly discovered an incredible scene.
"Strange, why are the leaves of this forsythia so green?"
Because they were not exchanged on the same day, some of the herbs were dried and some were picked fresh by the mountain people.
Wei Cheng originally thought that these herbs would wither after being left in space for a few days, but unexpectedly he discovered such an incredible scene.
A possibility suddenly occurred to him.
He has always ignored a question before, that is, time in space is stationary, but why can he still breathe and walk normally in it? Shouldn't time and space stand still together?
Looking at these green herbs at this time, a bold idea emerged in his mind.
Wei Cheng closed the door and took a Didi taxi directly to the largest seafood market in Longcheng.
After a shopping spree, he rushed back to his home in the community without stopping, without even bothering to say hello to Mu Mu, and went straight back to the Three Kingdoms time and space.
At this time, it was almost noon.
Wei Cheng walked out of the quiet room. Several women in the courtyard were preparing lunch. Cai Yan saw that Wei Cheng had finished his short 'retreat' and looked at his face curiously.
"What's wrong?" Wei Cheng asked guiltily.
Cai Yan shook his head and asked strangely: "Every time my husband came out of seclusion before, his face didn't look very good. Why does it seem like nothing happened this time? Did we disturb you?"
Wei Cheng was stunned for a moment, remembering that every so-called retreat before, he and Mu Mu did exercises, and the intensity was unusual. Naturally, his face looked ugly when he came back. After all, he had been drained.
This time I was going shopping, and I didn’t go to see Mu Mu at all.
Of course, it was impossible for Wei Cheng not to reveal this secret to himself, so he hurriedly made a haha, changed the subject and said: "It was a bit of a row. I was just thinking about the problem in the quiet room. I didn't hear what you said specifically."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhong Chan, who was distributing the bowls, raised his head and said: "Brother Wei, this is Sister Yu'er. We haven't seen her for a long time. Today is her birthday. We want to help her celebrate, but we are afraid that she won't come.
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Wei Cheng looked at Cai Yan, who nodded and said meaningfully: "Today is indeed Yu'er's birthday, and it's also her eighteenth birthday!" After saying that, he winked at Wei Cheng.
Wei Cheng scratched his head in embarrassment, then looked at Zhong Chan and said, "Since it is Yu'er's birthday, it is celebrated in Xie's Mansion. Why is she here?"
When Zhong Chan heard this, she pursed her lips and said disappointedly: "Then you didn't send us an invitation."
Just then.
The housekeeper, Wei Mu, walked quickly from outside the courtyard with an invitation in both hands.
"Second Master, this is an invitation sent by someone from the Xie Mansion."
Zhong Chan and others were overjoyed when they heard this, "Is it sister Yu'er's?"
The steward Wei Mu was startled at first, then shook his head and replied: "It was written by Mr. Xie himself, saying that the governor of Xuzhou is coming to Hedong County. Tonight, Mr. Xie will hold a grand banquet and invite the second master and his wife to go with him."
Wei Cheng frowned slightly, "Tao Qian is here too?"
He had already learned about Chen Deng's study in Anyi through the secret guards of the Wei Palace. Although Wei Zheng valued Chen Deng very much, we are not greedy people. Now there are Tian Feng, Xun You, Sima Yi, Xu Shu, etc.
As a counselor, Chen Deng should be like that.
However, I didn't expect that Tao Qian would travel thousands of miles from Xuzhou to Hedong. Could it be that Xuzhou encountered some trouble?
Wei Cheng immediately thought of Cao Cao, because in history, Cao Cao had made plans for Xuzhou more than once.
When Tao Qian was the governor of Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Yanzhou in the north were seeing yellow turbans one after another, but Xuzhou was relatively peaceful, the people were prosperous, the granaries were full of grain, and celebrities from Qingzhou, Yuzhou and other places (such as Zheng Xuan, Xu Shao, etc.) also flocked there
Xuzhou.
Cao Cao couldn't defeat Wei Cheng, but it didn't mean that he didn't dare to attack Tao Qian.
Thinking of this, Wei Cheng felt that he had already guessed that Tao Qian came to Hedong this time, maybe to borrow troops from him, or if not, he also came to ask for help to purchase Longshan weapons.
And the fact is just as Wei Cheng guessed, Tao Qian's westward march had two purposes.
One is to ask Wei Cheng for help, the second is to seek help from Dong Alliance, and Hedong is the first stop.
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Xie's Mansion.
Originally, the Xie family, like the Wei family, were both well-known local families in Anyi.
Similar to the Wei Mansion in the north of the city, this large-scale Xie family residence, which was built for more than 20 years, is located in the east of the city and covers an extremely large area.
There are not only small bridges and flowing water, but also a small lake that belongs to Xie alone, covering an area of nearly 10,000 square meters. Without Xie's consent, no one is allowed to wash clothes, fish or go boating by the lake.
At this time, on the green grassland to the west of the lake, the servants were preparing for tonight's banquet.
Ten wooden pillars carved with blessing totems stood among them. Some kind of resin fuel was lit on the top of the wooden pillars. There was a faint scent of vegetation in the air, and not a single mosquito could be seen around.
The pillars are connected with thin Luoqi, and a thick hemp rope is hidden in the Luoqi, which is just used to hang the lanterns.
While several maids were playing with the lamps, the housekeeper hurried over with several cooks.
"Quickly, you guys should take a look. Have you seen these ingredients before? Do you know how to cook them?"
"Hey, what is this? It's so scary."
"Is he dead? Why can't he move?"
When the housekeeper saw this, he knew there was no chance. The cooks didn't recognize the armored ingredients.
Now he could only ask the person who delivered the ingredients for advice, but how could he have the nerve to ask?
If people knew that the dignified Mr. Xie from Hedong could not even distinguish the ingredients, let alone know how to cook, wouldn't they be ridiculed?
The housekeeper was very helpless, but he asked many cooks one after another. If they didn't know him, they just didn't know him. Many of them were even frightened by the appearance of the ingredients.
At this time, a cook suddenly said: "Uncle Qi, maybe the chef at Haoke Lai Restaurant knows how to cook."
When the housekeeper heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Yes, yes, that cook was trained by Mr. Wei Shijun. If others don't recognize this thing, Mr. Wei will definitely recognize it. Mr. Wei will recognize it. There is no reason for the cook not to know."
"Then I'll ask you now?" The cook stepped forward and introduced herself.
The housekeeper's expression changed, and he thought it would be best to ask the eldest lady Xie Yu about this matter. After all, she was Wei Cheng's cook. If she went to invite her rashly, it would be a joke to her future uncle.
After looking at the ingredients in the barrel, the butler thought about it and said to the cook on the side: "There are so many ingredients that I can't finish them all. Please pick out a portion and I will personally send it to the Wei Mansion for further advice."
How to cook.”
When the cooks heard that they were going to the Wei Mansion to ask for advice on cooking skills, they all raised their hands to show that they would go with them.
The housekeeper looked at the cook who first suggested asking for advice, "Just go and have a visit with me."
Wei Mansion.
After accepting tonight's banquet, Wei Cheng and Cai Yan went to bathe and change clothes together, preparing to set off.
It was still some time before the banquet started, so the couple took Liu He to a teahouse not far from Xie's house to wait.
Liu He also got an invitation. What Wei Cheng didn't expect was that today she wore the [Zixia] Hanfu that was given to her before.
In the teahouse, Xie Yu has been waiting for a long time.
Knowing that Wei Cheng and Cai Yan were coming to the banquet tonight, she had some cakes and tea prepared in the teahouse.
When an aristocratic family invites guests to dinner, where there is real food, they usually drink and talk things over, so it is necessary to put some food in your stomach.
The appearance of Liu He made Xie Yu a little startled, especially the Hanfu worn by Liu He. It looked like the craftsmanship of Wei Cheng. It was made of the same material as the Hanfu sold by Xiuhefang, but the shape was unique.
Xie Yu also wore a set of Hanfu today, which was of course a gift from Wei Cheng. The style was similar to Liu He's Hanfu, one purple and one red. As soon as she appeared at the door of the teahouse, she attracted a lot of people's attention.
Fortunately, Liu He wore a mask with gold tassels on her face, otherwise she would definitely have made some noise with her appearance.
In the elegant seats on the second floor, four people took their seats in stages. Wei Cheng and Cai Yan were shoulder to shoulder, and Liu He sat opposite Wei Cheng.
Xie Yu sat next to Liu He, always feeling that Liu He was weird and spent more time looking at Wei Cheng than he did.
The four of them made tea and chatted, and the time passed quickly.
Seeing that the banquet was getting closer, Xie Yu was about to stand up and invite everyone to come with him, but he saw the butler Qi Bo winking at him at the top of the stairs.
Xie Yuxiu frowned, first nodded to Wei Cheng and the others, then walked towards Uncle Qi and asked worriedly: "But what happened in the house?"
Butler Qi Bo bowed respectfully to Xie Yu, and then said awkwardly: "Back to Miss, everything is fine in the house, but..."
"Just what?" Xie Yu was impatient and asked.
Butler Qi Bo looked towards Wei Cheng and responded: "It's just the food sent by the distinguished guests. We don't know how to handle it. Originally it was nothing, but Tao Shijun specially ordered that everyone be treated to Naqi tonight.
If I don't present the thing, I'm afraid..."
Xie Yu didn't expect it to be such a trivial matter, but it wasn't too small when she thought about it. After all, it was related to the family's reputation. But she didn't expect that the ingredients were so strange that even the cook at home didn't recognize them.
"Then why are you here?"
The steward Qi Bo bowed his hands to Xie Yu, then looked at Wei Cheng, who had his back to them, and whispered: "Everyone knows that Wei Shijun is well-informed, and there are no cooks in the Wei family who are not good at cooking, so I would like to ask for advice.
I'm a guard envoy, what do you think, young lady?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Upon hearing this, Xie Yu immediately nodded and responded: "That's fine, if even he doesn't know, I'm afraid I can only ask Tao Weng."
"..."
"The ingredient you mentioned should be called lobster."
After listening to the butler's description, Wei Cheng said with a smile: "The cooking method is quite simple. You can steam it, boil it, or slice it and eat it raw like fish meat. However, my favorite is charcoal grilling. Add some
Minced garlic, tsk tsk tsk.”
None of the people present had ever eaten lobster, so they couldn't imagine what kind of delicacy steamed lobster with garlic vermicelli is.
However, seeing that Wei Cheng knew the ingredients, the housekeeper and Xie Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, Wei Cheng suddenly remembered something, looked at Cai Yan and said, "Yan'er, do you want to try something new?"
Wei Cheng suddenly remembered that he went to the seafood market in the morning to purchase a batch of fresh ingredients, which were being placed in the space.
Hearing what Wei Cheng said, several people looked surprised.
The butler asked excitedly: "Do you also have lobster ingredients here?"
Wei Cheng chuckled, waved his hand and said, "It's just lobster. I not only have lobster here, but also abalone, sea cucumber, blue crab... I have everything Xuzhou has. Isn't that weird?"
When the housekeeper heard this, he immediately had an idea in his mind.
He hurriedly explained: "You don't know anything. The scribe from Xuzhou said that it is not easy to transport sea goods. Many people died along the way. When we arrived in Hedong, only a few lobsters were still alive. The others were all rotten and inedible.
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Wei Teng nodded slightly, "That's true. There is no specific transportation device for seafood. There is really no way to send it to the east of the river. It's already amazing if a few lobsters can survive."
"Yes, yes, I just don't know about the seafood here, but?" Butler Qi Bo chuckled.
When Wei Cheng saw this, he didn't know what he was thinking.
No matter what Tao Qian thought, using ingredients that were not available in Hedong to make things difficult for Mr. Xie without telling him how to cook them was just a show of intimidation. They had already taken action first, and Mr. Xie had no reason not to give them back.
Looking at Xie Yu who looked expectant, Wei Cheng nodded and said with a smile: "That's fine, I will act in a play with you."