Ye An stood at the door of the kitchen of Shangqing Palace wearing an apron that came to him. In front of him was the "righteous and awe-inspiring" Wang Gang.
This little stalemate had been going on for a while, with Miaozhen and a few Taoist priests standing by and watching curiously.
Zhan'er whispered: "Xiao Langjun, you should leave small things like meals to your servant!"
Waving the bacon in his hand dissatisfied, Ye An glared at Zhan'er: "If the food you cook is delicious, do you still want me to cook it myself?! How can I cook it if I don't learn it?!"
Zhan'er muttered a little aggrievedly: "The young man is obviously a scholar, how can he be so good at cooking..."
Gang Wang looked around at the Taoist priests who were covering their mouths and snickering. He took Ye An's arm and begged: "Xiao Langjun, the sage said: If a gentleman is far away from the kitchen, you should not enter the kitchen. From now on, you will be the one who reads the books of sages.
How can anyone do such vile things!"
"Hu Yi! Kong Laoer is a foodie himself, what else can he say about others?!"
The Wang gang trembled and even cried: "Scared, young master, I don't dare to call Saint Kong like that!"
Ye An took his hand out from under Wang Gang's arm and asked strangely: "My surname is Kong Xing'er. What's wrong with calling me Kong Lao'er? It's just like Tie Er. Do you call me Tie Er?"
"The bastard's name is the same no matter what he calls it, but the saint is different! Educating all peoples has immeasurable merit..."
Ye An and Tie Er curled their lips together.
Now I can see that Confucianism has been integrated into the bones of the Han people, and they dare not blaspheme it no matter what.
Confucius has been deified in the hearts of the Han people, and Confucianism can be regarded as a Han religion in a sense.
It's just that they don't need to confuse people's hearts, but educate all people with knowledge and morality, becoming the most ideal tool for rulers.
I have to say that Confucianism is the most successful religion. In comparison, Taoism once had its glory, but has now declined. As for Buddhism... it is really not worth mentioning.
Cooking is an extremely simple thing. In later generations, it was a very mature sign for a grown man to cook, and it was very normal.
But now it has somehow become a moral battle.
The sudden feeling of powerlessness rose like a tide, and Ye An desperately discovered that, let alone changing Zhan'er, even he was being forced to change.
If you don't persist, you will be bound by feudal etiquette and gradually become a member of Confucianism.
Ye An is not against Confucianism, but he does not want to be "transformed" into another "person".
After pushing through the Wang gang, he entered the East Kitchen of the Shangqing Palace. Of course, he was also called "Juzao Lord" among romantic and unrestrained practitioners.
Food is given to humans by God, and no matter which civilization there is, there is the same consensus.
However, the Han civilization linked food with destiny, and even the kitchen had its own corresponding god to protect it. The Master of the East Chef, Ming Zhenjun, was also often called the Stove Lord.
Although Ye An entered the kitchen of Shangqing Palace, but... the Wang Gang did not intend to give up. Since Ye An could not be allowed to "cook far away", the three of them went into battle to attack Ye An.
At the same time, the little Taoist priest Miaozhen was still reminding Ye An: "Uncle Master? Uncle Master said that you don't know the rules in the temple and asked me to recite "Sun Zhenren's Hygiene Song" to you..."
"I'm cooking here and you sing? Or a hygiene song? This kid is going too far!"
Was Tie Er picking up the clothes behind his neck? The little Taoist priest Miaozhen was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly: "This is what Sun Zhenren left, and it is also the rule of the Shangqing Palace."
Seeing that Tie Er really wanted to throw Miaozhen out of the kitchen? Ye An waved his hand and said: "Zhenren Sun? Which Zhenren Sun?"
Miaozhen looked at Ye An in surprise and whispered: "Of course it's Zhenren Sun, the King of Medicine in the Tang Dynasty!"
The corner of Ye An's mouth slightly twitched. There was actually something as avant-garde as "Hygiene Song", and he didn't expect hygiene to be an ancient word.
"It is important to know the three precepts when it comes to hygiene: being angry and drunk. What if there is one more of the three? You must be careful not to lose your true vitality..."
Seeing Miaozhen shaking her head? Only then did Ye An realize that hygiene actually refers to health preservation. Taoism actually has many methods of health preservation. Even in the developed later generations, they are still not out of date. On the contrary, they are full of scientific basis.
Are Taoist taboos not as strict as Buddhism? Miaozhen breathed a sigh of relief after reciting Sun Simiao's "Hygiene Song".
Watching Tie Er walking away, he said to Ye An: "The geese are in order, the dogs are righteous, and the black carps are courteous to the ministers in the north. People are disrespectful and eat them? The gods of heaven and earth are not happy. The three disgusting ones are cows? Dogs and swan geese."
No food!”
Ye An was stunned for a moment. He grinned and said, "Can't you eat dog meat?"
"Of course you can't!"
Ye An smacked his mouth and felt a little pity? The taste was quite good? As the saying goes, "If dog meat rolls three times, the gods will not be able to stand still!"
Taoists do not love dogs, but they believe that dogs value righteousness and killing them for meat is really unjustifiable.
Although there is no iron pot, the clay pot can be used reluctantly. The aroma of a plate of bacon and fried bamboo shoots makes the little Taoist priest Miaozhen next to him swallow his saliva and stretch his neck.
Seeing his appearance, Ye An smiled, then beat the eggs evenly, poured them into the pan, fried them into thin skins, and cut them into wide strips.
Taoism also prohibits meat, but it was influenced by Buddhism. Raw onions, leeks, garlic, garlic, and coriander were all included in the list of meat.
But Ye An discovered leeks in the vegetable garden of Shangqing Palace, which showed that the Taoist temples in the Song Dynasty were not so strict.
Put the leeks into the pot and stir-fry, and finally add the prepared egg skin, then a unique aroma will float in the air.
Stir-fried green beans, stir-fried eggs with leeks, stir-fried bamboo shoots with bacon, these three simple dishes, plus a wok cabbage and tofu soup, will make everyone in the East Kitchen eat up their appetites.
A fat head stuck into the window of the east kitchen, trying to reach out without anyone noticing.
Dude…………
The bright kitchen knife struck the edge of the plate, just a millimeter away from the fat hand.
Monk Kongkong had just washed up and had a cold sweat on his fat face.
Ye An crossed his arms and looked at Monk Kongkong who was about to eat secretly: "Bald donkey, this dish is a meat dish, you can't eat it!"
Monk Kongkong pointed to the stir-fried beans and said, "This is a vegetarian dish. Yelang knows that the poor monk is a practitioner, so he treats him with vegetarian food. Thank you, thank you!"
Ye An picked up the beans and said, "There is garlic here. It is a real meat dish. How can you eat it?!"
Seeing the Wang Gang and others' eyes turning towards him, Monk Kongkong pulled his hands and head out of the small display window with difficulty, stood outside the East Kitchen and solemnly said: "Namo Amitabha!"
"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, walking in the deep Prajnaparamita for a long time, saw that the five aggregates are all empty, and survived all the hardships. Relic, color is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, color is emptiness, emptiness is color, and the same is true for feelings, thoughts, and consciousness~!
Do you know, little friend?”
Tie Er whispered beside Ye An: "Xiao Langjun, what is this monk talking about? What is emptiness and what color?"
"He's talking about chariots!"
Seeing Kongkong Fat Monk Baoxiang's solemn appearance, Ye An had the urge to jump up and slap him. He smiled and said to him: "Don't say such nonsense again. I will hit you every time you say it again!"
"The poor monk is right here. Children, you can greet the poor monk. If the poor monk howls..."
"Hey...you...ow!"
The plate in Gang Wang's hand fell to the ground.
"Bold maniacs... committed crimes in the daytime... Ouch..."
Tie Er stepped back unconsciously.
“It hurts me so much!…………Ouch……”
Yingniang clenched her hands into fists, looking like she was cheering for Ye An.
Only the little Taoist priest Miaozhen ran out of the East Kitchen with a "wow" sound... He was afraid that Ye An would beat the fat monk to death!