Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 491 Tai Sui (4000)

"I just don't know what he wants the fat meat and wheat flour for?"

Hearing about Wu Liang's needs from his uncle, Bai Qiru frowned and asked in bewilderment.

Now that Wu Liang and the others have been arranged for food and sleep, only Bai Qiru, the old man and Bai Jingjing are left in the living room to discuss this matter.

The old man calls it a white chess piece, and its character stands long.

As a junior, Wu Liang couldn't call him by his first name directly, even calling him a character list would be quite disrespectful, so naturally he didn't ask, so it was very appropriate to directly follow Bai Jingjing and call him "Grandpa".

"You have to ask Jingjing about that."

The old man looked at Bai Jingjing.

In fact, he was very confused in his mind, but he was not ashamed to ask Wu Liang just now. Now that Wu Liang has gone out, he can only ask Bai Jingjing, who knows Wu Liang best.

"I do not know either."

Bai Jingjing shook her head, but said confidently, "Grandpa, father, although I don't know what Wu Youcai's intentions are, he has always been resourceful, and he made all kinds of tricks that ordinary people can't see through. For nearly a year, during this period, I went into dangerous situations with him many times, and he was always able to save the day and never made a mistake, so don't think too much, just do what he wants, he will definitely not will disappoint you."

"I hope so..."

Bai Qiru saw that he couldn't ask any extra questions, and there was no other way at the moment, so he finally nodded, and then said, "I still have one thing that I don't understand. This person has long known that you are following him as a bead follower." Naturally, we also know our determination to take back the Suihou Zhu. If we are destroyed by others now, then he will never have to return the Suihou Zhu. We, will this move hide other purposes?"

"..."

Hearing this, the old man and Bai Jingjing looked at each other immediately, and after looking at each other, they had a tacit understanding and didn't answer.

"But what purpose could he have?"

Bai Qiru was still muttering to himself with some doubts and worries, "Except for the treasures in the tomb of the late kings, our Bai family definitely has nothing he is interested in, but he has already entered the tomb of the late kings and took away the most precious things." Sui Houzhu seems to have no need to go further... If there is no profit, what is his purpose?"

"What is it..."

Bai Qiru finally looked at Bai Jingjing, saw Bai Jingjing's pretty face blushed slightly and buried her head with guilt, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Jingjing, he once said that he had a good relationship with you, so he doesn't worry about you as a father , I just don’t know if you have followed him for a year, does he still have any thoughts about you?”

"This... seems to be... yes."

Bai Jingjing buried her head even lower, and said hesitantly.

"That's it!"

Bai Qiru immediately slapped his thighs, and suddenly realized, "As the saying goes, 'A gentleman likes a fair lady', although he is not a gentleman, he is still a man. I am afraid that he is here to help you just to pursue you! Jingjing, you deserve it! She is the daughter of my Bai Qiru, you can make this person crazy with just a few gestures, and you are willing to work for my Bai family, my father is proud of you!"

"..."

After saying this, Bai Jingjing didn't know how to respond.

After pondering for a while, Bai Qiru pinched Bai Jingjing's arm again, and said earnestly: "Jingjing, I'm really sorry for you, because my father is incompetent, and I put all the burden of recovering Suihouzhu and guarding the tomb of the ancestors on you." On one shoulder. But there is no other way, alas—"

"Father……"

Bai Jingjing wanted to say something, but in the end she hesitated.

"You don't need to say too much, I know everything in my heart as a father."

Bai Qiru said solemnly, "But as a father, I still have to tell you that although you have to get along with him day and night, the ancestral precepts of the Bai family must never be broken, so don't give him an opportunity. For the sake of the father's temperament, the father is not very worried about this."

"..."

Bai Jingjing silently lowered her head.

The old man looked aside and didn't say anything, but his eyes were a little complicated.

"It's just that this person came here to help the Bai family, but I don't know how to repay him..."

Bai Qiru then asked as if he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, how many people did you bring this time?"

This problem is indeed unavoidable.

This time without waiting for Bai Jingjing to speak, the old man took the initiative to take the conversation, stretched out two fingers and said, "Twenty."

"How many?!"

Bai Qiru was stunned for a moment.

……

The days of late autumn have become shorter.

By dinner time it was very dark.

Wu Liang and the others rested until this time before they walked out of the room and saw Bai Qiru again in the living room.

Bai Qiru had already ordered someone to prepare a sumptuous dinner. When Wu Liang and the others came in, some clansmen immediately brought up hot meat and corn wine. Express gratitude.

Apart from these, he really couldn't think of anything to repay Wu Liang for his help.

"General Wu, all strong men, please sit down quickly."

Bai Qiru greeted him very warmly, invited Wu Liang and the others to sit down, ordered someone to fill up the wine for them, raised his glass and said with a smile, "Please fill this cup with General Wu and all the strong men. General Wu and all the strong men have traveled a long way. Come, Bai is very grateful."

"Thank you, Mr. Bai, but we still have things to do tonight, just one drink is enough, and the rest will not be too late to drink after this matter is over."

Wu Liang raised his glass with a smile as a signal, and after saying this, he drank it down in one gulp, and then put the wine glass down and put it aside.

Everyone in the Zhuan army also drank the glass of wine happily.

Then, following Wu Liang's example, he put the wine glass down and put it aside, no one missed it.

"..."

Bai Qiru had never seen such a unique way of refusing to drink before, he was slightly taken aback, and at the same time, he also lamented the strict discipline of Wu Liang and his group. Although they were old and young, they looked very much like a group of The mob was randomly put together, and they themselves were a group of shady tomb robbers, but their behavior was probably comparable to that of the most elite army. After seeing this scene, no one would dare to underestimate them.

"Mr. Bai, I don't know how the few requests I made are going well?"

While speaking, Wu Liang had already pulled out a chicken leg from the clay pot in front of him, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and asked vaguely.

"Oh... the fatty meat that General Wu asked for has already been purchased, and it is currently being cooked in a large pot in the backyard."

Bai Qiru came back to his senses, and quickly said seriously, "It's just that this wheat flour is a bit hard to find. I haven't found enough for General Wu's request yet, but I think I can buy it back tomorrow night at the latest. It won't delay General Wu's plan, right?" ?”

"No delay."

Wu Liang smiled, and said again, "I don't know how Mr. Bai will arrange tonight?"

"Of course I will personally accompany General Wu and a few strong men to go up the mountain to investigate. If something goes wrong and the group finds out, General Wu and the strong men can go first, and the accompanying clansmen and I will be the last ones for you. .”

Bai Qiru puffed up his chest and said.

"Mr. Bai, does Mr. Bai know of a place that is close enough to the Valley of No Return, but can use stones to build some simple fortifications?"

Wu Liang then asked.

"This……"

Bai Qiru couldn't help showing doubts.

It was becoming increasingly difficult for him to understand what Wu Liang was planning to do, but since Wu Liang made this request, he still concentrated on thinking about it.

After doing this for a while, he finally nodded and said: "There are about three places like this, all of which are blind spots that the gang of thieves' secret sentries can't take care of, and these three places are all within two miles of the Valley of No Return. General Wu's request."

"Go and see later and make a decision."

Wu Liang nodded slightly, thought for a while and said, "By the way, Mr. Bai should have some bronze wares in his house. If there are no bronze wares, copper coins can be used instead."

Copper coins have become less and less valuable these years, and many places have returned to the barter trade method. Many wealthy families have thrown copper coins into their hands, and they can’t spend them and are reluctant to throw them away. Even some When the poor are buried, they can be buried with a jar of copper coins.

Therefore, this request is definitely not difficult for the Bai family who can still afford meat and wheat flour in troubled times.

"There are some copper coins in the treasury, if not enough, Bai will teach someone to exchange for some, as much as you want."

Bai Qiru said.

"Please trouble Mr. Bai to get a dozen catties first, and then order someone to make it into copper powder for emergencies."

Wu Liang swallowed the muscles in his mouth and said with a smile.

?

Bai Qiru was even more puzzled.

In fact, even the people in the Huan army were full of doubts.

Fat meat, wheat flour, copper flour... They couldn't connect these things anyway, and naturally they didn't know what Wu Liang was going to do.

Yet they do know.

Wu Liang was able to use some very common things to create the power to destroy the world before, so he must have his own reason for asking for these things now, and it is a reason that they may never understand.

It's a pity that Wu Liang didn't bring black powder this time.

Otherwise, with the [-] people of Hao Meng and Cao Xing, even if Wu Liang and others only came with more than [-] people, they are capable of trapping them to death in the Valley of No Return and teaching them what it feels like to be crushed to pieces.

But Wu Liang had told everyone before coming here.

This time, we can't teach Hao Meng, Cao Xing and others to wipe out the entire army, and we can't let the Huren army and the Bai family fight directly, and we can't let these guys fail without knowing why, otherwise Lu Bu's evil intentions will not die, I'm afraid the tomb of King Guangchuan There will never be peace with the Bai family.

……

It is night Haishi.

Wu Liang only brought Zhuge Liang and Dian Wei to follow Bai Qiru and a few members of the Bai family to the forest where the Valley of No Return was located.

After just two hours, they returned to Bai's house.

At this time, everyone finally knew that Wu Liang's move was actually choosing a location for the "Eight Formation Map".

of course.

It's just a plan to build a very crude "Eight Arrays" with stones and trees from local materials, and even deliberately create a feeling of natural formation, so as not to directly trap Hao Meng and Cao Xing's group completely. To die in the "Eight Arrays", as long as they can be trapped overnight.

As for what happened next, Wu Liang had other arrangements.

However, they still don't know the purpose of those fat meat, wheat flour and copper powder.

Zhuge Liang was in charge of setting up the "Eight Formation Map" in such a secret way, and the labor was naturally provided by the Bai family. Except for Wu Liang and others, the accompanying soldiers of the Huan army did not get involved at all, and all hid in advance. Play backgammon in the mountains and forests.

Waited until the afternoon of the second day.

The fat meat that had been cooked for almost a day and night had basically turned into a thick soup. It happened that the Bai family also brought back the wheat flour that Wu Liang needed.

Wu Liang finally made a new move.

He asked Bai Qiru for a big pot, poured half a pot of flour into it, then added a bucket of water, sprinkled a few handfuls of refined salt, and then taught Dianwei to squat in front of the big pot and knead the dough with both hands.

This is killing a chicken with a bull's knife.

No matter what kind of person Dian Wei is, with his strength, such a big pot of noodles was easily mixed into a big dough by him in just a while.

Then Wu Liang asked someone to pick up clean water, poured clean water on the dough over and over again, kneaded and cleaned it over and over again, almost washing away all the impurities in the wheat flour, and finally made it into a big ball that looked a little bit The translucent jelly-like substance like white jade, everyone who saw it was amazed.

Some people in later generations may have guessed what it is after seeing this. Isn’t this the process of making gluten?
But people in this era don't know this. After all, gluten was first created during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which was hundreds of years earlier than the Eastern Han Dynasty. Zi Jian had never seen it before.

At this point, Wu Liang asked the Bai family to fetch the cooked fatty meat soup and poured half of the pot into it.

Continue to order Dianwei to keep kneading until all the fat broth is integrated into the big gluten, so that the whole process is completed.

At this time, the gluten has changed again.

Not only does it look more translucent than before, it even looks a little crystal clear after being stained with oil, and it also exudes a very strong aroma of broth.

This scene made everyone present hungry.

"This... son, although I have long known that you are good at cooking, especially the taste of the roasted pigeon, but seeing this thing today, I will know how deep you are hiding. I am afraid that delicious food should only be found in the sky, but the things you use are not magical, your cooking skills have really reached the point of turning decay into magic."

Yu Ji swallowed, and anxiously approached Wu Liang flatteringly, "I just don't know how to call such a magical delicacy?"

"Do you think it looks like Tai Sui?"

Wu Liang smiled.

"Too old?"

Yu Ji was taken aback, "Young Master, what you are talking about is the Ganoderma lucidum 'Tai Sui' that the First Emperor Yingzheng pursued so hard for immortality? Like! Very similar! The "Shan Hai Jing" says that it is the "looking meat" like curdled fat. , Jurou, Rouzhi', such a comparison, the young master really looks like 'Tai Sui'! No, no, it is 'Tai Sui', the young master's name is wonderful!"

(End of this chapter)