The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 452
The green-eyed Hu Ying rides on brocade fur, and the five-flowered horse and white mink fur.

There is no one who travels between the three cities, so they bring the golden whip to the restaurant.

—— Xue Feng in "The Young Man" (Tang Dynasty)

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After the case of Aunt Gongsun was over, the court of Li Tang made another move.

In the third year of Zhide, in spring, on February [-]st, Li Heng ordered Li Fuguo, the eunuch and eunuch in the palace, to serve as a servant.Li Fuguo made friends with Concubine Zhang Shu in the palace, and served as the acting chief of staff of the Marshal's Mansion of the National Field Army outside the country.

The puppet Qingzhou Jiedu enabled Yuan Hao to surrender.Emperor Suzong ordered Neng Yuanhao to be the Minister of Honglu, and he was also the recruitment envoy of Hebei.

On February [-]th, Suzong ascended to Danfengmen, announced the pardon of the world, and exempted the people of the whole country from all land taxes and labor for this year.The name of the year was changed, "Zai" was canceled, and it was still called "Nian". Before that, it was the third year of Zhide, and now it is the first year of Qianyuan.

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Bai Fu sat in a small tavern in Pingkang Fang, ordered a jug of wine, and poured himself a drink.

"Brother Fu, it's boring to drink alone, I'll accompany you for a few drinks." Bai Fu looked back, only to see a handsome young man in yellow clothes and a cap, with delicate features, holding a folding fan, clasped his fists and smiled at himself.

This person is so familiar.

Bai Fu's eyes lit up as the visitor approached.This unparalleled son is actually Princess Qingluan disguised as a man.

"Princess..." Bai Fu was about to ask a question.Princess Qingluan blinked and made a whispered gesture.

"Young Master, Young Master, why are you in a mood to come here for a drink today?" Bai Fu laughed.

"I still want to ask you, why are you so happy running here alone without eating the delicious food from the Bashu Guild Hall?" Princess Qingluan gave Bai Fu a hard look.

Bai Fu laughed out loud.

Princess Qingluan took Bai Fu's jug, filled a bowl for herself, took it to her nose, sniffed it, and asked, "What kind of wine are you drinking, is it strong or not?"

Bai Fu said: "'Fengxiang three treasures: Donghu willow, woman's hand, Fengxiang wine.' Come, try Fengxiang wine, one of these three treasures."

Princess Qingluan curled her lips and said: "What's so rare about this, I drank it a few times when I was with my father in Fengxiang County. The wine is good, but not as good as you boast."

Bai Fu smiled without answering, and gently shook the wine bowl, the aroma of the wine came to his nostrils.

Qingluan moved her index finger, tasted it, it was indeed sweeter and mellower than the Fengxiang wine she drank in Fengxiang County.Princess Qingluan hurriedly asked the reason.

Bai Fudao: "Fengxiang Liulin Town area, the water quality is pure, mysterious and sweet, so it is most suitable for wine making. Farmers in this area use sorghum to make wine when they are ripe. After the wine is brewed, it will be discussed by the public. Please ask the local elders to drink well. Taste one by one, praise the fragrance and taste, and determine the order.

The weeping willows in Fengxiang East Lake are lush and green.After the wicker is dried, the stalks are long and tough, and they are woven into baskets, and the outside is painted with tung oil, which is watertight.

Then put Fengxiang wine in a basket, consign it in a bullock cart, and transport it thousands of miles.Sunshine and wind blowing, swaying, the wine and wicker are fully mixed and blended.The unique spring fragrance of wicker is entangled with the warm autumn sun contained in sorghum.

After this series of evolution, the aroma of wine was born.After opening the altar, the fragrance of the wine spits out and remains fragrant, and the cup is thick and green. "

After listening to Bai Fu's introduction, drinking this wine will make it even more mellow.

Princess Qingluan drank two bowls in a row, she was very satisfied, and said: "Let's order a few dishes and go to the bar, don't keep doing it, I'm already hungry."

As soon as Bai Fu greeted him, the clerk came, wiped the table, put the cups and chopsticks on and said, "My lords, what wine and food do you two want?"

Bai Fu said: "Young Master Li, what do you want to eat?"

Princess Qingluan said: "Young Xia Bai, order it."

Bai Fu smiled and said, "Why are you being polite to me. Order whatever you want."

Princess Qingluan blushed pretty, and found an excuse to dismiss the waiter, and whispered: "Master Fu, order, I don't know how to order."

Bai Fu was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing.

Bai Fu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll order something fresh today. Let's eat something you can't eat in the palace."

Bai Fu shouted to the waiter: "Xiao Er, bring us two more jugs of wine, make a large platter of assorted things, mix two skins, and kill the 'copper pot bedding' now. Let's eat first."

When Princess Qingluan heard this, she became very curious, and thought, "What's all this?"Especially the name of the dish 'copper pot bedding', I have never heard of it. "

The waiter served the food quickly, and Princess Qingluan tasted it with her chopsticks, and thought to herself: So this is called a patchwork, it's delicious. "

Now killed 'copper pot bedding' was originally a dish performed live.

I saw the chef come to the table for two people, break the shells of five or six eggs, pour them into a large bowl, and beat them one or two hundred times in one direction with bamboo chopsticks, until the foam in the bowl swelled up like a cloud. .

The man brought a copper pot that was red-hot on the stove, and there was a charcoal fire under the pot. Put in lard and bean paste, first fry the onion and ginger, pick them out, then pour the egg liquid into the oil and roll, and then put Clamp the copper pot with tongs and remove the charcoal fire.

At this moment, the egg liquid is in the pot, expanding to the top cover, creaking, not only interesting and beautiful, but also plump and fragrant.

Princess Qingluan clapped her hands and laughed, "I didn't expect this dish to be a trick."

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The food and drink were almost finished, and Princess Qingluan was still unsatisfied, and said, "Master Fu, please ask me for another special dish."

Bai Fu smiled and said: "Not full yet? Okay, I'll get you another one. Dude, you can bring us two more pancakes, the fat ones, and bake them well. Bring us another nest of 'fish returning to their nests' .”

The man yelled: "If you want to strangle you, I will go there for you."

Princess Qingluan wondered: "I've only heard of Yan Guichao, what kind of dish is this fish Guichao?"

After a while the waiter brought out the dishes, Princess Qingluan looked at it and said with a smile: "Oh, this nest is actually tofu!"

Princess Qingluan dug a spoonful, put it in her mouth and tasted it, her beautiful eyes were looking forward to it, and she was amazed on the spot.

Princess Qingluan asked: "How is this dish made? It's so delicious!"

Bai Fu smiled and said: Although this tavern is small and not well-known, it has something unique.

The person in charge is a grandma.She first boiled tofu with bean sprouts, and after cooking the tofu out of the hornet's eyes, she discarded the bean sprout soup and replaced it with cold seasoning.Then add live small fish to cook. When the small fish is hot, they will all burrow into the tofu. As a result, all the small fish will burrow into the tofu. The soup, fish, and tofu are all fresh! "

Princess Qingluan didn't care about the appearance of eating, and swept the fish back to the nest in one go, only to find that Bai Fu didn't eat two bites.

Princess Qingluan apologized, and muttered: "Young Master Fu, I'm sorry, it's really delicious!"

Bai Fu smiled and said, "It's okay, since you like to eat, let's order another one." Say hello to the buddy.

The buddy yelled: "The little fish is returning to the nest, let's sell it!"

Princess Qingluan thought to herself: "What kind of incision are they talking about? Why can't I understand a word!" Although she was puzzled, she didn't dare to ask in front of others, for fear of showing timidity.

After a short time, the man brought another piece of fish back to the nest.

Princess Qingluan said in her heart: "Oh! It turned out to be a servant, but there is another one! Walking in the rivers and lakes is really interesting!"

For this meal, Princess Qingluan was full of wine and food, and she was very comfortable, looking forward to radiance, and her cheeks were like peach blossoms.Later, even the waiters saw that this master was a beauty disguised as a man.

　Notes:
　　1. Bibliography of Bai Fu's Ordering Dishes: "Tang Lusun Talks about Eating", Tang Lusun, Guangxi Normal University Press, published in January 2013

　　
　　
　
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