Datang Library

Chapter 789
On the third floor of the Wangjing Tower in the city, Li Yuanji was calmly watching a group of his subordinates making noise.

"Old Hu, what are you talking about that makes you so obsessed with it? Our brother is a regular visitor to this Wangjinglou, and we come here quite often. Why don't we know that there is such a rare event?" The lieutenant joked.

Without waiting for the deputy general to explain, someone next to him guessed: "Could it be that Lord Hou has developed new dishes?"

"Ha, Master Hou's new dish? Then we must try it out."

"How is it possible? If Lord Hou has a new dish, our prince must be the first to know about it. Where will it be Lao Hu's turn?" The man took advantage of the opportunity to give Li Yuanji who was next to him a compliment.

Li Yuanji smiled without saying a word, and also looked at the lieutenant general, wanting to ask him what's going on?

Deputy General Hu's name is Hu Zilai. He has followed Li Yuanji for many years and has always been his confidant.

"My lord, don't you know that this time it's not a new dish of Lord Hou, but a chef in Wangjinglou created it himself. The taste is really... not much better than that cooked by Lord Hou himself."

This person originally wanted to say that he surpassed Lantian Hou Baifan's craftsmanship, but after thinking about it, he didn't dare to be disrespectful to Bai Fan, so he changed his words and said no more concessions.

"Really? Hu, you're exaggerating. Who is Lord Hou? That's me, the God of Cooking in the Tang Dynasty. Can a frontier restaurant cook compare to him?" Some people didn't believe it.

However, Li Yuanji waved his hand and said: "Old Hu is recognized as the number one foodie among our group of people, even if the dishes he praises are not as good as Jianzhi, there must be something extraordinary about them, I am looking forward to it.

If it really surpasses Jian Zhi, then Wang Ding will write a book himself, and let Jian Zhi see what is called the sky beyond the sky. It's interesting to think about it. "

Deputy General Hu Zilai said: "Haha, Master Hou understands me, and I will not guarantee that I surpass Master Hou, but this man's cooking is really memorable, and I even want to taste his cooking every day. , even my family is almost inseparable, I guarantee that today's dishes will not disappoint you all."

A few people chatted and laughed, the food and drink in the restaurant was ready, and a man dressed as a chef came to serve the food with a few helpers and a few trays.

"Haha, Cao Cao is here, everyone, this is Liu Zicheng, the new star chef of the restaurant I was talking about. Today, I heard that His Royal Highness Qi Wang came to taste his craftsmanship. I admire him so I took the opportunity of serving the dishes to come to see him. "Hu Zilai introduced carelessly.

Although everyone felt that it was a bit strange for the chef of the restaurant to serve the dishes himself, this statement was not surprising.

The chef sent someone to put the food on the table, and then he wanted to kneel down to salute Li Yuanji and express his admiration.

But Li Yuanji came here with his personal guards, and the personal guards never left their duty, so how could they let a stranger come forward?

"Stand back, strangers are not allowed to come within three steps of His Highness." The guard scolded.

Li Yuanji waved his hand and said, "Hey, I'm out of touch now. Since it was recommended by Lao Hu, I'm not a villain. Don't worry."

"Your Highness, we are in an important border area, so we must be cautious. Your Highness's safety is more important than Mount Tai. If someone wants to assassinate..."

"The villain once learned cooking skills from Chef Xu in Chang'an, so he is the descendant of Lord Lantian Hou Ye in terms of seniority, so he is not a villain." The man said boldly.

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Haha, no wonder the skills are so extraordinary, so there are famous masters inheriting them.

Forget it, you don't need to worry too much, how can Wangjinglou recruit people without distinguishing between good and evil?This king is also a general, so I don't know if the assassin has murderous intent?Don't disturb our pleasure of eating. "

"Well, that's fine, but when your Highness eats out, food safety inspections are mandatory. Please don't obstruct your subordinates anymore." The man insisted on going forward for a drug test.

Naturally, Li Yuanji would not stop him. After all, this guard is a true confidant, the person he trusts the most. For the general to be outside, these careful procedures are still required.

Soon after the chef's visit, he left with all the chefs happily, and there was no surprise in the drug test, and the generals began to eat heartily under the sway of Deputy General Hu.

In fact, this Deputy General Hu is not a spy, but a fool who is addicted to food and drink. As long as there is delicious food, he can't help but trust others without buying it. Chef Liu Zicheng is from the Tubo king Li Xinzhong The undercover agent who came here made a long-term plan after taking on the task.

First, he conquered Hu Zilai with delicious food, without revealing his purpose, but naturally waited for the opportunity to lure Li Yuanji to him, and then gradually borrowed the relationship between colleagues in the restaurant to add food to his colleagues, so that colleagues and even the restaurant executives were taken away by his food. In this way, it is considered to be invisibly controlling the Wangjing Tower of Yuhe City.

Then there was an opportunity to launch a plan against Li Yuanji. The reason why it was only open to Li Yuanji and not the people of the city was to capture the thief first and capture the king first. Otherwise, if something happened to the people in the city, Li Yuanji would definitely be alerted.

"Huh? That's right. This sliced ​​yak meat tastes very different from Tang's beef. It seems that this chef developed a new dish on this plateau. This person is a talent.

Look back and see if you can recruit him to the palace. "

The last sentence was spoken to the guard behind him.

"Follow your Highness, but after all, he is an unknown person, and you need to find out the origin to make sure it is safe."

"I can't, Your Highness, I, Lao Hu, can't do without the chef's skills now, and I didn't dare to rob him because the people in the city also want delicious food, otherwise I would have taken him home and become a cook.

You can't win love with a knife, otherwise what will we do when we eat in the future?You can't just go to your city lord's mansion. "

Well, the other generals have already been conquered by the delicious food at this time, and they all joined in, so the matter of recruiting a cook will be over.

Undoubtedly, Liu Zicheng's plan succeeded, or Li Xinzhong's plan succeeded, because he was the big boss behind the scenes.

The leaders of this group of defenders of Yuhe City remembered all the food here for a meal, and the more they thought about it when they went home, the more they ate it every day. This is the poison of forgetfulness added to the food. , and this thing actually has a well-known name in the late Qing Dynasty, that is, poppy. At this time, people sent by Li Xinzhong have developed a finished edible poppy powder, which cannot be tested with silver needles.

(Remarks: opium extracts can be made into opium paste (title of the book 'opium'). Opium is generally smoked, and opium paste is poisonous if eaten with alcohol, but opium paste is also edible, and it will also cause harm if eaten directly. Addiction, although the onset is slow and not violent, but the drug addiction lasts longer.

Here we use the black technology of poison making in the Tang Dynasty to make edible powder, the kind that will not be poisoned when paired with wine, hereby explain. )
As Li Yuanji and others were tricked into the net step by step, Wangjinglou finally began to reach out to the people in the city. The richest people in the city are the soldiers who defended the city. It can be said that the treatment is extremely generous, just to pave the way for the future training of Tubo.

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