Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Chapter 87 What is a shrew?This is called a shrew!

Qin Mo's words were not alarmist. At this time, everyone was on the same boat, one was prosperous and the other was damaged. The servants of Lord Hengyang knew Zhang Liang's intelligence, and even though they had some complaints against him, they were willing to respect him.

But once the heirs of Lord Hengyang's family are joined together, it will be difficult to say what will happen in the future. After all, infighting and strife are also one of the main themes of history!

Zhang Liang smiled, he didn't seem to take this matter to heart, he just said: "It depends on the descendants of Lord Hengyang, are they worthy of my assistance?"

"A real king will not neglect his great cause because of personal enmity."

"If there is a monarch who can accomplish great things among the heirs of Hengyang gentleman, even if he suspects that I am hiding you, he will only be lenient or forbearing, and appease me."

"After the foundation is established, the monarch may liquidate Zhang Liang's mistakes, or he may continue to be a sage and minister, and Zhang Liang can accept it calmly."

"On the other hand, if the Hengyang gentleman's heirs don't have the strategy of the city government, they can't tolerate Zhang Liang hiding you, and they come up and shout and kill, then Zhang Liang can give up and find another Korean clan to help."

"Hengyang Lord's lineage is weak now, and there are three hundred of my retainers in Baiyue, even if I want to leave, they can't stop them..."

Qin Mo suddenly stopped talking, this is Zhang Liang's test for the future monarch, it is understandable and the best of both worlds!

……

For a Spring Festival meal, Qin Mo and Lu Zhi worked hard for an hour, and it was only when it was getting dark that they called it a day.

Zhang Liang's retainers and Lord Hengyang's retainers were so hungry that their chests stuck to their backs, and in the end they didn't have the heart to play Pai Gow, and waited impatiently for the food to be served.

However, the wait is worth it, the richness of the food is beyond everyone's imagination!

"Gentlemen, if you want to eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year, first come a bowl of sour soup dumplings."

Qin Mo, adhering to the pragmatic tradition of serving the staple food first, served everyone a bowl of dumplings.

Zhang Liang looked at the sour soup dumplings in the bowl, but looked at Qin Mo curiously.

All the swordsmen also did not move their chopsticks, just waiting for Qin Mo's answer.

These days, Qin Mo often cooks some delicacies that he has never seen before, and he always has to explain it to everyone, which has become a routine.

Qin Mo also filled a bowl for himself and Lu Zhi, and started to eat first. While eating, he said, "I found a bag of wheat flour in the bottom warehouse, and I added water to knead it to make it firm, and rolled it into thin slices with a wooden stick, wrapped it Stuffing stew."

"The fillings are fresh sea prawns and sea crabs. Only the fat and fat meat is chopped into puree, and green onion and ginger are added to serve."

"It is the soup used for stewing. It is also the sea cucumber that Brother Kui went to the sea to catch yesterday. It was boiled for a whole night, and it melted in the soup.

"Delicious shrimp dumplings accompanied by sour soup, even a god would not want to do it!"

Listening to the narration, Zhang Liang and all the swordsmen couldn't help swallowing their saliva frequently, and saw that he had eaten half of the bowl, but there was no abnormal expression, so they didn't hesitate any longer, each started to make the bowl, and the soup was dripping.

Qin Mo brought out a bowl of prepared vinegar dipping sauce at the side, and continued: "This dumpling, also known as flat food, or jiaoer, is called differently in the north and south, and the way to eat it is also different. Drain and mix Eat it with sauce, it will taste delicious..."

"Humph~!"

Hengyang Lord's retainers saw that he was busy for a long time, and still had the energy to work in vain, they all snorted bitterly.

He already knew now that when Qin Mo first joined the army and had not made a fortune, he was not used to the pre-Qin meals and would often take the initiative to take care of the whole team's meals.

And the food for the dozens of people on the boat was nothing compared to Qin Mo's hard work!
"Suck it, ha... Junhou started making up stories again."

Zhang Liang sipped the sour soup and refuted Qin Mo: "As far as I know, this wheat flour began to spread in Guanzhong when the Lord ordered Qin Shaofu to make stone mills when he was conquering the barbarians outside the Great Wall."

"The only way to cook wheat flour from Guanzhong is noodles and pancakes, but I have never heard of this dumpling.

"Therefore, there are not so many sayings from the south and the north at all. Don't lie to me, Junhou, and deceive us with shallow knowledge!"

Qin Mo reached out to snatch his bowl: "You don't count if you don't eat, and you won't be able to stop your mouth if you eat."

Zhang Liang hurriedly dodged away with the bowl in hand, walked around to the other side of the table, and dipped in the mixed vinegar sauce to taste.

Seeing that Qin Mo had been exposed, all the swordsmen burst out laughing, and one after another picked up shrimp dumplings to dip in the vinegar sauce. It was rare to be happy.

After the dumplings are finished, it will be a real feast of seafood!
Stir-fried sea cucumber with scallion, steamed sea crab, sweet and sour flower fish, spicy braised shrimp, fried yellow croaker with scallion...

There are also various sea vegetables collected when passing the island, cold salad, stir-fry, pickled, stewed...

Zhang Liang and all the swordsmen ate so much food that they couldn't help admiring them, but only regretted that they didn't have good wine to accompany them!

Finally, Qin Mo brought out a pot of steamed white flour steamed buns, and handed them to each of them one by one: "You can't be rude during the New Year's day, don't feel shabby."

This is the custom of northerners in later generations. Steamed steamed buns are a must for visiting relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year.

In fact, there should be jujube flowers, but those things were brought by the daughter back to her mother's house, and Qin Mo didn't have that kind of craftsmanship.

Zhang Liang couldn't laugh or cry when he accepted the gift from the big bun, he bowed his hand as a gesture of thanks and said, "Your Majesty has a New Year's Day, does it follow the ancient summer calendar?!"

The so-called Xia calendar is probably the origin of the lunar calendar, and the Xia Dynasty also celebrates the New Year in the first month.

Qin Mo didn't explain, and took a big bun from Lu Zhi, and presented it to Zhang Liang's gluttonous retainer, Kui: "Brother Kui, don't think it's shabby."

Kui hurriedly bowed his hands to thank him, but after he took the big bun and looked at it for a while, his face showed a wretched look, and he said in a low voice, "Isn't this steamed rice dumpling, Junhou, made according to the breast of that woman? Both form and spirit!"

Qin Mo: "..."

Qin Mo looked at Damo, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

Steamed into a peach-shaped steamed bun, dotted with a date picked from the island, it is more than just a combination of form and spirit.

Thinking about it in that way, it can make Nanny drool!
Qin Mo turned his head and took another big bun from Lu Zhi's hand, and passed it on to the retainers next to him... By the way, he glanced at Lu Zhi.

Well, better than the eldest princess, but far worse than that chick Yu Ji!
Lu Pheasant: "..."

Lu Zhi looked down at himself, and then at the big bun in his hand, feeling an inexplicable sense of inferiority in his heart.

Bah, it really is a man, good food, can be associated with such a shame!
……

The big buns were quickly distributed by Qin Mo, and even the retainers of Lord Hengyang did not refuse, but did not thank them with a stern face.

After the big steamed buns were distributed, the banquet came to an end, everyone swept away the remnants of the banquet, got up with their stomachs in their hands, and didn't care about playing cards and money, and went back to the cabin to rest one after another.

When a person is full, the peristalsis of the stomach and intestines is accelerated, the blood supply to the brain is insufficient, and it is easy to feel sleepy.

Qin Mo and Lu Zhi started to tidy up. They washed the pots and dishes after splashing sea water. Kui, who was in charge of guarding the two, also helped them.

After some busy work, the two returned to their own cabins to rest.

"This is the big steamed bun I specially reserved, and it also contains cold seaweed. Are you hungry?"

Qin Mo took out a steamed bun wrapped in linen from the sleeve of his robe for supper, and asked Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi shook his head lightly, expressing that he would not eat this shameful food, and at the same time pressed Qin Mo's hand, refusing to let him eat it.

Qin Mo smiled, and explained helplessly: "Sister, don't make trouble. I'm still recovering, and I need a lot of food. What I ate just now has been digested. I'm really hungry."

"Moreover, food is food, without all those messy associations!"

While he was talking, he couldn't help but glanced at Lu Zhi.

Lu Pheasant: "..."

How about pretending to be a gentleman and pretending to be a gentleman?

Is this the way you have no random associations?

Lu Zhi was speechless, but shook his head again, pressed his hand, and lightly wrote a word in his palm.

Qin Mo was stunned for a moment, then his expression suddenly changed.

Because the words Lu Zhi wrote on his palm were clearly 'poisonous' characters!

These days, fishing boats sail along the coast, occasionally meeting islands, or simply picking a deserted coastal area to stop.

At that time, all the people on the boat will land on the island, look for fresh water, hunt some wild animals, and pick some fresh wild vegetables.

Qin Mo, who was in shackles, was naturally not allowed to get off the boat, so he could only look at the land and imagine how down-to-earth he felt.

However, Zhang Liang and the swordsmen were not very strict with Lu Zhi, a virtuous and weak woman, and would often let her disembark and go pick wild vegetables with her.

After all, women are better at picking than a group of rough men who wield knives and swords, especially those who are as virtuous as Lu Zhi, the picking results of one person can be more than ten swordsmen, which is more than enough.

It's just that the wild vegetables picked by Lu's pheasant will be checked and picked by the swordsmen, and the wild vegetables that they know can be eaten will be stored.

I don't know wild vegetables, so I throw them into the sea and tell her not to pick them next time!

……

Qin Mo broke open the big steamed bun with the cold seaweed in it, pointed to the cold seaweed inside, and then pointed to the big bun.

Lu Zhi could understand what he meant, so he pointed at the big bun and shook his head, indicating that the poison was in the bun.

Qin Mo was really shocked. This old girl is so thoughtful. All the other food and dishes during today's banquet were made in one pot.

Zhang Liang and the swordsmen were on guard against him, always waiting for him to eat before they would eat.

Only this big bun, although it was steamed in one pot, it was impossible for Qin Mo to take a bite of each big bun.

Moreover, he arranged for the big steamed bun to be presented at the last table, which was the time when Zhang Liang and the swordsmen were at their lowest alertness, and Lu Zhi was carrying it when the gift was distributed. Only she knew which one was poisonous and which was not!
"You... If you don't eat it, I will eat it myself."

Qin Mo really wanted to ask the old girl how she brought the poison onto the boat, but when she thought of Kui guarding the door, she changed the subject, and then began to babble, pretending to be eating steamed buns.

Lu Zhi seemed to have guessed what he wanted to ask, smiled sweetly and gently lifted the skirt of his clothes, and placed the bottom of the skirt in front of Qin Mo, letting him have a closer look.

Qin Mo pouted, observing with the help of the faint oil light in the cabin.

The hem was in a semi-wet state, and it was almost dry. If you looked closely, you could see a stain.

Lu's pheasant raised his hem again, and brought it closer to his nose.

Qin Mo tried to smell it, but he could smell a faint smell unique to women, which was very pleasant.

Seeing his strange expression, Lu Zhi blushed immediately, and directly touched the stain on the hem of the skirt to his nose.

"Hmm~!"

Qin Mo let out a muffled snort, feeling an unspeakable stench rushing from his nostrils to the top of the sky in an instant, and his brain began to go haywire in an instant.

Qin Mo shook his head viciously, so that his mind regained his sobriety, and his heart finally came to a sudden realization.

That stain must be the venom of some kind of poison. She covered the hem of her clothes with the venom. Even if it dries up after boarding the boat, she only needs to soak it in water, and the water obtained can still poison people to death.

Presumably, this is also the reason why the hem of her skirt is half wet, she used it to soak in water to detoxify!
Qin Mo thought of this, but was taken aback again.

When cooking, Lu Zhi could pretend not to care and dip the hem of his clothes into the bucket under the watchful eyes of everyone.

But under the same watchful eyes, the only way the poisonous water can be poured into the bun is to add it to the flour for kneading.

In other words, everything in the big bun is poisonous!

Qin Moruo ate one on the spot to test the poison for everyone like tasting dishes, and he was probably already foaming at the mouth by now...

The more Qin Mo thought about it, his face turned greener. At this moment, he finally realized that the seemingly virtuous Lu Zhi in front of him is actually the number one shrew in the ages!
The vicious things she did could scare her own son to death!
If such a ruthless character is underestimated, it will be making yourself uncomfortable!
"Hey, I'm full, let's go to bed early, and get up early tomorrow, and work hard for breakfast for everyone."

Qin Mo said to Lu Zhi with his mouth chewing.

"Well, Junhou also worked hard today."

Lu Zhi casually replied.

At the same time, Yu hand dipped in the tea and wrote on the wooden board of the cabin: "Everyone is full today, and none of them have eaten big buns. Tomorrow, you can pretend to be sick and deliberately get up late and not eat early. Everyone will eat big buns to satisfy their hunger. Then it will be done.”

Qin Mo nodded after seeing it, wiped off the water stains, knocked on the cabin door, and said to Kui outside: "Brother Kui, I don't seem to be full yet, if you don't want to eat that big steamed bun, why don't you give it to me?" Let me eat."

hula-

There was the sound of the chain being undone outside the cabin door, and then the cabin door opened from the outside.

Kui leaned into half of his body, handed his big bun to Qin Mo, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty really eats a lot, and it seems that his body is recovering soon."

"Thanks to brother Kui for taking care of me, Mo is very grateful." Qin Mo thanked him with his hands raised.

Kui was flattered and waved his hands embarrassingly, not daring to take it seriously, and when he closed the cabin door again and fastened the chain outside, Qin Mo stuffed the newly acquired bun under the bed.

Then, he also dipped his hands in water and wrote: "Kui is on duty at night, and he will stay on guard all night. If he is hungry in the middle of the night and is poisoned by eating steamed buns, Zhang Liang and other swordsmen will find out tomorrow, and all previous efforts will be for naught!"

Lu Zhi nodded, but she was a little distracted, she didn't know where she was thinking, but she had a look of shame on her pretty face.

Kui has indeed taken good care of the two these days, if he poisons them, his conscience will be troubled!

Qin Mo could naturally guess what she was thinking, but he didn't bother to explain. He just blew out the oil lamp and began to recharge his batteries.

But in the dark, with his super vision, he watched Lu Zhi.

He would not hesitate to kill Zhang Liang, Kui and others with poison a few days ago, but now it is different from the past, Zhang Liang has given him a guarantee of safety, and after getting along day and night, he can no longer be so ruthless.

Now, he just wanted to see if Lu Zhi was so vicious that he could continue the plan with all his heart?

If it was before dawn, she would not stop it.

Then, Qin Mo will consider convincing Zhang Liang to send her back to the shore, in short, he can no longer let her stay by his side!
(End of this chapter)