The days when I opened a tavern in Zongwu

Chapter 144 Seven Days of Pursuit of Life

Since it's New Year's Eve, the food is naturally different from the previous ones.

In addition to some big dishes that Huang Rong was busy with, Li Changqing cooked a roast lamb in the kitchen.

As Li Changqing slowly rotates the roasted lamb on the grill, under the influence of the energy condensed in Li Changqing's "Moving Flowers and Connecting Jade", the firewood burning in the oven also changes, causing the entire roasted lamb to withstand the flames. Strong and weak.

Sometimes Li Changqing would smear some soybean oil or some powder that Li Changqing had mixed with some medicine and spices on the roasted lamb.

Gradually, under the fire of firewood, the fat sheep placed on the grill sizzled with oil as it was turned over. The rich aroma of meat also echoed in the kitchen, attracting Huang Rong who was cooking and Xiao Zhao who was doing the cooking. They couldn't help but look sideways. , the throat moved unconsciously.

Yao Yue and Huang Xuemei, who were still in the courtyard before, also entered the kitchen at some point, their eyes fixed on the roast lamb on the grill.

When the skin was completely golden, Li Changqing sprinkled some powder on it again.

Then he moved it to the cutting board, and the kitchen knife on the side quickly fell into Li Changqing's hand.

When the blade came down, the sound of the skin being sliced ​​"click" suddenly reached the ears of Huang Rong and Xiao Zhao.

Just by listening to the sound, you can tell how crispy the skin of this roasted lamb is.

Wait until Li Changqing cuts the kitchen knife horizontally and vertically.

The whole sheep that was just a moment ago was quickly split and placed on the plate, arranged neatly.

The wisps of aroma that emerge are even more mouth-watering.

"okay!"

After shaving off the sheep's head as quickly as possible and separating the sheep's brains intactly and placing them on another plate for cold salad, Li Changqing nodded and spoke.

Hearing Li Changqing's voice, Huang Rong quickly stir-fried the vegetables in the pot a few times and put them on the plate.

Immediately afterwards, several people will work together to bring the dishes to the main room.

The warm spring-like temperature inside the main house means that these dishes will not quickly become cold due to the cold weather when placed inside.

After sitting down, Li Changqing was the first to use his chopsticks, and the others also picked up their chopsticks.

As for the targets, they were all the roasted sheep that Li Changqing had just made.

The mutton is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the skin looks like it has been fried. The crispy sound can be heard even by the people next to you when you take a bite.

But the mutton inside is extremely tender.

The unique meaty aroma and juice of the mutton instantly fill your mouth with a unique aroma.

And there is no odor at all.

In addition, the spices that penetrate into the meat make the mutton more fragrant, and the light spiciness also weakens the greasiness in the meat.

It really leaves a fragrance on the teeth and cheeks, and a mouthful of saliva.

Even Yao Yue, who didn't like mutton in the past, her eyes lit up at this moment.

Holding a piece of lamb chop and chewing it, Huang Rong couldn't help but admire Li Changqing's control over the heat.

It can actually make the surface of roasted lamb so crispy.

If she were to roast the lamb, not to mention that the seasoning would be far from being able to complement the lamb as well as it is now, and it would be difficult to roast the skin of the lamb as if it had been fried.

"I don't know how this guy developed his cooking skills. Even with my father's cooking skills, he can't roast a lamb so deliciously."

Thinking about it, Huang Rong picked up a chopstick of red-oiled mutton and lamb brains and put it into her mouth.

As she chewed it gently, Huang Rong immediately tasted a completely different feeling from the plate of roasted lamb next to her.

The mutton is still crispy, even more crispy because it is the head of the sheep.

The sheep brain is as tender and smooth as tofu.

Even though it has been soaked in red oil and soup, the crispiness on the surface of the roasted lamb is still there, which adds to the aroma of red oil.

And the slight sourness mixed in makes this dish even more appetizing.

Within a moment, the two dishes Li Changqing cooked had been completely wiped out by several people.

As for the dishes Huang Rong cooked on the table, there was a lot left.

Huang Rong didn't care about this either.

Anyway, every time Li Changqing cooks in person, other people basically don't touch the dishes she cooks, even herself.

When Huang Rong and Xiao Zhao finished packing the dishes and entered the kitchen, Li Changqing suddenly looked at Yao Yue.

"How many of the traitors in Yihua Palace have been dealt with?"

Facing Li Changqing's question, Yao Yue said in a deep voice: "Seventeen."

Hearing the number mentioned by Yao Yue, Lian Xing beside him couldn't help but asked in surprise: "So many?"

Yao Yue said in a deep voice: "They were tortured one after another."

Finally, Yao Yue added: "And I'm not sure if any fish have slipped through the net."

When speaking, Yao Yue's expression was also somewhat solemn.

In Yao Yue's original expectation, there would only be a few spies in Yihua Palace.

But under successive interrogations, the traitors were arrested one by one, and the number far exceeded Yao Yue's expectation.

Li Changqing thought for a while and asked, "What are their identities?"

Yaoyue responded: "Except for one Baihua Elder, the rest are ordinary disciples."

After spending so long with Yao Yue and Lian Xing, Li Changqing also understood some of the situations in Yihua Palace.

As long as the disciples in Yihua Palace reach the master level, they can become elders and obtain higher-level martial arts and resources.

Above the ordinary elders, there are the Baihua Elders, the Ten Thousand Flowers Elders, and the Taishang Elders.

Among them, Elder Wanhua has all reached the level of Grand Master.

The Supreme Elder has entered the realm of heaven and man.

However, the Heavenly Realm is still too rare.

Although Yaoyue and Lianxing did not specify the number of these elders, it is expected that the number of these supreme elders is not large.

Lian Xing asked: "What did sister find out through torture?"

Yao Yue shook her head and said, "According to the information obtained during the interrogation, the person who secretly contacted them was always masked and did not recognize the person by his true face."

Li Changqing nodded and said: "After all, you are arranging your own people in Yihua Palace, so it is natural to think of some ways to protect yourself wisely."

Yao Yue pondered for a while and then asked, "Has Lian Xing told you about the twelve horoscopes?"

Originally, Yu Yaoyue wanted to ask when she came, but because of Huang Xuemei's incident, Yu Yaoyue was a little angry, and the matter was not mentioned for a while.

"said!"

Immediately, Li Changqing told Yao Yue what happened to Bai Xiaosheng.

After learning about the deal between Li Changqing and Bai Xiaosheng, Yao Yue did not accuse Li Changqing of not asking Bai Xiaosheng who the person behind Yihua Palace was.

Instead, he looked thoughtful, as if he was pondering who was behind the twelve horoscopes and the spies in Yihua Palace this time.

At this time, Li Changqing suddenly asked: "Were the informants you caught this time lurking from the moment they entered Yihua Palace, or were they persuaded midway?"

Yao Yue said directly without hiding anything: "I asked, and according to what the traitor said, he was poisoned when he went out to Yihua Palace a year ago, and was then controlled by someone using poison."

"That's it! That situation is not too troublesome."

Yaoyue, Lianxing and Huang Xuemei immediately understood what Li Changqing meant when they heard this.

You must know that Yihua Palace recruits disciples from outside, but the elders of Yihua Palace are specifically responsible for it.

Every time a new disciple enters the Yihua Palace, he or she is an orphan bought from outside. They also have to check whether they have martial arts in their bodies and use the "Soul Transferring Technique" to screen them. And for a warrior with good talent to cultivate to the master level, it can take anywhere from a few years to decades.

Once the Baihua Elder entered Yihua Palace, he was already someone else's spy, which was enough to show that the other party had been keeping an eye on Yihua Palace for several years or even decades.

Something must have gone wrong inside Yihua Palace.

But if the problem only occurred a year ago, it is enough to show that the other party's infiltration of Yihua Palace was not serious.

Yao Yue, who was next to her, suddenly reached into her arms and took out a small medicine bottle and handed it to Li Changqing.

"This is the medicine taken by the spies. It is said that they need to take the medicine here every five days to suppress the toxins in the body."

"It's just that Yihua Palace can't tell what kind of poison this medicine is for."

Listening to Yaoyue's words, Li Changqing opened the medicine bottle.

As the smell came out of the medicine bottle, Li Changqing analyzed the ingredients of the medicine inside.

"Golden leaf chrysanthemum, white vanilla, cold jade flower"

"These medicines are used to suppress the poison of Qi Ri Zhui Ming Powder."

"Seven days to chase your fate?"

Huang Xuemei on the side seemed to have thought of something when she heard the name of the poison, and her mouth showed a bit of surprise.

Li Changqing looked at Huang Xuemei and said, "Have you heard of this poison before?"

Huang Xuemei nodded.

"I've heard of it unexpectedly before. It's said to be a poison that was researched by a man nicknamed "Poison Man" in the world for twenty years."

"This poisonous man is said to be pretty good. He has reached the master level and lives around Tianshan Mountain."

"It's just that this man was suddenly killed twenty years ago, and the "Seven Days Chasing Life Powder" was lost."

This time, the traitor incident not only involves Yihua Palace, but also involves Tianlongmen.

And although Yao Yue and Huang Xuemei don't deal with each other on weekdays, when it comes to talking about things, neither Yao Yue nor Huang Xuemei doubts each other's words.

Therefore, after Huang Xuemei finished speaking, Yao Yue had already thought about some of the forces surrounding Tianshan.

Lian Xing also said: "The Tianshan Sect is located in the north. In the past, only the Tianchi Strange Hero in the Heavenly Realm was famous. However, after the death of the Tianchi Strange Hero, there are only a few third-rate forces around the Tianshan Sect. These few The power, even the Twelve Stars, is enough to easily destroy it.”

"Not to mention that we have no grievances with Yihua Palace, how can these third-rate forces command the twelve zodiac signs and make Bai Xiaosheng jealous?"

Seeing that the clue was broken again, Yao Yue and even Huang Xuemei frowned tightly.

Taking into account the reactions of several people, Li Changqing said: "Since I can't think of it, I won't think about it for now. Anyway, some of the spies have been eliminated this time."

"It's not you who are anxious, just wait slowly."

Hearing this, Yao Yue, Huang Xuemei and Lian Xing could only suppress their thoughts.

Then, Li Changqing changed his words and looked at Huang Xuemei and said: "Xiao Zhao has a quiet temperament. Compared with Ronger, he is more suitable for learning "Tianlong Bayin"."

Hearing what Li Changqing said, Huang Xuemei didn't know what Li Changqing meant.

In response, Huang Xuemei glanced at Li Changqing and said, "Before, you spent a month examining Ronger before letting her switch to other martial arts. Is this Xiao Zhao relieved so quickly?"

Li Changqing shook his head and said: "It's not an investigation, but it's because the relationship didn't reach this point before, so it's hard to talk."

The "Xiantian Gangqi" that Li Changqing learned was special and not suitable for Huang Rong's practice.

At the beginning, they were also wary of Yao Yue, Huang Xuemei and Lian Xing.

"Yihua Jade" and "Mingyu Gong" are the martial arts of Yihua Palace.

How could Li Changqing be so presumptuous?

But now that everything has been explained clearly and the relationship is in place, instead of waiting for Xiao Zhao to enter the Xiantian realm, he still has to spend a lot of time to change cultivation.

It would be better to switch to the martial arts of Tianlongmen while the current cultivation level is still in the acquired realm, which will consume less time.

Picking up the wine glass and taking a sip, Huang Xuemei said softly: "I will ask her later if she can play the piano. If there is no problem, I will teach her "Tianlong Bayin" and "Tianlong Jue" in the afternoon."

As a top force, it is naturally impossible for the Tianlong Sect to have only one heaven-level martial arts called "Tianlong Bayin".

There is also another internal skill called "Tianlong Jue" that has also reached the heaven level.

But compared to "Tianlong Bayin", the grade of "Tianlong Jue" is only the lower grade of heaven.

This is also the reason why when facing Yao Yue, the power contained in Huang Xuemei's moves is slightly insufficient without using the Tianmo Qin.

Soon, while a few people were chatting, Xiao Zhao and Huang Rong also returned to the main house from the kitchen.

Seeing Xiao Zhao, Huang Xuemei stood up and took Xiao Zhao into her room.

Witnessing Huang Xuemei taking Xiao Zhao into the room alone, and seeing Huang Xuemei's energy fluctuations appearing in the room, Huang Rong was stunned for a moment and then turned to look at Li Changqing.

"Are you asking Sister Xuemei to teach Xiao Zhao martial arts?"

Li Changqing nodded and said: "Xiao Zhao has a calmer temperament and is suitable for practicing Tianlongmen's martial arts."

Huang Rong smiled and said: "That's good. In the future, if you have nothing to do, you can take Xiao Zhao to practice together."

Hearing Huang Rong's words, Li Changqing sneered and said, "You've been fishing for three days and drying nets for two days. It won't be long before Xiao Zhao's cultivation level catches up. It'll be up to you what you do."

Huang Rong curled her lips and said, "Just catch up if you catch me. It's not a big deal."

But the speaker has no intention, and the listener has the intention.

Faced with Huang Rong's attitude, Yao Yue frowned immediately.

In response, Yao Yue snorted coldly and said: "If one day, your strength is overtaken by Xiao Zhao, haha~"

Although it was just a cold snort after saying it, the cold taste made Huang Rong shiver.

"It's going to happen."

These two days were the time for Huang Xuemei and Yao Yue not to deal with each other.

Huang Rong practiced the martial arts of Yihua Palace, which to some extent represented Yihua Palace and even Yao Yue.

Xiao Zhao studied the martial arts of Tianlongmen and was also represented by Huang Xuemei.

Therefore, in Yaoyue's view, if Huang Rong loses to Xiao Zhao, it means that she also loses to Huang Xuemei.

How could Yao Yue bear this?

Sure enough, just as Huang Rong had this idea, Yao Yue's voice rang out again.

"Forget it! I haven't been able to check on you even after being away for these days. Now it's time to check on the status of your "Ming Yu Gong" and "Moving Flowers and Receiving Jade"."

"Come out with me."

After finishing her words, Yao Yue put down her wine glass and stood up and walked out of the courtyard.

On the other hand, Huang Rong's face instantly became tense.

"Today is New Year's Eve, why not change the time!"

However, Yaoyue didn't pay any attention to what Huang Rong said.

Huang Rong could only raise her feet pitifully and enter the courtyard.

Not long after, as the whistling sounds emerged in the courtyard, Huang Rong's cries of pain gradually echoed along with the flying snow in the courtyard.

They were idle anyway, while Li Changqing and Lian Xing stood up and stood at the door, watching Yao Yue clean up Huang Rong.

　The transition chapter will be a little dull!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)