Compete for the Song Dynasty

Before Wang Pang entered the yard, he heard voices talking in the yard, Huo, are you still unconvinced?The guard opened the courtyard door, and a group of people stepped into the courtyard.

The yard has two front and back entrances. The main room in the front yard is the so-called kitchen operation room. One side of the east and west side is the warehouse for storing charcoal and coal fires, and the other side is for cooking materials such as chicken, duck, fish, meat, and vegetables; The main rooms are connected by corridors, the moon gate on the west leads to the backyard, and there is a well in front of the corridor on the northeast foot.The yard is paved with blue stones, and some fruits and vegetables are planted on the land twice covered by the road. The pergola erected along both sides of the blue stone road is full of branches and leaves, bearing gourds and melons and fruits.

Wang Bang noticed that under a tree on the west side of the yard, there was a stone table and several stone benches, and there was a well behind the stone table.

The people kneeling on the ground kept begging for mercy, and the courtyard was illuminated by the lanterns hanging along the corridor and the lantern torches in the hands of Wang's party.Some boldly raised their heads to look at Wang Pang. It was the first day Wang Pang came to the palace today. When welcoming the ceremony during the day, these cooks were busy preparing for the dinner.Some have also heard that this prince is suave and suave.But I didn't expect to see it so soon, and I didn't expect that the scene of seeing the prince was a bit thrilling.Just looking at it, the peeping person hurriedly lowered his head.

"Hum..." Wang Pang snorted and asked, "Who said you wanted to argue with me just now?"

Someone in the crowd replied tremblingly, "Yes, it's me."

"You all get up!" Wang Pang gestured for everyone to get up. The man was right. On the first day I just came to Yongzhou, if someone deliberately made trouble, I would not say that I wronged the good people. From now on, this kitchen will be an important place. These people are careless but poor in future.

"What's your name, what are you doing in the kitchen?" Wang Pang asked him while walking towards the stone table and stone bench. , My surname is Li, I was born weighing more than ten catties, my father said I was big enough, so he gave me the humble life of Li Da, my nickname is Fatty Li, and I am the steward of this kitchen."

Hearing what he said, Wang Pang looked at his face. This man was in his 30s, with a big head and a thick neck. He was a cook.This is also too detailed in the registration, who asked him so much.Wang Pang couldn't help laughing, turned around and sat on the stone bench that Fatty Li had just cleaned.

With Wang Pang's smile, the tense atmosphere in the yard just now eased. Some people also know that Fatty Li has such a bad mouth every time he says his name, some snicker and some complain about him. When did he still have this problem? It was the prince who asked him.

Fatty Li wiped the sweat from his forehead, peeking at the king with his eyes, he couldn't help but admire in his heart, this prince is really handsome.It is not an exaggeration to describe him as a handsome man.He was nearly seven feet tall, and was wearing a purple gown with embroidered patterns, and a milky white double-breasted jacket with a bright silk surface on the back.These eyes are as clear and dazzling as obsidian, and they are shining with awe-inspiring heroism. The sharpness of the eyes is surging like a wave of anger, and matched with the handsome face with sharp edges and corners, it is even more imposing.

Fatty Li didn't do anything wrong. Although Wang Pang looked resolute, but after these two sentences, there was not much blame in his tone and he didn't have the arrogance he imagined. He hurriedly continued: "My lord, I am not I want to ask you for a theory. You can see that there are dozens of people in the kitchen, and they have been busy preparing for a few days. We didn't expect such a big thing to happen. If you want to blame, you can blame me, and others It doesn't matter."

"Come here!" Wang Pang greeted, and Han Derong came over: "My lord, what do you say about him!"

"reward!"

"Reward?" Hearing such a word, there was a commotion in the yard, some people couldn't believe their ears, and stared at this handsome prince.

Even Fatty Li is guilty, this prince won't talk ironically again, will he?His head was sweating even more. Although he was determined to do so, his legs were still trembling.

Han Derong, who received the order, didn't ask too much, Wang Pang's words were orders, who knows what the prince thinks.Anyway, I have been with Wang Pang for so many years, and I know that this person behaves differently from others.There is a fixed number of rewards next to the king, and the reward for servants is generally 50 taels of silver.Thinking about it, such a big incident happened in the kitchen of the house, and the person in charge was not only not punished, but also got so much money?Han Derong turned around and stared at Fatty Li and said, "You're lucky. Wait!" After that, he turned and went out to find Cai Jing in the inner mansion to scoop up the reward card.

Fatty Li didn't know what Han Derong meant, his face turned pale with fright. "My lord, this really has nothing to do with the little ones. If you want to be punished, you can give it a good time. This, this is..."

"Haha!" Wang Pang couldn't help laughing seeing how innocent he was.

"My lord, you're crazy!" Seeing Wang Pang laughing, Thule pointed to his head and wanted to tell Li Jie.Turning around, Li Jie, who was still beside him just now, did not know where he had gone. Tule searched for a long time in the crowd, and saw that Li Jie was going around behind Wang Pang, and touched the well behind Wang Pang. well wall.

Wang Pang also noticed that Li Jie quietly came behind him. He looked back at Li Jie, thinking that Li Jie might have discovered something, and asked him to study it further.Thule's voice is relatively rough, and his tone of voice is very stiff, so it hurts everyone's ears.

"Tule! Come here" Wang Bang waved to him.

Thule came out from the crowd. These kitchen workers looked at Thule as if they saw a monster. Where had they seen a person who looked like this?Looking for a monster to eat me?Fatty Li also looked at Thule with suspicious and terrified eyes.

"You say I'm crazy?" [

"That's right! You, you want to reward him, hahaha! Aren't you crazy?" Thule can't speak Chinese that long, but he can still speak simple Chinese.

"Look at these people, are they all so honest and conscientious, do they look like bad guys?" Wang Pang seemed to be asking Thule, but he was also speaking to everyone.Thule shook his head: "Not like!"

"Then look at Fatty Li, as a steward, he can talk to everyone, isn't he a good steward?" Wang Pang asked patiently, "Yes, loyalty, right? My lord" Thule thought for a while 1 38 Kanwang expresses loyalty.

"Well, those who dare to take responsibility, shall we reward them?"

As Wang Pang spoke, he looked at the crowd, and the cooks all looked at each other and nodded, as if they all agreed with Wang Pang's words.Even Fatty Li's lips trembled slightly, and his eye circles were red.Thule also felt that what Wang Pang said made sense, so he nodded after thinking about it and then raised his head: "Hahaha!" After haha, he said: "Ha, you're not crazy!"

He wasn't crazy, but his series of actions amused everyone in the yard.This time, Han Derong came back, holding a golden medal in his hand. Of course, it wasn't made of real gold.Han Derong walked up to Fatty Li and said, "Next, this is a reward card. You can go to the account room to get 50 taels of silver reward."

"Wow!" There was an uproar in the courtyard, the annual salary of a cook is only five or sixty taels of silver reward.Immediately, in the minds of these people, Wang Pang was the most benevolent prince in the world. To be able to work under this prince, everyone had a sense of satisfaction and envy for Fatty Li.

At this moment, Wang Pang felt that the fire was almost ready, he coughed lightly, and the courtyard suddenly fell silent, he looked around the crowd, and finally his eyes fell on Fatty Li's big face that was both surprised and happy: "

This yard is usually crowded with people. In the future, you will arrange one or two people to work in shifts. Later, I will ask the manager of each room to be a peer badge.Disease comes from the mouth, everyone should be careful.Especially in Yongzhou, guarding the frontier, the kitchen is also a heavy responsibility, so don't be negligent. "

Hearing Wang Pang's tone, Fatty Li was so moved that he was about to cry, and he quickly said yes.

"Also, although I believe you, the poisoning at the dinner party today has nothing to do with the kitchen, but you are also liable for negligence."

Fatty Li's mood at the moment is that Wang Pang ordered him to be beaten dozens of times, and he felt it was worth it: "My lord, I know that I made a mistake. It must be something that happened inadvertently. You punish me, and I admit it!"

"Okay! Is this what you said?" After Wang Pang finished speaking, he stared at Fatty Li, and saw him grit his teeth and raise his eyebrows: "I said it, I accept the punishment!"

"Come on, write it down once for him. Remember it. If you write it down twice in the future, you will be severely punished! If you commit the crime again, I have a good temper. Not all of my guards and generals have a good temper." Wang Pang really didn't intend to punish him. ?I don't have any interest in hitting my servant Wang Pang, but these few words chilled everyone's hearts.These black King Kong-like guards next to the king can beat these people half to death with any punch.

Fatty Li heard that he didn't punish him this time, but if he neglects again, he will be in bad luck, not to mention that the prince is like a god in his heart who clearly rewards and punishes, how dare he be negligent for a long time.

After Wang Pang finished speaking, he sighed lightly, and he ordered everyone to go down to work on their own, and only this Fatty Li who was still in shock was left in the kitchen.But even so, he still didn't know what the problem was. He turned to look at Li Jie and asked, "Li Jie, did you find anything?"

"Well, it's a little strange. I don't know how to check for poison, but I just think this well is awkward. You see, the well in the courtyard is usually located behind the rocks, at the end of the corridor, and does not affect the overall layout. The well next to you is a bit abrupt. .Look at the wall of the well. This is a new well. I don’t know how it was opened here.”

When Wang Pang first came in, he looked at the whole courtyard and couldn't tell what was wrong. After what Li Jie said, he also found that not only was the well not in the right place, but the wall of the well was also slightly higher than the normal well. some.

"What's the matter with this well?" Wang Bang pointed to the well and asked Fatty Li.

Fatty Li hurriedly replied, "My lord, there was this well when we came here, and it probably hasn't been used much since it was opened. In the past few days, we heard that you are coming soon. When we were cleaning the yard, we found that the well water is quite cool. Yes, just put the fruit in it and freeze it..."

"That's the problem! Come, get some well water!" Wang Pang stood up and walked to the well, and looked inside. The only thing in the well was dark, only the bright moon reflected at the bottom of the well.

Fatty Li hurried to the well to fetch some water, Wang Pang tried it with a silver needle, and it turned black.Wang Pang also ordered people to check the other two wells, but the water in them was fine. It seems that this well and the other two are not the same source of water. [

The problem really lies in the fruits and vegetables that have been pulled out by the well water, but is there a problem with the well in the first place, or did someone do it on purpose?

"Don't touch the well, just observe it for a few days. If there is a problem with the well water, the poison will naturally be difficult to dissipate. If someone has tampered with it, judging from the situation of these people who were poisoned today, it seems that the poisoning is not deep. The water source under the well may be able to carry the poison Go." Wang Pang ordered Fatty Li.

Fatty Li nodded and said yes, Wang Pang stood up, now that the source of the poison has been found, now he must consider the source of the poison, he was about to lead the team back to the house, when Cai Jing came into the kitchen in a panic from outside : "My lord, something happened."

Cai Jing's expression surprised Wang Pang, he was most worried about Su Xiaomei and the poisoned people: "What's the matter, tell me quickly."

"The Prime Minister of Dali, holding a sword, wants to find you desperately!"

"Oh! You startled me! I thought—"

Cai Jing hurriedly waved his hands: "Don't worry, the concubine and the others have passed Mr. Qian's diagnosis and are safe... It's that Gao Zhisheng, who looks like he's putting his life on the line. Now he's tied up and waiting for you in the conference hall!"

"Haha, this is really lively, I'm still looking for him!" Wang Bang laughed loudly, and walked towards the meeting hall again. ^-^