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Chapter 52
Lu Jian looked back, and there was an idle man sitting behind him, covering his face with a bamboo hat, holding a hand of melon seeds, every time he knocked one, the melon seeds husks would be spat out far away, and landed on the shoes of passers-by on the street. , causing bursts of shouting and scolding.

The idle man suddenly smiled and said, "Old man, drink, don't you hear me?" Lu Jian felt slightly hesitant, but the idle man stood up again, clapped his hands and smiled, "I'm the bait."

Lu Jian's eyes lit up, seeing the idler go first, he immediately followed on crutches, but the ugly slave was confused, frowned, and had no choice but to follow.

The three turned around a few alleys, the idle man suddenly tore off the bamboo hat and laughed.When the ugly slave saw it, he backed away in shock.Lu Jian also tore off the disguise, and said with a smile, "Gu Zhen, we all put on makeup, how did you see it?"

Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Where is the old man's eyes as bright as yours?" He glanced at the ugly slave again, "There is no old woman as ugly as you. The thing of disguise can only deceive fools. With my thief eyes, I can pick out faults no matter what. It’s like looking at goods, the real ones can’t be fake, and the fake ones can’t be real.”

"You never leave your line of business." Lu Jian smiled wryly, "How did you know we would come here?" Gu Zhen said with a smile: "I told someone to release the news that the dereliction of duty officer was going to be executed. Release it." I'll wait here for the news." Having said that, he hugged Lu Jian and sighed, "Good Lu Jian, I'm really afraid that you will die."

Hearing this, Lu Jian felt turbulent, and sighed, "Gu Zhen, you know how to scare me." Gu Zhen let him go, shook his head and said, "I didn't scare you, the matter of killing the general is true. There are."

Lu Jian was shocked, Gu Zhen took his hand, and said with a smile: "Don't talk about this disappointment, we meet again in life and death, I said we would drink." Suddenly, the ugly slave snorted coldly: "He hasn't hurt yet. Well, no alcohol."

Gu Zhen glanced at her and said with a smile, "Lu Jian, did you choose a housekeeper? Ha, she's just a little ugly." Suddenly seeing the sharp light in the ugly slave's single eye, he smiled, "Why are you angry? Since The injury is serious, so let him toast, how about you drink?" Ugly Nuer snorted, and said: "You think well, drink it yourself."

Gu Zhen laughed heartily, and pulled Lu Jian to a bamboo canopy at the end of the alley.A square table with vermilion lacquer, four white wooden benches, a middle-aged man in ragged clothes, shaking his oily sleeves, is standing in front of an iron pan frying fish. The fish had a troubled look on its brows.

Lu Jian looked at it strangely, and said, "This gentleman is strange, he doesn't look like fried fish, but like embroidery."

"Good guy!" Gu Zhen raised his thumb, "If you don't say it, you'll be fine. This fish is called embroidered perch. Do you think it's funny to see him like this? But anyone who puts all his heart into something must be this stupid person .So every fish here is fried, dry, tender, sour, spicy, sweet, numb, and bitter. The tastes of each fish are quite different, but they are all extremely delicious."

Lu Jian was surprised and said: "With his ability, wouldn't it be good to be a cook in a big restaurant? Why bother staying in this poor street?" Gu Zhen shook his head and said, "The chef of a big restaurant knows everything from south to north. He is not good at it. The boss only knows one dish, which is fried fish, and he can only fry the perch from the Yangtze River."

Lu Jian shook his head and sighed, Gu Zhen smiled and said: "You don't have to feel sorry for him, in my eyes, cooks all over the world follow trends, watch people cook, and are not worthy of carrying his shoes. The most rare thing in the world is The word 'concentrate'." Lu Jian praised: "This is a wonderful statement. Since you and I have known each other, this sentence is the best." Gu Zhen smiled and said: "The best thing is not this, but the sentence 'I It's bait', otherwise, how could I catch you here?"

Lu Jian laughed loudly, and looking around, the ugly slave was still standing in the distance, and said, "Don't be angry, come and eat the fish." The ugly slave snorted, walked up and said, "You begged me to come, yes No?" Lu Jian sighed, "Yes, I beg you."

Gu Zhen filled two glasses of wine, and handed a cup to Chou Nuer: "Come on, let's settle the matter." Chou Nuer took the wine glass, looked at it, then raised his hand suddenly, and poured all the wine on Gu Zhen's face. Jian couldn't help shouting: "Ugly slave, what's the matter with you?" Gu Zhen didn't change his face, waved his hands and said with a smile: "It's okay, this glass of wine is toasted by Ugly slave, and Gu Zhen drank it with my face."

The ugly slave said coldly: "People are shameless, and everything can be done." Gu Zhen shook his head and said: "No, no, there have been many shameless people since ancient times, but I am the only one who drinks with my face." She laughed, but the ugly slave didn't smile, and looked at Gu Zhen coldly.Lu Jian didn't know why the two were confronting each other, but seeing the solemn atmosphere, he changed the subject and talked about what he saw and heard on the road in the future.

Gu Zhen said: "Shen Xiu? I've heard that he is a new romantic figure who is nicknamed 'Little God'. But the ugly slave is right, Chen Zidan didn't tell the truth. Shen Xiu also knows it. That's why I made up my mind to capture him alive." At this point, he frowned and drank two glasses of wine, "This matter is getting more and more entangled. People got involved too."

Lu Jian remembered something, and blurted out, "Yes, Shen Xiu captured Chen Zidan with the 'Tianluo' from the Ministry of Heaven."

"Then Shen Xiu is just a bird." Gu Zhen said calmly, "I'm afraid of his father." Lu Jian asked in surprise, "His father?" Thinking of this, his heart flashed, and he blurted out, "Cripple Shen Is it?"

Gu Zhen nodded and said: "There are only two people in this world that I am very afraid of. One is the one who taught me how to do business, and the other is the head of the Heavenly Department, Shen Zhouxu, who is 'heavenly calculation'."

Lu Jian asked in surprise, "Is he really that powerful?" Gu Zhen sighed, "He used to be a military adviser to Wanguizang. Later, in the business field, I met him once, and there were three deals: the first, I lost 30 taels of silver; for the second transaction, I lost 150 million taels of silver; for the third transaction, I made back 1605 million taels of silver, but lost 15 taels in the end. Even if he ate a big turtle, then for some reason, this person disappeared and stopped doing business, I was just wondering, who knew he entered the officialdom!"

Lu Jian didn't know anything about business, so he didn't think it was a big deal after hearing it, so he asked, "What happened to beheading the general?" Gu Zhen said, "After you leave, I'll buy off the jailers. I heard from them that now the southeast The military discipline is too bad, Hu Zongxian is determined to rectify it, and decides to kill several generals to rectify the military law."

Lu Jian asked anxiously, "Where's the elder brother?" Gu Zhen sighed, "I heard from the jailer that your elder brother is among them. I'm afraid it's because he has a high rank and is a general of the seventh generation. If he beheaded, he can deter everyone. Will."

Lu Jian was so angry that he couldn't speak, and poured down two glasses of wine.Gu Zhen looked at his expression and said, "Lu Jian, I have bribed all the officials in prison, big and small, and I will rescue them with just one word from you. However, in this way, General Qi will no longer be able to be an official ordered by the court. , the only way is to join us and be a desperate person."

Hearing this, Lu Jian burst into tears: "Brother Qi would rather die than do this." Gu Zhen shook his head and said, "So, being a loyal minister is the hardest thing to do, and that's how Yue Fei died. "

At this time, the middle-aged man walked slowly with a tray, and said: "Fish...fish, here we come." Gu Zhen imitated his tone and smiled: "You...you, go."

The middle-aged man grinned, wiped his hands on the dirty apron, retreated to a small bench and sat down, staring at the sky, dazed.

Chou Nuer glanced at the fish, but felt that the color was burnt black and had no fragrance, so he said coldly: "This fish is ugly in color and has no fragrance, so what is there to eat?"

Gu Zhen smiled and said: "You don't know, ordinary fried fish must be delicious and mouth-watering, but in this way, the essence of the fish is leaked, and the deliciousness that drifts away with the wind is no less delicious than the leftovers. This embroidery The scent of perch has never been leaked, it is all sealed in the fish, and you can only taste it when you eat it." He glanced at the ugly slave, "It's a bit similar to a girl, it's ugly, but the beauty is hidden."

The ugly slave snorted and turned around.Gu Zhen laughed again: "Lu Jian, it's so delicious that few people in the world can taste it. Food is the most important thing for the people. If they are not full, how can they save people?" Holding up his chopsticks, he picked up a small piece of fish and put it in his mouth. He closed his eyes and shook his head, showing a look of intoxication.

Lu Jian was so preoccupied that he accidentally picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, then his eyes showed surprise.Ugly slave couldn't help asking: "How is it, it's better than the fried fish I made?" Lu Jian stared blankly, and said with a smirk, "It tastes so weird, I...my tongue is about to melt, my heart... ...My heart is going to melt." Seeing his strange look, the ugly slave couldn't suppress his curiosity, so he also picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth.As soon as she bit the gravy, she felt thousands of wonderful flavors bursting out on the tip of her tongue, some she had tasted, some she hadn't tasted, some she could imagine, and some she couldn't imagine. , without any disharmony, the magic of the changes made her almost out of breath.As Lu Jian said, not only the tongue melted away, but also the whole body and mind slowly melted away with this wonderful taste...

I don't know how long it took before Ugly Nuer cleared up a little, the miraculous taste in his mouth was still lingering on the tip of his tongue, after a while, he suddenly felt heavy on his body, when he struggled hard, he was locked by a thick iron chain.

Suddenly, Lu Jian sighed: "Ugly slave, are you awake?" The ugly slave gathered his concentration and looked around, but it was a small thatched bamboo hut with an oil lamp burning on a wooden table in the center, dying , unconsciously asked: "Where is this?"

Suddenly a voice said: "This... this is my house." Amidst the voice, the fish frying man pushed open the bamboo door and came in, holding a gleaming kitchen knife in his right hand.He walked slowly to the lamp, and began to sharpen his knife with a whetstone.

The rumbling sound was extremely ear-piercing and frightening in the room, and the three people who were locked up were terrified.Gu Zhenqiang smiled and said: "Boss, I am old friends with you, why did you come to plot against me today?"

The man kept sharpening his knife, and said leisurely: "I...we have a good relationship, but you...you don't know who I am, and I...you don't know who you are either. But...but I know today, You...you are the enemy of the master."

Gu Zhen blurted out: "Are you a robber slave? Your robber is..." The man nodded and said, "I...my master is Shen Zhouxu, you are his enemy, and... you are also mine. enemy."

Gu Zhen smiled wryly and said: "I should have thought about it a long time ago. How could there be a great fish frying master like you in this world for no reason. It is said that Shen Zhouxu has six robber slaves: one who tastes a little and never forgets life; mysterious pupil ghost nose Wuliangzu. You are..." The man interjected, "I...I am 'Taste Wei' Qin Zhiwei."

Lu Jian's heart shook, but Gu Zhen wondered, "Didn't you die five years ago?" Qin Zhiwei shook his head and said, "I... I'm not dead, I'm just tired. I... My nickname is 'Taste Wei', It is because my power of robbery is concentrated on my tongue, and I can distinguish the most delicate taste in the world. Ten... Ten years ago, I... I learned all the dishes in the world, from the desert in the north, Nanyang in the south, and Dongying in the east , from the west to the big food, the world to the taste, there is no...all around, all the delicacies in the world, there is no...everything is familiar with. But...then, I started killing people, Luo... Luofu Mountain people, do you know?"

Gu Zhen nodded and said: "He is an abandoned disciple of the Luofu sect." Qin Zhiwei said: "He... he ate my 'vegetarian food' to death. Too... Taihang Ten Tigers, do you know?"

"I've heard of it." Gu Zhen said, "Ten years ago, there was a famous drama thief."

Qin Zhiwei: "He...they died from eating the 'All Cattle Banquet' I made." Then he put down the kitchen knife, raised his finger and continued, "There is also Hainan's remnant Zhituo, Guangdong...the death of Nannan... Ma'am, Tibetan...the king of the blood technique in northern Tibet, four...an old whore from Emei, Sichuan..." He shook his head when he said this, "There are... there are many people, I can't remember them all. Just Watching them eat and eat hard, suddenly their eyes turned white, their stomachs were bulging, and when they pushed up, they burst with a "bang"..."

The faces of the three of them turned pale when they heard this, and Gu Zhen smiled wryly: "Boss Qin doesn't want to kill us, does he?" Qin Zhiwei shook his head and said: "Actually... I don't want to kill anyone, it's the master's intention. Then... ...Then one day, I got bored, so...what if I can make ten thousand kinds of delicious dishes out of ten thousand dishes? The best cook should...be able to make ten thousand kinds of the same dish Delicious. So I stopped killing people, and hid... hid in this poor alley to fry sea bass. God... fortunately, the master was kind and didn't make things difficult for me. He let me fry fish here for five years. The only people who often come to eat Two, one... one is the master, and the other is you. You not only know people with your eyes, but also... you have a natural good tongue, which is good for eating fried fish. To tell the truth, I... I really I don't want to hurt you, you are dead, who... who will taste my fish?"

Gu Zhen said: "In that case, why not let us go?"

"No... no!" Qin Zhiwei shook his head repeatedly, "I am a robber, no... I can't betray my master." He looked at Lu Jian, "You...you are also a robber, right?"

Lu Jian was surprised and said, "How do you know I'm a robber?"

"Jie... When Jie slaves meet, Jie's power must be induced." Qin Zhiwei sighed, "But...it's a pity, you are a four-body proficient, and you are the lowest grade among Jie slaves, no... you can't restrain Jie like me. Li, that's why you can't see that I'm a robber, but I...I can see you."

Lu Jian snorted coldly, and said, "I'm a low-rank slave among robbers, but I'm not like you, who humbles and coquettishly treats the master." Qin Zhiwei glared and shouted after hearing this, "You are a slave, How...how can you disrespect the robber? No master and no slave, it's a matter of course." He said excitedly, waving the kitchen knife in front of Lu Jian, and the cold air hit his face, Lu Jian didn't feel his skin numb, and he didn't dare to breathe. out.

Gu Zhen suddenly said: "Boss Qin, I have nothing to do with Shen Zhouxu, you must have misunderstood." Qin Zhiwei shook his head and said, "You... your surname is Gu, which is the same as the master's arch-nemesis. I... I will still It's better for you to give it to the master." Just as the words finished, there was the neighing of a horse outside the door, Qin Zhiwei said: "The carriage...the carriage is here." He went out and led a coachman in, carried the three of them, stuffed them into the carriage, and lowered the curtain.

The carriage was pitch-dark, and suddenly Gu Zhen sighed: "Ugly slave, if you're hard enough, just don't eat this fish." Smiling, Lu Jian suddenly felt his hands groping for the iron lock on his body. There was a soft sound, and the iron lock suddenly opened. Lu Jian was startled, and was about to speak, but was covered by one hand.Chou Nuer asked vigilantly: "What's the sound?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "I farted, you heard it too?" Chou Nuer was angry and anxious, and hurriedly held his breath.

The carriage drove for a while, and suddenly someone shouted: "Who is it?" Qin Zhiwei said: "I... I am Mr. Shen's servant, this is the token to enter the mansion, I... my surname is Qin, you are right... A pair."

Not long after, the carriage moved again, and after a cup of tea, the carriage stopped, Qin Zhiwei lifted the curtain and said, "Pick...lift them down." The coachman agreed, and the first thing they carried was the ugly slave. , followed by Gu Zhen, when he carried Lu Jian, Lu Jian suddenly stretched out his hands and slapped the backs of the two of them.

Gu Zhen shook his body, got rid of the iron chain, and laughed, he picked up the iron chain, locked Qin Zhiwei and the coachman, sealed his mouth with a cloth strip, and threw them on the cart, seeing Lu Jian grab the ugly slave The iron lock was about to be torn off, and he smiled and said: "Wait a minute." He stretched out his hand to push him away, but seeing fire burst out of the ugly slave's one eye, he smiled, "It's not difficult to let you go, but you have to swear, Listen to my orders everywhere in the governor's mansion. Otherwise, I will leave you here, and someone will come soon."

Chou Nuer gritted his teeth, and suddenly said: "Okay, it's up to you." Then Gu Zhen untied a thin and tough black silk from the middle finger of his right hand, and opened the iron lock.Lu Jian suddenly said, "Wu Jinsi?" Gu Zhen smiled and said, "Not bad!"

Chou Nuer suddenly said: "Gu Zhen, did you set up a trap long ago, deliberately let Qin Zhiwei catch us, so that he can take us into the governor's mansion?" Gu Zhen narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Guess what?" Ugly The slave stumbled and was angry, but he didn't dare to curse loudly.

(End of this chapter)