[Red Chamber] Jagged Lin Daiyu

Chapter 131

The emperor was a little confused: "Is it strange?" I don't know how the blacksmith works, how does the knife make it?

Daiyu is a curious baby: "When blacksmiths make knives, the craftsmen should know about this kind of things that are used by the queen, right?"

The emperor said: "That's right." The empress ordered the brocade cloth with patterns, and the porcelain that I asked Jingdezhen to be fired in the official kiln. Everyone knew that it was custom-made by the empress and I. Why, isn't it for knives?

Zhuo Donglai understands these processes: "General supervisors and dedicated craftsmen know who to give things to, but some local officials spend money to buy luxurious and beautiful treasures when preparing tributes."

The emperor rolled his eyes: "If that's the case, how could such words be written on this knife." Donglai, you guessed wrong, right?

A mysterious smile appeared on Zhuo Donglai's face: "When craftsmen make tributes, they will add a special pattern that is customary, and use small characters to mark who made it, so that they can be held accountable."

"What?" The emperor and Daiyu's eyes widened together, and they lowered their heads to look at themselves: "Is there?" "Really?"

Zhuo Donglai pulled the hem of the emperor's clothes, flipped it up, opened a little seam and looked for it: "Look, there are words."

The emperor pulled it hard, pulled it hard, and with a hiss, the hem of the clothes was torn open, and he saw a line of extremely fine and small characters: Xin Chou Eryue Zhi, Zhao Wu, Tailor, Xu Hua, Sewing, Su Ji, Supervisor.The emperor was very shocked: "Scared! I didn't even know there was this."

Daiyu looked down at her cuffs and clothes corners, as if there were no words, she looked again, hey, she seemed to see something.Forget it, it doesn't look good when you tear the clothes apart, it's the same thing with minor differences.

Zhuo Donglai tapped the back of the knife lightly: "Everything, except porcelain, all gold, silver, jade, silk and satin, and wood-carved bonsai must be marked with the year of production and the craftsman who handled it."

The emperor remembered: "Yes, it is said that Lu Buwei did this when he was the prime minister. Is there no trace on this knife?"

Zhuo Donglai looked at the knife over and over, held the scabbard again, carefully held up the magnifying glass to look at the complicated gold filigree, and said cautiously: "I didn't see any mark."

The emperor touched his chin and flicked the knife: "Someone is going to rebel, what do you think?"

Zhuo Donglai was very speechless: "The world is unpredictable, especially such a big event, I dare not guess randomly. Who paid tribute to this knife?"

The emperor thought for a while: "I can't remember, go back and ask someone to check the files."

Zhuo Donglai asked again: "How did you find out... why did you scrape the gold like this?"

The emperor pursed his lips, thinking of the pain just now, his eyes turned red immediately, he was embarrassed to admit it, so he winked at Daiyu.

Daiyu said implicitly: "Master, it's my idea. I think the gold plating is too dazzling, and the bright yellow color is not good-looking at all, so I asked them to scrape off the gold to reveal the true color of the steel knife."

Zhuo Donglai nodded slightly: "Well done, this knife...it's really not good-looking." He glanced at the emperor with a half-smile, it's too unsuitable for you to give such an upstart-style knife to such an elegant and pretty little girl.

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled slightly, and said to herself: Why have I never used the knife since I got it, because I dislike it and it looks ugly, but it is heavy enough, so I put it away for now. It was only serious to practice.

The emperor was very speechless, and asked him from left to right: "Have the chicken wings been baked yet?" Actually, I think it looks pretty, but it looks good. Is there anything cuter than gold in the world, and what is cuter than gold except the queen?

"When it's baked, someone will bring it over."

The emperor stood up enthusiastically: "No, I'll go over and see. The barbecue is to be eaten while it's hot."

How do you trap your wife with grilled chicken wings?It’s funny even thinking about that scene. Would you like to hook a chicken wing on a fishing rod and shake it by the window?Maybe she'll jump out and take the bait and get into your net.

Zhuo Donglai had no choice but to get up: "Please."

The emperor knew the way and left directly.Although he thinks the golden knife is pretty, he also knows that scholars value elegance and don't like vulgar things like gold and silver, so...she didn't show any surprise when she saw the golden knife that day.

Yao Sanlang pretended to be a wall flower for a long time, and waved his hand: "Daiyu, you go first."

Daiyu glanced at him and left.I didn't ask you if you want to go with me, what are you talking about.

Yao Sanlang stretched out his hand to hold Zhuo Donglai's arm, and saw Daiyu walking away from the emperor, still talking about something.He whispered, "Mr. Zhuo, I have something to ask you."

"Really Yao, but it's okay to talk."

Yao Sanlang smiled proudly: "Daiyu's original knife is ruined, I want you to find someone to make one for her according to the original size. I want to give it to her, you understand~"

Zhuo Donglai nodded slightly, and couldn't help telling the truth: "This trick is very useful." When Stupid Zelan didn't know what I was thinking, once I gave her a treasured knife, she was overly excited and rushed to hug me, sweet Sweet and softly called brother.At that time, I still felt proud, so I inadvertently hooked her into my arms, but now that I think about it, maybe she also did it on purpose?Damn, how good it was at that time!It's all because she is so stupid, when she hinted at me,,, I couldn't believe she was hinting at me, I thought she was expressing joy frankly.Depend on!

Hehe, Yao Sanlang, Daiyu would not treat you like that, she is not such a happy and forgetful person.

Yao Sanlang couldn't help asking: "How easy is it?"

Zhuo Donglai was upset, thinking that he had missed so many hints that he could take advantage of it, he was really angry.He said naturally: "She confessed to me in a moment of excitement, and after that, hehe." Be disappointed!

Yao Sanlang held his face and showed a standard idiot smile: "Oh hehehehe~"

Although I know that Daiyu won't do that, but imagine... oh my god, I can't walk, who will drag me there?

Zhuo Donglai: "Really Yao?"

He stretched out his hand and waved in front of his eyes: "Yao Sanlang?" As for it?As for.Begging for a wife is the most troublesome thing. The sum of all the thoughts I have spent on expanding the territory and attacking the city over the years is worth the effort on Zelan.

Hahahaha Even if you are a fairy, you are still in trouble!After all, Zelan is a young, active and hot woman, Daiyu, hahahahaha Although she is ice-snow and smart, I can see that she is not moved by your beauty and flattery at all hahahaha.

Yao Sanlang's expression was a little dazed, and he silently recited the mantra to calm himself down: "Mr. Zhuo, what's wrong?"

Zhuo Donglai said: "There are a lot of precious knives in the warehouse, and it will take a month or two to order a new one. Sanlang, why don't you go find a good knife and give it to her as an emergency thing for now?"

Yao Sanlang hesitated a bit: "If you want to give it away, give it a good one."

"The icing on the cake is not as good as giving charcoal in the snow. The sooner the gift is given, the better. This is the opinion of Zhuo's family. Please, Daoist Yao."

Yao Sanlang said: "You are right, Mr. Zhuo, you are really seasoned in plotting the country."

Zhuo Donglai squinted his eyes, and the idiom "Lao Cheng seeks the country" was used to help him please girls, ha ha.But he still called a guard: "Come here, take Yao Zhenren to the knife store." He turned around and wrote a note, and handed it over: "Let Yao Zhenren choose the treasured sword to his heart's content, choose the one he likes and take it away."

Yao Sanlang said innocently, "Thank you."

Zhuo Donglai showed a gentle and beautiful smile: "Sanlang, I feel the same way as you feel."

Yao Sanlang remembered that he was pursuing his fourth sister Wen who had a crush on him. The two liked each other and hinted at each other, neither of them understood each other's hints.He suppressed a smile and left.

Zhuo Donglai's face sank, he turned and walked towards the backyard, thinking: You don't want to eat grilled chicken wings, and you don't want to see Ze Lan being seduced by grilled chicken wings!I heard before that you have a close relationship, and you often have inexplicable private meetings and help each other.

And according to Zelan, she is the first person to see your real face. Yes, you are young, beautiful, good-looking and capable, so you have to guard against it.

In the retreat room of Fourth Sister Wen, she gritted her silver teeth and meditated with her five hearts upright to practice her inner strength. Now, she was so engrossed by the pervasive aroma that her stomach ached and rolled all over the bed, biting the pillow. Don't want to give in.

When the emperor and Daiyu arrived, there were two beautiful girls sitting in the yard, three middle-aged women who were not good looking, and three middle-aged men with profound skills.

Lianrong and Yun'er were overjoyed when they saw Daiyu: "Little Junior Sister!" Adorable little Junior Sister!Long time no see, little junior sister!

The two of them were staring at the grilled wings, and the griller was sweating profusely from being stared at.

Daiyu was a little happy: "Senior Sister!" The senior sister who brought me fruits to eat is very good at Qinggong, and the senior sister who brought me snacks from the capital is very good at Qinggong.He stretched out his hand to hold the hands of the two senior sisters, looked up, they were all stunning beauties.

Lian Rong looked at her with a smile: "Junior Sister has become more and more beautiful! She has grown taller and more beautiful."

Yun'er also laughed: "It's a pity that you are young, otherwise it will be assumed that you have been in Beijing for several months and have not come to see us. You should be punished."

Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief. Although she was very happy to be crowned princess, she was estranged from her grandmother's family, so she thought that the attitude of the seniors would change.I didn't expect it to be the same as before. It seems that they don't care about the wealth, power and status. Come to think of it, they can have good martial arts, but live in seclusion in the pickle yard and dim sum shop. This is a big hermit in the city, right?

She smiled and said, "It should be punished, not three cups of wine, but three grilled chicken wings."

"Yo, you think so beautifully!" Yun'er laughed and said, "You should be punished for watching us eat."

Lian Rong patted her with a smile: "Come on, you bully my junior sister like this, be careful that the master rushes out and hits you with chicken wings in his mouth." She looked at the emperor again: "Is this gentleman a noble name?" Please come and watch my master go out, he is not an ordinary person.

The emperor smiled slightly, and lightly put his hands on Daiyu's shoulders: "I am at home, so you call me Erlang. I am Daiyu's cousin."

Lian Rong thought his surname was Lin, and said he was a distant cousin, so she didn't ask, "Please." Why does it look familiar?

Yun'er said: "Don't sit by the stove, the six of them may fight at any time."

Both the emperor and Daiyu were curious: "Why?"

Yun'er whispered: "The one in black is the ex-wife of the man in the water-green robe, and the current wife in blue. The one in the pink is the goddess whom the man in the purple robe adores, but she has a grudge against the green robe, and the green one Robe and Zipao are brothers."

The emperor settled down: "Sure enough, there will be a fight."

They sat down away from the six people and away from the stove, looking at the bonsai of plum blossoms on the terrace.

Daiyu was a little excited: "Why is Master retreating?"

Lian Rong put her arms around her neck, said in a low voice, and then said: "We all watched Master break through and come out, so she is ashamed to pretend nothing happened and go back to retreat."

Daiyu frowned: "So it's because of this. Has Master really regressed?"

Lianrong sneered: "Think about it, she hasn't woken up early in the morning, and she wakes up to have dinner with Master. How can you be on guard in your heart? Master sneaks up on her when he disagrees,,, you I don't know, Master wakes up before dawn every day. Master, he always wakes up before lunch. If he does mental calculations or does not wake up, and he has done morning exercises, he will be defeated easily. But Master, she can't think of it like this Zhou Quan didn't expect that she was too unguarded towards her master, and she just thought that her martial arts had regressed."

Yun'er said: "That's right. If you are eating with others outside, you will naturally be on guard. Who is still worried at home every day? If that is the case, why would you marry? I am on guard when eating with others. When eating with master and sister, If I was attacked, I would be slow to react."

The emperor thought to himself: It makes sense.It's a good thing the queen doesn't practice martial arts, otherwise she would definitely beat me up with her leisure and my busy schedule.

Fourth Sister Wen rolled silently: You're right! You're right!Why didn't I think of it! !I thought it was because of this, I don't have to retreat!

While talking, the two looked in the direction of the window, and could hear the sound of Master rolling on the bed, but she couldn't see her coming to the window.

Daiyu thought for a while: "Well, what is it like to retreat? No one sees, or is it just out of the house?"

Yun'er muttered and explained: "Of course, I don't see anyone, I don't leave the house, I ask someone to deliver three meals a day, and I don't talk to others. Otherwise, can the master be so anxious?" He asked for it of.

Lian Rong ignored the emperor, because she didn't know he was the emperor after all.

Now, the entire courtyard is filled with a strong, special smell of caramel, roast meat, chili and cumin.

Fragrant, rich meaty aroma, slight burnt aroma, and strange honey aroma, people can tell that this is a sweet and spicy taste when they smell it.

Everyone is salivating, the taste is just appetizing.

Not only is it suitable for barbecue in summer, but it is also suitable for barbecue in winter, and it is suitable for barbecue at any time.

Not just roasted chicken wings, but also a roasted whole lamb.The meat has turned into an attractive golden yellow, with a layer of grilled fat floating on the surface, and the fat squeaks under the licking/licking of the flames below.Occasionally a few drops fell into the fire and exploded with a snap.

Two cooks stood beside the fire in unlined clothes, brushing sesame oil and honey on the grilled chicken wings according to different tastes, and brushing chili sauce on the roasted whole lamb.

The emperor wasn't very patient, but he didn't want to make others feel greedy, so he kept silent.

I heard whispers from the side: "It's already baked, why don't you cut it and eat it? Are you waiting for Mr. Zhuo?"

"Master doesn't like to eat barbecue. He finds it very angry and uncomfortable. He must wait for Madam to come out."

"Tsk, madam is usually greedy for everything, how can she hold it so well today, are you eating dried meat in the house?"

"I'm starving to death, I'm going to leave if I don't eat, it's okay to faint here after a while."

"No promise!"

"You are promising, you are!"

"Don't make noise, don't make noise."

"Get out of here, what's the matter with you!"

Daiyu inquired in a low voice: "Why didn't the two senior sisters Mudan and Baozi come?"

Lian Rong said: "Peony went out to walk the darts, and she will be back in a few days. Baozi went out to play. I heard that he went with Brother Lover."

Daiyu was a little gossip: "Really? Who is it?"

Yun'er said: "He is an official, a young and promising queen, hehe, I really didn't expect our family to have an official wife, oh, you know, Mr. Zhuo is now Doctor Guanglu, God, I don't know how much he paid for it."

Daiyu secretly looked at the emperor's expression, but the emperor's expression remained unchanged, and he said cooperatively, "Doctor Guanglu wants 30 taels of silver."

Yun'er was a little curious: "This brother, how do you know?"

The emperor smiled slightly: "I also plan to buy one recently." The issue of buying and selling official positions is being investigated, and the officials recommended by officials at all levels have interests.

Lianrong sighed: "Oh, it's a pity that women can't be officials, otherwise I'd buy one too."

The emperor just felt upset, but suddenly his heart moved, selling an official to a man would bring disaster to the country, so what about selling an imperial order to a woman?I'm so poor that I'm dying now, no matter how much a woman has been ordered, she can't be in charge of the government, it should be,,, no!Their families will still bully others, and women can't afford so much money to buy orders. If merchants buy them for their wives and concubines, it will disrupt the rule of law.

He asked nicely, "Girl, I'm a bit out of ideas. What kind of official do you think I should buy?"

Lian Rong rubbed her chin, showing a malicious smile: "That depends on what skills you have and what you want to be an official for."

The emperor was stunned: "Serve the country? Relieve the suffering of the people? Work for the welfare of the common people in the world?"

Lianrong stared at him for a while, then laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, buddy, you are so funny! If you have such thoughts, I really can't help you."

Emperor: "Why?"

At the same time, he glanced at Daiyu, don't secretly grab your senior sister's clothes, white dragon fish clothes are not acceptable, it's rare for me to hear voices from the people.

Lianrong smiled and said: "If you want to seek money, go to be a magistrate. In three years, the magistrate will be [-] snowflakes in silver. If you want to seek fame and promotion, there are other ways. If you want to buy a military general, since the imperial court does not fight wars, serious military generals have nothing to do all day long. If you want to solve the suffering of the people and benefit the people of the world, you should first buy a few coffins and store them so that they will not be used in the future. "

The emperor almost couldn't suppress the anger, took a deep breath: "Why did the girl say that? Could it be easy to die as an upright official?"

"Everyone else is a corrupt official, but you are an honest official. Isn't this self-inflicted?"

The emperor said in his heart, I will endure, I will endure, what she said is actually not too wrong, but she is more or less greedy!He asked again: "So, how many ways are there to buy officials? My money didn't fall from the sky, so I have to save some money."

Lianrong looked him up and down: "Some of the cleanups in various prefectures are brokers. If you want to make friends, you will recognize them. I don't know. Since you are my junior sister's cousin, whether you are the Lin family or not, it is natural for you to find your cousin." It can be solved."

The emperor stroked it for a while before he realized that Tang Shu was referring to Lin Ruhai, and he didn't have anything to say at the moment, he just asked, "Is it easy to buy?"

Seeing that he had been pestering her senior sister for a long time, Yun'er was unhappy and said, "Don't you know the identity of my junior sister? If you can please her, what kind of official will you spend your time on?"

Daiyu kept her eyes closed and pretended she didn't hear anything. When she heard that she was being involved at this moment, she hurriedly said, "How dare you? Huang Sang only governs the country in a bright and honest way, and the selection of officials requires both virtue and ability. I am no exception in the palace." It's about self-cultivation, how can I get an official position for someone."

Yun'er secretly thought that it was not good, what she said was too absurd, if someone listened to it and made more arrangements, it might harm her.

He quickly smiled and said: "I just said it casually, Second Brother Lin, don't take it to heart, not only Daiyu can't help you get an official position, if you have no fame and qualifications, it is difficult for others to recommend you as an official." Go to the exam for a scholar, don't pester Sister Lianrong!

"That's right." The emperor was thoughtful. Well, it seems that this article was written. The person who buys an official is the Jinshi at the very least.

Zhuo Donglai walked in and saw that the smell in the courtyard was getting stronger and stronger, but there was no movement in the room.hehe.He smiled slightly and walked near the grill.

"Greetings to the master!"

"I've seen Master Zhuo!"

"Mr. Zhuo!"

Zhuo Donglai said: "You guys are working hard, it's too cold and you can't enjoy the flowers, it's really boring. Move all these away and go to the warm room for drinking."

"Thank you sir!"

"Thank you! Oh, the grilled chicken wings, take a bite, they are crispy, oh, the gravy."

"My god, how can it be so delicious! Baked honey chicken wings, brushed with red hot sauce! Kacha Kacha!"

"Oh, this thing should exist in the sky, it's rare to hear it in the world!"

"Uh~uh~ death is worth it!"

Daiyu looked at the people over there, took apart the bones of the roasted whole lamb, took two bites, and with her back to the window, she praised the deliciousness of the roasted chicken wings, hahahaha, it's so funny, will Master really be tricked out? ?

Fourth Sister Wen bit her chubby claws into three tooth marks. She could hold back the smell, but damn it, you can eat it, but she still said, praise, praise your father!Woooooooooo crying to death!

Zhuo Donglai said hypocritically: "Shut up, my wife's heart will break when she hears you eating her grilled chicken wings. Just carry them away honestly, these hundreds of grilled wings are enough for you to eat."

Fourth Sister Wen was trembling with anger, Brother Zhuo, you bastard is mad at me, she didn't care about her vow to retreat, a kite turned over and fell to the ground, opened the door latch and threw it on the ground, and rushed out of the room with murderous intent : "Leave the grilled chicken wings and everyone else!"

Daiyu laughed so hard that the emperor almost fell off his chair.Lianrong smiled and said, "Hold down!"

Six idlers and two cooks carried the roasted whole lamb and left with a smile.

Zhuo Donglai pretended to be surprised: "Madam? Why did you come out? Aren't you going to retreat?"

Fourth Sister Wen drew her sword angrily: "Huh? Brother, what do you mean? I've been in seclusion for a month! Let's fight!"

Zhuo Donglai slowly touched the handle of the knife, and glanced behind him with a smile: "Is that so? The grilled chicken wings are getting cold."

Fourth Sister Wen gritted her teeth. She could clearly see that the firewood pile was still burning, and that the grilled chicken wings were placed in the right place, so that they would not be scorched or cold.Gritting his teeth: "Those are things outside the body, don't think that mere grilled chicken wings can tempt me, I just think the yard is too noisy!"

Zhuo Donglai smiled and nodded: "Yes, yes, what Madam said is true." It's so cute!

In the current situation, even if she draws her sword, she won't be able to fight.Fourth Sister Wen put away her knife angrily: "You are so bad!" Even so, it did not delay her picking up two skewers of grilled chicken wings, a bite of honey and a bite of spicy: "You bullied me in the morning, I am stupid, You are smart, so what, you have the ability to teach me to be smart!"

Zhuo Donglai sighed regretfully: "I'm afraid Zhuo is not strong enough to let Madam down."

Fourth Sister Wen rolled her eyes angrily: "I rely on... you, you."

She bit the grilled chicken wings and was almost confused: "I didn't realize it and you didn't tell me!"

Then what do I want from you!At the beginning, I fell in love with you, not because you are smarter than me in everything, you can predict and arrange well. I admire this kind of IQ quite a lot.

Zhuo Donglai sighed: "Ze Lan, be safe, don't be impatient, I beat you this morning, and then hurried out, when I came back, you had already retreated,,,, do I have time to tell you?"

I didn't use any force when I hit you, just slapped you a few times, who knew you were so angry.

Forget it, is it my fault?I won't sneak up on you in the future, at least I won't sneak up on you while eating.Coax later.

Fourth Sister Wen thought about it, ah, really, am I too impatient?

Forget it, the grilled wings are delicious!She sat seriously on the chair next to the fire, gnawing seriously.

Zhuo Donglai picked up the jar next to her, poured a glass of mint sugar cane water and put it next to her: "Don't just eat it." He glanced over there.

Watching the excitement, the group of four hid behind the wintersweet bonsai, staying in a small corner that was not too obvious.

The emperor smiled, and Dai Yu silently covered his mouth, trembling, ahahahahahahahahahaha.

Fourth Sister Wen looked over, blushed, and beckoned: "Come and eat."

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Yao Sanlang buried his head in the knife magazine, picking out one by one.

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