Chapter 655 Xu Jie’s Visit
Today a group of officials gathered at the Ministry of Punishment, which is a rare major event in the Ministry of Punishment in recent years, so the Ministry of Punishment naturally had to provide good hospitality. The kitchen of the Criminal Department also showed its special skills. Four dishes and one soup may seem simple, but they put a lot of thought into it. Not only the ingredients are exquisite, but the cooking is even more exquisite.
Chicken marrow and bamboo shoots, fresh and delicious.
The chef used fresh bamboo shoots from the south of the Yangtze River that arrived in the capital from the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, cut them into evenly thin slices, and paired them with freshly picked mushrooms at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, chicken nuggets rolled in hot oil, and soup stock made from chicken bone marrow. It is made by boiling it over low fire.
Rouge goose breast, delicious in color and fragrance.
Pao Ding takes the goose raised by the farmer, pickles it with salt for two nights, and then cooks it. When cooked, the goose meat turns rouge color, so it is called rouge goose. Add a pot of stuffed apricot blossoms, and it’s most delicious.
The remaining Dragons Gathering, Jade Jasper, and West Lake Whitebait Soup are also carefully cooked, with a combination of meat and vegetables, and balanced nutrition.
Zhu Ping'an didn't have much appetite at first, but after taking a bite of chicken marrow and bamboo shoots, the taste was opened up. It was delicious to eat with Liu Da Dao and Da Hammer.
In this world, apart from beauty, the most important thing is food.
Not long after, Zhu Pingan ate all the four dishes and one soup on the table. At this time, the officials at the other tables had just eaten the top of their plates.
Several high-minded officials nearby looked at Zhu Ping'an, Liu Dadao and others eating together and couldn't help but look sideways.
A champion scholar actually ate at the same table as a group of idiots! It's so polite.
When they saw that Zhu Pingan and the others had eaten all the dishes on the table with four dishes and one soup, they shook their heads even more.
Zhao Daying is also paying attention to Zhu Pingan.
At first, Zhu Ping'an was in a daze and Zhao Daying was laughing in his heart. Now that he knows it, he is scared. I tell you that Zhu Ping'an is too late.
However, the next second.
The style of painting suddenly changed. Without any psychological preparation, Zhao Daying’s mouth turned crooked.
What kind of nonsense is it that you can’t swallow your food? Zhu Ping’an has such a good appetite that he almost gnawed the plate. He eats like Feng Juan Can Yun, eating three times, five times, five times and two dishes, then the disc is complete
But it's not over yet.
“Please continue.”
After the dishes were gone, Zhu Ping'an straightened his clothes and said to the servant standing nearby to continue the dishes. Zhao Daying's face turned green with anger when he heard this.
Continue? !
Why don’t you choke to death, you bastard!
Eat it!
After today, it’s time for you to eat prison food. Prison food is not as good as today’s rice. Just eat it! There are times when you cry!
Want more food? !
Others looked at Zhu Pingan in a strange way. It was enough for an official to eat with Ni Legzi, and he still asked for a refill in such a useless manner.
However, regardless of others, No matter how you look at it, Zhu Pingan takes it indifferently and eats and drinks when he should, without affecting his appetite at all. Even when the officer came to refill the dishes, he still had time to praise the cooking skills of the kitchen waiter in the Criminal Department.
Interesting.
Yan Shifan, who was surrounded by stars in the distance, glanced at Zhu Pingan, smiled and shook his head. If it weren't for the memorial, Yan Shifan would have wanted to win over Zhu Pingan.
After lunch.
Before the officers who went to the Ministry of War to collect the heads had not yet arrived, several more officials came to Chen Qing Gong Hall. One of them was Xu Jie, who had just been promoted to the cabinet some time ago, and there were also Zhang Juzheng and others. .
Xu Jie walked in with a smile on his face and greeted Yan Shifan and others. Xu Jie was very popular. Not only did the neutral party come to see Xu Jie with Li Dang, but many people from the Yan party also came to see Xu Jie. In the past few months, Xu Jie often went to Yan's Mansion, paying homage to Yan Song like a junior, playing chess, drinking tea, and exchanging feelings with Yan Song. His relationship with Yan Dang was like a honeymoon.
"The student has met the teacher."
When Xu Jie came, Zhu Ping'an naturally couldn't sit still. Seeing that Xu Jie and Yan Shifan had almost finished chatting, he straightened his clothes, got up and walked to Xu Jie In front of Jie, he greeted Xu Jie respectfully.
"Well, Zihou came just in time. I'm talking about you. Come here and introduce some senior scholars to you. You are young and reckless, and you are immature in many things. You still need to learn more from several seniors." Xu Jie Seeing Zhu Pingan coming to salute, he smiled slightly and nodded, beckoned Zhu Pingan to come closer, and introduced several nearby officials to Zhu Pingan.
Every time Xu Jie introduced someone, Zhu Pingan naturally greeted them respectfully.
Of course, none of the officials in the strict party gave Zhu Ping'an a good look. They said, "We can't bear the gift of the number one scholar", "You student has a really good appetite", "That's all, how can we have any You are qualified to teach the number one scholar?" and other sarcastic remarks.
In this regard, the smile on Xu Jie's face did not change.
"Brother Nian, this is my incompetent student Zhu Zihou. He is not very experienced in the world and can easily go astray. If Zihou makes a mistake and goes astray, you don't need to give me face. He should be beaten. Punishment. Who else is responsible for Du Jian's defense?" Xu Jie added later when introducing Zhu Ping'an to nearby officials.
The general meaning is: I am a useless student, you should be beaten and punished, and everyone is responsible for preventing the slightest change.
Although Xu Jie said so, everyone understood it in their hearts. Xu Jie was able to introduce Zhu Ping'an to everyone, which also showed an attitude to everyone.
This is similar to parents introducing their children to teachers and friends around them. Why is my child more naughty? Teacher, please bother me a lot. Don’t be polite to me. Hit me when I need to, and scold me when I need to. . Don't be polite if you are naughty and make small mistakes. If you make big mistakes and you can't control them, you will beat them to death. Don't be merciful at all.
But in fact, he introduced you to me as my child, can you not give him face? ! Can you hit me and scold me as you please?
If you dare to beat me to death, try it!
On the surface, it looks like he is scolding or belittling, but in fact, there is a kind of implicit protection inside. Xu Jie showed everyone the relationship between Zhu Pingan and himself, which is a kind of implicit maintenance.
Introduced to everyone.
This is an unspoken rule, equivalent to a formal informing relationship. If Xu Jie didn't make it clear, everyone would pretend to be confused. Now that Xu Jie has made it clear, everyone has to worry about Xu Jie.
Especially the officials with deeper connections know more about the inside story. Xu Jieqianer won the favor of the Holy Emperor because of his Qing Ci and was rewarded with a flying fish suit. The key phrase "turning a tiger into a dragon" in this Qing Ci is said to be It came from the hand of Zhu Pingan in front of me. Zhu Ping'an's Qing Ci in the previous examinations and imperial examinations was also very good. Such a high disciple, Xu Jie is not blind, how could he give up so easily. If nothing else, just relying on Zhu Ping'an's Qingci skills, even if he can't train him into a right-hand man, he might as well keep writing Qingci in the future.
"Brother Zisheng, why are you here today?" Yan Shifan narrowed his one eye slightly and asked with a smile.
"Oh, Donglou, you don't know something. There are not many things in the cabinet today. After handing over the etiquette department in the morning, the cabinet minister gave me half a day's leave. I happened to pass by here when I went home. After hearing today's statement, I didn't even want to go home. So I stopped by to join in the fun." Xu Jie replied with a smile, calling Yan Shifan's name familiarly. (End of this chapter)