Chef's Knife

At the beginning of the ninth year of Yanxing, the old emperor who was obsessed with Taoism passed on the throne to the sixteen princes who were "prophesied" by the immortal master in order to become an immortal.Then he retreated and practiced in the palace built under Heming Mountain.

His Highness the Sixteenth was not yet four years old at the time, but he was just an ignorant child who had just started his education, and his biological mother Cheng Guifei was even more disliked by embroidered pillows.

The imperial power completely fell into the hands of Prime Minister Chu, and the young Emperor was reduced to a puppet manipulated by Chu Yuanzhong.

As a result, the infamy of treachery spread throughout the north and south of the river, and was reviled by scholars all over the world.

However, all of this has nothing to do with the people.Whether the surname should be "Li" or "Chu" in the world, food is still eaten, and life has to be lived.What's the use of thinking about those questions?

Chu Yuanzhong methodically manipulated the thread in his hand, using the puppet's hand to change the decayed old system bit by bit.

One eye looks into the past, the other eye into the future.

He is frighteningly wise, and the elder Ge who recommended him when he was young only had four words for him.

——Intellect is similar to a demon

……

In June of the same year, Chu Yuanzhong hosted a banquet for Xiyi envoys in Baiweilou.

Flying in the sky, running in the ground, swimming in the water, all the rare birds and beasts that have been seen before have all become food in the crystal dish.

Master Chu spent a whole month learning the Yi language of the Three Kingdoms to ensure smooth communication when meeting the envoys from the Western Yi.However, in his eyes, the group of barbarians with blond hair, blue eyes and hooked noses all looked the same, things happened from time to time, which made Master Chu very headache.

"To Mr. Arthur...Aren't you James?" Mrs. Chu wiped the sweat from his brow after doing his homework and still not being able to tell clearly, "Then this must be Mrs. Tia... oh so it's Mary Miss, it really makes you laugh, I think it's too hot here, I'm a little dizzy..."

"Miss Liangjiang? Go ask someone to add more ice cubes." He ordered.

"My lord, the servant girl is Chen Pi..."

The glass cup is full of alcohol, reflecting colorful light under the light of the lamp.

Chu Yuanzhong raised his glass to the foreigners frequently, and his reserved smile concealed the bloodthirsty that belonged to the beast alone.

When that foreigner, whose name Master Chu didn't figure out until the end, recalled this trip to Asia in his later years.

In addition to the countless golden glass, silk porcelain, fine wine and delicacies in Chang'an;

It was the man who spoke fluent English without even needing an interpreter.

The smile is reserved, the appearance is elegant, the expression is modest, the tone is tactful, and the wording is rigorous.

But his attitude was surprisingly tough, and even on issues involving money, he was so domineering that he would not give in.

What was chilling was that the man was obviously smiling.However, behind that smile, there seemed to be a beast that would swallow everything alive!

In the end, he described it this way in his memoirs.

Oriental gluttony...

The only regret is probably that the eyesight seems to be very bad.

……

"Do you know?" Chu Yuanzhong came back from the banquet to welcome the foreign guests with a smell of alcohol all over his body. His mind was not clear but his eyes were shining brightly. He gestured excitedly at Luo Sheng, "Those barbarians are at sea. Driving that kind of smoking boat, it's so big, so wide... ha ha! They thought of using that method to drive the paddle wheel, wonderful! These barbarians still have some brains... Let's improve to this Ship, let me think about it... Hey, what about the blueprints I drew... Hmph, what do those old guys in the cabinet know, it's too superficial..."

Chu Yuanzhong hugged Luo Sheng in a daze, with a happy expression like a child who got a new toy.

"A barbarian is a barbarian. They don't even know abacus, and they have to break their fingers to count... Tsk tsk, people who are stupid and have a lot of money are better at making money... Do you know how much we talked about this time? This number? More than that... Hey, The wind is blowing, the world is about to change, even the barbarians are running around in steam turbines... Some people say that the world is a big ball, we live here - they are there, hey, I guess they will be like Divide the ball like cutting a watermelon!"

Chu Yuanzhong's face was full of greed.

"But, I don't like sharing the most..."

Luo Sheng has never studied and is illiterate. He can hold a pen very few times in half his life, and even writing his own name is very difficult.

He didn't understand some things, but he was willing to listen to what Chu Yuanzhong said.

He looked obsessively at the Taotie that showed its face in the black mist; that ferocious, ugly, and terrifying beast opened its bloody mouth at him.

——If you can, devour me together!

The storm is about to start, time is running out.

……

"Master Luo, this is the result of you forcibly twisting the destiny."

The woman with antlers growing on one side is Liang Jiang.

"That Chuning is changing a lot of things, he will make everything deviate from the originally set track!"

"Well, I know." Luo Sheng tapped something with a small hammer.

"Then why did you do this! You were like this 16 years ago, running to an unknown town without a word to save the child who was dying!"

Chen Pi is a little girl who is half sheep and half human, with a pair of playful sheep ears.

"The book of life and death said that the child should have died in that small town, in that fire. But you, you forcibly changed his fate and made him live until now. How much trouble did you cause? How much did you rewrite?" History? How many times have you been condemned by God and how many times have you been punished by thunder? Back then, the sisters finally erased the memory of the child and you, why did you appear in front of him and make mistakes again and again!"

"What are you afraid of? I will bear any price."

Luo Sheng stopped knocking, and stretched his wrist while holding the hammer.He turned his head and smiled slightly, still with a gentle expression.

"Whether it is past, present or future, it will never implicate anyone."

"We are not afraid of being implicated! What we are worried about is you—" Chen Pi bit his lip and was about to cry, "The storm is coming soon! Your body is not as good as before. You may not have endured that level of punishment!"

The polished crystal crystal felt a little hot to the touch, Luo Sheng patiently repaired some rough corners, and blew away the rubbed off debris.

"Master Luo, this is the last 30 years, can't you let it go?" Liang Jiang couldn't help asking, "If you are obsessed with the troubled times, you will never have the chance to leave!"

"...But the place I want to go to doesn't have it." Luo Sheng bent the flattened copper wire with iron tongs, his almond eyes were unremarkable, "I only live where it exists."

"Luo Sheng, you are too willful." Liang Jiang took a deep look at him, and his voice softened. "No... it's greed."

The scraps of failed products were casually littered on the table, and the sound of hammering hammers did not stop.The young man in green turned a deaf ear and only focused on the small things under his hands.

His hands had already been blistered, and his stiff knuckles were swollen abruptly.