Legacy of the old dynasty

The boat entered Jiangxi and moved slowly.The three of them had nothing to do, chatting in the cabin.As soon as the autumn rain falls, everything looks bleak.A casserole was placed on the red clay stove in the cabin, and white porridge was simmering on a small fire.

The captain of the boat caught a fish and picked the whole meat to make fish fillet porridge.The bottom of the porridge was soft, and the fish melted in the mouth, but there was no fishy smell at all.Prince Wang praised repeatedly, this skill is really much better than my cook.

Wu Xie smiled, and said, "Everyone says that the food is delicious every other time. Last time you said the same thing in my home."

"No, no," Prince Wang said hiccupping, "everyone talks about delicacies from mountains and seas. If you want me to say, you have to go up to the mountains and enter the sea, and experience the beauty of it. You see, I used to sit at home, and the cook was I cook and eat in different ways, but I always feel that it’s not very tasty. Now that I think about it, it’s because I’m away from the mountains and rivers. Therefore, today’s porridge is naturally top-grade, very good.”

After all this boasting, the boss of the boat couldn't sit still, he cupped his hands again and again and said: "My lord, you are joking, we run the boat and eat poorly, how can we get into your eyes."

After Wu Xie finished drinking a bowl, Zhang Qiling filled another bowl for him, so he had time to savor it carefully.Hearing what the prince said, he nodded again and again.

"It tastes really good, hey, brother, why don't you drink it?"

Chuan Lao said: "Master, I'm afraid he's already tired of drinking."

Zhang Qiling didn't comment, and slowly stirred the porridge in the pot.

Prince Wang raised his eyebrows and said: "There is a saying that 'you live in the orchid house for a long time without smelling its fragrance'. No matter how delicious something is, you can't stand it after eating it for a long time. But," rolled his eyes, and asked the boss of the boat to tell a story, " Since you have been away from home for many years, why don't you tell me two stories?"

The boss of the boat said: "Young masters are all scholars, so naturally they all have great knowledge. There is nothing in the world that I don't know. I don't have any knowledge here. It's just some wild words."

Prince Wang said: "It's okay, I prefer to listen to these wild words."

Wu Xie also laughed: "After all, reading is dead, and your eyes and ears are closed. It's nothing like your old personal experience. But it doesn't matter."

The boss of the boat looked at his young master, saw him nodding his head, and then smiled and said, "Then I'll pick one and talk about it. It is said that one year when I took the boat to the Dongting, the weather was very good, the wind was strong, and the boat was going very fast. Suddenly There was the sound of water coming from the side of the boat, the splashing sound was loud, and we all rushed to look at it, only to see a big fish jumping high from the water and hitting our boat right on the boat. The scales all over its body were as big as fingernails, It's covered in gold, and people rush to grab it, and guess what?"

"What?" Wu Xie asked.

"The fish actually shed tears from its eyes. People around began to discuss, saying that it was a divine fish. There were also greedy people, who said that it was rare to see a divine fish, so don't let it go. At this moment, the color of the good sky changed. The time was dark and cloudy, the wind stopped, and the boat seemed to be fixed in the water. No matter how you shake the oar, it just doesn’t move. Do you think it’s a miracle?”

"and then?"

"Then the boat owner hastily asked someone to release the fish, and threw some live animals into the lake, so the boat could move."

"But you met the river god?" Prince Wang asked.

Before the boss of the boat opened his mouth, Wu Xie said first, "The god at the bottom of Dongting Lake is not Liu Yi. Liu Yi saved the three princesses of Dongting, and later married the princess..."

Zhang Qiling spoke from the side: "Oh? You still know clearly..."

Wu Xie glanced at Zhang Qiling quickly, and fell silent.

Prince Wang didn't care about these things, so he pestered the boss of the boat and asked, "What will happen next? What will happen after this?"

On the contrary, Zhang Qiling answered the question: "From now on, it will be safe. However, when it comes to Liu Yi..."

Wu Xie regained her spirits and quickly looked at him.

"Liu Yi later became the Dragon King. Because he was a mortal with a strong bookish spirit, he couldn't restrain the strange beasts in the water. Later, someone made a mask for him. The mask was extremely ferocious and frightening. The water-like monsters were frightened and never dared to make trouble again. But the mask was worn for too long, and in the end it couldn't be taken off, and it grew together with the face. Liu Yi was extremely annoyed and became suspicious in his heart. If someone looked at him, he would feel It was laughing at his face. From now on, when the boat is sailing in the Dongting, the boatman will always remind him not to point and talk or laugh in the water. Otherwise, the Dragon King will be furious. He will overturn the boat and let a whole crew of people be buried with him."

"This is really... really..." Wang Gongzi didn't say "really" for a long time.The boss of the boat cupped his hands, said that there was still work ahead, and went out with a smile.

"How about I tell one too?" Wu Xie said.

Both of them looked at him. Needless to say, Prince Wang, Zhang Qiling also heard Wu Xie tell a story for the first time, so he didn't know what he was going to say.

Wu Xie cleared his throat, and said, "I heard this story too. It's about a scholar..." After saying a word, Zhang Qiling laughed.

Wu Xie stopped to look at him, and he waved his hand: "It's okay, you tell your story."

"It is said that there was a poor scholar who was selected as a scholar in the provincial examination. Now all his classmates and friends came to congratulate him. One who was usually the most ignorant, was very envious when he saw him, and asked eagerly what the secret was. There is no secret to writing an essay. The poor scholar was so annoyed that he got up in the morning on the day of the exam and took a bite of the cake, but his mother didn't steam it, so he yelled, "The cake is raw!" Yes. Now that I think about it, I probably won the lottery. The student listened and went home like a treasure, thinking he had the secret. The day before the exam, he also asked his mother to steam a piece of cake for him. I specifically asked not to It was steamed, but when he woke up the next morning and took a bite, he blurted out 'it's jujube cake!'... Wu Xie stopped here and looked at the two of them eagerly.

Before Prince Wang could react, he touched Zhang Qiling next to him: "Brother Zhang, what are you laughing at?"

Zhang Qiling said: "It's all bad, what else is there to do?"

Wang Gongzi suddenly realized, he laughed and beat the ground.After laughing for a while, he said, "I also have a story about a scholar, do you want to listen to it?

"Once upon a time, there was a scholar whose parents died and lived with his brother and sister-in-law. Unfortunately, his brother passed away again, leaving him and his sister-in-law alone at home. Life was very hard. So he worked hard to study and wanted to get a job. But he became thinner and thinner day by day. Don't think, his sister-in-law is very anxious when she sees..."

It was only here that Zhang Qiling coughed.Wu Xie didn't understand yet, so Prince Wang understood. He took a look at Wu Xie, then smiled at him and said, "Brother Zhang, don't worry, this story is very good."

"One day my sister-in-law caught a big grass carp in the lake. She was going to cook it for my uncle, but the uncle shook his head repeatedly and said that the fish was too fishy to eat. My sister-in-law was very worried. Later, I thought that vinegar can whet my appetite, and it happened at home. There is also lotus root powder that I grind myself, so I mixed sweet and sour sauce with lotus root powder, poured it on the fish, and it was really fragrant. My uncle smelled it, and he kept saying yes, and his appetite increased. Since then, his health has improved, and he finally took it. Fame, became a high official. This dish is also famous, it is 'West Lake Vinegar Fish'."

Wu Xie nodded: "This story is really good."

Prince Wang said: "That's all right? Then I have more. This time I'm not a scholar, but an immortal."

Wu Xie urged him to speak quickly, and Zhang Qiling leaned on him, looking at them with a smile.Thousands of autumn rains fell, and the glazed tiles on the roof of the cabin were also jingled, and the river surface was misty, like a dream. ?