Chapter 47 Sitting around and eating hot pot in the camp
When they arrived at Cheng Di's barracks, Cheng Di was explaining to a few of his cronies the arrangements for going to Youli Land tomorrow.
Seeing the arrival of Zhang Sui and the others, they quickly stood up and waved their guards to leave first. Several of the guards bowed their hands to Zhang Sui, turned around and left the barracks.
Cheng Di smiled and asked Zhang Sui and the others to sit down, and asked, "Master Zhang, what's the matter with me at this hour?"
On the way here, Zhang Sui had been thinking about how to tell Cheng Di about the Four Elephant Formation. When Cheng Di asked him, he replied: "I was wandering in the military camp just now and saw that there was something mysterious about the pillar in the camp. Gao Shou
Tell me that is one of the pillars of the Four Elephant Formation, and I want to come over and ask Commander Cheng about the situation."
Cheng Di was stunned for a moment. After he came to his senses, he laughed and said: "That thing is just an ordinary thing. It is found in every military camp. It has been inherited from the Tang Dynasty. It is just a little psychological comfort and is not of much use.
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Zhang Sui looked into Cheng Di's eyes and said meaningfully: "This thing is not as simple as Commander Cheng seems. It has no effect, just because you don't know how to use it."
Cheng Di looked at Zhang Sui's expression and the content of his words, and his expression became serious. He asked, "Is there any mystery in this that we don't know about?"
Zhang Sui shook his head and said: "I'm not sure yet. We need to check the pillars of several military camps. If they are all the same as this military camp, it may have unexpected benefits for our trip to Youli."
When Cheng Di heard this, he immediately stood up and said: "In that case, I will take you to the other three military camps. It's just that it is getting late at this time, and you need to go far to go to those military camps, which is a bit
inconvenient."
Zhang Sui listened to Cheng Di's words and said: "Then we might as well set off now and stay at whichever military camp we can reach today. We will visit all the military camps within tomorrow. I have already taken care of this military camp.
The problem is no longer big.”
After listening to Zhang Sui's words, Cheng Di took a deep look at him and said: "Since Mr. Zhang already has an idea, I will take Mr. Zhang to visit those military camps. As long as it is beneficial to this trip, I will listen to everything.
Master arranged it!"
After saying this, he greeted the two guards outside the door. After the two guards entered, Cheng Di asked them to instruct the green-clothed guards who had just arranged their accommodation to be ready to leave at any time.
The two guards nodded in agreement, and one of them turned around and left the barracks to deliver the order.
Zhang Sui thought for a while and said, "Commander Cheng, please tell the stewards here to come over. I have something to say to him."
Cheng Di nodded and asked another personal guard to notify Peng Gang to come over to discuss the matter.
Soon Peng Gang, who lived not far away, strode into the barracks. He bowed his hands to Cheng Di and several others and asked, "I wonder what Commander Cheng has done for calling me here?"
Cheng Di smiled and said to him: "Master Zhang has something to ask you."
Peng Gang looked at Zhang Sui with a puzzled look on his face. Zhang Sui bowed his hand and said, "I invite Peng Du to come here. I want to trouble you to send a few people to guard the pillar in the camp. This will be very important for us this time."
The trip to Youli is of great use!"
Peng Gang was a little puzzled when he heard this and said: "Pillar? That pillar standing in the center of the barracks? What is the use of this?"
Zhang Sui was a little hard to explain. Seeing this, Cheng Di interjected: "Peng Dutou just needs to send a few brothers to guard it. I will leave two of them to guard it together. Since Mr. Zhang said it is very important, he also needs to
Peng Dutou should pay more attention to it."
When Peng Gang saw Cheng Di's attitude, he also took it seriously. He cupped his hands and said, "I've decided to send the most attentive brothers to guard him closely. No one will get close to him easily." Cheng Di nodded.
Zhang Sui on the side smiled and said: "Then we will have to trouble Peng Dutou."
Peng Gang didn't even dare.
At this time, the personal guard who went to summon the Tsing Yi Guards came in and said to Cheng Di: "Commander, everyone is here and the horses are ready."
Cheng Di nodded and said: "Let Chen Feng and Zhou Xiang stay and cooperate with the Wuwei Army to guard the pillars in the camp, and tell them not to be careless!"
After receiving the order, the personal guard turned back and went out to inform the two Tsing Yi guards.
Seeing that everything at the military camp had been arranged, Cheng Di turned to Zhang Sui and said, "Master Zhang, let's set off now. While the sky is still bright, let's go to the next military camp."
Zhang Sui nodded in agreement, and the group left the camp, got on their horses, and ran towards the next military camp.
When we arrived at the military camp to the west, it was completely dark.
Because there were scouts sent out in advance, when Zhang Sui and his party arrived at the military camp, the military camp supervisors were already waiting for their arrival at the camp gate.
After greeting each other, they went directly into the military camp. Naturally, soldiers came to settle the Qingyi Guards. Zhang Sui, accompanied by Cheng Di and Gong Dutou from the military camp, came to the pillar in the camp. Of course, his second general Heng Ha followed closely.
Later.
Gong Dutou already knew from the scouts that their purpose of coming here was to enter the land of Youli. But he was a little confused as to why these people came to this pillar.
Zhang Sui stepped forward and touched the pillar with his hand. After looking up and down for a long time, he found that there were some differences between this pillar and the one in the south. The biggest difference was that the carved patterns were very different.
Zhang Sui remembered that the last pillar was carved with many abstract bird shapes, which were the legendary red birds.
And the carvings on this pillar are some very drawn tiger shapes, which may be the legendary white tiger.
Based on this calculation, the other two pillars must be carved with Canglong and Xuanwu.
It seems that there is no difference between the four phenomena of this world and Zhang Sui's world. They all have something in common.
Cheng Di saw that Zhang Sui was silent next to the pillar, so he stepped forward and asked, "Does Mr. Zhang need us to make any other preparations?"
Zhang Sui was awakened by Cheng Di's words, shook his head and said: "No need, it will be fine soon."
After speaking, Zhang Sui held the pillar with his right hand and injected a little bit of Qing Ling Qi. In Zhang Sui's eyes, the lines on the pillar started to light up from the place where Qing Ling Qi was input, and then spread to the entire pillar.
In one breath, the lines on the entire pillar were lit up.
Cheng Di and Na Gong both looked up at Zhang Sui's actions, both looking puzzled. Only Gao Shou, who was following Zhang Sui, changed his expression slightly.
Zhang Sui saw that the entire pillar had been lit up. He turned back to Cheng Di and said, "Okay, Commander Cheng, please arrange for someone to protect this pillar."
Cheng Di was a little disappointed when he saw that Zhang Sui just touched the pillar, and there was no mysterious casting process at all.
Seeing that Zhang Sui said that he had done his job, Cheng Di had no choice but to nod his head, explain everything to Gong Du, and then asked his trusted aides to call two green-clothed guards and order them to guard the pillar.
That Gong Dutou was quite capable. Seeing that Cheng Di attached great importance to the pillar, he ordered his soldiers to find some tools and use some existing materials to directly surround the pillar.
Seeing this, Cheng Di was extremely satisfied and gave him a few words of encouragement. When Gong Dutou saw his praise, he was overjoyed and ordered his soldiers to guard him closely and not to relax.
Zhang Sui didn't care about what happened next, and took General Heng Ha directly back to the barracks assigned to him. After riding for a day, and the road behind was rugged and difficult, his thighs were really unable to withstand it.
I guess I've really lost my skin.
Zhang Sui used a medicinal technique on himself, and his physical condition immediately came to mind. Fortunately, there was nothing serious, just some scratches.
Fortunately, Zhang Sui was well prepared before setting off and anticipated some minor problems that might arise. This was just within his expectation.
So he ordered Fang Xiong to take the package he had prepared, put it in his hand, and dug out a bottle of trauma medicine he prepared. Seeing Fang Xiong and Gao Shou looking at him blankly, Zhang Sui was a little speechless.
The two said: "You two, please go and rest outside. You don't have to sleep with me anymore, right?"
Gao Shou heard the words, nodded, walked out of the inner room coldly holding the sword, and came to the outer bedroom.
Zhang Sui glanced at Fang Xiong, who was standing motionless beside him, and said, "You should go out and rest, I can do it myself."
Fang Xiong shook his head and said, "My master asked me to follow you and never leave."
Seeing Fang Xiong doing his duty so well, Zhang Sui felt a little moved, but also a little depressed. Zhang Sui said: "What danger can there be when you rest? If you go out to rest, I will have to apply medicine myself later."
Fang Xiong shook his head. Zhang Sui became a little anxious and said: "Get out, get out! I don't want to be naked in front of a grown man while applying the medicine."
Fang Xiong had no choice but to scratch his head and walked out carrying his iron rod.
Zhang Sui breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Fang Xiong walking out. He sat down on the bed, then immediately took a breath of cold air and almost jumped up. It looked like he was seriously injured!
After Zhang Sui had applied the medicine on himself and cleaned up, one of Cheng Di's personal guards came over and invited Zhang Sui to have dinner with him.
A day of running around also made Zhang Sui feel extremely hungry.
Zhang Sui was of course happy to see that he didn't have to eat dry food.
Call Fang Xiong and Gao Shou, and go to Cheng Di's barracks together.
When they arrived at Cheng Di's barracks, they saw that Gong Dutou was putting the dishes on the table with his own hands. Cheng Di was sitting calmly aside, talking to him.
Zhang Sui walked into the barracks and took a look, wow! Isn’t that just hot pot?
When Cheng Di saw Zhang Sui and others arriving, he stood up quickly and said with a smile: "Master Zhang has been running around all day and hasn't eaten well. Our Gong Dutou is an old gourmet and is very knowledgeable about all kinds of food."
Study, come on, come on, please take a seat and come and try our Gong Dutou's craftsmanship."
Zhang Sui and others sat down.
Gong Dutou, who was still busy at the side, heard Cheng Di's words and laughed loudly, saying: "Commander Cheng is joking, I don't have much ability, I just want this bite.
My family is all from the north, and my ancestors have been engaged in hard work for generations. I myself joined the army by chance, but I have developed a habit since I was a child and am too greedy. I have to think of ways to make everyone laugh."
Zhang Sui smiled and said: "Gong Dutou is a wonderful person, and I am also very delicious. Some time ago, I invented a kind of food based on the records in an ancient book, which is a perfect match for Gong Dutou's hot pot.
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Fang Xiong on the side nodded repeatedly and said: "The tofu made by the second master is the best when cooked in a pot like this!"
When Gong Dutou heard this, he became interested and said: "Tofu? I have never seen this kind of ingredient before. I must try it when I get the chance. How about I invite you to try the game here today."
He pointed to the hot pot in front of him.
The hot pot is an iron pot placed on an iron frame, with some dry pine branches lit underneath. A pot of thick soup made from large bones is boiling in the pot. On the small table next to it, there are about a dozen dishes.
There is meat, vegetables and fungi.
Gong Dutou introduced with a smile: "You guys are quite lucky. Two days ago, the best hunter in our team captured a wild deer in the dense forest at the back of the mountain. The wild deer was strangely tight, and the antlers were actually open.
The flowers are out, and the venison is also very delicious. I have eaten almost half of it in the past few days, and I brought the rest today."
As he spoke, he pointed to the plates of thinly sliced meat on the table.
After hearing this, Zhang Sui's heart moved and he said with a smile: "That's because I want to have a good taste." Fang Xiong looked at the thick soup in the pot and looked like he was about to drool.
When the thick soup in the pot began to boil, Gong Dutou poured the venison directly into the pot. In just a few breaths, he quickly picked up the venison with a spoon and distributed it to everyone's bowls.
Gong Dutou smiled and said: "The taste of venison cooked at this level is most extraordinary. You can try it." He looked at everyone with a confident face as he spoke.
Several people used their chopsticks to taste the venison in the bowls. Sure enough, it tasted extremely delicious. After eating it, they felt a warm breath spreading throughout their bodies.
Zhang Sui and Gao Shou looked at each other, and both of them could feel that the venison contained a small amount of spiritual energy. They were slightly surprised.
Cheng Di and Fang Xiong just felt that the venison was delicious, but had no other reactions.
Zhang Sui didn't say much, just praised him a few times.
It didn't take long for everyone to eat almost all the dishes on the table. The main reason was that Fang Xiong, a big-bellied man, was there. Gong Dutou didn't expect that there would be something so edible among the few people, so the preparations were a little lacking.
At the end of the meal, when there was no more food, Fang Xiong took out a pocket on his body, which contained some dried meat that he had cut into the size of his thumb. Fang Xiong poured all the dried meat into the pot and said,
Everyone else comes to try it.
Everyone waved their hands repeatedly, indicating that they had almost eaten.
Zhang Sui looked at Fang Xiong's eating look from the side, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he wanted to cover his face with his hands.
Cheng Di watched with admiration: "A fierce general in ancient times was said to be able to eat a hundred kilograms a day. It seems that Brother Fang also has the appearance of a fierce general."
Zhang Sui complained secretly in his heart: "You still have the skills to talk about a foodie in such a stylish way!"
After the meal, the group of people said goodbye and returned to the barracks. They were very tired from running around for a day, so they didn't say much and rested separately.