"The cooks here are pretty good at their craftsmanship."
After giving up the main seat facing the hall door to Chang Wei, Cheng Fengyuan quickly sat down next to the old censor on his right hand.
Looking at a table of chicken, duck, and fish, paired with preserved pickles, the richness was somewhat beyond his original expectation.
"That boy's ancestors were royal chefs in the palace, and he has quite a bit of skill passed down from family to family. If you like it, sir, I'll ask him to bring more food later."
An enamel porridge bowl was just brought from the kitchen, and Hu Zhou greeted it with a haha.
Seeing Chang Wei at the main seat using his chopsticks to pick up a handful of pickles, Cheng Fengyuan slowly raised his chopsticks and was about to eat when he suddenly heard Fahai pretending to be unintentional and asked:
"This fish soup smells delicious. I wonder if it was raised in a nearby pond?"
The area around the post house was deserted for dozens of miles, not to mention that there were farmers growing mulberry trees and raising fish in such a place. The other three people at the table immediately understood the implication of Fahai's words.
Although most of his worries were diluted by the joy that his nephew was safe and sound, Cheng Fengyuan did not completely let down his guard.
After hearing this, the chicken that was about to reach his mouth was immediately put back into the bowl. A pair of tiger eyes stared at Hu Zhou suspiciously, asking him to explain.
"This...hey, it's not like I went out this morning and heard magpies chirping on the branches. I thought there might be some distinguished guests coming to visit, so I asked the clerk to go to a nearby town to buy some."
"As expected, don't you see how many adults have come to this station?"
Hu Zhou was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses and joked with a smile. However, half of his face was swallowed up by the shadow, and occasionally he twitched slightly stiffly.
There are horses at the inn, so it makes sense to cover dozens of miles in one day.
"I think it's you gang of killers who want to eat it yourself, but you blame it all on us in a high-sounding way."
As if letting down his guard, Cheng Fengyuan pretended to scold him with a smile.
Given the steps, Hu Zhou naturally agreed with a smile.
"You adults, hurry up and use it. It won't be easy to eat when the food gets cold."
Hearing this, Cheng Feng was far from doubting that he was there, so he was about to pick up a piece of pork meat and put it into the bowl. Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he stopped his chopsticks with a smile and scolded Cheng Wu and the two guards behind him.
"You two are still standing here watching what I do. Why don't you go to Lao Wu's place to have dinner together?"
"Isn't it because Uncle Er told us to stay and stand for two sticks of incense..."
Cheng Wu muttered, scratched the back of his head and walked towards the door.
As he was about to reach the threshold, he suddenly heard a loud shout from Cheng Fengyuan behind him——
"Cheng Wu!"
Almost subconsciously about to respond, Cheng Wu turned his head, but when he saw the four people at the table fawning over Hu Zhou, their faces all darkened.
"Second... Sir, what are your orders?"
Here, monk Cheng Wuzhang was confused, but over there, Cheng Fengyuan had an old face as gloomy as a lifeless one. Veins popped out in his right hand holding the chopsticks. He roared angrily and threw the entire table of food in front of him at Hu Zhou.
Without any intention of evading, Hu Zhou just watched the dinner table being thrown at his face, without any emotion or expression, but his tone was no longer as eager and flattering as before.
"How did you find out there was something wrong? I should have concealed it well."
"You did a very good job, but you just forgot one thing. The Xiaoshi Night Market has a time clearly set by the government. Even if you rush on the road without stopping, you are determined not to catch up with the opening time."
Seeing Hu Zhou's whole body being slapped by the dining table, he immediately turned into broken bones and rotten flesh flying everywhere.
Cheng Wu stood there blankly, not even noticing that his face was stained with a lot of dark brown clots of blood and rotten flesh.
"I'm...Second Uncle, what...what's wrong?"
He lowered his head tremblingly, but after a moment, Cheng Wu suddenly raised his face and asked his second uncle in fear, only to see the same unbearable sadness in his eyes.
It turned out that when he lowered his head just now, what he saw was the armor on his back.
"Jie, Jie, Jie, it's such a pity. I originally wanted you to watch your uncle eat your internal organs bit by bit, but now it's impossible."
The head that fell to the ground let out a dry and cold laugh, as gloomy and terrifying as a vulture.
After removing the cover-up on the food, Chang Wei and Ning Caichen took a look, and their faces turned pale. Finally, they couldn't help but retched from the side of their faces.
Those delicacies that were originally beautiful and delicious suddenly revealed their original appearance. They were actually plates of heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, with a slight heat rising from the organs stained with blood.
"This is impossible! This is impossible!!"
Cheng Wu frantically tore at the armor on his body, trying to take it off to see what was going on.
It's just that the soft armor, which was originally complicated and complicated, fell off at the touch of a touch, and a consistent scratch mark on the sturdy goggles was clearly visible.
This is a treasure specially prepared by Cheng Fengyuan for his self-defense. It is made of fine iron and can protect his life in critical moments.
Cheng Wu was stunned on the spot, even this close-fitting armor was damaged like this. Sure enough——
The armor on the chest is removed, but the strong and powerful body of the young man inside is gone.
"I remembered...I remembered everything..."
With his eyes in a trance, the tall body suddenly collapsed, Cheng Wu's head fell to the ground, and his eyes looked into the distance.
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Time goes back to half an hour ago——
After receiving Cheng Fengyuan's order, it didn't take long for Cheng Wu and Huo Laosan to see the lonely post house at the end of the road not far away.
"After running around all day, I can finally find a place to lie down and rest."
Cheng Wu laughed and got off his horse, then turned back and smiled with Huo Laosan.
"Brother Xiao Wu is resting in the post house later. I'll just go and notify you."
Although Cheng Wu was a nephew of the garrison, he did not have the domineering sense of superiority of an official's son, and he was very much in the same group of veteran oilseeds.
An old man like Huo Laosan, who had been Cheng Fengyuan's personal soldier for a long time, was happy to have a good relationship with his future master.
"How can this be possible? In front of Mr. Chang, my second uncle has to beat me to death. There is no big deal in a place that is only a few miles away, so I just gritted my teeth and went over."
Cheng Wu smiled and rejected Huo Laosan's kindness, stretched out his hand and slammed the door of the post house.
Not long after, a shadowy man wearing official uniforms walked out of it.
"You two are..."
He stretched out his hand and waved the riding crop, giving the opponent a false slap in front of him, and Cheng Wu scolded him impatiently.
"Why don't you hurry up and prepare some more food? The censor's carriage will arrive soon. If you neglect your noble lord, I will not let you go!"
"Noble person... chariot and horse... censor..."
The other party repeated it stiffly like a repeater, and suddenly his eyes became lively.
"Come in, please, please, I'll have someone prepare the food right now."
"No, we have to go back to meet you, sir. Just remember to go out and greet him later."
After saying that and about to leave, Cheng Wu felt his hands tighten. When he looked back, he was grabbed tightly by the opponent.
"It's not in the way, it's not in the way. Your Majesty, our horses are already unable to walk. You might as well go in with me and exchange for a stagecoach before we continue our journey."
When Cheng Wu heard this, he looked at it a little strangely. The horse, which was fine just now, was now trembling all over, foaming at the mouth, and could no longer gallop.
"That's right, then it will be troublesome."
Without doubting his presence, Cheng Wu led the horse into the post house. As soon as he entered the door, he saw two eyes as big as lanterns staring at him, and then there was a tearing pain in his heart, and he lost consciousness.
Before his consciousness became blurry, he could only vaguely remember dozens of stiff and rigid faces surrounding him, with a chilling excitement in their indifference, as if they were welcoming another unlucky person to join their ranks.
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