Since ancient times, local yamen runners and petty officials had been doing well in various places. Ordinary people dared not offend these guys easily. The King of Hell was easy to avoid but difficult to deal with. Although the emperor was powerful enough, he could not get in touch with ordinary people. These petty officials and yamen runners were the rulers of the lowest level. They were in contact with the ordinary people all day long and were the leaders in charge of managing the ordinary people. The decree of the imperial court had to be passed down through them, and the needs of the people below also had to be passed on. Although these people's official positions were very small, the role they played was irreplaceable. They seemed to have little power, but for ordinary people, their power was very great, even greater than the influence of the emperor on them.
It was precisely because they could not afford to offend these brats that they could tolerate being bullied by these brats. As long as the bullying was not serious, they would not resist. In fact, many people would even try to curry favor with these petty officials and yamen runners for the convenience of doing things.
Ang Lee knew that there must be someone following behind him, but he did not care. It was normal for someone to follow him in other people's territory. At the same time, this could also ensure his own safety. With another layer of protection, the incident in Spring Light Restaurant would not happen again.
The fragrance of Yizhou's peach crisps could spread for miles. Ang Lee could already smell the intoxicating fragrance of the peach crisps from a distance. It was not a big deal to buy some and try it. In order to save time, Ang Lee asked a guard to stay in line. Then, Ang Lee and the rest of the people continued to walk forward to see if there were any more delicious delicacies. They could only stay in Yizhou for three to five days. It would be a big loss if they did not try a few more delicacies at one time.
Although he could also ask his subordinates to buy it directly, it was better to go shopping in person and buy the delicacies himself. This way, the atmosphere would be better. He could also chat with other diners to understand the origin and story of the delicacies. After all, tasting delicacies was not only about the taste, but also the story behind the delicacies. Without the story behind the delicacies, the delicacies would lose their souls. Without souls, the delicacies would only be candied fruits.
It would take some time to queue up for the walnut pastry. Soon, Li An encountered another delicacy that he had to queue up for. The name of the dish was quite interesting. It turned out to be Sorrowful Parting. A dish with such a sorrowful name aroused Li An's great interest.
"Sad parting, there's a story behind this delicacy! Moreover, it must be a sad story. It must be very touching. I must try it. "
Ang Lee strode over to line up. The guards all followed behind him and lined up with Ang Lee. It was the first time they had heard of a delicacy with such a strange name. Anyone would be very interested.
"Brother, may I ask if there's anything special about this dish? Why do you call it a sad parting? "
Ang Lee asked shamelessly.
"Aiyo, you must be a foreigner! This' Wounded Farewell 'is a dish that goes with alcohol. Those who buy this dish usually drink alcohol. As for why it's called' Wounded Farewell ', it seems to be a sad but beautiful love story. It's quite sad, so sad that I can't bear to say it. "
The diner shook his head repeatedly and didn't say the main point. Looking at his appearance, it was obvious that he wasn't a person who was good at expressing himself. Perhaps he couldn't explain it clearly, so he didn't bother to explain.
The diner next to him hurriedly said, "Let me explain. The so-called 'Wounded Farewell' is a sad but beautiful love story that happened in our Yizhou City. It's said that …"
The diner said a lot in one breath. In general, he explained the sad but beautiful love story clearly. Ang Lee sighed. He really didn't expect that an ordinary dish with alcohol could have such a sad story.
The story went like this. It was said that in the pre-Qin era, there was a sweet-looking young lady in Central Sichuan. She was not only beautiful, but also good at cooking. She was much better than her parents who owned a restaurant. The most important thing was that she was kind-hearted and very friendly to people. Everyone praised her.
One day, this young lady with excellent cooking skills went up the mountain to collect fresh ingredients. She had this habit. Every once in a while, she would go up the mountain to collect mushrooms and other ingredients. This time, she accidentally found a handsome young man who was seriously injured. She had never seen this young man before and knew that he wasn't a local. However, because she was kind-hearted, she still chose to help him.
Because the young man was seriously injured and couldn't walk at all, it was unrealistic to bring him back to the village to be treated. Moreover, during the Warring States Period, the villagers were very vigilant against outsiders. If they found that the young man was seriously injured, they would suspect that he was a spy. Not only would they not save him, but they would also kill him. The young lady didn't think that the young man she had never met before was a bad person. She really wanted to save him. For this reason, she could only temporarily hide in a nearby cave.
The young lady, who had been collecting delicious ingredients in the mountain for a long time, had some understanding of herbs. Occasionally, she would collect herbs and sell them back to the village. Sometimes, when she was collecting herbs, she would meet a doctor who was also collecting herbs. She would directly sell the fresh herbs to the doctor and learn some basic treatment knowledge from the doctor, especially the most basic treatment knowledge of external injuries. Naturally, she knew the most basic treatment knowledge of external injuries.
The young man who was seriously injured happened to have external injuries. His arms and thighs were damaged and he had lost a lot of blood. The young lady probably knew how to treat him.
If she wanted to save a seriously injured person, medicinal herbs were not enough. She also needed food. People would starve to death if they didn't eat. The only thing she could collect in the mountain was mushrooms, which was obviously far from enough. Therefore, she could only bring food from home to go up the mountain.
Her parents were very strict about the control of the ingredients. Even if a steamed bun was missing for no reason, they would remember it clearly. The young lady was worried that her family would tell the villagers and bring a fatal disaster to her young man. Therefore, she could not tell her family. She could only secretly bring some food that would not be easily discovered by her family.
For example, the guests didn't like beef offal and other ingredients. Because the guests ordered beef, her parents were very strict about the management of the beef. If one tael of beef was missing, it would be discovered. However, they did not pay much attention to the offal and other ingredients. She could even eat them as snacks.
In the Pre-Qin Dynasty, where cooking technology was not developed, the offal and other offal tasted terrible. Moreover, many people thought that the offal was very dirty. Some people even thought that it was inedible, or they would not eat it unless they had no other choice.
This gave the young lady an opportunity. Therefore, she went up the mountain every day to collect mushrooms. When she went up the mountain, she brought some beef offal and other ingredients. When she arrived at the cave, she used the beef offal and other ingredients to make food for the injured young man.
Although the beef offal tasted terrible, the young lady's cooking skills were good enough. With her continuous improvement, the beef offal tasted better and better. Soon, the beef offal tasted better than the beef at home. Moreover, the young man's body was getting better day by day.
In order to save the young man, the young lady did not tell her family about the beef offal. Otherwise, the beef offal would become a treasure in the future, and she would not be able to cook it for her young man.
The inconspicuous beef offal was made into a delicious dish by the young lady. The young man ate it happily, and his body recovered quickly under the nourishment of the delicious food.
How should she repay the favor of saving her life? Of course, she would marry him. Her husband had already fallen in love with his wife these days, and his wife had also gradually fallen in love with him. However, they were a little shy and didn't dare to express their love for each other. They just stayed together in silence.
The young man's injury was obviously healed, but in order not to leave the young lady, he pretended that his injury was not healed. He really hoped that he could stay with the young lady like this forever. This kind of life was really wonderful, and it was the happiest time of his life.
However, this was destined to be an extravagant hope. He was not an ordinary person. He was the son of a general of the Great Qin Kingdom in the north. This time, he went south to inquire about the defense of the Shu Kingdom. Unexpectedly, he was discovered when he was investigating military secrets. All the guards under his command were killed, and he was seriously injured. If the young lady did not save him, he would not have survived.
His disappearance naturally attracted the attention of the Qin General. He sent another group of spies to the Shu Kingdom. On the one hand, he was to inquire about military intelligence. On the other hand, he was to find the young man. Even if he was dead, at least there should be a corpse. This group of spies of the Qin Kingdom was not to be trifled with. After some investigation, they finally found the young man.
The young man planned to pretend that he was dead. It was enough for him to be with the young lady for the rest of his life. However, he was found by his companions. Moreover, they brought the military order of the Qin General, asking him to investigate the defense of the Shu Kingdom. He had no choice but to obey the order. Otherwise, not only his father, but also his young lady would be implicated.
However, the young man could not let go of this relationship. Every time he finished his investigation, he would go back to the cave to rest. He could still see the young lady often and eat the delicious food she made.
The young lady asked him why he always left and why she could not see him for a few days. He said that his injury was almost healed, so he could not stay idle all the time. He had to go out to hunt and gather more to reduce the burden on the young lady. The wild hares, pheasants, and mushrooms that he provided proved that he was not lying. In fact, he asked his subordinates to buy these game and mushrooms. He did not go out to hunt and gather, but to investigate the defense of the Shu Kingdom.
Because each exploration would take many days, Langjun could only go back once every few days. However, no matter how many days he went back, he could still see his wife and eat that peerless delicacy.
For the young lady, every time she watched the young man eat the delicious food, she would feel a little sad. Because after the young man finished eating, he would not come back for a few days. Every time he ate the delicious food she made, it was the day they parted. In her opinion, the young man left so often to hunt more game and practice his hunting skills. Only in this way could he have enough ability to support his family in the future and gain the approval of her parents. At least, that was what the young lady thought. She would never expect that her beloved young man was a spy of the enemy state.
The young man did not disappoint. He finally found out the military situation of the Shu Kingdom. After that, he left the cave and did not come back for half a month. The young lady waited for him alone for half a month. However, what the young lady waited for was not the man she loved, but the fierce army of the Qin Kingdom.
The army of the Qin Kingdom launched an attack, and the general in the vanguard was the young man. Because he had already found out the military situation of the Shu Kingdom, the young man defeated the army of the Shu Kingdom like a hot knife through butter. Many soldiers of the Shu Kingdom were killed, including the young lady's brothers and uncles. Many men who were temporarily recruited in the village were killed. The whole village was full of old Confucian women and children in mourning.
In order to prevent the Qin Kingdom from massacring the village and to prevent the disobedient soldiers from violating the women and children, the young man led his soldiers into the village and killed all the soldiers who bullied the women and children. He ordered all the soldiers of the Qin Kingdom not to disturb the villagers. Otherwise, they would be killed without mercy.
All the women and children in the village did not understand why the young man of the Qin Kingdom wanted to help them. Only the young lady, who was stunned, recognized her lover at a glance. It turned out that the young man she saved was a general of the Qin Kingdom, the executioner who killed her family. She could not believe it. She always thought that the young man left from time to time to go hunting. It turned out that he went to investigate military secrets.
The young lady was very regretful. She felt that she was an executioner. It was her kindness that caused the deaths of her brothers and uncles, as well as her companions in the village. She wanted to apologize with death.
The young Langjun stopped her. At the same time, all the old, weak, women, and children in the village understood that it was the young lady who had saved the spy. They all hated the young lady very much and thought that the young lady was too bad and too stupid.
The Qin Kingdom's main force quickly took over the entire Shu Kingdom. Although the Shu Kingdom had fallen, the people of the Shu Kingdom would not side with the Qin Kingdom in a short period of time. Many of the Shu Kingdom's citizens had their families killed by the Qin Kingdom, so they naturally did not want to be ruled by the Great Qin Kingdom.
The Shu Kingdom's citizens wanted to take revenge on the Qin Kingdom. They wanted to resist and take revenge for their families. However, the young lady was the one who had made the mistake, so she had to take revenge. At that moment, the young man proposed to the young lady. He believed that since the Shu Kingdom had fallen, the Shu Kingdom's citizens were now citizens of the Great Qin Kingdom. Everyone should let go of their hatred. However, the Shu Kingdom's citizens naturally did not think this way.
The Shu Kingdom's citizens, who hated the Qin Kingdom, had already planned to kill a large number of the Qin Kingdom's soldiers at the young lady and the young man's wedding to take revenge for their families. The best way to do this was to poison the young man to death.
The young lady naturally knew about the villagers' plan. However, she was a citizen of the Shu Kingdom. If she told the Qin Kingdom's people and her young man about this plan, she would become a traitor of the Shu Kingdom again. Although she hated her young man, she still loved him in her heart. The Shu Kingdom's fall was a fact that could not be changed. She did not want the Shu Kingdom's citizens to risk their lives to resist the Qin Kingdom's army. If there was chaos again, not only would the Shu Kingdom's citizens perish, but the entire Shu Kingdom would also perish.
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