Rise From the Humble

Jiaxing, Jiangnan Governor's Mansion, Kitchen Room.

The big spoon held a horse spoon, lifting one spoon and another to lift the egg drop soup in the pot. His eyes looked uneasily at the door, like a watchman's stone.

Finally, in his expectant eyes, a maidservant came quickly carrying a food box. The master walked forward quickly with excitement and uneasiness, and asked anxiously, "How is it, how is it, have you eaten, master?" ?”

The maid shook her head, "The master said he had no appetite, so he asked me to bring it back so we could share it."

"ah"

This result was actually expected by the boss, but it was still very uncomfortable to hear the result.

"I didn't eat last night. I heard that I stayed in the study all night and didn't even sleep. I didn't eat this morning and I didn't eat at noon. I haven't eaten or slept all day. How can my body handle it? "The captain put down his horse spoon sadly, and sighed repeatedly, long and short.

"Master, do you want to change the pattern and send it to the master again?" the maid tried to ask.

"What do you know, little girl? The master always emphasizes frugality. We just made one meal. If we make another meal and send it to the master, it will be a waste. I don't care whether the master eats it or not. We will suffer. "Falled."

"Furthermore, since last night, I have been cooking Master's favorite dishes in different ways. Take today's dish of shrimp with fermented rice wine grains as an example. Normally, Master can eat at least half a bowl of rice, but today I don't even have chopsticks. move"

Da Zhang Shao shook his head heavily.

"Then what should we do, master? I haven't eaten for three meals. If I don't eat anymore, my body will not be able to bear it. I am not a young man. When the time comes when the lady comes to investigate, how can we explain to the lady?"

The maid anxiously walked around the kitchen.

"How can this be blamed on us? What does it have to do with us? If you want to blame it, it's all the Japanese pirates, it's all the blame on the guy surnamed Tu, it's all the blame on the guy surnamed Li! It's spread all over the house, our master has given us repeated orders. No one is allowed to do anything without the master's order. The local official mobilized troops, but Tu disobeyed the master's order and directly mobilized the man named Li to fight the Japanese pirates without applying. As a result, the man named Li failed to live up to his expectations and destroyed all the three thousand Shandong spearmen assigned to him by the master. ”

Da Zhangshao defended quickly, and then angrily complained about Tu Dashan and Li Fengshi, the governor of Southern Zhili.

"Isn't it just three thousand soldiers? Doesn't our master control tens of thousands of soldiers and horses?"

The maid scratched her head in confusion. Obviously, the master has many, many thousands of soldiers and horses, but there are only three thousand soldiers missing. As for not eating for a whole day.

"Isn't it just three thousand soldiers? You little girl is really long-haired and short-sighted. What do you know? Do you know why the master transferred Shandong spearmen?"

The big spoon waved the big spoon in front of the maid and asked angrily.

The maid shook her head, how do I know? I'm not a big shot, I'm just a little maid serving tea and meals.

"The reason why I transferred Shandong spearmen and Guangxi wolf soldiers is because our local soldiers can't fight and have no skills. They will be beaten badly when fighting Japanese pirates. That's why I specially transferred soldiers who can fight from outside." Our soldiers include this Shandong spearman. This Shandong spearman is famous for being able to fight!"

"But the result is that the three thousand Shandong spearmen who can fight were all killed by the Japanese pirates in one battle. This loss is not only the three thousand Shandong spearmen, but also everyone's confidence. The specially mobilized guest soldiers who can fight are like this." It’s useless, then who can deal with the Japanese pirates! Their morale has been trampled on the ground by the Japanese pirates.”

"The master was mobilizing troops and generals, setting up a sky and earth net, preparing to wipe out the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop, but he was hit in the head with a stick."

"Do you think I won't be angry? If I were the master, I would drag out the person named Tu, or at least the person named Li, as the opera sings, and chop him up!"

The more the boss talked, the more excited he became, complaining for Zhang Jing, but these people didn't listen to the master. It was really unreasonable.

"Master, that's what I said, but if the master is hungry and loses his health, our kitchen will have nothing to do with it. What should we do now?" The maid didn't understand so much logic and asked with concern.

"First make a cup of ginseng tea and send it to the master to replenish it. I will think of a solution later." Da Zhang Shao scratched his head and said.

"Okay, I'll go to the warehouse to get some ginseng slices." The maid said and ran away.

"Oh, it's all the Japanese pirates' fault, it's all the blame on the guy named Tu, it's all the fault on the guy named Li, I'm so angry."

The big boss has become Xianglin's wife.

While the boss was racking his brains to figure out how to get Zhang Jing to eat, the street outside the governor's office became lively.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, with a biting north wind, a man appeared on the street. He was shirtless and had two bandages wrapped diagonally on his body. There were blood stains on the bandages. He carried a bundle of canes on his back and wore a pair of open-toed pants. Straw sandals walked step by step from the street to the Governor's Yamen.

"Who is that? Is there something wrong with his brain? He is shirtless in the middle of winter. Doesn't he show off his muscles?"

"What's going on? What is this for?"

"What do you know? This is asking for forgiveness. Didn't you see the thorns on his back? He is really a cruel man. They are all thorns."

Since ancient times, the Chinese people's love for watching the fun has not changed. There are many people watching the fun on both sides of the street, and there are even many people who are not too big to watch the fun. People are pointing and gathering together. Rumor spread.

"Who is he? What wrong thing did he do? Where can he go to apologize?"

The people watching the excitement were curious about who this person was and where he was going to apologize.

"I don't know, we'll find out if we follow him."

People didn't know the answer, but they knew how to get the answer. It was very simple. Just follow him and find out.

So, the crowd gathered around curiously and followed the shirtless man forward.

Walk and walk

Walk and walk

Getting closer and closer to the Governor's Office, especially after one, the only thing on this street besides the Governor's Office was the Confucius Temple.

"Ah, he's not going to the Governor's Office to apologize, is he?!" Someone in the crowd guessed.

It can't be that he's going to the Confucius Temple to apologize, is he?

"I wonder if he's just passing by?" People were not sure.

While they were guessing, the man who was asking for forgiveness with a thorn stick went straight to the gate of the Governor's Office.

"Li Fengshi, the guilty general, betrayed the governor's trust and led his troops to attack the Japanese pirates. He was ambushed by the Japanese pirates and suffered heavy casualties, almost leading to the annihilation of the entire army. The guilty general knows that he has committed a serious crime, so he came here to apologize and ask the governor to punish him!"

When he arrived at the gate of the governor's office, the man who was asking for forgiveness knelt on one leg, clasped his fists and loudly apologized to the inside.