Chapter 140 Lotus root starch
The coachman slammed down his whip, bringing up a cloud of dust and smoke. Although Wen Mingtang covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve in time, he still coughed from the dust.
"This heart is really broken!" Liang Hongjin, who didn't know when she came out and looked at it for a while, waved the dust and smoke with her hand, and said, "If I can't say it to you, people will run away. Just run away." , the person who is still choking coughs!"
When the dust cleared, Wen Mingtang handed the prepared lotus root powder to Liang Hongjin, and said, "The lotus root powder is ready, and some dried fruits and raisins from the barbarians of the Western Regions are added in it."
Liang Hongjin was overjoyed when he heard the words, took it, opened the can, took a look, and said happily: "I like them all! It's Xiao Mingtang who understands me!"
Wen Mingtang shook his head, glanced at Liang Hongjin who came out from the side, and saw that she was wearing a clean and neat robe, her hair was combed meticulously, and even her lips and face were rarely smeared with some rouge. "dressed up", Wen Mingtang couldn't help but wonder: "But what happened?"
She still knows about Liang Hongjin. This point is exactly when she practices with those Ganzhiwei people every day, and it is rare for her not to come out covered in sweat and dust. What's even more rare is the rouge on her face. If it's not a last resort, Liang Hongjin doesn't like to put on what she calls "lard-like things" on her face.
Today's Liang Hongjin is obviously a little different from the usual one.
Listening to Wen Mingtang's question, Liang Hongjin rolled her eyelids, spread her hands and said helplessly, "The mission of Goguryeo is here."
Wen Mingtang was a little surprised when he heard the words: "It's pretty fast. Didn't you say it's half a month away?"
Liang Hongjin said: "I don't know why, but I came early. Maybe it's because the road is smooth or something."
After all, it is quite a long journey from Goguryeo to Chang'an. Coming early or coming late is not their concern.
The reason why Liang Hongjin paid special attention to the Goguryeo mission was because of another matter.
"Those imperial guards and the people in the barracks are arrogant, so naturally they would not go to perform sword dances in front of His Majesty and the Goguryeo envoys. At this time, only us Ganzhi guards will go to smash boulders on their chests! "
As soon as these words came out, Wen Mingtang couldn't help laughing: "What you said is like those people are juggling in front of the palace!"
Of course it’s not really a performance of breaking a boulder in the chest or something, but it’s unavoidable to perform sword dances and sparring in arrays.
No wonder, even Liang Hongjin, who doesn't wear makeup on weekdays, puts on lip balm.
Wen Mingtang saw her hair **** high and wearing a red-tasseled armor, and sincerely admired: "General Liang is very heroic and beautiful dressed like this!"
"I like to listen to the heroic spirit, so I don't need to be beautiful." Liang Hongjin waved her hand, holding the lotus root powder in the basket, stretched out her hand to pinch Wen Mingtang's face, and said, "Xiao Mingtang is so pretty!"
Wen Mingtang pursed his lips and smiled, and asked Liang Hongjin about Zhao Sishan.
"She's very nice! The imperial dining room has an acre of land, and she has been tamed a long time ago. The real trouble will come after leaving the palace!" Liang Hongjin couldn't help but click her lips. "Her brother and sister-in-law are the trouble."
Wen Mingtang nodded, but didn't say much.
Zhao Sishan's family affairs, if Zhao Sishan doesn't speak up, they can't intervene at will.
After talking about Zhao Sishan, Liang Hongjin didn't forget to mention Qiu Ning: "I'm watching for you! It's still the same, if there is anything, I will talk to you."
After exchanging a few words of pleasantries, Liang Hongjin looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she waved to her and said, "Xiao Mingtang, come here with your ears!"
Wen Mingtang was very puzzled by Liang Hongjin's actions, but he still listened to Liang Hongjin.
Afterwards, Liang Hongjin whispered: "Do you know what treasures Goguryeo brought here this time?"
Those tributes, how would she know what treasures they are? Wen Mingtang shook his head and said with a smile: "It's always something rare and rare, but it has nothing to do with us."
But although it is irrelevant, it is too rare, it is good to listen to it.
Wen Mingtang looked at Liang Hongjin, who looked like he was showing off, and asked cooperatively, "What baby?"
Selling Guan Zi received a response, Liang Hongjin looked around and whispered: "The elixir of immortality!"
As soon as these words came out, Wen Mingtang, who was curiously asking, couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, paused, and said, "I thought it was some rare jade coral or beautiful jade, but it turned out to be a gimmick!"
She doesn't believe in any elixir of immortality.
Liang Hongjin is not the type of person who believes in it. The reason why she is so excited is because of another matter.
"Unfortunately, the late emperor left one step earlier. If the late emperor was here, he might have passed out on the spot from excitement!"
The new emperor was young and promising, and he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but the previous emperor believed in it deeply. Buddhist temples and Taoist temples were built together, thinking about becoming immortals and becoming immortals, and eager to go to the sky to see the immortal place.
As a result, those elixirs were eaten too much, and the imperial physician could not even pull them back. It really "reached the sky" ahead of time!
The treasure of Goguryeo conforms to the emperor's heart, but it's a pity that the "emperor" who conforms has already moved ahead of time, and the one in the current seat is not good for this one.
"Give me jade coral in the sea, beautiful jade, etc. Maybe it's better. Now I've given you a gimmick, and His Majesty's reaction is naturally flat." Liang Hongjin said, spreading her hands helplessly, "The Holy Majesty showed his face once, So I threw him to the people below, and went back to deal with government affairs!"
Wen Mingtang heard this, and said: "Your Majesty is diligent in government and loves the people. It is a blessing for us to wait for the people!"
The emperor is a good emperor, but the people below have some headaches.
"The envoys of Goguryeo who came a few times earlier were okay, and they didn't make any fuss. But this time, all the envoys who came here are full of tricks!" Wen Mingtang winked, "Those two young ministers from Dali Temple are probably going to have a headache."
Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu? How to say? Wen Mingtang became interested and curious.
"First of all, the princess in the mission was originally sent to His Majesty to fill the harem. But you also know that there is only one empress in our Majesty's harem, and she is a rare person with great affection. I am the happiest." Liang Hongjin said, "She has long thought of a handsome envoy in the envoy group, and if she doesn't marry the emperor now, she will naturally turn around."
Wen Mingtang looked at what he had in hand, only to feel that he was short of a handful of melon seeds, and he heard Liang Hongjin continue talking in his ear.
"But the envoy has a fiancée, and I heard that she is also the daughter of a high-ranking official in Goguryeo. This time, they came together. Right now, the two women are fighting each other. At one time, they lost something and were looking for a thief, and at the other time, their personal maid was touched Hands and so on. Those petty officials in the palace have long been annoyed by harassment, and just as Dali Temple has been free recently, they came up with the idea to let people from Dali Temple come over to deal with these matters, and I heard that the decree has already passed."
Because of this, Liu Yuan and Bai Zhubian got this job.
Wen Mingtang bowed his head and couldn't help but sneer, and before she could speak, Liang Hongjin blinked at her again, and said: "The fight between those two women is still small, I watched the envoys who were fighting each other. It's not quite right, it seems to be hiding some secret!"
(end of this chapter)