Chapter 38: You might be the first person to roast a pheasant with a sword
When Tang Xiaoyun heard the voice, he looked up and saw that the man in black robe was holding a pheasant and a purple plant in his hands, with a bundle hanging on his shoulder.
"You didn't leave?" Tang Xiaoyun asked subconsciously.
"Um."
Tan Tai Lie answered softly, then walked to the fire, took off the bag on his shoulder and threw it to Tang Xiaoyun.
Tang Xiaoyun took it and asked, "What is this?"
I touched it and it was quite soft.
As Tan Tai Lie quickly plucked the pheasant's feathers, he said, "Wear this. That dress is so tattered, how can you wear it?"
Tang Xiaoyun was stunned and hurriedly opened the package. Only then did he see that it contained a brand new set of men's clothes, in his favorite gray color.
Where did this guy get the clothes so early in the morning? Also, why is he so nice to someone he just met?
He couldn't figure it out.
Is he too charming?
Tang Xiaoyun has never been someone who likes to create trouble for himself. If he can't figure something out, he won't think about it.
Who cares? Who would wear that rag when they have nice clothes?
After saying that, he took off the beggar's clothes and quickly put on the clothes that Tan Tai Lie brought back.
You know what, it fits me quite well.
Tan Tai Lie cleaned the pheasant's feathers neatly, then drew out his long sword and cut open the pheasant's belly, scraped out the internal organs with the sword blade, then pierced the pheasant with the long sword and roasted it over the fire.
Tang Xiaoyun watched his series of movements flow smoothly and without any delay, as if he did this often.
only……
[You might be the first person to roast a pheasant with a sword.]
Hearing his inner complaints, Tan Tai Lie curled his lips into a smile, then took the purple plant, picked off the leaves, rubbed out the juice, and evenly applied it on the pheasant.
Tang Xiaoyun subconsciously sniffed, and suddenly a fragrance mixed with the aroma of chicken rushed into his nostrils.
He was stunned and asked hurriedly: "What is that?"
"Red sesame has the effect of removing fishy smell and enhancing fragrance."
As he spoke, the pheasant was already roasted. Tan Tai Lie held the hilt of his sword and handed the roasted pheasant to Tang Xiaoyun, saying, "It's cooked. Try it and see how it tastes."
Tang Xiaoyun was startled and asked hurriedly, "Huh? You don't want to eat?"
"I'm not hungry yet."
While Tan Tai Lie said this, he was secretly complaining in his heart: "Fool, this is specially roasted for you. Weren't you complaining of hunger last night?"
Tang Xiaoyun paused as he stretched out his hand. He felt embarrassed to just sit back and reap the benefits without doing anything.
So, he pulled off a large chicken leg and handed it to Tan Tai Lie, smiling cunningly: "You can't eat it all by yourself. You worked so hard to hunt down this pheasant, so you have to taste it too."
After stuffing the chicken leg into Tan Tai Lie's hand, he held the remaining pheasant and began to gnaw on it with peace of mind.
If the system was awake at this moment, it would definitely complain about his lack of moral integrity.
Tang Xiaoyun, who had been hungry for two days, didn't care about his image at all and his mouth was full of grease.
Tan Tai Lie chuckled, took out a square handkerchief from his sleeve and handed it to him, saying, "Wipe it off."
"Thank you." Tang Xiaoyun took the handkerchief and wiped his mouth, finally filling his empty stomach.
He leaned against the stone wall and burped, stroking his slightly bulging belly, his eyes fixed on the uneaten chicken leg that Tan Tai Lie still held in his hand.
Tan Tai Lie followed his gaze to his own hand, instantly understanding what he meant. He held it out and asked, "Do you want more food?"
The expression on Tang Xiaoyun's face froze instantly. He knew that he had no moral integrity, but he was not so shameless. After eating a whole pheasant, how could he have the nerve to covet chicken legs?
So he quickly waved his hand and said, "No, no, by the way, I don't even know your name."
“…Mo Yu.” Tan Tai Lie thought of a name casually.
I can't just tell him my real name, otherwise he will run away again.
"Mo Yu, this name sounds nice. My name is Tang Xiaoyun. Hello, hello." As he said that, he stretched out his hand and shook hands with Tan Tai Lie.
Tan Tai Lie was stunned and thought to himself: Is this the way of saying hello in his world?
That's really interesting.
After the two of them got to know each other, Tang Xiaoyun's way of addressing him became more affectionate.
"By the way, Brother Mo, are you healed?"
When Tan Tai Lie heard the words "Brother Mo", his face turned a little unhappy, as if something was blocking his heart.
"Yeah, much better."
Tang Xiaoyun clearly sensed Mo Yu's change in mood and wondered, "Why did he suddenly change his expression? Did I say something wrong?"
[Why is this person so moody? Just like that big devil.]
Thinking of this, he suddenly stopped: [Why did I suddenly think of the big devil, eh~]
Now, Tan Tai Lie's face became even uglier. Is it strange to think of him?
As for making that sound?
Tang Xiaoyun stole a glance at Mo Yu's expression and saw a cloud covering his fair face. He coughed lightly and changed the subject: "So, what are your plans next?"
Tan Tai Lie's fingers, which were pinching the chicken leg, slowly tightened, and the chicken meat was crushed and squeezed out from between his fingers. But his tone was cold and indifferent: "What about you?"
Tang Xiaoyun shuddered at the cruel way he treated the chicken leg and said hurriedly, "I'm going to the Green Forest Village in the north."
Hearing this, Tan Tai Lie paused in kneading his flesh, turned his head, and said with a sinister smile, "What a coincidence! I'm going there too."
"Huh?"
Tang Xiaoyun was stunned. He felt the hairs on his back stand up one by one. He had the illusion that someone was watching him.
"Really? That's a coincidence."
He scratched his face awkwardly, muttering to himself, "Why do I feel like I'm looking at a demon?"
Tan Tai Lie threw the crushed chicken on the ground, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, stood up and said, "Since we're going the same way, let's get going. We can look after each other along the way."
Tang Xiaoyun didn't refuse on the surface, but in his heart he was planning to part ways with Mo Yu at the next place.
It was because this person gave him a very dangerous feeling.
The two of them walked out of the cave and went down the mountain together. They could see the village at the foot of the mountain from afar.
The afterglow of the morning light shines on the scattered houses, and the rising smoke casts a layer of warm light like a gauze over the village.
There is an old locust tree at the entrance of the village. The leaves rustle in the breeze, and occasionally a few yellow leaves swirl and fall.
Tang Xiaoyun and Tan Tai Lie walked into the village side by side. Some of the villagers were talking to others, some were working, and some were chasing disobedient children.
The originally lively and peaceful atmosphere among the villagers suddenly became tense when they saw two strangers entering the village.
The villagers looked at the two unfamiliar faces with vigilance, stopped what they were doing, and stared at their movements.
Tang Xiaoyun was stunned, not understanding why these people were staring at them so vigilantly.
Trying to force a friendly smile, he asked, "Fellow countryman, can I have some water to drink?"
But the villagers just looked at him from a distance and no one answered.
At this time, a young man bravely stepped forward and whispered, "You are from a foreign land, right? Things are not peaceful here recently. You two should hurry on your way."
Hearing this, Tan Tai Lie's eyes were sharp as he glanced around and asked, "Not peaceful? In what sense?"
"that is……"
Just as the young man was about to answer, he was pulled behind him by an old man.
The old man looked the two of them up and down and said warily, "Go on your own way and don't cause trouble here."
Faced with the old man's rude attitude, Tan Tai Lie frowned unhappily. If it were in the past, this man would have been dead.
Tang Xiaoyun looked around and realized that there were white lanterns hanging in front of the eaves of almost every house. Then he looked at the expressions on the villagers' faces, and saw that some of them were more or less sad.
Realizing that Tan Tai Lie was about to attack again, Tang Xiaoyun quickly held him down and leaned in to warn him, "Brother Mo, it looks like a lot of people have died in this village. We should leave here first."
Tan Tai Lie glanced at him, slowly loosened his clenched fist, and nodded, "Okay."
Seeing the two men about to leave, the old man was obviously relieved. He then pushed the young man back and cursed as he walked: "You are asking for your life. How dare you talk to anyone?"
"Grandpa, I'm just curious..."
"Be careful, curiosity kills the cat!"
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