Chapter 474: Do Something Different
At the dinner table, General Xie, Ning Yu, Imperial Physician Xu and others sat together.
Ning Yu sat in his seat, somewhat absent-minded.
After settling Doctor Xu and his group, Ning Yu took several doctors to the prison to see Lin Sheng.
The result was as they expected. After confirmation by the imperial doctors, it was found that Lin Sheng indeed had Qianji Powder in his body.
According to Doctor Xu, Qianji Powder can bewitch the mind.
If a person with weak will or weak body accidentally takes this drug, they will lose control of their body and be at the mercy of others.
These crazy actions performed by the stall owner and Lin Sheng were all instructed by someone.
In other words, there are indeed people who want to cause chaos in Yuzhang County.
Just like Pingyu Town back then.
But compared with Pingyu Town, Yuzhang County is still relatively peaceful.
As for why there is such a difference, Ning Yu is not very clear now.
But he always felt that the person behind him seemed to be waiting for some opportunity.
Once the right moment comes, things may not be that simple.
When General Xie saw that all the dishes had been served, he looked at everyone with a smile.
"We are in a hurry today, so let's just have a simple meal first. I will have someone make arrangements for you to have a good meal tomorrow."
Doctor Xu and the others looked at the sumptuous dishes on the table and said, "Thank you, General. This is already very sumptuous."
There are so many dishes, and you said you would just eat a simple meal.
I don’t know how grand the “abundance” that General Xie mentioned is.
General Xie raised his glass and looked at everyone: "Thank you for coming all the way here. I'd like to toast you all."
Everyone raised their glasses, and Ning Yu also raised the glass in front of him.
General Xie: "I know you all came to the northwest to investigate a case. There is still a tough battle to fight next. You must eat and drink well and rest well so that you will have the strength to fight."
As he said this, he raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.
Everyone at the table also drank up the wine in their cups.
What General Xie said makes sense. This case is complicated, time-consuming and laborious.
If they don't eat and rest well, it would be bad if they collapse from exhaustion.
Only by taking good care of yourself first can you solve the case as soon as possible and return to Beijing to report.
Ning Yu put down his wine glass, still thinking about the common points between the cases that occurred in Pingyu Town and Yuzhang County.
General Xie knew that Ning Yu was still thinking about the case, so he scooped a bowl of spicy lamb for Ning Yu.
"Come, try this spicy mutton, you will definitely like it."
Ning Yu smelled the spicy taste at the tip of his nose and sighed in his heart.
Mr. Xie is so enthusiastic, how can I refuse his kindness?
Ning Yu hummed softly, thinking that even if he had no appetite, he still had to eat a little, otherwise Old Xie would worry.
He slowly raised his head and was slightly stunned when he saw the spicy lamb in the bowl.
"Old Xie, what is this?"
General Xie said, "I knew you would like it." He said, "This dish is made from the tripe, face, lungs and other parts of the sheep. How is it? Isn't it fragrant? I made this red oil myself."
I learned how to make this dish from Mr. Shen. First, you need to put the meat from various parts of the sheep into the marinade and marinate them.
Then heat another pot and put ginger, green onion and other ingredients into the pot. When the oil in the pot starts to steam, remove it from the heat and add spicy sauce to make red oil.
Cut the braised lamb tripe, lamb face meat, etc. into thin slices and put them into a bowl. Then pour in the prepared red oil, sesame oil, cumin and other sauces, stir well and it's done.
“It smells really good.”
Ning Yu picked up the chopsticks and reached for the mutton covered in red oil sauce in the bowl.
The first thing he tasted with his chopsticks was lamb cheek meat, which was the meat cut from the sheep's cheek.
The lamb face meat is soft and tender, with a glutinous texture that is easy to swallow.
Ning Yu swallowed the lamb face meat in his mouth, his eyes full of amazement.
"Old Xie, your cooking skills are amazing! You're almost a cooking god!"
General Xie said proudly: "Of course, I have a talent."
Ning Yu continued to eat the spicy lamb in the bowl. The lamb tripe was thick, tough and chewy.
As you chew it, the deliciousness of the lamb tripe and the spicy taste of the sauce explode between your lips and teeth, stimulating you to drool.
The sheep lungs are smooth, soft and elastic with a fine texture.
Gently bite it with your teeth, and the mellow and sweet juice inside will gush out.
With every bite, you can feel the smoothness and tenderness of the lamb lungs, as well as the aroma of the braised meat and red oil soup.
At this time, Ning Yu had already forgotten about the case and all the clues.
Old Xie is right. If you want to investigate a case, you have to eat first.
Only when you have the strength can you continue to investigate.
Hesitating for even a second longer would be disrespectful to the food.
After a while, the full bowl of spicy lamb was empty.
Ning Yu felt the remaining freshness in his mouth and looked at the soup in the bowl.
I don't know what he was thinking, but he suddenly scooped up a small spoonful with a spoon, brought it to his mouth and tasted it.
Although there is red oil floating on the soup, it doesn’t taste so spicy that it makes people want to cry, but rather it is very fragrant.
If you taste it carefully, you can still taste the faint aroma of the braised sauce.
This soup is absolutely amazing.
Ning Yu thought about it, picked up another steamed bun and dipped it in the soup in the bowl.
The white steamed buns were immediately stained with the bright red sauce, which looked very tempting.
Ning Yu couldn't wait to put the steamed bun into his mouth. He took a bite and first tasted the fresh, spicy and hot taste, and then the softness and slight sweetness of the steamed bun.
The two combine perfectly to create a unique taste.
Just chew it and you’ll feel instantly satisfied.
Ning Yu finished the steamed bun in his hand in just a few bites: "Old Xie, this sauce is so fragrant. It's so delicious even when dipped in steamed buns."
He was just in a good mood just now and dipped the steamed bun in the sauce to eat it.
I didn’t expect that the fluffy and soft steamed buns and the fresh and spicy sauce are such a perfect match. After taking one bite, you will want to eat another one immediately.
General Xie raised his eyebrows proudly: "This sauce tastes even better when dipped into noodles. I'll have someone cook some vegetarian noodles for you to dip in."
"good!!"
Ning Yu was so happy that his heart was filled with joy. The sauce tasted so good even when dipped with steamed buns.
How delicious it would be if eaten with noodles!!
"Old Xie, when I return to Beijing, can you give me a bottle of this red oil sauce so I can dip it in steamed buns on the road?
For those who like spicy food, this red oil sauce is simply delicious.
He was not greedy, as long as he could take a bottle with him to dip in steamed buns on the road.
Or he would be satisfied if he mixed it with noodles.
Of course, if Lao Xie is willing to give more, he will not refuse.
After all, it was the good intention of an old friend, hehehe~~~
General Xie agreed immediately: "No problem, I will prepare it for you when you return to Beijing."
As long as Ning Yu can find out the mastermind behind this, the Northwest can have peace again.
Not to mention giving him one bottle of red oil sauce, I would even be willing to give him ten bottles.
Ning Yu was so happy when he got a positive answer.
Very good! ! !
Thanks to Lao Xie’s sauce, I no longer have to go through the hard times on the way back to Beijing.
God knows how he survived the journey from the capital to Yuzhang County.
If you need to leave Beijing for business in the future, you still have to prepare some storable food to eat on the road.
Only by eating well, drinking well and getting enough rest can we do our job for Your Majesty better.
If Your Majesty knew this, he would definitely agree with this point of view.
General Xie had no idea what Ning Yu was thinking. He devoured the various dishes on the table while inviting others to eat.
Doctor Xu and his companions were also very satisfied with the meal. Every dish on the table had the characteristics of Ru'an, which could not be found in the capital.
There was constant laughter and joy during the banquet and all the guests were having a great time.
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On the other side, Shen Huazheng and the other two were also drinking the soup with gusto.
The pickled pork with preserved vegetables soup is thick, white and mellow. In the milky soup, you can faintly see the white bamboo shoots, red and white ham slices, and spare ribs.
Fresh bamboo shoots are excellent at absorbing flavors, especially when paired with fatty meats, they can form a wonderful balance.
The pickled flavor of the ham and the umami flavor of the winter bamboo shoots blend together, and all the umami flavors are presented in the soup.
Shen Huazheng scooped up a spoonful of soup with a spoon, blew it gently, and put it into her mouth.
The soup, carrying a complex aroma, spreads between the lips and teeth. Before you can react, the fragrance of spring suddenly leaps onto the tip of your tongue, intoxicating your taste buds.
In addition to the aroma of ham and spring bamboo shoots, the soup is also mixed with the tempting meaty aroma.
Every sip of soup is full of infinite deliciousness and layers of flavor.
Princess Lejia couldn't help but close her eyes, feeling the wonderful taste in her mouth.
“This is spring.”
Zhou Ying also exclaimed: "It's delicious. It's true that we should eat spring food in spring. It makes people feel refreshed."
The soup is full of the essence of various ingredients, it is delicious, rich but not greasy.
Bamboo shoots are fresh, crisp, sweet and refreshing.
The ham is salty and fragrant, yet also sweet.
The spareribs were also stewed till soft and tasty, absorbing the aroma of the broth.
As I ate, I felt as if I was in a quiet bamboo forest, and the surroundings were filled with the smell of diabolo after the rain.
Chen Huazheng finished the pickled pork with preserved vegetables in her bowl, and then reached out her chopsticks for the stir-fried pork with spring bamboo shoots, mushrooms and mushrooms on the table.
The bamboo shoots are extremely crisp, tender, sweet and juicy.
When you take a bite, the delicious flavor of the spring bamboo shoots mixed with the aroma of the meat and the salty aroma of the sauce bursts in your mouth, and you can also feel a hint of sweetness.
As you chew it, the fragrance spreads between your lips and teeth, making you unable to stop.
The mushrooms have a rich, tender texture and are full of aroma.
Even the pork has the freshness of bamboo shoots and the aroma of mushrooms, it is delicious.
As you chew, it feels like spring is jumping on the tip of your tongue.
After the meal, the maids cleared the dishes from the table and brought up the prepared desserts.
This bowl contains sweet-scented osmanthus ham dumplings prepared by Shen Huazheng, and the soup base is made from oolong tea.
Tangyuan is easy to fill up, so they left some for themselves.
I only ate until I was 50% full for dinner just for this bowl of dumplings.
Princess Lejia looked at the porcelain bowl in front of her with joy in her eyes.
If it weren’t for Zheng Zheng, she wouldn’t have known that ham could be made into dumplings.
Moreover, the soup base is made from oolong tea, and I don’t know what it tastes like.
Although I had tried meat-filled glutinous rice balls when I was in Beijing, they were still different from those made with ham.
Zhou Ying also picked up the spoon and stirred the glutinous rice balls in the bowl.
From the appearance, there is not much difference between ham dumplings and ordinary dumplings.
They are all white and sticky glutinous rice balls filled with fillings.
Through the white and smooth glutinous rice skin, you can faintly see the red filling inside.
If I hadn’t known that there was ham inside, I would have thought that the filling of the dumplings was made of flower petals.
Chen Huazheng: "Come and try it to see how it tastes."
Princess Lejia and Zhou Ying both responded, then scooped up the glutinous rice balls from the bowl with a spoon and put them into their mouths to taste them carefully.
Ham glutinous rice balls are made with ham as the main filling and candied osmanthus as the auxiliary ingredient.
In addition, some fine powdered sesame seeds were added, which made it a little different from the glutinous rice balls I had eaten before.
The skin of the glutinous rice balls is soft, glutinous, smooth and not sticky at all.
When you gently bite open the glutinous rice skin on the outside, you can taste the ham inside, with a faint fragrance of osmanthus.
The perfect combination of the soft and moist texture and the chewy texture of the ham, this kind of soft outside and tough inside, sweet and salty interweaving taste is quite unique and leaves people with endless aftertaste.
After finishing a whole dumpling, Princess Lejia scooped up a spoonful of soup with a spoon and put it into her mouth to taste it.
The refreshing oolong tea soup flows smoothly into your mouth, and the elegant tea fragrance brushes across the tip of your tongue. As the aroma of the ham and osmanthus filling blooms again on your taste buds, an amazing sweet fragrance bursts out in your mouth.
The candied osmanthus added to the glutinous rice balls is not very sweet, but the slight sweetness brings out the flavor of the ham to its fullest.
Princess Lejia came back to her senses after being shocked by the delicious food: "This is too delicious!!"
I didn’t expect that the filling made with ham and candied osmanthus would taste so delicious.
Paired with the tea soup made from oolong tea, it is absolutely amazing!!
It seems that grandma gave me this ham at the right time, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to eat such delicious pickled pork with preserved vegetables and rice dumplings.
Chen Huazheng ate two glutinous rice balls in a row and drank a sip of the soup.
The glutinous rice dumpling skin is soft and sticky, and the ham is fragrant.
The oolong tea soup base is sweet, smooth and refreshing, with a slight astringency and a distinct aftertaste.
It feels like eating rice dumplings and drinking tea at the same time.
Because she was worried that she would not be able to digest what she ate at night, Shen Huazheng did not let anyone cook too much.
Each person can eat up to six servings, and then take a walk to help digest the food.
Zhou Ying was also chewing the glutinous rice balls in her mouth, looking very happy while eating.
Just like meat dumplings, ham dumplings also need to be chewed slowly in your mouth to taste the rich and delicious filling.
But compared to fresh meat dumplings, ham dumplings not only have a refreshing sweetness and strong sesame aroma, but also have a faint floral and tea fragrance.
The taste is quite rich, and every bite brings the ultimate enjoyment to the taste buds.
Zhou Ying swallowed the glutinous rice balls in her mouth. "The glutinous rice balls are salty, fresh and slightly sweet, and the tea soup is clear and elegant. They are really delicious. When we go back, we can add ham glutinous rice balls to the menu of Yipinlou and the food court."
Princess Lejia immediately agreed, "I think it's okay. People who like salty dumplings should like salty ham."
Chen Huazheng also nodded: "I think so too. We can try to push it after we go back. Let's see how the market reacts and then make a decision."
The three of them chatted about business for a while and then continued to eat the dumplings.
Princess Lejia scooped up another ham dumpling with a spoon, put it into her mouth, and began to chew it carefully.
While eating, she suddenly sighed.
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