The two of them were very excited and carefully considered the specific steps until they could not find any obvious flaws. Only then did they end the topic with satisfaction.
"Can I see the Drunken Eight Immortals now?" Gao Yanei remembered the purpose of coming here.
"Why rush? I'll ask you to come with me next time I go to the Lotus Pavilion. You can sit in the audience and watch."
"But I can't wait."
"Even if you can't wait, you have to wait, because my Drunken Eight Immortals consumes the most internal energy. It takes seven or eight days to recover after using it once." Zhang Shixun began to talk nonsense.
Gao Yanei was very dissatisfied: "Brother..."
"I'm not lying to you. Let's do it another time." Zhang Shixun said, pulling him. "You're in for a treat, kid. I made some steamed noodles with braised vegetables today. They're so delicious. Do you want some?"
"Of course I have to eat." Gao Yanei's eyes lit up when he heard there was something delicious. "No wonder I smelled a delicious aroma as soon as I walked in. It turns out my brother has made something delicious again."
Zhang Shixun pulled him into the kitchen and lifted the lid of the pot. "Take a sniff. I dare say that in the Song Dynasty, I'm the only one who can cook this kind of food."
Gao Yanei looked at the steaming pot, swallowed his saliva, and said anxiously, "Hurry up and give me a bowl to try. I feel like I'm about to grab a hook from my throat."
"Look how greedy you are, it's like you haven't eaten for a hundred years." Zhang Shixun served him a bowl.
Gao Yanei snatched the bowl, picked up the chopsticks and took a big bite.
Zhang Shixun saw his greedy look and said with a smile, "Eat slowly, no one will snatch it from you."
Gao Yanei devoured the food voraciously, finishing a large bowl of braised noodles in just a few bites. He held out his hand and said, "I want more."
Zhang Shixun looked at the fellow in surprise and said, "Yanei, you eat too fast."
"Who made your braised noodles so fragrant? Come on!"
He finished the second bowl very quickly. Zhang Shixun kept urging him, "Yanei, eat slowly. Don't choke."
“Smells good! It smells really good!”
"The way you eat it is a bit of a waste." Zhang Shixun served himself a bowl and peeled a few cloves of garlic.
Gao Yanei saw it and said, "Give me one petal too."
Zhang Shixun glanced at him and said, "This is my personal habit. You don't need to learn it."
"It should make sense for you to eat it this way. Let me try it." Gao Yanei took a clove of garlic from his hand and imitated him, trying to eat it.
"Young Master, when we came out of Wuyou Cave that day, General Gao told me to go to the Palace Front Office after his injuries healed."
"oh!"
"Tell me, what did General Gao ask me to do?"
"oh!"
"Are you going to assign me an official position?"
"oh!"
Zhang Shixun snatched his chopsticks and said angrily, "I'm asking you a question, why don't you answer?"
"I told you to go to the Palace Front Office. You'll know when you get there." Gao Yanei took back the chopsticks and continued eating.
"Okay, if there's something delicious next time, I'll feed it to the pigs instead of giving it to you."
"Don't worry! It's not that I don't want to answer, but I don't have time to answer. Who asked you to cook so deliciously?"
"Hmph!" Zhang Shixun poured himself another bowl and carried it out of the kitchen.
Gao Yanei followed behind him, holding a bowl, and said, "Brother! You don't even need to go to the Palace Front Office."
"What do you mean?" Zhang Shixun stopped and asked.
"Just go to my house with the gifts."
"Carrying a gift?" Zhang Shixun turned his head to look at him, "Yanei, what are you thinking about me for now?"
"Your treasure was stolen by the thieves from Wuyou Cave. Is there anything else worth caring about?"
When Zhang Shixun heard this, he suddenly burst into laughter.
Gao Yanei was confused by his laughter, "Brother, what are you laughing at?"
"Yanei, we were all deceived by that bastard Wang Dong."
"Cheated by Wang Dong?"
"The thieves in Wuyou Cave stole fake goods. The real treasure was hidden by Wang Dong."
"Really?" Gao Yanei thought he had heard wrongly.
"Believe it or not."
"I believe it, of course I do." Gao Yanei grinned and laughed, "Hahaha, your cousin is not really stupid, he even knew how to make a fake to deceive people, haha!"
Gao Yanei's mind was spinning around, and his thoughts began to stir.
My father is almost seventy years old, and his greatest wish in life is to become a senior official.
Ever since he presented the two treasures to the emperor, he had been looking forward to the official appointment every day. However, as the days passed, the appointment never came.
Originally, my father was planning to get another treasure from Zhang Shixun, but the treasure was snatched away by the thieves from Wuyou Cave.
Dad has been recuperating at home these days, and has been talking about the treasures that were stolen, regretting not taking action earlier.
When Gao Yanei heard that the treasure had not been stolen, he was overjoyed.
He secretly made up his mind to get another treasure for his father.
Zhang Shixun saw what this guy was up to at a glance, and said, "Yanei, you have such sneaky eyes, it seems like you are up to something bad."
Gao Yanei hurriedly said, "Oh! My brother, I treat you like my own brother, how could I have any bad intentions towards you?"
"No?"
"No!"
"Okay, I'll trust you this time." Zhang Shixun was amused and suddenly asked him, "Appointing me to this position is a matter of public affairs. Why do you want me to go home?"
Gao Yanei burped and explained, "If you go to the Palace Front Office, of course, official matters will be handled impartially."
"What if we go home?"
"Going home is different. You don't have to do all that official stuff for others to see, and you don't have to say all that irrelevant nonsense."
"You're clearly hinting at me to come and bribe your father."
"No hint at all. My father is an upright official and never accepts bribes, but he still doesn't refuse normal gifts." Gao Yanei burped, put down his bowl, rubbed his stomach and said, "I'm too full."
Is Gao Qiu an honest official?
Damn it! How shameless do you have to be to say that?
Although he was secretly complaining, Zhang Shixun still picked out a gift, ordered Anying to stay at home, and followed Gao Yanei straight to his house.
In the back house of Gao's mansion, Gao Qiu met Zhang Shixun on the bed in the bedroom.
This is treating Zhang Shixun as his own son or nephew.
Zhang Shixun saluted solemnly, "I am Zhang Shixun, and I pay my respects to Uncle Gao."
Gao Qiu lay on his side on the bed, a warm expression on his face. "Haha! My dear nephew, you and Dalang have known each other for such a long time. Is this your first official visit today?"
"I should have come to see my uncle a long time ago, but considering that my uncle is recovering from his injuries, I am afraid that it will cause you inconvenience."
It was obviously a lie, but he said it in a high-sounding way.
"Well, it's good that you're here! Please sit wherever you want, nephew. Just treat it as your own home and don't feel restrained."
Zhang Shixun didn't sit down. He presented a beautiful box with both hands and said, "It's a little gift from me, please accept it, uncle."
"Oh! What is this? It looks quite exquisite." Gao Qiu took it.
"Uncle, just open it and you'll know." Zhang Shixun looked mysterious.
Gao Qiu opened it carefully, and a majestic blue glazed Buddha appeared before his eyes.
"Ouch!" Gao Qiu couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice, "This... this is...?"
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