Chapter 273 Human Pig, Fourth Brother, Please Save Me
The crisp aroma of wine was mixed with the rich aroma of meat, which instantly aroused Lin Miaoyin's appetite.
As soon as she turned around, a large face wearing a jade crown suddenly came into her sight.
"Fourth sister-in-law, you are here too!" Beigong Yi was holding half a steaming beggar's chicken in his hand and a half-eaten chicken leg in his mouth. When he saw Lin Miaoyin, he looked a little excited.
He generously handed over the beggar's chicken in his hand, "Fourth sister-in-law, eat meat!"
Lin Miaoyin waved politely.
No.
She didn't dare eat Beigong Yi's food anymore.
Two days ago during the sacrifice ceremony at the Temple of Heaven, she was fined two thousand taels of silver just for eating one of his lamb legs.
I don’t know how much silver this chicken will cost today.
Even if her dowry was generous, it couldn't sustain her from being so corrupt!
"Fourth sister-in-law, you are being too polite." Beigong Yi gave Yuzhu a look, signaling her to take the beggar's chicken. "Fourth sister-in-law, what happened last time was an accident, an accident. Don't worry about eating this chicken today. There will be no problem."
Beigong Yi felt somewhat guilty about the lamb leg incident last time.
But at the same time, this leg of lamb enabled him to establish a revolutionary friendship with Lin Miaoyin.
If he respected Lin Miaoyin in the past, it was because she was his brother's sister-in-law, and she had superb medical skills and saved people from smallpox.
He respected her now simply because they had eaten lamb shanks and gone through hardships together.
The two thousand taels of silver made him completely regard Lin Miaoyin as his own.
Since they are our own people, we naturally cannot be stingy with them.
"This beggar chicken was specially raised with vegetable larvae. It was released at six months old. The meat is delicious, not too dry or greasy, just the right amount. And the mud wrapped around it is not ordinary mud. It is the yellow silt at the bottom of the Yellow River. It has few impurities and good viscosity, which makes the beggar chicken crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. By the way, I also wrapped it with lotus leaves. It is not easy to find this stuff in this season, and I spent a lot of effort on it. Even the firewood for burning is very particular..."
Listening to Beigong Yi's chattering, Lin Miaoyin subconsciously followed his gaze.
In the open space of the plum garden not far away, an earthen stove was dug. In the stove was a pile of burnt ashes, and some half-burned firewood was scattered around it.
Lin Miaoyin understood.
Beigong Yi roasted the beggar's chicken using dead branches and leaves from the plum garden.
She was secretly shocked.
This kid is really bold. He was fined one month's salary by Emperor Ming two days ago for stealing lamb legs. Not only did he not repent, he became even worse. He even dared to light a fire and roast a chicken in Emperor Ming's imperial garden!
I really don't know what to say about him.
The beggar chicken in front of me is made of lotus leaves and mud. It requires so much attention, so much effort, and so much danger, just to have a bite of it. I'm afraid there is no other one in the whole court.
"Fourth sister-in-law, please try it. If it were someone else, I wouldn't be willing to give it to them." Beigong Yi's face was full of enthusiasm.
"Miss?" Yuzhu subconsciously looked around.
Her young lady was very hungry now. She would have some snacks after taking a nap these past two days, but she didn't prepare any in the palace today.
She must have been hungry for a long time. Besides, this beggar's chicken was praised by His Royal Highness Prince An as the best in the world and it tasted so tempting... She, who was not hungry, was almost starved.
At this time, Beigong Yi looked at the Huadiao wine that was being warmed with plum charcoal. "This wine is even more exquisite. The water in this pottery jar is the snow water that has just melted from the fallen snow. The flowers floating in it are the wintersweets that I just plucked from the branches. Sister-in-law, smell it and see if it has the refreshing plum fragrance."
Lin Miaoyin: "..."
Pulled from the branches... No wonder those two branches were bald.
He made full use of everything, including plum blossoms, plum charcoal, and even the dead branches that fell from the trees.
"This is good wine, so many people beg for it, please have a taste." Beigong Yi said as he glanced at Lin Miaoyin's bulging belly. He suddenly remembered something and slapped his forehead, "Look at my brain, I forgot that you are pregnant with my nephew and can't drink. Eat meat, eat meat, this tender and juicy beggar's chicken is the best for you."
Beigong Yi gestured to Yuzhu to give the beggar's chicken to Lin Miaoyin, "Sister-in-law, eat it while it's hot. This chicken tastes like summer."
"Miss, I will serve you." Yuzhu tore the beggar's chicken and put it to Lin Miaoyin's mouth.
Lin Miaoyin sniffed lightly.
Sure enough, there was a faint fragrance of lotus leaves.
"I have raised quite a few chickens. If Fourth Sister-in-law likes them, I'll have someone send a few to Prince Ning's Mansion." Beigong Yi has always been passionate about delicious food and is relatively protective of his food, so it's rare for him to be generous.
"What are you doing?"
Just as Lin Miaoyin and Beigong Yi were eating meat and drinking, a discordant voice came from behind them.
The two turned around and saw Beigong You and Feng Ming walking towards them.
"Fourth brother, you came at the right time. I left a chicken for you..." Beigong Yi said as he looked into the stove. There was an unopened beggar's chicken buried under the ashes.
Unexpectedly, when he saw this, he was shocked.
A ghost face with mottled scars that suddenly rose from the ashes almost frightened him to death.
"Ah! Ghost!—" he shouted with a pale face.
The man whom he thought was an evil ghost was also frightened by him. The beggar's chicken held in his short front legs rolled down and rolled all the way to Beigong Yi. The yellow mud wrapped around it scattered all over the ground, revealing the dried lotus leaves inside, which emitted bursts of tempting meaty aroma.
"Damn it! My beggar's chicken!"
Beigong Yi looked at the beggar chicken at his feet with heartache, then followed the scattered yellow mud and looked towards the round figure.
In fact, the figure was not round at all, but rather very shriveled.
The reason why he looked round was that most of his limbs had been cut off, leaving only the ends connected to the torso, making the whole body appear short and round.
His dry, grass-like hair stuck to his face in clumps, covering most of his face and also hiding the horrible old scars.
From the inappropriate autumn attire for a palace maid, one could vaguely tell that the person in front of him should be a woman.
"Meat, meat..." After being frightened, she stared at the beggar's chicken at Beigong Yi's feet.
With his mouth wide open, half of his tongue showing, he shouted incoherently.
Beigong Yi had never seen such a scene before, and screamed again, "Ah! Ghost, there is a ghost——"
He hurriedly dodged behind Beigong You and grabbed him with his hands and feet, "Fourth brother, save me, there is a female ghost!"
Feng Ming was so frightened by his actions that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. He hurriedly pulled him away and rescued Beigong You, "Your Highness Prince An, my prince's body can't stand your torture."
Beigong Yike didn't care about that and continued to yell, "Fourth brother, save me!"
Beigong You had no time to pay attention to Beigong Yi, who was pale with fear. He walked straight to Lin Miaoyin and protected her behind him, fearing that she would be frightened by the ghost thing in front of her.
However, Lin Miaoyin was not scared.
Because she had seen this human pig in Yilan Palace long before.
With mental preparation, no matter how scary the situation is, it won't be that scary anymore.
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