Qingzhou.
Jinhui sprinkled on the earth and shone on the huge wooden stage.
Zhang high vermilion cloth hung behind the stage, looking particularly happy. In front of the red cloth, there is a long nanmu table with gold wire edging, which is particularly noble.
A two armed straw locust placed on the luxurious long table seems to be out of tune with the atmosphere, even with a touch of strangeness.
The people of Qingzhou who had received the notice from Zhao Limin, an upright official, crowded under the stage, looked at everything on the stage, pointed and talked one after another.
"What is this? Why do you weave locusts so huge?"
"This is probably to hold a sacrifice, burn locusts and pray for peace."
"Yes, now locusts are everywhere. Burn these pests that eat crops and exchange a clean land for Qingzhou."
"Don''t talk nonsense. I heard that the locust was punishing the change of the court in those years..."
The other side.
In the house, Tang Hao gathered in front of Li Zhi with a plate of fried grasshoppers.
"Come on, eat one quickly, taste it first, and perform in front of the people later."
Li Zhi widened his eyes, stared at Tang Hao, looked at the uneven slender legs and feet all over the plate, and looked at Tang Hao in disbelief.
"Do I have to eat in front of the people of Qingzhou?"
"Sister and son-in-law, are you teasing me like this?"
Li Zhi has tasted all kinds of delicacies in the Imperial Palace, but it is this fried locust that has never tasted.
Don''t say it''s a taste. Even if it''s a catch, Li Zhi dare not.
Tang Hao glared at Li Zhi and said.
"You are the emperor''s son and grandson, representing the whole Tang royal family. Who will taste it if you don''t taste it?"
"The dignified eight foot man is afraid of this inch long pest? Will you lose the face of the royal family?"
Li Zhi''s young face suddenly wrinkled into the shape of an ancient old man. Without closing his eyes, he turned his head sideways and looked at a plate full of yellow locusts. He couldn''t do it for a long time.
"I... I don''t want to..."
Look at that posture, Tang Hao also knows that he won''t taste it if he is forced or afraid of the boy.
When he removed the silver plate, Tang Hao looked impatient, picked up one and stuffed it in his mouth. It was crunching.
"Come on! If you don''t eat it later, don''t talk about noodles in the future, even the Marquis house. You don''t want to enter."
Speaking of noodles, Li Zhi suddenly had the picture of the first taste at the Marquis house that day.
The pungent taste that stimulates the taste buds, together with the salted meat pieces and the noodles with soft elastic tendons, is tender and smooth in the mouth, sour and spicy and delicious. Coupled with the rich soup, people can''t stop.
Thinking of this, Li Zhi already had saliva in his mouth and couldn''t wait to eat another bowl.
"A locust, a bowl of noodles!"
When he said these words, Li Zhi had endured the tumult in his stomach.
Stepping out of the house, he said in a loud voice.
"Deal."
In a sound of surprise, Tang Hao dragged a covered silver plate onto the stage slowly.
After putting the silver plate on the table, Tang Hao smiled, glanced at the curious people staring at the silver plate and said.
"Qingzhou people, locusts are everywhere now! Many people are miserable."
"However, we do not know that this locust is not a natural disaster, but an auspicious thing that God has mercy on and sent down."
As soon as he said this, everyone under the stage was stunned, looked at each other and talked one after another.
"It''s just bewitching. How can this pest eat it!"
"Yes! How can this Chaoyang official confuse black and white and call pests auspicious!"
"I''m afraid it''s another trick to fool the people!"
In his ears, the voice of doubt was noisy, like the roar of cars and horses, but Tang Hao turned a deaf ear.
After all, such things, in the eyes of ancient people, are contrary to common sense and beyond cognition.
Waving his hands, Tang Hao continued.
"In fact, locusts have long been recorded in medical classics. When locusts are used as medicine, they can reduce inflation, detoxify and nourish the body. They are a kind of food therapy."
In his words, Tang Hao slowly opened the lid on the silver plate, and a large plate of fried locusts appeared in front of the people. Pointing to a large plate of locusts, Tang Hao continued.
"Tang was not talented. Today he found a new way to eat locusts, which he shared with the people of Qingzhou."
Wow.
Tang Hao''s move was no less than stabbing a hornet''s nest. Everyone was in an uproar and the whole venue was noisy.
When the white faced scholar standing behind the crowd saw this scene, he felt numb and howled at his throat.
"Shameless government! There are such tricks to fool the people!"
The great Confucian aristocratic families who colluded in advance gave each other a wink and competed to howl.
"Locusts are pests that eat crops! Filthy things! They must be poisonous!"
"As an imperial court official, you are trying to poison the people. What is your heart?"
"Hateful, hateful! You should use such cheap and harmful moves! Try one first!"
Hissing and Howling roared at the back of the venue, and many people looked back one after another.
Dressed in elegant Confucian robes and holding a folding fan, he is the Bachelor of a great Confucian family!
The great Confucian family is the representative of knowledge and the symbol of talents in Qingzhou.
Since these people say that the locust is a poison, why don''t the people of Qingzhou believe it?
Many people in the back row also booed, waved their fists and roared angrily.
"Not for the people! It''s an evil intention to poison the people!"
"Yes! You can''t catch his way! Don''t be fooled by lies."
"How can such a fairy tale come from a court official!"
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