Murong Si met the angry eyes of the Grand Marshal of the Army without fear, and a strange smile appeared on his face. He whispered: "What should we do if the wild dog barks?"

When Murong Lue heard this, he became even more angry: Could this child be crazy? He dared to scold me!

He was about to have an attack, but he heard the eunuch behind Murong Si say, "Chun it." Then he stretched out his hand and pointed at him.

Murong Lue, who was ten feet away, felt as if his chest was stabbed by a spear. In the severe pain, he blew blood and fell to the ground and died.

In an instant, everyone suddenly faced such a change, as if they were dreaming, and stood there on the spot.

Murong Si applauded and laughed: "It is rare that Yafu's family and his subordinates who are loyal to him gather here. It's great! Very good! Since you are all so sad, let's just go down and accompany him together!"

"Brother!"

"Father!"

"The Dog Emperor wants to kill us!"

"Catch him up and avenge your elder brother! Kill him! If you don't kill him, we will never have peace!"

...

In the midst of horror, everyone suddenly realized: This puppet emperor who had been a member of more than 20 years finally showed his fangs!

So the whole inner house became excited: some people rushed to Murong Lue's body and hugged him and cried; some people rushed to Murong Si angrily, trying to catch him; some wanted to sneak outside and call guards; some organized others to collect weapons and prepare to fight... However, their efforts were destined to be futile.

Although Murong Wei began to pay attention to martial arts people, due to the tradition of the Xianbei people, the political status of martial arts people was not very high in Yan State. For such an important state funeral, the martial arts people under the Murong Wei family were not allowed to enter the inner city. The two eunuchs around Murong Si were extremely skilled, one palm and one kick and one pair. No one was the enemy of one unit. In the blink of an eye, blood flowed into a river in the house, leaving only the old, young, women and children hiding in the corner and trembling. Murong Si did not let him go and ordered the eunuchs to kill them together.

The eunuch who first killed Murong Lue rushed into the mourning hall. Facing Murong Wei's coffin, his handsome and handsome face suddenly turned into a middle-aged man with a dignified look and gloomy eyes. He roared angrily: "Old thief Murong, I, Dongfang Xiong, are here to avenge my father!"

After saying that, he slapped the coffin with a heavy palm, silently, but the solid and dense red sandalwood coffin suddenly dispersed. After it landed, it all turned into powder. Murong Wei's body was even more rippled and terrible.

Not only did Murong Si not blame him, he also said with resentment: "This old guy can die peacefully on the bed, which is really a bargain!"

Since today is the day of Murong Wei's funeral, the mansion is full of important officials and relatives of Yan State, so the guards and the army are far away from the periphery. The Murong Lue brothers think that the important areas of the capital are controlled by them, and nothing unexpected happens. However, they never expected that the emperor, who was never taken seriously, only brought two eunuchs (the two eunuchs were arranged by Murong Lue by the emperor, but they didn't expect that they would be dropped). They entered the inner house with a swagger and killed all their family.

After the screams of the inner house alarmed the outer court, Hanludo and others rudely dispersed the crowded crowd and rushed to the inner house. They saw corpses all over the ground. The emperor Murong Si, wearing red dragon robe, stood proudly on the ground with a bloody river, shouted like a bell: "Murrong Lue and his fellow soldiers conspired to rebel, have been killed by me! I am the bloodline of the Xianbei hero Murong Chao, the direct descendants of Murong Sheng, the real master of the land under my feet, the emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom! And you are the most brave warriors among my Xianbei doctors, and they all vowed to defend the royal court with blood. I now ask you on behalf of God, are you my loyal hawks? Or are you the lackeys of these rebels?!"

"Your Majesty killed no reason--" Before he could finish his speech, Dongfang Xiong stretched out his hand and pointed a finger hole on the deputy commander's face, his brain collapsed, and he fell to the ground and died.

"I... I swear to follow Your Majesty to the death!" One soldier knelt down, and the other soldiers also knelt down one after another. The Murong Wei clan was destroyed, and the emperor had just shown his majesty. Where to go is an easy choice for ordinary imperial guards.

Murong Si looked at the soldiers kneeling in front of him, and for the first time he realized the majesty of being a king, and he laughed wildly...

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"Master, what dish are you cooking today? It's so delicious!" Fan Ya, who was sitting at the dining table, smelled the special fragrance coming from his nose, and felt his appetite surge and saliva was almost flowing out.

Several other apprentices were also curiously staring at the large iron pot placed in the middle of the dining table. Even if they were as steady as Xu Xi, the greed on their faces could not be concealed.

"Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!..." Xue Chang was satisfied with the expressions of the apprentices. He hummed the beat and opened the lid with exaggerated movements.

Accompanied by a layer of lingering water mist, what appeared before everyone was a pot of hot red oil.

"This is my new delicacy - spicy hot pot. How do you taste it?" Xue Chang said proudly, and used chopsticks to pick up two mutton slices for Zhang: "Auntie, try it first."

Of course, what Xue Chang bought was fresh mutton, but with his skill in knife, he could naturally cut it as thin as paper.

Zhang was happy with Xue Chang's filial piety. She picked up the scalded mutton and stuffed it into her mouth. Suddenly, a stimulating and spicy smell mixed with the strong fragrance of butter. The smoothness of the mutton was mixed with the instant filling the entire mouth. She coughed repeatedly, but she couldn't bear to spit it out. When the breath was slower, she swallowed it in one mouth and stomach. She suddenly felt a hot spot, and tears came out.

"Auntie, don't hurry, eat slowly." Xue Chang handed her a glass of cold water.

Zhang took a sip and felt a little comfortable. She lowered her head and wiped away her nose and tears with a cloth towel. Then she looked up at the surroundings. They were all the same as hers just now, with tears flowing on her face, especially Xue Yuting's little face was bright red, and she stuck out her tongue regardless of her image and shouted: "So spicy! So spicy!"

Who told her not to like meat? When the pot is started, everyone will pick up meat first. Only she will pick up cabbage leaves first. In hot pot, vegetables are the most spicy and oily, so she has such a miserable experience.

"It's delicious! It's more satisfying than boiled spicy fish!" Fan Yamad praised while picking up food.

"It's even spicy than Mapo tofu! It's delicious!" Hu Qiudi, who is also a girl, seemed very excited.

Although Xu Xi didn't speak, he kept picking up the chopsticks in his hand.

After a while, Zhang, Xue Yuting, Xue Fu, and Xue Wu gradually adapted to the spicy flavor and began to pick up dishes frequently.

So, most of the large pot of food cooked by Xue Chang quickly disappeared.

"Xi Fu, my mouth is completely numb!" Fan Yu suddenly exclaimed.

"My master!" Hu Qiudi said with his tongue.

Xu Xi, Xue Wu, and Xue Yuting didn't say anything, but they were either venting their anger or patting their lips.

Xue Chang held back his laughter and said seriously: "It's okay, it's like this when you eat spicy hot pot. It will be fine when you finish it."

With Xue Chang's endorsement, the apprentices felt relieved. The little discomfort in their bodies could not resist the temptation of this delicacy on them, and everyone started to compete for food again.

When the pot of dishes was finished, everyone was sweating profusely, tears flowed, and kept drinking cold water.

"Brother Xue, how about this spicy hot pot?" Xue Chang looked at Xue Fu.

Xue Fu understood what Xue Chang meant to ask this, but he couldn't help but exclaim: "Young Master, I really didn't expect that dogwood would be so spicy!"

Xue Chang smiled slightly and disagreed: The spicyness of this hot pot is far less than that of the real Sichuan hot pot. It is only because people's appetite in this era has not been fully developed by chili peppers, so they feel it. However, the dogwood fruit was exposed to sunlight and mixed with butter, pepper and various spices and frying repeatedly. After many experiments, its spicyness has indeed increased a lot.

"Although it's numb and spicy, it makes people want to eat it after eating it. And after eating it, they sweat all over, but they feel warm all over, and it feels so comfortable..." Xue Fu seriously told his feelings.

Xue Chang nodded while listening: Science in previous lives has long proved that spicy taste can increase appetite, promote blood circulation, and make emotions excited... Therefore, as long as people can adapt to spicy food, they will like to eat spicy food. For people living in Bashu, the climate here is humid all year round, and it is still very wet and cold in winter. Spicy can relieve moisture and drive away coldness. Therefore, they like to eat spicy hot pot. Spicy food is a natural choice made by the people of Bashu because of the environment and climate.

"I noticed that Master, you put some pig blood, pig tubes (referring to yellow throat), beef tripe, pig brain, duck intestines... The rich used to disdain to eat these livestock, and the civilians did not dare to eat them because the fishy smell was too heavy, but when placed in this... when cooked in the hot pot, it tasted very special..." Xue Fu finally concluded for it: "I think the residents of the city will like to eat this hot pot. Of course, Master, you'd better ask Liu Ma and Xiao Yue's opinions."

Liu Ma and Xiaoyue are newly hired servants from the Xue Mansion. They live in civilian areas in the city and best reflect the opinions of the vast majority of civilians in Chengdu, so Xue Chang specially scooped a small pot for them.

At this moment, he went to the side room to find them.

The two of them answered in unison: As long as the price is cheap, everyone will definitely come and eat it.

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After dinner, Xue Chang did not immediately take his apprentices to the martial arts training ground, but instead assigned tasks to everyone who had not yet dispersed in the hall.

He took out a structural sketch of the small stove, large copper basin, and iron grid drawn with ink, and handed it to Xue Fu: "Bo Xue, please go to the familiar blacksmith tomorrow and ask him to build these things. As soon as possible, even if you add more money."

Xue Fu took the sketch, looked at it roughly, and said, "Young Master, please rest assured. There is a blacksmith shop on the west side of this street. The blacksmith Wang has very good skills. Many stintsmen are his regular customers. I am familiar with him. I will go to him tomorrow morning and ask him to do it in a step further."

"Okay, the first thing to do is resolved." Xue Chang looked at his third apprentice: "Qiudi, you have been a shopkeeper before. I am going to open a food stall under the wall of our street. You can go and inspect the venue outside and make a plan. How should this food stall be arranged? What items are needed?... Draw a picture, make a list, and then discuss with your Grandpa Fu to add them all."

"Okay!" Hu Qiudi was very excited when he heard this and volunteered: "Master, after this food is opened, I want to be the shopkeeper, okay?"

"Of course you have to be the manager." Xue Chang agreed without hesitation.

"Does the food stall sell this spicy hot pot?"

"Not exactly, the food is indeed made from spicy hot pot ingredients, but we sell spicy hot pot." Xue Chang knew very well: if you want to promote spicy hot pot, it is still troublesome at this stage. Just the special dining table, copper basins, small stoves, charcoal added at any time, a large amount of hot pot base, etc. are very troublesome. It is better to start with spicy hot pot first. This is relatively simple.

“What is Malatang?”

"In a while, you go to the kitchen with me to learn how to make spicy hot pot. It's very simple, and you will learn it soon."

"Master, I need manpower to be the shopkeeper."

"They are all your friends." Xue Chang stretched out his fingers and pointed at the four of Xu Xi, Fan Yu, Xue Wu and Xue Yuting.

Hu Qiudi was overjoyed when she heard this, and squeaked at Xu Xi and Fan Yu: "Have you heard it, brothers, do you? If you perform poorly, I will still criticize it as severely as before!"

Xu Xi looked calm, and Fan Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't worry, junior sister, I am the best at being a buddy, how could I make mistakes?"

"Brother... I have never been a guy... I'm afraid I can't do it well." Xue Yuting said in a low voice.

"Junior sister, don't worry, I will take good care of you." Hu Qiudi said while patting her chest.

Zhang, who was listening, couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Chang'er, your sister, a girl, shows up as a friend in public, this...is not good."

"Auntie, our family is not a scholarly family, but an escort agency that is playing with swords and guns. Whether men or women are roaming in the world, what are you afraid to show up?" Xue Chang said with confidence, and then asked, "What do you think, little sister?"

"Brother, I am willing to be a clerk, I can be a good person!" Xue Yuting answered without hesitation, and even raised her voice. She has been a teacher and learned martial arts these days. She is very happy to be with her friends and has also seen a broader world. Of course, she is unwilling to return to her previous life.

Zhang sighed in his heart, but did not persuade him again. Xue Chang usually looked very kind, but he is the owner of the Xue Mansion after all, and he is in this family.

Xue Wu had no objection. For him, he worked both inside and outside the mansion, and there was no difference, and what he was best at was working.

"Little sister, don't worry, with your senior brothers and sisters taking care of you, you will be able to do the 'bud' job soon." Xue Chang comforted her and continued to make arrangements: "After the food stall is opened, if there are too many customers, Xiaoxi and Xiaomastiff will be responsible for cutting vegetables-"
Chapter completed!