Chapter 140 Lotus Root Starch

The driver whipped down his whip, bringing up a cloud of dust and smoke. Although Wen Mingtang covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve in time, he still coughed due to the dust.

"My heart is so bad!" Liang Hongjin, who came out at some point and watched for a while, waved the dust and smoke with her hand and said, "If I can't help you, I'll run away. Just run away." , and the choking person coughed for a while!"

When the dust and smoke cleared, Wen Mingtang handed the lotus root powder in his hand to Liang Hongjin and said: "The lotus root powder is ready, and some dried fruits and raisins from the Western Regions Hu people have been added to it."

Liang Hongjin was immediately happy when she heard this, took it, opened the can, took a look, and said happily: "I like them all! Xiao Mingtang still understands me!"

Wen Mingtang shook his head and glanced at Liang Hongjin who came out from the side. He saw that she was wearing a clean and neatly washed robe, her hair was combed meticulously, and she even had some rare rouge on her lips and face. She was so "dressed up" Wen Mingtang couldn't help but wonder: "But what happened?"

She still knew Liang Hongjin. This was because when she was training with the guards every day, it was rare to come out without being covered in sweat and dust. What's even more rare is the rouge on her face. Unless absolutely necessary, Liang Hongjin doesn't like putting what she calls "lard-like stuff" on her face.

Today's Liang Hongjin is obviously different from the usual one.

When Wen Mingtang asked, Liang Hongjin rolled her eyelids, spread her hands and said helplessly: "The mission from Goguryeo is here."

When Wen Mingtang heard this, he was a little surprised: "It came quite quickly. Didn't it mean that it would be half a month before it came?"

Liang Hongjin said: "I don't know what happened, but I came here early. Maybe the road went smoothly or something."

After all, it’s quite a long way from Goguryeo to Chang’an. Whether they come early or late is not their concern.

The reason why Liang Hongjin paid special attention to the Goguryeo mission was because of another matter.

"Those Imperial Guards and the people in the barracks are arrogant, and naturally they will not go to perform sword dances in front of His Majesty and the Goguryeo envoys. At this time, only we, the Ganzhiwei, will go and break the big rocks on their chests! "

As soon as these words came out, Wen Mingtang couldn't help but laugh: "It's like those people are performing tricks in front of the palace!"

Of course, it's not really a chest-breaking performance or something like that, but there's something about lining up and performing sword dances and sparring that I can't refuse.

No wonder, even Liang Hongjin, who usually does not wear makeup, has applied lipstick.

Wen Mingtang saw her hair tied up high and wearing a red tassel armor, and he sincerely praised: "General Liang is very heroic and beautiful dressed like this!"

"I like to hear heroic spirit, but beauty is not necessary." Liang Hongjin waved her hand, holding the lotus root starch in the basket, stretched out her hand to pinch Wen Mingtang's face, and said, "Little Mingtang is just so pretty!"

Wen Mingtang pursed his lips, smiled, and asked Liang Hongjin about Zhao Sishan.

"She's very good! The imperial kitchen has three acres of land. She has been tamed long ago. I'm afraid the real trouble will have to wait until after she leaves the palace!" Liang Hongjin said, and couldn't help but click her tongue. "Her brother and sister-in-law are the troublesome ones."

Wen Mingtang nodded, but didn't say much.

If Zhao Sishan didn't speak up about Zhao Sishan's family affairs, they wouldn't be able to interfere at will.

After talking about Zhao Sishan, Liang Hongjin did not forget to mention Qiu Ning: "I'm keeping an eye on you! It's still the same as before. If anything happens, I will tell you."

Wen Mingtang nodded and thanked him again.

After a few more pleasantries, Liang Hongjin looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he waved to her and said, "Xiao Mingtang, come here!"

Wen Mingtang was very puzzled by Liang Hongjin's behavior, but he still followed the instructions and put his ear close to her.

Then, Liang Hongjin whispered: "Do you know what treasures Goguryeo brought this time?"

How could she know what treasures those tributes were? Wen Mingtang shook his head and said with a smile: "It's always a rare and rare object, but it has nothing to do with us."

However, although it is unrelated, it is still good to listen to something that is too rare.

Wen Mingtang looked at Liang Hongjin, who looked arrogant, and asked cooperatively: "What baby?"

After receiving a response, Liang Hongjin looked around and whispered: "The elixir of immortality!"

As soon as these words came out, Wen Mingtang, who was originally asking curiously, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, paused, and said: "I thought it was some rare jade coral, beautiful jade, etc., but it turned out to be a gimmick!"

She doesn't believe in any elixir of immortality.

Liang Hongjin was not the kind of person he believed in. The reason why he was so excited was because of another thing.

"It's a pity that the late Emperor left early. If the late Emperor were here, I might have fainted on the spot from excitement!"

The new emperor is young and promising and does not believe in ghosts and gods, but the previous emperor believed in this belief. Buddhist temples and Taoist temples were built together. They were thinking about becoming immortals and becoming immortals, and were anxious to go to heaven to see the places of immortals.

As a result, after taking too much of those elixirs, the imperial doctor couldn't even pull them back, and he really "reached heaven" in advance!

This treasure of Goguryeo is in line with the emperor's heart, but it's a pity that the "emperor" who obeyed has passed away in advance, and the one in the seat now is not good at this.

"It might be better if you give me a jade coral from the sea, a beautiful jade, or something like that. Now it's just a gimmick, so His Majesty's response is mediocre." Liang Hongjin said, helplessly spreading her hands, "Your Majesty showed his face once. Then he threw the person to the people below and went back to handle government affairs!"

When Wen Mingtang heard this, he said: "Your Majesty is diligent and caring for the people, which is a blessing to our people!"

The emperor is a good emperor, but the people below him have some headaches.

"The envoys from Goguryeo who came to Goguryeo several times before were quite successful, and they didn't bother with anything. But this time, all the envoys who came here were troublemakers!" Liang Hongjin talked about the gossip in the palace, and did not forget to pay attention to the court. Wen Mingtang winked, "I'm afraid those two young ministers from Dali Temple are going to have a headache."

Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu? How to say? Wen Mingtang became interested and curious.

"Let me talk about the princess in the mission first. She was originally sent to His Majesty to replenish the harem. But you also know that our Majesty only has one queen in the harem, and she is a rare and affectionate person. If the emperor does not accept this princess, the princess I am the happiest." Liang Hongjin said, "She has long been interested in a handsome envoy in the envoy group. Now that she is not marrying the emperor, she will naturally go back to the grass."

Wen Mingtang looked at his hands and felt that he was short of a handful of melon seeds. He listened to Liang Hongjin's continued words.

"But the envoy has his fiancée, and I heard that she is also the daughter of a high-ranking official in Goguryeo. She came with her this time. At the moment, the two women are fighting each other. At one time, they lost something and were looking for a thief. At the other time, their personal maid was touched by someone. Hands or something like that. The minor officials in the palace were already annoyed by the disturbance. It just so happened that Dali Temple was free in recent days, so they came up with the idea to have people from Dali Temple come over to handle these matters. I heard that they had already gone there to announce the decree."

Therefore, Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu got into this job.

Wen Mingtang lowered his head and couldn't help but chuckle. Before she could say anything, Liang Hongjin blinked at her again and said, "The fight between the two women is still a small matter. I watched the envoys talking to each other. Nothing is right, it seems like there is some secret hidden!"