I am a temporary worker in Jinyiwei, how did I become a powerful official?

Chapter 23: Secret Method of Catching Dragons
The Han generals in charge of guarding the imperial palace had heart-protecting mirrors.

Sun Yue, the fat captain of the elephant training school, has a heart-protecting meat.

Lin Shisan thought he didn't buy dinner or supper. Sun Yue took out an oil-paper bag from his arms like a magic trick: "Four catties of Tianfuhao pork jerky, enough for the three of us to eat for two meals!"

Tianfuhao’s pork jerky is made from the hind legs of Xishan brown pigs, which are marinated and air-dried. It is chewy and especially filling.

When military officers from wealthy families went to war, they would go to Tianfuhao to buy dozens of kilograms of pork jerky to carry with them as military rations.

Lin Shisan laughed and said, "You fat fellow, you can forget about anything except eating."

Sun Yue opened the oil paper package and everyone shared the pork jerky for dinner. The little girl chewed until her mouth was full of oil.

After dinner, it was already dark. Wang Xiaochuan asked, "When will Grandpa wake up?"

Lin Shisan lied to her, "You let the big black dog run away. Your grandfather was so angry that he fainted. Only when you find the big black dog can he calm down and wake up."

Wang Xiaochuan's face fell, and the little pearls fell down with a clatter: "Oh, oh, oh. It's all Xiaochuan's fault. I made Taigong unhappy."

Lin Shisan hurriedly wiped Wang Xiaochuan's tears: "Don't cry, dear. Your grandfather will forgive you when we find the big black dog."

After pacifying Wang Xiaochuan, Lin Shisan handed the axe to Sun Yue: "Go chop a bundle of dry firewood."

Sun Yue complained: "Master, why do you only give me such rough work?"

Lin Shisan scolded, "You fat bastard, you eat a lot and poop a lot. If I don't let you do the rough work, who else will do it? Do you still want to learn the good skills of finding pets from me?"

Sun Yue quickly said, "I'll do it. Master, please teach me some more skills."

At night, Lin Shisan and his companions entered Tiaoji Mountain. He held Wang Xiaochuan in his arms; Sun Yue carried dry firewood, a rabbit cage tied to his waist, and a bag of dried datura flowers hung on his buttocks; Chen Ju carried a wine jar filled with five liters of honey.

After walking in the mountains for about half an hour, a clearing appeared in front of them. Lin Shisan said, "Let's go here."

Chen Ju asked: "What is your secret method for capturing the Yewulong?"

Lin Shisan said nothing and asked Sun Yue to take down the rabbit cage. He picked up the dried datura flowers and put them into the cage to feed the rabbits.

The hare sniffed the dried datura flower, picked it up with its two front paws and began to chew it slowly.

Soon, the hare ate up half a pound of Datura flowers. It staggered in the rabbit cage like a drunkard and fell down after a while.

Lin Shisan opened the rabbit cage and took out the hare. He then grabbed a handful of honey and smeared it evenly on the hare's body.

Sun Yue said, "Master, you just finished dinner, and you're hungry again? You want to make honey-roasted hare? People in Weili say I'm the reincarnation of a starving ghost. I think you're the one."

Chen Ju said, "You can't roast a rabbit with honey like this! You have to peel the skin first, then remove the internal organs. Spread the honey evenly on the rabbit meat, and roast it slowly over low heat."

Wang Xiaochuan pouted and whispered, "How can you roast such a cute little rabbit? After roasting it, you have to eat the hind legs."

Lin Shisan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "This wild rabbit is not for us to eat, but for Ye Wulong to smell."

Lin Shisan finally revealed the secret method of capturing Ye Wulong.

Yewulong is a clever dog. Once it enters the mountains, it is extremely difficult to catch. But it has a shortcoming - it has no resistance to honey.

Ye Oolong is produced in the black pine forest outside the Haishen Temple in Ye County, Laizhou, Shandong. There are many beehives in the black pine forest.

A female Yewulong can give birth to eight puppies in one litter, but her milk is insufficient. The puppies have no teeth and cannot eat meat from birds and animals.

The Gongye Wulong will find a beehive, use clever methods to lure away the bees, and then put its front paws into the hive and cover them with honey.

When it returns to the kennel, the male Ye Wulong will stretch out its front paws and let the puppies lick the honey.

No matter whether you are a human or an animal in this world, the taste you miss the most is the taste of childhood.

Therefore, when Yewulong grows up, it likes honey the most.

To catch a Yewulong, you need to set up a wine jar with honey in it. Put down firewood and cook it slowly over low heat. The smell of honey will spread everywhere. Yewulong has a keen sense of smell and can smell the honey within a radius of four or five miles from the wine jar.

It can't help but follow the honey.

When it reaches the jar of wine, it sees the boiling honey, but is afraid to lick it because it is burned.

At this time, the hare that had fallen asleep after eating too much dried datura flowers came in handy.

Only when the dried datura flowers are ground into powder and dissolved in water can they knock people down.

When a rabbit eats dried Datura flowers, the peristalsis of the intestines will cause the aroma of the flowers to spread throughout the body. It is not harmful for people to smell it.

Yewulong, who has a keen sense of smell, will feel dizzy after smelling it, and his limbs will become weak and he will collapse to the ground.

Ye Wulong came here to taste the honey, but was anxious because the honey was too hot to eat. Then he saw a wild rabbit covered with honey nearby, and he couldn't help but want to eat it.

But before it can take a bite, the aroma of the dried datura flower will enter its dog nose.
This is the secret method used by the clever people of Laizhou, Shandong to catch Yewulong.

The wine jars were set up, the firewood was burning, and the aroma of honey wafted through Tiaoji Mountain.

Lin Shisan and others were hiding in the bushes nearby, waiting patiently for Ye Wulong to show up.

They waited for a whole hour. The moon was hanging high above the trees, so where was Ye Wulong's shadow?

Wang Xiaochuan had fallen asleep. He was snoring and spitting out small bubbles made of saliva.

Chen Ju was a little anxious: "The jar of honey is almost dry. Brother Lin, is your method useful?"

Lin Shisan said: "The most important thing to capture Ye Wulong is patience."

Chen Ju said: "The political situation is turbulent, who has so much patience to waste our time? If we can't find it tonight, General Lu will probably be imprisoned forever."

Lin Shisan made a gesture to keep quiet: "There is movement."

Let’s talk about the Tongfu Avenue at Dengshikou in the north of the city, and the residence of Yan Song, the chief minister of the cabinet.

Ever since Yan Song and Lu Bing joined forces to overthrow Xia Yan many years ago, he has been powerful in the court and his followers are spread all over the country.

But he is far from being called the "independent prime minister".

The upright censors in the court closely gathered around the second-in-command Xu Jie and formed the "Xu Party".

Although the Xu Party is not as powerful as the Yan Party, it can play a certain balancing role.

In the past two years, the Xu Party has climbed up the big tree of the only candidate for the crown prince - Prince Yu, and has been able to exercise greater checks and balances on the Yan Party.

Emperor Jiajing, who lived in the Western Garden, did not attend court for decades, but treated the court as a cricket jar, and was happy to see the endless fighting between Yan Song and Xu Jie.

Yan Song's study.

A one-eyed middle-aged man walked into the study room in a hurry. He was wearing the uniform of a third-rank official, but was wearing a jade belt worn by first-rank officials.

The Ming Dynasty had a strict etiquette system, and it was considered a serious offense for a third-rank official to wear a first-rank jade belt.

The one-eyed middle-aged man didn't care at all, because he was the smartest and most arrogant official among the six ministries in the court - the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, the son of Yan Song, Yan Shifan.

There was a screen in the study. Behind it, the 75-year-old Prime Minister Yan Song was concentrating on writing a poem for Emperor Jiajing.

Yan Shifan shouted, "Dad! Those people finally moved!"

Behind the screen, only the low voice of old Yan Song could be heard, reciting repeatedly: "Beat the chimes and drums to suppress the edict. Beat the chimes and drums to suppress the edict."

Yan Song seemed to have no idea how to write the next sentence.

(End of this chapter)