Chapter 238 Hot pot is the god of winter

Chapter 238 Hot pot is the god of winter

The two returned to the living room.

Catalina had also tidied up the room at this moment, walked out, and met Fiona head-on.

"First meeting." Fiona looked at the red-haired Catalina and said hello.

She had already learned from Lu Qi that Catalina was his new maid at the border.

"first meet."

Catalina replied, looking at Fiona, she could clearly feel the impressive aura of the woman in front of her.

Her intuition told her that Fiona was also a very powerful person.

Fiona also glanced at Catalina's delicate face at this moment, and then glanced at Lu Qi who was sitting on the sofa calmly.

Lu Qi, who was drinking hot tea, felt an inexplicable coolness flash across his back. He still sat there motionless, not wanting to look back at all.

It was mid-afternoon.

When asked to comment on the atmosphere in the room, Catalina said it was no different from when she was in Hill City.

It was very slow. For some reason, she always felt that time here became very slow.

It's not like in Noxus, where every minute and every second is urgent, and everyone is constantly moving forward like rolling wheels.

Demacia didn't know if this was the case, but after being in contact with Lu Qi for so long, she was convinced that this guy was definitely not the case.

Obviously this guy looks so young, but the way he lives his life doesn't have the vitality of a young man at all.

It's not that this kind of life is not good, it's just that Catalina is still not used to it.

At this time, Lux, who was lying in front of the fireplace, sat up, her eyes lit up as if she was remembering something, and then she quickly found a chessboard.

Since I was going to fight overseas, I didn't bring this chessboard with me.

Seeing it now, Lux felt a little missed. She looked at Katarina with a smile: "You must have never played backgammon. Are you interested in playing two games?"

When Catalina heard this, she looked over with some interest. She walked closer and sat down and asked, "What is the gameplay?"

"It's very simple, horizontally, vertically and diagonally, as long as the same color falls on these points, if you can connect five in a row, you win."

Lux enthusiastically explained how to play.

Lu Qi glanced over there, then withdrew his gaze, not bothering to pay attention.

In fact, this girl's chess skills are not bad at all, a bit higher than the average level. After all, she has been playing for so long, but she has a soft spot for torturing vegetables.

The main thing was that she didn't have to torture her for long, and her chess skills soon surpassed hers, and they were even on par again.

The backgammon game over there has begun.

Fiona looked at Kashina and asked, "You went to the border. Are you practicing swordsmanship?"

Kashina nodded, her eyes bright: "I practice every day, Miss Sword Girl, do you want to see my progress?"

Fiona chuckled and stood up, walking towards the backyard: "Come on then."

The two went to the backyard, and Poppy followed to watch the excitement.

Sona was always sitting there quietly, cultivating her piano skills.

Sitting in the living room, you can still hear the sound of her playing the piano, just like the leisurely and relaxing music played in the karaoke hall at dusk, which is quite enjoyable for your ears.

Lying on the sofa, Lu Qi thought that Quinn should have received the news that he was back, and he didn't know where he was at the moment.

While he was thinking, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and not long after, Quinn walked in.

After not seeing her for a while, her temperament seemed much calmer.

After seeing Lu Qi, Quinn's eyes lit up and he said happily: "Your Highness."

Looking at her, Lu Qi also had a smile on his face: "I was just thinking about you."

"I've heard about His Highness's overseas affairs. It's so impressive."

Quinn has never concealed his admiration for Lu Qi in his eyes, and when he said this, he felt a little regretful that he could not go with Lu Qi this time.

"It's nothing powerful. We just wiped out a wave of Noxians."

Lu Qi waved his hand modestly.

Katarina, who was studying backgammon, twitched her lips. As a Noxian, she felt quite complicated when she heard that the Noxian army was wiped out and was treated as a pretense.

well.

With a long sigh in her heart, Catalina returned her attention to the chessboard. This backgammon game was quite interesting.

Lu Qi stood up and walked out: "Let's talk outside."

"Um."

Quinn followed.

The two came to the front yard and sat down.

Lu Qi asked: "Did you find anything?"

"I found a lot." Quinn thought for a moment and continued: "Let's talk about Russell Chambers first. He now lives alone in a place, but Stewart often goes there. So. He won’t stay long, he will leave in about half an hour, he should be discussing something.”

Lu Qi nodded slightly and continued to listen without making a sound.

Quinn continued: "Also, among the nobles who secretly helped Queen Mellie leave the royal capital, there seemed to be shadows of the Chambers family. However, there were too few clues about this, and I did not find out more. Information.”

"The Chambers Family"

Lu Qi pondered for a moment.

This is also an upper-class noble in the royal capital. Russell is Tourt's uncle and one of the previous noble representatives.

He was also the most powerful noble among the nobles who initially opposed Jarvan III's decision to establish a queen for Mellie.

However, he had abdicated many years ago, and it was Tourt who succeeded him.

If you want to know more details about the original situation, I'm afraid the only way is to ask Russell face to face.

This was information that Quinn could not investigate.

This matter seemed urgent. Lu Qi knew that the Third Generation was also investigating what happened that year. If he wanted to, he should have summoned Russell.

Seeing Lu Qi come back from his thoughts, Quinn continued: "During this period, I also paid special attention to Eldred. While he was maintaining his daily work, I found that he was interacting with several nobles. Closely. So, I paid attention to those nobles and found that they seemed to be hiding mages secretly. And Eldred's role is to help them and hide these mages."

It's ridiculous that the commander of the Demon Searchers' corps helped the nobles to actively hide the mage.

Logically speaking, his duty is to arrest all mages.

But if we want to be more serious, I'm afraid there will be more mages locked up in the dungeons of the royal capital, and there are many descendants of nobles among them.

I'm afraid no one would be able to turn a blind eye to this matter.

In fact, looking at it this way, Jarvan III's proposal to pardon the mage is a good idea.

But not a single person stood up to oppose it.

Except for some old-fashioned people with conservative ideas, there will definitely be some people with ulterior motives mixed in among them.

Lu Qi pondered for a second and asked, "During this period, have you found anyone behaving suspiciously?"

After the words fell, Quinn's eyes showed a hint of confusion.

Lu Qi also knew that it was indeed wrong to ask this question. He thought for a while: "Or maybe there are new faces in contact with these families?"

After hearing this, Quinn recalled carefully for a few seconds before shaking his head: "I didn't find any suspicious new faces."

"There is a Noxian assassin who came to us."

So Lu Qi said slowly: "It's impossible for him to sneak into the royal capital from outside the country quietly all the way. Either he used special means, or..."

Quinn is a smart person and naturally knows what Lu Qi wants to say. She nodded: "I understand, Your Highness, I will pay attention to this person next."

Lu Qi looked at her: "Your mission remains unchanged. Continue to help me keep an eye on them. You have worked hard during this period."

Quinn smiled: "It's not hard work. Being able to help His Highness share your worries is what I've always wanted to do."

She really didn't feel hard.

After chatting with Quinn for a while longer, it was getting dark.

It was already approaching dusk. It gets dark quickly in winter, and Lu Qi also felt a little hungry.

He got up and prepared to start cooking.

When it comes to what he wants to eat the most right now, Lu Qi thought about it, and it was hot pot.

This winter, I had hot pot for the last time, and then I set off for overseas.

This time when I come back, I must eat more good food.

And hot pot is easy to make. All the utensils from last time are there. Just light the fire and mix some base ingredients. When the pot is hot, you can start cooking.

After arranging for Yourna to go out to purchase ingredients, Lu Qi began to prepare.

When Yourna came back, he processed the ingredients and started to heat the pot.

After a while, the hot pot was already steaming hot, and the rising steam seemed to dispel the coldness of winter.

Same as last time, half spicy and half clear soup.

The spicy seasoning prepared by Lu Qi is absolutely rich, fragrant and spicy.

Soon, several girls from the house and the backyard were attracted one by one.

When everyone gathered around the hot pot and looked at the bright red spicy soup, they suddenly remembered the last time.

When I looked at it, I was scared and wanted to eat it.

Catalina didn't know this. Looking at the fragrant spicy hot pot, to be honest, she was really greedy.

Watching Lu Qi put the ingredients into the pot, and after a while he said it was ready to eat, he couldn't wait.

Seeing this, Lux gave a kind reminder: "Be careful, this one is ruthless."

"The thing I'm not afraid of the most is spicy food."

Catalina nodded, with a confident smile on her lips, feeling very disdainful.

joke.

She, Catalina, is not even afraid of poison. How can she be afraid of spicy food?

Taking a look at the spicy dipping sauce prepared by Lu Qi, she directly prepared a spicy version.

Soon, he picked up a meatball, dipped it in the dipping sauce, and put it in his mouth.

The hot meatballs entered her mouth, making her take a few breaths. The meatballs rolled in her mouth, smearing the fragrant spicy sauce, and then she took a bite, and a delicious taste spread.

Her pair of bright green eyes suddenly lit up at this moment, and she couldn't help but take another look at Lu Qi.

She knew that this guy made the meatballs. She saw him busy in the kitchen for a long time, but she didn't expect them to be so delicious.

This should be made of shrimp meat, with some other things added, and shaped into such a white and round ball.

When you take a bite, you can taste the rich aroma of fresh shrimp, mixed with the aroma of spicy soup, which is so delicious that it is addictive.

After following this guy for so long, Catalina knew for the first time that this guy could actually cook.

This meatball directly whetted Catalina's appetite, and her chopsticks sank into the spicy soup again and again.

Compared with her going straight for the spicy soup, other girls who had experienced it once were now alternating between the two sides.

If you are too spicy, eat some clear soup ingredients first, then wait until you want to eat, then put a chopstick into the spicy pot.

Even so, in this winter, their pretty faces were all flushed, they were dripping with sweat from the spicy fragrance, and their whole bodies were still a little chilly.

Hot pot is indeed the god of winter.

At this moment, they sighed from the bottom of their hearts.

After a while, I looked at Catalina again. Her forehead was already covered with sweat, she began to hiss unconsciously, her face turned red, and her cold eyes looked a little dazed.

Obviously, the spiciness has increased.

At this moment, her tongue felt numb, her throat felt like it was on fire, and even her stomach felt like it was on fire.

It's not that she has never eaten spicy food, but she just found out today that the ones she ate before were not spicy at all.

Although her body has a high immunity to toxins, it does not mean that it is immune to chili peppers.

Spicy is a kind of pain.

Glancing at the clear soup next to her, Catalina swallowed her saliva and wanted to eat some of the soup there.

However, as soon as she stretched out her chopsticks, Lu Qi saw her.

So he enthusiastically reminded: "The spicy soup is over here."

Catalina's outstretched hand froze in the air, abruptly changed its direction, and then said: "I was a little distracted."

She picked up a piece of fatty beef from the spicy pot again, put it into the dipping bowl, dipped it in, and then put it in her mouth.

To say it felt like a bomb that was about to explode suddenly exploded.

Seeing her standing there in a daze, Lu Qi couldn't help but said, "If you find it spicy, just eat some clear soup."

Catalina came back to her senses and sneered: "It's not spicy. Where is this?"

Fiona and Lux ​​couldn't help but look at her with the same expression at the same time.

Her tough-tongued look is really like the way they used to be.

Lu Qi also smiled when he heard this: "Then eat more. You have finished the spicy seasoning in your bowl, why don't you add more?"

Catalina glanced down, remained silent for a moment, and walked to the condiment area.

Then, under Lu Qi's watchful eyes, he prepared a particularly spicy condiment.

Lu Qi said: "I didn't expect you like spicy food so much. You can adjust it more."

Catalina took a deep breath, added a few more spoons to the bowl, turned back to the hot pot, and started eating without saying a word.

She seemed to be full of energy and started to eat in big mouthfuls.

The lips were as red as blood and began to swell slightly.

At first, the girls were a little worried about her condition, but later they gradually believed that she could really eat spicy food.

At least, they can't eat it in such a way.

In order to keep up the pretentiousness that she blurted out in the first place, Katarina paid too much.

After eating, she coldly said, "It's not spicy enough." Looking at the adoring eyes of the other girls, she turned around and left proudly.

However, she felt as if her whole body was on fire at the moment.

Should she say it or not, Lu Qi still admired her on this point.

At least this red-haired chick has a really hard mouth.