I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

"There is a tomb under Xinghua Lane?" Wang Zhao, Li Yuan and others were all surprised.

But after thinking about it, this statement is indeed very reasonable. The layout of the entire Xinghua Lane is not conducive to the living, and two couples will die every three years. Isn't this just like offering sacrifices to the dead?This situation just explained the question "why must it be in Xinghua Lane" raised by Mrs. Cui before. Obviously, this is the reason why the murderer must commit the crime in Xinghua Lane.

Li Yuan couldn't help secretly admiring Cui Tao's way of thinking about problems in his heart, and he was always able to cut to the right point.Looking back, he had to tell his brother Li Cai that since he was lucky enough to worship Mrs. Cui as his teacher, he should learn from her the ability to solve crimes, maybe he will have a great future in the future.

"I want to come to Tao Gao to inherit his father's mantle, and he will also know how to be a locksmith. Anyone who is skilled in lockmaking will definitely be able to open locks." On the way back, Cui Tao and Han Qi said with emotion, "The trick of silver needles piercing the ears, I think it is The 'live application' of his lockpicking skills."

How to unlock it?Generally, one or two needles are inserted into the keyhole to pry.Keyholes are even more difficult than human earholes because of their special shape.So for Tao Gao, piercing ears with silver needles is a very easy task.

"It all makes sense," Han Qi agreed.

Wang Zhao, Li Yuan and the others suddenly realized when they heard these words. No matter how hard he thought about it, he would never have thought that a locksmith could be connected with such a method.

After everyone turned back to Xinghua Lane, they discussed together how to go down the well and enter the tomb.

"It's daylight now, why don't you just go straight down with a knife in hand? The worst thing is to wear a helmet or an iron shield to prevent the opponent's silver needle from sneaking." Wang Zhao said bluntly.

"No." Han Qi asked Cui Tao, the reason why everyone was cautious not to go down the well was because he was worried about the agency's problems.

Cui Tao nodded immediately.

"Institution? What institution?" Wang Zhao was puzzled.

"The Su family said that Tao Jiuzhang used to make mechanism boxes for rich families, so he became the person who made the most money in the alley. What a tomb is, it is equivalent to a closed box. From the point of view of time, Tao Jiuzhang was before he died. We have already started to rebuild Xinghua Lane. While the upper part is being rebuilt, the lower part must be building a tomb. Since he will have such a complicated sacrificial ceremony after his death, how can his tomb be just a place where the coffin is placed? That's all?"

"Miss Cui, you mean that Tao Jiuzhang added traps when he built his own tomb?" Wang Zhao widened his eyes in surprise. things to come.

"There are no absolutes, but we should make complete preparations to avoid unnecessary casualties." Cui Tao said.

Wang Zhao: "If there is an agency, then I have to remember one thing. If I offend anyone in the future, I can't offend the locksmith."

At this time, Li Cai and Zhang Chang, who were in charge of investigating Tao Gao's situation, came back and told everyone that they had found Tao Gao's current residence.The reason why the investigation was done so quickly was also related to Tao Gao's bright appearance.When you inquire about him, just describe him a little bit, and everyone will remember him.

The mouth of the well was still sent to guard.

Cui Tao, Han Qi and others went straight to Tao Gao's residence.

The house is in the east of the city, a long distance from Xinghua Lane, it can be said that it almost spans half of Tokyo City.

This house is not too small, with a black-painted gate and a layout of three fronts and two rears, it is somewhat grand.The courtyard wall is less than five feet high, and there is a circle of tall green grass inside. The leaves are large and round, with jagged edges, and they have grown to be taller than the wall.

Wang Zhao got off his horse first, and after leading people to surround the whole house, he was about to open the door and enter, but was immediately stopped by Cui Tao.

Cui Tao pointed to the grass around the courtyard wall of the house, and asked Wang Zhao, "Do you know what that is?"

"What?" Wang Zhao didn't understand what Cui Tao meant, but he guessed that Cui Tao would not stop him from acting for no reason, so he became vigilant.

Han Qi followed the trend and found that the stems and leaves of the grass that Cui Tao pointed out had bristles on them, and his eyes sank immediately.

"This is biting grass, also called stinging grass. There are bristles on the stem and stinging hairs on the leaves. As the name suggests, it can sting people. Once you touch its stems and leaves, you will be stung by many poisonous bees. Generally painful, very toxic." Cui Tao explained.

Wang Zhao thanked Cui Tao again and again for her reminder, and then sent an order to make everyone pay attention to this poisonous weed.

"Since this kind of defense is set up around the wall, it may not be safe if you try to force your way through the door." Cui Tao explained why she blocked it just now.

Han Qi called Wang Zhao to come to him, and gave him a few instructions.

Wang Zhao went to do it immediately, and after a while, he arrived with a team of people and pushed a door bumping device similar to a car crash. Naturally, it was not as big as a car crashing like a war, but this one was used to hit such an ordinary courtyard. The door is just right.

When it was decided to hit the door, everyone hid in the distance to avoid it.

The two government servants in charge of pushing the cart hid behind the small cart, and for safety reasons, shields were placed in front of it.

The two pushed the car violently and slammed into the black painted door.

With a bang, the door was knocked open immediately.

Immediately afterwards, after hearing a few 'swish's, four or five arrows shot out from the house, two of them hit the rushing car, and then fell to the ground, and the other two flew straight to the other side of the road. On the willow tree, it also fell to the ground.

Cui Tao picked up the arrow on the ground and found that it was made of pure wood, and there was no iron to make the arrow.But this wooden arrowhead is cut sharper, if the force and speed of the flying shot are enough, it can still hurt people.

Cui Tao also found that the color of the wood in the front part of the arrow was different. She put it to her nose and smelled it, and there was a faint smell similar to the leaves of grass and trees.

"It should be poisoned. Even if the wooden arrow can't kill people directly, it can poison people to death if it sees blood." Cui Tao sighed.

At this moment, everyone broke out in a cold sweat in fear.It is conceivable that if Cui Tao hadn't stopped them in time just now, everyone rushed in so heartlessly, at least one or two people would have died.

"I can't imagine that such an ordinary-looking house actually hides murderous intentions. Isn't Tao Gao just a dwarf? How could he have such thoughts? It's terrible." Wang Zhao sighed and wiped the hair on his head with his sleeve. cold sweat.

"The masters are among the folks, so don't underestimate anyone. Dwarves are only shorter than normal people in height, but they are just as smart," Cui Tao explained.

Wang Zhao and others nodded repeatedly, indicating that they were taught.

Through the broken door, Cui Tao saw the mechanism setting at the door. There was a hidden lock inside the door, which was connected to the triggering devices of the two crossbows under the eaves.Only with a special key and the lock is opened correctly, can this device be accessed.When I looked at the courtyard door just now, there was no keyhole on the outside of the door.

Cui Tao went to look at the outer door again, only to find that there was a movable piece of wood on the door, a square piece of wood about the size of a human thumbnail.When you press it, slide it to the right to reveal the key hole. When the key is inserted, the wooden block will naturally stick out and will not come out, but if the key is pulled out, the wooden block will bounce back to its original state, which is the same as the whole The doors form a plane, so that at first glance there is nothing special about it.

Cui Tao lowered her head and looked at her feet again.

Everything seemed to be calm in the yard, Li Yuan followed behind and hurriedly asked: "It seems to be all right, can I enter now?"

Cui Tao shook her head and pointed down.

Everyone looked over, my good guy, the ground behind the threshold is three inches shorter, and you may not feel much if you step on it, but if you take another step, you will suffer, and you will hit a white line that is lower than the height of the threshold.The two ends of the line lead to the sycamore trees on both sides, and it seems that hidden weapon triggers are hidden in the dense leaves.

In other words, even if the visitor dodged the first hidden weapon, there is still a second one waiting for him.

It is really easy for people to relax and not pay attention when they have gained safety after encountering a wave of danger.

Li Yuan and Wang Zhao were at a loss for words at this time, and they repeatedly sighed that it was terrible.

The yard is paved with bluestone slabs and has been swept clean.After Cui Tao carefully observed other places, he ordered someone to bring some water.She stepped into the yard first, raised her foot to avoid the wire device, and then sprinkled water on the bluestone slabs in the yard.

At this time, everyone gathered at the door to watch Cui Tao's actions in the courtyard.

Li Yuan and others did not forget to tell Cui Tao to be careful and pay attention to safety.

Han Qi stared at Cui Tao's every move.

Soon, Cui Tao discovered that where she had sprinkled water, some water seeped very quickly, while some water seeped more slowly, and the water that seeped quickly all flowed down from the cracks on the edge of the bluestone slab.

Cui Tao asked for some more water to continue sprinkling, and asked Li Yuan to follow her with a pen and ink to mark on the slate she said was safe.After about half a stick of incense, the two came to the front of the main room.

The rest of the people followed Cui Tao's sign, stepping on the bluestone slab.

"Oh my god, I don't think the confrontation between the two armies is so complicated." Wang Zhao couldn't help but sighed when he walked over.

Li Yuan then swallowed and looked at the closed door of the main house, "Is it more dangerous inside?"

"Not necessarily. The outside is just for defense, and the inside is for daily life. If there are too many traps, he will find it troublesome. Once he wakes up one day, his mind is confused and he can't remember, wouldn't he kill himself .”

But when opening the door, Cui Tao still told everyone to dodge.She stood sideways by the door, and was about to reach out——

Han Qi came over suddenly and made Cui Tao stand behind him.

Seeing this, Wang Zhao hurriedly said, "Come down!"

Han Qi signaled everyone not to move around with his eyes, then he drew his sword and cut off the door lock neatly, then pushed the door open with the scabbard, and then moved sideways to the door to avoid being shot by the hidden weapon that appeared.

Everyone waited for a while, and everything happened quietly.

After confirming that there was no danger, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.After that, everyone searched carefully in the front and back yards.

The situation is as Cui Tao speculated, there are no institutions in these houses.Everyone also found that the furniture and other things in the room were shorter than normal. It should be that Tao Gao asked a carpenter to customize these things, and it was just convenient for him to use them at his height.

Finally, after a rough search of the entire yard, it was confirmed that Tao Gao was not at home.In other words, the possibility that Tao Gao is still hiding underground in Xinghua Lane has increased.

Cui Tao has seen the main room and the bedroom, but there is nothing special. In the east wing, he has seen a lot of locks and some unfinished mechanism boxes.

Li Yuan rummaged through a heavy old box placed in the ear room and found some blueprints from the box, all of which were the drawings of the reconstruction of the murderous house during the construction of Xinghua Lane.

"Do you have a picture of the tomb?" Wang Zhao asked hurriedly.

Li Yuan simply turned out a stack of blueprints, checked them one by one, and shook his head, indicating that there were none.

Then he glanced at the bottom of the box again, "There is another box!"

After he took out the box, he found that he couldn't open it, so he went to report to Han Qi immediately.

Cui Tao took the box and looked at it, then asked Li Yuan where he found it, and put the box on the table without much interest.

"This is a mechanism box, and it cannot be opened without a specific key."

"Since it's made of wood, can it be pried or split with a knife?" Wang Zhao suggested.

"It's okay to force open a general mechanism box. At most, it will cause damage to the things inside. But Tao Gao's things are not good, and force opening may kill people." Cui Tao came over and warned leisurely. .

Wang Zhao immediately turned pale with fright, took a few steps back, and decided to stay away from the mechanism box.

Han Qi observed that Cui Tao didn't seem interested in the box, and asked her, "Is it not important?"

"Well, it's not important." Cui Tao agreed.

Han Qi then ordered everyone not to take care of the box, and search carefully for other clues.

Li Yuan scratched his head, he didn't quite understand the conversation between the two, why is it not important?

He called to Wang Zhao, put his arms around Wang Zhao's shoulders, and asked him in a low voice, "What do they mean by 'not important' just now?"

"I don't know," Wang Zhao touched his nose, "Of course we don't understand what smart people say, so we just need to be obedient and obey."

Several rooms have been carefully inspected, and there is nothing special about it, only the warehouse, kitchen and woodshed are left.

Cui Tao went to the kitchen first, went in and took a quick glance, then went straight to the stove and told Han Qi and the others that there was a problem.

Li Yuan looked around the stove in bewilderment, but couldn't understand what was wrong here, "Isn't this just like an ordinary stove? Why does Mrs. Cui think there is something wrong with it just by looking at it?"

"Because it is the same as an ordinary stove, it is enough to show that there is a problem with it." Cui Tao asked Li Yuan back. During the search just now, he noticed the height of the furniture, bed, wardrobe and other things in the house.

Li Yuan suddenly realized, "Yes, this stove is the height for normal people, but it is too high for Tao Gao."

Then everyone lifted the cauldron, and found that it was not a burnt black kitchen pit at all, but a small stone ladder leading to the ground.It was dangerous, so Cui Tao asked someone to let two geese in first, and after a while, Cui Tao went down when he heard the crowing of geese coming from below.

Wang Zhao, Li Yuan and the others wanted to follow up, but suddenly found it difficult.The entrance is too small, and it is only suitable for slim and slightly shorter people to enter.Women are barely passable, but tall men don't even think about it, they can't get in, they force their way in, and if they just walk with their waists bent, they can break their waists.It is possible to crawl, but I just don't know if there is room for people to turn around at the end of the corridor. If they can't turn around, they will be stuck inside. Thinking about it, I feel very miserable.

Although Han Qi is not fat, but he is slender, so he can't get in either.But letting Cui Tao go alone made people feel a little uneasy.

Wang Zhao hurriedly selected people from the yamen servants, and forced to find two scorpions from the tall ones, and ordered them to go down with Cui Tao, and asked the two of them to stand in front if there was anything to do.

The two yamen servants agreed and followed immediately.

It didn't take long before everyone heard the crowing of geese and the screams of the servants coming from inside.

Li Yuan and the others thought they were in danger inside, so they lay on the stove and shouted inside, asking if there was anything wrong.

Han Qi stood by with his hands behind his back, his eyes fixed on the entrance without blinking.It wasn't until Cui Tao came out with a smile on his head covered in dust, that he slowly let go of his clenched fist behind his back.

"It's okay, the two of them startled the goose and made the goose chase after them and bite."

After Cui Tao brought up a box she was holding in her arms, she crawled out, followed by two yamen servants, and they patted the dirt on their bodies before leaving.

Cui Tao turned around and asked, "Where's the goose?"

The two yamen servants were stunned for a moment, "What about below, they should be able to come out by themselves later on."

"That's a goose borrowed from the people next door." Cui Tao reminded.

"Hold it out." Han Qi ordered suddenly.

The two yamen servants were afraid of the goose and didn't dare to delay, so they quickly agreed, turned around and went down, and each of them carried a goose out, and then went to return the goose obediently.

Li Yuan, Wang Zhao and others smiled and were about to praise Cui Tao for his kindness, but now they still think about the safety of the goose, which is really rare.However, before they had time to utter their words, they first heard Cui Tao's emotion.

"Fat goose! Whether it's roasted, fried or stewed, it's delicious!"

Li Yuan and Wang Zhao: "..."

Han Qi was indifferent, and was no longer surprised by this.

"This is also a mechanism box." Cui Tao patted the wooden box she just brought out, and said to Li Yuan and the others, "This is more important."

Li Yuan suddenly understood that Mrs. Cui talked to Han Tuiguan before and said that the box he found was not important, probably because the box was placed too easily, and it seemed to be just a cover-up.

Cui Tao explained to Han Qi what she had just encountered below.

After going down, through a very narrow corridor, to a basement.There are also some small traps at the door. If you don't use the key to force the lock, it should be the same as what happened at the gate of Tao's house.

But Cui Tao successfully pried the lock open with a silver needle, and also unlocked the mechanism of the door lock, allowing him to enter safely.

"There is a long table with high feet below, enshrining Tao Jiuzhang's tablet, and then there is this box. I guess the things in this box should be related to the messy layout of Xinghua Lane, and there may be Tao Jiuzhang's tomb drawing."

Cui Tao held the wooden box, looked it over carefully, knocked and listened, and then explained to Han Qi.

"This wooden box is not very easy to open. Although there are four holes in it, none of them are keyholes."

"What's that?" Li Yuan was surprised that Cui Tao understood all the chains, and tilted his head to take a look, followed by Wang Zhao.

"Have you ever heard of Sikaisuo?" Cui Tao asked.

Li Yuanhe and the others hurriedly shook their heads. The locks they came into contact with were all ordinary locks that could be opened with a single key. Ji' word.

"There is a second lock in the yamen, and two keys are needed to open it twice." Wang Zhao asked Cui Tao, "Are the four locks similar to the second lock, but only four keys are needed?"

"Just a handful." Han Qi interrupted suddenly.He had seen four open locks, but he had never seen such a situation embedded in the box.

After listening to Han Qi's words, everyone was puzzled, why only one key is used to open the four locks?Everyone instinctively looked at Cui Tao who 'knows everything', waiting for her explanation.Because even if the official Han knew about it, he didn't have the patience to talk nonsense with them. Mrs. Cui was different.

"The so-called four-opening actually means that it takes four steps to open this kind of lock. First, move the live dial, then move the lock beam, and then the secret door appears, exposing the keyhole, and the key can be used to open the door. The shrinkage hole is hidden. In fact, it is similar to the situation we encountered at the door, except that the one at the door is simpler, and this one is more complicated. The entire lock body is hidden in the box, but you don’t know which hole can touch the live dial. Which one can move the lock beam correctly. The important thing is that even if you know all this and finally find the keyhole behind the secret door, you still can't open the lock without the key."

"Gosh, that sounds like a hassle."

"I don't know, I don't know, it turns out that there is such knowledge in a small lock."

……

Everyone sighed with emotion.

"Whoever mentions the word locksmith to me in the future, who am I to worry about? It really hurts my head!" Wang Zhao rubbed his temples, feeling that he was going to be driven crazy by Tao Gao.

"The key should be on Tao Gao." Cui Tao said to Han Qi, "If I can get the key, I can open this lock."

Han Qi agreed.

"But where is Tao Gao now? If he is still in the tomb below Xinghua Lane, then the traps inside are probably even worse than the ones in this house. If the corridor under the well is the same as the one below, then most of us They can’t even get in, even if they squeeze in, without the ability to respond flexibly, it will be very dangerous.”

When everyone didn't know what was going on down the well, Wang Zhao was in a hurry to catch the murderer and make meritorious service.But after seeing the danger of this house, not only him, but all the servants present became cautious, even a little scared.

Cui Tao nodded, agreeing with Wang Zhao's worry, which is why she insisted not to let everyone go down the well rashly.

The normal layout of the organs is already very lethal.Not to mention the reduced version, which is more inconvenient to move.If you don't know the map of the tomb passage in advance, it will be a hundred times more dangerous for everyone to rush down than entering Tao Gao's house just now.

However, even though the map of the tomb passage is in the mechanism box, the key is on Tao Gao. If he finds Tao Gao, he can open the box, but Tao Gao can only be found with the map after opening the box... Thus, it entered an endless loop.

After turning back to Xinghua Lane, Cui Tao told Han Qi, "There is only one way to go safely now."

Before Han Qi could answer, Wang Zhao and others immediately surrounded him and asked Cui Tao what he could do.

Cui Tao couldn't adapt to the sudden crowd of 'lively', and was stunned for a while.

Han Qi glanced at him at this time, everyone was honest, walked back silently, and waited politely for Cui Tao to speak.

"Dig a few holes leading to the tomb, use fireworks to force the attack, and let Tao Gao run out on his own initiative." After Cui Tao finished speaking, she told Han Qi that she needed some digging tools and hands.

Han Qi asked Cui Tao to mention it, and everyone in Kaifeng Mansion would fully cooperate with her.

Cui Tao finished drawing the Luoyang shovel and handed it over to Wang Zhao to find someone to make it. In addition, he also asked for iron rods and other things.

Cui Tao took Wang Siniang and Ping'er to find some plants with a strong smell such as wet wormwood, and even went to the mountains outside the city to pick some cow dung mushrooms.

When Cui Tao went to the mountains twice to investigate the case, he saw cow dung mushrooms growing on the mountains.This thing can be called a smoke bomb in the plant world, and it is most suitable for dealing with Tao Gao in the tomb.

Bull dung mushrooms are white round balls, which are very conspicuous in the mountains. With Wang Siniang, who is familiar with picking mushrooms, they picked two big baskets in a short time.

After picking, Cui Tao put the lid on the basket, wrapped the whole basket with cloth, and handled it with care, trying not to let the cow dung mushrooms be broken.If you accidentally inhale the smoke it emits, it is quite unbearable.

In order to avoid breaking the cow dung mushrooms, the three of them spent money to hire an ox cart to go into the city, and sat in a row in the cart, staggering slowly, watching the red sunset in the west.

"That mushroom is obviously round and white, and looks as good as Yuanxiao, why is it called such a vulgar name." Ping'er couldn't help frowning when she heard Wang Siniang open and shut her mouth to call cow dung mushroom.

"There are other names too." Wang Siniang said immediately.

"What's your name?" Ping'er asked hurriedly.

Wang Siniang looked at Ping'er seriously, and suddenly said: "Horse manure bag hahaha... how about it, is it better than cow dung?"

Ping'er blushed with anger, turned her head and simply ignored Wang Siniang.

"A better name is 'puffball'. Han Yu's "Jinxuejie" once mentioned 'niuyu puffball', and the puffball there refers to this kind of mushroom." Cui Tao explained.

Ping'er suddenly realized, and praised the name better, because Cui Tao knew better.

"Hey, then this Han Yu you mentioned is very knowledgeable, so how can such an elegant person mention cow dung mushrooms?" Wang Siniang asked curiously.

"It's a cheap and useless thing to compare it to the cow's quince puff, but it can be used by the right person and become a useful thing." Cui Tao explained.

Wang Siniang excitedly said: "Isn't that just talking about people like Mrs. Cui! This bull dung mushroom is the most annoying thing in the mountains. Ten out of ten people hate it. Only when it comes to Mrs. Cui's place is it useful." things."

"Indeed!" Ping'er followed suit, looking at Cui Tao with admiration, "Miss Cui is indeed amazing, she can be called a master!"

"What does it mean to be called an expert, is an expert?" Wang Siniang immediately asked Cui Tao with a smile if she was tired, and she could give her a shoulder squeeze.

If you don't enjoy benefits, you don't enjoy them in vain.

Cui Tao nodded and gave Wang Siniang a chance to serve her.

Seeing this, Ping'er was silent for a moment, then said to Cui Tao: "Then let me pinch your legs."

As soon as I said that, I got started, and it was very comfortable to pinch.

In the end, Cui Tao was so comfortably served that she almost fell asleep lying on the ox cart. Unexpectedly, the ox cart bumped suddenly, and only heard a sudden sound from inside the basket.

Cui Tao immediately got up and covered her mouth.Ping'er and Wang Siniang followed suit.

Although the basket was wrapped in cloth, it was not completely sealed after all, and wisps of black smoke came out later, not too strong, but the smell made all three of them cough a few times.

Then the three of them covered their mouths and looked at each other. For some reason, they all suddenly laughed.

The laughter gradually faded away as the wheels rolled.

At night, Cui Tao took medicine to eat a good meal, and ran around all day, frightened and dangerous, and smelled the pungent smell of cow dung mushrooms.If you don't treat yourself with some strong flavors, you can't justify it.

Wang Siniang finally got the chance to realize her wish of washing pig intestines, she didn't feel anything, she tidied it up in a hurry, and sent it to Cui Tao.On the contrary, Ping'er, who was in charge of cleaning, was so smoked that she yelled that this thing was like shit.

"Isn't this the same as eating... um...? How can this be eaten?" Ping'er said with a look of disgust.She couldn't quite pronounce the word 'shit', so she used 'um' instead.

However, the other two were busy with their own business, and no one paid any attention to what Ping'er said.Ping'er hid aside embarrassingly, peeled the onion and picked the coriander, and washed it.

Cui Tao cooks according to his own preferences, adding whatever he likes.She removed most of the fat in the large intestine, the food is delicious, but she can't eat too much, just keep a small amount.Then blanch the pork lungs, big pork belly and fat intestines together to remove the fishy smell, and then boil them in the prepared marinade.This marinade is indispensable for onion, ginger, pepper, aniseed, cinnamon, soy sauce, etc. The most indispensable is the local cumin, which has a special taste. Putting it in the pot to cook the meat will not only remove the fishy smell and enhance the aroma, but also It will bring a fresh and refreshing fragrance, which is something that dry seasoning such as aniseed cinnamon cannot achieve.

The meat in the pot must be cooked slowly in order to achieve the ultimate taste.At this time, mix the noodles with cold water, make the dough harder, and divide the ingredients into fire.Then chop the coriander, shallots, and garlic and set aside.

The tofu freshly made by Li Yuan's family was still steaming and fragrant when it was delivered. Put more oil in the pot and deep-fry the tofu cubes until golden on both sides, and take them out for later use.

At this time, the aroma of a pot of stewed pork came out completely, making the gluttons in people's stomachs want to roll and splash.Cui Tao sliced ​​the marinated large pork belly into slices, fatty intestines, and pork lungs into small pieces, added fried tofu and baked sesame seed cakes, and simmered for a while.Then take it out of the fire, cut it into pieces and put it in a bowl, then add other stewed ingredients, self-adjusted chopped green onion, coriander and minced garlic, and you are ready to eat.

After the stewed smell wafted out, Wang Siniang hungrily stood by the kitchen door waiting to eat.Ping'er secretly swallowed her saliva several times.

When Cui Tao took out the marinade and put it on the table, the fire cubes soaked in the full soup were intricately blended with tofu, pork belly slices, fat intestines and pig lungs.The colors are tempting braised pork red, bright tofu yellow, and strong fire white, and then decorated with green onion and coriander, the hunger that has been hooked to the extreme bursts into the sky in an instant.No, I must take a quick bite, or I will die of hunger.

Cui Tao deliberately asked Pinger if she could eat it, "I can give you a bowl of shrimp noodles."

"No, no, just eat this." Ping'er whispered more and more, and finally lowered her head.

Wang Siniang was so anxious that she took a sip of the stewed stew first, and sighed contentedly, and suddenly laughed when she heard Pinger's reply: "Hey, why does this sound familiar to me? Oh, yes, last time you said rabbits are cute At the time, it was just like this later. Why, don't you think it's 'eating shit' now?"

"It smells so delicious and doesn't smell bad. How could it be... I'm not knowledgeable. I've never eaten pig intestines before." Ping'er embarrassedly corrected what she said wrong before.

"It's strange to say, you are obviously a mess, why do you have the delicate disease of a young lady?" Wang Siniang asked Ping'er puzzled.

Ping'er fell silent, holding her own bowl of stewed stew and began to eat seriously.

Wang Siniang didn't intend to listen to Ping'er's answer, she was still busy eating, and after one bowl, she would order another bowl, then the third bowl, and the fourth bowl... If you say that Mrs. Cui is really honest, if you say it is a reward, that is As a reward, I made a big pot to eat when I was full.Wang Siniang was full at last, looking at what was left in the pot, she still wanted to eat, but she couldn't do what she wanted.

Ping'er has always had a small appetite, but today she also ate two big bowls.Cui Tao ate four bowls, less than Wang Siniang, but more than Ping'er.

Ping'er waited for everyone to finish eating, then obediently cleaned up and went to wash the dishes, and she behaved better than before.

There were three passing yamen servants outside the door who smelled the fragrance, and couldn't help feeling that it was too fragrant.One of them happened to be following Cui Tao down the corridor in Tao Gao's house today, so he boldly asked what Cui Tao was doing.Cui Tao filled a bowl for each of them.The three of them ate very deliciously. After eating, they wiped their mouths again and again, and thanked them with silly smiles.

When Zhang Chang came to deliver a message to Cui Tao, he happened to see this scene and asked Cui Tao if he had any food left.

"Yes, I did a lot today, if you don't mind, why don't I get you some too?" Cui Tao asked.

Zhang Changdao: "Liulang didn't eat all day, and he didn't eat when he stayed up late last night."

"You can't eat this for Han Tuiguan, it's not elegant. Besides, he hasn't eaten for such a long time, and it's not good to eat meat directly. I'll cook porridge for him. The corn porridge will be very fast, and I will make him a miscellaneous If you make shredded ham, eat it with porridge."

Zhang Chang wanted to say that cooking porridge would take time, but Cui Tao had already thought about it, so he nodded and said sorry for her.

"I'll be bothered to see Mrs. Cui personally." After Zhang Chang finished speaking, he left immediately without giving Cui Tao a chance to refuse.

Cui Tao felt that Zhang Chang was a bit strange today, and his attitude towards her seemed a little different from before.But he didn't bother to delve into it, and called Wang Siniang, who was already full and about to fall asleep, to come over and light the fire.

Cui Tao cooked the corn porridge in a few minutes, then shredded the elm ear, chicken breast, fresh bamboo shoots, egg skin and ham, added soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, and sesame oil, and then it became a refreshing side dish for the porridge .This elm ear has the effect of regulating the intestines and stomach, and it is suitable for Han Qi now when paired with corn porridge that nourishes the stomach.

When Cui Tao delivered the porridge, Zhang Chang was not there, so she had to knock on the door to find Han Qi.

"Enter."

Immediately, a deep male voice came out of the room. Although it was pleasant to hear, it was obviously tired.

When Cui Tao delivered the porridge to the table, Han Qi hadn't looked up yet.

"Grinding." Han Qi still focused on writing at his desk.

Cui Tao went to grind.

After a while, probably Han Qi finally smelled the aroma of clear porridge before he raised his head and found that it was Cui Tao who came.

"why you?"

Cui Tao knew that he had mistook herself for Zhang Chang, so she just smiled and said, "Officer Han Tui hasn't eaten all day, so I'll bring some porridge over, drink some at least, don't starve to death."

"How do you know I haven't eaten all day? Did you ask Zhang Chang specifically?" Han Qifu lowered his head again and continued to finish what he hadn't finished.

Cui Tao was stunned for a moment, probably understanding that this was Zhang Chang's own initiative.Naturally, she couldn't say in front of Han Qi, I was full, and suddenly heard Zhang Chang say that you are so pitiful that you didn't eat, so she made porridge and brought it to you.In this way, not only did she get involved, but Zhang Chang would not have a good time.

Besides, this set of rhetoric does not have the basic quality of a subordinate to flatter a superior at all.

"I found that official Han Tui was tired, so I inquired tactfully, will official Han not mind?" Cui Tao pretended to look at Han Qi carefully, and it happened that her small eyes were caught by Han Qi .

Han Qi put down his brush and got up.