Little Chef [Rebirth]

Empress is happy. "

Mo Fanyu frowned, and said again: "The queen mother wants to eat dishes from Shu, so she can recruit the royal chef from Shu, why did Xiaoyuan enter the palace?"

"This..." Fuquan was a bit at a loss for words, he was just acting according to his will, he didn't know so many reasons, so he could only say: "Your Highness Six, this slave is only following orders, please don't make things difficult for this slave."

Hearing this, Mo Fanyu frowned even more. He opened his mouth to say something, but was stopped by Ning Xiuyuan who was standing beside him, interrupting what he wanted to say.

"Okay Xiaoyu." Ning Xiuyuan pinched his cheek affectionately, and said softly: "Don't embarrass Eunuch Fu, I just went to the palace to cook a few dishes, and I will come back when I'm done."

Turning his head and staring at Ning Xiuyuan intently, Mo Fanyu's expression turned ugly. He felt that after entering the capital, everything went beyond his expectations, and he had no time to make any preparations, and was dragged away all the time.

Thinking of this, Mo Fanyu felt extremely depressed.

With an idea in mind, Mo Fanyu didn't continue to embarrass Fuquan, he called the housekeeper and asked him to greet Fuquan and the eunuchs who came with him, while he dragged Ning Xiuyuan back to the room.

"..." The housekeeper who was temporarily appointed looked at the back of his master who had already left, the corners of his mouth twitched, his face was extremely depressed, after thinking for a moment, he regained his energy, turned around, and respectfully greeted the couple headed by Fuquan. A eunuch greeted him into the house.

Seeing that Mo Fanyu was pulling Ning Xiuyuan away, Fuquan's chubby body trembled, and his expression was a little ugly.

He has been in the palace for 20 years. Except for the first few years when he was a mediocre little eunuch and anyone in the palace could give him a face, in the next ten years, he walked sideways in the palace almost all the way— —

Whether it's the grandson of the emperor or the concubines of the harem, whoever sees him will give him a smile, curry favor with him, and hope that he can speak well for them in front of the emperor, but Mo Fanyu ruthlessly ignored him this time After grabbing it, I suddenly felt a fire burning in my heart, and I almost didn't bring it up in one breath, so I took my breath away.

Although he was very depressed, Fuquan was an old man in the palace after all, and it was not easy to go from a young eunuch to the chief eunuch. He saw some things clearly, and his heart was like a mirror.

In the year the sixth prince was born, Tianxiang Jirui witnessed everything completely, and he was also very shocked, not to mention that he has always been Hedi's personal eunuch chief, and he still sees some things very clearly, so Even if he is depressed and angry in his heart, he will not express it easily——

He can see how much the emperor loves the sixth prince, and he reckons... the position of the prince, eighty to nine times out of ten, should be the sixth prince.

After thinking about it like this, he finally suppressed the anger in his heart, and he has already figured out which side he should stand on.

The butler looked at Fuquan's expressionless expression with trepidation in his heart. He served tea himself and said cautiously: "Eunuch Fu, please wait a moment again, His Highness will come out soon."

Picking up the teacup, Fuquan took a sip, then raised his eyelids to look at the butler, then looked away, and said, "It's okay, you go down now, we'll just wait by ourselves."

The butler nodded, but of course he didn't retreat as he said, but retreated to a corner and stood quietly.

—

Here, Mo Fanyu dragged Ning Xiuyuan all the way through the corridor, through the arch, and then led him directly into the house, and locked the door lock.

Ning Xiuyuan sat on the round chair, seeing Mo Fanyu walking around the room with his hands behind his back in extreme anxiety, he couldn't help saying: "Little Yu, don't go."

Stopping, Mo Fanyu walked up to Ning Xiuyuan and sat down, his eyes were full of worry: "Xiaoyuan, I always feel very uneasy."

With a helpless smile, Ning Xiuyuan held his hand, "It will be fine, you are thinking too much."

After finishing speaking, he thought for a while and continued, "What's more, Mo Zhaosi still relies on me to frame you at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, so this period of time is the safest for me no matter what."

Even though he knew this, Mo Fanyu was still worried, so he pondered for a while and said, "Xiao Yuan, go and change your clothes, I will enter the palace with you later."

"...Xiao Yu." With a wry smile on his face, he said, "Don't do this."

Mo Fanyu looked at him intently, and said seriously: "Only if you are always in my sight, I will feel at ease."

"..." Hearing this, Ning Xiuyuan's ears turned red, he turned his face away, his heart was beating violently, he felt that if his Xiaoyu was placed in modern times, he would definitely be voted by netizens as the best love talker or something.

Knowing Mo Fanyu's stubborn nature, he must not be able to persuade the other party to change his mind, so he simply stopped talking.After sitting for a while, Ning Xiuyuan stood up, found a new suit of clothes from the closet, and went behind the screen to change.

Mo Fanyu raised his head and saw Ning Xiuyuan coming out from behind the screen. He couldn't help but feel a little dazed. When he came back to his senses, he puffed up his cheeks, turned his face, and said duplicity: "Go and change into something else. You don't look good in your clothes."

I bought this dress yesterday when I was shopping with Mo Fanyu on the street. The material is very good and the style is also very beautiful. Now I am wearing it on him. It's a handsome young man, not much inferior to Mo Yanting, walking out the door, I don't know how many boys and girls will be excited.

"..." Ning Xiuyuan lowered his head, looked at himself, he thought it was pretty good, "No need, it would be too troublesome to change, besides, I just go to the imperial dining room to cook, not a beauty pageant, so I don't need to look good .”

After finishing speaking, he straightened his clothes, and then said: "Okay, Xiaoyu, let's go, otherwise Eunuch Fu and the others will have to wait for a long time."

"It's okay to let him wait." Mo Fanyu said directly.

Even though he said that, he still stood up and followed Ning Xiuyuan out of the room.

In the lobby, Fuquan had already drank two cups of tea, but he still didn't see Mo Fanyu coming back. He didn't feel much. He was still sitting on his seat with a flat expression, waiting for the butler to serve the third cup of tea. The eunuchs couldn't sit still, they had never been treated like this when issuing the decree, so they were all filled with righteous indignation, forgetting that they were just slaves in the first place.

One of the eunuchs walked up to Fuquan, leaned over and whispered to him, the content was nothing more than that the sixth princes didn't take them seriously, and they should be taught a lesson or something.

Fuquan sneered in his heart, and looked coldly at the eunuch who walked in front of him. This is the deputy chief executive he just mentioned a few days ago. Originally, he still had a little vision when he saw the child, and he knew how to be a slave when he was in the palace. So he helped out, but he had only been promoted for a few days, and his tail turned up, and he could no longer see his original position——

As a slave, can he talk about the rights and wrongs of his master?Even if others smiled at them, it was not because of their identities, but because of the masters behind them, as slaves, as long as they kept their duty.

If he couldn't even keep his duty... Shaking his head, Fuquan was very disappointed.

Ignoring him, Fuquan still sat calmly, as if the passage of time had nothing to do with him, he was really not in a hurry.

Seeing Fuquan's eyes, the eunuch immediately felt a thump in his heart. He was a little uneasy, and he didn't dare to speak any more.

Naturally, this episode did not affect Mo Fanyu and Ning Xiuyuan, and they were completely unaware of it.

Re-entering the lobby, Mo Fanyu glanced at Fuquan who had already stood up, and without saying a word, said directly: "Let's go, I will also enter the palace with you."

Naturally, Fuquan would not object, he just dutifully led the way.

After about half an hour's journey, they had already arrived at the gate of the palace. Fuquan took out his badge, and the guards at the gate immediately let them go.

Lifting the curtain on the carriage, Ning Xiuyuan looked curiously at the red wall in front of him, with a look of astonishment and astonishment, Mo Fanyu sat beside him and explained to him appropriately.

They did not go to the inner courtyard of the palace, but sent Ning Xiuyuan directly to the imperial dining room. After the meal was prepared, he followed the eunuch and maid who delivered the food to meet Emperor He.

Fuquan sent them to the imperial dining room and was about to leave. Before leaving, he said to Mo Fanyu: "Your Highness, please leave with the servants. This kitchen is not suitable for you to enter."

Mo Fanyu waved his hand and said, "I want to accompany Xiao Yuan, so you should step back."

Fuquan was shocked. He had never seen a prince who was willing to run into the kitchen. When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but look at Ning Xiuyuan who was standing aside with a dazed expression, and he was full of doubts—this What kind of ability does a person have.

However, the doubts in my heart are doubts, and shocks are shocks. It is impossible for Fuquan to really put the majestic sixth prince in this imperial dining room. Otherwise, if the emperor finds out, his head must be close to moving.

Therefore, he had no choice but to make a request, and he almost knelt for a long time. Mo Fanyu was very tired of these rules and regulations, and he loved to follow his Xiaoyuan, watching him wash his hands and make soup. This feeling is so cold How could the unkind palace know.

Fuquan had a bitter face, his chubby face was all wrinkled together, and he said again: "Your Highness, don't embarrass this servant, if you really stay in this imperial dining room, this servant will definitely be punished."

Mo Fanyu said with a cold face, "Fuquan, you can go back. If the father is to blame, I will bear it myself."

"This..." Fuquan was in a dilemma. In desperation, he had no choice but to turn to Ning Xiuyuan for help. He finally understood that what Mr. Ning said was more useful than a hundred sentences he could say.

Seeing Fuquan's eyes, Ning Xiuyuan also knew that if a prince insisted on running to the imperial dining room because of him, he would definitely lose ground, so he thought about it, and then said: "Xiaoyuan, you go with Eunuch Fu first, I've prepared the dishes here, so I'll go find you, don't worry, I'll be fine."

After hearing what Mo Fanyu said, he just stared at him intently and didn't answer.

Helpless, Ning Xiuyuan had no choice but to say: "Little Yu, think about it carefully, if the emperor knows that you insist on following me into the imperial dining room, what will he think?"

With a single word to wake up the dreamer, Mo Fanyu suddenly wanted to understand that if he insisted on following in, he might really be putting Ning Xiuyuan in a dangerous situation.

——His royal father would never allow such a person to change him to this point.

"Okay, I'll leave first."

After figuring it out, Mo Fanyu carefully instructed Ning Xiuyuan to pay attention to many things, from big to small, in every detail. After speaking, he stuffed him with a bag of broken silver and asked him to sort it out a little. Those who turned back three times left together with Fuquan reluctantly.

☆, Chapter 57

After Fuquan and his party had left, Ning Xiuyuan walked into the imperial dining room under the leadership of a young eunuch.

It’s actually not time for dinner at this time, but the chefs of the various divisions inside are already busy. Although the emperor’s harem does not have as many as three thousand, it is true that there are thousands if not hundreds. They are responsible Naturally, everyone in the palace has to start busy with eating very early.

Official positions vary from high to low, so naturally the chefs in the imperial dining room are the same.

The imperial cooks who are responsible for the meals of the emperor and empress are equivalent to the sixth-rank officials of the imperial court. official position.

The imperial cooks who were in charge of the emperor's meals had already received their orders, and they were the only ones who hadn't done anything yet, sitting together and waiting for Ning Xiuyuan to come over.

The little eunuch led Ning Xiuyuan to these royal chefs, introduced them, and then said: "Young Master Ning, please hurry up and prepare. If you need any help, please give me an order. In another hour, we will be ready." It's time for your Majesty's lunch."

"Okay, thank you." Ning Xiuyuan nodded, thought for a while, and then asked: "By the way, how many dishes do I need to prepare?" In his impression, the emperor's meals were prepared for a whole table.

One of the younger imperial cooks answered for the little eunuch: "Your Majesty advocates frugality, so his lunch usually only consists of four meat dishes, four vegetarian dishes, and one soup dish, while the empress has two less dishes than Your Majesty, so it is Three meat dishes, three vegetarian dishes and one soup dish."

"Today, His Majesty specially ordered you to prepare meals. He will eat with the empress, and you only need to be in charge of seven meat dishes. As for the other vegetarian dishes and soup dishes, you don't need to be in charge, as other imperial chefs will be able to cook them."

Nodding his head, Ning Xiuyuan said that he already understood, but after a while, he asked again: "May I ask if your majesty and empress have any taboo foods?"

It was still the imperial cook, and after he listened to his words, he listed some foods that the queen and the emperor should not eat one by one, very detailed.

Keeping all the taboos firmly in his heart, Ning Xiuyuan smiled and thanked the other party sincerely: "Thank you."

Hearing the words, the slightly younger imperial chef raised his hand and touched his head, smiled foolishly, and then sat back embarrassedly.

Knowing the taboos of the emperor and empress, Ning Xiuyuan rolled up his sleeves and began to choose what he wanted from the dazzling array of ingredients.

He picked five crabs, half a catty of sea prawns, half a catty of river prawns, half a catty of beef, five chicken legs, and a grass carp, as well as a lot of fresh peppers and peppercorns, and some fresh vegetables, and then ordered the little eunuch on the side, Help him clean the ingredients.

Five crabs, he will steam two heads, and the other three will be used to make spicy crabs; half a catty of sea prawns is used to make spicy shrimps, half a catty of river prawns is used to make boiled shrimps; beef is used to make boiled beef, chicken thighs It is used to make Kung Pao Chicken, and grass carp is used to make boiled fish.

After arranging the dishes in his mind, Ning Xiuyuan took the ingredients washed by the little eunuch and began to process them.

There are not many seven dishes, and an hour is definitely enough, so Ning Xiuyuan's speed is not fast, unhurried, methodical, and he is not trying to hide his cooking like ordinary chefs ——

He was generous and didn't care at all about the other royal chefs standing aside watching.

His technique is very skillful, which made the few imperial chefs who were still very unconvinced feel a little admiration. They asked themselves, when they entered the imperial dining room for the first time, they were very nervous, and they couldn't be so calm.

An hour later, the seven meat dishes were all out of the pot, and the aroma enveloped the entire kitchen, making everyone in it immersed in the aroma and unable to extricate themselves.

Hearing swallowing sounds one after another from all around, Ning Xiuyuan felt a little funny, he ordered the little eunuch who had been with him to find the maid who came to serve the dishes, and after delivering the seven dishes, he turned his head and said to everyone: " I have made some more of these dishes, if you are interested, you can taste them."

After his words fell, several old imperial chefs who were still serving food trotted over one after another, scrambling for the dishes they wanted to taste, and then there were praises one after another.

The corners of his mouth curled up in a happy mood, Ning Xiuyuan didn't say much, but left the imperial dining room with him at the end of the food delivery line.

After walking through the long corridor and the imperial garden, he finally arrived at the palace where the empress lived. Ning Xiuyuan was a man, so he couldn't enter the harem at will, but because the emperor and the empress wanted to see him, so He was also unhindered all the way.

After entering the hall, he saw Emperor He and the Empress sitting together on the upper seat, and Mo Zhaosi and Mo Fanyu on the lower seats.But before he had time to see the appearance of the emperor and empress clearly, he was gently pushed by the eunuch beside him and knelt down on the ground.

As soon as Mo Fanyu saw Ning Xiuyuan approaching, his originally lacking interest suddenly became energetic, and his eyes brightened a lot.

When Mo Zhaosi saw it, he rolled his eyes and said in surprise, "Sixth brother, you are finally refreshed."

Mo Fanyu's expression paused, and he turned his head to look at Mo Zhaosi, a coldness flashed in his eyes, but because Hedi was present, he couldn't clearly show his dissatisfaction, so he just looked away and didn't answer. It was back to the way it was before, as if the flash of energy just now was just an illusion.

Hedi took the expressions of both of them into his eyes, then took a thoughtful look at Ning Xiuyuan who was kneeling on the ground respectfully, and after a long time, he said: "Get up."

Hearing this, the eunuchs and maids stood up one after another and put all the dishes on the table, while the palace ladies stood aside respectfully and prepared the dishes.

Ning Xiuyuan watched the eunuchs retreat one after another, while the court ladies stood aside, he thought for a while, then walked to the corner and stood still, staring straight ahead, even though there were only a few seats in front.

Seven meat dishes, seven vegetarian dishes, and two soup dishes almost occupied the entire table. The queen looked at the seven meat dishes and found it novel. She had never seen such a Sichuan dish, so she asked: "These seven dishes The dishes are from Mr. Ning's hands, right?"

Mo Fanyu nodded, and said before Ning Xiuyuan: "These dishes are indeed Xiaoyuan's specialty dishes, please try them, Father, Queen Mother."

After listening to the words, the queen nodded, she stretched out her chopsticks to push away the chili, picked up a piece of fish and put it in her mouth. The fresh fragrance of the mouth made the smile on her face a lot stronger. Looking up, she called Ning Xiuyuan, Asked: "How is this dish made, why have I never tasted it?"

Although she has left Shuzhong for more than thirty years, her memory is still there. In her childhood memory, she has never tasted fish made in this way.

Smiling, Ning Xiuyuan replied: "Mrs. Hui, this is a recipe Cao Min accidentally saw from a recipe. This dish is called boiled fish, and it is made with fresh grass carp."

When the Queen heard this, she became dissatisfied, so she tasted another bite of beef, and then asked, "What about this dish?"

"This is boiled beef, which is similar to boiled fish, but the material is fresh tender beef." Bending slightly, Ning Xiuyuan said.

Nodding her head, the queen tried the other five dishes one by one. The smile on her face never diminished, and she even ate half a bowl of rice.

It was rare for Emperor He to see the queen eating so happily, so he picked up the chopsticks himself and tasted a few mouthfuls. He is not good at eating spicy food, so he was choked quite a bit, and his majestic face rarely showed other emotions.

Seeing Hedi like this, the maid hurriedly served tea, and after rinsing with the emperor, she felt a little better.

Although these dishes tasted good, they were too spicy. He really didn't dare to move his chopsticks. Ning Xiuyuan looked at He Di's frowning and entangled appearance, and called the maid at the side, and after whispering to her a few times, he continued to stand .

After a while, the maid followed Ning Xiuyuan's instructions and brought a glass of milk to Emperor He.Facing Shanghedi's suspicious eyes, Ning Xiuyuan lowered his head and explained: "Your Majesty, this milk can relieve spicy heat."

Hearing this, Hedi loosened his brows and stretched out his chopsticks a little as he wished.

Both the emperor and the empress were very satisfied with this lunch, and after asking the maids to remove the bowls and chopsticks, Hedi said: "Your craftsmanship is indeed excellent, these dishes are very delicious, tell me, What reward do you want?"

"There is no need for rewards. Your Majesty and Empress are satisfied. It is already a blessing for the grassroots. This is the greatest reward." Kneeling down again, Ning Xiuyuan said respectfully while thinking about the plot of the TV series he had watched in his previous life.

Hedi nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words, "Okay. But although you don't want a reward, I have to give it to you. How about I reward you with a hundred taels of gold."

Knowing that he could not refuse, Ning Xiuyuan simply bowed and shouted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Looking at the golden gold presented in front of him, Ning Xiuyuan's eyes lit up very unreservedly, and he was overjoyed, as if he saw a lot of gold with wings flying towards him...

Back to the mansion with his bounty in hand, the smile on the corner of Ning Xiuyuan's mouth has not restrained.

Hiding the box like a baby, Ning Xiuyuan walked to Mo Fanyu's side, and said with a smile: "Now if we want to go back to Nancheng, we don't need to think about the travel expenses anymore."

Mo Fanyu: "..."

Mo Fanyu looked dotingly at his family Xiaoyuan who had fallen into a financial obsession, thinking whether to tell him that 100 taels of gold is nothing, he doesn’t know how many 100 taels of gold he has in his hand... travel expenses have never been no need to worry.

However, after thinking about it for a while, he didn't say anything. He enjoyed the feeling of being taken care of all the time.

Raising his hand and pinching the bulging cheeks of the young man standing in front of him at this moment, Mo Fanyu asked: "Xiao Yuan, did the imperial chefs in the imperial dining room make things difficult for you?"

"No."

"That's good." Pulling Ning Xiuyuan to sit down, Mo Fanyu bent down to hug him from behind, then put his head on the shoulder of the person in front of him, and after a moment of silence, he continued: "Xiao Yuan , Tomorrow, I will set off for Jiangnan."

"To Jiangnan?" Ning Xiuyuan was puzzled.

"En." Mo Fanyu tightened his hand around the young man, and said in a muffled voice, "I'm going to collect Mo Zhaosi's criminal evidence, so I can't take you with me this time." Because this trip is too dangerous, he can't Put his baby in danger.

Recalling what Mo Yanting said last night, Ning Xiuyuan knew the danger and hardship of this trip, he pursed his lips, and the joyful mood disappeared.

After being silent for a long time, he didn't open his mouth until he felt a soft kiss on his cheek, and said softly: "Then you have to be careful, I will wait here for your return."

"I will." Turning his head, gently kissing Ning Xiuyuan's neck one after another, Mo Fanyu's eyes are full of tenderness: "After these things are over, we will go back to Nancheng and run the restaurant well .”

☆, Chapter 58

Mo Fanyu went to Jiangnan secretly. Apart from Mo Bufan, Mo Yanting and Ning Xiuyuan, no one else knew about it. He was only accompanied by Luo Yi and a few personal guards who accompanied him. No one else.

Mo Yanting's people had actually collected most of the criminal evidence, and they just came close. In order to force those officials and traders to show their flaws, they deliberately released some rumors, directly pointing out that some of the traders and officials had already submitted documents to the government. evidence-

In this way, a net is laid, waiting for these guilty officials and traders to throw themselves into the net.

So after Mo Fanyu arrived in Jiangnan, he didn't really need to do anything, the only thing he had to do was to wait.

However, within three days, some officials couldn't sit still, and faintly became irritable. Some of them were already forced to jump over the wall, and automatically handed over the most important pieces of evidence——

These people became suspicious of each other because of the rumors deliberately released by Mo Yanting's people, and their psychological defenses gradually collapsed. They even held the idea that they would rather kill a hundred by mistake than let one go. They were so cruel that they sent many killers to kill those smugglers. The salt merchants also have officials they suspect, in order to achieve the purpose of silence.

Naturally, these were the evidences that Mo Fanyu and the others were waiting for to come to their door - after those officials and traders were rescued, these people became the most favorable witnesses to correct Mo Zhaosi.

After staying in the south of the Yangtze River for only three or four days, Mo Fanyu rushed to Luocheng without stopping. Mo Yanting found out that Mo Zhaosi and the Minister of the Ministry of War had hidden weapons in Luocheng. He must find out during this trip. The exact location of the stash.

But no matter how urgently they rushed, they still spent two days on the road, from the capital to Jiangnan, and then from Jiangnan to Luocheng. It took eight to nine days to go back and forth. There were only less than eight days left before the Hundred Flowers Feast.

In other words, Mo Fanyu has less than five days to find out where the hidden weapons are, and in three days, they must rush back to the capital from Luocheng, pretending that nothing happened, so that Mo Fanyu Zhaosi relaxed his vigilance.

When he first arrived in Luocheng, Mo Fanyu took Luo Yi and a few guards to find the person he sent here to look for those weapons according to the address Mo Yanting gave.

There were not many people sent by Mo Yanting, there were only three people in total, and the three of them were pretending to be three brothers at the moment. The stalls are for passers-by who are tired from walking to have a rest, drink tea, and inquire about news by the way.

"See His Highness the Sixth Highness." Seeing Mo Fanyu, the three of them knelt down and saluted in extremely respectful tones.

"Get up." Mo Fanyu signaled them to stand up, and then asked: "Have you found out, where are those weapons hidden?"

Zhao Da replied, "I'm ashamed, I haven't found out yet."

"Forget it." There are still a few days left, although I am anxious, but I am not in a hurry.

Frowning, Mo Fanyu pondered for a while, and asked again: "Then, have you noticed anything strange about Luocheng?"

The three of them looked at each other, Zhao Da frowned and thought for a moment, then seemed to suddenly think of something, his eyes lit up suddenly: "Although there is nothing weird in Luo City, but my subordinates found out that there is a mountain outside the city. In the past two years, bandits have suddenly become very violent."

"Those bandits were very cruel, burning, killing, and looting. The villages within a hundred miles were not persecuted by them without exception, so that the people moved out of the village one after another. Until now, the mountain has been completely occupied by bandits. On weekdays, even Orion didn't dare to go up, for fear of accidentally losing his life."

"Bandit?" His brows frowned even tighter, and Mo Fanyu raised his hand to stick his chin, wondering in his heart, he always felt that something was wrong.

It is not surprising that there are bandits in the mountains. Although the world is peaceful today and there are no war disputes, there are not a few grass bandits who occupy the mountains as kings.

This is not forced by life, but these people don't want to work by themselves, they only like to live a comfortable life, and they know some hands and feet skills, so they directly occupy the mountain as king and specialize in robbing.

What's more, Luocheng is a small town, relatively remote, and the people are simple and simple. The biggest official in the city is no more than a nine-rank Zhima official, and there are not many people under him. It seems that there are bandits outside the city.

After thinking about it for a long time, Mo Fanyu didn't realize that there was anything wrong there. It wasn't until he made another assumption that he suddenly realized it.

Raising his head, he looked at Zhao Da and asked, "Do you know if there were bandits in Luocheng two years ago?" Those weapons were lost two years ago.

If he guessed correctly, the banditry that suddenly appeared on the mountain outside the city was nothing more than a cover. Their real purpose was to cover up the things hidden on the mountain, and deliberately hurt the people below the mountain, even more so to protect the secrets in the mountain from being leaked. Discover.

Zhao Qi is the one who hides the most in Luocheng among the three of them, so he is the most clear: "Return to Your Highness, I remember that two years ago, there was no bandit in Luocheng, and outside the city The mountains and forests are not inhabited by any people."

Zhao Jiu's brain is the most flexible. He heard Zhao Qi's words and combined with Mo Fanyu's question just now, he soon figured it out, "Your Highness, could it be that these weapons are hidden in this mountain?"

Nodding his head, Mo Fanyu said: "It's very possible, but whether it's true or not, we need to send someone to find out the truth."

The matter of exploring the truth naturally fell on Zhao Da and the three of them. The three of them were born as military generals, and their lightness and martial arts were not weak. Wait until it's completely dark before going out.

During this period of time, Mo Fanyu was immersing himself in sorting out the evidence they had collected. The evidence was listed one by one, and all of them were capital crimes.

In a blink of an eye, it was already the third watch, and almost all the people in Luocheng had fallen into a deep sleep. The lights of every house had been turned off, the streets were empty, the moon was dark and the wind was high, it was a good time to inquire.

Zhao Da and the others were dressed in night clothes. After leaving the house, they were almost merged with the darkness, and they could no longer distinguish each other.

Two hours later, Zhao Da and the others came back, and the expressions of the three of them were a little dignified.

"Your Highness, it is indeed as you expected, the bandits on this mountain are indeed just a cover, and those weapons are hidden here." Zhao Da cupped his hands, lowered his head and said: "It's just that there are many guards on this mountain, probably no less than a hundred. And there are many checkpoints set up, coupled with the fact that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is very disadvantageous for us."

After a moment of silence, Mo Fanyu nodded and said, "I see."

After finishing speaking, he took a piece of paper, lowered his head and didn't know what to write, and after a quarter of an hour, he handed a letter to Zhao Da, saying: "You quickly send this letter to the capital, and hand it to Fourth Highness."

Zhao Da took the letter and said, "This subordinate takes orders."

After Zhao Da left, Mo Fanyu said to the others: "You all go down and rest first, we will discuss this matter tomorrow."

Everyone, look at me and I look at you. Although I was puzzled in my heart, I still retreated as I said.

In the study, Mo Fanyu frowned, with many thoughts in his mind. They have too few people, and they will definitely fail if they go head-to-head. Moreover, the mountains are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are too many hiding places. If they are not absolutely sure, they must not act rashly.

"what can we do about it……"

Sighing to himself, Mo Fanyu suddenly missed his Xiao Yuan very much.

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Compared with the difficulties encountered by Mo Fanyu, Ning Xiuyuan's place is calm, without any ups and downs.

These days, his life is very regular. After getting up every day, people from the palace will pick him up and enter the palace. After entering the palace, he will go directly to the imperial dining room. After noon, the little eunuch will come again Send him back to the mansion, and at this time Mo Bufan will come to the door, chat with him, and send him news from Nancheng by the way.

So these days will not be very boring.

However, when Mo Fanyu was not by his side, Ning Xiuyuan always felt a little empty in his heart, probably because, since he woke up in this world, Mo Fanyu had always been in his sight.

It was better during the day, he was busy with the menu of the Hundred Flowers Banquet, he was busy teaching the imperial chef new dishes, he was so busy that he didn’t have time to think about it, but once it was night, especially in the dead of night, his thoughts were all over the place. It will fly to Mo Fanyu's body involuntarily.

He was very worried, so even though he was very tired, he still couldn't sleep well after tossing and turning in bed. During these days, he had no news from Mo Fanyu at all.

Such days continued until the first three days of the Hundred Flowers Feast.

On this day, Mo Yanting came to visit, and when he entered the lobby, he was shocked when he saw Ning Xiuyuan's dark circles around his eyes and pale face.

"What's wrong with you, you have such an ugly face?" With such a bad face, if his sixth younger brother, who was very protective, came back and saw Ning Xiuyuan's appearance, he would probably think that he had done something.

Sending someone to make tea, Ning Xiuyuan raised his hand and touched his face when he heard the words, then shook his head and said, "It's nothing. Your Highness is here, but what's the matter?" The so-called going to the Three Treasures Hall without anything must be something Otherwise, this idle prince would not have come here.

Before getting down to business, Mo Yanting touched his nose, and said a few words: "Mr. Ning, the sixth younger brother will return in two or three days, you should pay more attention to your body, otherwise..." The rest of the words did not say Finished, it has been replaced by a few wry smiles.

Ning Xiuyuan picked up the tea that his servants had just brought up, and after hearing what he said, he looked up at Mo Yanting, and then replied: "Thank you for your concern, Fourth Highness, the grass people will pay attention."

Mo Yanting: "..."

Knowing that this plan of his own has completely offended Mo Fanyu and Ning Xiuyuan, he is very unpopular at this time, so after Mo Yanting was choked for a while, he stopped talking nonsense, but directly said him The purpose of coming here today.

"Actually, I'm here today. First, I'm here to see you. Second, I'm here