Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

After Gongsun Ce and others left, Zhao Hanyan looked at Bao Zheng with a bad feeling.

Bao Zheng stretched out his hand to signal Zhao Hanyan to sit down.

Facing Master Bao's solemn and upright face, Zhao Hanyan began to beat his heart, thinking about various possibilities and ways to deal with them.

"Now it's just you and me, brother Zhao, why don't you be honest and reveal your identity." Bao Zheng stared at Zhao Hanyan with a pair of eyes, as if he wanted to see through him.

"What do you mean, my lord?"

"One can pretend to be one's identity, but not one's innate bearing. Brother Zhao's words and demeanor are definitely not vulgar. How can he be just a scholar from a poor family?" Bao Zheng's tone was extremely firm, "Of course, If Brother Zhao really doesn’t want to confess, Bao won’t force him, but it’s unavoidable that someone will investigate your identity.”

"It's a fake. My lord doesn't need to order someone to check it. I'm telling the truth. In fact, I also expected that my disguise would not last long before being seen through by my lord's sharp eyes." Zhao Hanyan did not forget to give a little compliment when answering. My lord continued, "I am the youngest son of the Eight Sage Kings, Xiao Zihan. Because I was fond of eating since I was a child, I liked to study cooking, which was disliked by everyone. A few days ago, I made a bet with my father. If I win, I can cook It was a matter of my heart. My father agreed, and in the end I really won. I was afraid that he would change his mind and stop me, so I left a letter with Chen Qing and left."

"You are the youngest son of the eight kings, the one who became a monk in Daxiong Mountain for his father?" Bao Zheng, the sons of the eight sage kings, has seen all of them, but there is one young son who has never seen it. The name of "filial piety" is kept in the temple in order to prolong life.

Zhao Hanyan nodded.

Bao Zheng was filled with emotion, he didn't expect the youngest son of the Eight Kings to grow up so big in a blink of an eye.It's no wonder that he is so good, with his original background and several years of experience in the temple, the people who taught him are all eminent monks and old Confucianists, which are beyond comparison with ordinary people.

"It's really hard for me to hide this from everyone. People live in the world and only know what they can do, but they can't escape the eyes of the world. I intend to act flexibly and never want to hurt anyone. Maybe I will cause trouble for Mr. Bao. I will tell you tomorrow. Let's go." After Zhao Hanyan apologized, he retreated to advance.

After Bao Zheng thought for a while, he hurriedly said: "Since you have agreed to make a bet with the Eight Kings first, and your job as a cook is also an upright job. After all, this is your own family business. It will neither affect others nor harm the sky. Bao There's no reason to stop it."

"Thank you, Mr. Bao!" Zhao Hanyan thanked her. She couldn't reveal her identity, so she had to use her cousin as a shield for the time being.

Bao Zheng originally wanted to confirm that Zhao Hanyan was harmless to the Kaifeng Mansion. As for his family affairs, he was usually too busy with official duties, so how could he ask more questions.However, Bao Zheng still suggested that Zhao Hanyan could explain clearly to her 'father', try to clear up the misunderstanding and get understanding.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Hanyan nodded, "I will explain it to my father when I get a chance, but before that, can Mr. Bao just pretend that he doesn't know about this matter or my identity?"

Although Bao Zheng didn't understand why Zhao Hanyan was so talented, why he insisted on being a cook.But after thinking about it, maybe her belief in the cook is just like her determination to be a virtuous minister who is loyal to the emperor and the people. Everyone has their own ambitions and cannot be forced.

Bao Zheng has been an official for many years, and he is not a person who does not know how to adapt, so he nodded and agreed.

Zhao Hanyan bowed and saluted, "I am deeply sorry for the concealment!"

"Brother Zhao, don't be so polite. No one in the Kaifeng mansion has any secrets. As long as it's not something that hurts others, it's fine." Bao Zheng replied with a smile of understanding.

Zhao Hanyan said with a relieved smile, "I'm relieved to have what your lord said. Thank you for your understanding."

Zhao Hanyan then saluted Bao Zheng again.

Bao Zheng nodded, this child is well educated and reasonable, he is definitely not someone who doesn't understand the rules, the reason why he ran out of the palace at the beginning is most likely because the eight kings couldn't figure it out for a while.This child has always been clever in his behavior, and he must have thought of all the ways he could think of. In the end, he had no choice but to use gambling as an excuse to leave the palace.

Zhao Hanyan didn't know that Bao Zheng had a good impression of her, and had imagined that her "running away" was all due to the traditional concept of the palace.However, Master Bao respected her as a cook, which surprised Zhao Hanyan.Originally, she had made plans for the next step, such as asking the Eight Sage Kings to testify for her again, but now it seems that it is unnecessary.

Zhao Hanyan was about to say goodbye, but when he turned around, he suddenly remembered something, and asked Bao Zheng, "What would you like to eat at the small dinner table tonight?"

Bao Zheng was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "You are good at crafting, just do whatever you want."

Bao Zheng's voice: When I just came back from the car, I occasionally saw roast chicken being sold on the street. The meat was very fragrant, and I wanted to eat it.

"Okay, I see." Zhao Hanyan also smiled, and then exited the door after saluting.

Gongsun Ce was waiting outside the door. After meeting Zhao Hanyan, he entered the room and asked about Bao Zheng's situation.

"What?" Bao Zheng asked incomprehensibly.

"Of course it's Little Brother Zhao's true identity." Zhao Han's life experience at the beginning explained that he came to the mansion to cook, and he could get by, but gradually, Little Brother Zhao's behavior could no longer be explained by this identity. .Judging from Brother Zhao's scrutiny and judgment of the case, it proved that she was a person with a lot of knowledge and experience, which was not something that a domesticated scholar who stayed at home could do.

"It's a bit of status, but it doesn't hinder us. This child is not easy, so don't ask too much, sir. He is right now." Bao Zheng explained.

Gongsun Ce nodded knowingly, and also understood that since Zhao Han was able to make a set of things that could be seen on the household registration and get away with it, he must have a good identity.Since Mr. Bao was able to open the net, it showed that the child was indeed not bad, so Gongsun Ce didn't ask too much. Sometimes knowing too much may not be a good thing, he has always been sensible.

When Zhao Hanyan returned to the kitchen, he saw Zhao Hu hovering around the door anxiously holding the knife on his waist.

"Is something wrong?"

Zhao Hu saw Zhao Hanyan, and immediately ran over, "Little cook, I didn't mean to be picky. I didn't think about it all the way, so I just wanted to ask you, is it possible that your guess is really a guess, and it may not be accurate. Just For example, Wang Xing'an, he is wearing white clothes, which is enough to show that he likes to be clean? But when he killed someone, his sleeves were stained with blood, it was an accident, if he thought it would be a blink of an eye to take off his clothes and walk in the rain, so why didn't he take them off?"

"I'm using my brain," Zhao Hanyan smiled, "After the first two murders, when he left the scene of the murder, he wore a coir raincoat to better hide his whereabouts, but he didn't. The scene was found near the haystack in an alley, and the second time it was simply in the backyard of the tailor’s shop, explaining something, he couldn’t bear this, he had to take it off as soon as possible.”

Zhao Hu suddenly nodded, then scratched his head, sighing that he was really stupid.

"Aren't you going to search for people, is it over?"

"I just couldn't figure it out halfway through the search, so I came back to ask on purpose. Now that I understand, I'll go join the Dynasty and continue the search." After Zhao Hu said that, he bowed to Zhao Hanyan, turned around and left in a hurry.

At this time, Chunlai put the eight broilers he had packed into a big basin and gave it to Zhao Hanyan.

Zhao Hanyan removes the bones from the gutted broiler chickens, smears Shaoxing wine, salt and soy sauce on the inside and outside, and marinates them for later use.

As soon as Zhao Hanyan washed his hands, Zhao Hu came again.She thought Zhao Hu still had questions, so she smiled and told him to ask him what he had to say, so as not to waste time running back and forth.

Zhao Hu shook his head: "This time it's business. I ran into Big Brother Zhan not long after I left the house. He took people along Tayun Lane to ask door to door, and found two witnesses who said they saw a man naked in the Walk in the rain."

"So can you confirm who it is?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

Zhao Hu nodded, "Because it was strange, so the witnesses took a second look and saw that the butcher who sold Wazi was called Ou Dachun."

Zhao Hanyan nodded, "That's a good thing, but why did you come to me?"

"Guard Zhan has taken people to the other side of the tile to secretly stare at Ou Dachun, and asked Mr. Bao and Mr. Gongsun what they mean. There is no evidence to prove that he is suspected of committing the crime, but because of the fact that he was naked in the rain, it may be difficult to convict him. What if it's just a coincidence?" Zhao Hu said.

"I understand, I'll go with you." Zhao Hanyan took off the apron on his body, looked at himself in front of the water tank, he was still tidy, and then followed Zhao Hu.

The two went to Wazi together and found Ou Dachun's butcher's shop. The shop was not too small, it was actually a two-story building.Pork, beef, mutton, chicken and duck are placed on a row of counters downstairs, and people live upstairs.There are three guys in the store, who are responsible for receiving customers and doing some work such as cutting meat and selling meat.

Zhao Hu then took Zhao Hanyan to meet Zhan Zhao on the second floor of the opposite inn.

"I can't see him right now, but I saw him just now, and he was in the shop." Zhan Zhao said.

"What does it look like?" Zhao Hanyan was afraid that he would make a mistake when looking for someone later.

"It's easy to recognize, dressed in white, tall and very strong, half an inch taller than me." Zhan Zhao described, then asked Zhao Hanyan if there was really a way to determine that he was the murderer, and not just passing by by chance 'pedestrian'.

"I have a 100% sure method, but you have to find the evidence yourself. Give me a tael of silver." Zhao Hanyan reached out to Zhan Zhao for money.

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a moment, then took out an ingot of silver and wanted it for Zhao Hanyan, but Zhao Hanyan didn't want it, he only wanted one or two, Zhan Zhao had no choice but to search carefully in his front pocket before giving one or two to Zhao Hanyan.

"Wait." After Zhao Hanyan finished speaking, he held a tael of silver in his palm and turned to go.

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