Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

Bai Yutang seemed to discover Zhao Hanyan's power for the first time, and praised in surprise, "You really can read minds."

The implication is obviously that he deliberately let Zhao Hanyan bump into him.

Zhao Hanyan's face turned hot, and then she told Bai Yutang that she wanted to find Bao Zheng.

Bai Yutang: "Many witnesses point to him. Why do you think that Qu Rongfa may be innocent?"

"If the murderer can teach such loyal characters as Taoist Ziyan and Miss Zhang, he must be a person who is extremely self-disciplined, cautious in doing things, and very convincing in speech, and it is easy for people to feel good about him and trust him. Such a person is unlikely to let his son rebel against him, and it is even less likely to allow his son to report on him without even noticing it." Zhao Hanyan explained.

After thinking about it for a while, Bai Yutang nodded, thinking that what Zhao Hanyan said made sense, but now that there were so many evidences pointing to Qu Rongfa, it was a bit hard to explain.

"If someone else planned to frame Qu Rongfa in advance, then only you and I knew about my visit to the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites last night to get the money, so how could he have predicted it?"

Bai Yutang later expressed to Zhao Hanyan that even if the murderer has the best skills, it is impossible to buy Miss Zhang, shopkeeper Xue, Qu Changle, and the waiter from Zuiyanglou to testify.

"What if such a person really exists?" Zhao Hanyan looked at Bai Yutang solemnly.

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows: "Are you serious?"

Zhao Hanyan nodded, "Qu Rongfa doesn't look like that person at all, especially when I saw him going crazy and confronting Mr. Bao during the trial today, I was even more convinced of this. He didn't even know his own temper. If you can't control it, how can you control others? And he himself doesn't admit that he committed these things, so I feel more and more that it's not him."

"I believe you." Bai Yutang said without thinking.

"You answered so quickly, it seems that you haven't thought about it, you just trust me for the sake of trusting me?" Zhao Hanyan pretended to be upset.

"It's because you are trustworthy. When I believed you, I didn't miss it. Why didn't I believe it?" Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Hanyan tenderly, with a faint smile on his mouth.

"It won't go wrong this time," Zhao Hanyan patted Bai Yutang's shoulder, "It won't go wrong if you listen to me obediently in the future."

"You mean you want me to marry a wife?" Bai Yutang looked around, and after confirming that there was no one there, he whispered to Zhao Hanyan, "So you are willing to marry me?"

"What is it all about? I never said that I want to marry you." Zhao Hanyan glared at Bai Yutang with a smile, telling him to stop joking.

"This is not a joke." Bai Yutang corrected, "You will marry me sooner or later, this is a serious matter."

"Since you took the initiative to talk about this shocking incident, then I will tell you about my troubles." Zhao Hanyan deliberately asked Bai Yutang if she was afraid, and if she was, she would not talk about it. .

Bai Yutang's eyes moved sharply, and he said with a smile, "I heard what you said, it's kind of trying to provoke me."

"Then do you listen?"

"Listen, troubles always have to be dealt with. If you tell me earlier, I can make preparations earlier." Bai Yutang said bluntly.

Zhao Hanyan looked around, hooked his hands, and led Bai Yutang to a secluded place suitable for talking.Whoever goes will tell him the answer, talk about too thick habits and temper, and how she guesses the queen mother will react to them.

Bai Yutang nodded after listening, lamenting that this is indeed a trouble that will come sooner or later.

Zhao Hanyan: "Actually, there is no need to think about it so early. After all, we have only been together for a few days, but we don't know what will happen in the future. Maybe after a while, you will get tired of me."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Bai Yutang tapped Zhao Hanyan's forehead, telling him to pay attention when he speaks in the future.

"You can't tell, people are changing every day." Zhao Hanyan's expression was very melancholy, and his tone of emotion sounded quite sour.

Bai Yutang nodded Zhao Hanyan's forehead again, "Are you still kidding me? People change, but how can someone who only likes to cook like you change, and how can someone like me who only likes to eat red carp change?" Where are you going?"

Zhao Hanyan laughed, his almond eyes narrowed into a crescent shape, his smile was contagious.Zhao Hanyan liked Bai Yutang's answer very much. After thinking about it, he found it quite interesting and laughed again.

Bai Yutang found that Zhao Hanyan was sometimes very simple and easy to be happy.When she was happy, she couldn't help being happy, so she laughed along with her.

"Don't think about those impossible things. The person I believe will never change. But if one day you despise me, I will wait for you to leave me, wait for you to come back, or if you don't come back, I will still wait " When Bai Yutang mentioned the last possibility, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.He just imagined this possible scenario in his mind, but just thinking about it already made him feel uncomfortable.

"Neither do I! Anyway, I'm also a woman that the famous Chinchilla in the world looks up to. Could it be an ordinary person? Of course not!" Zhao Hanyan said very narcissistically.

Bai Yutang burst out laughing, really couldn't hold back Zhao Hanyan's 'narcissism', but hearing her words made him very happy.It is indeed worthy of the woman he has his eyes on, it is really extraordinary.

"Okay, then let's think about a way, how to deal with the empress dowager you have always been grateful and respected." Bai Yutang took Zhao Hanyan's hand and clasped her fingers tightly.

"I haven't thought of any good solution for a while." Zhao Hanyan said worriedly.

Bai Yutang still stared at Zhao Hanyan with a pleasant smile on his lips.

"You're talking about something sad, why are you smiling so happily?" Zhao Hanyan shook Bai Yutang's arm and asked him puzzled.

"Seeing that you are worrying about our future, I suddenly feel very happy, because you want to be with me for a long time." Bai Yutang smiled and pressed Zhao Hanyan's forehead with his forehead, and said to her Thank you.

"Too heretical." Zhao Hanyan laughed.

"Then how about I do something to thank you?" Bai Yutang suggested.

Zhao Hanyan nodded again and again, saying hello.

Right now, the surrounding area is quiet, and the corner of the land is very remote, and no outsiders will come to disturb it.And the atmosphere of the chat just now was very good, pink bubbles had already appeared.Zhao Hanyan felt that it was very appropriate for Bai Yutang to do something at this time.

Zhao Hanyan was ready to close his eyes, and his heart began to beat fast.

Bai Yutang's face moved closer to Zhao Hanyan's. Zhao Hanyan pursed his lips and lowered his eyes.

"Let me handle the affairs of the empress dowager, you don't have to worry about it." Bai Yutang whispered this sentence in Zhao Hanyan's ear.

Zhao Hanyan froze for a moment, looked up at Bai Yutang, "Huh?"

"Ah, what, didn't you hear what I just said?" Bai Yutang smiled at the corner of his mouth, and looked at Zhao Hanyan with doting eyes.Even though Zhao Hanyan didn't listen to him seriously, his dazed and silly appearance was still very cute.

"You solve it? How do you solve it? The empress dowager is in the deep palace." Zhao Hanyan reacted belatedly, surprised.

Zhao Hanyan tugged on Baitang's sleeve with a smile, "Quickly tell me, what can you do?"

"I haven't thought of it yet," Bai Yutang said.

Zhao Hanyan: "..."

"There will be a solution anyway, you don't have to worry about it," Bai Yutang assured.

Bai Yutang chose to believe him, so Zhao Hanyan naturally believed in Bai Yutang, nodded and wished him well.

"However, let me declare in advance that your method must not scare the queen mother too much." Zhao Hanyan instructed.

Bai Yutang: "Don't worry, I know she is kind to you. You respect her very much, and I naturally respect her too. I will definitely not do anything that might hurt her."

Zhao Hanyan thanked Bai Yutang for thinking about her.He was really curious about how Bai Yutang would accomplish this in the end, and what method he could use.

"You seem to be closing your eyes just now?" Bai Yutang said in a low voice with a smile on his face.

"No." Zhao Hanyan glanced away, firmly denying.

"Why does it feel like someone is going to close their eyes and wait for something?"

"Did you see it wrong because someone blinked?" Zhao Hanyan asked in an evasive manner.

Bai Yutang gently touched Zhao Hanyan's lips, and the moment he moved away, seeing Hanyan's closed eyes, the smile on the corner of his mouth became more obvious.He gently stroked Zhao Hanyan's pink lips back and forth with his index finger, and finally slid to the corner of his mouth to stay.

Just the touch of a fingertip already made him feel the double trembling of body and mind.

Zhao Hanyan realized that she had closed her eyes when she was kissed, as if she had been caught doing something bad, so she quickly opened her eyes blushing.

Bai Yutang didn't take the opportunity to laugh at him, but looked at her with burning eyes, deep and affectionate.

Looking at Bai Yutang's picturesquely handsome face, Zhao Hanyan remembered how he was when he first met him.How amazing the look at that time was, I am afraid that only she knew it in her heart.Zhao Hanyan has an easy-going personality and is suitable to be friends with many people.But for the relationship between men and women, she is actually not very good at expressing.It's okay if the other person is warm to him, she will definitely respond in the same way.But when faced with an uncertain situation, she will never take the initiative to 'play herself passionate'.

Maybe it's because of the girl's reserve, or maybe it's because she is the passive one in terms of feelings.

Thinking back carefully now, there were many moments when she and Bai Yutang got along with each other.But she will use the chief officer's rationality to block out all these feelings.

It takes a long time to explode.

Zhao Hanyan reflected on how long he had held back.Why every time she sees Bai Yutang, she has the urge to pounce on a tiger, so she needs to control it.

"What are you thinking about?" Bai Yutang asked softly.

"Miss you." Zhao Hanyan said truthfully.

After hearing this, Bai Yutang was in high spirits, held Zhao Hanyan's hand tightly, and kissed her again.

But every kiss ends, it's just a light touch between the lips, and then leaves quickly.

Zhao Hanyan understood why Bai Yutang did this, because when they kissed for the first time, he had said that he would control himself.

"I'll accompany you to find Master Bao." Bai Yutang walked out holding Zhao Hanyan's hand tightly.

After the two met Master Bao, Zhao Hanyan told Bao Zheng about his suspicions in detail, thinking that there might be something strange about this case.

"There is some truth in what you said, but there is no evidence to support your guess. The current reality is that there are many witnesses and material evidence pointing to Qu Rongfa. After all, we still need to look at evidence, not just personal guesses. .” Bao Zheng explained.

But Bao Zheng also listened to Zhao Hanyan's words, and immediately told Zhao Hanyan that he actually had the same doubts.But there are too many people with ulterior motives and strange ideas. Perhaps the prisoner himself is crazy and has a temperament that others cannot guess.During the ensuing interrogation, Bao Zheng will try his best to find out Qu Rongfa's motive for committing the crime.

Zhao Hanyan thanked Bao Zheng for listening to her thoughts, and then tentatively asked Bao Zheng if she could let herself meet Qu Rongfa alone. She wanted to try to chat with Qu Rongfa.

"Of course, it's very rare for you to devote yourself to the case." Bao Zheng nodded in agreement, and then ordered Zhao Hanyan to just go.

Zhao Hanyan thanked Bao Zheng, and immediately went to see Qu Rongfa, bringing her a plate of delicate desserts.Bai Yutang was about to follow, but was stopped by Zhao Hanyan.

"Qu Rongfa already has a feeling of resistance. He doesn't like people in Kaifeng mansion to interrogate her. If too many people go there, his resentment will be increased. When we are two, we will talk more about our thoughts."

So Zhao Hanyan went to visit Qu Rongfa alone, bringing her the sweetest and most delicious desserts.

After Zhang Long got the order, when he saw Zhao Hanyan coming again, he swallowed and watched Zhao Hanyan holding the plate of delicate snacks. Not only did they look round, flower-shaped, and spiral-shaped, they were very beautiful, and they smelled very sweet.Zhang Long asked what they were, and Zhao Hanyan told him that they were rice cakes, honey bait, and crispy abalone.

Glutinous rice cakes are sifted glutinous rice flour, added with water and honey to form a hard dough, on which jujubes and chestnuts are pasted, wrapped with reed leaves, and steamed.When eating, cut into square white cubes and sprinkle with soybean powder or black sesame powder.Honey bait is a cake steamed with honey juice and rice noodles.As for the crispy abalone, it is even more particular. The butter separated from the milk is used, sugar and honey are added, and it is squeezed and rotated on the plate to form a spiral-shaped dessert that overlaps one after another.

Although butter is used in the production of crispy abalone, Zhao Hanyan did not create it himself. This is a way to make dim sum in the Northern Song Dynasty.In this era, some people have separated cream from milk. The specific method is to pour the milk into a tank, ferment it naturally, boil it into milk dregs, and stir vigorously to separate the cream.

But this kind of dim sum is naturally not available to ordinary people. It needs to be rich, willing to use milk and have a cook who can make cheese.The small dining table didn't have much money to buy these.Speaking of which, the food at the small dining table is getting better and better, thanks to the gemstone ring that Duan Silian gave Zhao Hanyan on a whim.It's really worth a lot of money. After going to the pawn shop to pawn it, it was exchanged for more than a thousand taels of silver.Because it was Duan Silian's gift to Zhao Hanyan, the government of Kaifeng government did not want it, and Zhao Hanyan would not keep the money alone, so the money was put in the small kitchen, and only a small part of it was used to improve everyone's food. superior.

After Zhang Long listened to Zhao Hanyan's introduction, he swallowed a few times under restraint.He sighed that he shouldn't have asked too many questions, which made him feel uncomfortable.

"I didn't have a chance to eat it this time, so I had bad intentions, and hoped that Mr. Bao would reject you, so that I could enjoy the food again."

"When the case is solved, you will have time to eat." Zhao Hanyan said.

Zhang Long quickly wrote down this sentence and told Zhao Hanyan that even if she forgot, he would still miss him.

"it is good."

After Zhao Hanyan agreed to Zhang Long, he brought some snacks to the door of Qu Rongfa's cell.

Qu Rongfa caught a glimpse of Zhao Hanyan, and immediately asked her why she came here.

"Isn't it obvious, I want to ask you about the case." Zhao Hanyan said.

Qu Rongfa frowned in disgust, and turned his head to send Zhao Hanyan away. "Even if you Master Bao came in person, I wouldn't talk about it, let alone you're a scumbag. Want to make meritorious deeds on me? There's no door, get out!"

Zhao Hanyan sat on the floor across the cell door, and brought the plate of snacks he brought to the cell door, asking Qu Rongfa to taste it.

Qu Rongfa squinted at Zhao Hanyan, who was wearing clean clothes, sitting on the dirty ground, and was a little surprised.

Zhao Hanyan did this to "sit on an equal footing" with Qu Rongfa who was sitting in the cell, so as to avoid one high and one low, which would make Qu Rongfa feel uncomfortable.After all, Qu Rongfa had an unusual status before he was imprisoned.

"No poison, the person at the door has already experienced poison once, if you don't believe me, I will test you again." Zhao Hanyan closed his eyes, touched a piece of snack and stuffed it into his mouth.

Qu Rong looked at Zhao Hanyan's actions with cold eyes, and sighed casually, "You are very clever, but you are slightly different from other people in Kaifeng Mansion."

"Of course it's different. I'm still a cook." Zhao Hanyan explained, then stared at Qu Rongfa, "You may not be able to hear what I say, but that's what I really think. I think Qu Shangshu Innocent, just now I have already expressed my thoughts to Mr. Bao, but because there is no evidence, it is not convincing. So I want to ask Qu Shangshu to see if you can provide some clues so that I can find and clear you. Evidence of incrimination."

"Are you so kind? Bao Zheng sent you to cheat me?"

"Qu Shangshu thinks that the evidence currently held by the Kaifeng government is not enough to sentence you to death? Is it necessary to send someone to deceive you?" Zhao Hanyan asked back.

Qu Rongfa frowned and stopped talking.Indeed, from the point of view of the evidence alone, no more evidence is needed.It is difficult to turn over a case in this situation. Whoever tries the case will end in death.

"Why don't you try, a dead horse is a living horse doctor?" Zhao Hanyan's words hit Qu Rongfa's mind.

Qu Rongfa looked at Zhao Hanyan suspiciously, and finally came over and sat down by the cell.

"You haven't eaten since you came here. Try it." Zhao Hanyan signaled Qu Rongfa to eat some snacks.

Qu Rongfa frowned, "I'm not hungry."

Qu Rong said from his heart: What kind of medicine is this policeman selling? He even gave me snacks.

"Qu Shangshu has been stretching himself. When people are extremely angry, they will lose their minds. Even if there is a clue to clear themselves, I'm afraid I can't think of it. When people are angry, eating something will relieve this emotion. .” Zhao Hanyan and Qu Rongfa explained.

After hearing what Zhao Hanyan said, Qu Rongfa tried to pick up a piece of snack and stuff it into his mouth.

At the moment of chewing, Qu Rong was taken aback, and his face returned to normal.

Qu Rong said from his heart: He has eaten crispy abalone a long time ago, but it is only mediocre, but this one is soft and melts in the mouth, and the milky fragrance is full of sweetness but not greasy.

"How is it?" Zhao Hanyan asked Qu Rongfa if he had relaxed a bit.

Qu Rongfa hesitated for a while, seemingly reluctant, but nodded in approval of Zhao Hanyan's approach.

"It's true that Qu Shangshu didn't know about the Zhang family, Miss Zhang, and Miss Lu from the beginning to the end?"

Qu Rongfa: "Nonsense."

Although the snacks taste good, but at this time, especially when the case involving himself is mentioned, he is not in the mood to eat any more.

"What kind of person is Butler Tao?" Zhao Hanyan asked again.

"I don't know." Qu Rongfa said impatiently.

Zhao Hanyan asked again: "He is your entourage, and he is the steward in charge of your house. You should know something about it."

Qu Rongfa frowned: "It's just a lowly servant, just do things quickly and obediently, as for the rest, why should I worry about it?"

Zhao Hanyan nodded, "What kind of person is that Qu Changle?"

"Stop mentioning that traitor!" Qu Rong came up angrily, and asked Zhao Hanyan why he asked him these questions, "What does this have to do with clearing my name? I don't think you want to help me at all. For that reason, it’s nothing more than talking about me. I’ll just say that false and vicious hypocrite, how could he allow you to come in alone to ask questions, it turns out that you are really a group! Get out, get out! I don’t want to say anything!”

Qu Rongfa then kicked the dim sum, and asked Zhao Hanyan to order the dim sum as well. He didn't mind it.

Qu Rong's temper like this is really not very attractive.

Zhao Hanyan looked at the dirty snacks that had been kicked to the ground, bowed his waist to pick them up one by one and put them back on the plate, then got up and left.

When Qu Rongfa looked at her, he yelled "Get out" twice.

Bai Yutang was waiting for Zhao Hanyan at the gate of the prison. After wandering around for a few times, he turned around and saw Zhao Hanyan coming out with a plate of dirty snacks. Before she could speak, he wanted to rush to the prison with the knife in his hand.

"What are you going to do?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

"you--"

"Let's feed it to the pigs, we don't need to do this next time." Zhao Hanyan felt sorry for her snacks, "But feeding pigs is better than feeding them, so it's not too distressing to think about it. Pigs are quite rare. !"

"Why do you like to bring some food with you every time you interrogate people, no matter what the person's virtues are?" Bai Yutang also felt sorry for Zhao Hanyan's snacks, so he felt strange about her behavior.