Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

Zhao Hanyan left the inn and went straight to the butcher's shop opposite.

"Xiaoer, if you buy a tael of pork, you can do it here." Zhao Hanyan casually pointed at the pork leg.

Xiao Er happily agreed, picked up the pig's leg, deboned it in twos and twos, cut off a large piece of meat, wrapped it in lotus leaves, and handed it to Zhao Hanyan.

Zhao Hanyan stretched out his hands to take the meat, but the pork fell to the ground with a thud.The lotus leaf was broken, and most of the meat was covered with soil.

Zhao Hanyan was upset, "Why did you let go before I picked it up? How can you eat it so dirty, quickly weigh a piece for me."

Xiao Er refused to accept the excuse: "Guest officer, it's clear that you didn't pick up the meat, but I'm the one to blame."

"Did you see me reach out just now?"

"This..." Xiao Er hesitated, not wanting to answer.

Zhao Hanyan said to the meat buyer next to him: "Please ask me, did you see me stretching out my hands just now?"

The meat buyer who was paying was suddenly questioned by Zhao Hanyan, he was stunned for a while, turned his head to look at Zhao Hanyan quickly, and nodded.

Zhao Hanyan turned to Xiaoer and said, "Did you see it? I reached out, and it was both hands. What did I reach out for no reason, of course it was to pick up meat, how can you say I didn't pick up meat?"

Zhao Hanyan 'proved' that he was right, and deliberately raised the volume.

Xiao Er blushed in anxiety.

"What's so noisy?" Not long after the words fell, a tall man in white came down from upstairs. He looked a little delicate, with a naturally smiling mouth. Smiling and friendly demeanor.

Zhao Hanyan heard Xiaoer call him the shopkeeper again, and he was sure that this person was Ou Dachun, the owner of the butcher shop.

Ou Dachun listened to Xiao Er's brief account of the incident, and laughed casually: "What a big deal, just weigh this guest again. Since it's your fault, you should make an apology to him."

"That's right, your shopkeeper understands the matter." Zhao Hanyan responded with a smile, and smiled at Ou Dachun, "I like to be clean, and I will definitely not eat meat that is soiled. I wonder if the shopkeeper understands?"

Ou Dachun smiled at Zhao Hanyan, but didn't choose to speak.

Ou Dachun's heartfelt voice: Of course I don't eat it, let alone imported food, I wouldn't wear even the slightest bit of dirty clothes.

"There are so many meats sold in the shopkeeper's shop. I must eat meat in different ways every day. It's really enviable." Zhao Hanyan continued to 'chat' with Ou Dachun.

"That's not true, on the contrary, it's because I always sell meat, I'm tired of these things, and I prefer to be vegetarian." Ou Dachun explained.

"It's like this. I really like meat. Why don't the shopkeeper think about it later and ask me to be your waiter? I also want to experience the feeling of eating enough meat." Zhao Hanyan half-jokingly said.

The three waiters in the butcher shop said in unison: The shopkeeper has had enough, but we have not eaten enough, the meat is delicious, and we will never have enough.

"You are a nobleman, how can you do this kind of rough work!" Ou Dachun smiled apologetically.

Zhao Hanyan took the meat that Xiao Er re-weighed in his hand, and continued to sigh: "But a few days ago, I really didn't have the appetite to eat meat, and I was so scared that I ran to the inn. It's been ten days, and this is the first time I bought meat. The meat is about to go home. Look, something is still going wrong, I really don’t know if God doesn’t want me to eat meat at all.”

"It's not going well, but what happened to scare you so much that you dare not eat meat?" Ou Dachun couldn't help being curious when he heard this.

"Don't mention it, a tailor was killed in the alley where I lived a few days ago. It just so happened that I saw people from the yamen moving the body just as I was finishing lunch. The evil wind lifted the straw mat that covered the corpse, tsk tsk... it was bloody, and made me vomit all over the floor." Zhao Hanyan curled her lips as she spoke, seeming to be in a bad mood.

"I've also heard that three people in the city had their throats cut recently, and one of them was a government servant." Ou Dachun lamented, "The world is not peaceful, I just hope we don't encounter such a thing."

"That's right, don't encounter it. Sometimes I think that I can't eat meat for several days even after looking at the corpse. You said the murderer is still killing people, can he eat it? Does he have to be a vegetarian for a lifetime?" Already?" Zhao Hanyan pondered.

Ou Dachun and the 'meat buyer' just now were amused by Zhao Hanyan's words.

Zhao Hanyan was naturally not in the mood to pay attention to the "crowd" of the meat buyer, and was always watching Ou Dachun's reaction, waiting to hear his heartfelt voice.

Ou Dachun said: "It's hard to say, after all we are not murderers. But I think since he is not even afraid of killing people, why should he be afraid of eating meat, don't you think?"

Ou Dachun's heartfelt voice: killing people and delaying eating meat?What a joke!This person is really stupid, I don't like meat because I'm tired of eating meat!

"It makes sense." Zhao Hanyan nodded as if suddenly enlightened, and then said goodbye to Ou Dachun with a smile, "I should go back to satisfy my hunger. The shopkeeper is nice, and I will come again in the future."

"Thank you for your visit." Ou Dachun maintained an easy-going smile, and after watching Zhao Hanyan leave, he went to wash his hands twice before going upstairs.

Zhao Hanyan kept walking towards the street, when she felt footsteps behind her, she turned her head suddenly, and saw the butcher who testified for her just now.Seeing that Zhao Hanyan found him, the other party smiled.

Zhao Hanyan turned her head and continued walking, thinking that he might just be on the same path as her, so she turned to another street and found that this person was still following her.Zhao Hanyan casually went to a jewelry store on the side of the street, and found that although the man hadn't entered the store, he was still lingering at the door.

Zhao Hanyan simply rushed out and asked him, "Why are you following me?"

"hey-hey……"

Only then did Zhao Hanyan take a closer look at the other person's appearance. He was thin and thin, with a sallow and thin face, as if he was sick, but seeing his brows and eyes, his movements were quick and agile, he didn't seem to be sick.

"Little brother is very interesting. It's not easy for everyone outside, how about making friends?" After the other party laughed, he made a proposal.

"I don't make friends with strangers." Zhao Hanyan said.

"It doesn't matter if you don't make friends, but I, Jiang Ping, am really not used to being rejected by such a handsome little brother like you, why don't I tell the butcher shop owner that you are actually the same as the inn opposite and those yamen from Kaifeng Mansion. A group." After Jiang Ping finished speaking, he turned around and headed towards the butcher's shop.

It turned out that this person was Jiang Ping, one of the famous Five Rats in the world.

"Stop." Seeing Jiang Ping, Zhao Hanyan turned his head immediately, knowing that he was provoking him on purpose, so he asked him, "Your name is Jiang Ping?"

"Yes, what's the name of the little brother?" Jiang Ping asked.

Zhao Hanyan: "The cat only catches mice."

Jiang Ping was startled, "What kind of cat, do you think I have never seen Nan Xia? You are not! Wait, you recognize me as a 'rat'? Isn't it easy, little brother? Sure enough, you were at the butcher shop just now. Play stupid. What are you guys from Kaifeng Mansion staring at a butcher shop owner for?"

"I remember you said just now that you wanted to make friends with me? But the kind of friends who call you brothers and abide by faith?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

"Of course," Jiang Ping said sternly, "Little brother, you are very interesting. I like to make interesting friends. Besides, you are good-looking, and you will gain face by taking it out. How about it? Do you want to reconsider?"

Zhao Hanyan could see that Jiang Ping wanted to 'make friends' with her for another purpose, and she didn't want Jiang Ping to disturb the situation, "My name is Zhao Han, and we will be friends from now on."

"Simply enough, good!" Jiang Ping said.

"I know the Five Rats are chivalrous people, and now the Kaifeng Mansion is dealing with an urgent murder case, please don't meddle indiscriminately." Zhao Hanyan said, thinking of something, he added, "We are not yet sure about the identity of the murderer, and there is not enough evidence yet. , It is very likely to accidentally injure innocent people by taking random shots, so you are not allowed to go back and talk nonsense with your brothers, not a single word is allowed."

"This……"

"Don't forget, I am also your brother, you must keep your faith to me." Zhao Hanyan pointed at Jiang Ping seriously, "Oh, could it be that your reputation for chivalry is false, and you say one thing and do another?"

"Of course not!" After Jiang Ping answered, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be "trapped" in, and the words he said helplessly were like splashed water, which could not be taken back.

"I'm going to do business now, don't follow me." Zhao Hanyan then 'instructed', "Brothers should also respect each other."

Jiang Ping put down the foot he had just raised, and looked helplessly at Zhao Hanyan's back as he left.After the figure disappeared, he hummed twice on the spot, and suddenly felt that his original cleverness had been eaten by dogs.This Kaifeng Mansion is really full of talented people, one Zhan Zhao is not enough, and there is such a clever little brother.

After Zhao Hanyan walked a few steps, he saw Zhan Zhao walking towards him.

"Just now I saw that meat buyer seems to be following you, is there anything wrong?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Zhao Hanyan turned his head to look in the direction where Jiang Ping was. He didn't know when he disappeared, so he shook his head at Zhan Zhao, "It's okay."

Zhan Zhao looked around vigilantly, and after confirming that there was no follower, he and Zhao Hanyan went around from another alley to the back door of the inn, and met Zhao Hu and others on the second floor of the inn again.

"How is it?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Zhao Hanyan nodded, "That's him, but he is very clean, and there may not be evidence left in his house, you have to investigate carefully."

"Then what if there is no evidence, how to prove that he is the murderer?" Zhao Hu asked.

"Find out his motive for killing," Zhao Hanyan thought for a while, "the three victims, Liu Sanshui, Chen Zhou and Sun Qiao, have one thing in common. They are all flattering and bullying, and have a bad temper. The murderer seems to have no tolerance for such people." , secretly check his temperament, his past experience, and he will definitely gain something."

Zhan Zhao immediately ordered people to follow Zhao Hanyan's suggestion.

"How did you confirm that he must be the murderer just now?" Zhan Zhao asked Zhao Hanyan.

"Feeling." After Zhao Hanyan finished speaking, seeing Zhan Zhao looking at him suspiciously, he continued, "I said I can understand what's in his mind, do you believe me?"

Zhan Zhao thought about it for a while, then nodded.Now Ou Dachun, the owner of the butcher shop, completely fits the little cook's description of the murderer before. It doesn't seem strange that the little cook can 'guess' correctly, and now he says he can understand people's hearts.Although Zhan Zhao had some doubts about Zhao Hanyan's statement in his heart, it was only because he had been with Zhao Hanyan for too short a time, and he would wait until after the murderer was arrested.

Zhao Hanyan was fine, so he said goodbye and went back to the kitchen.The eight broilers were almost marinated.Zhao Hanyan mixed tender mushrooms, ham, and fresh bamboo shoots into the chicken belly, sealed it with a needle and thread, wrapped it in tofu skin, and then wrapped it tightly with a layer of freshly picked lotus leaves.In midsummer, the lotus leaf is the largest and the taste is the most fragrant. It is best to use it to make lotus leaf chicken at this time.After all eight chickens were hooped, they were wrapped with deep mountain yellow mud and placed in a temporary stove.Put the chaff, light it, and keep the chaff fire burning.

About two hours later, it was almost dark, and the smell of chicken wafted out with the wind, so the fire was stopped to fetch the chicken.

Zhao Hanyan made the flour dumplings last time during the roasting of the chicken, but this time half of the noodles were made of glutinous rice flour. After making the dumplings, they were not steamed in a pan, but fried. The fried sweet osmanthus red bean paste filling It perfectly blends with the softness of the middle skin and the crispness of the outer skin, and the bite tastes crisp, soft, fragrant, sweet and very rich.

At this time, the loess on the skin of the lotus leaf chicken was not so hot, so Zhao Hanyan took Xiuzhu to peel the soil together.

The lotus leaf chicken needs to be thrown first before peeling. The moment the loess shatters, the fresh aroma of the chicken fills the kitchen immediately, making people drool.