Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

"Chenzhou?" Zhan Zhao had just heard about this place not long ago. Some time ago, there was a problem with disaster relief in Chenzhou. Lord Bao sent two groups of people to investigate, but the results have not yet been sent back. Now the Venerable Master Chenzhou died again. "Who is the deceased? Can it be reported to the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"

Bai Yutang shook his head, "I'm not a member of the official family. I don't know if I reported it to the Ministry of Punishment, but the deceased is well-known. It was Zheng Hong, the prefect of Chenzhou. Your Master Bao should know the news."

If the prefect of Chenzhou had died seven days ago, there has been no news from the capital.Zhan Zhao felt that the matter was of great importance, so he turned to look around. The place was mixed with fish and dragons, and it was not suitable for discussion, so he invited Bai Yutang to go to Kaifeng Mansion to explain in detail.

"I'm from the rivers and lakes, and I don't want to enter the officialdom,"

Obviously he just broke into the kitchen of the Kaifeng mansion last night, but now he said that he didn't want to enter the official door, probably he was trying to trick him and wanted to negotiate conditions.

"It's a matter of human life, please brother Bai feel wronged." Zhan Zhao was not annoyed, and still lobbied Bai Yutang with modest words.

Bai Yutang glanced at Zhao Hanyan, "It's not impossible for me to go, then the grilled red carp I've always wanted to eat..."

Zhan Zhao smiled, "It's because of this, it's simple."

Zhan Zhao turned to discuss with Zhao Hanyan, asking her to help make a roasted red carp for Bai Yutang.

Zhao Hanyan admired and admired helplessly: "For the sake of eating, it can be described as unscrupulous."

"Brother Zhao, don't get me wrong, it's not just for food." Bai Yutang tilted his head and smiled, his black pupils filled with arrogance, "I, Bai Yutang, will do anything for anything, as long as I want."

"I'm so scared, trembling." Zhao Hanyan replied in a flat tone. Compared with the silence of other people present, Zhao Hanyan looked very casual.

Bai Yutang frowned coldly, looking like he was going to be upset.

Seeing this, Zhan Zhao rushed forward to protect Zhao Hanyan, but Zhao Hanyan spoke again.

"What do you want to do? Scare me? No one told you, don't scare the cook casually. The cook's hand shakes, but there is no delicious food." Zhao Hanyan recited the rhyme and spread his hands, looking quite funny.

Everyone present was immediately liberated from the tense atmosphere and laughed out loud.

Bai Yutang also couldn't help chuckling, feeling that the little cook dared to provoke him half-jokingly, he had some guts, but it was just right enough not to annoy him, and he knew how to measure it.He was a very interesting little cook, more interesting than he thought before.

And the reason why Zhao Hanyan is not afraid of the arrogant Bai Yutang at this moment is because she has long known that although Bai Yutang acts viciously and viciously, he is a man with a chivalrous heart. Innocents' Bai Yutang would only be intimidated at most, and would not really do anything.

Several people moved to Kaifeng mansion, while Bai Yutang and Jiang Ping waited in the side hall.Zhan Zhao, Zhao Hanyan and the others were going to meet Bao Zheng first, and it happened that Gongsun Ce had already completed the post-mortem examination at this time, so he joined them and went together.

Bao Zheng was frowning and thinking, when he saw Gongsun Ce and others coming in, he immediately asked about the case.

"The deceased died of suffocation. There were two strangle marks on his neck. One was deeper under the Adam's apple, which was a fatal wound; the other was on the Adam's apple, which was caused by hanging beams. The whip marks on his body were caused before his death.

The student read the testimony brought back by the guard Zhan. There were many residents in the Zhuangyuan Building that night, but no one heard his screams. There are only two possibilities: one is that the deceased was blocked by the murderer and could not scream; The deceased was drugged by the murderer and was in a coma, so he couldn't scream.

The students then checked the tea brought by Brother Zhao, and found that there was a lot of drugs mixed in both the teapot and the tea bowl.I dipped a little bit of it on the dog with chopsticks, and immediately fell to the ground unconscious. "

Bao Zheng nodded. While listening to Gongsun Ce's narration, he was also looking through the case file presented by Zhan Zhao, and roughly understood the story of the case.Bao Zheng was very worried about the murderer's alias 'Ou Erchun'.

"If the two cases are really related, there must be something strange and extremely complicated." Bao Zheng's brows were full of inexplicable confusion.

Zhan Zhao continued to report back to Bai Yutang with Bao Zheng, explaining that he had seen the same corpse as Feng Zhixin in Chenzhou, and told him that it was Zheng Hong, the prefect of Chenzhou.

Bao Zheng was stunned for a moment, "I also just learned of Zheng Hong's death, and it was Mr. Yan Shu, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, who just informed me. I didn't expect that this case would involve the prefect of Chenzhou, and Zheng Hong's death would also be involved in another case."

"What case?" Zhao Hanyan asked curiously.

"The prefect of Chenzhou, Zheng Hong, once had a twin brother who disappeared a few years ago. Three days ago, the Prison Officer of Chenzhou revealed that Zheng Hong was a fake. After investigation, it was confirmed that this person was Zheng Hong's younger brother Zheng Tu, who had been missing for many years. Now Zheng Tu himself is on his way to the capital." Bao Zheng simply stated, "Back then when his uncle and sister-in-law had an affair, Zheng Tu was moved by the truth and ran away from home in a fit of anger, but he has never forgotten Zheng Hong's wife Yu Shi for many years. Returning years ago, they reconnected with the Yu family and continued to have an affair. Seven days ago, the two found Zheng Hong hanged in the Zheng family's other garden, so they took advantage of the situation to bury Zheng Hong, and wanted to live on as Zheng Tu's elder brother. "

"It's good that Li Daitao is stiff." After Zhan Zhao sighed, he briefly introduced Bai Yutang at Bao Zheng's request, talked about his deeds in the world, and also talked about his temperament, "He is a handsome Confucianist, both civil and military. , to be able to get this reputation in the arena, naturally he has done a lot of chivalrous things, but his temper is sometimes too casual and straightforward, and his actions are vicious."

Bao Zheng promised, "Listening to his chivalrous deeds of hoeing the strong and helping the weak, he is a young man with a good nature, but he is a little frivolous, who is not so young."

Bao Zheng then met with Bai Yutang and Jiang Ping, and listened to Bai Yutang's account of how he found Zheng Hong's body.It was originally to help people recapture treasures for poverty relief, but unfortunately, I ran into this scene late at night.Bao Zheng then learned that Zheng Hong not only fished and cared for the common people, but also greedy for the disaster relief money allocated by the court a month ago.

"Chenzhou now has a tragic picture of changing sons and eating, but he, Zheng Hong, hides in other gardens all day long drinking and having fun with his concubines, singing and dancing to promote peace, and he doesn't care about the suffering of the people at all." Bai Yutang scolded, He hated it extremely, "When I took the money that day, I wanted to cut it off with a knife, but I didn't expect someone to take a step ahead of me, so I had no choice but to applaud."

Zhao Hanyan asked Bai Yutang to explain in detail what happened to Zheng Hong's body at that time.

"At that time, Zheng Hong's body was hung on the beam. It was just like Feng Zhixin today. His body was beaten to pieces, much more ruthless than Feng Zhixin. As for the rest, I am not as detailed as Brother Zhao, so I can't see it." Bai Yutang said simply After explaining, he asked Bao Zheng if he wanted to arrest him for theft.

"The people of Chenzhou are in dire straits, it's understandable for Bai Yutang to save the weak." Bao Zheng said: "I will report this matter to the higher authorities to exonerate Brother Bai."

Bai Yutang nodded and didn't say anything more.Anyway, even if Bao Zheng caught him, he would not be able to catch him. It would be better not to catch him, so as to save trouble.After coming out of Sansitang, Bai Yutang went straight to the kitchen to find Zhao Hanyan.Seeing that someone really brought a fat and big red carp, he was very happy, and sighed that Zhao Hanyan kept his word.

The fatter carp on the market has already been priced higher, and the fatter red carp is a rarity and will be three times more expensive.

Chunlai ran several streets before buying the fattest one, which weighed two and a half catties.When I bought it, I couldn't help but sighed repeatedly that Bai Wuye knew how to eat it, and a single fish could break his tossing legs.

Red carp grows slowly, has a light fishy smell, and firm meat, which is more prominent in cooking than ordinary carp.

After Zhao Hanyan marinated the cleaned carp with common condiments such as salt, onion, ginger and wine, he took a sour orange from the south and squeezed the juice into it. The sour juice in the fruit would remove the fishy smell of the carp and enhance A fleshy firmness.

While waiting for the carp to taste, Xiuzhu brought Lan'er over.After Zhao Hanyan washed his hands, he smiled and took Lan'er to catch butterflies.

Bai Yutang was afraid of disturbing Zhao Hanyan's cooking, so he consciously waited quietly by the east wall. In a blink of an eye, he saw that they had all left, and he didn't seem to notice him, feeling a little embarrassed.It turned out that the grilled fish had to be marinated for so long in advance, and he thought he would be able to eat it after a while.So what is he doing now?Bai Yutang paced with his hands behind his back.

When Zhao Hu went to the kitchen, he saw no one else, but Bai Yutang, with a face that topped the world, was wandering in the kitchen in spotless white clothes, like an exile.This made Zhao Hu suddenly think that what he entered was not a kitchen full of human smoke and pots and pans, but some kind of sacred place of immortals.

"Uh... so... where's the little cook?" Zhao Hu didn't want to talk to Bai Yutang, he felt that he was not easy to get along with, but when he wanted to escape, the other party found him.

"I'm going to catch butterflies. Did you have something to do with Brother Han?" Bai Yutang spoke in a very easy-going manner, but he was not as aggressive as Zhao Hu imagined.

Zhao Hu was still a little nervous, "Yes, I found out the people he asked me to check last time. They were all killed in Chenzhou a month ago. I was just about to ask him what happened."

"Chen Zhou? The Qian family?" Bai Yutang asked.

Zhao Hu was stunned, "I didn't seem to say that the family's surname was Qian, how did you know?"

"There are not many cases where the whole family is silenced. If one happens, it will naturally go viral in the local area. What's more, Qian Shu's family is quite well-known in Mao County, Chenzhou. The family has a thousand acres of fertile land and is famous in the village for being "good at giving". People call him 'Qian Dashan'." When Bai Yutang told the story, his tone was mocking, and his expression was even more disdainful, obviously he didn't think Qian Shu was a good person.

"Then why did the Qianshu family die?" A slightly deep voice came from the direction of the road.

Bai Yutang frowned when he heard the sound, turned to see Zhao Hanyan, glanced lightly, and sized her up again.

While hanging up the marinated fish to drain, Zhao Hanyan asked Bai Yutang, "Could it be that there is something dirty on me?"

Bai Yutang shook his head, then looked away, and continued to talk about business, "The four members of the Qian family died on the eighth night of the first month of last month. The servants found out when they woke up early in the morning, and then reported to the official. The case handled by the local government, how to die?" It is not known who killed it. However, I heard rumors that it was a vendetta. The death was very tragic, and the person was stabbed to pieces. By the way, there is a young daughter in his family who disappeared after the accident, but everyone guesses that he is also dead. I just don’t know where the body was thrown by the murderer.”

Zhao Hanyan immediately checked with Zhao Hu the names of the five members of Qian Shu's family, and they were indeed the same as the names provided by Lan Er.

It turned out that Lan'er's home was in Mao County, Chenzhou, but she didn't know how she escaped to the capital.But what a coincidence, this case is also in Chenzhou.

Zhao Hu still has a case to run errands, so he will leave.

"Wait," Zhao Hanyan called to stop Zhao Hu, "Qian Shu's wife is Mrs. Zheng."

"Yes." Zhao Hu agreed puzzledly.

Bai Yutang reacted quickly, and said something for Zhao Hanyan, "The magistrate of Chenzhou is also surnamed Zheng."