Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

Although the bitter vegetable juice does have the health-preserving effect she said, Zhao Hanyan did not expect that Bai Yutang would continue to drink the rest.

"one more bowl."

Zhao Hanyan was stunned for a moment, wanting to make sure that he heard correctly, he deliberately exchanged a glance with Bai Yutang, and then went to serve him another bowl.

Drink again.

Bai Yutang then put down the bowl, his face showing no clues.

Zhao Hanyan went to bring a bowl of cold watermelon juice to Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang took it and drank it up. When he was done, he looked at Zhao Hanyan quietly and handed her the bowl.

Zhao Hanyan found a very strange thing, Bai Yutang's inner voice.When he was eating sweet, spicy and salty bean curd, he kept praising the deliciousness in his mind, and he also lamented that her cooking skills were better than those outside who specialize in selling bean curd.But when Bai Yutang drank bitter vegetable juice, and later watermelon juice, she never heard Bai Yutang's voice again.

This shows that when Bai Yutang was drinking these two kinds of food, he didn't think about eating. What was he thinking about?When a normal person eats something unpalatable, he will definitely sigh, why doesn't he have it?

Sometimes silence is more deterrent than words.

But at this moment, Zhao Hanyan felt a kind of silent constriction from the double silence inside and outside the other party.

"I'll make osmanthus cake tomorrow, would you like to eat it?" Zhao Hanyan took the initiative to break the silence.

Bai Yutang simply agreed.Zhao Hanyan still didn't have any thoughts about eating.

Zhao Hanyan was in doubt, when he saw Bai Yutang asking him to sit down, he sat down.

Bai Yutang planned to tell Zhao Hanyan what he found out about Ying Tianyang today.But before speaking, he went to the kitchen and put a bowl of watermelon juice in front of Zhao Hanyan.Probably because he was afraid that the listener would feel bored if he spoke for too long, so he brought her something to drink.

"Ying Tianyang is 58 this year. His wife passed away three years ago and has not continued. The couple have two sons and a daughter. Back then, Ying Tianyang was a poor scholar who couldn't afford to eat. His wife married him willingly. , and borrowed money from her natal family to help him study, and accompany him through the most difficult days. After Ying Tianyang became an official and rich, the saying that often hangs on his lips is "a wife of dross should not be thrown away", and even women are misleading He swore that he would only marry a wife and never take a concubine in his life. One is because he was willing to share weal and woe with him when he got his wife; Serving the country with all his heart and dedicating himself to his devotion. I made a special inquiry, and it is true that he has never had a concubine in the mansion all these years."

"Could it be that I misunderstood him?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

"No," Bai Yutang sneered, "What I just said was just his appearance in front of others."

Zhao Hanyan focused on Bai Yutang, waiting for his next words.

"But he changed completely after he was born. He is extremely lustful and shameless. He is just a beast in clothes!" Bai Yutang gritted his teeth slightly when he said that, with anger, "I took the housekeeper from his house, a few personal servants , and his coachman. It only took a few knives, and he explained everything.

Ying Tianyang also has a house outside the city of Tokyo, which is dedicated to houses donated by others, bought by himself, and women robbed.In that house, apart from the servant girls and other servants, there were no girls over twenty years old, and all the girls over that age didn't know where they went, maybe they were sent away or they were killed.The attendants I interrogated were only aware of the existence of this mansion, but they didn't know what was going on in the mansion or what was going on in it.It is said that except for Ying Tianyang and the occasional guests he brings, no outsider is allowed to enter the house, even the attendants who are always by his side have never entered the house, and every time they drive, they just wait outside the house . "

"Take a guest, what guest?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

"The person who asked said he only saw two people, Grand Master Pang and Minister of Rites." Bai Yutang replied.

"There may be important clues in the house." Zhao Hanyan asked Bai Yutang where the house was, and whether he had informed Zhan Zhao and the others about it.

Bai Yutang shook his head, "It's a very important matter, so as not to startle the snake, I didn't go, I came to you first. His family's housekeeper and coachman are still in my hands, they know the location."

"Go and find Mr. Bao."

Zhao Hanyan then took Bai Yutang to meet Bao Zheng.

After Bao Zheng heard the situation, he immediately asked Zhan Zhao and others to go outside the city to seal up the house after dawn.Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang also went with them.

The house is ten miles east of Tokyo, and you can see a big house when you turn west from the official road and turn through a small forest.In fact, the house is not far from the official road on the main road, but because it is covered by trees, the house cannot be seen from the main road.

The house is built on the hillside, and you can ride a horse and look inside from the far partition wall. The pavilions and pavilions are majestic and majestic, not inferior to the mansions of some dignitaries in Tokyo.

With a 'bang', a loud arrow drilled out of the woods behind.

Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and the others who were riding in front of the horse were stunned for a moment, and almost realized in the blink of an eye that someone had tipped off the news, and the two of them swung their whips and rode their horses towards Linzi's house at the same time. people keep up.

Zhao Hanyan and Gongsun Ce were behind the team, closest to the place where the arrows were fired.Gongsun Ce immediately ordered a pair of government servants to search the forest, ordering them to arrest and bring him to justice.

Zhao Hanyan and Gongsun Ce continued to ride to the gate of the house.At this time, Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao and the others had gone around to the back of the courtyard to catch those who were about to escape through the back door.The officials in charge of the front yard had entered the house over the wall with knives, cut off the lock inside, and opened the door of the house.

Before Zhao Hanyan entered the door, he deliberately looked up at the plaque hanging on the top of the house, and wrote "Freedom fasting".

After entering the house and passing the screen wall, I saw that this courtyard does not have a main courtyard lobby, but a garden with exquisite vegetation, trees, mountains and rocks, and a living stream.

There were three wide gravel roads leading to the depths. Zhao Hanyan and Gongsun Ce chose one at random, and found that halfway through the road, the road was divided into several small roads, leading to various small courtyards.

The yamen servants had already started searching the yards one by one, and they took many women, and heard many women crying.

"Be gentle with them." Zhao Hanyan hurriedly said.

The arrested women were all wearing tulle and a tight-fitting tube top skirt. Almost all of them had enchanting figures, and most of the grooves on their chests were exposed.Looking around, although the red, yellow, blue and green colors are different, the style of the clothes is the same, it can be seen that someone uniformly asked them to dress like this.

Gongsun Ce couldn't bear to see it any longer. While avoiding suspicion, he turned his eyes to the flowers and plants, and at the same time told the servants to quickly find some thick clothes for the Xie girls.

"Remember to register everyone's name one by one."

The Yacha agreed, and drove many girls away.

Zhao Hanyan continued to walk along the main road under his feet, until he reached a three-story red building.

Zhao Hanyan vaguely heard that there seemed to be a sound inside, so he quickly pushed the door open and went in.Gongsun Ce came after him, and before he could enter the door, Zhao Hanyan retreated from the inside again.

"how?"

"There are people inside, it's not suitable for us men to enter." Zhao Hanyan said.

Gongsun Tactics had a guess, and asked Zhao Hanyan what the specific situation was.

"Hanging, tied, smells."

The three simple words Zhao Hanyan uttered were so precise that they entered Gongsun Ce's mind like a nightmare, outlining an indescribable and disgusting picture.

"But now all the people coming from Kaifeng Mansion are men, what should I do?"

"Didn't there be girls just now, let them come." When Zhao Hanyan entered the room, he wanted to reach out to rescue him directly, but seeing the hanging girl looking at him resistingly, he suddenly realized that his identity was not suitable.At this time, any man approaching would have a great mental stimulation to them, so Zhao Hanyan chose to back out.

Gongsun Ce followed his orders and waited outside with Zhao Hanyan.It took about two sticks of incense, and with the help of other girls, the rescued girl scrubbed her body clean, put on her clothes, and was carried out.There were three people in total, and when they were carried out, they were already dying.

Zhao Hanyan looked at the expressions and reactions of the other girls from the side. They all looked shocked, with tears on their faces, trembling, shrinking their necks, always afraid of something.But they were full of sympathy for the three women in the pavilion, and they were all willing to rescue them.Zhao Hanyan also found that some of the girls had bruises on their bodies, while others had old whip marks that hadn't healed, which shows that most of them had suffered inhuman torture before.

Gongsun Ce also observed these situations, and there were thousands of scolding words in his heart, but because there were too many and too excited, these words finally turned into a long sigh after reaching his mouth.

"It seems that these women are all locked up here as taboos." After everyone left, Gongsun Ce said a word after a while.

He then went into the pavilion with Zhao Hanyan, and seeing all kinds of hanging rope wooden chairs placed in the building that he had never seen before, Gongsun Ce became even more nauseated.

On the first floor of the building, Zhao Hanyan can barely understand what it is. After all, she is a modern person who knows a lot, but when she reaches the second and third floors, there are some wooden frame structures. However, it should only be known to those who understand this aspect.

After the two came out, they immediately learned from the girls that this building was called the criminal building, and any girls who made mistakes or newcomers would be escorted into the building to be tortured.The person in charge of disciplining and punishing them is honored as the "Chief Manager", and there are two "Deputy Managers" as assistants, both of whom are women.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao would bring people back at this time. They intercepted and captured more than 50 people who had fled, all of them were women, some were in their 50s or [-]s, and some were a little younger.The older one looked nice in clothes, so he should be the steward of the mansion, but upon questioning, he was indeed the chief steward, and there was another deputy chief, who was younger.The rest are all nurses who are average in appearance, but much taller and stronger than ordinary women.

Zhao Hanyan also found that the tiger's mouths of these nursing homes were covered with thin calluses, and he knew how to work hard.

There are a large number of people, and it is necessary to investigate and know the results as soon as possible.Gongsun Ce wanted to escort everyone back to Kaifeng Mansion for trial immediately.

Zhao Hanyan wanted to check the house more carefully, so he stayed.Zhan Zhao wanted to follow Gongsun Ce, worried that Zhao Hanyan would not be safe here alone. After all, he didn't know who the murderer was among these women, so he asked Bai Yutang to protect Zhao Hanyan.

"If you don't tell me, I will do the same." Bai Yutang watched Zhan Zhao leave, then looked back at Zhao Hanyan, "Go wherever you say, I will follow."

"Thank you."

Zhao Hanyan went through every girl's room first, inspecting the furnishings, but found nothing suspicious.She then looked at the rooms of the women in charge and the nurses, but she didn't find any clues worth investigating.

Zhao Hanyan finally arrived at the kitchen. There were still unfinished dishes in the stove, the wood in the stove was still burning with a weak flame, and there were half-fried fish and half a pot of oil on the table.

Zhao Hanyan vaguely remembered that after the nursing home was arrested, three other people were sent there, saying they were cooks in the kitchen.

Zhao Hanyan looked at the unfinished fish in the basin, water was hanging on the fish.If you fry the fish without draining the water or sticking to the batter, you will inevitably be splashed with oil on your body, and you may even burn your face.The chef who cooks seems unprofessional.

Zhao Hanyan walked around the bedrooms near the kitchen again, but he didn't see a mirror in the last room. Because he found it strange, he checked the room more carefully, and finally found a hidden compartment under the pillow of the bed. Two packs of white powder wrapped in yellow paper were found inside, which seemed to be a drug.

"You're still amazing." Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Hanyan admiringly, he could find such a detailed place.

No one doesn't like being praised, Zhao Hanyan raised his eyebrows happily.

Bai Yutang looked at her twice more.

When Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang left, there were still more than [-] yamen servants staying behind in Shuranzhai.Just in case someone will come to this house again, they can be caught.

When the two returned to Kaifeng Mansion, Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang had just got off their horses when a government servant hurried over and snatched the reins.

"Brother Zhao has done a great job." Yacha said with a smile.

"What kind of merit?" Zhao Hanyan was a little puzzled. If it was about the casual fasting, even if it was meritorious service, it was Bai Yutang's contribution and had nothing to do with her.

"Zhang Ling, before dawn this morning, Widow Zhou in Sanyang Lane wanted to commit murder, but she was caught by Zhang Ling. Now that she was arrested, Mr. Bao slapped the gavel. admit."

Bai Yutang remembered that Zhao Hanyan had mentioned this, so look at her.Seeing her, she smiled amiably and said it wasn't a big deal, then she looked at herself with those clever little eyes and said "Let's go".

Bai Yutang came back to his senses, and obediently followed Zhao Hanyan.

After seeing Bao Zheng, Zhao Hanyan saw that Zhang Ling was also there.Zhang Ling was very happy to see her, and immediately stepped forward to tell Zhao Hanyan what happened last night.

"The widow Zhou had an affair with her neighbor, Song Dazhuang, in an attempt to make Song Dazhuang kill his wife and marry her. Song Dazhuang couldn't bear to kill his own wife, so he made several excuses to delay the widow Zhou. In the end, the two quarreled and broke up. This made the widow Zhou anxious. , I felt that Song Dazhuang had betrayed her, and I asked him to meet for the last time last night, so I took the opportunity to do it. I found that after Song Dazhuang went to find Widow Zhou, I lay on the wall and waited, and when I found that Song Dazhuang was knocked out, I rushed in , took the knife from Widow Zhou's hand." Zhang Ling scratched his head and smiled after saying that, thanking Zhao Hanyan for entrusting him with this meritorious job.

"Good job." After Zhao Hanyan finished speaking, he smiled approvingly at Zhang Ling.

Zhao Hanyan naturally didn't care about the small case that had ended, and turned to ask Zhan Zhao to sort out the roster of those girls, she wanted to see it.Then she gave the two packs of medicine to Gongsun Ce and asked him to test it.

Everyone got busy, Zhang Ling was still standing there in a daze, but no one paid attention to him.Bai Yutang kept staring at him, and deliberately coughed at him.Only then did Zhang Ling come back to his senses, and hurried to leave.

After checking, Gongsun Ce told Zhao Hanyan that it was a drug, and the powder was the same as what was left in the teapot at the previous crime scene.

Zhao Hanyan then ordered the three cooks registered on the roster to come, and looked at the clothes of the three, all of them were very clean.

"The steward loves to be clean, so I have to change to a clean set every morning when I cook." One of the cooks, Mrs. Sun, said.

"Just the three of you in the kitchen?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

Grandma Sun hurriedly said, "Yes." The other two nodded.

"Which of the three of you is in charge of frying fish this morning?" Zhao Hanyan asked again.

Grandma Sun hesitated, "It's me."

The other two cooks bowed their heads, their necks shortened even more.

Zhao Hanyan looked at her again, "Your fish body was fried in an underwater pan, and there was no oil splash on your body. How did you do it? Teach me."

"This..." Grandma Sun started to chatter.

"Before frying, it is still coated with a layer of dry powder. It is easy to be crispy and does not peel off, so it is more delicious." Zhao Hanyan added.

The cook didn't understand what Zhao Hanyan meant, so she kept her mouth shut and said nothing.

The chef's voice: Of course, the fried fish is delicious when it is wrapped in flour. It is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.Qiaoer is sloppy, and forgets this step every time. After washing the fish, she puts it in the pan to fry, splashing oil all over her body.But today she ran away very quickly, and she was considered lucky. I only hope that she can live a good life in the future.

Zhao Hanyan drew a simple picture of the room with a pen, pointed to the room where the drugs were found, and asked who they belonged to.The three looked at each other without answering.

"I know what random fasting is like, and how many things I have done to hurt women. So I don't want to say anything about torture to you, and you think that if I don't tell you, I won't find out that there is a missing cook named Qiaoer? Random fasting There are too many people who have been arrested here, who is rushing to confess, if you want to take the blame and make meritorious service, you can get out early!" Zhao Hanyan sternly said.

The three of them were immediately taken aback, and when they heard that Qiao'er's name was known by the officials, they confessed the truth that there was indeed one less person, and that the room where the drug was placed was also lived in by Qiao'er.

"This kid is in charge of the kitchen comprador. She's a little silly, but she's not a bad person." Grandma Sun said with tears, "She was originally a good girl, but she was sold here at a young age. She looks like a flower. It's been a lot of tossing, and I'm still disgusted at my age, so I end up cooking in the kitchen like us."

Zhan Zhao: "Could it be that she is the murderer we are looking for? The drugs were found in her room."

Zhao Hanyan shook his head and said with certainty, "It's not her."