Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

Taishi Pang waited for a long time and found that the emperor did not respond to him. When he was wondering, he suddenly heard a shallow laughter.

Taishi Pang looked at Zhao Zhen puzzled.

Zhao Zhen still couldn't help smiling, waved his hands and explained to Taishi Pang: "It's nothing, I suddenly think this name is very funny."

Grand Master Pang repeated the name Zhao Feibai in his heart, but he still didn't understand what the emperor thought was funny.It's not called Zhao Stupid Pig or Zhao Stupid Donkey, so why do you think it's funny!It is becoming more and more difficult to guess the young emperor's heart!

"Zhao Feibai, right? I remember it, and I will definitely hold Bao Zheng accountable for the grand master's good life later." When Zhao Zhen said this, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and all he could think of was Zhao Hanyan's witty picture. playful face.

Grand Master Pang saw that Zhao Zhen had finally expressed his opinion, so he wanted to add fuel to the story to try to get Bao Zheng kicked out of the court.But just as he opened his mouth, Zhao Zhen frowned and rubbed his temples.The eunuch asked Zhao Zhen if he had another headache.

"I didn't sleep well last night, so I feel a little tired now." Zhao Zhen sighed, and let the eunuch Xuan Yuyi and Pang Taishi feel that their insomnia has become more and more serious these days.

Grand Master Pang heard this, of course it was not good to continue making noise, so he asked Zhao Zhen to rest early and take good care of the dragon body.

Zhao Zhen watched Grand Master Pang leave with a cold face.

A moment later, a man's loud laughter came from Zichen Palace.

With a swipe of his brush, Zhao Zhen wrote three vigorous characters on the snow-white rice paper, and ordered his subordinates to send the characters to the small kitchen of Kaifeng Mansion.

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Zhao Hanyan checked the purse again, and made sure that the cloth is cloth and money is money, and there is really nothing tricky about it.Thinking back to Bai Yutang's talk about the conversation between Shopkeeper Xue and Aunt You, it also sounded like nothing tricky.

"Strange." Zhao Hanyan sighed.

Bai Yutang responded, "There can't be so many coincidences. Aunt You was obviously very nervous when she heard Zhou Yazi mentioning the money stone. After we left, she hurried out to Wangyou Pavilion, but it didn't make sense just because of the bill."

Zhao Hanyan nodded straight, what he said hit her mind.

Gongsun Ce came afterward, heard Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang's doubts, twirled his beard and thought for a moment, "This is really wrong, but Mrs. You is stubborn, it seems that I have to use extraordinary methods against her."

Gongsun Ce sent someone to torture Aunt You and try to make her confess.But not long after the person was sent out, he turned back, and there was an extra jailer beside him.

"Sir, Aunt You committed suicide by taking poison!"

Gongsun Ce was surprised, Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang were also surprised, and the three immediately went to the cell.

The cell boss was in a panic, and when he saw Gongsun Ce, he apologized repeatedly.

"What's going on?" Gongsun Ce asked.

Cell boss: "We searched her body when she was taken in, but I don't know where she got the poison and swallowed it."

"How long has it been since the person died?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

The prison chief shook his head in embarrassment, "After she entered the cell, she was lying facing the wall. The subordinate just saw that she hadn't moved, and felt strange, so he called her. He didn't respond, and hurried in to have a look, and found that she was dead."

Gongsun Ce touched the temperature of the corpse, and said to Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang, "It took about two sticks of incense to die."

"It's just that she took poison not long after being taken into the cell." Bai Yutang said.

Zhao Hanyan saw that Aunt You's body was curled up, her lips were bruised, and white foam remained at the corners of her mouth. She must have experienced the pain of poison attack before she died.After questioning the jailer, no one heard the abnormal noise, which shows that Aunt You was very forbearing when she died.

Gongsun Ce then took out a piece of broken wax from Aunt You's mouth. Because she searched her body and changed her prison uniform when she entered the prison, she preliminarily speculated that the poison should be hidden in her mouth by Aunt You.

"Is this poison just in the purse? Aunt You has been more vigilant since she came out of Wangyou Pavilion. Later, she seemed to have discovered Brother Bai's stalking, so she walked faster and faster. She was probably at that time He took out the poison in the purse, put it in his mouth, and hid it under his tongue." Zhao Hanyan guessed.

"Why didn't you take the poison immediately, but waited until the Kaifeng Mansion was interrogated before you died?" Gongsun Ce asked.

Bai Yutang: "Could it be to help shopkeeper Xue get rid of the suspicion? If she came out of Wangyou Pavilion and took poison and died, we must suspect that shopkeeper Xue wanted him. And after making a confession in Kaifeng Mansion, it shows that he has nothing to do with shopkeeper Xue before committing suicide, we There is no direct evidence against shopkeeper Xue."

Gongsun Ce felt that this argument made sense, "The current situation is just reasonable deduction, and there is no real evidence to prove that shopkeeper Xue is guilty. It is normal for you to eavesdrop on the conversation between Mrs. You and shopkeeper Xue."

Zhao Hanyan sighed: "The suspicion is so great that it arouses everyone's suspicion, but it happens that people can't catch it. If the shopkeeper Xue is not innocent, he is indeed a powerful person."

Gongsun Ce took a deep breath, "But no one will be flawless in doing things, so keep an eye on him and be extra careful."

Both Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang agreed.

After returning to the small kitchen, Su Yuerong greeted Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang with a smile.Zhao Hanyan secretly observed that Su Yuerong was in good condition, and knew that she had already figured it out, so he treated Su Yuerong as usual as if the previous incident had never happened.

But Bai Yutang didn't forget, he gave Su Yuerong a cold look, and specially warned her not to be stupid in the future.

Su Yuerong couldn't laugh immediately, she gave Bai Yutang a blank look, then turned around and pretended to wipe the stove with the sackcloth.

"I didn't understand what you said. I've forgotten the past." Su Yuerong found a step for herself.

Bai Yutang snorted and didn't bother to talk to her, and advised Zhao Hanyan not to worry about this case, as there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain.

Chunlai knocked on the door frame and handed Zhao Hanyan a letter, "A letter from my cousin."

Bai Yutang's eyes froze on the letter, and nothing was written on the envelope.

After Zhao Hanyan opened the letter, he was stunned and stunned when he saw the three powerful characters on the rice paper.

"Do it well?" Bai Yutang asked amusedly.

Blame the rice paper for being too white, and the writing was so strong that it penetrated the back of the paper, making Bai Yutang know the content just by looking at the back of the letter paper.

"What does your cousin suddenly write you these three words?"

Zhao Hanyan hurriedly folded the letter paper and stuffed it back into the envelope, muttering: "Who knows what he is thinking, he often goes crazy."

"Crazy?" Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows. He felt that Zhao Hanyan's cousin's speech and behavior were unusually calm, "I don't think your cousin is like a crazy person. Maybe he gave you these three words. Have you accepted the fact that you are a cook and won't stop you?"

"Ah, what you said seems to be true!" Zhao Hanyan echoed, she almost forgot that Bai Yutang thought her cousin didn't approve of her being a cook.

"It's all right now." Bai Yutang was happy for Zhao Hanyan. By the way, he saw that the three characters written by Zhao Zhen were much more pleasing to the eye. "The writing is quite beautiful, in Feibai style."

"Because his own name is Feibai, he also prefers to use Feibai font when writing." Zhao Hanyan quickly explained guiltily, and then quietly glanced at Bai Yutang's reaction. Don't worry.

Zhan Zhao Fengchen came over from the direction of the stable and asked if there was anything to eat.Zhao Hanyan hurriedly said to go to him, and then asked Zhan Zhao why he was so tired.

"Followed Qu Shangshu for a day. After the autumn harvest, the Holy Majesty wanted to sacrifice to heaven, so he got busy. I was afraid that those yamen servants would not be able to withstand it, so I personally followed."

When Zhao Hanyan kneaded the noodles, he specially added an egg to make the noodles more chewy.After rolling into a large sheet of thin noodles, add the rolled noodles and fold them, cut the noodles into strips, boil water in a pot and scoop a spoonful of old chicken soup into it, wait for the water to boil, add green vegetables, heat another pot with oil, and fry six slices Ham and two poached eggs.Then put the cooked noodles and vegetables into a large noodle bowl, spread the poached egg and ham on top, add a chopstick of pickles on top of the poached egg, and serve it to Zhan Zhao.

Just looking at this bowl of noodles makes people appetite, not to mention how attractive the aroma it emits.Zhan Zhao felt even more hungry.Last night, he led people to guard Shangshu's mansion, suffered from the cold all night, and ran with Qu Shangshu for a day in the daytime. Although there was cold dry food to fill his belly, the dry food was really not good.Zhan Zhao couldn't swallow after two bites, and he didn't want to eat as long as the hunger wasn't too serious, and he couldn't arouse his appetite at all.

When he just came back from riding a horse, when he thought of going back to Kaifeng Mansion, Zhan Zhao's mind was lingering on all kinds of drooling dishes that the little cook had cooked.The more he thought about it, the hungrier he became. After the horse was tied up in the stable, his hunger exploded to the extreme, so Zhan Zhao hurried over to ask if there was anything to eat.

Seeing the steaming hot noodles, I couldn't help but pick up the bowl and take a sip of the noodle soup first. The noodle soup combines the deliciousness of chicken and the refreshingness of vegetables. It is very satisfying to drink in the mouth, and it is very warm when it slides into the stomach. Great increase, you can lift a tripod with bare hands.

Zhan Zhao picked up a pair of chopsticks and put the noodles into his mouth. Then he added a piece of green vegetable, served with some pickles, and put the egg and ham together to bite.At this moment, nothing could satisfy him more than this bowl of noodles.

Zhan Zhao quickly ate up a bowl of noodles that was bigger than his face, not even a mouthful of soup left.

Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang sat opposite Zhan Zhao.She held her chin and smiled to see Zhan Zhao finished eating, and asked him if he was full.

"I'm full, thank you very much." Zhan Zhao said with a smile.

At this time, Laiwang's head popped out from behind the oven, "The skewers are ready!"

"Meat skewers?" Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up again.

Zhan Zhao's heartfelt voice: The little cook really knows how to read minds. I like to eat and prepare whatever I like. I like him so much. From now on, as long as it's about the little cook, I'll definitely do it!

Bai Yutang understood Zhan Zhao's reaction and couldn't help but smile.

After a while, a large meat skewer made of half-foot-long thick bamboo sticks was brought up.

Sprinkle with salt, cumin and chili powder while it is hot, and it is ready to eat.

Zhan Zhao thanked Zhao Hanyan even more, and said that he couldn't eat it, so it would be interesting for everyone to share it together.So in the end it became three people holding a bunch of mutton in their hands and chatting about the case.

"Following Qu Shangshu and his son these few days, I haven't gained anything at all. I don't know if it's because the Ministry of Rites is busy and he doesn't have time, or he has heard the rumors and acted cautiously on purpose." Zhan Zhao sighed, "I'm afraid If this goes on like this, the surveillance personnel will change wave after wave, and they will suffer, but they will not be able to catch any useful evidence."

"It's time to use some extraordinary means." Zhao Hanyan turned to look at Bai Yutang.

Zhan Zhao understood what he meant, and hurriedly asked, "Have you asked your lord for instructions?"

"Lord Bao said let him think it over before making a decision." Bai Yutang replied calmly, with no trace of worry on his expression.

"Brother Bai is calmer than us."

Zhan Zhao has also been in contact with many cases in Kaifeng Mansion. Because he has seen many cases, he has been able to handle cases calmly like Bai Yutang in the past, but because this case involves children, Zhan Zhao can't control himself. He is easily anxious and irritable, and he really wants to kill that shameless murderer immediately.

When Bai Yutang heard Zhan Zhao's words, a stern look flashed in his eyes, but he didn't argue.He is jealous by nature, how can he be calm in this kind of case, he has thought about killing Qu Shangshu's family [-] times in his heart.If it wasn't for the little cook saying that there is a suspicion of wronging people without evidence, he would have done it long ago.But when there is evidence, I am afraid that he does not need to do it, Kaifeng Mansion will deal with Qu Shangshu.

Because he had thought a lot and thought about all kinds of possibilities, the subsequent development was roughly within Bai Yutang's expectations, so he wasn't surprised, and his anger naturally didn't show on his face casually.

The next day, Zhao Hanyan went out to buy peanuts at Zhouqiao, and met a blind Taoist priest on the street, and he was pretending to be blind and deceiving people again.Zhao Hanyan went up and explained the matter to the middle-aged man who was being deceived, and immediately grabbed the blind Taoist priest's wrist and asked him to go with his government.

The blind Taoist was so frightened that he broke free from Zhao Hanyan, explained that he was not bluffing, and then said to the middle-aged man who was about to leave: "Is your mother in poor health and has lost her appetite for several months?"

The middle-aged man was very surprised, "How do you know?"

"Just say, is your mother often unable to swallow food these days?"

"Yes, yes, that's exactly the case. It's been like this for two or three months. May I ask why, Daxian?" The middle-aged man had realized that the Taoist was not blind. At this point, he was surprised again, and immediately changed his mouth and called him Daxian.

"You have offended the Kitchen God. Here is a pack of medicine. When you go back, use precious food and a basin of water to worship the Kitchen God. After a day, mix the medicine into the water, and the whole family will drink it, and it will be relieved naturally. In the bedroom, offer a pot of narcissus in the direction of the kitchen, remember to keep it healthy."

"Narcissus? What's so special about it?" The middle-aged man asked puzzled.

After the blind Taoist finished speaking, he sent the middle-aged man to leave quickly, telling him not to ask more questions, and not to reveal the secret.

The middle-aged man thought about it for a while, maybe it is reasonable to say that the "immortal" came to suppress the gods.So he thanked the blind Taoist again and again, and wanted to give money, but the blind Taoist refused.

"Thanks to you today, I met a nobleman, so I don't want your money. Let's go." The blind Taoist waved his hand, and after sending the middle-aged man away, he raised his eyebrows and smiled at Zhao Hanyan, "The poor man still wants to Arrest me? People don't think I'm lying to him, and I'm sure about his family. "

"I'm afraid you came here to bluff and deceive because you had already inquired about their situation." Zhao Hanyan let go of the blind Taoist's arm, and didn't bother to catch him, and went to buy peanuts.

"Where is Master Zhao going? Are you still going to Wangyou Pavilion?" The blind Taoist didn't intend to leave, and followed Zhao Hanyan stickily.

"Where am I going to do your business?"

The blind Taoist priest followed, and said to Zhao Hanyan, "Who told me to be enthusiastic? Your luck is not over yet, sir. Look at the red light on your Yintang. Your luck is amazing. You might die."

Zhao Hanyan stopped, and cast a blank eye on the Taoist priest, "I regret that I didn't bring my friend with me when I went out, otherwise I will guarantee that your head will be blown, your head will be full of 'red light', and all the blood will flow."

The blind Taoist opened his mouth in fright, and seeing Zhao Hanyan turn around and stride away, he still followed.

"I'm serious, if you don't stop this peach blossom spirit, something big will happen!" Seeing that Zhao Hanyan ignored him, the blind Taoist said anxiously, "I won't charge you, at most you will waste some effort and have nothing to lose .Anyway, there is no delay if you do it, once you can really prevent the disaster.”

Zhao Hanyan saw that the blind Taoist priest was a dog skin plaster that could not be shaken off, so he took a slow breath and asked the blind Taoist priest if he was hungry.

There happened to be a steamed stuffed bun shop right next to it, and the blind Taoist immediately understood what was happening, and rubbed his stomach with a silly smile, "Don't tell me I haven't realized it yet, I'm really hungry."

Zhao Hanyan took the blind Taoist priest to sit down, ordered steamed bun rice porridge and a plate of sauced meat, and watched the blind Taoist priest eat.

"What's your real name?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

The blind Taoist priest was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "Orphan, Master adopted me, and I only have a Taoist name called Blind Eye. If you think it's not nice to call me that way, you can call me Little Blind, Blind Blind."

Zhao Hanyan felt a chill when he heard these two nicknames, ignored them, and continued to question the blind Taoist priest: "Where is the teacher's inheritance?"

"My master is an idle Taoist priest, not well-known, he takes me all over the world as his home, sometimes squatting on a rock, he can tell that it is our Taoist temple. Master doesn't care about fame and wealth, every time he helps people, he will change his name, He was called Changqing for a while, and Baiyun for a while. He even called a butterfly. I also asked the master what his original common name was. Then he laughed, and praised Zhao Hanyan, "My master is really a very powerful person, but I will never see him again. He will become a fairy in the spring of this year."

"Abandon the body?" Zhao Hanyan asked in confirmation.

The blind Taoist nodded, and stuffed a bun into his mouth.

The blind Taoist's heartfelt voice: This poor man invited me to dinner not because he believed me, but because he wanted to set up my background.

"How did you know shopkeeper Xue of Wangyou Pavilion?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

"Just like just now, I met him on the street, and I stuck to him. After a few things he said, he believed him, and we became good friends after a few visits. When he opened a new shop, he asked me to look at Feng Shui. To be honest, that shop The original feng shui is really not very good, but after I am able to change it, the business will definitely prosper in the future." The blind Taoist said confidently, telling Zhao Hanyan to just wait and see.

After examining the blind Taoist priest, Zhao Hanyan asked him if the plate of sauced meat was good.

"Yeah!" Because Zhao Hanyan spoke softly to himself, the blind Taoist was very happy, and obediently nodded in agreement.

Blind Taoist: Although the sauced meat is delicious, it is far less important than the person in front of me. I have to figure out a way to make him believe me.

Zhao Hanyan looked around, no one paid attention to them, and whispered to the blind Taoist priest: "My friend said that many scammers on the street like to say something surprising, in order to attract attention, and then cheat people step by step. So I have always suspected You said I was a woman that day, just to cheat food and drink."

Normal logic should say cheating money, but in order to talk about 'eating', Zhao Hanyan deliberately said cheating food and drink.

The blind Taoist hurriedly shook his head, staring blankly at Zhao Hanyan, "No, no."

The voice of the blind Taoist priest: I guessed half right, it was to cheat, but not to cheat food and drink.

Zhao Hanyan moved his eyeballs, then smiled and said to the blind Taoist priest, "Don't you boast that you have heavenly eyes, and Taoism is powerful, how about helping us investigate the case in Kaifeng Mansion."

The blind Taoist quickly shook his head and said no, "Look at Feng Shui, it's okay to help people avoid a small disaster, but I don't know how to investigate cases."

"Then help Pi Susu avoid a small disaster, and figure out where she is now, so that we can find her." Zhao Hanyan followed his words.

"Pi Susu? That lost little girl? Well, saving someone's life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, and give me her birth date." The blind Taoist quickly swallowed the contents of his mouth, took a sip of tea, and then He replied with a serious face.

"Follow me back to Kaifeng Mansion, and I'll tell you after I ask." Zhao Hanyan walked a further distance, went to Aunt Sun's to buy peanuts, and brought the blind Taoist priest back to Kaifeng Mansion.

"I heard shopkeeper Xue said that you are a good cook, why go to someone else to buy peanuts, this stuff is easy to fry." The blind Taoist sighed.

"You know? Can it be fried like this?" When Zhao Hanyan sent someone to ask Qi Desheng Pi Susu's birthday, he let the blind Taoist taste the fried peanuts he bought.

After the blind Taoist finished eating, he nodded easily, "Peanuts are so crispy, there must be lard on the oil, but it's not all lard. And then there's the heat. I've seen it a lot when I travel all over the world. I've seen people test the oil. Warm with your hands. You can tell how hot it is by feeling it with your hands. Once you know it, you can quickly learn to distinguish it.”

"Awesome." Zhao Hanyan sighed sincerely, and only then remembered that Aunt Sun liked to slap the oil with her hands every time she laid peanuts. Zhao Hanyan thought she was afraid of oil fumes.

At this time, Pi Susu's birthday horoscope was also obtained, and Zhao Hanyan pushed the paper to the blind Taoist priest and asked him to calculate it.

After seeing it, the blind Taoist closed his eyes, moved his fingers, and muttered plausibly.

Because the voice was too low and he didn't open his mouth to speak, Zhao Hanyan couldn't quite hear what he was talking about.

The blind Taoist then took out the compass from the backpack on his back, walked to the center of the courtyard, and finally the compass pointed to the west.

"Pi Susu is in Beijing, in this direction."

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Hu, who was monitoring Wangyou Pavilion, hurried back and forth, telling everyone that a waiter from Wangyou Pavilion had gone to a house in the west of the city at midnight last night with two food boxes.

"Bai Shaoxia was with me last night, and he went to the house to search afterward, but he hasn't come back yet." Zhao Hu said somewhat thoughtfully.

When Bao Zheng heard that the matter was serious, he asked Zhan Zhao to take people to look for Bai Yutang while asking people to find out the origin of the house.

"People are back!"

Bai Yutang hurried into the hospital with a girl in his arms. The child was about ten years old and fell asleep on Bai Yutang's shoulder.Looking at his pretty appearance, his facial features are exactly the same as the appearance of Pi Susu described by Qi Desheng.Afterwards, Bai Yutang handed the child over to his mother-in-law, and motioned for her to go to bed quickly with the child in his arms, and then asked Qi Desheng to take care of him.

Everyone remained silent for the time being. After seeing the child being taken away, they all hurriedly looked at Bai Yutang, waiting for his answer.