Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

"Did Grand Master Pang make things difficult for your Ministry of Punishment?" Zhao Hanyan asked worriedly, his eyes on Yan Shu.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Hanyan quietly, and brought out what he felt was wrong before, occasionally turning his eyes away from Zhao Hanyan to size up Yan Shu.

Yan Shu: "Just sending someone to collect and take away Zheng Qingfeng's body, does that count?"

"Of course not, Master Grand Master treats your Ministry of Punishment really kindly." Zhao Hanyan said with emotion.

"Maybe it's because Zheng Qingfeng is a relative, so he can't get on the stage. His father is a concubine of the Zheng family." Yan Shu explained.

"So that's the case." Zhao Hanyan thought about it and felt wrong, "Since he can't get on the stage, why did the grand master personally send someone to collect his body?"

Yan Shu was stopped by Zhao Hanyan's question and thought about it carefully.

"He has been by Pang Yu's side for the past few years. He can be regarded as a companion. He has been on the saddle for Pang Yu. Later, the grand master saw that he was clever, so he sent him to Jingxi Road as a small official. He was promoted twice in three years. , recommending a promotion for the local Li Zhoumu is indeed a bit of a performance appraisal."

"He's still a talented villain." Zhao Hanyan asked Yan Shu again why Zheng Qingfeng died, and when did he die.

"It was the night when you found Qian Shi's body. Zheng Qingfeng didn't know what to do and was in a hurry to return to Beijing, so he led his people on horseback and hurried on the road, and took the small road in Wutong County, where there were famous bandits. According to the family members who fled Narrating, they met bandits robbing their money on their way. Seeing that they were few in number, Zheng Qingfeng didn't notice them. He didn't think those bandits were good at kung fu, and they would kill and kill in a few strokes, scaring the servants into panic. Run away." After Yan Shu finished explaining, he smiled and asked Zhao Hanyan what he was doing.

"In an extraordinary time, ask more. Otherwise, Master Yan came here to inform us of Zheng Qingfeng's death, why?" Zhao Hanyan asked back.

Yan Shu was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "I think it's a coincidence in time, and I'm also afraid that it might be related. I just came back from handling the case and heard that there was a big case in Tokyo today, and more than 40 people died? Out of curiosity, I'm coming here." You must help Master Bao to solve the case as soon as possible, otherwise Master Bao will be offended in court, and he will be greeted by ginseng papers every day."

Zhao Hanyan agreed.

"It always takes time to handle a case, and whoever barks indiscriminately will be investigated." Bai Yutang snorted coldly.

Yan Shu praised Bai Yutang: "On the court, there is no such sharp-edged and outspoken person as Brother Bai. I really hope that Brother Bai can serve as an official in the same court as me."

Zhao Hanyan hurriedly stopped him: "No! It's not that there have been people with edges and corners, who is still in court now? You won't live long, Lord Yan, don't fool him with nonsense."

Yan Shu was stunned, and sighed Zhao Hanyan with a smile: "This is protecting you? You two brothers have a deep friendship."

The corners of Bai Yutang's mouth curled up, but he still didn't speak, but his eyes quickly fell back on Zhao Hanyan.

"Of course he protects me, and he also protects me." Zhao Hanyan answered naturally, continued to make noodle shrimp, and then explained to Yan Shu where the case is now, "Just wait for Mr. Bao to order Qu Changle to be arrested. Mr. Gongsun has sent someone to monitor him first."

"It's interesting that his son is involved." The 'he' Yan Shu mentioned naturally refers to Qu Changle's father, Qu Rongfa, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Now someone came to report to Yan Shu, Bao Zheng had already returned.

Yan Shu hurriedly told Zhao Hanyan that if he finished it in a while, don't forget to give him two.

After the people left, Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Hanyan for a moment, and then said, "Wangchen went out of the city that day."

Zhao Hanyan nodded.

"But Wangchen came back after only leaving the city for a while. Wutong County is outside the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture, no matter how many miles away, even if he rode a thousand-mile horse, he would not be able to come back in such a short time." Zhao Hanyan continued, "The number of robbers must be more than one, and Wangchen is only one person."

Bai Yutang agreed that what Zhao Hanyan said was indeed reasonable, but in his heart he still felt that this incident was too coincidental, and there might be other reasons for it, so he kept this incident in his heart first.

Bai Yutang helped Zhao Hanyan continue to wrap the shrimp, but after a while, he couldn't help raising his eyes to look at Zhao Hanyan.

When Zhao Hanyan peeked at her for the third time at Bai Yutang, he couldn't help but ask him, "Why do you keep looking at me, with smudges on your face?"

Before Bai Yutang could reply, Zhao Hanyan had already wiped his face with his sleeve.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Hanyan's white and clean face, and gave an ambiguous "hmm", then his eyes immediately fell back to the shrimp in his hand.Just as Zhao Hanyan turned around to look for the water tank and looked at his face, Bai Yutang's cheeks blushed uncontrollably.

Bai Yutang was very good at controlling his emotions, grabbed a handful of noodles, wrapped his whole attention on the shrimp, and forced himself to think about nothing.When Zhao Hanyan came back, his expression was basically normal.

"Is it gone this time? I seem to have wiped it clean just now." Zhao Hanyan stretched her neck and offered Bai Yutang to look at her face.

Bai Yutang raised his head, and his gaze immediately met the pair of clear and clear eyes of the little cook, and the other's eyelids blinked twice at this moment, twice, it was more playful than once!Full of aura overflowed from those eyes, and the red lips under the small nose were still smiling.Seeing this look, my heart still doesn't miss a beat, it's too difficult.

"Very clean." Bai Yutang quickly moved his eyes elsewhere.

"Your hand is bleeding!" Zhao Hanyan suddenly said in surprise.

The white noodles wrapped around the shrimp turned pink because of blood from Bai Yutang's finger.

Bai Yutang looked down and hurriedly put the shrimp down.

Zhao Hanyan urged: "The thorns on the shrimp head can easily pierce your hands, go and wash it."

"It's just a prick. It's fine. It will be fine later." Bai Yutang said indifferently.

"It's not a trivial matter. Some people have been killed by small wounds."

Zhao Hanyan went to scoop up water, and pulled Bai Yutang to wash his hands. Before his hands entered the basin, blood was still dripping down, which showed that the pricks were quite deep.Zhao Hanyan went to get a jug of spirits, pinched Bai Yutang's finger, squeezed out some dirty blood, and then poured wine on it to disinfect it.

The strong wine touched the wound, and it burned a little, but Bai Yutang couldn't feel it anymore, because his face was burning even more at this moment.Looking down at Zhao Hanyan's round and tender forehead, he suddenly felt an impulse.

Bai Yutang immediately withdrew his hand, took a few steps back, turned around to look for water to drink, but he didn't see it for a while, so he took the strong wine jug that Zhao Hanyan had just taken, and poured the whole jug into his mouth .

Zhao Hanyan looked at Bai Yutang in bewilderment, not understanding why he drank wine suddenly and in such a hurry.

"Could it be very painful?" It is said that wine has an anesthetic effect.

Bai Yutang is a martial arts practitioner and has suffered a lot. In fact, such a small wound would not hurt, but Zhao Hanyan can't think of other reasons besides this.

"Thirsty." Bai Yutang said.

Drink when thirsty?Sure enough, he is worthy of being a hero!

Seeing that Bai Yutang was still calm after drinking a whole jug of spirits, Zhao Hanyan couldn't help admiring him.

"Go and sit for a while, don't do it. There is quite a lot of blood coming out of the small wound. You pricked it very hard, and you didn't feel any pain when you pricked it."

Bai Yutang obediently sat down at the table, the word 'nothing' came to his lips, but he couldn't say it.The hand pinched by Zhao Hanyan just now remained motionless and the floor was straight.After something jumped out of his heart, he couldn't stop it at all, and he couldn't distract himself.The scene in my mind was the scene of the little cook pinching her fingers. When I recalled that moment, it was like a thunder pierced through his fingers. It was an indescribable feeling.Feel uncomfortable all over, but not annoying.

Bai Yutang moved his body so that his back was completely facing Zhao Hanyan, so that he couldn't see his expression.The injured finger was still upright, Bai Yutang looked at it as if he was dealing with some enemy, but no matter how hard he focused on it, his finger seemed unable to bend it!

After Zhao Hanyan wrapped all the prawns, he saw that Bai Yutang over there was still sitting in the same posture as before, as if he hadn't moved at all?

Zhao Hanyan slowed down curiously, and approached quietly. Bai Yutang was really motionless, his eyes were staring ahead in a daze, his right index finger was still stretched out after being stabbed, as if he was pointing at something in front of him.

Zhao Hanyan didn't dare to interrupt, turned around slowly, and walked back slowly step by step.

Bai Yutang suddenly heard the voice, out of the warrior's vigilance, he immediately got up, and grabbed the person who came by.

Zhao Hanyan was startled, screamed, and looked back to see that Bai Yutang was clasping his wrist.At this time, Bai Yutang also realized that the source of the voice was the little cook, panicked, let go of his hand, and apologized to her.But Bai Yutang immediately looked at Zhao Hanyan's wrist uncertainly, and wanted to shake it again.

In fact, Bai Yutang had just followed Zhao Hanyan back to the kitchen, and had been thinking about finding a legitimate reason or a legitimate way to hold Zhao Hanyan's wrist, but he couldn't make a move because he was too nervous.It was natural to strike when he was unconscious just now, but he was under vigilance and only wanted to guard against the other party. When he realized it, he had already let go, and he didn't bother to check the little cook's pulse at all.

Bai Yutang remembered that when he heard the little cook laughing out loud once before, his voice was a little strange. At that time, he just thought it was special, but didn't arouse too much suspicion.A few days ago, he accidentally grabbed the little cook's wrist, and belatedly felt that something was wrong with the little cook's pulse, but he was not sure, after all, he had already let go of his hand at that time.

From that day on, Bai Yutang had doubts in his heart, because he was not sure, he wanted to be sure.In the past few days, it is obvious that they can directly confirm and confirm the issue of the little cook's men and women.But for some reason, Bai Yutang suddenly became very entangled in this matter, and began to imagine what would happen if the little cook was a woman. Every time he thought of this, his body always reacted a little nervous, his heart beat faster, and there was an inexplicable feeling. Looking forward, I have to admit that there is still a little bit of excitement, and Bai Yutang quite likes this feeling,

Bai Yutang can accept the fact that the little cook is a woman. If this is confirmed, he will be very happy.But he was very worried that if the little cook was a woman, it was actually just his imagination. He confirmed that the little cook was really a man, what would he do then.

He would not know how to face the little cook. When he was with the little cook before, he was treated as a brother, and the two got along very easily.But after he started to suspect that the little cook might be a woman, everything changed. He seemed unable to accept the fact that the little cook was a man.

I am looking forward to getting the result I want, but I am afraid that I will not get the result I want.Because of this fear, Bai Yutang hesitated and refused to screen.

"Could it be that you have a fever? Why do I see that you're not active?" Zhao Hanyan called Bai Yutang twice, but Bai Yutang didn't answer, and became a little worried.Individual bacteria on aquatic organisms are terrible. Once they cause infection, it is a big deal. Although this kind of situation is rare, it is hard to guarantee that they will encounter it.

Seeing that Bai Yutang still didn't answer him, Zhao Hanyan reached out on tiptoe to test Bai Yutang's forehead.

Bai Yutang came back to his senses, and after realizing what Zhao Hanyan was doing, he looked straight at her.He raised his right hand slowly, trying to grab Zhao Hanyan's wrist, but Haihui Temple was a step too late.

Zhao Hanyan immediately put his hand on his forehead and compared the temperature, "It seems that you don't have a fever, did you drink too much just now? Don't be brave, go and rest. Don't worry, you won't miss the fried shrimp. When you wake up I'll do it again!"

Zhao Hanyan still didn't forget that Bai Yutang was a foodie, so he smiled and pushed him to turn around, telling him to go back to his room and rest.

Bai Yutang turned his head to look at Zhao Hanyan who was full of smiles, and let her push him away. Although his eyes glanced at Zhao Hanyan's arm several times, he still couldn't make up his mind.He seemed more in fear than anticipation.People are probably always like this. They are more afraid of losing than what they have now.

After Bai Yutang went, Zhao Hanyan was called to the court by Zhao Hu.

Qu Changle has been taken to court and is about to respond to Bao Zheng's questioning.

"Last night, a waiter who was carrying a food box bumped into me and stepped on my feet. I didn't intend to let him do anything, but the boy who accompanied me was unwilling to order him to clean it for me. He was busy Shine my shoes, I can’t move my feet, and he put the food box behind him, how can I reach out and reach it.”

The shop waiter who was called together, after hearing Qu Changle's explanation, suddenly remembered: "Yes, it seems to be like this, the food box was behind the villain at that time."

Bao Zheng looked helplessly at the waiter in the shop, and then asked Qu Changle if he had seen anyone trying to get close to the food box.

Qu Changle then heard that the waiter in the store confessed that he had never left the food box except for shining his shoes, so he couldn't help laughing.

"It's a lie, that's not the case at all. I remember that after he polished my shoes, a woman came and gave him a wink, and he ran over to talk to her without picking up the food box. Then he ran back and picked up the food box , go with the woman. Although no one approached the food box during this interval, it can be considered that he left the food box. Why don’t you explain it, but only talk about me?”

Bao Zheng slapped the gavel hard, scolded the waiter for concealing something, and dealt with him as usual.The waiter was so frightened that he confessed that the woman was the concubine of the tofu shop next door, so he didn't hide it and dared not confess.

"Are you having an affair with her?" Bao Zheng asked.

The waiter hurriedly shook his head and said no.

Bao Zheng slapped the gavel again, accusing him of aggravating his crime if he concealed it and failed to report it.

The waiter in the shop confessed in tears: "I have a crush, but nothing else happened. She seduced me first!"

When Qu Changle heard this, he asked contemptuously, "Are you still a man?"

The waiter buried his head and dared not make a sound.

Bao Zheng is ordering people to arrest the Tang family who is the concubine of the tofu shop.But by the time the people from Kaifeng Mansion left, the Tang family was already gone.The owner of the tofu shop explained that when they woke up in the morning, Tang helped them with their work for an hour. Later, when the news of Zhang's murder case spread outside, Tang suddenly clutched his stomach and complained of pain, and wanted to go back to his room to rest. After that, they I never saw Tang again.When they went to Tang Corps, they found that several pieces of clothing were missing, as well as valuables such as jewelry.

The owner of the tofu shop was still hesitating, so he didn't report to the police. The boss realized that Tang was really angry after she escaped, but he still decided to let her go because of his previous friendship.

"See, this is a man of love and righteousness, what did you say just now?" Qu Changle said with hatred.

Zhao Hanyan took advantage of the opportunity to cast his eyes on Qu Changle, and observed his clothes. The ordinary blue satin robe was clean and tidy, his hair was combed meticulously, his waist was straight, and he didn't look sideways. Wealth is superficial.

The shop waiter was told by Qu Changle that he bowed his waist and knelt there, shrinking his neck, wishing to roll himself into a ball into the hole.

"Master Bao, the Tang family left with a guilty conscience. It is likely that she poisoned her to commit this incident. But what the concubine of the owner of the mere tofu shop is doing to send poison to the two girls in Zhang's house, there must be someone behind her." Qu Changle expressed his thoughts.

Bao Zheng promised to order people to investigate who the people who have close contacts with Tang Corporation in normal times are.

Zhao Hanyan asked the proprietress of the tofu shop, "What kind of person is she usually?"

The proprietress glanced at her husband, snorted and said with a cold smile: "It's delicious, lazy, and greedy for money. She always thinks that if she eats for nothing, she will have gold and silver on her head. Every time she is found lazy, just act like a baby with someone. It's over. Someone raised her to be more delicate than that young lady, but she can't recite poems and compose Fu at all, but she would run out to seduce men, thanks to his kindness to her, is she stupid!"

As the proprietress spoke, she sneered and glanced at her husband with a sour taste in her mouth.

The owner of the tofu shop frowned helplessly, and scolded the proprietress, saying everything she wanted.He didn't know that Tang Corporation would hook up with the waitress next door, otherwise, he would not be kind to her, and he would beat her severely.

Zhao Hanyan turned to ask the shrunken waiter, "How long have you been on good terms?"

"It didn't take long. Three days ago she took the initiative to talk to the villain, and we got closer. The villain saw that she seemed to be interested in me, so he was tickled. I tried to please her in the past two days." The shop assistant confessed honestly. road.

"So it's only three days." Zhao Hanyan sighed, and said to Bao Zheng, "I have a suspicious person."

"Oh?" Bao Zheng asked Zhao Hanyan to explain.

"This Tang family is lazy, loves money and is greedy for money. Apart from helping the shopkeeper and his wife make tofu at home, they should not go too far." Zhao Hanyan then asked the tofu owner if this was the case.

Nian busy, the owner of the tofu shop, nodded in agreement. They operate on a small budget, and they can use as many people as there are in the family. Only at night can they have a rest.

After Qu Changle, the tofu shop owner and his wife left, Bao Zheng and others moved to Sansi Hall to talk.

At this time, Su Yuerong had already helped fry the noodle shrimp in the kitchen, and brought out four plates.Zhao Hanyan sent someone to bring salty sauce and sweet and spicy sauce, and then served with sour plum soup, and everyone at the small dining table gathered around the table to discuss the matter.Now that he was going to eat shrimp, Zhao Hanyan naturally called Bai Yutang.

The noodle prawns are deep-fried to a golden yellow, and when bitten into half, they are crispy and the slag falls off. It can be seen that the white and tender prawns in the section are steaming. A dip in the sweet and spicy sauce can just relieve the greasy surface of the fried prawns and add flavor.There is a big difference in texture between this kind of fried shrimp and ordinary fried shrimp wrapped in batter. The fried shrimp wrapped in wet batter is easy to soften and not crisp shortly after being taken out of the oil pan, but it is not crispy when it is eaten. Cooked noodles are more likely to lose water and become crispy when they are oiled, and they last for a very long time.Therefore, there will definitely not be a plate of shrimp that becomes softer and softer after eating, and the crispy taste will remain until the last shrimp is eaten.

Everyone didn't bother to eat lunch in order to investigate the case. Even now, they didn't have much time to eat.Eating fried prawns and pastries to fill your belly, and eating and chatting while discussing for a while, is already an excellent way to save time.

"Shopkeeper Xue is young and handsome, and he is next door to the tofu shop. With his appearance and talent, it is easy for Tang Corporation to pay attention to him. As long as Shopkeeper Xue wants to, he will easily command Tang Corporation, so I think Shopkeeper Xue is still very suspicious."

"It seems that this matter will not be resolved until the Tang family is arrested." Gongsun Ce said with emotion.

Although the investigation of this case was a bit roundabout, Gongsun Ce did not lose his patience.Sometimes when solving a case, you will encounter such a situation. You have to toss back and forth among some messy clues, and spend a lot of energy to eliminate the useless clues one by one, and finally sort out one or two useful places to solve the case.

When Gongsun Ce saw someone sighing, he advised everyone not to be discouraged, and if he felt uncomfortable, he would eat an extra shrimp.The twists and turns of the case are not unsolved, and this time it is just the beginning, so I can't lose my spirit.

"Sir, you are right!" Wang Chao agreed.

After Bao Zheng finished eating a fried shrimp, he wiped his mouth and continued, "Since Tang has escaped, I'm afraid I won't be able to find it for a while, so I have to start elsewhere."

Bao Zheng then ordered Gongsun Ce to mention shopkeeper Xue when he was in contact with Miss Zhang and Miss Lu.I hope that shopkeeper Xue can be confessed from the two of them.

In the evening, dinner was served in the prison of Kaifeng Mansion. Judge Shi brought wine and sent the prison chief and others to eat more.He then paced into the prison with his wine glass in his hand.

The smell of roast chicken and goose was wafting in the prison, causing many prisoners to clutch their bellies, smack their lips and swallow their saliva.

The male and female prisoners in Kaifeng Mansion were separated by a wall, divided into two prisons, east and west.Compared with the male prisoners, the number of guards in the female prisoners will be smaller, and they are all called by Judge Shi to eat at the moment.

Judge Shi walked straight to the cells of Ms. Zhang and Ms. Lv Er in the deepest place, looked around, and said to them: "You two are doing well."

Miss Zhang realized immediately, and gestured to Judge Shi with Miss Lv Er, and the two looked at Judge Shi excitedly at each other, and were about to ask Judge Shi if he belonged to the master, when he nodded knowingly.

"The master said that he has a way to rescue you out, so I will trouble you two to suffer here in the past two days."

Miss Zhang couldn't walk because her legs were disabled, so she could only sit on the ground. She was happy and hated her legs, "I'm afraid I won't be able to get out, let Sister Lu go."

Miss Lu Er understood Miss Zhang's meaning through her expression, and quickly shook her head to indicate that she would not leave alone.

"The master will find a solution, you don't have to worry, but it will take some time. But if you don't confess at all right now, Bao Zheng will be forced to pronounce the sentence immediately, and there is no way to give the master time."

"Then what should we do?" Miss Zhang asked hurriedly.

"There are more than 40 dead, which one is missing? Except for you two, no one else is important to the master." Judge Shi said.

Miss Zhang moved her eyeballs and suddenly understood: "Confess for Shopkeeper Xue?"

Judge Shi nodded.

Miss Zhang agreed and said she understood.

Judge Shi didn't have any expression on his face at this moment, but he was so excited that he wanted to grab Miss Zhang and continue the interrogation.But with Master Bao and Mr. Gongsun's instructions, he couldn't say much, so he turned around and left in a hurry.

After hearing Judge Shi's reply, everyone in the Sansi Hall breathed a sigh of relief. Now shopkeeper Xue will never have another chance to argue. They just wait for Miss Zhang to be interrogated tomorrow and let her identify shopkeeper Xue.

"Most people should rest earlier, there will be a tough battle tomorrow." Bao Zheng ordered Zhan Zhao to closely monitor Qu Rongfa, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he was still very suspicious.

Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang walked back together after coming out of Sansi Hall.Because this day's tortuous investigation finally came to some conclusions, Zhao Hanyan was very happy, and talked with Bai Yutang about how to continue to let Judge Shi contact Miss Zhang and the others.

Bai Yutang could not hear a word, and his mind was not on what she said at all.

When the two arrived outside Bai Yutang's courtyard, Zhao Hanyan said goodbye to him.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Hanyan, took a breath slowly, and finally grabbed her.