Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

"Yeah, I'm going to die." Shopkeeper Xue made a wry smile, "I should have died a long time ago."

Zhao Hanyan stared at shopkeeper Xue: "Why do you say that?"

Shopkeeper Xue looked back at Zhao Hanyan, "Master Zhao is smart and kind, but sometimes he loses his temper and talks too much, but I like it very much. If there is a chance in the next life, I will not be a bad person, and we can make real friends .”

Zhao Hanyan frowned, and looked at Shopkeeper Xue probingly, not understanding why he said this suddenly.

Bai Yutang immediately stood in front of Zhao Hanyan, staring back at Shopkeeper Xue.

Shopkeeper Xue was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "I won't eat him again."

Bao Zheng patted the gavel.

Shopkeeper Xue turned his head, his face became serious, he looked at Bao Zheng as if he was about to die, and asked Bao Zheng to continue asking.

"You are a businessman. Since you have nothing to do with the real Wangyou Pavilion in Jianghu, why do you pretend to take over the work of Wangyou Pavilion? You prefer to live a peaceful life and kill people for money? With the wisdom of shopkeeper Xue, you can't just You choose to do such stupid things because of the lure of money." Bao Zheng questioned.

Shopkeeper Xue was stunned, and said helplessly, "Then you all will regard me as someone from Wangyou Pavilion."

Shopkeeper Xue refused to say the reason, so he went back to the question.

Bao Zheng expected that the case would probably not come to trial, and the only way left was to use torture.Although he knew that shopkeeper Xue might not be willing to confess, but if he didn't try, how would he know if it would work.Bao Zheng immediately ordered that Gongsun Ce be in charge of this matter, reminding him not to be too cautious.

Gongsun Ce agreed to take the man down.

"I may not be able to bear this kind of suffering." Shopkeeper Xue got up to snatch the knife from the Yamen's waist after saying that, but was stopped, and then his cheeks moved slightly.

Seeing this, Gongsun Ce hurriedly called for someone to pinch his cheeks to pry shopkeeper Xue's mouth open.

The yacha did as he did, but before it was too late, when shopkeeper Xue's mouth was pried open, blood was already oozing from his mouth.

Gongsun Ce hurriedly went to check the situation of shopkeeper Xue, and immediately said to Bao Zheng: "Fortunately, it was only bitten, and there is no serious problem."

Bao Zheng nodded, and immediately ordered Gongsun Ce to take shopkeeper Xue down to get medicine, and then announced his withdrawal.

Everyone respectfully waited for Bao Zheng to leave, then withdrew from the courtroom and glanced at Shopkeeper Xue who was being escorted over there.

"This hot-tempered person can still be tortured?" Ma Han turned his head and asked Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao shook his head, "It probably won't work, it's prone to accidents."

Zhang Long sighed with resentment and anger: "What's wrong with this recent case? It's twists and turns, not to mention weird and changeable, and the people caught are more tempered than the other. Last time, the Taoist priest of Ziyan Temple didn't That's it!"

Zhao Hanyan frowned again, pursed his lips and remained silent.

Bai Yutang noticed that Zhao Hanyan was wrong, and asked her what was wrong softly.

Zhao Hanyan shook her head at Bai Yutang, but couldn't say anything, but she was just a little strange in her heart.Just now I asked Shopkeeper Xue why he took the risk, but he said that he wants to be friends with me. Does this answer have other meanings?

"Let's break up, everyone," Zhan Zhao said to everyone, "We still have to do our own work."

"I've never seen such a troublesome case. If someone is caught but not tried, it's like a duck that can see but can't eat!" Zhang Long kicked the stone in front of him angrily.

The surroundings suddenly became very quiet.

Zhang Long looked back, it turned out that it was Mr. Gongsun who came back at some time, and stood not far away looking at him.

"Sir!" Zhang Long hurriedly saluted obediently.

"How old you are, but still so unstable. Investigating a case requires patience. How can everything go your way." Gongsun Ce patted Zhang Long on the shoulder and told him to rest when he felt tired.

Zhang Long nodded blankly and agreed, he did not sleep well last night, his head hurt a little, and his temper tended to be irritable.

After Gongsun Ce sent Zhang Long away, he discussed with Zhao Hanyan how to continue working hard on Miss Zhang and Miss Lu Er.

"Shopkeeper Xue's matter of Wangyou Pavilion is doubtful for the time being, let's ignore it for now. Listening to Miss Zhang's confrontation with Shopkeeper Xue in the court just now, Miss Zhang only gave money to Shopkeeper Xue to kill someone. Shopkeeper Xue probably doesn't know the reason behind Miss Zhang's murder. So From now on, we still have to attack those two girls."

"Since shopkeeper Xue has nothing to do with Wangyou Pavilion in Jianghu, he should not have any serious and powerful killers to help him. Is Tang still alive?" Zhan Zhao felt that it was necessary to investigate this matter.

"Since he said that, maybe someone will help him." Gongsun Ce agreed, and asked Zhan Zhao to lead Wang Chao and others to investigate all the people related to shopkeeper Xue, and try to find Tang's whereabouts.

"I hope no more lives are lost."

After Zhan Zhao took the order, Gongsun Ce did not forget to tell the little officials around him, and he remembered to tell Zhang Long, who had slept for a while, to help Zhan Zhao.

Gongsun Ce then called Zhao Hanyan to his side and asked her if she could think of any clever way to lure the eldest girl Zhang and the second girl Lu to confess behind the scenes.

Zhao Hanyan glanced at Bai Yutang, and said to Gongsun Ce: "Brother Bai and I discussed a solution last night, but I don't know if it's feasible."

Zhao Hanyan told Gongsun Ce in a low voice.

Gongsun Ce nodded, "There is no better way, let's give it a try, we are going to prepare."

An hour later, Zhao Hanyan returned to the kitchen and saw Chunlaichunqu brothers frantically making beef jerky around the oven.

"Why are you two, isn't Miss Su doing this?" Zhao Hanyan asked curiously.

"Ms. Xu's cook over there in the prison is unwell, and Miss Su went to take care of her. I guess she can't cook tonight, so she might stay and help." Chunlai explained.

Zhao Hanyan nodded, took a piece of freshly roasted beef and stuffed it into his mouth, nodded, admiring the deliciousness.

"Really?" Chunlai happily grabbed three pieces and put them into his mouth at the same time. After eating, he frowned and turned around to find water. After swallowing the meat, he drank two more bowls of water. thing.

"It's so salty!" Chunlai wiped the water stains on the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and sighed, "Brother Zhao lied to us, it's not delicious at all."

"It's really okay for me to eat," Zhao Hanyan originally took a small piece of meat. He ate a little bit just now, and there was only a little left after biting. rice cakes stuffed into mouth.

"It's obviously salty, otherwise why would you still eat rice cakes?" Chunlai asked earnestly.

Zhao Hanyan smiled, "Do I have to make it clear? I said yes, considering the situation of the two of you, this is not bad. Just because the taste of your cooking is not ordinary enough, I need to encourage you all the more."

Chunlai and Chunqu glanced at each other, and looked at Zhao Hanyan at the same time, firmly expressing in unison that they do not need such encouragement.

"This is my responsibility. I put the salt in, and I thought I put it just right. How could it be so salty?" Chun Qu asked a little aggrieved.

"Ah, by the way, could it be that Ms. Su has already added salt? When she left, she told me to roast the beef for her. I thought she didn't." Sorry, it seems the fault is still on him.

"But the salt that has been added twice shouldn't be so salty, it looks like salt rolled into sticks." Chun Qu thought for a while, "Ms. Su must have put more than me."

"This beef jerky is no better than stewed beef. Three catties of beef cost one catty. The dried meat has shrunk, but if the amount of salt is still as much as usual cooking, it will taste salty." Zhao Hanyan smiled and explained that she had told Su before. When Yuerong is made, less salt is added, so the salt of Su Yuerong should be right.

"One serving is worth three to me, and she is serving one. This is equivalent to adding salt four times to a dish, no wonder it's so salty." Chun Qu understood, and lamented that he was owed a hand. It was better not to let it go, at least there was no salt. It can also be eaten with sauce.

"Salty food is durable, at worst, just eat it as pickles. Put it all away, and I may use it later in cooking." Zhao Hanyan told the two of them not to worry, and they would be able to finish the jerky.

Zhan Zhao's side is probably too busy tonight to have a serious meal.Zhao Hanyan cut the leftover biscuits from the morning, spread the poached eggs and chicken leg meat inside, added some shredded cabbage leaves, and put some sauce on it.After making thirty, they were neatly stacked in a food box and asked Chunlai to deliver them when Zhan Zhao and the others came back at night.

At sunset and dusk, just as everyone was eating, Judge Shi came to the women's prison again.

"The two of you can leave tonight." Judge Shi whispered to Miss Zhang and Miss Lu Er.

"So fast?" Miss Zhang was overwhelmed with surprise, and hurriedly gestured to Miss Lu Er to explain to her, and Miss Lu Er also became happy.

But Miss Zhang reacted quickly, and asked Judge Shi suspiciously: "But if we escape, what will you do? Won't it be exposed?"

Brother Zhao explained that if the other party doubts him, he must immediately ask back in an arrogant manner, turning passive into active.

"Don't you think I'm the only one who can help you in this Kaifeng mansion?" Judge Shi sneered and snorted, "You two underestimate the master too much!"

Miss Zhang was stunned for a moment, and quickly admitted her mistake, saying she didn't dare, and obeyed Judge Shi's arrangement in everything.

"In order to help you leave, I have tried to transfer the other three female prisoners in the prison. Tonight, there will be only the two of you in the female prison. Every night of every month, a excrement truck will leave Kaifeng Mansion. Wait until the evening. From time to time, there will be water in a place near here, and the scene will definitely be chaotic, and someone will come to meet you, and you two will follow his instructions, hide in the excrement truck and leave." Judge Shi immediately Pass the cell key to Miss Zhang, and tell them to unlock and leave after waiting for someone to respond.

"When you leave, leave this lock and take that lock with you." Judge Shi took out the same lock as the prison door and handed it to them, and specially instructed.

"Why is that?" Miss Zhang asked puzzled.

Judge Shi didn't explain, and he and the two said that he couldn't stay for too long again, and then left.

Miss Zhang later discovered that the lock Judge Shi had given them was broken. It seemed to be locked, but in fact the lock could not be locked at all.This seems to avoid the situation that "the lock must be opened by the key", and the people in Kaifeng Mansion will not directly suspect that there is a traitor.This way, they will be more or less confused.

"The master is worthy of being the master, and he is considerate." Ms. Zhang and Ms. Lv informed in sign language.

Miss Lu Er nodded, and said in sign language: "It's natural, the master has great powers, otherwise he wouldn't be able to rescue us so quickly."

Miss Zhang took Miss Lu Er's hand, her joy was beyond words.The two then swore that after going out, they must be more loyal to their master.

……

It was dark.

Suddenly someone in Kaifeng mansion shouted "the water is gone", and there was a lot of noise.

Miss Zhang quickly became vigilant, grabbed Miss Lv Er, and looked straight at the prison door.

"Hurry up and come out to save people, and lock the prison door!"

The original guards agreed to leave one after another, and then the footsteps in the prison disappeared.

After a while, there was the sound of footsteps, Miss Zhang and Miss Lu Er shook hands with each other, waiting nervously, seeing a middle-aged man in coarse clothes, they were stunned for a moment.

"Where are the keys, let's go!" the man said.

The two hurriedly agreed, took out the key and handed it to the middle-aged man. After opening the door, the man carried Miss Zhang on his back and hurried out.Miss Lv Er locked the door and followed, and the three of them passed smoothly all the way. When they were about to reach the prison gate, they found two servants in the prison who had been beaten unconscious.

The man glanced at Miss Lu Er, and motioned her to get into the dung truck at the door, and the firefighters would definitely come back after a little delay.

Miss Lu Er nodded, and after climbing onto the dung truck, she found that there was still half a bucket of dung in the large wooden bucket on the dung truck, and the smell was extremely strong.It makes people feel sick when they smell it, but thinking that this is Kaifeng Mansion, they are very lucky to have the opportunity to escape, and maybe they can only leave like this if they sacrifice like this.

Miss Lv Er only thought for a blink of an eye, then got into the barrel without hesitation, and then helped to bring Miss Zhang in.The two of them supported each other and sat in the dung soup.

The middle-aged man built the wooden lid, pushed the cart and left.

After the two of them held their breath to the limit, they couldn't help taking a breath, and immediately retched and wanted to vomit.Miss Zhang held back her voice, quickly covered Miss Lv Er's mouth, and signaled her to hold on.Miss Lu Er nodded, determined to get used to the smell in the big dung bucket.

When the dung truck was moving, the dung soup would sway back and forth, occasionally splashing on the faces of the two of them, but the two of them remained motionless.

Soon after, the car stopped, the wooden cover was opened, and the middle-aged man asked them to get out of the car, and quickly changed from the small dung truck to the large dung truck.

There are many huts in Kaifeng Mansion, and after the small dung carts go to pick up the dung one by one, they are transferred to the big dung cart with two donkeys tied to them.

When changing trains, Ms. Zhang purposely looked around and found that there was indeed a place in the east of Kaifeng Mansion that was burning.

The middle-aged man urged the two of them to hide, then put the wooden cover on, and drove away from Kaifeng Mansion. After walking for a certain distance, the middle-aged man stopped the car, opened the cover to let the two of them breathe, and then continued to drive to a house.

Because it was dark at night, Ms. Zhang and Ms. Lu Er had feces on their faces, and their minds were distracted, so they didn't quite recognize where the dung truck was going.After all, they came to another mansion, although they walked through the back door of the mansion, but looking at the high walls and the environment inside the mansion, it was definitely several times more magnificent than the mansion they used to live in.

After getting off the car, the middle-aged man took them to a small courtyard, indicating that their master was in the main room of the small courtyard.The middle-aged man told them to go to the owner directly after taking a bath in the wing room.

The two girls were so happy that they hurried to the wing room.There are already two buckets of hot water prepared in the house, and there are maids to serve them.Although the two of them stink, none of the maids showed any dislike, and stood aside in a respectful manner after serving.She really deserves to be a maid taught by her master!

Miss Zhang and Miss Lu Er didn't doubt it at all.

The servant girl also specially pushed a wheelchair for Miss Zhang to sit on.

Miss Lu Er happily pushed Miss Zhang to the main room, anxious to see the master.

After knocking on the door, the two-faced guard opened the door.The two anxiously entered the door and did not see their master, and were led to the bedroom, only to see a figure behind the screen, wearing a cloak and a hat, sitting with their backs facing their direction.From their point of view, only the outline of the cloak can be seen, but the specific shape of the body cannot be seen.

There were two guards standing at the door of the dormitory. Miss Lu Er pushed Miss Zhang to get closer, but was stopped by the guards.

"What are you doing?" Miss Zhang was disappointed and very angry.

"You smell." The guard said.

Ms. Zhang smelled it, and Ms. Lu Er also understood that they had been soaking in the dung water for too long. Even though they changed the water three times just now, they might still not be able to clean the smell.The most important thing was that their noses were so smoked that they couldn't tell whether they smelled, so the guard said they had, so they should have.

"Then let's stay away from the master." Miss Zhang really didn't want her smelly to be smelled by the master.

The same goes for Miss Lu Er.

"Tell me the truth, Bao Zheng interrogated you many times in Kaifeng mansion? Have you two thought about confessing everything about the master to Bao Zheng?" the guard asked.

"No!" Miss Zhang immediately said, "My sister and I are loyal to our master, the world can learn from it!"

After understanding what it meant, Miss Lu Er hurriedly swore that she would never betray her master, otherwise there would be a thunderbolt.

Guard: "Master's loyalty to the two of you is naturally clear, but the master has just heard the rumor that the two of you inadvertently said something wrong during the interrogation period, and finally hinted at the identity of the master."

"Did you say the wrong thing?" Miss Zhang thought about it carefully, but she couldn't remember it.She sign language to ask Miss Lv Ergu, who also shook her head.

"Since the two of us were interrogated, we have been cautious in our words and deeds. Even if our flesh and blood are chopped to pieces, it is impossible for us to reveal the identity of the master as the Minister of Rites! Please learn from the master!" Miss Zhang was so anxious that she got up and kowtowed. Get out of the wheelchair.

At this time, the person sitting behind the screen got up and walked out, attracting Miss Zhang's attention.

"Master." Miss Zhang read aloud, and then she saw Bao Zheng wearing a black cloak coming out from behind the screen.

After seeing that the person who came out was Bao Zheng, Miss Lv Er stared in surprise, and couldn't believe what she saw.

"Qu Rongfa, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, is your master?" Bao Zheng's serious gaze focused on the two of them, and he said clearly word by word.

Miss Zhang and Miss Lu Er still couldn't accept the situation in front of them, and they were both stunned.

The guard on the side immediately shouted to remind the two of them to pay attention.Miss Zhang and Miss Lu Ergu were startled.

Then I heard footsteps behind the screen. After the guards removed the screen, Zhao Hanyan and others could be seen coming out from behind the bed. There was also a clerk, holding a pen, who seemed to have recorded what they had just said.

Ms. Zhang was slumped in the wheelchair, and Ms. Lv Er's legs were also weak. She knelt down slowly and leaned against the side of Ms. Zhang's wheelchair.

"You two don't confess quickly!" the guard scolded.

"No, we didn't betray him, we didn't betray him! Hahahaha, what we said, we have already seen through your trick, it's just a joke!" Miss Zhang was so angry that she didn't know what to do.

Miss Lv Ergu choked and cried against Miss Zhang.

Both of them began to lose control of their emotions, because at this moment, the bottom line they had been so proud of had collapsed.

"You guys are cheating!" Miss Zhang said harshly.

"This trick has fooled you, think about whether your master will like you." Zhao Hanyan looked at them, "But it doesn't matter whether you like it or not, anyway, he will be forced to live in Kaifeng mansion by you soon prison."

"No—" Miss Zhang cried and fell off the wheelchair.Second Aunt Lv followed and lay down on the ground, pulling Miss Zhang into a weeping ball.

"Let them go down and calm down first." Zhao Hanyan and the Yacha said, and asked Bao Zheng's opinion, "Should Qu Rongfa, Minister of Rites?"

"This is a major matter, you must report to the Holy Majesty first, and I will enter the palace right away."

Zhao Hanyan and others watched Bao Zheng leave.

Yan Shu came late, "How about it, is my mansion borrowed for nothing?"

"The two confessed to the Minister of Rites."

Zhao Hanyan and Bai Yutang then interrogated Ms. Zhang and Ms. Lu, both of them seemed to have lost half of their souls, and they seemed to be out of their minds and confused.

Seeing this, Zhao Hanyan had to give up.

Everyone returned to Kaifeng Mansion to wait for news from Bao Zheng, but no one came back until dawn.

"Could something have happened?" Zhao Hanyan asked Gongsun Ce worriedly.

Gongsun Ce: "The minister of the Ministry of Rites has a high position and authority. The Holy Majesty is determined to deal with it. He will discuss it with other ministers first. I haven't come back for so long. I guess it's because of the delay. Everyone quarreled."

"What's the fuss about this? I've already confessed. Just bring him back for a confrontation." Zhao Hu sighed.

"How do you know that confrontation is easy to use?" Zhao Hanyan sighed, "The two girls just revealed the book of the Ministry of Rites under our temptation. If they really confronted each other, they still refused to admit it. So what if there is another sophistry. After all, Qu Shang Shu and others have not been allowed by the Holy Master to be sent to Kaifeng Mansion for trial, it must be because someone pleaded for him."

"It must be that Grand Master Pang again."

"I asked you to check the parents of the two of them last time, do you have any clues?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

"It's not in the file of the Ministry of Punishment. It's probably because their family members didn't report it." Zhao Hu then told Zhao Hanyan that he was now inquiring from places near the capital, but it was like finding a needle in a haystack. Their parents won't be found unless they confess themselves."