Chapter 123 Chapter 1 Chapter 22 Fried Lotus Root Box (1)

"This..." Shuangxi, who has never been very tight-lipped, suddenly tightened his mouth after saying two words, then waved his hand to Wen Mingtang, said "can't say" several times, and then ran away. .

I can't say it...then forget it! Wen Mingtang was not as curious as Liu Yuan and others, so he went out with the packed egg rolls.

When I saw Liang Hongjin outside the Tongming Gate, Liang Hongjin had a sweat towel hanging around her neck. It seemed that she had just finished practicing. At this time, her whole body was steaming, and she wiped the sweat with the sweat towel.

You can already smell the rich milk and egg fragrance through the oil paper bag.

"It's an egg roll, right?" Liang Hongjin had obviously tasted this thing a long time ago. She took the oil paper package, opened it, took one in her mouth, and said with emotion, "Ever since Xiao Mingtang left the palace, egg rolls and mung bean cakes have become more popular." , egg yolk cakes and other things are rare to eat once.”

"Next time I'll make egg yolk cakes for you to eat." Wen Mingtang said with a smile.

That's pretty much it! Liang Hongjin saw that Wen Mingtang had heard what she meant, and nodded with satisfaction, and then heard Wen Mingtang say: "There is a package inside for Zhao Sishan."

Liang Hongjin said "hmm", patted Wen Mingtang's shoulder and said, "I, Liang Hongjin, am not someone who waits to eat alone. I didn't forget her last time when I made mung bean cake, and I won't forget her this time either."

Wen Mingtang smiled and nodded when he heard this. He looked around and saw that there was no one around. He took a step forward and asked Liang Hongjin in a low voice: "She... who has she been in contact with recently?"

When Liang Hongjin, who was casually eating her delicious egg rolls, heard these words, she immediately paused, then looked down at Wen Mingtang, and whispered a name, "Qiu Ning?" "

Wen Mingtang nodded. When the name was mentioned, the girl's eyes darkened significantly: "That's her."

She encountered more than just various difficulties and challenges in the palace. Although it was difficult to cut flesh with a blunt knife, it would not kill her immediately. It can be seen that the poison that sealed the throat with blood could kill someone with one blow.

She met the palace maid named Qiu Ning when she was in Ye Ting. Once, she was scolded by the palace servants who made things difficult for her because she failed to clean the entire hall in one day. Also scolded was Qiu Ning. Ning's maid. Wen Mingtang was not a bad person, but she knew in her heart that the harsh criticism was caused by herself, so she took more care of Qiu Ning after that incident, and Qiu Ning often came to look for her.

Although it was not possible to develop a deep friendship, her relationship with Qiu Ning was indeed good during that period.

Until one day, Qiuning brought a cake from outside, saying that it was brought in by a friend from outside and sharing some with her.

At that time, Wen Mingtang, Liang Hongjin and Zhao Sishan made a fire in the cold palace and ate some roasted sweet potatoes. He couldn't eat it, so he didn't move, and planned to wait until later to eat.

But when he returned to the house later in the evening, he saw a poisoned rat next to the pastry. He was immediately startled and soon understood what was going on.

Later, Liang Hongjin took the cakes and the dead mouse to ask Qiu Ning what happened, but Qiu Ning insisted that she didn't know. Although Wen Mingtang forgave her on the surface, he became farther and farther away from her behind the scenes.

"I asked, she was not the one who wiped the main hall that time. I don't believe such a coincidence." In this regard, Wen Mingtang explained to Zhao Sishan and Liang Hongjin, "And a palace maid who was reduced to wiping the main hall was in the palace. You must be a bad guy, so how can you have so much free time to play with me?"

Qiu Ning's method was not too clever, but Wen Mingtang didn't think too much about it at that time.

"It's still the same. She's doing well and not bad. I haven't seen her come into contact with anyone." Liang Hongjin said, reaching out and patting Wen Mingtang on the shoulder, comforting her and saying, "Don't worry! I will help you if you don't have to." You were staring.”

Wen Mingtang thanked Liang Hongjin and exchanged a few words with her. Seeing that the time was almost up, he returned to Dali Temple to prepare for the evening meal.

There was still a lot of muddy lotus root from yesterday. Wen Mingtang looked at the extra lotus root and the pork meat that was delivered today, and decided on the meat dish for dinner today - fried lotus root box.

When I was dragging the cart of mud lotus roots to wash the lotus roots, I bumped into Liu Yuan who was coming back from outside with many files in his arms.

When he saw Liu Yuan, Tangyuan reminded him: "Liu Sicheng, don't forget an egg roll!"

This little girl is so stingy! Liu Yuan replied helplessly: "I understand, little aunt, please let me go find Lin Shaoqing first and then return you the egg rolls, okay?"

That's pretty much it! Tang Yuan nodded when he heard this, waved his hand in an old-fashioned way, and said: "Okay! I won't disturb you guys in catching the painted monster!"

There's still a painted-skinned monster here! Liu Yuan shook his head when he heard this, and went to find Lin Fei with the files transferred from the Chang'an government office.

"Lin Shaoqing, I went to the Chang'an government office to borrow the files on the cases of missing young men in the past five years!" Liu Yuan placed the pile of files on Lin Fei's case and said, "In addition to the ones that have been recovered, there are also those who are dead. Yes, they’re all here.”

Disappearances occur more often among abducted children and people who are unconscious or sick.

It is not uncommon for a strong, healthy young man in his prime to disappear. However, although it is not very common, it is not unheard of.

Liu Yuan pointed to the pile of files that he had roughly thumbed through and said: "Although most of them have reported to the police, their families feel that they ran away from home on their own, so they go to the Yamen every month to ask about their situation. Some of them had unsatisfactory life and couldn't bear it anymore, so they left the whole family behind and ran away. Others were young and good-looking, and their families suspected that they had gone out to have a good time!"

Lin Fei said "Hmm" and opened the file and read it quickly.

After Liu Yuan said this, he stopped talking and walked aside to wait. He only saw Lin Fei flipping through the files quickly, flipping through some files and putting them aside, while others were kept.

Since he only flipped through it roughly, Lin Fei flipped through it very quickly. He finished flipping through the file in less than half an hour.

After flipping through it, Lin Fei pointed to the files he put aside and said to Liu Yuando: "Send these back tomorrow!"

Liu Yuan responded and looked at the files left by Lin Fei.

The files were unfolded and laid out on the case one by one. Liu Yuan took a cursory glance and discovered that the files left by Lin Fei had something in common - they were all young and decent-looking young scholars.

Liu Yuan counted more than ten people.

Have so many young scholars disappeared in recent years? However, if spread over the years, it would only be two or three per year, which is not a large number.

"Come and take a look!" Lin Fei pointed to the cases where young scholars were found missing and said, "See what these missing cases have in common?"

Scholar! The only thing they have in common is the preferences of those scholars. What’s so special about them? Although Liu Yuan was a little puzzled, he still picked up one by one and read them carefully.