Chapter 277 Sauerkraut and Beef Stew (3)

As Liang Hongjin sighed, the thin and translucent beef was put into the pot. As soon as it was put into the pot, the color changed from red to light at a speed visible to the naked eye. The time between raw and cooked was only a few breaths!

Liang Hongjin couldn't help but sigh and said: "You cooks are really good at knife skills, no worse than those of us who are used to using knives and guns!"

Wen Mingtang couldn't help but shook his head after hearing this. He transferred the sauerkraut and beef stew into a small casserole, garnished it with Sichuan peppercorns, dried chili peppers and minced garlic, and waited for the last spoonful of hot oil before the meal.

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Wen Mingtang's lunch was almost ready, but the confrontation in Qiandeng's shop was completely deadlocked.

The plaque with the words "Qiandeng Shop" gifted by the late emperor hangs crookedly in front of the shop door. The shop, which is usually luxurious and grand, and non-rich people are not allowed to enter, is also like the crooked plaque. It was a mess, and the shopkeepers and guards who had resisted first were pinned to the ground and unable to move!

In the lobby, Jiang Chengzu, the young master of the Jiang family, had his hands cut behind his back, looking embarrassed. What was left beside him was a jade-colored carving knife.

Although he was wearing a craftsman's gray and black apron and his hands were cut behind his back, he looked quite embarrassed, but his handsome features still looked quite outstanding in the crowd.

No wonder even the paranoid and selfish Miss Yuan San is fascinated by his appearance and has refused to bite him off until now.

Liu Yuandong and Bai Zhu lowered their heads and looked at the Jiang family's young master, saying, "Jiang Young Master, say it!"

"What are you talking about?" Young Master Jiang lost his calmness when he was summoned to Dali Temple for questioning, and there was a hint of irritation in his voice. Lamp shop, even if I, the Jiang family, have spent all their money, we still want to sue the saint and ask them what they really want."

I really can’t cry without seeing the coffin!

"Don't worry, Mr. Jiang, Miss Yuan San is obsessed with you and has never betrayed you," Bai Zhu shook his head and said, then knelt down, picked up the jade-colored carving knife, held it in his hand and looked at it for a moment, then said, "Isn't Qian Deng Shop a maker of lanterns? How come Mr. Jiang, who inherited the ancestral business, started to carve tombstones?"

When Jiang Chengzu heard this and was about to speak, he saw Bai Zhu take out a piece of paper from his arms and unfold it to Jiang Chengzu: "That day, I will ask Mr. Jiang to come over and ask questions. Do you still recognize the testimony written by Mr. Jiang himself?"

Those testimonies were nothing more than Jiang Chengzu’s testimonies about where he was and who he was with on the Mid-Autumn Festival. The testimonies themselves were all nonsense. Lin Fei asked, and he answered, while the clerk standing aside explained the process of questioning the two. After writing it, I asked Jiang Chengzu to copy it once. Bai Zhu was not referring to the testimony itself, but... the handwriting.

"The stone tablet with the words 'Linliuzhuang' in front of Linliuzhuang must be engraved!" Bai Zhu said.

Jiang Chengzu's face froze, he opened his mouth, and subconsciously defended: "The handwriting... so what? I was the one who wrote those three words. There are many rich customers in my Qiandeng Shop, including the owner of Linliu Village, etc. Rich and idle people also bought lanterns from my house, why not ask me to write these three words and help make a monument?"

"Just admit that you wrote these three words!" Liu Yuan on the side heard this and couldn't help but interrupt. He sneered and said, "Young Master Jiang spent a lot of time on the color of the painting materials used for the three-character stone tablet in Linliuzhuang. Spend less time!"

Jiang Chengzu, who was still defending a moment ago, turned pale.

Bai Zhu looked at Jiang Chengzu, whose face turned pale, and said: "The people behind you believe in this way, indulge in pleasure and sorcery. They are worthy of being a 'rich idler' who claims to be born noble. Even the materials used for sorcery are You are more particular than ordinary people!"

"The Duo Dan Mine in the land of Ba Yue. In the past, the late Emperor was addicted to this method, so he found many rich and idle people from the clan to help mine the Dan Mine. The Dan Mine produced from one of the mines was of excellent quality and had a color like blood. It was called by these people Blood mine. The late emperor also liked the ore in this blood mine the most, thinking that it was a divine stone. Due to the scarcity of its output, apart from the palace, only those in charge of the mine had access to this blood mine! Bai Zhu said and looked at Jiang Chengzu, "How did Mr. Jiang get this blood ore?"

Liu Yuan on the side couldn't bear it anymore and sneered: "It's because he is a pawn of those people."

Jiang Chengzu was dripping with cold sweat on his forehead. Just when he was about to speak, he heard Bai Zhu say again: "Don't bite out Li Zhou. Li Zhou came out to contact those gangsters. You came out to contact Miss Yuan San. Li Zhou thought you were following his orders, but Since you can get past him and get this blood ore, it shows that your status is the same as his in the eyes of those people!"

"Perhaps it's not exactly the same. Compared to Li Zhou, Mr. Jiang's sword is more popular with them, or it can be said that they are all practitioners of such evil arts!" Bai Zhu said, walking to Jiang Chengzu's side and placing the inscription. On the table of knives and other tools, he found a jade-white stone with talismans engraved on it from a pile of knives and tools, and said, "Since ancient times, evil magic has always been indispensable for such rituals. Those people would not arrange such rituals. Leave the matter to anyone you don’t trust, Mr. Jiang is just right!”

Jiang Chengzu's face turned paler, and when he was about to continue talking, he heard Bai Zhu say: "After the Yuan family and the Jiang family turned against each other, it is not surprising that they started a water transport business based on Jiangling's terrain, but they suddenly switched from the lantern shop business to making Jisi tombstones. Business, this change of career is too abrupt!”

That’s not to say that you can’t do ruthless business! However, there are not many people involved in this kind of business, and because the sects in it are quite exclusive, even the master of Lin Yuanguan, who is a swindler, needs a guide to buy a few unpublished books. In the Huangli calendar, the Yuan family can be considered a wealthy family after all. A wealthy family suddenly changed its profession and became involved in such a profession that it has never been involved in before. Moreover, it is a taboo that ordinary people avoid. Even if some people want to do it, I am afraid that many people will jump out. If you object, you feel you don’t understand and it’s unlucky.

Therefore, the reaction of Yuan Er, the brainless Yuan Er, is the reaction that ordinary people who are not exposed to this way should have.

"On the surface, the Yuan family has changed its business to the lantern shop business, while the Jiang family has always been in the lantern shop business," Bai Zhu said, shaking his head, "In fact, the opposite may be true. On the surface, the Jiang family has always been in the lantern shop business. The Jiang family is the real culprit who led the Yuan family to engage in vicious business!"

The pale-faced Jiang Chengzu seemed to calm down after hearing this. He sneered, looked at the two of them, and said, "Where's the evidence?"

"The words of the two adults are unfounded. You can't open your mouth and convict people!" Jiang Chengzu said, "Although blood mines are rare, if I bribe those who guard the mines, steal some, and send them from Linliu Couldn’t the owner of the village earn more money?”

Jiang Chengzu raised his eyes, and his handsome features looked particularly gloomy in the sunlight. He looked at the two of them like a poisonous snake: "Do you have any evidence, sir?"