Chapter 326 Fish-Flavored Eggplant Stew (1)

Lin Fei rubbed his eyebrows, glanced at the vermilion door again and left.

After he left, the coachman who was listening to the noise outside the house door threw his riding whip to the concierge and strode to return to Princess Liyang.

Someone who can command ordinary servants of the palace so freely is definitely not just a coachman. The porter picked up the riding whip that fell on the ground with a respectful expression.

This person is a confidant of the prince and the princess, so he cannot be offended casually.

Today, the thief who "accidentally broke into the palace" was not caught on the wall. I am afraid that someone from the princess will suffer, so it is better to be safe.

Others envied them for being kind to people and working in Liyang Prince's Mansion, but only they knew what the masters in this mansion were like behind closed doors.

When I returned to Dali Temple with a stack of story books, I happened to catch up with the evening meal in the public kitchen.

Wen Mingtang went back to rest for a while, flipped through his storybook, and when the evening meal was about to end, he went to the public kitchen to see the glutinous rice dumpling chef and A Bing chef who had been busy all day.

The public chef made fish head and tofu stew for the evening meal today. It was originally planned that there would be one fish head per person, but Zhao Mengzhuo, the minister of Dali Temple who did not eat the evening meal in the Yamen in the past, actually stayed in the Yamen to eat the evening meal for the first time. To be honest, he has been craving for the food from the public kitchen for a long time in the past, but in his heart, his wife's portion is more important. No matter how delicious the food is, he still wants to eat his own wife's food, so he rarely comes to the public kitchen.

Today, Mrs. Zhao went to the banquet. Instead of cooking as usual, Zhao Mengzhuo came to the public kitchen.

The spicy flavor of the fish head and tofu stew with chopped pepper was so satisfying to Zhao Mengzhuo that one fish head was not enough, so he actually ate two fish heads in a row, and then he touched his bulging belly and asked Ji to buy it. I asked for some hawthorn pills for digestion, refused the escort of the coachman Lao Yuan, and walked all the way back.

Mr. Zhao had lost two portions of food out of thin air. He originally planned to eat the glutinous rice balls for the evening meal after the evening meal, but A Bing could only look at what was left in the kitchen to prepare for the evening meal. .

Just when he was worried, Wen Mingtang came over.

The three people, who had not yet eaten the evening meal, hit it off and looked through the public kitchen's inventory.

I used eggplant for my vegetarian dish, and there was some left on the counter. The remaining fish body from the non-vegetarian fish head and tofu pot was used to make fish balls to prepare for soup tomorrow. These days, the pork belly is mostly used to make crispy pork belly. It is being marinated and hung in the warehouse. However, because Ji Caimai bought a lot of pork belly, the people at Zhuangzi gave some more meat as gifts. Mo and Ji were buying the minced meat, and the minced meat was now placed on the counter. Since it was only a small package, it was given as a gift, and everyone had not yet figured out how to use it.

Mr. Zhao's appetite improved, so all that was left of the three people's evening meal was the minced meat.

Tangyuan looked at the minced meat, thought for a while, and said, "How about making a stewed egg with minced meat?"

With Master Wen around, the minced meat stewed with eggs is also very delicious.

However, Wen Mingtang picked up a few eggplants from the countertop and said to the glutinous rice balls: "I won't make minced meat and stewed eggs, and there will be no vegetarian dishes."

They had a good grasp of the appetites of the people in Dali Temple. After everyone in Dali Temple finished their evening meal today, there was nothing left on the table except some vegetable soup.

Wen Mingtang held up the eggplant in his hand and said, "Let's just cook it with meat and vegetables!"

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It was already past the time for the evening meal, and most of the Dali Temple had left, except for a few guards who stayed on the night watch.

Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu have not left yet. They are usually more concerned about the case than them. It is rare for Shangfeng and Lin Shaoqing to take leave, but they do not dare to neglect. In Shangfeng's absence, not only can they not slack off, but they should perform better. , otherwise, wouldn’t it be like being on a dry diet?

Today, Shangfeng was away. Following Hu Siming in prison and Liu Sanqing, who was in the stone gambling business, they went to visit Zhang Wulin, who was in the four-treasure business of the study.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he dropped a red-moon mud inkstone on the cruise ship.

When I visited Zhang Wulin in the past, Zhang Wulin was sorting out the four treasures of the study placed on the multi-treasure shelf in his shop.

Although it is just a shop that sells the Four Treasures of the Study, it is different from most shops in the city that only have one or two simple floors. Zhang Wulin's shop is more like a building than a shop. Among the shops in the city that sell the Four Treasures of the Study, this is the only one with three floors. 's shop.

However, the Four Treasures of the Study sold in Zhang Wulin's shop are all unusual. Each of them is a famous brand. The people he entertains on weekdays are not ordinary people. They are all famous people and powerful people. The price of an inkstone is not cheaper than gold and silver jewelry. Such a large shop That makes sense.

The business of this kind of shop is not based on quantity. When Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu entered, there was only Zhang Wulin in the shop, not even a waiter.

"Boy, there's something going on at home these days," Zhang Wulin greeted the two of them and explained with a smile, "There happens to be no one around right now. If you have anything, please ask!"

The left red moon clear mud inkstone was placed on the table. Bai Zhu picked up the clear mud inkstone, looked at the vermilion full moon on it, stood up, walked to the Duobao shelf and looked around the shop. The four treasures of the study.

Zhang Wulin instinctively raised his head and looked in Bai Zhu's direction. He heard two "knock-knock" sounds in his ears. He turned around and saw Liu Yuan on the other side knocking on the table, signaling him to look in his direction. Own.

After this knock made Zhang Wulin notice him, Liu Yuan asked: "The Red Moon Clay Inkstone is not a big object. It is easy to carry it in your arms. How could it fall for no reason?"

Such external objects are no better than the soft armor contents left by Liu Sanqing, so they are naturally easier to explain.

Zhang Wulin smiled and explained calmly: "It was a full moon day during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I brought the Chengni Inkstone with me to facilitate a few more businesses. The atmosphere at the dinner was good. I had a few extra drinks during the festival, but I forgot about it when I got off the boat. . When I remembered this the next day, I immediately hurried to get it back."

Liu Yuan said "hmm" and was noncommittal about his explanation, and continued to ask: "When did you get on the boat and when did you get off the boat."

Zhang Wulin said with a smile: "The boat we entered at Youshi was a sightseeing boat chartered by the Chamber of Commerce. There were many businessmen on the boat. People doing business on weekdays would inevitably socialize. Many of them were witnesses. When we got off the boat, most of them were children. It’s about time.”

This witness is the same as Liu Sanqing's, and there is nothing to consider. As for the cruise ships, after asking Liu Sanqing, someone from the boat rental office on the Weishui River came to the Yamen and confirmed that there were indeed several tour boats of the Chamber of Commerce on the cruise ships. Anyone who had registered with the Chamber of Commerce could board the cruise ship on his own. People will take care of it.

The witnesses Liu Sanqing gave when he boarded the ship were also people on these ships, as were the witnesses Zhang Wulin gave when he boarded and disembarked.

Like Liu Sanqing, he seemed to be very "candid" at first glance, but Liu Yuan didn't even raise his eyelids and asked Zhang Wulin: "Were there witnesses throughout these hours? Did he leave in the middle?"

The smile on Zhang Wulin's face froze, he paused, and looked at Liu Yuan: "How many hours can't I go out to admire the moon and watch the fireworks? Do you think it's possible, sir?"

Liu Yuan shook his head: "Impossible."

Therefore, it is hard to say whether Zhang Wulin and Liu Sanqing ever disembarked and went on a self-rented cruise ship to conduct private matters.

There is no difference between giving the witness and not giving it. Zhang Wulin thought for a while and was about to say something. At this moment, Bai Zhu, who was looking at the four treasures of the study in front of the Duobao shelf, suddenly said: "Zhang Wulin, the two of us I asked before I came here, and I heard that every Chengni inkstone sold in your shop is an 'orphan' with a unique pattern. So... why is the one on your shelf different from the one on your case? It’s the same, but the color is different?”