Chapter 354 Plum Blossom Cake (1)

After returning to Marquis Jingyun's Mansion, Lin Fei bumped into his brother who was waiting for him to come back.

He called out "brother", and when he was about to turn around and leave, his brother's voice rang out first.

"Afei."

Lin Fei stopped and looked up at his brother.

Under the moonlight, Prince Jingyun stood tall, tall and straight, with straight features. Although he was not an outstanding talent, he was more than capable of being an elder brother.

Lin Fei was looking at his brother, and Prince Jingyun was also looking at him: It was a cold winter, and no matter how much a woman cared about her appearance, it would be hard for her to mess with her, let alone that her family didn't pay much attention to this matter on weekdays. He is the second younger brother. He is wearing a thick dark robe, with a navy blue fox fur cloak casually thrown over it.

The color of the robe is dark and not eye-catching, but when it is worn on A Fei, such an inconspicuous color brings out an unspeakable sense of nobility.

The prince lowered his eyelids and smiled bitterly in his heart: Normally, people like them don't rely on their appearance to make a living, but... things like appearance are really the icing on the cake for A Fei, who has equally outstanding abilities and talents, even compared to appearance alone. The person who eats can add more to the meal.

No matter how he did not take the initiative to make grudges, he was born with different political opinions and could not bear to see that the Jingyun Marquis Mansion was a piece of metal. He would always use A Fei as a raft, making sarcastic remarks while secretly inciting his father to change the throne.

Of course, there are not many such people, and his father is by no means a person who listens to and believes in only one thing. A Fei and he have had a good relationship since childhood, and their relationship has not been affected. But he is not an absolute saint, so how could he not hear these voices at all? After all, I still care in my heart, but I feel guilty at the same time.

Even though he knew that he had to join the Dali Temple Yamen despite dissuasion because he liked these things since he was a child, he always felt that he had delayed A Fei's future. The position of the Minister of Dali Temple, who is the head of the Dali Temple Yamen, is not low, but it is like this if he is as high as the sky. If A Fei doesn't join this yamen with his talent, he might not be able to earn a better future if he tries to compete.

I think a lot in my heart, and because I feel I owe something, I always think about making up for it in other aspects. This marriage is a good opportunity. With A Fei's appearance and character, he can definitely take this opportunity to find a helpful wife.

But... the prince looked at Lin Fei who had returned from outside, smelled the faint smell of fireworks on his body, and wanted to know where he had gone.

"A Fei went to the public kitchen again?" The prince said, looked at Lin Fei and asked, "Have you met the Wen family's daughter?"

The fingers hidden in his sleeves moved. Lin Fei raised his eyes and looked at his brother who was kind in his heart but felt that he was indebted to him. He thought for a while and said, "I'm going to see Zhao You. I see that he eats well." , and took a couple of bites by the way. It’s not to see the Wen family’s daughter, brother, be careful what you say.”

The word "be careful" made the prince speechless. He shook his head, pulled back his thoughts that were led away by Lin Fei, and said to him: "Afei, don't talk nonsense! You are like this every day. Do you think it's reasonable for the public chef to run away and eat the food cooked by the Wen family's daughter without skipping a beat?"

"What's wrong with this matter?" Lin Fei asked his brother, "I am the young minister of Dali Temple. The Holy Father advocates frugality, and the food of the public kitchen is to my taste. I eat the food of the public kitchen. I don't go out to restaurants to waste money. Don't care?"

"As for Master Wen, she is the chef of our public kitchen. It is extremely unusual for me to go to the public kitchen for dinner and have contact with her." Lin Fei said.

Prince Lin, who always felt that he would be led astray by Lin Fei every time he opened his mouth on such matters, quickly calmed down after hearing this and pulled his thoughts back again. He must ask clearly today, so he didn't talk nonsense and spoke directly. He spoke out what was in his heart: "You are a man and she is a woman. Although it is not like before, do you two have too much contact?"

"People have three meals a day, what's wrong with having contact with them?" Lin Fei asked Prince Lin.

There was some sweat on Prince Lin's forehead, and he was vaguely aware that he might be fooled again today like before. He thought for a while, and then said: "Even if you have contact, you should know how to avoid suspicion."

"The two of us are upright and aboveboard. We deliberately avoided suspicion but ended up being criticized." Lin Fei said, glancing at Prince Lin, "Brother, you are worrying too much. This is actually better."

Is it really better? Prince Lin always felt that something was wrong, but for a moment he couldn't tell what was wrong. After thinking about it, he said: "Afei, I know that you will do what you say. Why don't you give me the right words today: I will tell you and Na Wen My daughter will not be involved in anything, and she will definitely find a woman who matches your family background to get married in the future. In this way... I am completely relieved."

When he heard his brother mention "the right family", Lin Fei's eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything. He only waited for his brother to finish, and then said: "Brother, don't worry, Master Wen and I have never exchanged poems. What can we do?" wrong?"

When the "poetry exchange" was mentioned, Prince Lin's face turned red as he was waiting for Lin Fei to give him the right words. After he and the princess looked at each other, both parties started to exchange poems and got to know each other. At that time...

Just as he was thinking about it, the cold wind blew, and with a jolt, Prince Lin suddenly came back to his senses, only to see that Lin Fei, who had just been asking him questions in front of him, had already walked away.

Is what A Fei said today accurate? Prince Lin was a little unsure, so he had no choice but to face Lin Fei's walking figure and said in a loud voice: "A Fei, come back earlier next time! If my grandfather hadn't been thinking about his old friend, he would have almost not fooled him!"

In reply to him, Lin Fei raised his arm and waved it slightly, indicating that he understood.

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I will continue to come to the Yamen after the new year, and this case has not yet been solved clearly.

The annual holidays stipulated by Dayong begin on the Little New Year's Eve, the eve of New Year's Eve. Of course, there are also officials who use their remaining annual leave this year and the holidays of the same year to take their leave in advance. There are many such officials.

Some record-keeping clerks whose work has little to do with the investigation itself have already started celebrating the New Year holiday in advance, but the officials responsible for the investigation cannot do it, even if they still have a lot of annual leave.

Looking at the case-handling lobby where there were fewer people, Liu Yuan couldn't help but sigh: "I still have a few days of annual leave left, but unfortunately I have a case and I have to stay until New Year's Eve..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Bai Zhu who came in from behind: "It's better to take advantage of these few days to investigate the case quickly and at least arrest all the suspects. If not, if there are more deaths or something, maybe on New Year's Eve, or even On New Year’s Day, I will be called back to investigate cases.”

When Liu Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth and said: "If that's the case, it's better to stay up late these days to check the direction."

Since Liu Sanqing's accident, they had had long nights and many dreams. In addition to Zhang Wulin, they also visited the remaining tea merchants Su Fuhai, antique merchant Lu Yuanlin, and flower and tree merchant Qian Chengli. Although there seemed to be no problem on the surface, there was no problem. Upon closer inspection, it seems that everyone has some secrets hidden inside.

However, before investigating the case, the morning meal issue must be resolved first. Liu Yuan took the oil-paper bag of Chao Shi from Bai Zhu's hand and said, "The Chao Shi served by the public chef today is so small? What is it?"

"Plum blossom cake." Bai Zhu took a bite of the soft and glutinous rice cake in his hand and said, "You can get one each of bean paste filling, sesame filling, and meat filling. I will help you get them all."