Chapter 82 Shredded Chicken Cold Noodles

The sudden death of Hu Chengzu and Ma Sanci took away possible clues and caused the clues to be suddenly cut off, but it also proved from the side that their investigation direction was correct.

"If you don't jump over the wall in a hurry, how can you suddenly kill someone?" Liu Yuan snorted coldly.

That's true, even privately, they think so. But Dali Temple requires evidence when doing things, and the Huaishan County Prince's family has a special status. Without direct evidence, it would be easy to scare the snake if they come to the door rashly.

What did the Huaishan County Prince and his family do back then? Do you want to cover it up in every possible way? Even at the expense of killing people and silencing them? Attract the attention of Dali Temple?

Lin Fei lowered his eyes and began to think deeply again.

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The public chef of Dali Temple.

Looking at Li Yuan sitting in the lobby of the public kitchen with his servant, Wen Mingtang, Ji Caimai, A Bing and Tang Yuan stood by the counter, looking at each other and winking, but no one spoke.

The noble little prince did not come to the pickled fish that the public chef had eaten yesterday. I had a light meal today and made cold noodles with shredded chicken. When the evening meal was about to pass, he came.

Li Yuan was probably very dissatisfied when he learned about the comparison between yesterday's evening meal and today's evening meal from the mouths of the guards.

After sitting down for a while, I had already hummed countless times.

"Did you do it on purpose?" Li Yuan patted the table, turned around, and asked Wen Mingtang and his party, "My father was not here yesterday, and the pickled fish he made was delicious from the mention of it. Why are you here today?" When it was my turn, there was no big dish, only cold noodles. If I want cold noodles, wouldn’t I ask my cook to make it himself? Can you tell me why? Are you teasing me on purpose? "

Ji Caimai: "..." Who has free time to eat and have nothing to do and deliberately teases him? Yesterday's evening meal was a big deal, so it was none of their business if he didn't come by himself.

Although Ke Li was on their side, the little prince in front of him was obviously not a reasonable person.

Lin Shaoqing, who was able to restrain this little prince, didn't come to eat dinner today! What a headache! Ji Caimai frowned and subconsciously raised his eyes to look at Wen Mingtang behind the counter.

But he saw that Wen Mingtang didn't even look at Li Yuan, but lowered his head and still directed A Bing with his eyes to sprinkle sesame oil on the cold noodles that had been cooked and filtered with cold water, and then used chopsticks to mix the cold noodles, so as not to let the noodles get lumpy. Together.

The glutinous rice balls on the side were followed by Wen Mingtang tearing the chicken, tearing the cooked chicken into thin strips and putting them on the plate.

Li Yuan complained twice but didn't get any response. He turned around and saw Wen Mingtang and others busy with what they were doing. His anger suddenly surged up. He rushed to the stage and reached out to grab Wen Mingtang's clothes, trying to pull them off. Someone brought it up and asked.

This action is really too familiar. In the past, when Liang Hongjin, the female general of the Tonggan Guards, was learning self-defense moves in the palace, she would often use such moves. The moment Li Yuan stretched out his hand, Wen Mingtang instinctively moved aside, and Li Yuan stretched out his hand. He grabbed it, and it was empty. He staggered under his feet. If it were not blocked by the table, he would have fallen down.

When Shuangxi saw this, he exclaimed and helped Li Yuan, and couldn't help shouting: "Why are you hiding? If you break our master, can you bear it?"

Hearing this, Wen Mingtang raised his head and said, "Didn't the little prince yell that he was hungry when he arrived? We are busy preparing dinner for the evening!"

Shuangxi was a little embarrassed after being choked. Hearing this, he glanced at the cold noodles on the counter and muttered: "My Mu Shi doesn't look that good at all. What can I prepare?"

Wen Mingtang kept tearing the chicken in his hands, but said in his mouth: "My oil-splashed noodles, soy milk fried dough sticks, scallion oil noodles, etc. didn't look very good. Didn't the two of them eat them all? It's not just big dishes. It’s delicious, you can only know if it tastes good or not.”

Shuangxi, who choked a lot, said: "..." Thinking of the oil splashing on the noodles, he felt sour in his heart: The young master had even snatched his share!

After Li Yuan stood firm on the countertop, he snorted coldly and said: "Okay! I'll take a look later! If it doesn't taste good, don't blame me for being rude!"

Ji Caimai on the side touched his nose and thought to himself: How can you be so rude? The little prince of Pingxi County should not have come to eat at the public kitchen of Dali Temple. If Lin Shaoqing hadn't said hello, how could he come?

Just as he was thinking this, Li Yuan, who was leaning on the counter and watching Wen Mingtang and others prepare dinner, looked around and asked: "Where are Lin Fei and the others? I just went to his room and saw no one. In the lobby. The two young Si Cheng here are not here either."

Ji Caimai said: "I just went out, think of it as a case matter!"

Originally it was just a casual mention, after all, investigating cases has nothing to do with Li Yuan. Unexpectedly, this casual mention made Li Yuan say "Huh" and said: "The case is not over yet? Didn't the steward named Song of Huaishan County Prince's Mansion do it himself?"

Ji Cai bought his hands and said: "I don't know, anyway, the case has not been closed yet. I heard that two more people died in the evening. Lin Shaoqing and the others went to the three streets and nine alleys without even eating."

Li Yuan couldn't help but frown when he heard the words, as if he was a little confused as to how the case could develop into what it is now. Hearing this, he rolled his eyes, then suddenly turned to Wen Mingtang who was preparing food, and said: "Cold noodles and other things can be taken away. You can make a few more portions later. I will take them to Lin Fei for you." Brother Nan, please take care of his younger brother."

Wen Mingtang: "..." This excuse is too lame.

But even though the excuse was a bit clumsy, she still did what Li Yuan said.

Place the rolled-up cold noodles in a bowl, evenly arrange cucumber shreds, carrot shreds, and soybean sprouts on the edge. On top is a handful of torn chicken, green, yellow, red, and white. The color is bright and translucent, giving people an inexplicable refreshing feeling. After preparing the cold noodles, Wen Mingtang took another small cup and poured in sesame paste, soy sauce, vinegar, salt, sugar, oil, etc. to make a sauce. Place it next to the bowl. When ready to eat, pour the sauce over it and mix well. And eat.

Looking at the simple cold noodles, it turns out that she makes them with more rules than most people.

Li Yuan crossed his arms and watched Wen Mingtang put the noodle bowl and the sauce cup into the food box. He couldn't help but said: "You are quite particular. My cook doesn't have so many rules. He just pours the sauce in." Isn’t that enough?”

"If you take one more step, you can add a lot of delicious food to the meal. I think it's worth it." Wen Mingtang replied, and prepared the food for Liu Yuan, Bai Zhu and Zhao You who also didn't eat the evening food, and then looked at Li Yuan , "Do you want to eat here, little prince, or go over and eat together later?"

Li Yuan: "..."

After a pause, he coughed lightly and said, "I'll go over and eat too!"

When the time comes, he may not be able to stand there and watch Lin Fei and others eat! This is also very uncomfortable.

Wen Mingtang nodded and prepared an extra portion. When he was ready and handed the food box to Shuangxi, Li Yuan pointed at her and said, "You come too!"