Chapter 293 Crispy Grilled Pork Belly (4)

"Salt." Wen Mingtang's answer was concise and to the point. While he was replying, he broke off a piece of dry salt baked on the surface of the dolphin skin. He turned to look at the person coming behind him - Liu Yuan, Bai Zhu and Lin Fei were holding something in their hands. Each clinging to a few files, they looked in from the door.

When Wen Mingtang saw this, he couldn't help but cursed: No wonder there was no sound of footsteps, it was because no one had come in yet. However, although no one came in, her eyes were very sharp, and she could see the salt she spread on the surface of the dolphin skin at a glance.

Seeing her looking back, the three of them walked into the public kitchen and walked directly towards her.

Watching Wen Mingtang knock off the salt from the surface of the pork skin after it was dried into lumps, and then apply a layer of rice vinegar on the surface of the half-burnt pork skin, Liu Yuan smelled the fragrance in the air and swallowed subconsciously, and asked Wen Mingtang: " What's the name of this snack? It takes so much effort, so it must be delicious!"

Wen Mingtang concentrated on brushing the rice vinegar and said: "Crispy grilled pork belly."

As for where the crispiness lies... Wen Mingtang finished brushing the pork skin and put the half-roasted pork belly back into the "oven" before sitting down again. He picked up the unfinished story book at hand and felt the fire. He heard the temperature coming from him and said, "It will be ready in about half an hour."

That’s really a lot of effort! I heard from the guards that they saw Master Wen making this snack not long after lunch, and he did it until midnight.

But...if you wait until midnight, no one else will come to grab snacks! Liu Yuan closed the pile of files he was holding in his hand, opened his mouth, sighed meaningfully, and said: "It seems that staying up late to work on the case is not without its benefits."

Wen Mingtang, who was flipping through his notebook, suddenly realized when he heard this: "No wonder Liu Sicheng asked me when the pork belly would be ready before leaving. It turns out that he had already set his sights on this pork meat early in the morning."

You know, she usually lies in bed at this time, reading a book and getting ready to rest, but she will not roast pork belly in the public kitchen. The public kitchen at this time is usually empty.

Today these guys made a special trip to the public kitchen, obviously for the crispy pork belly.

Wen Mingtang glanced at a few people, shook his head, glanced at the pork belly being roasted in the "oven", and said, "Wait a little longer, until the fat part of the pork is almost completely dehydrated!" "

Smelling the rich aroma of roasted pork in the air, Liu Yuan patted his thigh and said immediately: "Just wait! Patience is something I, Liu, don't lack the most!"

While he was talking, Lin Fei had already found Zhang A Bing and Tang Yuan at the table where they usually sit while choosing vegetables. He walked over to Wen Mingtang and put them down. After sitting down, he opened the file in his hand and started reading.

The warmth and light coming from the fire are really suitable for flipping through the files and notebooks in front of me.

Seeing that Wen Mingtang and Lin Fei had "snatched" the two best seats, Liu Yuandong and Bai Zhu had no choice but to find two more small tables and found a seat nearby and sat down. The group sat "around the stove". While flipping through the files in his hands, he discussed today's case.

"Although the butcher Hu Siming is not a native of Chang'an, he has been in Chang'an for twenty years. His appearance is a bit fierce, and he looks like he would cry when he sees him, but no one from the government or the neighbors has ever asked him about his evil deeds. "Things happened." Bai Zhu said, "There is no official record, and the neighbors also know that he has not done anything evil."

But having never done evil before does not mean that you will never do evil.

"Although he has never done anything evil, Hu Siming lives alone and has never married or had any children. After the death of his father and mother in the early years, Hu Siming has been living alone. He has not done evil but has no close friends. No. He does neither evil nor good, he is just an ordinary commoner." Bai Zhu said.

After doing some research on Hu Siming, the situation of Hu Siming was so simple that it was clear at a glance: he had no friends and no enemies.

In this way...the possibility of frame-up is extremely low.

"Otherwise, it's just bad luck. I didn't check carefully to see if there was anything else in the swill bucket before using it." Liu Yuan continued, "No body remains were found in the swill buckets nearby, only his one It’s in the swill bucket.”

In response, Bai Zhu shook his head and said: "The corpses were not piled at the bottom of the swill bucket, but were mixed in the pile of waste. It is unlikely to be bad luck. If you pick a corpse, throw it away The remains of the swill bucket look more like it was thrown in during the morning slaughter."

In this case... the swill bucket was placed there. There were many people coming and going all morning. Although Hu Siming was the most suspicious, he may not be the only one who could do this.

"Anyone with quick hands can do it, such as pickpockets," Liu Yuan said, paused, and then said, "And butchers!"

Fellow butchers are jealous of each other, and Hu Siming's butcher stall has the best business. If the butchers in the same industry are jealous, it may not be impossible.

But no matter how jealous you are, it is possible to use small tricks that are not on the table. In order to hinder the business of your peers, is it possible that you will go out of your way to kill someone to frame him?

Liu Yuan shook his head and said: "I don't think it is possible!" He said, "Hu Siming's business was most affected when a human body was found in the swill bucket, but the business of the butchers also dropped a lot."

When they left, there were almost no people coming to the slaughtering stall nearby. After all, the kitchen knife has turned into a "murderous knife". Who wouldn't be horrified and dare to get close to it?

"It's possible to exchange poultry and livestock privately, replace the large slaughtered chickens and ducks with small ones, and replace the fresh ones with stale ones. I don't think you will do such a thing as murder." Bai Zhuying agreed with Liu Yuan's words , paused, and then said, "I just went to see Wu Bucai. Wu Bucai said that the murderer was very sharp with his knife and looked at the way he cut up the body. He was very experienced and skillful. Even the murderer who is accustomed to killing people and stealing goods rarely has the human skeleton. Toward something so familiar."

At this point, Bai Zhu stopped and said to Wen Mingtang, who was reading his notebook but suddenly raised his head when he heard this, "Master Wen, this case is really scary. I won't talk about it any longer."

He was so absorbed in talking about the case that he forgot that Master Wen was still here.

After hearing this, Wen Mingtang shook his head, said "No problem", and then said: "So if the murderer is not a heinous criminal who is accustomed to dismembering corpses, he is most likely a butcher who knows the direction of bones very well. People."

Seeing that Wen Mingtang was not afraid, but actually took over the conversation. Although Bai Zhu was a little surprised, he still nodded and said, "That's true."

Wen Mingtang raised his hand, looked at his own hand, and said to the three people looking at her, "Then the cook is also possible!"

Although cooks do not slaughter mountains of poultry and livestock like butchers on a daily basis, due to the processing of ingredients, some complex dishes such as three sets of ducks must be directly deboned. Naturally, they are no less aware of the direction of the bones than butchers. .