Chapter 442 Scissors (4)

The conversation with Lin Fei ended like a charade. Shortly after Lin Fei left, A Bing and Tang Yuan came over to look for Wen Mingtang.

"Master Wen, what do you want to eat in the evening meal?"

Wen Mingtang sat in front of the window, taking out the square inkstone in his bag, adding water and polishing ink, and said: "Didn't the Internal Affairs Office send pork? If you want to make a meat dish, make braised pork, and if you are a vegetarian, use the tender leeks and stir-fry it with eggs. Let’s have some soup together.”

Although the ingredients sent by the internal affairs yamen were not so harsh that they would starve to death, they were by no means excessive. One meat, one vegetable and one soup became the standard for each yamen. In this way, no matter which yamen's public kitchen you go to, these three foods are almost the same.

In this way... the level of cooking skills of the chefs is more obvious.

There are only two or three ingredients, but there are no flowers. The glutinous rice balls and Ah Bing nodded. They were forced by the Internal Affairs Office to reduce the number of dishes. The public chef felt a lot more relaxed. There were three dishes in total. It was very easy to make, especially after training with Wen Mingtang for a year last year. This is especially true for A Bing who is a good cook.

So after hearing that the evening meal consisted of these three dishes, the two of them immediately said that the evening meal was made and asked them to cook it. It happened that they were not yet skilled in making these dishes. There was more oil and less oil. How to put the sugar, salt, sauce and vinegar was a question. It is a job that requires slow tasting and diligent practice. If you really want to go out and open a restaurant or restaurant, then the quantities of the ingredients are all in the hands of two people and they need to be mastered.

It just so happens that Master Wen's arm can be recuperated.

Wen Mingtang rubbed his plastered arm and did not reject the two people's kindness.

After the two left, he picked up his pen and started writing.

Although the dishes in the evening meal are simple, they taste pretty good. At first glance, it is obvious that they are made by Master Wen... who taught Ah Bingtong Tangyuan.

After looking around for a while, I didn't see the shadow of a third person behind the kitchen counter. Someone couldn't help but ask A Bingtong Tangyuan: "Where is Master Wen?"

Tang Yuan said with a smile: "Master Wen hurt his hand while making scissor noodles this morning."

The little official who asked the question twitched his lips and said: "Master Wen can be lazy on the first day after the new year, unlike us who are busy flipping through files. When we got up, our eyes were dazzled, and now we are begging heaven and earth for mercy. It's best not to come back to other cases at this time, so that I can calm down and take a breath..."

Before he finished speaking, a familiar voice came from outside.

"I'm afraid I can't!"

Following these words, Bai Zhu walked in. He was holding an opened complaint in his hand and said, "Here comes a new case!"

Here we go again... The servants and clerks who were waiting in line to receive the evening meal suddenly changed their expressions. Some people had pale faces and trembled their lips, wanting to say something, but they didn't say it.

At this time... I really have nothing to do!

Compared with the ugly expressions of the officers and minor officials, Bai Zhu's expression was calm. He looked at everyone, paused for a moment, and said: "The person who submitted the complaint... is Master Wen."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

After a moment of silence in the public kitchen, inquiries started ringing out one after another.

"Master Wen? What happened to Master Wen?" Someone asked immediately after hearing this.

Some were more thoughtful, thought about it, and said, "Is it a family matter or my own matter?"

As soon as these words came out, many people looked at Bai Zhu. Master Wen's life experience is not a secret, and neither is the Wen family's affairs. If it's the Wen family's problem, it's an old thing. If it's his own, it's a trouble he only encountered in the past two days.

Bai Zhu's answer was somewhat beyond everyone's expectations.

Bai Zhu looked at the people who were looking at him and said, "It's not only a family matter but also my own matter."

This statement makes people a little confused.

Seeing everyone's puzzled looks, Bai Zhu smiled and said, "Master Wen sued his cousin. Isn't it both a family matter and his own?"

Everyone suddenly said "Oh", and someone quickly responded: "Master Wen's cousin... I remember she seemed to be the number one in the school once hired by King Yu! Later I heard that there was no news."

"There is news now." Bai Zhu said with a smile, "So Master Wen sued his cousin and sued her... He and Prince Yu wanted to kill her on the street."

Although the woman named Wen Xiutang is Master Wen's cousin, her temperament is completely different from Master Wen. At a glance, you can tell that they are two different people. Although the case of King Yu was closed, it is true that the dead man was chasing Master Wen in the street at that time, and happened to catch up with Lin Shaoqing, Liu Sicheng and Bai Sicheng who were also being hunted. In full public view, the whole street witnessed this scene.

However, because the dead man died at that time, although he suspected that this man was ordered by King Yu, there was no evidence of his death, so Master Wen did not file a lawsuit.

Later, after the case of King Yu happened, Wen Xiutang disappeared. Master Wen did not file a complaint except that he asked them to find him privately.

But I didn't expect that Master Wen would come to complain quietly today.

Someone reacted: "Have you found Master Wen's cousin?"

Bai Zhu nodded and said: "I found it. Now Liu Yuan, Zhao You and others have gone to get him."

Who would have thought that Wen Xiutang, whose whereabouts were unknown after King Yu's incident, would actually come back?

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Wen Mingtang did not expect that Wen Xiutang would come back so soon. Wen Xiutang had been away from Beijing for less than a year.

Rubbing his nose, Wen Mingtang became suspicious when he remembered the fragrance he smelled when he passed by Ye Huai yesterday and the sachet that Ye Huai wore on his waist.

The only clue left when Wen Xiutang disappeared was that the steward who took Wen Xiutang away spoke with a Jiangnan accent. Ye Huai and others were from Jiangnan, which was in harmony.

Although some things may sound like jokes, there may not be no clues in the jokes.

Ye Huai had been to Chang'an earlier. In order to convince her not to be deceived by Ye Huai's good looks, Lin Fei said more than once that Ye Huai was talented and romantic, and as a young talent, he was highly sought after by many women.

Some of these women are ladies, but more of them... are prostitutes.

This is not surprising. Poems written by talented scholars and songs sung and praised by famous prostitutes have always been one of the fastest ways for a prostitute to show her prominence.

Wen Xiutang was in the Jiaofang at that time, so it was not surprising that he would hear Ye Huai's name. Judging from Wen Xiutang's habit of competing with her since she was a child, Ye Huai was the original owner's ex-fiancé, and Wen Xiutang was still King Yu's man at that time, but he might not think of ways to meet Ye Huai, which would be very embarrassing. Respond to the original owner. With Ye Huai's temperament...well, how could he not go when a beauty like Wen Xiutang invited him?

Furthermore...recalling what happened to the "original owner" in the dream, one can imagine how Ye Huai would arrange for Wen Xiutang.

Wen Mingtang felt that this Wen Xiutang was probably the second "original owner", but this time, something happened to Princess Liyang, and Ye Zhouxu had other plans, so Wen Xiutang did not die in the name of "fake death", but followed him. to the capital.

So...it just so happened that she was still looking for Wen Xiutang, and she delivered it to her door herself!