Mr. Huo seemed to have read through Huo Sanniang's thoughts, and was too lazy to show off his excellent acting skills. He grabbed her, winked and said softly: "Hey, don't leave. I won't say anything anymore."
Huo Sanniang didn't believe it: "You really don't want to say anything anymore?"
Huo Yuncheng laughed: "I really won't say anything anymore."
Bai Zeqing couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but curse in his heart: Second Master, can you stop being such a gossip! Don't affect my hearing of the case.
She winked at Banxia, took a new cup of tea from Banxia, carefully handed it to Huo Sanniang, and said flatteringly: "Sanniang, tell me quickly, what happens next?"
Huo Sanniang then sat down, took a cup of tea, took a sip, and continued: "Yin Duomi and his cronies were arrested by our people in front of them. They were sent directly to prison. Then, of course, they were given a good interrogation.
first instance."
Huo Yuncheng was stunned and asked: "Who will interrogate? Wen Jinnuo?"
"What about him? The imperial envoy was beaten up by the prison chief as soon as he arrived in Yuanzhou. I guess he probably doesn't even dare to go to the prison. How can he be interrogated? Don't worry, I will ask Huo Yinxing to take our people to help with the interrogation. Then
The little goblin is most fond of...well," Huo Sanniang glanced at the outsider Bai Zeqing, and changed her words, "The little goblin is best at torture, and I'm not afraid that he won't speak. And..."
Madam Huo Sanniang smiled slightly and said, "As soon as Yin Duomi was arrested, someone sent me the irrefutable evidence. Guess who it was?"
Bai Zeqing cheered and said, "Who is it? Come on, please tell me."
Huo Yuncheng put down the tea cup and got up and walked to the desk. As he walked, he said without giving any face, "Who else can we have as an accomplice? Is it Li Tongpuan or Lu Jietui?"
"Second brother, you are so boring." Mrs. Huo Sanniang curled her lips and said, "It's Li Tongpan. Yin Duomi was arrested here, and Tongpan Mansion has packed up and left the city. If my people hadn't secretly sent messages all the way
, they couldn’t catch him yet. This man didn’t even need to be interrogated. As soon as he was caught, he handed over the written confession and confessed to the matter of replacing moldy rice with new rice in Yushan warehouse and the explosion and arson. The people involved,
I have made everything clear about the grain business, and I am willing to go to court to testify, just to save the life of his wife and only son."
Bai Zeqing nodded, no longer touching the tea with his fingers, and just drew randomly on the tea table, saying: "In this way, the context of the black powder explosion and arson case and the Yushan warehouse grain embezzlement case has been basically clear. The whereabouts of the rice grain should be
We can also get a clue. It is not difficult to interrogate the coolies captured by Bingshan Cang. With the testimony of voluntary confessions, it will only be a matter of time before the truth comes out. Now only the death of Sun Zhengtong..."
"Speaking of this case," Huo Sanniang frowned slightly, "My people have searched all over the streets, alleys, and tile houses for the man you painted, but I can't find any trace of him. Noda is a yuan
Isn’t it strange that I can’t even find anyone who knows him in Zhoucheng?”
"Where's the black market? Have you looked for it? Isn't the black market the most well-informed?"
"The rules of the black market: don't ask about your identity, don't ask about your place of origin, and don't spread information to others. This applies to people and things. Buying information on the black market is also buying information from outside. As long as it does not involve people who are working in the black market to make a living, all
Can."
"Then let's find it ourselves."
Are you going to the black market? Are you crazy?
"It's not available outside. There's a high probability that it's on the black market. I won't give up if I don't try my luck."
"You can go if you want. We'll go after lunch." Mr. Huo folded the fine Jinzhou rice paper he had written on and said, "I'm hungry, let's go eat."
This time we did not go to the pavilions and pavilions for our meal, but to the formal flower hall on the east side of the Huo Yuncheng courtyard.
Several people turned around the corridor and saw Zhou Qian and Nannan being led over by the maid.
Zhou Qian still looked like he hadn't woken up, trying to keep himself up, occasionally covering his mouth and nose with his sleeves and yawning. He still greeted the Huo brothers and sisters in a polite manner.
Nannan held Zhou Qian's hand and followed him step by step. The little girl wearing a tender pink jacket looked very well-behaved. Seeing Zhou Qian salute, she also imitated his appearance and called him with a milky voice.
Said: "Second Master is good, Third Lady is good, Sister Bai is good."
"Oh, my daughter is so good." Huo Sanniang liked her very much when she saw her, and waved to her: "Come here, Sanniang will bring you something good to eat."
Nannan raised her head and saw Zhou Qian nodded, so she obediently walked over and took Huo Sanniang's hand, which made Huo Sanniang look away.
inside the house.
The mutton bone soup pot on the Eight Immortals table is steaming. The cook is slicing fresh mutton and radishes on a long table not far away. Codonopsis pilosula, red dates, wolfberries, and angelica are all ingredients in the pot. As the soup rolls in the pot, the aroma comes out.
It spread throughout the room.
Several people sat around the table, and as a whole plate of thinly and long-cut mutton and white-cut radishes were poured into the pot, Bai Zeqing, who would never starve to death without eating, just took the first step in the door of spiritual practice between his toes.
The scholar couldn't help but swallow his saliva at this moment, and suddenly felt very hungry and wanted to eat.
Sure enough, the true meaning of food lies in enjoying the food itself, not simply for survival.
The tenderloin part of the lamb is the most tender and extremely delicious.
The dipping sauce is made of sesame sauce, fermented bean curd, soybean paste, coriander, chives and a small amount of plum juice and starch syrup. It can perfectly cover up the mutton smell and maintain the original freshness of the mutton.
Bai Zeqing drank half a bowl of soup first, then ate a few pieces of meat, and narrowed his eyes with satisfaction.
Huo Sanniang ate a few pieces and was very satisfied. She suddenly said "Oh!" as if she suddenly thought of something. She hurriedly called the maid and ordered: "Have someone go get a jar of Northern Xinjiang wine from the ice cellar." The maid took the order.
When she was about to leave, she called out again, "By the way, go to my courtyard and get some carved glass cups. The one that goes best with wine. Hurry up."
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After three rounds of wine, Bai Zeqing said with emotion: "Sister Niang, you are not deceiving me. This ice-cold wine paired with mutton is really delicious on earth."
At this time, Nannan was already eating and there was a small amount of sweat on her forehead, and she kept saying "Hmm," as if she was agreeing with Bai Zeqing's words.
Huo Sanniang laughed at her: "My daughter hasn't even drank, how do you know this wine goes well with mutton?"
Nannan smiled, touched her bulging belly, and said in a childish voice: "Mutton, delicious."
Huo Yuncheng had stopped using his chopsticks a long time ago. When he heard Nannan's words, he couldn't help but smile and said to Banxia: "Make some hawthorn red fruit tea and give it to the little girl." When he saw the little girl's appearance, he was always afraid that she would burst.
.
At this time, the chef had cleared away the long table of mutton slices, and the cook brought grapefruits cut into the shape of blooming peonies and placed them on the table.
"Wow, Yuzhou Wendan." Bai Zeqing's eyes were bright. She had eaten it once when she was in Jinzhou. This is the best grapefruit, and it was designated as a tribute in the third year of Tang Dynasty.
Huo Sanniang took a piece and handed it to her daughter. When she saw her holding the little stutter honestly and obediently, she couldn't help but feel more love in her heart. She said to Bai Zeqing: "Hey, little lady of the Bai family, how about you sell this little girl to me?"
