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Chapter 440 Can't wait for the in-person trial
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the day when the officials and common people of the Great Zhou celebrate the New Year's Day.As the end of the New Year's Eve approaches, the festive atmosphere in Chang'an City is getting stronger and stronger. Palace lanterns for the Lantern Festival are hung on the doors of various shops, and street vendors are also selling Lantern Festivals that are only available on the [-]th day in advance. There is a taste of carnival in the end of the New Year's Eve.

In front of a small tavern facing the street in Chang'an Street, the raw food Lantern Festival that will be served tomorrow will be placed early.

There is a wooden board hanging on the front of the wooden cart, on which beautiful handwriting is written.

Sesame stuffing, red bean paste stuffing, meat stuffing.Three kinds of fillings for the Lantern Festival follow the trend, and they can be seen everywhere, but the drinkers who come out of the tavern almost all take some back with them.

A curious passer-by wondered, "Is the Lantern Festival in this tavern particularly delicious?"

"What delicious way can you make Yuanxiao?" The half-drunk drinker who came out of the tavern said with a smile, "But the proprietress is honest, and she came from the palace. It’s no worse than a big restaurant. Her family’s homemade chili sauce is delicious, but it’s been ordered by regular customers, and ordinary people can’t order it.”

The passer-by originally asked casually, but after hearing the explanation, he became even more confused: "Isn't it a tavern that sells alcohol? Why is there such a thing as hot sauce?"

While talking, I couldn't help looking inside through the wide open window of the tavern. It was clean and elegant, and there were still calligraphy and paintings drawn by someone on the wall, without signature.The whole tavern is different from the usual tavern where drunks can be seen everywhere. They are all gentle and elegant literati. The sweet and greasy aroma of wine wafts out of it. It seems to be more wine than ordinary wine. There are other flavors in it.

"It's like a teahouse." Passers-by looked at the tavern for a while and said with emotion, "It's not the same as ordinary taverns!"

The half-drunk drinker was in a good mood today and had plenty of patience, so he patted the passerby on the shoulder and pointed him to a young woman who just came out of the kitchen with a wine cup.

Seeing that woman's facial features are exquisite and her temperament is elegant, she walked among them with a cup of wine in her hand, her attitude was gentle but there was a distance of courtesy.

Even though it was a tavern, the drink had a hint of a teahouse literati relationship in it. It was really... different from the taverns he had seen.

"That's the proprietress of the tavern." The drinker said with a smile, "The wine here has a unique taste but is not easy to get drunk. Women can drink it too, so almost no one comes here to play drunk."

Passers-by had long been aroused curiosity in their hearts, looked at the neither humble nor overbearing woman walking in it, and after a while, suddenly sighed: "The proprietress of this tavern seems to be a lady of everyone."

"The proprietress is indeed from a noble family background. She used to practice medicine for generations in her family, but she committed a crime in her family, and her female relatives were thrown into the court, and she was only released from the palace a few years ago." The drinker said.

She was originally a lady from a wealthy family of medical skills, but she didn't expect that she would become the daughter of a criminal minister from a lady of the family when she committed a crime at home. This fate is also embarrassing!
Passers-by felt a lot of emotion, and looked at the woman who was walking in it with a neither humble nor overbearing attitude, and his eyes were even more appreciative, but before the appreciation became stronger, he was poured cold water by the drinkers at the side and stopped him.

"Look at this." The drinker pointed to the flag with the word "wine" on the four corners of the eaves of the tavern for passers-by to see.

Passers-by followed his direction and looked over, and there was a huge character "wine" written on the flag: it's just a very inconspicuous word that can be seen everywhere, but the word "wine" written on the flag is so There are only a few strokes, but the outline is very beautiful. After reading it for a long time, I always feel that the writing is quite famous.

Could it be that some of the frequent customers of this tavern wrote it?The passer-by was thinking about it, and what the drinker said next confirmed his guess.

"The person who wrote this word is Lin Shaoqing, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple in our Chang'an City." The drinker said, pointing to the square red seal in the corner of the flag, and said, "Here, there is a seal engraved on it."

Passers-by suddenly said "Oh", but they were even more puzzled: "I have also seen famous people write inscriptions on frequent restaurants and restaurants on a whim, but it is still rare to have engraved seals..."

It's not that you can't engrave the seal, but after engraving the seal, you always feel that even the banner has become different, as if it has a relationship with Dali Temple.

"There are rumors that the proprietress of the tavern is Lin Shaoqing's confidante." The drinker looked at the passer-by who had been staring at the proprietress in a daze, and his face changed instantly. He smiled, knowing that the purpose of his suggestion had been achieved, so he saw it. Received, "The proprietress runs a tavern that sells wine, hot sauce, and Lantern Festival. She is also a lady, and I and other regular customers respect her very much."

The words have come to this point, how can passers-by not understand?He quickly thanked the drinker.There are indeed hidden dragons and crouching tigers everywhere in Chang'an City, even an ordinary tavern proprietress can't be offended.

The drinker let out a "hmm", and seeing that he understood, he didn't say any more, turned around and left in a huff.

The passer-by was dressed in brocade clothes and robes, but his accent didn't resemble that of a local, and he didn't speak official Chinese very well. Coupled with his dusty appearance, he seemed like a businessman who came to Beijing from other places.There is also a sachet presented by the woman around his waist, which shows that he is a man with some money and flair.

Therefore, I want to mention him, don't offend people who shouldn't be offended indiscriminately.

But even though he gave up the idea of ​​turning the proprietress into a confidante, the passer-by went into the tavern and ordered a few small dishes and wine to taste.

The beautiful, dignified and well-behaved proprietress really treats people well, making people feel like a spring breeze, neither overly flattering nor neglecting him.

Passers-by drank a few glasses of thin wine, and felt that the wine was fragrant, but not intoxicating.After thinking about it, he also became interested. Before leaving, the passer-by specially ordered a few jars of wine to bring back to the caravan for friends in the caravan to taste together.

"A jar of green jade wine from the Western Regions, a jar of Jingtaohua wine that blooms in March, and a jar of golden osmanthus wine from the Mid-Autumn Festival in August." The proprietress who was turning the beads to let the waiter get the wine suddenly stopped at this moment. When he got down, he raised his eyes to passers-by and asked, "Is this young master a drug dealer?"

Gong... son?The face of the passer-by blushed suddenly, but there was a "hmm" in his mouth, in response to the word "Young Master".

He is thirty-five now. Although he has a family and a house and a son, he is not considered old. What's wrong with being called "Young Master"?
Seeing that the man coaxed by "Young Master" was in a good mood, the proprietress paused, turned around and took a small wine jar from the wine rack behind her, put it on the table, and said with a smile, "This is the newly brewed perilla wine." , Young Master has bought so much wine, this jar will be given to Young Master to taste."

And specially sent a small altar?The passer-by was flattered and thanked him quickly, but he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart: It seems that his appearance is still good among men, and he was able to get an extra jug of wine because of his appearance.If you can dress up more in the future, wouldn't you be called "half Pan'an"?

But after delivering the wine, the proprietress didn't say anything more to his "half Pan An", she just asked someone to tie up the wine jar for him and sent him out of the house.

After the passers-by left, a burly servant girl who was brewing wine and making side dishes poked her head out and asked the proprietress puzzledly: "Miss, why do you need to give that person an extra jug of wine?"

The man couldn't see anything special about it either.Just now when he was outside, he even stared at her young lady, don't think they couldn't see the man's intentions, most likely it was the idea of ​​accepting the young lady as a child.Pooh!Where does such a big face come from!
However, that person was also lustful but not courageous, and after being "prompted" by Mr. Zheng who often came to the tavern, he put his mind away.

After all, ordinary people would not do such a thing as offending Lin Shaoqing.Those who are powerful and capable of offending Lin Shaoqing will not offend Lin Shaoqing for the sake of a tavern proprietress.

After all, there is no shortage of beauties in Chang'an City.

Zisu, the proprietress of the tavern, watched the man leaving and shook her head. After a long pause, she said to the little maid, "Ah Run, I am somewhat familiar with the smell of the blended medicine on his body."

That was the memory when I was young before entering Yeting, and when I was helping nobles wash clothes in the icy river on a cold day.

Zisu closed her eyes: After so many years, she can't remember her childhood memories clearly. She only remembers that her parents were still there, and her clan was still there. The flowers and plants that adorn the mud and tiles of the mansion are replaced by medicinal herbs in the house, which can be taken and used at any time.

Among the four families in the family, there is an eighth uncle with the best talent, who has been praised more than once by the kind-hearted ancestor with white beard and hair.But despite his talent, Uncle Eight likes to play with children like them in his spare time.One year, a cousin in the clan was bitten severely by insects and ants, and her whole body was covered with big bumps, which was horrible.Uncle Ba found out, so he made a sachet to hang with them.

She also got one, and Zisu sniffed her nose: she has a very good nose, whether it is studying medicine or making wine, it requires excellent five senses.

She never smelled the smell of the sachet that Uncle Ba made himself, and it was completely different from the insect-repellent sachet sold outside, it was made by him.

Now more than ten years have passed, but just now she smelled the same smell on that guest.

Zi Su didn't know if it was a coincidence: if Lin Yan was in the capital, she might beg him to help her and find out about this person.But now that Lin Yan is not here, even Lin Yan's friend, Lin Yan's Shangfeng, she dare not beg, so she can only use a jar of perilla wine to test it out.

She also has scruples about not being able to ask others for help.The clan's house was ransacked back then, and the men in the family were exiled and beheaded. After she was released from the palace in Ye Ting, she went to check it out, and heard that there was no man in the family anymore.And the women who were packed into the court together, their mother and the others also disappeared after a few years of training.Up to now, except for her who was released from the palace by accident, she has only one cousin who is still alive, but the cousin found a position as a female official in the palace, and did not leave the palace with her.

That being the case, it is impossible for a sachet with this smell to appear in the world again, but why does the drug dealer have the same smell on him?

She didn't know all this, but she didn't dare to follow that guest openly.Ye Ting's experience of being trained for many years made her understand the value of life, so she had to be careful.

Thinking of this, Zisu couldn't help but smile wryly.

Although she didn't care about it before, but since she got to know Lin Yan, she actually... has always wanted to get rid of her status as the daughter of a criminal minister.He fought for her among the same clan, and she wanted to try hard.

Of course, this matter... also needs to be discussed with him.

As night fell, the bustling night market on the main road of Chang'an City had just begun.

At meal time, there were not many customers in the tavern, and the guests at the table facing the street had just left, so she rolled up her sleeves and packed up.

Just after taking away the two empty jugs on the table, several men in the official robes of the officials came in.

"I want five altars of golden osmanthus wine, bundle them up and eat them on the road." One of the men slapped the wine money on the table and told her, "Hurry up!"

Not all the small officials in the official department of the Great Zhou Dynasty were civil servants. It seemed that these tall and strong men looked like military officials. These people often show up when they are officials.

Zisu answered "Yes" gently and distantly, then turned and walked towards the back kitchen.

Back then when the family ransacked their homes, it was also the place where these officials in official robes took these women to Yeting, of course she remembered clearly.

A few small officials behind him were chatting and talking.

"I don't know what is so important about this prisoner in the Yancheng Prison. He is just a murderer who killed the county magistrate, and there are all the witnesses and material evidence, but Lord Yang wants to interrogate himself!"

"That's right, it won't work if you tell me to wait until the Lantern Festival is over!" Another petty official sighed, "I've bought all the Lantern Festival at home, and I haven't eaten yet!"

The colleague on the side who heard this laughed and made fun of him: "Are you greedy for just one or two Lantern Festivals? How about eating less?"

The little official who couldn't eat Lantern Festival was teased, but he didn't take it seriously, and explained with a smile: "How do you wait for those who have not yet married wives and children to understand? Am I greedy for those one or two Lantern Festivals? I have a beautiful wife and young children in the same family." How do you understand the feeling of eating together?"

He was originally making fun of him, but he didn’t expect to be generalized by him, but his colleagues were not angry, they just raised their fists to give him a sense of indifference, and then said with a smile: “Although I don’t have a beautiful wife and young children, I also have Parents, I didn't think there was anything delicious about Yuanxiao in the past, but now I think it tastes good."

"So, when we arrive in Yancheng, I'll have to take a good look at what kind of man with three heads and six arms this murderer is. He can't wait for Mr. Yang for a day!" Another older official rubbed his chin, frowning as if Also a little puzzled, "It's just a murderer who killed the county magistrate."

It's no wonder that he said this in a light tone, but he has been arresting various offending officials and criminals related to offending officials for the Ministry of Officials all the year round.Not to mention killing the county magistrate, they have even captured murderers who killed third-rank officials and even princes and nobles.But it was the first time their superiors ordered them so urgently, which really puzzled them.

"What's more, isn't there Ji Shizi and Lin Shaoqing in Yancheng? These two have handled their affairs safely, and they have been shut inside well. They didn't run away. I don't know why Master Yang is in such a hurry?" The elder official continued. , shook his head, and did not forget to urge Zisu, "Miss Boss, hurry up! We are urgently urged."

When Zisu heard the word "Yancheng", Zisu's feet paused, not to mention the word "Lin Shaoqing" afterwards. After listening to their conversation, Zisu lowered his eyelids and said in his mouth, "Here's the Come", but quickly walked into the back kitchen.

(End of this chapter)