Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 138 Friends come to eat at the inn
In the Imperial Prison,

Cui Guangjie, who had been killed with a single knife, was lying on the ground and twitching continuously. Seeing that he was dying, he stopped moving for a while, and died without looking at his eyes.

Ji Yunhui and Ma Mengquan quickly drew their knives to protect Dai Quan, who was stunned, and looked up at the assailant. It turned out to be none other than Huangchengsi himself.

"Who are you, dare to commit such a crime!"

Dai Quan asked viciously, almost driving himself crazy, why did the Imperial City Secretary ever become a sieve.

The assailant didn't say a word, he took the long knife and aimed it at his own neck to wipe it off.
"Stop him quickly."

Before Dai Quan's voice fell, Ma Mengquan got up and went up, but it was still a step too late, the assailant had already fallen down with the knife in his hand, Ma Qianhu stepped forward and pressed his neck, and shook his head after a while.

"Duke, it can't be done, the person is dead."

"It's the other way around. Li Qianhu immediately led people to seal off the prison in the imperial city. There must be accomplices. Ji Baihu, you immediately lead people to ransack Cui Guangjie's house. You must protect their family and take them away." Go to the prison. And Ma Qianhu, who is the killer?"

Li Yunqianhu and Ji Baihu took the order and went away, while Ma Mengquan began to search for things on this person, and found a waist card of Shibaihu from his pocket, which said that the Imperial City Sizhao Prison tried Baihu tribute.

"Going back to my lord, I found a waist card, which said that it was the whole tribute of one hundred households in the Imperial City Sizhao Prison."

The cold-faced Dai Quan ordered that you take people to Quan Gong's house to check the matter in person, and bring anyone who is suspicious.

"It's an adult."

Ma Qianhu led a large group of people to Quan Gong's house in a hurry, and Niu Hu, who was leading the army in the imperial city below, said;

"My lord, Quan Gong's family may not be here anymore."

Ma Mengquan turned pale with shock and asked.

"what happened,"

"My lord, the brothers haven't had a drink with the whole family for the past few days, and they didn't make a sound when they came. Now, something must have happened."

"Quick, speed up and pass."

"Yes, my lord."

All the staff of the Imperial City Department of Yizhong speeded up, and at a tea stall on the side of the street, someone was closely watching every move of the Imperial City Department's Yamen, and when they saw the direction Si Wei was going, they disappeared from the crowd.

Under the Imperial Prison, Dai Quan asked another frugal officer, Cao Ji, to call Wu Zuo to inspect the killer Baihu Quangong. Wu Zuo fiddled there for a long time, and the people around him didn't see any signs of it. At this moment, Wu Zuo Suddenly, he scraped the neck of the deceased with a small knife worn in his hand, and then squeezed and pulled with his hands, and a human skin mask was slowly torn off.

The people around were so surprised that they gasped a few times. Dai Quan was inconceivable when he saw it. This trick is not common to ordinary people. He mentioned which one of the four kings the prince is, or the prince of the royal family, such as King Zhongshun Zhou Jianan.

The trouble was serious, and Dai Quan had to cheer up and prepare to investigate the matter thoroughly, otherwise not only the emperor would be disturbed, but also himself.

And in Dongcheng,

Luo Yunhou led a group of personal guards and managed to get rid of the crowd, and only slowed down when he arrived in Nancheng.

Qin Ye also laughed heartily,

"Hou is also blessed by the heavenly official, and he is famous all over the capital in just a short while."

Zhang Jinyu smiled wryly;

"My lord, you are joking. This is not a blessing, but a risk. Who will not be jealous when they see it?"

Qin Ye nodded and said;

"That's right. It's a blessing, not a disaster. If it's a disaster, you can't avoid it. It's better to be careful."

"My lord is good advice. I'll remember it. By the way, my lord, is there any better restaurant in Nancheng? Buy more today. We hit it off, and we won't go home until we're drunk."

"Okay, then the old man is blessed by Lord Hou. Not far in front is the Youlai Inn. I heard yesterday that it just opened today. The chef here is from the Northwest. It's not bad for a change."

"Success, according to what the boss said, try the Northwest flavor today. I don't know if the Northwest is all mutton."

Zhang Jinyu was mumbling there, and Qin Ye also laughed. He himself had never tasted the so-called Northwest flavor.

"Master Hou, this old man doesn't know if it's mostly mutton. According to historical records, mutton is indeed mostly eaten in the northwest, but there are still many special stir-fried dishes."

"Same, I feel the same, but it's just a difference in taste. Now, sir, rest for a while, I will come as I go."

"Okay, Lord Hou, slow down."

Qin Ye was not polite, he just sat on the horse and didn't get off the horse. It was quite difficult to get on and off the horse. Zhang Jinyu got off the horse by himself, and then walked in with eight guards. As soon as he arrived at the inn, he smelled a fresh smell of paint. Smell, it really just opened, and I didn't get a red cloth to make it open.

Walking in, the lobby is really big, and it's not very fancy. There are many Northwest ornaments on the wall, which is very flavorful. The upstairs is mainly for accommodation, no wonder it is called an inn.

Zhang Jinyu took someone to the back kitchen to have a look and found it to be very clean, at this moment the shopkeeper ran over and asked;

"This general stays here. This is the back kitchen. Outsiders are not allowed to enter. Forgive me, general. May I ask if the general is a top-notch or staying in the restaurant."

The shopkeeper nodded and bowed there, Zhang Jinyu didn't make things difficult for him, he seemed to be doing well,
"Come here to fry a few dishes to take away. Is there a food box?"

"Yes, all the newly opened items in this store are freshly purchased food boxes and porcelain plates, which are specially for the guests staying in the store. What would the general want to eat? Our chef is an authentic Northwesterner. The roast lamb is absolutely delicious. It's a must."

The shopkeeper began to praise the craftsmanship of the chef in his own inn. Zhang Jinyu was also interested. There is really mutton, or roast mutton. It would be nice to have some beer, but unfortunately there is no.

"Success, bring all the specialty dishes in your store. As for the roast lamb, give me an extra 50 servings, and three 50 servings of naan bread to wrap."

When the shopkeeper heard so much, he said too much,
"Does the general want so much? It's a lot."

"Your store, I want it for a reason. I brought out 50 people to guard them. They are not allowed to eat. Your money is indispensable."

Zhang Jinyu directly took out a hundred taels of silver and handed it over, and the shopkeeper clicked his tongue when he took it.

"General, enough is enough, it can't be used up. You are really generous in treating your own people. In this way, general, you can let the guards come in and eat first, and I will serve them some vegetables and soup. They are all ready-made, and then give them You prepare hot dishes to take away, you see, it's cold today."

Zhang Jinyu thought about it for a while, it was also a very cold day, and it was uncomfortable to eat cold, so she turned her head and said to the guard;

"You go and call the boss and the guards in to have some food first, and then go, just tie the horse at the door."

"It's Lord Hou."

The guard went out and called everyone in. After a while, the people came in and took up half of the tables and chairs in the lobby. The shopkeeper asked the waiter to start serving the soup. Eat and drink.

Qin Ye was a little anxious, didn't he say he was going to go home, why did he eat here again.

"Master Hou, aren't we going home for dinner?"

"That's right, it's not that it's too cold. The brothers have been busy all morning. Let them eat something first. We make it fresh and take it away warm. Come, sir, sit down and rest."

"That's good, I thought I wouldn't go."

Qin Ye also wiped off his anxious sweat. How could Zhang Jinyu not go after hearing this, he must go today anyway, but Qing hasn't seen him yet.

The shopkeeper also winked, and immediately brought two bowls of hot mutton soup, a stack of naan cakes, and a large plate of roast mutton, which smelled delicious.

"Use it slowly, general, eat some food first, the kitchen is preparing dishes for you."

"good,"

Zhang Jinyu was also unambiguous, and asked Qin Ye to eat some. After the two took the naan bread, they rolled up the mutton. After one bite, the corners of their mouths dripped with oil.

"Master Hou, it's delicious. I never imagined that I could eat such delicious food here."

"Yes, this chef is skilled."

The two took another sip of mutton soup, which was delicate and mellow, without the slightest smell of mutton.While eating, suddenly the door of the inn was kicked open, "bang"

With a bang, the two doors opened wide, and the cold air suddenly blew in. The guards looked towards the door, and saw a drunken sweat walking in. Seeing so many soldiers, they didn't care, and went straight to Zhang Jinyu's place. The table walked over and sat down. The guards around immediately stood up and wanted to grab the person. Zhang Jinyu quickly pressed his hand to stop them and let them continue eating.

The personal guard just sat down, but his eyes were fixed on the profuse sweat who was coming, and the waiter also walked quickly to the front door of the inn, and closed the door, the coldness disappeared in an instant.

Profuse Khan didn't speak, picked up a naan pancake, rolled up the mutton, and ate it. He also brought Zhang Jinyu's mutton soup and drank it all in one gulp.
"Presumptuous, who are you?"

"Sit down, sit down and continue eating, I'll ask him."

The guards just sat down, the shopkeeper saw that something was wrong, and immediately brought over another bowl of mutton soup, who knew that he was snatched away by the profuse sweat, and the shopkeeper was helpless, so he directly asked the waiter to return the bowl of mutton soup. Bring me another bowl.

Qin Ye was also very interested, so he asked first;

"Qin Ye, the head of the official Ministry of Industry, dare to ask who is your Excellency, but there is a problem?"

The visitor took a hard bite of the naan bread in his hand, and only then spoke out of satisfaction,
"Of course there is. Who doesn't have a problem, even Lord Hou, you also have problems."

Zhang Jinyu was also curious when she heard that she called out her identity in one mouthful.
"This man, you are not the way of life, this Marquis Luo Yunhou Zhang Jinyu, please do not introduce yourself."

"Hou Ye is right. Lin Zhenhong, the archer captain of the Imperial Army in Xiayuan, now recognizes a city gate captain in the Bingma Division. It can be regarded as a slap in the face."

"How can this be considered a one-shot to the end, and how did you recognize Benhou?"

Zhang Jinyu also took a sip of mutton soup to warm up his body, Qin Ye didn't interrupt and wanted to see what the visitor meant.Lieutenant Lin laughed loudly and said;
"The whole capital is spreading rumors that Lord Marquis buys treasures with millions of taels of silver, and you are the only one who treats his brothers so generously. You actually eat the same food as the guards. No, it should be said that the guards eat the same food as you." Well, this is also the first time I met you in the capital."

(End of this chapter)