Cure the cold-faced general by solving crimes

Chapter 45 Not even smelling

As soon as the two of them walked onto Taoxi Road, Jiang Xihe saw Anwen poking his head at the yamen gate.

"Master Pei, An Xiucai is here to see you again." Jiang Xihe said in a sour tone.

Pei Zhizhao glanced at Jiang Xihe. The little girl rolled her eyes and stared into the distance, looking like she was going all out to fight. Pei Zhizhao couldn't hold back his laughter.

An Wen turned around and saw the two of them, and was stunned for a moment. Dian Dian came over to greet him, "Magistrate Pei, are you busy?"

Pei Zhizhao stopped and nodded. He had no intention of inviting An Wen into the Yamen. "Is there something wrong with An Xiucai?"

An Wen felt unhappy when he heard this title. Why did Mr. Pei follow Jiang Xihe and call him that?

An Wen tried his best to smile, "Didn't I hear that a female body was found in the west of the city yesterday, and I wanted to come over and see if there is anything I can do to help you?"

Jiang Xihe kicked the pebbles on the ground and listened to the conversation between the two.

"The ditch has begun to be repaired in the west of the city. The money donated by An Xiucai has been put to great use. After the ditch is repaired, I plan to erect a stone monument at the intersection and write your names on it so that everyone will remember it."

Jiang Xihe suppressed laughter and deliberately lowered his head. An Wen chuckled dryly, complaining in his heart why Pei Zhizhao mentioned this.

"Master Pei, this is what I should do, no matter what."

"The case in Chengxi has not yet been revealed. The source of the body cannot be determined and there is no way to start. Since An Xiucai is willing to help, please help me pay attention to all kinds of information and report to me at any time if there is any situation."

"Okay." An Wen happily agreed. Pei Zhizhao either refused or accepted. However, he was unhappy when he saw Jiang Xihe. Why did this girl follow County Magistrate Pei all day long?
  "Lawyer Jiang, if you don't repair the house at home, why are you disturbing Mr. Pei again?"

Jiang Xihe originally didn't want to talk to An Wen, but when he heard his enthusiasm, he remembered something, "An Xiucai, you are a person of status, how can you take advantage of others and keep silent?"

Anwen raised his eyes, "When did I take advantage of others?"

"Half a month ago, when you came to the county government office to ask Mr. Pei, did you eat two pieces of glutinous rice cakes?"

Pei Zhizhao was startled, put his fist to his lips and pretended to cough slightly, why did Jiang Xihe still remember this?

"When did I eat? I didn't eat." Anwen defended, and the blood vessels in his neck swelled.

"Hurry up, stop quibbling, it's for Mr. Pei, you can eat it, you have to give me the capital."

An Wen's first thought was that this little girl Jiang Xihe was also taking the Huairou route. She must have been approaching Pei Zhizhao with a premeditated plan, otherwise why would she be giving him glutinous rice cakes? But the glutinous rice cake was only worth a few dollars, and this girl looked so poor.

"I don't know." Anwen said hard, "I didn't eat."

"You didn't eat the glutinous rice cake. Did the snack escape by itself? Hey, An Xiucai, look quickly. Is that the glutinous rice cake flying in the sky?"

An Wen followed Jiang Xihe's finger and looked at the sky. Later he realized that she was fooling him and was so angry that he shook his sleeves and stamped his feet.

Pei Zhizhao suppressed his laughter.

Jiang Xihe clicked his tongue, "An Xiucai, it's only three cents, and you're just going to have a stalemate with Lord Pei?" Jiang Xihe touched his face and said to An Wen, "Shame on you."

Pei Zhizhao felt that he should speak now to show that he had eaten the two pieces of glutinous rice cakes, but when he saw An Wen and Jiang Xihe facing each other, Pei Zhizhao could not speak for a while.

Seeing that An Wen was so angry that he was so jealous that he was trembling and planning to pay for it. Pei Zhizhao was not even planning to tell the truth.

"Okay, I'll give you the three cents. Just think of me as throwing it to the beggar. I'm so angry." An Wen then remembered that Pei Zhizhao was still standing beside him. He tried to calm down and complained to Pei Zhizhao, "Did Mr. Pei see it? Jiang Yatou That’s it, being so sharp-tongued doesn’t make sense at all.”

An Wen was so angry that his title changed from Lawyer Jiang to Girl Jiang.

Pei Zhizhao kept his smile and said nothing.

After watching An Wen leave, Pei Zhizhao whispered while Jiang Xihe was fiddling with the three copper plates with a smile on his face, "Actually... I ate those two pieces of glutinous rice cake."

Jiang Xihe looked up at him and smiled, "Why didn't you say something just now?" "Anwen paid three wen, was it unjust?" Pei Zhizhao didn't know how to judge this matter.

Jiang Xihe's smile did not diminish, and he blinked his beautiful peach blossom eyes arrogantly, "He didn't eat it, and he couldn't smell it. The adults said he was unjust."

Pei Zhizhao finally laughed.

Pei Zhizhao had laughed enough and found Jiang Xihe looking at him blankly, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Xihe spoke softly, "I've known you for so long, and this is the first time I've seen you smile."

Pei Zhizhao touched his chin and unknowingly frowned again.

"Sir, you should smile more. It feels much closer." Jiang Xihe's closeness means being easy to get close to others. In Pei Zhizhao's heart, she will get closer to him because he smiles more.

"By the way, your Excellency is in very good condition today. Did the calming soup last night have any effect?" Jiang Xihe noticed that the black and blue under Pei Zhizhao's eyes had faded a lot.

"Actually, the first time I ate glutinous rice cakes, I took a nap. I had just returned from the northwest, and I hadn't slept so soundly in a long time, even though it only lasted for a stick of incense."

Jiang Xihe couldn't believe that Pei Zhizhao's sleep was so bad.

"Last night was fine, I should have been able to sleep for two hours." Pei Zhizhao said in a relaxed tone.

Jiang Xihe's eyes widened, "Master Pei, are you kidding?"

Pei Zhizhao looked distantly.

Jiang Xihe felt sorry for the man in front of him, "Master Pei, are you worried about something?"

Jiang Xihe couldn't figure out, apart from heavy worries and stagnation of Qi and blood stasis, what other reasons could keep people awake?

Pei Zhizhao looked into the distance and pondered without saying anything. He walked a few steps and saw Jiang Xihe still stunned, raising the food in his hand and saying, "I'm hungry."

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  in the kitchen.

Jiang Xihe boiled water, poured cooking wine into the pot, and then put the washed ribs into the boiling hot water to remove the fishy smell.

Pei Zhizhao followed her into the kitchen, adding fire to the stove with ease. When the stall was hot, he even took the bean sprouts and pinched the tips one by one.

Jiang Xihe stirred the tumbling ribs with a fence and secretly looked at Pei Zhizhao from the corner of his eye.

He has long legs, sits precariously on a small wooden chair, and has a high nose. Viewed from the side, he looks cold and serious without smiling.

There was stubble on his chin. After pinching the tips of the bean sprouts, he threw them directly into the basket in front of him. With his arms moving, Jiang Xihe could faintly see the undulating outline of his muscles under his clothes.

Jiang Xihe's heart trembled, and she suddenly realized that Pei Zhizhao was a man, and a mature man.

Together, these thoughts mushroomed like mushrooms after a rain.

Jiang Xihe's face was getting hotter and hotter. Afraid that Pei Zhizhao would find out, she quickly turned her head away and deliberately let the rising steam hit her face. Then she peeled potatoes, soaked them and stir-fried vermicelli with vegetables.

She thought to herself that it was not Pei Zhizhao's fault that her face turned red and her heart beat beating because of being busy.

After Pei Zhizhao finished pinching the bean sprouts, he noticed that Jiang Xihe's cheeks were red, "Is it hot? Should I also open the back window?"

The rear window is outside the stove. It is difficult to open and close that window. Han Fang and Aunt Zhao usually do not open it.

"No, it's smoked with hot water. Just turn off the heat and it'll be fine." Jiang Xihe replied, avoiding Pei Zhizhao with his eyes.

"What else do you need me to do? Don't work there alone." Pei Zhizhao followed Jiang Xihe around the kitchen with his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

What's wrong with the little girl?
  Why do you seem so shy about cooking?
  (End of this chapter)