delicious little cook

Chapter 292 Headless Koan
The atmosphere in the imperial camp was also tense. Regardless of whether the arrow was intentional or not, it was a serious crime to shoot the arrow in the direction of the camp. Any well-trained soldier should not lose his way in the mountains and shoot randomly.

The soldiers who are eligible to participate in the winter hunting are all old fritters, and there are absolutely no beginners.

The Minister of the Ministry of War promised to investigate carefully in front of the imperial court. Today this arrow flew towards the water, and tomorrow there may be another one flying towards the imperial camp, so it is necessary to find out who shot the arrow.

Just when the officials in front of the imperial court were about to find someone to settle the accounts, the servants came in to report that Lord Ye was coming. After Xuan came in, Gu's father and son came in together, followed by the imperial guards carrying the broken pot with the broken pot stuck on the bottom of the pot. The arrow is still there.

After the father and son saluted His Majesty and all the adults in sequence, the imperial guards placed the broken pot on the ground in front of the throne so that everyone could see clearly.

The officials of the Ministry of War first stepped forward to check, broke the shaft of the arrow into two pieces, took the arrow out, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully.

This is not a serious Ming Dying arrow at all, the bone whistle is temporarily tied to the shaft of the arrow, and the arrow is an ordinary product without any markings, which are used by officers and soldiers. This is a mass-manufactured arrow, and today's five-person hunt distributes the same arrows, which means that it is impossible to find out whose arrow it is.

The guarantee made by the Minister of the Ministry of War suddenly turned into lies and lies in front of the emperor. If it is a real Mingdi arrow, it is indeed easy to check. As a signal arrow, the Mingdi arrow is more sophisticated in workmanship. There is also a mark on the rod, and it is easy to check if the human arrow matches, but it is troublesome for ordinary arrows.

Not without clues, though.

"Your Majesty, the only ones who can cut bone whistles are the craftsmen of the Ministry of War. There are not many soldiers who can cut bone whistles, and their craftsmanship is not very good. Looking at the knife marks on this bone whistle, it seems that they were cut out in a hurry, and we came here Since then, no task has been assigned to make a new bone whistle. Therefore, I venture to guess who this is private work. Since it is a private work, we must avoid the crowd around us to avoid being questioned, so we can only sneak around while we are alone. It is easy to work, maybe it is made at night, but it is impossible to do it all night, it will affect the errands of the next day. So in order to keep a low profile and not attract attention, we can only have a little time to cut it, at least it will take several days to finish Make such a crude bone whistle."

The Ministry of War Shangshu really circled a range, but the saint did not appease his anger.

"According to what Aiqing said, this bone whistle came out in a hurry, so it can be concluded that the craftsman arrived at the camp to make a temporary plan to make a bone whistle, tie it to an arrow, and then shoot it from the mountain forest to the water's edge? Do you think it's credible?" The sage's eyes swept across the ministers, and he had an air of calm and prestige.

The civil and military officials looked at each other, feeling inappropriate no matter what they thought.

"Gu Qing, I heard that the person who hit the arrow was that Bai Kou from yesterday?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it was Bai Kou. Fortunately, she was not injured. She was washing the pot by the water at that time. The arrow just stuck in the bottom of the pot impartially, and the force it brought pushed her into the water. She is now tidying up. "Gu Yun'an quickly explained.

"Then Bai Kou is Bai Yehong's granddaughter?"

"Exactly, Your Majesty, is the youngest granddaughter of Bai Yehong, who was exempted from exile that year."

"She is worthy of being a descendant of the Bai family, with amazing talent, and her cooking skills are better than her men. At her age, the men of her family are still practicing basic skills at home. I don't know who will have the opportunity to enter the imperial kitchen in the future. It's a pity that none of the current imperial chefs in the kitchen can reach their heights, they are all a bunch of waste."

All the ministers listened silently, not daring to interrupt rashly.

The emperor motioned to Eunuch Huang to take the half arrow from the Minister of War and play with it in his hand.

"Gu Aiqing, today's matter seems to be difficult to make a decision. That girl Bai Kou is doomed to suffer in vain. When she packs up, ask an imperial doctor to show her and prescribe a few medicines. Then I will reward you with something." Shock her."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Gu Yun."

"The minister is here." Gu Yun stepped forward to salute. As a registered eldest son, even if he has no official position, he is still a minister in front of the saint.

"Your camp is by the water. Comparatively speaking, it is closer to the pier than to the mountain. In the case of strong winds on the water surface, the arrows shot from there can fall within the range of your camp. From this distance alone It has been shown that he is quite a master of archery, but the difficulty is that we don't know the motive of this arrow flying out, whether it was intentional or unintentional, this matter has become a case without a head, please comfort yourself Brother, tell them not to make trouble."

"Yes, I obey the order."

The saint looked at the tip of the arrow again, and it was scrapped because it pierced through the bottom of the pot, so it had to be melted and recast.

"The pot is made of cast iron, but it was pierced by an ordinary arrow. I really want to see such a master of archery. It would be great if every soldier in our army had this archery skill."

After the sage sighed, he suddenly turned his wrist, and the broken arrow flew out as if re-winding. With a sound of "Du", it landed next to the broken pot, piercing the carpet and the underlayment. It was completely submerged, and only half of the arrow shaft was trembling slightly.

Seeing this, the civil and military officials hurriedly saluted together, saying "Your Majesty, calm down".

The saint, who was in a bad mood, retreated from the group of officials, got up and went back to his tent, leaving all the civil and military officials staring at each other, and in the end he could only go back to his camp first. Some things are still waiting for the end of the winter hunting to return to the capital. Besides.

After listening to the news from the palace people, Queen Ye learned that Bai Kou suffered a loss, but fortunately she was not injured. She also felt that although this little girl was unlucky and made people feel sympathetic, her luck was also unusually good, so she sent the people around her to send her to her. Giving something to Mrs. Gu is considered condolences.

In Concubine Zhao Xian's tent, the atmosphere was tense, Concubine Xian seemed to be lying quietly on the couch, but the handkerchief in her hand was twisted and twisted.

She couldn't figure out what the purpose of the arrow was. The only thing she could be sure of was that it was not her order. No matter how impulsive she was, it would be impossible to assassinate Bai Kou here. Just enjoy life, far from urgent enough to have to kill her now.

During the winter hunting period, a murder case happened in front of the eyes of the saint. Isn't that tired of life?

Bai Kou has been widely known, and killing her has to be done like an ordinary accident, but it's not that she died so differently.

"Is there any response in the tent over there?" Concubine Zhao Xian finally threw away the poor handkerchief, and asked her confidant old slave, her dowry old maid Kong Chun'er in a low voice.

"Just sent someone to deliver condolences to Mrs. Gu."

"Hurry up, we can't fall behind and send some things. Although this matter has nothing to do with us, we can't let idlers have the opportunity to gossip about us."

"Yes, the old slave will do it now."

Kong Chun'er bowed and took her leave, took the palace maid to fetch things, and hurriedly sent them to Mrs. Gu.

(End of this chapter)