self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 83

Lin Xing'er: "Gu Yongcheng? Han Zizhang's third apprentice? I was talking about him just now. Although he is not as good as you, his skills are not bad, especially Sichuan cuisine. However, the emperor has ordered that everyone related to Han Zizhang be detained for questioning , he is Han Zizhang's apprentice, so naturally he cannot be spared, if you save him, it will be against the decree."

"How is that good?"

"Don't worry, don't worry, let me think about it, by the way, as long as he is not Han Zizhang's apprentice, it will be easy."

An Ran's eyes lit up: "Actually, he wasn't considered Han Zizhang's apprentice. He came out of Shu, and if he didn't attach himself to Han Zizhang, he wouldn't be able to gain a foothold in the kitchen business."

Lin Xing'er nodded: "Even so, you'd better not show up in this matter, just let this kid, what's your name?"

Liu Xi'er hurriedly said: "Little Liu Xi'er pays respects to father-in-law."

But I can't help but wonder in my heart, even though I'm a father-in-law, I'm still half a man, isn't my wife a little too close to this man? Moreover, the most strange thing is that the old man who has always loved food the most, now he is far away from him. It's too generous to go out, since the elders are like this, I can't jump out as a servant, but I really admire this one in my heart, it's really courageous to snatch food from their elders.

Lin Xing'er glanced at him: "Put away your useless thoughts, when An Ran and I got better together, your old man didn't know where he was, so go out and tell Gu Yongcheng's uncle to visit him in the prison." Gu Yongcheng, as long as Gu Yongcheng does not admit that he is Han Zizhang's apprentice, he can save him, and tell him not to go to An's mansion to kneel down for help in such a big way in the future. Master An is not an official, and An Ran is just a cook. It’s not right to deal with the imperial court.”

Liu Xi'er complied and went.

An Ran: "What if I go out to meet him?"

Lin Xing'er nodded her: "You have worn this once, why are you still so stupid, you used to be as stupid as you could be, and with your status in the family, no one would dare to plot against you, but what is this? , the feudal dynasty, the patriarchal society, don't look at this Beijing, everyone is like a dog, there are not many good people from top to bottom, so they don't have the intention of harming others, but they must guard against others.

Don't even think about it, why Jiang Yu came to you, although Gu Yongcheng is Han Zizhang's apprentice, these days he is the private cook in Guo Zishan's residence, Guo Zishan must be at a loss what to do, so he sent him to you. "

An Ran sighed: "Although Han Zizhang is hateful, his apprentices are not all evil people, many of them are like Gu Yongcheng, they just want to find a backer to make a living."

Lin Xing'er disagreed: "They got benefits from following Han Zizhang before, and now they deserve to be imprisoned with Han Zizhang. You must know that any speculation is risky, so I can only admit that I am unlucky, and I have to blame my luck for being on the wrong team." Jia, in fact, what the emperor wants to deal with is not Han Zizhang, but the Queen Mother, who made Han Zizhang the Queen Mother's pawn, hugging grass and beating rabbits, who caught up with who, who was picked out without mentioning it, let alone this, What good food did you make for me, bring it up quickly and let me satisfy my hunger."

An Ran smiled: "How about the spicy pot?"

But Lin Xing'er shook her head: "Without Sichuan spice red oil, how can this spicy pot be authentic."

An Ran: "Try it and you'll know."

As soon as Gouzi brought the pot in, Lin Xing'er couldn't help but took a deep breath: "That's the smell, it smells authentic, where did you get the spices?"

An Ran's eyes softened: "It's An Jiamu."

The mention of An Jiamu almost turned off her appetite, but Lin Xing'er simply stopped mentioning it and just focused on eating.

Putting the pot on the charcoal fire, gurgling the boiling red soup, it was fragrant and spicy, the two of them seemed to have returned to the time when they were in college, although they both wanted to take over the family business, they did not give up their studies, Lin Xing My son went to medical school to study clinical medicine, and he chose food nutrition, hoping to gain more knowledge about food ingredients. The two did not miss the inevitable experience of life just because they became famous at a young age.

Although the two schools are far apart, it is fortunate that it is a city. There is a well-known spicy pot in the middle of the two schools. The two meet there on weekends and have a big meal.

And every time, Lin Xing would pick and choose and say that the bottom of the pot is not authentic, the dipping sauce tastes wrong, etc. Later, when she returned to the old house and ate spicy pot, she would do it safely. Now eating this is very familiar The smell, as if going back to the past, that period was not a carefree but wonderful day.

After finishing the spicy pot, Shunzi brought a pot of tea and poured two cups. Lin Xing took a sip and nodded, then glanced at Shunzi: "This is mint tea."

Shunzi: "Well, the master has taught us that a cook must know how to match, whether it is meat or vegetable dishes, soup or porridge, or even the wine or tea, they must be properly matched."

Lin Xing smiled, and said to An Ran: "Look at how serious you are, this little apprentice, it reminds me of you when you were young, and you were also like this, like a serious little old lady."

Shunzi looked at Lin Xinger with some doubts, and said to herself, when Master was young?Could it be that the father-in-law knew the master when he was a child?The two are childhood sweethearts?how is this possible?

An Ran coughed: "Only by being serious about the details can one become a competent cook." Remembering the master asking Gou Zi: "Can the master and sir eat?"

Gouzi nodded: "Mr. Mei said that the broken gold rice made by the master yesterday aroused the greedy, and the uncle made it. Mr. Mei said that the uncle's cooking is not as good as the master's, so he told the uncle to follow the master. Study hard."

An Ran shook her head and laughed, Gao Bingyi's culinary skills are now hard to come by, but Mr. Mei can still pick out the thorns, it is really difficult to take care of him, but he remembered something, and pulled Lin Xing'er: "By the way, hurry up with me Look at the master's wrist. It was broken during the competition with Han Zizhang six years ago. Although it was connected later, it still couldn't make it work, and I couldn't use it anymore. At that time, I thought, it would be great if you were here. Here we come." As he spoke, he dragged Lin Xing'er into the guest courtyard.

Mr. Lin was taken aback when he saw Lin Xing'er. Although at the palace banquet yesterday, he saw that the emperor and Eunuch Lin seemed to know An Ran. When you come to Anfu, you are still so close to this girl, she looks like a sister?

Mr. Mei shook his head secretly, what was he thinking, how could this eunuch be a sister?

Lin Xing'er's identity is really hard to explain, this fake eunuch's identity can't be found out, if it is found out, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor, An Ran still said that she is a fellow, although this fellow is a little untenable, it is better than exposing .

An Ran also deliberately avoided mentioning Lin Xing'er's identity, only said that she knows medical skills, and let her see the master's wrist.

Mr. Zheng shook his head: "Don't look at it, now that there is a girl like you, the kitchen business will be at peace. What does it matter if the master doesn't work on the stove?"

As a cook, no matter how old he is, he still has an inexplicable attachment to cooking, especially for a top chef like the master.

An Ran knew in her heart that Master just felt that there was no hope. After all, six years had passed, and she was still a genius doctor back then, so how could she believe Lin Xing'er, who looked fifteen or sixteen: "Master, just treat it as An Ran. Just let her take a look, if it doesn't work, An Ran will never bring up this matter again."

Mr. Mei: "You are really old man, this is the filial piety of girl An Ran, you don't want to accept the filial piety of your apprentice, don't you think about the old man, I haven't eaten your broken gold rice for many years, Gao Bingyi made it, What girl An Ran does is passable, but it’s not as good as what you, an old man, do.”

This sentence made the old man laugh. He took a look at Lin Xing'er, who looked younger than An Ran. How could such a young eunuch be better than those imperial doctors?

But suddenly remembered that An Ran just said that this kid is her fellow villager?He knew the origin of An Ran, so could it be that this kid is also... Suddenly there was some hope in his heart, if he was a fellow of girl An Ran, maybe he could really heal his hand, thinking of this, he stretched out his wrist.

Lin Xing'er pinched his wrist, touched it twice, and said, "The bone joint is not bad, but it's not fixed, and it has become abnormal after a long time, and the joint is somewhat deformed." She pinched the joint hard , the old man gasped in pain.

An Ran said anxiously: "Just tell me if you can cure my master."

Lin Xing'er gave her a blank look: "There is no disease in this world that I can't cure."

Gouzi and Shunzi glanced at each other, and said to themselves, Master, a fellow townsman, really dares to speak.

Mr. Mei became excited: "You mean old man Zheng's wrist can be cured?"

Lin Xing nodded: "If I was the one who set the bone when it was broken, the old man's hand would have been healed long ago. Why would we have to wait six years, but now it would take some trouble."

After taking a look at An Ran, An Ran hurriedly pushed the dog to get a pen and paper.

Gouzi ran out in a hurry, and after a while, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were all placed on the table. Lin Xing'er didn't even need to think about it, she picked up the pen and started to write the prescription.

Putting down the pen, Mr. Mei couldn't help but praised: "Good handwriting, it's much better than An Ran girl."

Lin Xing'er curled her lips: "Sir, it's an insult to me to compare my handwriting with this girl's. This girl's handwriting is almost the same as that of a spider crawling. It's just her name, and her handwriting is acceptable. "

An Ran blushed and glared at her, and everyone present laughed.

But Mr. Mei said: "This is true. I saw this girl's signature that day, and I really scared the old man. I only found out later..." After speaking, he glanced at Gouzi Shunzi, paused for a while and said with a smile: "If you want to talk about An Ran The girl is a cook, if she knows how to cook, it doesn't matter if her handwriting is good or bad."

Everyone laughed, but An Ran didn't care. What's wrong with the ugly handwriting? That's right here, there are still a few writers in modern times. They took Lin Xing'er's prescription and scanned it, and handed it to Gouzi: " You go to Anhetang to get the medicine, tell the clerk at the pharmacy that it’s for external application, remember to bring the prescription back.”

Gouzi responded and went away, and after a while, Gouzi came back, holding the prepared ointment in his hand. An Hetang is quite good at doing business. I don’t know how much work it takes to cook again when I come back.

When the medicine came, Lin Xing'er looked at the old man: "You have to be patient, your wrist is a bit out of place, I have to straighten the bones so that the medicine can be applied, otherwise, your wrist will not be good in another 100 years. "

Mr. Zheng really believed it now. If she could not be cured, she would not dare to say so. He nodded: "You are right, I can bear this pain..." The old man was talking when he suddenly heard a click One sound.

Except for An Ran, everyone's expressions changed, and then there was another click... Then Lin Xing'er said: "Okay, the medicine is fixed with a splint, and the muscles and bones have been injured for a hundred days. In the past three months, the old man Just bear with it, as long as the old man does what I say, after three months, I guarantee that your wrist will be back to normal."

Everyone gave her this marvelous bone-setting technique, and no one spoke for a long time. After a while, Gao Bingyi said: "That is to say, the old man will be able to go to the stove in three months."

Lin Xing nodded.

An Ran excitedly said: "Great, master, did you hear that, you can go to the stove now."

Even though he has experienced the wind and rain, the old man is not aware of the joy in his heart. For a cook, if he can't cook, he has no hope. Even in his old age, he still doesn't want to give up the craft he has worked for all his life. After all, he is a cook.

After the master's hand was healed, Lin Xing'er instructed how to change the dressing, how to exercise the finger joints, and what to pay attention to. Then she followed An Ran out of the guest house and returned to An Ran's place, but she saw the maid adding incense to the incense burner, Probably to dispel the strong spicy smell in the house.

When the maid left, Lin Xing'er walked over, slapped her hands a few times, frowned, took her own teacup, lifted the lid of the incense burner, and poured it directly.

An Ran was taken aback: "What are you doing, the incense burner hired you."

Lin Xing'er didn't answer her, but reached in and twirled some incense ash in the incense burner, smelled it, walked to the window and looked at Liang'er carefully, her expression changed a few times, and she looked at An Ran: "This How long have you been using incense?"

An Ran shook her head: "I'm a cook, so I can't use perfume. Naturally, I don't like this fragrance very much. It's just that the maid occasionally smokes the house."

Smoked house?Lin Xing'er sneered: "I'm afraid it's more like a scent." As she spoke, she glared at An Ran: "You girl is really big, and you are still confused after following other people's tricks. Do you know what is in this incense? There are spiritual herbs here."

An Ran was stunned for a moment: "What is Spirit Herb?"

"You are really confused. The spirit herb is Linglingxiang. It is a herb used to make incense in ancient times. It is pungent, warm and non-toxic. It enters the Taiyin and Yangming meridians. It is mainly used to treat typhoid fever, colds and headaches, fullness of the chest and abdomen, and lower benefit. Nocturnal emission, nasal congestion, toothache and other symptoms."

An Ran said doubtfully, "It sounds good."

Lin Xing'er rolled her eyes: "It's good, but there is an important taboo, pregnant women, do you understand what it means? That is to say, this thing has the effect of contraception, even if it is non-toxic, it can be used for a long time, unless you are pregnant. Luo Zhenxian descends to earth, otherwise, you will never even think about having children in this life."

As soon as Lin Xing'er finished speaking, An Jiamu walked in with a gloomy face. His face looked calm, but the storm in his eyes made anyone tremble when he saw it. He walked up to Lin Xing'er: "You just said Seriously?"

Yue Jintang, who followed behind for dinner, was also extremely shocked. No one knew better than him that An Jiamu wanted more children, especially after marrying the girl An Ran, he was even more bewildered, wishing An Ran would give birth to him immediately. Wo, now I found out that there was someone who deliberately didn't want An Ran to conceive, how could he not be angry, this person's thoughts were really vicious, he wanted An Jiamu to kill off his children and grandchildren, who on earth had the guts?

After thinking about it for a while, Yue Jintang couldn't help feeling terrified, could it be An Shilang's wife, Mrs. Xie?Apart from her, I really can't think of anyone who would do this. After all, if An Ran is still unable to have children, the first wife of the An family will definitely adopt the nephew of the second wife. If this is the case, the entire family property of the An family will fall into the hands of Mrs. Xie in the future. Yet.

It's just that, although An Jiamu's uncle is a bit domineering, he is extremely generous. He has never treated Mrs. Xie badly. Why is he so vicious? Moreover, he even came up with such a sinister trick, but this housework is the most troublesome. Outsiders are not easy to get involved, and wanted to avoid it, but saw that the dead eunuch had no intention of leaving at all, instead he looked at An Jiamu with a questioning look: "If you don't believe me, find a doctor and let them see The ashes in your censer are."

An Jiamu's face was gloomy: "This is my Anfu's housework, it's better for the two of you to avoid it."

"Housework? Do you think anyone cares about your housework? It's not about An Ran, who cares whether your family will be extinct or not." Lin Xing'er's words were not polite at all.

An Jiamu looked at her coldly, Lin Xing'er didn't dare to show weakness, she said in her heart that she was bigger than her eyes, could I still lose to you, the two of you glared at me and I glared at you, their eyes were like enemies.

Seeing that An Ran didn't like it, she hurriedly teased An Jiamu.

An Jiamu looked down at his little daughter-in-law, and he couldn't tell whether it was anger or sadness, but in the end it turned into guilt. After all, he was negligent and failed to protect her.

Yue Jintang hurriedly took the opportunity to tell Lin Xing'er: "Eunuch Lin has been out for quite some time, if he doesn't return to the palace, he is afraid that the emperor will punish him."

An Ran also nodded: "The errands in the palace should not be ignored, you go back first, the future will be long, there will always be a day to meet each other."

Lin Xing'er naturally also knew that she couldn't stay outside for too long, and she ran out today while the emperor was busy with Liu Hai's affairs, and now she might be looking for herself after finishing her work: "Then I'll go back to the palace first, turn around I'll come to you again." After saying this, he went back to the palace, but still checked the inside and outside of the house, and found nothing, so he followed Yue Jintang out of Anfu.

As soon as Lin Xing'er and Yue Jintang walked away, An Jiamu called An Yuan and Liu Xi'er over.

When An Yuan and Liu Xi'er saw the expression on the Elder's face, they knew that something serious had happened, and they couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

An Jiamu glanced at the two of them: "I called you here today because I have something to clarify. Anping, go and get the incense from the warehouse."

Anping: "How much?"

"Take as much as you have." Suddenly remembered something: "Anshun, go back to Jizhou quickly, and transport all the incense from the mansion over there to Beijing."

Anshun Anping has been following the old man, so he naturally knew what happened just now. Hearing the old man's order, he couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart. Could it be that the old man suspected that the incense in the mansion had been tampered with. No wonder for so many years, the people in the mansion None of the wives and concubines are pregnant, but there are many people outside, privately saying that the old man did some wicked things to kill off children and grandchildren, saying that it was God's will, but it turned out that God's will was artificial.

If these incenses are really tampered with, there is only one person, Mrs. Xie. When Xie married from her natal family, she accompanied a spice shop. To close the shop, it was Mrs. Xie who begged the elder with a shy face, and just now gave the expenses of the mansion to Mrs. Xie's spice shop, and helped to win a lot of business.

Therefore, all the spices used in the Anfu come from Xie's spice shop. It is so obvious that you can know it with your heels. Is there anyone else except Xie? It is true that you know people and face but don't know the heart. When her natal family had a virtuous reputation, the eldest master agreed to marry the second master. He wanted to marry a virtuous wife, but he turned out to be a poisonous woman.

Not to mention that Anshun hurried back to Jizhou, but here, Anping followed Liu Xier and moved all the spices stored in the warehouse to the upper room.

An Jiamu asked An Yuan to invite six doctors back, and asked them to identify the incense one by one without saying anything.

Although the six doctors didn't know what they were asked to do to identify these spices, they knew that the elder of the An family was a living god of wealth, and he was extremely generous. No matter what he was asked to do, money would definitely be indispensable. The ingredients and their functions are detailed one by one.

But he never forgot to say a word: "Although these incenses are precious, they are not suitable for lighting in bedrooms, because there are either tonka or musk in them. Pregnant, therefore, it is best not to use it in the dormitory."

An Jiamu pointed to several kinds of spices beside him: "Do you see these two kinds of things?"

Several doctors carefully identified them for a long while, then shook their heads: "These types do not contain tonka and musk, but some spices that warm the palace and dispel cold, which are very good for women." Looking up, Master An's face was ashen, The frightened doctors thought they had said something wrong, and all of them could not help but shrink back.

It wasn't until An Jiamu rewarded Liu Xi'er with the money and asked Liu Xi'er to send them out. Once the heavy reward was received and they left the inner courtyard, Fang heaved a sigh of relief. Those who were gossip whispered to Liu Xi'er: "Master Steward, how dare the mansion come out today?" What happened? How did we invite so many of our doctors to identify fragrant medicines? This is common in other mansions, but it’s just wives and concubines competing for favor.”

A Langzhong next to him shook his head: "This is nonsense. Now we in Dayan don't know that Mr. An has dispersed all the concubines in the mansion just to marry the current Da Furen. There are no concubines competing for favor in this mansion."

The doctor said: "It's hard to say, no concubine does not mean no women, especially for a nobleman like Mr. An, it is not uncommon to have a few housewives, if it can't be done, then..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Xi'er interrupted angrily: "You are here to tell the story, it is in someone else's house, and our house has only the eldest lady and the mistress, not to mention the housekeeper, even the servants are serving. "

"That is to say, the eldest lady is now the number one chef in the world personally sealed by the emperor. Even if someone dared to murder the eldest lady, wouldn't she rush to seek death? What's more, which girl has such a great ability to cook the incense in the house?" They all moved their hands and feet..."

Liu Xi'er's face turned serious: "I advise you all to keep your mouths shut. If you talk nonsense, the money in your hands will fly away. It's not good for you if it spreads to the ears of our elders."

A few people hurriedly shut their mouths and didn't dare to say a word. After all, compared with gossip, money is more important. Which one of the wealthy compound is not like this, it's not surprising.

After sending the doctor away, An Jiamu ordered the door to be closed tightly, and asked An Yuan to go to the mansion over there to invite Jiayan and his wife over.

An Ran also knew that this matter could not be kind. No matter how kind-hearted she was, she was not a bad person. When she thought of a person like Mrs. Xie who had been plotting to harm her for many years, she felt chills all over her body. She really complied with that sentence, It is impossible to defend against someone who can harm someone for a thousand days, especially since Mrs. Xie is Jiayan's wife and a family member.

When An Yuan arrived at the Shilang's mansion, he first went to find Jiayan, and said that the elder master invited the second master, Mrs. Xie, to discuss important matters.

When An Jiayan heard Mrs. Xie, her heart skipped a beat: "But Mrs. Xie is looking for trouble for my sister-in-law again?"

An Yuan sighed in his heart, if only he was looking for trouble, what Xie did before is nothing compared to this matter. Now that it's been found out, how can Mrs. Xie be the wife of the second house owner of the An Mansion in peace and stability.

What's more, this also involves the matter of the old year. Now that I think about it, the two elder ladies gave birth to two young masters. Although the two young masters did not live together, they were all after Mrs. Xie's marriage. Well, if you think about it further, the two young masters are very sick. After that, none of the aunts in the mansion have ever conceived a child.

Counting the years, it is the only thing that has happened since Mrs. Xie entered the door. If it weren't for the discovery of spices today, no one would think about it. After all, she is also Mrs. Xie, especially from a famous family How can you be so vicious, noble lady.

Now I know that this person really can't tell his background, Madam Xie came from a famous family, this narrow-minded person can't even tolerate the heirs of the eldest son, and look at their eldest wife, even though she was born as a girl, she can do such a thing , people can't find anything wrong, even the emperor praised her generosity, it can be seen that this background has nothing to do with temperament, in the final analysis it is just a greedy word.

It's been too long to eat, drink, and get used to it. I think it's due. Not only can't drink water, but I'm thinking about the entire An family's property. His wife, it would be an advantage for her to go back to her mother's house.

However, these are the master's housework after all, and I can't get involved as a servant, so I hurriedly said: "The elder master didn't say anything, I just asked the younger master to invite the second master and Mrs. Xie to come over."

An Jiayan nodded in silence for a long time, and ordered the people in front of him to call Mrs. Xie.

Not long after, Mrs. Xie came, followed by two young masters, Haosi Haoyu.

An Yuan's eyes flashed and he said hastily: "The Eldest Master said that he wanted to discuss a serious matter, so he specifically asked the two young masters not to come over."

Mrs. Xie was taken aback. Originally, she wanted to use her two sons to win over her husband. By the way, for the sake of the two nephews, An Jiamu could return the right of housekeeper to herself. , wouldn't it really be a display, who would take her seriously.

No, An Yuan refused to let the two sons go, and said: "Hao Si Haoyu has been clamoring to see their uncle, so let them go and stay with them for a while, and then send them back. It doesn't hinder us from discussing business matters."

An Yuan bowed slightly, with an unusually serious face: "The Eldest Master has made this intentional, and I dare not disobey it. I hope Mrs. Xie will understand."

However, the more An Jiayan listened, the more he felt something was wrong. It had been many years since his elder brother had asked him to discuss matters in such a serious manner, even when he was helping him to seek justice. In addition, what An Yuan said to Mrs. Xie, An Jia Yan guessed that there are eight out of ten, and nine are inseparable from the Xie family.

An Jiayan's face darkened, and he ordered the child's nanny to take the child back.

Seeing the master's complexion, the nanny dared not be negligent, and hurriedly led the two young masters back to the house. Before leaving, she did not forget to take a sneak peek at the madam. The madam's thoughts are useless. The master doesn't like the madam no matter what she sees now. Ah, these days they are all sleeping in the concubine's room, and they haven't even entered the main room.

Speaking of it, I also blame my wife for not being able to understand. I know that the old man loves the new wife, but I have to rush to embarrass her. I don’t even think about it. The food, clothing, and use of you, the servant lady, are all earned by the old man. Ma'am, this is kindness, if you are not kind, just blow a few words in the ears of the old man, this family is divided, Mrs. Xie still expects to live a comfortable life today, dream about it, no matter how noble your background is, you can't match it There is money in it, so it makes you happy, so the most important thing for this person is to understand.

Not to mention what the nanny was thinking, let's talk about An Jiayan, the couple entered the inner courtyard of the An Mansion one after the other, and as soon as they entered the house, seeing the fragrant medicines piled on the table, Xie staggered and nearly fell to the ground, his face turned pale.

An Jiayan frowned slightly, but still stretched out his hand to help her. This action fell into An Ran's eyes, and she couldn't help shaking her head and sighing. After all, they have been husband and wife for many years. The relationship between husband and wife, but, I don't know if Jiayan will care about the relationship between husband and wife if he knows these things that Mrs. Xie has done.

Seeing the spices piled up on the table, An Jiayan couldn't help being stunned: "Where do you get so many spices? Could it be that brother wants to open a spice shop?"

An Jiamu didn't look at Mrs. Xie, and didn't answer his younger brother's words. Instead, he stood up and walked to the table and said, "This is the spice from my younger sibling's shop. This shop was originally sent by my younger sibling's natal family. Due to poor management a few years ago, Almost unable to hold on, my younger siblings came to ask me for help, and I introduced a few customers for her, and even allocated the distribution of incense used in the Anfu to my younger siblings, so all the incense used in the mansion came from my younger siblings I have ignored the spice shop for so many years, and only now do I know that there is a big secret hidden in this spice shop."

An Jiayan's face suddenly changed, and he looked at Xie in disbelief: "What did you do?"

Mrs. Xie knew in her heart that she could only insist that she didn't know the matter up to now, so she tried her best to gather herself together and said softly: "What does uncle mean by this? Mrs. Xie can't understand. Could it be that there is something wrong with this incense? I have repeatedly told the shop to make it The steward of incense, the incense in our mansion must be meticulously prepared, but I am always in the mansion and rarely go to the shop to watch, I think they are lazy and negligent, and I will punish them when I come back."

An Jiamu smiled, but the smile was a bit cold: "What a virtuous and virtuous daughter of the Xie family, she still wants to push the matter to others when it comes to an end. Someone, call Xie Lai in."

Xie's complexion was even paler, Xie Lai has been working in the shop, he is the Xie family member, and also the manager of the incense making shop, his own spice formulas are prepared by him, now Xie Lai has been brought here, if he I said it all, what should I do, never thought that such a secret thing would be discovered by others, the more I thought about it, the more flustered I was, twisting the handkerchief in my hand tightly, my heart was beating wildly in panic.

Xie Lai came in and saw the battle, his legs went limp, and he knelt down on the ground: "Slave, thank you for coming to the great master and madam, Miss and uncle, please be well." His voice trembled violently.

An Jiamu glanced at him: "Anping and your lady have already told me the purpose of coming to see you today. These spices are all made by you. I think you know a lot about these spices, so I will tell you about them." Let me ask you, what is in this incense? What is its function? To be honest, maybe you can still live, if there is a half-truth, even if you are a servant of the Xie family, the Lord will let you die without a place to bury you." An Jia Mu's voice seemed to come from hell.

Xie Lai shivered in fright, almost peed his pants, glanced at Mrs. Xie, and said stammeringly: "That soothes the nerves, clears the senses... the rest, I don't know, I don't know how to make incense, it's our lady I wrote the formula, and the servants compared it to the buddy to make it."

An Jiamu: "You are really protecting the master. My master told you that there are two things in these incenses, one is tonka and the other is musk. Although these two spices are the raw materials for making incense, they have a common taboo. , people who are pregnant must stay away, if it is stained, there are eight out of ten or nine out of ten chances of miscarriage, if it is used in the dormitory, after a long time, even if Da Luo Zhenxian comes, don't even think about having an offspring."

When An Jiamu said a word, An Jiayan was stupefied, with no trace of blood on his face, he looked straight at Xie, pointed at her for a long time and said: "I, my An family can't help you. My big brother is dead."

Mrs. Xie gritted her teeth: "I am wronged. Although I have written the formula for making incense, I have only learned some superficial knowledge in my natal family. Although I like to make incense, I don't know the properties of medicine. What's more, I married into the Anjia, uncle did not treat mother badly at all, how could mother do such unconscionable things."

An Jiamu nodded: "You push it cleanly, but since you turned it out today, I'm afraid you won't be able to evade it, and since you said you don't know, why don't you use this incense in your own room, except for your room, even the servant's mansion In the rooms of the two concubines, incense balls mixed with musk are used. You are afraid that it will be useless. Knowing that Jiayan has been staying in the rooms of the two concubines these few days, you specially bought the maid who cleaned the house to put more incense into the incense burner. Tianxiangwan, bring that woman in."

As soon as An Jiamu finished speaking, Liu Xier dragged a woman in from outside and threw her on the ground.

The woman kept kowtowing: "This old slave really doesn't know anything. It was the madam who gave this old slave this silver hairpin. The old slave didn't dare to take it, but I heard from the madam that the old slave was just letting the old slave clean up the house." At that time, I added more fragrant pancakes to the two aunts' houses, thinking that it was not a big deal, so I was greedy for money, and the old slave didn't know anything..."

An Jiayan stood up and walked up to her: "Where's the hairpin?"

The old lady hurriedly took it out of her arms trembling. An Jiayan looked at the silver hairpin and swayed her body a few times. If there was a trace of suspicion before, but now she is convinced that the hairpin belongs to Mrs. Xie. I have seen her wear it several times.

An Jiayan walked up to Mrs. Xie step by step, and handed the hairpin to her: "What else do you have to say?"

Mrs. Xie suddenly raised her head and stared at him for a long time: "So what, my mother taught me since I was a child that being kind to others is being cruel to yourself. Those women are vixens, they are lowly and humble, what qualifications do they have to give birth to the master?" My child, only Haosi Haoyu is the only heir of the master." His eyes were a little confused...

An Jiayan looked at her for a long time: "It's fine for you to treat them like this, but why did you want to kill my elder brother? Now that things have happened, do you still want to deny it?"

But Mrs. Xie suddenly laughed, a very creepy smile, grabbed An Jiayan, and said in a low voice: "Master, I am all for our Haosi Haoyu, you don't even think about it, just rely on the salary of the master. How can there be a comfortable life in Haosi Haoyu in the future."

An Jiamu looked at her in disbelief: "Just for the sake of the family property, you are here to deliberately kill my elder brother's queen, how could I marry such a poisonous woman like you?"

"I, I'm not a poisonous woman, I'm here for my son, for Haosi Haoyu..." Xie's eyes became more and more flustered, and his mouth began to speak nonsense.

An Jiayan was so angry that she slapped her across the face: "You are not allowed to mention Haosi Haoyu, they have a vicious mother like you, they will never be able to hold their heads up in this lifetime."

Taking two deep breaths, pointing at her, he said, "Elder brother is like father, and elder sister-in-law is like mother. You hurt your parents because you are unfilial, and you hurt the concubines in the inner courtyard, so that they have no children. It is because you are jealous and mess up the family. But telling the truth to embarrass the eldest sister-in-law and alienate our brothers is to talk too much and divorce. You have committed the third crime. I don’t have such a vicious woman in my family. Today I will divorce you and thank you Home……"

(End of this chapter)