self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 97

The colorful crystal bowl is a beginner’s snack. It is not difficult to make, but it is relatively trivial. Heat water, boil, add starch and clear noodles, scald it, pour it out and knead until it is pure and smooth, cut it into small dough, press it thin, and then keep it spare.

The stuffing is relatively complicated and trivial, such as celery, shrimp, mushroom, cloud fungus, pork, etc., chopped evenly and seasoned, wrapped in dough, tightened and shaped, put into a mold with a small round lid, steamed in a cage for about half a minute It will be out of the pot in a few minutes, crystal clear and delicious.

An Ran tasted one, and the taste was just right, so she asked the maid in front of her to deliver it to Haosi Haoyu, the two little ones just came back from Zhuangzi, they must be feeling sad at the moment, hope this snack can comfort them a little.

As soon as the maid left, An Yuan came to discuss the wedding banquet with her, and asked her how to arrange the table. An Yuan just remembered this matter today. Although the elegant house is big, most of the places are Jinger, or The hall where things are placed, the place where you really eat, there are only ten tables full of noodles.

Now, the Guangshang Shufu issued no fewer than one hundred wedding invitations, ten tables for ten people, and this was just the natal family, counting all the relatives and friends of An's family, there would be forty tables.

If the Anji restaurant is okay, the lobby on the left and right sides is big, and a few more tables can be placed.

However, having said that, if it was really a wedding banquet in Anji, there probably wouldn't be so many people desperately coming to join in the fun. Most of these people came for Yashe, and they wished they could go in and see what the emperor called the most beautiful place in the world. Delicacy, what kind of taste is it?
Almost all the senior officials of the fourth rank and above in the imperial court had to come with their families, so that the wedding banquet became the biggest trouble.

Hearing what he said, An Ran couldn't help laughing: "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way, no need to set up tables, just let them sit where they want."

An Yuan was stunned, he had never seen such a wedding banquet before, and hurriedly said: "Ma'am, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, there are such people."

An Ran shook her head: "Don't worry, if you come so many, Ya She will be able to recruit you."

An Yuan believes that he has been to Yashe more than once. Although there are not many places to eat, there are many open spaces, especially Yashe was the mansion of Xiaoyao County King, and there is a big artificial lake in the mansion. His Highness thought that the field of vision was not wide enough, so he demolished several courtyards by the lake, and created a large open space. There were no flowers and trees, and no waterside pavilions. Instead, he planted a field of grass, and asked people to level it every once in a while. Don't let the grass grow up.

This incident became a big joke in Beijing at the time, but when the elegant house was completed, everyone who went in would not care about this lawn. It is facing the water, with a wide view and beautiful scenery. There is a layer of green felt blanket, and I feel comfortable looking at it. Could it be that the lady is going to hold a banquet on that grass.

An Yuan's guess was right, An Ran really wanted to hold the wedding banquet on the grass by the lake, since the opening of the elegant house in the capital, An Ran has adopted a more Western-style approach, no matter the dishes or the business model.

Judging from the current hot momentum, the acceptance of these rich people in the capital is quite high. It should be said that people have a mentality of hunting for novelty and early adopters.

Although An Ran is a Chinese cook, he feels that our own cuisine not only has a long history, but also has a profound cultural heritage, and that, in terms of cooking skills, it is far from what Western cooks can compare.

But Anran must also admit the advantages of western food. First of all, it is more particular about the selection and utilization of ingredients than Chinese food. Coupled with the unique way of eating and advanced business philosophy, it has developed rapidly.

Today's top restaurants are a combination of Chinese and Western. There are fewer and fewer purely traditional Chinese restaurants. Even the most ordinary restaurants will have many dishes that are changed from Western dishes, such as vegetable salads and fried fish steaks. Wait, many have the shadow of Western dishes.

The success of Yashe also made Anran more certain that no matter what dynasty, people's acceptance of food is similar. As long as you put your heart into it, as long as the dishes are good enough, you will be successful. After all, dishes are a restaurant. The lifeblood of Yashe is the same.

The difference is that, apart from the dishes, Yashe also pays attention to the comfort level of the customers, as well as the grasp of the psychology of these rich and wealthy. What they want is to be superior, individual and different.

Therefore, even though the price of Yashe is a bit appalling, it still makes these rich people flock to it. They would rather wait for a few months to enter Yasha.

And this wedding banquet is tantamount to advertising Yashe. The Yashe in Beijing is a success. Yue Jintang, who is in the eyes of money, will naturally not be satisfied with it. Most of them are the governors and prefects of other state capitals, who come here especially.

Yue Jintang believes that as long as these country bumpkins come in for a walk and beg him to open an elegant house on their grounds, with the support of these local snakes, it will be much easier to do things by then.

Therefore, I didn't take the loss of one day's business closure at all, and I was quite looking forward to the buffet that An Ran talked about, let alone seeing it when I was so old, I had never heard of it.

But this is not new, as far as An Ran's thoughts are concerned, which of them he has seen before, can't help but become reality one by one, and has accumulated a large amount of wealth in such a short period of time.

Now Yue Jintang, who has a lot of money, never imagined that he would be so worried about one or two thousand silver that he couldn't live for years. With a wink, therefore, for any idea that sounds absurd to An Ran, she will agree with both hands and feet.

So much so that, apart from the opening of Yashe this year, the day of An Jiayan's marriage is the busiest day. From the morning, Yashe has been busy.

An Ran came over early in the morning, commanding the staff to put the long case on, and spread the white tablecloth on it, which was clean and beautiful. The instruments complement each other.

When the guests arrive, the dishes from the back kitchen will start to be served, almost all of which are the most rare delicacies, including all the rare delicacies you can think of. access.

This created a weird scene, from the moment when the guests came in, to the time when they scattered to various long tables to find their favorite delicacies, it was just a flash of magic, which shows that the temptation of delicious food is incomparable.

Moreover, these ancient people soon discovered that this seemingly weird wedding banquet was so thoughtful. Although they had eaten all wedding banquets, they knew in their hearts that any wedding banquet was just a passing scene. It's just mediocre, it's not unpalatable, and it's definitely not close to the delicacy.

The saddest thing is that even if you sit at the same table with your political opponents, you have to greet each other with a smile on your face. Toast, after a wedding banquet, I didn't eat a few mouthfuls of food, but I drank a stomach full of wine, and I had to hold back a smile until the banquet was over before returning home.

Not to mention, you have to spend a lot of money to give a lot of congratulatory gifts. Now the wedding banquet in Anfu is really comfortable to eat, because everyone spreads out, takes the food, sits wherever they want, and arranges freely, so that they don't have to talk to themselves. The opponents are sitting together, even if they meet each other, nod and greet each other, and pass by, they can save being together, and they are awkward with each other.

If you don't want to do it yourself, you can see neatly dressed and thoughtful service guys everywhere, just wave and they will come over to meet all your requirements in the fastest time.

Moreover, An's Mansion said early in the morning that they would not accept gifts. Even though An's family was rich and powerful, I was really relieved. This gift is the most expensive. Now that the emperor says every day that an official must be clean, who would dare to give a big gift? , Isn't it just looking for bad luck?

But for the wedding banquet between An's family and Shangshu's mansion, if the gifts given were too thin, it would be unreasonable. If they were too thick, they were afraid of causing trouble. Now that An's family said they would not accept gifts, they could be regarded as relieved, and everyone ate to their hearts content. , very comfortable.

Seeing this scene, Yue Jintang couldn't help but look at An Ran next to him: "You can think of such an idea about how your head grows. This way, it really saves a lot of trouble. You see, these people are happy "Usually, at someone's wedding banquet, there will always be a few troubles, but now they are happy, and they all rush to eat, everyone is very pleasing to the eye, and, in this way, our elegant house also saves a lot of things."

An Ran glanced at him sideways: "You ask the accountant to calculate the loss of Yashe today, and put it in my account."

Yue Jintang hurriedly said: "That's not what I mean. What are these few silver coins? Is this king such a stingy person?"

An Ran shook her head: "This is not a matter of stinginess, one yard is equal to one yard, Yashe is a business, if you want to do business for a long time, the accounts must be clear, public and private must be clearly distinguished, otherwise, even if the business of Yashe is good now, Sooner or later it will close."

An Jiamu nodded: "An Ran's words are that my brother settles accounts clearly, it's not good to be confused. Besides, today is my brother's wedding banquet, so I can sell it to you."

Yue Jintang let out a laugh, and pointed at the two of them: "You two really wear a pair of trousers, okay, okay, I've become a troublesome person, and I'll settle the accounts later to make sure I don't miss a penny. To this day, I still wonder how old man Guo’s daughter would marry Jiayan willingly to be a child, with old man Guo’s temperament, it’s impossible to agree to this matter no matter what.”

An Ran shook her head: "Although Mr. Guo is old-fashioned and upright, he is an official. Can he treat his daughter the same? In front of her daughter, no matter how tough the parents are, they have to compromise. Besides, if Mannia insists on marrying, if Mr. Guo should not Watching helplessly as my daughter stays at home as an old maid for the rest of her life."

Yue Jintang scratched his head: "It's this king who can't figure it out. This Miss Guo has high vision. Back then, when the capital was very famous, many princes and grandchildren came to ask for marriage and didn't agree, but they want to marry into your family and become young. Isn't it weird?"

An Ran: "What's so strange about this? A marriage of thousands of miles is connected by a thread. Mannia and Jiayan are destined for three lives. Maybe it's the old man in the sky who matches the bridge."

Yue Jintang couldn't help but laugh: "Anyone in this world who says this can be trusted, but you are the only one who said it. It's a big joke. How could you ever believe this?"

An Ran glanced sideways at her husband, and said in a low voice, "I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it even more."

An Jiamu smiled softly: "Ma'am is right."

Yue Jintang touched his arm: "I asked you two, can you watch the occasion, I'm still next to you, if you want to be affectionate, let's go home, it's not kind to provoke me, a loner, like this."

An Jiamu laughed: "Speaking of which, why don't you marry the concubine? I heard that the queen mother is going to be your matchmaker."

Yue Jintang shivered for a while: "Forget it, the queen mother is in a hurry to go to the doctor, her daughter of the royal family has nowhere to go, remembering that my county prince's mansion is here, don't say anything else, just look at the queen mother, her daughter of the royal family It's absolutely impossible, think about it, if you marry a queen mother, what hope does this king have in this life, the wiseness of the late emperor was fooled by the daughter of the Wang family, not to mention this king, speaking of it, the emperor There has never been a prince born in the harem. Could it be that this matter has something to do with the Queen Mother, but there is one thing that this king can't figure out. The emperor has no heirs. , isn’t it strange.”

An Jiamu: "What's so strange about this, the emperor doesn't have a prince, so naturally King Ning can't have one either."

Yue Jintang looked at him in astonishment: "You mean..."

An Jiamu shook his head: "I didn't say anything, I just reminded you to take care of the affairs of your house as soon as possible, and the emperor will send you an errand in a few days."

Yue Jintang's expression became serious: "You mean Jiangnan might change?"

An Jiamu said in his heart, what's the matter? I'm afraid that things have changed now. The emperor is going to run on the Wang family step by step. Isn't he just forcing King Ning to rebel? Next month is the late emperor's Mingshou, the emperor will definitely take this opportunity to summon Ning Wang went to Beijing, if King Ning dared to go to Beijing, he would be a softshell in the urn, if he didn't go to Beijing, the emperor would punish him for disrespect.

Now King Ning's situation is a dead end no matter whether he advances or retreats. The only way to survive is rebellion. In the deadly situation set by the emperor, he cleared up his half-brother, and uprooted the Wang family, leaving the queen mother as an old lady, what else could he do.

An Ran couldn't understand what the two said, but she was worried about Lin Xing'er, and couldn't help asking: "Will Lin Xing'er be in danger?"

Yue Jintang snorted and said happily: "Damn, uh, that guy is so smart, no matter what happens, she can't help her."

Just as he was talking, he suddenly heard a familiar voice: "His Royal Highness, talking about people behind his back is not the work of a gentleman."

An Ran suddenly became happy, turned around, and saw Lin Xing'er walking over there, but the clothes on her body seemed to be different from usual, so she couldn't help pulling her around: "The clothes look better .”

Yue Jintang couldn't help saying: "You've been promoted very quickly, and you'll become the chief steward of the imperial court."

Lin Xing'er glanced at him: "Why does His Highness the Duke of the County have some objections, and if I have any objections to tell the emperor, I'm not willing to do this worrying errand."

Pfft... Yue Jintang pointed at her: "You really got a bargain."

Speaking of this, Lin Xing'er also felt that the emperor had sinister intentions. He knew that he was greedy and lustful, and even promoted his position. Now in the palace, he can walk sideways. Not to mention the eunuchs and guards, they are the empresses of the palaces When she saw her, she had to greet her with a smile, trying to please her. These little days were so smooth that she was a little reluctant to leave.

I can't help wondering if this is the emperor's conspiracy. I can see that I want to slip away, use such sugar-coated shells to corrupt myself, and let myself manage the Guangchu Division. Who knows that the Guangchu Division is the fattest job in the palace.

Now I am in charge of the emperor's internal treasury, not the underwear the emperor wears, but the emperor's own property, gold and silver are nothing, there are all kinds of antique treasures that I have never seen before, every time I go in, there is a deep feeling hatred of the rich.

No wonder everyone wants to be the emperor. To be the emperor not only can do whoever they want, but also the richest master in the world. It is simply the coolest job in the world. So, I don’t have time these few days Went out of the palace to see An Ran, spent every day in the Guang Chu Department, thinking about how to fill his own pockets, get out a few pieces, if he can wear them back in the future, maybe he can bring back one or two pieces, then it will be released.

Only then did An Ran realize that the change of her clothes was due to her promotion, so she hurriedly dragged her aside, and said in a low voice: "Don't tell me you want to recruit your son out of the palace? Why are you becoming the manager again? If this continues, when will Only then can you come out, don’t you really want to be a eunuch for the rest of your life?”

Lin Xing'er curled her lips: "I don't know what I want to be. It's the emperor who doesn't know what to do and insists on giving him a promotion. An Ran, do you think the four words "Hongyun" are engraved on my sister's head? Look! Sister is so lucky that she can become a steward when she is a eunuch, which is much better than a girl like you, and you can still be a cook after all."

An Ran patted her: "Lin Xing'er, you are stupid, this is not the modern age, the person above you is not the boss, but the emperor, if he says a word, let alone be a manager, I'm afraid you won't be able to save your life, let alone, You have also concealed your identity, which in itself is a crime of deceiving the emperor, and deceiving the emperor will result in beheading."

Lin Xing'er waved her hand: "Ah, ah, I know these things well, although this man is not easy to fool, but who am I, I am a man's killer, and it is easy to fool him."

An Ran shook her head: "Don't be careless, the emperor is not those men in the past, to put it bluntly, no matter how bad these men are, they can't kill someone with a single word, not to mention, your identity is a big trouble."

Speaking of this, Lin Xing'er remembered something: "Your man has some skills, let him help you find out later, there is a rich family with the surname Lin in the Jiangnan area. I can also tell that they want to exchange codes with me, and it probably has something to do with this person's life experience, let your man find out, so I can have a spectrum in my heart, so as to save myself from being caught when the time comes."

An Ran nodded: "I'll tell him when I go back today, if I can find someone, then I will know why you were sent to the palace as a eunuch, maybe you can find a way out from here."

While talking here, suddenly saw An Yuan running over in a panic, plopped and knelt on the ground before him: "Master, Mrs., the young master is gone."

An Ran only felt her head buzzing, her eyes darkened, she almost fell down, An Jiamu hurriedly supported her.

An Ran hurriedly said: "Quick, go back quickly."

The couple ignored the guests in the elegant house, walked out of the elegant house quickly, and went to the mansion.

An Ran has long been at a loss, her son is her life, no matter how well-behaved she will be gone.

When Jiayan heard Xin'er, he didn't have the heart to deal with any more wedding banquets, so he handed it over to Yue Jintang, and hurried back. This time when he returned to the mansion, he realized that not only Dudu was gone, but even Haosi was gone.

My heart skipped a beat, if Dudu was taken away by someone in the chaos, Hao Si is so old and so smart, there is no reason to go away with Dudu, Jiayan faintly felt that something was wrong, so she called Haoyu over and asked carefully .

Haoyu cried in fright, but didn't dare to say a word. Even though her son was young, An Jiayan couldn't care less when she got anxious, and slapped the table: "I'm asking you something, why are you crying, tell me quickly, do you know?" Where did your brother go?"

Haoyu trembled in fright, peed her trousers, and Jiayan's face turned livid with anger. It happened that Mannia also ran out of the new house when she heard the letter. Dudu is a child of An's family, who is so bold as to dare to think of them.

Moreover, how could it be possible to get out from the mansion, there must be internal support, otherwise, how did outsiders get in, let alone know that if these two children make a mistake, the days of settling down will not be over.

As soon as he came in, he saw Haoyu kneeling on the ground and crying, his trousers were wet, he hurriedly walked a few steps, picked up the child, and cast a reproachful look at An Jiayan, "The child is young, why do you ask me what's the matter, and speak so harshly?" It scares him."

An Jiayan stared at her in a daze, and couldn't say anything for a while, so she didn't start, and let her carry Haoyu in and change her clothes, and then carried him out again.

Haoyu was stuck in Manniang's arms, and she didn't dare to lift her head. Mannia coaxed him for a while, "Haoyu is good, tell daddy, do you know where brother is?"

Haoyu glanced at Jiayan in fear, and stammered a series of words that didn't make sense. However, An Jiayan heard someone, and couldn't help saying: "You said you have met the aunt? Which one is that?" Aunt?"

Haoyu said in a low voice: "Ji, I'm from Jizhou, auntie, that day my brother and I went to Zhuangzi to visit my mother, and we met..."

After all, I was young, and I didn't understand it after talking for a long time, but An Jiayan understood it. This understanding made my heart go cold. I was sorry for my elder brother, but now if Haosi lures a wolf into the house and takes Dudu away , in case something unexpected happens, how can I face my elder brother.

First, the Xie family almost caused the eldest brother to have no sons and grandchildren. Now the eldest brother has such an heir with great difficulty, but because of Hao Si, thinking of this, he suddenly feels like a knife is twisting his heart.

But a gentle voice said: "Now is not the time to blame yourself. Since I took the child away, I have to get it back as soon as possible. Besides, Hao Si is gone. I heard from my sister-in-law that Hao Si is smart and sensible. It might be better to have him here, what we can do now is to clarify the matter as soon as possible, and know who took the child, since Haosi Haoyu met someone halfway along the way, they certainly won't be the only brothers who know about it."

One sentence reminded Jiayan that in his panic, he forgot even this, and hurriedly called Lao Cai and the boy in front of Haosi Haoyu to come over.

As soon as the three came in, An Jiayan looked at them coldly: "The two young masters went to another courtyard that day, did they meet anyone?"

Only then did the three of them know that the second master was asking about this matter. They naturally knew that young master Dudu and Master Haosi were gone. Now that the two houses are in chaos, the second master is now asking about that day. , could it have something to do with Xing'er who met that day.

Not to mention Master Haosi, Master Dudu is An's baby bump. After so many years of looking forward to having such a one, now that it is gone, it's okay. If he is related to Xing'er, can he fall in love with Hao'er.

Thinking of this, the soul of fear disappeared, and his legs softened and he knelt on the ground: "Back, back to the second master, the youngest was waiting for the two young masters outside the Zhuangzi that day, but later met the steward Xing of the Jizhou mansion. He, He invited the younger one to have a few glasses of wine, the younger one got drunk, then woke up, and came back to the city with the two young masters, then, when the younger one was drunk, he didn't know what else was going on?"

Jiayan looked at the two servants.

The two hurriedly said: "As soon as the two of us followed the young master out of Zhuangzi, we saw that Lao Cai had eaten too much wine. The driver was the steward Xing whom Lao Cai mentioned. The two young masters also knew each other. He said that he was the steward of Anfu in Jizhou. He came to Beijing to help. Seeing that the old man was doing some errands, he didn't have any doubts, and let him drive the car back. No, the wheel broke as soon as we got to the edge of the woods. Manager Xing asked us to go to the nearby Anjiazhuangzi. Looking for a carriage to come over, we were worried about the two young masters, but Master Haosi said it was okay, and ordered us to go, and we will come back when we drive a new carriage."

An Jiayan: "Who else did you meet besides Xing'er?"

The two boys shook their heads together with Lao Cai: "No, no, just Xing'er."

An Jiayan was stunned for a moment, it was clear that Haoyu said that he had met his aunt, so how could he be happy.

Mannia whispered, "Could it be that this aunt is the one sent home by the first elder brother?"

An Jiayan nodded: "There is no one else but her. Mrs. Xie has always been close to her, so every time Haosi Haoyu goes back to Jizhou, she goes to Lanyuan to be closer than others. If she is not good, this woman I have a lot of plans, and because my sister-in-law was sent home by my elder brother, I don't know how much I hate my sister-in-law. Otherwise, how could I come to the capital from Jizhou? I think I heard that my sister-in-law gave birth to Dudu, and I was jealous, and came to Beijing to want to kill her .”

Mannia: "With eldest brother's personality, even if they are sent away, they will definitely not be treated slowly. They are living a good life. Why do you come to Beijing to find this uncomfortable? Moreover, she has been with eldest brother for so many years, so naturally she knows his temper best. Since If you dare to do such a thing, you should have already made up your mind that you will die, and there must be some accidents, and even though her aunt has been sent away, how can she mix with a servant."

Jiayan: "It's useless to say anything now, we have to find them as soon as possible, and, if there is no inner ghost, how can you attract outside thieves, it must be these two little beasts who lured wolves into the house."

As he spoke, he dragged Haoyu over: "Tell me, what did your brother say to my aunt?"

Seeing her father's stern words, Haoyu was startled and started crying again, Mannia stopped in the middle: "I'll ask him, don't be in a hurry, the more you get to this point, the less you have to be in a hurry."

Wipe away Haoyu's tears: "Haoyu is good, Haoyu is Dudu's older brother, right?"

Haoyu nodded.

Manniang said softly: "If you are an older brother, you have to protect your younger brother. Now you tell Dad what you said when you saw Auntie the other day. The more clearly you explain, we can save Brother Dudu from the bad guys. "

Although Haoyu was still crying, she listened to it, and said intermittently: "The other day when we were growing up in the grove, my aunt came and talked to us a lot, saying that my brother and I had no mother. When my father married a stepmother, he would force Tiezhu Iron Lock to jump into the river like Zhao, Zhao Wu's wife. Then he said that my aunt was bad-hearted and hurt my mother, forcing my father to marry us a stepmother. , my brother didn’t believe it, and said that the aunt was very good to us, no, she would not harm us, and then she mentioned Dudu, and the auntie cried, saying that she also wanted a child, if there is one like Dudu My child, I don't want to be so lonely now, my brother saw that she was crying pitifully, so he promised to bring her into the mansion and let her see Dudu, that's today."

As soon as he finished speaking, An Jia's whole body trembled with anger: "I really gave birth to two good sons, your mother is vicious, and you two are also white-eyed wolves who eat inside and outside, how can I treat my elder brother and sister-in-law?"

Mannia: "Master, I'd better go over and explain the matter to my eldest brother and sister-in-law. If you know who took the child away, it will be easy to find."

One sentence seemed to enlighten An Jiayan, she woke An Jiayan up, hurriedly stood up and walked out, before leaving the door coldly told Haoyu to kneel here and was not allowed to get up.

Although Haoyu was young, she knew that she and her elder brother had gotten into a catastrophe, and her father always obeyed what he said and did not dare to disobey, so he knelt on the ground but looked eagerly at Mannia.

Mannia sighed, touched his face, found a cushion to put his head under, touched his little face: "Good boy, your father is angry now, wait for Dudu and brother to come back, It'll be fine."

After finishing speaking, Mannia stood up and wanted to go over there to have a look, but found that the hem of the skirt was tightly held by the little guy, and she couldn't help being stunned.

The little guy held his mouth shut: "You, can you stay here with Haoyu, Haoyu is afraid."

Mannia's heart softened, and she nodded, thinking that she would not be able to help if she went, instead she would just add to the chaos, so she might as well just stay here and take care of Haoyu, how could such a young child understand what adults do? There was nothing wrong with it, it was just someone's calculation, and the people around him were not careful, so this happened. I couldn't blame the child, so I also found a cushion to kneel with him.

Not to mention that the mother and daughter here rely on each other, but to say that An's house is really chaotic at the moment. There are a lot of people kneeling in the yard. , the gatekeepers, one by one, all knelt on the ground, and no one dared to get up.

There were also a bunch of people in the main room, Lin Xing'er who came with An Ran and his wife, Guo Zishan, the minister who heard Xin'er also came, kneeling on the ground were the two nurses and four maids in the Dudu room.

An Jiamu pointed at them: "The six of you are dead, and the six adults can't look down on a nursing child. What do you want?"

The two nannies hurriedly said: "Master, please forgive me. It's not that we can't stand it. It's Master Haosi who comes here every morning to accompany Master Dudu to play with his son. The eldest lady specifically explained that when the two young masters come, Let them play with Dudu, it's okay, Master Haosi thought we were in the way, and told us to go out and wait, only the 26-seven-year-old woman he brought with him, she looked pretty, although the woman looked From the perspective of life, it can be seen that Master Haosi is very kind to her, and he just treats her as a new maid, and doesn't take it seriously. Later, Master Haosi called us in and rewarded a few shortbreads, Those shortbreads were made by the eldest lady, and we all ate them as soon as we got greedy. We didn’t want to be drugged into the shortbread, and fell into a coma. When we woke up, Master Dudu and Master Haosi were gone. , I was so frightened that I lost my soul, so I hurried back to the butler."

What the nanny said made An Ran feel cold. Those were the shortbreads that she made with her own hands yesterday. She was afraid that the kitchen would not be able to take care of the two children. If she was hungry, she could eat two pads first. I don't want Hao Si to use this snack to stun the nanny in the end, and carry Dudu out.

Could it be because of jealousy? Although An Ran is in a mess, she still has basic judgments. She shook her head, it is impossible. Well, the two little guys are happier than anyone else. They come to see Dudu every day, and they can't live without seeing each other. How could they hurt Dudu.

What's more, how old is Haosi, but an eight-year-old child, even if he is extremely smart, will not have such scheming. The problem lies in which woman, but who is which woman?Since Haosi was able to bring her in, she must be an acquaintance, and after hearing the two nannies just now say that she has a good face and looks about 26 or [-] years old, An Ran suddenly thought of someone, could it be the aunt of Lan Yuan.

Just as I was thinking about it, Jiayan hurried in and knelt on the ground as soon as he came in: "Brother, Jiayan is sorry for marrying a vicious woman and giving birth to two wicked children, Gang Haoyu Having said all that, when they went back to Zhuangzi, they met Xing'er and Auntie, and Auntie coaxed Haosi to sneak in to watch Dudu, and Haosi agreed to her. Du hugged away because the younger brother couldn't stop the elder brother, even if the younger brother died ten thousand times, he would not be able to escape the blame."

Guo Zishan couldn't see it, and said: "You are so confused, what are you talking about now, it is serious to find the good child first, according to me, since this auntie took the child away, she will not hurt him in a while. Son, even though my aunt has hatred for Master Dudu, I'm afraid that Xing'er will be different."

Lin Xing'er nodded: "Master Shangshu said that this Xing'er is supposed to be a servant of the Eldest Master's mansion, and the Elder Master must know his temperament well, and the eldest aunt is also an old man of the Elder Master, and the Elder Master is more It's clear, this aunt may be bewitching Master Haosi to take Dudu away out of jealousy, but this Xing'er is afraid that what she wants is money, as long as she asks, she will definitely not hurt Dudu, but we must hurry up Looking for someone, Xing'er is looking for money, that aunt may not be sure, she may hate An Ran so much in her heart, she hates the house so much, she can't think about it for a while, and it is very possible to do something, the current is the first Find their place to stay, and then think of other ways. This man and woman have two children, and there is a breastfeeding one. The goal is extremely high. They will not live in an inn, let alone sleep on the street. It is possible to live in an inconspicuous place, such as a temple."

One sentence reminded An Jiamu, and An Jiamu called An Yuan in: "Take my post and go to Feng Sanye in Dongcheng Sock Alley, and ask him to do a favor. After I just said it, An Jiamu will thank you very much."

An Yuan was busy.

An Ran hurriedly said: "Who is Mr. Feng? Why have I never heard you mention it?"

An Jiamu patted her: "Don't worry, my An Jiamu's son is not so easy, throw it away." Even if he is as tough as An Jiamu, he can't help being soft-spoken when it comes to his son, and he can't say this dead word no matter what.

Lin Xing'er nodded when she heard this, and said to An Ran: "I've heard about this man in the palace, he is the leader of the local ruffians in Beijing."

An Ran was stunned. It was the first time that Lin Xing'er looked at An Jiamu straightly. No wonder everyone said that Mr. An had good hands and eyes, and he even had friendship with such a ruffian. Finding is much more reliable than the government, and the ruffians are like gophers in a city, there is no place they don't know.

Sure enough, it didn't take an hour, Mr. Feng followed An Yuan in with two wicked eyebrows, a boy who looked like he was not a good person. This Mr. Feng was a bit unexpected by An Ran, quite mighty, although There is a hideous scar on his face, he looks a little scary, and there is no obscenity in his actions, but a bit of righteousness. Compared with the two boys behind him, he is a day in and day out.

Although the local ruffian has to have a good relationship with the government, at most it is the magistrate's yamen. Officials like Guo Zishan's An Jiayan have never met, don't know each other, let alone buy it.

Moreover, although this person is a low-level person, he is proud and strong. He is quite polite to An Jiamu, and he bowed his hands: "Feng San pays his respects to the elder."

An Jiamu hurriedly said: "Master Feng, you are being polite, but did you find someone?"

Feng San nodded, and pushed the two boys over: "I haven't reported to the elder yet."

Where did the two boys come to such a decent place, not to mention, the room is full of people, any one of them is an unimaginable nobleman in this life, his legs are a little weak, and he stuttered: " That, that..."

"Then what, tell me quickly, if something happens to the young master, I will kill you." Seeing them stuttering, Feng San kicked each of them.

Then the two said: "Back, back to the old man, there is a monk temple in the south of the city that is not big, and the incense is not good. After the former abbot died, it became more and more desolate. Later, a monk came from Jizhou and became the abbot." , this monk has the best sex, his name is Huisheng monk, we all call him Hua monk, I heard that this monk has a good friend in Jizhou, a nun, often tells us, surname Hua, how is the kang, compared to those Sister Yao is still coquettish..."

Before finishing a sentence, Feng San kicked her again: "Ma'am, what nonsense are you talking about in front of me, let's talk about business."

"Yes, yes, the first one lived in a man and a woman, and their age and appearance were about the same as the person the old man was looking for. What's more, when he just returned, the man took on a burden, and I was a little curious about the two people. What do you do for a living, followed the past and took a look at the wall, there were indeed two children in the burden, they seemed to be confused, and said that the man and the woman were human traffickers, but they did not want to, but they kidnapped the young master of Anfu. "

An Jiayan stood up abruptly: "Give them 100 taels of silver each, you two have worked hard." Stand up and leave.

An Ran hurriedly said: "I'll go too." Seeing him frown: "That's my son."

An Jiamu just nodded, and as soon as he went out, he saw more than a dozen guards in Yue Jintang's mansion bowing slightly outside: "The prince ordered us to obey the orders of the elder."

An Jiamu knew that now that Jiashu was not in the capital, the power in the Jianghu could not be borrowed. Although there was a guard house in the mansion, it was incomparable to the guards around Yue Jintang. Mishap, my son and nephew are gone. As the saying goes, a dog jumps over the wall in a hurry. Now that this person has reached this point, there is nothing he can't do. It is more appropriate to have these guards.

Not only the guards, but also the people from the government surrounded the temple without leaving any traces. An Jiamu and a dozen guards also hid in all directions, safely in the courtyard of the opposite house, watching the movement from the crack of the door.

Because my aunt has stayed in An's house for a long time, people are afraid that she will recognize her when they go in, and they will startle them instead. Lin Xing'er is the most suitable one. An Jiamu's intention at the beginning was to let Lin Xing'er dress up as a woman who burns incense, but Lin Xing'er Xing'er insisted on dressing up as a man, wearing a moon-white Confucian robe, wearing a Confucian crown, and shaking a folding fan in her hand.

The book boy behind him was found by An Jiamu from the shop. He is a southerner and speaks Southern dialect. This is what Lin Xing'er requested. She said that only in this way will it not arouse suspicion.

An Jiamu led his men to ambush on the gable wall behind Houtou Temple. Because no one took care of him for many years, the weeds on the wall grew a foot high, just to cover his figure.

Monk Hua here is not a good person. The reason why Xing'er and Auntie came here is that one of them has no money in their hands, and the other has two children with them, so they dare not go anywhere else. Before coming, Aunt Hua told them After arriving here, tell them to stay in this temple if they have no place to stay.

Although Monk Hua had a relationship with Aunt Hua for a while, but now the situation has changed, and he doesn't go back to Jizhou anymore. Who remembers who? Having friendship with Aunt Hua is definitely not a serious person. If I can succeed, it will be a blessing that I can't imagine.

Therefore, the two of them were allowed to stay without further ado. They wanted to find a chance to hook up, but the two of them would go out and go in together. The monk couldn't find the opportunity at all. , and brought back two children today.

Just being depressed, seeing Lin Xing'er walking in, I couldn't help but my eyes lit up, the temple I occupied was not big, and the incense was not very prosperous, but at least it was offering sacrifices to Bodhisattvas, and there would be a few pilgrims here every now and then, but like Lin Xing'er There were few respectable ones, and one came suddenly. The monk was naturally happy, and clasped his hands together: "Amitabha, is the almsgiver here to worship the Bodhisattva?"

Lin Xing'er nodded: "I live in Yuelai Inn on Front Street. I'm from the south. I came to Beijing to catch the exam. I came here years ago. I didn't want to lose the first place. I just passed by here. I saw a temple here, so I wanted to come in. Farewell to the Bodhisattva."

The monk heard that Lin Xinger's official dialect had a strong southern accent, so he didn't doubt it. Besides, he didn't know that Xing'er and his aunt had tied up the An family's young master, so he let Lin Xinger in very warmly: "The benefactor please .”

Lin Xing'er entered the main hall, and seeing that the main hall was already dilapidated and the Bodhisattva statues in it were mottled and disfigured, she couldn't help frowning slightly.

The monk was afraid that this hard-earned money would run away, so he hurriedly asked the little novice to come over with incense. Lin Xing'er bowed seriously, but from the corner of her eye, she looked at the layout of the temple. The temple is very small, with only two yards in front and back. Entering is the main hall, and there is a courtyard at the back, with a score in mind, I stood up and said: "This temple is quiet, I intend to study here, and rent two rooms in your back hall, I wonder if it is possible?"

The old monk was overjoyed. At first there were also two scholars who rented a house, but they were not successful, and they were driven out after exhausting all their money. Now it is good that another God of Wealth has come, and he hurriedly said: "Young master is really good-sighted. The Bodhisattva is the most effective, and I live here to study, and next year I guarantee that the son will be named on the gold list in one fell swoop, and the ancestors will be honored."

"Borrowing the good words of the master, can I take a look at the house first?"

"Success, success, why not?" Said Lin Xing'er to the back.

Lin Xing'er pretended to look at the room, then suddenly pointed to the opposite side and said: "I saw that the opposite room is better, but unfortunately someone lives there, I have a few more money, can I discuss it with the other party, and make it easy. "

When the monk heard that he gave too much money, there was nothing wrong with it. Besides, Xing'er and the auntie were big men, and they wouldn't give it to themselves, so he nodded quickly: "What's the problem? Wait a minute, my lord. I'll go in and follow you." they said."

As he spoke, he entered the opposite room.

Xing'er and his aunt were arguing at first, but Xing'er also followed in today, which really made the woman strangle the child to death, but cut off their money, and was afraid that Hao Si's yelling would ruin things, so she sent Hao Si to the house. Si knocked out and took advantage of the chaos.

These two children are in some trouble. After all, Haosi is older, and Xinger is instinctively afraid of this young master. Therefore, he can only drug Haosi to let him fall into a coma all the time. The aunt settled the score: "What the hell are you cheating on me? Isn't it just for the money that you put in so much effort? If you strangle the child to death, you're happy. Where's the money?"

The auntie ignored him, and stared straight at the sleeping child on the kang, the hatred in her eyes flashed and flickered, although the child looked like an old man, but if you look carefully, there is also the shadow of that lowly girl between his brows, This is the seed of that bitch and the old man. When she thinks of this, she wished she could strangle him immediately.

Seeing that her expression was wrong, Xing'er quickly hugged the child in her arms: "You dare to touch this child, so I have no hope, don't blame me for being ruthless, selling you to a brothel, so you can have a good time."

The two were arguing, Monk Hua opened the door and came in, said angrily: "This house is rented out, you should find another place to live, or move to the opposite side."

Xing'er had no money in his hand, so where could he go, he hurriedly said: "Let's move to the opposite side." He didn't dare to hand over the child to the auntie, so he had to carry the child out first, thinking about putting the child in the opposite room, and then Come over and carry Hao Si on the back.

Seeing Lin Xing'er in the courtyard, although she was a little wary, she heard her speak Southern dialect to the book boy, so she was relieved, put the child on the kang in the house, and carried the child out after returning home, only to find that she had just put the child on the opposite side. The child in the house, but hugged in the arms of the scholar in the yard, couldn't help but panic: "You, what are you doing with my child?"

Lin Xing'er laughed: "Your family's child? Why don't you piss and take pictures? With your ugly appearance, how can you give birth to such a good-looking child? Don't put gold on your face, take care of things, You are really courageous, if you come out of An Mansion and tie up the young master, you will get tired of it."

Xing'er's complexion changed, he threw away Hao Si, and climbed up the wall with hands and feet. Just as he was on the top of the wall, he faced An Jiamu's face, and fell down from the wall with a sound of fright. With a click, his legs broke, and he did not come When he called out, two guards jumped in and pinned him to the ground.

People from outside rushed in at once, guards and officers and soldiers crowded the small temple to the brim, An Ran also ran in, took Dudu from Lin Xing'er's arms, saw that she was unconscious, and immediately panicked.

Lin Xing'er said: "I just saw that the drug was not too much, so it's not a problem. When I go back, I'll prescribe some small medicine for him and he will be fine."

An Ran was considered stable, but suddenly said: "Where is Hao Si?"

Lin Xing'er nuzzled her mouth: "Isn't that right? This woman is really capable of tossing around. It's all because of your man's abuse. Therefore, if you are looking for a man, you'd better find someone with a clean fortune, otherwise you will encounter such a thing sooner or later."

Only then did An Ran realize that the aunt was holding a knife in her hand, pressing it against Hao Si's neck: "You, don't come here, if you come again, I will kill Hao Si..."

(End of this chapter)