Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 19
Feng Shen pointed to the bone on the ground and continued: "This bone looks like a fat pig's front hoof, but it is not. The ulnar and radius of this bone are slender, not thick and fit like pigs at all. And , the bone marrow is dense and the bone is thin and brittle, so what is it if it’s not a human bone?”

Zha Wuzuo hurried forward and looked down for a while: "It's true!"

"Then...that can't be said to be human?" Niu Er still refused to admit it, "We didn't see it...why do you have to say it's human?"

"Hey? Kid!" Zha Wuzuo raised his head and said to Niu Er, "You don't want to ask, what kind of food do we two masters eat? Tell you! Since our young master Feng said it was a human bone , then definitely didn’t run away!”

"Niu Er, don't say we make it difficult for you," Feng Shen said, and after digging a few more times in the pot of soup, a small bone was taken out, "You don't understand the bone inspection, but this piece You should be able to see the bones, right? What kind of pig can grow such bones?"

Niu Er looked along and was suddenly dumbfounded.It turned out that what Feng Shen had just fished out of the soup was a finger bone.This person is different from other animals, especially the structure of the finger bones, which is very different.Even ordinary people can tell the difference at a glance.

Up to now, Niu Er has nothing to say.The waiter also panicked, staring blankly at Niu Er, dumbfounded.

"Niu Er! If you recruit honestly, that's all." Zha Wu stared at Niu Er desperately, for fear that he would jump over the wall in a hurry. "If you dare to resist stubbornly, then...don't blame us for being rude!"

"Recruit?" Niu Er was taken aback, "You... who are you?"

"Master Cha," Feng Shen said, "show them the truth!"

"Okay!" Zha Wuzuo touched his body with a probe, and held a waist card in his palm, "Brighten up your tricks, and take a good look at what this is!"

"Ouch!" The waiter hastily bowed, "So you two are the officials of Shuntian Mansion! The little one has eyes but doesn't know Mount Tai... the eyes don't know Mount Tai... the two officials are clear... this... bones The matter of soup...has nothing to do with the little one!"

"Niu Er, what do you say?" Feng Shen stared at Niu Er and asked coldly.

"I'm wronged, sir!" Niu Er said, kneeling on the ground with a "plop", "The villain really didn't kill anyone!"

"If you didn't kill people and get goods, how would you explain the human bones in the soup bowl?" Feng Shen shouted loudly, "Could it be that he ran in by himself?!"

"This... I told you this... the villain is afraid that the officials won't believe it..." Niu Er kowtowed his head on the ground again, "The villain...the villain just boiled this human bone...into soup... ..."

"You don't even have the guts to kill people and make soup!" Feng Shen glanced at Niu Er who was kneeling on the ground, and then said to Zha, "Master Lao Zha went to the yamen to call some yamen servants over."

"Okay!" Zha Wuzuo patted his chest and said, "This matter is on me. Then, Young Master Feng, you can watch here for a while, and wait for the brothers to come over, and then carefully interrogate this group of people!"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Cha!" Feng Shen cupped his hands.

"Don't dare to take it," Zha Wu saluted, then glared at He Niu Er, the waiter, and said fiercely, "Be honest! You are not allowed to go anywhere until the official messenger arrives!"

After all, the checking operation seemed to fly away.

"Then... the official... my little... my little one, go and tell the shopkeeper..." The waiter was terrified, and wanted to rub the soles of his feet with oil and leave the place of trouble.As he spoke, he wanted to slip out the door.

Seeing this, Feng Shen picked up a plate from the table and threw it at the waiter's leg.

The waiter said "Ouch", bent his knees, and suddenly knelt down on the ground, knocking his forehead on the door frame, hitting a big bump, and moaning in pain.

"I advise you to stay here honestly!" Feng Shen said slowly, "If you want to run away again, don't blame me for being cruel!"

Once Feng Shen made a move, the two of them lost their souls in fear. Seeing Feng Shen has such abilities, how could they dare not listen?They all stayed where they were in fear, waiting for Feng Shen to deal with him.

"Niu Er, if you want to clear the suspicion, you have to tell the truth." Feng Shen pushed the soup on the table aside, and said to Niu Er, "This is a life-threatening case, I expect you to know the consequences! No matter who killed that person, it is certain that you made the corpse into soup. If there is even the slightest bit of deception, I'm afraid your head will really be lost!"

"The villain is willing to speak...the villain is willing to speak..." Niu Er burst into tears and kowtowed, "I just hope the officials will see clearly, and clear up the villain's grievances earlier..."

"Stop being so noisy!" Feng Shen frowned, and shouted, "Speak quickly!"

"Yes... yes..." Niu Er wiped his face, and hurriedly replied, "The villain just said...here..."

Then, Niu Er intermittently told Feng Shen what he knew.

It turned out that Niu Er was good at making soup, so the shopkeeper set up a small stove and asked him to specialize in one item.From the selection of ingredients to the cutting and cooking, all are done by him alone.

There are many diners in Zuixian Tower, after eating and drinking, eating some soup is a way to keep in good health.In addition, Niu Er's soup is delicious, so diners naturally talk about it.

The more people eat, the more materials will be selected every day.In the work of purchasing, there can be a lot of money in the middle.Niu Er was greedy and was not satisfied with the little monthly money issued on the cabinet, so he started thinking of "passing his hands for three cents".Obviously spent five coins, Niu Er reported eight coins to the counter. Although it was only a little money, but after a long time, the income from this "private acquisition" is also very considerable.The shopkeeper is busy with business every day, so he has no time to ask about such details.Therefore, this Niu Er's courage is also increasing day by day.

Of course, he didn't dare to go too far.Although the quality of the ingredients he collected at a low price was not as good, they were not rotten vegetables.In his free time, Niu Er would wander around the vegetable stalls in the market.If you come across a suitable vegetable or butcher, hurry up and talk to him.

Later, Niu Er found out about a Hu butcher who killed pigs through a certain channel.This Hu butcher does not open a butcher shop on weekdays, but only sells some live pigs from other places and raises them in his backyard.

Without the cost of renting a shop, Hu Butcher's pork is naturally cheaper than ordinary pork.Therefore, Niu Er felt that it was profitable, so he found the butcher Nahu and discussed with him in private.The butcher Hu was eager for someone to buy his meat, so he agreed without hesitation.Moreover, since the butcher Hu has a miscellaneous way of selling pigs, it is even cheaper to give Niu Er at the price.A mouthful of fat pig can cost at least four or five pennies elsewhere, but if Niu Er comes to ask for it, he can take three and a half pennies.

The Zuixian Building has a large purchase volume, and it often takes a mouthful of fat pigs a day.After the Butcher Hu hooked up this line, he only had to deliver the slaughtered fat pigs to Zuixianlou every day, and slept on the kang for the rest of the time.

Early this morning, the butcher Hu took a half-grown pig to Zuixian Tower.Seeing that the pig was too thin, Niu Er complained to Butcher Hu for a while.But in the end, Niu Er paid the butcher Nahu and dragged the pig to the small kitchen.

The pig was not fat, so Niu Er planned to peel and debon the pig, mince it and boil it into a pot of broth.So Niu Er hung the slaughtered pig on the hook rack, took the offal and threw it aside, and began to cut the meat and gouged out the bones.

But as soon as he started, Niu Er felt that this pig was a little different from usual.Not only is there less meat, but the skeleton is also very awkward.But he was in a hurry to make soup, so he didn't take care of these promises.After picking a few pieces of bone and meat from the pig, they threw them into the pot and boiled the broth.

To be honest, although Niu Er is greedy for money, he is very concerned about making soup and cooking.In order to save trouble, other cooks usually use the cut meat.However, for the sake of freshness, Niu Er had to wait until he wanted to use it before cutting the meat and bones himself.Moreover, when he boiled the high soup, he had to hang it on the fire for several hours before he would put it into the soup pot to cook.Therefore, the soup he made has a particularly mellow taste.

After the broth was cooked, Niu Er was busy with other tasks on the small stove.The original plan was to simmer the pork bone for a whole day and then use it at night.Unexpectedly, they were ordered by Feng Shen and the others.

If it were the diners in the hall, Niu Er would definitely let the waiter say it was unexpected.But Feng Shen and Zha Wuzuo were both distinguished guests in the private room on the third floor, Niu Er didn't have the guts to disobey their wishes.

Therefore, Niu Er fished out a few pieces of pork bones from the soup pot, added some broth, stewed them in a casserole for a while, and then asked the waiter to send them over.

(End of this chapter)