The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

298 Negligence
In the depths of winter, the wind in Bianjing City is even colder. If it is not necessary, few people are willing to hang out on the streets.

In such weather, Liu Wei likes warming a pot of strong wind wine the most, and then sitting by the stove to read a book, and occasionally flirting with Princess Ruyi to shake hands or something.

But there are exceptions.

For example today.

It was too cold today, Liu Wei wore thick clothes, and he could still feel the cold sitting by the stove, so he missed the hot pot in his previous life very much.

In the winter in his previous life, he liked to eat hot pot with his friends the most, sweating all over, all the coldness would disappear in smoke.

Therefore, he decided to have hot pot with Princess Ruyi at noon today. For this reason, he asked Zhugepi to invite Qin Yun and Hua Qiongxian. Besides, he also ordered Zhugepi to get some pepper. There is no chili in this era, so pepper can only be used instead.

What's more, hot pot ingredients are needed, such as mutton, tofu and the like.

After these things were ready, Liu Wei ordered people to set up a pot in the living room. The pot was specially made by Liu Wei Zao, which was similar to the hot pot in later generations.

After putting the pot on, Liu Wei first put half a bowl of oil in it, and then poured some sugar into it. After the sugar melted, he added pepper and some condiments to cook.

After the bottom material was prepared in this way, when it was boiled, Liu Wei ordered someone to pour the thinly sliced ​​mutton rolls into the pot, and then everyone sat around and poured in whatever they liked.

Princess Ruyi has never seen this way of eating.

"My son-in-law, is this the hot pot you mentioned?"

Liu Wei nodded: "That's right, Princess, try it and see how it tastes?"

Princess Ruyi nodded, then took a piece of well-cooked mutton roll, took a small bite, and immediately felt that it was very spicy.

"It's so spicy...so spicy..." Princess Ruyi said that the dish was very spicy, but she still finished eating the mutton roll. As for the taste, she didn't taste it, she just thought it was spicy.

Seeing Princess Ruyi like this, Liu Wei smiled slightly. Originally, hot pot has no taste, it all depends on the spiciness, which is so spicy that people ignore its taste, as if the taste can only feel spiciness.

Princess Ruyi tasted it, and everyone else started eating it one after another, and their reactions were similar to Princess Ruyi's. Although they couldn't taste any other flavors, they all thought it was delicious.

The key is to feel warm all over after eating, where is the severe cold in winter?

Daniu is the most happy to eat. He is already sweating profusely from eating, but he is still eating.

Everyone sitting together eating hot pot like this, the atmosphere is really good to the extreme.

And just when everyone was enjoying themselves, a guard hurried over.

"My lord, something serious happened."

Liu Wei frowned slightly, and everyone else recovered from the delicious food.

"What happened?"

"The Ci'an Bureau outside the city... died."

"Dead?" Liu Wei frowned slightly: "How did he die?"

"Everyone... Everyone said that he died of freezing. It was an old man who had been in the Ci'an Bureau for some time."

"Frozen to death?" Everyone was shocked. Liu Wei set up the Ci'an Bureau to prevent people from freezing to death. Why did the old man freeze to death even though he already had clothes to wear and was taken care of by the Ci'an Bureau?

Everyone turned their eyes to Liu Wei, who had a trace of worry in his eyes.

"My son-in-law, maybe it's a misunderstanding, since I'm in the Ci'an Bureau, how can I freeze to death?"

Princess Ruyi was afraid that Liu Wei was too worried, so she hurriedly comforted her, but Liu Wei was obviously stronger and more stable than she imagined, so Liu Wei showed a slight smile and said, "It's okay, I'll just go and have a look, Lead the way."

"My lord, I'll go too." Daniel put down his chopsticks, got up and came behind Liu Wei, Liu Wei nodded: "Let's go."
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pan mansion.

There was a sneer on the corner of Pan Mei's mouth.

"It's all solved?"

"Solved, one drop of poison will kill him."

Pan Mei nodded in satisfaction: "Okay, but even though he's been dealt with, don't take it lightly, lest Liu Wei discover anything from the corpse."

"Master, don't worry, the poison is colorless and tasteless, and there are no symptoms found on the corpse, as if he died suddenly. As long as we spread the news about the freezing to death of people in the Ci'an Bureau, who knows that he was poisoned to death?" of?"

Pan Mei felt that what her servant said made a lot of sense.

"Okay, let's do as you said, but the person who poisoned him will find a way to solve it for me as soon as possible."

"Yes, after the rumors about this matter are a little bit looser, the subordinate will invite that person out and look for an opportunity to strike."

"Okay, since you know how to deal with it, I'm relieved, sir, but you must be careful when publicizing this matter, and don't let Liu Wei suspect me."

"Don't worry, as long as this kind of thing is said in the capital, people in the capital like to gossip, and it will soon spread throughout the capital. If the Ci'an Bureau froze to death, it is irresponsible. Going against the original intention, what's the use of keeping it, sir, don't you think?"

Pan Mei nodded. This is what he wanted. As long as the Ci'an Bureau froze people to death, officials in the court would have reason to oppose the Ci'an Bureau. At that time, what's the use of the emperor's support?

The Ci'an Bureau spent so much manpower and material resources, but people still froze to death. He just waited to see how Liu Wei explained.

After thinking about it this way, Pan Mei suddenly said: "At this time, Liu Wei should have received the news, right?"

"Should have received it."

"Okay, that Liu Wei is very cunning and full of tricks, you send someone to keep an eye on him all the time, and report as soon as you have any news."

After the servant left, Pan Mei was still a little uneasy, probably because of the failure of several confrontations with Liu Wei, he had a deep-seated fear of Liu Wei.

So after thinking about it for a while, Pan Mei found a spy and asked him to let Lu Duoxun know about freezing people to death from the Ci'an Bureau. Pan Mei knew Lu Duoxun's hatred for Liu Wei very well, so as long as After Lu Duoxun learned of this, he would definitely fight against Liu Wei with his own enemies.
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Ci An Bureau.

When Liu Wei came to the Ci'an Bureau, the Ci'an Bureau was very excited. Of course, their hustle and bustle was not because they were afraid, nor were they questioning the Ci'an Bureau. It is clear, so even if they think that the deceased was frozen to death, they will not doubt the intention of the court to set up the Ci'an Bureau.

They are just curious.

Why did the old man die suddenly?
They were used to seeing dead people when they were homeless on the street, but now that this happened next to them, they were still nervous.

The guard led Liu Wei to the room where the deceased was. It was a large room, usually seven or eight people lived together, but at this time, because someone died, there was only one corpse in the whole room.

After Liu Wei went in and took a look at the corpse, he frowned slightly, and then asked, "Tell me about the situation of the deceased."

"Yes, the name of the deceased is Sun Nu. He had a wife, but he died later and had no children. His hands were injured and he couldn't do heavy work. He agreed with the conditions stipulated by the adults, so we arranged him here. .”

"How is he doing here, has he had any disputes with anyone?"

"No, Sun Nu is cowardly and taciturn on weekdays. He rarely talks to others, so naturally there will be no disputes. What's more, this place was placed by the court. The adults have ordered that anyone who dares to make trouble will be kicked out. , so there are very few disputes here."

Liu Wei nodded, and then asked, "When did you find out?"

"Before noon."

"Who found it?"

"A man named Zhang Bu lived with Sun Nu. He was about to go back to the house to rest after eating in the cafeteria. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Sun Nu lying motionless on the bed. At first he thought Sun Nu was sleeping. , but he didn’t hear the snoring sound, so he tested his breath and found out that he was dead.”

"Who is this Zhang Bu?"

"He is only in his 30s this year, his parents have died, and his body is weak, so he cannot earn money to support himself."

"Is there anyone who lives with Sun Nu that has a particularly good relationship with Sun Nu?"

"Yes, there is a man named Li Li, but he is a man with disabled legs. He used to weave gadgets with his hands and sell them to support his family. After entering the Ci'an Bureau, he and Sun Nu got along very well, and he often used things like straw to weave gadgets for Sun Nu."

After the guard finished speaking, when Liu Wei wanted to ask another question, another guard hurried over from outside.

"My lord, something big has happened, and people often flock here."

Liu Wei frowned slightly: "What do people often come here for?"

"I don't know what's going on. Now it's rumored in the capital that the Ci'an Bureau has frozen people to death. Those people who have donated money before think that our previous behavior is a scam. They want us to give an explanation from the Ci'an Bureau. Why did they donate money? They want to know if we have embezzled their money.”

After hearing the guard's words, Liu Wei frowned slightly, and said, "Go, go and have a look outside."

Outside the Ci'an Bureau, many people rubbed their hands to keep warm, while shouting loudly for people from the Ci'an Bureau to come out and give an explanation.

The gate opened, and Liu Wei walked out. When the people saw Liu Wei, they immediately changed their attitude. They still respect Liu Wei very much.

However, the attitude has changed, but it is inevitable that some people will question this matter and even question Liu Wei.

"Master Liu, I heard that the Ci'an Bureau froze to death. What's going on? When you were collecting donations before, you said that the Ci'an Bureau was built to prevent people from being frozen to death. We donated money because of this. , but now that the Ci’an Bureau has come out with such things, I’m afraid we have to doubt your true intentions in building the Ci’an Bureau, right?”

(End of this chapter)