Dali Temple Small Dining Room

  Chapter 86 Mung bean cake (2)

At dawn, Wen Mingtang, who had turned over a page of the book, yawned, rubbed his tired eyes, walked up to Liang Hongjin, who was leaning against the corner and dozing off, and handed a booklet in his hand to Liang Hongjin, saying: : "After a while, Lin Shaoqing will come, you give this booklet to him."

  Liang Hongjin, who hadn't fully woken up from his sleep, yawned, and muttered in a half-asleep, "Why don't you hand it to him yourself?"

  Wen Mingtang stuffed the brochure into Liang Hongjin's arms, looked at the pale sky, and said, "I'm going back to make court food."

  How could a qualified public chef forget such things?

  Liang Hongjin: "..."

  She closed the booklet in her arms with sleepy eyes open, and waved to Wen Mingtang. Seeing this, Wen Mingtang turned and left.

  …

   Dali Temple Minister Zhao Mengzhuo, who was dragged from the bed by his wife early in the morning, rushed to the entrance of the Third Street and Nine Alleys, and was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him.

He didn't bother to help the crooked official hat on his head, and saw that the once flat ground was now broken into a mess, and the corpses of dead soldiers shot like hedgehogs could be seen everywhere, and there was a dilapidated building in the corner. Iron-plated car panels.

   Zhao Mengzhuo almost fainted.

  The guard who came earlier to investigate the scene ran out of the alley and ran towards this side.

   Zhao Mengzhuo had a white face, and stopped the officer before he could speak, and said, "Don't say anything else, tell me the result first. Are Lin Fei and Liu Yuan okay?"

   "Lin Shaoqing is fine!" said the guard.

  Zhao Mengzhuo breathed a sigh of relief subconsciously, but before he could finish his breath, he heard the guard say: "Sicheng Liu and Cheng Bai have something to do..."

   Zhao Mengzhuo's complexion suddenly changed.

  …

  …

When he was brought to Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu who were sitting on a stretcher, Zhao Mengzhuo, whose face was originally pale, turned green when he saw them. What is it called?"

The guard pointed to Liu Yuan, and said, "Sicheng Liu sprained his foot in a hurry." After a pause, he pointed to Bai Zhu, who was beside him, and said, "Sicheng Liu hit Bai Sicheng's leg when he sprained his foot and fell down." Hand, Bai Sicheng's arm is broken."

  Zhao Mengzhuo: "..."

Glancing at the two people sitting on the stretcher, Zhao Mengzhuo looked around and searched around, but he couldn't find the figure that he should have seen at the first sight, so he turned his head and asked the guard beside him, "Where is Lin Shaoqing? "

  The officer said: "Lin Shaoqing has entered the palace to face the saint."

  Yesterday, without evidence, he was naturally not allowed to enter the palace to have a face-off. But today, let alone the evidence, the murder in the street is true, so he can naturally enter the palace to face the face.

Entering the palace or something, of course, has nothing to do with Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu who injured their feet and hands. After the aftermath, they were carried into Dali Temple and touched their stomachs that screamed "Gulu Gulu", and the two realized that they forgot today thing.

   Didn’t eat any food today!

   But now it was past the time for the court meal, Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu were greatly disappointed, and the next one was Master Sun's lunch, which was really nothing to look forward to.

  After returning to Dali Temple, Wen Mingtang explained to A Bing and Tangyuan after finishing the morning meal, and went back to catch up on sleep.

   Wen Mingtang didn't get up until the end of his sleep, washed his face with cold water, walked to the public kitchen, and started to make the mung bean cake that was supposed to be a red scarf yesterday.

  The peeled mung beans soaked by A Bing and glutinous rice **** last night have been soaked enough, and they are steamed in the pot. While steaming mung beans, Wen Mingtang began to prepare the ingredients for making mung bean cakes: milk, honey, and Liang Hongjin's favorite mint in it, which is called 茇葀 in Dayong.

  A Bing and Tangyuan obviously also recognized this thing called fennel. Seeing that Wen Mingtang had prepared this thing, they couldn't help being surprised and said, "Can this fennel be eaten?" Isn't it for viewing?

  Wen Mingtang gave a "hmm" and said, "It's edible. It's refreshing. If you like it, you especially like it. The two of you can try it later." Liang Hongjin especially loves this refreshing taste.

  The two of them said "oh", and continued to watch Wen Mingtang make mung bean cakes.

  …

  While Wen Mingtang was making mung bean cakes, Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu followed Lin Fei to meet the Huaishan county king's family who were brought to Dali Temple for interrogation.

   There was such a big commotion yesterday, although no personnel were damaged in Dali Temple, but almost all the dead soldiers raised by Huaishan County Wang's family were broken into it.

  After the matter was reported to His Majesty by Lin Fei, the family of Huaishan County King was brought to Dali Temple for questioning.

   Things got so big that Zhao Mengzhuo rushed over and asked Lin Fei, "Do you want me to interrogate in person?"

  Lin Fei looked at Zhao Mengzhuo who rushed over, and said, "This case...Your Excellency, you haven't followed him before, right?"

  Zhao Mengzhuo: "..."

  Interrogation is not an easy task for such cunning and protected murderers as Shanghuaishan County Wang's family. Zhao Mengzhuo, who doesn't know the case suddenly, may not be able to handle it.

   "I'll be fine if I come." Lin Fei declined Zhao Mengzhuo's kindness, paused, and said, "Your Excellency, just listen to me."

   After all, the Huaishan County King's family has a special status, and when the case is settled, Zhao Mengzhuo will be required to come forward to close the case.

  Zhao Mengzhuo: "... also good!"

  If he had known early on that the case would involve the royal family, he would have come to pick it up. Now that his subordinates have taken over, it is still necessary to stay on the sidelines.

After a group of people entered the prison, Li Zhao stood up and said first, "There must be some misunderstanding about this matter. I only knew about the attack on everyone in Dali Temple yesterday, and I don't know about it. "

As soon as these words came out, Liu Yuan, who was following behind, rolled his eyes, and looked at Li Zhao who stood up with a gentle face: he usually looks at the gentle and polite face, but now he looks so hypocritical and shameless. .

  Obviously, it wasn't until this time that Li Zhao and the others realized that Li Yuan, who rushed to question him yesterday, was simply set aside by Lin Fei. If Lin Fei really had evidence, why should he speak harshly to Li Yuan? Go to the palace early!

  Yesterday, something happened suddenly, and they were really guilty. In desperation, they immediately found the dead man.

  What is a dead man? It is raised to come forward to replace them to do what they can't do. Now that the dead men are dead, who can prove that these dead men are from their Huaishan County Palace? Even if someone has seen these dead men, he can argue against being bribed or something.

  Even if the people in Dali Temple don't believe this, they can't do anything without evidence.

Lin Fei was not surprised by Li Zhao's family's defense, nor did he argue with Li Zhao about who the group of dead men yesterday was. Already know."

   Zhao Mengzhuo on the side glanced at everyone present, his eyes fell on the faces of Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu who also looked blank, and after a pause, he thought: It's not us, it's me. Lin Fei is probably the only one who knows the truth!

  As soon as these words came out, Li Zhao's face froze, as if an invisible hole had been torn from that gentle and polite mask.

  (end of this chapter)