Chapter 315 Steamed Pork Ribs with Black Bean Sauce (4)

A person who likes to be clean and does not like to pile up waste in the house will definitely clean up the house when he leaves for a long trip.

Lin Shaoqing knew this by looking at them. Whenever I return from the Yamen, I will empty out the used paper and the charcoal pots that were burned in the winter, tidy them up, and place everything neatly before I leave.

Seeing that the pens, inks, paper and inkstones in Steward Niu's house were all arranged in an orderly manner without any skew, and after hearing this information from the servants, Wei Fu thought there was something wrong with the charcoal basin at the first sight and wanted to take it away. return.

Fortunately, the servant at the Internal Affairs Office was greedy for money and felt that the unpacked charcoal basin was not an important item, so he asked Wei Fu to take the charcoal basin away directly.

Everything in the charcoal basin was burned down to ashes, but Wei Fu was very careful in moving the charcoal basin and did not scatter the charcoal ash in the charcoal basin, so the crumbs and ashes still maintained their original shape.

Under some scattered ash fragments on the surface is a complete square-sized piece of ash. The size and shape of the ash are so familiar that any Dali Temple official would be familiar with it.

Liu Yuan only glanced at it and blurted out immediately: "I thought it was a piece of paper and was burned."

As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of wind blew, and the square-sized complete fragments of ashes were blown into the air. The fragments were flying one after another, and there was only a pile of messy ashes left in the charcoal basin.

Looking at this fleeting scene, Liu Yuan sighed for no reason.

Of course, this crumb and ashes cannot be used as evidence. With or without the gust of wind, the charcoal basin would not have been brought to court, but to the officials of Dali Temple, the intact fragments were not useless.

The last thing that Manager Niu did before leaving the Internal Affairs Yamen was to look at the things on this piece of paper. After looking at it, he immediately burned the things on this piece of paper. He didn't even have time to throw it away and then hurried out of the door. Haven't returned yet.

As for Guanshi Niu's hometown and where he went back to his hometown, these Wei Fus had naturally inquired about it. After recording everything they learned and giving it to Liu Yuan and others, Wei Fu said again: "I heard that when Guanshi Mao didn't move out of the yard, , Manager Niu has a pretty good relationship with him. After all, we live under the same roof. Because Manager Niu likes to be clean and easy to clean, he will often help Manager Mao, who is too lazy to clean up, to clean up the house."

Compared with Niu Guanshi, who likes to do everything by himself, Mao Guanshi is obviously a pleasure-seeking person. If someone does the work for him, he is naturally happy to see the results.

"Steward Mao has plenty of money, and he often brings food and items from places like Hongyan Building to Steward Niu, which he pays for the hard work of cleaning up the house. The two of them can be considered harmonious." Wei Fu said, "But it's just a matter of time. After Manager Mao moved away, the two of them had nothing to do with each other over time because they were in charge of different things."

Although they both came to Chang'an Internal Affairs Yamen from other places to work as stewards, their circumstances were completely different: managing a market was a very lucrative job, and the filial piety of the city magistrates was indispensable on weekdays. Although Steward Mao had other sources of money, But as far as Manager Mao is concerned, how can he think he has too much money? As for the distribution of water purification products managed by Steward Niu, there is absolutely no profit to speak of. The guards and Li Zheng will not go out of their way to honor Steward Niu for this purpose. It is a laborious and no-fuss job.

No wonder they are both stewards. One lives in a big house and is waited on, while the other still lives in the house where the steward of the internal affairs office lives.

"Guanshi Niu is just like Guanshi Mao," Wei Fu said, talking about Guanshi Niu's experience. "He also became a steward with some help from someone, but his life after becoming a steward was far inferior to that of Steward Mao. This time it made the people upset and caused such a big commotion, but I don’t know what the reason was.”

When it comes to the last sentence, Wei Fu is also very puzzled: the well water is large, and the laxative is not very strong. He said that the boss wanted to kill people... but he didn't hear that anyone had an accident. The whole incident was loud and rainy. But he quietly "returned to his hometown".

Since the two things are related, it must not be so easy to find the manager Niu who "returned to his hometown". Everyone in Dali Temple knew this well, but when he brought the purified water distributed by Wei Fu's home office, After Wu returned to Dali Temple and confirmed that it was indeed the problem, he sent someone to Niu Guanshi's "hometown" to inquire about the situation.

At this point, the stomach upset has been clarified. As for the motive, it will only be clear when Niu Guan is found.

Wei Fu's discovery connected the two incidents. Although it was still unclear what the connection was between the two foreign stewards, it also made progress in the case.

With this discovery, I don't know what Lin Shaoqing's plans will be tomorrow.

Liu Yuan looked up at Shangfeng. After he came back from Shangfeng, he tidied up the files that were randomly spread out on the case. After Lin Fei finished cleaning up, Liu Yuan was about to ask Lin Fei about his arrangements for tomorrow, but his arm was accidentally touched by Bai Zhu. bump.

Liu Yuan looked at Bai Zhu without knowing why, but saw Bai Zhu shaking his head at him. Then before Bai Zhu could say anything, he heard Lin Fei, who was packing up the cases in the room, said: "I will have a banquet at home tomorrow, and the case It’s up to you to make the decision!”

With that said, he handed the leave note he had written long ago into Bai Zhu's hand, asked him to deliver it to Zhao Mengzhuo, and left.

Liu Yuan couldn't help but take a breath, pushed Bai Zhu's hand, and said, "This is the first time I've seen our Lin Shaoqing leave so cleanly when the case made progress." Yes, just... let the case go and ignore it?"

Bai Zhu also had some doubts on his face, but he still shook his head and said: "That's all, since Lin Shaoqing asked me to make the decision myself, I should check something out tomorrow, otherwise when Lin Shaoqing comes back and asks about it the next day, I will I’m afraid my face will be completely lost!”

The chief minister of Dali Temple is not a drunkard.

Just as he was thinking this, Liu Yuan who was listening to the side suddenly let out an "Oh" and sighed: "I almost forgot, there will be a banquet at Lin Shaoqing's house tomorrow, and Master Wen is not in the kitchen, so I'm afraid there won't be any new dishes to try tomorrow! "The tone was rather regretful.

Bai Zhu: "..." Although the Prime Minister of Dali Temple is not a wine bag, he is always thinking about eating in his mind.

Wen Mingtang, who was nudged by Liu Yuan, handed over the menu for tomorrow's three meals from the public kitchen to Tang Yuan and A Bing, and went to prepare for tomorrow's family banquet at Jingyun Hou Mansion.

Compared with the large pot dishes served by the public chef, these banquet dishes are more meticulous and exquisite, taking into account the tastes of the host and the guests. Every dish is very particular. In the afternoon, people from the Jingyun Marquis Mansion even went out of their way to serve the guests. One time, Wen Mingtang was asked to bring some red yeast rice, but he found that there was none in Marquis Jingyun's mansion, and he didn't know if there was a public chef in Dali Temple.

There will be a braised pork dish at tomorrow's banquet, which needs to be colored with red yeast rice to make the color more red and bright.

Braised pork is a very common dish, but every cook has different preferences in terms of color and taste.

It is also very common to like to use red yeast rice to color meat dishes. There are many chefs in the city who add red yeast rice to braised pork. Moreover, it is the chef Xing who makes this dish, so Wen Mingtang will naturally not interfere.

As for red yeast rice, which is such a simple task, she has already prepared it and is ready to take it with her tomorrow.