Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Cui Bianxu devoured the food in no time and liked everything. However, he was not very satisfied with the scallion chicken, which was only a quarter of a chicken per portion. It was not enough to fill his stomach. Jiang's mother casually told him to get more if he didn't eat enough, but he actually went for a second round and took four more plates.

Wang Mingqian particularly likes steamed dough sugar cakes. He is a man who loves sweets. He likes the feeling of the heart flowing after taking a bite. He ate ten of them but did not touch the Hu cake at all.

Lu Xingzhou praised the cabbage residue highly. He felt that every time his family made lard, they would sprinkle some salt on the residue and eat it directly, which was a bit of a waste. He immediately decided to go home and tell his mother that they would also fry it like this in the future!

Wang Leisheng shamelessly asked Jiang's mother to pack two servings of sweet and sour smoked fish, and asked Huang Niangzi and her husband to bring them back to his wife when they returned.

His wife likes sweet and sour food, so I'm sure she will like it.

Well, I won’t be going home for these two days because I have to please my wife. Otherwise, I don’t know how many expressions I will have to face when I go home.

Men, you must learn to take precautions before things happen.

After dinner, Wang Mingqian left, taking with him a group of yamen runners from the Dali Temple. There was no lunch break, as they wanted to check the place where Cui Bianxu and his men had held their meeting.

Basically, we have to check most of Chang'an City. This is a huge project and it is estimated that it will not be completed in one day.

Cui Bianxu was dragged by Wang Leisheng to interrogate Qingxuan. He didn't want to go at first. Compared to a charlatan, he wanted to go to the morgue to see if Ding Yuan and others had pieced together the second body. But Wang Leisheng was so annoying.

Wang Leisheng's idea was simple. It was Cui Bianxu who discovered the fake talisman, and it was also Cui Bianxu who caught Qingxuan. He now trusted Cui Shaoqing very much: "Swindlers are very eloquent. I am a loyal and kind-hearted person. If I let him fool me with a few words again, wouldn't it be a disgrace to you, Shaoqing?"

"You're quite good at flattering yourself."

Cui Bianxu praised his shameless self-description. One must have such a thick skin to survive in officialdom for a long time. It is worth learning.

In the end, he finally agreed, not for Qingxuan, but because the people from the Lai family in Yong'anfang were now imprisoned in the Dali Temple.

Lai Laoniang and her son had been imprisoned in the dark Dali Temple prison for a day and a night. After Cui Bianxu had them captured, he had been busy and had not had time to take care of them for a while.

It makes a difference whether someone has killed anyone or not, especially for ordinary people in Chang'an City like the Lai family. If they dare to kill people and eat their meat, it will be easy to see from their eyes, expressions, and movements.

That day, neither he nor Wang Mingqian could find any signs of extreme cruelty from this family, so it was not until Ding Yuan and others confirmed that it was human flesh that they sent people to capture them.

According to his estimation, the Lai family must have picked up the meat and thought it was lost by someone else or rotten meat, so they took it home and ate it.

Now that Wang Leisheng is going to interrogate Qingxuan, he can go and interrogate Lai Laoniang and her son together.

Dali Temple Canteen

At noon, Jiang Shangxian decisively chose the latter between looking at the handsome guy and breathing fresh air. He stayed in the back and didn't come out. At least he didn't feel so uncomfortable.

After preparing the ingredients for the next morning and noon, and telling the guards what to purchase, the mother and daughter of the Jiang family went home leisurely with two baskets of food. The rest was naturally taken care of by Madam Huang and Madam Xu.

Although she had said it countless times, it was the first time for her to do it. Jiang's mother seemed to be very dignified, but as soon as she left the Banzhengfang area, her straight and thick back could not wait to relax, and she bent her neck and looked back like a thief.

Jiang Shangxian was infected by her expression and inexplicably turned around to look. Only after seeing her did he react, "Mother, didn't you say that cooks should take what they should take and eat what they should eat, and those who don't take or eat are cowards? Why are you so scared now that it's your turn?"

As expected, the response she received was a slap on her back from Jiang's mother. The familiar force, the familiar crisp sound, the familiar location. Jiang Shangxian felt that this was the strongest part of his body.

"Go home quickly!"

Jiang's mother didn't scold her child outside. She just watched other people's fun for fun. She didn't like to be a source of fun for others. "Your grandmother will be anxious soon."

Jiang Shangxian held her face tight to prevent herself from laughing out loud. She keenly noticed that the four guards were shrugging their shoulders.

However, what Jiang's mother said was right. Even though it was Old Madam Xia who decided to send them to the Dali Temple to do this work, the old woman was still worried. If she wasn't afraid that she might cause trouble at her age, she would have wanted to go along.

Seeing that the time was almost up, she sent the two children to the door to check. When she heard Jiang Wangri calling her back, she felt relieved. Just like she waited for the children to come home every day, she came out to greet them: "You calculated that you would come back at this time. Is the road easy to walk on?"

"It's easy to go. The snow on the road has been swept into piles." When Jiang's mother arrived home, she was completely relaxed. She said hello and went straight to the kitchen. Before leaving, she did not forget to take the basket from Jiang Shangxian's hand and take it in together.

Jiang Shangxian found it funny. This woman was very tough in words but very honest in body.

Jiang's mother was really anxious. This was fleecing the imperial court. How could she not be nervous?

Old Madam Xia rolled her eyes secretly. She was really hopeless. She was still so unstable at her age, afraid that others would not know that she was making money.

"Thank you all, for sending my child back. You've worked hard." She was a person who cared about appearances, so she had to say the polite words.

The four guards waved their hands repeatedly: "No, it's our duty. Old Madam, there's no need to be so polite. We will leave first and come back to pick up Madam Jiang and Miss Jiang tomorrow morning."

"Okay, okay, sorry for the trouble. Please be careful on the road."

As soon as they left, Jiang Wangri couldn't wait to close the door and rushed into the kitchen like a cannonball. Xia Zhenying, not to be outdone, followed him at a trot, her skirt lifted. Soon, the sound of the two of them shouting and yelling could be heard from inside: "Wow! There are steamed buns! What's the filling?"

"Aunt, the food at the Dali Temple is so good, there's even chicken!"

"How do you cook this fish? It's so black. Why have you never cooked it at home?"

"Aunt, let me get some kimchi. I'll scoop some out and heat up some Hu pancakes so we can start eating!"

"Okay...Erlang! Take your dirty hands away quickly! Don't you know that your sister is in trouble? Believe it or not, she will cut you in a while!" Jiang's mother's scolding voice was very penetrating, and soon Jiang Wangri was seen running out of the kitchen with his hands retracted.