Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

When Zhou Ying ran back to the kitchen, her heart was still pounding.

"How is it?" Jiang Shangxian rubbed the fallen hair with his wrist, feeling a little nervous.

What's going on? Even if you don't want to, there's no need to scare people, right?

Look, her son Xiao Zhou is so scared that he is sweating!

"Master, Cui Shaoqing said that since Miss Jiang insisted on making food for him personally, in order not to let her down, he just had to eat it reluctantly."

Jiang Shangxian's body stiffened, and he felt that the spine that had been straight for most of his life was crooked.

Does he want to hear what vicious words he is saying?

She didn't believe that Cui Bianxu didn't know why she wanted to see him!

"Oh, okay, thank you for your hard work." She kept a straight face and tried her best to appear calm and maintain the dignity of a teacher.

It was not until the wontons were finished and Jiang Shangxian walked out with them that the kitchen, where you could hear a pin drop, became lively again.

Wang Wan looked at his master's back and muttered, "Second Brother, could you be wrong? Why didn't I see anything going on between our master and that Cui Shaoqing?"

This doesn't feel like going to see my lover, does it? It's like going to a battlefield.

Zhou Ying shook his head in an enigmatic manner. "You don't understand. The relationship between a man and a woman is extremely complicated. As far as I know, in all of Chang'an, Cui Shaoqing has never spoken more than three sentences to a woman."

"So what?" Li Meng was puzzled. Apart from his mother, master, and the auntie washing dishes and vegetables outside, he had never spoken to any other women.

Wang Wan was on the same page this time and nodded in agreement. Who here isn't single?!

Zhou Ying was so disappointed that he slapped his thigh and said, "You guys are so shallow! You are so shallow! Last time, Cui Shaoqing came to see our master in person! As soon as he entered the house, he wanted to eat the new dish our master made. Did our master refuse?"

"No." The two shook their heads in confusion, feeling something was wrong.

Cui Shaoqing has already served it to me, so how can I refuse?

I didn’t expect my master to have such courage?

Li Meng: "Didn't you come to Master to investigate a case last time?"

"Investigate a case?" Zhou Ying said dismissively, "If the Dali Temple wants to investigate a case, they can just send someone over and call them over. Why would they need Cui Shaoqing to come in person?"

Seeing the two people's sudden realization, Zhou Ying felt a little proud: "You are always in the back, and have never seen what is happening in the front. The shopkeeper often invites people to tell stories, and the lovers in the books are all like this."

Uneducated people believe in books particularly. No matter what book it is, as long as it is in the book, it must be right.

Zhou Ying's words were the final word, successfully convincing his senior and junior brothers.

"So, when we see Cui Shaoqing from now on, should we call him Master?"

"No, you have to wait until you pass the door before you can call."

…………

Outside the box, Jiang Shangxian knocked on the door three times politely. When she heard the person inside say, "Come in," she walked in with her head lowered.

I put the wontons in my hand on the table and glanced at the dishes on the table. Well, I have a good appetite and have eaten most of them.

Cui Bianxu moved the wonton in front of him and took a bite, as if tasting it. He chewed it for a while before swallowing it. He glanced at Jiang Shangxian and said calmly, "It's okay. The soup is interesting."

In addition to shredded seaweed, dried shrimps, and chopped green onions, the soup also contains thinly shredded egg skin and a little lard.

In fact, she herself doesn't like to eat this kind of wontons. She likes to eat bubble wontons with only a little bit of meat filling, which are boiled in the pot and float up one by one.

For small wontons, you only eat the skin! Otherwise, you can eat large wontons!

"As long as Mr. Cui likes it." Although he lowered his head, Jiang Shangxian still smiled politely. After all, looking up at people from below not only makes their faces look bigger, but any bad micro-expressions will also be seen.

"Yesterday you said nine young ladies were arrested, and you also heard what Ding Yuan said last night."

Ding Yuan? The amazing coroner from last night?

Jiang Shangxian couldn't help being speechless when he thought of him, but since he brought it up, it meant that he didn't mind asking: "Yes, those nine young ladies yesterday, are they all... dead?"

She raised her head, straightened her neck, and slightly retracted her chin, looking directly at the man in front of her. The smile on her face was a little difficult to hold back. "Did you catch him?"

"That's none of your business." Cui Bianxu suddenly felt that this young lady was quite interesting. She seemed both timid and courageous. "If you have time, why not come with me to the Dali Temple to identify the body?"

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether she identifies the body or not. Nine people died, and no one knows who leaked the news. I’m afraid it has spread throughout Chang’an City. Since this morning, the family of the missing woman has come to identify the body.

Jiang Shangxian's pupils shrank unconsciously for a moment, but he quickly reacted and nodded: "If necessary, I am willing to identify the body."

Nine people died, nine young ladies alive. Even though she was afraid of being implicated again, she still had some sense of justice.

Well, not much.

"Master Cui, if I go and identify the body, could you please cover up for me at the Dali Temple? Since ancient times, the people have never fought against the officials..."

This is similar to why many witnesses in modern times are unwilling to testify in court. They are afraid of being implicated, being retaliated against, or bringing harm to their families.

Cui Bianxu scoffed and shook his head, saying, "I can't guarantee that. I've only been in office at the Dali Temple for less than three months."

Not to mention three months, even the Dali Temple Minister would probably not be able to shut up everyone in the Dali Temple.

The principle that a shallow pond attracts many turtles applies everywhere. In a Dali Temple, there is no telling how many people have infiltrated it.

He was lost in thought, thinking back to the day when Cong Jinghai asked him if he wanted the three courts to hear the case together...

Are you trying to make things worse?

If the matter gets out of hand, it will be disadvantageous to the prince, and he will lose the support of the people. Who will benefit from this?

The current emperor has many sons, but the one who is currently in the limelight is the fourth prince Li Tai.

This gentleman was granted the title of King of Yue, a first-rank official, in the second year of Zhenguan at the age of nine. Last year, he was moved to the title of King of Wei and remotely commanded the military affairs of seven states. He was deeply loved by Your Majesty. If the crown prince falls, it would be natural for this gentleman to take the throne.

He blinked. If Cong Jinghai was the King of Wei's man, then he had thrown away the East Palace token last night and then pretended to have just found it and showed it to him on purpose?

As he thought about this, he suddenly looked at Jiang Shangxian with some curiosity. For some reason, he asked, "Last night, Feng Shiliang's house burned down. In Shanghaofang, I found not only the body but also a token from the Winter Palace from Jinghai. What do you think of this case?"

Jiang Shangxian had actually been distracted all along, and when he was suddenly named and the royal family was involved, he almost wanted to kneel down to this bastard.

Why bring her into this? She's not Yuan Fang!

His back teeth creaked as he gritted his teeth. Jiang Shangxian thought this guy was completely insane. "Mr. Cui is such a jokester. What's this about the prince and the case? I've never even read a book in my life, how could I know anything about it? Before you, the most powerful official I've ever seen was the West Market Magistrate."

She tried her best to act like an ignorant woman, hoping that the young official would stop going crazy.