Husband, Have Dinner

A Yao came to the vicinity of Qin's house in the south of the city according to the address written on the food list.

The gate of Qin's house was closed tightly, and the high walls were deep, so you couldn't see the situation inside.

How do I get in?

A Yao made a circle and glanced up at the restaurant next to it. It is three stories high. If you sit by the window, you can just see the inside of Qin's house. At this time, the lunch market has passed, because it is close to the pier on the outskirts of Nanmen, and most of the cargo ships passing by are berthed here. There is no obvious lunch and evening market in the surrounding restaurants, tea houses and restaurants.

There were not many customers in the restaurant, so she easily sat down by the window, took a pot of tea, ordered melon seeds and mung bean cake, and looked towards Qin's house with her cheek supported.

The window facing the big garden of Qin’s house was colorful, not losing to their backyard flower garden.

The shopkeeper wiped the table for a long time, and the wooden table became shiny under his rag. He noticed that the little guest by the window turned his head to look at the house next to him for a long time, as if his neck would not hurt, and the food on the table was also Without moving, I couldn't help asking out loud, "The little girl is interested in Qin's house?"

"Well, I want to buy a big yard for my sister to live in. Is that the owner's house surnamed Qin? Their family is so big, and the flowers are so beautiful." A Yao answered, taking advantage of the opportunity to inquire about the situation of the next Qin's house.

"The little girl is very filial, but when your sister gets married, she will naturally have a yard to live in, and you don't need to buy it." Xiao Er naturally said, A Yao didn't want to listen to this, and continued to lead the topic to Qin's house. "This Qin's house is very stylish. The whole Nanxun is one of the few. After the Pei family's courtyard, it belongs to him. It is rumored that the house of the chef Mochizuki is very elegant, but even the prefect has never been in it. Is their house in the legend? Elegance is not clear, Qin's house is the style that can be seen standing by the window."

A Yao agreed with him and nodded.

"Speaking of the owner of this Qin’s house, Mrs. Qin, but we are a strange woman in Nanxun County. The rouge and perfume she makes are especially sought after by female guests. The two'xiangse pavilions' in the east and west of the city are not crowded with guests every day. Absolutely, if you want to please your sister, you might as well buy her the rouge from Xiangse Pavilion instead of buying a house."

Qin, madam.

A Yao muttered silently in her heart, and at the same time she had a strange feeling, but it was strange that she couldn't tell where she was.

"Is this the house she bought? What about her husband?" A Yao pursed her lips and asked.

"Uh... it should not seem to be, it seems that it was given by a businessman before?" Xiao Er scratched his head, remembering not quite clearly.

The shopkeeper raised his head downstairs and called the shop Xiaoer to work. His departure gave A Yao a sigh of relief. This party was sipping tea and planned to visit Zhou's house again. When he heard the horseshoe tick from the road, the coachman yelled for the master to get out of the car.

She followed the sound. There was a carriage and an ox carriage parked in front of Qin’s house. The carriage was loaded with silk cloth and large boxes. The carriage got down and a man went to open the door. The man went straight in. Qin The little servant in the house hurried out from the door to assist the coachman in moving the contents of the bullock cart into the house. Then I moved my sights to the garden, a few girls dressed up as maidservants surrounded a slender woman in the middle. She flew into the man's arms like a butterfly. The two talked and laughed and left the front garden, and also left Ayao’s sight. .

She can't get into Qin's house in a short time, so let's go to Zhou's house again.

"My God, it smells so bad!"

When walking through an alley, a sudden smell rushed into her nasal cavity, and she was stunned for a moment, and she sucked in a big mouth, hurriedly pinched her nose and ran away.

Leaving that alley, you can see the side door with white lanterns under the contiguous high wall from a distance, and you can hear the wailing coming from the wall when you are slightly closer to the high wall.

On the side door, a pallet truck is relatively docked, with piles of apples and plums on it, and a magnolia flower cushioned with lotus leaves on the side.

It's not as good as it's a coincidence, and there is a magnolia if you smell something that needs to be scented and deodorized.

A Yao went up to buy a lotus leaf magnolia, and talked with the vendor by the way.

Zhou's family was in the east of the city, and the wealthy businessman surnamed Zhou arrived in Nanxun County for less than a year. Before doing business in the capital, he thought that Nanxun had great people and great business opportunities after a business, so he moved his family to Nanxun.

"Really committing sin." The fruit seller said to A Yao, "I heard that... was still in the Yamen and was poisoned?"

"It seems to be the result of waiting for the work." A Yao talked to him. This fruit stall sells sugar cane and seasonal fresh fruits at the side door of Zhou's house. She faces Zhou's house all day, maybe she will know something.

"I heard that it was made by a cook? To me, even if she poisoned her, she would not be the murderer behind the scenes." A Yao raised her eyes in doubt, probably because something happened to Zhou's family and the people inside were not coming out. The hawker was in Zhou's business, and it hadn't opened for most of the day. Now a little girl came here, who happened to be a little interested in this case. She was willing to listen to him nagging. His words seemed like a flood of opening gates. "You think, the most important thing about the profession of a chef is word of mouth, word of mouth is ruined, no matter how good the craft is, it is no use. A woman who is big and big, where can she go? I won’t do anything that would ruin my life like this. To be taken back to be a concubine by a wealthy host or a guest’s family, that’s the wealth of the sky. Most cooks are aimed at this goal, not to mention. May make such a move."

"..."

"Furthermore, Master Zhou was a romantic when he was alive, and his wife was not a nice person... Hey, let me tell you a little bit about this." The vendor clicked his mouth and looked around. The side door of Zhou's house still did not open. Signs, it seems that the stall has to be changed to another place.

After running two places in a row, the sun above her head was so hot, the ground was steaming, and Ayao was sweating. She returned to her sweet cake shop and filled two bowls of sour plum soup before she felt the heat dissipated. "Comfortable~ How is the business of our family recently?"

Ayao has not been to the sweet cake shop for a long time. During this time, she made cakes at home and was sent to the sweet cake shop for Kiryu to sell.

"The weather is hot, and there are fewer pilgrims going to Taixuguan. There are not many guests coming to Wenfang Street around noon, mostly in the morning or an hour before the sun sets. By the way, there are several specialties for lunch today. The shopkeeper asked someone to return the order. Even if we don’t refund the money, we still insist on returning the order. I haven’t found the reason yet.” Kiryu said that he was a little guilty afterwards.

A Yao knew what was going on.

"I don't blame you for this, I probably know the reason." She smiled reluctantly, "Maybe in the next one or two days, or even three or four days, other shopkeepers may return orders one after another. Let them, they break the contract before us, we No one will return."

"I can't spare the time to make complicated pastries recently, and it's almost summer. Let's change all the water cards. I will list a menu and sell it first."

Since it’s summer, the main drinks are to quench thirst. Lotus leaf tea, lotus core tea, and sour plum soup. Desserts are lily lily horseshoe, kelp green bean paste, tangerine peel red bean paste, brown sugar ice powder, rose ice powder, and almond tofu. There are many more patterns in the pine nuts. The layers are rich and the pine nut scent is in the chewing. If you add the rose sauce, it is similar to the rose ice powder, and the taste is different. The lightness has more rose floral scent, as if you are dyed with the floral scent. . The staple food is congee and cold noodles, and the snack is cucumber.

Drinks, staple foods, and snacks can all be served. The desserts are changed every day, and they will be served first. When Mochizuki comes out, she will think about new tricks on the cakes.

After finishing the list, A Yao began to draw the funnel diagram.

The bottom of the funnel is marked with a line of small characters wealthy businessman dog belt.

Then go back to the top and widest place and draw a horizontal line-personnel.

The suspect, Wang Yue, Mrs. Qin, the prefect and other two guests, Zhou's family. A Yao thought for a while, and added Zhou Yu's and Meng Qianxiu's two names behind Zhou's house.

The place of banquet was in Qin’s house. The relationship between Mochizuki and the wealthy merchant was the chef and guests invited by the host’s family. The relationship between the wealthy merchant and Mrs. Qin and other guests was the relationship between guests and guests, and the relationship with Zhou Yu was a husband and wife, but it is said that the relationship between husband and wife No, the relationship with Meng Qianxiu... is unclear.

She drew a second line on the line close to the dog belt of the wealthy businessman. On this line, A Yao wrote about eating. That is, the closest factor to a wealthy businessman's dog-food. Whether there are any materials that make him allergic in the food list of the banquet, and whether he has eaten anything after returning home.

Under "Staff", she drew the third line on the top of "Eating". After hesitating for a moment, A Yao wrote about "incident". What caused the wealthy businessman to take the dog? Here is the biggest mystery.

The picture is finished, A Yao always feels something is wrong.

Is it because of lack of evidence to support it?