"Who is it?" Zhang Cuilan put on a coat sleepily and went to open the door. I don't know who it was, but she called the door before dawn.
"Aunt Zhang, you go back to sleep and I'll open the door." Liu Yu said when she saw Zhang Cuilan getting up. Someone is looking for it so early, maybe the plates ordered from Tu Kiln were delivered yesterday.
Zhang Dongping, who had passed the age of knowing his fate, stood outside the door, a little uneasy, wondering if Lord Tianshi would blame him for coming so early.
Yesterday morning, Liu Tianshi, a newcomer to the county, came to his earthen kiln and said he wanted to order a plate, and he also gave him a painted pattern. Zhang Dongping found that the plate in this picture is extremely rare. The plate is large and horizontal, and the sides of the plate are slightly raised. This kind of plate doesn't seem to be able to hold anything at first glance, and it's not very practical, but it's still easy to bake.
The size of the plate is decided by Zhang Dongping himself, but Liu Tianshi has a requirement. After pouring a bowl of water into an ordinary rice bowl into the cooked plate, the water should be spread on the plate as thinly as a layer of oil. Even if you put a small insect into the plate, it will not drown. And the faster it is fired, the better, and it should not be later than xu o'clock the next night at the latest.
Zhang Dongping quickly called on all the people to bake this special plate. This Tianshi Liu has been in Tianping County for more than a month and has a pretty good reputation. He is more attentive than the previous Tianshis who came here. Since he came to the county, he has not heard of any patients who died due to Yin Qi.
I also heard that the previous Shen Tianshi wanted to rob a civilian girl in Xiaoxue Tower, but was beaten up by Liu Tianshi. Now you come to do things for yourself, and you must complete what you are told to do well. Not only did Zhang Dongping work all night long, but he only finished the plate in his arms in the early morning. Afraid that Liu Yu needed it urgently, he hurriedly sent it.
"Master Tianshi, the plate you asked for." Seeing Liu Yu come to open the door in person, Zhang Dongping quickly handed over the plate wrapped in straw paper in his arms.
"Uncle Zhang, thank you for your hard work. Take these." Liu Yu took out five taels of silver and handed it to Zhang Dongping.
"Sir, it's my honor to do something for you. How can I accept money from you?" Zhang Dongping took a step back, shook his head and refused.
"Uncle Zhang, take it." Liu Yu took the plate from Zhang Dongping and put the silver into his hand.
"Then thank you, sir. Let me know if you have anything next time. I will definitely be obliged to do so." Zhang Dongping accepted the money and thanked him.
"Uncle Zhang, you go back first. I'll invite you in next time." Liu Yu said as she wanted to go back to the house.
"Sir, if you please, I will take my leave first." Zhang Dongping turned and left knowingly.
Originally, he didn't plan to accept money, but he didn't expect Liu Tianshi to be so generous and gave him five taels of silver, which made him feel happy.
Zhang Cuilan saw Liu Yu holding something and entered the room. There was some doubt in my heart as to what he had brought so early. Master Liu Tian had been mysterious these past two days, and he didn't know what he was doing. He stayed in the house all day, and when it was almost dawn, he went to prepare breakfast.
Liu Yu returned to the room, opened the straw paper and looked carefully at the plate that was delivered. The whole plate looks a bit big, like a small basin. Fired with red clay, the entire plate is brown, exactly like what I painted.
Place the plate on the table, pick up the boiled "Yinbian Soup", and carefully pour it into the plate. Pick up the plate, shake the black liquid evenly, and apply it thinly to the plate. Then carefully put the larvae that had just hatched last night into the plate. The fat and white larvae were soaked in the black liquid, with half of their bodies exposed and squirming from time to time. They were attracted by the aroma of honey in the "Yinbian Soup" and began to naturally drink the liquid.
The more than a thousand eggs laid by the queen last night all hatched into larvae. So many larvae were placed in the "yinbian soup". They were densely packed and immersed in the thick black liquid, which looked a bit disgusting.
Half an hour later, the fat and white larvae drank the "yinbian soup", turned black and gained a lot of weight, and lay down on the plate to rest. Liu Yu carefully poured the larvae back into the "hive" to let them rest.
After Liu Yu put away the "honeycomb", he trotted into the kitchen and started cooking the second batch of "Yinbian Soup". These larvae need to feed once a day. After four or five days of feeding, these larvae will mature and pupate. Liu Yu is very busy these days.
"Sir, a policeman came from Niuchong Town and said he had something important to report." Wang Lun was in the county government office giving instructions on official documents when Ma Yiming, who was guarding the door, suddenly came to report.
"Oh! Let him in!" Niuchong Town is one of the more remote towns among the seven towns under the jurisdiction of Tianping County. Someone was specially sent here for some important matter. Wang Lun quickly asked Wang Yiming to let him in.
Soon, under the leadership of Wang Yiming, a young man wearing a disheveled police uniform and a dazed expression walked in.
"Sir, you must avenge your brothers!" After seeing Wang Lun, the young detective immediately knelt on the ground and cried.
"Brother, get up first. What happened?" Wang Lun helped the kneeling detective and asked with a frown on his face. Obviously, a major case had occurred in Niuchong Town.
"My lord, just three days ago..." After the young detective stood up, he detailed what happened in the past few days.
The young man's name is Zhao Siming, an ordinary policeman in Niuchong Town. His brother's name is Zhao Sigang, and he is the head catcher of the police station in Niuchong Town.
Three days ago in the afternoon, a maid went to the police station to report a crime, saying that the family of member Zhao's wife was killed by a murderer, and there was a river of blood. Zhao Yuanwai is a big landowner in Niuchong Town, and his family has many thugs. The guard captain Li Guangli is also a good hand, and the Thirteenth Route Killing Gun is also somewhat famous.
Zhao Sigang believed that he could not win completely against him, and felt that the situation was serious. Zhao Sigang carefully questioned the maid who came to report the case, while gathering people.
According to the maid's confession, the assailant was a knight who saved the second lady of the Zhao family a few days ago. In order to thank him, Zhao invited him to his home as a guest. But in the afternoon, he actually raped Miss Zhao. When Zhao found out, he was so angry that he wanted to send him to see the official. However, this thief was very powerful in martial arts. Not only was he not caught, he also killed all the guards of the Zhao family.
In the end, the gangster became red-blooded and killed everyone on sight, killing all the Zhao family members. Some of the servants escaped by running fast. The Zhao family was kind to this maid, so she came to report the crime.
After a while, more than fifty police officers from the whole town gathered in the police room. Zhao Sigang looked at the gathered brothers and felt a little uneasy.
Judging from the description of the maid just now, there may be some shortcomings for people like myself. I'm afraid there will be a bloody battle. Zhao Sigang wanted to hold off the thief for a while. When the thief left the town, he would pretend to chase him and then report it to the superior.
"Captain Zhao, take your people and follow me." At this time, Master Li Zheng, Zhao Guangqi, rushed to the arresting room and shouted when he saw the arrests gathered.
It turns out that the lord here, Zhao Guangqi, happens to be the eldest son-in-law of Zhao Yuanwai. He heard that his father-in-law's family was brutally wiped out. He rushed to the police station with more than a dozen personal guards and asked others to arrest the gangsters together.
