Wei Yu turned around and saw that it was Fei Lian who was holding her back. The child looked up at her in surprise: "Inspector Wei, why are you here?"
It turned out that Fei Lian was sent by an old Taoist priest to the Xu family to beg for wine. Fei Lian was afraid that the Xu family would not give him wine, so he patrolled the door for a while. Seeing that there were many guests in the Xu family today and no one paid attention to him, Fei Lian took the opportunity to fool around. Come in.
He was about to go to the kitchen, but he didn't know the way, so he walked around and accidentally saw Wei Yu.
Wei Yu asked: "Why are you here too?"
Feilian told the old Taoist priest that he wanted to drink, and said quietly: "I thought they must have prepared a lot of things in the kitchen. I'll sneak over and get some."
Wei Yu was worried about what was going on over at Wu Wanli, but the two of them said a few words here, but there was no sound over there. Wei Yu listened intently for a while, then had to stop, turned around and said to Fei Lian: "You have to go to the kitchen, what's the problem?"
She looked left and right, then led Fei Lian to the southwest. Not long after walking, she saw several maids walking forward holding trays in their hands. The fragrant aroma on the trays was filled with freshly fried vegetables.
Fei Lian smiled and said, "Inspector, how do you know where their kitchen goes?"
Wei Yu said: "Of course I smell the fragrance."
Fei Lian shouted: "Can you smell it from such a distance? My nose is pretty good, but it's not as good as yours."
Wei Yu then laughed and said, "Isn't that a dog's nose? I'm just trying to trick you. I noticed the maids serving food from here before, so I naturally know."
When Fei Lian heard this, he asked again: "By the way, you haven't told me why you came to the Xu family? Are you here to have a dinner? Do you recognize the Xu family?"
Wei Yu shushed and replied in a low voice: "Don't make any noise. Of course I don't recognize their house. I just begged shopkeeper Ming to take me to see it."
Fei Lian chuckled and said, "Did you not have enough to eat in Chunyang Temple, so you came here to look for something to eat?" He joked about this, and then said seriously: "Actually, if you want to eat, just tell Brother Ninth , what he makes is much more delicious than what’s here. Isn’t it?”
Wei Yu saw his expectant face and said, "That's natural."
Seeing that she agreed and liked it very much, Fei Lian said more eloquently: "After you left before, Brother Ninth didn't seem to be very happy..."
Wei Yu's lips moved, but she didn't want to continue talking about this topic, so she said: "The smell of this dish is getting stronger and stronger. I see that the kitchen is in front of me."
Fei Lian also moved his nose to smell it, and nodded in agreement: "I smell it too, it smells so good, it looks like something is being fried. Could it be the oriole roll?"
Wei Yu said: "His maid said that the oriole rolls are only available at night. Do you want to eat them?"
"It's not me, it's the old Taoist priest who said he wanted to try it."
As expected, there was the kitchen in front of us, and there was indeed the sound of frying. Another loud voice shouted: "Be careful, this 'Bi Yi Lian Li' is one fish and two flavors. It goes without saying that it is delicious, but in the end The most important thing is the intention, the fish head and fish tail must be fried completely, otherwise the presentation will not look good and the owner may not like it and make people laugh."
The so-called "Bi Yi Lian Li" is made from fresh carp. The carp is cut in half, the fish bones are removed, the fish head and tail are deep-fried, and the fish meat is cut into thin strips. One part is made for salty and fresh taste, and the other part is made for sour and sweet taste. , spread on the fried fish. The name naturally comes from the famous line from "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" that has been passed down through the ages and is a must-have for wedding banquets.
Only another person said: "Of course, Wang Tou, don't worry, I have made this finale dish countless times, and there will never be a mistake."
Wei Yu smelled the aroma of oil. She walked to the kitchen door and looked inside. She saw seven or eight people inside, some picking vegetables, some serving dishes, and some busy around the stove. She scanned them one by one, but there was no one there. Something suspicious.
Just as a maid came over to check, she suddenly saw Wei Yu. She couldn't help being frightened by her appearance and temperament. She thought she was a guest, so she smiled and said, "Why are you here, Master? What are your orders?"
Wei Yu looked at Fei Lian and said, "Sister, if you have any good wine, please bring me a pot."
The maid was even more happy to hear her talking like this. She was so dizzy that she didn't ask why she wanted wine, so she hurriedly went to get a pot and offered it to her.
Fei Lian was smart enough to take it over in a hurry.
The maid thought that Fei Lian was Wei Yu's servant, so she had no problem with it.
When everyone in the kitchen saw this, they naturally remained silent. Wei Yu put his hands behind his hands and pretended to look at the newly prepared "couple". Suddenly, he heard the sound of rattling in the corner. After paying attention, he realized that it was the oriole in the cage. , there are hundreds of them, and the birds in the cage stare with dark eyes, looking very pitiful from the gaps in the cage.
Wei Yu held her breath and turned around to see that the maid was urging people to come and get the food. She didn't leave. She walked back and said, "Master Xu is such a generous person. There must be over a hundred guests here today."
The maid smiled and replied: "Only those who have close contacts with the government and have some status in and outside the county are invited. There are twenty-three tables in total, and there are nearly two hundred people."
Wei Yu said jokingly: "Master Xu is a man of great dignity and kindness. I think everyone is willing to come and share in this good fortune, but those who can't come are afraid of resentment in their hearts."
The maid was very willing to talk to her, and immediately said: "You are right, there are people who can't get it, so of course I feel unhappy. But there is nothing I can do. If I invite them all, I'm afraid they won't be able to finish them in half a month."
Wei Yu nodded and said: "It is said that a big tree attracts the wind. Thanks to Mr. Xu's ability, although there were many guests, the arrangements were well organized and the dishes were all so excellent. It was impossible to find anything bad at all. If I were Mr. Xu's enemy, I’m afraid I’ll be pissed off by such pomp and circumstance.”
The maid smiled and said, "No one in the county dares to be our master's enemy, except..."
Wei Yu was not in a hurry and just looked at her. The maid didn't dare to say this at first, but when she looked at her, she couldn't help but said: "There is a man from the next county who did business with the master. He once came here He made trouble several times and said some inappropriate things... so he even got into trouble in the Yamen, but he was arrested in Niutoushan last year..."
At this point, someone outside shouted: "Sister Cuiling, my wife is looking for you!"
The girl named Cuiling suddenly came to her senses, agreed, and was about to leave. Wei Yu stopped her: "Sister, what's that person's name?"
Cuiling hesitated for a while and whispered: "My surname is Zhou, and everyone calls him Zhou Laoliu."
Wei Yu stared at the figure of the maid hurriedly leaving, and was thinking, when she heard someone behind her shout: "What are you doing?!"
Hurrah! Chirping...a chaotic roar, mixed with exclamations.
Wei Yu suddenly turned around, only to see that the bamboo cage originally placed in the corner was opened, and the oriole cages inside surged out, fluttering around, and rushed out of the door one after another.
Everyone was stunned inside and outside the house. A cook pointed at Fei Lian and shouted, "This kid did it! He let Huang Que go!"
A servant from outside rushed in, opened the cage and looked inside. There were only messy oriole feathers inside. He shouted angrily: "You bastard, you have done a good job!"
Some also shouted: "Catch him and hand him over to the master!"
Feilian was holding a wine gourd in his hand and was surrounded by several people. He was a little flustered, but he pursed his lips and said nothing.
What surprised Wei Yu was not that Fei Lian let Huang Que go, she just didn't expect such a situation.
Originally, she remembered that the dish that poisoned the people in Xu Mansion was Huang Que Juaner, so she was not in a hurry and just took a look at the situation in Xu Mansion first.
But now that the oriole is gone...how will the perpetrator choose to act?
Will this cause unpredictable variables?
However, Wei Yu didn't have time to think about anything else. When she saw people from the Xu Mansion surrounding Fei Lian, she was worried that Fei Lian would suffer a loss, so she hurriedly walked over and said, "If you have something to say, please say it. Don't do anything."
An angry cook was about to slap Fei Lian, but Wei Yu stopped him and shouted, "He let Huang Que go. How can we deal with our employer?"
Wei Yu instead smiled and said: "I brought this child, just tell me if you have anything. I will also answer Mr. Xu's side, and I will never bring any trouble to you."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but lower their fists. Wei Yu looked at the servant of the Xu Mansion and said, "I'm just about to meet Mr. Xu. Please lead the way."
Shopkeeper Xu was entertaining guests at the front, and suddenly heard that his oriole had been let go, and he was very angry.
When they came to the back hall, Wei Yu was already waiting in the hall. The two of them looked at each other. Shopkeeper Xu was confused: "Who are you?"
Wei Yu looked him up and down and handed him over: "Mr. Xu has never seen me, but... he probably hasn't forgotten 'Zhou Laoliu'."
Xu Chao was still smiling at first, but after hearing this, his face suddenly turned cold: "What? You...are you from the Zhou family?"
Wei Yu smiled and said: "Since Mr. Xu still remembers it, then you should know why I chose to come today?"
Shopkeeper Xu's eyes flashed with coldness. He first looked back to see that there was no one behind him, and then snorted: "Zhou Laoliu has been dead for a year, what do you want to do?"
After hearing this, Wei Yu watched his expression change and said slowly: "I was just about to ask Mr. Xu how he died."
Xu Chao's eyebrows twitched, and after a while he said: "It's a joke. The government has already decided it. You come to ask me? I think you are here to provoke for no reason!"
Wei Yu actually didn't know Zhou Laoliu. She just learned the name from the maid. Seeing the difference in the maid's tone, she guessed that something was fishy.
The Xu family was wiped out, which was naturally out of great hatred, so Wei Yu wanted to find out who had such a deep hatred against the Xu family. She used Zhou Laoliu's name, of course, to see shopkeeper Xu's reaction. To find out what was going on between the two, they got the news of Zhou Laoliu's death first.
Seeing that shopkeeper Xu's eyes were wrong, Wei Yu said calmly: "I have two words for Mr. Xu - if you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing."
The sound of drums in the front yard and the sounds of guests chatting and laughing could be heard faintly.
Shopkeeper Xu clenched and unclenched his fists. Finally, he took a step closer, stared at Wei Yu fiercely and said, "Little brat, are you trying to hold me hostage? Or are you seeking death?"
Wei Yu raised his eyebrows: "This is not Niutoushan, how can I seek death? Or should Master Xu do it himself?"
Shopkeeper Xu was shocked: "You..." He stared at Wei Yu, the horror in his eyes flashed, and he couldn't say any more.
There was a strange noise outside the door, as if the shadow of a dark cloud was hovering past the door.
If you look closely, you will see a group of yellow finches.
Wei Yu squinted his eyes and looked at the group of birds that had escaped from prison. They seemed to be celebrating their new life, but also seemed to have infinite resentment and lingering around.
She looked at the dancing birds and felt slightly in a trance.
When Wei Yu was cared for and nursed back to health by Su Xuehui, she was puzzled and asked, "Why did you do this?"
He didn't answer immediately, but when he spoke, he said something that confused her even more.
"You... don't even remember." He said.
Wei Yu was reincarnated as a human being. When he recalled this sentence, he still didn't understand its meaning. At this moment, he was watching the birds flying freely, and suddenly he felt something.
Just when Wei Yu was lost in thought, Xu Chao waved his hand, and several servants outside the door quietly gathered around him.
