Lin Mansion, in the kitchen.
Xiaohua, the maid recruited last time, is helping Lin Ji.
"Boil the water and prepare the ingredients just mentioned."
Xiaohua responded and started busy.
Lin Ji emptied the chopping board, leaving a large empty space.
As soon as the thought came to mind, the huge fire spirit fish corpse appeared on the stove, almost filling the spacious stove.
Xiaohua on the side was startled.
Lin Ji used a blade to remove a large piece of fish meat, and then took back the rest of the fish meat.
This is the advantage of having everything in your sleeves. The fresh ingredients stored there will always be of the same quality as when they were stored.
When Lin Ji was cutting the meat just now, the fire spirit fish flapped twice habitually, it was completely fresh.
Skillfully using his knife skills, he cut the fish into evenly sized slices and prepared some fish bones aside.
Take an empty bowl, put the fish in it, beat in the egg whites, add salt, soy sauce, green onions, ginger and other seasoning ingredients, mix well with your hands, and marinate.
This fire spirit fish is worthy of being a monster in the fifth realm. The fish meat is crystal clear and contains strong spiritual energy. Not only that, the fish meat itself seems to have a faint fragrance.
Lin Ji couldn't hold it back for a moment and directly grabbed a piece of raw fish and threw it into his mouth.
The fish meat was obviously very chewy and elastic when it was in the hand, but when it was first put into the mouth, it melted after just two chews.
For a moment, Lin Ji felt that his mouth was filled with the unique fragrance of the fish.
"The sashimi seems to be good too." Lin Ji's eyes lit up, and he pulled out the fire fish and cut some meat.
On the other side, the pot is already boiling.
Lin Ji went down with ease and put in the side dishes that Xiao Hua had prepared aside, including cabbage, radish, etc., and added whatever was available.
After the side dishes are cooked, take them all out and put the fish meat into the pot.
Because he knew that the fish would melt in his mouth, Lin Ji just fished it out of the water.
Arrange the side dishes and fish in a vegetable basin, and Lin Ji pours some seasoned fish soup into it.
Then put some minced garlic and chili inside.
Heat the oil in a pan. After the oil boils, pour the oil on top of the minced garlic and chili pepper.
Prick, prick, prick...
The aroma of garlic is instantly stimulated by the hot oil and spreads everywhere.
"Bring this dish over."
This pot of boiled fish was already quite heavy, so Xiaohua carefully carried the pot and walked out.
Lin Jize started to cut the fish again, this time he used the knife to be more fine, and every piece of fish seemed to be transparent.
The fish was neatly placed on the plate. He was not preparing ice or dipping sauces such as horseradish and vinegar.
The fish meat of this fire spirit fish, using these will only defile its purity.
It's delicious enough to eat raw.
By the time Lin Ji came to the restaurant with a whole plate of sashimi, Lu Zhaoer was already carrying a bowl of rice, his cheeks bulging from the food.
Seeing Lin Ji appear, she immediately stopped picking up the food and stood up to take the plate from Lin Ji's hand.
"I haven't eaten yet today." Lu Zhaoer said.
"You don't have to wait for me, it's important to fill your stomach." Lin Ji laughed dumbly.
Perhaps because they got along more often, Lu Zhaoer would always show some things that he had never seen before.
In this regard, Lin Ji naturally said that more would not be enough.
Soon, Lin Ji also filled up the rice and began to enjoy the delicious food.
For a moment, there was only the sound of dishes and chopsticks in the restaurant, and neither of them spoke.
The meal lasted for nearly half an hour. When they put down their bowls and chopsticks, they looked at each other and smiled.
"I'm actually a little full." Lu Zhaoer was a little surprised, holding his stomach and rubbing it twice, and said with a smile, "If grandpa finds out, he will definitely say something about me."
"Does Mr. Lu Guo care about this?" Lin Ji asked casually.
Children of big families must pay attention to their manners at all times, and there are even special teachers in this area.
But logically speaking, the Lu family are all monks, or military generals, and they don't seem to care about these red tapes.
"Didn't I tell you? In the past, my grandfather did not approve of my practice. He just wanted to treat me as a lady, find a good family to marry, and live my life in peace."
While talking, Xiaohua came in with a teapot and poured tea for Lin Ji and Lu Zhaoer.
Then, she waited quietly.
"No need to wait, you can go down and rest." Lin Ji said.
"Yes, sir." Xiaohua said with a smile, then retreated.
After Xiaohua left, Lu Zhaoer seemed to have thought of something and said, "By the way, the Shen Hong case was concluded a few days ago."
"So fast?" Lin Ji was a little surprised. Generally speaking, this kind of case would take several months.
After mediation between all parties, a suitable result will be reached.
But then I thought about it, Shen Hong was already dead, so no one would be willing to waste time on a dead man.
"How was it judged?"
"Shen Hong was convicted of embezzling money from the treasury and sentenced to execution." Lu Zhaoer sighed, "Actually, there are many Yangzhou merchants in the capital, and many people say that Shen Hong was wrongly accused."
"Who told him that his life was not strong enough and he could not come to the capital alive." Lin Ji shook his head slightly.
"It's just that Shen Hong is dead, and he wants to kill everyone in his family. This is too much."
As he said this, Lin Ji recalled the different attitudes of the three chief officials at the Dali Temple Yamen that day during the joint trial of the three divisions.
Lin Ji couldn't figure it out at the time, and didn't want to figure it out.
He just said everything out loud.
He still remembered that the adults at that time were very confident that everything he said would be presented truthfully.
But if there was really no concealment, how could Shen Hong's case end like this?
Even if we don't talk about overturning the verdict, at least it shouldn't end so hastily.
"The execution of the whole family is just talk. Shen Hong is alone and has no relatives." Lu Zhaoer said, "His wife died of illness in his early years and his daughter is missing. Therefore, it is said that the whole family is executed, but it is not implemented."
"That's it." Lin Ji didn't know whether to be grateful or regretful for a moment.
You alone are your whole family, no matter how you say this, it doesn't sound good.
"Forget it, this matter is in the past. Death is like a lamp going out. I hope Mr. Shen can work as an official below." Lin Ji picked up the tea cup and fell to the ground.
"If you can't bless the world of heaven, then go and bless the underworld. Anyway, it's not a job to be an errand."
Putting down the teacup, Lin Ji yawned.
"I'm going to go out on errands in a few days. The Jingzhou Yamen doesn't have enough manpower." Lu Zhaoer suddenly said.
Lin Ji nodded.
"Me too. After being the commander for so long, it's finally time to officially take office."
Speaking of this matter, Lin Jiman said that he was just gearing up, but in fact he didn't even have the slightest expectation.
All he can think about is how to fish appropriately after taking office.
After all, he was running an errand under Fang Yunshan's nose, so he couldn't go too far.
