Chapter 146 Tea Eggs (2)

After listening to the corner for a long time, Wen Mingtang walked directly to the alley.

Mostly for the passage of nobles' carriages and horses, the lanes were built wider than ordinary lanes. The lanes are very shallow. When you look up, you can see the tall vermilion gate at the end of the lane, and the round-eyed stone lions standing on both sides of the gate.

Stare, looking this way very mightily.

Although it was broad daylight, the door of the nobleman's house was still closed. Wen Mingtang walked around, and it was impossible to see what was going on inside the house through the thick stone wall. He only walked around briefly and walked out again.

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Back at the entrance of the alley, when I was about to buy some necessary ingredients, I heard a familiar voice coming from behind me.

"Master Wen?"

The slightly surprised voice made Wen Mingtang stiffen. He turned around and looked over. Not far behind him, he saw Lin Fei and Wei Fu standing at the door of a mansion. Before the steward of the mansion could leave, the three of them were heading towards

She looked over here.

The steward seemed a little surprised, but he was a discerning man after all. He turned around and returned to the mansion without asking any more questions. After the door of the mansion was closed with a bang, only Wen Mingtang, Lin Fei and Wei Fusan were left in the empty alley.

People.

Wei Fu glanced at Lin Fei, coughed slightly, and asked, "Why are Master Wen here?"

Wen Mingtang was silent for a moment, looked at Lin Fei's confused face, weighed it briefly, and chose to tell the truth: "I just found an excuse to buy ingredients and go out and do some personal things of my own."

After saying this, the expression on Wei Fu's face became even more subtle. He subconsciously raised his head and glanced at Lin Fei beside him, paused, and said with a strange expression: "Master Wen is not in Dali Temple, but the smell of the pot of tea leaves is...

You are so domineering, we would have thought you were here, but for Lin Shaoqing..."

It was obviously just an ordinary egg, but the aroma of the pot of tea eggs made the whole Dali Temple get excited. As people sat there, they wanted to go over and take a look at the pot of tea eggs.

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He also smelled the smell, and just when he was sighing, "Master Wen has made snacks again today," Lin Fei came over, and in the unique aroma of tea, spices, and sauces, said to him: "Go.

See if anyone is still in the public kitchen!"

At that time, he instinctively retorted: "Is Lin Shaoqing worrying too much? Although I haven't seen anyone, I can smell the smell. If Master Wen's people are not here, where does this smell come from?"

Lin Fei shook his head and didn't say much. He just asked him to go to the public kitchen and take a look.

Although Wei Fu didn't know why at that time, he still took a walk. Then, he saw Tangyuan and A Bing sitting next to the stove where tea eggs were simmering over a low fire.

The two and a half-year-old children couldn't help but stretch out their hands to see the tea eggs that were about to move all over the Dali Temple. They wanted to take one to taste it first.

After a visit to the public kitchen, except for catching two "little mice" trying to steal food, Wen Mingtang, who was supposed to be cooking there, didn't even see anyone.

Watching this scene, Wei Fu was in awe and couldn't tell whether to laugh or cry: I really don't know whether to admire Wen Mingtang's good craftsmanship, but he can still make this pot of delicious food when no one is around; or whether he should admire Wen Mingtang for borrowing a pot of delicious food to serve as "proof of presence" for himself

"The ability!"

Knowing that Wen Mingtang's person was not there, Lin Fei was not surprised. Not only that, he nodded and said with a "really so" look on his face: "I knew she couldn't sit still!"

After saying this, he took him out of Dali Temple and came to Zhengyangfang to find a familiar official from the court. After asking about King Yu this morning, he came out and bumped into Wen Mingtang.

Now that she was caught, Wen Mingtang stopped telling lies. She came to Zhengyangfang to check out the situation in the name of buying ingredients.

It was just unexpected that Lin Fei was staring at her so closely that he even came to find her!

One didn't lie, and the other didn't waste time pursuing the case.

After a pause, Lin Fei spoke first: "What did you find out?"

Wen Mingtang said: "I just listened to the people on the street chatting for a while, and I learned that there are dragons and tigers hiding in this alley. There is a wealthy widow, a powerful princess, and an unlucky cuckold whose family has failed.

Prince Consort."

Of course, there are more than just these people in the alley, there may be others.

"Prince Yu has a reputation for being romantic. If she were an ordinary woman, she would not need to cover up in every possible way, let alone go out alone without the people around her." Wen Mingtang said, "I don't know why I have to cover up like this this time."

If the princess with golden branches and jade leaves...if she said anything unpleasant, all the neighbors would know about it. I guess the princess's affairs were no longer a secret. The prince-in-law couldn't do anything to her, so why did he need to cover it up?

Prince Yu also didn’t have Princess Yu who could stop him from messing around. The two of them just looked at each other and put hats on their prince-in-law openly. The prince-son-in-law...had already worn so many hats.

I don't care about this anymore.

This is especially true for the rich Widow Wu, who seems to have no need to cover up.

Apart from these two people, I haven't heard from the neighbors that there are any other people in this alley who would do something like these two people.

Wen Mingtang was a little slow to inquire about the information himself, but now... Wen Mingtang looked at Lin Fei in front of him: With this person here, he must have inquired about who lives in this alley!

Lin Fei's answer did not disappoint her, and he said: "The family we just came out is Mr. Du, who has become an official. He has lived here since he became an official. He spent his days growing vegetables and flowers. His wife has passed away long ago.

His children are not around, and there is not a single woman in the entire house from top to bottom. The incident involving King Yu this morning should have little to do with him.

"Mr. Du doesn't know much about these things, but he also mentioned Princess Chao'an and Widow Wu," Lin Fei said. "In addition, he also mentioned several other families in this alley, including merchants and officials. How to Du Du in private?

Of course, Sir, I don’t know. But from the looks of things, they seem to be pretty good. Recently, the men are all at home and rarely stay out overnight."

Since the man is at home, it is naturally unlikely that King Yu will go in and fool around. So...

"The person who lives in the third room from the left is Mr. Jin, the head of the Ministry of Revenue. He has been out on business recently. Since his two children are still in their infancy, he left his wife in the capital and did not take her out of Chang'an." Lin

Fei said, "That Mrs. Jin is beautiful and gentle. When Mr. Du talks about it, he looks dignified."

Oh? Is that so? While specifically mentioning that Mrs. Jin’s husband is not in Beijing and her two children are still in infancy, he also said that Mrs. Jin is “a dignified person.” She is indeed an old man who has been immersed in officialdom for most of his life.

, Mr. Du, who has become an official, does know how to use puns!
Chapter completed!