"Miss, the master is back!" There was a knock on the door, and Fu An shouted outside the door.

Fu Shu opened the door and went out, and saw Su Fan and two government servants carrying straw mats into the yard.

When Su Fan saw her, he cupped his hands and said, "Young Master invited a widow from Lin County overnight. After checking it early this morning, he brought it back to Miss Fu. I was afraid that I might miss Master Fu's burial."

"Fu Shu thanked Mr. Su and several Cha Ye." Fu Shu nodded and thanked Fu An, and then ordered Fu An: "Fu An, take Cha Cha to the ancestral hall and let the senior brother and fifth junior brother change father's clothes."

"Yes, Miss." Fu Shu asked Putao to give each of the government servants a drop of money, and Fu An then led them to carry Fu Tiancheng's body to the ancestral hall.

When he saw the person walking away, Su Fan said: "Master Fu died of a stab wound."

"As expected." Fu Shu's eyes dimmed and he asked again: "Can you tell what kind of knife it is?"

"It's four feet and three inches long, with a narrow blade. It could be a dagger, or..." Su Fan glanced at Fu Shu and didn't say anything.

"Maybe it's a meat cleaver." Fu Shu lowered his eyes and said.

Meat cleaver, as its name suggests, is specially used for breaking bones and removing meat, and is extremely sharp.

The origin of the meat cleaver can be traced back to nineteen years ago.

In the winter of the sixth year of Xuanzheng's reign, the southwest king Zheng Jiutong rebelled, and Emperor Xuanzheng sent Marquis Zhongwu to Shu to suppress it. Marquis Zhongyong liked to eat delicacies, and the emperor showed his respect by ordering Fu Tiancheng, the chef of the imperial dining room who was in great power at that time, to accompany the army.

The Shu region is wet and cold in winter, and the area is rich in pepper and Sichuan peppercorns. Fu Tiancheng walked here by water and saw trackers and fishermen on the shore cooking fish, shrimp and vegetables with hot soup.

More than ten kinds of auxiliary ingredients such as patchouli and nutmeg are boiled with butter and vegetable oil to make a spicy and fragrant hot pot, which was deeply loved by Marquis Zhongwu.

As for the boning knife, it is a kitchen knife that Fu Tiancheng personally forged to debone the meat more precisely and cut the meat slices thinner and easier to cook. The knife is four feet and three inches long, with a narrow blade and a delicate blade, as thin as a cicada's wing.

Six years later, Marquis Zhongwu returned to the capital after a great victory and brought the hot pot method back to the capital. Emperor Xuanzheng was so impressed that he rewarded him with a boning knife made of pure gold from Tiancheng, with the inscription Tianchengwei, which is the one hanging on the door plaque of the restaurant.

At that time, Fu Tiancheng had not passed the funeral of his beloved wife. He resigned and lived in seclusion in Shu. He was the only one who knew how to forge and use the boning knife. Even the golden knife given by the emperor was just a copy of the gourd. After all, who

I don’t really know how to use the Royal Gift Golden Knife to cut vegetables and cook.

Having said that, the boning knife is not completely nowhere to be found.

After Fu Tiancheng accepted his apprentices, each apprentice was equipped with a carving knife, which was similar in length to the boning knife and had a narrow blade. It was just slightly heavier and thicker than the boning knife. Although it could not cut iron like clay, it was still able to cut bones.

Meat weapon.

The reason why "Tiancheng Wei" is so valuable is that in addition to the Fu family's recipes, more importantly, it contains the forging method of the boning knife.

But now that Fu Tiancheng is dead and "Tiancheng Wei" has been stolen, there is no way to verify whether there is really a method for forging the boning knife in it.

"My condolences." Su Fan looked at the frail but straight back of the woman in front of him with pity in his heart.

Fu Shu glanced at him and smiled lightly: "It's okay, I have no right to be sad now."

Su Fan was puzzled: "You are stupid, please ask Miss Fu to clarify your doubts. When will you be considered qualified?"

There was a coldness in Fu Shu's eyes: "When the blood debt of the enemy who killed my father is paid with blood."

"Miss Fu, please rest assured. The young master will definitely seek justice for Fu Yuchu." Su Fan clasped his fists and saw that the two government servants had returned, and Fu Shu said, "I will go back to recover later, so I won't bother you."

Fu Shu nodded: "I'm going to see my father. I would also like to thank Mr. Su and Guard Su for telling the truth about what happened today."

After seeing Su Fan off, Fu Shu walked directly to the ancestral hall. At this moment, Fu Tiancheng had changed into his shroud and lay down in the wooden coffin that had been prepared.

Yin Liang and Yu Wanzhou knelt aside, filling the charcoal basin with paper money.

Putao, Fu An and Aunt Wang also knelt behind, wiping tears silently.

Fu Shu walked in and saw that there were only a few people in the ancestral hall, so he said coldly: "Where are the others?"

Fu An stopped crying, lowered his head and replied: "Several young masters said they were injured but Miss Xiao...she is taking care of Young Master Qi."

"The head of the family is newly mourned. Even women who have given birth don't dare to escape from the mourning privately. They will put on airs." Fu Shu sneered: "Well, they don't want to be a young master and young lady. They insist on being slaves, so that's what they want.

Fu An, take Aunt Wang and drag them out one by one for me. If anyone refuses to obey, I will send him to the government and accuse him of being a slave who deceived his master."

"Yes, miss!" Fu An and Aunt Wang responded.

"Wait a minute." Fu Shu added, "Qi Zhijie and Xiao Yuge, there's no need to call."

"yes."

After a while, Fu An and Aunt Wang brought Lin Mao, Hu Dayong and Liu Shouren to the ancestral hall.

When several people saw Fu Shu, their eyes widened with anger, as if they were looking at the enemy who killed their father.

"Fu Shu, what do you mean?" Hu Dayong asked as soon as he saw her.

"Once a teacher, always a father. If you can't even keep filial piety for your father, what qualifications do you have to treat me as a brother and sister?" Fu Shu snorted coldly: "I'm just educating my own servants.

When I call you Fourth Senior Brother, do you really forget your identity?"

Hu Dayong stared, not knowing how to refute, but Lin Mao asked aloud: "Then why are there only three of my senior brothers? Where are the second senior brother and the younger junior sister?"

Liu Shouren frowned when he heard what he said and snorted coldly.

Fu Shu calmly replied: "Second senior brother helped my father keep the deed of betrayal. My father had long ago canceled his slavery for him, and now he is no longer a servant of the Fu family. Now that my father has passed away, the second senior brother has no selfish motives and handed over the deed of betrayal to me."

, he is seriously injured, so naturally there is no need to stay in mourning."

"You're talking nonsense!" Lin Mao was furious when he heard what she said: "How could Second Senior Brother do such a thing!"

Fu Shu glanced at him coldly and said scornfully: "My explanation to you is enough to give you face. What is your identity? Do you deserve to be deceived by me?"

After that, she entered the ancestral hall without looking at the expressions of those people.

Just as Fu An was about to take Lin Mao and others in, he heard the cold voice of his young lady: "Since they don't want to come so much, they should kneel outside to avoid staining their father's eyes." Fu An and Putao watched.

Point, whoever can’t kneel well can continue in the evening.”

As soon as he finished speaking, no one dared to raise objections.

They forced Fu Shu to separate his family before, so how could they dare to guard Fu Tiancheng's body overnight? Aren't they afraid that Fu Tiancheng would come to teach them in person?

In the hot summer weather, you have to kneel with injuries under the hot sun. If you don't want to die from the sun, you have to peel off a layer of skin. This kind of punishment is not light.

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In the county government office, Su Yue was greatly surprised when she heard Su Fan's report: "Did she really say that?"

"It's absolutely true, Miss Fu told her subordinates herself." Su Fan replied respectfully.

"As expected of Fu Tiancheng's daughter." Su Yue curled her lips and smiled: "In that case, I must not disappoint Miss Fu. I must make the perpetrator pay with blood."

"Young Master is absolutely right."

"Have those two made any moves recently?" Su Yue said seriously.

"The injury was too severe and I never left the house." Su Fan replied.

"I have ordered people to be merciful, and he handed Wei Ziyuan money himself, why is he still hurt so badly?" Su Yue frowned, as if he disliked the person he said was useless: he couldn't even get out of the house, so what else?

Do you expect him to make a mistake?

"As far as my subordinates know, this person is a lazy person. He is not good at cooking but thinks highly of himself. He always likes to cheat and play tricks during practice. He is very weak." Su Fan curled his lips, the contempt in his eyes undisguised.

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Chapter completed!