The next day, Lin Bining and Bai Yi followed Shi Jian out and went to the street where there was an inn left yesterday that had not been checked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The signboard of the inn was washed by the wind and rain and painted a little off, it looks old, it looks like this inn is very old, and the business is estimated to be average, otherwise this kind of signboard would have been repainted a long time ago.

Sure enough, the furnishings inside were simple and old, the place was not large, the windows were tightly closed, and there was no other light source except the light that came in from the door.

The three of them were accustomed to seeing bright and spacious inns, and when they first came in, they felt cramped and depressed.

The shopkeeper was a thin man, with a pair of bright eyes, which made the whole face vivid. It had been raining for the past few days, and the inn, which had not had many customers, seemed even more deserted, and he was settling the accounts to see if he could save some more money from where.

Someone blocked the light at the door, he thought there was a guest coming to the door, but he didn't think that it was two rich boys who came into the store with a small servant. How could a rich family live in a small inn like him, he still knew this, and his excited heart immediately stopped.

He cheered up and said, "Is there something wrong with the guest officers?" ”

Shi Jian smiled and said: "Hello shopkeeper, may I ask if there was a father and son living in your store three years ago, the father is called Zhao Jizheng, and the son is called Zhao Yicheng?" ”

"It's familiar, I think about it." The shopkeeper thought for a long time, patted his head, and shouted, "It turned out to be the father and son who ate and drank for nothing", and then took out an account book from the counter in the puzzled eyes of others, turned one of the pages and said angrily to them, "These two people lived in my house for half a month for nothing three years ago, and they paid off together before they left. But in the end, only a package was left, and the people fled. There were only a few worthless old clothes in that package, and they were only worth three cents to die, and those two still owe me four hundred and ninety-seven cents! ”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper's eyes rolled slightly, and suddenly a plan was born in his heart, half-squinting, and said to them with a sneer: "Since a few people came to find this father and son, they must be either relatives or so, the small shop is a small business, and the business has not been good recently, two sons, you see, can you pay off this debt?" ”

The shopkeeper is shrewd, but this debt is also true, Zhao Jizheng is also related to the Lin family after all, and it is okay to spend a little money to help them pay it back.

Lin Bining took out a tael of silver and put it on the counter, and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I still have a few words to ask you, and the other half of the silver is considered a reward." ”

The shopkeeper took the silver and said with a smile: "Childe, please ask, I will definitely answer all questions." ”

"You said they fled without taking their carry-on package, so did they do anything unusual before?" Lin Bining asked.

The shopkeeper thought about it carefully for a while before he said, "There is nothing strange about it, they went out early that morning and asked me about the location of Dr. Huang's medical hall, which specializes in women's diseases and likes to study black moles, and then I haven't seen them again." ”

Doctor Huang is the doctor they saw yesterday, Lin Bining wanted to ask him about the appearance of Zhao Jizheng's father and son, but in the past few years, people can recognize them when they walk in front of the doctor, but let him describe their appearance is indescribable.

The shopkeeper has been in contact with them for a longer time, and should be able to remember them more clearly than Dr. Huang.

She hummed softly, and then asked, "The shopkeeper can still describe their faces, or whether there is anything special about them." ”

The shopkeeper touched his chin, sighed and said: "I can't remember his appearance clearly, I only remember that the son usually doesn't talk much, always follows behind him, and looks very scared, I began to think that he was timid, and later I talked to him to know that the son was not bright, and he spoke upside down." I asked the man surnamed Zhao, and he said that the son was born with a little sunken head and was born stupid. Seeing that they were pitiful, I allowed them to take credit. ”

Lin Bining nodded, she didn't expect that Zhao Yicheng was really a person with a problem with his head.

She raised her hand and motioned for the sword to show the other painting to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper looked at the portrait for a long time, shook his head and said, "I have no impression of this person, I have never seen it." ”

"Well, thank you for that." Lin Bining thanked him, and left the inn with Bai Yi and Shi Jian.

After they asked about the streets that were given to the sword, none of them knew Zhao Yicheng. Back at the inn, Lin Bining held the tea, looked at the rippling water, and asked: "Even if Zhao Jizheng's father and son were in a hurry to go to Shangdu after knowing the news of the Zhao family, they should go back and take the package before leaving, why did they disappear directly?" ”

"Maybe you can't afford to pay for the house, maybe you have some unexpected situation." Bai Yi took a sip of tea.

As he was talking, Tao Yi and Peng Ze also came back, and they didn't find any news of Zhao Yicheng, Lin Bining couldn't help but be a little disappointed, Bai Yi smiled and said: "The lotus flowers are fragrant in June, I heard the shopkeeper say that there is a very elegant restaurant in the city, every dish in the restaurant is related to flowers, and there will be a lotus banquet in the summer, so we can just go and try it." ”

"Hmm." Lin Bining nodded.

The restaurant is called Qinfang Building, leaning on the inner lake, sitting by the window and overlooking, just to appreciate the scenery of "the lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red in the sun". On the table, there is a spacious black porcelain jar, filled with water, and a blooming lotus flower floats on it, and the faint fragrance is scattered in the air, which is really elegant.

Smelling the incense and appreciating the lotus, Lin Bining's heart calmed down, and the anxiety of not finding Zhao Yicheng's news was gently soothed.

Before the dishes were served, Xiao Er first served them a special lotus tea. The lotus tea of Qinfanglou is a little special, it is placed in a large round porcelain, open the lid and a fragrance comes to the nose, both the fragrance of the lotus flower, and the fragrance of tea, and the eyes look down to see the lotus flower without tea.

Bai Yi closed his eyes and carefully distinguished, and said: "Outside of the lotus fragrance, it should be the fragrance of Longjing, but why don't you see the tea?" ”

Lin Bining explained with a smile: "I have made this tea before, first collect fresh lotus flowers to wash off the dust, dry them and put them in the tea leaves, wrap the tea leaves with lotus petals and lotus leaves and let them stand for an hour and a half, and after the lotus flowers fully absorb the aroma of the tea leaves, pour out the tea leaves, and bake the lotus flowers with low heat for the same time for an hour and a half, so far the lotus tea is completed." ”

As she spoke, she scooped a cup of tea for Bai Yi with a cup-shaped spoon made of bamboo.

Bai Yi took a sip and nodded, "It's really fragrant." ”

There are a total of 10 dishes in the lotus feast, which are lotus leaf lychee duck, lotus leaf powder steamed chicken, lotus room fish bun, lotus root pork rib soup, vinegar lotus root slices, lotus leaf steamed tofu, lotus seed mushroom box, calla lotus seed cake, golden fried lotus flower and eight-star lotus rice.

Lin Bining loves the golden fried lotus in it, the food will be greasy after oil, but this one is not oily at all, the skin is crispy, the lotus is fragrant, and it is refreshing to eat.