CHAPTER XLII

"Mother, are you ready to eat?" The young lady raised her head and looked at Feng Shi and asked.

Only then did everyone remember that lunch had not yet started. Feng Shi looked at the only pot of porridge and a small plate of pickles on the table in the courtyard, and his face showed a look of embarrassment, now it is not easy for the Zhang family to drink a mouthful of porridge.

But isn't it too shabby to use these two things to entertain Aunt Sun who came from Chang'an? Besides, he's still a prince.

But there is really nothing else left at home, and the few copper plates left in Feng's pocket can't even afford half a tael of pork.

Chu Ming made a look, Xiao Liufei rushed out, and within half an hour, he rushed back like the wind, with an extra chicken, a piece of meat, and a fish in his hand, and half a bag of flour on his shoulder.

Chu Mingcai smiled kindly: "Maternal grandfather and grandmother, Chu Ming was in a hurry all the way, and he didn't have time to bring gifts to the second elder, why don't the second elder try the cooking skills of his grandson-in-law?" ”

The old lady lying on the recliner was already happily squinting into a line at this time, happy. After eliminating the original misunderstanding, the old lady liked this grandson-in-law more and more.

If a person is willing to do something, then his actions, words, face, and eyes are all consistent and harmonious, and every qiē looks so natural.

On the contrary, if a person is reluctant, no matter how well he disguises himself, there will always be flaws.

Chu Ming has always been so humble and sincere from his entry to the present, obviously with sincerity.

The old lady said: "The gentleman cooks far away, cooking is a woman's busy job, how can it be your turn to interfere...... Ah Tang, don't go and clean up quickly, Auntie, you will also go over to help. ”

Chu Ming said again: "Your good granddaughter said that a gentleman also has to eat, and he can't cook far away, and he has to drink the northwest wind if he cooks far away." Besides, in the past, the grandson-in-law was marching outside, and the frontier was difficult, if he didn't do it himself, where would he have food? ”

When the old lady heard Chu Ming say that he was from the army, she noticed his vigorous physique, needless to say, she was even more satisfied in her heart.

couldn't resist Chu Ming, Feng had to take Chu Ming to the kitchen, Xiao Liu neatly cleaned up the fish and chicken, Feng helped to start the fire, Chu Ming picked up his sleeves and spooned, and after a while, a large portion of fish soup, a braised chicken nugget and a few side dishes were served, the color and taste were attractive.

In terms of taste, Chu Ming's cooking skills are naturally not as good as Tang Xiaoshi's, but a few ordinary dishes have different tastes.

It's better to bring any gifts than just this meal. Putting aside the identity of the prince, even if it is an ordinary person, which aunt will cook by himself when he comes to the door?

Xiao Budian hasn't eaten meat for a long time, grabbing the chicken legs and gnawing on them, the little paws are all oil, and the people at the table are eating happily, even Zhang Yuan, who has been keeping a straight face, has eased a lot.

Subsequently, Feng Shi packed up a guest room and came out.

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The danger of the Zhang family came very suddenly.

On the night of the third watch, when everyone was sleeping soundly, a group of black-clothed people poured a sufficient amount of fire oil around Zhang's house, and threw a fire, and the crazy flames burned around like roots, and soon surrounded the Zhang family's house.

This kind of killer method is the most straightforward, no need to see blood, no need to clean up the crime scene, the raging flames will bury a qiē.

The flames outside the circle were raging, the smoke was billowing in the circle, and the flame light was red half of the sky, this group of black-clothed people couldn't see what the scene was inside the Zhang family's house, but they thought, it must be very miserable inside, the people inside may be struggling, maybe hugging together, no one can escape such billowing smoke, as long as you inhale it, you can be choked half to death, and then there will be more smoke invading.

As for the old and weak women and children of the Zhang family, even if they put on their wings, they can't fly out.

The men in black had been surrounding them, and while it was unlikely, they had to make sure that no one had escaped the fire.

When there was a "boom-", the Zhang family's house collapsed, and this group of black-clothed people were reluctant to leave. In such a scenario, no one should be able to live.

As soon as the man in black left, the people around him began to shout for fire, one after another.

A group of people came out with barrels and tubs, only to find that the nearest river was half a mile away, and they had to rely on carrying buckets of water from deep wells and pouring them into the raging fire.

Even though the little water didn't work, they poured buckets into it, even though they knew that the people inside were no longer alive, and they were still fighting the fire.

In fact, these are the most timid people at the bottom, they have already discovered the fire, but seeing that group of fierce and vicious people in black, who dares to speak out? It would be unwise to set the fire on the rise, and they were all afraid of putting a family in it.

In a society where the law of the jungle eats the strong, the more this little person wants to protect himself, the more timid he becomes, the more timid he is, and the more he is bullied.

Knowing that it was useless, they still ran out to put out the fire, in fact, for the conscience that still remained in their hearts.

In the small forest not far away, Chu Ming looked at the firelight in the sky, his face was full of anger, if he hadn't arrived in Guangling County a day earlier, would Xiao Shi's relatives have been buried in the fire?

It was a group of old and weak women and children who had no quarrel with the world.

Chu Ming said: "Third Brother Wu, thanks to you this time. ”

The third brother Wu was standing behind Chu Ming, he was a good man, but he was missing a leg, and he was on crutches, and he said: "The prince still calls me Adjutant Wu, just let me remember those days in the army." ”

Third Brother Wu said again: "The Tang family found the bandits in Xishan as killers this time, and I just planted eyeliner there to get the news, if they find someone else, I'm afraid I will also know later." ”

The absence of dead people is a great blessing.

Fortunately, Chu Ming arrived a day early, fortunately, Chu Ming went to visit his former subordinate Wu Sange before going to Zhang's house, and fortunately, Wu Sange happened to have eyeliner in the Xishan bandits' den, so Chu Ming had the opportunity to transfer the Zhang family's old and young away in advance.

Otherwise, how would he explain to Xiaoshi? Those are her dearest relatives.

Seeing Chu Ming's angry appearance, Third Brother Wu asked again: "Lord Wang, do you want me to take a group of brothers to secretly destroy the Tang family?" ”

Chu Ming shook his head and said calmly: "Tang Huairen has failed Xiaoshi's mother, although he is unkind, he will not destroy the Zhang family, who instructed him, and he still needs to be carefully investigated." Moreover, Xiaoshi is about to go to Yangzhou City, maybe she will have a better plan than us. ”

After thinking for a moment, Chu Ming asked again: "Adjutant Wu, the Zhang family was transferred, and they won't be discovered, right?" ”

Chu Ming didn't want to startle the snake for the time being, he needed to create an illusion.

Third Brother Wu smiled mysteriously and said, "Lord Wang, please rest assured, your subordinates have done it." ”

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The next day, the biggest case in Guangling County was not the death of the Zhang family, but a wealthy family in Guangling County, who lost five big pigs overnight, which is a lot of wealth.

Everyone was amazed.

Only Third Brother Wu knew that the five fat pigs had been buried in the fire.

It is said that the bones of pigs are different from people, but the raging fire like last night burned all night, what else can be left under such a fire? It's nothing more than a few broken bones.

As long as you don't study it carefully, who can find out that those broken bones in the ashes are pig bones?

As soon as Huang Meng, the county magistrate of Guangling County, heard that the Zhang family was buried in the fire, he fainted and was bedridden. He had a heart disease, he would never have thought that when he went to divorce his son that day, it turned out to be the last meeting with Uncle Zhang, he repented, and he resented himself.

Huang Yuan was heartbroken when he learned that his eldest mother Yurong was buried in the fire, and he hated to go to life and death with his eldest mother, so he fell ill with him.

Tang Huaiyi, the head of the Tang family, had just sent five hundred taels of silver to the bandits in Xishan, although he was distressed, he was glad that he had finally completed the task arranged by the Zhao family, and at this time, he was enthusiastically replying to the Zhao family to ask for credit.

He almost thought that the Zhao family would be very satisfied with his actions, so could he take the opportunity to ask the Zhao family for instructions and ask his son for an official position in the court? After all, his son has also reached the age of becoming an official.

What he didn't know was that on the bank of the north-south canal not far away, the merchant ship that Tang Xiaoshi was riding on had docked.