30. Interrogation

Sitting in the carriage, Su Lao Langzhong and Taohua glanced at each other, and they actually had a feeling of the rest of their lives. Su Lao Lang sighed and said, "Fortunately, I have you today." "If it weren't for Taohua's inspiration, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to wait for tomorrow and his signboard would be smashed to pieces.

Taohua also had a little palpitations: "Pearl only said that all I eat on weekdays are duck eggs and vegetables, who knew that this duck egg was actually made of crabs." And that amber, I don't believe she's really just to let the Lord of Nanhua use more food, otherwise why would she knock over the dishes? And the cook, didn't she know that the county lord's illness had been bad, and she dared to put crab roe in the dish? Amber said that the dishes in the restaurant were also put in the restaurant, and she believed it? ”

Su Laolang coughed and said in a low voice: "The cook must have tasted the dishes of the restaurant, and knows that there is indeed a secret crab roe and crab oil in it." "If you want to learn other people's dishes, you must buy them and try them for yourself. These cooks have a very sensitive tongue, and they can't tell what is put in the dish, but they can eat eight to ninety percent.

"Then why is it okay to eat the food in the restaurant? How does this crab oil have to be secretly prepared to get rid of the cold air? ”

Su Laolang sighed: "If the food in the restaurant is eaten every day, I'm afraid it will be fine." It was fine, but I didn't eat much. ”

Taohua's eyes widened: "But what you said just now ......"

Su Lao Langzhong smiled bitterly: "What do you say?" said that the second son of Jiang went to the restaurant, if he brought food back from the restaurant every day, it would be hindered for the county lord to eat it? "Who can't see that Jiang Heng is the most beloved youngest son of the Nanhua County Lord, and if she says in front of her that her son is kind and does bad things, will the Nanhua County Lord be happy? I'm afraid that I will turn my head and go to the restaurant.

"Or is it that if the cook doesn't want to please the county lord and don't learn to cook this dish, today's affairs have nothing to do with her?"

"Or maybe the amber girl had a bad heart, and maybe she instructed someone else to put more crab roe in that dish?"

"Grandpa Su-" Taohua opened her mouth in surprise, "You mean, there is more crab roe in that dish than in the restaurant?" ”

"Naturally." Su Laolang sighed, "If there are so many crab roe in the restaurant, but they are only sold at the price of scrambled duck eggs, wouldn't they be a loss?" ”

"Then you-" Momoka was silent in the middle of speaking. Su Lao Langzhong smiled bitterly, and then said: "Girl, we are just Langzhong, Langzhong's duty is to treat diseases, and in addition, it is a private matter of other people's homes, and it is not under our control." That amber girl, you and I can see her flaws, can't the county lord and Young Lady Jiang see it? It's just that those things, we should not see those things when we see them, and we must not hear them when we hear them, this is the way of survival for doctors. ”

"You're right." Tao Hua thought about it for a while and understood, "Let's just cure the disease, and the rest is none of our business, someone will deal with it." ”

Su Lao Lang smiled: "That's it." By the way, where did the home remedy for the hot wine lotus root festival you talked about today come from? ”

"I can't remember exactly, probably from the medical case at home. I used to flip through it and found it interesting. As if it was the recipe of the Song Dynasty, I also remembered it......"

Momoka said with a little embarrassment. This recipe is actually contained in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", but this book is not available yet......

The Jiang family has practiced medicine for several generations, and everyone has this thing, and they are different, Su Lao Langzhong has no doubts, and only nodded: "This should be written down." Although I don't know if this prescription can cure this disease, it is very effective in relieving the suffering for a while. I've had a home remedy before......"

The two discussed all the way in the carriage, and when they reached the front of the house, it was already dark. Taohua entered the door and saw that the family was gathered in the flower hall waiting for her, Jiang Xixian said, "How is it?" What is the illness of the county lord that can be diagnosed by Su Laolang? ”

Taohua and Su Lao Lang had already discussed it in the carriage, and the matter of the race crab could not be said from the mouths of the two of them anyway.

It must be known that as long as it is said, it proves that the previous Nanhua County Lord smashed several Langzhong signboards and completely blamed people, but with the temper of the Nanhua County Lord, how can he admit his mistake? must refute this rumor, and when the time comes, Taohua and Su Laolang, as the only witnesses, will be put on the fire and roasted.

It's better to keep silent and push it to a home remedies. There was no obligation to exchange news between their peers, and Jiang Heng would compensate those Langzhong in a few days, and when the time came, it would be up to them to guess, and everyone knew it.

Therefore, Taohua said: "It's the county lord who ate too many crabs a few days ago, and the cold entered the stomach. The prescriptions prescribed by the first few Lang Zhong are not wrong, but there are also repeated illnesses, and the county lord is anxious and irritable in illness, so he frequently changes the prescriptions. Today, Su Laolang used a dose of home remedies, and it worked greatly, and the county lord also decided to eat his prescription, and it would be fine if he wanted to come for a few days. ”

Jiang Xi breathed a sigh of relief: "That's fine." ”

Although the Cao family didn't know what to worry about, seeing that Jiang Xi was worried, he also hung his heart for a long time, and couldn't help but say at this time: "Since this is the case, why did Su Lao Langzhong call Sister Tao to go with him, so that the master is so worried." ”

Jiang Yanhua hurriedly said: "Mother, don't say that, Su Lao Langzhong asked my sister to come over, and my sister must be able to help." ”

Taohua smiled: "Actually, it's nothing." It's just that Su Lao Lang is cautious and wants to ask about the county lord's diet and daily life. This always has to ask the maid next to the county lord, although Su Laolang is old, it is not as convenient as me to speak. ”

Jiang Yanhua said with envy: "After all, it was my sister who helped Su Laolang, if she cured the county lord's illness, my sister also has a credit." ”

Jiang Xi was relieved at the moment, and he didn't want to talk about these things anymore. It is certainly merit to cure nobles, but it is equally sinful to be cured. The lord of Nanhua is just a small illness of diarrhea, so he smashed the signboard of several Langzhong in Wuxi, if it is serious, I am afraid not to say the signboard, the head will fall. Wasn't that the case with his father, for example?

"Okay, since it's okay, let's eat. Ginkgo seeds, call the kitchen to set the meal. ”

Taohua guessed what Jiang Xi was thinking, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, hurry up and set the meal, I'm hungry." As he spoke, he thought to himself, I'm afraid that the Lord of Nanhua County will not want to eat this meal tonight.

There really was no one in the inn who could eat this meal well. Wen finally went back to his room, and after only using a bowl of porridge, he felt uncomfortable in his stomach, so he had to take a pickled plum to hold it, so that he felt more comfortable.

Bi Qiu thumped her legs for her, and finally couldn't help but say, "Young lady, you said that Amber is really for--"

Wen sneered, and Bi Chun was already beside him, "If that's the case, why did she go to knock over the dishes?" If it weren't for that Jiang girl's cleverness, I'm afraid the medicine prescribed today would be just as useless. ”

"But why is she?" Bi Qiu looked puzzled, "Does she dare to harm the county lord?" Or do these Lang Zhong in Wuxi have an enmity with her? ”

These words stopped Biqiu as well, and she couldn't help but look at Wen. Wen leaned on the Luohan bed and sighed: "Who knows what she thinks." If it is said that the county lord is going to be harmed, it should not be. "Without the Lord of Nanhua, what is amber?

"That's it, the county lord himself will always ask about this. Let's just listen. ”

The county lord of Nanhua really wanted to ask, if it wasn't for Jiang Heng to stop her, she wouldn't even be able to wait for the meal to be judged. At this time, after dinner, the tea rinsed his mouth, and he said coldly: "Bring that slut up." ”

Amber and the cook had already been beaten ten boards each. The cook is okay, Amber is living the life of a deputy lady next to the lord of Nanhua, and she can't go down the road for ten boards, she was put in by two mothers-in-law, and she fell down when she threw it on the ground.

The lord of Nanhua looked at her coldly: "Slut, don't you tell the truth?" Like Wen, she didn't believe what Amber said. What is it to make her eat more, and if so, how does the dish overturn? How can there be such a coincidence?

Besides, even if what Amber said was true, several Lang Zhong said that shrimp and crabs should not be eaten, and Amber dared to use crab roe just to please her, which shows that she did not put her safety in the first place, which is absolutely intolerable to the Lord of Nanhua. If the maid around him dares to put the master in a disadvantageous place for his own benefit, what is such a maid still kept?

"County master, the slave maid is really loy......al," Amber gasped in pain, and cried tremblingly, "The slave maid saw that the dish that the second young master brought back from the restaurant also had crab oil, and the county lord was fine after eating it, so he dared to say that to the cook." These people are not good at medicine, and they are full of inedible and inedible this, and the slaves and maids are confused and think that they are all making a fuss, and seeing that the county lord does not like to eat, so he ......"

The Lord of Nanhua sneered: "You are clever in your words. So, the lord of this county will reward you for your loyalty? ”

"The county lord Mingjian, the slave and maid are serving the county lord when they are young, if the county lord is not good, what good is the slave and maid......" Amber didn't care about the pain on her body, and kowtowed while crying. At this time, she really regretted it a little, she really shouldn't have used this method in order to toss the Wen family. also blamed the girl of the Jiang family for being too clever, and actually thought of coming to check the dishes......

Indeed, Amber really didn't have the intention of harming the Lord of Nanhua, it was the Wen family that she wanted to toss.

In Huishan Temple, the lord of Nanhua County had obviously said that he would give her to Jiang Heng, as long as she bowed in front of the Bodhisattva, the matter would be settled, and the Wen family would not dare to contradict her mother-in-law no matter what. But at this time, Wen actually diagnosed the happy pulse. In this way, not only did Jiang Wu, who was far away in the capital, refuse to release people in the house on this ground, but even the lord of Nanhua County, for the sake of his daughter-in-law's grandson, was not very enthusiastic about stuffing people for his son.

So the amber was left to dry halfway through.

The four big girls beside the lord of Nanhua are the best born with amber appearance. It is precisely because of her good birth that Amber feels that none of the subordinates in Jiangfu are worthy of her. She didn't dare to think about Jiangjun Ma, and the lord of Nanhua didn't allow anyone, but she didn't allow her husband to take a concubine, but she didn't necessarily want to let her son enjoy the blessing of red sleeves and fragrance.

Jiang Wu has a future at a young age, and he is a talent, every time Amber sees him, his heart is like a pot of fire. Before leaving Beijing this time, the county lord of Nanhua had already revealed a little meaning to her, and Amber's heart was like pouring another scoop of oil on the fire, and the whole person was about to burn.

If there is no hope, perhaps the disappointment will not be so painful. But Amber looked forward to the journey, but in the end it was disappointed. After the lord of Nanhua received Jiang Wu's refusal letter, although he didn't say anything, Amber had been serving her for a long time, why couldn't he see what she meant?

The lord of Nanhua has never had a very good way to treat his two sons, otherwise the Wen family would not have been able to marry into the Jiang family. Amber only got this opportunity because Wen had not been pregnant for many years. But the girl of the Jiang family actually diagnosed Wen's happy pulse at that time! As a result, the attitude of the lord of Nanhua has changed.

Speaking of which, the problem is all in Wen's belly, if there is no such baby, wouldn't everything be better?

Amber hadn't dared to do anything directly with Wen's diet, or trip her up, and of course she didn't have the opportunity. Bi Chun is clever, although Bi Qiu lacks a string, she is loyal to the Wen family, and Amber is just a maid if she wins the favor of the lord of Nanhua, and she has no ability to make things difficult for the young lady. The only one who can make things difficult for the Wen family is the mother-in-law of the county lord of Nanhua.

The lord of Nanhua is a difficult person to serve, for example, although she values Wen's birth, but when she is unwell, she still thinks that Wen's should come to serve the sick, and as a mother-in-law, it is not a big deal to pick on Wen's fault a little, so it is not a big deal to let her stand for a while.

So as long as she is sick, Wen must always come to serve the sick. Amber had heard that in the first trimester of a woman's pregnancy, the fetus was often not secure, so it was easy to slip. Wen's body is weak, maybe he won't be able to support it after a few days of tossing, and when he loses this child, Jiang Wu will no longer have a reason to refuse.

Amber just went on and on. The kitchen lady in the kitchen has not been very popular with the lord of Nanhua County recently, but because she has not found a more suitable cook, she will be kept for the time being. To provoke such a person, it is not difficult in Amber's opinion. In fact, the only thing she has to do is to find an opportunity to add more crab roe to the dish. Sometimes there are opportunities and sometimes they don't, so the lord of Nanhua often gets better for two days, and then the condition recurs.

Amber lay on the ground, half of her body burning as if it were in the fire, but the fire in her heart was even stronger. Jiang Wu's gentle face unexpectedly floated in front of him, and it seemed to be close at hand, but he couldn't get it.

The lord of Nanhua looked at Amber coldly: "Since you think that adding some crab roe to that dish is not in the way, why do you want to knock over the dish?" ”

Amber was speechless. She didn't dare to say that she was trying to harm the Wen family, so she could only insist that it was the little maid who knocked over the plate. The Lord of Nanhua sneered: "Are you really confused? Since I have a hard mouth, I won't ask. For the sake of your service to me, I left you alive, called a man to come and sold her. Even the cook can't stay. ”

"The county lord, the county lord, the slave and maid are really confused for a while-" Amber was dragged down by the two mothers-in-law before she could finish crying. The other three big girls in the room were silent, and they all knelt on their knees. Especially Pearl, she is in charge of the food of the Lord of Nanhua, which is a great dereliction of duty.

Sure enough, after the lord of Nanhua disposed of the amber, his eyes swept over to the pearl: "You three, each of you will go and get ten boards." ”

Jiang Heng had already returned, and when he heard the words, he smiled and said, "Mother, if they are all beaten by the board, there will be no one to serve." It's better to write down these ten boards first, and then get them when you return to the capital. Now it's enough to fine them three months. ”

"Hmm-" The Lord of Nanhua thought about it, and it made sense, "Pearl will be punished for half a year!" ”

"Yes." The three maids all secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When I returned to the capital, as long as the lord of Nanhua didn't mention it specifically, these ten boards would be exempted. These big girls, what they are most afraid of is losing face in front of the people, as for the monthly silver, they will be punished here, and they will be on an errand when they turn around, the master will make up for it as a reward.

The lord of Nanhua disposed of Amber, and he still felt that the stuffiness in his chest had not yet finished: "That! If it weren't for your sister-in-law's joy or dislike, you should have killed her immediately! She couldn't imagine that Amber was tossing Wen in a big circle, and only when Amber wanted to please her in order to enter Jiang Wu's yard, she asked the cook to add crab roe to the dish.

Thinking in his heart, he unconsciously said: "It's a good thing for me to be her on weekdays, and I still want to be a roommate for your brother......"

Jiang Heng stroked the back of the Nanhua County Lord and said, "Mother, don't spoil your body for the sake of being a fool. But he sighed in his heart, if his mother had not mentioned it, Amber would not have done such a thing.

The chief of Nanhua County took a few long breaths, put aside the amber matter, and said: "That girl from the Jiang family, I diagnosed your sister-in-law's happy pulse last time, and this time I know this home remedies, it seems that I have learned medical skills very well." ”

Jiang Heng thought of Taohua and couldn't help nodding: "In the end, it is the origin of family learning." Speaking of which, thanks to her careful thinking today, she actually thought that there was something strange in the dish, otherwise it would ......"

"Hmm-" The county lord of Nanhua thought for a while, turned his head and ordered Sango, "Pick a few things from my box and send them to the Jiang family tomorrow." ”

Jiang Heng looked at her and looked better, and said with a smile: "Mother, those Lang Zhong also contributed a few days ago, and my son thought, why don't you also send a consultation fee over?" ”

The county lord of Nanhua thought about it and felt that he smashed the signboards of those people and was a little impulsive: "That's it, you just look at it." After thinking about it, he said, "If you eat these medicines well, you will be rewarded for today's Langzhong surnamed Su." "After all, it is necessary to distinguish Su Lao Langzhong from the Lang Zhong in front.

Jiang Heng knew that his mother loved face, so he nodded and smiled: "These are all handed over to the son, and the mother just takes care of her body." ”

The lord of Nanhua looked at his youngest son's handsome face, and sighed unconsciously: "You have also grown up, it's time to see each other's relatives." ”

Jiang Heng hurriedly said: "My mother promised me that she would wait until I was selected to raise this matter." ”

"Of course I remember that. It's just that you have to look at each other first, otherwise you will wait another year, and the good girls will be picked away. "The lord of Nanhua is now pregnant with his daughter-in-law, as long as she is pregnant and gives birth to a grandson in October, she has the first major event in her heart, and now only the second major event of the marriage of the youngest son is left, so naturally she can't let go of it when she mentions it," the mother thought, the daughter of the Cao family-"

Jiang Heng jumped up: "Mother, my son hasn't practiced calligraphy today, so he retired first." Before he could finish speaking, he had already run out of the door, leaving only the lord of Nanhua looking at the curtain that was still shaking, angry and funny.