Chapter 1 Gravel
"Taking over" and "auxiliary government" are two very different concepts.
When the new official took office, Liu Ming naturally had a lot of trivial matters to sort out from scratch, from the revision of laws and regulations to taxes and military expenditures, and the three armed forces had the obligation to submit materials for review.
So Lin Wanjing was duty-bound to be Liu Jin's right-hand man, and followed Liu Jin in and out of the naval headquarters every day, she changed out of the gorgeous dress she was used to wearing, often a plain cheongsam, and a long windbreaker, which is the most popular style in Britain nowadays, with a wide belt and exquisite metal accessories, heroic and cool, but a little bit of the momentum of a female general.
Since Liu Daolin's death that day, Lin Wanjing often thinks of the scene before he leaves, the agate button he secretly stuffed into her palm, and the last sentence he didn't have to say before he died.
"Let's go. Take Yunrou away. ”
The boiling water on the coffee table was already boiling hot, and the boiling water overflowed from the gap in the lid of the kettle, dripping along the body of the kettle onto the red-hot olive core carbon, making a sizzling sound, but Lin Wanjing was still wandering in the world, and she didn't know anything about what was in front of her. Liu Jin followed the sound and looked up, and saw that she was holding the thick military accounts, and was moved and pity for a while - in the past half a month, she has followed him day and night, inventory, reconciliation, and consolidation, she must be tired.
So he crept up to her, took the teapot off the stove, filled the cup in front of her, and then took her into his arms, and covered the book in her hand:
"Take a break, don't look at it."
It was only then that she found him sitting beside her, smiled awkwardly, but did not get up, and took the opportunity to steal a moment in his arms.
"I'll accompany you to make a few new clothes, although it is only proper to be plain at the moment, but I really don't want to wronged you to wear this style like clear water."
Liu's house was mourned, and Lin Wanjing, as the eldest daughter-in-law, naturally had to wear filial piety and couldn't wear bright colors.
"Besides, there's time there."
"Go pick a material, there is still time to measure the size." Liu Jin thought about it and said,
"That's fine. It's better to choose a day than to hit the day. In the afternoon, I happened to go to Shaoxun to talk about something, and if you don't want to go back to the house, let Qiongge and Chengtai accompany you to try on clothes. ”
Lin Wanjing wanted to refuse, but Liu Jin said that if she shirked it again, she would send someone to invite the tailor master, and she didn't want to trouble others, so she had to agree half-pushed.
said that Lin Wanjing tried the style and came out, and was sitting in the side hall, waiting for the little girl to send the fabric card. Looking around, but there is no figure of Qiong Ge, Li Chengtai said that a new porridge shop has opened at the end of the street, Qiong Ge said that he wants her to try it, and he went to line up as soon as he arrived here, but he didn't come back for some reason. The situation is turbulent, there are many ronins wandering on the commercial street, Qiong Ge goes in and out alone, Lin Wanjing can't help but worry, just said let Li Chengtai go to find her, then saw Qiong Ge carry the food box happily entered the door, put the food box on the table, and sent the little girl to the back hall to get two pairs of chopsticks, which put several different dishes of porridge on the table one by one:
"Ma'am, I'm sorry I've been going too long! Who knew that the porridge shop business would be like this! If they hadn't recognized me as a girl from Mikuntai, they wouldn't have come back now. ”
"How do they know you're from the Imperial Kuntai?"
"The master of their family first served the master, and if the master went, he quit his job and came out to stand on his own."
As Qiong Ge spoke, she prepared porridge for Lin Wanjing and handed it to her: "Madam, try it while it's hot!" Shredded conpoy chicken, you like this bite the most! ”
Since it was said that it was made by the master of Shuaifu, Lin Wanjing was a little expectant, but as soon as the first bite came to her mouth, her brows frowned slightly, so she asked Qiong Ge to put out some of the rest of the portions, and after tasting them one by one, her expression became solemn:
"This porridge... Not quite right. ”
Qiong Ge was taken aback when he heard this, and he tasted it himself, and said in confusion:
"Hmm...... Although the taste is average, it is still fresh and sweet. Madame, what do you think is wrong? ”
"Don't you think this porridge chews like it is mixed with grains of sand? The very fine kind. ”
When Li Chengtai heard this, he quickly tried some too, and in the end, he looked at Qiong Ge face to face - this feeling is extremely indescribable, not teeth, but leaving fine particles between the teeth, chewing carefully will feel creaking, but it does not affect the swallow. If it is said that the scallops are not cleaned and mixed with sediment, it is reasonable, but even the egg flower beef porridge is there, it is not very easy to explain. I turned my eyes to look at Lin Wanjing again, but I saw that she took a different porridge yard and poured a little on the handkerchief, and pushed it away carefully, peeling off the water marks and rice grains, but leaving a little shiny powder in the wet places with water marks. Joan Ge came up to look at it and said in surprise:
"Oh my God, it's so pretty, what is this?"
Lin Wanjing didn't answer, and said with a solemn face:
"Don't drink this porridge, I have a bottle of rose dew here, and you two will take a spoon and drink some. Later, we will go to this porridge shop and meet this master. ”
Liu Daolin died of intra-abdominal hemorrhage, which is a disease that can be big or small, and if it is detected in time, it may not be life-threatening. It's just that after I heard that he came back from the attack on Ganzhou, he kept saying that he had a distended heartburn, didn't know how to eat, and didn't want to eat three meals. So Ye Qiuluo found a master who was good at making porridge for him from Guangdong Province, porridge soup nourishes the stomach and is easy to absorb, it should be the best meal for patients in recuperation, in this regard, Ye Qiuluo can be regarded as having a heart.
This master is probably the owner of this porridge shop now.
Hearing that Mrs. Yun Shuai was coming, the head of the porridge shop came from a long distance to greet her, and invited her into the store to have good tea and hospitality, so Lin Wanjing's doubts about her own talent were uncertain - the man in front of her, who was over half a hundred years old, looked loyal and honest, and no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like he would intentionally murder Liu Daolin.
After half the tea, Lin Wanjing finally decided to ask for an understanding, so she put down the tea cup and said:
"The master's porridge is indeed delicious, but I don't know it...... What did the master add to the porridge? ”
Hearing her ask like this, the man's face showed a little unnaturalness, and he was surprised for a long time before asking:
"Why did Madame say that?"
"I just think...... It's obviously a different ingredient, but each porridge has a very similar sweet taste. I've tried a Japanese condiment called Ajinomoto before, and it's very similar to this one. It's a white particle. ”
The man speculated on the meaning of Lin Wanjing's words, sweating like rain, but he still flattered him:
"Madame is well-informed, and this little trick cannot be hidden from Madame. Actually, I'm a rough person, I don't know what it is, but I just think that since the handsome man also eats, it must not be a bad thing......"
"You said Dashuai had eaten this?"
"Hmm...... One day, the second lady gave me a jar of white powder, saying that it was for the handsome to put some in the meal, and the handsome sure loved to eat! Sure enough, the handsome man liked it very much, and he rewarded me with a gold coin! ”
"It's something from the Shuaifu, how did it come to you?"
"On the day the handsome man left, the second lady found me and asked me to throw away the jar things. Most of the altar hasn't been touched! I wondered what a pity it was to throw away such a nice thing! So I was moved by greed...... "Speaking of this, the man seemed to think of something, and knelt in front of Lin Wanjing:
"Madam, that altar of things was really thrown by the second lady, I was reluctant to pick it up, I really didn't steal anything in the house, Madam Mingjian!"
Lin Wanjing was taken aback by his actions, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and couldn't help but blame herself for being too harsh and scaring this honest man into this appearance.
"You're mistaken, I'm not here to track down those things, I just think ...... I think the taste of the porridge is a little strange, maybe the Ajinomoto is bad, you can show it to me, if it is really bad, you still put it in the porridge, I am afraid that it will be bad for your stomach and ruin your reputation. ”
As soon as he heard this, the man hurriedly asked his wife to fetch the jar and hand it over to Lin Wanjing. Lin Wanjing took out some powder, but saw that the beige flavor was really more or less mixed with some transparent powder, shining in the light, so her brows became tighter and tighter. It wasn't until Qiong Ge called her that she noticed the man's bold look.
"Madame...... This thing...... Is it really broken? ”
"Well, it's really broken, and it can't be used."
"I said, how can the second lady call me to throw it away!" The man suddenly realized, but he was even more puzzled: "But how did this thing break down so quickly, it's only been three months, and it's broken?" ”
"Three months? You said that Da Shuai ate this thing and ate it for three months?! ”
The man thought about it carefully and shook his head: "No, no, no, it may not be that long, but later, the second lady said that the doctor instructed the handsome not to eat greasy things, and even the green vegetables were blanched with water and mixed with seasonings." But you say how can you have an appetite without eating oil! So I took it upon myself to put some more ...... later."
A large amount of diamond powder is added to this jar of Ajinomoto, a lipophilic and hydrophobic substance that will adhere to the gastrointestinal tract, and because of its hard texture, with gastrointestinal peristalsis, a large amount of diamond powder deposited in the stomach will rub against each other, and eventually grind through the intestines, causing internal bleeding. When Lin Wanjing was in England, she had read from biographies that as early as centuries ago, Italian princes and nobles would add diamond powder to the meals of political opponents to achieve the purpose of killing people invisibly. And this diamond is expensive, and naturally it is not something that ordinary people can easily come by.
Thinking of this, Lin Wanjing's expression couldn't help but be solemn, and then remembered that Liu Jin was discussing important matters with Liu Ming in the Shuai Mansion at the moment, and the uneasiness hit her exponentially.
"Master, you can take this silver ticket, you can buy this Ajinomoto at a Japanese foreign store. As for the altar, I took it with me, and you should think that I asked you to buy it. ”
Lin Wanjing couldn't explain much, shouted Li Chengtai to hold the altar, and drove to No. 1 Chongguang Road.