5. Nine Zhen Cake
The fire in Lanxiangfang shocked the entire capital, and on the second day, the streets and alleys of the capital were talking.
According to the notice posted by the Five Cities Terracotta Division, the fire was caused by a drunken customer who had an argument with someone and knocked over the oil lamp, but in order to create an atmosphere, Lanxiangfang hung curtains everywhere, so that the flames flew quickly, and it was too late to put out the fire.
Xu Han sat in the teahouse and listened to the gossip of those tea guests without saying a word.
"Why are you so careless, you can lose your life if you drink alcohol."
"It's a pity that Lanxiangfang is burned, half of the yard is burned, and I don't know if my peers saw that his family's business was good and deliberately came to make trouble."
"Hey, fortunately, only the one drinker died, and the rest of the people were fine."
The tea guests said everything, Xu Han listened for a while, called Xiao Er, paid the money, and got up to leave.
When he got downstairs, Xu Mian came in from outside, leaned in his ear and said,
"Shizi, I went to the backyard of Lanxiangfang to see, most of the courtyard of Lanxiangfang has been burned out, and even the big trees in that yard have been burned to the point that only the thick branches remain......"
Xu Han's hand holding the fan tightened, and he said 'hmm' to indicate that he understood.
He woke up early in the morning, thought about it, and sent Xu Mian to Lanxiangfang to see if the belt would be there, the intuition he had cultivated on the battlefield before, his meow, and the black shadow could not win the trust of the master and servant in the house.
After all, the person who can make him unaware for three years must not be simple.
If it was burned by the fire of Lanxiangfang, it is better to say, if it was taken away by the master and servant......
He frowned, and for a moment he couldn't decide what to do.
Tomorrow is the day he goes to Jin Wuwei to be on duty, and he can ask those colleagues about the situation in Lanxiangfang.
According to the style of the man in the black cloak last night, there must be something greasy behind Lanxiangfang.
When it was almost dusk, he took Xu Mian back to the palace, and wanted to go to the princess to ask for peace, but when he heard that his sister-in-law was also there, he thought about it and went back to his courtyard.
Who knows, when he was around the corner, he actually ran into his sister-in-law Shao Shi walking over from the end of the road with his niece.
If he had known, he would have gone to his mother to say goodbye first.
"Sister-in-law." He stepped forward and saluted.
"Third brother." Shaw looked surprised, patted the hand of his daughter next to him, and asked her to call someone.
Xu Han smiled at his little niece, and when he saw that she was eating with a cake in his hand, he waved his hand so that she didn't have to be polite.
Shaw smiled awkwardly, opened the food box in his hand, and said,
"Third brother, just came back from outside? This is a pastry sent by Concubine Bai, I heard that your niece casually said that she wanted to eat Jiuzhen cake.
Concubine Bai really sent someone to buy two plates every day in the past few days, and I heard that such a plate would cost dozens of taels of silver, and all the ones I bought were sent over. ”
Xu Han wanted to frown, but halfway through the frowning was afraid that the sister-in-law opposite would be unhappy, so he hurriedly relaxed.
Jiuzhen cake, of course he knows, this is the most famous pastry in Linjiang Xian, because there are nine precious materials in it, this is called Jiuzhen cake.
It is difficult for ordinary people to buy it, but Concubine Bai bought it for a few days, and gave it all to her niece, which is obviously used to children.
The eldest brother left such a trace of blood alone, and he really wants to be pampered and grown up like this, and he doesn't know what he will be praised when the time comes.
His face sank like water,
"Sister-in-law, this is not good for her, if she grows up like this, ......"
Halfway through speaking, she stopped again, and sure enough, Shaw's face was already full of tears,
"Your eldest brother left such a little bloodline, who can bear to let her be wronged, but it's just a few plates of Jiuzhen cakes, it's hard to think that the house can't afford to eat it."
Besides, that's Concubine Bai's thoughts, and I can't refuse......"
Xu Han's brows furrowed, speaking of which, it's just these few words, no wonder her mother once said that she wanted to take her niece over to raise her, but she was rejected by her sister-in-law.
In the end, the eldest brother died, although the mother didn't like the sister-in-law, she still pitied her, mentioned it twice, and when she saw that the sister-in-law refused, she put it down.
It seems that we still have to find a way.
Moreover, what is the relationship between Concubine Bai and them, the sister-in-law should be very clear, but now she is full of praise for her.
He and Shaw simply said a few words, and then left, in the end, it was an uncle and sister-in-law, and after a long time, they were gossiped.
After walking outside for a day, he returned to the yard and asked the maid to prepare water for bathing.
In the bathroom, it was steaming hot.
"All down." Xu Han entered the bathroom and instructed the maids.
The two maids were accustomed to such commands, and withdrew one after another.
Xu Han walked to the edge of the bathtub and widened his coat, underwear, and pants, revealing Bai Shengsheng's arms and legs, as well as the white silk wrapped around his chest.
"Whew......" When he untied Bai Aya, he exhaled a long breath as if he had taken off his shackles, and with a bang, he entered the bathtub, and the water overflowed.
He buried his head in the water, and after a while, a wet head and half a white nape emerged from the hot water.