It's still the girl's craftsmanship, the fish is delicious, and even the fish bones are crispy. Old man Wu took a sip of wine, ate half a fish, and praised it.

"Elderly people, occasionally eating some fish bones is good for their own muscles and bones." Du Mei said with a smile.

"Look at what the girl said, you only know how to eat noodles for me all day long!" Old man Wu was drunk, tilting his head to look at Wu, as if he was resentful.

"It's not easy to eat fish bones, starting tomorrow, I'll make smoked fish noodles for you every day." Wu gave him a blank look and snickered.

"Why is it still noodles?!" Old man Wu lamented.

"My Wu family's noodles have been passed down from generation to generation, and if I don't eat noodles, do you want me to lose my skills!" Wu snorted coldly.

……

It's no wonder, Du Mei drinks porridge and eats fish, and happily watches their old couple grinding their teeth.

"Don't make a fuss, let the girl see the joke!" After a while, Old Man Wu seemed to be unable to speak, and begged for mercy in a low voice.

"The cake is soaked in fish soup, it's so fresh." Wu looked up at him and didn't look at him, but only took a bite of the cake proudly and chewed it with relish.

On the second day, Du Mei still woke up very early, she was nervous and expectant, and she sat in the house in a panic, so she went to Wu's noodle restaurant to help.

There are not many people in the noodle restaurant today, Du Mei is picking up the noodle bowl of the previous guest with a rag, and when she caught a glimpse of the shadow in front of the door, she said casually: "Please take a seat, how many?" Craving something? ”

"Are you the Du Ru of Baiyun Villa?" A nervous inquiry.

Du Mei stopped what he was doing, looked at the people, and saw three young men standing in front of him wearing coolie clothes on the dock, the older one was no more than twenty years old, and the younger one was seventeen or eighteen years old.

"You are...... The children of Uncle Ping and Uncle Qiang's family! Du Mei was a little surprised, but quickly reacted, only the Lin family knew about Baiyun Villa here, not to mention that the accents and eyebrows of the three were similar to them.

"Yes, yes, I'm Lin Zheng, he's Lin Qi, and this is Uncle Qiang's Lin Ao." A handsome-looking man said excitedly when he saw that Du Mei recognized them.

"How do you know I'm here?" Dumay wiped the table clean and asked them to sit down.

"Last night, the steward said that the owner of our family is here, thinking that it is you, no, we came early in the morning." Lin Zheng looks like Lin Ping, even his personality is similar, he is the eldest of the three brothers, he is the only one to speak at this time, the other two are a little shy, and they only nod from time to time.

"Let's eat noodles." Wu served three bowls of noodles on a tray and sent them over with a smile.

"This ......" The three brothers stood up a little embarrassed, they were frugal on weekdays, they all cooked by themselves, and they had never eaten the food in the noodle restaurant.

"Thank you, Aunt Wu." Du Mei brought down the noodles one by one and said to the three brothers, "Auntie, you can eat it, you're welcome." ”

"Thank you, thank you." The three of them thanked each other in unison, rubbed their hands together in their pants, and then sat down to eat noodles.

"Are you used to doing it on the docks? Where do you live now? Du Mei looked at them and asked.

The three of them were exposed to the wind and sun by the river, their skin was dark and translucent, and they worked for a long time, so that their palms were wide, the backs of their hands were bursting with green tendons, and the muscles and muscles on their arms were slightly convex, full of strength.

"We are used to it, we still live in the original shack, if someone is looking for it, you will know that these are nothing, but it is bitter, we poor people have strength, we are not afraid of hardship, and we are used to it, and we don't feel bitter." Lin Zheng grinned heartily, turned to pick up the noodles, and devoured them like a whirlwind.

"Uncle Ping and Uncle Qiang often talk to you, the three of you are outside, it's better to be careful in everything." Du Mei did not forget to admonish.

"We know, why is the owner idle here today?" Lin Zheng nodded, took a sip of soup in his hand and asked, and the other two also put down their chopsticks and looked at her suspiciously.

"I ...... I have something to ...... To deal with it, this side is close to each other, so borrow it for a few days. "Du Mei didn't want to say that he came to save Lin Dai, for fear that they would be anxious and worried, and it would be bad if something happened again, so he had to tell a lie.

"Oh." The three of them did not doubt him, and continued to bury their heads in eating noodles.

The three of them ate noodles, asked about the situation of their families, and knew that they were safe, so they relieved themselves and took their leave: "Then we will go, the dock is busy." ”

"Okay, if you want to eat noodles in the future, come here, and I'll talk to my aunt." Dumay stood up and shook his hand at them.

"The girl is really benevolent." Wu came out of the back kitchen to collect the dishes.

"They are young at all, and they will ask their uncles and aunts to take care of them in the future, I will pay some money in advance, and if they come to eat noodles in the future, please entertain them." Du Mei bowed his head, wanting to untie his purse.

"It's just a few bowls of noodles, and the girl is polite." Wu covered Du Mei's purse and insisted on not letting her take the money outside, "I didn't know them before, but now I recognize the door, and they are all in front of my eyes, how can there be any reason not to care." ”

"Ame, it's time for us to go." Murong Xi didn't look for Du Mei in the house, and came in through the back kitchen.

"Okay." Du Mei had no choice but to take the purse and go out with Murong Xi.

"You found the Lin family's child." The two sat in the carriage, and Du Mei asked softly.

"I said, if you want it, I'll do it." Murong Xi's voice was low, hiding thousands of feelings.

"Why do you ......" Du Mei sighed in her heart, he treated her well, and over time, she felt more and more that she couldn't afford it.

"What's this, it's just a trifle." Murong Xi saw that Du Mei seemed to be thoughtful, but he was afraid that she would remember it in his heart and become a burden, so he hurriedly smiled and waved his hand.

The two waited outside the Shu King's Mansion for a long time before they saw a dark blue sedan chair slowly walking over from the official road not far away.

"Ame, come down." Murong Xi was afraid that Du Mei would be cold, so he only asked her to wait in the carriage, and then he reached out and hugged her down.

"Mer!" Chu Lin rode the ink cloud, his eyes were deep, and his gaze stayed on the hands they were clasping.

"I've seen King Yan." Du Mei was caught off guard when she met Chu Lin here, as if she was burned by his gaze, she quickly withdrew her hand and saluted with her eyes down.

"Lao Jiu, I asked you to accompany me in a sedan chair, you want to ride a horse in your life, Bai Sheng, where did you die, let the Nine Princes wait for a long time!" Chu Zhan came out of the sedan chair with a smile on his face and scolded the white man who was following behind.

"Please also ask the Nine Kings to forgive their sins." Kashiwa got off his horse and trotted forward.

"King Shu, King Yan." Murong Xi stepped forward and bowed, and Du Mei followed behind and was blessed.

"You came just in time, let's go in together, it's a good day." Chu Zhan led the way into the house in high spirits.

Chu Lin handed over the horse to Zhao Ji'an with a dark face, and went in without saying a word, Murong Xi looked at Du Mei, did not speak, only smiled lightly, and the two followed them all the way.

In the lobby of the main house, several people sat down as guests, and a maidservant served freshly brewed tea.

"I'm not as good as the Yanwang Mansion here, and even less than the Murong family, it's just some coarse tea, let's drink it to quench your thirst." Chu Zhan took the teacup and said with a smile.

"Brother Seven Emperor said and laughed, I have only tasted this nectar once in the Spring Festival mother's harem, and I am afraid that it is difficult to buy it." Chu Lin took a sip and said with a smile.

"If you like it, I'll let Bai Sheng wrap some for you, Shu is barren, fortunately, there is one thing that can enter your eyes, it is really the luck of the seventh brother!" Chu Zhan put down the teacup and wanted to raise his hand to call someone.

"Brother Xie Qihuang loves it, the foolish brother doesn't love tea, don't waste good things, let's still talk about the right thing." Where is Chu Lin willing to ask for his things, he hurriedly got up and said.

"Yes, yes, the emperor was very angry when he heard the invitation of the two of us, and immediately ordered us to come up with a candidate to try this case, otherwise you would not be able to come to me. Is there a candidate in the ninth brother's heart? Chu Zhan leaned over and asked.

"In my opinion, Su Motian, the young secretary of Dali Temple, is the best candidate." Chu Lin was blunt.

"He's good, but you should also be taboo, after all, he is your brother-in-law, I know you are a crony, but others think you are nepotism!" Chu Zhan seemed to be very sympathetic and said, turned his eyes to look at Murong Xi and Du Mei, and then said, "You say, is this the reason? ”

After listening to Chu Zhan's first half of the sentence, Du Mei's mind was already buzzing, Chu Lin asked Su Muyun's brother to try the case, what chance did she have of winning! All plans will come to naught, and we have to speed up pushing Shen Zhanghua and Lin Dai into the fire pit!

"Du Ruren, you are the bitter master, you begged me to come to me yesterday, I am talking about it, and today I will find someone who can avenge you." Chu Zhan looked at Du Mei, who was bloodless, and said with a kind face.

"Amei, she is a country girl, this happened, she was scared to death in the past few days, she didn't understand it at all, the two princes were in charge." Murong Xi spoke first.

"No matter how deep the little girl's grievances are, she can't ruin King Yan's reputation, please avoid suspicion and invite others." Du Mei gritted his teeth and stepped forward to be deeply blessed.

After walking ninety-nine steps in a hundred steps, she begged for it and spent the money, so she didn't dare to take risks, she couldn't harm the two people in prison because of her!

"It's still a general knowledge." Chu Zhan bowed slightly with satisfaction, "Lao Jiu, it's better to let Yuan Shilang from the Criminal Department come, he is also an old minister." ”

"If you talk about it in detail, Yuan Jinnian and I are sworn brothers, and Yuan Shilang is Jinnian's father, so I'm afraid he is not the most suitable person." Chu Lin's gaze swept over Du Mei, leaned back, leaned back in the chair, and said leisurely.

"In this way, it's difficult, how can we explain to the emperor Ming'er?" Chu Zhan spread his hands and wrinkled his eyebrows.

Seeing this, Du Mei was anxious, but she didn't dare to say anything, she vaguely felt that she seemed to have said the wrong thing just now.

The maidservant girl came in and added a few teas, everyone in the house had their own concerns, and after being silent for a long time, Chu Lin spoke: "Why don't you ask the two of them to go together, Su Motian is careful, and Yuan Shilang is old-fashioned, I believe that they will definitely be able to find out about the fraud in the imperial examination in Qinghe County." ”

Chu Zhan knew that this was Chu Lin's biggest concession, so he naturally accepted it when he saw it: "It's still the ninth brother who is thoughtful, let's return to the emperor like this tomorrow." ”

"Now that the matter has been settled, the foolish brother will not bother the Seventh Emperor Brother and take his leave." Chu Lin got up and left, without looking at Murong Xi and Du Mei.

Murong Xi and Du Mei naturally said a lot of words of gratitude to Chu Zhan, and when they saw that the hour was not early, they also said goodbye.

The two sat in the carriage, relatively silent, only hearing the creaking of the carriage over the bluestone pavement.

After a while, Du Mei asked lightly: "Did I say the wrong thing just now?" ”

"Don't take it to heart, I'll ......" Before Murong Xi's words were finished, the carriage suddenly stopped, and the two of them couldn't help but crash straight into the wall of the carriage, and there was a terrified hoof neighing sound from the horses outside!