Chapter 088: Traps Everywhere
Yun Yao, Gu Qingming and the others lived in the Qin Mansion in this way.
The remote courtyard is deserted, but there are people who deliver meals on time every day. The rules of the Beidi people are not so strict, so Yun Yao asked Zheng Ping and Xiang Hua to take all the meals to the main house, and the four of them ate together around the round table, so as to discuss the plan.
The meals in Qinfu are very exquisite, everything is carefully cooked, the color and flavor are complete, and the people who watch it have a great appetite.
But none of the four of them are the kind of people who can't restrain themselves, and when they see such food, the first thing to do is to be clean and safe, and they can only eat after making sure there are no problems.
Yun Yao checked the food, there was no poison, Zheng Ping was about to feast, but he heard Yun Yao open his mouth: "Wait!"
"But what's the problem?" Zheng Ping was puzzled.
"We can only eat half of today's meal. Yun Yao pointed to the food and said, "Qin Yuankai is really too cunning, every step is a temptation, and he almost fell for it again." ”
"You mean there's something wrong with this meal?" Gu Qingming was also a little curious, "But we've been eating for two days......
"Thankfully, it's only been two days, so we haven't had time to reveal anything. Yun Yao explained, "Look at today's meals, all of them are light and sweet, which is the taste of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huaiyang, and this kind of cuisine happens to be in Yiguo." Our current identity is Beidi people, Beidi people are used to eating beef and mutton, drinking mare's milk wine with a strong smell, all of which are big oil and meat, and they are not used to eating these dishes at all. If we're all done, that's the problem. ”
"So, even the daily meal is a test for us? Isn't it dangerous that we didn't find out yesterday or the day before yesterday?" asked Gu Qingming.
"I thought about it carefully, the main dish the day before yesterday was fish and pork, and yesterday's staple food was rice noodles, all of which are not considered southern specialties, and we didn't have anything to eat after eating. After all, Beidi used to often grab grain from Chicheng, and it was normal to have fish, meat and rice noodles. Yun Yao said, "Let's just eat a few bites, and then go to make trouble." In this situation, covering the identity is the most important, and as for the appetite, I can only endure it first. ”
As soon as Zheng Ping heard Yun Yao's explanation, he stuffed the vegetables that had been picked up in his hand into his mouth, chewed them twice, resisted the desire to swallow them, and then spit on the ground with a "puff" and began to shout loudly:
"What kind of thing is this, so unpalatable? Can the chefs of the Qin Mansion cook? They all say that this Da Ning land is rich in resources, and the meal is delicious, in my opinion, it is not as good as my Beidi's roast lamb chops!"
Zheng Ping deliberately amplified his voice, and then deliberately threw the chopsticks in his hand to the ground to attract the attention of people outside, and sure enough, someone came in soon.
"Miss Geshu, a few sons, but what is wrong with the little ones? The little guy looked very clever, and when he entered the door, he nodded and bowed, looking very humble.
"Hmph! You're here just in time, I'm going to ask you, what does this Qin Yuankai mean? Let us live here, but the food is getting worse and worse day by day! We endured it two days ago, but today's food ...... Don't you know that Uncle likes to eat big fish and meat? Go, I'll change it for Uncle!" Zheng Ping lost his temper at the little girl, and his voice was so loud that even the maids guarding outside could hear it, and he really looked like an impulsive and brainless Beidi person.
"Yes, yes, the little one will be changed, please wait for Miss Geshu and a few uncles. As he spoke, the little servant beckoned someone to come in, removed the food from the table, and cleaned up the floor before withdrawing.
After leaving the gate of the courtyard, the little guy sent someone to the kitchen to get the food again, and he went to Qin Yuankai's study by another way.
After he was brought in by Steward Qin, he told Qin Yuankai everything that happened at noon today, and then said, "General, it seems that they are really not suspicious. ”
"Whether there is any suspicion or not, you have to go and see for yourself to find out. Qin Yuankai said, "Steward Qin, you go and prepare some mare's milk wine, if you want the kind with a particularly strong smell, I will personally take it to them." ”
"Yes, General. Steward Qin nodded, and left with the little servant, and after a while, he prepared the mare's milk wine that Qin Yuankai said.
Qin Yuankai led the housekeeper and the servant, took the mare's milk wine to the small courtyard, and found that the food in the kitchen had been delivered, all of them were big fish and meat, when they went in, they happened to see Zheng Ping and Xiang Hua holding a roast leg of lamb in their hands, biting them in big gulps, eating with their hands full of oil, but they didn't realize it, rolled up their sleeves, wiped their mouths, and continued to eat.
The wine glasses on the table were put away, and in their place were two large bowls of wine, with a thin layer of oil floating on the surface of the wine, so that one can imagine the scene at that time, which must have been a big gulp of wine while eating meat.
"Huh, General Qin, what kind of wind blew you here?" Yun Yao got up to greet Qin Yuankai when she saw Qin Yuankai.
Qin Yuankai looked at Yun Yao and found that her hands were also greasy, although he didn't see her eating with his own eyes, but when he saw the oil on his hands, he could also think that it was not very elegant.
"I heard from the people in the house that the kitchen made the wrong dish, which made Miss Di Geshu and a few people unhappy, and General Ben personally came to make amends and brought some good things. Qin Yuankai said, asked the housekeeper to step forward, poured all the wine in the sea bowl, and then replaced it with mare's milk wine.
As soon as the mare's milk wine was poured out, a strong fishy smell wafted into the air, and the smell was so strong and thick that if anyone smelled it for the first time, he was afraid that he would vomit it on the spot.
"Mare's milk wine!" Yun Yao immediately judged the contents of the sea bowl, unceremoniously took a big sip of the bowl, and then sighed, "I haven't drunk mare's milk wine since I left Beidi, and I am really lucky to be able to drink it here from General Qin." However, General Qin's mare's milk wine seems to have been left for a long time, and it doesn't taste fresh, so it's not as delicious as my Beidi!"
Yun Yao said as she put the sea bowl on the table, her movements were extremely heroic, completely like Beidi's daughter's style, which was completely different from Yun Yao's original temperament.
Gu Qingming watched from the sidelines and secretly admired, if he didn't know the identity of the person in front of him, he probably wouldn't be able to recognize her as Yun Yao. In the past, the cautious and low-key woman in the Ning Palace, how could she have such a proud moment?
It is precisely because of this that even Gu Qingming can't see the flaw, no matter how suspicious Qin Yuankai is, he won't know that the woman in front of him is Yun Yao.
And at this moment, Yun Yao's heart was miserable, in order to win Qin Yuankai's trust, she drank mare's milk wine, resisted the desire to vomit, and said so much.
In fact, she also drank mare's milk wine, when she was in the Beidi military camp, everyone drank this kind of thing, because Beidi was bitter cold, and drinking a sip of mare's milk wine could make people's whole body hot. If you want to drink clean water, you have to dig outside to melt the snow and then boil it. However, the charcoal fire in the Beidi military camp is limited, and she will not boil water to drink for a blind medical woman like her.
Yun Yao was glad that the patience and pain of that day had become the key to saving her life today.
As for what she said, she also guessed in order to win Qin Yuankai's trust. In fact, she couldn't judge how long the mare's milk wine had been stored, but she simply felt that it was a little different from the taste she drank in the Beidi military camp at the beginning, and then thought that Daning had very little mare's milk wine, and Qin Yuankai came so timely, and brought mare's milk wine, which means that this mare's milk wine is not freshly made, but has been there for a long time.
That's why she said that mare's milk wine is not fresh, and it is not as good as Beidi.
It's pure serious nonsense, but when a blind cat encounters a dead mouse, it can be regarded as a pass.
Qin Yuankai couldn't find evidence that something was wrong with Yun Yao and the others, and seeing that their life style matched Beidi everywhere, the suspicion in his heart went to seventy-seven eighty-eight, but he gradually believed in the origin of Yun Yao and the others.
"If Miss Geshu likes it, keep this mare's milk wine and drink it. Qin Yuankai said, "It's still the same sentence, if Miss Geshu has any needs, just command." ”
"There is no demand, but this girl is too bored in this yard. Yun Yao thought for a while and said, "If this is in Beidi, this girl can still go out to hunt on horseback, and she can also pick up a few fat rabbits that have frozen to death on the snowy mountains this season." But here, you can't do anything, you can't even get out!"
"Miss Geshu, please forgive me, there are many eyes and ears in the capital, and the slightest carelessness will reveal your identity, for the safety of the girl, it is better to stay in the house. Qin Yuankai said, "When General Ben transports one million Dan grain and grass out, he will let you leave, and will send someone to take you to Yiguo's military camp to help you find Gu Qingming for revenge." ”
"Miss Geshu, what General Qin said is not unreasonable, his subordinates know that Miss Qin is boring, but for safety reasons, let's listen to General Qin's arrangement. Gu Qingming said to Yun Yao, as if he was persuading her.
Yun Yao tilted her head and thought for a while, and then asked Qin Yuankai: "Since you can't go out for a walk, can this girl take a look in your mansion?" I heard that the official mansion in Daning Capital is carved and painted, which is exquisite, and the garden scenery is even more beautiful and pleasant, if this girl can take a look, it can be regarded as a relief from boredom." ”
In fact, the implication of Yun Yao's words is: You say that it is not safe outside, then your house should always be safe, right?
Qin Yuankai obviously thought of this as well, so he nodded: "Since Miss Geshu is interested, then General Ben will ask the housekeeper to take you around." ”
"Great! Thank you, General Qin, so that this girl won't be bored!" Yun Yao said excitedly, showing that she was very happy.
Qin Yuankai looked at the woman in front of him, and the last bit of doubt in his heart was dispelled. Because he thought, none of these individuals in front of him are moody people, they are all impulsive and flamboyant, if they are really meticulous, wouldn't it be too eye-catching?
It's just that what he didn't expect was that the so-called impulsiveness and flamboyance were nothing more than a disguise. A well-planned game, like an invisible net, netted Qin Yuankai into it, unable to break free.