He also sat down at the old place and ordered a bowl of noodles. After the man left, he quietly put his hand into the hollow of the toon tree, and looked around.

Huang's pupils shrank suddenly.

Because Lao Liu quickly withdrew his hand, his fingertips were holding a ball of paper balls!

Huang Da remembered clearly, the note that Lao Liu put into the tree hole yesterday was neatly folded, like a small piece of tofu, but this paper ball was crumpled, and even the paper did not look the same.

In other words, in the past ten hours, someone took the silver from the toon tree under his nose and put it back into a ball of paper!

Huang Da felt like a cat scratching in his heart, and he couldn't wait to jump down and grab Lao Liu and ask why.

But he still endured it, and watched this guy eat and drink coldly.

It was a strange place, and a voice told him that now was not the time to act rashly.

Lao Liu opened the paper ball and looked at it twice, and it happened that the guy came with hot noodles, so he kneaded the paper again. Stuff it in your pocket.

This time he ate quickly, and in less than half an hour he had the bottom of the bowl turned upside down.

Lao Liu hurriedly walked home, and met a person on the road.

That man was very angry, Lao Liu was hit and half of his body was numb, he opened his mouth and wanted to scold a few words, but the man turned his head and glared, his eyes were vicious.

He swallowed the rest of the words back at once, bowed his head and walked away silently.

When he got home and closed the door, he reached into his pocket to get the paper ball, but unexpectedly he took it empty.

The mother-in-law saw that his hand was frozen in his pocket, and he couldn't take it out for a long time, so she asked what was wrong.

"It's gone. Lao Liu remembered the person who had just collided with him. Damn, you've been robbed!

What should I do now, do I spend another ten taels of silver to buy the formula!

......

Huang Da hurriedly rushed back to the Invitation Garden, not to find Zhang Hancui as usual, but to look for white cats all over the garden.

That's a lot more difficult.

Yan Saburo was discussing finances with Li Kailiang beside him, and Chitose thought it sounded boring and had already slipped out to play. And in the huge garden, who can monitor a cat in real time?

"Mistress!" Huang Da called everywhere, of course, within a hundred zhang (one kilometer) of Yan Saburo's body. He wants to complain, this range is too big!"Mistress!"

He shouted until his throat was about to burst, and then he heard the hostess's reply: "What are you arguing about?"

As soon as Huang Da turned around, he saw the white cat on the rockery not far away, but the mountain rocks were snow-white, and the white cat was like one......

It is said that this is a strange stone brought from the edge of the snow-capped lake in the middle of the country.

Huang Da hurriedly stopped his crankiness, leaned over and took out the paper ball, and unfolded it in front of the white cat: "Mistress, can you see if this is the recipe for 'Spring Peach'?"

The white cat yawned: "This deed is really ugly." ”

However, when it glanced at it, its eyes became focused, and after two more glances, its pupils dilated slightly: "That's right, it's my recipe! Where did you get it?"

"Just, as I mentioned last time, the middleman who has been following for many days!" Immediately afterward, Huang Da truthfully reported the results of his observations in the past two days.

The white cat flicked his tail when he heard this: "So, even if you keep an eye on it all day, you still can't confirm who wrote the recipe?"

"Uh......" If he answered "yes", would he be directly disabled?

Chitose just asked in passing, not wanting his answer. She stared at the paper ball with interest: "I actually wrote out the formula, even 'fennel', but the words were written wrong." Hey, what the hell is a fire ant?"

Fennel ants are also fiery red, and they are indeed similar in appearance to fire ants, and it is not impossible for a layman to admit his mistake.

But the question is, how can you admit your mistake if you haven't seen it with your own eyes?

The person who wrote the formula, what method did he use to restore the balsam preparation of her and Zhang Hancui? It can't be that person is also lurking in the Invitation Garden, right?

"You don't have to spy on the workers of Tianfu Tower, it has nothing to do with them. Chitose gave instructions, "Keep an eye on the guy surnamed Liu." You steal his recipe and he has to buy it again. By the way, you just said that the one surnamed Liu only stuffed ten taels of silver in the hole of the tree?"

"Yes, two ingots and five taels, together ten taels. Huang Da insisted, "I can't be mistaken." Under the teachings of the two masters, he did not dare to be vague about the question of money.

"Recipe thieves don't spend a lot of effort and don't just settle for a couple of dollars. Chitose thought for a moment, "You go back and keep an eye on it, there may be people buying formulas one after another in the next few days, and this kind of trade will be repeated." Come a few more times and you'll always catch the thief. "Xiao San has been too busy lately, and he doesn't have time to care about such trivial matters, otherwise he will be able to find out if he takes her on a trip.

Huang Da remembered what Zhang Hancui said about the Maiguang Roast Chicken Shop, and hurriedly reported the matter together.

"This man's hand is still very long. Chitose groaned, "It seems that he copied the unique recipe everywhere, and then resold it to this kind of second-class dealer surnamed Liu, and made a profit from it." Eleven or two roast chicken restaurants imitating Mai Guang have opened, and this person can earn at least one or two hundred taels; and so on, the balsam recipe of Tianfu Lou can make him at least one hundred taels each. Selling a dozen squares is at least more than 1,000 taels of silver into the account, heh!"

Speaking of this, a cold light flashed in her eyes.

This person steals the recipe and takes money out of her pocket!

"Damn!" Huang was furious at her anger and said hatefully, "You should catch him out and break his body into ten thousand pieces!"

"Well, I'll leave this matter to you. The white cat jumped on the rockery again, "I have to go out with the junior in the afternoon." You remember, my recipe is not so easy to imitate, and the person who steals the recipe will be unlucky, so you can go to the restaurant and keep an eye on it. ”

Huang Da took the order and left.

When he returned to the restaurant, he suddenly realized a problem:

A few days ago, I only cared about monitoring Lao Liu, but I don't know how many people threw notes and silver into the tree hole of this small restaurant?

Alas, it is difficult to buy money and know earlier.

......

Yan Saburo has been so busy lately that he hasn't even remembered Huang Da's kung fu.

It has been more than half a month since he arrived in Shengyi, and he has officially entered the field of vision of the magnates of the big and small gates. As soon as this young man arrived in the national capital, he had to be received by King Wei, and everyone was very curious about him. For a time, countless people inquired about Mrs. He of the Protector's Mansion, General Lu, and the Marquis of Weiwu.

They were shocked by the news:

Behind the national change three years ago, there was the strong support of this young man;

Princess Xuanping was found ten days after her disappearance, and it is also closely related to this young man.

Especially since he is only sixteen or seventeen years old this year, right? Although he is not yet in an official position, but with his merits, and with the personal relationship between King Wei and him, who can't see that he has a bright future?

As a result, the number of invitations and invitations received by Jingyuan suddenly increased by more than ten times.