A Yao came to the Qin house in the south of the city according to the address written on the food list.

The gate of Qin's house was closed, with deep high walls and no situation inside.

How to get in?

A Yao walked around and looked up to see the restaurant next to him. It was three stories high. If you sit by the window, you can see the inside of Qin's house. At this time, Wushi has passed, because it is close to the dock outside the suburbs of Nanmen, and most cargo ships are parked here. The surrounding restaurants, teahouses and restaurants have no obvious Wushi and evening markets.

There were not many guests in the restaurant, so she easily sat down by the window, put on a pot of tea, ordered melon seeds and mung bean cake, and held her cheek and looked at Qin's house.

The window faces the large garden of Qin's house, and it is colorful and not inferior to their backyard flower garden.

The waiter wiped the table for a long time, and the wooden table became shiny under his rag. He noticed that the little customer by the window turned his head and looked at the house next to him for a long time, as if his neck would not hurt. The food on the table could not move, and he couldn't help but ask, "Is the little girl interested in Qin's house?"

"Well, I want to buy a large yard for my sister to live in. Is that the owner of Qin's family living in? Their house is so big and the flowers are so beautiful." A Yao responded and asked about the situation of Qin's house next to me.

"The little girl is quite filial, but when your sister gets married, she will naturally have a yard to live in, and you don't have to buy it." The waiter naturally touched. A Yao did not mean to listen to this, but continued to lead the topic to Qin's house. "This Qin's house is very grand, and there are only a few in Nanxun. After the Pei family's house, it is his elegant. It is rumored that the chef Wangyue family is very elegant, but even the prefect has never been in. It is unclear whether their house is the legendary elegance. Qin's house is a grandeur that you can see when you stand by the window."

A Yao echoed him and nodded.

"When it comes to the owner of Qin's house, Mrs. Qin, is a strange woman in Nanxun County. The rouge she made and the fragrance is particularly popular among female guests. The two "Xiangse Pavilions" in the east and west of the city are endless every day. If you want to please your sister, it is better to buy her the rouge from the "Xiangse Pavilion" instead of buying a house."

Qin, wife.

A Yao thought silently in her heart, and at the same time she felt a strange feeling, but she couldn't tell where she was.

"Is this the house she bought? What about her husband?" A Yao pursed her lips and asked afterwards.

"Uh... it probably doesn't seem to be. It seems to be given by a businessman before?" The waiter scratched his head, not remembering it clearly.

The shopkeeper raised his head downstairs and called the waiter to work. His departure made A Yao breathe a sigh of relief. The side was drinking tea and planning to go to Zhou's house to take a look. Then he heard the horse hoof ticks coming from the road, and the coachman shouted at the master to get off the car.

She looked in the sound. A carriage and a ox cart were parked in front of Qin's house. The ox cart was loaded with silk cloth and big boxes. A man came down. The servant went to open the door. The man walked straight in. The servant in Qin's house hurried out from the door and helped the driver move the things from the ox cart into the house. Then he moved his eyes to the garden. Several girls dressed in maids surrounded a slim woman in the middle. She flew into the man's arms like a butterfly. The two left the front garden and left A Yao's sight.

She can't get into Qin's house in a short time, so she can go to the Zhou family to take a look.

"My God, it smells so smelly!"

When passing through an alley, a sudden stinking stinking into her nose. She was stunned for a moment, and even took a big breath, quickly pinched her nose and ran away.

Leaving the alley, you can see a side door with white lanterns hanging under a long distance. You can hear the crying coming from the wall when you get a little closer to the high wall.

A cart was parked opposite the side door, with piles of apples and plums on it, and magnolia flowers placed with lotus leaves on the side.

It’s better to come by than to come by a good time. Just when you need something that has a fragrance and deodorization, you will have magnolia flowers.

In surprise, A Yao went up to buy a lotus leaf magnolia flower and started chatting with the vendor.

The Zhou family was in the east of the city. The wealthy businessman surnamed Zhou came to Nanxun County for less than a year. He had previously done business in the capital. It is said that after a business, it was said that Nanxun felt that Nanxun was outstanding and had unlimited business opportunities, so he moved his family to Nanxun.

"It's really a sin." The fruit vendor said to A Yao, "I heard... I'm still in the yamen and was killed by poisoning?"

"It seems like I'm waiting for the coroner's results." A Yao talked to him. The fruit stall sold sugarcane and fresh seasonal fruits at the side door of the Zhou family. He looked at the Zhou family all day long, and might know something.

"I heard that it was a cook who was a cook? If I were to say, even if she poisoned her, she would not be the murderer behind the scenes." A Yao raised her eyes in confusion. Perhaps because something happened to the Zhou family, the people inside did not come out. The vendor was doing the Zhou family's business and had not opened for most of the day. Now a little girl came and happened to be interested in this case and was willing to listen to his nagging. His words seemed to be endless. "You think, the most important thing about a chef's profession is reputation. If the reputation is ruined, no matter how good the skills are, it will be useless. A woman, with great ambitions, can she go? Even if she is very wronged, she will never do such a thing that ruins her life. If she is to be taken by a wealthy owner or a guest's family and take it back to be a concubine, that is, wealth and honor. Most chefs go for this goal, and it is even more impossible to do such a move."

“…”

"Besides, Mr. Zhou was a romantic person during his lifetime, and his wife was not a good match... Hey, let me tell you a little girl, why are you doing this?" The vendor tickled and looked around. There was still no sign of opening the side door of the Zhou family. It seemed that he had to set up a stall in a different place.

I ran to two places in a row. The sun was scorching on my head and the ground was steaming. A Yao was sweating profusely. After returning to her sweet cake shop, I poured two bowls of sour plum soup and felt that the heat was gone. "Comfortable~ How is our business recently?"

A Yao hadn't been to the sweet cake shop for a while. During this period, she made pastries at home and sent them to the sweet cake shop for Kiryu to be responsible for the sales.

"It's hot, so there are fewer pilgrims going to Taixu Temple. There are not many guests coming to Wenfang Street around noon, mostly in the morning or an hour before the sun sets. By the way, several shop owners asked someone to come here at noon today to say that they would refund the order. Even if we don't refund the money, we have to insist on refunding the order. I haven't found the reason yet." Kiryu felt a little guilty when he said it later.

A Yao knew exactly what was going on.

"You don't blame you for this, I probably know the reason." She smiled reluctantly, "Maybe other shopkeepers may renew their orders for 6 days, or even three or four days. For them, they will break the contract before we will not refund any of our sons."

"I have something recently and can't take time to make complicated pastries, so I'm about to start summer. Let's do this, change all the water cards, I'll make a menu and sell it first during this time."

Since summer begins, the drinks mainly use heat and heat to quench thirst. Lotus leaf tea, lotus core tea, sour plum soup, and desserts are cissels horse hoof, kelp mung bean paste, tangerine peel red bean paste, brown sugar ice powder, rose ice powder, and almond tofu. Add pine nuts, which are rich in layers, and have the fragrance of pine nuts when chewing. If you add rose sauce, it is similar to rose ice powder, and the taste is different. The lightness is more of the rose fragrance, as if you are dyed with the fragrance of florals. The main food is sugar porridge and cold noodles, and the snack is cucumber.

You can serve all drinks, staple foods and snacks. Change one dessert every day. Let’s just put it in there first. When the moon comes out, she will think of some new tricks from the pastry.

After making the list, A Yao began to draw a funnel diagram.

A line of small characters is indicated next to the bottom layer of the funnel.

Then go back to the top and widest place to draw a horizontal line - personnel.

The suspects were Wangyue, Mrs. Qin, the prefect and other two guests. Zhou family A Yao thought about it and added the names Zhou Yu and Meng Qianxiu behind the Zhou family.

The banquet place is in Qin's house. The relationship between Wangyue and the wealthy businessman is the chef and the guest invited by the host. The relationship between the wealthy businessman and Mrs. Qin and other guests is the guest and the guest. He is a husband and wife with Zhou Yu, but it is said that the relationship between the husband and wife is not good, and the relationship with Meng Qianxiu... is unknown.

On the line close to the wealthy businessman's dog belt, she drew the second line. On this line, A Yao wrote about eating. That is, the factor closest to the wealthy businessman's dog belt - food. Whether there are ingredients that are allergic to him in the food list at the banquet? Has he eaten anything after he returned home?

Below the "personnel", she drew the third line above the "eating". After hesitating for a moment, A Yao wrote "event". What caused the wealthy businessman to take a dog? This is the biggest mystery.

The picture is drawn, and A Yao always feels something is wrong.

Is it because of a lack of evidence?
Chapter completed!