Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 190 The Savior
This wait is half a day.

Until Lu Yuancheng brought his men down to Kaifeng Mansion to investigate the files needed for the case, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Father Wen squatting in the corner. He felt suspicious and was about to send his subordinates to ask questions. past.

After waiting all morning, there was no one to wait for, and the two yamen servants guarding the gate still stood there motionless, showing no intention of going in to report.

Father Wen was anxious and panicked, so when he saw Lu Yuancheng in official uniform, he rushed forward to ask for help like a drowning man catching straw.

"My lord, help my lord, save my life!"

"Why is Shopkeeper Wen here?"

"My lord, my little girl is missing. I'm here to report the case." Father Wen quickly explained the cause and effect.

After Lu Yuancheng listened, he frowned first, then asked him to wait where he was, and led the people in.

After half a cup of tea, in the side hall of the mansion, Lu Yuancheng and Yin Jiming, young man of Kaifeng Mansion, sat on both sides.

After exchanging pleasantries, Lu Yuancheng explained the purpose of his visit, and Ji Shaoyin hurriedly asked the clerk to adjust the relevant files. During the waiting time, Lu Yuancheng told what he saw and heard just now without any trace.

Ji Shaoyin was surprised when he heard this, and turned to ask the square-faced man next to him: "Captain Zhou, is there anything wrong?"

The square-faced man clasped his hands and replied, "This subordinate has not received any notification."

"This head catcher's surname is Zhou?" Lu Yuancheng looked up at the square-faced man who answered, with a half-smile: "That's a coincidence, just now I heard from the reporter that Rao San, the leader of the scythe gang who was suspected of arresting Miss Wen, was with the government. A catcher surnamed Zhou in Yamen has relatives, could it be Your Excellency?"

Hearing this, Ji Shaoyin immediately frowned and stared at the square-faced man.

The square-faced man hurriedly waved his hands, and said repeatedly: "I do have a brother-in-law named Rao, but that younger brother is the step-son brought by the wife's stepmother, and he has never had any contact with him on weekdays. I really don't know that he dared to use his name Don’t worry, my lord, I will lead people to search, if the evidence of the crime is convincing, I will not show favoritism.”

"Since you are in your name, no matter what the reason is, you are still ineffective in supervision. Now you are fined for two months' salary, and you will be brought to investigate the case quickly, so as to make up for your mistakes."

"Yes."

While talking, the document that was ordered to fetch the file also came back with the case, Lu Yuancheng took it and flipped through it hastily, confirmed that it was correct, exchanged a few words with Ji Shaoyin, and then left.

Father Wen, who was waiting anxiously outside, thought he would have to wait for a long time, but unexpectedly a cup of tea was not available, and a team of yamen servants hurried out from the yamen.

The leader was a burly man with a square face. Seeing him standing at the door, he hurriedly asked if he was the reporter.

Father Wen nodded again and again, and told the ins and outs of the matter again, and Catcher Zhou asked him to follow him outside the city to arrest people.

When Lu Yuancheng came out, their backs happened to turn the corner of the street.

He thought for a while, and then told his subordinates: "Follow up on this matter, come and ask twice a day, until that little lady Wen finds it."

"Yes, my lord." The subordinate quickly responded.

On the other side of the world of mountains and seas, Wen Shu had just roasted the meat, and after eating a few pieces without taste, thinking about the colder weather every day, after eating, she started a new round of weeding and breaking off branches.

The branches are for firewood, and the grass is to make a straw mat for myself as a "bed" to sleep on.

Although the conditions are limited, making a grass mat can keep out the cold, and it can reduce the chance of getting sick for her who doesn't have a change of clothes, so she has to do it even if it troubles her.

After the hay covered the corner of the cave and one person could sleep, she stopped.After leaving the cave, I took the fat-stealing bird, which was dozing against the boulder, into the cave to sleep, then turned around and went around the stream to the bamboo forest opposite, planning to cut a bamboo tree to hold water.

However, since she didn't have a machete, she could only take the dagger that was sharp but not suitable for a machete, and slowly cut on the bamboo.When an inch-long scratch appeared on the surface of the bamboo, he retracted the dagger and took a few steps back, then took a run-up and kicked three inches above the scratch.

"Crack!" The tall bamboo made a crisp sound and fell to the ground.

Wen Shu hurriedly took out his dagger, rushed towards the bamboo body, cut off the branches next to the bamboo on the spot, and cut the bamboo body into seven or eight bamboo joints that could hold water.

Because the tools were not in hand, the sun was almost setting when the work was done.

She wiped the sweat off her brow, took off her coat, pocketed the finished bamboo knots and tied it in a knot, carrying it behind her back.Then I took the extra bamboo branches on the ground and those twigs and twigs back to make firewood.

When the bamboo is burned, it will make a loud crackling sound, which is the best way to scare wild animals.

The sky gradually darkened, and the night opened again, but this time Wen Shu became less flustered because she had a place to live.

The fat-stealing bird stood vigilantly at the entrance of the cave, saw her approaching, immediately spread its wings, rushed forward excitedly, and kept singing at her.

Wen Shu smiled and took it into the cave together.

In the dark night, in the narrow cave, Wen Shu calmly sat in front of the fire, roasting meat and cooking broth.

The weather is beautiful, the jerky that was dried today is already half-hard, I think it will be dried for another day tomorrow, as long as it does not touch the water, it should be fine to store for a month.

While turning the wooden branch for the barbecue, she thought, she would go around again tomorrow when she was free, to see if she could find wild ginger and dig some back.

If you are lucky enough to find it, then in the days to come, as long as you pay attention to it, you should not get sick.

Thinking, thinking, the broth boiled in the bamboo tube began to bubbling, and the barbecue next to it also emitted bursts of burnt aroma. The fat-stealing bird came over just smelling the aroma without calling.

Wen Shu smiled and took off the meat skewer, put it aside and said, "Wait a minute, it's burning."

But the fat-stealing bird turned a deaf ear, and before she let go of her hand, it pecked with its beak and took off a large piece of meat.

"Hey!" Before Wen Shu could stop, it moved its throat and swallowed.

Seeing that it didn't change its face, it didn't seem to be hot at all, Wen Shu exclaimed, it's not an ordinary bird after all, amazing!
The mood relaxed, and the appetite also improved. Wen Shu even felt that the meat at night was more delicious than before.One person and one bird ate six skewers of meat and two bowls of broth, then leaned back in the same posture and began to rub their stomachs.

With a fixed residence, and a cave, which can not only shelter from wind and rain, but also protect the surrounding places, Wen Shu's mood gradually settled down, and after telling the fat-stealing bird to be alert and not to stay away, he fell asleep in peace.

She first saw An Ding on this side, but said on the other side.

Father Wen hurried all the way to Rao Shan's house outside the city with Zhou Butou, but Wen Shu was not found after a search.Rao San and his gang said in unison that there was nothing wrong with them, they did not kidnap anyone.

Rao San even complained: "Brother-in-law, although I usually mess around a bit, I only charge a small amount of money. It is impossible to do such things as kidnapping and kidnapping. Don't listen to other people's nonsense."

"It's close to less." Zhou Butou's face turned cold, thinking of the two-month salary that was fined for no reason, he felt annoyed.

"I heard that you are using my name to do some outrageous things. Rao San, let me tell you, don't say that I am not your brother-in-law, or my brother-in-law. You use my name to do misdemeanor things like this." , I won’t let it go easily, you’d better not do it this time, otherwise, once I find out, I won’t be selfish.”

"Oh brother-in-law, no, really not, look at my shoulder, it's still hurt, even if I have the heart, don't I have the strength, right? Besides, your siblings can testify that I haven't gone out for a few days, lady, Do you think so?" He tugged at the woman beside him.

"Yes, my husband really hasn't gone out recently." The woman lowered her head timidly and said.

There was no one to be found, and there was no evidence to prove that it was indeed Rao San who was arrested, Zhou Butou could only give him a verbal reprimand, and took him away.

Although Father Wen was unwilling, he had no choice but to go back home in a daze without proof. He looked at Wen Shu's yard in a daze.

(End of this chapter)