The Daily Life of the Daughter of a Minor Official

Chapter 201 Equisetum and lotus leaf feast

Su Ruojin was shocked and asked quickly: "Is there any gold prospecting technology in the letter?"

Huaping nodded.

 “Really?”

Su Ruojin was really curious: "What method?"

Hua Ping looked at the young lady as if she were a fool, "How could I know such a secret of the imperial court?"

Too.

Su Ruojin curled her lips and said, "I don't know what instruments are used, but I have heard of folk methods."

 “What method?” Now it was Huaping’s turn to be curious.

 The so-called folk methods were actually found by Su Ruojin on the Internet: "Ask Jingcao, have you heard of it?"

As if he heard something important and top secret, Hua Ping reached out to cover the little lady's mouth. Su Ruojin was so frightened that she leaned back, "Uncle Hua, what are you doing?"

Hearing Su Ruojin's scream, Hua Ping realized that he had lost his composure, quickly let go of his hand, and then looked around.

 A few steps away, there was no one else except Mao Ya, so he breathed a sigh of relief, "Hey, my aunt, where did you hear this folk method? If you tell anyone about it, you will be beheaded."

As a secret agent of the imperial court and investigating Lord Ye's case, Hua Ping actually knew the method of prospecting for gold mines - looking for gold mines through horsetail grass.

Su Ruojin was frightened to death by Uncle Hua's appearance as if he was facing a formidable enemy. She pushed his hand away and slapped her heart, "I can even find pictures of fire guns, so why can't I know about Jingcao?"

"Auntie, you are still talking." Hua Ping quickly told Su Erniang to stop talking.

Su Ruojin frowned and continued, "I heard that there are two kinds of grass that look very similar to horsetail grass. If you make a mistake, you won't be able to find gold mines."

ˆOh my God (⊙o⊙)! My sister-in-law even knew this. The enemy country couldn't tell the difference between horsetail grass, horsetail grass and horsetail grass, so she wrote a letter to ask Mr. Ye. Then the letter was discovered and she was charged with collaborating with the enemy.

Su Ruojin saw Hua Ping holding back her words but wanted to respond to her words, her eyes widened, "No way!"

Huaping covered his mouth and nodded.

 Things that can be seen casually on the modern Internet were actually top secret in ancient times?

˜ Horsetail grass is a small fern. A large number of documents prove that it likes to grow next to metal minerals, and the more minerals there are, the more vigorous the growth will be. Therefore, there may be gold under the plant.

  But there are two types of grass that look very similar to it, one is the knotweed and the other is the horsetail grass. They are both jointed grasses and look very similar in appearance. Unless they have done special research, most people cannot tell them apart.

The stems of horsetail and horsetail are divided into rhizomes and above-ground stems. Equisetum has only one above-ground stem, which is hollow. Horsetail can be found everywhere, but horsetail and horsetail are mainly distributed in mountains, rivers and ridges. , once a thorn appears, there is a high probability that there is gold ore nearby.

 So the horsetail grass is also called the golden grass.

Huaping is convinced, my aunt really knows everything.

The two were silent for a while, and then Hua Ping said again, "I'm here to ask you to help me dig out the clues about the events that year, but I'm not here to discuss Jingcao with you."

Su Ruojin smiled, returned to the subject, and continued to question: "Who is the person who reported it?"

"Master Ye's colleague, after Master Ye was killed, he was also taken to prison. Dali Temple asked him how he knew that Master Ye was communicating with the enemy. He said that when he was eating in a restaurant, someone stuffed a small note under unknown circumstances. …”

Su Ruojin sneered, "The person who stuffed the small note must know that this person is not on good terms with Mr. Ye. Knowing that the note was stuffed to this person, this person will definitely report it."

"You are right." Hua Ping confirmed the young lady's guess, "Dali Temple also checked the restaurant where this person was staying, but that night, in addition to the waiters, waiters, singers, and fruit sellers in the restaurant, , there are hundreds of guests alone, Dali Temple said they have checked them all, who knows if there are any leaks.”

Su Ruojin shook his head, "I think the guests are unlikely to be service-type people. Only they have the opportunity to contact that colleague."

“These people you mentioned were all investigated by Dali Temple more than three times. There were a few suspicious ones, but it was later confirmed that they had nothing to do with this matter.”

"Then this thing suddenly appeared in the hands of that colleague?" Su Ruojin sneered: "Either Dali Temple is incompetent, or this person is lying."

 Huaping could only sigh when he was rebutted: "That colleague insisted that someone else gave it to him until he was sentenced to exile."

 “Where will you be exiled and how many years will you be sentenced?”

 “Sentenced to six years.”

 “Then he should come back.”

Hua Ping shook his head: "Dead."

Su Ruojin suddenly thought of a question: "Shopkeeper Ye checked everyone in the restaurant where the colleague ate?"

Hua Ping nodded, "Whether it's Honglu Temple, Mr. Ye's interpersonal relationships in his life, or the people who came out of the restaurant when his colleague was having dinner, Ye Huaizhen checked everything he could find."

"Wait a minute..." Su Ruojin suddenly realized a problem, "According to what you said, Mr. Ye is just the Prime Minister of Honglu Temple. How does he know how to prospect for gold mines?"

“Master Ye’s friend is the head of the Yu Department of the Ministry of Industry and often travels to explore gold mines.”

Su Ruojin:…

 “What about this friend?”

“Before Mr. Ye’s accident happened, he slipped down the mountain while prospecting in the south and died.”

Su Ruojin was startled, "Either he appeared out of nowhere or the clue was broken?"

Hua Ping nodded, "So neither Ye Huaizhen nor I have found the mastermind after searching for so long."

　　Wherever you find it, you will find it.

Su Ruojin shook his head and sighed: "The death of so many people is either a huge conspiracy, or Mr. Ye may have accidentally peeked into some secret, but he himself did not realize that it was someone else's fatal secret. Someone else took his life, but he didn't. Thinking that Master Ye died so violently, many people died after him. "

Hua Ping was stunned when he heard this, "A shocking conspiracy?"

Su Ruojin turned around: "Before and after Mr. Ye's death, were there any earth-shattering things in the capital?"

When Mr. Ye died, Hua Ping was already fifteen years old and had already entered the Royal Forbidden Army for training. He thought about it carefully and shook his head, "It seems not."

 “That’s the latter.”

the latter? Huaping thought carefully about the young lady's words, "What secrets can we get a glimpse of?"

Su Ruojin spread her hands: "You ask me who should I ask?"

 “What secrets can a Honglu Temple Prime Minister see?”

Su Ruojin combined the plots in novels and movies read by later generations into infinite imagination, "Maybe it has something to do with his profession. He saw someone meeting someone from the mission. Of course, this person met someone from the mission." , in his mind, there is definitely no one who is worthy of his attention, but this person’s identity may not be simple. He was afraid that Mr. Ye would tell the truth, so he killed someone with a borrowed knife, which led to the following series of events. "

 For a moment, Huaping felt that he particularly agreed with the young lady’s thoughts: “Then…then…where should I start now?”

“Go to Shopkeeper Ye and ask her if her father said anything that didn’t seem to attract anyone’s attention during the two months since the mission came back. See if we can find any clues.”

"Looking for Mrs. Ye?" Hua Ping was a little shy.

Su Ruojin couldn't help but smile, "Uncle Hua, you are almost thirty years old, so shy, it would be strange to find your mother-in-law."

Hua Ping blushed.

Su Ruojin smiled narrowly and said, "You must have gone through the formal case handling procedures and normal thinking over the years. If it still doesn't work, then you might as well use what I said and go to Shopkeeper Ye quickly while talking to her. Isn’t it wonderful to recall and find the murderer while connecting with each other through contact and killing two birds with one stone?”

Huaping:… Can this be done?

　　　Huaping was confused when he arrived, and confused when he left.

 Is this possible?

Anyway, they couldn't find it after so many years of searching. Su Ruojin yawned three times in a row, stretched out her hand to pat her mouth, and she was going to sleep.

On the second day, it was the date agreed with Zhao Lan to have a lotus leaf feast. The lotus leaf feast was actually just a few home-cooked dishes. Uncle Shutong was at home and helped buy the freshest ingredients early in the morning.

At about ten o'clock, Zhao Lan came, followed by Fan Yanjia, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He was now the master of the imperial examinations. When the scientific examination took place, he would probably pass the imperial examination.

 After saluting Zhao Lan, Su Ruojin couldn't help but joked, "How come Master Juren has time to come to my humble residence today?"

Fan Yanjia raised her head and laughed, "Ah Jin, you're going to make me laugh so hard that you're still a master..."

 Zhao Lan, who was left out:…

A pair of sharp eyes glanced at the two of them, their faces seemed to be covered with frost.

Shuangrui coughed lightly.

Fan Yanjia and Su Ruojin immediately accepted the signal, and they quickly stopped smiling and followed Zhao Lan seriously.

Fan Yanjia glanced at her and said, "I haven't seen you for a few months. Ajin has grown a lot taller."

 “Brother Yan Jia is also much taller.” He is almost catching up with Prince Zhao Xiaojun.

Fan Yanjia saw Su Ruojin comparing him to Zhao Lan in front of him, deliberately straightened his shoulders and smiled at her, as if to say, he is almost taller.

  She nodded, um, that’s about it.

Zhao Lan seemed to feel something, turned around and looked behind him.

 When the two of them saw him, they immediately behaved themselves like a mouse seeing a cat.

Su Ruojin didn't dare to joke anymore, and quickly led the two of them to sit in the living room, and asked Mao Ya to serve tea, "Brother Yan Jia and the little prince, you sit down first, I will go to the kitchen to take a look, and we will eat soon."

The Su family has changed to a big house, and there are also maids and wives. Mrs. Su even cooks by herself. Fan Yanjia is itchy. He wants to follow her and glances at Zhao Lan.

Zhao Lan went up to him and said, "You can do whatever you want, it doesn't matter what I do."

Fan Yanjia smiled happily and said, "My father keeps me very tight and rarely come out to relax. I want to talk to A Jin and go to the kitchen with him. The little prince doesn't mind."

 Zhao Lan glanced at him.

Fan Yanjia understood and agreed. When he was happy, he invited, "The little prince is bored sitting alone, why don't you come with me."

Zhao Lan was waiting for this sentence. If this guy didn't say this, how could he look good? Fortunately, this guy was smart enough to speak up.

 The two handsome young men followed him to the kitchen like followers.

Su Ruojin didn't know that the two of them would follow. She was already in the kitchen, and the lotus leaf glutinous rice had been steamed. The fragrance was overflowing, which was refreshing on a hot summer day.

Fan Yanjia ran over, smelling the fragrance, and looked at the large hand-cranked fan: "Ajin, why do I feel that the fan in your house is cooler than the fan in our house?"

"no?"

"have."

Li Xiuzhu lit the fire and shook the fan.

Fan Yanjia found that the girl didn’t put much effort into lighting the fire, and the big fan was just blowing.

“Ah Jin, what’s the matter? You are more labor-intensive than the ones in our house?”

Su Ruojin glanced at him guiltily. Carpenter Zhang had improved this at home and changed the torque. It seemed to shake slowly, but through the length of the torque transmitted by the force shaft, the fan rotated faster.

However, this was difficult to explain, so she could only smile and said, "Then just find someone to make a new one based on my own."

"That's what you said." Fan Yanjia was happy when she got the answer, and quickly came to her side to watch her cooking delicious food.

Su Ruojin is making lotus leaf chicken. She has cut the chicken open from the back and taken out the internal organs. She has washed and removed the middle bones and applied a little soy sauce. The wok has been heated. Add oil and heat it until it is 50% hot. Add the chicken and fry both sides. , then pour out the oil and put it into the casserole.

 Put the wok over high heat and add a little oil, add onion, **** and minced garlic and stir-fry slightly. Add water, refined salt, rice wine, soy sauce, sugar, etc., bring to a boil and pour into the casserole.

Blanch the lotus leaves in boiling water, spread them out in a baking pan, thicken the chicken juice, wrap it in the lotus leaves, put the baking pan into the pot and bake for half an hour, take it out and put it on a plate, uncover the lotus leaves, and put the garlic slices, Place the green onions on the chicken.

 Pour the hot oil on the chicken, and a delicious lotus leaf chicken is ready.

The fragrance is fragrant and goes straight into people's nostrils along with the wind from the fan.

Fan Yanjia couldn't help but smacked her lips, "Ajin, why are the dishes you cook so fragrant?"

 “It smells good, so eat more.”

"That's for sure." Suddenly, Fan Yanjia felt a cool wind blowing over him, and subconsciously looked at Prince Zhao, only to see him standing by the kitchen door with his hands behind his hands, as if looking at the sky through the corridor.

 He chuckled and said, "Young prince, aren't you?"

 Zhao Lan turned her head, looked at him, and said nothing.

The lotus leaf chicken was ready. Su Ruojin hurriedly made the steamed pork ribs with lotus leaf powder. While doing it, she asked, "Brother Yan Jia, why are you here with the little prince? Did you make an appointment?"

“Yes, I also went to the flower party at Prince Jin’s Mansion yesterday and hid in the bedroom with him for the whole day.”

 Isn’t it a blind date party? Su Ruojin turned to look at Zhao Lan outside the door, thinking to herself, how can we have a blind date while hiding in the room? It's really weird, she thought. But this is not her business, as she skillfully steamed the ribs.

Steamed pork ribs with lotus leaf powder is a special traditional dish. Wrap the ribs with spiced rice noodles, then wrap the ribs with lotus leaves, and steam them in a steamer. After uncovering the lid and opening the lotus leaves, you will get a fresh fragrance and meaty texture. Delicious and tender.

Of course, in summer, in addition to hot dishes, Su Ruojin also made lotus leaf herbal tea, shrimp sandwich, cold fungus, tofu and winter melon soup, etc. The staple food was lotus leaf glutinous rice for hot and cold skin for cold.

  Anyway, it can not only fill the stomach, but also relieve the heat and stimulate the appetite. A large table has been set up.

 After finishing his work, Su Ruojin took advantage of Chunxiao and Qiuyue to set the table and quickly went to the room to change clothes.

 It’s so hot that even with a fan, I’m still sweating.

The little lady's face turned red from the heat. Zhao Lan lowered his eyes and only thought about eating the food cooked by the little lady. He didn't expect the little lady to suffer, and frowned slightly.

Fan Yanjia looked up at the sky and said, "It's really hot here. Thank you for your hard work, Jin. Please come back next time when it's not hot."

Zhao Lan glanced at him faintly.

Fan Yanjia was confused and asked, "Isn't it wrong?"

Of course it’s not right, why should Ah Jin cook it for you?

Zhao Lan crossed her long legs and walked straight away.

Fan Yanjia:…

 What did I say wrong?

 (End of this chapter)