Chapter 107 Chapter 107 Panda Warrior, you are the Black and White Evil...
A large basket of sauerkraut-filled buns in the backyard disappeared without a trace. Duan Zhiwei was so angry that he jumped in the backyard and kept shouting that he would go to Chang'an County to report to the police.
A waiter in a vegetable shop lost a cart of winter bamboo shoots, so he rolled up his sleeves and went to report it to the police. As they were all wanderers in this world, they went to Chang'an County together. There was already a group of people gathered in front of the county government office, and it was as noisy as at the West Market.
The Chang'an County Magistrate stood at the door and tried to comfort the people: "Don't panic, fellow villagers. If you have lost anything or suffered any harm at home, please come and register. We at the county government will definitely catch the culprit for you."
A bunch of people lined up to register. Everyone was very excited, especially the old fisherman, who put his hands on his waist and complained to the yamen runners: "You didn't see, I was just bending down to chop ice, and that madman grabbed me by the back of the neck and carried me like a sack, and put me on the shore. Before I could react, he ran away!"
Madam Xue of Yanzhi Pavilion frowned: "That scoundrel collapsed the backyard wall of my Sanchun Pavilion! I was still dressing up in my boudoir at that time!"
A group of people chattered for a while, and Duan Zhiwei's anger was gone. Looking at it this way, losing a basket of buns didn't seem like a big deal. She sighed and thought, "Forget it."
When we got back to the restaurant, many diners were already sitting there preparing to have lunch.
Aunt Duan saw her coming back and asked, "Did you catch the thief?"
She shook her head.
She definitely couldn't make the stewed bamboo shoots with ham and braised bamboo shoots in oil that she had originally prepared, so she could only prepare some ordinary dishes. There was not much pickled sauerkraut left, so she had to give up on the sauerkraut buns. However, she still had a jar of flour, so she wanted to try making meaty steamed buns instead.
The two gentlemen sat around the stove and urged Ah Pan to serve the dishes: "Please hurry up, my lady. After noon we are going to the teahouse to listen to the story of the black and white evil stars."
Duan Zhiwei asked curiously, "What evil?"
"The Black and White Evil Star has become very popular in Chang'an City recently. I heard that this man wears a black hat and a white cloak, wreaking havoc everywhere in Chang'an at night, and kills people without blinking an eye while holding a long sword."
Is he an evil spirit who kills people and then goes to the restaurant to steal buns when he's hungry? Duan Zhiwei didn't quite believe it.
The two children were very interested in this story. Duan Zhiwei hadn't been to a teahouse for a long time, so after noon, a group of people from the restaurant went to the teahouse.
The doctor quickly brought yogurt and a plate of gyokuro balls. The cakes in this teahouse tasted mediocre, but after noon there were people telling strange stories, so there were quite a few customers. Today it was even packed, with both floors filled with diners.
The young man sat down at the table, drank a sip of tea to moisten his throat, tapped his fan, and began to tell today's story: "It is said that a black and white evil star appeared in Chang'an recently..."
The sun was shining brightly on a winter afternoon, and the warm sunlight came in through the bamboo curtains. The light drifted slowly in the teahouse, like a piece of bright yellow transparent mint candy. The stove in the teahouse was crackling. Duan Zhiwei went to bed late last night, and he was about to fall asleep on Aunt Duan's shoulder.
Suddenly, the young man slammed the paper fan against the food table. "The black and white evil star opened the steamer and slapped it. A dozen greasy buns were ripped open on the spot, and the oil flowed all over the floor."
Duan Zhiwei thought this was extremely outrageous, so he called the little doctor and asked, "Isn't it about killing people without hesitation?"
The doctor was also embarrassed: "But I haven't heard of anyone dying in Chang'an City recently."
The young man continued, "The evil star spewed flames from its mouth, instantly igniting the thousands of lanterns in the West Market into a huge fireball. It took the warriors a whole day and night to put out the fire."
This is pure rumor.
Duan Zhiwei couldn't bear to listen any longer. Aunt Duan and the others also thought it was outrageous. They were too lazy to listen any longer, so they finished their yogurt and went home.
The people of Chang'an were delighted to have new material for gossip. By evening, the true identity of the evil star had changed from a Taoist priest on Mount Wudang to a bear monster in the Qinling Mountains.
Duan Zhiwei set up a pot at the door of the restaurant to steam a basket of meaty steamed buns. Each layer of the rolls was filled with fresh and fragrant meat filling, and the rich gravy seeped into the rolls, making them look extremely tempting.
As the saying goes, "Once bitten by a snake, one will fear ropes for ten years." Duan Zhiwei drank a few more sips of yogurt in the afternoon and wanted to go to the toilet. He was afraid that the pot of meat rolls would also be stolen, so he had to call the little wolf who was fanning the fire in the kitchen to come and watch over it.
Fortunately, this pot of meaty steamed buns was not stolen. When the steamed buns were cooked and the steamer was opened, the rich meaty aroma and steam hit the face, attracting the attention of many diners.
The outer layer of the steamed bun is made from dough that has been fermented for half a day. It is as soft and fluffy as clouds and completely soaked in the delicious gravy. The large meat particles are firm and chewy, and the taste is very salty and delicious. It is also suitable to be served with a bowl of corn porridge.
Half of the steamed buns were sold in the evening, and Duan Zhiwei locked the remaining half in a cabinet in the kitchen and tied a big copper lock firmly on the handle of the cabinet.
After finishing all this, she finally felt relieved and went to sleep.
Jinhuamao swept his tail and said, "Where's my fish?"
"You didn't even know there was a thief in the yard last night, and you still want to eat fish?"
Jinhua also felt aggrieved. It slept lazily during the day and became energetic at night, spinning and jumping on the eaves with its eyes closed, having no idea what was happening in its own yard.
Duan Zhiwei softened his tone and said, "Thank you for keeping watch for a few days. I will make you crab meat fish balls tomorrow."
"I also want crucian carp and tofu soup."
"make a deal."
After curfew, Duan Zhiwei took a shower, changed into pajamas, and lay comfortably in the warm bed: "The succulent flower rolls are locked up, and Jinhua has agreed to watch the yard. It will be kept safe tonight."
Yuan Shenji was lying on the side reading a military book. Hearing this, he said, "Today, I also saw the wanted portrait of that evil star in Chang'an County."
Duan Zhiwei poked his head out from under the quilt and looked at him curiously: "What's it like?"
Based on the descriptions of the victims, the painter of Chang'an County drew an image of a hero wearing a conical hat, with a cloak fluttering in the wind and a long sword hanging from the edge of his leather belt.
The county lieutenant immediately scolded him: "You're even calling him a hero. This is a wanted criminal, not "Xia Ke Xing". Where are you putting 'kill one person every 10 steps, and leave no trace in a thousand miles'?"
The painter was also helpless. There were so many victims, but everyone only saw his black hat and white cloak. No one saw what his face looked like.
Duan Zhiwei burst into laughter when he heard this.
Yuan Shenji saw her laughing happily and couldn't help laughing himself. Then he touched her head and said, "Okay, I'm worried that you might get choked by laughing. Go to bed early."
After saying that, he blew out the candle next to him.
The weather is clear tonight and the moonlight is as bright as frost.
The pair of furry black ears popped out from the courtyard wall again with a "whoosh", and it slid down the familiar vegetable jar from last night, then ran to the bamboo basket happily, stretched out its paws, but found nothing.
A gust of north wind blew by, and the bear held the empty bamboo basket dejectedly. It sniffed a few times and only smelled some faint wheat aroma left over from the buns.
It pondered in the wind.
The Jinhua cat wandered around the main hall, then went to the kitchen and rummaged through the drawers and cabinets for half a day but couldn't find the pickled fish that Duan Zhiwei had prepared. It could only hang its tail in disappointment and walk towards the backyard.
I saw a large group of unknown creatures holding a bamboo basket in the yard.
Jinhua suddenly felt that the big pot of stewed fish was waving at him, so he quickly raised his meat pad and quietly approached...
The thing's butt was like a huge, round sesame dumpling, making it really want to take a bite, but then it remembered the painful experience of breaking its tooth last time.
Jinhua Cat thought about it and decided to give up.
It looked around, picked up a broken tile from the corner of the yard, and threw it at the guy on the head.
"Ouch!" A silly voice came from under the hat.
The Jinhua cat immediately shouted, "Someone come! I caught the thief!"
The lights in the rooms of the two courtyards lit up instantly. Duan Zhiwei threw on a fur coat and ran out: "Where did this thief come from? Give me back my buns!"
The thief panicked and tried to escape the same way he came, but Duan Zhiwei put a diabolo basket on his head.
Yuan Shenji was a step slower. He went to get the Mo Dao and the handcuffs he got from Chang'an County. While the thief was twisting his body, he wanted to put the handcuffs on the thief's hands.
As a result, Yuan Shenji touched a pair of furry claws. He looked closely and found that they were bear paws.
He quickly took out his sword and stood in front of Duan Zhiwei: "Oh no, it looks like the black bear demon is causing trouble."
Duan Zhiwei was so scared that his legs went limp behind him.
Black bear? That thing is ferocious, and normal people can't defeat it. She quickly pulled Yuan Shenji's arm and said, "Let's run away and report to the police."
When Yuan Shenji heard her words of cowardice, his knife almost dropped from his hand: "Don't worry, ma'am, I have the ability to deal with it."
He raised his Mo Dao, which gleamed coldly in the moonlight. He was ready to destroy the black bear in one fell swoop as soon as it broke free from the bamboo basket and rushed towards him.
The bear demon stretched out his two paws and twisted left and right for a long time, but still couldn't get the bamboo basket off his head.
Yuan Shenji held the knife and posed handsomely in the cold wind for a long time. Suddenly, he felt very ridiculous. He went up to the bear impatiently and pulled the bamboo basket away.
In the moonlight, a round head and a pair of iconic dark circles appeared in the bamboo basket.
"Oh my!" Duan Zhiwei's originally angry and frightened voice turned into a surprised sound: "It's GunGun!"
She snatched the sword from Yuan Shenji's hand and said, "You're still holding the sword, and you're going to scare him into death. You'll have to spend the rest of your life in jail."
Yuan Shenji: "......"
A few people in the next yard heard the noise and came over after putting on their clothes. Pu Tao looked at it curiously: "You bear looks so strange, how come I have never seen it before?"
Duan Zhiwei said: "It's called a bear..." but Yuan Shenji beat him to the punch: "It's a white bear, which only exists in Shu."
"White bear?" Duan Zhiwei looked at him in confusion.
Yuan Shenji explained: "I have seen records in the files that the Queen Mother once gave a pair of white bears as a return gift to the King of Japan."
But no matter whether it is a white bear or a panda, they are all bears, not cats. She leaned behind Yuan Shenji and said, "Are you the black and white evil star rumored in Chang'an City?"
The round guy barely stood up and patted the dust off his butt: "What evil star? Those are all rumors. I am a hero who punishes evildoers and helps the weak, and robs the rich to help the poor!"
It looked full of energy and confidence, so Duan Zhiwei said, "Sir, please pay for the basket of sauerkraut stuffed buns last night."
When it comes to money, it sits on the ground like a deflated ball, looking very lost: "I came from Shu, and when I was standing on the boat admiring the scenery of Mount Emei, my money bag slipped into the Three Gorges."
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