Xu Qinyu was naturally worried about her fourth brother. When she told him about this matter that day, he also told her that after the imperial envoy left the southwest, he would also set off. She knew that her fourth brother would definitely go to deal with the imperial envoy.
He also asked his fourth brother, "Fourth brother, are you working for the governor?"
Fourth Brother was silent for a moment, and before he could answer, she muttered to herself, "Then Fourth Brother, please take care of your own safety. Everyone is very worried about you."
The fourth brother then said, "Don't worry, Yu Niang, nothing will happen to me."
To Xu Qinyu, the imperial envoy deserved to die, and she certainly wouldn't feel sorry for such a person.
Moreover, his body is obviously unhealthy. He is too fat and eats high-fat and greasy food all day long. He will basically have high blood pressure and high blood sugar, and is prone to cerebral infarction.
Xu Qinyu would not use food to do anything to him, but she would not remind him either. This kind of person would only kill more people if he were alive.
If it were other diners, she would definitely remind them, and would also ask them to go to the hospital for a physical examination, and she would help prepare a reasonable diet.
Xu Qinyu thought about this and looked at Fu Chenghong again.
Although he looked greasy after eating, his complexion was not good.
Fu Chenghong certainly couldn't tell anyone else about this recipe, even the two officials who followed him from the capital. Those two were his followers, so if they had any doubts, they wouldn't dare to say anything. Besides, it was a recipe presented to him by someone else, so it wouldn't matter if King Handong knew about it.
Seeing Fu Chenghong accept the menu, Xu Qinyu asked, "Sir, would you like to continue dining in the restaurant tomorrow? I'll make a few more dishes for you to try."
Fu Chenghong came back to his senses and said, "I will still have breakfast and dinner in your restaurant tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, but for dinner tomorrow I want to personally see Zou's cooking skills."
He was afraid that the young chef was playing tricks and that the recipes he gave were fake. He would wait until he got home in the evening to look at the recipes, and then he would see the young chef cook them with his own eyes at dinner tomorrow to know whether they were real or not.
Of course Xu Qinyu knew his little thoughts, she just smiled and agreed and said okay.
After Fu Chenghong left, Xu Qinyu returned to the backyard, glanced at her fourth brother, and nodded at him.
Seeing her return safely, Madam Zhu breathed a sigh of relief and asked everyone to go back and rest early.
When they returned to Madam Zhu's house, Xu Qinyu couldn't sleep after washing up. She sat in front of the window, and Pei Weixuan helped her wipe her still wet hair. Xu Qinyu had a lot of thoughts in her mind. First, she was worried about the safety of her fourth brother. Second, because of her recklessness, it was very likely that she and the Pei family would be put in danger. If she was really forcibly taken back to the capital by the imperial envoy to present her to King Handong or the Queen Mother, the fact that she helped Madam Zhu would make the Queen Mother suspicious and worry that she had some relationship with the Pei family and the Prefectural Government.
After she came to Beijing, it was impossible for her to keep dressing as a man. Sooner or later, she would be exposed.
It is dangerous to both himself and the Pei family.
She turned around and spoke to Pei Weixuan, "Fourth brother, I'm sorry. It was my fault. I was too rash in helping Madam Zhu and put myself and the Pei family in danger."
She looked a little depressed. If her fourth brother hadn't reminded her, she would never have thought that the imperial envoy would want to bring her back to Beijing.
After all, she was not from this era, and some of her thoughts and ideas had not changed. This was also because, apart from the hardships she had experienced during those few days of exile, her life had become more and more prosperous after she settled down in Yuanbao Town. The officials in both Yuanbao Town and Raozhou City were all good officials who loved the people. She had not experienced the despair and injustice of the feudal system, so she naturally helped Madam Zhu according to her own thinking.
This imperial envoy is not a man like County Magistrate Yang and Prefect Zhu. When she heard her fourth brother say that this imperial envoy did not take human life seriously and tortured and killed the little maids in the mansion, she should know what kind of person he is. If he really has any intentions towards her, even Prefect Zhu cannot save her.
Fortunately, Fourth Brother anticipated this and asked her to prepare such a recipe. He also figured out Fu Chenghong's character, so he didn't let her be targeted by this man.
After this incident, she will remember it.
Pei Weixuan paused while wiping Yu Niang's wet hair, and said softly, "Yuniang, there's no need to blame yourself. You asked me before, and it was me who told you to do whatever you wanted. You don't have to take this little thing to heart, let alone dwell on it." The worst outcome of this matter would be that Yu Niang would be taken away from Raozhou City by Fu Chenghong and returned to Beijing. But he could bring them back halfway without waiting for them to return to Beijing, and kill all of Fu Chenghong and his men. The result would be the same, except that Yu Niang would see them then. He was only worried that Yu Niang would be frightened, so he used the safe method of offering the recipe.
And no matter what Yu Niang wants to do, he can help her find a way to cover her up.
This matter means nothing in his eyes.
Xu Qinyu nodded, but still warned herself that next time she met such a powerful person, she must not act rashly.
After their hair was dried, they went to bed.
When she woke up the next day, Xu Qinyu found that not only was half of her leg resting on her fourth brother, but her whole body was also leaning against him.
Fourth brother was warmer, and she was freezing at night, so she naturally snuggled up to him.
Xu Qinyu felt very embarrassed. She got out of bed quickly with a red face, put on her clothes, and went to the small kitchen to boil some water.
Pei Weixuan finally opened his eyes and woke up, with the tips of his ears a little red.
Today, when we went to Zhu's Restaurant, Xu Qinyu prepared a simple breakfast, a pot of spicy soup.
Although it is just a pot of spicy soup, the spices and ingredients needed are not simple.
Hu La Tang requires pepper, but pepper is too expensive to use, so she used green pepper powder and two other spice powders. The taste is a bit similar to pepper, and added about ten other spices. The ingredients used include day lily, fungus, fine vermicelli, thousand sheets, peanuts, pickled mustard greens, tofu skin and other ten kinds of ingredients. The soup base of her Hu La Tang is made from lamb bones, and the meat in it is also lamb. The large pieces of lamb are cooked until they are soft and tender, and paired with the thick, smooth and flavorful Hu La Tang, it tastes spicy and fragrant.
Hu La Tang should naturally be eaten with fried dough sticks.
Xu Qinyu fried a lot of pancakes.
It's been a bit cold when I get up early these past two days. Eating a bowl of spicy soup with fried dough sticks is so comfortable.
Fu Chenghong was very satisfied with the meal.
At dinner time in the evening, in addition to the roast suckling pig, Fu Chenghong ordered a few dishes from the recipe Xu Qinyu gave him.
He has a special liking for roast suckling pig. The recipe of roast suckling pig is on the recipe Xu Qinyu gave him. Fu Chenghong memorized all the recipes on the recipe when he went home last night.
He himself was a member of the imperial examination system, so memorizing these things was no problem for him.
Watching Xu Qinyu make roast suckling pig, it was exactly the same as the recipe written for him. Even the dishes he ordered were prepared the same way as on the recipe.
After tasting it, he found that it was still delicious without any change, so Fu Chenghong felt relieved.
In addition to the evening meal on the first day, he gave one hundred taels of silver notes.
He had not paid any money for his meals at Zhu's Restaurant these past few days. He thought that one or two hundred silvers were enough, but he did not consider that he had booked Zhu's Restaurant for only one hundred silvers, and for several days. This was clearly taking advantage of Zhu's Restaurant.
But Madam Zhu didn't dare to say anything and just hoped that the man would leave quickly.
The next day, Fu Chenghong spent another day at Xu's Restaurant, eating breakfast and dinner.
After he had his evening meal, he called Xu Qinyu over and rewarded her with 100 taels of silver notes, saying that the food she cooked was very good and that the silver notes were a special reward for her.
He also said that he would leave Raozhou City and return to Beijing tomorrow.
Xu Qinyu had no choice but to agree. She finally breathed a sigh of relief after everyone left.
After Fu Chenghong and his two subordinates left in a carriage, they couldn't help but ask, "Sir, why don't you take this young man back to the capital? He's such a good cook. Whether he cooks for you or presents it to the King of Handong, it will be a great contribution."
They thought that this young man had extraordinary cooking skills, and bringing him back to the capital to present him to King Handong would also win his favor.
Fu Chenghong said with a stern face, "He lives in the southwest and doesn't want to leave. How can you force him to take him away? Isn't this bullying?"
The two officials didn't say anything, but they knew that Fu Chenghong was a bully.
I don't know why he let that guy go.
But if the adults don't have any ulterior motives, they may have a chance to show themselves in front of King Handong. Once they catch this young man, they will return to present him to King Handong. The food this young man cooks is really delicious, even better than the food in Jixianglou. It will definitely satisfy King Handong. As long as King Handong is satisfied, they will have their day to shine.
But now they have to follow the imperial envoy in everything, so they can’t take any action. They will think of a solution after returning to Beijing.
The next day, Fu Chenghong and two of his subordinates set out for Beijing. They took the water route and sailed for two days after leaving the southwest when they were about to reach Tongzhou. Suddenly, more than a dozen masked men in black jumped out from both sides of the shore and flew onto the deck. Without saying a word, these people chopped off the heads of the two subordinates beside Fu Chenghong.
The surrounding soldiers finally reacted, drew their swords and shouted, "There's an assassin, come and protect the lord."
The masked man in black fought with the soldiers. The man in black should have good kung fu, but when fighting with these soldiers, he did not hit their vital points, but only stabbed non-fatal places such as the arms, thighs and backs.
Fu Chenghong was so frightened that his heart and liver were about to burst. He tried to escape with his fat body shaking. However, he was too fat and panicked. He slipped and fell on the deck. A masked man in black stabbed at his chest with a sword. Fu Chenghong was so scared that his face changed drastically. He pulled a soldier next to him to block in front of him. Seeing this, the masked man had to turn the tip of his sword abruptly, and the tip of the sword stabbed into the soldier's arm.
Fu Chenghong immediately pushed the officers and soldiers away and ran into the cabin.
Apart from the cabin, there was only the water bank outside. He couldn't swim, and jumping in would be a dead end. But in fact, if he ran into the cabin, these people could also kick open the cabin door, and he would still be dead. But at this moment, Fu Chenghong was so scared that his mind was in a mess. He couldn't think of who would come to kill him?
Could it be the prefect?
But why would the prefect kill him? It would only cause trouble for himself, as he was not the one who embezzled military pay.
Fu Chenghong had already crawled to the cabin door when he was suddenly kicked into the cabin and hit his head against a pillar. He felt dizzy but did not dare to leave himself lying on the ground. He immediately turned over and tried to get up. When he turned over, he saw a tall masked man.
The tall masked man looked down at him with a cold gaze.
Fu Chenghong shouted, "Don't, don't kill me. I'll give you whatever you want. I have something worth a thousand gold coins on me. If you're willing to let me go, I'll give it to you."
But just as he finished saying this, he felt a flash of sword light and a sharp pain in his throat. After that, he knew nothing and fell into complete darkness.
The masked man with a slender figure looked at Fu Chenghong whose head was chopped off in front of him, leaned over and took out the recipe from his sleeve, put it into his own sleeve, and stuffed another letter into Fu Chenghong's lapel.
By the time the soldiers started chasing him, he had already jumped out of the cabin window and left.
Seeing this, the other masked men on the boat also flew away, leaving only a boat full of injured but not dead officers and soldiers.
The officers and soldiers looked at each other in confusion, and then looked at the imperial envoy and the other two officials in panic, only to find that they were dead beyond death, with their heads chopped off.
The officers and soldiers didn't know what to do for a while, so they could only wait until they reached the nearest dock to inform the government.
The nearby government offices were naturally shocked by the major event of murdering the imperial envoy. They pulled the three bodies back to the government office and searched the bodies. They found the letter in Fu Chenghong's clothes. After reading the contents of the letter, they were shocked and terrified.
…
Xu Qinyu has been living in Zhu Niangzi's house these days. During these days, Zhu Niangzi's restaurant has started to operate as usual, and Xu Qinyu has not gone to Zhu's restaurant to help out these days.
Xu Qinyu was thinking that she would open a restaurant or a dinning hall in Raozhou City in the future. If she continued to cook at Zhu's Restaurant, after the diners had tasted her cooking, they would be able to taste it when they went to her restaurant or dinning hall again, and her identity would be easily exposed. So now that Mrs. Zhu's crisis was resolved, there was no need for her to go to the restaurant again.
But since her fourth brother didn't come back, she couldn't go back to the Bafang Inn alone, so she waited for him at the Zhu family's house.
Fourth brother said he would be back in a few days.
As for the Zhu Family Restaurant, the diners and shop owners nearby saw that it was open for business and wanted to try the delicious food that had been tantalizing them for days. They even joked with a smile, "Madam Zhu, your restaurant is finally open for business. Did you hire a new chef when you entertained the imperial envoy a few days ago? We can smell the delicious food and are almost drooling. We must have a good meal today."
Madam Zhu could only smile and say, "Please don't misunderstand, neighbors. The food we served to the Imperial Envoy a few days ago was indeed prepared by someone else, but it wasn't our chef. A kind and famous chef helped out. Now that the Imperial Envoy has returned, the famous chef has also left, and I don't know where he's gone. Therefore, the food at the Zhu Family Restaurant remains the same as before."
These neighbors and diners were inevitably a little disappointed, but they still enjoyed their meal at Zhu's Restaurant.
As for Xu Qinyu, she waited for five days, and that night, she finally waited for her fourth brother to come.
Seeing her fourth brother's face, which was still the same normal appearance, his complexion was normal, and he was not injured, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Pei Weixuan took out the recipe from his pocket and handed it to Xu Qinyu, "Don't worry, Yu Niang, I've got the recipe back for you."
Xu Qinyu didn't care about the recipe at all. What she was most worried about was the safety of her fourth brother.
These past few days, she couldn't even sleep well. She always dreamed that her fourth brother had an accident and came back covered in blood. She was so scared that she woke up several times. After waking up, she also figured out something was wrong. It seemed that her feelings for her fourth brother were not just a simple brother-sister relationship.
What's more, they are sleeping in the same bed, so what's the brother-sister relationship? Even real brothers and sisters can't sleep in the same bed.
Xu Qinyu has thought it through thoroughly these days, and she would not resist this kind of relationship.
But there's no rush to get married and sleep together. She's only just turned 18, so it's fine to date first and then talk about it when she turns 20 and reaches the legal age for marriage.
Seeing his fourth brother coming back, he took the recipe handed to him by his fourth brother and threw it on the table. He then pulled his fourth brother's sleeve, wanting to turn up his collar to see if he was hurt.
Pei Weixuan froze for a moment, then realized what Yu Niang meant. He grabbed Yu Niang's hand and said, "Don't worry, Yu Niang. I'm not hurt."
Xu Qinyu felt relieved and asked, "Did Fourth Brother eat when he came back? If not, I'll go to the small kitchen and cook something for him."
She has been living in Madam Zhu's house these days and has not gone out. She eats and drinks in the small kitchen. Madam Zhu specially prepared a lot of food for her.
Pei Weixuan nodded, took the recipe and went to the small kitchen with her.
He had checked the recipe and it was the one he had written. When he got to the small kitchen, he threw the recipe into the stove. The flames instantly engulfed the recipe and sent out high flames.
Xu Qinyu had some mutton soup left over from her evening meal, so she made some for her fourth brother.
While preparing food for her fourth brother, Xu Qinyu briefly asked about the imperial envoy.
Pei Weixuan did not tell Yu Niang that he had beheaded Fu Chenghong. He only told her, "Everything has been resolved. He is dead."
Xu Qinyu didn't feel uncomfortable at all when she heard that he was dead. It was better for such a person to die.
Since everyone is dead, Fourth Brother’s actions will definitely not implicate the prefect, so she has nothing to worry about.
After cooking the mutton soup, Xu Qinyu also made some meat patties, which were just right to go with the mutton soup.
…
The next morning, Xu Qinyu said goodbye to Madam Zhu, saying that it was time for the two brothers to leave Raozhou City.
Madam Zhu thanked Xu Qinyu again.
Xu Qinyu and her fourth brother returned to the Bafang Inn. They sneaked back to their room. After reading the note left by Pei Weixuan, Manager Zhou left the room to them and did not have anyone clean up the room. It remained the same as it was before.
After returning, Pei Weixuan took out the medicine from the bag and asked Yu Niang to wash off the medicine on her body.
He also restored himself to his original appearance and asked the waiter to bring hot water for the two of them to wash up.
When Manager Zhou learned that the two had returned, he was not surprised and did not ask any further questions. He just pretended to know nothing.
Xu Qinyu and Pei Weixuan changed back into their own clothes and went for a stroll in the city.
That day, I finally finished touring the whole city. There were three restaurants that were being rented or sold. However, if I wanted to open a farm-style restaurant where people could eat, drink and have fun, it would definitely not be possible in the city. Even if I bought two five-story houses connected together, the space would still be too small.
She wanted a restaurant where she could not only eat but also have fun.
Build a big lake and plant it with lotus leaves and lotus flowers. In the summer, it is so pleasant to take a boat in the lake full of lotus leaves and lotus flowers. You can also pick lotus seeds and fish.
The people here don't know how to enjoy life at all. The girls' daily fun is just going shopping, or going to their close friends' homes for banquets and flower viewing. There isn't even a beauty salon here!
Fourth brother is a good doctor. If she can run her restaurant, she can ask fourth brother to prepare some good creams. The creams that fourth brother prepares for them are very effective. Her skin has become white and tender, and feels like soft tofu.
At that time, we can also hire some ladies and teach them how to massage people's muscles and bones to relieve fatigue. They can massage the muscles and bones of the girls who come to play and eat, and then use cream to care for their skin.
This is somewhat similar to the high-end bathing buffets of later generations, but the place is more spacious, and you can go boating, fishing, and even more.
As for the male guests, they just need to eat, fish and play Cuju.
But if you want such a large venue, you can only find it outside the city.
So the next morning, Xu Qinyu and her fourth brother went out of the city.
There are also a few villages scattered outside Raozhou City, with mountains on the right side, but it is closer to the southwest camp.
There is a large lake between the southwest camp and one of the villages, as well as many fertile fields and a large open space. There is also a bamboo forest and green grass in the distance.
Xu Qinyu quite likes this place. If she really wants to open a restaurant, she’d better do it outside the city.
Moreover, the location is good, right in the middle of the southwest camp and the village. If there are any bad guys, they will have to think carefully before they act.
Besides, once the restaurant is open, she can just hire some guards with strong martial arts skills.
Moreover, a five-story house can be built next to it, and she and the Pei family can live in a luxurious house!
She can also buy some good farmland nearby. She already has 100 acres of farmland in Yuanbao Town. She never thinks that there is too much farmland, and she can continue to buy more after coming to Raozhou City.
However, if you want to build a restaurant and a house here, you have to buy the land, so naturally you have to go to the government office in Raozhou City to ask.
There was no need to rush this matter. She and her fourth brother had been out for more than ten days, and she was worried that the Pei family would miss them, so she returned to Yuanbao Town first.
But after they returned, Jianwen only asked them if they were tired and asked them to eat dinner early and rest. She was not worried about them being away for ten days. It should be that the fourth brother sent someone to deliver a message to the family, saying that they would stay in Raozhou City for a while to find a shop or something.
Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "It's not hard, but mother is tired. In the past ten days, I have been grateful to mother for taking care of the restaurant."
Wen said softly, "Mother is not hard-working. The one who works the hardest in this family is Yu Niang."
Yu Niang has been running around for this family, and she is the one who works the hardest.
After Wen finished speaking, she added, "Yu Niang and Wei Xuan have been running around all day. Let's go and rest early after dinner."
Xu Qinyu thought that she had been running all day, so she might as well have a good rest at night and discuss with her family tomorrow morning whether to open a restaurant or a hotel in Raozhou City.
After dinner, Xu Qinyu and Pei Weixuan returned to Laixi Lane from the restaurant, washed up and went to bed early.
This trip to Raozhou City can be considered as a rebirth after a disaster. Nothing else happened. Xu Qinyu thought to herself, and she lay on the bed and fell asleep quickly.
The next day, she went to the restaurant. The waiters there were all missing her and were very happy to see her back.
Xu Qinyu was busy in the restaurant all day. When everyone returned to Laixi Lane in the evening and sat in the wooden pavilion in the courtyard, Xu Qinyu told everyone about the restaurant and the hotel.
Wen asked, "What about Yu Niang's own thoughts?"
Whether Yu Niang wants to open a restaurant or the kind of restaurant she mentioned, she will support Yu Niang.
Xu Qinyu hesitated and said, "If I open a restaurant, a few thousand taels of silver will be enough. A few thousand taels of silver is also enough to buy a shop. If I open a restaurant, I'm afraid I will have to invest all the money I have."
She had about 60,000 taels of silver on her. If she really wanted to open a restaurant outside Raozhou City, she would have to hire professionals to help design the restaurant's structure and construction, as well as various interior decorations.
It will take at least half a year to complete. If you really want to open a restaurant outside Raozhou City, you can build the house together with it.
But in her heart, she really wanted to open a restaurant, and only money can make money.
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