Chapter 66 Suspicion

Jiang Yanyi pried his hands apart and saved her face: "I know."

Then the next second, she asked again like a tongue twister: "Why me?"

Feng Shuo stared at her for a long time, and said faintly: "This king is blind and fell in love with you, okay?"

Jiang Yanyi: "..."

She stared at him angrily, "May I ask when will the king's blindness be cured?"

The wind and snow outside the house were howling, and the cold wind poured in from the open door, blowing Feng Shuo's long hair hanging down on his shoulders, wrapping up his slender figure. He looked at her aggrieved look, and his eyebrows and eyes faded from the usual harshness, and were stained with a little smile: "It will never be cured in this lifetime."

Jiang Yanyi's heart beat faster: "When did you become so slick?"

Feng Shuo came out in a hurry, without wearing a cloak, and was blown by the wind, There was an itch in his throat, he covered his lips and coughed twice, saying: "Except you, I have never coaxed anyone in my life."

Jiang Yanyi's lips curled up: "What about in the future?"

"In the future... maybe I have to coax one or two more girls."

Still want to find a girl?

Jiang Yanyi's face changed instantly: "Your Highness, you should find a girl now."

Feng Shuo smiled and said: "Without you, who will I give birth to a girl with?"

Jiang Yanyi blushed, "You... obscene!"

Feng Shuo smiled and did not answer.

If this is called obscene, he has many obscene thoughts about her.

The sound of gongs and drums could be heard from the long street outside. Feng Shuo glanced at the soup in her pot and asked, "Are you busy until this time every night?"

"Just today. I was delayed for a while because I was making dried meat." Jiang Yanyi saw that the soup in the pot was almost done, so she added the last handful of firewood to the stove. When the firewood burned out, the residual heat in the stove could continue to simmer the soup in the pot, so she could use it directly tomorrow morning.

Feng Shuo glanced at the stove and saw the date-red meat jerky she had put in the colander but had not yet put in the cabinet. He picked up a piece and tasted it. The meat jerky had been stewed and dried, and a lot of water had been lost. It was not as tender as fresh meat, but it had a firm texture and was not difficult to chew. The aroma from the brine seemed to be locked in the meat, and the more you chewed, the stronger the aftertaste.

There were also strips of meat jerky next to it. The color was prettier, but it was very thin, sprinkled with white sesame seeds, and the skin was bright yellow under the candlelight. It looked like oil, but when he picked up a piece, he found that it was not oil covering the skin of the meat jerky, but the light sweetness belonged to honey.

Feng Shuo took a bite of the meat jerky: "Is this a new dish to sell in the store?"

"My uncle is going back to the capital to pick up my mother and grandmother. This is the dry food I prepared for my uncle on the way."

Feng Shuo said, "I will also be away for a few days."

Jiang Yanyi was stunned for a while before he realized what Feng Shuo meant.

Was he asking her to prepare dry food for him as well?

Jiang Yanyi asked suspiciously, "It's so cold, and your old illness hasn't healed yet, where are you going?"

"It snowed heavily on the grassland, and the cattle and sheep have run out of food. The Turks failed to get enough food before winter, and now they are in a desperate situation, so they will definitely set their sights on the interior of the country. I haven't been to the army for a long time, and the Turkish Khan will definitely become suspicious."

Previously, Fan Yaonian had instructed Xie Zhizhou to secretly let the Turkish prince into the city, and he must have informed the Turkish senior officials about his old illness. The Turkish prince entered the city, firstly to test the truth, and secondly to facilitate internal and external cooperation with the Turkish army during the siege.

Fan Yaonian had calculated everything, but he had missed the fact that Chu Changping survived after being dragged off the cliff by him, and he also brought the news of his sneaking into Xizhou to Feng Shuo. Feng Shuo then followed the clues and uprooted Fan Yaonian, Xie Zhizhou, and the Hu family.

Only the Turkic prince seemed to have evaporated from the world after being shot by an arrow. Feng Shuo sealed off the entire city for many days and searched every house, but he still couldn't find any trace of him.

The worst guess at present is that the Turkic prince has already found a way to leave Xizhou City.

If he can't go to the battle, this is a great opportunity for the Turks who are eyeing Xizhou.

So he must go to the army, and even train and perform martial arts, at least on the surface, it is a threat to the Turks.

Jiang Yanyi remembered Chi Qing saying that few people knew about Feng Shuo's old illness, so he couldn't help but ask: "How did the Turks know that your injury would flare up in the severe winter?"

Feng Shuo's eyes flashed with sarcasm: "It was given by that person in the palace."

When he was injured, he was on the verge of death several times. The military doctors who treated him shook their heads and said that even if he could survive, he would probably be plagued by illness in the future.

Later, he blocked the news about the injury, gave the military doctor a large sum of money, and asked him to keep the secret to himself and return to his hometown to retire.

From then on, in order to avoid being discovered, he only used doctors from his own house to diagnose and treat illnesses. He thought that this matter would not be known to anyone else, but he was too cautious in using doctors, which made the emperor suspicious. When he interrogated Fan Yaonian, he learned from Fan Yaonian that the emperor ordered people to find the military doctor and tortured him to find out about his old illness.

Feng Shuo didn't want to say more about these things, so as not to make Jiang Yanyi worry for nothing. He stopped talking and said, "The soup is ready, you should go to bed early."

Jiang Yanyi understood that he came tonight mainly to keep himself company and not have to cook medicinal food for the next few days. After all, he was not at home. No matter

how many worries she had in her heart, she couldn't help him with these things. It was just that if the heroine was on the way to Xizhou, it stood to reason that the Turkic prince should also be in Xizhou. Xizhou City has been strictly investigating these days. Maybe Feng Shuo was investigating the Turkic prince.

It was a matter of military secrets, and Feng Shuo didn't say anything, so she couldn't ask.

But if the Turkic prince could be captured, the Turkic Khan would not dare to act rashly for the sake of his son.

Jiang Yanyi pursed her lips and said tentatively: "Recently, people are only allowed to enter the city gate, but not to leave. Are they catching someone?"

Feng Shuo said: "A Turkic spy sneaked in."

"Is she also a woman?" Jiang Yanyi asked.

When they were in the Xizhou camp before, there were Turkic spies mixed in with the camp prostitutes. There was nothing wrong with the word "also" in her words.

But Jiang Yanyi said this, but it was not just pure curiosity. In the original book, when the heroine first met the Turkic prince, the Turkic prince was dressed as a woman in order to avoid the search.

Feng Shuo shook his head and said, "It's the Turkic prince."

However, Jiang Yanyi's words did give him some ideas. His men searched all the men in Xizhou City but couldn't find the Turkic prince. What if... the Turkic prince really disguised himself as a woman?

Thinking of this, Feng Shuo's eyebrows suddenly became cold, and he said: "You should rest early, I'm leaving." It

was snowing hard outside. Jiang Yanyi saw that he was not wearing a cloak or cape. Remembering that he still had a woven mulberry fur cape with him, he stood up and walked quickly to his room: "Wait a minute."

Feng Shuo stood there for a moment, and saw Jiang Yanyi coming over with a cloak. It was the one he gave her in the barracks.

"Have you kept it?" Feng Shuo's eyes were bright.

Jiang Yanyi nodded.

How could she throw away such good material? She was not stupid.

But it was obvious that Feng Shuo was very happy that Jiang Yanyi kept this cloak, and the smile in his eyes deepened a little.

Jiang Yanyi thought of the things that happened in the Xizhou camp, and in a trance, she even felt as if it was a thing of her last life.

How much she hated him at that time, who could have thought that she would end up with him like this?

Jiang Yanyi also raised a smile on her lips.

Her lips were bright red under the candlelight, and her beautiful eyes seemed to be filled with light. Her fine hair was scattered on the sides of her face, which was indescribably gentle.

Feng Shuo raised his hand to help her brush the loose hair behind her ears, and his knuckles touched the skin on her face.

Looking at her plump lips, he suddenly asked: "What lip balm are you using today?"

Jiang Yanyi didn't understand why he suddenly asked this, and replied: "It's the lip balm you gave me before, it smells like camellia."

Feng Shuo leaned over and pecked her lips lightly, and when he raised his eyes again, he was like a cat that stole some fish: "It is indeed the scent of camellia."

Jiang Yanyi was stunned, and then her face turned red completely.

This person...how can he be like this!

Seeing her shyness, Feng Shuo smiled faintly: "I'm really leaving this time."

Jiang Yanyi nodded, and saw Feng Shuo climb over the wall, then went into the house to put the prepared dried meat and meat jerky into the cabinet, and went back to the room to rest.

Jiang Yanyi's hot pot restaurant was as busy as usual.

There was a war in the south, which had some impact on some merchants who had business dealings with the south, but because transportation restricted the scope of trade, resulting in the underdeveloped currency between the north and the south, the impact was minimal. When

the people first heard about the war, they were panicked for two days, and then they did what they had to do and lived their lives as usual. Because the prices of rice and meat were controlled by the government, they only rose slightly and soon stabilized.

In line with the current situation, not only the war in the south is now being talked about in restaurants and teahouses, but also some unofficial histories of various dynasties have become a topic of great interest among the people. The storytellers all tell stories about the country and the war. "Dream of the Red Chamber" is not so popular, so Jiang Yanyi brought out another famous book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the restaurant was full of diners again.

Jiang Yanyi was so busy that she wished she had three heads and six arms. At this time, the arrival of Yao Chef finally made her breathe a sigh of relief.

Perhaps because he had seen the attitudes of Taihe Restaurant and Laifu Restaurant, Chef Yao's temperament had become much calmer. He did not even want double the salary that Jiang Yanyi offered. He even deducted two dollars from the salary he had received at Laifu Restaurant before, and told Jiang Yanyi to just give him this amount.

Jiang Yanyi knew that her store was busy and that work was not easy. She paid her subordinates high wages, so naturally she would not let Chef Yao down.

She liked dealing with straightforward people, and she decided on the monthly salary for Chef Yao without hesitation. She took Chef Yao into the kitchen. She had prepared all kinds of meat for the dry hot pot in advance, and she would just stir-fry the meat with mixed vegetables and vegetables according to what the diners ordered.

But the step of sautéing the oil and spices is not easy for experienced cooks. After Jiang Yanyi demonstrated it once, Chef Yao was fully capable of doing it.

He is very good at cooking, and he is just right in controlling the heat and estimating the time to take the food out of the pot. Jiang Yanyi tasted a piece of dry-pot chicken wings he made. Because of the difference in physical strength, Chef Yao was more skillful in flipping the pot and stir-frying, and the seasoning was more evenly flavored. Jiang Yanyi nodded repeatedly after eating it, and felt relieved to let Chef Yao do the dry-pot.

Just as she was about to go to the counter outside, Aunt Guo, who was standing on a stool above the fire pit cutting sausage, suddenly called out, "Boss, there might be a rat in our kitchen. Look at how this piece of sausage has been gnawed."

Jiang Yanyi hurried over to take a look. The sausage in Aunt Guo's hand was gnawed by a rat. She said, "Auntie, take a look at the other meat to see if it has been bitten."

Aunt Guo untied the hanging bacon and looked at it carefully. "Two pieces of bacon were also gnawed, but the bacon was not touched."

Jiang Yanyi said, "Take off all the ones that were bitten by mice. These bacon can't be used."

She put more spices in the bacon, so the bacon smelled better. The bacon was marinated with a lot of salt, which was very salty. It was estimated that the mice only chose the bacon.

Jiang Yanyi looked at the bitten pieces of bacon, feeling distressed and angry.

She was careless because she hadn't found any traces of mice in the kitchen. She thought there were no mice at home, but she didn't expect that the bacon was gnawed.

She said, "I'll go get all the cats next door this afternoon."

After feeding the cats for so long, the mother cat no longer rejected her. The kittens had grown up and could run around. Every time she went to Feng Shuo's courtyard, a cat would appear in the flower garden, in the bamboo bushes, on the wall, and even under Feng Shuo's desk.

Her only worry now was that the kittens had not been well trained. If they made trouble everywhere, her kitchen would be in trouble.

At this time, in Feng Shuo's study, a group of staff were arguing over whether to open the gate of Xizhou.

"As long as the city gates are closed, the people will be in a state of panic! The people who fled from the south were also turned away. This is a disgrace to the prince's reputation!"

"The Turkic prince has not been found yet. If the city gates are opened, wouldn't it be like letting the tiger go back to the mountain?"

"We have dug three feet into the ground and still can't find him. He must be out of the city!" "The person

in charge of this matter is Song Lushi. If the search is not effective, Song Lushi should be held accountable!"

After a quarrel among the staff, Feng Shuo frowned impatiently and scolded, "Enough."

The study was quiet.

He said in a deep voice, "Where is Song Lushi?"

"I am here!" Song Lushi was originally a military general, but later became a civil servant. His figure is taller than that of ordinary literati.

After the fall of Governor Xie, he is now in charge of the entire Xizhou government office.

"The Turkic prince has not been found yet. You must give me an explanation." Feng Shuo said.

Song Lushi had cold sweat on his forehead. He had searched the entire Xizhou for the past few days, but still couldn't find him. The Turkic prince seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

He knelt down and said, "It's my incompetence."

Lu Linyuan, who was standing behind him, clenched his palms and said, "Your Highness, we have already searched all the men in Xizhou City. I think... we should check all the women in Xizhou City."

Although he could stand here today, he had no right to speak. Now that he spoke out, many people looked at him in surprise.

Lu Linyuan straightened his back. This was his chance to make a contribution. Chu Changping had already been valued by Feng Shuo. He must let Feng Shuo see his ability as soon as possible. Otherwise, even if there were more revenges in the future, he would not have much power to use.

In the previous life, the Turkic prince lurked beside Jiang Yanxi as a woman and almost deceived him.

After listening to Jiang Yanyi's words last night, Feng Shuo asked Xing Yao to lead people to search overnight. The household registration of local women in Xizhou and the travel permits of foreign women were all checked one by one, but Xizhou City is not small, and it will take a while to find out the results.

At this moment, he wanted to ask Song Lushi to go down and check the women in Xizhou City, but unexpectedly Lu Linyuan suddenly brought it up. He suppressed his doubts and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Lu Linyuan said, "Xizhou City has been sealed for several days. As long as the Turkic prince has no wings and can't make holes, he must still be in the city. It is rumored that the Turkic prince has a feminine face. I think there is only one possibility that he is a man dressed as a woman."

A man dressed as a woman, how ridiculous, the staff looked different, and they all waited for Feng Shuo's decision.

Feng Shuo said, "Investigate as you said."

Lu Linyuan looked a little excited, and bowed quickly, "I obey your order!"

It was noon, and Feng Shuo said to everyone in the study, "Everyone, go down to eat."

The staff left the room one after another.

The housekeeper Fu Xi came in with the meal prepared by the kitchen, "Your Highness, it's time for you to eat."

In the past, his medicinal meals were made by Jiang Yanyi, but these days she saw that Jiang Yanyi was busy and couldn't bear her hard work. It happened that he was going to the military camp for a while, so he didn't let her make medicinal meals for him.

Looking at the steaming soup in front of him, Feng Shuo didn't have any appetite at all.

He remembered that when they were in the Xizhou camp, the Dingjia Village was attacked. It was Jiang Yanyi who revealed the news to them. Jiang Yanyi's words last night also inadvertently reminded him that the Turkic prince might be hiding in Xizhou City disguised as a woman.

And Lu Linyuan, not only knew in advance that Dingjia Village might be attacked, but now also suggested that the Turkic prince might be hiding in disguise as a woman.

It seems that they are all coincidences, but if you think about it carefully, it is a bit too coincidental.

It seems that... they all knew in advance that these things would happen, but they just said it at the right time and with the right reason.