Chapter 327 Fish-Flavored Eggplant Stew (2)

Bai Zhu reached out to the treasure rack, picked up an inkstone from the pile of green, purple, and blue, and looked at Zhang Wulin in the other room.

Liu Yuan glanced at the clear mud inkstone held up in Bai Zhu's hand, and subconsciously picked up the one Zhang Wulin left on the cruise ship on the table to compare it.

The patterns of the full moon and clouds are almost identical, the only difference is that the one in Bai Zhu's hand is a cyan mud inkstone.

Zhang Wulin glanced at the crab shell cyan mud inkstone in Bai Zhu's hand, lowered his eyelids slightly, and said: "The craftsman made a mistake when firing, and confused the drawings I was given, so I used this one for personal use." And show it to others." After a pause, before the two of them could speak, Zhang Wulin said again, "As you know, Chengni inkstones are valuable. The customers who come to buy inkstones from me are very particular, and they will not want to be treated like this. People appreciate and appreciate the tried and tested inkstones. Since new inkstones are not easy for others to try out at will, I can only use them for my own use."

Liu Yuan glanced at the Chengni Inkstone in his hand, which had obvious signs of use, and Bai Zhu looked at each other: he had seen the Chengni Inkstone first, and when he found it to be an old inkstone, the two of them prepared to attack Zhang Wulin. Got angry. Zhang Wulin's explanation seemed to make sense.

Glancing at Zhang Wulin who lowered his eyes, Liu Yuan's eyes fell behind Zhang Wulin: that was the desk table used by Zhang Wulin, the owner of the Four Treasures Shop in the Study, on a daily basis. It was fully equipped with tea cups, food boxes and other items.

Glancing at the jade handle on the case, he paused specifically at the pen, ink, paper and inkstone used by Zhang Wulin and Zhang Wulin's handwriting. Liu Yuan asked, "How are your calligraphy and paintings?" He glanced at Zhang Wulin's body. dark brocade robe.

Although Zhang Wulin, the owner of the Four Treasures of the Study shop, does not look rude, he is actually far from being polite. Looking at the jade rings on his fingers, he is no different from an ordinary businessman.

The handwriting on his accounting paper is also mediocre. Although the Four Treasures of the Study in the shop are all famous products, the pens, inks, papers and inkstones placed on his desk are all ordinary things.

These are enough to prove that although Zhang Wulin is engaged in this kind of polite business, he is not a person obsessed with it, he is just an outsider who makes money.

In this case...it doesn't make sense.

Liu Yuan looked around for a while, then looked back at Bai Zhu. Bai Zhu on the other side also discovered the problem. After Zhang Wulin answered, "The calligraphy and painting are mediocre and lack some talent," he pointed at the pen and ink that could be seen everywhere on Zhang Wulin's case. Utensils, said: "You are not too particular about it."

Zhang Wulin paused for a moment after hearing the words, thought for a while, shook his head and said: "My talent is mediocre, so I won't waste the treasure."

The people in Dali Temple would know after a little research whether he was particular about his daily life, and it would be useless to hide it. But why did these two people ask about this?

After hearing this answer, Bai Zhu exchanged glances with Liu Yuan, paused, and continued to ask Zhang Wulin: "Do you know Hu Siming and Liu Sanqing?"

Zhang Wulin hesitated for a moment and then said, "Hu Siming doesn't recognize him. From Liu Sanqing's words, I know he's a stone betting business, but I'm not familiar with him."

Liu Sanqing is a businessman, and those who can board the Chamber of Commerce cruise ship are all famous in the Chamber of Commerce. Liu Sanqing's profession is special and not uncommon in Chang'an City. Many businessmen in the chamber of commerce know Liu Sanqing.

As for Hu Siming... Zhang Wulin, a businessman who also has one or two servants at home, doesn't need to do things like buying food and cooking himself. It's not surprising that he doesn't know him.

Zhang Wulin's answers to questions were as candid as Liu Sanqing's, but...after the two of them left the Four Treasures Shop, Liu Yuan immediately called Bai Zhu and said, "Zhang Wulin is lying!"

Bai Zhu nodded, and he also discovered the problem, so he said: "Cinni inkstones are most valuable with cinnabar red and eel yellow, but he accidentally burned the pattern badly. Zhang Wulin claimed to 'not waste treasures', so he In this way, even if you keep it for yourself, you should keep the crab shell green one instead of just keeping the more precious cinnabar red mud inkstone."

Therefore, Zhang Wulin lied.

Why lie about such a thing? Is there anything special about this cinnabar red full moon mud inkstone? The two of them were a little confused. All the evidence in this case so far was trivial and messy. They seemed to be unrelated trivial matters that could not be connected at all.

After finishing the evening meal, Bai Zhu and Liu Yuan still did not leave. They made a special trip to the prison to ask about Hu Siming.

Hu Siming still looked like he didn't know anything about it. When the two of them saw this, they held their foreheads in pain.

After coming out of the prison, the two of them walked and chatted. When they passed by the public kitchen courtyard, a strong and strange fragrance wafted out from the public kitchen courtyard.

The two of them paused, and Liu Yuan was the first to react. He subconsciously looked up at the moon that had climbed onto the treetops above his head, then turned around and said to Bai Zhudao: "The chef actually started a small stove?" His tone was a little suppressed. Stay surprised.

Bai Zhu sniffed, smelling the lingering fragrance in his nose, and nodded: "It is indeed a small stove."

Liu Yuan clicked his tongue twice, reacted, smiled and winked at Bai Zhu: "I didn't expect that the two children Tang Yuan and A Bing would actually learn to cook a small stove, and I don't know what they cook is so delicious..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly fell silent and realized something was wrong.

Master Tang Yuan and Master A Bing are indeed two diligent and studious people. Even if Master Wen is absent from time to time, he still cooks well.

But the two of them are still just "apprentices", far from the time to become masters. They can only cook the dishes taught by Master Wen, and they are still far away from being able to develop new dishes on their own.

This rich and unique aroma has never been smelled before, so it is obviously a new dish.

"Master Wen is back?"

"Master Wen is back?"

Two voices sounded almost at the same time.

Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu looked at each other, and when they came to their senses, they immediately walked towards the courtyard of the public kitchen.

At this time, the glutinous rice balls and Ah Bing in the public kitchen were also exclaiming "Wow" in unison.

Not long ago, Master Wen took the remaining eggplant and some minced meat from Mu Shi and said he would make a meat and vegetable dish to satisfy Mu Shi.

These two ingredients are very common. Although Master Wen is good at his craftsmanship and often uses the most common ingredients to make the best dishes, no matter how good he is, the dishes made from these two dishes can still be better than meat dishes, making up for one of the disadvantages. Is it a pity that the two of them didn't get to eat the fish head and tofu stew with chopped pepper?

The moment the thick casserole lid is lifted, the rich salty aroma locked in the casserole spreads in all directions.

The cut eggplant strips lay neatly and neatly in the casserole, each one soaked up the rich soup. The eggplant strips were shiny with oil, and the eggplant flesh was dyed dark brown by the sauce, soaked in the red oil soup. In the sauce, the surrounding red oil soup was very viscous and bubbled slowly. Wen Mingtang sprinkled a handful of green chopped green onions to add a bright color to the whole fish-flavored eggplant stew, and then wrapped the casserole with a thick cloth. He brought it to the two of them and said with a smile: "Let's try this fish-flavored eggplant stew and see if it's as good as that big meat dish?"