Chapter 40 Barbecue (3)

The case has taken a new direction.

Looking at the time on the sundial, it is not yet past Xu hour.

Today's overnight interrogation ended earlier than they expected. They went back to take a hot bath and then went to sleep.

Rolling up the files in their hands, they were about to tell Shang Feng to go back when an inexplicable, mouth-watering fragrance floated over from somewhere at this moment.

Liu Yuan and others took a deep breath and glanced in the direction of the source of the scent: it was blocked by the wall, but they thought it was coming from the direction of the public kitchen.

"What is it?" Bai Zhu took several breaths and couldn't help but wonder, "I have never smelled something like this before. It smells so good! It smells of charcoal fire and meat and vegetables..."

Wei Fu on the side couldn't help but interjected: "It's not just that! It seems to be mixed with the spices of the Hu people in the Western Regions. These flavors are mixed together. It is somewhat similar to the barbeque mutton of the Hu people, but it is different. It is not mutton. of……"

While I was talking, another smell wafted over me, and the fragrance... got stronger!

Liu Yuan couldn't help but swallowed, touched his growling stomach, and said, "I... let's take a look!"

As for not eating after lunch or anything like that, whatever! Master Wang's evening meal was hard to swallow, and he couldn't bear it, so he reluctantly swallowed a few mouthfuls. An interrogation revealed that he was hungry and his chest was pressed against his back.

Who can resist such a smell coming at this time?

Oh, no! Lin Shaoqing seemed to be able to bear it.

Glancing at them, Lin Fei said: "After sorting out today's files, you can go!"

The implication of "gone" is that you can do whatever they want.

Several people quickly responded "Yes" and then ran towards the lobby in a hurry.

I quickly sorted out the files on the water ghost case at hand, and then went to see what the public chef was cooking.

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After thinking about it for a while, Wen Mingtang put down the skewers in his hands, walked aside and sneezed. After washing his hands, he put a piece of cloth over his lips and nose.

Powders such as cumin and pepper are very pungent when blown by the wind. In addition, the charcoal smoke ignites, so it is better to cover your lips and nose with a piece of cloth.

Seeing that Wen Mingtang had a piece of cloth covering his lips and nose, Ah Bing, Tang Yuan, and Ji Caimai, who had not returned in Xu Shi, followed the same example and covered their mouths and noses with a piece of cloth, and continued to flip the meat and vegetables skewered on bamboo sticks in their hands.

As for why we eat these things at night, it all starts when Wen Mingtang takes Ah Bing and Tangyuan to get the ingredients.

The two masters, Master Wang and Master Sun, didn't put much thought into cooking, but they were very thoughtful. It turned out that Wen Mingtang's morning meal made the jailers full of praise, which already worried the two of them. Now they heard that Jicai bought the morning meal from the public kitchen and ate it for two days in a row. The two of them were even more anxious and had blisters on their lips.

But Ji Caimai was short-tongued and began to keep a close eye on the two of them. They couldn't find any opportunity to make a move, and they became more and more absent-minded in cooking. After buying an extra bucket of glutinous rice yesterday, today they had another While cooking, a basin of washed vegetables and meat fell down.

Ji Caimai was furious when he saw this. He pointed at their heads and cursed them for a long time before sending them back.

After Sun and Wang were driven away, Ji Caimai called Wen Mingtang. Originally, he was going to give Wen Mingtang the vegetables and meat so that she could take care of tomorrow's meal and not waste it.

After thinking about it, Wen Mingtang looked at the washed vegetables and meat in the basin and said, "How about a barbecue."

Ji Caimai had never heard of such things as barbecue. Hearing this, he couldn't help but be curious, and asked casually "What is barbecue?" Wen Mingtang introduced it. Ji Caimai became very interested after hearing this, and immediately decided to have a barbecue. , it’s ready as a late night snack.

Professional barbecue furniture needs to be customized separately, and Wen Mingtang just painted it, so it would take a lot of effort for Ji Caimai to find someone to customize it.

But it doesn't matter if you don't have a barbecue stove. You can use the charcoal basin for heating in winter. It happened that there was a lot of charcoal left last winter, so Ji Caimai immediately went to the cellar to take out the things.

While Ji Cai went shopping to get things, Wen Mingtang directed A Bingtong Tangyuan to prepare the vegetables and meat.

Cut the meat into small pieces, marinate it briefly with salt, sugar, sauce, pepper, chili powder and the egg white left over from the morning meal and set it aside. As for the vegetables, most of the remaining vegetables from Master Wang and Master Sun are cut into pieces. Okay, just because the knife skills were a bit confusing, Wen Mingtang deliberately cut it again.

When everything is ready, start skewering the ingredients.

Ji Caimai came over with a large bunch of slender bamboo sticks and threw them into the water. Wen Mingtang pressed them smoothly and put the bamboo sticks into the water to soak them.

Seeing Wen Mingtang's behavior, A Bing and Tang Yuan were very puzzled.

“Why do bamboo sticks need to be soaked in water?”

Wen Mingtang said: "Let the water seep into the bamboo skewers. After a while, they will be less likely to dry out and break."

As soon as these words came out, before A Bing and Tang Yuan could say with emotion, "Master Wen is so awesome," they saw Ji Caimai nodding and saying, "That's the truth! Lin Shaoqing said so too."

Lin Shaoqing?

Ah Bing and Tang Yuan were even more surprised when they heard this: "People like Lin Shaoqing also cook this kind of barbecue?"

Looking at Lin Shaoqing's normal appearance... I really can't imagine it!

Ji Caimai glanced sideways at the two of them and said, "How is that possible? Are you the Duke of Jing who is so poor that he can't even raise his grandson, or the Marquis of Jingyun who can't raise his son? Did you solve a case of stabbing someone to death with a bamboo stick last year? Used. This bamboo stick was obtained by Lin Shaoqing at that time..."

Before he finished speaking, the expressions of Wen Mingtang and the other three people in front of them suddenly changed.

Only then did Ji Caimai realize the ambiguity in his words and hurriedly said: "These bamboo sticks are not for killing people. They were obtained by Lin Shaoqing to try his hand at. This one is leftover, new and unused!"

Seeing that the expressions of the three people softened slightly, he said angrily: "Why do you think it's my own entrance? How can I use bamboo sticks that have killed people to eat?"

These three people may not believe in his character, but he also wants something to enter his mouth, so how could he act so recklessly?

For the first plate of barbecue, Wen Mingtang moved his hand. He used a brush dipped in oil to brush the vegetables and meat on the skewer. With the sound of oil "sizzling", one or two drops occasionally fell into the charcoal fire, causing a small splash. The flame makes the whole barbecue process more vivid, and people can't help but want to try it.

When the aroma of cumin, pepper, meat, vegetables and the rich aroma of charcoal fire fill the air, the first plate of barbecue is ready.

Ji Caimai and others who had been waiting aside hurriedly stretched out their hands, but before they could touch the plate of barbecue, they heard a familiar voice.

"Master Wen made supper?" Zhao You jumped down from the roof.

The tall man landed without even a sound. When he saw the plate of barbecue, his eyes immediately straightened. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva visibly and said, "I want..."

"What do you want?" Ji Caimai interrupted him unceremoniously, reaching out to stop Zhao You who came forward forcefully, "The public kitchen only provides three meals a day, and midnight snacks are not included."

is that so? Zhao You looked at the strong blocking hand and said, "Lin Shaoqing asked me to pick it up."

The hand that was holding someone back suddenly retracted. Ji Caimai's face froze and he looked at Zhao You suspiciously: "Seriously?"