According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, even Zhishi officials also retain a considerable status. Although Li Wenchang has not been an official for a long time, he does not pay much attention to the history of this office.

Pang Dianshi glanced back and said, "Please forgive me." We are not afraid of trouble, and we are constantly inquiring, but we want to know the truth about the robbery. Consider it, my lord, if the lady was embroidering and did not go to bed when the snitch came in, she should have felt the situation. Even if you lie down on the table and take a nap, and the thief rummages through the cabinets, there will definitely be a sound, how can the lady not notice it at all, and if she does, she will definitely exclaim that there is a thief. But I asked Mrs. Wei, and she said that she didn't hear it, and the joint in the middle really couldn't be explained. ”

Li Wenchang kept looking down at the ground, and when he heard this, his face immediately changed, and then he asked coldly: "Then what should I do according to your intentions?" ”

"Nothing else, I would like to ask Madame Zun a few words, it happens that I can have some clues. Can the old man be kind enough to allow me to meet Madame? ”

Li Wenchang was suddenly furious, and said angrily: "I don't allow you to be so reckless, and the person is sick in bed, which is categorically unacceptable." ”

Seeing Wen Li Chang's angry face, Pang Dianshi immediately reined in his set of faces, and pleaded guilty: "I hope that the boss will forgive me for the crime of being humble and presumptuous, please forgive me, please forgive me, my purpose is just to collect clues and provide some help to solve the case." ”

Li Wenchang was still angry, and reproached: "Do you really want to solve the case? Tell you that the snitch has already fled at this moment, and there is no trace of him, why don't you chase him and linger here? It's really inexplicable, I don't know what to say! ”

Pang Dianshi was reprimanded for no reason, dumbfounded, and just wanted to argue, but looking at Li Wenchang's face, it was serious and inviolable.

Li Wenchang turned to Nie Xiaoman and said: "I am very grateful to Brother Nie for his great work, the things I want to check have been completed, if you have any high opinions, please give me advice anytime and anywhere." For now, we will see you again. With that, he turned around and wanted to go to the inner room.

Jing Mo naturally knew that Li Wenchang's words were intentionally said to Pang Dianshi, Li Wenchang was tired of the other party's words and didn't know how to be respectful, and it hurt his dignity as a master, so he indirectly ordered the expulsion. And Xiaoman and Jingmo are also inconvenient to stay for a long time. Nie Xiaoman walked over, bit his ear and said a few words to Li Wenchang, and then said goodbye.

Pang Dianshi is usually used to being majestic in front of the common people, but he was suddenly angry with this official, a little angry but helpless, he seemed to be lost, silently a little angry, and followed Xiaoman and Jingmo to leave the Sun Mansion together.

After leaving the Li Mansion, Nie Xiaoman and Jing Mo called a two-ride sedan chair and went directly to the Hua Pai Building.

Huapailou is in Yudao Street, which is an authentic and famous restaurant in Jinling. Its famous dish is the mullet with pot stickers. Two slices of mullet, remove its side skin, the size is like a cloud cake, a piece of Jinhua ham is sandwiched in the middle, it is cooked in the fire on the flat bell, it is extremely fragrant and beautiful. It is suitable for wine and rice, and can also be used as a snack.

Jingmo has never eaten elsewhere, nor has he eaten in other restaurants in Jinling, and it is indeed the best taste in the world. Seeing Jingmo eating happily, Xiao Man laughed that there is still a strange scene here, you can see it in a while.

Another famous dish in Hua Pai Lou is chicken thighs in sauce. into the flavor, and the chicken is not "chai". There is also the chicken drizzled in oil. Chop the raw chicken into large pieces, repeatedly pour it with hot oil, until cooked, put it on a large plate of one foot and two inches, dip it in pepper and salt, and eat it, the skin is crispy and the meat is tender. As soon as a plate is served, it will be left in an instant.

In addition, there is another dish that is not available in other restaurants. One is snowflake eggs. Slowly scramble egg whites in warm oil and sprinkle with finely minced ham. Snowflake eggs are more delicate than the hibiscus chicken slices in northern restaurants. However, if there is no Jinhua ham, the fine powder will not be able to develop its aroma. If the egg yolk is used and fried in the same way, it is called osmanthus egg.

Su Jingmo shook his head and waged his tail after eating, eager to swallow his own tongue, and asked Xiaoman: "What are you talking about, are you talking about chicken legs in sauce or snowflake eggs?" ”

Unexpectedly, Xiaoman just laughed and rocked without explaining.

It is a two-storey restaurant. Downstairs is scattered, selling cold meat dishes, and upstairs selling hot stir-fry. Upstairs there are two round tables and six large eight-immortal tables, and the seats are always and always full. greeted so many guests, but there was only one cousin, and this party member called the flower name "Dr. Du". This "Doctor Du" is really capable. Whoever ordered the dish, he remembered it clearly and immediately announced the name of the dish aloud to the kitchen. If two tables order the same dish one after the other, add aloud: "Tomato scrambled eggs for two." ”

Hearing the sound of the spatula knocking in the kitchen, knowing what dishes have been cooked, he quickly went downstairs, and in a blink of an eye, he held a dish in one hand, and quickly went upstairs, stepping on the stairs.

He went upstairs and downstairs this day, and I don't know how many times. Cumulatively, he walked dozens of miles in a day. By the time Xiaoman and Jingmo finished eating, he had already settled the account in his heart, and loudly reported the amount of money to the account table downstairs. His hands, feet, mouth, and eyes are non-stop, and his mind is clear and sensitive, and he never makes a mistake.

After the meal came out, Jing Mo finally understood, and said to Xiao Man: "You are talking about strange scenes, you are probably referring to this eight-sided exquisite 'Doctor Du', right?" ”

Xiaoman just smiled and nodded, and returned to the gluttonous cat zhai, Jingmo and Nie Xiaoman entered the study, Nie Xiaoman closed the door and lowered his head to sit quietly. Unexpectedly, a cat came out from the corner of the table, and I saw that the cat was pure white and had a black tail.

Jing Mo blurted out, "Isn't this the snow dragging gun?" ”

Xiao Man smiled slightly, reached out to pick up the cat, pointed to the cat's head and said, "Look here!" Jing Mo saw that this "snow dragging gun" was not one, although this one was also white and black-tailed, but there was still a lump of black hair on his forehead.

"Yo, why is this one still black on its head? Isn't that one? ”

Xiao Man said with a smile: "There is a special name for this appearance, called hanging seal drag gun, "Xiang Mao Sutra" has clouds: the white forehead passes through the waist to the tail, and the middle point is a round star. This kind of appearance is also very auspicious. ”

At this time, Wei Pu came in to deliver tea, and Nie Xiaoman suddenly stood up and wandered indoors, looking down, as if counting his steps and measuring them, and muttering to himself again.

"Strange...... Odd...... 1 foot 6 inches...... Is this really the case? ”

Jing Mo couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Xiaoman, what's the strange thing?" Do you mean this theft? ”

Nie Xiaoman stopped and sat down again: "Jingmo, you are right, this case is very tricky and confusing. ”

Jing Mo said: "This snitch has a vague track, of course, it is not easy to start. But can the opal we found in the city also be traced as a clue? ”

Nie Xiaoman suddenly said: "I don't think opal has anything to do with this robbery. Do you think this case was done by "flying into the sky"? ”

Jing Mo couldn't help but ask strangely, "Isn't it?" How do you think it's not "plugging in the sky". ”

Nie Xiaoman took a sip of tea, raised his head and said, "No, no, if it is really "flying in the sky", it is easy to be arrested according to the traces, there may be no trouble, and it is even very certain." Unfortunately, it's not, so it's a little difficult to get started for a while. ”

"What? Xiaoman, what basis do you have? ”

"Jingmo, didn't you observe the scene carefully? There are two points at the scene that can prove that it was not done by "plugging in the sky". First, don't you see the handwriting on the wall, which is very sloppy and very poorly written? I heard about the thefts of the two families in the past, and the names left on the wall were strong and magnificent, as if they were the handwriting of calligraphers. ”

Jing Mo quietly listened to Xiaoman continue.

"Secondly, this snitch used a sharp awl to pick the door lock, which shows that it was not done by a veteran thief. If this is an act of "flying into the sky", he will not only be wronged, but also feel very ashamed. A few days ago, when the Kang family was burglarized, the snitch broke the door and entered the bedroom, and he didn't know what crime tools the thieves used. ”