HLnovel Chapter 105: Late-night party, Dali Temple's recent progress bar
Chapter 105: Late-night party, Dali Temple's recent progress bar
An Qiao was busy until almost all the guests had left before she had time to open the invitation that the young man named Bai had given her today.
The cover reads Huizhou Bai Shi. When you open it, you can see the protagonist of the banquet, Bai Yu, written in beautiful handwriting. This is his seventeenth birthday gift. The banquet will start in ten days, and the reward is five hundred taels of silver.
"Isn't it the first day of November in ten days?" An Qiao said to herself. It's November already.
"Young lady, where are you going in November?" Qi Tao asked, having just returned from tidying up the notice board at the door.
"Today is that young master's birthday." An Qiao said absentmindedly.
When Qi Tao heard that they were going to the house of a rich young man, she shut up, pretended nothing had happened, and went back to the backyard. She didn't want to go to that kind of place.
And An Qiao was still thinking. In fact, An Qiao was just thinking about what to cook.
When she was in the palace before, she also hosted some palace banquets, but she changed the ordinary names to make them more fancy, so that they had good meanings.
Preserved fruit is called carved preserved fruit, the platter is called hanging eight plates, and the fruit is called longchan fruit...
In addition, there are some ingredients that are not commonly eaten by ordinary people, such as quail, bird's nest, abalone, shrimp, crab...
In short, it’s just one word: flowers.
You can only wait until the other party has prepared the ingredients before deciding what to cook. At that time, it’s okay to give it a fancy name and make a wild meal.
An Qiao had thought it through. She would prepare half of the dishes as exquisite and luxurious ones, and the other half as the dishes she usually made in her own restaurant.
It is both elegant and full of wildness.
"Ding-dong-"
Today's midnight snack stall has customers. When I look up, I see a few people from the Dali Temple who have become quite tanned, and two unfamiliar faces.
In the past few days, the Dali Temple has been squatting day and night, and finally found the residences of several sects. Among the five sects, the Heavenly Master has not appeared at present. The remaining four sects, the Heaven and Earth Sect is a village, and the Earth Master Sect is relatively miserable. They are basically beggars and thieves, who either rob or beg for money every day. The Andi Sect is the village that Xinhai discovered before.
The Antian Sect was quite mysterious. Xinhai and Gu Qingyun followed it all the way that day. From Kyoto to Haidu, although the two counties were connected, it was a bit too magical. The Antian Sect was actually a fishing village on the border.
After reporting the news, the emperor was furious and sent a lot of people to the Dali Temple, but the problem now was how to investigate.
After guarding the big cave for a few days, Gu Qingyun came to a conclusion. Since these people only went in and never left, there must be someone transporting food from inside to outside. But where was this food transported to and what was its use?
Gu Qingyun suspected that there were even bigger secrets hidden in this cave.
Therefore, we cannot wipe them all out rashly. If we alert the enemy, the people behind them will not be able to escape and will continue to be a scourge.
In addition, after that day, there was no news of the missing child ever being found again.
The shops listed by the old ladies were all inns. There were too many people coming and going, so it was impossible to remember everyone.
I wonder where this child was taken?
The little girl who was taken on to the rich businessman's ship was traced all the way back. It turned out that the rich businessman and his wife came from a fairly good family. One of them was from a branch of the Bai family in Huizhou. Because she was good at business, she had received a lot of care from the master's family over the years.
His wife was the legitimate daughter of a branch of the Zhao family in Qingzhou. She was very noble. When they got married, the people in Qingzhou said that this girl was marrying down and should be treated well.
Kejia is such a good family, why would they kidnap a child?
The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple wrote a document asking the whole family to go to the capital again, and they were probably on their way now.
"What to eat?" An Qiao asked.
Gu Qingyun looked at the notice board and said, "I want two servings of fried snails, and the rest is up to you."
Zhao Huaiqing also nodded, "Young lady, just give me some dessert."
An Qiao understood, she was familiar with the eating habits of several people, so she just did it as she pleased.
Fried snails, candied sweet potatoes, caramel pudding, grilled squid...
An Qiao's wrists flew and delicious dishes were ready.
"Wow, Master Shaoqing, I haven't eaten a meal like this in several days." Zhao Huaiqing put a snail into his mouth and said while smacking his lips.
Gu Qingyun really wanted to kick him twice, "Why are you being so pitiful? You didn't eat the mutton rice set the other day, right?"
"Was it the day before yesterday? But I don't have enough to eat every day." Zhao Huaiqing said indignantly.
Gu Qingyun didn't bother to pay attention to him, and said to the two secret guards, "Double happiness, double blessings, you're welcome, if it's not enough, order more, this Kyoto restaurant, the food is delicious."
An Qiao served the grilled squid and asked, "Sir, we have some excellent hawthorn wine today. Would you like some?"
Gu Qingyun nodded naturally and decided not to go and watch over it tonight. Everyone in the Dali Temple was exhausted. If they didn’t take a rest, their efficiency would get lower and lower.
An Qiao shouted to the back, "Lixia, hawthorn wine."
After a while, Lixia came up with wine and poured a glass for everyone. Her movements were light and unhurried, without any flattery or disrespect on her part.
An Qiao saw this and was very satisfied. She was still selecting people to go to the banquet with her. The more she looked, the more she thought Lixia was a good person.
In a compound with high walls like that, if you are not careful, you can make a mistake one step at a time, and even get beheaded.
Over there, a few people from the Dali Temple were still discussing vaguely.
"They definitely have their own private army..."
"You have to find evidence, otherwise you are just spreading rumors..."
"The Tianshi Sect is making a comeback..."
An Qiao couldn't help but say, it's a good thing there's no one else in the room, otherwise your being so quiet wouldn't be that quiet.
After serving a plate of beef patties to a few people, An Qiao retreated back to the counter.
It's so cold before November yet. I originally didn't want to renovate the house, but now An Qiao has decided that we have to have a kang and a fireplace.
It was fine these few days, but after a few days, she couldn't sit still at the midnight snack stall.
As the night grew darker, more and more people came. No one else in the store stayed to have supper. Now the only employees staying in Anqiao were Lai Fu and Wang Cai.
An Qiao always threw the scraps to the two mastiffs to eat, and the two mastiffs also liked to lie at her feet, feeling very safe.
In fact, it is no wonder that there are so many people coming in. In autumn and winter, there are fewer vendors setting up stalls outside the door. Whether they are selling barbecue or eating barbecue, they will not stay for long because they feel cold.
Therefore, the orange warm light here in Anqiao is particularly attractive.
There have been many new guests recently, some of whom came here because of the orange lights that never go out all year round, and some were recommended by others, saying that this is a good place for a midnight snack.
"Young lady, I want a small hot pot." a diner shouted.
The hot pot is also a dish that has only been served recently. It is the food that cannot be used up during the day. Although it looks a little stale, it is not a problem.