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Jiang Yanyi opened his hand and freed his face: "Got it."

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

Feng Shuo stared at her for a long while, then said quietly, "This king just fell in love with you for a while, is that okay?"

Jiang Yanyi: "..."

She glared at him angrily, "May I ask the prince when this lame eye problem will be cured?"

The wind and snow were whimpering outside the house, and the cold wind came in from the open door, blowing Feng Shuo's long hair that hung down his shoulders, wrapping his slender figure. He looked at her aggrieved appearance, and the usual sharpness faded from her eyebrows and eyes. Put on a little smile: "I will never get better in this life."

Jiang Yanyi's heart beat half a beat faster: "When did you become so glib."

Feng Shuo came out in a hurry, without a cloak, the wind blew, his throat felt itchy, he covered his lips and coughed twice: "Except for you, I have never coaxed anyone else in my life."

The corners of Jiang Yanyi's lips curled up: "What about after that?"

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

Still looking for a little girl?

Jiang Yanyi's expression changed instantly: "The prince should go find the little girl now."

Feng Shuo said with a smile: "Without you, who would this king have a little girl with?"

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

Feng Shuo smiled and didn't answer any more.

If this is called obscene, he has a lot of obscene thoughts about her.

The sound of clappers being knocked on the long street outside, Feng Shuo glanced at the boiling soup in her pot, and asked, "Are you busy until this hour every night?"

"It's just for today. I was delayed in making the jerky earlier." Jiang Yanyi saw that the soup in the pot was almost hanging, and she added the last handful of firewood to the stove. Continue to simmer the broth in the pot, and you can use it directly when you wake up tomorrow morning.

Feng Shuo glanced over the stove and saw the maroon jerky that she had packed in the Shakei and hadn't had time to put it in the cupboard. He picked up a piece and tasted it. The jerky had been stewed and dried, and the meat had lost a lot of its quality. The moisture content is not as soft and tender as that of fresh meat, but the texture is firm and chewy without much effort. The aroma during stewing seems to be locked in the meat, and the more you chew, the stronger the aftertaste.

Next to it is sliced ​​dried meat, the color is more beautiful, but it is very thin, with white sesame seeds sprinkled on it, the skin is yellow and bright under the candlelight, it looks like oil, and when I pick up a piece, I find that it is covered with meat. The skin of the candied fruit is not oil, but the faint sweetness belongs to honey.

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

"Uncle is going back to the capital to pick up mother and grandmother. This is the dry food I prepared for the journey."

Feng Shuo said: "This king will also go out for a few days."

Jiang Yanyi was stunned for a while before recalling the meaning of Feng Shuo's words.

Did he ask himself to prepare dry food for him?

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

"It's snowing heavily on the grasslands, and the cattle and sheep have run out of food. The Turks failed to grab enough food before the winter, and they are bound to stare at the pass. If the king does not go to the army for a long time, the Turks will definitely sweat profusely." Suspicious."

Earlier, Fan Yaonian instructed Xie Zhizhou to let the Turkic prince into the city secretly, and he must have informed the Turkic high-level about his old illness.

Fan Yaonian counted thousands and thousands of calculations, but he only missed that Chu Changping survived after being picked off the cliff by him, and he also brought the news of him sneaking into Xizhou to Feng Shuo. The Zhizhou and Hu families were completely uprooted.

Only the Turkic prince seemed to have evaporated after being hit by an arrow. Feng Shuo sealed off the whole city for many days and searched from house to house, but he was never found.

The worst guess at present is that the Turkic prince has already figured out a way to get out of Xizhou City.

If he can't play, this is an excellent opportunity for the Turks who are eyeing Xizhou to attack.

So he had to go to the army, and even had to practice military exercises, at least on the surface it was a deterrent to the Turks.

Jiang Yanyi remembered that Chi Qing said that few people knew about Feng Shuo's old illness, so he couldn't help asking: "How did the Turkic people know that your injury occurred in the severe winter?"

A flash of sarcasm flashed in Feng Shuo's eyes: "It's thanks to that person in the palace."

Back then when he was injured, half of his foot stepped into the gate of hell several times. The military doctors who treated him shook their heads and said that even if he survived, he might be plagued by illness in the future.

Later, he blocked the news about the injury and gave the military doctor a large sum of money to rot the secret in his stomach and return to his hometown to retire.

From then on, in order to avoid anyone discovering the clues, he only used his own doctor for pulse diagnosis and medical treatment.I thought that this matter would not be known again, but he was too cautious in using the doctor, 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 about his old illness.

Feng Shuo didn't want to say more about this, so as not to worry Jiang Yanyi for nothing, he stopped talking and said, "You should rest early when the soup is ready."

Jiang Yanyi finally understood that he came here tonight mainly to speak only to himself, so that he would not have to cook medicinal meals for the next few days, since he was not at home after all.

No matter how worried she was, she couldn't help him with these things. It's just that if the heroine is on the way to Xizhou, it stands to reason that the Turkic prince should also be in Xizhou. These days, Xizhou City has been strictly investigating Maybe Feng Shuo is investigating the Turkic prince.

It's about military aircraft, if Feng Shuo doesn't say anything, it's not easy for her to ask.

But if the Turkic prince can be captured, the Turkic Khan must not dare to act rashly for his son.

Jiang Yanyi pursed his lips, and tentatively said: "Recently, the city gate is only allowed to enter, not to exit, is it arresting someone?"

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

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

When I was in Xizhou Daying before, there were Turkic espionage among the "prostitutes" in the camp, and the word "also" in her words couldn't be wrong.

It's just that when Jiang Yanyi said this, he was more than simply curious.In the original book, when the heroine met the Turkic prince for the first time, the Turkic prince was dressed as a woman in order to avoid being searched.

Feng Shuo shook his head, "It's the Turkic Prince."

It's just that Jiang Yanyi's words gave him some ideas. The people under his command searched all the men in Xizhou City but couldn't find the Turkic prince. What if... the Turkic prince really pretended to be a woman?

Thinking of this, Feng Shuo's brows turned cold instantly, and he said, "You should rest early, I'm leaving."

It was windy and snowy outside, and Jiang Yan noticed that he was not wearing a cloak or anything like that. Remembering that he still had a brocade mouse skin cloak with him, he got up and walked quickly to his room: "Wait a minute."

Feng Shuo stood there for a while, and saw Jiang Yanyi coming over with a cloak, the one he gave her in the military camp.

"You kept it?" Feng Shuo's eyes sparkled.

Jiang Yanyi nodded.

She is not stupid to throw away such a good material.

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

Jiang Yanyi thought of all the things that happened in Xizhou Daying back then, and suddenly felt as if it happened in a previous life.

How much she hated him at that time, who would have thought that she would come to this point with him again?

Jiang Yanyi also had a smile on his lips.

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

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

Looking at her plump lips, he suddenly asked, "What lipstick did you use today?"

Jiang Yanyi didn't understand why he suddenly asked such a question, and replied: "It's the lipstick you gave me earlier, the scent of camellia."

Feng Shuo leaned over and gave her a light peck on the lips, and when he raised his eyes again, he looked like a cat stealing fish: "It's indeed the scent of camellias."

Jiang Yanyi was taken aback for a moment, then blushed completely.

This person...why is this!

Seeing her shyness, Feng Shuo's eyes melted into a faint smile: "This time I really left."

Jiang Yanyi nodded, and seeing Feng Shuo passing by, he went into the room and put all the dried meat into the cupboard, and went back to the room to rest.

***

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

There is a war in the south, which has a little impact on some merchants who have business dealings with the south, but because the traffic limits the scope of trade, the north-south currency is not developed, and the impact is minimal.

When the common people heard about the war for the first time, they were in panic for two days, so they just did what they should do, and lived their lives as usual.Because of government control, the price of rice and meat rose only slightly, but soon stabilized.

In line with the current situation, not only the wars in the south are talked about in restaurants and tea houses, but also some unofficial histories of various dynasties have become topics that the common people like to talk about. "Dream of Red Mansions" was not so popular anymore, so Jiang Yanyi moved out another famous book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the store was full of diners again.

Jiang Yanyi was so busy that she wished she could have three heads and six arms. The arrival of Chef Yao at this time could be regarded as a relief for her.

Xu Shi has seen the attitudes of Taihelou and Laifu Restaurant, and now Chef Yao's heart has calmed down a lot. He didn't even want to double Jiang Yanyi's salary. The two money was reduced, just ask Jiang Yanyi to give the amount.

Jiang Yanyi knew that she was busy in the shop, and it was not easy to do things. She paid high wages to the people below, so it was impossible for her to lose money to Chef Yao.

She likes to deal with straightforward people, so she made a final decision on the monthly wages for Chef Yao, and brought Chef Yao into the kitchen. She prepared all kinds of meat for dry pot in advance, and diners ordered What, just mix meat and vegetables and fry them in the pan.

But for the step of sautéing the pastry and spices, if you are not a veteran at the stove, you can't grasp the speed. Jiang Yanyi demonstrated it once, and Chef Yao is completely competent.

He is very good at cooking, whether it is the control of the heat or the estimation of the cooking time, it is just right.Jiang Yanyi tasted a piece of the dry pot wing tip he made. Because of the difference in physical strength, Chef Yao was more agile in flipping the pot or stir-frying, and the seasoning was more evenly seasoned. Make it for Chef Yao.

When she was about to go to the counter outside, Aunt Guo, who was setting up a stool and standing above the fire pond to cut sausages, suddenly called out, "Shopkeeper, there might be rats in our kitchen, look at this piece of sausage being gnawed on." What has become of it?"

Jiang Yanyi hurried over to see if the sausage in Aunt Guo's hand was eaten by a mouse, she said, "Auntie, check to see if the other meat has been bitten."

Aunt Guo pushed aside the bacon that was hanging together, and took a closer look, "There are also two sausages that have been eaten, but the bacon has not moved."

Jiang Yanyi said: "Take off all the ones bitten by the rats, these sausages are no longer acceptable."

When she made sausages, she put more spices, and the sausages smelled more fragrant. The bacon was marinated with a lot of salt, which was so salty that the mouse probably only chose sausages to start with.

Jiang Yanyi looked at the bitten pieces of sausage, 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 in the house, but all the sausages were eaten.

She said: "I'll go and pick up all the cats next door in the afternoon."

After feeding the cat for so long, the mother cat no longer rejects her, and the kittens have grown up and can run around.Every time she went to Fengshuo courtyard, a cat would grow in the flower garden, in the asparagus grove, on the wall, and even under Fengshuo's desk.

The only thing she is worried about now is that the kittens have not been taught well, and if they bring them here to make troubles, her kitchen will suffer.

**

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

"Every day the city gate is closed, the people will be in a state of panic! All the people who fled from the south will also be turned away. This will damage the reputation of the prince!"

"The Turkic prince hasn't been found yet. If the city gate is opened, wouldn't it be letting the tiger go back to the mountain?"

"I dug three feet and didn't find anyone, so they must not be in the city anymore!"

"The person who supervised this matter is Song Lushi. If the search is not effective, Song Lushi should be blamed!"

After the staff quarreled, Feng Shuo frowned impatiently, and reprimanded: "Enough."

It was only then that the study fell silent.

He said in a deep voice, "What happened to Song Lu?"

"Humble position!" Song Lushi was originally a military commander, but later became a civilian, and his figure is taller than ordinary literati.

After Xie Zhizhou's downfall, he is now taking over the entire Xizhou government office.

"Prince Turkic has not been found so far, you have to give me an explanation." Feng Shuo said.

Song Lushi's forehead was dripping with cold sweat. He had searched all over Xizhou these days, but he still couldn't find anyone. The Turkic prince seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

He knelt down and said, "It's humble and incompetent."

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

Although he was able to stand here today, he had no time to speak. Now that he made a sound rashly, many people looked at him in surprise.

Lu Linyuan straightened his back. This is his chance to make meritorious deeds. Chu Changping has already been reused by Feng Shuo. He must let Feng Shuo see his abilities as soon as possible, otherwise there will be more revenge in the future. No matter how much power there is, there is no way to exercise it.

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

After Feng Shuo heard Jiang Yanyi's words last night, he asked Xing Yao to take someone to search overnight. The household registration of the local women in Xizhou and the directions of the foreign women were all checked one by one, but Xizhou City said it was a big step, but it was not a small one. It's small, and the results can't be found out for a while.

The question at the moment was to ask Song Lushi to go down and thoroughly investigate the women in Xizhou City, but Lu Linyuan suddenly brought it up. He suppressed the doubts in his heart and asked, "Why did you say that?"

Lu Linyuan said: "Xizhou City has been sealed off for a few 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, so the only possibility is to disguise himself as a woman."

How absurd it is for a man to disguise himself as a woman, the expressions of all the staff are different, they all wait for Feng Shuo to make a decision.

Feng Shuo said, "Follow what you said."

Lu Linyuan's expression was a little excited, and he hurriedly bowed: "The next official takes orders!"

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

The staff came out of the room one after another.

The butler Fuxi came in with the meals prepared in the kitchen, "My lord, it's time for you to eat too."

In the past, Jiang Yanyi made all his medicinal meals, but seeing Jiang Yanyi so busy these days, she really 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 suffer for him anymore. Medicinal diet.

Looking at the steaming soup in front of him, Feng Shuo had no appetite at all.

He remembered that when Dingjia Village was attacked in Xizhou Daying, it was Jiang Yanyi who broke 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 Dingjiacun might be attacked, but now he also suggested that the Turkic prince might have hidden himself disguised as a woman.

It seems to be a coincidence, but when you think about it, it is too much of a coincidence.

It's as if... they all knew these things were going to happen in advance, and they just said it at the right time and with the right reason.