123. Jealousy and Frustration

He Qi gave Jiang Xue a gloomy look:

"What happened to the master?"

"...It's nothing, I just called you to come over, as if I wanted to give you some mission."

After hearing this, He Qi turned around and went back to the house, quickly tied up his hair, and then began to put on his coat.

If there is no ene attack, how can not go to see the master with loose hair and disheveled clothes.

After a while, he had already taken care of his appearance.Before going out, He Qi glanced at the broken wooden door on the ground with heartache.

Jiang Xue comforted him:

"It's okay, at most one tael of silver for repairing."

"A tael of silver is also money!"

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After He Qi arrived at Hanqiu Pavilion, Pei Nianyu couldn't help but feel apologetic when he saw that his face was unhappy, with a black aura of getting up all over his body:

"Old He, change shift an hour earlier after your vigil today, and see if you haven't slept well."

"It's not necessary, it's just..."

He Qi couldn't help but tell about the fact that he had destroyed the wooden door.

Pei Nianyu couldn't help laughing for a while.

"...Master, is this so funny?"

"No, I'm laughing at you for being stupid. For the daily construction and repairs in this mansion, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are all taken from the public account. It's just a different door. How can you ask the shadow guards to pay the money. Jiang Xue herNonsense, do you really believe it?"

"Old He, Old He, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. You actually thought that this king, a dignified prince, would still ask for a tael of silver from you."

He Qi was extremely depressed. He really felt sorry for the one tael of silver, but he didn't expect to be teased and stingy by his master.

"...Master, what tasks do you want your subordinates to do?"

Pei Nianyu saw that he was already on the verge of exploding, so he changed the subject and told him about the fish bones.

And He Qi's conclusion is no different from Lou Yefeng's deduction.

"It's probably like this. Old He, you have always been good at...cough, interrogating Xiao Xiao's people, this is your old job. You take a few shadow guards to investigate those people."

He Qi paused for a moment when he heard the words, and turned to look at Lou Yefeng next to him.Lou Yefeng nodded, expressing that he agrees with the master.

"...Then...well...yes, this subordinate takes orders." Then he bowed and saluted without saying anything.

Pei Nianyu and Lou Yefeng looked at each other.Lou Yefeng shook his head lightly and said he didn't care about other things, while Pei Nianyu looked a little helpless:

"Old He, you clearly wanted to say something just now, why didn't you say it?"

He Qi pursed his lips, hesitating a little:

"Master, since you have made a decision, your subordinates should implement it immediately. As a shadow guard, your subordinates shouldn't say anything at will."

However, both of them could hear what he meant.

When Lou Yefeng was the commander in the past, he often "addressed" his master's opinions.But even though He Qi has become the commander now, he thought that his weight was not enough, so he didn't dare to say more.

Pei Nianyu was a little displeased:

"You can just say it straight, I can still eat you. What use is there for me to come to the commander of the shadow guard who dare not speak out? You are the commander of the shadow guard, not a mindless sword."

"...Yes, this subordinate is aware of his mistake. This subordinate believes that despite their status and status, these people in the imperial dining room are policemen from the inner palace after all. Master, as a prince, let your subordinates wait for the prince's shadow guard to investigate privately.case, lynching...seems inappropriate."

"This subordinate is not saying that it is inappropriate for His Majesty. It's just that... these positions in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been occupied by some forces that we don't understand for a long time. Master, if you make a big move against them, if it spreads to the court, it will be casually used by the censor later.Participating in such a book... Although it is not harmful, it is not a good thing after all."

Lou Yefeng folded his arms and smiled, noncommittal:

"...It really is your style."

Pei Nianyu also knew that if it was Ye Feng's style, he would act swiftly and resolutely, and kill all the troublemakers.After all, He Qi was born in a family of officials and eunuchs, and has a different temperament, so he thinks more about things.

But now in a peaceful age, it would be better if the means are more peaceful.

"Then what do you want to do?"

He Qi tapped on the table with his fingers:

"How about this, master, you pretend to think that you ate an ordinary fishbone, got stuck, and then reprimanded No. 34 in front of all of them. Then you didn't punish him,Just say that it is not an example, and teach them as usual."

"In this way, those who do it secretly will know that this trick is definitely effective-this fishbone has already made you unhappy with No. 34, but it is still too late to make No. 34 really feel happy."Out of the game. Therefore, the person who made the attack must be unwilling to reconcile, and wait for the opportunity to make another attack."

"During this period, the subordinates will send a few shadow guards to watch their living places, and they will not let go of their every move. From the usual behavior, we can first screen out a few suspects, and when the person strikes againAt that time, the shadow guards sent will know who it is."

"At that time...you don't need your subordinates to do anything. Master, please ask His Majesty to send shadow guards to investigate and deal with it yourself. In the end, no matter how the House of Internal Affairs turns upside down, it has nothing to do with our house anyway."

Pei Nianyu: "...you are so dark."

He was dumbfounded, and the killer fell into Li Han's hands... Tsk.

Pei Nianyu even hesitated, Li Han is much more ruthless than Old He, this fishing law enforcement borrows a knife to kill... Not very good, right?

However, Lou Yefeng admired He Qi's thinking very much, and even clapped his hands:

"Not bad, I like this one. Master, I think it's okay."

Pei Nianyu looked at him helplessly:

"...All right, just do as you say."

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So Pei Nianyu brought a few maids to put on airs for him, and went to the kitchen in a mighty way.

It was getting late at this time, and Yun Shao and Qin Lei in the big courtyard were staring at them doing daily finishing exercises.Seeing that the prince actually came over in person, and very rarely accompanied by a bunch of servants, they couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.

They didn't know what this meant, but they would never lose their courtesy in front of the people in the imperial dining room, so everyone in Yun Shao stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

Pei Nianyu had deep internal energy, and he could hear that the shadow guards sent by He Qi who were in charge of monitoring had quietly set up nearby and took their positions.So he deliberately darkened his face:

"Who is number thirty-four?"

Yun Shao froze for a moment, then turned his head subconsciously, looking at an unremarkable little eunuch in the corner of the courtyard.

Xia Yao next to her is holding the palace posture of a courtesan, full of majesty:

"My lord called you, don't come out yet!"

The little eunuch panicked, hurriedly stumbled out of the queue, ran all the way to Pei Nianyu, lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly at him the whole time, knelt down and said:

"Slave... the slave is here."

Xia Yao followed the script and taught Pei Nianyu:

"Why are you so careless in cooking? Do you know that the prince almost..."

Yun Shao at the side was shocked when he heard that the thirty-fourth had done such a thing.She opened her mouth to say something, but she quickly closed it again when she saw the master's expression was serious.

The little eunuch was frightened when he heard that the prince almost got his throat stuck by a fishbone after eating his own dishes.While secretly wondering, how could there be fishbone mixed in when I removed the bones, I explained with trembling like a sieve:

"The slave must never dare to do it intentionally! It's... yes... the slave doesn't know what to do... Maybe the slave is not careful..."

Pei Nianyu looked at the little eunuch and sighed helplessly in his heart.

This person... Why did he admit that he was careless in the first place, instead of clarifying that he didn't do it, maybe someone else did it?

Could it be that he really thought he had accidentally picked it up?

This IQ is really... How did the Ministry of Internal Affairs survive?

He lowered his voice and waved his hands:

"Okay, let's not take it as an example. Cook more carefully in the future."

Then he ordered the top three in this assessment and asked them to come and learn a dish with him tomorrow.

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Pei Nianyu had just been reprimanded, and he could tell that the expressions of dozens of people in the field were all different.Some are gloating, some are deep, some have facial paralysis, and some have inexplicable eyes.

He is not good at this way, and he doesn't want to think about it. Anyway, even the slightest change in the expressions of these people will be recorded by the shadow guards in the dark, and they just need to monitor them.

After returning to Hanqiu Pavilion, Pei Nianyu did not expect Yun Shao to follow.

"...Master! Just now you..."

"Oh, it's like this..."

Pei Nianyu had no choice but to repeat the matter again.

After hearing this, Yun Shao's expression became more serious:

"Master! This No. 34... Actually, you have seen him before."

Pei Nianyu was taken aback:

"when?"

"It was during the Winter Solstice Banquet that you went to the Imperial Dining Room to instruct them on how to cook the banquet dishes. At that time, a young eunuch suggested that your 'Five Grain Harvest Golden Noodles' could be improved."

"...His name is Xiang Ping'en, I wonder if the master still remembers him."

Pei Nianyu suddenly realized:

"Although I don't remember his name, I still remember this incident. At that time, I was still thinking, it's really strange that there are people in this imperial dining room who really think about how to cook the dishes."

Yun Shao sighed:

"That's the problem. Back then, he showed a little bit of talent in front of you, and you recognized the improvement method of the Golden Noodles. At that time, Fang Heng was present."

"And most of the chefs who came to study this time were selected by Fang Heng himself. This Xiang Ping'en was not a chef, but a cook. Fang Heng knew that this guy was talented, so he kissed him specially.It was sent here after the chef was promoted first."

"So... In fact, since the beginning of training, he has learned quickly and practiced diligently. Recently, he has been disliked by others. Master, if the subordinates dare to testify for him, he must have been deliberately framed."

Seeing that she was speaking faster and faster, Pei Nianyu quickly waved his hands:

"Okay, Yun Shao, don't worry, I didn't say he did it. After two days, the Shadow Guard will find out."

Yun Shao breathed a sigh of relief:

"...Yes, this subordinate has lost his composure. This subordinate just can't bear to see this talented seedling being fucked by others..."

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After Yun Shao left, Lou Yefeng suddenly said:

"Master, are you really going to teach those three people new dishes one by one tomorrow?"

"……if not?"

Lou Yefeng let out a "hehe":

"Master, to be honest, I think the person who did this..."

Pei Nianyu understood in seconds:

"Is it the second or the third? Indeed, they are more suspicious, but before the shadow guard finds out who it is, there is always one of them who is innocent. So I have to teach what should be taught, otherwise wouldn't it be wrong?"fair."

Lou Yefeng shook his head and didn't say anything more.

He thought, there is always one who is innocent?

Not always……

Or, only a few people planned this matter?

That's even less certain...

But Lou Yefeng didn't argue with his master about this.

He looked at the master who was rolling up his sleeves, humming a ditty and happily preparing to make today's dessert.The dim and warm light reflected on the elegant and peaceful figure of the owner, swaying slowly.

Lou Yefeng smiled silently.

He knew that his master had always been unwilling to speculate on others with the worst thoughts. Even after those dark and difficult days in the palace, he still didn't change his master's disposition too much.

This is the master he has loved deeply for so many years...

That's all, isn't it Lou Yefeng's responsibility to think about the things he can't think of for the master, about those ghosts and monsters in the dark?

But these young people... the shadow guards taught by him, Lou Yefeng, are vegetarians, they can deal with them casually, and he doesn't need to take care of them himself.

Tomorrow, just casually tell those shadow guards who are watching, don't miss it.

Lou Yefeng put this matter aside in a flash, went to clean his hands as if nothing had happened, and went forward to help the master bring dim sum molds.

Pei Nianyu smiled as he stuffed the dough into the mold:

"Ye Feng, let me tell you, did you see Lao He getting up so angry today... I laughed so hard, he might have to fight Jiang Xue..."

"He can fight whatever he wants, if he can beat Jiang Xue, I will lose..."

"Tsk, Ye Feng, what are you talking about!"

"This subordinate is telling the truth, talent is there, it's useless if Old He refuses to accept it..."

"..."

The author has something to say:

In fact, when the two of them were discussing Old He, Old He was keeping vigil on the roof... (.)