This plate of Sài Pángxiè was really well done and delicious! Liu Yuan frowned when he heard this, looked at the dishes on the table, and asked Wen Mingtang and her party: “Today’s evening meal, the public kitchen did not provide fish, meat, or other non-vegetarian food?”

Even if there is a greedy cook, can one person stuff all the meat into his stomach? What’s more, Master Wen’s appetite was not big, how could she eat so much meat?

Ah Bing said: “Today, the road in Zhuangzi was flooded, and no food was delivered. Master Sun used all the leftover pork meat from yesterday. Since there was no meat for dinner, Master Wen made this dish!”

With this sentence, everyone in Dali Temple who was eating crabs couldn’t help but say angrily: “How dare you use all the pork meat in the braised pork with such virtue? When will this Master Sun person leave?”

If the people in Dali Temple hadn’t tried to be reasonable in everything, they would have driven away the man surnamed Sun and the man surnamed Wang.

“If you ask me, that Master Sun, people might as well have broken his arms like Master Wang!” said the people in Dali Temple. “Master Wang has been nursing his broken arm for some time, and it didn’t cause much trouble.”

Everyone was complaining, but they didn’t notice that Ah Bing and Tangyuan behind the counter subconsciously glanced at Wen Mingtang when they heard “Master Wang didn’t bother with anything.”

Wen Mingtang shook her head at the two of them, smiled, and stood behind the counter to help put out the dishes.

At the end of the evening meal, Lin Fei took Li Yuan into the public kitchen of Dali Temple.

Li Yuan’s eyes were red, and he obviously looked like he had cried.

Approaching the table and sitting down with the dishes after Lin Fei, Li Yuan looked at Lin Fei with red eyes and asked, “Zhaoge… Did he really order the mansion’s death soldiers to hunt you down?”

Lin Fei said “Hmm”, and then pressed the crab into his mouth with chopsticks. He paused for a moment, as if he also realized that this was not a real crab, and then continued to eat.

Then, in a rare violation of the eating etiquette, Lin Fei spoke: “There are smashed floors and carriages in the three streets and nine alleys. Almost all of the guardhouse and the warehouse outside the city were burned. The young prince can go and take a look.”

Li Yuan was even more ashamed after saying one sentence. He lowered his head to Lin Fei and remained silent before saying: “Yes… I’m sorry, I never thought that I would harm you if I questioned Brother Zhao!”

Lin Fei said calmly: “It doesn’t matter.”

In fact, it was not Li Yuan who harmed them. He had expected that Li Yuan would do this, so he also intended to lure the Huaishan County Prince and his family to take the bait.

Wen Mingtang looked at Lin Fei, who continued to eat, and shook her head: The roaring, seemingly arrogant and domineering little prince of Pingxi was far behind compared to this one!

Because he felt guilty for causing harm to others, he couldn’t taste the food he ate. It was only after Li Yuan returned that he remembered that he had forgotten to ask Wen Mingtang where the crabs came from at this time. He wanted to know how the public chef of Dali Temple got crabs when their Pingxi County Prince’s Palace did not!

After Li Yuan left, Lin Fei did not leave immediately as before, but walked up to Wen Mingtang, looked at her, and said, “Master Wen!”

Wen Mingtang, who was busy clearing away the countertops, said “Oh” without raising his head and replied: “Does Lin Shaoqing want to ask about the Sài Pángxiè? Those are not real crabs, they are made from eggs.”

At dusk, all the people who came to the canteen came to ask for crabs. After all, who doesn’t have a little curiosity in Dali Temple?

Wen Mingtang felt that Lin Shaoqing was not exempt from such common things, so she took the initiative to explain it.

Unexpectedly, Lin Fei in front of the counter said “I know.”

Wen Mingtang, who was busy clearing away the countertops, stopped what she was doing and looked up at Lin Fei in surprise: Why should you ask if you know?

Lin Fei saw her looking towards him and immediately stretched out his hand to touch his waist.

This move startled Ah Bing and Tangyuan, who were clearing the table together: Lin Shaoqing, what are you doing? He seems to be a very serious person on weekdays, so why would he take off his belt inexplicably?

Under the gaze of everyone, Lin Fei took off the… soft sword from his waist.

Wen Mingtang, Ah Bing, Tangyuan: “…”

It scared them to death! It turned out that he wanted to untie the soft sword!

After coming back to her senses and looking at the soft sword in Lin Fei’s hand, Wen Mingtang felt that the soft sword looked familiar. Just as she was thinking this, she saw Lin Fei glance at her and said: “Follow me!”

Wen Mingtang, Ah Bing, and Tangyuan looked at each other. She put down the rag in her hand, cleaned her hands, and followed Lin Fei outside the public kitchen.

Just then she walked over and called “Lin Shaoqing”, Lin Fei handed over the soft sword in her hand.

Wen Mingtang looked behind her and saw that she was indeed the only one there, so she took it and then looked down at the soft sword in his hand: it looked familiar. Wasn’t this the sword he drew out the other day to fight the assassins? If there was any difference, it seemed that the gem on top had been dug out.

Seeing Wen Mingtang’s gaze fall on the hilt where gemstones were originally embedded, Lin Fei said, “The commoner is innocent, but harboring a jade ring may incur guilt!”

It was not that he was reluctant to part with the gem, but that the gem was given to Duke Jingguo by the Holy Emperor and was not his. If Wen Mingtang was asked to take this gift from the Emperor out and someone recognized it, it would definitely cause controversy. And if it attracted big thieves to steal, it would be even more difficult to explain.

Wen Mingtang naturally understood this truth, shook the soft sword in her hand, thanked him, and then heard Lin Fei say: “You are Wen Xuance’s daughter. I’m afraid the pursuit like that day will not stop once. This soft sword is suitable for you, so it’s a good idea to get it to protect yourself.”

Hearing this, Wen Mingtang immediately nodded and thanked him. She felt very comfortable using this soft sword. Was it a gift in return for being a big help?

After expressing gratitude and about to leave, she suddenly saw Lin Fei glance at her again, hesitated for a moment, and said, “This sword is not only for self-defense; both the blade and edge are specially crafted, and the wounds it inflicts are difficult to replicate with ordinary blades.”

Wen Mingtang looked at him.

Lin Fei was too lazy to talk in circles. He paused and said directly: “I saw you take action against the murderer that day… This sword is for self-defense, but if you take the initiative to kill someone, I can also deduce it from the blade.”

Wen Mingtang: “……”

The implication was that although she seemed to be being hunted because Wen Mingtang was so skilled at killing others, Lin Fei was worried that she would take the initiative to kill others. Therefore, she was also considered a “potential murderer” to focus on.

The treatment of being watched personally by the Dali Temple Shaoqing was really unique.

Wen Mingtang clasped the soft sword back to his waist, nodded, thanked him, and when she was about to turn and leave, Lin Fei called her back and warned her again: “Although Wen Xuance is dead, you managed to save your life. Now that you have successfully left the palace, you should not go back to your old ways. It is a blessing to be able to live innocently!”

Wen Mingtang nodded to him, turned, and left.

After Wen Mingtang left, Lin Fei raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Mengzhuo, who had stopped halfway down the corridor: “Master Zhao.”

Zhao Mengzhuo nodded toward him and looked at Wen Mingtang’s leaving figure. He paused and couldn’t help but sigh. His eyes were full of emotion: “I didn’t expect that after all this time, Wen Xuance’s daughter would actually come to our Dali Temple!”

That case back then was taken over personally by Dali Temple.

(End of this chapter)

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