“Half-grown child” Li Yuan sneezed.

With the sound of drums, the dragon boat race began.

There was no bustle like the Dragon Boat Festival, but the pedestrians walking on the shore were still applauding and cheering loudly. The excited shouts of Tangyuan and Ah Bing beside her filled her ears. Wen Mingtang stretched out her hand on the railing and looked down at King Yu who was walking around with a group of people.

In addition to the two staff and a few guards around him, the most numerous people behind him were a group of women wearing gorgeous dresses and shirts. Wen Mingtang looked carefully and did not see Wen Xiutang among them.

The girl pursed her lips subconsciously and moved her hands to her waist. When her fingers touched the cold blade of the soft sword, she reacted with a start and released the soft sword from her waist.

At this moment, Tangyuan and Ah Bing beside her let out a sudden exclamation.

Wen Mingtang was startled and instinctively turned her gaze to the middle of the river where the dragon boat race was taking place. She saw a conflict between the red and yellow dragon boat racers at the front.

The two dragon boat riders on the yellow dragon boat fell into the river, and their companions were rescuing them. Some people were pointing at the people on the red dragon boat and seemed to be cursing something.

Tangyuan, who had witnessed the whole process with her own eyes, said angrily: “The rowers on the red dragon boat actually looked down on us and started a fight without any hesitation. They directly kicked the rowers from the yellow dragon boat into the water. It’s truly outrageous!”

A perfectly good competition, how could it turn so shameless?
The rower who kicked the other looked burly and fierce, with a scar on his face, giving him a menacing appearance.

It was obvious that Tangyuan and A Bing were not the only ones who saw this scene. Li Yuan, who was paying attention to his dragon boat on the shore, also saw this scene, and immediately and aggressively went to look for King Yu and his party.

Li Yuan on the shore went to settle the score with King Yu, but the red dragon boat that kicked someone in the river continued to move forward and soon reached the finish line first amid the sound of drums.

The bet was won, but Tangyuan didn’t feel any joy in her heart. The red dragon boat that she thought was beautiful at first, she didn’t want to take a second look at it.

Wen Mingtang didn’t find it strange: looking at King Yu’s character, it was not surprising that his men would do such a thing.

Of course, Li Yuan and the group of wealthy children behind him were not easy to mess with. The winner of the dragon boat race in the river had been decided, but the dispute on the bank had just begun.

Faced with Li Yuan’s questioning, King Yu certainly would not give in. After saying less than two sentences, the guards behind King Yu stood up. Of course, Li Yuan and the group of wealthy children were also accompanied by guards.

As soon as the action was about to begin, the official in charge of the dragon boat race rushed over to help mitigate the problem.

Of course, he didn’t expect that he could reduce the anger of the two parties. As soon as he heard the news, he immediately sent someone out to report the news.

Standing on the high observation deck, you could have an unobstructed view of everything going on there.

Although the yellow dragon boat you bet on lost, the red dragon boat won, and because you had more chips, you also made some more money.

By the time Tangyuan brought over the money, the dragon boat racers in the dragon boats had already come ashore. They were dragon boat racers in the dragon boats, and they became thugs when they came ashore.

Even though the clerk tried to mediate, he couldn’t budge these two. The person with a scar, beside Prince Yu, was the first to kick the minor official aside. Seeing the official clutching his leg in pain, it seemed like he had broken a bone.

It was really fierce! He hurt others at the slightest disagreement, and looking at Scar’s skilful way of not taking officials seriously, it was obvious that he did this kind of thing often and had long been used to it.

He kicked the clerk aside, and there was no obstacle, and the two parties immediately started fighting.

“Master Wen, this…” Tangyuan and Ah Bing were stunned when they saw the dragon boat race turning into a martial arts event. They subconsciously said, “What should we do?”

Wen Mingtang looked at the man who was coming here with many yamen runners and said: “Help is here! We can’t help you much, let’s go back!”,. She then turned around and followed Wen Mingtang down the observation deck and back to Dali Temple.

After noon, when Wen Mingtang took people to deliver sour plum drinks to the Dali Temple officials working in the lobby, she also heard the sequence of events from the officials.

The thugs on both sides were injured, but the master was fine. She heard that before Li Yuan left, the wealthy disciples he befriended had harsh words for King Yu, telling him to just wait and see!

Of course, King Yu didn’t take this kind of threatening words seriously and pointed at Li Yuan and told him to wait and see.

It seems that the feud between the two parties had been completely settled.

After finishing delivering the sour plum drinks and returning to the public kitchen, Tang Yuan couldn’t help but remark, “Originally, I thought little Pingxi Junwang was quite troublesome, always nitpicking and throwing temper tantrums. But compared to Prince Yu, he seems quite decent!”

Hearing this, Wen Mingtang nodded slightly: “He may have been pampered a bit, but his nature is not bad.”

If not, he would not have been involved in the “water ghost” case before.

Of course, these words were just a few words of emotion! Compared with the hatred between these clan members, the most important thing was to look at what ingredients were coming that day and what dishes to cook for dinner.

Since Master Wang was sent away, although Master Sun still refused to give up and occasionally behaved like a monster. But most of the time he no longer dared to show his impudence openly. Today, after finishing the morning meal, she gave the public kitchen canteen to Master Sun. At that moment, the man smiled at her for the first time, and that smile was very flattering!

Wen Mingtang ignored her flattering smile and continued to do what she was supposed to do.

She took the key from Ji Caimai, who was taking a nap and opened the door of the warehouse. She saw the ingredients piled on the ground: compared to the previous days, there were many more lotus roots among today’s vegetables, seeming freshly dug, still covered in mud. As for the meat, there were quite a few chickens plucked and cleaned.

Wen Mingtang knew it in her mind. Today’s meat dish was going to be a chicken dish.

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After a trip to Yishan, when they returned to Dali Temple again, it was half an hour before they started eating the evening meal.

Thinking about the evening meal, Liu Yuan picked up the sour plum drink distributed to him on the table and drank it all in one gulp, then ran to find Lin Fei.

“Lin Shaoqing, I specifically asked the mountain people about Zhou Dagui’s daily whereabouts.” Liu Yuan said, “But no matter how I asked, they all said that Zhou Dagui was very honest and could not be involved with any woman or man.”

Although the mountain people were startled when they heard that he wanted to inquire about men at first, but after thinking about it carefully, they found that Zhou Dagui had never been close to anyone.

Lin Fei said “Hmm and asked Liu Yuan: “What about the traces of his daily actions? Did you ask in detail?”

Liu Yuan nodded, placed a few pages of records in front of Lin Fei’s case, and said: “Wash up and stuff. Let’s not talk about it! I heard that Dagui behaved very well this week. After eating the morning meal, he went to the mountains to chop firewood. When it was time for lunch, he went home to have lunch, slept for half an hour, and then went out to continue chopping firewood. He worked hard until he came back during the evening meal. After eating the evening meal, he took a walk or something, and then the door of his house was closed.”

This was a day that was so regimented that it was almost boring.

“Occasionally, if he catches one or two wild animals in the mountains, he either eats them himself or preserves them as cured meats to sell at the market. Since he doesn’t often catch wild game, he doesn’t specifically sell them to any restaurants or taverns. He just sells them to passing travelers at the market, so he doesn’t have any close connections with people from the foothills.” Liu Yuan said, “I really couldn’t find out no matter how much I asked…”

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lin Fei. Lin Fei raised his hand and pointed at his wrist: “Zhou Dagui is wearing a string of Buddhist beads on his hand, do you remember?”

(End of Chapter)

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