Unsurprisingly, the breakfast of rè gān miàn and dànhuā mǐjiǔ was once again popular among the crowd. By the time Wen Mingtang and others finished their work and started to eat breakfast, it was already the end of the Chen hour, and the breakfast time was almost over.

The cook usually ate either too early or too late, so today, everyone’s meal was set after breakfast.

Holding his own portion of rè gān miàn and dànhuā mǐjiǔ, he walked to the dining table and sat down. He picked up a spoonful of hot dry noodles with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. Savoring the rich aroma of sesame paste between his lips and teeth, Ah Bing sighed with satisfaction and said with emotion: “Before I met Master Wen, I didn’t know that breakfast could be so varied!”

He originally thought that breakfast was the most difficult thing to make outstanding, but some people could make the most unspectacular breakfast so outstanding.

Wen Mingtang took a sip of dànhuā mǐjiǔ and said, “It’s not my ability, I’m just lucky and know more!”

Wasn’t it true? Countless Chinese breakfasts have been accumulated over thousands of years. How could they not be outstanding?

A group of people sat in the public kitchen, eating and chatting, and it was very pleasant. However, the sky outside changed from sunny to cloudy at this time. The wind blew violently while they were talking. When the last bit of rè gān miàn in Ah Bing’s bowl was put into his mouth, with a few rumbling thunders, heavy rain poured down, crackling on the ground, and instantly soaked the entire Chang’an City.

“It’s raining so hard!” After finishing his breakfast, Ah Bing wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, stood up, walked to the door of the public kitchen, and exclaimed at the heavy rain. He turned to Wen Mingtang and Tangyuan who were still eating their breakfast leisurely and said, “It’s hard to travel in such heavy rain. I’m afraid the vegetables and meat from the farm can’t be delivered today.”

However, even though the vegetables and meat could not be delivered, Ah Bing did not look nervous at all: without the interference of Master Wang and Master Sun, even if the vegetables and meat from the farm could not be delivered for two or three days, with Master Wen’s craftsmanship and the stock in the cellar, it would not be a problem to deal with them for a few days.

As expected, as soon as these words came out, Wen Mingtang chuckled, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and said: “There is still some pork in the cellar, and there are still some vegetables in the warehouse. There is no need to worry about lunch and dinner!”

Ah Bing smiled when he heard this and said, “I’m not worried about that. I just remembered that Liu Sicheng and his men had hurried out early in the morning. I’m afraid that this rain will make them anxious!”

…

“A-choo!” Liu Yuan, who ran two steps slower, didn’t have time to hide in the temple in time and was drenched in the rain. After entering the temple, he took off his official hat and began to wipe his hair.

Even though he was busy wiping his hair, he was still busy talking. While wiping his hair, Liu Yuan said, “This rain came too fast. What if I lose it?”

“I can’t lose him!” Wei Fu, who ran faster than Lin Fei, didn’t get wet.

Looking at the heavy rain outside that made it hard to open his eyes, he said, “Besides, this rain isn’t a bad thing!”

Having said that, without waiting for Liu Yuan’s response, Wei Fu looked at Lin Fei, who was staring at the heavy rain outside with his hands behind his back.

Lin Fei, noticing Wei Fu’s gaze, nodded and said, “This rain came a little suddenly, but it’s not just us that are hindered.”

The heavy rain stopped everyone in their tracks.

…

“Sir!” The guard behind him stepped forward, “The rain is too heavy!”

The dense rain curtain almost blocked people’s vision, and the figures of people opposite could hardly be seen clearly within five steps.

Even though he was wearing a thick raincoat, the rain was still constantly blown onto my face by the wind, stinging his eyes and blurring his vision.
This was not a good day for action! Looking up at the gray sky, Quan Liyu held the long sword at his waist. The cold and smooth touch of the long sword also told him that it was not suitable to take action today, but…

Reaching out to wipe the rain off his face, Quan Liyu said, “Let’s keep going!”

This was not a question of suitability, but…

…

Lin Fei, who was waiting for the rain to stop in the temple, said, “He only has this one chance, he will definitely hurry on his way regardless of everything!”

The rain was still pouring outside, and Lin Fei’s voice rang out in the temple.

“He took the initiative to tell us about Kim Yeon-soo’sI was also confused; but then understood it was the korean name of Jin Yanxiu background!”

Although the prostitute Jin Yanxiu has always been one of the suspects for the officers of Dali Temple, they even suspected that Jin Yanxiu was related to the Moro Sect. But it would be difficult for them to find out that Jin Yanxiu was the daughter of the former Moro leader without Quan Yu’s help.

“It was he who came forward to find us and arranged for the envoys to evacuate,” Lin Fei said, “Of course, he is the chief envoy of the diplomatic corps, so it is natural for him to arrange all this. It is not surprising that he came forward, but…”

But the other deputy envoys never showed up from beginning to end, which had already aroused the suspicion of the Dali Temple. What made Lin Fei finally determine that the problem with this powerful envoy was his attitude toward the elixir.

“When the elixir was stolen, the two deputy envoys were the most anxious,” Lin Fei paused and shook his head slightly. “Earlier, the two deputy envoys representing the Crown Prince of Goguryeo and the Emperor’s brother had asked to see His Majesty and asked about borrowing troops.”

There was no war in Goguryeo right now, but they wanted to borrow troops for no reason. It was obviously not for the sake of the country but for personal desires. Naturally, the Emperor will not agree.

Moreover, Prince Yu and the fake Cháoān Gōngzhǔ’s men had sucked the blood of the people of Dayong for their own selfish desires. The Emperor had long been dissatisfied with these envoys from Goguryeo who had their own ulterior motives, and wanted to solve the stubborn problem once and for all, so he arranged for the theft of the elixir so that he could legitimately let the Dali Temple intervene.

“Whether they believe in the usefulness of the elixir or not, in the eyes of the two deputy envoys, the elixir is the key to impressing the emperor, so they will never let it go.” Lin Fei said, “When I asked Quan Liyu just now, he said that his attitude towards the elixir was too casual. But how could the two deputy envoys allow Quan Liyu to dispose of the elixir so casually if they have such selfish motives?”

In this case, there is only one possibility, that the Goguryeo envoys did not leave “voluntarily” but were “forced” to leave.

“It’s true that the envoys were knocked unconscious with drugs. I found drugs in the envoys’ tea at the inn.” Lin Fei said, “But the one who knocked the envoys unconscious was not someone else, but Quan Liyu himself.”

Hearing this, thinking of how Jin Yanxiu, who seemed to be “vigilant” and “cautious”, actually answered what was said in the end, as if she was deliberately explaining, Liu Yuan and Wei Fu suddenly understood.
“Kim Yeon-soo and Kwon WooThe korean name of Quan Liyu are in the same group!”

Lin Fei nodded, uttered a “Hmm”, and said: “I don’t know whether the identity of that prostitute is true or false, but she keeps claiming to be Quan Liyu’s enemy and wants to kill him to vent her anger, which is false. Her real purpose must be to expose herself, take the blame for Quan Liyu, and help him confuse the sight of my Dali Temple so that Quan Liyu can kill the person he really wants to kill!”

“But… why?” Liu Yuan was even more confused after hearing this. “Since Quan Liyu wanted to kill those envoys, and he knocked them out last night, why didn’t he just kill them? Why did he go through the trouble of taking them away and then killing them?”

“Because the location was wrong!” Lin Fei glanced at Liu Yuan and said, “Those people cannot die in the inn for him.”

A/N I’d like to say quietly that this article is fictional and has nothing to do with history. After all, it’s just a food detective story o(╯□╰)o
To avoid controversy, I mixed up the settings a bit. The Goguryeo in history is not the current country

(End of this chapter)

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