Chapter 56 Millefeuille (2)
Chef’s daily meal today is porridge with mushrooms and pork meat with pancakes.
Liu Yuan sat in the lobby of the public kitchen, picked up a spoon, and took a spoonful of pork porridge. The boiled glutinous rice is soft and glutinous, and it melts as soon as you sip it. The pork meat is processed somehow, it is extremely smooth and tender, mixed with the umami taste of shiitake mushrooms, it is full of fragrance.
After Liu Yuan scooped up two spoonfuls of meat porridge, he picked up the cake on the side. I heard from Master Wen that the name of this thing is called puff pastry. The cake was sliced into fan-shaped slices. Liu Yuan looked at the cut surface of the cake, and could clearly see that there were layers of cakes in it. The pancakes are yellow on the outside, and the brown sauce and chopped green onion can be faintly seen between the layers.
He paused and took a bite. The outermost skin is crispy and delicious, and the crispy bite can splash the crumbs, but the inside is soft and oily, full of toughness. The most peculiar thing is the sauce mixed between the layered cakes. He has eaten it in Chang'an for so many years, and he has never eaten such a strange sauce. Spicy but not pungent, salty and sweet, with a peculiar but particularly tantalizing taste.
Liu Yuan couldn't stop after taking one bite. When he came back to his senses, there was only a small corner of mille-feuille left on the plate in front of him. After stuffing the small slice of mille-feuille cake into his mouth, Liu Yuan got up and left the public kitchen.
Going back to his seat, he immersed himself in sorting out the files of the water ghost case. When the files were almost finished, it was almost noon.
Liu Yuan stretched his shoulders, stood up, and sent the sorted files to Lin Fei.
After Lin Fei checked it out, he sent it to Dali Temple Minister Zhao Mengzhuo.
After running back and forth for a while, it was already noon when I came out from Zhao Mengzhuo's place. Liu Yuan looked at the sun that had risen above his head, and thought about the water ghost case. He didn't have any cases at hand. When he had a few days to spare, he planned to go to Bai Zhu and the others to settle lunch outside.
Master Sun's lunch is really nothing to look forward to.
Wait to stand in the sun and walk to the office lobby. Before he could enter the room, he bumped into Bai Zhutong's gang of servants who hurried over.
Watching this battle, Liu Yuan's heart skipped a beat, thinking that there might be another case!
Sure enough, as soon as he saw him, Bai Zhu said, "Liu Yuan, you came just in time. Lin Shaoqing was also looking for you, and a case happened!"
Now, before he had lunch, he was dragged away by Bai Zhu and went to the scene.
After entering the scene, seeing the mess below, and hearing the retching of the guards and Bai Zhu holding their lips behind him, Liu Yuan felt a little lucky that he didn't have lunch: otherwise, he would also have a retch.
Just as he was thinking, he heard a familiar voice from outside.
"Longevity troupe?"
Zhao You outside said excitedly: "Yes! Lin Shaoqing!"
Liu Yuan: "..." I don't know why Zhao You is so excited. Didn't you see that everyone was going to throw up?
Lin Fei let out a "hmm" and walked in.
He is not wearing the scarlet official robes of the past, but his own ordinary clothes. Today was Lin Fei's holiday. The case came suddenly, and Lin Fei obviously came directly from Jingyunhou Mansion.
A strong **** smell wafted out of the nostrils, and the blood splashed like rain all over the lobby. The tables and chairs on which the spectators sat were tilted to and fro, and mixed with messy footprints, they rushed out of the hall.
Lin Fei lowered his head, looked at the messy and **** footprints that had been stepped on, and frowned.
The footprints are in such a mess, which shows the panic and fright of the spectators at that time, and at the same time, it has no verifiable value.
The source of the confusion among the spectators watching the theater below came from the stage.
The opera actor's head and limbs are separated from the body. The body was also hung in the air with wires, and the actor's limbs fell from the stage. The head with heavy makeup fell on the center of the table, facing everyone. It was probably because it happened so suddenly that he didn't have time to close his eyes, and he looked at everyone calmly with his eyes on his face painted with evil ghost makeup.
The limbs and the cut surface of the head are extremely neat, falling there like a wooden man in the hands of a carpenter. The difference is that the wooden man in the carpenter's hands can be attached with limbs at any time, and can be moved again by the lead wire, while the actor who is suspended in mid-air in front of him is a living person.
From the chaos of the actors on the stage and the mess off the stage, we can guess the situation at that time.
The actor who was singing on the stage was suspended in mid-air by the wire. One moment, he was still humming "Yi Ya", and the next moment, his limbs and head suddenly separated. This scene was like dripping water splashing into a hot oil pan. The spectators in the audience screamed in panic and rushed out.
"Where are those guests?" Lin Fei asked.
"They are all staying, and they are all in the side yard." The first officer who came over said, "Many people have fainted from fright, and two of them are in critical condition with heart disease. The doctor is giving rescue."
People with heart disease should avoid emotional disturbance. Therefore, things like polo, horseback riding, and galloping are generally not done. In this way, there are not many things to pass the day and amuse in leisure time, and watching the theater can be regarded as one of the few pastimes for the mentally ill.
I just didn’t expect that the fright of a scene is far more exciting than polo and other thrilling fun.
The head of the theater troupe was also brought over, with a distressed expression on his face, muttering in his mouth: "I have been a time-honored brand for many years, and it doesn't count if a singer dies. Maybe I will scare two spectators to death. Tell me how will this troupe continue to run in the future?"
The guard who came earlier couldn't help but glance at him, and sarcastically said, "Didn't you always expect your longevity troupe to become famous in Chang'an City? Isn't this... just what you want?"
Lin Fei, who listened to such obvious ridicule, and Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu, who came over, looked at the guard at the same time.
The guard who knew he had made a slip of the tongue quickly confessed his mistake to several people, and then explained: "This boss Huang has always liked to make troubles. In the past, there were not a few people who did monster things. My mother likes to watch operas, so I knew this person a long time ago." .”
The Huang troupe leader who was named was very embarrassed, looked at Lin Fei and the others, and hurriedly said: "I...I can't help it! How many years has this troupe been passed down at home? The business is getting worse and worse, the theater troupe is really buried in my hands, after a hundred years, how can I deal with my ancestors at home?"
"So, now that a person is dead, and two spectators with heart problems are helping, what you are worried about is that your troupe will not be able to continue?" Liu Yuan rolled his eyes.
Huang class leader laughed, looked at the crowd embarrassingly, and quickly admitted his mistake: "I...know my mistake and know my mistake! I won't dare next time."
Whoever believes this is a fool!
Lin Fei pointed to the actor hanging there on the stage, looked at Team Leader Huang, and asked, "Who is he?"
(end of this chapter)