Chapter 141 One or two people came up and glared at me
When Shen Zhi rushed over, Hua Ni had been tied up by the guards and was kneeling on the ground. Her clothes were messy, her hair was a mess, her hairpins were stuck in her hair, and there was blood at the corner of her mouth, and it looked like she had been slapped.
When Hua Ni saw Shen Zhi coming, she glared at him, snorted coldly, and turned her head away.
Shen Zhi felt depressed. How had I offended you? We met no more than twice and never spoke a word to each other.
Eunuch Cao and the gloomy-looking Ke Meng walked out from the inner room. Ke Meng glanced at Shen Zhi angrily and turned away proudly.
"What's wrong with you two? I don't even know you. We haven't said a word. How did I offend you two? You come up and glare at me. Let's have a good talk today." Shen Zhi simply brought a stool from the side and sat in front of them, saying, "Chef Hua, you speak first. Last time you secretly said that I learned the methods of a foxy woman to please men. How did you know that I was trying to please men? Which man did I try to please? I won't stop until you give me a clear answer today. I'm only twelve years old, and you're slandering me with your dirty mind."
Na Ke Meng's eyes widened. It was the first time he saw a woman swearing.
Hua Ni's face showed embarrassment. She didn't expect that this little bitch heard what she said. So what? She had already done it, and she couldn't let anyone talk about it. "Humph, if you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself."
Shen Zhiqi smiled, "Then tell me what I did. Just say it loudly. I have never done anything wrong. I am not afraid of others knowing."
Hua Ni said confidently: "You made so many delicious dishes early in the morning last time. Who else were you trying to please if not a man?"
Speechless, Shen Zhi glared at Eunuch Cao, "You forced me to cook." Then he glanced at Hua Ni coldly, "Cooking delicious food is to please men, can't I eat delicious food myself? You are a woman yourself, and you look down on women. Let me tell you, I specially cooked because there is a man suffering from diabetes, and I made a special meal for him. I understand medical principles and know how to cook food to suit his condition. And you are a cook, do you understand the incompatibility of food?"
Hua Ni was speechless for a while after being rebuked by Shen Zhi. Then she hesitated and finally gave up.
Shen Zhi looked at Ke Meng unhappily again. Eunuch Cao had said not to provoke him, so he would not bother to pay attention to such a person of low character. "This lord, you are young, and you are not an unreasonable person. Why are you glaring at me so fiercely?"
Ke Meng didn't expect that the Yixiangjun in front of her would ask such a direct question, and she didn't know how to respond to her.
Eunuch Cao stood up, looked at Shen Zhi and said, "This is my fault. I picked these two cooks. I thought her sister's cooking skills were okay, so she should be about the same. But she was a servant, and she didn't concentrate on cooking. She was thinking of some crooked ways and actually hid some love notes in Lord Ke's food. Moreover, the doctor checked the food and found some strong aphrodisiacs in it. After she was caught, she said that she did it according to your request. You were obsessed with Lord Ke, so you took this bad idea. Lord Ke thought she did it according to your instructions, so he was angry with you."
Shen Zhi glared at Eunuch Cao unhappily and said, "Eunuch Cao, you can actually make mistakes sometimes. This chef Hua wants me to take the blame, so Eunuch Cao should investigate it carefully. Where did the medicine come from? Does he have accomplices? I'm sure there will always be some clues. Since I am a suspect, I will wait for Eunuch Cao to find out and clear my suspicion before I come out. I'll go back to my room first." After saying this, Shen Zhi went back to his residence. Now he had the chance to have a good sleep.
Eunuch Cao and Ke Chen looked at each other, wondering if they were going to quit the job.
Shen Zhi had been locked in his room for the past two days, eating, drinking, defecating and urinating in the space. When he had nothing to do, he would collect food and plant crops. If he had nothing to do, he would play with the snow wolf on the grass. Sometimes he would climb fruit trees and pick fruits to eat. His life was so happy.
Meanwhile, Lord Sun and Eunuch Cao outside were extremely anxious. They had been eating the tasteless meals prepared by Mother Lu for the past two days. They were really worried about Shen Zhi. She had not eaten or drunk anything for two days. I wonder if anything would happen to her. They knocked on Shen Zhi's door, but she refused to come out. They had no other choice but to circle around Ke Meng, urging him to quickly try and close the case.
Ke Meng's grandfather was the Dali Temple Minister, so he knew a lot about the methods of trial. He asked a lot of unexpected questions in a swift and resolute manner. It turned out that Hua Ni's sister Hua Niang was a remnant of the King of Huainan, and she escaped by luck. But she was unwilling to let the King of Huainan's mansion be handed over to others, so she disguised herself as a cook and sneaked into Baiyun Villa. But she didn't know that her sister was a shallow-minded person, coveting Ke Meng's beauty, but was discovered by Ke Meng. Under severe torture, Hua Niang confessed the whereabouts of several remnants, which was an unexpected gain.
After the matter was settled, Eunuch Cao successfully got Shen Zhi out.
Shen Zhi had eaten and rested enough, and she was full of energy. She led the workers to plant watermelons on the open space by the riverbank, telling them that they were planting them for their own consumption. The workers had never eaten watermelons, and many had never seen them, but just hearing Shen Zhi's description made them salivate and feel cool.
Shen Zhi also took out some seeds and asked a worker to take them back to Bibo Villa and give them to Wang Hu. He also taught him how to grow seedlings and when to transplant them. When they were ripe, he would let the people in Bibo Villa taste the watermelon. In addition to watermelon, there were also white melon and golden melon. Wang Hu was asked to plant them anywhere on the riverbank.
Shen Zhi stopped cooking after being asked to leave by Eunuch Cao. Eunuch Cao and Lord Sun disagreed no matter what they said. Eunuch Cao and Lord Sun were so angry that they rolled their eyes at Ke Meng. Shen Zhi also didn't go to the kitchen to eat. Eunuch Cao suspected that she was eating alone secretly, but he couldn't find any evidence.
Of course, Shen Zhi was indeed eating pollution-free food nourished by spiritual spring water in the space, and he felt refreshed all over.
That day, Shen Zhi came back from the field and saw that it was still early, so he went to help Ruyi with her follow-up visit. After these days of care, Ruyi had recovered a lot and was able to walk. Ruyi was now very grateful to Shen Zhi. If she hadn't asked someone to find her from the pile of dead bodies, she would have become a pile of bones long ago.
Shen Zhi checked her out and found that she was recovering well, so he allowed her to stop taking the medicine.
Lian Bo had already gone back to work, and Shen Zhi asked Ruyi to rest for a while. When she recovered completely, she could follow him. Ruyi was flattered and knelt down to thank him.
In the evening, Shen Zhi went out for a walk and happened to meet Eunuch Cao who had just returned from outside. Eunuch Cao tried to hold back his laughter all the way until he returned to the yard and then burst into laughter. Unexpectedly, he turned around and ran into Shen Zhi who was going out.