After rebirth, I became the widow of my mortal enemy

Chapter 144 Let’s talk about Aunt Zhou’s situation

There was nothing suspicious among the women, so Yan Mobai sat down in an empty seat.

Chi Feng sat next to him and secretly observed the women who were shuttling back and forth serving dishes, but did not find anything suspicious.

All the dishes were served, but no one dared to pick up their chopsticks.

Yan Mobai signaled to everyone: "Eat, everyone, don't be so reserved, just eat as usual."

Chi Feng also echoed in a rare voice: "Yes, the master usually does not eat in the Dali Temple, because he is afraid of putting pressure on everyone. Are you doing this to put pressure on the master and drive him away?"

After this was said, everyone naturally quickly denied it: "No, no."

Hurry and start eating.

Song Xiao, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Zhang Yuan, the chief clerk, arrived late. When they saw Yan Mobai was there, they were as surprised as if they saw the sun rising from the west.

I heard that Yan Mobai also had dinner at the Dali Temple last time. At that time, the two of them were on a mission and didn’t see him.

Today I finally saw something rare.

Song Xiao is usually on good terms with Yan Mobai. He is the only person in the Dali Temple who is not afraid of him, and the only one who dares to joke with him.

He immediately started to tease: "Oh, am I seeing things? Who is this? Which adult is this?"

Yan Mobai glared at him and tapped lightly on the empty seat on the other side of him with his slender fingers.

Song Xiao walked over and sat down with a smile on his face: "What's the matter? Are you tired of eating delicacies from land and sea? Do you want to try our simple meals?"

Yan Mobai picked up the food with chopsticks and said, "Didn't you say that good officials share happiness with the people? I want to be a good official."

Song Xiao sneered: "You? Forget it."

"What's wrong with me?" Yan Mobai put the food into his mouth, chewed slowly, and asked.

At the same time, his eyes calmly swept over the people coming in and out of the kitchen from time to time.

"You," Song Xiao curled his lips: "Difficult."

"Why?"

"He is born evil, has a strong aura, is scary, and everyone is afraid of him." Song Xiao replied while eating.

Yan Mobai: "......"

Because everyone was sitting close to each other around the table and no one was talking, everyone could naturally hear clearly the voices of the two of them.

Everyone was surprised that their Lord Yan was such a person.

It seems that it is not as scary as everyone thinks.

Here, Yan Mobai suddenly had an idea and asked Song Xiao: "Then how can we get closer to everyone? Treat everyone to delicious food?"

Seeing that it was a rare opportunity to kill Yan Mobai, and it was he who proposed it, how could Song Xiao let it go?

He immediately praised: "This is a good idea. There happens to be a candied haws vendor at the entrance of the Dali Temple. Your Excellency might as well treat each of us to a bunch."

After that, Song Xiao deliberately asked everyone loudly: "Do you want to eat?"

Everyone naturally cheered in unison: "I want to!"

Yan Mobai smiled and nodded: "Okay."

Then he ordered Chi Feng: "Go buy some, buy more, and also buy some for the people in the kitchen."

Chi Feng understood, stood up and accepted the order, and called a few people to help get it.

Not long after, several people came back. Chi Feng bought a lot, even the straw bundles used to make candied haws.

Everybody laughed at them.

For a moment, the atmosphere became much more relaxed and cheerful.

"Distribute it to everyone." Yan Mobai ordered Chi Feng.

Finally, he asked Song Xiao: "Those people in the kitchen..."

Song Xiao immediately called out to Liao, "Ask your people to come over and get the candied haws!"

"Okay." Manager Liao went to the kitchen.

People from the kitchen came to the dining room to get the candied haws.

Yan Mobai and Chi Feng were both observing secretly.

Still no suspicious persons were found.

Yan Mobai felt a little depressed.

Did you guess wrong?

Perhaps the person who delivered the message was not Manager Liu, but because he saw his wife in the Dali Temple, he automatically associated it with the fact that there is darkness under the lamp, and subjectively believed that the person might be in the Dali Temple.

Yan Mobai suddenly lost his appetite.

The greater the previous hope, the greater the disappointment at this moment.

Putting down his bowl and chopsticks, he decided to go back and take a closer look at the other people in Dingyuxuan.

When Lan Ying rushed to the dining room, she saw everyone sharing candied haws.

"Oh, are there still candied haws to eat today?" he asked with a smile.

Someone replied, "Master Yan bought them. Each person gets one string. You get one too."

Lan Ying picked up a string at random, walked over to Yan Mobai, bowed and reported: "Sir, I have personally handed it to His Royal Highness Prince Ning."

Yan Mobai nodded and signaled him: "Let's eat."

Lan Ying sat down in Chi Feng's place.

Chi Feng came over and pushed him aside: "Sit over there, this is my seat. The dishes and chopsticks have all been used. The ones over there are new."

"I don't mind you being dirty." Lan Ying sneered and sat on the other side of Chi Feng.

Looking up, he saw the women in the kitchen also picking up candied haws. Lan Ying looked around and asked, "Huh?"

"Huh what?" asked Chi Feng.

"Why isn't Aunt Zhou here?" Lan Ying asked.

Chi Feng narrowed his eyes.

Yes, there is also the woman named Aunt Zhou.

I saw her from a distance in the backyard the day before yesterday. Although I couldn't see her face clearly, I still had an impression of her general appearance. I didn't see her among these women today.

He remembered what Lan Ying had said to him the day before.

The other party was a mute, her husband had just died, and most importantly, she had just arrived at the Dali Temple.

I suddenly felt excited.

He said to Yan Mobai, "Sir, Lan Ying said that he had lunch here the day before yesterday at noon, and the lantern on the beam above his head suddenly fell down. It was Aunt Zhou from the kitchen who saved him."

Seeing that he was talking about his own business, Lan Ying immediately took over the conversation.

"Yes, yes, it was a close call. Everyone was busy eating and didn't notice that Aunt Zhou was right next to me. She was quick-witted and swung the lantern far away with just a wave of her arm."

Yan Mobai narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Chi Feng, and saw the hint in Chi Feng's eyes.

He casually asked, "Aunt Zhou?"

"Well," Lan Ying searched around again, "Why didn't I see her?"

Seeing that Director Liao was not far away, Lan Ying asked loudly, "Director Liao, where is Aunt Zhou?"

"She is not feeling well and has asked for two hours' leave. She should be resting at her residence." Manager Liao replied.

Lan Ying frowned and muttered to herself, "Not feeling well? When I saw her before I went to Prince Ning's Mansion, she was fine."

Yan Mobai's eyes darkened slightly.

The hope that had just been extinguished in my heart rose again.

Aunt Zhou.

After a moment of silence, Yan Mobai stood up and said to Song Xiao, "I'm done eating. I'll go back to my office first. You can eat slowly."

Song Xiao looked at him.

With a look of disdain, he said, "Just say you can't get along with us. We're all having fun, and you're leaving?"

"Well, I have the habit of taking a nap after dinner."

Yan Mobai walked away.

Chi Feng patted Lan Ying's shoulder and said, "You should eat slowly too."

Then he followed closely.

Everyone greeted Yan Mobai: "Master Yan, take care."

The master and servant left the dining room, left the kitchen, and walked a long way.

Seeing that no one was around, Yan Mobai said to Chi Feng, "Tell me about Aunt Zhou's situation."