"Is it because people are not satisfied with their hearts or is it forced to swallow an elephant?"

"What do you mean?"

“Literally!”

"Zi Ming, I miss it!"

"Zhang, a Guazhou native, was sold to Shenjing a year and a half ago. Because of his superb cooking skills, he was favored by Zhou De, the butler of the Third Prince's Mansion, and bought the Third Prince's Mansion. Until early autumn this year, he was sold by the Third Prince's Mansion for some reason. On the same day, Xu Er bought the Marquis Mansion! According to investigation, Zhang has always been alone and has no so-called elder brother and sister!"

"Zhang, what else do you have to say?"

Jia Li stared at her coldly and exposed her lies mercilessly.

Zhang, whose original name was Zhang Lian, was the daughter of the Zhang family of the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou. On that day, Zhang Lian went to Lianhua Temple to burn incense. At night, it was blocked by heavy rain, so she was forced to stay on the mountain.

When she returned home the next day, she found that her family was slaughtered and the chickens and dogs were left unreserved. She was stunned at that time. She just lit an incense stick, but why did her home disappear in a blink of an eye?

Losing the blessing of the family, she, a young lady who is not touching the spring water, was soon beaten by society.

In just a few days, she spent all her money and forced herself to do some rough work due to her livelihood. After many twists and turns, she had done pulp, dry kitchen, sweeping, and wasted. Of course, a person's life cannot be misfortune. Time goes by, and she finally got the appreciation of an old imperial chef in the palace and learned a lot of cooking skills.

Perhaps in order to pursue her enemy, she walked all the way, from Yangzhou to Guazhou and then to Shenjing. After a lot of hardships, a person's name appeared in her mind, "Lin Ruhai!"

The official, who once served as the governor of Yanyun in Yangzhou, was the only person in their family who had a head-on conflict.

Although she did not determine whether it was that person, the matter must have something to do with him, because the biggest benefit from the incident that happened that year was Lin Ruhai. Of course, Lin Ruhai also entered the cabinet with this incident.

When she heard Lin Ruhai's name again, he was already the prime minister of the cabinet, and it was even more difficult to get to the sky if he wanted to get close to him. At that time, she was already in the prince's mansion and confessed her identity to her old master, the third prince, and wanted to seek the help of the third prince.

But in this world, people are gone, and the Zhang family is gone. She is a cook without power or wealth. How could the third prince help her and a little woman deal with a prime minister in the cabinet?

She pleaded with mercy. Perhaps the third prince was thinking of the past relationship, so he gave her a chance to sneak into the Champion Marquis' Mansion and secretly convey information to him. However, the Marquis' Mansion's defense was too strict, so she had no chance to contact Jia Li at all. The message was not available. Of course, this is also the reason why she had not exposed it before.

When she learned that Lin Ruhai was coming tonight, she would not mention how happy she was. The murderous intent in her heart could not be suppressed and kept rolling in her chest. At that moment, she forgot the horror of Jia Li, forgot the third prince's instructions, and made up her mind to take revenge.

So she took out the bottle of strange poison purchased from Shenjing Night Market at a high price, "Heiyu!"

When she was waiting in her room uneasy, every minute and every second were torture. When she saw Jia Li and Lin Ruhai whom she had never met, she felt relieved.

This is also the reason why the people present did not identify her on the spot, because she was too calm just now and did not feel panic because of the incident.

But she didn't expect that Jia Li would let them eat the dumplings one by one. When the plate of dumplings was brought to her, the cold-blooded and ruthlessness made her unable to maintain her calmness anymore. She felt that in the eyes of this marquis, they were like animals that could be slaughtered at will.

Of course, she was also shocked by the strength of the Hou Mansion. She checked her past so clearly in a short time. Perhaps it was because there was not enough time. If she added two more hours, perhaps her identity as the daughter of a salt merchant would be revealed by them!

Zhang Lian is now discouraged. Now that he has reached this point, it is useless to argue any more.

After thinking about it, she turned to face Lin Ruhai, her tone was filled with a sense of desolation and a ruthless tone, and she said coldly: "Mr. Lin, do you still remember the Zhang family in Shibali Hutong, Yangzhou three years ago?"

Lin Ruhai's expression changed. At that time, the Zhang family had always been the leader among the eight major families of the Jiangnan Salt Gang. The family advocated Libra and was scheming, which brought him countless troubles. Even behind Jia Min's death was the shadow of his Zhang family.

"Are you from the Zhang family?"

Lin Ruhai's tone was faint, which was not much the same as Jia Li's tone. People in high positions did not like to expose their joys and angers to others. Lin Ruhai and Jia Li were well aware of this, so they would lose their composure except for very few things.

"Sir, I didn't expect you to remember our Zhang family. However, don't you think you did too much in the past? My younger brother, who is still in the cradle, can only speak. Did he do it wrong?"

Lin Ruhai was silent when he heard this. He did not do what he did that day, but it was related to him. Lin Ruhai, who practiced Confucianism, was actually worried about that matter in his heart.

Lin Ruhai is a gentleman. When facing Zhang Lian's questioning, he didn't know how to answer, because that matter violated the way of benevolence and forgiveness taught by the saint.

At this moment, Jia Li sighed quietly, "Isn't the Zhang family the second prince's member? Why did they have a reward with the third prince again? It seems that your Zhang family was on two boats back then!"

When Zhang Lian heard this, he looked at Jia Li with a ghost-like look. Since she came to Shenjing, she had never been to the second prince. Where did this master know about it?

Seeing her surprised look, Jia Li couldn't help but smile, took a crystal dumpling from the plate as if no one was present, and threw it into Zhang Lian's mouth in surprise.

"Well... it smells so good!"

Zhang Lian stammered, "You..."

Jia Li said in a bad mood: "Well, your skills are really good!"

Seeing Zhang Lian seemingly doubting himself, Jia Li's lips curled up, "Who said this plate of dumplings is poisonous?"

Zhang Lian turned around and looked at the cooks and servants who had eaten dumplings before. His face changed. The five of them were still fine now, without any symptoms of poisoning.

"Are you cheating me?"

"Since ancient times, we have never been tired of cheating. If you are deceived, you can only blame yourself!"

"you......"

Jia Li sneered and said, "Don't think that those people in your family are innocent. Under the avalanche, there is no snowflake that is innocent. Even if you are, what food, clothing, housing and use are not covered with the blood of the people. To be honest, even the two big black dogs in your front yard eat the meat of the people in Yangzhong!"
Chapter completed!