"Liu Ling...The daughter of the Huainan King, wait...I remember the name of Huainan King should be Liu...An?"

"Hold the grass, Liu An, King of Huainan! The first person to invent tofu in legend! The big man who is said to be able to attain enlightenment by one person, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven!"

When the name Liu An, the king of Huainan, appeared, Zhang Ran's mind was like lightning flash, and many information about Liu An that he had accidentally seen in his "previous life"...

Especially the rumors about Liu An inventing tofu, he told Zhang Ran clearly that he didn't seem to be wronged!

"Is this a pirated version that I encountered the original? Did I hit the gun?"

For a moment, Zhang Ran understood why the other party arrested him. After all, he was the "original" and his so-called "new invention" was equivalent to plagiarizing something that belonged to him without his consent, so he deserved to be arrested!

Sure enough, what happened next directly proved that Zhang Ran’s guess was not wrong.

When Li Yannian returned again, he held a linen bag in his hand, and Zhang Ran could see clearly what was in the tofu he sold in Xinfeng City in the morning.

Then, Zhang Ran saw that Liu Quan, the old man in green, took the linen bag from Li Yannian. After taking a look, he went straight to Zhang Ran, threw the linen bag on the ground, and snorted coldly, "As for why you caught you? That's because you two little thieves stole the secret technique of my king's soy milk and sold it privately for profit! Now that people are gathering evidence, what else do you have to say?"

"Bang"

The moment the burlap bag landed, the milky white tofu spread around like a scattered flower of the goddess...

After silently looking at the tofu that was broken all over the floor under his feet, Zhang Ran felt a little bitter and felt very wronged. Before he started making tofu, he had already visited the market in Xinfeng County and found no trace of tofu! Moreover, he had already asked his mother and Zhang Meng and others, and was convinced that people's way of dealing with soybeans now are usually cooked directly into bean soup!

What's more, in Zhang Ran's impression, tofu, steamed buns, buns, fried dough sticks, rice noodles, rice noodles, cold skin, pancakes, noodles... are all ordinary foods that can be seen everywhere in shopping malls or markets. There are not many surprising things about the common dishes on the tables of ordinary people.

Zhang Ran has always been about these things, what tastes better and more in line with his own appetite, what is not delicious or not, and what is not good. He has never paid attention to who invented these things...

Even now, if someone asks Zhang Ran, who invented the above things such as steamed buns, buns, rice noodles, etc., and Zhang Ran still couldn't answer any of them...

Fortunately, Liu An, the King of Huainan, is famous and has many legends in history. The story of "One person is in power, and chickens and dogs are ascending to heaven" is legendary enough and is almost well-known. This makes Zhang Ran suddenly remember that tofu was invented by him...

If it were replaced with steamed buns or noodles, Zhang Ran now decided to catch things blindly, and he would probably not even know why he was born, and he would probably be a fool.

"What to do? What to do? Could it be that you just surrender? Admit that you stole someone's secret technique?" Since you already know that they are the real inventors, a plagiarist like Zhang Ran naturally lacks confidence and dare not say anything "kill without teaching".

"If I admit it, will Liu Ling kill me?" The situation is already very obvious. The other party did not hesitate to make a big move and sent people from Chang'an to capture him from Xinfeng. He was obviously full of hatred, thinking that they would be killed and vent their hatred.

"No, I can't admit it! If I admit it, I will definitely not escape death!"

At this point, Zhang Ran was very clear in his heart. If he showed a trace of his feet, even if he was only suspected of stealing secret techniques by the other party, the other party would definitely execute him and Sankui without hesitation.

Therefore, if you want to survive, Zhang Ran must bite to death. Tofu was "invented" by himself by accident, and it was definitely not stealing the other party.

What's more, Zhang Ran's method of making tofu was not to steal them, but came from later generations. The tofu invented by Liu An is completely different from the tofu made by Zhang Ran!

"They use gypsum to make water tofu. And my tofu is made with salt tofu. My tofu is made with salt tofu! Our craft is passed down by our ancestors and has been passed down for thousands of years! In my time, even the surrounding sticks and feet chickens were eating tofu and making tofu. No one asked them for copyright fees or anything else..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Ran felt even more burdened, so he bowed with great calmness, staring at Liu Ling with clear eyes and said, "Master Weng (the daughter of the princes of the Han Dynasty is called Master Weng, not Princess), you are magnanimous and willing to tell us the whole story of the matter, and I am very grateful in my heart. However, I will say the same thing, the method of making tofu was developed by ourselves, rather than stealing the secret technique of your mansion!"

"Yes! Tofu is something we developed ourselves. Why do you wrongly accuse good people?" After understanding why he was arrested, Sankui also felt that it was too unfair, so he followed Zhang Ran to shout for injustice.

"What a thief!"

Zhang Ran and the other two reacted, causing the old man in green to jump on his forehead to rush, and instantly furious. He pointed at Zhang Ran and cursed: "The evidence and physical evidence are there. You two shameless thieves have not yet confessed their guilt and are still quibbling, but they dare to argue!? I think you are so tired of living! Li Yannian, cut their arms for me, one for each!"

Faced with the old man's clamor, Zhang Ran ignored Liu Ling's face and stared at him fearlessly and said to him: "Master Weng, I really didn't lie. The way to make tofu was discovered by accident. Because my mother always likes to drink soybean juice, I often grind some soybean juice and cook it for my mother to enjoy. Over time, I gradually fell in love with soybean juice. However, the soybean juice tastes light, so I usually add a little salt when I eat it, and it feels like this will taste better.

Once, after I cooked the soybean juice and put the salt grains, I was about to eat it, when I suddenly had something urgent to go out, I put the soybean juice aside. Unexpectedly, after I came back, the soybean juice actually condensed into a piece and couldn't drink it at all.

I originally planned to throw it away, but I was poor and reluctant to give up, so I secretly tasted it. But I never thought that this thing melted in my mouth and tasted very beautiful. Because this thing is made of bean juice, I called it tofu below.

Later, I tried to make some tofu for my mother to enjoy..."

"etc!"

Before Zhang Ran finished speaking, Liu Ling's eyes flashed slightly, interrupting Zhang Ran directly, staring at Zhang Ran with a burning look and said, "You just said, is salt in your beans...the tofu?"

"Yes!" Zhang Ran nodded quickly and quickly added: "Everything next is true, and I will never dare to deceive the master. If the master does not believe it, I am willing to demonstrate it myself to prove my innocence."

Liu Ling looked at Zhang Ran deeply, as if he wanted to find flaws in his expression to determine whether he was lying. But from beginning to end, Zhang Ran's face was extremely calm and there was no trace of nervousness at all.

After a while, Liu Ling suddenly looked away and waved: "Liu Quan! Go, get a portion of bean juice and a portion of salt for him!"

"promise"

Liu Quan received the order and did not continue to pester Zhang Ran, and turned around and left.

"Wait, in addition to bean juice and salt, you also need to take a few more gauze, a cauldron and firewood. The bean juice needs to be boiled before it can be made into tofu!" Zhang Ran hurriedly added.

Liu Quan paused slightly, said lightly, "I understand!", and then walked away.

Taking advantage of the lack of Liu Quan's time to get the materials, Zhang Ran bowed to Liu Ling again and said, "Master Weng, if I make tofu, I will prove my innocence. Can Master Weng be able to let us brothers leave?"

Liu Ling glanced at Zhang Ran faintly and said undeniable: "You have your own decisions! But before that, you must prove that you did not lie and deceive me!"

"Okay then!" Zhang Ran curled his lips secretly, and could only bow and retreat aside and quietly wait for Liu Quan's arrival.
Chapter completed!