Chapter 172: The Headless Case
Xiao Jiangbei and Gu Qiluo saw that everything was in order, obviously they didn't have to do it themselves, and the two of them were also happy to be lazy. Suddenly, seeing Zhong Chunfeng, Cheng Tong, Ying Feihong and others sitting in one place and talking while roasting the fire, the two of them hurriedly rushed over, and before they got close, they heard Zhong Chunfeng sneer: "You said that you didn't kill for money, but in the end, it is an indisputable fact that all the property of Nanuo was taken by a woman, what is it that is not murder for money?" That Liu Sanchuan is the most blessed and life-saving, how could he suddenly die suddenly? ”
Ying Feihong said leisurely on the side: "Liu Sanchuan has always been stingy and vicious, and he has no relatives, even if he has a few distant relatives, he has no contact with him at all, he died, and the family property naturally fell into the hands of his wife, which is also normal." If a shrewd man like him really harbored evil intentions, how could he not see it? Perhaps it can only be said that the woman was destined to have such wealth. ”
Gu Qiluo was very unfamiliar with this topic, but Xiao Jiangbei had heard of it, so he said lightly: "Why did you suddenly think of discussing this?" Didn't the government have a public opinion at that time? ”
Ying Feihong smiled: "It's not a spring breeze yet? He said that there is no other woman in the world who has a talent for business like his grandmother, and Master Cheng said that the behind-the-scenes boss of the Yan Huilou in the capital heard that he is also a woman, and now it seems that it is not simple. Because of these, I remembered the sensational Liu Sanchuan case back then, so when I said it, Chunfeng decided that it was his wife who murdered him for money, but I felt that it was impossible. ”
"What's going on with this Liu Sanchuan case?" Gu Qiluo asked suspiciously, she rummaged through her memories and found that there was not a single trace of this matter.
"No wonder grandma doesn't know, you were still in the countryside of Hangzhou at that time. This is what happened in Shudi, where do you know it? After Zhong Chunfeng finished speaking with a smile, he gave Gu Qiluo a rough explanation. It turned out that this Liu Sanchuan was a well-known wealthy businessman in Shu. The business spread all over the southwest, and he married a wife after three years, but suddenly died three years after marrying his wife, because he had no other relatives, so those family properties fell into the hands of this wife, and his servant also went to the government to complain, but was finally judged to be falsely accused. The matter is over. Now, four or five years have passed, and people have long forgotten about it. Even his wife, who had a huge fortune, was missing.
"Oh, I see." After Gu Qiluo understood what had happened, he looked at Zhong Chunfeng and said, "You are just prejudiced against us women, right?" That Liu Sanchuan is rich and unkind, and God may not be able to see it. Let him die. Why do you have to think that his wife killed him for money? There are a few, infatuated women are negative men, we women can be ruthless like this, but it is a negative man, and a few can often pop up in this world. ”
Zhong Chunfeng said: "This matter is confusing, and I am not prejudiced against women, but just on the facts." After he finished speaking, he looked at Cheng Tong. It seemed a little unwilling, but in the end he couldn't help but ask, "You say." Only...... Judging by your years of experience as an official, that woman ...... Is it possible to kill people for money? ”
Cheng Tong has been a magistrate, and naturally he has also tried cases, hearing this, he thought for a while, and then muttered: "I heard that Liu Sanchuan is a shrewd person, and the one who sued him at the beginning was a housekeeper who had been with him for more than 20 years. ”
"What's the situation?"
Cheng Tongyi's words aroused everyone's curiosity, and even Xiao Jiangbei showed a trace of curiosity, only to hear him say leisurely: "It's very simple, either Liu Sanchuan is really a violent death, and this woman is not guilty; Either this woman had a big backer, so the officials at that time were suppressed by her backer and had to sentence the other party not guilty. I myself am inclined to the latter, the reason has just been said, the complaint is Liu Sanchuan has been a housekeeper for more than 20 years, this kind of person is the most shrewd, if Liu Sanchuan really died violently, why did he make false accusations? Even if the wife were thrown into prison, the property would be confiscated, and it would not have fallen into the pockets of one of his servants. ”
"Not necessarily." Xiao Jiangbei said in a deep voice: "Maybe this slave is also instructed by someone, as long as he sues that woman, part of the money can fall into his hands." ”
"But if the property is confiscated, it is generally handled by the local officials, and if the slave can only get the money, unless he colludes with the local officials, how can the officials acquit the wife?" Cheng Tong retorted, and Xiao Jiangbei also groaned: "Are the local officials all of the same heart? In case the faction is divided......"
Several people were arguing about this matter, and suddenly heard Xinghua shouting for them to drink fish soup first, Gu Qiluo shouted: "Okay, okay, I hear it, it's just a headless case, and it's been four years, even if you have a conclusion, it's useless, even so, instead of worrying about others, it's better to drink two bowls of hot fresh fish soup." ”
Everyone laughed and said: "We didn't want to worry about it in the first place, but grandma didn't know about it, so I told you about it, and then I couldn't help but analyze it." As he spoke, he got up one after another, and came to the big pot of boiling fish soup, where a large bowl had already been prepared, and a few tables were set up in the open space on the other side, on which there were all kinds of dishes, chopsticks, and seasonings.
"Ah, it's really fresh live fish, look at this soup, it's all milky white, and it's already very fragrant when you smell it." Gu Qiluo craned his neck and looked into the pot, and was overjoyed to see the milky white fish soup with flowers, and muttered in a low voice: "If this is another pound of fans, it will be perfect." ”
"What fans?"
Suddenly, Xiao Jiangbei asked suspiciously, Gu Qiluo glanced at her husband speechlessly, she felt that her voice was no louder than a mosquito humming, but why did this guy still listen to it? Dogs' ears are not so sharp.
"It's nothing, I'm talking nonsense." So Gu Qiluo had no choice but to use this almighty excuse that had sent away the apricot blossom spring rain countless times, there were no sweet potatoes and potatoes and corn in this era, where did the fans come from to give her food? There are buckwheat and mung beans, but at this time, people obviously haven't invented tools that can make buckwheat vermicelli mung bean vermicelli, and as for whether there is this in the original history, she is not very clear.
Xiao Jiangbei is not easy to fool, but when he stared at his wife with suspicious eyes for a long time but was decisively ignored, the chief soldier who was not easy to fool could only be fooled. For a while, I could only hear loud and small shouts, and everyone sat down at the table. At their table, Xinghua and Chunyu each brought a bowl of fish soup and sat down, and Xinghua smiled and said: "Grandma, let's drink a few mouthfuls of hot soup first, and then eat fish later, as well as grilled fish and stewed fish, don't you like grass pot stewed fish the most?" ”
"Yes, yes, yes."
Gu Qiluo nodded, and drank the fish soup carefully, the hot and fragrant fish soup went from his throat to his stomach, as if it had dispelled the cold he had suffered for most of the day, not to mention how comfortable it was. Even Zhong Chunfeng and Ying Feihong, who have always had poisonous tongues, were full of praise for this fish soup and drank two large bowls.
Then the grilled fish and stewed fish were also served one after another, Gu Qiluo asked people to take out the nest head that had been steamed in the morning, and seeing Cheng Tongzhi frowning, she smiled and said: "Master Cheng, don't underestimate this nest, you have to eat fish to eat it, it is the most delicious." If it's just rice steamed buns, it's just ordinary. If you don't believe it, try it. ”
Cheng Tong was skeptical, but seeing that Zhong Chunfeng and Ying Feihong were both eating, he also dispelled the last bit of concern, "Ahh Finally, at this time, he underestimated the lethality of Wowotou, so he choked to death.
After drinking several mouthfuls of fish soup, he finally sent Wowotou down, only to see Zhong Chunfeng next to him shaking his head, secretly regretting himself, how good would it be if this guy was choked to death by Wowotou? Suddenly, Cheng Tong turned his head to look at him and said, "This kind of thing should only be fed to pigs, how can you eat it?" ”
"When I was most depressed, I couldn't get it even if I wanted to eat such a nest." Zhong Chunfeng sneered and sneered: "Who is like your eldest young master, who has never even eaten a nest in his life." That's it, you can't enjoy this delicacy, there are steamed buns over there, so let's go eat steamed buns. ”
Cheng Tong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly snorted coldly and muttered a name. Then he bit the head of the nest as if he was fierce, and said indistinctly: "Since you can eat it, I can't eat it if I don't believe it." ”
"Who is Liu Qingtang?" Gu Qiluo approached Xiao Jiangbei and asked in a low voice, but he also whispered: "Today's Hubu Shangshu, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, is an old minister who is trusted by the emperor. Strange, how did that old guy offend Cheng Tong? ”
Gu Qiluo immediately understood, the secret path was probably this old guy who did something that day, causing Zhong Chunfeng's name to fall to Sun Mountain, and wasting ten years. Tsk, Cheng Tong made it clear that he wanted to avenge Zhong Chunfeng, so he just arrived in Liaodong that day, and he attacked the Beifeng Mountain Gold Mine, could it be that it was just because those people beat Zhong Chunfeng, so this guy wants to give Zhong Chunfeng an evil outlet?
Thinking about Cheng Tong's personality, Gu Qiluo found that his guess was infinitely close to reality, so it was an excuse to go forward and attack hard, and the real reason why this guy was the first to take Beifeng Mountain after coming to Liaodong was just a personal vendetta.
As soon as he thought of this, Gu Qiluo's mood was very complicated, his eyes roamed back and forth on the faces of Cheng Tong and Zhong Chunfeng, and secretly said What is the relationship between these two people? Zhong Chunfeng seems to hate Cheng Tong, but in fact he is very compromised, which is not in line with his character, is it really as Xiao Jiangbei said, in fact, this thing loves and hates Cheng Tong, or hates because of love? I want him to stay away from Cheng Tong, is it really just a villain? The most important thing is that although Cheng Tong, the black poisonous snake, always persecuted Zhong Chunfeng on the surface, he was obviously very concerned about the poisonous guy in his heart. (To be continued......)
PS: Shut your mouth and I won't spoil. Well, in fact, even if I don't spoil this, students who have doubts before will definitely suddenly understand. Hahaha