Shang Qiang listened, took the paper that had been written and looked at it, and there were some names of people, places, supplies and so on. It's complicated, but it's clear.

"There are also these people, inform them to pay attention to the movements of the imperial court at any time, and once there is any trouble, they will go to the designated place to hide."

Shu Jin pointed to a long list of names on another piece of paper and said.

"Okay, I know," Shang Qiang agreed, and then carefully put away the paper.

Before leaving, he looked at Shu Jin again, and asked with some concern, "If I'm not here, you're here, are you okay?" ”

Shu Jin knew what he was worried about. He was afraid that Qi Lian would really do something to her, and even make Chang An Ruyi feel wronged.

"Don't worry, he shouldn't be dealing with me directly for the time being."

"That's good, I'll be back right away."

"Good work!"

Shang Qiang smiled when he heard this, waved his hand and left.

……

A restaurant shopkeeper in Yipinge abused private salt to kill diners, which is actually not a big deal, at least it can't alarm the criminal department. However, because of the release of news from all sides, the impact of this matter has become very large, and it has finally become such a high-profile state.

The common people like to join in the fun, which is a theorem in that era, so the criminal department is scheduled to start the trial of the case in the school field, and the crowd of onlookers is naturally crowded.

Shu Jin is directly related to this case, but Yipinge is nominally just a restaurant opened by a businessman surnamed Wang, so there is no need for Shu Jin to attend.

But even if she wasn't there, she would be informed of the day's proceedings in detail by her subordinates.

This trial. In the end, it became a farce.

On that day, at the very beginning, the presiding officer of the Criminal Department conducted the interrogation in accordance with the procedure, first announcing the family of the deceased. Announcing the relevant witnesses and material evidence, everything that can convict Qian Liu was presented in front of people, but when he asked whether Qian Liu was guilty or denied the crime, the answer he got was - wronged.

In order to show notarization, it was natural to give Qian Liu a chance to plead, and then, a young man from Yipinge came out with the account book. What made the chief judge sweat was. This account book clearly lists where and how much salt Yipinge buys every month, and even who buys it and who loads and unloads it!

If that's not enough. Then there is another daily ledger in the cabinet. In Yipinge, every day there are chickens, ducks, fish, meat, and various vegetable seasonings, all of which are on this ledger.

The officials of the Criminal Department were caught off guard by the sudden evidence.

In fact, when the Criminal Department caught Qian Liu, it directly seized Yipinge. Naturally, all the material accounts in the building have been collected by the Criminal Department. Hands and feet to do. In fact, he has already ordered people to do a good job. Originally, it was intended to use this to give Qian Liu the final fatal blow.

Now that he has shown some unfavorable evidence against Qian Liu and Yipinge, he can't help but say that he also deliberately misled the people. Qian Liu didn't mention the confiscated account, and he was secretly glad that he never expected that there was still an account in the hands of the Yipin Pavilion guys? And it's so detailed!

Then, naturally, it is necessary to verify the authenticity of the accounts, and the chief auditor has to announce the shopkeeper recorded in the account book. These people were already in the crowd of onlookers, and the presiding judge had just announced. They had already come out with the ledger. After the accounts of several parties were checked, everyone found out. The accounts presented by the Yipinkaku guys are real!

"Yipinge has to buy so much salt every month, and it's all official salt, and the daily consumption is clear, so what do you want to do if you still make smuggled salt in the building? Do they take up space? ”

Some of the people who have heard everything clearly are already talking with joy. As for whether it is the real people or Shu Jin's people, then the benevolent will see the benevolent and the wise will see the wise.

"yes, it doesn't make sense!"

"People buy private salt to save money, but Yipinge buys two salts and spends two dollars, and buys official salt and private salt, haha! Is the shopkeeper stupid? ”

"Hahahaha, that's it!"

"Shhhh Silence! I see, there's something greasy here! ”

"Well, I think there's a problem too!"

The people's voices of discussion were boiling, and even the officials of the criminal department who were sitting in their seats heard it, and the scene was suddenly noisy.

As a last resort, he slapped the shocking wood.

"Silence!"

When the people heard this, the discussion stopped for a while, and the official looked at Qian Liu, only to see that although he had been locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department for a few days, and now he was facing so many interrogations and onlookers, he was still calm, whether it was when he was accused before or when there was evidence to turn the tables for him, he was very calm. He is like a strategist, not only is he not flustered, but he also does not have the embarrassment of being a prisoner, and he is calm and calm.

The case could only be continued, and the officials of the Criminal Department had no choice but to ask:

"Qian Liu, what do you say?"

Qian Liu didn't say anything about it, but emphasized the wrong.

The presiding judge had to ask the family of the deceased again to determine why the deceased died.

Of course, the family of the deceased insisted that the accident occurred after eating a meal from Yipinge.

It had already been concluded that the man had died of poisoning. The poison in the place is probably the unclean thing carried in the private salt.

As a result, before the presiding judge could speak, some people among the people already had questions again:

"Let's just assume that it was really poisoned by illegal salt, why was he the only one who died when there were countless people eating in the restaurant that day? What about those who eat at his table? Is there something wrong? What's more, how did you determine that Yipinge used private salt at that time? ”

"Didn't you say that someone reported to the Wuwei Battalion when someone died that day, and the soldiers searched for illicit salt when they got there?"

"But it's very strange that this private salt appeared in Yipinge, isn't it?"

"Eun, yes!"

The people talked about it, and the presiding judge had to be shocked again.

"Silence! No noise! ”

After a while, the field was finally calmed down. ”

Then at this time, a vigorous figure rushed out of the crowd, and after being stopped by the officials, he said loudly:

"Lord Presiding Judge, I am a soldier of the Armed Guard Battalion on duty that day! I have something to say! There is nothing hidden about that day. Please let me in and plead! ”

In front of everyone's eyes, the chief judge had to let people over.

Then, everybody heard. The soldier detailed how he had brought the smuggled salt into Yipinge and how he had designed to frame Qian Liu.

The onlookers in the inner circle exclaimed again and again, this is like watching a big show!

The people behind could not hear, so they asked those who came first, and then those who came before told those behind what they had heard.

In the end, the onlookers on the inner and outer three floors were in an uproar!

"The officers of the Wuwei Battalion actually deliberately took the opportunity to frame Yiphang! Just because he collected the protection fee privately, and Yipinge refused to pay it! ”

The presiding judge, he never expected such a divine turn. But the situation forced him, so he had to announce that the soldier's boss came to the school.

It seemed to the chief judge that the officer would not come up and admit what he had done. Then he can drag the case on like this logically, as long as it is after today, he can follow up with the above for instructions again, and then produce new evidence to complete the above explanation.

What was said above was to ask him to justifiably punish the people of Yipinge.

However. His ideas are wonderful. The officer of the Wuwei battalion arrived, but before he could deny it, more than a dozen businessmen ran out and accused the officer of extortion.

Then in the face of the presiding judge's question, the accusations of the people, the officer, recruited.

Yes, he who has not even denied a word has confessed his guilt!

The people were in an uproar. The chief judge was dumbfounded! How could he confess his sins! This makes him unable to cheat even if he wants to! However, it doesn't work if you're dumbfounded. The trial still had to go on.

The incident of the misuse of illicit salt and the death of people caused a great deal of trouble, but the charge of selling smuggled salt was no longer established, and the official had to convict the officer and soldier according to the law.

"Although Yipinge did not abuse the private salt, the person died in your restaurant. In order to give an explanation to the family of the deceased, this matter must not be ignored. ”

The chief judge said in desperation.

Qian Liu still shouted grievances, claiming that Yipinge's meals were fine.

Therefore, it was logical to re-examine the body.

In order to be able to convince the public, this time it is not a family's words, the three servants have examined the corpse in detail, even if these days have passed, the corpse has changed, but the person died of poisoning has not changed, but the meal eaten by the deceased is no longer there, and it is impossible to determine whether the poison that killed the person is in that dish.

However, the people who were with the deceased claimed that the deceased had died from the night of the first day to the afternoon of the second day, and had only eaten food from Ippagek

“…… The night before, I felt that the wine and food were bland, so I couldn't swallow it, and the second **** suggested that he come to Yipinge to eat. The plaintiff, who was also a family member of the deceased who was present at the time of the death, said.

"Why is he okay after eating the same meal?" There were people in the crowd who asked such questions, and many more people asked such questions.

"I thought he was losing his appetite, and I persuaded him to eat more, but I didn't care about it. Who would have thought that it would kill him! Woooooo In the face of doubts, the person who was with the deceased explained with tears in his eyes.

However, when the matter came to this point, no one believed that this person really died after eating food. The presiding judge looked at the situation that had been out of his control, and he had no choice but to continue the trial.

Then, before he could figure out how to reverse the situation, a cry suddenly rang out from the crowd, which shook him and everyone up. Then someone rushed out of the crowd and rushed to the front of the presiding judge.

It was a woman who claimed to be a concubine of the deceased. She cried that her husband's family had died unjustly, and she wanted to make the decision for her and punish the murderer.

But just when the lord heard it and was about to ask Qian Liu again, the concubine raised her hand and pointed directly at the deceased's younger brother angrily! The man who had been the plaintiff and had eaten with the deceased at Ippanaku!

This is a cliché plot that can no longer be vulgar, the father died and split the family, but because the father was more partial to the eldest son during his lifetime, he gave him more property, so the younger son was jealous.

The eldest son has business talents, and the industry is getting bigger and bigger in his hands, while the younger son, on the other hand, has lost all his family property, not to mention that he still owes a lot of debts!

He borrowed money from his brother again and again, and even hoped to use the blocked money to turn over the book. When the elder brother found out, he refused to lend him any more money, and the brothers quarreled a lot. So, because of jealousy, resentment, worry, and fear, he had a vicious idea......

He specially invited his brother to dinner, and said all the good things, saying that he had thought about everything, and the two brothers were reconciled, and the brother drank the wine he poured himself with confidence, and then died of poison.

After that, the younger brother pushed the matter to the food of Yipinge, and even secretly hid the cup he used to poison. It's also a coincidence, it just so happened that the officers of the Wuwei Battalion were worried about wanting to take revenge on Yipinge but couldn't get a chance, so there was today's case that shocked countless people.

When the presiding judge announced the acquittal of Qian Liu and other people from Yipinge, his feelings were extremely complicated, and in this trial, he fully showed the people the fair and honest image of the Criminal Department, but he did not complete the things that were explained by the superiors.

It's not that he doesn't want to, but as the chief judge, in front of everyone, his words can't be obviously biased, and after all this happened, even if he took out a lot of evidence, he would slap himself in the face.

So the case can only be closed like this.

The people saw that the wronged person was released, and saw that the framer and murderer were punished, and they were naturally very addicted, on the one hand, they thanked the emperor for his wisdom and the clarity of the criminal department, and on the other hand, they also felt that Yipinge was really a conscientious businessman.

So, Qi Lian, who originally ordered people to get all this out with the purpose of attacking Shu Jin, helped Yipinge carry out a huge advertising hype. After this time, Yipinge's business is even more prosperous, and the daily turnover can throw out several streets of peers!

And this continued until the autumn harvest was completed.

At the end of the autumn harvest, people began to collect all kinds of materials in their hands, on the one hand, calculating the year's harvest, and on the other hand, they began to prepare things for a good year.

Just when Qi Lian didn't think about how to take the next step, all the restaurants and teahouses in Shujin hung signs saying that they would be closed for rest.

Out of business? Why?

The diners were puzzled, but they didn't open for several days in a row, so people had no choice but to eat elsewhere. Then, they found that the price of meals in these restaurants was rising again and again!

And some people lost the deliciousness, and were helpless by the continuous price increase, so they had to flick their sleeves and simply go back to their own homes to cook and eat.

Then the problem arises again.

If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are! When I returned home and asked, I found out that the price of this grain and vegetables is one day and is rising, so I have to say that they all pick up some ordinary dishes to make. is like wine, since the closure of Qilixiang, the mellow and fragrant strong wine has become a luxury, and because of the rise in the price of this wine, the price of the wine on the side has also risen.

In fact, not only wine, but also everything, in this era, except for salt and iron, there is nothing monopolistic operation, so when a price rises, and the profit increases, it will slowly drive others to increase the price.

One put on a gesture of reluctance to sell, which also led to the suspension of sales of others.

Then, the less you sell, the higher the price, the higher the price, the more reluctant you are to sell, and finally, a vicious circle begins to arise.

(To be continued.) )