The leader said menacingly: "What's not weird, can you still lie if you are poisoned?" There is Lin Langzhong who can testify. ”

Ling Haojie said confidently: "The people of Julongzhai have no grievances with your family, not to mention that they are close neighbors, and the relationship has always been good, and they often come to us to eat, how can they be poisoned?" Until this matter is clarified, please don't act aggressively. My lord went to the government to report the case, and someone will come to investigate later, and he will definitely solve the matter properly and give you a satisfactory answer. Please go home first, if you don't have any evidence, don't gather so many people to make trouble in the future, okay? ”

The leader crossed his hands and said: "It's not good, the master is not here, please ask your young lady to come out, who doesn't know that your young lady is the head of the house!" ”

Ling Haojie said respectfully: "My young lady has something to do, if she was at home, she would have come out a long time ago." ”

The leader stretched out his finger and poked the tip of Ling Haojie's nose and said, "You are talking nonsense, just now I saw Qian Wanru leading the horse into the stable, busy feeding the horse grass, and now washing her face at the back door." ”

Ling Haojie was shocked and said, "What? Miss came home, I didn't see her, I'm sorry. I'm going to ask her to say a few words to you, and everyone will be at ease. The butler then turned and walked towards the door.

After a while, Qian Wanru walked to the gate in high spirits, straightened her waist, and waved her hand: "Fellow neighbors, at the dinner on the night of the Lantern Festival, my whole family is also there, and the food everyone eats, there are nearly fifty people present, Steward Cao, let me ask, why is it only your lord who was poisoned, did he go home and eat something that should not be eaten, or drank tea that should not be drunk." Or someone who has a grudge against your lord sneaks into the banquet and poisons your lord's wine glass while everyone is not paying attention. Fortunately, your lord did not die of poisoning, otherwise, the matter would have gone to the yamen. Those of you who sit next to the lord may wish to carefully recall whether there are any suspicious characters who are close to your lord to commit crimes. ”

Steward Cao hesitated for a moment and said: "During the banquet, a few of us crowded at the gate to watch the lanterns, only the master sat at the table and did not move, whether there were suspicious characters during the period, only the master knows, but the master is still delirious and can't talk, what should I do?" ”

Ling Haojie said loudly: "Steward Cao Yuecheng, what should I do?" Just report it to the government for investigation, I just saw Lord Yu Thorn Shi coming, and he is still standing over there, maybe my lord invited me. I'm going to call him! Then he shouted: "Lord Yustabshi, there was a food poisoning incident in my store, we can't solve it ourselves, report it to you to investigate and solve the case, and now I will ask you to handle the case, what's the matter?" ”

Yu Wensi replied loudly: "I came here to handle the case, and I brought two people." Cai Shaoqing and Han Dongjun, you two come to me! ”

Cai Lingxiao and Han Dongjun were standing on the side of the road, already hearing their conversation and knowing what was going on.

Han Dongjun stepped forward and hurriedly said: "The poisoning incident may have been deliberately done, Steward Cao's lord Hanyue Wenqing is a well-known cabinet shop merchant, a rich one, but it is just hidden." I once offended a certain thief, just because this thief sneaked into the cabinet shop late at night to steal, was caught by your master and sent to the yamen, the silver was not stolen but was put in prison, imprisoned for three years, I heard that he was just released, he may be in a hurry to come to the door to retaliate. And you only cared about yourself and crowded to the gate to watch the lights, ignoring the existence and safety of the master, giving people an opportunity to take advantage of, the master didn't pay attention, and the accident happened. Let's come here in the morning to do a preliminary investigation, just now I heard you say that although Hanyue Wenqing is not dead, he is delirious, and we can't investigate and collect evidence from him himself. And you haven't seen anyone close to Hanyue Wenqing to commit the crime, so the case of this poisoning incident is quite tricky, and it is difficult to say whether it can be detected. ”

Cai Lingxiao hurriedly said: "You can't say that, it's man-made." Steward Cao, I want to ask, what does your master's cabinet shop do, and why did it attract thieves and form a grudge. ”

Steward Cao hesitated for a moment and said: "My master's cabinet is an institution specializing in coin storage and lending. The items hidden in the cabinet are mainly money and corn. Money, part of the cabinet is its own funds, part of it is other people's deposits. Because of the large capital of the cabinet shop, the rich people are willing to deposit money, and the cabinet shop is also like a money village. Silk, millet, and wheat other than money were collateral for peasants to borrow money. The main target of the cabinet workshop is the peasants. Copper coins were widely used in our Tang Dynasty, and people stored copper coins in counters in advance, so that they could be easily used when buying and selling. Copper coins weigh six catties and four taels per piece, and it is very inconvenient to carry a large number of copper coins out of the house. There is a cabinet shop in the market of Qionglong City to save money on behalf of people, which is naturally very conducive to the development of commerce. The cabinet shop already has some business prototypes of the financial market in the Tang Dynasty, which is a reflection of the great development of the commodity economy in our Tang Dynasty. My lord is an honest man, I don't know which one of the black consciences wants to frame the lord, and I beg you to solve the case as soon as possible. "Goshoya

Yu Wensi continued: "I'm more anxious than you." Where is your grandfather? Send him to Chang'an City for treatment as soon as possible, and when he is conscious and his intelligence returns to normal, we will go to him to understand the situation. In this way, it is conducive to the detection of the case. ”

Han Dongjun hurriedly asked, "How many children does Hanyue Wenqing have, what are they doing?" What are the friends you make? Are there any children who are not doing their jobs? Will there be a struggle between the children, wanting to get more money from their father, or hoping that their father will die early so that they can split up the family, all kinds of factors must be fully considered, not necessarily outsiders mixed in and poisoned, what do you think? ”

Yu Wensi said loudly: "Well, Han Dongjun is reasonable, I know that there are two Ling Lang in his family, one Ling Ai, what exactly do you do, please explain it to Steward Cao, maybe it will be beneficial for us to solve the case." ”

Steward Cao was silent for a while and said, "Then go in and sit down and talk in detail, it's inconvenient to stand at the door and talk." ”

Cai Lingxiao nodded and said, "Well, okay." Steward Ling prepares some tea. ”

A group of people sat around the dining hall of Julongzhai, and Cao Yuecheng's housekeeper slowly spoke: "Hanyue Wenqing and Hanyue Wenyu are compatriots of the same mother, Hanyue Wenyu opened an antique ceramics shop, and Hanyue Wenqing opened a cabinet shop. Wen Yu's family has a man and a girl, Cold Moon Jingzhu and Cold Moon Jingyun. Wen Qing's family has three children, two boys and one girl, the eldest son Hanyue Jinglan, the second son Hanyue Jingmei, and the youngest daughter Hanyue Jingju. Hanyue Jingyun and the Kunsheng monk of Hanshan Temple have been missing for a long time, and there has been no news so far. Due to the close relationship between Hanyue Jingyun and Hanyue Wenqing's second son, after Hanyue Jingyun disappeared, Hanyue Jingmei was so anxious that she didn't think about tea and dinner, and chased after Wenqing every day to ask for silver to make entanglements, and wanted to go out to find Hanyue Jingyun, Wenqing categorically refused. Hanyue Jingmei inadvertently leaked her mouth, saying that Hanyue Jinglan helped so-and-so steal something and stole a few hundred taels of silver from the store, and her father obviously found out the truth, but he pretended not to know, but why didn't he give himself a hundred taels of silver? Wen Qing was taken aback when he heard this, and punished Hanyue Jinglan for three months, and Hanyue Jingmei whipped thirty boards. Originally, these thirty boards were warned, but I didn't expect the servants under Hanyue Jinglan to take charge of the board and fight Hanyue Jingmei mercilessly, but as a result, he was beaten open, miserable, and healed for half a year. For this reason, the brothers became enemies, ignored each other, and asked their father to divide the family many times, and even the cabinet shop was divided. Wen Qing disagreed and favored Hanyue Jinglan, which led to the white-hot relationship between Hanyue Jingmei and Hanyue Wenqing's father and son. Tonight's dinner, Hanyue Jinglan was by her father's side from beginning to end, and Hanyue Jingmei didn't come to the banquet at first, after we went to the dining hall to sit down, we didn't see his shadow, we squeezed to the door to see the lanterns, did he come in and approach the master, I don't know, I need you to help me investigate and solve the case. ”

Yuwen Sihu asked suspiciously: "I have also heard what you said, but it is not as detailed as you said. Can you tell me more about the theft you just mentioned? What was it that was stolen and where was it stolen? Why do you need a few hundred taels of silver? Is it worth a fortune to steal something? Or it is for someone to steal. In order to solve the case as soon as possible, you must tell the truth. ”

Cai Lingxiao continued: "Please continue to finish talking about the relevant things, what does Hanyue Jinglan usually do, and how is the relationship with her father?" Were you involved in the sword theft half a year ago? Be sure to tell the truth. ”

Cao Yuecheng hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "As for the theft, I really don't know anything, I hope you will investigate." Hanyue Jinglan usually likes to go to Yihong Mansion to watch singing and dancing, sometimes invite a few friends to the teahouse to taste tea and listen to operas, and occasionally patronize the casino for entertainment. I went to Meng Chenyuan's pastry shop the most, I heard that he fell in love with a woman who often went in and out of the pastry shop, in order to be able to witness her beauty every day, he went to the pastry shop almost regularly to sit for about half an hour, I don't know if it's true or not? I haven't seen the mysterious woman, I'm waiting for you to investigate and verify. ”

Cai Lingxiao slapped the table and said: "The information you provided is quite beneficial to solving the case, you might as well recall it carefully, and if there is anything missing, maybe pull out the radish and bring out the mud." ”

Cao Yuecheng sighed and said: "I think Hanyue Jingmei also has the possibility of committing a crime, because he and the master have always been not in harmony, and there are big quarrels, and small quarrels are every day." Once the father and son were arguing, Hanyue Jingmei actually said, I hate to kill you with a knife, so that I can run the cabinet shop by myself, so as to save myself from being under your control and being angry, I can take as much as I want, not to mention spending a happy time, and I can also do some big business and make a fortune. I wonder what he meant by these words, and what he meant. ”

Yu Wensi hurriedly said: "We have counted, if you still have words, just pour it out in one go, and leave a little bit of it." ”

Cao Yuecheng hurriedly said: "It's not for the time being, all the useful words have been said, if you think of anything in the future, I'll tell you, it's not early in the morning, it's better to go back first." ”