Dong Shouye said: "You don't have to be nervous as a cook, and my son won't wronged a good person. I called you here today to learn about your master's daily habits, do you understand? ”

The cook nodded like a chicken eating rice.

Dong Shouye then asked: "You are a cook, you always know what your master likes to eat on weekdays, right?" ”

The cook replied, "My lord is not in good health this year, and he likes lighter food. ”

Dong Shouye then asked, "Then does your master like to eat eggs?" Does your wife love eggs? ”

The cook replied, "The old man doesn't like to eat eggs, he likes to eat some vegetables or something, and the slave maid makes very few eggs on weekdays, and Madame likes to eat it once in a while, but it is rare, and Madame likes to eat fish." ”

Dong Shouye smiled when he heard this, and said, "Go down, if what you say is true, you can live without worry." ”

When the cook heard this, she hurriedly said that she was telling the truth, and then kowtowed.

Dong Shouye called Ding Guan's concubine again, and asked the same question, the concubine's answer was almost the same as the cook's, Dong Shouye looked at Du Ji when he saw this, and his heart became more and more confident.

After asking the concubine, Dong Shouye called the housekeeper again. The men and women in this cell are divided into cards, unable to speak, but they are not afraid of collusion between the two sides.

After the housekeeper arrived, he was still like the cook, crying and grabbing the ground, shouting grievances.

Dong Shouye still asked as before: "You are Ding Guan's housekeeper, you have followed Ding Guan for many years, so you know your master's living habits!" ”

The housekeeper said without hesitation: "After the master came back from the last dynasty, he raised flowers and plants at home, and did not lightly interact with people. ”

Dong Shouye continued to ask: "What do you usually like to eat in your hometown?" ”

The housekeeper didn't doubt him, and said casually: "The master usually likes to eat lighter food, such as green vegetables or something." ”

Dong Shouye asked, "What about the eggs?" ”

The butler replied, "I don't like it very much, and I rarely eat it." ”

Dong Shouye's face turned cold, and then asked: "Since your lord and wife like to eat eggs, why do you buy ten catties of eggs on the first and fifteenth days of every month?" ”

The butler's face suddenly changed drastically, and he was speechless.

Dong Shouye shouted: "If you don't recruit from the truth, if not, I will take your life immediately." ”

The housekeeper had no choice but to recruit from the truth.

It turned out that Du Ji found a suspicious point in the confessions of several people, that is, this housekeeper would go out of the city to buy eggs on the fifteenth day of the new year for two months. And it's the same place every time. However, there is a place in the city where eggs are sold, and in this case, the housekeeper is not too much to do so.

Following this line, Dong Shouye was asking Ding Guan's concubine and cook to determine whether Ding Guan really liked to eat eggs, and the answer was obviously not.

Isn't it suspicious that a family of five or six, since the master doesn't like to eat eggs, but he goes all the way to buy eggs? And in order to hide people's eyes, this housekeeper deliberately buys about ten catties of eggs every time. A normal family of six people eats a pound of eggs a day, which is a lot, not to mention that the masters don't like to eat eggs?

So, buying eggs is fake, delivering the message is real!

According to the confession of the housekeeper of the Ding Mansion, Dong Shouye and Du Ji came to the east gate of Chang'an City with some guards.

Dong Shouye arranged the manpower, and Du Ji went to find a man who sold eggs alone.

The housekeeper told him that he had made an agreement with an egg seller to meet outside the East City Gate on the first and fifteenth days of each month. Every morning, many peasants in the countryside bring some things such as eggs, grain, and livestock to the city gate to participate in the morning market, sell the goods in their hands, obtain a certain amount of money, and then go to the city to exchange for some necessities of life.

This is a very ordinary thing that will not arouse the suspicion of others.

I saw Du Ji come to a stall selling eggs, ask a few questions, and then turn around and leave.

It is said to be a stall, but in fact, it is just spreading some grass on the ground to prevent the eggs from breaking. Du Ji came to a stall selling eggs again, opened his mouth and asked, "How do you sell these eggs?" ”

The egg seller was a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in coarse cloth and with a blanket on his chest. Brother Egg glanced at Du Ji and said, "One penny and one pound!" ”

This price is extremely cheap, you must know that the price of eggs is generally more than five cents a catty, this egg brother is obviously doing a loss-making business.

However, Du Ji was not surprised by this, and said to the egg brother: "Your egg is too expensive, how about ten cents a catty?" ”

This answer is obviously brain-dead!

The egg brother obviously didn't think so, glanced at Du Ji again, and said, "It's still a little cost-effective, you might as well add another penny." ”

Du Yi replied: "Okay, let's add an article." ”

Brother Egg then asked, "I don't know how many eggs the guest officer wants?" ”

Du Yi replied: "As long as ten catties, don't want one more point, don't have one point less!" ”

Brother Egg replied: "Okay, please wait a minute, I will ask for it soon." After speaking, he weighed the eggs with the scales in his hand, pretended to be for a while, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Did you succeed?" ”

Du Yi replied: "If you don't succeed, Lord Ding was cut off on the spot and died in prison on the same day." ”

Brother Egg said: "Got it." At this time, he had already weighed ten catties of eggs, and said, "Take it, guest officer!" Benefit 110 Wen. ”

Du Ji didn't say anything anymore, took out one hundred and ten cents from his body, handed it to Brother Dan, and then turned around and left.

The egg brother saw Du Yi turn around and leave, and said, "Guest officer, you are good to go!" Then he began to pack up the eggs in front of the stall and wait for the next customer.

After about half an hour, the egg brother picked up the remaining eggs, rolled up the package, and turned to leave.

Brother Egg was in a good mood all the way, singing a little song in his mouth, walked for more than ten miles, gradually slowed down, raised his head and looked ahead, there was a big tree in front of him, which was quite shady. Brother Egg stopped and rested in the shade of the tree.

It just so happened that there was a man under the tree who was also enjoying the shade, and there was a horse tethered to the tree beside him.

Brother Egg said a few words to the person who was enjoying the shade and chatted for a while.

At this time, there was a group of knights on the road, about a dozen people, galloping over. The leader was very stout and mighty.

Nowadays, there is a shortage of soldiers, and soldiers on horses can be seen everywhere, and Brother Egg doesn't pay attention to this. The speed of that group of knights was very fast, and they were about to roar away in front of Brother Egg.