Chapter 47: Eat a full meal
"Okay, you sharp-toothed little girl, you wait for me!" The merchant's face was flushed with anger, and he was ready to leave directly after saying cruel words.
"Wait a minute, Boss Li, the money you have for dinner has not been settled, you won't want to eat without giving money, right?" Lin Shuqing asked as she sat in her place.
In the latter sentence, she deliberately raised her voice, causing the whole room to look at her.
The restaurant is run by the villagers, and the women work in the kitchen, mostly young and able-bodied.
Hearing Lin Shuqing's words, he was no longer calm, and hurriedly caught up, blocking the exit, holding the rag in his hand.
A posture that the man won't let him go if he doesn't pay.
Seeing this, the merchant blushed angrily, took out a tael of silver from his bosom and put it on the table heavily, and then walked out quickly.
Lin Shuqing looked at the broken silver on the table, which could be exchanged for at least two or three hundred copper coins.
Uncle Du was right, that person was really a rich man.
Ordering a table full of tofu dishes is only about 30 yuan, which is too much money.
The man in the village was a little undecided, and glanced at Lin Shuqing.
"Uncle Chen, take it, that person has money, and he won't ask for it again." Lin Shuqing said with a smile.
In this way, the man smiled and received the silver into his arms.
This matter of picking up money for nothing is happy for everyone.
After Lin Shuqing went home, she didn't take this matter to heart.
As he said, if she wants to be moved, she must at least withstand the pressure of the entire village.
She had heard the king's treasurer say that the current saint is a holy monarch.
Since the founding of Taizu, he has been working hard, and now he is only three generations, ruling Haiyan Heqing and punishing many corrupt officials.
Therefore, despite the low status of the merchants, this life is not bad, at least there are fewer exacting taxes and miscellaneous taxes.
This is where Lin Shuqing's confidence lies, if something happens to her, she will definitely not be able to please those people.
The businessman said that he was looking for trouble for Lin Shuqing, but he didn't expect this trouble to come to the door the next day.
Some of the officers of the county came to the door with the merchant.
He said that he bought their tofu, and he ate it badly, poisoned people, and the man was unconscious.
So ask this tofu seller if he has poisoned the tofu!
After such an incident, he went directly to Lin Shuqing's house and took her to the county office.
This is the first time that Lin Shuqing has had direct contact with the public servants of this era, and it can only be said that the efficiency of this work is faster than that of the current police station!
If someone is poisoned, they should at least take them to the hospital for examination and testing, find out what the poisoned food is, and then summon the suspect.
I came to the door before dawn, and the suspicion was really fast.
Several younger brothers and sisters of the Lin family cried and followed behind, and went to every family in Pingnanpo.
Perhaps Lin Shuqing herself didn't expect that the first time she entered the county to make such a big move, it was actually in the county office.
It wasn't long before the magistrate came in with his hat on, sat on a high seat, and asked who was in the hall.
However, there are very few servants in this county government, and there are only a few who came to arrest Lin Shuqing, and the others have not been seen. Even a few errand officers who came to the village a few days ago to call for conscription, she didn't see them.
"My lord, Li Qing, a grass farmer, is a small businessman who does business. Yesterday, I bought a few pieces of tofu from the southern slope of this screen and went back to reward the powerful people at home to eat, but I didn't expect that after eating them, they actually foamed at the mouth, vomited, and fainted. ”
The grass people thought, there must be something wrong with this tofu! It must be the woman who made tofu who poisoned the tofu! Adult, this is the paper of the villain. As he spoke, a piece of yellow paper was presented.
Lin Shuqing was pressed to the ground by the two officials and knelt on her knees, and her knees hurt a little.
But I can't help but admire this Li Qing in my heart, I couldn't buy a recipe yesterday, and this framing is a set of things, that is, the papers are prepared in advance.
That's a delicate thought.
If you put your mind on other things and try all kinds of ways to cooperate with her, you may succeed.
"Why does this tofu seller still put poison into it? Do you have any grudges? The magistrate in the hall asked.
The prefectural commander was a man in his forties, with long narrow eyes, thin cheeks, and a goatee, which looked and felt similar to that of a goat.
He first glanced at the lying servants under the stage, and then looked at Lin Shuqing, who was kneeling next to him.
"Yes, adults! Yesterday, I wanted to sincerely go to Pingnanpo to find this tofu workshop and this tofu recipe, and I prepared five hundred taels of silver. Unexpectedly, this Lin Shuqing asked for a price all over the sky, and asked me to give five thousand taels, but I didn't agree. That's why she held a grudge and poisoned the tofu I bought......"
"Or rather, the tofu she made is poisonous!"
Li Qing's words were vivid, as if he was a fierce person in front of him.
"Lin Shuqing, do you have anything to say? Where is this certified physical evidence? The county magistrate on the stage asked.
Asking this question is about to amuse Lin Shuqing.
"My lord, which is this witness? And which is the physical evidence? The merchant took a comatose servant and said that he had been poisoned by eating my tofu. Then an old man fainted on the road tomorrow, who had eaten my tofu, and was also poisoned by my tofu? Lin Shuqing replied calmly.
Li Qing looked at Lin Shuqing who was standing there, and felt that her reaction was different from what he expected.
Ordinary female babies, aren't they crying and shouting about their innocence at this time, and they can't speak clearly?
He desperately gave the people on the stage a look, and pulled the cuffs with his hand to signal.
The county magistrate on the stage blinked, indicating understanding.
"The human evidence is the person lying on the ground and this Li Qing, and the physical evidence must be that piece of tofu! Li Qing, did you bring tofu? ”
"Bring the master, I'll let someone bring it up!"
"Accurate!"
The two sang and harmonized, just like the pre-rehearsal.
Lin Shuqing still knelt and watched coldly, although she was afraid that this county official would be bribed, and she would be charged with a crime.
But what are you afraid of now? If she had been bought a long time ago, her frightened face gave these people a chance.
As he spoke, a piece of broken tofu was brought up with a cutting board, and even a puppy was brought with him.
Seeing that after feeding the tofu to the puppy, he was also foaming at the mouth and howling uncomfortably.
"Lin Shuqing, are you guilty?" The county magistrate asked, patting the shocked wood.
"My lord, how do you prove that this tofu belongs to my family? What if someone bought it and poisoned it? Lin Shuqing said with his neck tilted.
"You are the only one who makes tofu, and if you buy it from your family, there is a problem with your tofu, how can anyone poison it and eat it by themselves?" The county magistrate asked.
Hearing the thrill of the people standing behind the southern slope of the screen.
This tofu is made by their own hands, and it is made of good grain, how can it be poisonous?