Xie Shi's face turned pale in an instant, she never thought that Li Chuxia would poke this matter out in the official mansion, if this was found out by the official mansion, she would definitely not be able to ask for any good fruit to eat.

"You just talk nonsense! I didn't do that kind of thing! I'm your aunt! Xie Shi didn't admit it at this time, and there was no evidence to prove that she stole the secret recipe anyway.

"If you didn't steal the secret recipe, why can you make fish balls that taste the same as mine, and learn from me to sell them to restaurants in the city?"

Li Chuxia looked at the Xie family in front of her coldly, this old woman still dared to mention to her what a mother is not a mother, if she really wants to regard herself as her mother, then why should she deal with her one after another.

This femme fatale is nothing but selfishness.

"I didn't, I just ate your fish balls before I thought about making fish balls like you and selling them for money!"

Xie Shi was holding his neck at this time, but he didn't want to admit that he had stolen the secret recipe.

After saying this, Li Chuxia had a bit of a headache, there is no such thing as copyright patenting in this world, so if others want to take your things and copy them, you can't do anything.

Baili Yunzheng had already known about this matter in the crowd, his expression was faint, he glanced at Li Chuxia, who was still standing in the public court, and then a dark glint flashed in his eyes, so he turned around and hid in the crowd.

"Since you said that you secretly learned to make fish balls yourself, I have never taught anyone to make fish balls, first of all, you will make this fish balls, then you also taught the villagers to make fish balls? Otherwise, you've stolen the secret recipe! ”

Li Chuxia looked at Xie Shi who was standing next to her at this time with cold eyes, she looked like a dead duck with a hard mouth.

"I ...... I didn't, I didn't steal the secret recipe! Xie Shi sweated on her forehead, and she was a little flustered at this moment, if she admitted that she had stolen the secret recipe, she would definitely be scolded by the cane.

"Then you are admitting it in disguise, you taught these people around you how to make fish balls." Li Chuxia looked at this Xie Shi with a sneer, and immediately turned his head to ask the villagers next to him.

"If you admit that the fish balls are with him and her, then it's okay, if you don't admit it, then the Xie family stole my fish ball secret recipe, and you still learn it, this is the crime of covering up, and you will be punished together."

I have long known the general outline of these ancient criminal laws, although they are not so perfect, but the punishment for such crimes of stealing and harboring is not light.

After hearing Li Chuxia say this, the villagers immediately panicked, if this is a cane, I am afraid that half of their lives will be lost.

"Lord Zhixian, you will interrogate the next words." Li Chuxia deliberately threw the next topic to the magistrate, and added the word interrogation to this sentence, presumably he was very clear, and now he should understand what to do.

Zhixian sat on the top of the high hall, slowly looked at these people in the audience, and said in a cold voice: "The criminal law of the Yong Dynasty, the thief is punished with a cane of sixty, and the one who harbors is punished with a cane of sixty." ”

"I don't know! The villain doesn't know anything! Lord Zhixian spares his life! ”

One of the villagers was so frightened that he fell to his knees, crying and begging for mercy, hoping that the magistrate would not punish him.

Another villager, whose face was also pale at this time, knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, "We don't know anything! Xie promised us that the taste of this fish ball would be exactly the same as that made by Li Chuxia, so I agreed! ”

"You!" Xie was already a desolate god at this time, and he really didn't expect these two villagers to betray him so soon.

The magistrate took the opportunity to intimidate again, "It's better to tell the truth, otherwise don't blame the official for being ruthless!" ”

Immediately after that, the other people were also so frightened that they knelt on the ground, after all, this board hitting the body is not an ordinary pain, and the board in the hands of these officials standing next to it is not light, if it falls on the body, it is not as simple as a flesh injury.

"Master Qingtian testified, I really don't know if this Xie family has a secret recipe for stealing fish balls, she made an absolute guarantee at that time, so we dared to learn from her."

One of the villagers was almost crawling beside the magistrate at this moment, snot and tears sticking to the ground, and the whole person was almost incontinent.

Li Chuxia looked at these people expressionlessly, after all, these are just some villagers who have not experienced any storms, as long as they are a little intimidated, they can tell all the truth, no matter how good Xie Shirao's abacus is, he never thought that the incident would happen.

Xie Shi stood under the high hall at this time, trembling like chaff, and sweating like rain on his body.

At this time, a servant ran over from outside and whispered something in the ear of the county magistrate, only to see the magistrate raise his hand and wave.

"Bring people in."

Immediately afterwards, the two officials brought in a man from the outside, and when they walked in, they threw the man directly on the ground.

Li Chuxia, who was squinting, thought carefully about this person who was so familiar, who was thinking about it in his mind for a long time, and then remembered that this was the man next door to the courtyard of the Li family, Liu Chengshan.

"Who's in the hall?" The magistrate asked sharply.

Liu Chengshan first cowardly glanced at Xie Shi who was standing next to him, and saw that she didn't give herself a look, so he answered the question of the county magistrate at this time.

"Master, I'm Liu Chengshan."

The magistrate then asked, "Do you know about the theft of the secret recipe for Li Chuxia's fish balls?" ”

"I know ......," Liu Chengshan finished speaking, and subconsciously glanced at Xie Shi who was standing next to him.

Xie Shi suddenly trembled, looked at Liu Chengshan who was kneeling on the ground in despair.

"Say!"

Taken aback by the words of the magistrate, Liu Chengshan trembled and continued: "One night half a month ago, Xie Shi found me and told me that there was a way to make money, and asked me if I wanted to get it with her, I asked her what it was, and she said that she stole it from Li Chuxia. ”

Because Li Chuxia, who made a lot of money with fish balls, is naturally a popular figure in the village, and everyone is red-eyed, and they also want to find a way to make money, but her fish balls are so delicious, and no one knows how to do it, and with the beginning of Xie's, more people will start to imitate it.

Liu Chengshan explained everything in the court, when Xie stole the things and how he handed them over to the surrounding villagers, all of which were clearly stated.

Since it was getting late, and if there was a trial, it would be held tomorrow, so everyone involved in the matter would be imprisoned, and all trials would be postponed until tomorrow.

Li Chuxia and Xie were only separated by a wall, and Xie had been hiding in the corner and not daring to speak due to his weak heart.

And Li Chuxia is very leisurely now, anyway, what she hasn't done, it's impossible for others to rely on her.

Late that night, Baili Yunzheng secretly sneaked into the prison to visit Li Chuxia, and this bit of defense in the prison still couldn't stop him, and at this time, both the servants and the prisoners were all asleep.

"Early Summer...... Wake up in early summer. Baili Yunzheng whispered to Li Chuxia, who was sleeping on the straw mat, and the girl curled up on the straw mat because of the poor sleeping environment, like a poor little squirrel.

Baili Yunzheng was holding a small pebble in his hand, and wanted to gently hit her leg and wake her up, "Early summer." ”

"Hmm......" Li Chuxia vaguely heard someone calling him, rubbed his eyes, and then saw the figure in front of him clearly, it turned out to be Baili Yunzheng.

Li Chuxia asked with a little surprise, "Why are you here?" ”

"Shhhh......h ”

"Tomorrow you will be able to get out of this prison."

Baili Yunzheng took out an oily paper bag from his arms and handed it to Li Chuxia as he spoke.

"It smells so good."

Li Chuxia smelled the smell of the pastry in the oily paper bag, and felt that the taste was still good, so he couldn't wait to open it, took out a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Delicious...... Li Chuxia ate all over his mouth, and couldn't help but speak to Baili Yunzheng next to him.

Baili Yunzheng's eyebrows were also a lot softer at this time, "It's good if you like it." ”

"I'll be able to get out tomorrow, don't worry."

Thinking of today's events in the official mansion, although Baili Yunzheng felt uncomfortable, he still tried his best to find that person's certificate, and he had already sent a little broken silver to appease the group of diners who had stomach troubles.

Just let those people accuse Xie in court tomorrow, Li Chuxia didn't do anything wrong, so now he just needs a strong witness to testify.

First, the secret recipe for fish balls was stolen, and now because the quality of the fish balls imitated by the villagers is not good, causing diners to have diarrhea, a series of bitter fruits should be borne by the Xie family.

"I'm not really worried, because I'm the one who cleans himself."

Li Chuxia was eating the things sent by Baili Yunzheng in his hand at this time, and he was very comfortable sitting on the straw mat on the ground looking at the man's worried expression.

"Hmm." Baili Yunzheng nodded.

The two continued to chat quietly for a while, and while the sky was still dark, Li Chuxia urged him to leave quickly, otherwise he would be arrested if he was discovered after a while, saying that he was here to rob the prison.

Baili Yunzheng reluctantly got out of the prison, but when he left, he saw a sneaky figure outside the prison.

……

The interrogation soon began on the second day, and Li Chuxia and Xie were taken to the yamen together, and the magistrate questioned Xie in various ways, but she was silent.

Li Chuxia stood beside him with his hands on his chest and looked at Xie Shi's drooping head, like an ostrich with his head buried in the sand, "Maybe this is not facing the county magistrate." ”

The magistrate glanced at Li Chuxia lightly, "Your Excellency Xie, if you don't speak again, then the official will directly punish you." ”

Xie Shi knelt on the ground and said with tears streaming down his face: "Lord Zhixian, I was wronged!" ”