Wang Debao seemed to have evaporated from the world, and he did not show up on the street for two consecutive days.

"Where is Xu going to be a good friend?" Shopkeeper He didn't care about this.

However, in front of the little master's family, it was difficult to talk about these men and women, so he could only vaguely pass: "...... In short, whether he is dead or alive has nothing to do with us, what does he do! ”

Du Baozhu vaguely felt a little uneasy, and near noon, this uneasiness finally broke out.

At that time, Du Baozhu, Cui Shi and others were checking out several new clothing styles in the newly rented workshop. Lu Er is worthy of being the son of the official eunuch who has the longest sleeves on the ground in the capital, and he is not a tooth man who is better than a tooth man, Du Baozhu asked him to help find a few famous white clothes as models, and he really found four or five. Each is chic and straight.

The leading one is Pei Nuan, the first genius in Chang'an, who is now in the limelight. After he changed into the clothes prepared by Du Baozhu, his original elegant temperament became a little more calm and dignified.

"What a handsome little Lang-kun."

Zhou praised with a smile, Pei Nuan's white neck was immediately dyed pink, and he rubbed it to the end: "The lady praises it, it is Du Ji's tailor who has good workmanship." ”

"It's all good." Zhou winked at Cui's: "Our tailor skills are good, and Lang Jun is also good-looking." ”

The Tang Dynasty was inherited from the Wei and Jin dynasties, and it was not a bizarre event for women to praise men's appearance on the street. It's just that Pei Nuan doesn't often walk outside, so he is a little shy about such things.

Zhou was about to say more, when he heard a knock on the gate of the courtyard: "Open the door!" ”

As soon as the old Zhang Tou who guarded the door opened the door, he broke into several officials: "How can the shopkeeper of Du Ji Coupon Bank be here?" ”

Shopkeeper He hurriedly came out of the crowd: "Here, here." ”

"You don't know what you're looking for?"

The official glanced at the shopkeeper He up and down, and then stretched out his hand to catch him: "Someone accused you of buying murder, and Liu Fu Yin passed you to court!" ”

"Hey! Official, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding here. Zhou saw the most in the world, so he hurriedly stopped the person and quietly stuffed a piece of broken silver into the hand of the leading officer.

The official also weighed the weight of the silver quietly, then wiped his nose and said with a smile: "This is not a misunderstanding, the person who complained is the shopkeeper of your Du Ji by name." ”

"Buy a murderer, who did you kill?"

"The former shopkeeper of Changle Liquor Store, Wang Debao!" The official glanced at everyone present and said, "Who doesn't know that you Du Ji have an old enmity with that Wang Debao?" He's dead, and of course you can't get out of it. ”

"Wang Debao is dead?" Everyone was amazed.

Cui and Zhou, who had not participated in Wang Debao's dispute, were at a loss, and only Du Baozhu and other people who knew about Wang Debao's disappearance did not show much surprise.

"Auntie." Du Baozhu quietly tugged at Cui's sleeve and reminded: "The human life lawsuit is not trivial, and you need to deliver a message to Aya." ”

There are constant wars in various places, and Chang'an looks prosperous, but it is already rotten inside. Forget about petty disputes, this kind of lawsuit that involves human life, rich and powerful and unrich and powerless are completely two kinds of trial methods, and most of them are poor people who are beaten to make amends for the rich.

"Yes!" Cui Shi reacted at this time, and hurriedly called Hongyin and asked her to go to the military department where the master served.

I can't take care of the signing of the model, and Zhou, who is good at dancing, led a group of guests to leave through the side door: "Shopkeeper He is definitely not a murderer, Du Ji is doing a serious business, and he will never use such a method." Before the official decision, I also ask you to keep it secret for us, so as not to ruin Du Ji's reputation. ”

"It's nature."

Pei Nuan led the crowd to make a promise, and the Zhou family chased after Du Baozhu and his party with great gratitude.

Looking at the figure in the distance, Pei Nuan thought about it, turned around and went to King Shou's Mansion.

Wang Debao is not a good person or a celebrity, and it is said that his death is not a big deal. But somehow the news leaked out, and the way to Jingzhao Mansion was full of spectators.

"Jiaojiao'er," Cui's palm was wet, and the hand holding Du Baozhu trembled slightly: "If something like this happens, will Du Ji's business also be affected?" ”

She knew that her daughter had only spent a lot of money to receive a batch of cloth from Sun Fang, what if she had no money to buy food and medicine next year because of this matter?

"A-Niang, don't worry." Du Baozhu pinched his mother's hand in turn and whispered comfortingly: "If you don't do it, you don't do it, let's do it right, and we're not afraid of crooked shadows." ”

As he spoke, the official office had arrived. The open space in front of the door was already crowded with people watching the excitement, and the groom had to park his car in the back alley of the official office.

Du Baozhu's mother and daughter put on their hats, and then squeezed into the official office under the protection of a few guys.

I saw Liu Zhongfang, the head of the house, sitting in front of the hall, and on one side of the hall was the shopkeeper He who had his hands cut off by the officials, and on the other side was the old woman who was supported by two young women. The old woman looked at her fifties and sixties, crying very sadly, thinking that it should be Wang Debao's mother.

At this time, the master was reading the paper, to the effect that Du Ji He Wannian had a feud with Wang Debao a few months ago because of the poor management of the wine shop. Later, he deliberately made a loophole contract to trap Wang Debao, causing the hatred between the two to deepen.

It wasn't until a few days ago that Wang Debao imitated Du Ji's promotional conference, which completely aroused He Wannian's hatred, and then he encountered misfortune.

The person who wrote the paper had some skills, and he wrote about obviously irrelevant things with a nose and eyes, as if he had seen it with his own eyes, which made the emotions of the onlookers very excited.

"Seems to be the case! I remember that today's Du Kee New Tea Shop was rebuilt from the former Du Kee Wine Shop! ”

"Wang Debao was treacherous and cunning, relying on the support of others, forcibly buying and selling, and selling mixed wine at a high price, which forced many liquor stores. If I were the owner of those liquor shops, I would have loved to kill him! ”

As he spoke, he directly regarded He Wannian as the real murderer.

Seeing that the situation was bad, Du Baozhu hurriedly covered his face, hid in the crowd and said, "This is not right! Although the two families have a feud because of business, everyone knows that Du Ji's business is booming now, but Wang Debao, the former shopkeeper of Changle Liquor Store, has failed to change his door several times, and he has lost a lot of money at the promotion conference. If he really wants to seek revenge, he should also buy the murderer to take revenge on He Wannian, how can it be reversed? ”

As soon as she said this, everyone felt that it made sense again.

"Yes, I know the shopkeeper, a well-known kind person, and he can't do such a thing as buying a murderer. What's more, Du Ji is making a lot of money now, why should he let himself be involved in a life lawsuit? This is obviously thankless! ”

"Yes...... Is it indeed Wang Debao who died? The corpse was fished out of the canal with my own eyes, and it had a git on its neck. ”

This information was unknown to Du Baozhu, and she couldn't help but ponder when she heard it, she always felt that there seemed to be traces of human manipulation behind Wang Debao's death.

For example, where did these visitors hear the news from? Was it released by Du Kee's competitors? But where did that man get the news?

She thought for a moment and continued to hide in the crowd: "When did you see the corpse of Wang Debao that they fished for?" It can't be nonsense, right? ”

"Who said nonsense!" The man was innocently wronged, very dissatisfied, and shouted: "When I went to the canal to buy fish this morning, I saw Wang Debao's body stuck in the ditch. I was the first one to ask someone to fish! ”

The news of the morning spread before noon, and it was ridiculously fast. The man seemed to have prepared in advance, waiting for others to find Wang Debao's body.

Was it deliberately arranged by the murderer? What benefits does he get from it? Du Baozhu's thoughts flew, and the suspicious object quickly flashed in his mind.

Among them, the most suspicious is Wang Debao's boss Sun Fang. But they still have a fabric deal that has not been settled, and if Du Ji closes the door due to something, won't he lose seven hundred taels of silver in vain?

Could it be that she knew in advance what she was doing with the fabric, and planned to cross the river and tear down the bridge?

A chill crawled up Du Baozhu's back along her spine, she just thought about doing business and making money, but she forgot that this was an era when one hand could cover the sky, and the most worthless thing here was human life.

Will she harm the Du family instead......

"Silence!" Without waiting for Du Baozhu to think deeply, Liu Zhongfang in the hall knocked on the table and suppressed the voices of everyone's discussions.

Liu Zhongfang is really annoyed by Wang Debao and Du Ji's gang, the background on both sides is unpredictable, so he doesn't know how to cook, and now there are even deaths!

How does this make him judge?

Lowering his eyes and looking between the plaintiff and the defendant, he finally made a decision: "Wang Lin, you said that He Wannian is the murderer, but what physical evidence is there?" ”

Whatever! Wang Debao is from Lieutenant Tian's faction, and he lost his life again, so it will not be wrong to favor this side. What's more, Du Ji has made a lot of money, if he doesn't take this opportunity to knock on a bang, won't he be in vain?

Wang Lin was old, dazzled and deaf, and only cared about crying. On the contrary, the girl who was holding her beside her was generous and organized: "If you go back to the official, the slave has evidence, but this evidence cannot be moved, so you can only ask the official to go in person." ”

What a hassle. Liu Zhongfang reluctantly beckoned the official to prepare a sedan chair, and followed the girl's guidance to the root of the courtyard wall of a villa in Qujiangfang.

The girl pointed to the broken wine jar stacked in the corner of the wall and said, "This wine jar is fired in the same kiln as the wine jar found by the slave in Dalang's shop, and this villa is the property of the Du family." If it weren't for Du Ji harming Da Lang, how could this wine jar be here? ”

This broken wine jar was the one that Chen Niao found at the beginning, but at that time, he was busy reporting to Du Baozhu and didn't have time to clean it up. Later, after a night of nothing, everyone forgot about this wine jar.

Unexpectedly, it turned into evidence against the Du family.

Du Baozhu's eyebrows jumped, and he hurriedly retorted: "There are more than a dozen wine jars burned in one kiln, but more than hundreds. Could it be that if you see the same batch of wine jars elsewhere, do you have to say that they are evidence of Wang Debao's murder? ”

"But everyone else has no grievances with my family."

That's not necessarily, Wang Debao has been bullying and dominating the market for a long time, and there are many people who have been forced to die by him, maybe who is looking for revenge?

didn't wait for Du Baozhu to refute the girl again, Yin Liu Zhongfang of Jingzhao Mansion had already waved his hand to stop everyone's argument, stroked his beard and said, "What this lady said is really reasonable." Du Ji had a grudge against Wang Debao before, and there was ironclad evidence later, and the case was already very clear. Someone come, pick up the wine jar and bring it back to the yamen as evidence! ”