Chapter 113: Gathering Evidence
Aunt Lin couldn't make up her mind in her heart, so she sent someone to keep an eye on them secretly in case they suddenly made a move.
As a result, Liu Qingshao ignored her at all.
So, she quickly relented.
Seeing that the business of Liu Qingshao's shop, since they came back, it has been getting better and better day by day, Aunt Lin's heart is very uncomfortable as if it has been gnawed by ants.
There are many shops in the town, and everyone's business is similar, so Aunt Lin has never had other thoughts.
However, Liu Qingshao's shop is unique, and every time she launches something new, she can always attract a lot of customers......
Aunt Lin waited for several days, but they didn't take any action, and she became more and more proud.
She thought that Liu Qingshao and Xiao Hanyin couldn't do anything about themselves, so she chose to swallow her anger.
After all, this often happens to people in the town, and she is not the only one who steals school.
Aunt Lin is extremely jealous of the business in the willow green peony shop.
She opened several shops, but the business was not good, and she couldn't earn a few taels of silver a month.
Therefore, she hit the idea on Liu Qingshao's newly launched food.
But as long as the food made by Liu Qingshao is eaten, there is nothing unpopular.
If she can learn and sell it in her own shop, business will definitely improve......
After Aunt Lin had a mind, she began to arrange it secretly.
Within a few days, her shop began to sell food that she had stolen from Liu Qingshao, and business improved a lot.
Seeing this, Aunt Lin San's heart was quite uncomfortable, she had been running the shop with her heart, but she was never as good as Liu Qingshao.
In fact, she also thought about selling the food made by the chef himself, but unfortunately he would, and the chefs of other restaurants in the town would.
In this way, there is no room for him to play at all, after all, the food in Liu Qingshao's shop is not only novel, but also tastes very good, and many people can't help but go a second time after eating it.
Aunt Lin tried several times and failed, so she simply thought of this method.
Since Liu Qingshao sold cold noodles at the entrance of the village, she used this method to make money in the town.
Aunt Lin, who tasted the sweetness, became more and more bold, and even after stealing school, she didn't care about making food and selling it in the shop.
It's a pity that she didn't know at this time that she was already in danger......
After Liu Qingshao made fresh food, she immediately went to see the county order.
The county magistrate hadn't seen them for a long time, so he had a meal with them.
Now, he has to go to Liu Qingshao's shop to eat at the end of three days, and the food made by the cook at home can't satisfy his appetite at all.
However, since Liu Qingshao and Xiao Hanyin left, he hadn't tasted fresh food for a long time.
This time, the food brought by Liu Qingshao made his appetite move.
"How did you come up with these foods?" After the county order was full, he was in a very happy mood, and he hadn't eaten so much in one go for a long time.
"We went to Ningcheng this time, after tasting the local food, the little girl has always wanted to combine the characteristics of the two places and make a few different dishes, this is the result of my research for many days, what do you think?" Liu Qingshao has a good relationship with the county order, so she is a little less cautious when she speaks.
"Yes, the taste is fresh and tender, and it tastes even more fragrant and delicious!" The prefectural ordinance gave a high evaluation.
"My lord, if someone keeps stealing from my shop, does that count as stealing?" Liu Qingshao came here today to learn about the law in this regard.
"If you can have evidence that those things were indeed stolen by the other party, you can sue the other party, but it can't be regarded as stealing, at most you can only hit 20 boards as punishment!" The imperial court did not have a clear law in this regard.
Unless someone else has stolen their things and is caught by them, it can be considered theft.
Although he admires Liu Qingshao's cooking skills, he will definitely not make an exception for her.
"What if the things they use have the logo of my shop on them?" Liu Qingshao knew very little about the laws of the imperial court.
"That way, if you have evidence, you can accuse them of stealing!" For the sake of food, the county order briefly explained to them the difference between the two.
"Thank you, my lord, the folk girl knows what to do!" Liu Qingshao said with a smile.
After going back, Liu Qingshao and Xiao Hanyin immediately set out to collect evidence.
However, Aunt Lin is very cunning, and every time she steals something from them, she will not easily leave traces.
What's more, there are too many people who come to their shop to eat every day, and they don't know who the person sent by Aunt Lin to steal the school is.
After thinking about it, Liu Qingshao decided to take the initiative to take action in order to catch her off guard.
Aunt Lin's approach is too disgusting, every time they launch a new dish in their shop, within a few days, Aunt Lin's shop will start selling them similar dishes.
She wanted to completely cut off Aunt Lin's desire to learn her own dishes.
Reporting to the official is the fastest and most convenient way, after all, the Lin family is not small, if it is a hard match, I am afraid that both sides will lose, and then it will be cheaper for other businessmen in the town.
So, Liu Qingshao deliberately spent money to send someone to find the chef in Aunt Lin's shop.
This person is the one who helps Aunt Lin cook.
All the dishes were made by someone who secretly came back to tell him, and he managed to figure it out.
Although the dishes he made were a little different from the ones in their shop, they were also seven points similar, except for some differences in the ingredients, the others were almost identical. cruel
This person's cooking skills are good, but it's a pity that he followed Aunt Lin to help him abuse.
Liu Qingshao wanted to try to buy him off, and then give Aunt Lin a fatal blow.
After the chef was brought to Liu Qingshao, he was always very apprehensive, because he knew that the dishes that Aunt Lin wanted to cook by herself were all from Liu Qingshao's hands.
However, he has been in charge of Aunt Lin's shop for so long, and there has never been an accident, so he has a little luck in his heart.
"You know why I came to you, right?" Liu Qingshao glanced at him and said.
"I don't know anything, you let me go!" Chef's forehead was covered with sweat.
"You helped that woman of the Lin family to do a lot of evil, didn't you think about what would happen to you?" Liu Qingshao said sharply with a sharp look in her eyes.
"I'm just a cook who can only cook, I will do what the master tells me to do, and I don't know the rest!" He bites the bullet and doesn't say anything.
He knew in his heart that once he confessed, he would not escape responsibility.
"I'll give you two ways, one is to bear all the responsibility for the Lin family, and spend the rest of your life in prison, and the other is to testify against the Lin family, and I will give you a sum of silver!" Liu Qingshao said.
Hearing this, he hesitated in his heart!
In fact, he also knows what kind of person Aunt Lin is, if this matter is really poked out, he will definitely be pushed out to take the blame.
Liu Qingshao not only held him accountable, but was also willing to give him a sum of silver, and his heart was soon shaken......
"If I help you, will you really let me go?" His eyes flickered.
"I will never go back on what I said!" Liu Qingshao gave a promise.
"Okay, I promise you, but you'd better do what you say!" Chef finally agreed.
People don't kill for themselves, although Aunt Lin gave him a good salary, but compared to the hundreds of taels of silver that Liu Qingshao took out, it was still less.
Fifty taels of silver per month is already very high compared to other cooks.
However, Liu Qingshao can take out three hundred taels of silver casually, which shows that her financial resources should be much better than the Lin family.
It's a pity that they have been doing business for a short time, and their connections in the town are not as good as those of the Lin family......
After Liu Qingshao persuaded the chef, she immediately reported to the official.
At this time, Aunt Lin was greeting guests in the shop.
The official suddenly went to her shop, frightening the guests who were eating inside.
As soon as Aunt Lin wanted to go over to inquire about the situation, she was controlled by the official.
"Why are you arresting me?" Aunt Lin said with a trace of fear in her eyes.
Recently, she has been very peaceful and has not done anything wrong, why would the official messenger come to arrest someone?
"You'll know when you get to the county office!" After the official finished speaking, he took her away.
Aunt Lin was taken to the county government in public, and she was stunned, and she didn't know what was going on.
However, the matter was quickly spread, after all, when the official came to arrest people, there were still many customers in her shop eating.
Ever since she stole the new dishes launched by Liu Qingshao, the business of her shop has been good......
After Aunt Lin was escorted to the court, she found that Liu Qingshao and Xiao Hanyin were also there.
A trace of fierceness quickly surged up in her eyes, "Did you deliberately falsely accuse me?" ”
"Hmph, when you stole the food recipe from my shop, you should have known that there would be today!" Liu Qingshao's face was cold.
"You don't have a bloody mouth, when did I steal the food recipe in your shop?" Aunt Lin retorted angrily.
She just asked people to steal the food in their shop, but she didn't steal their recipes, so she didn't have a weak heart at all, but still looked right.
At the beginning, she didn't do this kind of thing less, and Liu Qingshao couldn't do anything about her, so Aunt Lin had no fear, thinking that she was simply tossing in vain.
After all, this kind of thing happens from time to time in the town, and it doesn't help to report to the police......
"My lord, please be the master of the people's wife, this little hoof deliberately made false accusations and wanted to frame me!" Aunt Lin decided that they couldn't produce evidence, so she shouted that they were wronged.
"The thief shouts to catch the thief!" Xiao Han said sarcastically with an expressionless face.
"The women are wronged, please be sure to be aware of everything, their food recipes are gone, and they really have nothing to do with the women!" Aunt Lin shouted loudly, "Please return the innocence of the people's wife!" ”
"That's enough, the official has his own decision on this matter, if anyone talks more, the official will order someone to slap his mouth!" The county magistrate patted the startled wooden road.
Although Aunt Lin was unwilling, she finally shut up because of the majesty of the county order.
She didn't dare to argue with the county magistrate, although the Lin family was a little powerful, but the county magistrate was their parent official, and it was just a matter of one sentence to punish her......
"My lord, the women were greeting guests in the shop, and suddenly they were brought to the court, and they kept slandering me, are they not allowed to plead a case or two?" Aunt Lin was silent for a while, and couldn't help but cry out for herself.
She felt that the county order was deliberately biased in favor of Liu Qingshao and Xiao Hanyin, and there was less respect and more contempt in her casual words.
"Do you still need this official to do what you do yourself?" There was a hint of disgust in the county commander's eyes.
When Liu Qingshao came to sue Aunt Lin, she had already found evidence from them and handed it over to him.
If it weren't for this, he wouldn't let the officials under him go directly to Aunt Lin's shop to arrest people......