Knowing that Wen Yiheng had returned to Qishan County, Lin Yinpeng, who originally thought that he would win the battle, instantly lost his confidence.

Lin Yinpeng secretly thought in his heart, he obviously heard his sister say that after Wen Yiheng returned to Hangzhou City from Quzhou, he left Su Jiudong behind, and immediately went to inspect Lin'an Mansion with Chu Lufeng, the minister of the Qin Mission.

How could Wen Yiheng return to Qishan County from Lin'an Mansion so quickly......

Lin Yinpeng came to the desk, hurriedly wrote a few words on the paper with a pen, put it in an envelope, and asked the guys in the restaurant to take the letter and send it to the house of Lord Fa Caowei in Lin'an Mansion immediately.

Lin Yinpeng came to the first floor of Lin Sheng's restaurant, stood behind the counter and looked out in the direction of the county yamen with the shopkeeper Hong.

He was a thief, his eyes were firmly fixed on the gate of the county government and he didn't dare to move away, he poked the shopkeeper Hong next to him with his elbow, and asked, "How is it?" How long have they been in? ”

"It's about two quarters of an hour...... In the meantime, only one official ran out and didn't know where he went, and in short, no one was sent to our restaurant. ”

Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng escorted Ah Sheng into the county government for so long, and the yamen had not sent someone to spread the word that the two of them had been to the hall, which was really strange.

Shopkeeper Hong was not as nervous as Lin Yinpeng, "Maybe they didn't find out that Ah Sheng had a connection with our restaurant?" ”

Lin Yinpeng patted the hand of the shopkeeper Hong with the account book, and scolded in disgust: "Stupid! If they didn't find out that Ah Sheng had something to do with us, why did they deliberately escort Ah Sheng past our store? ”

"Our restaurant is diagonally opposite the county government, and they will never pass by the door of our store when they come from the east. They did this on purpose, which was clearly a warning to us that they had found out about Ah Sheng. ”

As soon as the words fell, several officials walked out of the gate of the county government and came to Lin Sheng's restaurant.

"Here they are." Shopkeeper Hong's heart suddenly lifted, beating quickly with the pace of the officials.

Lin Yinpeng saw that the official had a serious face, holding the cross-knife at his waist, and walked violently, and secretly screamed in his heart.

Lin Yinpeng knew that the official was coming for him this time, gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, and quietly instructed the shopkeeper Hong: "I asked Ah Tian to go to Lin'an Mansion to run errands and deliver letters, and he may not be able to come back until dark." ”

"If he comes back, I haven't come out of the county government yet, you remember to take the things that Ah Tian brought back from Lin'an Mansion to the county government to find me! Certain! Remember! ”

"Lin Dongjia, how are you doing lately? Master Hu asked our brother to invite you to the county government and talk to him. Several officials are all natives of the county, and their attitude towards Lin Yinpeng is quite polite to Lin Yinpeng's background.

Another official walked to the back of the counter and took Shopkeeper Hong's elbow to walk out, "Shopkeeper Hong, you can also go with us." ”

"Shopkeeper Hong is also going with you?" Lin Yinpeng stopped and wanted to stop the official who was dragging the shopkeeper Hong: "Little brother, what happened, why did it pass that I went to the hall with the shopkeeper Hong?" I can go by myself, there is no shopkeeper Hong in the store, I don't worry about the business of the store. ”

"Lin Dongjia, when did you still remember the business in the restaurant? Let's keep your head in mind. ”

Liu Zhutou in the yamen saw that several officials were moving slowly, and he also came to get people, and the five of them were divided into two teams, three with Lin Yinpeng, and two escorted the shopkeeper Hong to the county office.

The officials in the government went to the restaurant to arrest people, and the diners who dined in Lin Sheng's restaurant reacted instantly, and there was a bustle in the county government to watch.

Several diners urged the shop guys to come and settle the bill, and they wanted to rush to the yamen to grab a good seat to watch the excitement.

Some diners saw that Shopkeeper Hong was also escorted, so they simply slipped into the crowd without settling the bill.

Lin Yinpeng and Shopkeeper Hong were taken to the county government hall, only to see Master Hu sitting behind the stage, Wen Yiheng sat indifferently on the stool on the left hand side that the government servant moved, Su Jiudong stood in the hall, and Ah Sheng's hands were tied with hemp rope and knelt on the ground.

"Grass people Hong Daquan, meet Master Hu."

Lin Yinpeng bowed first, and the shopkeeper Hong kowtowed in a proper manner.

"Grass people Lin Yinpeng, meet Master Hu. I don't know why Lord Hu summoned the grass people to come? ”

"Today, I specially summoned you and Shopkeeper Hong of Dong Lin to come here to solve the matter between your Lin Sheng Restaurant and Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant."

Master Hu put his five fingers together and palms facing upwards, put his fingers together and pointed at Su Jiudong, and his voice was cold: "Today, Su Dongjia of Yongyuan Medicinal Diet Pavilion came to the county government with human and material evidence, and accused you Lin Sheng Restaurant of assigning a fine work to her medicinal diet restaurant to spy on the secret medicinal diet formula, and asked you to come over and confront each other in the court. ”

Su Jiudong glanced at Lin Yinpeng calmly, and added in a loud voice: "Not only for the sake of meticulous work, but also for the fact that your Lin Sheng Restaurant is in my name and takes Yuangong Si and Tang to swagger outside, I will also solve it today to prevent future troubles." ”

"Assignment? Where does this begin? Our Lin Sheng Restaurant opened the door to do business, there was nothing unseemly, how could we assign Xi Zuo to other restaurants? ”

Lin Yinpeng pretended to be innocent and unaware, and retorted unreasonably.

"Let's talk about the second thing, our Lin Sheng Restaurant has discussed the matter of Yuangong Sihe Tang with your shopkeeper Liu before, that is just an intention to cooperate, how can it be regarded as swaggering and deceiving in the name of Su Dongjia and you?"

Lin Yinpeng is a businessman, and he is most familiar with his cheeky attitude, and he denies it all.

"Lin Dongjia is so determined, the certified physical evidence is here, you can still lie so calmly, it's really shameless."

Su Jiudong took out the paper he got from the scholar in the green shirt from his arms, spread it out again in the palm of his hand, smoothed out the folds, and asked the master to hand it to Master Hu.

"Master Hu, this is the evidence that the fine worker assigned by Lin Sheng's restaurant came to my family's medicinal restaurant to steal the secret recipe."

"This white-faced scholar in a green shirt is a meticulous work that has been visiting my medicinal restaurant recently. He came to the medicinal diet restaurant every day to order different medicinal dishes, which were not the same every day. ”

After ordering the dishes, he slowly tasted the medicinal food, and then pretended to read and take notes, and wrote down the medicinal materials, ingredients and cooking process on the paper one by one.

Su Jiudong pointed to the wrinkled piece of paper, "That piece of paper is proof!" It was clearly written in black and white that he had tasted the recipe of the ingredients after eating the medicinal diet in my medicinal restaurant today. ”

Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng came to the door today, and Master Hu thought that it was for the follow-up of Quzhou to discuss in detail, but he didn't expect that there was an accident at Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant again.

Why is the word "again" emphasized?

Since Su Jiudong's Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant opened and operated, it has indeed had something to do with many things that happened in Qishan County.

For example, the fall of the Lei family, the separation of the Su family, the recuperation of the former county official and Mrs. Li, and the recent help to quell the plague in Quzhou.

One by one, they have become the talk of the people of Qishan County in their leisure time.

After listening to Su Jiudong's explanation, Lord Hu was worried that there would be another family separation similar to the last time the Su family, but it turned out that Su Jiudong himself brought all the certified physical evidence to the yamen and asked Lord Hu to directly hear and pronounce the verdict.

Master Hu patted the hall in shock, and scolded the green-shirted scholar kneeling in the hall: "What's your name?" Is it someone from Lin Sheng's restaurant? Everything Su Dongjia said just now, are you willing to confess? ”

The scholar in the green shirt, who had been depressed, raised his head, his words were indifferent and disdainful, and he responded in a low voice: "Cao Min Wei Yisheng, do ...... in Lin Sheng's restaurant"

"Ah Sheng was just recruited by the grass people to help at the beginning of the year, and he usually helps in the back kitchen of our restaurant." Lin Yinpeng interrupted Wei Yisheng's answer and rushed to answer in a loud voice.

But recently he said he wasn't feeling well and took a few days sick with the grass farmer. So where he has been and what he has done in the past few days, the grass people don't know anything, and it has nothing to do with our restaurant. ”

Master Hu's face changed, and there was a little anger mixed with coldness and seriousness: "Bold! This official is asking him, how dare you wantonly answer? ”

"Lin Dongjia, now it's Wei Yisheng answering Master Hu's question, what are you doing to interrupt him to reply? Are you a thief with a weak heart and dare not let him tell the truth? Wen Yiheng, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, spoke lightly, and the fierceness between his eyebrows and eyes made Lin Yinpeng couldn't help but shudder.

Lin Yinpeng turned sideways to avoid Wen Yiheng's gaze, and clenched his fists to apologize to Lord Hu: "Please also ask Lord Hu to forgive the rudeness of the grass people...... The grass people are just afraid that Ah Sheng will not be able to speak at his young age, and if he accidentally says the wrong thing and unintentionally offends the adult, it will not be good. ”

"Now is not the time for you to speak, you and Shopkeeper Hong stand down first. The official now has to listen to Wei Yisheng himself. Master Hu didn't eat Lin Yinpeng's set, and ordered Lin Yinpeng to fight to the side and not say more.

"The grass man was indeed recruited into Lin Sheng's restaurant at the beginning of this year, and now he is a little miscellaneous soldier who helps run errands in the kitchen." Wei Yisheng repeated it expressionlessly according to Lin Yinpeng's words.

"Those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black. I've been following the bad guys for a long time, and I don't even have to blink an eye to lie. Su Jiudong originally had a slight impression of Wei Yisheng because of his own talent.

Su Jiudong also thought that if Wei Yisheng was willing to obediently confess to the crime, she would take it lightly, no longer hold him responsible, and find an opportunity to recruit him into the Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant to help in the future.

Unexpectedly, Wei Yisheng had a shy and honest white-faced scholarly face, but his heart was as black as Lin Yinpeng.

Wei Yisheng's lying behavior wiped out the little good impression he left on Su Jiudong.

Su Jiudong looked at Wen Yiheng, Wen Yiheng nodded, snapped his fingers and asked the officials in the hall to go out and get people.

After a while, the official led a middle-aged man in. The man had a large head and a thick neck, a swollen abdomen, and a burn scar on his arm.

"Back to my lord, Chef Cai from the original Linsheng Restaurant brought it." The official invited Chef Cai to the court, and Master Hu did not let Chef Cai kneel and bow, but directly asked him to stand and reply.

"Chef Cai, you used to work in Lin Sheng's restaurant, have you ever known this Wei Yisheng?" Master Hu's attitude towards Chef Cai was quite polite, and he did not have such a stern attitude as scolding Lin Yinpeng.