Chapter Seventy-Eight: Behind Bars
Probably knowing what was going on, Wen Yue craned her neck and wanted to look through the crowd to see her storefront.
Seeing Wen Qing like a little adult, he went up and down with the person who asked Jing Zhaoyin.
"This murder happened in your shop, where is your shopkeeper? You need to explain it to us in detail. ”
Wen Qing looked around, he also came early in the morning to take stock of the body and found it, and he still needed to ask the shopkeeper of the rice shop for the specific situation.
There was such a big thing, and the shopkeeper was not at the scene, Wen Qing frowned, and said to a small guy beside him
"Who are your shopkeepers?"
It was difficult to hide the fierceness in his tone, and his eyes seemed to be about to stare through this little guy.
The little guy trembled at the humanity of Chao Wenqing and the government
"Recently, most of the shopkeepers live in the shop, and yesterday they said that there was something at home for us to take care of the store and leave, and I haven't come here yet."
"I don't care, call your master."
The leader looked contemptuous, although he knew that this shop was originally owned by the third prince, but now that the owner has changed hands, no matter how dignified the prince is, it is impossible to be involved in a murder case for a strategist.
At this moment, Wen Yue pushed aside the crowd and stepped forward calmly, without showing any panic
"I'm the person in charge of this shop, so I wonder how this messenger wants to interrogate?"
The official messenger squinted his eyes and looked down at Wen Yue from top to bottom, looking very disdainful, and even asked rhetorically
"You? Are you the owner of this shop? ”
He looked Wen Yue up and down, this small body, weak like a girl or a good son who was still popular in this imperial city, thought about embarrassment.
"It's exactly down there." Wen Yue is respectful and respectful, and her attitude is impeccable.
"Are you guilty?" The official almost pointed his nostrils at Wen Yue and said contemptuously.
At this time, Wen Yue was just a suspect with an inextricable charge, so what was he afraid of when he was in charge of investigating this case.
Wen Yue smiled quietly, but in fact, she pretended to be calm
"I don't know below, this person is born and dies, and the courtyard under the courtyard has increased a lot of bad luck, how can the official still be convicted of the subordinates?"
"You literati just gave birth to a pair of dexterous tongues, don't give me sloppy eyes here, this hoarding of official rice is a lot, Wang Gongzi."
Inside the Three Princes' Mansion
Early this morning, Wen Yunxiu's door was knocked open by a rapid knock, but fortunately, Wen Yunxiu had slept lightly and did not blame the gale.
Gale is Wen Yunxiu's secret guard, and he has been practicing martial arts with Jintuan since he was a child, and he is loyal to Wen Yunxiu.
During the day, he followed Wen Yunxiu and served as a housekeeper in this mansion.
Gale didn't dare to disturb the master's rest like this, but it was His Highness's heart that had an accident this time, and he had to report something in time, if it was delayed......
He didn't dare to imagine what it would be like to anger His Highness.
"What's the matter?"
Wen Yunxiu rarely encountered such an eager appearance of Gale Wind, and couldn't help but be a little curious.
"Your Highness, something happened to the princess."
Wen Yunxiu shook up from his chair
"Tell me, what's going on."
"This morning, the place where the official rice was hoarded in the backyard of the rice shop given to the princess by His Royal Highness died, and the officials came to make a fuss, and it was found that the princess had hoarded more grain than the law stipulated."
Wen Yunxiu frowned, and there was a hint of anger in his tone
"Didn't you let you keep an eye on it? How do you do things? ”
Gale lay on the ground and kowtowed, his head pressed against the ground and did not dare to lift it
"My subordinates have been watching carefully for the past few days, except for finding that the shopkeeper has been in contact with a man in a black robe, and these things have happened before I have time to tell His Highness."
Wen Yunxiu is also a smart person, even if they stare at the gale, they can do something to get out, I'm afraid it's only that person, and he doesn't bother to blame the gale more
"Forget it, I'll take a look."
The main worry in his heart was whether Wen Yue would be framed for murder, and at the same time, he was also thinking that Wen Yue's actions in recent days were a little too aimed at that person.
It's only natural that he'll fight back.
Wen Yue here still calmly faced this servant, although his own handle in this matter was being manipulated by others, and he actually violated this law.
"My lord, this dead man has landed in the backyard of my house, and I think I am also a victim, and this dead man is actually the shopkeeper of my other shop......
After that, Wen Yue wanted to work hard to pretend to be sad and sad, in order to win the sympathy of the officials.
But she forgot that she looked like a man at this time, and she couldn't do the beauty trick to change the attitude of the servants.
Wen Qing, who was beside him, stepped forward and said respectfully to the official
"Lord Guancha, since this corpse can fall into the backyard of our store without any problems, wouldn't it be easier for this official rice to enter our store?"
Wen Yue looked at Wen Qing sideways, obviously she was shocked by Wen Qing's reaction, where had he met this dead man before, and he could still maneuver between the government and the mansion calmly.
This sentence woke up the official messenger, he nodded thoughtfully, and looked at the young man, who seemed to be not very old, but in fact his mind was delicate and abnormal.
He clicked on the few officials who followed behind him
"You, you, you go with me to see the scene of the murder, and the rest of the people will stay at the door to seal off this place."
Wen Yue suddenly flashed something in his mind, and stopped the official in an instant
"My lord, I suddenly remembered that the account books of this shop are still in the house, so now send someone to get them for your lordship's inspection, okay?"
The official narrowed his eyes, what the hell is this idea? It sounded understandable, so he nodded.
Wen Qing secretly wondered in his heart that the account book of this shop was obviously on him, and since he took care of this shop at the request of his son, this account book was placed on his own body.
Because after starting to deploy and hoard official rice, Wen Qing made this account very beautiful and flawless, in case of emergency.
I put it on my body to prevent this account book from being seen by people with bad intentions in the store.
Wen Yue turned her head and walked towards Jintuan, holding Jintuan's hands with both hands
He said in a voice that was not too big or too small for these officials to hear
"Go back to the cabinet in the study in my house and look for the account book next to the lotus, and bring it if you find it, I believe you."
Jin Tuan looked at Wen Yue's sincere eyes, and she also knew that Wen Yue's study had no account books at all, and there were no lotus flowers at all.
Wen Yue pinned her hopes on Jintuan, hoping that she could understand what she meant.
Jin Tuan has been with Wen Yue for at least a while, and he knows that Wen Yue has a deep meaning this time, so he turned around and walked out, thinking to himself every step of the way
Den? Looking for books? Lotus?
Jin Tuan's mind suddenly spelled these words together
Looking for lotus, looking for he.
The princess asked her to go to Shopkeeper He and bring him.
The inexplicable disappearance of the shopkeeper He, and the corpse of the shopkeeper of the cloth workshop appeared in the backyard, presumably he knew something.