Chapter 235: Night Talk
In the depths of an old alley not far from the county office, the cyan eaves next to each other almost block the sunlight from the outside, although the wind is difficult to penetrate in, but it is difficult to see the light of day all year round, making this place full of gloomy, and you can't feel the heat of the summer morning at all.
In the darkest part of the alley, there were three or five men standing or squatting in it, chatting inside. After a while, two men wearing official uniforms hurriedly ran in from the entrance of the alley, and opened their mouths and shouted: "Boss Zhou! "When I looked closely, it was the pockmarks and horse faces that escorted Jiang Han and Yun Niang the day before.
Hearing this, a man of medium stature who was leaning against the wall looked sideways and asked in a flat voice, "How are things going?" As soon as the words came out, there was a faint hint of nervousness between the man's eyebrows, he had a pair of thick black broom eyebrows, a pair of dead fish eyes that were whiter than black, at first glance a little honest, but when the eyes were rolling, there was an evil melancholy.
"That's it! You can rest assured that I will do something! Mazi Catcher proudly patted his chest and said.
"Good! The person has been in for almost a quarter of an hour, and it should have reached the critical moment, thinking that it will not be long before Chen County's order will react, let's bring the person over. As he spoke, he spat on the ground, smiled proudly, and said, "God help me this time!" ”
He just had a drink with Lin Wanli's unlucky guy in Lihongyuan, but he happened to hear someone next door loudly scolding him for not being able to buy a recipe, and he was looking for someone to mess up the business between the boy surnamed Jiang and the Zhou family. It was an ordinary thing, but Lin Wanli's face changed greatly, and he hated to say that the kid surnamed Jiang was a-stirring stick, colluding with Shen Heimian, causing their Yellow Gang power prestige and business to plummet, and sooner or later they would kill that kid Yunyun.
He saw that Lin Wanli looked like a cannibal, but he didn't dare to move because he was afraid of Shen Hei's face, so he joked: "Let's make a game with the one next door and put the kid surnamed Jiang into the county prison." I have a relationship in prison, and it is a matter of one sentence for someone to secretly kill someone. ”
Lin Wanli was overjoyed and immediately invited the person next door over. As soon as a few people met, the leader of those people was still known to Lin Wanli, and this matter hit it off.
It was just a plan for the Jiang family's boy, but who knew that after the trial in the hall yesterday, the thin monkey who was in charge of secretly contacting the Xie family heard the Xie family casually say, "The second girl in the fifth room grew yellow and thin when she was a child, and she didn't want to grow up but she completely changed, but fortunately, they said it was Zhu Chen's to the outside world, otherwise we really wouldn't be able to come up with a certificate" and thought about it.
The thin monkey is the one with the most tricks among his subordinates, and he was originally the one who followed Li Zhutou closely.
After a few twists and turns, he came to offer him a plan, saying that he would take advantage of Zhao Shixiong's trip to Hengzhou and splash that bastard with a basin of dirty water.
"Yes, Boss! This means that the position of the headhunter is destined to be yours! Zhao Shixiong's son of a bitch, took the lead in going to Hengzhou to investigate the missing case, thinking that he would be able to catch fast as he wished if he came back after making meritorious service, how do you know that he is making wedding clothes for the boss, hahaha! Mazi caught flattery.
"Who made him so unlucky? actually has a relationship with the Jiang family—— do you think that the cousin of the Jiang family is a member of the Zhu Chen Xie family? A young man with a thick, wide mouth asked curiously.
When a thin man beside the thick mouth heard this, he sneered: "Does it matter if she is Zhu Chen Xie's family, the Xie family says no, it's not!" Who made her uncle close to Zhao Shixiong? The Xie family stood up and denied it, and there were people in the neighborhood who testified, let's let the grandfather see the household registration and road guide again, and the grandfather didn't believe that she was pretending to be a person! And how did the fake household registration and road guide in her hand come about-think about it, and know that it was done by Zhao Shixiong, who is close to the Jiang family! Moreover, the master is suspicious, and he will definitely start to investigate - I don't believe that he Zhao Shixiong has been catching fast for so many years, and he has not done a little pickled thing! Li Zhu was about to be brought down, except for the case of the jasper teapot, what annoyed the master the most was the collusion with the pioneer Master Chen to forge documents, only two months Zhao Shixiong also broke out this kind of thing, the grandfather's anger can be imagined! The thin man was so proud that the corners of his mouth were hanging on his eyes.
"It's all thanks to the thin monkey, you are delicate and resourceful, and you have come up with this wonderful trick." Zhou Zhukuai patted the thin man on the shoulder and praised, "I can actually come up with a plan to design the Jiang family's cousin to use the Xie family's identity from the words of the Xie family!" Zhou Zhukuai stretched out his thumb.
The thin man named Skinny Monkey smiled modestly, and opened his mouth for another tirade, and the anger in his words could not be concealed.
"The boss is too praised, you become the head catcher, so we can raise our eyebrows! In the past, we followed Li Zhutou, although he didn't pay attention to it, but there were still some benefits to be gained...... If Zhao Shixiong becomes the head catcher, it is conceivable that we people will not have good fruits to eat! He snorted coldly, his face showing disdain, "If Zhao Shixiong hadn't been in the hands of the master because of the matter of bringing down Li Zhutou, and there was Master Fang to help you speak well in front of the master, the position of the head catcher should have been yours a long time ago, and it would have been delayed until now." Let's kind of a tooth for a tooth! While he was not there, the county commander disgusted him, and he didn't even have a chance to turn over, which was really happy!"
"Hahaha, I can't wait to see Zhao Shixiong's mouthless trapped beast appearance!" Ma Zi said quickly, and several other people also echoed and laughed one after another.
Zhou Zhu quickly raised his hand to stop them from laughing wildly: "Okay, there are variables before things are decided, and now is not the time for us to be happy!" He motioned to Mazi to catch quickly, "Mahu, you go into the house and bring those three people out, let's go to the court, I think the trial is almost over in the court, don't talk nonsense, it's important to get down to business, let's go!" ”
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At this time, above the public court, the servants brought a small table and put it on the left side of the county master's desk as a tasting table, and Jiang Han was picking up a small piece of golden cake and throwing it into his mouth.
This taste is indeed her cake, it seems that it has been frozen for at least two days, and it should be placed directly on the ice, just taken out in the morning, although it has not changed the taste, but the original soft and dry cake has absorbed the moisture in the ice, and the aroma is gone, leaving only a lump of soft stomach, just like the fried cabbage is completely wilted, and it is tasteless to eat in the mouth.
Jiang Han reluctantly swallowed the piece of cake, and saw that the master next to him also finished eating it expressionlessly, so he hurriedly cut off a triangle with the round cake with the missing corner she had brought out earlier, and handed it to the master with the clean chopsticks next to him, and said diligently: "Master eat this piece, this piece was just made in the morning, it is really soft and delicious, I don't know how many times better than the piece that was left for three days just now!" She sneered and glanced at the people of the Xie family, "Someone obviously bought my cake two days ago, and put it in ice until this morning to take it out - I don't want to say anything, I believe that the master will definitely give the feeling of tasting it to the master truthfully, and the master will never be deceived by you treacherous villains!" ”
The Xie family who was kneeling below was hanging their heads at the moment, their hearts were in a hurry, and they kept making eye contact with each other, but they couldn't think of the next way to deal with it.
This thing is suddenly out of expectation, one is not good, and several of them are in danger.
Thinking of this, several people looked at the small man who was kneeling on the outermost and wearing a gray short brown.
This person is Xie Guangsheng, who is in the second room next to the Xie family.
Yesterday was the complaint he went to the county government to complain, and it was he who suddenly ran back to Zhu Chen and told the clansmen that as long as a few people from the clan were selected and went to the county government to perform a play, after the matter was completed, he would be able to get two errand places in the county government express class. It's just that yesterday he didn't do it outstandingly, so it didn't arouse everyone's mind.
Zhu Chen Xie's family has been a scholar for five generations, and someone once won the official to the Qipin County Order.
It's just that one generation is not as good as the next.
As the clansmen left Zhu Chen in order to make a living, and even after the division of the clan, the once flourishing family shrank day by day, and five or six years ago, during the great famine, each house was scattered to survive according to its ability, and after the disaster, less than a quarter of the clansmen came back one after another......
The Xie family was completely defeated, and now it has become the most ordinary family in Zhu Chen Town, and there are not even two people who are studying.
But if there are two children who can enter the county government as errands, although they are not as good as being officials in the imperial examination high school, they can bring tangible benefits, and their Xie family can speak more weightily in Zhuchen Town.
Out of this consideration, as soon as the clan discussed, they pushed the five of them to come to Luoxia Town with Xie Guangsheng on the same day.
Originally, they only had to come directly to the county government to beat the drum and voice their grievances, but when the matter came to an end, Wan Shun suddenly changed his mind, and asked them to send someone to the county government to complain, and on the other hand, they first went to the Jiang family's stall to make a fuss to scare and scare the Jiang family......
If they coveted the one hundred taels of silver and directly caught the Jiang family off guard, things shouldn't have fallen into a situation where it was difficult to ride a tiger, right?
The Xie family was very concerned, Xie Guangsheng couldn't stand the eyes of the clansmen, and replied in a loud voice: "Since the master has a judgment, why do you need to talk too much?" It's not that I'm afraid that the matter will be revealed, and I want to use words to sway the judgment of the master and the master, right? ”
"Hmph, I'm too lazy to waste saliva with you!" Jiang Leng glanced at him with a smile, turned his head and stared straight at the expression of the master's taste.
Chen Xianling half-lowered his eyelids, sat silently on the top, heard the conversation between the two of them, glanced at the two of them quietly, and then stared at Jiang Han's expectant face, and after thinking for a moment, he raised his chin and said, "You can also eat the piece that was presented before." ”
Jiang Han hurriedly said: "Master, this piece is really just overnight - I'll eat it for you now!" She quickly picked up the triangular cake, bit off most of the piece with her big mouth, and looked at Chen Xianling with a smile while covering her mouth and chewing, completely ignoring that the "you" that Chen Xianling just said meant her and the master.
"Look, it's okay!" Jiang Han stretched his neck, stroked his chest and smoothed the cake that was still choking on the road, and even turned around twice to show that he was completely fine.
Chen Xianling bowed his head in satisfaction, glanced at his master, and asked loudly, "What is Master Wu's judgment?" ”
Master Wu saluted Chen Xianling and said respectfully: "The two kinds of pastries should be made of the same materials, only one is fresh and fluffy and fragrant, while the other is soft and sticky and has a deep taste, maybe it is really taken out of ice as this descendant said." ”
Chen Xianling lowered his eyes and looked at the two families kneeling in the hall, and said with a puzzled expression: "Oh? In this way, this Xie family's golden cake and the Jiang family's cake may really be the same thing......" The sharp gaze swept back and forth on the two families in the long tail note, and finally settled on Jiang Han.
Jiang Han's scalp tightened, and he hurriedly spoke: "Master, the grass people just said that these people are presenting cakes bought from my house, if you don't believe it, the grass people have an idea to prove that I am right!"
Chen Xianling looked at her face for a moment and said, "Say! ”
"The two pastry makers wrote down the recipe at the same time, and the master sent someone to find the materials according to the order - of course, we will each give the money, and then make it on the spot, and as for the final process, they will also write it on paper and present it to the master for your view. In this way, it is clear whether this pastry was made by them themselves or bought by my family! ”
When everyone in the Xie family heard this, their hearts almost jumped out, and Xie Guangsheng immediately bowed to the ground and objected loudly: "Master, don't do it!" He pointed at Jiang Han angrily and said, "Yesterday you said that you would make pastries and present them to the grandfather for discernment, and today you said that you would make them again in front of the court - do you think this court is your home?" He kowtowed again, "Master, the Jiang family is too presumptuous, and they don't take you seriously at all - even you can see that the so-called cake of the Jiang family is the golden cake of my Xie family, and they still want to play tricks and quibbles - and ask the master to cure them of disrespect!" ”
Making pastries in the classroom?
Just kidding, then they're going to be convicted of fraud!
Now he can only mess around and delay time, and I just hope that the people in the second half will come out to save the scene quickly.
"Master, they are weak-minded, yesterday we thought they would definitely not be able to make the same thing as my cake, who knew that they were so despicable - they had a premeditated plan, first bought my cake and left it for today! Please also consider my suggestion, just try everything on the spot! After Jiang Han finished speaking, Father Jiang and Yun Niang also begged in unison: "Please ask for your permission!" ”
Chen Xianling looked at the people in the hall silently, and was about to start talking, but when he saw Jiang Han, who was kneeling in the hall, he suddenly twisted his body and moved his knees, and then covered his stomach again, followed by a burst of stench wafting from the hall......
Someone blurted out: "It stinks!" Who farts! The voice was not loud, but it was clearly audible in the quiet courtroom.
Chen Xianling's face turned dark, and he was about to drink when he opened his mouth, but Jiang Han couldn't help but curl up on the ground with his stomach in his arms.
Seeing this, Father Jiang and Yun Niang rushed over in a panic: "What's wrong?" What's going on? ”
Jiang Han grabbed Daddy Jiang's hand and wanted to stand up, but suddenly fell to the ground with a burst of colic.
She had to raise a hand tremblingly, and said intermittently: "My lord, it's not good, I'm sorry, can you, let the grass people go, go to the toilet...... The grass people's stomach hurts badly......"
When Master Wu heard this, his face turned pale, and then he retched twice.
Chen County's face was like black charcoal, and he slapped the shocked wood and said: "Escort them to this county, and dare to blatantly present problematic food!" ”
If Jiang Bantou hadn't jumped out to stir up, wouldn't he have been the one who was recruited?
Thinking of this, Chen Xianling's face seemed to be lightning and thunder, and black and white colors were staggered.
He grabbed a few sticks and threw them to the ground: "Thirty boards per person, put them in prison, and wait for retrial!" ”