By the time the stewards arrived belatedly with a somewhat smug look, they were about to be swallowed up by the anger in the eyes of the others.

Taken by the angry eyes of these heads, these stewards could only quickly lower their heads and walk briskly to salute when they saw that the situation was not good.

"Back to the second girl, I waited for a few people to be delayed because of something, please forgive the girl." They didn't have much respect when they spoke to Chu.

"Oh, is it? Come on, bring pen and paper to these stewards, and write down why you are delaying one by one, so that this girl can see if your affairs are so urgent, and you can't even call the master to summon them. Chu said with a faint smile.

"Yes." Tong Qian'er suddenly commanded the two mothers-in-law she brought to the other courtyard, one surnamed Zhang and the other surnamed Li, and the three of them brought pen and ink and asked these stewards to write on the spot.

Then Chu tilted his mind to look at the people who had arrived earlier, "You all go to the corridor and stand." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and they all walked to the corridor and stood up according to their ranks, and suddenly under the scorching sun, only a few late stewards were left lying on the ground and pouting their buttocks and writing.

Because the waiting time is not short, the day is already very big, just a moment, these people are sweating in the sun, a few of them are cheating and slippery, where is there really something, everyone is impetuous and impetuous and can't make up a reason at all, scratching their ears and cheeks one by one, and those who are in a hurry to get on the fire are even hotter.

"Copper money, give everyone some chilled mung bean soup to cool off." Chu Qianyi was not in a hurry to say something, but said with a smile.

Something like chilled mung bean soup is not an uncommon thing in the summer of the noble family, but it is very rare that Chu Qian can take it out. The transfer of money and property in the courtyard has not yet been handed over to Chu Qianyi, so the ice used to make the cold mung bean soup was bought by herself.

Everyone has been basking for a long time, and this bowl of chilled mung bean soup is immediately refreshed after drinking, and as long as everyone is not late, there are smart people in it.

This rumored unfavored and dull second girl is going to make an example of chickens!

Those few people held back a few reasons for writing down, and the copper money put away the paper and handed it to Chu Qianyi, who knew that Chu Qianyi pressed it on the table on the side without even looking at it, and directly exposed these few stewards under the sun.

These people were immediately dissatisfied, "Second girl, I'm afraid it's unfair for you to act like this!" Among them, Mama Lei, the steward who managed the meal, raised her voice and said disdainfully, "It's not that a few of us don't come, it's just that something is delayed, the girl asked us to write a few reasons, and a few of us also gave reasons, and the girl didn't read it, isn't this a bad practice?" ”

"A few days ago, I was poisoned in my food, and I reported this matter to the official, although the officials in the town didn't find anything, but you, the person in charge of the meal, have an unshirkable responsibility, I didn't punish you in my father's face, but you kicked your nose in the face, right?" Chu said with a smile.

"Girl, the matter is that the officials didn't find out anything, why did it have to be said that there was a problem with the food in the other courtyard? It's just a dead dog. Xu is the girl didn't like the dog, she poisoned the dog and buckled the basin on the slave's head! The corners of Mama Lei's mouth turned up slightly, and she said arrogantly.

"But just a dead dog? You're talking about lightweight, too? Is a dog's life not a life? Chu Qianyi's voice suddenly cooled, "Do you really think that the official can't find out anything?" Copper coins! ”

"In!" Tong Qian'er immediately stood up, "Please catch your head." ”

Before she finished speaking, several catchers walked in through the arch outside the cloister, "Second girl, is the time?" The leader asked, holding a scroll of documents in his hand, with a smile.

Everyone looked at it, and they all knew the person who was the leader, it was the leader of the fast catcher in this town, Lao Zhang! This old Zhang Yuan is an old catcher, a good person, no one in the town does not know him, it is said that with his ability, he should have been promoted a long time ago, but because he is upright, he has offended many noble families in the town, so he has not been promoted, but he knows the secrets of many people, but he is a decent person, so he disdains to use these things as a springboard for his promotion, and he has become a character that the entire capital lord who has another courtyard in the town loves and hates. These noble families know that it is a good thing that there is Zhang Zhukuai in Yongquan Town, and they also know that if the head of Yongquan Town is replaced, it will definitely not be so peaceful, so he, the head of the fast catcher, is quite stable, which forms a particularly strange balance, and also creates the prestige of Zhang Zhutou in this town.

"Hmm." Chu Qian nodded knowingly, "Zhang Zhutou, you can take people away!" ”

"Lei Shi, you were instructed to poison your master, the evidence is conclusive, come with me!" After saluting, Zhang Zhutou looked at Mama Lei, who was still very arrogant just now, shook the sea fishing paper in his hand, and said loudly.

"Isn't it impossible to find evidence? Why did I poison my own master? What exactly are you going to do? I was wronged! Lei Shi suddenly sat on the ground and screamed. She is very strong, because she is in charge of the canteen, so she eats well, she is fat and fat, her hands and feet are scraped up, and the catcher who came to catch her really couldn't hold her down for the first time!

"You are wronged or not, you have your own superiors who will judge!" Zhang Zhukuai sneered, he has been in this town for a long time, and he has seen all kinds of strange things, these meritorious homes from the capital are bright on the surface, and there are not many pickled things in the back house behind the scenes. "As for the evidence you want, well, I'll tell you the evidence, you poisoned the second girl with peacock gall, six days ago, you went to the Renji Pharmacy in the town and bought a small packet of peacock gall, and the pharmacy guys can testify. You've hidden the rest of your peacock gall under a loose brick under the stove, and the medicine bag bears the mark of Renji's Pharmacy. After saying that, Zhang Zhutou took out a paper bag with the seal of Renji Pharmacy from his arms, and there was indeed some remaining white powder in it.

"Framed! Just based on this, you say that I poisoned the second girl? I'm not convinced! Lei Shi was stunned for a moment, obviously panicked, but still shouted loudly.

"What's not convinced?" Chu Tingyi laughed, "Come on copper coins, get some evidence." ”

"Yes!" The copper money turned around and walked out with the two grandmothers, and after a while, the three people came back, and the two grandmothers came in with a basket together, and opened the wrappers covering the basket, which was a basket of silver, so heavy that the bamboo basket was almost broken.