Chapter 45: A Murder Caused by a Piece of Tofu
Out of the door, Kang Tai walked quickly to the front, just two steps away, I saw the old family's daughter-in-law coming out of the house with the child, and the second family also opened the window and looked out to see what happened.
Kang Tai turned around and scolded the two daughters-in-law, telling them to hurry back to the house, and don't worry about him to solve the matter ahead. Then he beckoned his wife and grandson to look at the two second daughters-in-law and grandchildren, don't go out, let alone go to the front.
After explaining, Kang Tai continued to go to the front, and after a while, he went out of the backyard to the workshop in front.
"Impossible! No way! Our Kang family has been operating here for several generations, and the Kang family tofu workshop is famous in the whole Binh Duong City! Before the person arrived, the second Kang Youlu's extremely angry voice came, and then I heard the eldest Kang Youfu also speak: "Liu Lichang, what my second brother said is right, our Kang family has always been honest in trading, especially this tofu I don't know how much to sell every day." Not to mention ordinary people, even Master Liu's family is our family's tofu. ”
"Our Kang family's tofu workshop has been working in Pingyang City for so many years, but the time-honored business, how can we smash our own jobs and do such a thing? Liu Lichang, you know our old Kang family, this thing is impossible! Is there a mistake? ”
"Kang Boss, Kang Er, I'm not here to reason today, to be honest, I don't believe that your Kang family's tofu will have such a thing, but this thing just happened."
"Now that someone has used your Kang's tofu and something has happened, people want to report it to the official or I see it in the face of the neighborhood to help suppress it temporarily, and I came here today to inform your Kang family of this matter, and ask for an explanation for the sufferer. You don't admit it, it's your business. It's also true that something happened, no matter what it is, this matter has to be resolved, right? ”
Liu Qi's unique male duck voice sounded, and there was a hint of schadenfreude in his speech.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Kang Tai finally arrived, and as soon as he lifted the curtain and walked out from behind, he asked directly.
"Daddy!" Kang Youfu and Kang Youlu hurriedly shouted.
"Daddy! Liu Qi brought someone to the door and said that there was a problem with my tofu and that it had eaten people badly, which ...... How is this possible! If you want us to lose money, isn't this slandering? Kang Youlu's skills in making tofu are first-class, but when it comes to human feelings, he is not very sophisticated, so he directly told the situation in front of Liu Qi, shouting with an indignant expression.
"Kang Er! You slap the egg! Let's make it clear! Slander you? Who slandered you? People bought the tofu made by your family, went home and ate it, vomited and diarrhea, and now even lost half of their lives. A bearded white servant slapped the table, took two steps forward and scolded loudly.
"Brother Ma, don't be angry, my brother is straight-eyed and doesn't have a door, you can bear with me if he says the wrong thing, no blackmail, absolutely nothing, today is just a matter of facts."
"It's a nose fight, and it's still nonsense to talk well? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu detained you to go to the yamen? Shameless things for faces, there is no king's law? The bearded Brother Ma rolled up his sleeves and scolded, and said with great promise on the side.
Kang Tai recognized at a glance that the two white servants who came with Liu Qi were Liu Qi's brothers, in addition to the bearded Ma Ge, there was also a stout man named Liu Jiu, who was Liu Qi's own brother.
Both of these people are white servants, and the so-called white servants are not in the formation, in other words, they are roles such as auxiliary police and auxiliary police.
Although it is not a regular worker, it is an official errand for ordinary people, Kang Youlu said the wrong thing for a while because of anger just now, if it weren't for Kang Youfu who kept saying good things to make amends, the bearded Brother Ma's sentence of detaining him to the yamen is really not a threat.
"Brother Ma, the child is not sensible, don't be angry, if you have something to say, talk about it well, and talk about ......it well." Kang Tai hurriedly stepped forward to round the field, took the bearded Brother Ma's hand and stuffed a few coppers over, feeling the things in his hand, the bearded Brother Ma didn't pursue Kang's words just now, but his face was still very ugly.
finally persuaded Brother Ma, Kang Tai turned around and scolded Kang Youlu for not being able to speak, so he said a few words, and then directly kicked over and scolded, why didn't they entertain when they saw the seventh master? This tea is not a pot? Why don't you hurry up and make tea in the back and make tea?
Kang Youlu was about to distinguish something by the neck, but Kang Youfu hurriedly dragged him and gave his younger brother a look, and then took Kang Youlu behind.
"Brother, what are you doing with me? This is clearly the ....... Went to the back, Kang Youlu was not convinced.
Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Kang Youfu glared at him: "You have already offended people with your mouth just now, don't you know who this Liu Qi, Liu Jiu and Lao Ma are?" On weekdays, you have to stir up three points for unreasonableness, and don't you want to suffer a loss by going directly to them? What if Lao Ma really detains you to the yamen? ”
"I ...... I...... Do you just watch them slander people like this? Is there still a king in the world? Kang Youlu is not stupid, he came back to his senses when Kang Youfu asked him so rhetorically, he was just too angry just now.
"You, you, you're so stunned, you'll have to suffer in the future, okay, my dad is here, I'll negotiate with my dad about the next thing, you stay behind and don't go over." Kang Youfu sighed, told his younger brother this, and then went to find tea to make a pot of tea, and when the tea was ready, he hurriedly took the tea and went back to the front.
"Seventh Master, I just knew about this thing, but this matter should have nothing to do with our Kang family......." Ahead, Kang Tai had already listened to Liu Qi's intentions, and he frowned and said kindly.
"It's not up to me to have the final say on whether this has anything to do with it, it's not up to you to have the final say, the problem is that someone eats your tofu and gets into trouble." Liu Qi said slowly.
"I understand, I understand." Kang Tai nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Our Kang family has been making tofu for so many years, and there has never been such a thing, but since you said so, you still trouble the seventh master to help, you can rest assured, the tea money that should be given is indispensable to you." ”
As he spoke, Kang Youfu came over with tea, served tea to Liu Qi and the three of them diligently, and said with a smile on the side: "Seventh Master, what my father said is right, I'm afraid this matter is a misunderstanding." If people eat whole grains, how can they not get sick? My tofu sells so much every day, and you often eat it on weekdays, and everyone is fine when they eat it, why is there a problem with this one? Could it be something else? ”
"After so many years in the neighborhood, you are the mayor, and you are also good at coming today, and our Kang family must understand this love. But you still have to help deal with this matter, as for the rest, you don't need to say, our Kang family must remember your feelings. ”
Kang Youfu's words were neither arrogant nor humble, so Kang Tai nodded slightly when he heard it, he had to be the boss, if the second stunned young man continued to quarrel with the other party, this matter would be difficult to do.
Seeing that Liu Qi's expression was a little hesitant, Kang Tai hurriedly reached out and stuffed a handful of broken silver into his hand, and took Liu Qi's hand and said sincerely: "Seventh Master, I have to worry about you, you can help me with this matter." ”
Entering the silver, Liu Qi's expression softened a lot, he weighed it slightly, and the silver that Kang Tai stuffed into his hand was about two taels, which was a lot.
After thinking about it, Liu Qi coughed, and was about to say something, when suddenly a person ran in outside, and as soon as this person entered the workshop, he went straight to Liu Qi, leaned over and said a word in Liu Qi's ear.
Liu Qi's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he asked instead, "Really?" ”
Seeing that the person who came nodded, Liu Qi stood up suddenly, his expression extremely serious.
"Kang Tai, Boss Kang, this matter is vague, come with me."
"What's the matter, Seventh Master? Walk? Where to go? ”
"Where else can I go, naturally I will go to the yamen!" Liu Qi said coldly.
"Yamen?"
Kang Tai was taken aback, why did he suddenly want to go to the Yamen? Kang Youfu hurriedly asked what was wrong? Liu Qi immediately didn't hide it from them, saying that the family that ate their tofu had just lost his breath, and now it was not a problem of eating a bad stomach, but a dead person, and the nature of the matter was different. Now take them to the yamen to see the face of the old neighborhood, and the situation is different when the yamen is officially detained.
When they heard Liu Qi say this, the father and son were dumbfounded. Their Kang's tofu ate people to death? How is this possible! But looking at Liu Qi, it doesn't look like nonsense, after all, a human life doesn't dare to talk nonsense. Now Liu Qi was going to take them to the yamen, and when they heard this result, the two couldn't help but panic.
At this time, Kang Youlu, who had been listening to the movement in front of him, couldn't help but run back and stopped Liu Qi from letting him take people away.
But where would Liu Qi give Kang Youlu a good face, and Kang Youlu is also a member of the Kang family, there was a life lawsuit in the Kang family's tofu shop, not only Kang Tai, but even Kang Youlu was taken away, and the bearded Brother Ma and Liu Jiu on the side stepped forward directly, and the two men clamped it in the middle, and instantly restrained Kang Youlu.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Kang Tai hurriedly shouted and said don't be rough, don't be rough, he can go with Liu Qi, but the two sons hope that Liu Qi will raise his noble hand and put it a yard.
Liu Qi shook his head and said that this can't be done, the thing is because of their family's tofu, since everyone who makes this tofu has to take it to the yamen, he can't be the master.
Hearing this, Kang Tai hurriedly said that his boss doesn't make tofu, he has always been in front of the business, and the tofu is made by himself and the second child, since this is the case, please let go of your own boss.
Saying this, Liu Qi hesitated for a while, and then looked at Kang Tai with a pleading face, Liu Qi stopped talking, and with a wave of his hand, he asked Brother Ma and Liu Jiu to escort Kang Youlu, and he took Kang Tai out.
"Daddy! Second brother! Suddenly such a thing happened, Kang Youfu didn't know what to do for a while, seeing his father and younger brother take away Liu Qi's group, he was so anxious that he hurriedly took two steps forward, but was stopped by the person who ran to inform Liu Qi just now.
"Boss! It's okay! At home, your mother and second daughter-in-law remember to take care of ....... Outside, Kang Tai's voice came, and there was a sentence behind that was blown apart by the cold wind, but he didn't hear it clearly, watching his father and second brother take it away from afar, Kang Youfu felt that the sky had collapsed all of a sudden.