In the afternoon, An Ying went to the prison of the government with the Shen family's shopkeeper Liu and Mrs. Wang. Shopkeeper Liu greeted the guards with a smile at the side door of the prison of the Criminal Department, and stuffed some silver into the hands of the officials inside. The two little errands came over with a smile and walked in with An Ying and his party.

An Ying saw that his father was in good spirits, and his body was much thinner, but there was no injury, and he was quite refreshed. She brought some clothes and food to her father. An Tinggui looked at An Ying, sighed, stretched out his hand to touch An Ying's head, and thought that he hadn't washed for so long, so he put down his hand again. He looked at the burden brought by An Ying, and said: "Sister Ru, it's not easy to come in, you still have some money at home, if I have something wrong in the future, you and your younger brothers and sisters will have to spend money, and I can still hold on here." ”

An Ying opened the baggage, took out some food, and said, "Dad, I found the Shen family lady from the Hongsheng Kee Tea Shop." She happened to come over to deliver something to his master. The things here were also prepared by Mrs. Shen. You can't help but put these things away, so come and eat some. And some clean clothes, you change out of the dirty clothes. ”

An Ying opened the food box, and there were still some cooked vegetables in it, and took it to the two little errands just now, so that they could take it for wine. When her father had almost eaten and drunk, she asked while cleaning up: "Daddy, I have been walking around outside these days, and there are only three tea shops in Huzhou that have been arrested, and two are Hongsheng Ji, and one is Quanxiang Ji, like Zheng Yishun Tea Shop, all the cakes they pressed are still in the store, but they say that they can't sell them to the official's family." ”

Father An was very surprised, and said, "Why do you want to arrest a few of us?" That Zheng Jing's family has the most tea, and I thought that everyone who made this new style was arrested. What's going on? ”

An Ying saw that there was no one in the surrounding cells, and it seemed that several tea shop owners were divided into separate custodys, so he lowered his voice and said, "Daddy, I inquired about the news, it was that you all made that small ball of phoenix cakes." I've been to Zheng Jingban's house, and many of the cakes pressed are copper coins, or plum blossoms. I told Mrs. Shen about it. The news from Mrs. Shen family, I heard that this is the lady in the palace who used the phoenix cake tea and was poisoned. ”

An Tinggui was so shocked that he tightened the cell door and said in a low voice: "Your news is reliable?" ”

"Reliable." An Ying nodded, "I read the Di Bao and read all the previous ones carefully. Not long after the news of Lin Niangniang's illness came out, the top began to track down the matter of the tea cake. I also checked all the tea shops that were seized in Zhejiang, and most of the tea shops made new molds, if the mold is not right, the short catty is less than two, at least you have to catch a large piece, but the three that were imprisoned are mainly made of phoenix cakes. The other families either did very little, and they didn't have time to send it to the transfer envoy, but the tea cakes of the three families were the most made and they had already been handed over to the transfer envoy. ”

"Yes, I made a total of ten catties of Xiaofeng cakes, and it was the first tea shop in Huzhou to hand over tea cakes. At that time, I was quite happy, like Zheng Yishun didn't do much of this mold, he thought it was too late to rush back and do some more. Lord Yin also said that this phoenix cake is much more elegant than the copper coin, and the meaning is good, and the top must be happy. ”

"Daddy, are the phoenix cakes made by our three tea shops exactly the same? It's a bit like I haven't figured it out, and I don't dare to ask anyone casually. If the tea cake is poisonous, can't you find someone to make it? I remember that the tea cakes at home were wrapped in paper with the name of the store printed on them. ”

An Tinggui lowered his head and thought for a while and said: "This time the palace procurement will come down, I remember that at that time, the Huzhou Mansion Yin gathered our tea shop, and said that Huzhou would collect a total of 800 catties this year, and each tea shop would be apportioned according to the amount handed over last year. Our store is small, but the quality is good, so it was divided into ten catties, Lord Yin said to do fine, I deliberately chose the mold of Xiaofeng. The tea cakes purchased in the palace are not allowed to use the paper with the name of the store printed on them, and they are all packed in small bags made of Su Aya. I sent the ten-pound Xiaofeng group to the tea field in Huzhou, and watched with my own eyes that the people in the government and the people from the Jiangnan transfer envoy counted the quantity together, and I also signed before delivering, and each cake was checked by three people before being packed one cake by one bag, and then put it in a rattan box. The general box has a smell, but the box made of old vine is tasteless and strong. The outside of the rattan box is sealed with oiled paper for fear that the moisture will enter. If you say that, if you want to distinguish whose tea cakes you have, you have to see and drink them to know if you have seen them, but if you are an outsider, you really can't tell them. ”

An Ying nodded thoughtfully and said, "Dad, there is one more thing I have to ask you." What is the relationship between Mrs. Shen and her mother? She really took care of me several times, and the outside world commented on her in various ways. I'm not sure. ”

An Tinggui said in a low voice: "Your mother is also the lady of the Shen family who I only met after marrying in Huzhou. I remember that your mother's bead shop was running very well at that time, and many rich and noble families in Huzhou City ordered jewelry from your mother, and I met when I gave jewelry to Mrs. Yin in Huzhou Mansion. should be not mistaken, Mrs. Fu Yin's list is not something that ordinary people can take. I happened to send new tea to Fu Yin at that time, and your mother was very ingenious to make the old tea into incense and give it to Fu Yin along with the new tea. Mrs. Fu Yin liked it very much, so she called your mother away, and then she often made some jewelry in your mother's shop. Once I came back from sending jewelry, your mother said that she met the eldest lady of the Shen family in Huzhou, and the Shen family is the richest family in Huzhou, I remember it very clearly. is so familiar with the coming and going, and often sends some tea cakes to the Shen family on weekdays. Because they are all interactions between female dependents, after your mother left, it was inconvenient for me to contact the Shen family, so I gradually lost contact. Mrs. Shen has sent people over several times to ask you about the situation of your sister and brother, especially when you are sick, and she also helped find the best doctor in Huzhou to come to the house. If Mrs. Shen takes good care of you, it should also be in your mother's face. I don't know what kind of person Mrs. Shen is, but I have always taken care of your brothers and sisters over the years, and I think I can trust it. At this time, there are probably not many people who can reach out to help. ”

Hearing the growing worry in his father's voice, An Ying grabbed his father's hand and said, "Dad, don't worry. A lot of people helped along the way. You just relax here, don't spoil your body, eat if it's not delicious, eat as much as you can, and sleep well. ”

"Little Shadow, how are you doing? Some things are too difficult to do, and you don't have to push yourself. Listening to you talk about this, I also figured it out a lot. I always thought about whether to give Fu Yin and the transfer envoy some money, but they didn't accept anything, and I was always uneasy. If this is the case, this is not something that our ordinary people can intervene in, I heard that the presiding judge this time is Master Su, who is very wise, and will not handle a confused case. ”

An Ying nodded and said, "There is neither arraignment nor torture, just detention, and Lord Su is probably still investigating." In a few days, Mrs. Shen was going to take me to a banquet at Mrs. Shen's eldest brother-in-law's house, and I was thinking about asking about some more things. There are many things that we have been thinking about for a long time, and it may be a sentence from the above. ”