Zheng Yishun's tea shop had been sealed, and Su Huangzhe and An Ying entered the courtyard through the back door. An Ying found the batch of copper coin tea cakes that he saw at that time, pointed and said: "At that time, I came to ask Master Zheng for news, and he was worried that this batch of copper coin tea cakes would be smashed in his hand. These tribute teas cannot be sold privately, and they cannot be dealt with until the case is closed, so they are pressed in his shop. ”

Su Huangzhe nodded and said, "I have checked the file, and this Zheng Ping did make all the tribute tea in the shape of copper coins. The first batch of tea cakes he tried to make were all given to Lord Zhizhou, and it stands to reason that he shouldn't have a small phoenix group in his hand, but you said that you saw his wife drink a small phoenix group that day, which is also a suspicious point. His lady heard that she had returned to her mother's house, and I had someone go to her mother's house to arrest her. ”

An Ying said in his heart, Master Su really didn't leak, and he originally wanted to mention it, but everyone had already arranged it properly.

The two of them went up to the second floor of the tea shop, and the elegant room was still the same, and there was a tea room on one side of the room, which I noticed when An Ying came last time. The tea room is not large, and there is a table on which there are tea utensils such as mills and tea sifting fines, and on the other side is a tea cabinet with exquisite black lacquer inlaid with luodian, and a drawer is opened, and tea cakes and ground tea powder are placed inside. An Ying opened one drawer after another, and finally found a half-cake Xiaofeng Tuan in a corner.

Xiao Yi also went upstairs to report and said, "Son, this store has been searched inside and outside, and there is nothing special. After Zheng Ping was arrested that day, he immediately sealed the shop, and I lined up ten brothers to guard the shop, and no one had a chance to take anything. However, I interrogated the helpers in the shop, and they all saw the mold of the cow shopkeeper that day, and indeed wrapped the mold of the little phoenix group separately and put it on the shelf, why it suddenly appeared in the box, they were also very puzzled. Someone should have secretly put the mold in with the shopkeeper behind his back. The subordinates separately recorded the confessions of more than 20 people, including helpers, handymen, maids, and servants. ”

"Well, can Mrs. Zheng Ping bring it back?" Su Huangzhe picked up the half cake and looked at the small phoenix group, and then looked around the shop.

Xiao Yi returned: "Zheng Ping's lady Luo has been taken to the government prison. All six members of his mother's family are confined to their homes and can be summoned at any time. ”

An Ying said in his heart, this Master Su's subordinates are indeed very powerful, and the things that have not been explained have been done properly, and it seems that it is a team with a high level of business.

Su Huangzhe opened the window of the elegant room on the second floor and asked, "Have you inquired about this Luo family's private room on weekdays?" ”

"Exactly". An Ying and Xiao Yi arrived at the same time, the two couldn't help but glance at each other, An Ying couldn't help but take half a step back, and said with a smile: "Brother Xiao Yi, you say." ”

Xiao Yi grinned and said, "Then this tea shop opened by Zheng Ping is taken care of by Roche on weekdays. Zheng Ping himself is mainly in charge of making tea, such as Gong Tea and a large number of tea cakes purchased by northern merchants. On weekdays, Roche stays in this private room. In the evening, Zheng Ping came back and finished dinner in the shop, and the two returned to the Zheng family mansion together. The house is just behind the street, just out the door. ”

Several people walked to the Zheng family's mansion again. The house is not small, with three entrances before and after, and wings on both sides. Xiao Yi led the way in front and said: "Zheng Ping and this lady got married eight years ago, and I heard that Zheng Ping dotes on this Luo lady very much. ”

Su Huangzhe said: "This old man Zheng is nearly forty years old, if he and this Luo lady were married eight years ago, there should be a lady in front of him, right?" ”

Xiao Yi said: "There is indeed a lady in front of her, who died of illness eight years ago before marrying Luo Niangzi." The lady left a girl named Zheng Ying. I heard that Zheng Ying and Luo Niangzi were not in harmony, and even the marriage was from my uncle's family, and I heard that it was also a tea maker, but it couldn't be compared with the Zheng family, and he lived in a cheap place in the north of the city. ”

"Tut-tut" Xiao Yi shook his head and said, "This man married a bride, and treated the children of his predecessors like this." ”

Zheng Ping's home was well furnished, Su Huangzhe walked around Zheng Ping's study and asked, "What can be found in this study?" ”

"Back to my lord, I have searched inside and outside this study a few times, all of them are the account books in the shop, the letters that come and go, if there is anything important, there is a list of gifts from Zheng Ping to the transfer envoy, He Zhizhou, and Fu Yin, but I have seen that the value is not high, it can only be said that it is the filial piety of the merchants."

"Then Zheng Ping is also a serious businessman, and he has taken the position of the manager of the Huzhou Tea Shop, and it is impossible not to take care of it."

An Ying picked up a crystal mountain-shaped pen holder on the Bogu shelf and looked at it carefully, Su Huangzhe looked back and said, "Miss An, do you think there is something wrong?" ”

An Ying said: "Master Zheng is an authentic businessman as Master Su said, and this crystal pen holder seems to be very incompatible with his identity. How so? It seems out of place here. ”

"How so? This Mr. Zheng is also a rich man, and it is normal to buy a crystal pen holder to decorate the façade. You see, there is also a rose red brother kiln bottle, and the seven incense burners over there are also very elegant. Xiao Yi said, thinking that this is a little girl from the countryside, and she doesn't know much about this object of appreciation.

Su Huangzhe nodded and said, "You observed very carefully. ”

Xiao Yi smiled, scratched his head and said, "Where, where, it's just years of experience in handling cases." ”

Su Huangzhe patted Xiao Yi on the shoulder and said, "I'm talking about Miss An." He added, "Miss Ann thinks there is something wrong with it." ”

Looking at Xiao Yi, whose face was flushed, An Ying smiled and said, "Brother Xiao Yi is actually right, wealthy merchants always buy some elegant objects to decorate their façade. The seven things of this kiln bottle and incense burner are all liked by merchants, one is festive, and the other is that the price is expensive at a glance. This crystal pen holder is delicate and elegant, usually played by the owner himself, and is not suitable for window decoration, and the price is extremely high. Merchants like Zheng Ping will not buy such expensive ornaments just for their own enjoyment, and this price can buy more than a dozen bottles from the mouth of the high-quality kiln or official kiln, and put them in the study or living room, and guests can see them in and out. ”

Xiao Yi suddenly realized, nodded and said, "As soon as Miss An said this, I understood." It's because I want to be shallow, so I'm going to check the origin of this crystal pen holder. ”

After Zheng Ping's study was seen, he went to Luo's boudoir. Xiao Yi said as he walked: "This Luo's boudoir is all good things, I am afraid that people will fish in troubled waters and have some things, so I specially arranged more people to guard here." ”

"How is this Luo family?" Su Huangzhe asked.

"This Luo's family is a rich peasant outside Huzhou, with 100 acres of fertile land and a tofu shop, but it is far worse than this Zheng family. But this Luo is beautiful, and it is common to be able to marry a Master Zheng. Xiao Yi replied.

An Ying was looking at Roche's makeup on the dresser, and said while watching: "I have dealt with this Roche before, and he is very shrewd. If Luo's mother's family is just an ordinary rich family, then the objects in Luo's house should have been purchased by Zheng Ping with money after marrying him, and it can be seen that he has spent a lot of money. Not to mention the carved shelf bed, even this curtain is made of new materials from Suzhou, and a curtain is dozens of taels of silver. There are a lot of valuable jewelry in this dosage box, and it seems that Roche left in a very hurry, and he didn't even take the easiest to carry dossiers. ”

"In this way, this Roche is a little strange. Zheng Ping was arrested by us yesterday evening in Wuzhanglou, and we didn't spread the news, so we asked the brothers of the Criminal Department to wear regular clothes and bring people out of the banquet. This Luo has no reason to know about Zheng Ping's arrest. Originally, I didn't think much about it, but when I brought someone to the Zheng family's mansion early this morning, I heard from the Zheng family that the eldest lady took her mother-in-law back to her parents' house in the bright sky, and I heard that her mother-in-law was sick. I immediately sent someone to Luo's mother's house to bring them back. By the way, Ermao, it's the Luo family you took people to. Xiao Yi said as he said to a guard at the door.

The Ermao guard came in to salute, and then replied: "My subordinates came to guard the Zheng family's mansion when they came over, and I counted people according to the booklet, and after I finished ordering, I realized that the eldest lady of the Zheng family actually left before we came in." The big girl who stayed said that the lady had returned to her mother's house outside the city, and I immediately took the three brothers out of the city quickly, and when we arrived at Zheng's house, it was almost time, and the lady Luo should have just arrived, and the luggage and baggage were not unloaded from the carriage. We immediately took the man back to the government jail. ”

"She also brought baggage? Has she collected all her things? Can you give me a look? An Ying said.

After a while, the Luo family's things were spread out on the table, and Xiao Yi said: "The clothes on the Luo family have been removed, and they are all here." ”

An Ying and Su Huangzhe looked carefully, the two looked at each other, and Su Huangzhe said: "Xiao Yi, you bring all the confessions of that person, and we will watch them here." Let me wait on the sidelines, and I'll ask you later. ”