"Come on, Brother Jianghu, your dishes are ready." Sun Chenxian held the tray and put the dishes on the table: "Would you like some wine?"
"No, let's serve rice." Lin Sheng said.
"Okay, come right away."
Uncle Fu also turned around and said, "The hospitality is not good, Jiang Hu, please help take care of it. Haha, our boss is a bit straight-tempered, don't take it off."
"No, no, my boss is a sweetheart and generous at first sight!" Lin Sheng said with a smile, took the meal brought by Sun Chenxian, and waved to Uncle Fu: "Don't worry about us, shopkeeper, just go and do your work."
"Li Jianghu, you don't need to be restrained when eating food."
“It’s really good to try this roast chicken.”
Xiao Xianwei and Lin Sheng said.
I felt a little flattered for a moment. I could have dinner with an official. This was something I had never dreamed of before. No, no, no, didn’t I have dinner with Xiao Mu a long time ago? He was an imperial envoy and had an official position.
Why don't I feel so uncomfortable when I'm still on top of them?
"Li Jianghu, are you eating here too?"
Accompanied by the woman's bell-like laughter, a hand patted my shoulder. I looked up and saw Du Xiuzhen looking at me with a smile.
"Doctor Du." I said hello, feeling that she seemed to be in a good mood today.
"Xiuzhen, why are you here?" Li Dongsheng changed his irritability just now, smiled softly, and came over.
Du Xiuzhen looked towards the backyard: "Brother Dongsheng, where is sister Xian'er? Are you feeling better today?"
"Let's rest at home." Li Dongsheng suppressed his smile, with a bit of heartache in his eyes: "I still vomited twice after getting up in the morning. It's uncomfortable to watch."
"Come, this is the medicine that Brother Li prescribed for her. I originally wanted to deliver it in person, but the patient just happened to be here and couldn't leave, so I was told to give it to you personally." Du Xiuzhen said exaggeratedly.
He took out a small packet of medicine and held it in both hands and handed it over.
Li Dongsheng took it and smelled it: "Can I still take medicine when I'm pregnant? Xian'er hates taking medicine the most."
Du Xiuzhen couldn't help but laugh: "Open it and take a look."
Li Dongsheng opened the medicine package in his hand and smiled: "Aren't these just sour plums and hawthorn tablets? Is this considered medicine?"
"It's medicine that's three-thirds poisonous. What's more, it's such a special period. How can Brother Li take medicine easily? Brother Li said that Sister Xian'er's vomiting is not too serious. She can just eat a few slices of preserved fruit every day."
Li Dongsheng snorted softly: "I bought these for Xian'er a long time ago. There is no need for Li Huichun to worry about them. Let's take them back to him."
Du Xiuzhen covered her mouth and smiled: "But Brother Li said that the fruit made in ordinary shops is not clean. Some unscrupulous traders may have added some antiseptic materials in order to preserve it longer. This is the fruit picked by Brother Li himself.
Made. Since Brother Dongsheng doesn’t want it...then I’ll take it back."
When Li Dongsheng saw Du Xiuzhen reaching out to take it back, he immediately wrapped it up and put it into his sleeve: "Okay, you came all the way to deliver it. Li Huichun is considerate of your care. To give him face, I will accept it temporarily."
"Okay, then you're busy, I'm going back to do some errands." Du Xiuzhen said. She just took a few steps towards the door and looked at me again: "Li Jianghu, how is your mother?"
I smiled awkwardly: "It's okay."
"Oh, you are taking good care of me. If you need anything, come to me." Du Xiuzhen said and skipped away.
"This girl is quite cute." Lieutenant Xiao looked at me meaningfully.
I was afraid that he would misunderstand, so I quickly explained: "She is a doctor from Huichun Hall. My mother and I have been there several times for medical treatment, so we know each other."
"That's right, you, please don't be too wild. This kid already has a fiancée. What's his name? Oh, yes, Wang Jiajia! The daughter of Fatty Wang, the widower of the governor's office."
Lin Sheng's words made me a little nervous. I am just an ordinary citizen. I once went to the county government office with Wang Jiajia to deliver tofu and chatted with him for a few words. I didn't expect that he remembered it so clearly. Could it be that he already knew about me?
Is it because of my identity that you pay attention to me?
"Have you eaten? Something happened."
Captain Xiao pursed his lips towards the door. When I looked over, I saw a government official standing at the door, wandering anxiously. When he realized that we had seen him, he waved to us again and again.
"Waiter, check out."
Lin Sheng didn't dare to delay, stood up, threw down a bag of money, and trotted out of the inn.
"Master," the yamen servant said, clasping his hands, "just now a hundred people came to report that they had clues."
"Where are the people?"
"Waiting in the county government lobby."
We didn't care about taking the bus and trotted back to the county government office with the government officials. Sure enough, we saw a middle-aged man standing nervously under the lobby. The government officials on the left and right were lined up in an orderly manner, both holding killing sticks. It was quite intimidating.
I slowly walked into the lobby, nodded to all the government officials, and came to the man's side: "Uncle, what do you know?"
The man looked at me suspiciously and did not answer.
"Do you have any clues?" Lin Sheng asked, having already changed into official uniforms with Lieutenant Xiao and came out.
The man finally spoke: "Yes."
"Tell me carefully and listen."
"My surname is Zhao, and I am the fourth child in my family. Didn't the county government encourage us to renovate dilapidated houses some time ago? My family also renovated the house and rented a room. However, the tenant did not show up for several days..."
Zhao Laosi preached in a low voice.
"I ordered someone to put up a notice yesterday morning, why did I come to report it now? The person who lives with you has not returned home for two nights, and you just ignore it?" Lin Sheng said angrily.
"This... you can't blame me for this. The two brothers said they were working outside, and it was common for them to be away from home for two or three days on weekdays. Even when they came back, they only asked me to help boil water and never said much to me.
I...I went out to buy new year's goods today, and then I saw the notice saying that someone had died, and my eyelids kept twitching. I wonder if something happened to the two brothers. After much hesitation, I decided to come over and have a look..."
"You just said: They are two brothers?" I asked: "Didn't they go back?"
"No. I saw her the morning before yesterday."
"Then come with me and take a look." I said, leading him to the charnel house and lifting the shroud: "Are they the two of them?"
Zhao Laosi glanced twice, retreated to the door and vomited for a while, and then replied in horror: "Yes...it's them."
"Come, come and have a look at his house." Lieutenant Xiao waved his hand, picked up Zhao Laosi and left.
The result was the same as the search of my house, nothing of value was found.
Lin Sheng looked at me: "Li Jianghu, what do you think?"
I pondered for a moment and said: "Since the man in prison has been judged by the imperial envoy to be a Tibetan scholar, and the man who died on the street is worthy of his brother, it is obvious that he is also a scholar."
"The latter was killed by the knife stolen by Yang Mosheng. It seems that Yang Mosheng must have discovered his identity, so he killed him." Lin Sheng analyzed.
County Lieutenant Xiao shook his head: "No, if this is really the case, why is Yang Mosheng still hiding? He should go to the imperial envoy to receive the reward."
I then echoed: "What Lieutenant Xiao means is that Yang Mosheng is in the same group with them. When he saw his subordinates falling into the hands of the imperial envoy, he was afraid of betraying himself or leaking secrets, so he had him poisoned to death. He simply killed him
If you don't stop doing this, you'll kill the other person with your own hands?"
I don’t know if County Lieutenant Xiao thought this way. After hearing my words, he was slightly stunned and then said firmly: "Yes, only in this way does it make sense."
Lin Sheng's face was very ugly. He sighed longly: "These are all your inferences. We have to wait until Yang Mosheng is found. It makes sense to say that he killed the man on the street. But how did he get into the prison?
What about killing the prisoner? You have lived together for such a long time, do you know whether Yang Mosheng knows Kung Fu?"
I thought about Xiao Mu's plan and started the performance again: "Yang Mosheng usually loves to dance and write, so how can he know kung fu? However, I heard Yang Mosheng once said that his brother's martial arts are unpredictable."
"You mean, it was Yang Mosheng's brother who climbed over the walls and sneaked into the prison to poison him?"
"Well... it's possible. Of course, there might be hidden masters around him for him to dispatch." I tried my best to make up Xiao Mu's plan.
Lin Sheng was silent.
Is he worried about something? Xiao Mu, Xiao Mu, what should I do next?
"I have a bold guess." Lieutenant Xiao suddenly said mysteriously.
"Oh? But it doesn't matter."
"Under normal circumstances, the enemy will never send just one agent. There must be several groups of people assisting each other, or it can be said to contain each other.
If Yang Mosheng and his team failed to complete their mission, they would become useless, and their master would most likely abandon them.
In order to protect himself, Yang Mosheng might get rid of his informants, switch sides at the last moment, and exchange some information he knew about Tibet for a new identity."
I scratched my head: "Uh... Lieutenant Xiao, haha, I don't seem to understand."
Lin Sheng's expression became more solemn: "You mean, Yang Mosheng is just hiding temporarily, or is he being protected by our people?"
"It's possible." Xiao County Lieutenant said: "Anyway, the case is almost done by now. Prisoners were poisoned to death and murders were committed on the streets. These are all major cases. How can our county government afford it? It's time to report to the superiors.
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"I checked with the governor, and he asked me to check first. But now the investigation turned out to be like this, hey... let's go to the governor's office." Lin Sheng straightened his official uniform.
"Let's go. Li Jianghu, you should follow." Lieutenant Xiao called to me.
"I?"
I was shocked, and then I thought, it’s not like I’ve never met Xiao Mu before, so there’s nothing to be nervous about. But when I actually walked in through the gate with the two of them, I felt uncomfortable again.
Meng Yunqing also changed his official uniform today and was studying a drawing with Inspector Lei. He seemed to have no reaction to the arrival of the three of us.
Lin Sheng and Lieutenant Xiao looked at each other. They were afraid of disturbing their business, so they stood aside quietly, not daring to make any more noise.
"Okay, that's it, thank you for your hard work." Inspector Lei finally showed a smile.
"It's okay, Meng resigned." Meng Sima rolled up the drawings, saluted Governor Lei, then looked at us and left.
"Oh, what's the matter with you?"
I couldn't help but get nervous again when Inspector Lei asked. He is our biggest official in Xiangzhou, and I didn't expect that I would be able to meet him.
"Prefect, this is the confession of the poisoning and street murder of the county prison inmate the night before yesterday. Please read it." Lin Sheng handed over the paper with both hands.
Inspector Lei looked at it, got up and walked out: "Let's go to the imperial envoy to report together. The imperial envoy made a calculation at noon and said that you will come in the afternoon. It was really accurate again."
