"Someone is accusing you of adding poppy flowers to the food in your No. 1 restaurant. Shopkeeper, please come with us!" Gao Yamen said coldly.
The shopkeeper's face was full of horror: "My lord, I am wronged! This is absolutely impossible. Poppies are such dangerous things. The previous dynasties have suffered from them. The court has clearly stated that this is prohibited. Children dare not do it!
"
A young Yamen servant came out of the kitchen and said to Gao Yamen: "Boss, we found a lot of poppies."
"How is that possible?" The shopkeeper looked at the things in the Yamen's hands, his face turned pale. "No, no, no, someone must have framed our restaurant. Sir..."
"Okay, we are just small government officials. We are only responsible for following orders and arresting people. If you have any grievances, just go to the adults to make the decision. Come and take everyone in the No. 1 Restaurant back for a thorough investigation."
The diners who were eating were driven away by the government officials and were extremely dissatisfied. When they learned that the restaurant actually used poppies, they immediately did not dare to say anything and ran faster than anyone else.
Gao Yamen took the person to the prison and locked him up. He came to the place where the clerk of the Ministry of Punishment was doing his business and said to Lu Yi: "Secretary Lu, your Excellency has invited me."
Lu Yi wrote the last stroke and said: "Brother Gao, please wait a moment, I will be here soon."
Gao Yamen nodded, turned and left.
Lu Yi sealed up what he wrote and said to Wen Wensong: "I'm going to Stone Village in the afternoon. Brother Wen, do you have time?"
Wen Wensong's eyes lit up: "Yes, if you are too busy, I will go with you."
Tang Sanyu glanced at Wen Wensong with disdain.
There was nothing interesting about the Stone Village case, so was it worth paying him so much attention?
Lu Yi found Gao Yamen and handed him over: "Brother Gao."
"Hey, what Brother Lu asked me to do is done." Gao Yamen showed an incomprehensible smile.
Lu Yi took out a stone and handed it to Gao Yamen: "I got this stone accidentally. I don't know what it is, so I asked Brother Gao to help me palm my eyes."
"It's easy to talk about." Gao Yamen put away the "stone" without changing his expression.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go back first."
Gao Yamen looked at Lu Yi's back and said to himself: "Don't be an enemy of this person, otherwise you won't know how you will die."
"Boss..." Lin Shan, a young government official, came over. "We are not doing this properly!"
"Authenticity? What kind of authenticity do you want?" Gao Yamen snorted coldly: "Why is there no Jiang's Restaurant? Do you think everyone is unreasonable? I just can't find the evidence and can't arrest the people in the No. 1 Restaurant. That shopkeeper is harming people.
He should have thought of the day when he could plot against others, and others could plot against him. Xiao Shanzi, you have to remember that the world is never black and white. Lu Yi is indeed ruthless. But that’s right.
…”
It also values friendship.
Jiang's Restaurant has nothing to do with him, so he doesn't have to stand up for them.
But because the shopkeeper and waiter of Jiang's Restaurant were very kind to his wife, he had no way to come forward when this happened, but he could seek justice for them in another way.
To put it bluntly, this person can only be a friend, not an enemy.
"Let's go and change this thing. We brothers will have enough money for this month's drinks."
"hey-hey……"
Magistrate Qin looked at the paper that was handed over. He frowned and said, "Poppy flowers?"
"Yes." The master said from the side: "Someone sued the No. 1 Restaurant for using poppies to harm people. Gao Yamen searched a large amount of poppies from their kitchen."
"This matter is not trivial." Magistrate Qin looked worried. "Why are there poppies in our territory?"
"This..." Master didn't understand.
"It needs to be investigated thoroughly."
"I understand." Master said, "I'll have the Criminal Department interrogate you immediately."
Tang Sanyu sat in front of the writing desk, with pen, ink, paper and inkstones in front of him.
The shopkeeper of the No. 1 restaurant sat opposite him, looking uneasy.
"Tang Shuli, I really didn't use poppies."
Tang Sanyu didn't say anything, but the official who was in charge of hearing the case spoke up: "What's the rush? You answer whatever we ask, and don't say anything if we don't ask anything."
"You haven't used poppies, so you haven't seen them either?" the official asked.
"Yes, I haven't seen it before."
"We asked your guys and that's not what they said."
"What?" The shopkeeper was shocked: "How is that possible?"
"In fact, your guy said he had seen poppy flowers." Tang San said calmly: "Including your chef, they also said it was arranged by you."
"This..." the shopkeeper's eyes darkened. "Sir, I feel a little uncomfortable. Can you ask the doctor to pour me a glass of water? Mr. Tang Secretary..."
Tang Sanyu raised his head and glanced at the shopkeeper, and said calmly: "Okay."
When Tang Sanyu and the official came out of the prison, they both seemed to understand each other tacitly.
"Speaking of which, this shopkeeper is really pitiful!"
"No, it's really pitiful." Tang Sanyu raised the corners of his mouth. "We have to help him!"
"That's right. When we work for the people, we just want to help those innocent people."
After Magistrate Qin finished handling his official duties, he leaned there lazily, picked up the tea cup and sipped the tea slowly: "I have been busy for so long, and I finally have some time to take a break today."
"Sir, you have been working really hard recently." The master said from the side: "The last few cases have been caused by family affairs, but the most difficult ones to deal with are household matters."
"No." Magistrate Qin said, "By the way, how is the Poppy Flower case?"
"This subordinate has never heard of it." The master said, "Maybe we are still investigating!"
"No, Poppy Flower's case is big or small and cannot be tolerated. Go to Chen County Cheng and ask about this case. If there are any problems, I will try it myself." County Magistrate Qin said.
Master came back from Chen County Cheng soon.
"This is the case that my subordinate brought from Chen County Cheng."
County Magistrate Qin looked through it and frowned and said, "Where is the origin of the poppy flower? Why didn't you write it down? It just said that neither the clerk nor the shopkeeper of the No. 1 Restaurant has ever seen the poppy flower. That's the end of the matter?"
"This... my subordinates don't know either. See what it means. The shopkeeper and the waiter of the No. 1 Restaurant are innocent. We plan to let them go." The master said.
"The origin of the poppy flowers has not been found out, so why put them there?" County Magistrate Qin was displeased: "Go to Lu Yi and ask him to re-examine the case."
"This case is the responsibility of Secretary Tang. If it is temporarily handed over to Secretary Lu, I am afraid that Secretary Tang will be unhappy. Secretary Tang and Secretary Lu have always been at odds with each other."
"I just want to know where the poppies came from. Is there any dispute between the scribes and what does it have to do with me? Whoever can investigate this case will be hired by me." Magistrate Qin was impatient.
"My subordinates will take care of it immediately."
Lu Yi had finished his work for the day and was about to go home. When his master found him, he learned that he was going to try the case. He hesitated for a moment: "How about I avoid suspicion?"
"Avoiding any suspicion?" Master asked.
"I had some trouble with No. 1 Restaurant. If I came to ask about it, I'm afraid someone would gossip about it and say the trial was unfair."
"You don't have to worry. Since my lord asked you to do the trial, I believe in you." The master said, "Scribe Lu, you must cherish the opportunity my lord gives you."
