The county magistrate sat at the door and saw Ji Huai frowning.
Yun Shiqiao's incident became known to everyone, and he was forced to let him in. The Xu family was also humiliated. Ji Huai was also half a party. It was said that he was engaged to Yun Shiqiao. If they got married well, his younger son It won't get involved.
Recently, the Ji family has been a bit in the limelight. The first time he saw Ji Huai, he already had a bad impression. He lowered his face and gave a heavy slap, "Who is in the audience? Why are you complaining?"
There were many people outside the door, most of them customers of Ji's Restaurant, and they all became quiet.
Ji Huai slowly told the whole story, and then said very seriously, "Today it was my Ji Family Restaurant who was framed by this, what about tomorrow? Who will it be tomorrow? Will anyone be able to do business with peace of mind? In the end, let the unscrupulous people make money No matter how much money we have, we, the people, still have to suffer the most.”
The people outside the door listened and agreed very much.
Who wants to eat something made by a black-hearted person? Isn't that fatal
When the county magistrate heard this, he said coldly, "Is it possible that it is not a frame-up made by others, but that there is a problem with your restaurant itself?"
I heard that his eldest son also invested in a restaurant and bakery with Ji Huai. After he married his second wife, he became estranged from his son. Now that the other son has made a lot of money, he doesn't take him seriously anymore.
If possible, he would rather Xu Nan not be so promising, so that he, the father, could still be a deterrent.
Hearing this, Ji Huai frowned and looked at the county magistrate, "There are problems with all three dishes. It can't be such a coincidence. Besides, when the insect was put in, you can tell if someone takes a closer look. Other customers The dishes are all very clean, which shows that the hygiene of our restaurant has passed the standard and there is no such problem. Please be careful."
It seems that the county magistrate is also a master who can't handle things clearly, and I don't like him.
The man next to him lowered his head, was submissive, and his eyes were evasive. Everyone who was listening saw that there was something wrong, but the county magistrate said, "According to you, why are there problems with these three dishes when the other customers' dishes are clean? You said that someone deliberately framed them, where is your evidence? Slander is also a crime! "
Ji Huai asked someone to bring the dishes up and pointed at several dishes, "If it had been dropped in a long time ago and had been cooked, why are the flies floating on the surface? There is no grease in the wings? And the mouse droppings, it looks like it was just thrown in , indicating that it didn’t originally exist, but was thrown in halfway.”
The people who handled it are all here. As long as there is a good interrogation, the truth will come out.
The county magistrate was a little impatient and patted the gavel again. He also said that it might be that the kitchen itself was not clean and a mouse happened to pass by.
It means there is no way to find out.
It's better to close this restaurant, lest his eldest son, whose wings are getting harder and harder now, dare to contradict him.
The man was a little frightened at first, but when he heard the county magistrate's words and saw that the other party obviously didn't want to pay attention to him, he suddenly felt confident.
As long as he can't be found, Ji Huai also promised compensation. It's really God's help.
He was not happy for two seconds when someone walked in from outside the door. Yang Zhang walked in and said calmly: "Why can't you check?"
Seeing him coming, the corners of Ji Huai's mouth turned up slightly. Just now he deliberately asked someone to inform the Yang family.
The Yang family is an upright family. Mr. Yang, who was standing outside the door, was already very angry. The official position of the imperial doctor was not very high, but Yang Zhang was the imperial physician appointed by the emperor and was a celebrity around the emperor. No matter what, he was younger than this. The county magistrate in a small place has a high position.
Moreover, he belongs to the prince's faction and is valued by the prince. According to the division of parties in the court, it is a certainty that the prince will be the future prince.
When the county magistrate saw Yang Zhang coming in, his face darkened and he said angrily, "How bold!"
When the master saw Yang Zhang, he suddenly remembered something. He hurriedly walked to his ear and whispered a few words. Before he could finish speaking, the countenance of the county magistrate changed suddenly. He stood up quickly and put on a flattering smile. , "I didn't know that Imperial Doctor Yang was here, so I hope you can forgive me."
"I was rude. I'm just curious, why can't this case be investigated?" Yang Zhang asked back, Xu was angry, and his words were a little rude, "Isn't this case easy to investigate? Everyone is here, let's try it first. You know, why can't it be investigated? If the local government cannot maintain order and this kind of thing happens frequently, who will be able to do business with peace of mind? How can this place prosper? How can there be tax revenue? "
"The Holy One even praised Magistrate Xu for his merits that day. Since he came, our place has become increasingly prosperous and the people live and work in peace and contentment. If we chill the hearts of these businessmen, how can we promote development?"
Not only did they move out of Shengshang, they also moved out of Magistrate Xu. Magistrate Xu was the grandson of General Tang. In the past few years, there had been a severe drought here and the people were in dire straits. He took the initiative to resign and came here to be the magistrate.
The Ji family was not considered a small family. They opened a restaurant and a bakery, and hired many people to work. Their contribution was not small, and they also paid taxes.
The county magistrate kept breaking into a cold sweat and nodded, "Yes, yes, yes."
Next, he did not dare to target Ji Huai anymore and started to examine the case with trepidation.
First, I asked the thin man how he discovered there were worms in the plate and gave him a rough outline of the details.
After the other party finished speaking, Ji Huai answered, "So, you only found out after eating it?"
"That's right!" the lean man replied firmly, making sure to say that he had eaten so that he would be compensated more in the end.
"You're lying!" Ji Huai narrowed his eyes and looked at him, "You clearly didn't touch the food on the table, you just messed it up with chopsticks, and you didn't drink a drop of the soup."
"Bold! It's better to recruit him for real!" Seeing Ji Huai's doubts, the county magistrate quickly followed suit and slapped the gavel again.
Yang Zhang was actually brought back by Ji Huai. If he couldn't offend him, he could only please him.
"Everything the grass people said is true." The man continued to struggle, "The grass people like to mess up their food to make it more flavorful. Who would have thought that when I saw those disgusting things, I immediately lost my appetite, and naturally I lost my appetite. eat."
"In order to make it more delicious, why do you only stir half of it? The other half is not stirred?" Ji Huai asked again, pressing forward step by step.
The thin man looked at him with deep eyes, his expression became even more evasive, his whole body began to tremble, and he couldn't help but feel panic, and quickly said, "That's because it's my habit, I eat it alone, stir up half of it and save it for others." Half, eat the messed up half and then eat the other half, I always eat like this."
Ji Huai: "Really?"
"It's absolutely true!" he replied.
The next moment, Ji Huai's face changed. He turned to the county magistrate and said, "The three plates of food have not been turned over. Most of them are neat."
The thin man's expression suddenly changed and he turned pale.
Ji Huai is digging a hole for him!
He clearly said he came to the Yamen to be a witness, but he was accused by Ji Huai. His hands under his sleeves were shaking and his whole body was getting cold.
The gavel sounded again, and the man knelt on the ground, his body weak and his teeth chattering.
"You and I are strangers, and we have no grievances. I don't know why you framed my restaurant. Who was behind you?" Ji Huai said to him, and then asked the county magistrate to investigate and give him justice. His attitude was a bit tough. .
"Hurry up and call him!" The county magistrate felt that he could give Yang Zhang an explanation. His expression was so intense that the man almost pissed himself in fright, and he kowtowed quickly, "The common people just have a confused memory, no one instigated them, they are really unjust."
He only had an old mother and a dilapidated thatched hut at home, and there was no wife. The woman said that as long as he accomplished this, she would marry him without a betrothal gift.
The woman looked pretty good, bought him clothes, gave him some money, and most importantly, spent a few good nights with him.
No matter what, he couldn't confess her, and he didn't plead guilty.
In the past, the county magistrate could turn a blind eye, but now that Yang Zhang is here, even if he does not plead guilty, he still has to dig deep to investigate.
Immediately let the Yamen go check it out.
The man was in the outer suburbs. I heard he was idle and his house was about to collapse. At this time, he was wearing good clothes and actually went to a restaurant to drink. Where did he get the money
According to people in the village, he has been talking about finding a nice girl recently, and has been laughed at for a long time, but no one takes him seriously. He also said that he was going to do a big thing, and when he was done, he would bring the girl back to get married.
"Where does the money come from?" the county magistrate asked.
The man replied that he had picked it up and picked up ten taels of silver on the road.
After questioning carefully, I couldn't tell the location or where the money was spent, and the accounts didn't match up.
"Who is that woman?"
He didn't even know this, so he hesitated.
But he really didn't know the woman's name or where she lived.
"You are talking nonsense, I will ask you again, do you want to recruit me or not?" the county magistrate scolded, "If you don't want to recruit me, then I will be punished with severe punishment!"
As soon as he heard about the execution, he didn't dare to hide it anymore. It was important to save his life, so he kowtowed several times, "The common people really don't know her name. She asked me to go to a restaurant to have a drink, and then put some bugs and mouse droppings in the dishes." , if you find trouble to destroy their reputation, the bigger the trouble, the better. If this can be done, the Ji's Restaurant will be closed, I have avenged her, and she will marry me."
"Does that woman have yellowish skin, is thin, and has a small mole under the right corner of her mouth?" Ji Huai looked at him and asked.
The man thought for a moment and nodded sharply, "Yes, yes."
Ji Huai said to the county magistrate, "There is no enmity between Cao Min and other people. If I insist on saying so, it is because I had an unpleasant quarrel with Yun Shiqiao a few days ago. Apart from her, I can't think of anyone else."
Upon hearing this name, the county magistrate's face changed.
Those were Xu Hao's concubines. They were all kicked out of the Xu family and even came here to embarrass themselves.
Xu Nan also came to listen, and everyone outside was discussing. He was so angry that he said angrily, "Chuanyun Shiqiao!"
Yun Shiqiao was quickly arrested.
She looked much calmer and confused. No matter how the man winked at her, she pretended not to know him and knelt down respectfully.
"Do you know the person next to you?" the county magistrate asked.
Yun Shiqiao: "I don't know."
All of them are idiots!
Even this matter couldn't be handled well, and a fuss was made in the Yamen.
"You don't know me?" The man panicked, "Didn't you say that if you finish this matter and frame Ji's Restaurant to vent your anger, you'll marry me?"
Yun Shiqiao's expression suddenly changed. She was surprised and humiliated. She was so angry that she could hardly breathe. "What are you talking about? I have never seen you. Who asked you to frame me?"
After marrying into the Xu family, her acting skills improved a lot.
The man was obviously defeated. Ji Huai reminded, "Is it just a word? Is there no other evidence to prove it?"
As soon as he was reminded, the man suddenly realized, "You gave me a handkerchief and a sachet. These things can't be fake, right?"
He took it out from his waist.
Yun Shiqiao was first frightened so much that her heart was beating wildly, and then she calmly denied it.
As long as she doesn't admit it, no one can testify!
The county magistrate looked at the handkerchief and sachet and saw that she was stubborn, so he sent people to search her home.
Only then did Yun Shiqiao look strange, but she didn't think anything could be found. She bought the handkerchief and the sachet. What could it prove
I found a handkerchief and asked the embroiderer to see it. It was made by one person, but what does that prove? She explained honestly, "I bought this handkerchief on the street."
The county magistrate couldn't hold back his anger and could only pass on the woman selling handkerchiefs.
That woman was an excellent embroiderer. There were so many people buying handkerchiefs, how could they still remember who bought them
Unexpectedly, when the county magistrate asked, she stared at Yun Shiqiao for a while and was very sure, "She bought these handkerchiefs. I remembered them because they were the only two left that day, and I gave her a penny cheaper." money."
"You got the wrong person." Yun Shiqiao said harshly and denied again.
The woman shook her head, "I won't admit it. You are Yun Shiqiao, the daughter of Xiaoyuan Inn. It is said that she has a brain problem and went crazy on the street. There were few people on the street that day, so I was extra careful, for fear that you would get sick and hurt me. My child, I sold it to you cheaply."
Yun Shiqiao's face suddenly turned earth-colored, and cold sweat oozed from the roots of her hair.
She had the last option left, which was to pretend to be insane. Yang Zhang had already spoken out, "According to my observation, this woman is not mentally ill. If she is, she is just pretending to be crazy."
The county magistrate was afraid that the Xu family would be implicated. When he heard that he was not sick, he was stunned and shouted, "You don't know how to repent, you pretend to be crazy and do evil things. Someone, come here, drag me down and beat you up forty!"
Originally the crime was not that serious, but she angered the county magistrate and had a legitimate reason. If she hadn't been afraid of being beaten to death, she would have been beaten to death.
Yun Shiqiao was so frightened that every inch of her body was weak and her legs were shaking like cotton. Now her face was full of fear and she was so frightened that she couldn't utter a single word.
Next, the hall was filled with her heart-rending screams.
The man was beaten twenty times and was still begging for mercy, blaming her entirely.
After the grievance was resolved, Ji Huai not only allowed those people to continue drinking and eating without charging them, but also promised to treat them to another meal tomorrow to express his apology.
This made the Ji family's image suddenly grow taller in front of everyone, their goodwill soared, and their business became even more prosperous.
Yun Shiqiao was beaten forty times. How could the Yun family still have money to treat her
In order to make things difficult for the Ji family, she pawned the only bracelet on her hand and used it to buy clothes for the man and go to a restaurant for drinks.
He and Yun Shide saw that she was dying, and they were reviled. The hard life during this period of time made them grow malice in their hearts. How could they have any family ties
Yun Shiqiao caused them to lose face and a place to live, and had to beg to survive. Their daughter no longer had any patience or love.
The wages of the bakery haven't been paid yet, and according to Yun Shiqiao's words, Yang Mian, the former chef of Ji's Restaurant, was hired. The man was a sinister man, and now he came to demand wages, and even started a fight with Yun Hao, blinding Yun Hao. With one eye, Yang Mian was also sent to prison.
Now, Yun Shide and He Shi wanted her to die quickly, so how could they hire a doctor for her
Yun Hao became blind, and Yun Shi Qiao's skin was bruised and bruised for several months, but he was still alive. He just had a problem with one of his legs and started limping.
She now has sunken eye sockets, is as thin as a bone, and her hair has turned white. She looks like a sixty-year-old woman with one leg dragged. No one in the Yun family cares about her. She is too lazy to eat and can't seduce men. When she is hungry, she can only beg for food. day.
The Ji family has opened several bakeries on the street, and the business is as good as ever. Ji's father is in good health, and he is managing the restaurant. I heard that the Ji family's maritime business is also doing well, and they also open a pawn shop. They will soon become the richest family here.
As for the county magistrate, he had done nothing and had accepted a lot of bribes. When he returned that day, Ji Huai intentionally or unintentionally mentioned the ridiculous things he had done to Yang Zhang. Not long after Yang Zhang returned, someone came to investigate.
Without any further investigation, the secret was revealed and he was immediately thrown into jail. Only Xu Nan was not affected and could still support himself, while Xu Hao was in a miserable state, living in depression and hanging around, waiting to die.
On this day, Yun Shiqiao was dressed in rags, holding a bowl and dragging his legs on the street. His voice was hoarse and he said, "Give me some money, give me some money..."
When everyone saw her, they all took a detour and felt disgusted. A gorgeous carriage stopped in front of her. Several maids hurriedly stepped forward and whispered, "Young lady, please slow down."
I saw Ji Huai coming out of the store. He was wearing light gray brocade clothes and a jade belt around his waist. He was tall and had an extraordinary bearing, like a noble man.
He walked to the carriage and helped the people out of the carriage.
The woman came out bent over, wearing a light blue robe, with wide cuffs embroidered with exquisite patterns, looking gorgeous. Her black hair was tied into a bun, and her jade hairpin was loosely tied up. Her outstretched hand was delicate and fair, wearing a translucent jade bracelet.
She moves slowly and her belly is slightly bulging, so she must be pregnant.
Yun Shiqiao grabbed the broken bowl tightly and couldn't help laughing, feeling a little happy in her heart. Qiao Xin didn't win either. Isn't there still someone beside Ji Huai? There will be more people in the future, just like when she married into the Xu family.
Her end might not be better than hers!
"Why don't you get some sleep today?" Ji Huai's gentle voice sounded.
The woman spoke softly, with a smile in her eyes, "I couldn't sleep and was bored, so I came to find you and asked you to make shrimp cakes for me."
"Okay, I'll make it for you." Ji Huai held her hand and spoke in a doting tone. When he looked at her, his eyebrows curved a little, "If you don't come, I'll have to make it for you and send it back. I won't starve you." ."
The woman's other hand was attached to her lower abdomen, and her glossy red lips curved, making her even more beautiful.
Hearing the voice, Yun Shiqiao felt that it sounded familiar. When the other party turned her head, her pupils shrank suddenly and her breathing became rapid.
Why is it Qiao Xin!
The other party now looked like something she didn't recognize. She looked like a young lady from a wealthy family, followed by two maids and a boy. She looked really dignified.
Qiao Xin obviously didn't recognize her anymore, because she was more compassionate after becoming pregnant. After seeing her from the corner of her eye, she stared at her a few more times. Seeing that Yun Shiqiao was still holding up her bowl, she turned her head to look at Ji. Huai said, "Ms. sir, give her some food."
Ji Huai also took a look, nodded, and asked someone to go to the kitchen to get some food.
Yun Shiqiao dragged her steps, turned around and left in embarrassment.
Qiao Xin looked strange, Ji Huai supported her, "It's windy outside, go in first, don't catch a cold."
"Okay." She didn't think much and went in with him.
Yun Shiqiao was not convinced.
That should have been hers, all the glory and wealth should be hers.
She gave alms to Qiao Xin, why did she end up like this
Would it have been different if she had married Ji Huai
She regrets, which step was wrong, but even if she regrets, she still feels that every step she took later was right, just to live a better life, she was not wrong! correct!
But that bitch Qiao Xin has a better fate than her, her fate is unfair! unfair! It was all that bitch who stole her things!
Yun Shiqiao was filled with resentment and begged for a living. She froze to death in that winter and even became an unclaimed female body. She remained unwilling and regretful before her death.