The daily life of a charming girl who made a fortune in ancient times

Chapter 161 A mallet

Fang's face was full of shock, and he murmured, "Jiaojiao, let me stroke it for your mother..."

Lin Ruyu nodded, because she also needed to be quiet.

The blue-throated songbird outside the window yelled cheerfully before Fang finally opened his mouth, "There are specialties in martial arts. Although Luo Xian and the others are good at martial arts, they may not be able to fight pirates when they are at sea, so we must invite good escorts Go pick your father back, it would be best for Lu Daoliang to go in person. Mother thinks that something happened to Lu's family in your dream, maybe it has something to do with us."

Lin Ruyu understood what her mother meant, but she had a different guess, "If it's just to stop the Liangdao Escort, there are many more labor-saving methods. So my daughter thinks that this person may have contributed to the incident, but there must be something hidden in it. At present, we know very little about the Lu and Gu families, so we need to find out about their affairs as soon as possible. It's the end of the year, and my mother will be busy with the business in the shop, so I'll leave this to my daughter, right?"

In the dream, Lin Ruyu only heard a few words from the maid about the tragic situation of the Gu family, but she didn't know the truth.However, there must be a reason for things to happen. Going to investigate now should be able to find out some facts.

If the daughter is willing to do it, the Fang family will not stop her, "With the family background of the Gu family and the status of the young Patriarch Gu Jing, one should not marry the daughter of an escort who has been sick since childhood. There must be hidden secrets in this marriage. The steward will come back at the end of the year to pay the annual account, and Jiaojiao will send someone to ask about it. There are still two months before they get married, so there is still time."

"Daughter understands." Lin Ruyu responded, and after calling in the steward Lin Feng to give some instructions, the servants of the Xuanzhou Yamen arrived.

The prefect interrogated Gao Wanzhi and sent Lin Ruyu to the lobby to answer.

Unexpectedly, the prefect Zhu would be promoted to the court so soon to question the case. Lin Ruyu asked Xianyin to carry Yu to ward off evil spirits, and rushed outside the yamen lobby.

The yamen servant pushed aside the crowd at the entrance of the lobby, and when Lin Ruyu entered the hall, she scanned it and found three adults sitting in the hall.

Zhu Taishou in the middle, Ye Changshi and Tongshou Wang Linchang sat on the left and right respectively.Shen Ge, Zhao Ming, Wang Zhengtong, Gao Wanzhi, Song Tianxiang and his uncle Zhang Zhongfeng were all in the hall.

After Lin Ruyu saluted and reported to her family, the prefect Zhu asked, "Lin Ruyu, did you bring the jade warding off evil spirits that was auctioned by Wanxiang Auction House yesterday?"

"Go back to the prefect, the folk girl brought it." Lin Ruyu raised the box containing jade to ward off evil spirits with both hands, and the yamen servant took the brocade box worth 2 taels of silver with both hands, and carefully sent it to the hall desk.

The prefect Zhu opened the brocade box, examined it carefully and asked, "Where did this thing come from?"

Lin Ruyu replied, "Three years ago, Minnv's father bought more than ten pieces of rough jadeite from Fat Country, and opened a piece of high-quality ice white jadeite, and asked the craftsmen of Cuiyu Building to carve it into jade articles. This jade to ward off evil spirits is one of them. One. The three prefectures were hit by floods this year, and Minnv’s farm and shops were severely damaged. At the end of the year, there was no money in the family’s account to buy new year’s goods, so my mother asked Minnv to take out the jade to ward off evil spirits and hand it over to Wanxiang Auction House for auction.”

I wish the prefect ordered someone to pass the shopkeeper of the Cuiyu Building into the lobby, confirming that Lin Rujiayu's evil spirits came from the Cuiyu Building, so he asked Lin Ruyu to step aside and continued to ask questions, "Shen Ge, how did you find out that the jade that Gao Wanzhi sent for auction To ward off evil spirits as a ghost weapon?"

Shen Ge replied resoundingly, "My lord, Wanxiang Auction House will ask the experienced court servants from Wang's pawn shop to check the authenticity of each lot that Wanxiang Auction House receives. yamen."

Chang Shi Ye Changjun took over the quarrel, "Back to the prefect, I have verified that what Shen Ge said is true. After learning that the Lin family also sent a piece of jade to ward off evil spirits for auction, after discussing with Master Wang, I asked Shen Ge to hide it." Regarding the matter of the underworld weapon, I used the Lin family's jade to ward off evil spirits and lure Gao Wanzhi's associates."

Tong Shou Wang Linchang straightened his back, and replied loudly, "Returning to the prefect, the lower officials felt that it was impossible for Gao Wanzhi to steal such a precious jade with the strength of Gao Wanzhi alone, so he made this plan with Master Ye."

Ok?
Is Wang Linchang whitewashed now?

Why didn't the prefect take the opportunity to take him down?
Lin Ruyu, who was standing aside listening to the hall, turned her eyes to Shen Ge.

Shen Ge also just turned his eyes over, the two of them met each other, and lowered their heads again.

Others were fine, but Song Tianxiang was so frightened that he knelt and climbed two steps, and bumped his head on the ground, "My lord, Cao Min is wronged, Cao Min is not Gao Wanzhi's accomplice, Cao Min is wronged..."

Before Zhu Taishou opened his mouth, Wang Linchang yelled angrily, "The Taishou has not yet finalized the case, what are you calling wronged? Could it be that you are a guilty conscience?"

Song Tianxiang...

Patriarch Song outside the lobby wanted to rush in and gag his son, Zhang Zhongfeng rolled his eyes secretly, and cursed "idiot" in his heart.

Only then did the prefect Zhu ask, "Gao Wanzhi, where did you get your jade to ward off evil spirits? If you dare to tell half a lie, bang!"

I wish the prefect slapped the gavel, and said in a dignified manner without anger, "I will serve you with great punishment."

Gao Wanzhi was timid at first, and when he was almost poisoned to death last night, he was scared out of his wits, and now he asked what to do, "Return to the prefect, someone gave the jade to ward off evil spirits, and said that the grass people would get it." Wanxiang Auction House auctions, the proceeds of the auction are divided into... [-]% to the grassroots. Please be careful, what the grassroots said is true."

The prefect Zhu asked, "Who gave the jade to ward off evil spirits into your hands?"

Gao Wanzhi hesitantly said, "Yes...he was the one who went to prison yesterday and poisoned him. The grassroots don't know his name..."

"Crack!" Eunuch Zhu slapped the gavel and shouted angrily, "You don't know the other party's name, how dare you take his jade?!"

"mighty--"

The two classes of yamen servants poked the ground with their torture sticks and drank together, so frightened that Gao Wanzhi almost peed his pants, and tremblingly said, "Caomin's shop lost money, so... Caomin guessed that the jade warding off evil spirits came from a wrong way, but he didn't expect it to be a ghost weapon." , My lord, please spare my life, my lord, please spare my life."

The prefect Zhu carefully asked a few more questions about the people who went to the prison to poison. Wang Linchang couldn't sit still until he asked the next question, "Can you conspire with Song Tianxiang and Zhang Zhongfeng?"

Zhang Zhongfeng didn't change his face, Song Tianxiang was trembling.

Gao Wanzhi replied, "Back to the prefect, the grass people did not conspire with them, but on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Song Tianxiang stopped the grass people and asked the grass people if the jade warding off evil spirits sent by the Wanxiang Auction House was a ghost weapon. Of course the grass people didn't recognize it, But he was also afraid that things would turn out badly, so Cao Min went to the auction house to look for Shen Ge on the ninth day of the lunar month, wanting to return the jade to ward off evil spirits, but Cao Min went twice, but did not find Shen Ge."

After saying this, Gao Wanzhi was so wronged that he was about to cry.

Zhu Taishou then interrogated Song Tianxiang and Zhang Zhongfeng, "How did you two know about this?"

Afraid that Song Tianxiang could not explain clearly, Zhang Zhongfeng saluted and said first, "Back to the prefect, when Caomin and Song Tianxiang were having tea in Shuminglou, they heard some people in the hall talking about the robbery of the tombs of former officials in Ezhou and the loss of a pair of jade to ward off evil spirits." , and thought of the jade warding off evil spirits that Wanxiang Auction House was going to auction. Caomin just mentioned it casually, but he didn't expect Song Tianxiang to go to Gao Wanzhi to check it out."

"My lord, seeing Gao Wanzhi's words flickering and his eyeballs rolling around, he is obviously guilty, so he decided that the jade warding off evil spirits is stolen goods, Caomin... Caomin..." Song Tianxiang wanted to cry out wronged, but was afraid of being scolded, so he cried because of being wronged.

The prefect Zhu slapped the gavel, "Even if you know it's stolen goods, why don't you go to the Yamen to report to the officials?"

"Caomin...caomin was confused for a while..." Song Tianxiang really cried at this moment.

Lin Ruyu sighed secretly, no wonder Song Tianxiang was always used as a spear by Zhang Zhongfeng, his head could only be used as a stick.

(End of this chapter)