Pretending to be jealous in the arms of Dali Temple

The night fell, and the night in Lingjiang Mansion was much cooler than that in the capital.

The candle was lit, and shadows danced on the wall of the room. Su Jizhi didn't speak, adding a bit of seriousness and tranquility to the atmosphere.

"Four months have passed since the case. During this time, you must have discussed and analyzed it. Now tell me, why do you think Zhao Da killed someone?"

The tall man blinked, "Zhao Da usually takes money very seriously. He is single, and money is all his belongings. We heard that the dead man was a rich businessman, especially rich. When he died, the money in the package All the silver is gone."

Wan Yan looked at Su Jizhi, but couldn't see anything from the lord's face.

"Well, you are right. I just found out about this. Do you know the deceased?"

"I don't know him, but I've heard that the deceased was a wealthy businessman in the south of the city. He was dealing in porcelain. This time he went to Bao'an Mansion to purchase goods. Their business was very big. I heard that this time he carried a lot of silver with him. When he died, the Something is missing."

Wan Yan settled down, she and the adults have been looking for Zhao Da's motive for killing people, if Zhao Da kills people for money, killing for money is one of the motives.

"Zhao Da usually is a greedy person?" Su Jizhi asked, Wan Yan couldn't hear the joy and anger in the adult's tone.

"I can't see it, but Mr. Zhao rarely spends money on drinking and so on. He just spends money whenever he can. It's hard to say, he's a bachelor, what is he doing with so much money?"

This is the short man's answer. It was the first time he opened his mouth to answer a question after coming in for so long.

"I heard that Zhao Da's business often lowers the price when he receives orders, and the people around him are very dissatisfied with him." This is the information Su Jizhi heard from Wan Yan just now.

Sure enough, the tall man seemed very angry when he heard it, "Your Excellency is right, Mr. Zhao is very casual, and he doesn't care about us. He lowered the price casually for the sake of business, making it impossible for us to negotiate with customers."

When the tall man spoke, the short man nodded frequently.

"Besides this aspect, what else is Zhao Da dissatisfied with?"

The tall man said, "Zhao Da also likes to hook up with those women and men. We men often go to business and are not at home. If someone has something to do, Zhao Da will be the first to rush out, making everyone restless."

The short man was also dissatisfied, "Zhao Da likes to joke with them. After a long time, everyone said that Mr. Zhao is good. Where do you put us who are in charge? He doesn't shy away, and he even jokes with our ladies. Are you angry, my lord?" .”

Su Jizhi agreed, "What about the day when the incident happened? Since Zhao Da is so unwelcome, why did you have a drink with him that day?"

The tall one thought for a while and said in a low voice: "Oh, our neighbor lives in the neighborhood, even if he feels dissatisfied, he is still a neighbor. Zhao Da is alone, and he is good at drinking, so sometimes the wine bureau calls him."

The short man looked at the tall man and shook his head, "No, you forgot, it wasn't us who organized the game that day, it was Fan San. He said that Zhao Da took on a big job and asked him to treat him. make up the board."

"Yes, yes, this is the process."

The tall man echoed, and Wan Yan looked at Su Jizhi.

The adult caressed his chin with one hand, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and there was a hint of a smile in his eyes, but he still couldn't see what he was thinking.

"Tell me about the situation of the wine bureau at that time, do you remember? How much wine did you drink? How much did Zhao Da drink?"

"Drinking a lot that day, Mr. Zhao was very happy. He won a big business. He could earn 80 taels of silver this trip. Later, the guests wanted to leave early and added another ten taels of silver. After this calculation, his trip Nearly a hundred taels, how could such a good thing fall on his head."

The tall man's tone was envious and jealous.

"Well, what did you drink that day?"

"Baijiu is the main thing. Later, Fan San brought a jar of rice wine. The rice wine has a strong stamina. I feel like we drank that jar of wine."

"Is it Lingjiang Mansion's specialty rice wine?"

"Yes."

Su Jizhi nodded, "I know rice wine. It has a mellow taste and full stamina. How much baijiu have you drank?"

The tall man thought about it, "It's more than three catties."

"Based on four people, each of you will drink a catty of wine. For Zhao Da, these wines can make him sleepy?" Su Jizhi asked, his eyes fixed on the tall man, "You know, Zhao Da?" When he was discovered, he was in a coma."

The two men looked at each other, unable to answer.

Su Jizhi smiled, "It's nothing, I just asked casually, let's talk about Zhao Yi, what's your impression of him?"

The short man glanced out of the window, hesitating to speak.

Su Jizhi unexpectedly named the short man, "Let's go out tonight, and I'll say hello to Mr. Wang. If you have anything to do in the future, feel free to ask Mr. Wang. As for everything you said tonight, it doesn't count, so don't take it to heart."

The short man was a little shaken.

"You still don't believe me? Look, we don't have transcripts or dossiers. I just listen to what you said. Even if one day I said it was you who said it, you won't admit it and say I'm talking nonsense. OK?"

Su Jizhi's words made the short man completely overcome his worries.

Everything Su Jizhi said was true, so the short man said dissatisfiedly, "Zhao Da relied on Zhao Yi to work as an official in the government office. He is very proud of it. Zhao Yi is the same. He often covers Zhao Da overtly and secretly. Their brotherly love is true. , but you can’t just bully people with your errands, right?”

Su Jizhi smiled, "For example?"

"In case of disputes, Zhao Yi will help Zhao Da regardless of right or wrong. Anyone can goug up the price, but after the trouble comes to the government, Zhao Da will be fine." The short man was very angry.

The tall man also joined the topic, "In order to get Zhao Yi's care, some guest officials will also take care of Zhao Da in business. It's not fair. We also go to help. Why does Zhao Da take more orders than us?"

Su Jizhi agreed, and the two men scolded the Zhao family brothers a lot, but to Wan Yan's ears, it was all trivial matters.

"I have written down everything you said. I have another question. Who is Fan San? How is he?"

"Fan San? We are neighbors. We often drink together on weekdays. Fan San is fine." The two explained one after another.

"You said Fan San brought the rice wine that day?"

"Well, everyone was happy after drinking half of the wine. It happened that Zhao Da's guest changed his itinerary and wanted to leave early, so he charged another ten taels of silver. Fan San was happy and wanted to take this opportunity to kill Zhao Da, so he brought rice wine and everyone drank it. too much."

"When the game was over, how was Zhao Da's condition?"

"It's pretty good. Zhao Da said that he was going to leave the next day. We deliberately left the game early. When he left, he was fine."

"What about the time?"

"After midnight, Zhao Da specially said that he would leave early tomorrow, and he had to go back to rest."

Su Jizhi nodded, with a light smile, "Thank you two today, I know the situation, we have nothing to do after we go out, and what you two said doesn't count, how is it?"

The two men smiled and nodded frequently.

Sitting next to Su Jizhi, Wan Yan felt that something she couldn't understand was hidden in the adults' eyes.

But the grown-up should have got the clue he wanted to know.

Because the adult's smile hides a mystery, and his mind is always hidden.