Lie down and eat melon in the protagonist group

Chapter 30 The Thirtieth Gourmet 5
Tea mist filled the air, Ling Jing put down the cup and said, "I asked Yang Xun about the autopsy details before, and the answer he gave was that all three members of the family died of rat poison poisoning, and there were food residues in their stomachs. Unfortunately, three members of the Fu family died that day. He died suddenly because it happened to be Pei Zhanqing who cooked it himself, and it happened that Pei Zhanqing ordered his mother-in-law to go out and buy the rat poison."

"My personal mother-in-law?" Ling Huai smiled knowingly, "You can be said to be under attack from both sides."

Ling Cen frowned and asked in confusion: "Why did you suddenly buy Laoshizi rat poison?"

Ling Jing was not in a hurry to give an answer and only said: "Before the sudden death, except for the young master of the Fu family who was born prematurely and disappeared, the other three members of the Fu family were all sick."

She took off a wolf hair, and Ling Huai pushed away a piece of paper. She picked up a pen and wrote: "Needless to say, my old boss is paralyzed on the bed and unable to walk."

"At that time, Mrs. Fu suddenly suffered from dysentery, chest tightness, shortness of breath, vomiting from time to time, and drowsiness. The doctor diagnosed and treated her because she was too worried."

"What's even more strange is that Young Master Fu accidentally ate something while he was out and lost his sense of taste. He was in a daze all day long and ignored family affairs."

"There is only one daughter-in-law, Pei Zhanqing, to shoulder the heavy burden in the whole family. Not only did she lose her body due to premature birth, but she also lost her beloved son. As for the food restaurant, she is a solitary woman who doesn't understand business, so she entrusted it to Zhang Gaoxuan. The family is full of trivial matters, and there are three patients who need to be taken care of properly. Her energy is limited, so the people around her are naturally entrusted with important tasks to help her with the housework and take care of the patients."

The four characters "personal mother-in-law" written on the paper in Ling Jing's circle looked sternly and said: "If at this time, this mother-in-law brings up the problem of rats in the house, and I come to you to ask for instructions, how will you deal with this rat? Should I buy the medicine or not?"

"This..." Ling Cen's eyes widened, he slammed the table and stood up, "Zhang Gaoxuan has already bribed people and laid a trap since the child disappeared!"

Ling Huai said: "It's all linked together. Then, Pei Zhanqing realized something afterwards, and in order to save her life, she had to move out of Fu's house and live in another place. In this way, continuing what Yang Inspector said, everything would be a matter of course. "

Ling Dang clenched her fist loudly. She couldn't hold it back anymore and hit the table with her fist, knocking over a table of tea. With the tea set clinking and clanking, she scolded: "Beast! A dog can wag its tail even if it throws a bone. ! Worse than beasts!"

"You're right!" Ling Cen rolled up his sleeves in anger, "If I had known what happened, I would have driven him up with a whip and crushed him! Crush him to pieces and feed him to the dogs!"

At this moment, Ling Dang wanted to get in front of Zhang Gaoxuan and give him a good beating. This kind of person would be considered dirty even if he threw it into a manhole to feed maggots. She was so angry and excited that she forgot to pretend to be stupid and honest, showing her true nature, and spat on the spot: "Bah! Don't harm the dog! The dog won't eat that pickled stuff!"

"Okay." Ling Huai pulled Ling Dang to sit down. It was rare to see her look so angry and lively. There was a smile on his eyebrows, "Don't be angry. It's not worth getting angry over something."

Ling Jing dusted off the hem of her skirt, water stains all over her body. She glanced at Ling Dang and Ling Cen each. The two siblings faced each other and scolded each other until their faces turned red and their necks thickened. They looked like roughnecks in the countryside. Ling Jing didn't know where they were for a moment. Something made her even more angry.

She rubbed her forehead helplessly. It was a wise choice not to let them get involved. Look, just like fighting, all the rules and etiquette were taught in vain.

There was a knock on the study door, and Mrs. Chuuai replied from outside: "Third Miss, Inspector Yang is here to see you."

"Please come soon." Ling Jing turned back, "I asked him to help check all the registered witnesses of the incident."

"Hey, the whole family is here." Yang Gan appeared at the door with a knife on his waist. He strode into the house, grabbed a stool, went straight to Ling Jing and sat down next to him.

Ling Jing poured tea for him and said politely: "Just came back from the office?"

Yang Gan lightly put down his outer robe, pretended to hold up the tea, and took a sip. He suddenly felt refreshed, and his heart felt as sweet as a jar of honey.

He took a long breath with relish and said, "Oh, no. However, I was patrolling the streets today and heard a great news. It was said that a living Bodhisattva appeared in Ganzhou City. He was given food and medicine and was cured. There is a wonderful cure for diseases that can cure the plague. As soon as the refugees outside the city heard the news, they couldn't stay any longer. They all packed up and ran to Ganzhou City. At present, the city is peaceful and nothing major happened. I will slip in and risk my life to accompany the third girl. Nagging."

"Hey, hey, hey," Ling Cen stretched out his hand and knocked on the table in front of him, "We are still here, and we are not the only third sister. With big front teeth, don't talk nonsense about my sister Qingyu, what kind of evil thoughts are there in An .”

Yang Gan's face stiffened when he heard this, but he couldn't stand it. He was as thick-skinned as the corner of a city wall, and immediately recovered as before. He pretended to be a tiger and said: "You are a kid, you are a kid. The adults should speak, and the children should not interrupt."

Ling Cen couldn't stand the fact that he always looked like a lustful toad towards his third sister, especially when he was rude to him. He immediately rolled his eyes and snorted: "Who are you? I want you to take care of her."

"This kid, I'm afraid he's very naughty at home." He was really shy. Yang Gan didn't behave like a child, he just smiled at Ling Jing and showed off his dignity.

Ling Jing smiled and ignored it, and said straight to the point: "I wonder what the situation is now that I asked Inspector Yang to pay special attention to before?"

The anger in Yang Gan's face disappeared immediately, and he said in a deep voice: "After Zhang Gaoxuan took over the Fu family, all the old servants of the Fu family were sent away from the city and disappeared. The adulterer's name was Sheng Bao, nicknamed Baolai. A well-known scoundrel in Shangfu City, who owes a lot of money for many years and refuses to pay it back. He is a gambler. Not only that, whenever he has a piece of money in his pocket, he will spend the night with him, either gambling or drinking. . During the twelfth lunar month of winter last year, he went out to drink in the middle of the night. He was so drunk that he came home confused and thirsty. He looked for water on the way, walked into a broken house, plunged into a large water tank, and drowned. The next day, Wu Zuo went for an autopsy. His whole head was embedded in the ice, and it took a lot of effort to get it out, so that he could keep his whole body."

He paused, sipping tea, and continued: "As for the personal wife and maid who served Pei Zhanqing, not long after Pei Zhanqing was imprisoned, they were often seen wearing gold and silver, shopping and boating, and they were very luxurious. But I haven't seen them recently. When I arrived at Ying'er, I heard that I was keeping vigil for my old employer at Fu's house. I got hit by evil spirits in the middle of the night, bumped into pillars one after another, and died."

After saying that, Yang Gan spread his hands toward them.

"The birds are gone and the bows are hidden," Ling Huai took a sip of tea and smiled with unclear meaning, "The rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked."

Ling Dang was shocked, "Don't keep any of the most favorable witnesses?!"

Ling Cen sneered: "What a good way to eradicate the root of the problem."

Yang Gan shook his head, "In Pei Zhanqing's case, it will be extremely difficult to reverse the confession."

Ling Jing clutched the handkerchief tightly, "Is this the end of it?"

"Forget it?" Ling Huai suddenly let out a chuckle, rubbed the rim of the cup with his index finger, and said slowly, "Then we can't just forget it. Why, Zhang Gaoxuan can fabricate false evidence and unjustly accuse people, but we can't? Based on who he is. Wouldn't it be more interesting to treat the person's body with Tao?"

Everyone in the room looked at him.

The sun sets in the west, and the sky looks like a green egg.

Yang Gan stepped out of the study, covered in cold sweat. Ling Jing personally walked him to the door of his house, and Yang Gan stepped on the threshold.

"Your brother," Yang Gan turned around, opened his mouth and stopped, but when he saw the gold hairpin in Ling Jing's hair, he suddenly recalled the Lantern Festival when she threatened her with the poisonous gold hairpin, and slipped out of her mouth "Not a good person" ", swallowed it back violently,

He was shocked to realize that the little girl in front of him was not a good person.

There seemed to be a cold breeze coming from the door. His sweaty inner lining was pressed against his back, and he suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

So he had no choice but to change his tone tactfully and said without sincerity: "It can accomplish great things." Ling Jing smiled gracefully and said, "I'll lend you your good words."

Yang Gan almost floated back home.

Yang's mother was wearing an overskirt and preparing to go to the kitchen to cook. When she took a quick look, she saw her eldest son, Yang Gan, sitting at the stone table in the courtyard with his elbows propped up and his head rubbed vigorously, as if he was worried about something.

She rolled up her sleeves and stepped forward, reaching for the vegetable baskets she had picked on the stone table. She gave him a quick thought and said, "There are lice here. Why are you back so early today? Are you causing trouble again or are you lazy?" Carefully bump into your father's face and give you a good beating."

Yang Ganla said sadly, "Mom, I'm afraid I'll have to be a bachelor for the rest of my life."

Mother Yang was busy working in an orderly manner, her mouth was not idle, and she said angrily: "Hey, the sun is shining in the west today. It's strange. I can't believe you can recognize what kind of bad behavior you have. Take a look at your neighbors. , which old man is in his early twenties and hasn't gotten married yet? Hey, tell me, you look like a dog, with long hands and long legs, and a lot of strength. You can stand on the street and be worth a few taels of silver wherever you sell them. . People are not bad, but Erwulang can't play tune all day long. Today, these brothers come to draw cards, and tomorrow they invite them to have a drink. They stay away from home at midnight every day, and when they come back, they cover their heads and sleep all day long. Come on, you are a bunch of lazy bones and you are like a pig. If anyone dares to marry a girl to you, he is either lame or immoral and sells his daughter to support the family."

"Mother, please be merciful." Yang Gan's ears were buzzing from the recitation, and he hurriedly bowed, "I'm not as unbearable as you said. The girl who likes me is gone. I'm not worried. If you want to marry a powerful wife, you may not be able to act like a mother-in-law in the future. When the time comes, you will be aggrieved, my wife will be aggrieved, and I will be in a dilemma."

He knows his son, Mo Ruomu, what the hell is he holding back, Yang’s mother has a clear family.

"Don't put gold on your face." Mother Yang chopped the vegetables with a knife, then pinned the knife and broke the basin and bowl. "This girl looks like a fairy. She also manages the family well, raises her children well, and treats guests well." You are well-mannered and considerate of your elder sister and aunt, so who doesn't like you in the alley? Even if you are a relative of the emperor, you are so shameless that you dare to think about other people's thoughts."

Yang's mother took out a basin of water and poured it at Yang Gan's feet. She kept talking: "If you really marry the third girl next door, you will let me eat fast and chant Buddha every day for the rest of my life, and I will be happy to worship her as a Bodhisattva! You My daughter-in-law is the daughter I borrowed from someone else to raise for me. If I exchange you for you, I have to give you some money. How can I act like a mother-in-law if I get such a good daughter-in-law? You are not afraid of thunder, but I am afraid of retribution. .”

Yang Gan ducked far away and shouted at the open window of the kitchen: "Am I really your biological son?"

Without raising her head, Mother Yang replied: "Ask your father! Where can I pick up such a big lump of flesh? He eats, drinks, poops and sleeps. He finally fell in love with a girl, and he had to ask his mother to match him with a shameless face. To attract matchmakers, things that don’t live up to expectations are still irritating.”

There was a lot of commotion in the yard. Yang Xiaomei, who was 12 years old, stuck her head out of the door to watch the excitement. When she met Yang Gan's eyes, she smiled ingratiatingly and quickly pulled her head back to avoid damaging the fish pond.

"It's my turn to be on duty today, so you don't have to keep my food." Yang Gan walked out, walked to the door, half-turned back, and said to Yang's mother, "Mom, don't think about the two young masters next door. Well, I advise you to give up on this idea. He is not an easy-to-get-together young man from a rich family, he is full of philanderers. My sister is short-minded and cannot be restrained, especially your favorite fifth young master. Our sister was sold by him. You have to happily count the money for me."

A rolling pin was thrown out of the kitchen window. Yang Gan was so frightened that he ran away, followed closely by Yang's mother, who was yelling curses.

On an April day, the warm sun was shining in the dome house. The branches and leaves of the two trees in the courtyard of the Ling family were covered in green. After careful inspection, they were identified as a jujube tree, a persimmon tree, and a clump of bamboo planted in the corner.

Ling Dang took the charcoal stick and led Ling An to draw the gourd according to the bamboo shadow. There was a gentle breeze and the sun slowly moved away, making the bamboo shadows drawn look different.

Pei Zhanqing has recovered from her illness and can't stay idle, so she works in the kitchen with her mother-in-law.

Mrs. Zhang Dong took out a bowl of soup alone and explained to Pei Zhanqing: "Young master should not eat yam. The sixth master said that eating too much will cause poisoning. The symptoms are not necessarily just rubella, but may also be that the tongue cannot taste the taste, and it is spoiled." She lost her appetite, and even lost her consciousness with her mouth crooked and her eyes squinting. Just in case, the third girl ruthlessly cut off the young master's bite."

Pei Zhanqing was stunned for a moment, "Yam poisoning?"

"Yes." Mrs. Zhang Dong put the small jar of food in the steamer and simmered it. "The fourth girl called it a food allergy and said it was a family inheritance. Does Mrs. Pei still remember who in the Fu family got sick after eating yams? "

Pei Zhanqing suddenly dropped the bowl and broke it, standing blankly on the stove, breathing unevenly.

Mrs. Zhang Dong was startled, "Mrs. Pei?"

Ling Dang heard the noise and ran over and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'm so stupid..." Pei Zhanqing looked at Ling An running into the kitchen with tears streaming down his face, "Mom, I'm sorry for your father. I only knew that he was sick. Yams are nourishing, but I never thought that it was a food taboo. Zhang Gaoxuan You have caused me so much pain..."

Ling Jing, Ling Huai, and Yang Gan, who were discussing matters in the study, hurried out when they heard Pei Zhanqing's wail. They stood under the eaves and watched her crying with Ling An in her arms. They all couldn't bear it.

Ling Dang was relieved for her, "That's not your fault."

Who would have thought that the Fu family built a family business based on delicious food, but in the end everything was ruined due to the incompatibility of food habits.

Yang Gan sighed, "Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind. The key is now, where can I find someone who is articulate, bold and careful to lead the way?"

Ling Dang frowned when he heard this, "I'll go!"

Ling Jing: "No!"

Ling Huai: "No."

Yang Gan also shook his head, "Regardless of the risks, no one will believe your statement based on your appearance. What's more, in Shangfu City, who doesn't recognize several of your Ling family brothers and sisters? After a little investigation, they are all exposed. ”

"I have a perfect candidate!" Ling Cen dragged Li Guanqi, who was already able to walk, and rushed into the yard. They both held a Gu jar in their hands, "Guanqi!"

"Thank you for thinking it through!" Yang Gan frowned so much that he could kill a mosquito, "A mute is going to court?! He is so full of witty words, yet he is silent and waiting to be punished? If you really want to be free, just play with your bugs and don't come here to wrap him up. chaos."

Unexpectedly, Ling Jing and Ling Huai looked at each other silently, a light flashed in their eyes at the same time, and they immediately said in unison: "It can be done."

Yang Gan turned his head and said, "Huh?!"

Ling Huai's expression was unpredictable, "Put a long shot and catch big fish."

The Ning family has already bit the hook, and they are not in a hurry to pull the line ashore for a while. They just take this opportunity to use Li Guanqi, whose origin is unknown, to throw stones and fry the fish to see how the Ning family reacts, and also to find out what the relationship between Li Guanqi and the Ning family is. .

Last year, the Ning family came once during a house raid. It was obvious that Ning San did not know Li Guanqi.

But Li Guanqi's reaction at that time was very strange. Looking at his expression, he clearly recognized Ning San. As soon as he saw Ning San, he immediately lowered his head and hid his face, with hatred in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)