delicious little cook

Chapter 600

In order to find out the motive for the arson in Wangjiang Tower and find the suspected night watchman, three lines from the government, the black market and Gu Yun's personal investigation were going on at the same time. At the beginning, no one knew which side would get the news first. He came back, but only three days later, the government had a result, and the owner was sent to the Yamen to recognize someone.

The body of the night watchman was found near the passenger terminal outside the city, reeking of alcohol, lying lying in the reeds by the river, with an empty wine gourd on his body, which was already in the hands of the officials maintaining law and order at the terminal. After comparing the portrait of the suspect issued by Yingtian Mansion, it was immediately obvious that someone might be found, so while transporting the corpse back to the city, he took the gourd to a restaurant that sells alcohol and food, and found a restaurant owner who recognized the wine gourd. The appearance and height of the wine buyers he described all matched the body, so it can be determined that the deceased was the wine buyer.

The boss rushed to the Yamen to identify the corpse, and his old buddy naturally recognized it, and Wu Zuo said that he had died only two days ago, and he had not yet developed into a giant, and the appearance of the body was still recognizable, so it was confirmed that this was Wang Jiang who had been missing for a few days The cause of death was drowning. Judging from the available evidence, he probably wanted to escape by boat, but he was unable to get away because he got his portrait on the pier in time. He was anxious and drunk day and night, and finally in Something happened at the water's edge.

The family members were notified by the yamen and rushed to identify the person. When the parents, wife and children saw the corpse, they knew it was their own relatives. The old parents cried again until they fainted.

The biggest suspect No. [-] died and no other suspects showed up. Even if the case is closed, the old club can only accept the verdict no matter how dissatisfied it is, and ask the family members for compensation.

But how can this family have the money to compensate for the loss of Wangjiang Tower? Even if the whole family is willing to sell themselves to pay off the debt, they still can’t pay. Besides, they don’t have much labor force. Strong labor, the only valuable thing is that the house they live in now is the property handed down from their ancestors, but even if the property is located in Shangfang, it is less than half of the compensation if the real estate is valued at the market price, and the other half is equal to that it can only be their own. I swallowed it by myself.

At this moment of hesitation, the family surrounded him and begged him not to use their house to pay off the debt. They were willing to work for him, and they only hoped to keep the property passed down by the ancestors.

The old club became very angry when he heard this. Wangjiang Tower was also the property he inherited from his ancestors. Because of his ancestors' foresight, he first got the land, and then he had Wangjiang Tower with such a superior geographical location and scenery. It has been handed down that the land price has doubled several times over the years, and the business has been so conscientious that the annual profit is quite considerable. A good restaurant was burned down to a dilapidated building. I don’t know when it will be repaired and reopened. The loss of this business closure is also a waste of money flowing away every day of the suspension. His loss is no longer what the family can afford by working hard for years.

Thinking of this, the old club threw away his hands and asked the criminal master to ask for a verdict, and demanded that if the family members of the suspect used their own real estate to pay off the debt, the rest of the shortfall would be written off, and he would not pursue it.

Naturally, the government thinks more things are worse than less things. Since the sufferer is willing to take only part of the compensation and settle the case completely, he is naturally eager to persuade the family members there to give up the property. As long as they nod, the house deed and land deed can be transferred on the spot.

The desperate cries of the whole family made everyone look at the people who came to work outside the six doors of the Yingtianfu compound, but the Yamen is such a place, crying is useless, and their family only has the only real estate, the most benevolent under the feet of the emperor All, the sufferer has a big grievance and must give in. He can't force people to death with a bully appearance. The small house is transferred to the owner of Wangjiang Tower as a debt repayment, but at the same time, it will be rented back to them to continue living. It is charged at the market price, which also saves their family from being displaced.

Even though they were helpless, they could only accept such a result, so the big and small officials got busy, and the final judgment and the new house deed were quickly written and handed over to the old owner of Wangjiang Tower, and a rental contract was drafted on behalf of them. , the obligations and responsibilities of both parties have been drawn up, so we are not afraid of which family will renege on their debts.

The old boss returned home and told the only son who just came back from other places what happened at home in the past few days. The father and son held their heads in tears, sighed for a while, encouraged each other to cheer up, and repaired the Wangjiang Tower as soon as possible. .

That night, the old man wrote a letter to Gu Yun, telling him the details of the case, and only a small part of the hidden money of several hundred taels of silver was spent. He decided to use the rest of the money to investigate the night watchman. Personal relationship, who knows if he has hidden other secrets behind his family's back, the old man who has been working for many years suddenly set fire to destroy his boss's business in the middle of the night, this motive may be hidden in his unknown secrets.

The next day, when Bai Kou received the letter, she saw on the cover that it was written by the prince himself. Although she knew it was from her old employer, she did not open it up and read it without permission. See for yourself, and then I was busy writing her pregnant woman's menu for Grandma Xu.

Grandma Xu was diagnosed as pregnant for one month in the twelfth lunar month of last year. Now in May, it is almost the late pregnancy. The food doctor at the Tai Hospital who is looking after her has changed a new diet. Write a few new recipes in the range, and then teach Grandma Xu to her dowry cook.

Although the second lady doesn't like Bai Kou, she doesn't object to Bai Kou's writing recipes. She just pretends that she doesn't know about it. Pay the money yourself.

When Bai Kou was discussing new dishes with Grandma Xu in her room, Gan's maid hurried in from the outside and reported the latest gossip.

"Just now a family member came to Tong Hanlin's house from our uncle's uncle's house, saying that Miss Tong Mingli's marriage will be canceled next month because the groom-to-be is dead."

"Ah?!" Bai Kou was taken aback, shaking his hand, the tip of the brush fell on the paper and stained it, "Okay, why did this happen? Do you know how the groom-to-be died?"

"I don't know. The person who came only said that the marriage was cancelled, and left in a hurry. He didn't say the cause of the bridegroom's death. The servant girl didn't dare to inquire, so she hurried back when she heard the news." The girl looked at her young lady and said. .

Gan Shi first nodded and praised her girl for coming back in time, and seeing Bai Kou reacted so strongly, she couldn't help asking curiously: "By the way, Bai Kou, do you know Tong Mingli very well?"

"I'm not very familiar with each other, but the relationship between the aunts and sisters on both sides was not very good before, and the second room doesn't like to entertain guests, so Miss Tong hasn't come to play for a long time, and the servant girl doesn't even know that she is getting married soon. "

Bai Kou liked Tong Mingli quite a lot. She was very straightforward in giving rewards, but she never thought that she would encounter the death of her fiancé just before she got married.

(End of this chapter)