Chapter 227 I want to sue the owner of Xu’s Pastry Shop!
County Magistrate: "Who is your master's wife?"
Luo Dashan: "Aunt Xue Mei from the Xue Family"
"Someone, quickly capture Xue Mei!"
Quarter of an hour later, two constables brought Xue Mei in. Xue Mei struggled desperately and cried out that she was innocent.
"Sir! I am innocent!"
County Magistrate: "Unjustly accused? Then what evidence do you have to prove that you are wrongly accused?"
This question stumped Xue Mei for a moment. How could she prove it? Where could she get the evidence to prove it?
"Sir, I am innocent. Although Luo Dashan is my servant, I would never order him to harm anyone! If you don't believe me, I can swear an oath!"
Luo Dashan, who was standing by, heard this and wondered if he was going to take all the blame. He would not:
"Sir, I have evidence to prove that it was my wife who ordered me to do this. She gave me 100 taels of silver and told me to secretly find someone to do this. I was just tempted by the devil and wanted to take the 100 taels of silver for myself. Sir, please spare my life!"
County Magistrate: "Where did you hide the silver?"
"Sir, I have ten taels of silver on me, and the remaining ninety taels are all in the old urinal under my bed."
Upon hearing this, the county magistrate waved his hand and sent someone over to fetch the silver for verification.
The yamen official rode his horse back quickly, and a quarter of an hour later he brought the ninety taels of silver to the court, and the silver matched!
At this time, the result of the coroner's identification of the poison came out!
"Sir, the coroner said the poison is arsenic!!!"
The county magistrate was shocked when he heard this. If this was sold through cakes, how many people would be killed!!! Thinking of this, he became even angrier.
"Evil woman! Why don't you tell the truth? If you continue to quibble, I will sentence you to death when your crime is proven!"
"Come here, punish me!"
Xue Mei was so frightened that she burst into tears: "Sir! Spare my life! I confess, I confess, but I am not the mastermind. The owner of Yunlai Restaurant is the mastermind. He sent people to find me. He was the one who came up with the idea!"
When the county magistrate heard this, he became more serious. How could this involve the owner of Yunlai Restaurant? He had a cousin who was the county magistrate's concubine and gave birth to two sons for the county magistrate.
"Someone, go call the owner of Yunlai Restaurant over for questioning."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiyi immediately felt the difference between the county magistrate and the owner of the Yunlai Restaurant. With a cousin who was the county magistrate's concubine, it was no wonder that the owner of the Yunlai Restaurant was so lawless and would just force whatever he wanted to get.
"Sir, the owner of Yunlai Tower has been brought here."
County Magistrate: "Call him up to the hall!"
"I, Shi Baozhu, greet you, Your Excellency!!"
"Shi Baozhu, the prisoner Xue Mei accused you of helping her poison the cakes at Xu's shop. Is this true?"
"Sir, I am innocent. I don't even know Xue Mei, so how can I give her advice? What's more, it's something that would harm others. I would never do such a thing."
Xue Mei, who was standing by, became angry when she heard this: "What do you mean you don't know me? I was at the entrance of the gambling house that day, and it was clearly you who asked someone to come and ask me to come, and we were going to discuss something at your Yunlai Restaurant."
"You don't admit it now and want to put the blame on me alone? Dream on!"
County Magistrate: "How dare you! Xue Mei, if you continue to disrupt the court like this, I will give you twenty strokes of the cane first."
Shi Baozhu: "Sir, I am upright and honest. I will never admit anything I have never done."
Xue Mei: "Sir, he is lying and he won't admit it! He really gave me this idea, I definitely didn't lie"
Xu Zhiyi on the side watched all this quietly. Today, she told the two of them not to think about going back after coming to this yamen!
At this moment, an official from the government office rushed in and said, "Sir, something terrible has happened! There are many people outside carrying someone who is unknown whether dead or alive!"
Upon hearing this, the county magistrate stood up in shock and asked, "What's going on?"
"They said they were going to sue Xu's Bakery. They were all poisoned after eating Xu's bakery!"
County Magistrate: "Let the person in"
Twelve civilians carried five people in on wooden boards. The people lying there were motionless and no one knew whether they were dead or alive.
After they came in, the twelve men put down the wooden planks and immediately kowtowed to the county magistrate, crying:
"Sir, please help me!"
"My family bought some Xu's pastry about an hour ago. After eating it at home, they suddenly started to feel stomach pain and rolled on the ground. Now they are breathing out more than breathing in. Sir, I want to sue the owner of Xu's pastry for poisoning people."
"Sir, these are leftover cakes. Please do us justice!"
The county magistrate said, "Come here, take the remaining cakes to the coroner!"
Xu Zhiyi: "Sir, although the poison was not given by me, it was caused by me. So, for these five people who were poisoned, I beg you to ask the doctor to come and see if they can be saved. I will bear the medical expenses."
County Magistrate: "Come here, please ask for more doctors."
Shi Baozhu, who was standing by, saw that the plan had been successful! He was so happy that even Xu's pastry shop would not be able to operate today! Humph, if he couldn't get it, then he would destroy it!
Xu Zhiyi moved his head slightly and glanced at Shi Baozhu out of the corner of his eye. He felt that he seemed to be in a good mood and guessed what he was thinking. He was probably happy that he could kill two birds with one stone. He could get away with it and put Xu's Pastry out of business.
Haha! What a pity! She couldn't let him have his way!
While a person was being tried, suddenly drums of injustice were sounded outside the yamen, one louder than the other.
County Magistrate: "Who is beating the drum to complain? Bring the person up here."
"Your humble servant Jin Changshun pays respect to you, Your Excellency!"
County Magistrate: "Why are you beating the drum to protest? What's your grievance?"
Jin Changshun: "Sir, I have done nothing wrong. I was just chopping wood in the hills near the town gate when I suddenly saw a piece of clothing sticking out of the dirt. I was curious so I dug it out with my hands and found a body buried inside."
"I think there is more than one dead body!"
"What?"
When the county magistrate heard this, he couldn't keep calm anymore. This was a murder case, and more than one life was involved. This was a big case!
"Come here, call the coroner. Jin Dashun, you take the police officers to the scene to investigate."
Jin Dashun: "Yes, I obey your orders!"
Shi Baozhu, who was standing by, became impatient when he saw the county magistrate busy with this and that. His time was precious, and he wanted to waste his time.
"Sir, the medical examiner just now found that the cake was indeed poisoned with arsenic!!"
When Luo Dashan heard this, he was trembling in his heart. How could someone die? Wasn't he caught on the spot for poisoning?
Xue Mei also realized that the situation was serious. If someone died and she was exposed now, she would be beheaded.
Then he glared at Luo Dashan fiercely. This idiot, he clearly asked him to take the money to ask the Green Tiger Gang to do this. Even if it happened! The Green Tiger Gang took money from others and helped them to avoid disaster. The gang leader would arrange a scapegoat!
If Luo Dashan knew what Xue Mei was thinking, he would immediately curse back, "You are the idiot!" He didn't want to go find the Green Tiger Gang?
The problem is that he is just a small thug, and he takes so much money to the Green Tiger Gang. What if they don't want to bother with the matter and just kill him and rob him? Robbery is their specialty.
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