Chapter 676 The time of death is wrong
If that's the case, why would the Zhou family lie?
This means that she ate something poisonous, and not his shredded pork noodles or drank his soup.
But in order to cheat money, he lied about the old woman's time of death.
After this, Kong Yuanbao understood instantly.
As businessmen, there are few stupid ones.
I didn't figure it out just now because I was too anxious.
Now that he has the Meng family father and son and goddaughter to support him, why should he be nervous?
My mood immediately calmed down and my mind became much clearer.
"No, Mr. Kong, can't I just take the blame? If not, fifty taels is fine. I'll take my wife away right away and tell the public that she didn't die from eating the Kong family's noodle soup. How about that? I'll clear your name."
Zhou Kui's eyes were twitching and he felt very uneasy.
He knew better than anyone how his wife died.
If the officials really find out.
That's all.
Even if they can't find out the truth, it won't be good for them to continue making trouble.
I really regret it.
He also didn't expect that a merchant who opened a restaurant would be so familiar with the official.
Isn't it said that officials hate merchants the most? They disdain to deal with low-class merchants.
Are they all fake?
If he had known this, he would not have come.
Now, maybe even all my family members will be implicated.
Still can't get any good results.
Zhou Kui leaned over to Kong Yuanbao and whispered.
There was still a hint of pleading in his eyes, but Kong Yuanbao saw through his thoughts and ignored him.
He just snorted coldly and continued, "Hmph, no need. When the officials come back, the truth will be revealed. I, the Kong Family Restaurant, only want to be cleared of all charges. Otherwise, how can I continue to run the restaurant in the future?"
These words are powerful.
Jiang Fubao led the applause.
If one person clapped, everyone else would clap as well, even though they didn't know why they were clapping.
"My godfather said it well. The purpose of life is to be an upright person. As a restaurant, if you don't check whether the food is poisonous, who will eat here in the future? Old man, I don't know what you want to do.
One moment he asked for 500 taels of silver as compensation, the next moment he reduced it to 100 taels, and now he whispered something in my godfather's ear. I'm afraid the silver has been reduced again? What are you so anxious about? Are you panicking because you're afraid the officials will find out something?"
Jiang Fubao raised the corner of his mouth and sneered.
She was right.
There was another hidden story behind the old woman's death, and coupled with what her grandmother had just said to her, her eyes became even more fierce when she looked at the Zhou family.
These people were the ones who came to Jiangjia Village to cause trouble.
It’s from Zhoujia Village.
I heard that they had done many evil things and were notoriously bad in several nearby villages.
If the police got evidence, Jiang Fubao was prepared to let his brother be punished severely.
This kind of cancer should be eradicated one by one.
It was very cold, with a chill wind blowing from time to time, and Zhou Kui's face was covered in cold sweat.
His hands were shaking terribly.
After all, he is a farmer. No matter how smart he is, he cannot defeat Jiang Fubao, who has lived for two lifetimes.
At this moment, he felt extremely regretful and wondered why he had caused such a scene.
Not only will you not get the money, you may also lose it yourself.
There are more and more people around.
It seemed as if the whole town had come.
Someone shouted that the prefect and the county magistrate were judging the case in the street, and people who were celebrating the New Year at home came out one after another.
Just to see the excitement.
The alley was particularly crowded.
The Zhou family, the Jiang family, the Kong family, and Meng Bujiu were all squeezed in the middle.
The two sides just stood there quietly.
No one spoke.
"I want to drink chicken soup. I'm so cold. Mom, I want to go home." Zhou Ruixiang was tired of standing and started to make a fuss.
His family, who seemed to love and pamper him, actually ignored him.
"Grandma, why are you lying down? Get up and give me some hot chicken soup. Didn't you say you were going to make chicken soup for me? Why are you sleeping? You are not allowed to sleep."
Zhou Ruixiang pouted, came to the coffin, took Old Wang's hand, and started to act coquettishly.
But the person is dead, how can he speak?
Zhou Ruixiang cried.
Ye quickly slapped his hand away.
"Son, your grandma has passed away, so please stop making trouble. When you get home, I'll make you some chicken soup. Be good, Ruixiang is the best."
Just as she was coaxing her son.
The official finally came back.
The crowd made way.
The already crowded alley became even more crowded, and the horses couldn't get in at all.
The officers had no choice but to dismount and enter through the small path made clear by the people.
"Did you find out anything?" Meng Bujiu asked.
"To reply to your Excellency, there is a woman in Zhou's house who was tied up in the room. When she saw us coming, she cried and asked us to save her. We brought her here. In addition, I found a piece of loose soil in the backyard of Zhou's house. When I dug it up, I found a boiled chicken and some mushrooms.
The soup was sucked dry by the ground. The subordinates brought the chicken and mushrooms in a basin and asked the miracle doctor to take a look. There was a pile of ashes on the stove in the Zhou family's kitchen, as if a lot of firewood was burned. There was not much firewood in the backyard. The kitchen was also full of smoke, and there were marks of coffins on the ground..."
After the officer finished speaking, he waved his hand, and three more officers squeezed in from behind, bringing in a woman and a wooden basin.
The appearance of this woman shocked Jiang Fubao greatly.
Isn’t this Jiang Kang’s biological mother, Sun Xiaotao?
The Zhou family came to make trouble earlier, saying that Sun Xiaotao had run away, so how come she was caught again?
It's such a hassle.
He looked neither like a human nor a ghost. His legs were limping and bent in a strange way. He must have been beaten violently and his bones were broken.
The exposed wrists were all bruised.
The clothes she wore were very thin, exposing her chest skin. It would be cold to wear them even in late autumn, let alone a snowy day.
Although Jiang Fubao didn't like Sun Xiaotao, he still felt an indescribable feeling in his heart when he saw how miserable she was.
This Zhou family is really despicable. They simply don't treat people as human beings.
You can't treat animals like this.
"Get her some clothes." Jiang Fubao said to the waiter of the Kong family who lived in the backyard of the restaurant, and then began to check the vegetables in the wooden basin.
First he smelled the chicken, looked at the meat, and then checked the mushrooms one by one.
It wasn't until she pinched a pure white mushroom that she smiled.
"This kind of mushroom, called snow mushroom, only grows on snowy days and can break through the ground in about two hours. It is pure white and looks non-toxic, but it is actually more poisonous than red mushrooms. If you use just one to make chicken soup, you will be poisoned to death if you drink a sip of the soup.
This poison is comparable to the red stork's top, it directly blocks the throat, and after death, the nails and lips will turn dark purple, and there is another characteristic, that is, the chest will show purple patterns. "
Jiang Fubao's words made Kong Yuanbao feel relieved.
The heart that was lifted up was also put back.
After all this time, it turned out that this man was poisoned by mushrooms and they wanted to blame it on him.
absurd!
Jiang Fubao was afraid that the Zhou family would continue to be stubborn, so he directly stripped off Old Wang's clothes, exposing the skin above her chest. People who were nearby stretched their heads to look.
"Oh, there really is a pattern, it's purple, and it's almost spreading to the neck."