Chapter 311: Fraud
Soon, officials from the Dali Temple arrived at the shore of Ziyan Lake and dispersed the onlookers.
Shi Yan then ordered his men to bring the boat to shore.
Before getting off the boat, Zhu Lan asked Chu Xin: "Are you sure that Boss He also has the same red spots on his body as Miss Shi Yan's?"
Chu Xin nodded vigorously. "My aunt accompanies Uncle He every day. She mentioned Uncle He's illness to me. When it first started, red spots appeared all over his body. One time I went to see my aunt, and she was wiping Uncle He's arm. I saw it, and it was exactly the same as what happened to Sister Shi Yan's face!"
Chu Xin glanced at He Fang after he finished speaking, his eyes full of disgust, "I didn't expect him to be so evil. In order to control Tongyun Bank as soon as possible, he actually used the 'Hundred Days Fragrance' to harm his own uncle!"
"I'm afraid there's more to it than this." Zhu Lan said.
He Fang had evil intentions. If he drugged He Shan in order to make him sick and bedridden for a long time, or even die early, so that he would hand over the control of the bank early, then He Fang's brother He Hong, as He Fang's direct competitor, would definitely not be safe either.
"Uncle He is so pitiful. He was harmed by his own nephew and was kept in the dark for so many years. He even thought he got sick from overwork..." Chu Xin said sadly.
"Now that things have come to this, all we can do is to expose He Fang's crimes and have them punished by law."
The ship finally docked, and a constable from the Dali Temple strode up. After entering the cabin, everyone realized that the person was actually a woman.
The woman put her hand on the sword at her waist, glanced at everyone with a sharp gaze, and spoke in a crisp and clear voice.
"Who reported the case?"
Zhu Lan stepped forward and directly revealed his identity as a member of the Hanlin Academy.
"So you are Editor Zhu." The woman cupped her fists at her and said, "I am the patrol officer of the Dali Temple, Si Ying."
"Inspector." Zhu Lan nodded to her and explained what happened.
Si Ying waved her hand and ordered her men to take the yelling He Fang off the boat. She said to Zhu Lan, "We will first take this man back to the Dali Temple for interrogation, and at the same time send people to He's mansion to search for evidence."
Zhu Lan nodded. She thought that she should still be able to find some remnants of zinnia in He Shan's room. She did not forget to remind Si Ying to see if she could find any clues on He Hong.
"By the way, Patrolman," Zhu Lan suddenly asked, "Is Chang Sizheng still in the Dali Temple?"
"Chang Si Zheng?" Si Ying thought for a moment and said that he seemed not to be in the capital at the moment. He was out handling a case, but he would be back in a few days.
Zhu Lan understood and did not ask any further questions. He went to the Dali Temple with Qiao Youyou, Chu Xin and others as witnesses.
…
Half an hour later, everyone had gathered in the Dali Temple. He Fang had been taken away and temporarily controlled, while Zhu Lan and others were waiting for the people sent to He's house to report the results.
Two detectives walked in, and everyone in the room immediately stood up and asked if there was any result.
"Did you bring the person here?" Si Ying asked.
The constable shook his head and said, "Mr. He is not feeling well and cannot come. He Hong has not been found yet."
Si Ying expressed her understanding and asked where she could find clues about the osmanthus.
The constable still shook his head, looking embarrassed. The He Mansion was too big, and it would take too long to search the entire place, so they only checked He Shan's room and did not find anything similar to spices.
Zhu Lan frowned and thought, could it be that He Fang did not plant the hundred-day fragrance in He Shan’s room?
Si Ying asked someone to bring He Fang over, while Zhu Lan and others temporarily retreated behind the screen to avoid him.
Si Ying had a cold face with sharp edges and corners, and she had a bit of the austerity of a government official. When He Fang saw her, he seemed even more guilty and shrank in front of her.
Si Ying looked at him in silence for a while, until the uneasiness on He Fang's face became more and more obvious and he became anxious, then he suddenly spoke:
"We have found the incense you hid. It is not fatal. At most you will be sentenced to exile. But we just discovered that the incense was mixed with some fresh chrysanthemum.
Do you know that private sales of Yingzicao are prohibited in Daliang? Once discovered, it will be treated as a felony?"
Zhu Lan raised the corner of his mouth slightly behind the screen. This patrol officer was indeed experienced and his trickery was very powerful. He deserved to be the patrol officer in the Dali Temple where many talents were hidden.
Sure enough, He Fang panicked when he heard this, and immediately shouted that he had never heard of any Yingzi grass. The zinnia was clearly hidden in He Shan’s bedding, so how could someone add Yingzi grass in it?
As soon as he finished speaking, He Fang's face turned even paler. He realized that he had been fooled, but it was too late.
Si Ying immediately led people to He's house.
Qiao Youyou is now the manager of Tongyun Money House, and the affairs of the He Mansion are closely related to her, so naturally she went with Si Ying, and Zhu Lan and Shi Yan also decided to go together.
Of course, they did not forget to bring He Fang along.
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The door of the He Mansion was open, as if knowing they were coming.
Si Ying led his men straight in, and under the guidance of Chu Xin, they came directly to the inner courtyard, but they saw thick smoke rising from the inner courtyard from afar.
Everyone was startled, thinking that there was a fire in the house, and hurried over.
I saw several servants burning something on the Nine-Curve Floating Bridge of the He Mansion Pond, which caused the billowing smoke.
The pungent smell of smoke spread with the wind. Shi Yan frowned and said in a deep voice, "It's the lily of the valley."
Si Ying immediately ordered people to stop it and put out the fire, but the things in the fire had already been burned to ashes, with only some corners left.
But it is still not difficult to see that it was the quilt that was burned.
Chu Xin was so anxious that he jumped up and down, "This is evidence, why did you burn it!!!"
Not to mention Si Ying, Zhu Lan and others, even He Fang, who was hanging his head, was stunned and didn't understand what was going on.
At this time, He Shan's door opened, and Chu Xiuning walked out with a cold expression and asked them to follow him in.
The candlelight flickered, He Shan was sitting on the edge of the couch in a single layer of clothing, his face was so haggard that there was no trace of blood. Chu Xiuning's face was also very ugly, and even slightly reddened. When she saw He Fang, her eyes were immediately filled with undisguised hatred.
Si Ying walked into the room and said to He Shan, "Someone has reported that Mr. He Fang from your mansion hid the lily of the valley poison with you, intending to murder you..."
Before he finished speaking, He Shan said calmly:
"This lord may have made a mistake. Everything is peaceful in our house and there is no trouble."
Si Ying frowned, "But clearly——"
"I told you that everything is peaceful in the He Mansion, and there is no trouble." He Shan raised his eyes and emphasized coldly, "I have not sent anyone to the Dali Temple to report the case. Please go back, sir."
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