Chapter 91 Inquiry
"Okay, okay." Lian Rong agreed and followed Zhang Yongchang out.
Here, Zhuang Qingning had already arrived at the tofu stall. As expected, he saw a man leading two yamen runners standing in front of the stall with unhappy faces.
Zhuang Qingsui was so anxious that she was at a loss. When she saw Zhuang Qingning coming over, she hurriedly grabbed her hand and said, "Sister, someone from the government office came to ask if it was the girl who met the beggar earlier. I don't know much about this matter, and I don't know what happened. They asked if they found the wrong person, but they said that ours is the only tofu stall in this town, so it can't be wrong."
"Sister, what's going on? What's the matter with this kidnapper? When did we encounter a kidnapper?"
"It's okay, Qingsui, I know about this. I told them. Don't be afraid." Zhuang Qingning gently patted the back of Zhuang Qingsui's hand to comfort her.
It was not until Zhuang Qingsui stopped crying that Zhuang Qingning turned around and said to the three people, "You must be here because of those kidnappers from the past two days. It was me who met those people that day, not my sister. She doesn't know anything."
"I'm sorry."
Ding Gaochang, the leader, bowed to Zhuang Qingning and said, "We only knew that she was a girl selling tofu in town. When she saw your sister here, we thought it was her. But she didn't say anything after we asked her for a long time. She just said she knew nothing. We thought she was afraid of those kidnappers and didn't dare to speak, so we tried to persuade her."
"I never thought that the little girl was timid and afraid of people. Instead, she was frightened by us. We didn't ask about this matter in advance and frightened her. I'm really sorry."
Ding Gaochang bowed again.
"It's okay. You just didn't know about it for the time being."
Zhuang Qingning was not disgusted by this kind and polite person in front of him. He just said politely, "I wonder what your name is and what you would like to ask."
"I am the county lieutenant, responsible for all cases in the county. Previously, the head of the pavilion here sent three kidnappers to the county government office, and I am in charge of this case. After interrogation, I learned that the person who was almost victimized was Miss Zhuang, so I came to understand the situation."
Ding Gaochang said, "Miss Zhuang, please describe the situation on that day in detail."
"yes."
Zhuang Qingning described in great detail how he met those kidnappers that day, how he discovered them, and how he finally escaped.
"That's about it. I was very frightened when I encountered this kind of thing. I saw that everyone else was chasing those people, so I thought I should be able to bring them to justice, so I didn't stay there any longer."
"Yeah." Ding Gaochang nodded slightly: "It is similar to what those people said during the interrogation, and the situation is consistent."
"also……"
"Do you have any grudges or conflicts with Li Fang, the former clerk at Fushunlou, or Chang Yuanda, the owner of Changji Tofu Shop?"
Being asked this suddenly, Zhuang Qingning was stunned: "What do you mean by asking this, sir?"
"Tell me first, have you ever had any conflicts or contradictions?" Ding Gaochang asked instead of answering.
"If there is any conflict, it is with Li Fang..." Zhuang Qingning roughly talked about the incident of wanting to deliver tofu to Fushunlou and how Li Fang was later driven away by Fushunlou.
"When Li Fang left Fushun Building that day, I happened to be at the door of the backyard of Fushun Building. He was also furious at the time and argued with me for a few words before leaving."
"I guess he probably resents me in his heart."
"Well, that's it." Ding Gaochang nodded slightly: "What about Chang Yuanda?"
"I have not had any contact with Manager Chang. I can say that we have never even met each other. I am not sure whether I have any grudges with him..." Zhuang Qingning answered truthfully.
"Sir, you are asking about Chang Yuanda, is there anything?"
Zhang Yongchang, who followed behind, bowed and asked when he heard these words.
"Who are you?" Ding Gaochang raised his eyebrows.
"Xiaomin is the head chef in the kitchen of Fushunlou, and also the brother-in-law of Chang Yuanda." Zhang Yongchang said.
"So you are the Chef Zhang that Li Fang mentioned."
Ding Gaochang said, "I was originally thinking of asking you questions after I finished questioning Miss Zhuang. Well, let me ask you, has Chang Yuanda ever complained to you before that Miss Zhuang's tofu stall is doing too well and affecting his business, and is he dissatisfied?"
"I did look for it once before. It was said that after Ning Yatou's tofu stall opened, Ruyi Pavilion no longer used tofu from Changji Tofu Shop, and its business was greatly affected. When I learned that Ruyi Pavilion's business was booming because it bought better-tasting tofu to cook, I came to taste the tofu from Ning Yatou's stall. It was indeed very delicious, so I decided not to use tofu from Changji Tofu Shop anymore and only use the tofu from here."
Zhang Yongchang said.
Ding Gaochang frowned immediately: "That is to say, this Miss Zhuang's tofu stall is doing very well, and it has a great impact on Changji Tofu Shop."
"Of course there is some impact." Zhang Yongchang nodded.
After all, Chang Yuanda had complained many times, and was even very angry because Fu Shun Lou no longer used tofu from Chang Ji Tofu Shop. He looked for him many times and even cried that he did not care about family ties.
Zhang Yongchang was annoyed by him, so he just quarreled with him and said some harsh words to him, and then Chang Yuanda stopped coming to his house.
"Sir, is there something going on here?"
No matter how annoying he was, Chang Yuanda was still his brother-in-law and the husband of his wife's sister. For the sake of his deceased wife, he had to keep him in mind.
"I don't need to hide it from you." Ding Gaochang said, "The three kidnappers we caught in the town and sent to the county government earlier, after interrogation, we found out that someone had ordered them to come here in order to kidnap Miss Zhuang and sell her to another place, so that she would disappear from here from now on."
"The man who ordered the three men was identified as Li Fang, who used to be a waiter at Fushunlou. However, Li Fang said that he was asked by Chang Yuanda, the owner of Changji Tofu Shop, to find these people and do this."
"But Chang Yuanda said he knew nothing. He just said that Li Fang had nowhere to go after being kicked out of Fushun Building, so he came to find him, hoping that he could give Li Fang a job. Chang Yuanda felt sorry for him and remembered their previous friendship, so he took him in for the time being."
"A few days ago, Li Fang suddenly asked him to borrow money, saying that something happened at home and he needed urgent money. Seeing that the matter was urgent, he lent it to Li Fang. He never thought that Li Fang would bite him after committing such a serious crime and throw dirty water on him."
"The two people are arguing endlessly, so the county magistrate ordered me to come and check out what the connection is. Now it seems that I have a rough idea of what is going on."
I was sent out to work early in the morning and have been busy until now... Update quickly
(End of this chapter)
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