Three-pot porridge and naan

Wandong only said that Gu Ban was not the murderer of the Lantern case, but then asked Qiu Chen if he dared to go in and arrest people.

Qiu Chen couldn't figure it out.

Wandong took out the calendar booklet that he bought from brother Qiu next door, and flipped through it: "Tomorrow is a good day, very suitable for promotion."

"Major cases are promoted in the first grade of junior high school..." Qiu Chen frowned and had a calm face.

Although Qiu Chen said so, he was promoted early the next morning.

As soon as I heard that the case of lanterns in the Sanlihe official yamen was officially opened for trial, many people came to the gate of the yamen.

"I asked if the lantern master was convicted today?"

"probably."

Cheng Ye was escorted to the court by Qiu Butou.

Master Qiu patted the gavel: "Cheng Ye! I will ask you again if you recognize the person who was burned to death on the lantern! If you do not invite them again, you will be punished as the crime of interfering with the government's handling of the case!"

As soon as Mr. Qiu said this, the onlookers started talking.

"What does Mr. Qiu mean by this sentence? Does it mean that Cheng Ye is not a murderer?"

"Master Qiu means that he hasn't found out who the dead person is?"

"quiet."

With this quiet shout, the common people also noticed that there were only two arresters left in the hall, and the weak ones with sticks in the hall were not at all majestic.

"Where did all the policemen go? Why are there only two left?"

Half a quarter of an hour later, a group of police officers came in from the outside with a disheveled and unconscious man.

"This is?" Qiu Chen asked.

Qiu Butou replied: "My lord, this is the person brought out from the locked courtyard of the ancient mansion."

Lord Qiu said angrily: "Is he dead? If he is not dead, hurry up and call the doctor for help!"

While Qiu Chen was talking, he looked outside again, where did Xiao Wandong go and why hasn't he come back.

When the doctor came, Qiu Chen asked again, "Why haven't you brought the old board yet?"

"My lord, we went into the mansion to arrest people. We didn't see the old man, but he was locked in the courtyard." Qiu Butou rolled up his eyelids and looked at his brother in surprise. Dr. Mei said that it was important to save people in the ancient courtyard. , and they couldn't get in the main courtyard of the Gu family either.

"You go and ask the old boss to come here again! This officer will interrogate first!"

Qiu Chen waited for the doctor to bring a man with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes to feel his pulse.

At this time, someone exclaimed: "This...isn't this an ancient board?"

"Are you sure?" Qiu Chen frowned.

"My lord, Caomin dare not lie. Caomin saw the old board a few years ago. This is the old board."

At this time, another merchant owner came closer to take a closer look: "I have business dealings with Guban, this is Guban..."

As a result, two merchants have identified this person as an old boss.

Qiu Chen patted the gavel: "How could Gu Ban lock himself in the side courtyard of the Gu family! Come here! Bring the butler and guards of the Gu family!"

The butler of the Gu family came in, looked at the man lying on the ground, and knelt down with a plop: "Master! What's wrong with you, Master!"

"Bold! Take five steps back! Tell me this is really your boss?"

"Your Excellency clearly sees that this is my master!"

"Then when was the last time you saw your master?"

"..." The butler who Qiu Chen asked this question was at a loss. Didn't he see the master every day?

Qiu Chen frowned slightly and changed the question: "When was the last time you saw your master face to face!"

"Ah?!" The butler opened his eyes wide when he heard this question.

Even Cheng Ye who was at the side raised his head in a startled awakening.

Housekeeper: "Master is very busy...he has been sick for the past few days and has been resting at both ends of the study in the main courtyard and the miscellaneous room in the side courtyard."

The housekeeper lowered his head and exclaimed: "Thinking about it... I haven't seen the real face of the master for a long time."

Qiu Chen asked the housekeeper again: "When did you come to the Gu family?"

"The butler of the ancient mansion changes every year. I came here last year."

"What are you mainly in charge of in the Gu family?"

"Manage the cashier's food and clothing expenses."

"That's it? Gone?" Qiu Chen raised his eyebrows.

The butler blushed and shook his head.

"Okay, it's none of your business."

The housekeeper withdrew as if he had been pardoned.

"Come here, bring up the charred body of the deceased." Qiu Chen ordered.

At this time, two police officers carried a dark coffin to the hall.

"Officer Cheng Ye ordered you to tell the fathers and fellow villagers loudly in front of the deceased that you don't know him in this life, and you will never see him again in the next life."

"..." Cheng Ye had an extremely complicated and forbearing expression on his face.

"Say!" Qiu Chen patted the gavel, and ordered the guards to escort Cheng Ye over.

Cheng Ye's eyes turned red as if bloodshot, he struggled and shouted: "You... go away! Go away and don't touch me!"

The two police officers dragged Cheng Ye to the coffin without changing expressions.

"Don't! Don't! Ahhhhh..."

Just as the heart-piercing sound came, a person was thrown in with a bang.

The man groaned and prostrated himself in the courtroom.

"My... my lord, someone is trespassing on a private house, please help me, my lord!" The person who was thrown in shouted with all his strength.

"Then I'm going to ask, the government went to the Gu family to arrest people, why did you run away?"

With a bluish black embroidered with silver and white plum blossoms, a person wearing a black square hat appeared outside the court.

He walked into the courtroom with his hands behind his back, because his voice was weird, and no one else could tell his age.

"It's him, it's him... trespassing on the house!" The man lying on the ground continued to roar.

With fair fingers, Wandong took out a pitch-black token from his black sleeve: "I work for the court, why don't I dare to take you."

Officials with no rank like Lord Qiu naturally wouldn't recognize the token, let alone ordinary people.

But with his posture, no one thinks that he is fake. It's not like the old saying goes, respect people first, respect clothes first, and his attire can be quite intimidating.

Look at the plum blossoms embroidered with silver and white silk thread on his body, it doesn't look like it was made by an ordinary embroiderer.

"It's not true, who are you?" Mei Wan kicked the man without changing her face.

The man screamed a few times.

At this moment, someone outside the hall pointed to the man who was thrown in and asked, "This man...isn't he old-fashioned??"

"What do you mean, who is Guban?" The Guban who didn't know him scratched his head.

"I didn't figure it out. Some people said that the one the doctor rescued was an ancient board, and some people said that the person who was thrown in was an old board."

At this time, the owner of the restaurant pointed to the man lying on the ground and said: "He is the old boss, I have seen him unloading goods at the gate of the Gu house several times, isn't he the old boss?"

"That's right, he was the one who unloaded the goods at the door of Gu's house when I saw it last night." The old man also pointed to the "old board" behind him and said.

The more it is said, the more outrageous it is, and the more the viewers can't understand it.

"What's going on, who is the ancient boss?"

"Silence!" Qiu Chen patted the table, "The two merchants who have been identified before come out."

One of the two merchants felt bad and ran away, and the other honestly didn't run away. Now they dare not speak, just say that they don't remember, it's not that they really don't remember, it's because this case is not simple, they are afraid of being accused Retaliation, so one ran away, and the other said he didn't remember.

"You bastard, drag it out and hit the five big boards!"

As soon as Qiu Chen finished speaking, the doctor stood up and said loudly: "My lord, this person has been plagued by chronic illnesses and is in the state of blindness. I can't cure it. Please ask someone else to be wise."

Qiu Chen threw down the gavel and walked down: "Are you old?"

"Behind me is the governor of Yingbei County! This time you told your people to trespass on private houses and wait to be thrown out of office...!"

Before the man finished speaking, Wan Dong stepped on his back.

"My bones are itching to catch a big fish, but you came to the door yourself?" Wandong sneered, "What? Seeing the arrest by the government early in the morning, I wanted to go to the Yingbei County Sheriff for help, but I ran away slow?"

"You...you wait to die! I'm a county guard!"

"Are you sure your sheriff will still recognize you as his?" Wandong pressed his foot down hard, "You have sneaked into the ancient mansion for many years and occupied the property of the ancient family. How many lives have been taken in your hands is not true."

"You! You spitting blood!..." The man wanted to yell loudly, but he couldn't do it because Wandong stepped on his back.

Wandong: "Because you are skilled in martial arts, but the old boss of ordinary people has been restrained by you for many years. You borrowed him to make money for you. The people are not strong enough to swallow an elephant. The old boss doesn't want to be controlled by you anymore. Finally, he chose to die and force you to let him go. But not only did you not let him go, but you also found Gu Ban’s hometown, and let you know of Gu Qi’s existence. You repeatedly used tricks to lure Gu Qi to the north of the camp. Three years ago, Gu Qi finally fell into your trap. Come to Camp North."

"As a result, you found that Gu Qi was more talented than Gu Ban, and could even help you win over people from the government. You took the lives of their uncles and nephews to protect each other. One helped you make money, and the other helped you clear up the relationship. The business grew bigger and bigger. , But you never thought that even if you stared at their uncle and nephew, they would still have a way to make the secret of the Gu family, your secret, known to the public."

Wandong stepped down: "Don't say that I will cripple your internal strength first! Then I will kill you!"

"Heroes, heroes... Heroes, spare your life, I said I said..."

"More than ten years ago, I was seriously injured and fled to the north of the camp. I entered the Gu family to stay overnight. I accidentally learned that the Gu family was rich, so I was moved... When Mrs. Gu was here, I held Mrs. Gu's life in my hands, so Gu Yi was very happy. Obedient, after Mrs. Gu died, Gu Yi became disobedient and I started beating him, forcing him to go out to meet merchants to discuss business. I followed him and he didn’t dare to run away. Even if he ran away, I would catch him back and beat him up until three years Before Gu Yi threw herself into a well and was rescued, I realized that if this continues, I must find someone else who can hold Gu Yi. I know nothing about business other than martial arts. If I want to have endless money, Gu Yi must be alive."

"I accidentally found out that a tavern under Gu Yi's name has been sending money to Lu Town. Only then did I know that Gu Yi's hometown is in Lu Town, and there is a nephew in Lu Town."

"At that time, I just wanted to hold my uncle and nephew's lives, and they would obediently do things for me, but I didn't think that if there are too many people in the back house, there will be many things, just like when I was determined not to welcome my wife and concubine into the mansion."

"The biggest reason for this is that after Gu Qi came, the business of the Gu family grew bigger and bigger, and more and more money was put into the warehouse. Naturally, I am very optimistic about this young man, although I will beat him when he is disobedient. After all I was optimistic about his talent...however, I was severely swayed by him."

Speaking of which, the counterfeit's eyes became fierce.

He never thought that Gu Qi, who was beaten to death by him, would think of a way to hurt both sides.

"I regret that I should have listened to Gu Qi's words! Welcome the Lantern master into the mansion!" The man roared and beat the ground.

Hearing this, Qiu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, and the Lantern Festival was the first to make friends with Nengsi Yantie, the governor of Yingbei County. It doesn't matter.

So there is only one possibility, that is, the counterfeit went along with Gu Qi's idea in a moment of heat.

*

"I lived in the ancient mansion at the beginning of March, and it rained heavily that day." Cheng Ye, who hadn't spoken a word, looked at the ground of the court in a daze.

"In the past, the workshop has won the first place several times. I didn't take the job for the Lantern Festival last year and I didn't want to take the job this year. It's just because of that post."

Hearing this, the counterfeit yelled: "I read the post before asking the housekeeper to pass it to the workshop, and the post was not written by Gu Qi!"

Cheng Ye pursed his lips and did not answer, the secrets of the Gu family were revealed to the public, which had fulfilled Gu Qi's wish during his lifetime, and he only wanted to talk to one person about other things.

Cheng Ye looked at the man in black in the courtroom who was pressing down on a fake old man.

He recognized it, this was the young man who had spoken to him in the cell that day.