The shopkeeper who only drinks is Lu Ruiming. He spent most of his savings two years ago to buy a property in Daxing, the capital, and sent his wife and children to the capital. He stayed alone to support the restaurant.

Only drinking was passed down from his family, and he didn't want to cut it off in his own hands. The restaurant has been passed down for more than a hundred years. If it really breaks, he feels sorry for his father and ancestors.

But he also knew that in this way, no one could tell when a small county like Tang County would be captured by bandits.

Even if the next door is Liu Chongxin’s hometown, Laihu County, the bandits were in a hurry to get food and grass in winter, and they might be called.

In the past two years, several guys and chefs from the kitchen have accompanied him, and most of them have to go home at night. Fortunately, Yu Jiuling lives here, so he is not that lonely.

After three glasses of wine, Lu Ruiming's face turned slightly red.

"What the hell is this family."

Lu Ruiming slapped the table and cursed.

Everyone was confused, thinking that how could this be said?

"It is said that the roast knife we ​​only drink is authentic, the taste is pure, the wine is fragrant and the spirit is fierce, but in fact... it is just not mixed with water. Other wines sold at home need to be mixed with half of the water in a jar of wine, which can have a taste of a fork."

Yu Jiuling said, "Shopkeeper, you are drinking too much."

"many?"

Lu Ruiming said: "I don't know how powerful my wine is? You underestimate me too much."

He looked at Yu Jiuling and smiled and said, "If I am ten years younger, I can put you all over here... When I was a child, my father taught me to make wine, and I would steal wine when I had nothing to do. My father asked why the procedure was wrong, and he always produced less wine than before."

He said loudly: "After drinking too much, I think I should be a hero who is a hero. At that time, those who can drink are all heroes."

His tone suddenly changed, and he felt a little sad.

"At that time, there were no bandits, and the lives of the people were still good... I don't know why, but later the court kept adding more tuitions and tuitions, and the people had no food to eat..."

Yu Jiuling said: "Shopkeeper, you really have drunk too much."

"I don't!"

Lu Ruiming said: "I know my alcohol tolerance myself... You all know where I said it is right. Where has the money from the court gone? Why do you keep paying the money from the people's pockets?"

Yan Qingzhi's Word: "Shopkeeper Lu, drink less."

At this moment, a few people came in outside the door and looked inside. Only Li Dioudiui's table was like this. Because the sign of "Today's No Guests" was hung outside, they felt so stuffy about drinking in the private room, so they sat in the lobby. As soon as the people came in, they seemed a little unkind, and their hands were placed on their waist knives.

Ye Zhanzhu, who had not drunk alcohol, frowned slightly and said to Xiahou Zhuo gently: "It is a member of the Imperial Affairs Department. It should be related to Mr. Yuming's case, so don't act rashly."

The guards of the inspectors came in, and the leader was the head of the sergeant. After looking at everyone, he said, "Who is Lu Ruiming, the shopkeeper of this restaurant?"

Lu Ruiming quickly stood up and said, "Go back to the official, I am."

The Chief Guard narrowed his eyes and looked at him, then ordered: "Let's go with us now. If you have something to do, please ask you."

Lu Ruiming was startled and asked quickly: "Official, what's the matter?"

"Why do you talk so much?"

Chief of the Military Forces angrily scolded: "Don't be too verbally speaking, let's follow us now."

Lu Ruiming didn't know why he was approached by the people from the Inspectorate Department. In fact, he was a little unlucky. Last night, he followed Li Diudi and the others and wanted to persuade him not to take Yu Jiuling away, but when he encountered Mr. Yuming's affairs, he was curious and watched the fun for a while.

Not long ago, Yan Jiuji, a brigade of the Investigation Department, entered the city and ordered people to be arrested for inquiries. Some people said that Lu Ruiming, the shopkeeper who only drank at the time, was present. He also found that Mr. Yuming had been to drink in the drinking several times before.

Xiahou Zhuo got up and was about to speak, but Ye Zhanzhu pulled his clothes and signaled him not to reveal his identity for the time being.

Before Xiahou Zhuo could speak, Yan Qingzhi stood up and said, "Sir, I am a teacher at Jizhou City Siyi Academy. Manager Lu is my friend. He has never done anything, right?"

"What's wrong with SiPe Academy?"

The face of the Chief of War became ugly. He stared at Yan Qingzhi's eyes and said, "Do you think that the identity of a poor teacher can prevent the Investigation Department from handling the case? You should also check if you have enough weight to see if you are worth it and don't get yourself in it."

Yan Qingzhi was slightly angry.

"It's okay."

Lu Ruiming said: "The official just told me to go over and ask, but I didn't do anything, so don't worry, I'll go back."

He sorted out his clothes and walked out, walked a few steps and turned around and said, "Jiuling, please greet several gentlemen."

Yu Jiuling said: "Shopkeeper, I'll go with you."

Chief Siwei said angrily: "You are so tedious, do you want me to lock people?"

Lu Ruiming quickly leaned over and said, "Don't dare, please calm down. I'll go with you now. This child is young and ignorant, so the official ignores him."

He turned around and said as he walked, "Jiuling, he also takes good care of his business."

After saying that, he looked at the counter and Yu Jiuling immediately understood that the shopkeeper asked him to take care of the money.

After Ye Zhanzhu and other people from the Inspectorate Office took Manager Lu away, he said, "It should be nothing. He has no interaction with Mr. Yuming. Maybe he is just a routine question. He may not be sure that Mr. Yuming has been here for wine before."

Yu Jiuling said: "I have really come here. Mr. Yuming likes my knives and praises me for being smart. I remember Mr. Yuming once wrote a poem to praise our knives and wine for being good."

It would be fine if he didn't say this. Everyone's faces darkened after hearing this. On the contrary, Yu Jiuling didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

County government hall lobby.

Yan Jiuji, a brigade scholar, sat on the chair and looked at the people kneeling below. These people had had an interaction with Mr. Yuming.

"that."

He raised his finger and pointed at Lu Ruiming and said, "Bring it here to ask."

Two guards went up and kicked Lu Ruiming: "Go ahead!"

Lu Ruiming quickly knelt down and crawled to the nearest place, and said with a pale face: "What do you want to ask, the people will know everything."

Yan Jiuji asked: "I heard that Mr. Yuming often went to your restaurant to drink. Are you familiar with him?"

Lu Ruiming said: "Actually, Mr. Yuming has not been here many times, only five or six times. Most of the time, his disciples come to buy wine and bring it back, so Caomin and Mr. Yuming are not familiar with each other."

"I'll ask you, Mr. Yuming is drinking in your restaurant, but he's drunk?"

“There are…twice.”

After hearing this, Yan Jiuji nodded: "That's it, this person is a... Mr. Yuming drank too much wine in his restaurant. During his conversation, he talked about how much silver there was in his family. This person became malicious. He opened a restaurant and had many contacts with some thieves in the world. So he conspired to break into Mr. Yuming's house to rob and kill many people."

Hearing this sentence, Lu Ruiming's face turned pale in an instant. He kept kowtowing and said, "Sir, Caomin is wronged. Caomin is completely unfamiliar with Mr. Yuming. He has never said anything in Caomin's shop. Caomin really doesn't know what happened to the thief in his house."

Yan Jiuji snorted coldly and said, "You won't confess so easily even if you come... Come, you will be punished!"

With his order, two guards went over, one of them grabbed Lu Ruiming's hair and pulled it back, and Lu Ruiming's face raised. The other guard pulled out the iron plate and kept slapping Lu Ruiming's face. After a few strokes, the blood on Lu Ruiming's face began to fly around.

The few people kneeling beside them were all shocked, and they shivered as if they were sifting.

Yan Jiuji looked at the people and asked, "You see, the thief is so stubborn. He still refuses to plead guilty even though he has already found conclusive evidence. Do you want to learn from him too?"

The people immediately shook their heads and were so scared that they almost urinated their pants.

"Is anyone accused him?"

Yan Jiuji asked another question.

The few people kneeling in the lobby of this county government are all doing business, some sell cooked food, some sell snacks, and some sell dried fruits and dried fruits. They are familiar with Lu Ruiming on weekdays. Who would be willing to prove against their conscience? No one in the countryside is willing to do such things.

Seeing that no one was talking, Yan Jiuji pointed at one of them casually and said, "This man covered up the criminal, knew but did not speak, which was the same as a serious crime of murder. He was punished and beaten to death without any reason."

Several other guards went up and pressed the merchant to the ground and started beating. They had already understood what Yan Jiuji said, so they acted very ruthlessly. Not long after, the man was beaten to death and died of bleeding from his seven orifices.

Yan Jiuji stood up, walked to those people and asked, "Is anyone willing to testify against this evil sinner now? If you don't think about yourself, you should also consider the people in your own family. If you protect the criminals in this way, your fate will not be good."

"I......"

One of the merchants said tremblingly: "I would like to prove this person. He... It was because he learned that Mr. Yuming had a wealthy family that he colluded with a group of thieves in the world."

Yan Jiuji smiled and said, "A person who knows the current affairs is a hero. You are a smart person. Then I ask you, how did you know?"

The man replied while trembling, "He...has he tried to pull me into the gang?"

Yan Jiuji nodded: "Reasonable."

He turned around and ordered: "The accomplice has identified the main culprit and signed the accomplice..."

He paused for a moment, and saw that Lu Ruiming's face had been beaten to pieces. His face was covered with blood and his mouth was beaten open. However, Yan Jiuji seemed not satisfied. He pointed to Lu Ruiming's mouth and said, "You all saw it. He bit his tongue to hide his crime."

After saying this, Yan Jiuji returned to the other side of the seat and sat down. He looked at several county officials who were frightened and silent, saying, "You have seen it all, have you?"

The officials in Tang County nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, this thief is extremely vicious and bites his tongue and tries to commit suicide."

Yan Jiuji smiled and said, "Since that's the case, then when Mr. Yuming's family got into a bandit, there are only people and physical evidence... By the way, what about physical evidence?"

The Tuan Suyuan Wuxian, who had just returned, stepped forward and walked forward: "I brought back dozens of weapons, which were found from the thief's home. There were still blood on the weapons, so the evidence was conclusive."

Yan Jiuji nodded and ordered, "Go, go to that restaurant to see if there are any thieves who have missed the net."

Yuan Wuxian immediately responded: "As for the order of humble duty!"
Chapter completed!