Although Lu Bai roughly had the answer in his heart, he didn't let Jin Yiwei take action.
First, he was afraid of disturbing the situation.
Lu Bai has now taken a good look at this man behind the scenes. This man behind the scenes is all-pervasive, thoughtful and well-informed. He has people in both the pig industry and the construction industry, and even in the palace. Lu Bai has to improve.
Be vigilant to avoid letting the mastermind behind the scenes get the message.
not only that.
Lu Bai even felt that there might be an informant among the Jin Yiwei who was the mastermind behind this. Therefore, after Wei Zheng brought up Tan Desi, he immediately became vigilant. He would not be able to hide any hints from the Jin Yiwei around him.
Secondly, Lu Bai felt that there were still some things that he did not fully understand.
For example, why did Tan Desi tell Zhu Liu the news that Wei Zheng poisoned Zhu Liu? Did Tan Desi not want to be the leader?
The hustle and bustle is all for your benefit.
Lu Bai pondered for a moment and then asked Wei Zheng, "What benefits did Tan Desi get from it?"
Only benefits can make Tan Desi give up his position at the head of the line to Zhu Liu.
Wei Zheng was obviously thinking about this issue. After hearing Lu Bai's question, he shook his head, "No, no, Zhu Liu did not benefit Tan Desi after he became the leader of the line. Because Zhu Liu was originally the leader of Zhu Xing, etc.
After he became the leader of the trip again, Shazhuhang still maintained the original layout of the pig trip—no, there was a change."
"Oh?" Lu Bai looked at him, "What's the change?"
"After Zhu Liu became the leader of the group, he not only failed to benefit Tan Desi, but also took some things from him," Wei Zheng said.
Lu Bai quickly asked what it was.
"Purchasing in the palace." Wei Zheng said.
Although pork is a despicable food and is generally not considered worthy of refinement, after the imperial court moved south, everything was in a hurry and there was no extra mutton, so the palace began to purchase pork for the palace maids and servants.
Later, this rule was followed, and pork was purchased every month in the palace.
Normally, because Tan Desi was born and raised in the capital, his ancestors had the skill of killing pigs, and his ancestors had served as heads of business several times, so the business of purchasing for the palace belonged to the Tan family.
"Don't underestimate the purchase within the palace." Wei Zheng said.
There are even seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister, let alone the people in the palace. For any reason, they can crush the lowest level businessmen among the scholars, peasants, and merchants like ants to death.
Because Tan Desi borrowed the strength in the palace, he was able to speak in front of the Yamen, established a firm foothold in the pig-killing alley, and became an evergreen tree in the pig-killing alley.
"On weekdays, many butchers envy the Tan family for having such access, but such access cannot be obtained by asking for it," Wei Zheng said.
What surprised him was that after Zhu Liu became the head of the line again, he actually snatched the palace purchase from Tan Desi in the name of Zhu Xing, and let Zhu Xing take over the palace purchase.
What surprised Wei Zheng even more was that Tan Desi easily let Zhu Liu move the purchase to the pig shop.
"Although the Tan family still accounts for the majority of purchases, it is no longer the exclusive one," Wei Zheng said.
In recent years, Zhu Liu's share of pork purchasing has been increasing, and he has the potential to surpass Tan Desi.
"This may be the reason why he poisoned Zhu Liu." Wei Zheng said.
Lu Bai was even more confused now. Tan Desi saved Zhu Liu's life and made Zhu Liu the leader of the line, but in the end he didn't get anything, and even took away the palace purchases.
What is this picture?
Could it be that Tan Desi had something in Zhu Liu's hands?
That's not right. If there is any evidence in Zhu Liu's hands, Tan Desi would prefer Zhu Liu's death.
Then, Lu Bai thought about what Wei Zheng had just said, "The reason Tan Desi knew that you wanted to kill Zhu Liu was because you put Tan Desi's methods of killing Zhu Liu in front of you."
There is no doubt that Tan Desi also knew that Wei Zheng had killed many of his colleagues by poisoning him. In this way, he must have known that Wei Zheng, who had received the news, would take action against Tan Desi.
This confused Lu Bai again.
Tan Desi set up such a scheme, and asked Wei Zheng to poison Zhu Liu, then rescued Zhu Liu, and finally let Zhu Liu take advantage of him. What was he planning?
unless--
A flash of inspiration flashed through Lu Bai's mind, "Unless what Tan Desi gave Zhu Liu was not a bargain at all! And reminding Zhu Liu that letting Zhu Liu poison Wei Zheng's daughter was undoubtedly to gain Zhu Liu's trust and at the same time hold Zhu Liu's hand.
The handle.”
Zhu Liu had received the favor from the palace, so he must have had a lot of trust in Tan Desi.
In this way, the cook he recommended or introduced to Zhu Liu would definitely gain Zhu Liu's trust, thus giving him the opportunity to repeat his old trick.
The reason why Zhu Liu was poisoned with the help of the cook now must be because Lu Bai was pressing the case harder - Lu Bai's investigation of the case this day was all about following the mastermind behind the scenes to cut off the clues.
Wanting to understand this, Lu Bai suddenly got inspiration, and his thoughts were flowing like the water of the Yellow River. What Lu Bai wanted to investigate was undoubtedly the missing child case. He followed the clues in the palace to find out, and now this clue
The other end involved the palace again.
There is obviously a connection.
It also reminds me that Tan Desi set up such a big game just to push the benefits that Zhu Liu and Wei Zheng thought to Zhu Liu, but it is very likely that this benefit is a hot potato.
What is this hot potato?
Lu Bai felt that the answer was ready to come out: children!
Pork is purchased in the palace, and the ancestors of the Tan Desi family provided pork to the father-in-law in the palace. Perhaps this pork is not pork at all!
After Lu Bai thought about this, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and at the same time he felt happy. The chilling thing was that these people dared to send children's flesh and blood into the palace as pork. The happy thing was that the case was finally solved.
But in order not to alert others, Lu Bai still looked confused.
He asked everyone to stay in the house while he went to the hut. When he reached a place where no one could see him, a clone appeared, disappeared in an instant, and went to inquire about Tan Desi's address in the distance.
He was afraid that Tan Desi would also be silenced now.
Lu Bai returned to the dining room and saw Wei Zheng still staying there, stroking the beard under his chin and thinking deeply. Although he guessed that it was Tan Desi who moved his hand, he really couldn't figure out the reason why Tan Desi did it.
Fu Baihu walked around the dining room, trying to find some clues.
Lu Bai smiled secretly in his heart, but pretended to have a look of ignorance on his face.
He probably knew why Tan Desi did what he did.
Giving tribute to boys and girls in the palace was something that could be done for a while, but could not be done for many lifetimes. Whether it was moral condemnation or the fear that one day the incident would come to light and put the entire family into a situation that would never be restored, Tan Desi had to find a way to do it.
Push this hot potato out of the way.
It just so happened that Tan Desi could let Zhu Liu take over the job in the name of Zhuxing.
In this way, even if the Dongchuang incident happened, it would be Zhu Liu or the entire Zhuxing who would bear the thunderous blow, not the Tan family.
Of course, these are just speculations, and Lu Bai needs more verification.
His current task is to delay as much as possible to prevent the mastermind behind the scenes from discovering the abnormality and killing Tan Desi.
In addition, Lu Bai also needs some evidence.
"Tan Desi went through all the trouble to get you to poison Zhu Liu, and then told Zhu Liu the news of your poisoning Zhu Liu. There must be some inside story, maybe they reached some shady deal behind the scenes." Lu
Bai pondered for a moment and asked Wei Zheng, "After the leader of the trip was selected, there was nothing unusual about them?"
Wei Zheng felt that there were still some abnormalities.
In the past, Tan Desi and Zhu Liu were not close to each other, but after choosing their travel destination, the relationship between the two suddenly became closer. They often appeared in romantic places and were so close that they could wear a pair of trousers.
Wei Zheng previously thought that Tan Desi could bend and stretch, but now he realized that Tan Desi had played a big game of chess.
"oh?"
Lu Bai was thoughtful.
From this point of view, Zhu Liu started to trust Tan Desi because Tan Desi reminded him of Wei Zheng's poisoning.
"Oh, by the way, it was because of Tan Desi that the palace purchase was moved from the Tan family to the pig shop and became a joint business between Zhu Liu and the Tan family." Wei Zheng suddenly remembered.
In the pig-killing alley, many things can be spread if you look down or look up.
Wei Zheng once heard someone say that Tan Desi had led Zhu Liu to meet a palace father-in-law in Juxian Pavilion. Wei Zheng felt that it was probably Zhu Liu who had been involved in the palace at that time, thus purchasing the goods.
Moved to the head of the pig row.
It is said that it is a pig act, but it is actually on the heads of Tan Desi and Zhu Liu.
The daily purchases in the palace were slaughtered by people from the Tan family and the Zhu family and handed over to the father-in-law who went out to buy.
Lu Bai nodded and suddenly asked: "The pork purchased in the palace is slaughtered together with the ordinary pork and then selected?"
Wei Zheng shook his head, "Of course not."
The people in the palace are all nobles, and the pork they eat must be carefully selected. The pigs sent to the palace must be carefully selected, with both weight and age requirements.
If it's too big, it won't fit. If it's too small, no one will sell it.
Therefore, every evening when the pig dealers outside the city arrived, the disciples of Zhu Liu and Tan Desi would first select the pigs that the palace wanted, and then hand over the remaining pigs to the pig shop for slaughter.
As for the selected pigs, Zhu Liu and Tan Desi's people rushed to their own farms to slaughter them, and then sent them to the palace before dawn for the nobles in the palace to enjoy.
"oh?"
Lu Bai was seven to eight points more certain about his guess.
He asked Wei Zheng, "Who killed these pigs?"
Wei Zheng, as the third tycoon of the pig business, still knew this. He told Lu Bai that the palace had extremely strict requirements for pork. For example, the knife edge must not be too long, the internal organs must be cleaned, and the pork must not be separated from the pig body before it is sent to the palace.
The pigs must have all beards and tails etc...
"Slaughtering pigs requires superb memory, and in order to be worthy of the status of nobles in the palace, Tan Desi and Zhu Liu kill the pigs themselves, and no one is allowed to watch." Wei Zheng said.
Good guy!
Lu Bai's eyes narrowed slightly. He now knew how these people sent those children into the palace.
Now there is only one doubt left:
That's why Hu Wanwan and three other craftsmen were asked to send three children in.
This is unreasonable.
Since there is a more reliable way, why go far away and involve people from the construction industry and ask them to send three children there?
While he was thinking, Lu Bai narrowed his eyes slightly.
With the power of thought he radiated, he discovered that a guard in Jinyi who was holding a hand outside the courtyard quietly walked out.
Lu Bai remained calm, but his telepathy was already following Jin Yiwei.
It's just that after the Jin Yiwei went out from the back door, he just found a tree to urinate in, and kept whistling. After urinating, he returned to his original seat, and there was nothing unusual about it.
However, Lu Bai now felt very alarmed.
He felt this was a reminder.
Although he had no basis, Lu Bai knew that if a person urinates on the street and whistles, this kind of person usually has a guilty conscience, at least that's how it is played on TV.
Of course, Lu Bai also had his own explanation, that is, it is not polite to urinate anywhere, and whistling to attract others' attention is generally problematic.
Lu Bai treated him as if there was a problem, and hurriedly spread his mind to see if anyone around him had received the abnormal news.
However, this back door is in a secluded alley. There is not a single human hair on it, and there is only a crow chirping on the branch.