When Liu Feng and his officials went to Ruyi Building to arrest someone, the owner of Ruyi Building was sitting in front of the counter in disgrace, counting money.
"Thirty taels? You made thirty taels of silver all day yesterday? Didn't Shuiyunjian collapse? Why don't the guests come to my Ruyi Building for dinner?"
How can he realize his dream of opening branches all over Daqi if this continues?
When Liu Feng heard this, he couldn't help but curse: "Idiot! There are so many restaurants in the capital, including Shuiyunjian, Thyme, Thousand Miles, how come Ruyi Restaurant has such bad food and service?"
The owner of Ruyilou was shocked. He looked up and saw more than a dozen fierce-looking officials in the store. Thinking of the bad things he had done in the past few days, his body suddenly softened and he fell straight down from the stool.
At the same time, the official who was ordered to search the Ruyilou owner's house also found unused thistles under the bed.
With all the witnesses and material evidence available, the owner of Ruyilou could not explain himself and could only admit it with tears in his eyes.
When asked where he bought the thistles from, the owner of Ruyilou suddenly realized that he had fallen into someone else's scheme.
"It's Jiang Liang, the boss of Baixianglou! It's him who encouraged me to frame Shuiyunjian behind the scenes. He told me that as long as Shuiyunjian closes down, Ruyilou's business will get better!"
At that time, he was so preoccupied with his dream of getting rich that he never thought that if Shuiyunjian closed down, the biggest beneficiary would be Baixianglou, which is also a high-end restaurant!
After thinking about this, the owner of Ruyilou was so angry that he burst into tears and said, "Mr. Liu, go and arrest Jiang Liang too. He was the one who clearly came up with the idea, but I am the one who is in jail. I am not convinced!!!"
Liu Feng was not an impulsive person, so he followed his lead and asked: "You said Jiang Liang was the mastermind behind the scenes. I asked you if he taught you how to pour dirty water into Shuiyun Stream, or provided you with
Poisonous weed?"
The owner of Ruyilou looked downcast, "No, not at all, he just mentioned a few words..."
"That's alright. They just said it casually, and you idiot took action. Who can you blame if you don't have a brain?"
Liu Feng snorted coldly and sentenced him to pay compensation, clarify his case, and go to jail for the crime of false accusation and frame-up and malicious poisoning.
As for the man who was called "Te Huan" before, he was also beaten and put in jail.
Before leaving the Yamen, Meng Qixue went to visit him specially.
The little girl looks soft and waxy, like a well-behaved cat, but her smile is so evil that it can make people's backs run cold.
"After you go to jail, come to Shuiyunjian and find me. In the next two years, you will be mine.
Aren't you good at shouting? I'll ask someone to make a wooden sign for you later, and you can just kneel at the door of Shuiyun Stream to attract customers every day.
Don't even think about running away, there are many pairs of eyes staring at you in the dark."
Meng Qixue left him with a meaningful smile, brushed the snow-white fox fur on her neck, turned around and left.
The man's legs were trembling and he collapsed on the ground. Looking left and right, he always felt that the two fat ghosts who were laughing arrogantly were still there.
In addition, he had done something wrong, and he was panicking. The more he thought about it, the more afraid he became, and finally he rolled around in the cell and screamed like a madman.
The miserable crying has not stopped for a long time...
*
After bidding farewell to his sister in front of the Yamen, Meng Qiyun summoned Da Ju and prepared to leave.
At this time, Liu Fenghou shamelessly stopped her, "Master Imperial Master, you are already here, why don't you do me a small favor?"
Meng Qiyun raised his eyebrows, "Say."
"It's like this. Recently, there have been several cases of missing girls in the capital. We have searched carefully in and around the capital several times, but we haven't found any clues.
I heard that the warlocks at Zhaixing Pavilion are very accurate in divination. Can you help me with the fortune telling and give me a rough direction?"
As he spoke, Liu Feng stroked his already sparse beard and looked sad.
Meng Qiyun nodded in agreement, "If you have the birthdays and horoscopes of those girls, show them to me."
"Yes! Not only the birth date, but also the name, age and appearance!"
The case that had made no progress for many days finally received a glimmer of hope. Liu Feng seemed particularly excited. He jogged all the way to the study and handed the booklet containing the information of the four girls to Meng Qiyun.
Meng Qiyun opened the book and glanced at it, and soon discovered the clues. The four girls were between fourteen and sixteen years old, and they were all born in Yinshi.
The whole yang is the god, and the whole yin is the ghost.
Therefore, people with pure Yin physiques are easily affected by Yin objects, that is, they are easy to encounter ghosts. Most of the folk goddesses and immortals are born in the Yin period, including Meng Qiyun.
There are also some charlatans and magicians who use the characteristics of Yin and Yang to connect people to Yin and Yang to arrange evil formations to achieve the purpose of borrowing lives and exchanging lives.
Obviously, the four missing girls were captured and used to set up a formation.
If one of the five is missing, those people will definitely continue to commit crimes.
No wonder she always felt that something was wrong in the sky during this period. It turned out that the thief had sneaked into the capital and started doing evil.
If we don't get rid of them all as soon as possible, there may be more trouble later.
Meng Qiyun thought for a moment and quickly made a decision, "Master Liu, prepare your manpower. Let's lure the snake out of its hole."
*
The night is thick.
There was no one on the street.
A young girl wearing a dark blue overskirt carried a bamboo basket out of her house and walked quickly along the deserted street.
Suddenly the wind picked up, and the dead branches on the roadside were blown rustling.
A little wild cat climbed over the courtyard wall, meowed and ran away.
The girl was startled and walked faster and faster.
When passing through an alley, a pair of big hands suddenly stretched out from the side and pulled the girl in.
After a brief exclamation, the night returned to calm.
Meng Qiyun was taken into a private house on the outskirts of the city. Judging from the layout inside, the owner of the house should not be short of money.
The gardens, rockeries, pavilions and pavilions are more exquisite than the pavilions in the palace.
Two men in black dragged her around several turns and finally came to an underground secret room.
There were incense candles lingering in the secret room, and through the faint firelight, Meng Qiyun saw the other four girls.
They huddled in the corner and cried. Although they looked a little embarrassed, they were not seriously injured.
Just as Meng Qiyun was about to squeeze over to inquire about the situation, the secret door above the secret room suddenly opened.
A group of servants carrying torches came in, surrounded by two men.
One of the men must be seventy or eighty years old. His hair and beard are completely white, his back is stooped, and his face is lifeless. He obviously doesn't have much life left.
Another man had a white cloth wrapped around his head, like a big rice dumpling, revealing two sharp eyes like poisonous snakes.
Meng Qiyun looked into those eyes suddenly, and his heart suddenly shivered.
The murderous look in the man's eyes was very strong, and it was obvious that he was not a good person.
This time, she met her match.
The old man smiled and glanced at the five girls in the corner, turned around and asked the big rice dumpling wrapped in white cloth: "Taoist Master, we have found all the guides. When can we start the practice?"
Da Zongzi casually looked away from Meng Qiyun, "If Mr. Hu wants to, he can do it now."
The old man was shocked when he heard this and immediately ordered his followers to move things into the secret room.