Chapter 69: The muddy water gradually falls and the white stone emerges
When Liang Jing knew that the little palace maid in front of him was Xue Hengzhao, he seemed to have discovered something very interesting.
He crossed his hands in front of him, rubbed his thumbs against each other gently, called out "Come here", and then two people walked in from outside.
Liang Jing raised his chin and said, "Take her to the place where she received the lanterns yesterday to check."
Then he said to Xue Hengzhao: "You can only check the people, but the masters are not allowed to touch you."
Xue Hengzhao nodded and said: "I know, thank you Manager Liang. But you don't have to go to the warehouse. You just need to bring the booklet for receiving the lanterns yesterday and all the wish signatures."
Liang Jing added: "I only give you one stick of incense, because the empress wants me to find out the matter and report it before noon."
Then he waved his hand and asked someone to bring the incense burner and put an incense stick in it.
Xue Hengzhao knew that this kind of incense would burn out in a quarter of an hour at most.
"Eunuch Liang, I would like to find a few more people to come over, but these people must be literate." Xue Hengzhao said, "The time is limited and there is no room for delay."
"How many people do you want?" Liang Jing asked.
"Twenty-five, and they must be reliable." Xue Hengzhao said.
"Okay." Liang Jingjing nodded.
This is easy for him.
Those bamboo sticks had already been gathered together, and Liang Jing ordered someone to carry them over.
I sent someone to get the brochure again.
After getting both things, Xue Hengzhao ordered people to pour all the wishing lots on the ground, and let each of the twenty-five people take forty.
Most people had enough, and a few people later had less than forty.
After this calculation, there are a total of 977 bamboo sticks.
There are a total of 980 people registered on the book, and there are obviously three people missing.
"Lin Fufei's one has been taken out, why are there still two people missing?" Liang Jing asked.
"The other one belongs to me. I didn't put the river lantern. The lantern and bamboo sticks are in the house where I live. Manager Liang can send someone to get it." Xue Hengzhao said, "The remaining person is probably a suspect.
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Then he asked the twenty-five people to spread out all the bamboo sticks in their hands.
Read the names of the people on the booklet one by one, and collect the signature of the person you read.
When you put away the bamboo sticks, you should say "put it away".
If there is no corresponding bamboo stick for the name of the person you read, write it down quickly.
Each of those people looked at at most forty lottery numbers, and they were able to finish matching them very quickly.
Sure enough, when there was still half an inch of fragrance left, everything was right.
In addition to Xue Hengzhao and Lin Fufei, there is also Cui Liuzhi who does not have a corresponding bamboo stick.
The people who went to Xue Hengzhao's residence to pick up her lanterns and bamboo sticks have also returned.
Cui Liuzhi's suspicion suddenly became apparent.
"Go and bring Cui Liuzhi." Liang Jing said.
Seeing Lin Fufei hesitate to speak, he asked her: "What do you want to say?"
Lin Fufei looked at Xue Hengzhao and asked her with her eyes.
Xue Hengzhao nodded and said, "Just tell Mr. Liang the truth."
Lin Fufei said: "This Cui Liuzhi had a problem with the slave before. When we were enshrining the flower god statue, she suddenly said one day that the Begonia flower god I enshrined gave her a dream and said that I was disrespectful to the flower god.
And encouraged Aunt Song to punish me, but fortunately Aunt Song did not listen to her side of the story.
Many people know about this matter. Manager Liang can ask someone to ask.
The slave girl couldn't figure out why she was targeting me at first. Later, when Sister Xue asked me, the slave girl remembered that before that, when I was taking a shortcut in the garden over there, I accidentally bumped into her and someone passing something.
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My slave didn’t take this matter to heart at the time, but I didn’t expect Willow Branch to cause trouble for me.”
Liang Jing listened, pondered for a moment, and asked Lin Fufei: "Did you see clearly who was with Cui Liuzhi at that time?"
"I can see clearly," Lin Fufei said, "it's Feng Hai, Eunuch Feng."
Cui Liuzhi, like them, was temporarily transferred from another palace, and not everyone can get the job of serving the Spring Banquet.
Because the reward was large, each person was given an extra set of clothes.
The fruits and dishes taken away from the banquet were also included, including putting out lanterns and making wishes, which are things many people want to do but have no chance to do.
From this we can know that Cui Liuzhi also belongs to the group who likes to be top-notch.
Just as he finished speaking, two more eunuchs, an old one and a young one, were brought in.
When they saw Liang Jing, they quickly saluted, looking submissive.
"These two are the ones who put away the lanterns. If you have any questions, just ask." Liang Jing pointed at the two eunuchs and said to Xue Hengzhao.
"Two father-in-laws, please tell me in detail how you discovered the bamboo stick when you woke up early." Xue Hengzhao said, "The more detailed the better."
The old eunuch spoke first: "When it's still dark, we will collect the river lanterns. We will use the long bamboo poles with hooks to set them up on the bank. There will be a small cart on the bank. Once the cart is full, we will pull it behind and burn it.
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After doing this for a while, the sky gradually became brighter and more people walked back and forth.
The boss urged us to hurry up. There are four or five groups of us and thousands of river lanterns. How can we collect them all so quickly?"
Liang Jing on the side frowned slightly and coughed slightly. The old eunuch was immediately frightened and did not dare to speak.
The young eunuch knew that Liang Jing thought the old eunuch was too verbose, so he took over and said, "It was already dawn when I found the bamboo stick.
In fact, when we were carrying river lanterns to the shore, bamboo sticks would occasionally fall out, but we usually left them until the end before picking them up and throwing them into the car.
There happened to be a father-in-law passing by, and he saw the words on the bamboo stick, picked it up and said, ‘This is incredible! How can this man be so brave?!’
We didn’t dare to hide it and reported it.”
"Who is that father-in-law? Do you recognize him?" Xue Hengzhao asked.
"It should be Feng, right?" the old eunuch said, "He is an eunuch who oversees the work of the imperial supervisor."
"But Feng Hai?" Xue Hengzhao asked, "Does he have a mole on his face?"
"Yes, yes, that's him." The little eunuch said hurriedly, "He has a big wart on his left cheek, and there is a tuft of hair on it!"
The big wart on Feng Hai’s face is an excellent sign, and it’s good to recognize again.
Xue Hengzhao smiled slightly and asked the two eunuchs: "Can you two read?"
The two eunuchs, one old and one young, shook their heads.
Most of the eunuchs and maids in the palace came from poor families and had no chance to read.
Especially since these two eunuchs are doing the lowest menial jobs, it is basically impossible for them to be literate.
Liang Jing naturally understood.
Cui Liuzhi was not willing to sign, and found that the person Lin Fufei was willing to sign happened to be Feng Hai, who had communicated with her privately.
Feng Hai must have also known that the two eunuchs were illiterate, so he deliberately "discovered" the bamboo stick with the rebellious words written on it, and then encouraged the two eunuchs to report it to the boss.
When the people at the top got the bamboo stick, they thought of asking Lin Fufei to accuse him. They didn't ask too detailed questions about how they found the bamboo stick or who found it.
Dear readers: It’s the end of the month, and the data is really miserable.
I sincerely ask everyone to lend a helping hand and help me, this old bastard! Thank you very much. Hold your fist~~