He had been suspicious of Su Ke since Chen Gui came to the Yamen to report the case.
Even when Chen Gui quietly told him that "the princess suspected someone was involved," Xu Jian was able to confirm that the "someone" the princess meant was Su Ke.
However, without the slightest evidence, the sincere manor, as the owner of the suffering, cannot casually doubt Xu Guogong's manor.
Xu Jian is different.
He came to Shuntian Mansion under the holy order, and he had a few words with Master Shan, which is not considered unfounded suspicion.
It's a brainstorming session to investigate the case.
What's more, he didn't mention anyone by name.
Who makes Su Ke so upbeat? When he talks about a dude, Master Shan immediately thinks of him.
In this room, Shan Shen was thinking about how to touch Su Ke's bottom without alerting the enemy or adding to the conflict. In that room, Zhang Yuan's nose inhaled again and again, making his stomach growl.
He made an appointment with Chen Gui to meet outside the government office.
Chen Gui came, with a young boy behind him dragging a cart, which was covered with a layer of cloth, and a kind-faced nanny stood beside him.
"This is..." Zhang Yuan swallowed, "It smells so good!"
Chen Gui laughed.
"The gift prepared by the third lady, it's almost the Chinese New Year, isn't it? It's tacky to give money. If you don't have enough, you won't be able to use it, and if you have too much, you will be jealous. It just so happens that the village has prepared a lot of duck sausages to give to well-wishers. It can be used during the New Year."
Add two more dishes."
"It was getting dark, and there was a scary knock on the door at the Yamen. There were still women at home, so the princess asked Grandma Wang to come with her so that we could talk more easily."
"Mr. Zhang and all the yamen servants are all on official business. After the yamen is sealed, I will bring two more ducks. Speaking of which, we haven't eaten since evening, why not divide two hot buns and put them on the bed first?
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Zhang Yuan felt very warm after hearing this.
When giving a thank-you gift, you must not embarrass the recipient.
Although money is good, it is not good if it is exposed.
They are not allowed to accept things as errands, but when you are on vacation, you share a duck leg, I nibble on a duck wing, and then drink hot wine, no one can say that this is "lining your own pocket".
Two buns now is not a big benefit.
With such thorough consideration, my uncle’s dignity is engraved in my bones!
What did your colleagues in the yamen say in private before?
If all the distinguished disciples in the capital were as upright as the Chengyi family, the yamen would have fewer problems.
There’s really nothing wrong with that.
Zhang Yuan greeted the two yamen servants and divided them, hurriedly finished eating, and then set off.
As each family knocked on the door, Grandma Wang's eloquence was revealed.
A basket of sausages and duck, and a sincere thank you, relieved the nervousness and defensiveness of the well-wishers when facing people coming from the yamen, and they were able to talk about the situation with peace of mind.
He was so busy until dark, and early the next morning, he visited the remaining ones and several houses outside the city. After Zhang Yuan sorted out the arguments from all sides, he handed them over to Shan Shen for review.
Mr. Shan's head was swelling after seeing it.
Under the guidance of a nunnery's master, the government officials found a wealthy businessman who came down the mountain in a carriage yesterday.
Judging from the handlebar view, they went down the mountain two quarters of an hour earlier than Chengyi Bofu. The mountain road was not easy to travel, but it was not particularly slippery.
"We have been driving for 30 years, and this is how we eat. Can we tell whether the ground is slippery or not? It went smoothly when we went down the mountain! Is the one who slipped a newbie? It is also an old handlebar type, very reliable?
”
Some kind-hearted people went up the mountain and some went down.
An old lady with numb legs and feet gave her excuse.
"When I was going up the mountain, I saw a carriage parked there. I yelled at the handlebar. If the horse couldn't move anymore, it had to be moved to the inside. How could it be parked on the outside? What if the carriage came down the mountain and didn't hold it?
, wouldn’t something happen?
When I went down the mountain again, the car was gone. I encountered another car in danger and quickly went to help.
I don’t know what the difference between the uncle’s house and the uncle’s house is. When someone is in trouble, isn’t it the right thing to help them?
That carriage before? The carriage was blue, the kind most seen in the city."
At the foot of the mountain, next to the official road, there is a tea stall.
"Yesterday was not a big day. There were few carriages going up and down the mountain. Except for those that came down in the morning, I remember there were only five carriages. I know the one belonging to Uncle Chengyi's house. They said something almost happened to his house. Those who came down the mountain before and after his house
...In the afternoon, there was one car. I drank hot tea here. Then it was a car with a Chu color car cover. It looked a bit rich at first glance, and then it was the uncle's car. The last ones coming down the mountain were two blue cars, rented by the car dealer.
Right?"
Below this paragraph, Zhang Yuan gave annotations.
The Chu color car jacket belongs to the wealthy businessman.
Looking further down, you can probably determine the source of the ice water.
There is a small temple on the mountain, which is not busy on weekdays. There is a spring in the backyard that does not stop in winter, but occasionally people come to fetch water.
"Yesterday when I got up from my nap, I saw two people carrying two buckets of water each and walking away. The young monk was also surprised. The spring water in the temple has a bad taste and the tea is unpalatable. No one usually comes to take so much. Those two people should be officials.
The servants' clothes are different from those of ordinary people. The senior brother said that a carriage was parked outside the temple. After leaving in the afternoon, it came again later, but no one entered the temple to offer incense."
After reading it, Shan Shen handed the testimony to Xu Jian with a dull face. He closed his eyes to rest and combed through it.
Each servant carries two buckets of water and walks grandly on the mountain path. Someone will definitely see him.
The government officials asked so many people, but no one mentioned it. It can be seen that the four buckets of water were loaded into the carriage after leaving the small temple.
That blue carriage is very suspicious.
The carriage can hold it, and when the monk didn't see it, several barrels might have been loaded.
The old lady went up the mountain and urged the car to be moved before the wealthy businessman came down the mountain.
Because there were few carriages that day, once the wealthy merchants left, apart from two rented carriages, only the Chengyi Mansion remained.
In other words, the blue-clad carriage has been waiting nearby, but has done nothing because the goal is clear.
After confirming it, I had no choice but to pour the water from the bucket down without any pedestrians passing by.
The two carriages stopped outside the small temple again, and the instigator...
Just wait and see the fun!
Is this a very particular thing to do? It’s really not very particular.
Have you thought about the causes and consequences, and considered cleaning up the scene and wiping your butt clean? No!
Anyone who has been in the officialdom for two years and worked as a clerk in a yamen for a few months can do such harmful things without being noticed.
If Shan Shen takes action, he can make the carriage fall apart without even having to analyze it back and forth and deduce it step by step!
Where can I get the clues from the Yamen?
But just because he was so careless about his head, Shan Shen could only think about Su Ke's naked butt with teeth marks that was seen by half the city's people.
After pressing the swollen forehead, Mr. Shan let out a long sigh.
Don’t blame him, I really don’t blame him!
I really can’t stop thinking about Mr. Su.
After leaving so many clues, you still want to escape unscathed?
You really treat Shan Shen as a fool!
"I'll ask someone to ask some carriage shops first, who rented two carriages to go out of the city yesterday." Shan Shen discussed with Xu Jian.
