The name of the Chang'an County Magistrate is Jiang Yinong. He was originally the Chencang County Magistrate. He performed well during his tenure and did a lot of practical things for the people. He was promoted to Chang'an County Magistrate last year.
Being the magistrate of Chang'an County is not easy, and it is easy to offend people. However, Jiang Yinong is quite lucky. In the first year since he took office, he has basically not encountered any troubles caused by powerful people. He is just very busy. The two major business districts of Xishi and Xi'anmen Street are under his jurisdiction.
Within his jurisdiction, businessmen came to complain every now and then. Many of them were trivial matters, which troubled him greatly.
This afternoon, he received another report. Guo Ping, the owner of Meishou Liquor, came to report that someone was counterfeiting Meishou Liquor and sent two fake bottles.
Meishou Liquor is the best in the world, and he is not an ordinary small businessman. The proprietor Guo Ping's report was accepted by County Magistrate Jiang. He immediately handed the case to his staff as a record for trial. There are still more than a dozen cases in his hands.
, no matter how soon this case is tried, it will not be tried until next month.
At this time, a government servant came outside to report that Meng Zhao, the Prime Minister of the Internal Guard, had arrived. Jiang Yinong quickly asked someone to invite Meng Zhao in. The two of them were from the same hometown and were Jinshi in the same field. They had a very good relationship.
"Brother Meng, didn't you say that he was too busy with the imperial examination? He spent all day conducting secret inspections and was so busy that he didn't even have time to go home. Why did he come to see me?" Jiang Yinong came forward with a smile.
"I was afraid that you would do something stupid, so I came here to have a look." Meng Zhao said with a serious face.
Jiang Yinong was startled, "What are you doing stupidly?"
"This afternoon, our Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Guard received a case. He personally led people to investigate the case. I heard from the Commander that the victim also reported the case to you. I was afraid that you would not take it seriously."
"I still don't quite understand what Brother Meng means." Jiang Yinong frowned slightly.
Meng Zhao glanced at him and asked, "Did Meishou Wine Shop come to report the crime this afternoon?"
"Yes! I came here to report the crime within an hour."
"So have you started the trial?"
"Not yet. There are too many things on hand. It may take a few days."
Meng Zhao sneered and said: "But my Commander Wang is also very busy, but as soon as he received this case, he immediately put everything aside, and then personally led people to conduct a secret investigation. You have to know, Commander Wang
It’s been almost two years since I personally investigated a case.”
Jiang Yinong finally understood. He asked a little nervously: "Does Meishou Wine Shop have a big background?"
Meng Zhao pointed at him and said: "You are still unqualified as a county magistrate. Don't you actually know that the Meishou wine shop is related to His Highness the King of Jin? This wine shop was founded by the King of Jin. The three words of Meishou wine are
The handwriting of Emperor Daizong."
Jiang Yinong was startled and quickly took the paper from it. He looked at the signature below, "Guo Ping, a civilian woman."
"The owner of Meishou Wine Shop is called Guo Ping. Is she related to His Highness the King of Jin?"
Meng Zhao sighed and said: "Actually, I don't know what the relationship is, but Commander Wang will respectfully call her Aunt Guo when he sees her. I guess she is a close relative."
Jiang Yinong wiped a handful of cold sweat on his forehead, "That Dongzhu Guo looks very ordinary. His dress is not silk, and the jewelry he wears is copper. His skin is so rough, she looks like a peasant woman, but she is very smart. She asked me again and again when to start.
Trial the case.”
Meng Zhao shook his head, "It's unusual for you to say so. You don't think it's strange that the proprietor of Tangtang Meishou Wine wears linen clothes and a copper hairpin? Forget it, I don't want to say more, you can decide for yourself!"
Meng Zhaogong cupped his hands and then left.
Jiang Yinong stayed for a moment and quickly called for his confidant Jiang Feng. Jiang Feng had already heard the conversation between the two. He quickly said: "County Lord, Meng Shijun's reminder is right. I feel that that woman is not an ordinary person.
Although she looks like a peasant woman, she is not afraid at all and talks very calmly. She directly calls you County Magistrate Jiang. I was still a little angry at that time, but I was not afraid of seeing an official. Now I understand, how can the proprietor who controls the best wine in the world?
Maybe she's a peasant woman? She keeps a low profile, so let's not make any mistakes."
Jiang Yinong was a little worried and said: "I understand, the key now is what should we do?"
"Since she reported the crime, the county magistrate should take people directly to the Meishou Liquor Shop in West City! I looked at the petition and found that three hundred fake wine bottles were collected. I feel like there is an insider here, the one who collects the bottles.
The person should be very suspicious."
The staff of these county magistrates have handled a large number of cases, and they are all smart people. They can grasp the key points by reading the pleadings once, and they took in thirty fake wine bottles. To say that they were negligent is a bit reluctant, let alone three hundred fake wine bottles.
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"Okay! Call Mr. Wang, and we'll go to the West City to handle the case!"
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When County Magistrate Jiang arrived at the Meishou Liquor Shop in Xishi City, shopkeeper Liu Da quickly came out to greet him, "Welcome the county magistrate to our shop."
Magistrate Jiang nodded and said, "Your proprietor came to the county office this afternoon to report that someone was counterfeiting Meishou wine. Is this true?"
"Qi County Lord, we don't know yet whether there is fake wine, but a large number of fake wine bottles have appeared. This is a precursor to fake wine."
“Where are the fake wine bottles?”
"Please come with me!"
Shopkeeper Liu led a group of people to the backyard. They saw a large table in the backyard densely packed with wine bottles, and several bamboo baskets on the ground were also filled with wine bottles.
"These are fake wine bottles. They popped up three days ago and we received 300 of them."
County Magistrate Jiang looked at the bottle carefully and said, "This bottle is of very good quality!"
"The quality of this wine bottle is indeed good. It looks exactly the same as our wine bottle from the outside, and the quality is about the same. However, this bottle can only hold thirteen taels of wine, while our wine bottle can hold exactly one kilogram, which is less.
If this bottle spreads, our reputation will be ruined."
"I see!"
Magistrate Jiang nodded, this move was indeed very poisonous.
"Who took in these three hundred wine bottles?" Magistrate Jiang asked.
"It's Manager Huang from the third shop. He happened to be on leave for the past two days. We are also looking for him, but he is not at home. Who knows where he went?"
Magistrate Jiang exchanged a glance with his staff member Jiang Feng, saying that this leave was too timely.
County magistrate Jiang thought for a moment and said to the head catcher: "Go to Steward Huang's house and warn his family that he will come to the county office tomorrow morning to explain the situation. If he doesn't come, he will be arrested as a fugitive!"
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Lanling Restaurant has nothing to do with Lanling Fine Wine. It got its name because it is located in Lanlingfang, Chang'an. At one o'clock at night, in a medium-sized mansion in Lanlingfang, several middle-aged men were sitting in the lobby arguing.
A man pointed at today's newspaper and said sadly: "As I said, making fake wine bottles is too risky, easy to be discovered, and the effect is not good. Look, a clarification statement has been published in the newspaper. We
If you put all the effort into burning the bottle, it will break easily."
The second page of "Chang'an Express" published a statement from Meishou Liquor Store, "Recently, fake Meishou wine bottles have appeared in the Chang'an market. They can only hold thirteen taels of wine. If you find this bottle, please give it to Meishou immediately."
Meishou Liquor Shop and Meishou Liquor Shop will provide compensation. We hereby declare that there are only two types of Meishou Liquor bottles, one pound and two taels. Meishou Liquor Shop will never be short of a pound to harm customers. For this kind of
We are deeply disgusted with counterfeit wine bottles and have reported the case to the government.'
This heartbroken man is called Zhang Jianwu, a native of Yong County, Qizhou. He is the proprietor of Hanbi Wine Shop in Chang'an. Hanbi Shaochun and Hanbi Wine are also quite famous in Chang'an, ranking first among mid-range wines.
Sitting opposite him, Li Shaoyuan, the proprietor of Lanling Restaurant, said with a sullen face: "The wine bottles are not made in Chang'an. As long as Manager Huang runs away and does not return to Chang'an, even if Guo Ping knows that we did it, there will be no evidence."
, Boss Zhang, don’t worry at all.”
Zhang Jianwu said bitterly: "How can we not be worried? We don't even know where Manager Huang is now? What if he is caught and confessed?"
Yang Jian, another wine shop owner, said: "Actually, even if we are found out, this matter is not a big deal. The key is that we did not make fake wine, we only made fake bottles. I estimate that we will only be fined a sum of money and then log in."
Apologize, Boss Zhang is indeed a little too nervous."
"You know shit!"
Zhang Jianwu scolded fiercely: "You said you won't pursue the case, so you won't pursue it? You have the final say on the punishment? We have already filed a case, and we have to arrest Manager Huang as a felon. Obviously the other party has a strong background. We don't even know what the other party's background is.
If you start taking action without knowing the background clearly, you will be in serious trouble!"
After saying that, he stood up and said: "This matter has nothing to do with me. I did not participate or make any suggestions. I will take the first step and leave!"
He had just taken a few steps when Li Shaoyuan secretly said: "Dr. Zhang, we are grasshoppers on a rope. You can't escape from this matter."
"Hmph! Please do whatever you want."
Zhang Jianwu didn't agree with him and hurried away.
"Proprietor Li, what should we do?" Several proprietors nearby looked at Li Shaoyuan together.
Li Shaoyuan pondered for a long time and said: "I'm afraid we need to spend money to improve the government!"