in2ebook Chapter 708 Recruitment
Chapter 708 Recruitment
"You're talking nonsense. Mr. Liu doesn't like dried persimmons at all. Previously, a tenant farmer gave Mr. Liu some dried persimmons from his tree. Although he accepted it, as soon as the tenant farmer left, Mr. Liu gave the dried persimmons to a street vendor."
Wang San, who was watching on the side, came out and pointed at Huang Shiwu and said.
"Yes, we both saw it. If Mr. Liu liked to eat persimmon cakes, why would he give them to others?"
The three of them were inseparable, so the witnesses were counted as three.
"How would I know whether he likes it or not? I just used it to garnish the dish." Huang Shiwu was still quibbling.
"Really? It just happens to be used as a garnish in this dish?" Meng Bujiu sneered and glanced at him sharply.
He remembers better than anyone whether shredded dried persimmon is put in the dish.
"Why don't you tell the truth? These are fifty-two lives! Do you think I will let you go so easily? Come on, send him to the government office. The punishment will make him talk!"
With his father away, Meng Bujiu, as the son, was the most qualified person to give orders to the officials.
These officials also listened to him.
After all, he is the prefect's biological son.
"Humph, fifty-two lives, are they human beings?" Unexpectedly, Huang Shiwu died before the people were dragged away.
Meng Bujiu and Jiang Fubao looked at each other.
Both of their eyes were bigger than before.
Seems shocked.
"Tell the truth and I will ensure that you are buried in one piece." This case could not be delayed any longer, so Meng Bujiu spoke again.
Huang Shiwu relaxed completely, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders.
"Well, I said, I can't run away anyway. I thought the most dangerous place is the least likely to be caught. It seems that the storyteller is a liar. I really believed his lies. If I had run away earlier, I would have been thousands of miles away. With my ability, I can hide in the mountains as a bandit. Oh, my life."
Huang Shiwu laughed at himself.
He twisted his neck, making a cracking sound.
After laughing enough, he continued, "I killed all the people in the Liu family, including these livestock, so they deserve to die! Do you think this Mr. Liu is a good person?
Oh, he has done so many evil things. Do you know why the Liu family's pigs are so fat? He chopped up those troublesome tenants and fed them to the pigs. And the dogs are all greasy and shiny after eating them. Tsk, tsk, what is the point of keeping these man-eating beasts in the world?"
Huang Shiwu raised the corners of his mouth and smiled ghostly.
Jiang Fubao suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck.
"Who wouldn't praise the dishes I cook within a hundred miles? I used to run a stall in the city. Liu Gou ate my dishes and pretended to be poisoned. He captured me and forced me to work as a cook in his restaurant, otherwise he would send me to the government. I was scared.
I have no parents since I was a child. I learned cooking skills from my master. I haven't made much money yet, so how can I go to jail? I haven't married Qian'er yet. I promised to marry her. Haha, Qian'er, my Qian'er, it's all this Liu Gou! It was him. He took a fancy to my Qian'er. Seeing her beauty, he took her as a concubine with a gift of 40 taels.
Qian'er was forced by him to hang herself under the big tree of the Liu family. I was just three taels short of fifty taels. It would cost forty taels to marry Qian'er, and the remaining ten taels would be enough for me to take her far away. Even if I had to set up a stall and rent a house, I could live. It was my greed. I killed Qian'er just to save ten more taels.
When Huang Shiwu talked about his sad moments, he knelt on the ground and cried loudly.
It is said that men shed tears but not easily.
Huang Shiwu cried like a child.
Tears and snot mixed together to form a "crystal pendant".
The "pendant" became longer and shorter as he breathed.
"Forty taels of betrothal gift? When did the betrothal gift in our Ruling Prefecture become so high?" An official who had just been married for a few months asked him curiously.
When he got married before, he only gave three or two taels of betrothal gift, and even this was already considered a lot.
His father-in-law and mother-in-law were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
"Qian'er was born beautiful, but her parents were evil-hearted and wanted to sell her to a brothel. The brothel offered her twenty taels of silver. With Qian'er's looks, she could be the most beautiful courtesan. Qian'er and I have known each other for a long time. I knelt at her house for three days and three nights before I begged her parents to wait for me to save up enough money. Haha, I would have been willing to pay twice as much. It was my greed that killed Qian'er in order to save ten more taels of silver.
Liu Gou, this bitch, he deserves to die, he forced my Qian'er to death, he deserves to die, I cut off his head and hang it on that tree to commemorate my Qian'er, Qian'er, did you see that, Brother Wu helped you get revenge, you guys go to Kaoshan Village outside the city, the bodies of the Xu family must have rotted away long ago. "
Huang Shiwu's expression looked a little crazy.
When he talked about the latter part, he was crying and laughing.
Meng Bujiu thought to himself that this was not good.
"Go to Kaoshan Village quickly and invite dad back." He ordered the officers.
I’m afraid that the Xu family mentioned by the cook was also wiped out.
But why didn’t anyone come to report to the police?
Huang Shiwu was soon taken to the dungeon.
Jiang Fubao also returned to the government office and rested in the right wing, which had been empty all year round.
By the time it got dark, everyone had finished their meal.
Meng Zhili and Meng Bujiu didn't come back either.
Jiang Fubao went to bed early. Perhaps she was tired from the journey, so she slept until noon.
I read books in the house for the whole morning. When I was having lunch, Dong Qingyuan came back.
The mother and daughter simply went shopping on the street for an afternoon and bought a lot of new clothes and jewelry.
When I returned to the government office, I saw Meng Zhili and his son sitting in the main hall.
"Godfather, Brother Bujiu, you are finally back. By the way, what happened? Is he the murderer? Are there any accomplices?" Jiang Fubao asked hurriedly without even having time to drink the water.
"Yes, we have investigated it clearly. He is the only murderer. Not only the Liu family, but also the ten members of the Xu family he mentioned were killed. However, the bodies were neatly placed in the house. In addition, the Xu family was not popular and lived in a remote place. Only his family built a house at the foot of the mountain with the door closed. The villagers thought they were not there."
Meng Bujiu explained it to her.
"That's not right. How could he kill so many people in such a short time by himself? Also, was there no one from the Liu family who resisted?"
Jiang Fubao's face was full of confusion.
"The dishes he cooked were really delicious, especially the chicken with lotus leaves. Everyone in the Liu family ate them and became weak. How could they have the strength to resist? A child could have kicked them down with one kick. In addition, most of them were drunk and even more confused, so no one escaped."
Meng Bujiu said slowly.
"Such a precious thing, and the servants also ate it? Mr. Liu was willing to do that?" Jiang Fubao began to ask again.
"Well, because gold is precious, Huang Shiwu gave them a bowl, saying it was for tasting. Everyone was eager to eat it all. After the New Year's Eve dinner, it was almost an hour before they started to get angry."