Chapter 342 Fish Ball Soup (7)

After whispering carefully, the two looked at each other for a long time, tacitly circled Jiang Chengzu's name, and looked down again. The next two people brought in the thick coats they were wearing.

"They are all suspects who have been detained for many years. Because the cases they are involved in do not involve human life lawsuits, they are not too serious compared to most of the cases our Dali Temple handles. They are allowed to visit the prison." The jailer said, "The jackets that were sent in After checking the child, we took him in and talked about it for about a cup of tea. I watched and listened while we were talking. They were all asking questions about his physical condition, and there was nothing serious about it. Strange, he left after saying that."

The jailer's records on the roster are very detailed, including who is visiting the prison, the location of the prisoner's cell, the people involved in the case, etc. All are recorded.

"Both of them are old cases, and no one died in either case. The first case was that the rich and powerful children hurt each other while playing polo. The injured person was seriously injured and almost died..." Before he could finish his words, he saw someone on the other side. Liu Yuantong's Bai Zhu's expression suddenly changed. When the jailer saw this, he hurriedly said, "It was a close call! My son's situation was very critical at that time, and the matter was extremely troublesome. It was people from the Jingzhao Mansion who took over, but they interfered with both sides. They are all powerful people, and they are competing with each other because of their connections. A case of wounding someone while playing almost caused turmoil among the officials in the court, and finally the case was brought to Dali Temple."

"This case is actually about two teams of polo-playing boys plotting against each other. These boys were manipulated by their families into not knowing what to do, and they all set out to commit suicide. No one in the two teams is innocent, and they all have problems. The case itself is not difficult. , each of them was beaten thirty times, but because it involved power, it became an extremely complicated case," the jailer said. "Fortunately, the injured son was raised with delicacies from the sea and the sea, and his body was strong and strong, and he was finally well. We went on and on for a long time, and finally the case settled on its own.”

The matter itself is very clear, but it was forced to become a big deal. Now it has returned to a small matter, but the case has not been closed and has been left in Dali Temple.

"The son of a powerful man who directly caused serious injuries to people in the past has declined in his family. The friends and friends of the past have become like birds and beasts and dispersed. However, his mortal enemy is still active. He is also afraid of death. He knows that at this time, he will not go out. He will be locked in the prison and eat. Prison food is the safest. Once he gets out, he will remind his enemies who have long forgotten about him. Back then, they were all children of powerful people, and they would not give in to anyone. Now his family is in trouble..." The jailer said and shook his head. Shaking his head, the saying "When a tree falls, the monkey will scatter" applies everywhere, "He has been in prison for many years. He is the son of a powerful person, and he knows best what kind of character he is. "

Birds of a feather flock together, and people flock together. This has always made sense. The opponents of the children who play for fun are not necessarily motivated, but are mostly people of the same type as themselves.

After Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu heard this, they couldn't help but fell silent. After a while, Liu Yuan said: "It turns out that our Dali Temple prison is used as a refuge."

The jailer nodded and talked about another person: "There is another case involved in the theft. When the late emperor was there, wasn't there a ceremony to worship the gods and grant them immortality almost every month? There were always some sacrifices at the ceremony. The treasure asked the gods to show kindness. At first, the treasure was selected from the treasury, but later it was not selected from the treasury at all. Someone took the initiative to offer it as a sign of piety."

Of course, on the surface, he is pious to the gods, but in fact, he is just to please the emperor.

"The ceremony is held outside the palace gate. Generally speaking, no one steals the treasures offered to the gods, so the guarding of the treasures is very lax. But when people become poor, they are so hungry that they have no food to eat, and sometimes they don't care. You have offended the gods. During a grand ceremony, the jade offered to the gods was stolen. Since it was a matter for the gods, it naturally ended up here in Dali Temple..."

It sounds like it's a matter for gods, but it's actually a matter for the late emperor. Therefore, even if it's just a trivial matter, Dali Temple has to take action.

"It took less than half a day to catch the little thief. In confusion and fear, the little thief lost his footing and fell from the tower to his death while escaping." The jailer said, "The little thief is dead. The immortal masters said that there are still relatives who are guiding them. , we must continue to investigate, but it turned out that the little thief was an orphan with no relatives. After repeated searches, the immortal masters did not look good, and finally they arrested the pawnshop accountant who opened the pawnshop and collected the jade... "

The jade does not come from the national treasury and does not have a royal seal. How can the pawnshop accountant know this? But the immortal masters refused to obey and forcibly captured the person and threw him into Dali Temple. This time he was thrown away until now.

"It was the accountant's family who came over and gave him a thick coat." The jailer said, "Like the one who avoided trouble, they have been in the prison for many years. They had never made any noise before, and they also said they should take care of themselves. He asked about whether the weather was good or not, and left in less than a cup of tea."

It sounds like the cases these two are involved in are indeed small compared to other prisoners in the prison. Liu Yuan, Tong, and Bai Zhujiang put away the note with the names of Jiao Zhongren and Jiang Chengzu, and before leaving, they told the jailer: "Remember to test the things that Hu Siming enters every day, and then transfer Hu Siming to a cell. The left and right sides of the cell are vacant. Don't arrange prisoners." .”

The meaning of this sentence is obviously to prevent others from coming into contact with Hu Siming, and not to let Hu Siming die in such an "unexplained" way.

If Hu Siming is the key to this case, then he must be strictly monitored; if not...someone wants to silence him for no reason, he must have his purpose, and naturally he cannot be allowed to succeed.

After leaving the prison, they were shivered by the oncoming wind and snow. The two of them walked forward quickly. When they walked to the lobby of their office, they had to pass the public kitchen of Dali Temple. When they reached the courtyard of the public kitchen, , I bumped into a few students who were leaving with a large bag of small cooking oil paper bags. The two of them stopped, almost involuntarily, turned around and entered the public kitchen courtyard.

The public kitchen with stove and charcoal basin was warm and tight.

When the two went to the prison, the popular snacks, especially the students' favorite meat snacks and milk tea, had been sold out, and the remaining snacks were also sold out. They usually sat behind the takeout stall to collect the bill. The one was replaced by Ah Bing, while Ji Caimai, Wen Mingtang and Tangyuan sat in front of a clean dining table, writing there with a pen and dialing the abacus.

The three people's voices were not loud, and they could vaguely hear words such as "silver" and "market price" coming from them.

Ah Bing could hardly sit still. When he saw the two people coming, he pointed at the remaining popcorn and crispy rice and shouted loudly: The sooner they sold out, the sooner he could sit over and settle the accounts with everyone else!

Of course, this idea could not be hidden from Liu Yuandong's eyes. Seeing Ah Bing who couldn't sit still, Bai Zhu was generous and simply took away the remaining packs of snacks, and then took the bought snacks to the compartment where he was bowing his head to settle accounts. The three of them walked away.

Before he even got close, he heard Wen Mingtang's voice.

"After a year of hard work, because of this takeout stall, the money I earn is not that small compared to the cooks nearby, but it is still far behind the sky-high prices of Chang'an city houses. "More," he sighed and shook his head, "The price of this house is really getting more expensive every year!"