Chapter 70 Spicy Hot Pot (1)

When it was approaching sunset the next day, Liu Yuan took Manager Song back to the Yamen, and then hurriedly went to see Lin Fei with Bai Zhu.

"On Mrs. Zhou's birthday, Team Leader Huang and Manager Song walked aside to talk," Bai Zhu said. "The look on Manager Song's face was very ugly at that time. Many people saw this scene."

"According to several old servants of the Huaishan County Prince's Mansion who were on good terms with Manager Song, after the Changshou Opera Troupe left that day, Manager Song borrowed money from them and paid it back early the next morning. One night I don’t know what he did with the money.”

"The dead child of Manager Song was born to the former wife. Because of the tragic death of the child, the former wife had a grudge with Manager Song. They divorced not long after returning to Beijing, and then married a butcher named Hu. , changed my surname to my husband's surname..."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Fei suddenly pulled out a piece of paper from under the file on the table, pointed to one of the names circled with a cinnabar pen among the densely packed names on it, and said, "But it's called Hu Caifeng?"

Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu were startled. When they saw the name Lin Fei pointed out clearly, their expressions suddenly changed: "It's her, could it be..."

"We have the same name and the same age, so it's not a coincidence." Lin Fei said, "Let's take a trip tomorrow to see if the lady in front of Manager Song is the one who died of a heart attack when Fuzi had an accident. one of them."

If this Hu Caifeng is the wife in front of Manager Song, then she most likely recognized the dead child on the stage as the child she thought was dead.

In this case, Manager Song... Lin Fei frowned and asked Bai Zhutong and Liu Yuan: "Where is he?"

Liu Yuandao: "In prison, we asked Manager Song whether he had anything to do with the death of Team Leader Huang because he borrowed money. Moreover, he was alone in a room and no one could provide an alibi for him, so we arrested him on suspicion of murdering Team Leader Huang. Brought it back."

When Lin Fei heard this, he immediately said: "Go and see that Manager Song!"

When I followed Lin Fei to the prison of Dali Temple, I passed by the public kitchen lobby and saw Wen Mingtang taking Ah Bing and glutinous rice balls washing vegetables to prepare for the evening meal. I took a look at the rich variety, including meat and vegetables, but not all of them. There were too many ingredients, and each dish didn't seem like it could stand alone. Liu Yuan couldn't help but ask: "Master Wen, are you making barbecue like last time again tonight?"

There are so many types of barbecue, and you can eat whatever you like by stringing together various ingredients.

He still thinks about the barbecue last time! However, Master Wen knows so many skills and has never mastered them again until now. I don’t know when it will be the next time to have barbecue after eating like this.

When Wen Mingtang heard this, he shook his head and said, "The vegetables sent to Zhuangzi today are not too much, so I might as well put them together to make a dish!"

Liu Yuan said "Oh" and asked Wen Mingtang: "What is the name of this dish?"

Wen Mingtang said: "Spicy hotpot."

Before Liu Yuan could respond, Lin Fei, who was walking at the front, looked back at Liu Yuan and said, "Follow me!"

Liu Yuanchao and Wen Mingtang, who were two steps behind, spread their hands helplessly and followed him.

Wen Mingtang smiled and shook his head, and continued to prepare for the evening meal with Ah Bing and Tangyuan.

…

When he followed Lin Fei into the Dali Temple prison and saw Manager Song, he was sitting quietly on the prison bed waiting for their arrival.

Obviously, from an underappreciated boy to becoming the sole steward of the entire Huaishan County Prince's Mansion, for a boy, it can be said that this journey has been "successful", but I don't know why, looking at Manager Song in front of me, I feel... It makes people feel suddenly tired.

It's not that his expression was hysterical or anything, on the contrary, Manager Song's expression was extremely calm. But the frown that had been frowning all year round seemed to have a worried expression deeply etched on his face, blending into his whole person.

Looking at Lin Fei and others walking in, Manager Song said, "What do you want to ask?"

Liu Yuan glanced at Lin Fei and asked, "Is Leader Huang's death related to you?"

Manager Song did not admit whether it was yes or no. He just closed his eyes and asked, "Where is the evidence?"

There was no cover-up for the death of Team Leader Huang, he was just covered up. Manager Song was extremely suspicious whether he raised money temporarily or there was no witness.

But these are only indirect evidence, there is no direct evidence to prove that Manager Song killed someone.

Although in Liu Yuan's view, Manager Song's "Where's the evidence?" has almost confirmed his suspicion, but a suspicion is a suspicion, and without evidence, the case cannot be finalized.

Liu Yuan looked at Lin Fei and saw Shang Feng suddenly said: "Hu Caifeng is dead."

Manager Song raised his eyelids, and there was a trace of emotion called "sentiment" on his sad face, but this emotion was only fleeting. He said: "She is not young anymore, and she has always had heart problems. , it’s impossible to tell.”

Lin Fei added: "On the day Fuzi died, she was in the audience and watched Fuzi die on the spot. Then she suffered a heart attack and died before night."

Manager Song said "Oh" again and said calmly: "Hu Caifeng is my first wife. We have been divorced for more than 20 years and have remarried a long time ago. I have not seen her for many years. I recognize Team Leader Huang because of the theater troupe. Fuzi I don’t recognize anything.”

Bai Zhu and Liu Yuan frowned after hearing this sentence: It seems that Manager Song is someone who will not shed tears until he sees the coffin. He will not tell the truth without direct evidence in front of him.

But at the moment, they have no direct evidence of Leader Huang's death.

"Fuzi left a word in the palm of his hand before he died." Lin Fei continued without comment on Manager Song's reaction.

Manager Song raised his head and glanced here. This sentence obviously concerned him.

Lin Fei added: "There was also a word left on the swaddling clothes when he was abandoned - Niu. We will calculate the year of Fuzi's birth. He is as old as the dead child of Manager Song."

Manager Song said: "There are many people born in the Year of the Ox."

"Indeed, there are quite a few!" Lin Fei nodded and said, "The Crown Prince was also born in the Year of the Ox."

Manager Song frowned subconsciously after hearing these words, and blurted out: "What does this have to do with the Crown Prince?"

Manager Song would only react when encountering matters involving the Prince's family in Huaishan County.

He is truly a loyal servant who is only loyal to the Huaishan County Prince and his family! Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu looked at each other: So, it was most likely that he replaced the Huaishan County Prince and his family with his own son?

"Twenty-five years ago, the Huaishan County King's lineage encountered salt Lake City bandits and was detained. The bandits were not good people. Knowing that the people detained were the Huaishan County King's lineage who were famous among the clan, how could they let them go like this? Passed?" Lin Fei said, "If I were them, I would definitely detain this family as a trump card just in case."

The play "The Orphan of Zhao" does exist.

Fuzi was not the Zhao orphan, but the replaced child who was supposed to die.