Chapter 323 Sweet-scented osmanthus wine brewed with rice **** (2)
The files seconded by the county government do not contain detailed records. After many years, it is extremely difficult to investigate. The officials who handled the case and the relevant people are no longer alive.
Lin Fei made some inquiries, and found that the only person still alive was the witness of Mrs. Lu who was very important back then.
He wants to find out the truth, but he is not unreasonable.
Madam Lu has a special status, and she has saved Madam Hou's life, not to mention that the case back then was too cruel, every time Madam Lu recalled it would be a great harm to Madam Lu. Therefore, as in ordinary cases, it is not appropriate for people to testify and recall the past events over and over again in this case.
If Lin Fei hadn't accumulated enough evidence, he wouldn't have gone to Mrs. Lu casually to remind her of the nightmare of that year.
"Master Xing is from Sichuan and Sichuan," Lin Fei said, "Originally he opened a restaurant with a good reputation and business in the local area. At the beginning of this year, he suddenly closed the restaurant he had been in business for many years and went to Beijing. I heard that he came to Chang'an City to make a living through someone's introduction."
This so-called way of making a living, because of his good relationship with Liang Hongjin, Wen Mingtang also got to know the inside story by accident: it was to become a cook in Ganzhi Wei Gongchu.
It's not that there is anything wrong with this business. Wen Mingtang himself also eats public meals in the public kitchen of Dali Temple, and he is very satisfied with the current life.
It's just that Wen Mingtang is an orphan girl who just came out of Ye Ting and has nowhere to go, and she has nothing but a little money saved in the palace for many years. Compared with the two, Yu only wants to live a stable and ordinary life For Wen Mingtang who doesn't have to worry about making a living, this public cook is a good place to go.
But for Master Xing, who has been operating in his hometown for many years and has built a good foundation, he hastily threw away everything and went to Beijing. After Beijing, he just went to work as a cook in the public kitchen. Compared with the large-scale business he had already run, he obviously lost the watermelon and picked up the sesame seeds.
"Where's Master Xing's family?" Wen Mingtang asked after thinking about it.
Lin Fei shook his head and said: "In the early years, Master Xing married a wife and had a child, but I heard that his son died of illness when he was young, and his wife left early because of this depression. Never married again."
That's all he knew about Master Xing. Lin Fei only asked superficially about the fellow from Sichuan and Shu who introduced Master Xing to Ganzhiwei. The fellow came to Chang'an early to discuss life, and he didn't know much about Master Xing. Specifically, I also sent people to go to the land of Sichuan and Shu to inquire carefully.
It was another matter that made Lin Fei notice Master Xing, but sent someone to investigate.
"Since Master Xing came to my house, he was very particular about eating ingredients, so he often went to buy ingredients himself." Lin Fei said.
Wen Mingtang also knows this: "I, Ji Caimai, once met Master Xing on Zhuangzi."
Lin Fei nodded in response, and then said: "Master Xing often goes to the market to buy, and the servants in the mansion said that he inquired about the name and background of 'Hu Siming' several times. I will subconsciously take a look at Hu Siming."
Hu Siming has now been detained as a suspect in the Dali Temple Prison.
"The day when his hand was injured happened to be the day when the Maoguan incident happened." Lin Fei paused, then glanced at the thoughtful Wen Mingtang, implying, "Master Xing is not a person who is particularly good at disguising .”
Wen Mingtang also deeply agrees with this point: Master Xing's cover-up just now is not considered clever.
If you don't even know what's going on in your own house, how can you handle the case? What's more, Master Xing approached deliberately, and Mrs. Hou was obviously the one he liked.
"Later I found out that his goal was not my mother, but to get close to someone through my mother." Lin Fei stopped here, looked at Wen Mingtang, and said, "Later, Mrs. Lu came over."
Combined with the deliberateness of today's braised pork meat, there is no doubt that Master Xing's goal is Mrs. Lu and remind her of what happened back then.
Thinking of the reaction of Mrs. Lu, who is already a grandmother, when she saw the braised pork meat, Wen Mingtang couldn't help but take a deep breath: "It seems that this matter has troubled Mrs. Lu so far, making it unforgettable."
Lin Fei nodded, and said: "Judging from Master Xing's reaction, maybe he wanted to find people and things related to this case through Mrs. Lu."
So, he will stay in the mansion for a while longer, and accompany his mother to take care of Mrs. Lu and others. Many things in this case need to be investigated in his own mansion.
Having said that, Lin Fei looked at the dim sum made by Wen Mingtang on the table: Although he is not a person who would make his stomach suffer, he was not polite when he moved his chopsticks at the table just now, but he was really not full.
After watching Wen Mingtang hand over rice in bamboo tubes, steamed buns filled with soup, and lotus root noodle soup one by one to the maidservant who came to serve dim sum, Lin Fei took a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus wine brewed by Wen Mingtang. Decoration is just an ordinary and plain small bowl, but this bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus rice wine glutinous rice **** still looks attractive.
Use a spoon to scoop up a spoonful of sweet-scented osmanthus rice **** and put them in your mouth. The fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus is mixed with the slightly intoxicating taste of the koji. , a bowl, warm and ironing, quite comfortable.
Putting the finished bowls and chopsticks on the countertop, Lin Fei looked at the girl who was sipping soup, thought for a while, and said: "Thank you for today's matter, Master Wen, the banquet is over, Master Wen will go back earlier Bar!"
Wen Mingtang nodded, raised the half bowl of soup left in his hand, and said that he would go back after finishing the half bowl of soup.
Because Mrs. Lu is not feeling well, she can leave early today, finish work early, and go shopping at the market on the way back.
Just as he was thinking like this, Lin Fei's voice sounded again in his ears: "I may often ask for leave these days. It's very chaotic outside. It's night, so don't just wander around."
There was obviously something in this sentence. Wen Mingtang heard the words, thought about it seriously, and asked Lin Fei: "Lin Shaoqing, but maybe the murderer in this case will kill people outside at will?"
Just like the beauty lamp case earlier, the murderer is very likely to attack people in the dark, so he can't go out at will.
Lin Fei lowered his eyes, and after a moment of silence, nodded.
He told her not to walk around at will, which has nothing to do with this case. This case is not like the previous case where the murderer would randomly go to the streets to find targets, but targeted the murderer with a purpose.
But...Looking at Wen Mingtang's understanding expression, Lin Fei didn't explain anymore: Girls are not the kind of people who like to go out. They cook in the public kitchen on weekdays. If they read the storybook, they may not come out in ten and a half months. Once to Dali Temple.
As long as she is in Dali Temple, she is safe.
But there are some things... I'd better wait until this case is solved, and then explain it to her!
(end of this chapter)