Opposite the Xifeng Inn is the county government office, but not all official business is handled in the county government office, and not all officials in the county government office go to the county government office to work every day.
For example, Zhao Cheng's neighbor Liu Wenke, his official position is Hewu County Magistrate. Logically speaking, the County Magistrate is an official second only to the county magistrate and should go to work in the county government.
But his office is not in the county government office, but in a special administrative office by the Qingshui River called Xun.
Moreover, the Hewu County Magistrate does not assume general administrative responsibilities in the county. He is responsible for river affairs and is actually the river chief.
Dian Shi, a miscellaneous official in this county, was among the unqualified officials in the Chen court. Dian Shi's office is also not in the county government office, but in a place not far from the prison, called the "capture hall".
This "arrest hall" is the office for arresting criminals, and the first-class police officer Hong is under his control.
Among the three squads of yamen servants, except Zaoban who is responsible for the internal service, Zhuangban and Kuaiban usually stay in the military room of the yamen so that they can be dispatched at any time. They do not have to go to the "catching hall" to work.
In fact, the barracks has its own history, which is called the barracks dianshi. It has a number of soldiers under its jurisdiction and is responsible for suppressing bandits and defending the city.
At this time, Chief Hong was in the arresting hall, reporting the results of the interrogation of Li Fu from Liuxi Village, Qinghe County, to his immediate superior, Dian Shi.
"Dianshi, that Li Fu's mouth is really tough. No matter what he does, he will bite him to death without saying a word."
Chief Hong is really exhausted these days. In addition to going to the county office every day, he also has to take time to go to the prison to interrogate Li Fu.
Because the rogue Li Si sued Li Fu for owing him thirteen taels of silver, the county magistrate had to handle the case strictly, severely, and quickly. The criminals Li Si and Li Fu were soon arrested and brought to justice.
The case was not big, but the interrogation process was quite troublesome for the county magistrate. First, Li Fu refused to admit that he owed Li Si money, but Li Si insisted that he owed money.
Then the plaintiff Li Si came up with evidence, which was a yellowed house deed. On the back of the house deed was written a deed of debt, without Li Fu's signature.
If it is just a baseless case, the ruffian Li Si will be beaten with a stick, and he will pay thirteen taels of silver to Li Fu. The case will be over. If the rogue Li Si cannot pay the money, then he will be imprisoned. One year and two months later, the case was considered completed.
But the rogue Li Si claimed that this old yellowed house deed was the house deed of his ancestors. It was lost without a trace during the Three Kings Rebellion, and the property was taken over by Li Fuqiang. Later, Li Fu owed him money, so he used this The deed is used as evidence. Although it is not signed, it is valid.
This is tantamount to a case within a case. Originally, the trial was about Li Si's lawsuit against Li Fu for owing money, but now the only evidence points to Li Fu's cunning and plundering of Li Si's ancestral property.
So Li Dashan lived in prison for a long time.
Chief Hong was taking care of him these days. In order to get Li Dashan to speak as soon as possible, he used all kinds of tricks. Of course, the main question was not about the real estate, but about the MSG.
Because of the added freshness of the MSG, Dashun Zhai's dead fish turned over, and Zhang Dashun was so happy that he almost grinned from ear to ear.
Hong Shengde, on the other hand, has plummeted. The house is deserted and deserted every day. There are only two or three diners. In addition to paying the cooks, waiters, and cooks, they also have to bear the additional cost of ingredients. Although Hong Shengde starts with the word "hong", he is not him. Hong Yuankui is alone.
His immediate boss, Dian Shi Luo Xianwei, has 30% of the dry shares in it, and the chief bookkeeper, He Lie, has 20% of the dry shares. Together, half of the profits have been taken out. Excluding the loss of food and labor, Hong Yuankui can only get a fraction here.
But just this small amount is enough for Hong Yuankui to live a prosperous life. As for how much the diary will be divided between Dianshi and the chief bookkeeper, only God knows.
Therefore, Hong Shengde must not fail. If he fails, it will be because he, Hong Yuankui, did not do his job well. If you can't even run a restaurant, why should you be a police officer?
Obviously Hong Shengde was dragged down, and his end was very miserable. Not only did he lose the restaurant, he also lost his job.
As early as half a month ago, Hong Yuankui couldn't find the source of MSG, so he made up his mind to set fire to Dashun Zhai directly, so that the old man Zhang Dashun would turn into ashes, so he wouldn't have to worry about this matter anymore.
However, everyone from Chief Secretary He Lie to Dian Shi Luo Xianwei severely stopped Hong Yuankui's idea and warned Hong Yuankui that if he did not listen to the dissuasion, he would be unkind.
Obviously Zhang Dashun is not a simple old man, there are obviously people standing behind him. So you can only do it according to conventional means, and you can't go beyond the limits.
So Hong Yuankui could only find a way through the channel of MSG. Without MSG, he watched Zhang Dashun's restaurant go from being unpopular to becoming popular overnight.
Later, Zhao Cheng gave a message that the secret recipe came from Li Fu, and Hong Yuankui still believed it.
Because Hong Yuankui had investigated Li Fu's family history and knew that this boy had made a lot of bargains during the Three Kings Rebellion and when the bandits destroyed the city, maybe the secret recipe for MSG was among them.
Zhao Cheng's family background can be seen at a glance. Zhao Cheng's father was a horseman. He made a living by traveling around Qinghe County and various villages. He accumulated some family wealth, but Zhao Cheng lost all of it.
Therefore, the secret recipe for MSG is more likely to come from Li Fu.
After Li Fu was imprisoned, Hong Yuankui used all his tricks, such as bamboo sticks to nail his fingers, tiger stools, and immortal guides, everything Hong Yuankui knew was used by Li Fu.
Li Fu had already revealed all his secrets, including how many properties he had occupied and how many fields he had robbed during the Three Kings Rebellion. He was willing to hand over all his family property, just to stop torturing him.
But regarding the MSG issue, he insisted that it was Zhao Cheng who was harming him. All the secret MSG recipes and unique techniques were compiled by Zhao Cheng, and Li Fu didn't know anything about it.
This made Hong Yuankui a little confused. Was it Li Fujian who was not telling the truth, or was Zhao Cheng lying?
So he reported the matter directly to Dian Shi Luo Xianwei.
Luo Xianwei is a thin, middle-aged man in his forties, with peach blossom eyes under a pair of thick eyebrows. He is good-looking, but his nose is high and his thin lips are slightly sinister.
Luo Xianwei leaned on the armchair, tapped the table with his long and thin fingers, thought for a while and said: "Let's put aside the MSG issue for a while. As for the restaurant...if you really can't stand it, just exchange it."
Hong Yuankui obviously didn't expect Luo Dianshi to say such words, and was quite surprised.
"But this..." He couldn't say anything about the stocks after all. If Hong Shengde cashed it out and the stocks were gone, Man said that he, a head catcher, might not even be able to be a fast catcher.
Luo Dianshi glanced at Hong Yuankui, as if he had seen through his thoughts, and smiled slightly: "The work of the fast class is your duty, and you should do it seriously."
