After hearing this, Wu Jianhui was silent for two breaths, then he gritted his molars and turned his back to everyone.
When Song Wen saw that this was a sign of agreement, he quickly called Di Ying into the hospital.
Di Yingze waved his hand, called to the people, and went in with a roar.
As soon as the people saw it, they immediately changed their views on Di Ying and quickly lifted their heels.
Some people were thinking secretly: Maybe what Master Di said is true, and maybe they can really go to Master Di to redress their grievances in the future.
However, they still have to take a look and see Master Di's ability to solve crimes.
Di Ying also wanted them to see it.
He took everyone with him and followed the steward who led the way to a wall.
The steward faced Di Ying, raised his chin a little high, bent down perfunctorily, and said: "This is where the thief climbed over the wall."
Di Ying ignored this man's attitude towards him.
After signaling everyone to stop, Di Ying walked to the wall. Then he asked the steward who followed him every step of the way.
"I heard that fifty thieves came in?"
Manager: "Huh? Ah! Yes, yes, fifty."
I was wondering in my heart: The master clearly ordered to report thirty, how could this be fifty? Did the master change his mind halfway? Then he has to cooperate a little bit, and he can't get in trouble.
Di Ying nodded slightly and asked again: "What was lost? Did the thief bring any weapons?"
The steward replied: "What was lost is the rouge and gouache specially used by His Majesty. The thief... did not bring any weapons!"
"oh,"
Di Ying snorted and said, "No wonder it's something valuable. The value of the tribute is huge. It's just that the thief didn't bring any weapons? Are you sure?"
The steward's eyes rolled a few times, and he kept thinking: When the nursing staff were asked to lay out traces, did they bring weapons? Still not bringing it?
"Did not bring!"
He answered in the affirmative.
Di Ying smiled slightly at him. He asked an unrelated question: "Have the guards responsible for guarding this courtyard signed a contract of prostitution?"
"Signed. How could such an important place be allowed in without signing?" The manager raised his neck and replied a little arrogantly.
Di Ying asked again: "Do you have a small number of servants in your other courtyard? Why is it that in such an important place, the snow in the courtyard has not been swept away?"
Manager: "..."
After choking for a moment, he rolled his eyes again and replied: "Thieves broke in last night, so I didn't let them clear the snow for fear of damaging the traces."
"Yes, I understand."
Di Ying said, turned to face everyone and said: "It started snowing at the end of noon yesterday, and it stopped at half past one today, a total of nearly ten hours.
The time when the tributes were lost in this villa was early this morning. Everyone knows how big the snowstorm was, right? For those who don’t know, you still remember how thick the snow was on the side of the road we walked over, right?
The footprints left by the ugly in the early morning..."
Di Ying squatted down as he spoke, pointing to a footprint under the wall and continued: "Some of these footprints are blurred, but some are still relatively clear. Can you see them clearly?"
Seeing everyone nodding, the steward's expression changed and became very ugly.
Di Ying raised her lips and asked the manager. "What? Did the thieves come several times?"
Everyone started laughing, looking at the person in charge at the joke.
The person in charge tightened his lips and lowered his head without replying.
Di Ying didn't care whether he came back or not. She stood up and walked to the other side of the courtyard wall, where the snow had not been touched. She bent down and brushed it with her hand.
Some frozen petals are exposed.
When the steward saw it, his expression changed completely, and he hurried over to say something.
The person in charge didn’t understand: Why are there petals here? Did the thief who stole the flowers last night really come to the other courtyard?
Before he could speak, Di Ying ordered Peng Liang: "Xiao Peng, go to the courtyard here to dig through the snow and look for flowers or petals. Pay attention to how long it takes to freeze hard."
Peng Liang responded and jumped over the wall.
The voice came quickly: "Yes, there are quite a few. They should have been frozen in the early morning. The snow layer above is relatively thick, and the direction is towards the flower house."
Di Ying glanced at the person in charge and said, "It seems that your other courtyard lost not only the rouge and gouache, but also these flowers, right?"
With that said, Di Ying asked Song Wen again: "Sir Song, all my lords, since this case has been heard by Da Tian, I must investigate it to the end. No trace of it can be let go. Let's go to the flower room. have a look."
Song Wen nodded.
He understood that this was the intended meaning of the question. It is also clear: Wu Jianhui may have reported a false case, or he may have deliberately used the excuse of missing flowers to punish Huang Siyuan.
Song Wen felt angry because things harmed his own kind, and he was willing to support Di Ying in getting to the bottom of it.
The manager thought about it and didn't stop him.
Their master deliberately reported the missing flower case as a missing tribute case just to make the matter more serious.
Now the missing tribute case is added to the missing flower case, and the nature will be more serious. Go and take a look.
Thinking about it, he took the initiative to lead the way.
The common people who were a little confused and a little understanding followed again.
Not to mention: they are very happy to participate in solving the case, or in other words, they are very happy to see things happen on the territory of officials, especially high officials.
That's called a positive attitude.
I just followed him outside the flower house and was stopped.
The flowers and plants inside are very delicate, and the stewards are unwilling to let these untouchables enter and cause damage.
Di Ying did not force this.
He said to the person in charge: "It's a cold day, and the common people are also following us. There is a hot spring canal here, which is quite warm. You can ask someone to bring some tea, snacks and the like. If it doesn't work, just boil a big pot." Make porridge and bake some erhu cakes, let us all eat some."
Manager: "..."
I wanted to refute, but I didn't dare. He was also afraid that if he refused even this request, Lord Di would have to let the people go into the greenhouse to keep warm.
He gritted his teeth and ordered his servants to cook porridge and pancakes.
Di Ying waited and started "chatting" with Song Wen and other officials.
"Master Zuo Shilang is an official. Isn't there a law in the country that officials are not allowed to do business? Why is he still making tributes in his courtyard?" Di Ying asked.
Song Wen thought for a while and replied: "Master Zuo Shilang is not in business. He has a son who is the imperial merchant responsible for the tribute of rouge gouache. Those tributes...should not be in the other courtyard."
Song Wen answered the last few words very quietly.
At the same time, he thought to himself: Wu Jianhui reported a false case, and he did not dare to say in the morning that what was missing from the other courtyard was a tribute. The thing must not be in the other courtyard, but should be in a workshop in the city.
As for officials not allowing business? Just talk about it. Which of the famous big shops in the city is not a relative of an official?
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