After coming out of An's father's cell, An Ying saw Mrs. Wang waving, and walked into the cell next to her with Mrs. Wang. This cell was obviously much better than his father's cell just now. An Ying looked around. This cell had windows and was not so damp and dark. Most of the cell was empty. There was someone in the end cell talking to Shopkeeper Liu. The person speaking was probably the master of the Shen family - Shen Lizhi. When An Ying took a closer look, Shen Lizhi looked older than his father, his hair was gray, and his energy was gone. Obviously, with the financial resources of the Shen family, they live in a better cell, and people come in from time to time to deliver things. An Ying muttered in his heart, his father didn't take care of him, and everyone was more energetic than Mr. Shen.
"Who is this?" Shen Lizhi saw Mrs. Wang and An Ying walking over.
"This is the eldest girl from the Antinggui family. We just happened to come together to see Mr. An." Mrs. Wang replied respectfully and stepped aside.
An Ying understood Mrs. Shen's intention, stepped forward, saluted, and whispered: "Master Shen, now we can understand the matter of this new model. It's not that it's a piece of cake, it's a piece of cake." There's something wrong with that little phoenix ball. I just came from my dad's place and figured out how the transfer envoy packed the little phoenix ball, but I still want to hear what news you have. After all, my dad only handed over ten kilograms. , the quantity is small.”
Shen Lizhi looked at Shopkeeper Liu. Shopkeeper Liu nodded and said, "Madam and Miss An talked about some things, and most of them were inferred by Miss An herself. So Madam arranged for someone to come in to see what clues the master has here." of. "
Shen Lizhi then lowered his business and said slowly: "Our store has contracted the tea mountain on the Jinshan side in the past few years. It produces a lot of tea, so we were assigned a hundred kilograms. Of the one hundred kilograms, I let people use it." The best ingredients were used to make 20 kilograms of small phoenix dumplings, 30 kilograms of large phoenix dumplings, and 50 kilograms of copper coin samples. I sent them to the tea farm. Mr. Liu Yang's transshipment envoy and He Zhizhou were both there that day. The three of us checked the tea leaves together, weighed them, and I signed the tea order. Later, Liu Yang, the transfer envoy, called a group of people to come in and wrap the little phoenix dumplings in the plain bags. I still felt extravagant. The bag is made of fine silk, and one piece costs dozens of taels of silver." After saying this, Shen Lizhi looked angry, and his face that was already full of wrinkles was even more crowded.
An Ying received: "That's really extravagant. Such expensive Liao Ling is used to make tea cake bags. My father just said it was Su Ling, not Liao Ling."
"I won't admit my mistake. I have been in the silk and satin business. Liao Ling is denser than plain silk and is more suitable for making bags for tea. And who doesn't know that Lady Lin loves Liao Ling. For the sake of the favor of the nobles above, this incident Tea cakes must be wrapped in silk silk." Shen Lizhi continued: "I think this should be the idea of the transfer envoy. How come Zhizhou's poor family cannot afford so much silk silk."
An Ying said a little bit: "Then was the tea bag put into a rattan box and wrapped in oil paper?"
"Yes, thirty tea bags per box were put into the rattan box. I weighed the rattan box. They are all old vines that are decades old and have good toughness and hardness. The rattan boxes are not moisture-proof, so the outside It was wrapped in oil paper again. I recognize that oil paper. It is the oil paper from Old Man Wang’s house at Shangyaotou Street. It is the best quality oil paper in Huzhou."
"This is packaged carefully enough." An Ying thought to himself. The description was indeed much more detailed than his father's, who really couldn't figure out these tricks.
"Tea is not easy to store. The most feared part of the tea supply has always been on the road. If it gets damp and has odor, no matter how good the tea is, it will not be as cheap as the cheap ones drank by the small folk in the mountains. Therefore, this transportation of tea has always been a transshipment to attract the attention of adults. It’s a big event. However, we are more cautious this year. We didn’t use silk silk last year, so items like rattan boxes are wrapped with bamboo leaves and then wrapped with a layer of high-quality plaster paper, so that they can be transported to the capital in good condition.” Shen Lizhi smiled and said, "I heard that Empress Lin liked the little Feng Tuan the most. Empress Lin's favor was so great that people who wanted to follow Empress Lin's path queued up from Zhongzhou Street to Sanliting. That Xiao Feng Tuan should be That was a way for the Lord to please Lady Lin. When I looked at Xiao Ling that day, I felt that all these little phoenix balls should have been sent to Lady Lin's Wutong Palace."
"Well, I still don't understand. I just asked my dad. If the tea cakes are poisonous, three tea merchants have been arrested. But whose tea cakes come from it? Although it can't be seen from the outside, let the tea reviewers taste it. After a while, we can tell them apart. Now they are being held without trial. What do you think is the reason?"
Shen Lizhi sighed: "I was thinking the same thing when I first came in, and I even thought about arranging for the tea master at home to come over quickly. Later, Mr. Yuanwailang, as you know, my brother-in-law revealed a little bit, The palace doctor and tea master have all tested it. Guess what?"
"What's wrong?" An Ying thought that since he had checked the tea cake, he could definitely tell whose tea it was. But it seems that this is not the case now.
"It is said that poison has been found in most tea cakes, regardless of which tea cakes are from." Shen Lizhi sighed.
"How come most of the tea cakes are poisonous? Does that mean that they were poisoned later? It's not like all the tea farmers in Huzhou have made poisonous tea cakes." An Ying lowered his head and said, "This doesn't mean that the tea cakes are poisoned later. Doesn’t it matter?”
Shen Lizhi continued: "We all think so. But Concubine Lin is the heart of the Holy One. I heard that the Holy One was angry and originally wanted to deal with us tea farmers and the governor of Huzhou, but Su Huangzhe, the Minister of Punishment, took over. After taking this case, I persuaded the Holy One not to kill innocent people in anger. Now the people related to this case, including the palace waiters, maids, and chamberlains, are also being imprisoned. Liu Jin, who is responsible for the transportation, is imprisoned. In the prison of the capital city. After Mr. Su finished interrogating the relevant people in the palace, he came to interrogate us tea farmers."
An Ying nodded and said, "The longer a poisoning case goes on, the harder it is to investigate."
Shen Lizhi glanced at An Ying and said, "A little girl like you knows a lot. It's true. I wanted to find out what the poison was, but now the news has been cut off."
An Ying nodded and said: "After listening to Master Shen's words, I suddenly became much clearer. I also hope that Mr. Su will quickly clear the case in the past few days and clear my father's innocence as soon as possible."
Shen Lizhi said: "I didn't expect that An Tinggui, an honest man, would give birth to a daughter as capable as you. I have heard of your mother before, and she has a good relationship with my wife. The honest people in Anping are really lucky. I have a daughter-in-law before me and a daughter-in-law behind me, they are all reliable."
After An Ying heard these words, he suddenly felt unhappy, but he endured it and said flatly: "How can Lunengan be as good as Mrs. Shen?"
"Oh, that's true. In terms of ability, there is really no comparison with my wife." Shen Lizhi looked up at Shopkeeper Liu with a smile, "Is everything going well at home now? Have my mother and second master made all the arrangements? "
Shopkeeper Liu said respectfully: "The second master and the old lady are now arranged to live in the house in Xiaohe Town. Ten people have been assigned to serve from here. They are all old people who used to serve. They are very safe. Food and clothing are all spent. Buy it from the house and send it over, just like before."
Shen Lizhi nodded and said, "It's indeed appropriate." He paused again and asked, "If it's in Xiaohe Town, where is Qianniang arranged now? I wanted to keep them apart."
"Don't worry, sir. My cousin said she wanted to take care of her health, so she moved from Xiaohe Town to the farm below the town in the first half of the year. You know that place has good scenery, is close to the lake, and has an observation building. Cousin was very fond of it before. like."
"Yes, yes. Qianniang praised Zhuangzi profusely before, and it's a good place to recuperate. Is it convenient for Yan's medicine, food, and clothing?"
"Every month, I invite the master of Anxi Hall, Ping Anmai. My cousin's main problem is lack of Qi and blood. She just needs to keep it up and change her dressing once a month. Other food and clothing expenses are also sent to her every month as usual. .”
Shen Lizhi then let out a long sigh: "I don't know what will happen to this matter. If anything happens to me, Qianniang will be alone and can only rely on the Shen family for food and clothing."
Mrs. Wang blessed herself and said softly: "Master, it's almost time. Let's leave first. Do you have anything else to say here? The young master at home was caught by the cold a while ago, but he has almost recovered recently."
Shen Lizhi asked anxiously: "Then how did Qing'er catch the cold? Did the people below not take good care of her? Go and tell Madam, and those who don't do their best will be kicked out of the house. Have you ever asked Doctor Hu to take a look?"
Mrs. Wang said: "Doctor Hu has seen it. Recently, there has been a change of cold and heat, and wind chill is common in children. Now he has almost recovered." At this time, the jailers at the door came in and winked, and shopkeeper Liu hurriedly said: "I'm leaving now, please." Everyone."
