The boy from the Mu family who came to deliver the sauce jar was called Ma Tingtu, and he just celebrated his seventeenth birthday this year. He is not a local, his hometown is in Jiangnan, and he came to Xijing through the introduction of a friend. His friend lives a good life in Xijing.
He fell seriously ill on the way to Xijing and almost died. It was Mu Sheng, the current head of the Mu family, who saved him. In order to repay this life-saving grace, he decided to stay in the Mu family sauce garden and work as a waiter.
Mu Sheng saw that he was very efficient at work and very clever. She also felt that she was lucky and found a treasure, so she hired him as an official clerk in her shop.
These were all said by Martin Tu himself. He didn't even wait for anyone to ask him, and he poured them all out.
It can also be seen from this that this person should be a very talkative person.
Ma Tingtu kept talking alone for half an hour, only to realize that he had been talking the whole time. The big guys sitting opposite were just looking at him and listening to him quietly. They couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and confused. measures.
"That's very good. We already understand these situations." Song Qiyun glanced at Shen Cha, saw the other person nodded slightly, then turned his head and focused his eyes on Ma Tingtu again, "Well, you will find out about the boss again Tell me the story of a family’s death.”
"Okay!" Ma Tingtu nodded, "This is the third time Xiaomin has sent soybean paste to this pickle garden."
"Wait a minute!" Bai Meng interrupted Ma Tingtu, "How long have you been working in the Mu family?"
"It won't take long, less than half a year."
Bai Meng exchanged glances with several other people. He had worked in the Mu family for less than half a year, and Dai Yi really didn't know him. By this time, he had already received brutal training at the Shen Family Army's recruit camp in Jiaping Pass.
"Keep talking!" Song Qiyun raised his chin, "You have sent soybean paste to this pickle garden three times. Weren't you the one who sent it before?"
"Yes, I was not Xiaomin before. The guy who was responsible for delivering miso accidentally fell off the roof when he was repairing the roof. He is recovering from his injuries now! So, the boss asked Xiaomin to take his place temporarily. Xiaomin Xiaomin delivers miso every five days, and every time there are ten jars. When he gets up in the morning, he comes in as soon as the Xijing city gate opens. When it is time to have lunch, Xiaomin has already returned to Qipan Town. The first two times Xiaomin came By that time, the pickle garden had already opened to welcome guests, and the garden where the sauce jars were empty was also filled with people coming in and out and starting to chatter. But only today, no matter how little people knocked on the door, no one answered the door. There was no movement.”
"Don't you ever want to go in and have a look?"
Song Qiyun's eyes fell on Ma Tingtu's hand intentionally or unintentionally, thinking back to the handprint he just saw, which should be about the same size.
"Xiaomin was a little timid. It was the first time I encountered such a thing, and I was very panicked. There happened to be patrol sergeants passing by nearby, so Xiaomin...Xiaomin invited them to come and take a look. They also took pictures of the door for a long time. , and found no one answered, so he kicked in the door and went in. After he kicked in the door and went in, I realized that something had really happened and found the body."
Shen Cha and Shen Haolin turned their eyes to Bai Meng. The three of them exchanged glances. Bai Meng nodded slightly towards them. Ma Tingtu's answer was exactly the same as the first two testimonies, even word by word.
Shen Cha looked at Ma Tingtu who was calmly answering Song Qiyun's questions one after another. The more he looked at it, the more strange he felt.
In fact, from the moment she first walked in, she felt that this person looked very familiar, but she was certain that she had never seen this person before. The person she knew was probably no longer alive.
"What's wrong?" Shen Haolin came over and asked in a low voice, "What did you find?"
Shen Cha did not answer Shen Haolin's question immediately, but stared at Ma Tingtu for a while, then walked to Shen Haolin's side and whispered the doubts in his heart.
While listening to Shen Cha's words, Shen Haolin did not look away from Ma Tingtu. After hearing Shen Cha's doubts, he smiled softly and whispered a name in her ear.
"Is he the person you think looks familiar?"
Hearing this name, Shen Cha's eyes lit up and he nodded firmly towards Shen Haolin.
"Yes, it's him!" A faint smile appeared on her face, "Hidden quite deeply. I didn't expect that today, many years later, I would still be able to see the descendants of his family."
"Not all of his family died. The children under the age of ten were still left behind." Shen Haolin sighed, "He just said that he celebrated his seventeenth birthday not long ago. Ten years ago, he happened to be pardoned. That condition.”
"Brother is right!" Shen Cha nodded, patted Song Qiyun's shoulder gently, told him a name, and also told him his guess.
After listening to Shen Cha's words, Song Qiyun was stunned. He had also heard of that person's name, but when that person was in glory, he himself was not able to go to the battlefield and could not see that person's true appearance. By the time he had this ability, that person was already dead, which was a regret for him.
While Song Qiyun was thinking about his own thoughts, he stared at Ma Tingtu for a long time, which made him feel terrified.
After looking at it for half a stick of incense, Song Qiyun's face became colder and colder. He raised his eyebrows slightly at the person opposite and revealed a sneer.
"Ma Tingtu, right? Have you heard of the name of Jin Kingdom General Ma Bolgu?"
Hearing Song Qiyun's question, Ma Tingtu was stunned. He did not expect Song Qiyun to ask such a question. After he recovered, his eyes turned to Shen Haolin and Shen Cha. He looked at them for a while and sighed heavily. , a wry smile appeared on his face.
"When I saw the two men involved in this case, I felt that I might not be able to escape."
"You admit it now?" Song Qiyun was surprised to see him like this, "Don't you even resist?"
"Any resistance in front of Duke Shen and General Shen is futile. The two of them can be regarded as my father's acquaintances. My father has mentioned them in the family many times, especially the general. He once said to us juniors, if in the future When you meet these two people, you must not play tricks on them, because they both have eyes that don't rub sand." Martin Tu smiled self-deprecatingly, "If I had known that there were two of you, I might not have taken this risk." He looked at Shen Haolin and then at Shen Cha, "As for my motive for killing them, the two of them are insiders, so I shouldn't need to say more, right?"
"Yeah!" Shen Haolin and Shen Cha nodded at the same time, "You wanted to avenge your family's case. Zhuolu played a key role in your family's case."
"I know that the things my father did are indeed culpable, but..." Ma Tingtu's face darkened, "That should be King Jin's business, not what he should do as a minister, especially a minister who has been convicted. matter!"
