Farming: I dressed up as a widow and beat my parents-in-law violently

Poisonous flowers?

It's all bullshit! Yan also used these flowers to make cakes, so why was her shop fine?

But she couldn't tell anyone about selling flower cakes at home, otherwise she would fall into the scholar's trap.

Until now, Cui Siniu still thought that Chen Jinyan was fabricating lies to deliberately blackmail her.

"Master, the official officer, the common woman has been wronged. The common woman has never heard of the laborious flower cake. I'm afraid it's not because the scholar's mother is alive and dead, and he's crazy enough to recognize people randomly."

Cui Siniu knelt on the ground, not daring to raise her head.

Naturally, Zuo Li didn't see her rolling eyes.

"Take them both in and question them separately. Xiao Wuzi, you go to Anning Town to inquire about this matter. Go on horseback and come back as soon as possible."

"Yes, boss."

The men behind Zuo Li performed their duties.

Went in with Chen Jinyan and Cui Siniu.

He was left alone standing outside the county government office thinking.

The magistrate is currently busy with the construction of bridges and the progress of corvee labor. If he rashly reports this matter, he will definitely be scolded if it is a mistake.

Zuo Li planned to investigate on his own first, and then submit the evidence and the prisoner to the adults.

When he arrived at Yan Xia's shop, the door was already open, but it wasn't open yet.

"Aunt Yan, I have something to ask you. Could you please lend me a moment to talk?"

Yan Xia happened to be packing things at the counter of the shop, and Zuo Li saw her as soon as he stepped into the shop.

"Okay, then come to the backyard with me."

The two walked to the persimmon tree in the backyard.

There was a wooden table with four wooden stools beside it.

Yan Xia casually picked up two fur cushions and placed them on the wooden bench.

"Take a seat, Zuo Yamen, Xiaoji, go get two cups of tea."

she shouted.

"Hey, would you like some black tea?"

Xiaoji heard Yan Xia calling her, and then she poked her head out of the kitchen and asked.

"Black tea, it's too cold to drink green tea today."

"Okay, Auntie, the water has just boiled. I'm going to make tea."

Xiao Ji responded.

Yan Xia then turned to talk to Zuo Li.

"What do you want from me?"

"Aunt Yan, you and I know each other well, so I won't beat around the bush. Is the rose filling used in your shop poisonous? Can you let me take a look?"

Yan Xia's eyelids twitched slightly.

"You can see that the roses have withered now. The fillings for the flower cakes used in my shop have been pickled in advance. As for the poison, our family has been eating it for so long. If it was poisonous, we would have died early. Zuo Yachai, you would have eaten a lot. Yo, are you not feeling well? Or has something happened?"

Yan Xia asked him pretending to be curious, but in fact she had already guessed it.

I'm afraid Cui Siniu was discovered selling poisonous roses.

But why did it take so long for something to happen?

She's a little weird.

"Just now, a boy from Linxian County dragged a woman to report to the official, saying that the flower cake sold by the woman poisoned his mother to death, and she sold it under your name, and many people ate it. Yes, do you know?"

Yan Xia's expression changed slightly.

Poisoned someone?

No way, the rose she left to the Luo family would cause vomiting and diarrhea at most, and it would heal on its own in two or three days at most.

Why are people still dead?

Isn't it the Luo family?

"How could this happen? The secret recipe of my shop was stolen, and when it was taken back, it had been destroyed long ago. It was impossible for anyone to steal it again. How could something like this happen again? What a disaster from heaven, Zuo Yachai, you must You need to find out this matter and clear my name. My shop sells so many bags of flower cakes every day, and no one has any trouble. Isn’t this a loss of my reputation? Come over and see the rose stuffing with me. I pickled it all with my own hands. , how could it be poisonous, and the crust on the outside is even less likely. The noodles are freshly made every day, and I won’t be able to eat them all if I sell them. I will never sell the leftover pastries from yesterday, which is also the specialty of our shop.”

Yan Xia pretended to be innocent and showed Zuo Li the fillings of the roses.

He also scooped out a small spoonful and let him taste it.

No different from before.

"Don't be anxious, Aunt Yan. I just came to see you. I have no intention of blaming you. Besides, I have sent people to Lin County to investigate. If this matter is true, I will definitely clear your name because of that woman's quarrel." You, I just thought of coming to your shop to have a look, don’t worry, your flower cakes are good, I will also testify for you, if this matter is reported to the adults, you may need to go to the county government, Aunt Yan."

Yan Xia nodded.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry to bother you, Zuo Yamen. I'm also worried. Tell me, what's going on? I'm going home to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Why am I still involved with poisonous flower cakes? Who is this person? Who, how did I offend her, and she was so bold and poisoned someone, she must be severely punished!"

By the time Zuo Li came out of Yan Xia's shop, more than half an hour had passed.

His subordinate Xiaowuzi had just returned from Linxian County at full speed.

The two of them bumped into each other.

"Go back to the boss, it is indeed true. That Chen Tongsheng reported to the police last year and said that he was a couple selling flower cakes. The flower cakes they sold were poisonous and poisoned his mother. Many local people testified, They had vomiting and diarrhea after eating the flower cakes, and look, there is also the portrait of the couple selling flower cakes that they described, and it is indeed posted outside the Linxian Yamen."

Xiaowuzi took out a notice and handed it to Zuo Li.

Zuo Li opened it and saw that not only the appearance of the couple was drawn on the notice, but also the amount of the reward.

From one tael to a full three taels of silver.

In the portrait of the female prisoner, there is a small mole on the side of her nose. Think back to the woman just now.

It does fit.

Zuo Li's thick eyebrows furrowed in one place.

"Let's go back to the Yamen."

"Yes, boss."

Xiao Wuzi led the horses to the backyard and went to meet the large army.

While Zuo Li was looking for Yan Xia, these men had already asked for all the woman's name, household registration and address.

"What? Baihua Village?"

Zuo Li's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Isn't this the village where Aunt Yan lives?

"What is your relationship with Yan Xia, the shopkeeper of Yan's pastry shop?"

Zuo Li stood in front of Cui Siniu and asked.

"No, it doesn't matter. It's just a village. I really don't sell flower cakes. Sir, please let me go. My daughter-in-law is pregnant. She is waiting for me to boil brown sugar eggs for her. I have already I've been out for a long time, so my family must be worried. I really didn't sell it, so don't listen to that stupid scholar, it's all his lies."

Cui Siniu was very stubborn, even though these officials deliberately put on their sinister faces to scare her.

After all, they can't give in without evidence.

Zuo Li took out the notice and placed it in front of Cui Siniu.

"Isn't the person in this portrait you? I'll give you one last chance. The Chen family in your village stole the secret recipe of Yan's pastry shop, and that's why they were all imprisoned. Your family also wants to imitate How about that? Tell me honestly and I will save you some pain. If you still want to hold on, little five! Get your long needles and whips ready. If this woman doesn't do it again, I'll be there for you."