Chapter 348 [Sleeping](1/2)
After checking Chen's Pharmacy, it became easier to check the rest.
Yi Xian found the head of the Yingtian Mansion. After checking, he found out that the real name of the shopkeeper Chen should be Chen Du. He entered Yingtian Mansion more than a year ago and opened a pharmacy shop and a small business. He had never done anything. Like ordinary residents of Yingtian Mansion, he was the only one person.
"It's better to catch him and ask," Zhao Pu asked Lord Bao.
Bao Zheng seemed a little embarrassed, "But Chen Du is obviously a little fish, and he doesn't know what this person's personality is. If he doesn't say it, we can at most prove that he planted poisonous flowers in the wild privately, and he can also push them clean. And the people behind him, such as the mysterious Shan Yiren... and the relationship with the Fusang Killer, may not be found out."
Everyone frowned. Lord Bao’s worries are quite reasonable. These people are really cautious.
"I have sent someone to keep an eye on Shanfu and Chen's Pharmacy. It's a matter of time before there is any clue, so don't worry." Zhao Pu comforted a few words when he saw everyone was frowning.
Yin Lanci also nodded, "You young people, don't investigate the case with a sad face all day long. In a few days, it will be the annual Camellia Festival. Are you going to Yingtian Mansion to have fun?"
Everyone was stunned.
The little fourth son asked curiously, "Camellia Festival? Is it a festival to buy camellia?"
Zhan Zhao helped explain, "It is a folk festival. According to legend, a poor scholar who was cruel to sell a camellia that he had planted for many years in order to raise the travel expenses to Beijing for the exam. The scholar put the camellia in his backpack and stood at the market in Yingtianfu. Because the camellia was planted so well, many people wanted to buy it at a high price. However, after the scholar looked at the buyer, he felt that it was not a person who could plant flowers, and he might die if he bought it, so he insisted not to buy it.
The scholar stood for a day. In the evening, he didn't sell the flowers. He was about to go back. At this time, an exquisite carriage passed by. A maid got off the carriage and said that her lady wanted to buy the pot of camellia. The scholar walked to the carriage and the lady lifted the curtain..."
Zhan Zhao said this, Pang Yu's mouth twitched, "Is it another story of a talented man and a beautiful woman? Is it a great beauty when I lift the curtain of the car?"
Bao Yan glared at him, that's what he meant - don't interrupt, don't destroy the atmosphere!
Pang Yu curled his lips.
Zhan Zhao smiled, "No, behind the curtain of the car, there is an ordinary woman, who is not as beautiful as the maid."
Everyone blinked and thought that this was fresh, so they continued to listen.
"The girl is the daughter of a local teacher and likes camellia very much. I heard that a crazy scholar on the street selling flowers and wanted to buyers, so I sneaked out to see it. The scholar talked to the lady about the way to grow flowers and found that the woman was very proficient in camellia. So the scholar sold the flowers to the woman... and went to Beijing to take the silver. During the Kaifeng exam, the scholar often communicated with the woman, talking about camellia and some trivial matters, and was very close to her."
Pang Yu then curled his lips, "No need to ask, the scholar must have been on the list later, and then went home to marry that ordinary girl, right?"
Bao Yanxiu him.
Zhan Zhao continued to shake his head, "No, that scholar failed the exam and did not do well in the exam."
Everyone twitched, "Then what is the point of this legend?"
Zhan Zhao smiled, "The scholar later returned to Yingtian Mansion and was penniless. The girl had only elderly parents and no sons at home, and the scholar died early. Therefore, the girl's father suggested that the scholar marry into the family. The scholar agreed."
Everyone held their chins and looked at Zhan Zhao.
Zhan Zhao said, "This scholar started his career as a tree peanut, and finally became bigger and bigger until most of the business in Yingtian Mansion belonged to him, and that is Huo Quan, the richest man in Yingtian Mansion."
Everyone blinked.
"Huo Quan and that girl were very loving. After fifty years of staying together, he became prosperous, and he became rich, and did not marry a concubine. He accompanied his wife every day... Later, his wife passed away. In order to commemorate her, Huo Quan designated the day when they met as the Camellia Festival. On that day, all the shops in Huo Quan would cut the price of things for half. Gradually, other shops also began to learn how, so it became a real festival that has been going on. "Zhan Zhao said, "Yingtian Mansion"
On that day, young men would carry a basket with camellia inside and go out. If they meet a girl they like, they would give it to others, or if they have a sweetheart, they would wait for that day and take the camellia to give it to their sweetheart. Of course, there were also many families who held wedding events that day. The meaning of the Camellia Festival is that they would be willing to be loyal and never leave each other forever, regardless of wealth or poverty. Compared with a talented man and a beautiful woman, this is actually a beautiful story between a non-talented man and a non-beautiful woman.”
"Oh..." Pang Yu clapped his hands, "This is good."
"But that day, there should be a lot of people on the street." Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "Maybe there will be some clues."
"Then go and have a walk." Zhao Pu suggested,
Everyone nodded.
"Speaking of it..." Lu Xueer suddenly asked, "That day, red camellia was the most popular, right? Many people would go up the mountain to pick camellia to sell it."
Everyone looked at each other.
Gongsun frowned, "Can you... the camellia planted by Chen Du in the back mountain are also ready to sell it, or to whom are you going to give it to?"
"This time the flower field collapsed, maybe it would save a lot of disasters." Mr. Bao also nodded slightly.
Bai Yutang suddenly asked Lu Xueer, "How do you know?"
Lu Xueer squinted her eyes and blinked at Bai Yutang.
Yin Lanci sighed, "One year during the Camellia Festival, she happened to come to me, passed by Yingtian Mansion, and then when she arrived at my doorstep, she brought a mountain of black camellia."
Everyone's mouth twitched, and Lu Xueer was indeed well-known.
After hearing this, Lord Bao felt that this matter was a bit suspicious, so he asked Yi Xian beside him, "Is there any special woman in Yingtian Mansion?"
Yi Xian scratched his head, "Special woman?"
"Uh...for example, it's very popular?" Mr. Bao couldn't think of how to describe it.
"Well..." Yi Xian thought for a while, touched his beard gently and said, "To be honest, the families of the most premier wealthy families in Yingtian Mansion are all only daughters!"
Everyone was stunned, "Is that right?"
"Yes!" Yi Xian nodded, "The four richest members of Yingtian Mansion are all only daughters. Those treasures are like something, and they all say they want to recruit son-in-law. More than half of the men in Yingtian Mansion want to marry into a marriage partner! You must know that after marrying into a marriage partner, he will directly inherit the wealth of thousands of families and become rich overnight. The key is that those daughters of daughters are all pretty good-looking."
"Wow..." Pang Yu was in a state of spirit, "It's a good deal." While saying, he poked the bag, "Little Mantou, do you want to try it out for a talented man?"
Bao Yan glared at Pang Yu fiercely.
"How rich are these four major households in Yingtian Mansion?" Bao Zheng asked.
"What's rich?"
At this time, the Taishi, who had been in a leisurely state, walked into the yard and heard Bao Zheng asking about money or not, and he was intrigued.
"Oh, that's serious and rich. After Huo Quan passed away, it was their turn, but they were all pretty good, not just because they were not rich or kind." Yi Xian said.
"What business do they mainly do?" Bao Zheng continued.
"That's too much, but the most profitable part should be the jewelry." Huo Quan said.
"I said Lao Bao." Master Pang shook his head helplessly, "Don't you doubt whether he is good when you see someone is rich?"
Bao Zheng put down the roster that Yi Xian showed him in his hand, "I'll just ask."
The Grand Master took the roster and read it.
While everyone was discussing it just now, they drew a circle on Chen Du's name.
Master Pang took a casual look, saw the name, stared at the roster, and became stunned.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?" Pang Yu asked the Grand Tutor.
"Uh..." The Grand Master touched his chin, "Chen Du... is the name so familiar? I seem to have heard it somewhere."
"Where is it?" Mr. Bao asked quickly.
The Master scratched his ears and heads, "Yeah..."
Lord Bao was anxious and pulled the Taishi's hair, "You're going to be more at a critical moment!"
The Grand Master was pulled by Lord Bao and rubbed his head, "Oh, this name is so ordinary, maybe I'm confused! Who remembers it!"
Lord Bao urged him, "Think about it again! Did you come to Yingtianfu and Xuxian earlier..."
"ah!"
Before Lord Bao finished speaking, the Grand Master suddenly clapped his hands, "I remembered it! That coroner!"
Everyone was stunned and looked at the Grand Master, "Coron?"
The Grand Master nodded, "When Liu Tian fell, there was a coroner in his yamen!"
Lord Bao was stunned and asked, "How big is the coroner?"
"I'm in my forties!" said the Grand Master seriously, "He is Liu Tian's right-hand man, and later he beheaded with Liu Tian! That boy was obviously not a good person, he was so jealous. He was said to be good at using poison and helped Liu Tian kill many opponents!"
Everyone stared at the Grand Master.
Lord Bao asked, "Why is that coroner named Chen Du? He has been dead for more than 20 years and what does it have to do with Chen Du in this case?"
"Oh, I said, Lao Bao, why are you so anxious..." The Grand Master Wangtian, "I didn't say that the coroner was called Chen Du, and that coroner's son was called Chen Du!"
Everyone was stunned.
Bai Yutang frowned slightly, "His son?"
"Yes!" the Grand Master nodded, "I was about twelve or thirteen years old at that time, and I remember his name was Chen Du."
Everyone looked at each other.
"Is Chen Du the son of a death row prisoner?" Yi Xian frowned, "that can explain why he has always been so low-key."
"His father helped Liu Tian poison many people, and he planted poisonous flowers... Is it related?"
"Does the wealthy businessmen in Yingtian Mansion have anything to do with Liu Tian back then?" Zhan Zhao asked Yi Xian.
Yi Xian thought for a while, "When Liu Tian fell, he pulled out the radish and brought out the mud, and brought out a large number of merchants who had connections with him. However, these four were all hostile to him back then. They were dissatisfied with Liu Tian's dominance and assisted the government in investigating..."
Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao, "Do you suspect Chen Du is revenge on those people? Is the purpose of avenging his father?"
"If these poisonous flowers are sent to those families, it may indeed cause uncontrollable results." Gongsun was puzzled, "but maybe those flowers cannot be in the hands of those ladies at all. This practice has too low success rate and is not cost-effective!"
"It seems that this case is indeed somewhat related to Liu Tian's case many years ago, and it needs to be carefully investigated." Lord Bao asked Zhan Zhao and others to pay more attention to Yingtian Mansion these days, especially on the Camellia Festival.
For some reason, Mr. Bao had a premonition that he always felt that something might happen on the Camellia Festival.
Three more days later, the people sent to follow Chen's pharmacy and Shanfu, but they still found nothing abnormal. The shadow guards were puzzled and thought to themselves that these people were really calm.
In Hongying Village, everyone was looking at the detailed files of Liu Tian’s case back then, and the Grand Master also joined in and studied the various rare treasures that Liu Tian found when his house was searched.
To be continued...