At this time, Lord Magistrate Wei spoke.

"Bai Wenjing, do you know about the incident of eating dead people while eating in Dongtan City this time?" Master Wei looked at Bai Wenjing who was kneeling below with a serious look.

"Sir, the common people know about this."

"Okay, your Bai family is the only salt merchant in the south of the Yangtze River that has salt. Tell me, how can the salt in many restaurants in the whole city be poisoned by red xuanlian?"

Master Wei spoke in a high voice and slapped the case on the desk.

The sound of the case was heard, and the people who were still whispering outside the door fell silent instantly.

Bai Wenjing frowned when he heard that table salt was poisonous.

"My lord, have you made a mistake? The Bai family has been selling salt for many years. It is the salt distributed by the imperial court and then sold into the market. The Bai family has a century-old foundation and a good reputation. Why would the Bai family poison the salt in the imperial court? I won’t seek death, please be careful, Lord Wei.”

He would not admit anything Bai Wenjing had not done. The Bai family had always had a good reputation for doing business in the Jiangnan area. He would not be stupid enough to poison the salt and destroy the Bai family's foundation.

Master Wei did not expect Bai Wenjing to reply like this, and he asked people to bring poisonous soy sauce and bean paste to the lobby.

"This soy sauce and bean paste are also sold by your Bai family, right? I heard that your Bai family is the exclusive agent for these two seasonings." Master Wei asked seriously.

Bai Wenjing glanced at the labels on the soy sauce and bean paste. They were the seasonings of the Dongxia Chamber of Commerce, which was represented by the Bai family, and he nodded.

"Sir, this is soy sauce and bean paste from the Bai family."

"The poison of Red Mystic Lotus was also found in these two seasonings. How do you explain it?" Mr. Wei continued to ask.

"Master Wei, could it be that someone put the poison in the restaurant? Our Bai family will not do such things to seek money and kill people. Not only will our Bai family not harm people's lives locally, but we will also give Dongtan City free of charge." Our Bai family donated a lot of food and money to build schools and even almshouses built by the imperial court. There is no need for our Bai family to do such evil things."

Bai Wenjing looked upright. In his generation, the Bai family was very strict in management. Especially after his son became the top scholar in high school and became an official, he even managed the family business carefully, fearing that someone would become jealous and deal with the Bai family.

I never thought that I would encounter such a major event today. What went wrong?

"You keep saying that it was not your Bai family's fault. Tell me, did anyone in your Bai family get poisoned and died in this incident?" Mr. Wei continued to ask.

"That's not true."

Bai Wenjing knew that many people had died in the city this time. Many families would die when they went out to eat and even at home, but no one in the Bai family died. It seemed that someone was trying to frame his Bai family.

"Even my eldest son was killed in this incident. Could it be that your Bai family caused the smoke to come out of the ancestral graves?" Mr. Wei thought about the absence of his eldest son, and his breath came out of his chest.

"Sir, the common people are also deeply saddened by this incident. It was not done by my Bai family, so how can I recruit someone? The Bai family is framed this time."

Bai Wenjing was helpless. This incident was serious, and she was afraid that the Bai family's century-old foundation would be implicated in it.

While the case was being heard, a government official came to the lobby with a large bag of salt and placed it next to Bai Wenjing.

"Master Wei, in the Bai family salt warehouse, ten bags of salt were found to contain the poison of red mystical lotus. In the seasoning warehouse, 10 bottles of soy sauce and 15 bottles of bean paste were found to contain the poison of red mystical lotus."

After the yamen officer finished speaking, he asked other yamen officers to present the physical evidence.

"Bai Wenjing, the evidence is all there, what do you have to explain?" Lord Wei shouted, slapping the case sheet again.

Bai Wenjing did not expect that the government would find poisonous substances in his warehouse. He had seen a lot of storms, and when he saw the poisonous substances on the ground, he broke into a cold sweat.

"Master Wei, the common people were wronged. Someone must have secretly let it in. The Bai family will not shoot themselves in the foot!" Bai Wenjing was anxious and kowtowed to Master Wei, who was in the first place.

"The Bai family poisoned the salt they sold to the court and poisoned the people of the city. Bai Wenjing was immediately imprisoned. Everyone in the Bai family was temporarily detained in the Bai Mansion, waiting for my fate."

Master Wei took a photo of the case and made a decision.

"My lord, the Bai family was wronged. The Bai family was framed. Your Excellency is aware of this!"

Bai Wenjing was held up by two government officials and shouted that she was wronged.

Outside the yamen, the people were whispering.

"I didn't expect that this incident was caused by the Bai family. It's too terrible."

"Isn't that right? I usually see the Bai family helping ordinary people, but I didn't expect the Bai family to be so sinister and vicious."

"The Bai family, a century-old family, why did you do this? Could it be that you were really framed?"

"Whether it's a frame-up or not, the Bai family is finished this time."

"Yes, the Bai family also has a number one scholar. I heard he is a high official in the capital."

"You are still a high official. If the Bai family is convicted, the number one scholar will naturally not be able to escape. He has poisoned so many people, so he should be implicated as well."

"In this case, the Bai family should not short-circuit themselves. It looks like they were framed."

"Hey, let's go. I can't care about that much. I don't know if it's safe for us to eat in Dongtan City now. It should be considered that the rain has passed and the weather has cleared up."

Common people, you say something and I say something. When they see the Bai family leader in prison, some people sigh and some people are happy.

Lin Yunxi looked at the people below discussing this matter and sighed. It's really scary for people to talk about the decline of a family so lightly. This is the weakness of human nature.

"Husband, what do you think of this case?" Lin Yunxi asked Murong Hao, who had been thinking deeply.

"This case is full of doubts. I wonder how Mr. Wei will judge the case? Let's follow Mr. Wei to have a look." Murong Hao did not expect that Mr. Wei would solve the case so easily. This is not the Mr. Wei he knows.

"Okay." Lin Yunxi nodded.

He thought about the technology library and followed Master Wei.

Master Wei and his master returned to the study where he worked after the lobby.

"Sir, is this really the verdict of the Bai family's case?" The master has been with his master for many years, and he has never decided a case so hastily. He asked a little uneasily.

"Of course this is not the case. It's just that the people of our Dongtan City are now panic-stricken. Some people say that it is God's punishment for Dongtan City. Now that the physical evidence of the Bai family has been found, it is true that the people have switched from thinking about natural disasters to man-made disasters.

The Bai family has a solid foundation in Dongtan City. It has been a century-old family and has done more good things than me. There is really no need for the Bai family to put poison into people's table salt. I just want to eliminate the panic of the people.

This officer is thinking that the Bai family may have been framed this time, and the investigation should continue. Sentencing the head of the Bai family to jail is also to protect the Bai family. "

Mr. Wei frowned, this case is really difficult to handle.

"Your Excellency is wise." The Master was relieved. There were many doubts about this case. He was really afraid that Your Excellency would just close the case like this. Your Excellency is still an Excellency and has always been so fair and unfair.

"By the way, let me find out which industry Dongxia soy sauce and bean paste belong to. Can anyone find out?" Master Wei looked at the master and asked.

"Sir, this is the letter Rufeng just brought back. I haven't read it yet." The master handed the letter to Master Wei.

Master Wei opened the envelope and broke into a cold sweat.

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