Madam, let's steam buns together

When Yang Dabao received the news at home, he was really confused.

He couldn't figure it out, why did his wife end up in the yamen after spending so much time shopping?

Zhang Huaruo never expected that Yang Dabao would know the news. He didn't reveal his identity, thinking that no one would recognize him, so when the shop owner was so angry that he blurted out that he wanted to report to the police, he readily agreed.

But he forgot that he met a friend of Yang Dabao when he and Yang Dabao went out this morning.

That friend knew about his attire today, and happened to have nothing to do, so he took a look at the situation inside the yamen gate to watch the judge judge the case. With such a casual glance, it was a coincidence that he recognized one of the people in the yamen as Zhang Huaruo. Yang Dabao's newlywed wife.

Immediately looked around for Yang Dabao, and after confirming that Yang Dabao was not here, the friend hurried to Yang Dabao's house and told Yang Dabao the news: "Dabao! Something serious happened!"

Yang Dabao was cleaning the vegetables and preparing to cook. Hearing the loud noise from his friend at the door, he got up, wiped his hands, and trotted over to open the door: "Why are you so flustered?"

Seeing Yang Dabao's ignorant expression, that friend directly dragged Yang Dabao to the county government office: "Your wife is currently suing someone in the government office!"

As soon as he said this, it was originally he who was pulling Yang Dabao to run, but in an instant it was Yang Dabao who was pulling him to run, almost dying of running.

At this time, in the courtroom.

After the plaintiff finished speaking, Zhang Huaruo got the county magistrate's permission to stand up and speak in defense of himself.

He described to the county magistrate in more detail what had happened in the pastry shop, including those things that the shop owner didn't dare to say.

"My lord, you also heard what he said. He admitted that the premise for me to buy all his cakes is that his pearl cake really uses high-quality pearl powder."

After Zhang Huaruo finished speaking, the county magistrate nodded, indicating that it was indeed so.

The county magistrate under the Son of Heaven is the hardest thing to do. You must be diligent, fair, and sophisticated. Otherwise, you will be punished by the superiors if you commit an unjust, false or wrong case. .

Today was fairly free, there were no important matters to be dealt with, and finally waited until the time to go to the office was approaching, and there was another case just a stick of incense away.

Thinking that it was just a business dispute and not a major or difficult case, the county magistrate tried the case directly in court.

The court should have confessed everything, and Zhang Huaruo should not have continued to speak while wearing a veiled bamboo hat, but the servant next to this man said that his master couldn't see people, maybe he was suffering from some kind of illness that prevented him from seeing the light and blowing the air. The county magistrate allowed Zhang Huaruo to speak with a bamboo hat in this way, and sat on the main seat to listen to the two sides explain the situation separately.

Seeing that the county magistrate agreed with his words, Zhang Huaruo got the last important guarantee as he wished, and confidently began to explain the situation: "My lord, please take a look at this evidence on the case table. This is the pearl that the store took out. It is said that this is the material he usually uses to make pearl powder, and it is undoubtedly a valuable pearl."

Pointing to another piece of evidence, "This is the jade thread handkerchief I used to wrap the pearls earlier. Sir, you can take a closer look and see what is on the jade thread handkerchief."

The county magistrate picked up the evidence and took a closer look. At first glance, it was a clean silk handkerchief. There was nothing unusual about it. Stains, and a little green powder attached to it.

Picking up the pearl again, most of the surface of the pearl is clean and smooth, only the bottom and the symmetrical sides of the bottom are slightly flat and concave, which seems to be caused by a long-term backlog, or it may be caused by human beings. Perhaps it was already in this state when it was inside the pearl oyster.

The most important thing is that there are some faint green in the three small concave and flat places, which should be the source of the powder on the jade thread handkerchief.

The county magistrate looked at Zhang Huaruo and asked directly, "What do you want to say?"

"Your Excellency, you can see the problem. Although the store's pearl is good, it is definitely not the pearl that he would use to grind flour and make pastries."

The shop owner on the side hurriedly said: "He is slandering. The pearl powder in the villain's shop is made from this kind of pearls. He slandered the villain in order to play tricks on the villain. Fill it up, take out the pearls to confuse the view, adults must be aware of it!"

The magistrate looked at Zhang Huaruo: "Go ahead."

"The three places on the pearl are flat and concave and have green powder. At first glance, they are usually inlaid in copper ornaments. If your lord sends the servants to rummage in the inner room of his shop at this moment, you should be able to see them in a conspicuous place. I found an object with the same size as the pearl that was cut off, and there are copper ornaments around it."

"I guess it's the forehead belt or the belt." When Zhang Huaruo said this, he deliberately glanced at the shop owner, and sure enough, he saw a flash of surprise and anxiety in the other party's eyes, which further confirmed his guess.

Looking away, Zhang Huaruo continued to tell the county magistrate: "The jade thread handkerchief has a characteristic. It does not absorb water but can absorb oil stains. The oil has to be divided into the oil secreted by the human skin and the lard used in cooking and cakes in the kitchen. If it is stained with oil from human skin, just rinse the jade thread handkerchief with clean water a few times and it will be as clean as before; if it is lard, it will not be easy to clean. Adults may wish to fetch a basin of clean water and wash the jade thread handkerchief on the spot , see if it's lard or human fat."

The county magistrate asked his men to go to work, and asked curiously, "Is there any difference between the two?"

Zhang Hua

Ruo bowed his head and replied respectfully: "If it is lard, it means that the pearl is usually placed in the kitchen, and it is the ingredients to be used, so it is stained with lard; if it is the oil on human skin, it means that it is just for decoration. Things, like the beads on the belt, someone can't help but touch it with their fingers, so that it will be covered with a layer of human oil for a long time."

The county magistrate thought it made sense, and nodded thoughtfully, but the shop owner disagreed, and hurriedly argued: "Even pearls used for food are often touched by human hands, and it is not harmful to touch them with human oil." Strange."

Zhang Huaruo asked him back: "Why, you have already determined that it is human oil and not lard? Such a precious pearl, the store usually puts it in the back kitchen like this, and let it be touched by the pastry chef in the store." go?"

The shop owner bit the bullet and said: "What's so strange about this? It's a raw material. It's normal for the masters to check it out."

Zhang Huaruo nodded, as if he agreed with his point of view, but what he said was: "If this is the case, then it should be more likely that lard is on it. Pastry chefs usually have flour and lard on their hands when making pastries. , the little oil that comes with the skin has long been mixed into the flour, how could it get on the surface of the pearl again."

The shop owner had nothing to say for a while, and when his mind was in a mess, he thought that as long as he insisted that the pearls were used as ingredients, the evidence would not be enough to explain anything, and there would be thousands of different theories to confuse him, so he felt a little relieved down.

As soon as the water was poured, the result came out quickly. The jade thread handkerchief was stained with the oil secreted from human skin, not lard.

Faced with this situation, the store owner explained: "Maybe I misremembered it. There were a few pearls that had been used before and kept in the back kitchen. This pearl is temporarily unusable due to the sufficient stock of pearl powder. It was put in the box by the little one, so it wasn't stained with lard. As for the human fat... maybe the little one would take a look at it on weekdays to make sure it wasn't stolen. After touching it a few times, it was stained with human fat. , after all, this one is worth nearly 50 taels, of course we need to pay more attention.”

The magistrate looked at Zhang Huaruo: "His explanation makes sense."

Zhang Huaruo smiled slightly: "It's okay, I didn't want to pass this point directly to prove that the pearl is not the so-called pearl powder contained in the pearl cake. It's just that now the adults can hear clearly, he is absolutely sure that the pearl is Pearls used to make pearl powder in pearl cakes."

When it comes to the end, the tone is all serious, making people feel that everything just now is a foreshadowing for the big move in the future, and one can't help but look forward to what kind of strong evidence Zhang Huaruo will present again.

The last sentence Zhang Huaruo said was a bit convoluted. The county magistrate was silent for a moment before he figured out the logic, and nodded: "I heard you clearly, you can continue talking."

"Okay!" Zhang Huaruo took 100 taels of silver notes from the wolfberry and put them on the table in front of the county magistrate. When the county magistrate almost thought he was going to bribe in person and was shocked, Zhang Huaruo took a step back and bowed his hands, " Here is 100 taels, which is enough to cover the 30 taels I should have paid to the store and the price of this pearl, and I put it in front of the adults to make a promise to the adults."

"If my next behavior can't explain my previous point of view, my lord will award the 100 taels to the store owner, and I have nothing to say." Zhang Huaruo suddenly spoke loudly so that everyone present could hear it, including the few onlookers outside. Nothing to do with the masses.

The county magistrate had already been aroused, couldn't help leaning forward, and asked him expectantly: "What do you want to do, but it doesn't matter."

"I want to grind this pearl into powder, and grind it into the same pearl powder in the shop."

The county magistrate looked at the shop owner, patted the 100 taels silver note on the desk, and asked him, "Do you agree?"

The owner of the shop thought together that the 34 taels of the pastry had allowed him to earn more than 33 taels. This pearl was not worth 50 taels when he bought it, and it is not worth that price even now. In addition, the other party has to take the initiative to destroy it. The evidence of his lying is simply a big pie that fell from the sky, there is no reason to disagree.

I was already so excited that the store owner tried hard not to laugh out loud, and the corners of his mouth rose wildly: "The villain agrees!"

Someone went to get a special pearl grinding utensil, and this pearl was quickly ground into powder, and it was displayed on the court in front of everyone.

The county magistrate looked at the 50 taels worth of white powder in front of him, and secretly felt distressed. His monthly salary as a county magistrate was only three taels of silver, and this small amount of powder was worth his salary for a year and a half. The breathed wind blows them a little bit stronger, and they can be blown away without leaving a trace.

Alas, anyway, it's someone else's pearl and someone else's banknote, so I can just be a spectator myself, so there's so much real emotion.

The county magistrate put away his envious mood, looked up at Zhang Huaruo, and asked him, "What else do you want to do next?"

Zhang Huaruo raised his finger and pointed to another item on the desk, which was ignored by everyone all the time, but was carefully guarded by him before it was sent to the yamen safe and sound: "My lord, there is another piece of evidence on this table, which can prove that the shopkeeper lied." .”

"Oh?" The county magistrate swept his eyes and found that there was a wooden tray on the desk. It should be a tray for pastries in a pastry shop, and there were still a lot of pastry crumbs on it.

Um……?

Pastry crumbs.

The county magistrate seemed to understand Zhang Huaruo's intentions. The evidence was very strong and obvious. He quickly brought the wooden tray to his eyes for a closer look, then took a closer look at the pearl powder, and immediately understood everything.

When he looked up at Zhang Huaruo, the county magistrate unconsciously showed a little complacent expression, as if saying: Look, this magistrate is also very smart, so I can guess your intentions.

Zhang Huaruo saw that the county magistrate had already seen the clue, and he readily bowed to pay respect: "That's right, this is the wooden plate on which the pearl cake is placed."

The shop owner at the side watched the two people's inexplicable interaction blankly, and suddenly panicked.

He was afraid that he would lose his wife and lose his army!