Cute Beast Food Garden

In the early morning five days later, there was about an hour before the trial of Boss Li Lan's "poisoning" case began.The weather was not good that day, it was gloomy, and the small room in the inn was terribly stuffy.

When Qi Yan pushed open the window, he saw the dark clouds in the sky outside rolled into one piece, accompanied by the faint and dull sound of thunder.Soon, it began to rain continuously.

"It's raining." He muttered meaninglessly, and was about to close the window and go back, when suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Si Dongmo raised his head and glanced this way.

"It's raining." He said the same, but there was some joy in his tone.

Qi Yan asked curiously: "Do you like rainy days?"

Dongmo smiled, nodded and replied: "Yes. My mother often said that I am born of water, and I usually have good luck when it rains."

Hearing what he said, Qi Yan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled heartily: "Then I hope we will succeed today and everything will go well."

After dressing and washing, when they walked out of the small inn, they met a group of familiar people head-on—they were the shop assistants, cooks, and even the elderly Master Zhao braved the light rain and waited at the inn early The intersection outside.

"Master Zhao, and all of you, why are you all here?" Qi Yan opened his mouth wide in surprise, and walked forward quickly.

"Today is the day when our Boss Lan is on trial, alas..." Master Zhao shook his head, "Although Master Qin is very bad and insidious, I still hope that Boss Lan and our restaurant can survive this difficult time and have a good result. .”

The other clerks and cooks also said one by one: "Yes, yes, although we can't testify in court, we can't stand idly by. The few of us plan to go to the yamen together, and wait until the trial is over. Take Boss Lan back to the restaurant."

Looking at everyone's eyes full of hope, Qi Yan was a little moved.The atmosphere of Fourteen restaurants has always been very good. Everyone cooks, chats, and makes money together. I sincerely hope that Boss Lan can clear up his grievances and the restaurant will get better and better.

Dong Mo waved his hand, calling everyone to go together: "Okay then, let's set off now!"

Hurrying all the way, the rain became more and more dense.Qi Yan and Si Dongmo held an oil-paper umbrella together, and there was not enough space under the umbrella, so Dongmo carefully wrapped Qi Yan in his arms to prevent him from getting wet.

Qi Yan was slightly shorter than Dongmo, he hid in Dongmo's arms, the two of them walked forward together, for some reason, their hearts suddenly felt sweet.

As a young boy, Qi Yan has always been relatively independent, advocating self-reliance, self-reliance and self-improvement, and is not used to relying on others.But now he feels that sometimes it feels good to be protected in the arms of someone like a bird, nestled in a tall and strong body.

The rain was cold and stuffy, but the man's arms and chest were warm and powerful.Qi Yan huddled in his arms lightly, seeing that the front was covered in heavy rain and turned into a foggy patch, but he had the courage to go on firmly.

"Dongmo...thank you."

The raindrops are pattering and continuous.The sound of the rain was so loud that the man couldn't hear clearly the words that the boy whispered in his arms.

All the way to the yamen, other people in the restaurant stayed outside the door to wait, Qi Yan and Si Dongmo showed the document approved by Governor Su, and were led into the lobby courtyard inside the government by the two yamen servants.

There, the formation for the interrogation has been neatly arranged.The inner yamen servants lined up in two rows and stood expressionlessly on both sides of the venue, which looked similar to the scene where Master Zhao and Xiaobao were interrogated last time.

After the two witnesses arrived at the scene, the officer in charge of the interrogation, surrounded by his subordinates, walked up to the front center stage and sat down.Qi Yan looked up and found that this person was not the official who tried Master Zhao's case last time, but a strange man whom he had never seen before.

He was about fifty years old, with thin cheeks, serious expression, and a goat-like beard on his chin. He looked serious, slightly different from the greasy officials he had seen before.

I don't know what the origin of this person will be.

However, Lao Li had explained before that Mr. Su was in charge of handling everything in the courtroom this time, and he and Dongmo only needed to present evidence according to the original plan.

After a tidy and resounding "mighty——", the trial judge read out the case documents, and the suspect, Boss Lan, came forward.Qi Yan looked back, and saw that Boss Lan was still wearing the blue shirt he was arrested on the day of his arrest, and his hair was combed meticulously. It was obvious that he had carefully groomed before going on stage.

He walked forward unhurriedly, holding the Blow Wind Beast bulging into a ball in his arms, looking pretty good.Qi Yan heaved a sigh of relief, after all Boss Lan is not the weak beauty she appears on the surface, he acts wisely and vigilantly, is good at weighing pros and cons, and will never let himself suffer easily.

When passing by Qi Yan, Boss Lan glanced at them, with the corners of his mouth hooked up, and smiled.Qi Yan nodded slightly to him, and the two greeted silently, exchanging tacit understanding in their eyes.

At the same time, the man who made trouble before also appeared in court as a witness.The man called himself Wei Ye. With the permission of the judge, Wei Ye described his child's serious illness from poisoning, fever and serious illness after eating the food in the restaurant, and described it vividly. Finally, he complained tearfully as before: "Fourteen Restaurant, a black-hearted shopkeeper, actually did such a cruel thing to a five-year-old child... I beg the official to give justice to the grassroots and severely punish the murderer..."

After watching his performance, Qi Yan was expressionless, and Si Dongmo snorted.Fortunately, the official who was sitting in the court hearing the case was not moved by it. He read the case file carefully, and then waved his hand to signal the witness named Wei Ye to step back.

"This official and his subordinates conducted a careful inspection of the ingredients presented by the restaurant, and found that the two ingredients, peanuts and potatoes sold in the store, contained obvious insidious poisons. They also sent people to investigate the condition of Wei Ye's parents and children, and finally came to a conclusion : The disease of Wei Dabao, the son of Wei Ye, is caused by food poisoning. The source of the toxicity is confirmed to be that the ingredients in the restaurant are correct, and the poison is caused by a special insidiousness caused by foreign objects." He looked sternly at Boss Lan, who was kneeling below, " Suspect Lan Shishi, what do you want to say about this matter?"

Boss Lan replied indifferently: "The child's poisoning was indeed caused by eating the snacks from the restaurant. However, Xiaomin must declare that the cold poison in the snacks in the restaurant is not intentionally done by the restaurant, but by the restaurant. It was caused by malicious poisoning and framing by outsiders."

He looked straight into the eyes of the judge in the hall, articulated clearly, and paused every word: "The source of this unknown cold poison is a dangerous strange beast named Wei Mengyan."

"Sui Mengyan?!" The judge's pupils shrank suddenly, "This is a dangerous species of beast that is banned from sale by the government of Dazhu Kingdom, and it is also a member of the list of beasts listed by the Yamen. A lot of manpower and material resources are invested every year. , vigorously expelled and hunted them down. Lan Shishi, you claim that Mengmengyan has poisoned your ingredients, do you have evidence?"

Boss Lan replied calmly: "There are all the witnesses and material evidence." Then, he pointed to Qi Yan, "They are friends who jointly run the restaurant with Xiaomin, and they came today with important evidence , I implore the trial judge to listen to their speech and examine the physical evidence they hold."

After hearing this, the judge raised his hand and said, "Pass them up."

Qi Yan and Si Dongmo went forward after hearing the words.In front of the trial judge, Qi Yan succinctly told the judge about the incidents of Gui Mengyan sneaking into the restaurant to make trouble, attacking the wind beast, and himself. Then, under the signal of the official, Dong Mo lifted the coat he was wearing , A cloud of black smoke came out from under the clothes.

"Master Guan, this is the Suomengyan that the two of us accidentally caught in the inn." Dong Mo said loudly, "On the day Boss Lan was arrested, when Qi Yan and I returned to the inn to rest, this Suomengyan suddenly Appeared, and launched a surprise attack on Qi Yan, causing him to fall into a series of nightmares, and his mind almost collapsed. This strange dream smoke is harmful to people, and then Xiaomin caught it by luck."

The judge's eyes fell on the black mist he was holding with both hands, and he stared straight at it for a while, maybe even he had never seen this kind of strange beast with his own eyes.At the end, he waved his hand and motioned to the yamen servant standing next to him: "Bring Wei Mengyan to the hall!"

Qi Yan promptly dissuaded him: "Master Lin, this Wei Mengyan has no substance, and it is difficult for ordinary people to restrain it."

The judge frowned and signaled his subordinates to prepare.Not long after, a special person came forward to hand it over, and they walked up to Si Dongmo, holding a special animal trap rope in their hands.It is said that this rope is very magical, and it can catch any strange beast except high-level spirit beasts.The rope circle flew out, and was precisely wrapped around You Mengyan's body, restraining the gloomy cloud of smoke tightly.

Two tall and strong men dragged Wei Mengyan down, and compared it with the evidence they had collected in the restaurant before.

During this period, there was a burst of intensive footsteps outside the courtroom.

Qi Yan glanced sideways, and saw the fat-headed and big-eared Master Qin walking slowly up the hall, followed by a group of officials.His gait is slow, his expression is leisurely, and he seems to have a well-thought-out plan for today's trial.Seeing him from a distance, Qi Yan suddenly felt nervous and bit his lip involuntarily.

There was a burst of warmth in his hands, Qi Yan turned his eyes slightly, and saw Si Dongmo quietly turning his head during the interrogation, grinning at himself, and gently pinching his fingers.

"Not afraid."

Qi Yan shook his head, and mouthed back to him: "I'm not afraid." His black hair swayed slightly in front of his forehead, looking a little playful and cute.

Master Qin appeared on the stage as the prosecutor.He and his subordinates arrived late, swaggered and sat in a seat beside the judge, their eyes were lazy and a little uninterested.It seemed to him that the trial was a foregone conclusion and that there would be no more unexpected results.

Qi Yan was keenly aware that when Lord Qin and the judge sat side by side in the hall, they didn't make eye contact or greet each other, and there seemed to be some estrangement between them.

This detail made his eyes brighten, and his heart almost immediately ignited hope.

This thin and serious judge probably wasn't in the same league as Master Qin.But as for what position he is in, Qi Yan doesn't know.

Master Qin came a step late, and did not see the moment when Si Dongmo handed over Wei Mengyan.He looked extraordinarily lazy, looked around in the lobby, and suddenly found Qi Yan and Si Dongmo standing on the witness stand, and immediately frowned.

He turned his head and said to the judge: "This case is personally investigated by the magistrate of the county. The evidence is convincing and complete. It can be confirmed that Lan Shishi, the unscrupulous owner of Fourteen Restaurant, poisoned the snacks, and his two The man is also his accomplice."

He looked arrogantly at Qi Yan and Dong Mo who were standing below, "I just don't know, what kind of forged 'proof' did these two accomplices and liars bring today, and wanted to excuse this black-hearted boss? Master Lin, can you be an old man?" Don't be fooled by these two cunning grassroots, they are colluding in the Fourteenth restaurant, they must have colluded with the confession early in the morning, and they are waiting for the verdict to be reversed in the hall today!"

Qi Yan could hear something from his words.Master Lin and Master Qin really are not in the same way, the two are not very familiar with each other, and judging from Master Qin's alienated and apprehensive expression, it is very likely that Master Lin does not like him.

The judge looked coldly, waiting silently for the judge to get the result, and did not respond to Master Qin's words.When Master Qin saw this, he was a little annoyed, and blurted out to the judge, "Master Lin, now that the results of the drug test have come out, and there are all the witnesses and physical evidence, why is your old man so reluctant to pronounce a sentence?"

The judge known as Mr. Lin turned his eyes slowly, and said in a neutral tone: "Master Qin, don't be impatient. There was new evidence presented in the court earlier, and the old man's assistant, the criminal officer, is stepping up verification. You will know the result in half an hour."

"New evidence?" Master Qin glanced at Boss Lan at the hall, then frowned and stared at Master Lin, "May I ask Master Lin, what is the new evidence presented at this time?"

Master Lin said indifferently: "A fierce beast named Guimengyan."

After hearing this, Master Qin's face immediately changed.But he is worthy of being an old man in the officialdom, and he quickly calmed down, half-closed his eyes, and suggested eccentrically: "Suimengyan? That is a famous and dangerous species. What kind of means does Fourteen Restaurant have to get this kind of smoke?" The strange beasts banned by the government committed crimes, and I ask Mr. Lin to look into it."