Chapter Fifty-Seven Spelling Behind the Scenes Without Fear

"Pei Lohu, you need to understand the principle that the people should not fight against the officials. Right now, Yu Shu is in the government. As long as there is no evidence to prove her innocence, the next step is to be imprisoned and executed. I will ask you one question, do you dare to take the risk of countless people's lives!" Chen Feng almost said that if you don't know how to behave, then Yu Shu is doomed.

Knowing that it was Chen Feng who made the move, Pei Qinglin left with peace of mind and didn't want to deal with him anymore. Pei Qinglin left with the sentence "Who is right and who is wrong depends on society to have the last laugh."

With this, Xiao Wen left the Chen family, worrying about Yu Shu's safety all the way. He kept asking Pei Qinglin if there was any way to rescue Yu Shu from the dream, but Pei Qinglin shook his head and took Xiao Wen to the yamen to see Yu Shu. In order to see her smoothly, they bribed with a piece of silver, and finally, Pei Qinglin and Xiao Wen were able to meet Yu Shu as they wished.

"You go in and come out quickly. We can't let you see the prisoners. If it wasn't for your sincerity, we wouldn't even allow you in," the jailer said as he opened the prison door.

Pei Qing and Lin quickly entered the prison. This was the prison of the prefectural yamen, with both innocent and guilty prisoners. As they entered, the prisoners stood up and walked to the cell door to look out.

Finally reached the female prisoner area at the back and saw Yu Shu, who was clean and idle, sitting on the earthen kang swinging her legs. Looking at her relaxed appearance, she really didn't look like someone who was in jail.

When Pei Qinglin and the others arrived, Yu Shu immediately jumped off the kang. Pei Qinglin walked into the cell and hugged Yu Shu, looking her over carefully to make sure she wasn't injured before finally feeling relieved.

“I'm fine, they just caught me before I could go to court. I'm trying to figure out how to find the rat in the restaurant, do you have any ideas?” Yu Shu said.

Only Pei Qinglin and Yu Shu knew that their dishes had been replaced with fresh ones the night before, but there was still an incident the next day, which meant someone had tampered with them again in the restaurant.

"I'm afraid the only people who can avoid being detected by others when poisoning are the ones in the kitchen, and this person can have access to the source of vegetables or water," Pei Qinglin thought and said.

He thought the person who poisoned the food put the poison in the dishes or the water. Otherwise, how could there be another incident the next day? Xiao Wen shook his head and said:

"Whether the poison is in the dishes or the water, the chef will always taste the food first. But the people in the kitchen are fine. Either the person who poisoned the food is the chef, so they know to avoid it, or the poison was added after the food was prepared and served." He knew that the rule in the kitchen was that even the head chef had to taste the food themselves.

This also means there are many steps to take action. If it's not a good idea to start in a crowded kitchen, then there could be problems with preparing and delivering food.

"Xiao Wen, do you know where everyone's home from the kitchen to the lobby is? We can't find a clue by guessing like this. We can only start investigating from the homes of those who have had major changes recently to find out the reason." Pei Qinglin analyzed.

For example, if a family that has always been poor suddenly becomes financially well-off, and this goes beyond what an employee can support, it must be unexpected wealth.

As the manager of the restaurant, Xiao Wen recruited all the people in the restaurant. Previously, Yu Shu also mentioned about doing a good job in entering employee information, so we have the home addresses of everyone on hand.

肖文表示回酒楼再给他资料，又问了郁姝可有怀疑的人，郁姝却摇摇头说自己没有想出个所以然。

“郁姝，你自己在牢房里小心点，外头有我，我一定会让你平安走出府衙大门的。”裴青凛很有自信的说到。

After discussing the details again, Yu Shu finished all the food they brought and reluctantly saw them off. The guard was already impatiently urging them to leave.

Following Xiao Wen, Pei Qinglin went back to the restaurant to collect everyone's information before slowly walking towards the city gate. Just as he walked out of the city gate, Pei Qinglin headed towards a hill.

This hill was not big, and there was a gate at the mountain pass. The guards on the city gate noticed Pei Qinglin and immediately asked someone to welcome him in. This was a small mountain stronghold, with the words "Falling Tiger Ridge" hanging at the gate, which was the name of this hill.

"Young master, our big boss has heard that you are here, and the wine and dishes are ready for you. Please come in!" Pei Qinglin had just taken a few steps into the stockade when a little lackey came forward and said.

Pei Qinglin nodded and followed them forward. This place used to be a bandits' den, but later they met Pei Qinglin, who educated them to become brave bandits who only robbed the rich and helped the poor without harming the people.

“Master Pei, it's really our oversight to not welcome you from afar. I was still thinking how long you could hold your temper, but I didn't expect you to come today!” said the big guy known as Old Tiger, the leader of the bandits.

Although they are bandits on the mountain, they are still aware of what happens in the city, especially when it comes to the women of Pei Qinglin. He guessed that this person was probably going to trouble him again, and thought that he would probably come as soon as tomorrow, but he didn't expect him to arrive tonight.

“Brother Song, you are joking. I am in big trouble now and I may have to trouble you all. I can't thank you enough for your great kindness, and I will be grateful to you all in the future.” Pei Qing said.

When Song Laohu saw Pei Qinglin's straightforward and generous demeanor, a glint of cunning flashed in his eyes as he calculated in his heart:

"As long as Master Pei can offer a suitable reward, what does it matter if we lend him some men? I only need the children from our stronghold to be able to attend your school. What do you think?" There were many bandits in the Luohuling, and naturally many children as well. Unfortunately, there were no teachers willing to teach the children to read and write. But now that Pei Qinglin had established a school, it was a different story. He could definitely make use of it.

Pei Qinglin looked at Song Laohu and told him that there was no problem with sending their children to school. If necessary, they could hire another teacher to teach these children separately from the children in the village. This way, it would be easier to manage two classes.

"Yes, but you have to tell the children that they cannot admit to being from the shantytown. Just say they are children of the townsfolk. Also, your children cannot cause trouble in the school. Otherwise, I will enforce the law impartially. And one last request, you have to use your own carriage to take the children to school," Pei Qinglin said.

He really doesn't want to create a group of young bandits to bully the children in the village. Lao Hu Song thought about it for a moment and agreed, but he also insisted that both the teachers and the students should be treated fairly.

"This is the person I want to investigate. Help me find out if anyone suddenly came into a windfall at home. In the end, catch one or two people and interrogate them. I want to know the truth of the Tianxianglou poisoning incident." Pei Qinglin knew that if he let the government investigate, the results might not be favorable to Yu Shu.