Chapter 170 The Dust Settles

As soon as the wonton vendor uttered his tearful confession, the truth immediately became clear.

Wen Chengyun breathed a sigh of relief, kicked off his legs and easily jumped down from the upside-down bed.

"Your Excellency, Governor, and County Magistrate, have you heard clearly? I am innocent. The real culprit is someone else."

He casually smoothed his long hair and tied it up again. As for his face, he took the handkerchief that Cheng Weiyao had prepared early in the morning and wiped it, restoring his original appearance.

When he heard Cheng Weiyao's plan, his first thought was to use a human skin mask, but considering that outsiders like the governor and the county magistrate were present, such a scene of transformation was still a bit shocking.

At Cheng Weiyao's suggestion, he chose a simple makeup disguise. He boiled pig's trotters into a colloidal substance, cooled it, added konjac to adjust the color, and applied it on his face. He adjusted the layout of his facial features and then fine-tuned the details with makeup.

Under the cover of night and the wonton vendor's guilty conscience, the fake goods seemed somewhat real.

"You are such a bold vendor! You engage in vicious competition, buy drugs to commit crimes, and frame others... Your crimes are numerous and truly outrageous!"

Before the governor could say anything, Zhang Daming started scolding him impatiently. He kicked the door open and pulled the wonton vendor out by the collar.

The wonton vendor was confused for a moment, but looking at Cheng Weiyao, Wen Chengyun, and a familiar county magistrate, he knew he had been tricked.

"Your Excellency, County Magistrate, I can explain. It was just a nightmare, a dream. The recent poisoning case has caused a lot of uproar. I just empathize with them and feel pity for the poor man..."

He stammered and began to defend himself, but words can cause trouble. His confession was heard clearly by everyone in the group, so there was no way he could deny it.

"Enough! These eyes and ears heard it clearly. How can we allow you to turn your back on us and make excuses? Come, take him back to the yamen jail and await trial!"

The governor frowned and waved his hand. The yamen runners outside the door rushed in and prepared to arrest the wonton vendor.

The wonton vendor's face was ashen, but when he looked at Cheng Weiyao, who was smiling slightly under the moonlight, he became furious.

It's all because of this woman. If she hadn't appeared, his business would never have taken a turn for the worse. It turns out that women are the source of trouble and can only cause great harm to others!

He pretended to follow the yamen runner obediently, but when he passed by Cheng Weiyao, he suddenly turned around and grabbed her slender neck tightly.

"It's all your fault! If you hadn't disrupted the market, I wouldn't have made such a big mistake. You deserve to go to hell!"

The wonton vendor's eyes were full of madness. Cheng Weiyao didn't expect that she would be attacked suddenly. She was pinched so hard that she could hardly breathe and her face turned pale.

The governor's face changed. This was the Princess of Qingping, the daughter-in-law of the royal family. The Prince of Qingping was right in front of him. If anything happened to the Princess, how could he bear it?!

Wen Chengyun's reaction speed was very fast. He raised his hand and chopped the wonton vendor unconscious.

He collapsed to the ground like a pile of mud. Only then did Cheng Weiyao finally breathe a sigh of relief. Damn it, he almost went to see his great-grandfather...

"Is my lady all right?"

A trace of self-blame flashed across Wen Chengyun's eyes. Her skin was naturally fair, and the red marks left by her fingers on her neck were particularly striking. She had been on guard, thinking the situation was settled, and therefore underestimated the enemy.

Cheng Weiyao shook her head, stroking her chest and adjusting her breathing. "My Lord Governor, My Lord County Magistrate, now that the truth has been revealed, my husband and I will be returning first..."

The governor nodded, and there was more disgust in his eyes when he looked at the wonton vendor. He committed a crime in front of the man and showed no remorse. His crime was even more serious!

After leaving the wonton vendor's house, two figures walked one after the other under the moonlight.

Although Cheng Weiyao was known for her generosity, the wonton vendor's words still touched her. The food landscape of that era was still incomplete, and while she was certainly aiming for profit, she also wanted to enrich the food scene.

But she hadn't considered the possibility of forcing the locals into such a desperate situation. Was she really wrong? Shouldn't she have seized the market? Perhaps the correct answer was to follow the trend of the times and develop naturally?

Cheng Weiyao's silence caught Wen Chengyun's attention. Although the wonton vendor was unconscious, it was obvious that his wife was worried.

"There must be something hateful about a pitiful person. It is instinctive to engage in business, but it is not allowed to violate the law. Madam, there is no need to worry about it."

Wen Chengyun carefully considered his words. He wasn't good at comforting people. He could probably give it a try when it came to debating with scholars in the court, but comforting women? That was his real weakness.

"My husband is absolutely right."

Cheng Weiyao shook her head and suppressed the unnecessary compassion in her mind. Malicious business competition was wrong, and she had to expand what she should expand.

The next day, early in the morning.

"Don't miss it if you're passing by! The murder case in Qingshi Town has been solved. The real culprit is someone else. The execution will take place at noon. Everyone is welcome to come and watch..."

The yamen runners went to the streets with drums and gongs, carrying new official documents. The documents gave a complete account of the murder case in Qingshi Town.

Because the wonton vendor refused to plead guilty, there was no need for a public trial. Furthermore, he had been so audacious the previous night that he had attempted to kill Cheng Weiyao. The governor slammed the decision and decided to execute him at noon as a warning to the world.

Once Goudan and his group of kids spread the news, almost the entire Qingshi Town knew that the real murderer was the wonton vendor, and the execution ground at noon was packed with people.

"I never thought he was the real murderer. Luckily he's single and unmarried, otherwise he would have done so much harm to others. Pity the man who was poisoned..."

"If you ask me, this kind of person deserves death a thousand times over. Just because they're inferior to others, can they resort to such despicable methods to frame others? They're simply corrupting the morals of our Qingshi Town..."

The onlookers were talking to each other, while the one-eyed old beggars on the periphery frowned, thinking that it didn't matter that the wonton vendor was caught.

The question is, did this little scoundrel confess how he bought the drugs? The posted notices cover everything except the source of the poison.

"Forget it, let's go. We're just doing normal business, what does it have to do with us..."

The one-eyed old beggar pondered for a while and finally decided to call his people away, although it was a pity to lose a meal ticket that could be used for extortion...

"Since you're here, why don't you stay and chop off your head together?"

Cheng Weiyao and Wen Chengyun blocked the entrance of the alley. This group of people were like rats hiding in the dark. Once released, they would reproduce endlessly.

Therefore, the official notice did not mention that this was to draw out all the garbage from the small town in one go!