"Hurry up...you actually went to the first floor to poison people."

"Your consciences are truly black."

"When they can't compete with others, they resort to these underhanded tactics."

"I have never seen such shameless people as you."

Upon hearing this, the customers queuing at the entrance of the First Floor were immediately enraged.

"Damn it, we just lined up and were about to eat on the first floor when you guys who came downstairs came to poison us."

"Beat them up, you heartless beasts."

"If you can't compete with the top-tier businesses, you'll resort to these underhanded tactics."

"A bunch of useless beasts, they should all be tortured to death."

"I wonder if I ate poison at the First Floor restaurant yesterday. Those beasts, they all deserve to die."

The crowd was outraged, and they surrounded the manager and waiters of Tianxialou.

A burly man rushed out from the crowd and slapped the shopkeeper hard across the face.

The shopkeeper was knocked to the ground, and everyone swarmed over him, punching and kicking the guys.

The shopkeeper's waiter was holding his head and rolling on the ground.

Before long, the waiters and shopkeepers were beaten until their heads were bleeding, and they lay on the ground howling in pain.

"We're innocent! We're innocent!"

“We have never poisoned anyone.”

"We didn't do anything."

"We were framed."

Shen Lian smiled coldly: "People don't easily admit to breaking the law. In the imperial prison later, interrogate them thoroughly. I want to find out who is behind this."