Chapter 191
It is said that Madam Liu's husband bought fake incense from Dingxiangfang.
She said that Boss Shen was selling inferior goods as genuine ones, using rosin and storax oil to make fake benzoin and she knew something was wrong as soon as she smelled it.
But Boss Shen has never seen her husband in these days, so it is impossible for her to fake it.
Boss Shen said, "You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say anything you want. Dingxiangfang is a century-old shop, passed down from generation to generation. We always welcome customers with a smile and treat everyone with sincerity. If you say I sell fake incense, you must have evidence."
"Isn't this proof? The box used to hold this incense is yours. How dare you say it's not yours?"
Madam Liu had a really bad temper. She threw the box of spices to the ground, almost hitting Boss Shen's feet.
Boss Shen stepped back, not even bothering to look at it, and said, "How dare you claim this is mine just based on a box? Are you crazy? I've sold so many spices over the years, and I've had so many customers. This box is everywhere, so who knows where you found it? Besides, your family runs a herbal medicine shop, so why would your husband come to mine instead of going to his father-in-law's shop to buy incense?"
"Oh!"
Madam Liu sneered:
"Who knows what kind of seductive tricks you use? Men love to pour money out of their pockets into other people's mouths. This big box of incense is enough for you to eat for a year. Don't you want to earn money that is delivered to your door?"
This is unpleasant to hear.
Boss Shen's brows knitted together: "What do you mean by that?"
Madam Liu's expression became more and more disdainful:
"You know exactly what I mean! Considering your parents are dead and you're a pitiful person, I'm going to give you some face. If you ask me to catch you again, don't blame me for being rude!"
"Don't be polite, just say what you want to say clearly, otherwise it will be difficult for you to leave today!" Boss Shen grabbed her sleeve when he saw her turning around to leave.
"Okay! This is shameless of you!"
Madam Liu waved her hand and pushed her away, looking like she was going to settle the score.
The words became more and more unpleasant to hear. Madam Liu first slapped Boss Shen in the face, and then the two of them started fighting.
Xing'er's maid didn't take sides, but she couldn't stop them at all.
Tian Bajiao had no choice but to go in and separate them, and he and Xing'er each took one of them to talk to them.
"May I ask, Madam Liu, when did your husband buy this incense? Over the past two months, who came, what kind of incense did they buy, how much stock is left, and what time did they come and go? The accounts clearly record it. If you don't believe me, you can check it out. Even if you ask others, they'll have some idea. Since this incense was bought for real, it must have been expensive. It's impossible that you kept it for several months before realizing something was wrong, right? As long as it happened recently, he would have been able to explain it clearly. Besides, my boss knows that you run an incense and medicine shop. How could he have falsified the information and deceived you? That would be asking for trouble."
Tian Bajiao was also bored staying there, but he wanted to get familiar with the people and things here, so he remembered them in great detail.
Even if the name is not mentioned, some facial details are written on it.
I was just bored, but I didn't expect it to come in handy now.
She felt that she had said it very clearly, but this Madam Liu probably really had something wrong with her brain.
Hearing her say this, I started to doubt her again: "She does know that my family runs a herbal medicine shop, but you... don't seem to know."
Tian Bajiao: "I don't know what your husband is like. Is he inlaid with gold? Or silver? Is he made of glass? Or a crystal jade? From what you said, he is really loved by everyone. I hope he is not as ugly as a toad spirit. It's okay if he treats himself as a treasure, or even treats the poison bag as a gold nugget and outsiders don't care. Don't think that everyone likes to touch him!"
"You little bitch, now you're scolding my Zhou family!" Madam Liu became even angrier.
Tian Bajiao was quite surprised and asked, "Zhou family? Isn't your last name Liu? Why did you change it? Could it be that you are not happy with your relationship as husband and wife and want to be brother and sister? I am a country boy from a remote area. I don't know the customs of the town, but I have never heard of such a thing."
"Hey! That's too much. There's never been anything like this in our town before. But now," Boss Shen glanced at Madam Liu and said sarcastically, "it's hard to say."
With the way they're arguing, it would be strange if they didn't fight.
When Tian Bajiao saw Madam Liu raise her hand, he was ready to kick her, but she suddenly gasped for breath, rolled her eyes and fell down. The little maid Xing'er was too thin and small to support her.
All he could do was call out in panic, "Madam! Second Madam!"
Even Boss Shen was startled by this and couldn't help but mutter, "Is this true? Are they trying to blackmail me?"
Tian Bajiao took two steps forward: "Boss, it should be true."
It would be hard to fake that look. Just now she was so angry and had a frown on her face, but in the blink of an eye her teeth were clenched and her face was as pale as paper. If she could fake it, she would have to be talented.
Tian Bajiao still had the deposit they had given him, so he returned it to Xing'er and told her to use it to call a doctor and hire someone to carry the body away.
Boss Shen couldn't bear it any longer, so he called two women he knew and they hurriedly carried her to the backyard, muttering, "Please don't die here, or I'll never be able to run my business. This is really unlucky!"
Tian Bajiao had no intention of comforting her. Just now, when these people were busy, she picked up the box on the ground and looked at the spices inside. This fake was so realistic that it was at least 80% similar. If you are not familiar with spices, you may not be able to tell. Madam Liu is considered capable, but did she realize that the spices are poisonous?
Tian Bajiao couldn't tell what the poison was.
She didn't know any medical skills, but as a medicine slave, she had her own way of testing for poisons...
It’s easy enough to say, if it doesn’t smell right, just give it a taste.
The medicine won’t kill them if the dosage is not enough.
It’s better not to mention this past, but the secret of this thing...should I tell them?
Shen Jiao thought it would be best not to do so. She didn't like this person anyway, and the things were not sold by Dingxiangfang, so the death of the person would not affect her.
But Shen Jiao is now alone and helpless but a nice person like Tian Bajiao. It seems not good to not tell her. Besides, she said that she knows some spices and herbs. If I don’t tell her now, it will be difficult for her to admit that she knows them when she needs them in the future.
Let me put it this way, the fewer lies you tell, the better, otherwise it will be too difficult to remember them.
Tian Bajiao quietly pulled Boss Shen aside and told her that something was wrong with the spices.
Boss Shen was extremely surprised: "Are you telling the truth?!"
"It's absolutely true. However, I don't know much, so it's possible that I made a mistake. How about taking it to a doctor later?"
"Okay... no, that's not good. Let's wait until she wakes up and have her see a doctor herself." Boss Shen took the box and then remembered something, saying worriedly, "If this spice is really poisonous, then she might be suffering from the effects of the poison, right?"
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