Chapter 129: Downfall
Pei Yian was kind enough to give the evidence to other families.
Even though everyone had guesses at first, when the evidence was clearly laid out before them, everyone couldn't help but be shocked and stunned.
They didn't expect that Manager Guo was so bold. Even though Yushan Pavilion was developing very well, Manager Guo still couldn't tolerate them.
Yushan Pavilion and Manager Guo have become thorns in everyone's eyes.
Manager Guo didn't know all this yet, and even thought that with Du Xuan's death, he could rest easy.
With these evidences in hand, everyone would not let Manager Guo off easily. After some discussion, they filed a complaint against Manager Guo in front of the government office.
Even though Manager Guo bribed Huang Zhubu, the incident was so serious that the case was brought to the county magistrate, and the evidence was clearly laid out.
Huang Zhubu could do nothing and planned to stay out of it. Anyway, he couldn't help much this time.
The money he collected was only related to the Du Xuan case, and he couldn't handle the extra money.
Manager Guo was in a good mood, having solved the hidden danger. That day, he watched as a group of yamen runners came directly to Yushan Pavilion, arrested him in broad daylight, and escorted him to the government office in full view of the public.
Faced with overwhelming evidence and Du Xuan's resurrection from the dead, Manager Guo was so shocked that he was speechless for a moment.
He slowly came to his senses and realized that he had fallen into a trap from the very beginning. He looked at Huang Zhubu for help, wanting him to find a solution, knowing that he had spent hundreds of taels of silver to cover up this matter.
Huang Zhubu looked away out of guilt, he hadn't expected that Du Xuan was still alive and that he had been tricked. He looked unhappy but felt even more guilty, fearing that someone would find out that he had accepted bribes privately.
Manager Guo wanted to defend himself again, but the evidence was overwhelming. In the face of this evidence, his defense seemed powerless.
As expected, Shopkeeper Guo was taken to jail and awaited trial. When Guo's family found out, they wanted to get Shopkeeper Guo out, but the matter involved too many people and many restaurants refused to give in, so it was not so easy to do.
Huang Zhubu was afraid that this matter would implicate himself, so he privately told Manager Guo that he would help him reduce his crime, temporarily stabilizing Manager Guo.
These were just polite words. This case was in the hands of the county magistrate, who was assisted by yamen runners, so it was not his turn to intervene.
If he really did something and revealed his true colors, it would be easier for him to be implicated.
As long as the matter is settled, the prisoners in the jail will not have the chance to see the county magistrate, and the fact that he accepted bribes can be covered up.
This matter also spread widely in Qizhou County. No one expected that the person behind it was actually Manager Guo of Yushan Pavilion.
The evil-hearted shopkeeper Guo used various means to frame other families. All of a sudden, Yushan Pavilion's reputation plummeted and many diners stopped being fans. His methods were really too despicable and too low-class.
If you can use various means to deal with your peers, who knows how to deal with them? Without diners and a source of income, Yushan Pavilion couldn't pay wages, and many kitchen helpers and servants left.
The once bustling Yushan Pavilion is now almost deserted. The century-old store is in danger, but no one sympathizes with it. All of this is the fault of Shopkeeper Guo himself.
The mastermind, Manager Guo, and his accomplice, Du Xuan, were both sentenced and imprisoned, but Du Xuan felt relieved. Over the years, he had done a lot of bad things. Although he didn't kill anyone, he had harmed many families.
The matter weighed on his mind, making him uneasy all day long. He often couldn't eat or sleep well. Now that he was convicted, he felt much more relaxed.
In addition, no one could threaten his mother's life anymore, and the shopkeeper Pei also said that he would help treat his mother's tuberculosis. With Hu Zi around, he could feel relieved.
All the diners and workers of Yushan Pavilion ran away, and eventually it could not hold on. The remaining members of the Guo family mortgaged the shop and were too embarrassed to stay in Qizhou County, so they moved away with their families, and everything was settled.
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Since Fan Xunran had a delicious fat-reducing meal, she naturally couldn't eat plain porridge and cabbage. She secretly processed all these ingredients.
After more than a month of fat-reducing meals and the exercise method that Miss Ji told her, when she went to weigh herself, she found that she had indeed lost a lot of weight.
The weight loss was even visible to the naked eye. Mrs. Fan was so happy to see her daughter who had lost almost half her body weight that she cried. She believed that it was the effect of the medicine. Before she took the medicine, she had not lost much weight by eating porridge and cabbage every day.
She even wanted to take her daughter to the clinic to thank the doctor.
But Fan Xunran knew that she had not drunk any of the hard-to-swallow medicinal herbs and had thrown them all away. The biggest contributor to her weight loss should be Miss Ji from Baiwei Restaurant.
In order to prevent her mother from becoming more aggressive and forcing her to take medicine in the future, she hesitated for a long time and finally explained everything clearly.
She threw away the unpalatable medicine and the porridge with cabbage, and ate the fat-reducing meal that her father brought back from the restaurant.
"Mom, it's all thanks to Baiwei Restaurant that I was able to lose weight. It was really because of their food and their digestion and exercise methods that I lost weight!" The more Fan Xunran spoke, the darker his mother's face became.
"So, you and your daughter kept it a secret from me for a month?"
Fan Xunran felt a little guilty and didn't dare to look at her mother's expression because the truth was like this. She sneaked up and grabbed her mother's sleeve and said, "Mother, Daddy and I really didn't mean to hide this from you. I was really wrong! Don't be angry."
Under Fan Xunran's coaxing, Mrs. Fan did not pursue the matter any further. Instead, she became very interested in the fat-reducing meal she mentioned.
"Does this fat-reducing meal really have such magical powers?" Mrs. Fan was still a little skeptical, but the changes in her daughter were real.
"Really? You'll see when Daddy brings it back. It has meat and vegetables and it's very healthy!"
So, when Mr. Fan came back with something and planned to secretly give today's fat-reducing meal to his daughter, he saw the mother and daughter sitting in the house.
He hid the things behind him guiltily. Mrs. Fan just glanced at her casually and said, "Don't hide it. Bring the fat-reducing meal up for me to see."
Mr. Fan did not dare to disobey his wife, and seeing his daughter nodding in agreement, he placed the things he brought back on the table.
When Mrs. Fan opened it, she smelled the aroma of meat. There was meat, vegetables and eggs in it. Apart from the lighter seasoning, it was no different from other dishes.
There were also a few pieces of orange and white things that she didn't recognize, but Fan Xunran's eyes lit up when she saw them. Today they had her favorite shrimps.
"Xunran, did you really lose weight by eating these?" Mrs. Fan didn't believe that there were such rich ingredients.
"Really! Miss Ji said that this fat-reducing meal is nutritionally balanced and you won't gain weight after eating it! And this fat-reducing meal tastes great too!" Fan Xunran introduced.
"Baiwei Restaurant, Miss Ji?" Mrs. Fan murmured in a low voice, showing interest.
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