Chapter 303 Framed
The other customers in the store watched her leave like that, each one curious: "What happened?"
The shopkeeper immediately said, "Look, Miss Wen is so impressed by our Qingbuliang that she has nothing to say."
The other guests looked at each other, and they all thought it was very strange.
Wen Zhenyi walked out of the store, went to a corner and spit out the food in his mouth. The ingredients used in this store were all spoiled, and it might cause problems if he ate them.
She returned to her shop and found Ma Yushun: "Second cousin."
"What's wrong?"
"Go to the government office and ask the officers to check the materials used in their shop."
"Is there a problem with the materials?"
"Well, the ingredients they used have gone bad. If we eat this, I'm afraid there will be problems. Oh, and since other uncles and cousins are coming, we should avoid suspicion."
"I understand. I'll go now."
Wen Zhenyi frowned and looked at the shop opposite. If it was a healthy competition, she could accept it openly, but as a chef, she would never allow such a thing as making fun of the diners' bodies.
Ma Yinghe and the others also heard what she said: "Yi Yi, are you sure?"
"Well, I just took a look at what they were eating. It was well covered up, but I could still see it."
Ma Can received the news about his youngest son and took him to see County Magistrate Lei: "Sir, County Magistrate."
County Magistrate Lei had just finished his autumn harvest and finally had a chance to breathe. "What's going on?"
"The herbal tea shop across from our shop uses spoiled ingredients."
"What?" County Magistrate Lei looked at Ma Can in disbelief. "Is this true? You have to know that if it's not true and people find out it was you who reported it, you'll probably get into trouble again."
"To answer the county magistrate, it was my cousin who said that."
County Magistrate Lei was stunned for a moment: "Your cousin?"
"Wen Zhenyi."
"What did she say?"
"Indeed, if she hadn't been sure, we wouldn't have dared to report it."
Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Lei prepared to take people to investigate. When he reached the door, he said to the people behind him, "You two, father and son, should not go there. Avoid suspicion."
Ma Can stopped and said respectfully, "Yes."
County Magistrate Lei took his men to the herbal tea shop across the street.
As soon as the shopkeeper saw County Magistrate Lei coming, he immediately came forward to greet him: "Sir County Magistrate, what brings you here today?"
"I'm just checking your food."
The shopkeeper's face turned ugly: "Who is this villain who can't stand our good business?" He pointed at Wen Ji across the street and said, "Is it them? They think their business is not as good as mine, so they framed me like this. County Magistrate, you have to help me!"
"Okay, after checking your shop, I will also check Wen Ji across the street, so there is no need to cry here." He raised his hand and asked the yamen runners to search the kitchen and warehouse in the backyard.
The diners in the restaurant were all startled. Before the yamen runners could come out, another one came running in and said, "Sir, someone is suing the herbal tea shop. After eating there today, they came home with vomiting and diarrhea."
The shop owner immediately started shouting, "How can he prove that he vomited and had diarrhea because of eating food from my shop? Who knows if he accepted bribes from others to frame me?"
The bailiff frowned slightly: "More than one person is suing you. Could it be that they all accepted bribes?"
"Jealousy, false accusations, their family just can't stand seeing me doing well."
At this time, a little girl in the store suddenly covered her stomach and said, "Mom, my stomach hurts." Before she finished speaking, she opened her mouth and started vomiting.
"Qingqing, what's wrong with you? Don't scare your mother."
When County Magistrate Lei saw this, he immediately called the bailiff to find a doctor.
The shopkeeper pointed at the mother and daughter and said, "Did you accept benefits from Wen Zhenyi? I just saw you whispering to each other."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" The woman was so anxious that tears were streaming down her face. She hugged the little girl and kept comforting her, "Sir, I'm going to sue him. If anything happens to my daughter, I want him to pay with his life."
Some of the customers in the shop here also felt uncomfortable in their stomachs and ran towards the toilet.
The shop owner was now sweating coldly. He was about to say something when the yamen runners who were there to search came out from behind carrying a lot of sacks.
"Sir, these beans are moldy."
County Magistrate Lei opened the sack and looked. The mung beans, red beans, and even some taro were all moldy. "What else do you have to say?"
"Why, how could this happen? I just bought these."
"Just bought it? How much did you pay for it?"
The shopkeeper hesitated and didn't know how to start.
"Don't tell the truth yet."
"I just wanted to buy it because it was half the price of what I bought before. When he opened it and showed it to me, the beans were obviously good. I don't know how this happened."
"It's like this? Didn't you notice it was moldy when you made it?"
The shopkeeper didn't dare to say anything. He knew he had been cheated, but he couldn't let so much money go to waste.
County Magistrate Lei still had something to understand: "Take him back and put him in jail."
"Sir, please spare my life, sir, please spare my life!" The shopkeeper was so scared when he heard that he was thrown into prison that his legs went weak.
The doctor came over with his medicine box on his back. He examined the little girl, gave her an injection, and prescribed some medicine: "Fortunately, she didn't take much."
The woman hugged the little girl and burst into tears: "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have been greedy for small gains. I almost hurt my own daughter!"
Qingqing is feeling much better now. She raised her hand to wipe her tears: "Mom, don't cry. Qingqing doesn't feel any pain anymore."
The woman held the child and cried bitterly.
Wen Zhenyi and the others were watching at the door. At this time, someone asked, "Miss Wen, do you know that there is something wrong with the ingredients he used?"
"yes."
"Then why don't you say it?"
"If I tell you, will you believe me?"
The diners opened their mouths one by one: "Then you can say it."
"What happened after I said that? You think I just can't stand his business doing well, and he has the chance to destroy these problematic ingredients. Even if I remind him, what will it change? When I came, you had almost finished eating."
She pointed to the people queuing behind her and said, "I can only stop them from going in to eat."
At this time, the people holding the free herbal tea realized that they had escaped a disaster.
Before County Magistrate Lei came, they all thought that this was a means for Wen Ji to steal their business. Now they know that they saved their lives.
"Don't you care about the lives of us?"
"I'm not Guanyin, how can I save people from suffering and help them save all living beings?" Wen Zhenyi was so angry that he almost laughed.
"you."
"What do you mean by 'you'? I forced you to come here to eat. I forced you to come here to take advantage of small things. I made you feel sick."
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