Everyone was stunned. This little girl selling spicy hot pot actually had a connection with the young master of the Qin family?
Moreover, judging from his nervous appearance, their relationship seems quite close.
But then Su Hua moved her sleeve slightly and put the small bamboo tube in her hand back into her spatial storage.
When she looked up again, her small face was deathly pale, her almond-shaped eyes were bloodshot, and large tears rolled down her cheeks.
The fingertips pointing at the head constable were trembling. "Young Master Qin, Master Song of Zuixianju has repeatedly tried to take the recipe but failed, so he ordered someone to poison our mala tang stall."
Now that we have both witnesses and physical evidence, this head constable is not arresting Zuixianju, but instead cursing us lowly people and throwing my brother and sister into jail.
When we refused, he threatened to kill the four of us siblings in broad daylight, saying that the officials of Qingshui County could arrest and kill people at will.
If you hadn't arrived in time, we...we four siblings would probably be cold by now..."
After saying that, as if overwhelmed by extreme fear, he slumped to the ground.
"Miss Su!"
Qin Yucheng was startled and hurriedly reached out to help her, but the three Su brothers were faster and grabbed Su Hua.
They didn't even care about being surprised by Qin Yucheng's identity; one of them massaged Su Hua's hands, and the other fanned her with his sleeve.
The other black sesame dumpling wiped her eyes and choked out, "Yu Cheng, after you left yesterday, Xiao Liu from Zui Xian Ju came and demanded that we hand over the recipe for Mala Tang (spicy hot pot) with ten taels of silver."
This recipe is a secret of Hua'er's sect. We can't sell it for ten taels of silver, or even a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand taels.
But Zuixianju held a grudge because of this. They used some method to make all the butchers in Qingshui County refuse to sell us pig offal and pork bones, hoping that we would have no skewers to sell and would have to beg them for help.
Today, seeing that our business was unaffected, they went so far as to kill this strong man just to force us to hand over the recipe. Fortunately, Hua'er saved the strong man in the nick of time, thus averting a tragedy.
We thought that the yamen runners would come and help us get justice, but to our surprise, the three runners acted as if they were paid by Zuixianju and doing his bidding, and were only interested in exonerating Zuixianju.
They don't treat us ordinary people like human beings at all!
In Qingshui County, how many people have had their property confiscated by Zuixianju? How many have suffered injustice and had nowhere to turn for redress because of the protection provided by these yamen runners!
The repeated use of the term "brave man" infuriated the man on the ground, who beat his chest and stamped his feet, "Young master, if it weren't for Master Song and Xiao Liu from Zuixianlou forcing me, how would I have dared to poison him!"
Many of the people who gathered there had been ripped off by Zuixianju, and upon hearing what the Su siblings said, they immediately began to criticize them.
"Yes, Zuixianju is a black-hearted restaurant. We used to sell fish soup in Qingshui County, but Zuixianju took notice of us and blocked our way, demanding the recipe. If we didn't give it to them, they would beat us up. My wife is still in bed after being beaten up!"
"Oh my, don't even mention your fish soup. My wife often makes mugwort dumplings in her hometown. She was thinking of selling a few in Qingshui County to supplement the family income. Who would have thought that Zuixianju would even want mugwort dumplings!"
"More than half of the recipes at Zuixianju were stolen. If it weren't for this head constable backing him up, how could Song Jiaren have such ability..."
"Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!" Qin Yucheng's handsome face was extremely cold and stern.
With a flick of his wide sleeve, he shouted, "Drunken Immortal Abode, you yamen runner Gao! You have some nerve! Ah Cai, seize this bastard!"
"Yes." Ah Cai's expression was also not good.
He went straight up, grabbed the constable Gao by the back of the neck, and threw him to the ground.
The force was so great that the constable Gao rolled back and forth dozens of times in front of Baichuan Academy, howling in pain as he rolled. When he finally stopped, he completely ignored the pain.
Instead, he hurriedly kowtowed to Qin Yucheng and begged for mercy.
"Young master, it's a misunderstanding, all of this is a misunderstanding! If I had known that the young master and young lady of the Su family were your people, even if I had a hundred lives, I wouldn't have dared to say such nonsense. Besides, I only wanted to take them back to the county office for questioning, I had absolutely no intention of killing them. Please forgive me this time, young master, just let me go..."
As he spoke, he kowtowed frantically, until his forehead bled profusely.
I felt both wronged and resentful.
He only ever said that he would take the Su siblings back to the county jail, but why did the siblings say that they would kill them on the spot?
And that Song Jiaren, he deserves to die!
The Su siblings have such a major affair involving the Qin family behind them, yet Song Jiaren dared to keep it from him. He must be hoping for his early demise!
Moreover, the Su siblings are all freaks. With the Qin family as their backing, why are they selling spicy hot pot here and earning such a pittance? Are they just bored?
What's even more outrageous is that he had already drawn his knife, yet the Su siblings remained tight-lipped. I really don't know if they're stupid or just plain dumb?
"Forgive you?" Qin Yucheng's eyes were cold and his tone was even more sharp. "Not only did you run rampant in Qingshui County, but you also dared to call my brothers and sisters lowly people and wanted to kill them. How can you expect me to forgive you!"
"Ah Cai, give him thirty lashes first, then throw him in the county office for Father to deal with. I don't want to see him in Qingshui County again! No, I don't want to see him in any county office in Dayu..."
Upon hearing the word "brothers and sisters," everyone looked at the Su siblings with utter shock.
Originally, it was thought that the young master of the Qin family was at most acquainted with these four siblings, but he never expected that they were actually brothers!
Everyone in Qingshui County knows that the Qin family has only one son and one daughter. For this young master Qin to consider them brothers and sisters, what kind of affection must they have?
Gao, the constable, paused in his pleas for mercy, his eyes filled with terror. He didn't want to be seen in any county office in Dayu.
This is going to ruin his career!
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