Chapter 198: Asking Meng Xiyan for help
A team of officers armed with swords were walking towards this side.
Wen Ruyue was ecstatic.
As soon as the officers had the situation under control, she immediately opened the shop door and ran out.
She pointed at the people outside and said to the officer, "These villains want to harm me. Arrest them quickly, ah..."
She hadn't finished her words yet.
A stone as big as an egg hit her forehead.
A big red bump suddenly appeared on Wen Ruyue's forehead.
The man holding the child pointed at Wen Ruyue and shouted angrily: "You profiteer, poisoning my child is not enough, you also want to wrongly accuse us victims, you have no shame, you... you go to hell!"
The father picked up another stone and threw it at Wen Ruyue.
Wen Ruyue screamed in fear and hid behind the officer.
The stone was also blocked by the officers, and the father was controlled.
Then the investigation began.
When I was buying food in the morning, I saw too many people. In addition, two more groups of people came and said that they vomited and had abdominal pain after eating the food from "Miao Bi Zhai".
Seeing the overwhelming evidence, the officers became uneasy. The victim was sent to the hospital for treatment and the grain store was sealed off. Wen Ruyue was not allowed to leave Jinyang Prefecture until the truth of the case was revealed.
Wen Ruyue's lips trembled with anger. She pointed at the officer's nose and said, "You... you are so bold! Do you know who I am? How dare you seal up my shop!
If it were in the capital, lowly people like you would…"
"Madam!" Wen Ruyue was interrupted by Situ Ming who came hurriedly before she could finish her words.
He looked at Wen Ruyue and told her not to be impulsive.
A strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake.
"Let me take care of this. Please go back to the shop and rest."
Wen Ruyue was furious: "You are helping outsiders."
"Madam, you are a very reasonable and magnanimous person. You were just frightened by these people, so you spoke without thinking."
Situ Ming had a smile on his face, but his eyes were cold and warning.
Wen Ruyue was stung by his gaze and dared not act willfully anymore.
She could only suppress her anger and said, "Then I will leave this matter entirely to you. Mr. Situ, you must be careful not to bring shame to the Huo family."
"I will follow your orders." Situ Ming was still respectful.
Wen Ruyue had no choice but to suppress her anger, snorted coldly, and left with a flick of her sleeves.
Wen Ruyue was sent away.
Situ Ming came to the plump woman and checked the food she had spilled on the ground.
He grabbed a handful and rubbed it apart, then said, "These moldy green grains are not from my family."
After saying that, he turned back to the shop and grabbed a handful of his own.
He spread them out in front of the officer and said, "Look, officer. My family's grains include both refined grains like corn and wheat, as well as coarse grains like sorghum and soybeans, but they are all of the same quality.
Of the grains the woman brought out, only the wheat was severely moldy, and the other grains were also of varying ages."
"Stop making excuses for yourself. What you put out there must be good. Who knows what it would be like if you replaced it with moldy food?"
Situ Ming smiled.
“There is a clear difference between these two kinds of food.
After you buy the grain, you scoop it out of the cloth bag, wash it and stew it. After so many steps, don’t you notice the difference in the grain?
When people buy something and find it's not what they ordered, don't they ask the merchant to return it or exchange it, instead of saying anything until someone dies?
Everyone was somewhat shaken by what was said.
Situ Ming continued, "Sir, our boss learned that Jinyang Prefecture was suffering from a severe disaster and the people were starving, so he transported grain from thousands of miles away to sell it here at a low price.
Not only are you ungrateful, but you've resorted to such despicable means to frame and smear us."
My Lord, I want to sue these people for deliberately slandering and framing the grain store. I beg you to act on my behalf and give justice to my boss and the kindhearted people of Dayong."
Situ Ming explained and bowed deeply to the officer.
The officer dared not accept the gift and quickly helped him up.
The plump woman and the man holding the child looked at each other, both showing panic.
Wen Yan looked at Situ Ming, who was speaking sweetly, and knew that the grain merchants and landlords stopped talking after seeing this.
She turned and left with Pearl.
After squeezing out of the crowd, Pearl kept frowning.
Wen Yan asked her in surprise: "What's wrong with you?"
Pei Er was indignant: "It was clearly a fight between powerful and wealthy businessmen, but the crime was borne by that child.
He is still so young, and yet he has to become a victim of struggle."
Pearl thought of her past experiences and stood up for the child.
Wen Yan held her hand tightly: "The child was fed a knockout drug, there shouldn't be any serious problems."
Pearl looked up at her in surprise: "Knockout drug? Seriously?"
"The child's breathing is even, so it must be real."
Pei'er breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm glad the child is okay."
Pei'er was not in a good mood, and Wen Yan was not in the mood to go shopping, so they went back to their residence together.
After Situ Ming negotiated with the officer, he still sealed the shop.
The people gathered in front of the store quickly dispersed.
Situ Ming also returned to the shop.
Wen Ruyue saw him with no expression on her face: "How is it going?"
Situ Mingdao said, "Until the matter is thoroughly investigated, the grain store cannot open."
"What!" Wen Ruyue suddenly raised her voice and stood up. "I brought all this food here, and you're preventing me from opening a shop. How am I supposed to sell it? How am I supposed to make money?"
Situ Ming spread his hands helplessly: "We have no evidence to clear our name. They also have no evidence to prove that there is anything wrong with our food.
In short, we now have only two choices: first, wait for the person behind the scenes to come; or you have other backers here."
The word "backer" reminded Wen Ruyue.
Wen Ruyue rolled her eyes. Isn’t Meng Xiyan here providing disaster relief?
I heard that he is still the acting prefect.
Just based on the relationship between Meng Chifei and Wen Yan, Meng Xiyan must help me.
She glanced at Situ Ming and said, "You'd better be able to handle this matter beautifully. If I suffer too much loss, you can go back and explain it to the prince yourself!"
Finish talking.
She got up and left.
Wen Ruyue's carriage slowly drove away.
After walking two blocks, she suddenly told the driver, "Go to the government office."
The driver thought she was concerned about the progress of the case and drove towards the government office without giving it much thought.
Arrived at the government office.
"I am Meng Xiyan's sister, and I want to see him now." Wen Ruyue directly called herself Meng Xiyan's sister.
The officer looked her over and put his hands in front of her.
Wen Ruyue looked at his hands with a frown on her face. He was such a money-hungry villain that he even asked for money to pass on a message.
She winked at Qingzhu.
Qingzhu took out a piece of silver and placed it in his palm.
The man was stunned for a moment, and quickly threw the silver coins on the ground: "What are you doing, trying to bribe me?"
"You asked for money, didn't you? Now you're acting like this, are you dissatisfied with the amount?"
"A token, it's a token I want. Magistrate Meng said that when the young lady appears, she will show herself with a token."
Wen Ruyue gritted her teeth and said, "I... I lost my token on the way. Take me to Meng Xiyan. Once he sees me, he'll know everything."
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