Chapter 23: Suffering the consequences of one's own actions
Seeing that no one stood on his side, the short-sleeved man could only curse inwardly, silently praying in his heart that the old man Huang would not see anything.
Madam Huang was as her name suggested, Huang Pingqing. She was dressed in a loose, old robe that made her look very thin. Her white beard reached her neck, her eyebrows were gentle, and her old eyes were filled with the compassion of a doctor.
He walked to the poisoned people with his medicine box, and began to feel their pulses one by one, and then his brows gradually wrinkled.
After a while, he stood up calmly, bowed to Lin Zhiyu and said, "Master Lin, I did not find any signs of poisoning in them. The worst was just insufficient qi and blood."
Instantly, everyone was shocked.
"What?! So the poisoning of these people is all fake?!"
"What Doctor Huang said cannot be false, these people are all liars! It seems they just want to frame the Lin family!"
"I said Lord Lin looked honest and upright, not the kind of person who would hurt others..."
The short-sleeved man's face flashed with panic, and he bit the bullet and refuted: "They are obviously poisoned! You can't even tell! And you still call yourself a doctor..."
"Bang--"
A rotten egg hit him on the head, and it slowly flowed from his hair to his face, making his face distorted with stench.
"Shut up! You are not allowed to insult Doctor Huang!"
Then all kinds of vegetable leaves were thrown at him, scaring him to flee everywhere, and even those who pretended to be poisoned on the ground were not spared, and they were beaten and fled away.
"The truth has long been revealed. This group of people came here on purpose to damage the reputation of my Lin Mansion. Come on, arrest them!" Lin Zhiyu said coldly. Suddenly, many servants appeared from the side and rushed towards the group of people.
"The people from Jingzhao Mansion are here!"
I don't know who shouted, and the crowd suddenly became quiet and made way.
"Someone reported to the police that there was a death caused by the dust. I came to investigate. What is going on?"
The leader, one of the Jingzhao Shaoyin, had a serious look and a deep and solemn voice.
"Sir Wang." Lin Zhiyu bowed.
Sir Wang's eyebrows jumped, and a smile appeared on his serious face. "It turns out to be Sir Lin. Why are you here?"
Lin Zhiyu explained the whole story to him.
"These young men actually committed such an illegal act! This official must punish them severely!" Lord Wang was furious. Just as he was about to take the group away, suddenly, there was another cry from outside the crowd.
"Sir! Sir! I want to sue this clothing store! I was poisoned for wearing their clothes. I only have this one daughter! What should I do?"
The cry was heartbreaking, attracting everyone to look in the direction of the sound.
It was a mother and daughter. The girl next to them was only 28 years old and her body was red and swollen, with scratches all over her body, which was very similar to the symptoms of poisoning played by the previous group of people.
"Another one? Is this never going to end?!"
Someone in the crowd muttered, whispering.
Lord Wang frowned and was about to scold when Doctor Huang beside him hurried over, "Wait!"
After a while, he looked solemn: "There are indeed signs of poisoning. The poison must be detoxified immediately, otherwise her life may be in danger!"
"What?!" Lord Wang was shocked and looked at Lin Zhiyu beside him, "Lord Lin, you..."
"Sir! I want to sue this perfume shop! I saved money with great difficulty to buy a set of clothes for my daughter, but she became like this after wearing it once. Sir, you have to do something for me!" The old woman cried sadly, and anyone who heard it cried.
Unexpectedly, the employee who returned to the shop in the crowd was stunned on the spot. After being fixed by many pairs of eyes, he took two steps back in panic, "How is it possible! It has nothing to do with us!"
"It's unfair!"
"Someone come! Check it for me!" Lord Wang's face darkened, and he gave an order. The people he brought all rushed into the shop. Soon, they brought out several bright ready-made clothes.
Doctor Huang cautiously took the initiative to check one of the items, and threw it to the ground and said loudly: "This thing is poisonous! Do not use it on your body! The mildest case will cause redness, swelling and itching all over the body, and the worst case will be poisoned and faint!"
"The evidence is solid!" Lord Wang shouted, and the clerk who returned to the incense shop fell to the ground in fear, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Your Excellency, you are wronged! This is not something in our shop at all! Someone must have framed us!"
Lin Zhiyu, who was watching the show on the side, raised his eyebrows and deliberately said: "Since you said it is not something in your shop, why not take out the account book and have a look. Any entry and exit of the shop will be recorded, and you will know it at a glance."
"Okay!" The clerk of Huixiangpu calmed down, crawled back and took out the account book, "Please look, sir, our Huixiangpu has never purchased items from the Western Regions, so we don't have ready-made clothes made of satin for sale..."
But after turning two pages, Lord Wang suddenly threw the account book in his face and shouted, "Look at what this is for yourself?!"
The clerk of Huixiangpu trembled and looked at it. When he saw the words clearly, his eyes went dark and he almost fainted.
"On May 17, 120 pieces of Western silk were imported and silver was provided..."
"Come here, take all the people of Huixiangpu to Jingzhao Prefecture and choose a day for interrogation!"
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Lin Mobai in the corner slowly smiled and disappeared from the spot in an instant, hiding his merits and fame.
[What a good show! I didn't expect that my elder brother would be so dignified when doing serious work. I am almost fascinated by him...]
Lin Baoer was infatuated with Shen Xuelan, smiling with eyes crooked like a little crescent.
[This attack was done beautifully! You are worthy of being my elder brother!]
Shen Xuelan pinched her face lovingly and returned to the Lin Mansion with Qinglian.
After interrogation by Jingzhao Prefecture, it was found that Huixiang Shop was a business under the Prime Minister's Mansion. They wanted to keep it secret, but the news spread like wildfire, causing all the shops under the Prime Minister's Mansion to be boycotted by the people and sales were very poor.
The prime minister's reputation also plummeted, and he almost became a target of public criticism. In the end, he transferred all the shops like digging out meat and removing bones to clear himself from the matter, which was the only way to avoid making a big fuss.
Otherwise, if anyone had reported him to the emperor, his position would have been shaken.
As for why the third prince was not affected, Lin Baoer later found out that although Huixiang Shop was the third prince's property, it was actually registered under the name of the prime minister's mansion to confuse the public.
As a result, the prime minister became the one who was harmed, and he really deserved it!
In the Lin Mansion, Fuxiao Garden, Lin Ruqian looked at the red all over the account book, and felt so painful that he couldn't breathe.
Although the prime minister and the third prince had a heavy bleed, the dust covered them and they were really burned at that time! All in all, the loss was not small, and he almost died of a myocardial infarction on the spot!
After that, no matter what business Lin Ruqian did, he habitually kept two more backup plans, for fear of repeating the same mistake again!
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