Chapter 187: Disclaimer
His lips trembled again and again, and in the end he could not say anything to refute.
"Since there is no evidence, yet you keep saying that I am lying, Shopkeeper Feng's words can't help but make people think too much."
Zhuang Qingning pursed his lips, stared at Feng Ershu again and again, his eyes narrowed into a long slit: "But this matter is not the fault of Shopkeeper Feng, I just took a closer look at Shopkeeper Feng, and he has the same black aura as the little ghost. This little ghost may really be invited by Shopkeeper Feng."
"You... stop talking nonsense!" Feng Ershu glared at him, his eyes almost spitting fire: "You are slandering me!"
"Whether it is slander or not, we are not blind or stupid, we can see it."
Zhuang Qingning said, "Manager Feng's strange behavior this time, if you say that this little devil was not invited by you, I'm afraid it's not justifiable."
"And I have previously inquired with Aunt Deng, the owner of this shop. Originally, Shopkeeper Feng wanted to rent the shop, but the price was very low. Aunt Deng disagreed, and the two had an argument. Then Shopkeeper Feng held a grudge and wanted to ruin the reputation of this shop so that he could buy it at a lower price in the future."
"So Shopkeeper Feng went to find an expert and brought this little devil here, so that anyone who rented this shop afterwards would have a bad ending. This is so that others would call this shop unlucky when they saw it, and you would be able to successfully take over this shop in the end."
"Manager Feng, am I right?"
Zhuang Qingning's eyes were like sharp swords, cold and sharp, making people dare not look at him.
The voice was so sonorous and powerful that it made the onlookers feel depressed.
These words caused an uproar among the crowd.
"Shopkeeper Feng looks like an honest man, but he did such a thing out of selfish motives. His heart is really too vicious!"
"That's right. When it comes to doing business, you should do it if you can, and don't do it if you can't. But he is the one who is trying to force others to buy when the price they want is not right. Isn't this harming others?"
"If that's the case, then Shopkeeper Bai broke his leg in the shop, and Shopkeeper Song got seriously ill because of the shop he rented. Were they all caused by Feng Ershu?"
"That must be right. The little devil he summoned did all kinds of bad things, didn't he?"
"This kind of person doesn't deserve to be in our town. He has caused harm to so many people. We should tie him up and take him to the head of the village to be questioned!"
"That's right, that's right, tie him up and take him to see the head of the pavilion!"
“…”
The shouts from all sides were getting louder and louder. Someone reached out and grabbed Feng Ershu's wrist, and pulled him to see the pavilion chief Gong Qingsheng.
At this time, Gong Qingsheng was squeezing through the crowd and walking inside.
Originally, he had heard that the tofu shop in the town was quite lively, and that Zhuang Qingning was going to catch a little devil. Gong Qing was afraid that too many people would gather and something might happen, so he brought two yamen runners here.
After arriving here, I found that there were three layers of people inside and three layers of people outside, and I couldn’t tell what was going on inside, so I tried my best to squeeze in.
Before he could even get to the center of the crowd, he heard someone shouting that they wanted to tie someone up and bring him to see him, so he shouted, "What happened?"
"The head of the pavilion is here!" someone shouted. Everyone realized that Gong Qingsheng was nearby, so they quickly made way for him to walk to the front.
Gong Qingsheng came to the front, looked up at Zhuang Qingning holding the peach wood sword, and then saw Feng Ershu, who was captured by someone with a pale face, and frowned immediately: "What's going on?"
"Captain, this Feng Ershu has bad intentions. He was resentful because Deng refused to rent him the shop. He even invited the little devil to live in the shop and bring harm to others."
"The previous injury to Shopkeeper Bai's leg and the acute illness of Shopkeeper Song were both related to Feng Ershu. This man is vicious and has murdered others, bringing disaster to our entire town. We are furious and are about to tie him up and bring him to you, the head of the pavilion."
A tall, square-faced man who had captured Feng Ershu said.
"Is this really true?" Gong Qingsheng looked at Feng Ershu with dissatisfaction in his eyes.
It is because of these scums with harmful intentions that the whole town cannot live in peace!
"Feng Ershu, you are so bold!" Gong Qingsheng shouted angrily, "What crime should you be punished for?"
"Captain, I am innocent!"
When Feng Ershu heard that he was going to be convicted, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed to Gong Qingsheng several times: "I didn't invite that little devil to come here, and I never harmed anyone else!"
"I just wanted to take over this shop, so I gave some money to the fortune teller Bai and asked her to have Xiao Liuzi cause trouble here, saying that there are ghosts in the tofu shop. The purpose is to make the tofu shop fail and establish the reputation of this shop as having bad feng shui. In the future, if this shop cannot be rented out, I can buy it at a low price."
"I'm telling the truth. I just instructed the Bai family. If there really is a little devil in this tofu shop, it's the Bai family's trick. It has nothing to do with me. The previous incident between Shopkeeper Bai and Shopkeeper Song has nothing to do with me..."
"I'm telling the truth!"
Feng Ershu added another sentence.
Zhuang Qingning looked at Feng Ershu who was crying bitterly and pursed her lips.
It may seem foolish of him to confess completely at this time, but he did have dirty intentions and knew that he could not escape the blame. So he simply exposed Bai at this moment so as to distance himself as much as possible from the affairs of Shopkeeper Bai and Shopkeeper Song and strive for lenient treatment.
I have to say that Feng Ershu is quite smart.
"That means you have an accomplice." Gong Qingsheng glanced at Feng Ershu and called to the yamen runner next to him: "Go, have someone bring the fortune teller Bai here. I want to ask him about this."
As for Feng Ershu...
Now he is busy biting others, which shows that the matter must be serious. I have to ask him carefully about it.
"Take Feng Ershu back as well!"
There were tall and strong yamen runners standing by, who, according to Gong Qingsheng's instructions, picked up Feng Ershu, who was crying bitterly on the ground. Another group of them went to look for Bai and Xiao Liuzi.
"Shopkeeper Zhuang." Gong Qingsheng looked at Zhuang Qingning and said, "This matter is related to your tofu shop. I will go back and ask for clarification. If there is anything I don't understand, I need to ask Shopkeeper Zhuang."
"Don't worry, Captain. I will tell you everything I know." Zhuang Qingning answered loudly.
"Thank you." Gong Qingsheng put his hands behind his back and followed the yamen runners back to deal with Feng Ershu's matter.
The people who were watching the fun gradually dispersed, but they were still talking as they left.
They talked about Feng Ershu's evil mind, about Bai's collusion with others, and cursed the two people for their black hearts, but more importantly, they talked about Zhuang Qingning's great ability.
(End of this chapter)
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