"Xiao Xian, you'll have to work hard tonight and take care of these people. Don't let them suffer here. Mei Yan, come with me and let's go check on them!"
Qin Kou'er calmly and composedly made the arrangements, "We didn't bring many people with us, the rest will come with me."
Meiyan jumped up and down anxiously, "Then, what about the head steward and Haitian?"
Qin Kou'er glanced at them disdainfully, "Just leave them here and let them go back home by themselves tomorrow morning!"
After saying that, Qin Kou'er looked at Xiao Xian gently and said, "Xiao Xian, I'll have to trouble you to take care of the two of them tonight!"
Xiao Xian quickly smiled and waved her hand, "No trouble at all! No trouble at all! Pavilion Master, please go and do your work! If it's not possible, or if you need more people, I'll have my subordinates go with you!"
"No need. The people I brought are enough. We're just going to reason with them, not cause trouble. It's fine!"
After saying that, Qin Kou'er took Mei Yan and prepared to leave.
Just then, they heard Lan Linxue shout incoherently from inside, "Kou'er! Kou'er! Come in and sleep with me!"
Qin Kou'er was so angry that she vowed never to let Lan Linxue drink again.
Without even turning her head, Qin Kou'er hurriedly walked out with Mei Yan.
When Xiao Xian heard her master start talking nonsense, she quickly waved her hand to have someone go find someone and bring them back to their room.
When Qin Kou'er rushed to her shop, the scene was already quite frightening.
From a distance, Qin Kou'er could already see bright lights and armored soldiers ahead, as if a battle was about to break out.
Qin Kou'er frowned and asked Mei Yan in a low voice, "What's going on? Why are there so many soldiers? Even if it's about damaging a signboard, it's the local yamen runners' business. Why are there so many Imperial Guards here?"
Meiyan shook her head in a panic: "I don't know what happened either! The boy who came back to report was badly beaten, with a bruised and swollen face, so I had someone send him home for treatment!"
Qin Kou'er waved her hand, frowning as she thought. The current situation was no longer about assigning blame. She needed to stabilize the situation first.
Qin Kou'er's carriage was stopped as soon as it arrived.
"This is no place to linger! Get out!"
The soldiers were all fierce and looked like they didn't care about anyone. Even though Qin Kou'er's carriage was extremely luxurious, they acted as if they didn't see it at all.
Qin Kou'er stepped down from the carriage, coldly looked at these people, and said in a deep voice, "I am Qin Kou'er, the head of Qin Tian Pavilion! You soldiers have smashed my shop and arrested my people. Aren't I allowed to ask you some questions?"
The soldier saw that Qin Kou'er had an extraordinary temperament and a cold expression, and he couldn't tell if she was real or fake, but he didn't dare to be negligent at all. He quickly ran over to inform the people behind him.
Soon, the soldiers parted to make a path, and several fast horses galloped over.
The man in the lead had a fierce face, wore the clothes of a military officer, held a whip in his hand, and had a sinister look on his face.
Holding a whip in his hand, he arrogantly pointed at Qin Kou'er and said, "You're the head of Qin Tian Pavilion, that Qin something-or-other girl?"
Qin Kou'er hadn't been treated this way for years. No matter the rank of the official in the court, everyone would at least smile when they saw her. This man, however, was glancing at her out of the corner of his eye, clearly not taking her seriously at all. Moreover, this attitude was completely unfamiliar to Qin Kou'er; this man was clearly looking for trouble.
Qin Kou'er smiled faintly: "I am Qin Kou'er, who was just summoned by the Emperor yesterday and praised as a model of the gentry in Jiangnan!"
Qin Kou'er felt that at this moment, she really didn't need to back down. Since he was here to cause trouble, she had plenty of time to play along with him.
Upon hearing this, the officer immediately flew into a rage and roared, "I asked you if you are Qin Kou'er, what are you saying? Are you trying to experience the power of my whip?"
Qin Kou'er's face immediately turned cold: "Sir, you'd better watch your words! In broad daylight, how dare you say that the Emperor's words yesterday were verbose and useless? Do you want to rebel?"
The official was utterly astonished by Qin Kou'er's shrewdness; with just a few words, she had found fault with him. Enraged, he brandished his whip, pointing it at Qin Kou'er: "You vile woman, stop framing me! Let me tell you, this is the capital, not your Yangzhou corner, where you can spout such nonsense!"
Qin Kou'er looked at him and smiled coldly: "You don't need to argue with me about who's spouting nonsense. If it were before the Emperor, he would make the final decision! I just want to ask, what wrong has my Qin Tian Pavilion done to deserve this? You've smashed my shop and beaten my people!"
At this point, Qin Kou'er's voice rose, and her expression turned quite grim.
"This is a black market operation! We're here to shut it down!"
Qin Kou'er felt that these people's shamelessness had reached a certain level. She pointed her fair finger ahead and said, "My shop hasn't even opened yet, how can you call it a black shop?"
Seeing Qin Kou'er's sharp tongue, a skinny, monkey-like man with a pointed mouth and monkey-like face rushed over and said in a shrill voice, "We made our move early precisely to prevent you from swindling people! If you really open for business, wouldn't the people of the capital suffer even more!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Kou'er thought it was all nonsense! The situation had truly reached a point where communication was impossible.
A shop that isn't even open can be a shady business? This is unprecedented in history.
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