Chapter 129: Sun Ji's Accident
Since that day, Chaofu Grain Store became famous.
By the time of Si, the streets outside the grain store were already crowded with people, the lines were long, and business was booming.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the second Chaofu Grain Store opened in Changhe County.
It is still a bustling and lively scene, presenting a prosperous atmosphere.
Lu Mingchao would flip through the account books every now and then, sit by the window and bask in the sun, and never forget to continue teaching Feng Jinyu to read and write.
At the same time, something went wrong with Sun Kee’s food!
A local thug was so hungry that he sneaked into Sun's warehouse when Song's was hiring temporary workers. He wanted to sneak back home quietly with a cloth bag full of food when the moon was dark and the wind was strong.
When the thug climbed over the wall to leave the warehouse, his cloth bag was torn by the raised edges and the rice and grains were scattered on the ground outside the wall.
The thugs were afraid of startling anyone, so they roughly gathered the scattered rice and grains into a cloth bag with their hands and left in a hurry.
When I came here again the next day, I found the dead bodies of birds, rats and ants in the corners of the wall where rice was scattered.
The thug was terrified and rushed home to find the cloth bag containing rice. The rice in the bag was a little red.
The hooligans had some bad friends, and the news spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. In just half a day, the news that the grain stored in Sun Ji Warehouse had changed color and was poisonous spread to every street and alley in Changhe.
The curious people spontaneously gathered together to wait outside the warehouse, wanting to watch the excitement and hoping to get a couple more bowls of sugar water to sweeten their mouths.
Sun Zhiye paced back and forth anxiously.
When it rains, it pours; when the ship is late it encounters headwinds.
There were servants on duty at Sunji Warehouse from morning till night twelve hours a day, without a single moment of idleness.
Not to mention the ruffians, even the robbers could not come and go freely without alarming the servants.
To put it bluntly, if you have this ability, you won't be a hooligan who can't even fill his stomach.
Therefore, there must be someone behind the thugs.
"My Lord, you must make a decision as soon as possible."
Chuanbai's voice couldn't help but be tinged with panic.
Veins popped out on Sun Zhiye's temples and his hands clenched into fists.
What can we do?
What can he do?
In the warehouse, some red rice grains had not been picked out and were piled up carelessly. At the same time, hundreds of people gathered like flies with a keen sense of smell and waited outside the warehouse so densely that he could hardly find a chance to deal with the rice.
He really made one bad move after another.
Sun Zhiye's face darkened. "At this point, either you admit frankly that there is indeed a batch of damp rice in the Sun's warehouse, or you simply burn it and leave no evidence."
"If the former is chosen, it must be made clear and firm that Sun Kee never intended to sell the damp rice to the outside world, but it has not yet been destroyed."
“Young Master!” Tian Dong rushed in hurriedly without even knocking on the door. Beads of sweat covered his forehead. He called out in a serious tone, “Young Master, the situation is not good!”
Sun Zhiye's heart skipped a beat again.
He just wants to hear good news, why is it so difficult!
"What's wrong again?" Sun Zhiye stopped and looked at Tiandong.
Tian Dong knelt on the ground with a thud. "Old lady Xing betrayed her master. She brought a bag of red rice and knocked on the drum outside the county government office to report you for selling inferior goods as good ones and trying to deceive the people by selling damp and moldy rice. Now she is being punished with a cane."
Daqian, if a slave reports his master, he must also be punished with thirty strokes of the cane.
Sun Zhiye only heard a sudden loud bang in his ears, his vision went dark in an instant, and his body swayed slightly. Fortunately, he supported himself on the table with his hands in time and avoided falling to the ground.
"Didn't I ask you to arrange for someone who has signed a death contract and is trustworthy to pick out the red rice?"
"This is the one you chose!"
Tian Dong hurriedly said, "Young Master, Old Lady Xing is an elder of the Sun Mansion. All the family members have signed a death contract. Their life and death are in the hands of Young Master."
"I never expected that Mrs. Xing would betray us."
"My Lord, it was my fault for my negligence and my inability to judge people. I will handle it as I please. However, you must make the decision first on the most urgent matters."
Sun Zhiye gritted his teeth, and his face looked even more ferocious.
make a decision?
Everyone wants him to make the decision!
Sun Zhiye took a deep breath, trying to calm his inner turmoil, lowered his head and whispered to himself.
Old lady Xing?
Xing!
A slight fluctuation flashed across Sun Zhiye's brows. If his memory was correct, then the personal servant beside his second brother should be named Ah Xing.
After his second brother was imprisoned by Lu Mingchao, he imprisoned Qi Rui in a secret room. As for the other people in his second brother's courtyard, most of them were sold to human traffickers thousands of miles away at his instruction.
As Ah Xing was the second brother's personal servant, he was involved in all of his brother's dirty deeds. He was punished with fifty more strokes of the cane than the others, and his tongue was cut off before he was thrown out of the mansion.
He was a man and paid little attention to the affairs of the inner court. Moreover, his mother was not on the same page with him, which was why he was often negligent.
"Tian Dong, spread the news that Old Lady Xing maliciously fabricated facts to avenge her grandson who had done many evil things in order to vent her personal grudge and take revenge on her master. This is truly the behavior of a wicked slave."
"Let's find out the whereabouts of Ah Xing who was driven out of the house. Even if it's just a corpse, we have to keep it in our hands so that old lady Xing won't act rashly."
"Tian Dong, please be more careful. If you make any mistakes again, you will be beheaded."
"Chuanbai, go and tell the servants who participated in the selection of red rice to shut up. Use coercion, inducement, or whatever works."
"Call Eucommia."
Tiandong and Chuanbai left immediately.
Du Zhong is Sun Zhiye's deputy.
A quarter of an hour later, Du Zhong knocked on Sun Zhiye's study door.
"Du Zhong, can you come forward to calm this incident?"
"Sun Kee never intended to sell the moldy rice, the rest is up to you."
Du Zhong bowed his head and said, "My Lord, in my opinion, there are so many servants entering the warehouse to select and distribute red rice. Rather than risk guessing whether these people can keep the secret, it is better to take a more prudent measure and burn down the warehouse to ensure safety."
"I know that this may be a case of trying to cover up one's own faults, but it is the safest option."
"As long as the fire is strong enough and clean enough, there will be no solid evidence to prove that there is something wrong with Sun Kee's rice."
"I wonder what you think, young master."
Sun Zhiye thought for a moment and agreed, "Du Zhong, hurry up, or else something bad will happen."
Du Zhong cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, young master."
Sun Zhiye gently opened the window of his study. Although the sun was shining brightly outside the corridor, it could not ease his tense nerves.
He felt that the more he schemed and struggled, the more difficult his situation became.
In the end, he was forced into a corner of the chessboard and fought a desperate battle.
What about Lu Ming Dynasty?
Was Lu Mingchao enjoying his monstrous behavior with a smile on his face?
Sun Zhiye raised his eyes, his gaze was deep and gloomy, as if he could see through the courtyard wall, the long street, the city gate, and the mountain road to see Lu Mingchao who was far away in Changxi Village.
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