Chapter 335: Something Added to the Wine
The neighbors immediately noticed something was wrong.
"What's wrong, Lao Feng? Isn't it just a drink? Why are you reacting like this?"
"You were keeping the wine for yourself, weren't you trying to give it to us? You don't want to drink it yourself, are you?"
"Is there really something wrong with this wine?"
The man was speechless when asked. His previous thought was that he could just use the same kind of wine he usually sold to get away with it. Anyway, no one would notice whether he drank it or not.
But Master Qingyun came to disrupt the situation and forced him to drink the wine in public!
How could he possibly drink that stuff!
Yun Qingqing saw through his thoughts clearly and snorted coldly:
"This wine is seriously problematic! The wine he specifically took from the last row of shelves was originally reserved for himself!"
The neighbors didn't understand:
"Huh? That wine tastes very ordinary, not even as good as the ones sold here. How come he tastes worse when he drinks it?"
"He got drunk on his own?" Yun Qingqing sneered, "How is that possible?"
"In fact, the wine on the last row of shelves, the wine they keep for themselves and the wine they sell outside, are all purchased from the wine shop at the east end of the street!"
The neighbors cried out in surprise and couldn't believe it.
"That's impossible! The wine from that shop on the east end of the street doesn't have the same aftertaste as Old Feng's!"
"I'm an old wine lover, I can still tell the difference."
"Master Qingyun, you really made a mistake this time, didn't you?"
"The one we just drank tasted exactly like the one at the east end of the street, but it's impossible that the wine the Feng family sells every day is the same!"
Yun Qingqing's cold voice drowned out the voices of the crowd:
"Please don't rush to speak for them. The wine they sell is indeed mediocre when you buy it. The reason you think it tastes different is because they added something else after you bought it!"
Everyone was silent for a moment, and someone couldn't help but ask in a low voice:
"Master, what ingredients did they add?"
The woman from the Feng family suddenly shrieked:
"What nonsense are you talking about? We invited you here to exorcise evil spirits, but you haven't done anything yet. Instead, you're obsessed with my business. I wonder if you're a fake Master Qingyun!"
The man was anxious, and when he heard her shout, he immediately reacted and said angrily:
"I was wondering why you were so weird, always talking nonsense. Turns out you're just another charlatan! We're looking for the real Master Qingyun, not a knockoff like you!"
When he said this, before Yun Qingqing could say anything, the neighbors were surprised:
"Old Feng, there's something wrong with what you're saying. Didn't you say you finally got into Tianming Pavilion and invited Master Qingyun in after much difficulty? Why are you now saying he's a fake?"
"That's right. Everyone in the Imperial Capital knows the location of the Tianming Pavilion. It's just that most people still can't find the main gate. But they definitely won't find the wrong gate, right?"
The man's face turned red and white. He didn't expect that those details he mentioned before just to show off would now serve as evidence to refute him!
Of course he knew that this was the real Master Qingyun.
But who told her not to deal with the evil spirit properly but to expose her own secrets?
Even if we ignore the evil spirits for now, we must not let them keep harping on the alcohol issue!
The man gritted his teeth and simply stiffened his neck and lied again:
"Blame my vanity. I made that up!"
"We actually met this woman on the street. She called herself Qingyun Zhenren and said she saw something ominous in my house and could help exorcise it. That's why we asked her to come!"
"Who knew this woman was a complete imposter? I now suspect she was hired by someone in the same business to try to scam our liquor store!"
When the neighbors heard him say that Tianming Pavilion was full of lies, they showed some contempt, but as a result, they also looked at Yun Qingqing with a little more suspicion.
The woman struck while the iron was hot:
"Since you're just a little girl, we won't make things difficult for you today, and you don't have to apologize. Just leave now before we report it to the police!"
"Oh?" Yun Qingqing looked at the two of them coldly. "If I don't leave, I'll have to talk it over. Do you really dare to report me to the police?"
The two of them paused, and the man said with a stiff upper lip:
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll have to kick you out first, and then report you to the police for defaming our liquor store!"
"This is your last chance. If you don't leave now, don't blame me for being rude!"
Yun Qingqing sneered:
"That's not necessary. Aren't you going to report it to the authorities? I've already called the officials for you. You're welcome."
The couple looked stunned:
"What?"
Just as he finished speaking, the sound of rapidly approaching footsteps was heard at the entrance of the slum, and it sounded like there were quite a few people.
Soon, a team of officers walked in. The leading constable was handsome and had a slender figure, but his skin was a little dark. He scanned the courtyard with his bright eyes, and when he saw Yun Qingqing, he immediately strode towards her.
"Master!" He bowed to Yun Qingqing with a straight face. "I just had a case on hand, and it took some time to hand it over to my colleagues. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Everyone was shocked when they saw this scene.
Someone recognized Yan Haochu's badge and exclaimed in a low voice:
"Hiss... Isn't this the constable from the Six Gates?"
"Ah? Really? The Six Gates aren't just any ordinary government office. How come they were even alarmed?"
"Didn't you hear people say that it was Master Qingyun who brought it here?"
"I didn't expect that even the Six Gates Constables would be so polite to her. Could she be an imposter?"
Yan Haochu was very sharp-eyed and sharp-eared. Upon hearing these words, he immediately looked at everyone with a cold face:
"Who said Master Qingyun was a fake? Does that mean he's also trying to say my Six Gates badge is fake?"
He patted his waist, and everyone immediately fell silent.
But they all turned their attention to the Feng couple, with different looks, some of them looking forward to the show.
Since Master Qingyun is real, then what she just said, as well as the behavior of the Feng couple, are very meaningful...
Yan Haochu followed everyone's gaze and looked at the Feng couple:
"What? You're the ones who slandered the Master as an imposter?"
The couple's faces turned pale and they said tremblingly:
"No, I dare not..."
"This, this, this is such a misunderstanding!"
"It's not a misunderstanding." Yun Qingqing slapped him in the face without hesitation and directly changed the situation.
"Their daily business is to hide their identities and buy liquor from an ordinary liquor store at the east end of the street for five and a half coins a jar. After bringing it back, they add something to give it a unique aftertaste, and then sell it for seven coins."
"If the ingredient they added was just a secret recipe, it wouldn't be a big deal. The problem is that what they added to the wine was the shell of a dead poppy!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the audience gasped.
"Dead, dead man?"
"…What is that?"
"Just listening to it, you know it's not a good thing! Master, please tell me what's going on!"
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