"What you two masters said is extremely true. I didn't want to believe it at first, but these people said that they were hired by Guangju Tower. Alas, I was so angry that I brought them here to verify it."
Lord Zhao looked at them and asked in a deep voice: "Tell the truth! Are you hired by Guangjulou? If you lie and are found out, you will go to jail!"
The young man was extremely frightened and kowtowed quickly, saying, "We didn't say we were hired by Guangjulou! It was me. I saw that Baiweiju had just opened and wanted to cheat some money and have a good meal. I didn't say who hired us. Your Excellency, please understand!"
“Oh?” Lin Wanwan laughed angrily, “I was sitting behind you at the time and heard it with my own ears. I also saw with my own eyes that you took out a yellow paper bag from your sleeve, which was filled with dead flies. That’s how I caught you on the spot. All the diners at Baiweiju saw it!
The first time you released a fly, you didn't ask for money, so we replaced the dish for you at Baiweiju. The second time there was a fly again, but you didn't ask for money. After the replacement, we gave you another dish. The third time you wanted to release it again, but I caught you. You said you wanted to blackmail me, so why did you smash my shop later? My two sets of fine agarwood tables and chairs are worth 100 taels of silver. The damaged items are at least 150 taels. Everything is new. If you don't believe me, you can go and ask around. My Lin Wan's custom-made items are not cheap! You said you owed money to Guangjulou, so you made trouble, but now who has more, theirs or mine?"
Hearing this, Shopkeeper Ma's heart skipped a beat, his face turned pale, and he cautiously took two steps back. Unexpectedly, he was locked in sight by Lord Jiang: "Shopkeeper Ma, how many of them owe your restaurant money?"
"No, I've never seen them, I don't know them."
Lord Jiang snorted coldly, walked up to them with his sword in hand, and asked, "What are your names and where do you live? Tell me your names!"
The two people in the middle said tremblingly: "My younger brother is Wang Er, and my brother next to me is Wang San. We live in Qing'an Lane, Qingyun Street..."
The young man continued, "My name is He Feng, and I live in Chunshui Street, Shiqing Lane."
Lord Jiang picked up his saber and stabbed the burly man twice, "It's your turn!"
"My name is Yuan Fei, and I also live in Qing'an Lane."
"I will give you one more chance. Tell the truth. Otherwise, I will take you back and interrogate you strictly!"
Yuan Fei thought about Lin Wanwan's words, and also about the debt he owed. He gritted his teeth and said, "Sir! I confess! It was the shopkeeper Ma from Guangju Tower who forced us to do this! Because, because I owed him eighty taels of silver, and he promised that after the job was done, he would not only forgive the debt, but also give us thirty taels of silver! Their interest was too high, and I couldn't afford it, so..."
"Ah! I see!"
Lord Jiang interrupted him and waved to his men, "Take them back! Interrogate them strictly!"
"Sir, I really don't know them. Please check clearly!" Shopkeeper Ma suddenly stepped forward and said.
Lord Jiang clasped his fists to the two lords and said, "I really can't make a decision. I can only take them back for strict interrogation. I'm leaving first! Come on, take everyone away!"
Lin Wanwan was a little confused. What was going on? Why did they take them back after being interrogated?
But the officers and soldiers did not give her time to think and just pushed her away. She had no choice but to follow them back.
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