12dz Chapter 238 Help
Chapter 238 Help
Chapter 238 Help
Chen Yinwu's eyelids twitched. Seeing that Gu Junqing had been looking at him after asking this question, he thought, could it be that Gu Junqing saw something?
But he was not sure, yet he did not want to tell the truth, so he nodded and said yes.
Gu Junqing didn't say anything, but Gu Jiyan, who was standing next to her, sneered and said, "Do you really think we are easy to fool? You still say so. Otherwise, how about I teach you how to fool people? I guarantee that I can teach you how to make the guilty conscience written on your face disappear."
Chen Yinwu heard this, and a look of panic appeared in his eyes. His body trembled slightly, but he still tried to cover it up: "No, what is the prince talking about?"
"You're pretending to be stupid in front of me, do you think I'm really stupid?" Gu Jiyan said disdainfully again.
Gu Junqing glanced at him, and seeing this, Gu Jiyan wrinkled his nose slightly, knowing that he had said too much. He snorted lightly, then turned his back and moved closer to Xue Ben.
"The wife of the head of the Chen family in the north passed away a few years ago. Just based on this point, it doesn't make sense. Master Gu was right when he said that you are not good at deceiving people."
Chen Yinwu heard this and knew that he could not lie anymore. He lowered his eyes, pursed his lips, and weighed the pros and cons. He couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If he had told the truth just now, he might have been able to save his life. But since he had already planned to lie, even if he told the truth now, wouldn't he be killed by his master later?
Gu Junqing guessed what Chen Yinwu was thinking at the moment by looking at his changing expression. She said something that put Chen Yinwu at ease:
"Now is your last chance. As long as you tell me who your master is, I will spare your life." Chen Yinwu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Gu Junqing's words that seemed like a guarantee. Then he told who his master was without any hesitation.
It was the Chen family who lived in Yong'an Lane to the west, and they were fifth-rank officials in the Ministry of Rites in the court.
Originally, it wouldn't be that troublesome. They could just ask Niu Wu directly. However, seeing that Niu Wu looked like he had lost his soul, he couldn't answer their questions for the time being. They could only go to Chen Yinwu to warm him up. But now that they had asked, what was the point? Did they have to arrest him? This was simply ridiculous.
After the three of them sorted out all their thoughts and the whole story, they couldn't help but hold their foreheads. Xue's incense shop had just suffered such an unexpected disaster, and now it was implicated by the officials behind it. Even if the Chen family was not to be feared, but if they sued someone without a clear reason, it would inevitably cause trouble in the court in the future.
It would be better to destroy this store, which would be a good deal for the Chen family.
The Chen family's incense shop has been open for nearly a hundred years, and the huge profits it has brought to the Chen family are about to come to an end.
As for how to destroy it, give the person his own way.
If he hadn't intended to provoke Xue's Incense Shop from the beginning, he wouldn't have been involved in these things.
The three of them were afraid of trouble, so they handed the task over to Niu Wu.
Niu Wu knew that he was just an ordinary merchant family, and he could not be called a close friend with Gu Junqing and others, but only a stranger. There was no need for them to care about these things. As for dealing with his colleagues for him, it was even more unrealistic. Niu Wu knew about this.
Although he was a little disappointed, he was actually happy to have destroyed the shop. After all, it was the incense here that caused his wife to be like this. Even if the main reason was the head of the Chen family, he couldn't do anything to the officials unless they died together. But he still had his wife, business, and other things to take care of, so how could they die together? There was no need for the three of them to waste time here. Gu Junqing left first, followed by Gu Jiyan. Xue Ben discussed with Niu Wu about remembering to come to Xue's incense shop the day after tomorrow to restore the reputation of his Xue's incense shop.
Then he hurried to catch up with Gu Junqing and the other person who were standing not far ahead waiting for him.
The next morning, Chen's incense shop suddenly closed. The old customers who were waiting outside the door were all confused, but they didn't think too much about it. They just thought that the shop had something to do and therefore closed the door to customers.
On the third day after the incident, which was also the day when Niu Wu came to Xue's Incense Shop to apologize, people still remembered clearly what they had witnessed Niu Wu causing trouble in Xue's Incense Shop three days ago. But now he lowered his head and bent over to say that he had misunderstood Xue's Incense. Then he spread the matter of Chen's Incense Shop through the mouths of the people who were watching the fun. At that time, the door of Chen's Incense Shop had been closed for two days. What people lacked the most was gossip and conspiracy theories. They speculated that the owner and the boss of Chen's Incense Shop had been silent for the past two days and no one spoke out to fight back or refute. They couldn't help but start to think that Chen's Incense Shop's attitude this time was tacit approval.
Seeing this, the old customers of Chen's incense shop could not help but express their dismay at the shop owner's acquiescence. In a short time, Chen's incense shop, which was originally highly praised by everyone, became despised by everyone. In just two days, there were more than just these two days. In fact, Niu Wu was not the only one who got into trouble because of using Chen's incense. Of course, Niu Wu's situation was a little different. He was deliberately poisoned and killed by Mrs. Chen.
However, the common people who used incense that was not poisoned still experienced symptoms of dizziness and blurred vision. Some of them complained to the owner of Chen's incense shop, but the situation was quickly settled by officials from the capital.
Since the owner of Chen's Incense Shop was a Beijing official and had a backer, naturally no one dared to complain. They could only lie and say that the incense from Chen's Incense Shop was good.
Now, with the help of Niu Wu, he could speak out his dissatisfaction in his heart. For a while, Chen's incense shop was completely despised by everyone and lost its limelight. The owners of other incense shops who had been deliberately exploited and suppressed by Chen's incense shop were simply laughing when they saw this.
However, Xue's incense shop became famous in the capital after this incident, and many people came to see or buy it. After all, there was no need to use a fire stick to light the incense, and liquid incense was more novel and convenient.
So Xue Ben started to get busy these days, and Gu Junqing, who had nothing to do, could only come to the shop to help after visiting the Military Affairs Camp after the morning court. Gu Jiyan had always been sticky to Gu Junqing, and since he regarded Xue Ben as his confidant, he had nothing to do and followed them around to help.
Of course, he would not help out at the store, but would help make incense in the small courtyard where Xue Ben lived.
Xue Ben was very generous and did not hide the method of making liquid incense. Seeing that the two wanted to learn, he came to teach them personally.