In less than three minutes, more than a dozen large and small wooden platforms made of dry firewood were set up in front of the county office.

People who came one after another, some sat in sedan chairs, some simply rode horses, they were all famous restaurants in Qiancheng County, and the annual chamber of commerce was not necessarily complete today, but the scene was not lively, rats were more or less found in these restaurants, and when Qu Da arrived, people were basically almost there.

The small merchants gathered together, whispering and discussing, and when they saw Qu Da coming, a few merchants slowly wanted to approach him, but they were swept by his eyes and stopped.

Xiaoyao Lou is the leader in the industry, at this time, there have been many owners of the same restaurant to set him close, chatted a little, he learned that the original mouse was found, not only Xiaoyao Lou, some even caught only a mouse, Su Lou is not the disaster only led to Xiaoyao Lou.

Everyone is talking about where these rats come from. Only Qu Da knew in his heart where these rats came from and where they were sent...... But what he couldn't understand was how the Su family managed to be so silent and involved a large area of every household in Qiancheng County, secretly, what kind of hidden force should this be.

And he ridiculously thinks that the other party is vulnerable......

Cao Shusheng returned home, so he called the people who sent the letter early to ask carefully, only to know that the first person to confide in this matter was a beggar, at this moment in the county office, he truthfully reported to his father, Cao Taiye was even more convinced that Su Lou's guess was right, this is a premeditated and planned sabotage, it is very likely that it is the handiwork of those traitors and thieves of the previous dynasty, who have repeatedly jumped out to sabotage over the years.

If it weren't for Su Lou, I'm afraid it would ......

"This time, Su Lou has made a lot of contributions, and he should be rewarded."

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At the end of the street opposite the county office, a figure appeared, walking in one after another, led by a tall horse, it was Su Wensheng, and behind him, there were more than a dozen donkey carts full of ingredients.

Tight all the way

"All here?"

Mrs. Cao only walked out of the county government with Master and Cao Shusheng at this moment, and when he spoke, he glanced at Qu Da, "What?" Your father is sick too. ”

In front of everyone's eyes, Qu Da had to explain, "If you go back to your lordship, my father is not sick, but my father has gone out for some important things in the first month of the year and has not returned yet." ”

"Then, now Xiaoyao Lou is in charge of you?"

"If you go back to your lordship, yes, I'll do it on my behalf."

"That's good, since everyone is here, I'll make a long story short, Wang Zhutou, and read the results of the inspection to everyone."

Wang Zhutou unfolded the rolled paper in his hand, every time he read a name, there must be a family whose face darkened, and when they all finished reading, basically more than half of the family members present did not have a good face, Qu Da squinted, most of them were restaurants that were good friends with Xiaoyao Lou, and the rest, he knew in his heart, was just Su Lou's old cloth maze and confused the public.

Mrs. Cao's face was distressed, "Listen, you all heard it, can anyone explain to me what is going on?" This is your integrity, and this is the shame that you talk about all day long?!! Lose face! In front of the people of the county, I am ashamed of you! ”

"Why are there so many rats in winter? Have you ever thought about it? Where do these rats come from? Have you thought about it again?! ”

"No, what are you thinking, it's benefits, it's gains and losses! Do you think that if you sprinkle some rat poison, poison the rats, and then cook more rotten meat, and put enough material to do it, you will not know it, do you think that as long as you don't eat the dead, the official will not be able to find clues?! ”

"Your Excellency!" A team of five people came on horseback, led by a bag of things on his back and turned over and dismounted and knelt on the ground, "According to the merchant's reflection, the subordinates tracked down a team of Hu merchants all the way, those people carrying goods a few years ago can be found after going to the Yuelai Inn, this team of Hu merchants has not been out of the room since yesterday, after we broke in, the room was empty, only these. ”

Quickly unwrapping the baggage, and spreading out in front of the eyes of everyone, there was a pile of curly brown hair or fake beards, and a few beards embroidered with a strange pattern on the chest. ”

"Where's the goods?" The master asked from the side.

"The car was empty, with only some carrion residue and some poison powder left."

"Chase! Send an approval document for sea fishing, and you must arrest this gang of traitors back! ”

The people present were in an uproar, especially when they heard the poison powder, among the merchants who participated in sending rats to Su Lou, a few of them were already sitting on the ground with weak legs, Qu Da's mind was blank at the moment, Hu Shang, rats, rebels and premeditated plots, constantly wandering in his mind, he was a little dumbfounded, he couldn't understand what was going on, how the channel he took from Qu Si's hands became a gang of rebels, and he also vaguely understood why those people could find so many rats so quickly......

A qiē is a game!

"The thief saw this and dared to act recklessly, you, did you hear? Not just rats, but poisons! If Su Lou hadn't found the rats and reported them in time, you would have caused a big disaster, do you know?! ”

Mrs. Cao reprimanded for another quarter of an hour before he stopped dryly and nodded at Su Wensheng.

Su Wensheng understood, stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "All of you colleagues present, what happened today is something we don't want to see, fortunately, under the clear observation of Lord Cao, the conspiracy of the traitor failed to succeed, but these rats have become a nail of shame in our restaurant industry, Lord Cao asked us, where did your industry ethics go?" We can't answer it, we can't argue with it! ”

"These on the wooden platform, all of them are the goods ordered by Su Lou for the Cao family's wedding banquet, and the ingredients that were spoiled by the rat infestation, today, Su Lou asks you and the people of Qiancheng County to be a witness and burn these ingredients in public! Moreover, Su Lou assures everyone that honesty is the foundation and business with conscience! ”

The grease that had been prepared had already been poured on those ingredients, Su Wensheng personally lit the torch, respectfully handed the torch to Mrs. Cao, Mrs. Cao nodded with satisfaction, and lit the wooden platform with his own hands.

Su Lou's little servants stood in a neat row, shouting outside the roaring fire and smoke:

"Integrity-based, operate with conscience!"

"Integrity-based, operate with conscience!"

"Integrity-based, operate with conscience!"