Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Black-Hearted Merchant

"It seems that you have to toast and not eat and drink."

Hongyan sneered and stood up and looked at Qin Kexin, "I want to see, if you offend the Jinyufang in the capital, how can you continue to open this small shop?" ”

Okay, I've already let it go. Not to be outdone, Qin Kexin looked at the red smoke.

"Naturally, this doesn't have to worry about the red smoke girl, although we have a small shop, we can't tolerate others bullying to this point."

"In that case, I won't force it, Shuilian, send off guests."

The girl known as Water Lotus was dressed in green, and walked towards Qin Kexin with an expressionless face.

"Miss Qin, please."

Qin Kexin couldn't ask for it, so he quickly stood up and walked towards the door with Shui Lian.

Hongyan looked at Qin Kexin's back with gloomy eyes, "Isn't it just a small silver silk hall?" There is a way. ”

On the way back, Qin Kexin was actually a little uneasy all the time, she really didn't expect to offend this business boss just after opening for so little time.

Now the silver between Qin Kexin and Aunt Mei is not abundant, so the two of them are always frugal, even if there is an endless stream of business in this silver silk hall, they still have to live.

These meager incomes are only enough for the three of them to eat and clothe themselves, and there is no surplus.

If this Golden Jade Fang completely starts a war with them, at that time, with their financial strength, I am afraid that it will not be comparable to the Golden Jade Fang.

After returning to the Silver Silk Hall, Aunt Mei saw Qin Kexin's tightly knit brows, and slowly had a bad premonition.

"Why did you go to the street and come back with a bad look?"

Aunt Mei took the needle and thread in Qin Kexin's hand and looked at Qin Kexin who was frowning strangely.

Qin Kexin pondered for a moment, and still told Aunt Mei what happened today.

After listening to this, Aunt Mei's face gradually became heavier, their future life may be even more difficult than now, the strength of Jin Yufang is much higher than theirs, and they don't know what means they will use.

"Why don't you obey them? If we buy our silver silk hall, we will have less to worry about money and materials. ”

In fact, Aunt Mei didn't quite understand why Qin Kexin was so persistent in opening this silver silk hall.

Qin Kexin smiled bitterly, in fact, there was no reason for doing this, just because he wanted to prove that he was also capable of supporting himself in this world.

She doesn't have to rely on the palace, only her own hands, and she can still live very well.

Qin Kexin didn't know whether this breath was for himself or for others.

Although Hongyan had already released cruel words, to Qin Kexin's surprise, nothing major happened in the next few days.

Even if Hongyan swore that he would not make the Silver Silk Hall feel better, Qin Kexin's days in the Silver Silk Hall in the past few days were still peaceful.

The business is still as usual in an endless stream, Qin Kexin also recruited a few embroiderers according to the original plan, although the double-sided embroidery technique is difficult to learn, but once learned, it is very simple to embroider later.

After Qin Kexin taught those showmen the techniques of double-sided embroidery, the business in the shop was better than before.

Every day, there is an endless stream of people who come to order double-sided embroidery, and business is even more prosperous than before.

"Recently, I have worked hard for everyone, and this salary has increased with everyone's efforts, and I hope everyone can treat this job well."

Qin Kexin looked at the embroiderers who were busy with their hands, and a smile finally appeared on their faces.

It is precisely for this reason that the technique of double-sided embroidery suddenly became popular all over the capital.

However, in the past few days, Qin Kexin's heart has been uneasy, and the previous statement of Hongyan made Qin Kexin nervous, but so far Hongyan has not taken any action.

Could it be that the red smoke is recuperating and preparing for a big one?

No matter what, you have to be careful, Qin Kexin sighed slightly, looked at the bright moon outside the window, and suddenly fell into deep thought.

……

The early morning sunlight shone into Qin Kexin's room, Qin Kexin opened his eyes in a daze, but the door was suddenly pushed open without warning.

It was Aunt Mei who entered the door with a panicked face.

Aunt Mei was sweating profusely, and she was still wearing the praise clothes she wore when she fell asleep, looking embarrassed.

"Oh no! Kexin, our Silver Silk Hall has caused a fatality! ”

was still asleep, but after hearing this, Qin Kexin suddenly woke up.

Her eyes widened in shock, and she quickly put on her boots and sat up from the bed.

"What? How is this possible? ”

Aunt Mei also had a look of wanting to cry without tears.

It didn't take long for Qin Kexin to figure out the status of the matter.

It turned out that Aunt Mei was going to go to the storeroom this morning to get a batch of fabrics, ready to make handkerchiefs and clothes for the new guests, who knew that just after opening the door of the storeroom, Aunt Mei saw a corpse, lying in the center of the pile of fabrics.

This scared Aunt Mei a lot, and she stumbled and ran to find Qin Kexin.

After listening to what happened, Qin Kexin also frowned tightly.

"Take me to the storeroom. The most important thing now is to find out the cause of death quickly, by the way, you hurry up and find a job nearby, and it's better not to make a noise. ”

Before this matter is clarified, you must not tell everyone that there are dead people here, otherwise it will cause panic and great losses to business.

Aunt Mei nodded, turned around and went out.

And Qin Kexin sat on the bed and thought about it for a while, no matter how she thought about this matter, it was very strange, and Qin Kexin couldn't say what was wrong.

In desperation, Qin Kexin could only wash and dress first, and walked towards the warehouse.

When Qin Kexin arrived, he had finished experiencing the corpse, and the corpse was being covered with a white cloth, Qin Kexin stepped forward and was not afraid, so he lifted the white cloth.

I saw that the deceased's face was swollen and white, and blood was oozing from his eyes, nose and mouth.

He frowned tightly, as if he couldn't figure out what this man had died for.

"How's it going? Liu Chengzuo? Qin Kexin had already examined the body, so he turned his head and asked.

"This is really rare, I have never seen such a strange death in more than ten years in the industry."

Aunt Mei and Qin Kexin looked at each other, and after glancing at each other, Qin Kexin opened his mouth and asked, "Why do you say something strange." ”

"Blood oozed from the mouth, nose and eyes of this corpse, which is a symptom of being highly poisoned, but the whole body is swollen, but it is the cause of death from trauma, so I took a silver needle to probe my throat, but I didn't find that the silver needle turned black, which is really strange." He shook his head and sighed.

Now even Qin Kexin couldn't figure it out, since it wasn't an internal injury or an external injury, what else could it be?

Qin Kexin frowned tightly, looking at the corpse that had been covered with a white cloth and fell into deep thought.

"I take the liberty of asking, is there any poison in this world that can kill people invisibly without being taken by anyone?"

Qin Kexin suddenly opened her mouth to ask such a question, and she was stunned at the time.

"There are some of them, but such poisons are difficult to buy on the market, and the most common one on the market is frost, and the effect of frost is also the fastest."

Qin Kexin also knew a little, but Qin Kexin couldn't figure out who had a grudge against this little embroiderer, and was willing to spend a lot of money to kill her.

Before leaving, Qin Kexin gave him a piece of silver, and instructed: "I hope that Liu will keep this matter secret today, and don't let others know." ”

He also understands the reason for this, and he naturally doesn't want others to know that his business has been murdered.

So, he nodded and accepted the silver knowingly, "Please rest assured Miss Qin, I will definitely keep it secret for Miss Qin." ”

Qin Kexin was relieved at this time.

After leaving, Qin Kexin also found someone to place the body, but so far Qin Kexin couldn't figure it out, who was the murderer?

"Kexin, why don't we go visit the family of the deceased?" Aunt Mei frowned and looked at Qin Kexin.

This is also necessary, after all, something happened in his own place, and Qin Kexin is also partly responsible.

"Okay, then you bring ten taels of silver, and we'll leave now."

When they had packed up, they went to the embroiderer's house, and the dead embroiderer's name was Lotus.

Lotus has no parents, when she was young, Lotus's parents died early, and the young Lotus has always lived with her grandmother.

Lotus's grandmother is an out-and-out shrew, and there is no one in this radius who doesn't know Lotus's grandmother Li, and her scolding mouth never speaks with the same thing.

When Qin Kexin went to Lotus's house, there was a heart-rending cry in the house.

It seems that the Li family has also learned of Lotus's death.

Qin Kexin hesitated, but still walked in, and sure enough, after the dilapidated small wooden door was opened, an old woman curled up on the ground, crying bitterly, holding a purse tightly in her hand.

Qin Kexin recognized the purse, which was often worn by lotus flowers when they were working.

This sad emotion immediately infected Qin Kexin, Qin Kexin and Aunt Mei glanced at each other, and understood in their hearts that the Li family must be very sad in their hearts now, and if they were stimulated at this moment, there would definitely be no good fruit to eat.

The two walked into the house, and Li's crying stopped abruptly, and he turned his head to glare at Qin Kexin viciously with a pair of cloudy eyes.

Qin Kexin was also taken aback by Li's fierce gaze.

"Auntie, you mourn and change." Aunt Mei sighed and gently patted Lee's shoulder.

Don't look at the small size of the Li family, but he slapped Aunt Mei's hand away very strongly, "You fake black-hearted businessmen! You killed my granddaughter! Get out of here! ”

Qin Kexin slowly let out a breath, in fact, she had already prepared for this.

"Auntie, you listen to us, we haven't found out the cause of Lotus's death yet, we only know that he died of poisoning, and he was poisoned by a kind of poison that can only be used externally."

Li's eyes stared at Qin Kexin viciously, but Qin Kexin looked at Li without fear.