Chapter Seventy-Six: Trouble at the Mansion
"Open the door, open the door—"
As soon as it was dawn in the morning, many people gathered at the door of Qin Ji's shop, and each of them patted the door and window of the shop viciously.
"Open the door, open the door ......"
"Open the door—"
After knocking for a long time, a young man finally opened the door of the shop from the inside, looked sleepy-eyed, and asked, "What are you arguing about?" It's early in the morning...... Alas, what are you going to do? ”
Before he finished speaking, he was pushed aside by the people who had been knocking on the door for a long time, and when he turned around, they had already entered the shop with a fierce look.
"Oh~ what are you doing? We're not open yet! The boy screamed and chased after him.
"What about your shopkeeper?"
"Where's your boss? Call them all out, I'm going to ask you what you're selling! ”
"It's just ......"
"Come out quickly—"
Everyone shouted angrily in the hall of the shop, and no matter how much the young man persuaded them, they would not listen. He had no choice but to quickly run back to the backyard to find the shopkeeper.
"The shopkeeper's ...... The shopkeeper—" The young man shouted as he ran, and when he reached the door of the shopkeeper's room, he slapped it quickly, and shouted, "The shopkeeper, something is wrong!" Open the door! ”
"Come on, don't shoot—" The young man banged on the door for a long time, and finally woke up the shopkeeper.
"What? It's early in the morning, why don't you sleep, why are you banging on my door? "The shopkeeper was woken up for no reason, and he was naturally a little angry.
"Shopkeeper, go and have a look! There are a lot of people outside, shouting for us to lose money! The young man said anxiously.
"What's going on? Where? When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly asked.
"I don't know what's going on, they're arguing in the hall right now!"
"So what are you waiting for? Let's go to the lobby! As the shopkeeper spoke, he walked to the front shop, and when he reached the door, he heard the angry shouts inside, and he couldn't help but be a little timid, and turned around and ordered the young man who followed, "Go and call everyone up, be quick!" ”
"Hey! I'll go—" The young man nodded and turned and ran, going to the other guys' rooms in the back to see everyone get up.
The shopkeeper saw him run away to call someone, and he felt a little confident at that time, turned around and took a deep breath, and then walked into the shop with a steady step.
"Everyone, everyone—" The shopkeeper said with a kind smile as he usually greets guests as soon as he entered, "Everyone, please be quiet, I wonder what you are doing here so early?"
"Still quiet? What else? I'm going to ask you, what exactly do you sell in your shop? This thing is so bad that you sell it too? One of them asked him several times in a row.
"That's right! This thing is wicked, we don't want it! You give us a return! Another man, who was also furious, shouted.
"Yes, yes, we're going to return it—" The crowd began to shout.
"This ...... Guys, why do you want to return it? Can you explain that a little bit clearly? You are just shouting for returns, we don't know the reason, how can we say that we will return it? The shopkeeper was so frightened by their momentum that he took a few steps back, stretched out his hand to reassure them, and said.
"And ask us why, we haven't asked you what's the matter? What about your conscience who has sold us such evil goods! ”
"That's right! What about conscience......"
"This ......" The shopkeeper looked anxious, and at the same time wondered in his heart, what was the reason for them to think that the goods they were selling were evil? What's wrong with it?
......At this time, all the men in the shop rushed over, some of them still holding sticks in their hands, looking like they were going to fight with someone.
“…… Why? You still want to hit us? How did you start a business? ”
"That's right! It's a shame that you're still a well-known shop in our Southern Imperial Mansion! That's how business works, and I finally saw it clearly today! ”
"Yes, if I had known this, I shouldn't have come here to buy things and cause trouble for no reason!"
The crowd watched them come out with their weapons in hand, and their anger rushed to the sky; So he rolled up his sleeves and went up to fight with them.
"Alas, alas~ If you have something to say, you have something to say...... Oops...... "The shopkeeper saw that things were about to get worse, and hurriedly came to the middle to make peace, but he didn't expect a fist to come over, and he was black-eyed.
When the men saw that they had beaten the shopkeeper, they immediately picked up their sticks and struck them. At this time, there was chaos in Qin Ji's shop.
"Stop fighting...... Stop it...... Stop......" The shopkeeper was squeezed out of the chaos circle, and now no one listened to what he said.
"You guys, go and arrest them all for me-" At some point, someone ran to report to the official, and when the official came here, he saw this situation, and arrested all the troublemakers and those who were troubled.
The Southern Imperial Palace——
Because of the disturbance that happened in the shop of the Qin Mansion, the prefect sent someone to invite Qin Huaihu over. What's more, because this incident involved many big families with heads and faces in the southern imperial mansion city, the trial of the government was closed.
"You are all well-known leaders in our Southern Imperial Mansion City, how did you gather people to make trouble?" The prefect sat under the plaque of 'Mirror Hanging', and asked the troublemakers standing below with a majestic face.
"And you ......," the prefect said, "how can you open the door to do business, how can you greet guests with sticks?" ”
"My lord, there's a reason we're making trouble." At this time, a person stood up, saluted to the prefect and said, "We all bought something called tobacco leaves in his shop yesterday, but I didn't expect this thing to be an evil thing, as long as you light the tobacco leaves, there will be ghosts, which is really scary......"
"Ridiculous! How could such a thing be true? You don't have to talk nonsense. The prefect took a shocked picture and reprimanded.
"My lord, it's true! My lord also hit a ghost yesterday, and he was so scared that he can't get out of bed now! ”
"Yes, my lord, we all met ......"
"That's right, as soon as I lit the cigarette, the ghost appeared, shouting 'Is the tobacco good to smoke?'......"
"Uh-huh, yes, that's what I saw!"
The prefect saw that what they said did not look like a lie, and he didn't know whether to believe it for a while; He slapped the startled wood again and shouted, "Quiet!"
"Might-martial-" The officials on both sides shouted neatly with ruthless sticks, and suddenly the hall that was still chaotic just now immediately fell silent.
"Qin Huaihu, do you know what they are talking about? After all, it is a commodity sold from your family's shop, and you have to give an explanation no matter what you say. The prefect turned his head to look at Qin Huaihu, who was standing alone on the other side, and asked solemnly.
"Lord Qiyu, I, I really don't know how such a thing could happen; When the tobacco was first stocked, I tried to smoke it, and it didn't have the same phenomenon as they said. Qin Huaihu bowed to the prefect, and then said to him.
"You are talking nonsense, there is obviously such a phenomenon happening, and it is not only us who have seen it, but also some of the people in our family at that time!" The person on the side who bought the tobacco immediately retorted.
"Yes! We've all experienced it firsthand. This big night scares people to death! ”
The rest nodded in agreement.
"But, but nothing really happened when we tried it again?" The shopkeeper responded with an expression of 'I'm not lying, what I said is the truth'.
"Do you smoke that tobacco at night, too? We all smoked at night......" asked the man who had just retorted.
"This ...... We tried it out during the day. "Even that trial of my own master was smoked in the evening before the sun set. Are they telling the truth?
The shopkeeper suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and Qin Huaihu on the side frowned deeply after listening to their questions and answers, obviously thinking of going with the shopkeeper.
Could it be that the tobacco leaf is really an ominous thing?
"Listen to you guys, there's something wrong with that tobacco leaf!" After pondering deeply, the prefect came to the conclusion, "It may be that this thing called tobacco leaves can make people hallucinate at night, but during the day because of the bright light, it is not noticed." It seems that this thing is not a good thing, not to mention whether it is poisonous or not, just because it gives people the illusion of fear, this thing should be destroyed! ”
The prefect patted the wood again and said: "The following government pronounces the judgment and orders the Qin Mansion to immediately take back all the tobacco leaves sold and refund the money to the buyer at the original price; After the tobacco leaves are recovered, they should be destroyed immediately to prevent others from being poisoned by the tobacco leaves; In the end, when Qin Ji shop got the unknown thing, it sold it without a detailed understanding of it, which had a serious impact on the buyer, and even frightened people, and this government ordered you to give the buyer due compensation. ”
“…… Be. "The shopkeeper, Qin Huaihu and the guys in the shop all looked like they were admitted, they really had a hard time!
The other party was full of joy, and they all bowed down and saluted: "Your Excellency is wise-"
This is the end of the case. After everyone walked out of the mansion, Qin Huaihu ordered the shopkeeper to follow the prefect's orders, and he got into the carriage and went home.
After this incident, Qin Kee's shop suffered a lot of losses; Not only did he lose money, but he also made his reputation fall to the bottom, and there was no way to go back to the past for a while.
It's still the deserted mansion on the edge of the South Imperial Palace, and there are still a lot of ghosts talking there.
"You didn't see it, the old man was so frightened by me that he fainted on the spot, and the big man smashed on the ground, and I was afraid of smacking a hole in the ground!"
"Haha...... Is that interesting? ”
"Mine is more interesting! As soon as I appeared, the maids and servants of the house fled outside, and the smoker was so frightened that he stood there motionless, not even knowing that he had peed his pants, hehe......"
"And my ......"
Everyone shared the interesting stories of their scares, and even Gongsun Yan's family didn't notice when they came, just painted the scene when they were scared.
"Ahem......" Gongsun Yan saw that they had been here for a while, but this group of ghosts still didn't notice their appearance, so they could only cough twice helplessly, so that they would know that they had come.
"Ah, Gongsun Gongzi, are you here?" When the ghosts heard the coughing sound, they all turned their heads to look over, only to find that Gongsun Yan and they had already arrived.
"Hmmm! Thanks to everyone's help this time, I will definitely tell my master when I go back, and I won't let you do things in vain! Gongsun Yan had an indifferent face and spoke indifferently.
Su Su glanced at him obliquely, thinking in his heart that his father-in-law was really 'indifferent' in front of outsiders!
"It's our honor to be able to do things for Lord Xiao Ran."
"That's right! I think at the beginning, I heard that Lord Xiao Ran would return to our Southern Imperial Mansion, and I was always looking forward to the opportunity to meet her old man. ”
"Me too, me too......"
"That, Gongsun Gongzi doesn't have to ask Lord Xiao Ran for benefits, we are all willing to do things for Lord Xiao Ran!"
"yes, yes......"
All the ghosts have a glorious look, as if being able to do something for leisurely is the greatest happiness they get.
"How can that work? How can you not be paid for your help! This will not be agreed to by Lord Xiao Ran. Su Su said to them.
"That'...... Then it's all up to the two of you! The ghosts couldn't put it off, so they could only agree. But it's still very exciting to think of being rewarded by Lord Xiao Ran!
"Okay! We'll go back now, we'll be here tomorrow night, everyone is still here, and I'll give you the rewards that Lord Xiao Ran gave you. ”
"Thank you very much!"
"No, no, we should have thanked you, and without your help, we wouldn't have done it so easily."
"Raise your hands, raise your hands......" the ghosts responded.
Gongsun Yan clenched his fists and said, "We are still in a hurry to go back to recover our lives, so we will leave first!"
"Well, let's go! Remember to help us say hello to Lord Xiao Ran! ”
Gongsun Yan and Su Su nodded, and then the family of three disappeared in place as soon as they turned around, and at this time they were already on their way back to Nancang County.