The pastry shop was paralysed with people, all covering their stomachs and crying out in pain.
People passing by gathered around curiously.
“Quick, go and tell …….”
The shopkeeper reacted and wanted to instruct his mate to tell the proprietor, but when he thought of the proprietor’s status, he swallowed his command and grabbed the overwhelmed mate, “Quickly go and get the doctor!”
The fellow rolled and crawled to get the doctor.
The owner grabbed another fellow and told him to hold up the scene, he himself hurried back to the backyard, got on the carriage and headed straight to the West City.
“Follow him!”
Seeing the carriage come out, Song Wangyue instructed the coachman.
The coachman raised his horse whip high and hurried the carriage to follow.
The shopkeeper was so anxious that he lost his usual acumen and did not notice in the slightest that he was being followed.
When he arrived at the mansion he jumped off without waiting for the carriage to stop and entered with drifting feet, all the way to Wu Jin’s courtyard, “Young master, it’s not good!”
The title had been withdrawn, so naturally, he couldn’t live in the Duke’s house. Wu Jin had originally thought of buying a large mansion in the southern city, but Consort Shu sent someone to tell him to keep a low profile, so Wu Jin had to come to the western city and buy a three-storey mansion, the courtyard was small and simple.
When he heard the voice of the shopkeeper, his heart jumped, “What’s wrong?”
The shopkeeper knelt down on the ground as soon as he entered, “Something has happened to the pastry shop, everyone who ate the pastries has been poisoned!”
Wu Jin stood up, “What happened?”
The shopkeeper’s voice shook as he told them what had just happened.
After hearing that, Wu Jin picked up the tea jar and slammed it on the ground fiercely, “That damned girl dared to count on me!”
The tea spilled out and splashed onto the shopkeeper’s body, who shivered with pain, “What, what should we do?”
Wu Jin walked back and forth a few times with a sullen face and stopped in front of the shopkeeper, “That girl is not a ruthless one, she won’t let those people lose their lives, go back quickly, pacify them, give some compensation appropriately, don’t let them make a big fuss.”
The shopkeeper answered, climbed up and ran out.
Song Wangyue followed all the way to the place and watched until the shopkeeper ran inside. She took a closer look at the place, remembered the place and ordered the coachman to turn around and go to the Household Department.
The man guarding the entrance to the Household Department ran in on his feet to report as soon as he heard that he was looking for Song Si.
“Big brother.”
When she saw Song Si come out, Song Wan Yue smiled and called out to him, not waiting for Song Si to speak and said, “The mansion has been tidied up, Uncle Xu said that if you are not busy, you should go back and take a look, he will have people tidy up again if it doesn’t work.”
Song Si understood that she was looking for him, so he turned around and gave an explanation to the person next to him, walked to the carriage and let her get on first, followed by himself.
The carriage went on its way.
Song Wangyue told her about the design of the pastry shop over there and said with a smile, “Now it’s big brother’s turn to step up.”
Song Si instantly understood what she meant and smiled, scratching her nose, “I’ll make the next appearance, don’t you interfere.”
Song Wangyue laughed in response.
The doctor had already come over and was taking the pulse of the one who was in the most pain, “It’s because he ate food that is incompatible with each other, as long as he urges to vomit it out and recuperate for a few days, he will be fine.”
As long as it was not arsenic poison, there was still room for manoeuvre.
The doctor finished taking the pulses of the others one by one, and they all had the same symptoms. The boss was about to ask his staff to help them to the backyard when he saw a carriage coming to a stop.
The curtain lifted and Song Si’s majestic face appeared in front of the crowd, “What’s wrong?”
The shopkeeper was stalled and his first reaction was to block Song Si’s view, but there were more than ten people on the ground, so he could not block them.
The doctor did not know Song Si’s identity, and seeing that he was dressed in official clothes, he hurriedly replied, “These people have eaten food that is incompatible with each other and have been poisoned.”
Song Si seemed not to have expected this answer and froze slightly, looking up at the shop sign and frowning slightly.
The shopkeeper’s heart rose to his throat.
“Xiao An.”
The accompanying boy answered, “My lord.”
“Go and call out to the capital’s government. ”
The boy answered and went away at a fast pace.
The shopkeeper subconsciously tried to stop, “My lord ……”
Song Si looked over and his clear, cold gaze made the shopkeeper’s heart tremble, and the words he wanted to stop fought a few times on his lips, but he didn’t dare to say them.
Song Si also did not leave, just sat on the carriage and waited.
The man who was lying on the ground made no sound.
The shopkeeper was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.
The men from the capital came quickly, led by Sheriff Liu, who came and first walked to the carriage and saluted, “Squire Song.”
Song Siwei nodded, “Check it out.”
A pastry shop that sold pastries used ingredients that were incompatible with each other, which was unusual no matter how one thought about it.
Liu was just promoted and was looking for a chance to make a mark, plus he wanted to show off in front of Song Si, “Yes!”
After responding, he asked, “Who is the shopkeeper?”
The shopkeeper knew it was bad, so he stepped forward with his heart in his mouth, “I am.”
Sheriff Liu pointed to the ground, “What’s going on?”
The shopkeeper’s mind raced to figure out what to say to keep the proprietor out of it.
“Talk back!”
The shopkeeper said in a panic, “It was me who took it upon myself to buy a few recipes and make them for the customers to try, but who knew that there were foods that were incompatible with each other, it was my carelessness.”
Sheriff Liu walked up to the counter with his sword at his side and saw that there were still uneaten pastries in the plates, so he picked up a piece and looked at it carefully.
“Huh?”
Xiao An stepped forward in surprise, “Isn’t this the confectionery we just launched in the shop?”
After saying that, he saw a few other pieces and was even more surprised, “Young master, these are all the ones we just put out in our shop.”
When Sheriff Liu heard this, he instantly understood what was going on.
They all knew that the shop here had stolen the business from Squire Song’s shop, but since Squire Song didn’t say anything, they couldn’t come and find fault with this side.
Xiao An had already brought a plate over for Song Si to look at, and Song Si’s face sank as he glanced at the shopkeeper and spoke in a deep voice, “Please ask Sheriff Liu to check this out.”
Sheriff Liu answered with a straight chest.
Song Si lowered the curtain and the carriage slowly moved forward.
The shopkeeper closed his eyes, he knew he was finished, but he had to save the young master before he was finished.
……
“Go to Cui Qiao’s house.”
Song Wangyue instructed after the carriage turned the corner.
The carriage driver turned a direction and headed straight for the West City.
Cui Qiao’s house was at the far side of the West City, a modest mansion with three northern rooms and east and west compartments, slightly dilapidated.
At the moment the man was standing in the east wing, cursing at the two old men on the bed, “It’s all your good daughters you’ve spoiled, how dare you steal the silver, hurry up and give that girl a message to bring back the silver, or I’ll throw you out on the street.”
Bang, bang, bang!
There was a knock at the door.
The man came out impatiently, “Who is it?”
“Me, the man who helps Cuichao deliver the silver.”
The man’s eyes lit up and he ran to the door in three steps, opened it quickly and before he could see the face of the visitor, he was covered by Xiao An and taken to a secluded place.