FID – Chapter 306

Fu Yuzheng could imagine that from today on, the servants in the mansion would start a new round of panic.

The moment Xue Qinglian got a new idea in his head, he couldn’t sit still and pushed all the medicine bottles on the table in front of Liu Yusheng.

“These are all for you! As a reward! I’ll be in seclusion first, and I’ll find you later for discussion!…”

Barely had he finished speaking when the concierge came in hurriedly with the Qians wine shop’s young servant.

“Miss Liu, this is a fellow from Qian’s Wine Shop. He said he’s seeking you for a major crisis involving a life! The matter is so urgent that I brought him in directly!”

Liu Yusheng frowned and looked at the visitor.

This person was indeed the wine shop staff. She recognized him.

She had seen this man several times before when she went to the wine shop. He was responsible for matters in the backyard of the wine shop and rarely appeared in the front store.

“Miss Liu, Young Boss asked me to come and look for you.

Someone came to the wine shop to cause trouble, claiming that someone died from drinking the wine in our shop.

Young Master has gone with those people to the court! Please head over there!”

While the man was talking, Xue Qinglian had already slipped out of the door.

The living or the dead were none of his business. When he was free, he would come out to gossip.

“I’ll be right there,” Liu Yusheng nodded without doubt.

The government’s office was just a moment away from the royal residence by carriage; nothing could happen.

“Xue Qinglian, come with me.”

“I’m not available!” Xue Qinglian refused crisply.

“The wine that can kill people. Are you really not interested in the poison in it?”

Xue Qinglian snorted, “It’s just a second or third-rate trick. No matter how powerful poison is, can it catch up with what I personally developed?”

“If I’m not mistaken, someone has set this up.

They dared to go to the court boldy, which means that the poison is certainly not simple.

Since you’re not interested, forget it. I’ll go and check it out.”

Xue Qinglian footsteps took a turn. “Who said I’m not going? Let’s go, shake a leg!”

Fu Yuzheng, “……” She has gained insight!

None of the people around Liu Yusheng could be regarded with ordinary eyes. Each one was superficially thick-skinned.

“Since someone has designed a trap, it’s probably not easy to deal with the court side. Head there first, and I’ll find a way to inform the King,” Fu Yuzheng said.

“No need for now. Let me go and see. If you have nothing to do, please follow along and watch the excitement.”

The young girl hooked her lips and smiled breezily. That cold hesitance in Fu Yuzeng’s chest faltered against her bashfulness.

Afterward, she laughed and nodded to follow.

Liu Yusheng was powerful when dealing with the powerful. 

She was, by no means, as gentle and pure as she looked.

When she intended to do something, there seemed to be no situation that could make her lose her footing.

The carriage went straight from the royal residence to the capital’s government office, and it took less than a moment.

By then, the entrance of the government’s office was already full of people who came to see the fun. Most of them were well-dressed, and more than half of them were also the servants of various powerful and noble houses.

While watching the excitement, they were also very concerned about the results.

They were the most loyal customers of the wine of the Qian family. Who wasn’t afraid that the wine they were drinking has problems and would, thus, affect them?

If the Qian family could not pass this hurdle, just relying on the background of the customers who bought the wine, they could unite a crusade against the Qian family. By then, the Qian family would no longer have a foothold in the wine market in the future.

The Qian family started up in the restaurant and wine industry. If their wine business went wrong, their restaurants would be directly affected.

From then on, the Qian family would fall into ruins, and it would be difficult for them to get up again.

Liu Yusheng’s eyes dimmed. She squeezed into the crowd and walked inside.

The battle was already in full swing in front of the government office’s lobby.

Qian Wanjin and a group of several people were standing on both sides of the lobby, confronting each other.

There were also officials with the torture rods standing on both sides, looking stern and forbidding.

Behind the judge’s desk ahead was the capital’s magistrate, who was dressed in his official uniform. He has already held a court session with a heavy complexion.

Liu Yusheng raised her eyes and looked at the two big characters “Strict and Impartial” hanging high above the lobby, and wondered if the capital’s magistrate would be able to be just and impartial later.

“Miss Liu Yusheng greets Your Excellency.”

She stepped into the lobby and walked slowly to Qian Wanjin’s side. “The Xinghua Village wine sold by Qian’s Wine Shop comes from the Xinghua Village Winery run by me.

Since there is a problem with the wine, I request to be tried together with Young Master Qian.

At the same time, I also wanted to understand what went wrong with the wine.”

“Liu Yusheng? Are you the Ruyi County Lady?” the magistrate asked in the lobby.

“It is I.”

“Although the wine sold by the Qians comes from your winery, the wine is transported halfway through and is finally stored in the Qians’ house.

There could have been a slip-up in the middle.

The matter has nothing to do with you, but if you want to accompany the trial, I have no reason to refuse. Permission granted.”

“Thank you, Your Excellency.”

Qian Wanjin looked at the young girl and then glanced at the crowd behind the lobby door.

There was no panic on his face, nor the unbridled foolishness he usually exhibited in front of his friends. Now was his other side as a businessman.

Calm, shrewd.

“I knew you would bring him,” he secretly whispered, just loud enough for the young girl to hear.

“Yet you haven’t been ordained as a prophet?” The young girl didn’t look at him, and her voice was equally faint.

“I don’t want you to see the real thing. You always think I’m stupid. I originally wanted to call Feng Qingbai, but I wanted to kill the chicken with a sledgehammer, so I’m looking for your kitchen knife.”

“…” She really wanted to hit him. “Then what kind of knife is Xue Qinglian?”

“Him? The butcher’s knife,” the man uttered in disgust.

Xue Qinglian did not hear. If he were capable of hearing from a distance, he would have jumped in and fought with him.

Since they were not the parties involved, he and Fu Yuzheng did not come in and hid in the crowd to watch the excitement.

The public trial has opened, but the above was slow to move. Liu Yusheng began to look at Qian Wanjin.

“Wait for them on the evidence. Isn’t there a dead man? The officials went to carry the dead and present the rest of the wine along the way. In addition, the coroner should be arriving soon.”

A few hours later, the body was carried. The coroner also arrived, and immediately performed an autopsy to test the wine.

The results were soon available.

“How is it?” the magistrate asked.

Liu Yusheng unobtrusively observed the people who were making trouble across from her. They all displayed deep grief and indignation, as if they found everything unbearable. There also wasn’t an ounce of guilt in their eyes. 

There were only two possibilities for this kind of performance; either they really believed that the deceased died due to drinking the wine.

Or, the ending has been prepared beforehand, so they had no fear or panic.

She was more inclined to the second possibility.

“Your Excellency,” the coroner bowed, “The results of my examination – the deceased body has no signs of poisoning.

The stench of alcohol in his throat is very strong, so before death, he should have drank a lot of wine.

As for the remaining jar of wine, I’ve also tested it.

There is no poison in it, so it is unlikely that the deceased died of poisoning. It should be caused by drinking too much wine.”

The magistrate’s brow wrinkled. “Young Boss Qian, Lady Ruyi, look. Is this the wine from your wine shop?”

The wine jar was presented to Liu Yusheng and Qian Wanjin for them to check.

Liu Yusheng nodded. “Your Excellency, this is indeed the wine from my Xinghua Village Winery.”

An uproar erupted from the onlookers outside the lobby.