Yu Haiming and Brother Qin carried out a large bucket of taro ball milk tea. Grandpa Lin carried out a basket of taro, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes.
Wei Dongling held the basket of taro, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes and shouted to the on - looking crowd, "Folks, come and take a look at the ingredients for my taro ball milk tea! The Dongmen Market opens at dawn every day. Our shop goes there daily to select the best and freshest taro, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes. We make the taro ball milk tea by hand! Thanks to your support, our business is booming. Almost all our milk tea is sold out on the same day. We've never had any unsold milk tea left overnight. How could the abdominal pain be caused by the ingredients? Please, Dr. Feng, check it for us in front of all the customers!"
Miss Wei was even doing some implicit promotion! Cui Huan secretly gave her a thumbs - up in her heart.
"Okay." Dr. Feng had received double the consultation fee from Cui Huan, so he was determined to do his best. He checked the raw materials one by one and even tasted a cup of the milk tea. Then he announced in public that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the taro ball milk tea.
Sure enough, these three people were trying to blackmail them!
The crowd suddenly realized and looked at the three people lying on the ground with disdain in their eyes.
The three of them blushed under the gazes of the crowd, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.
Wei Dongling looked at the short and fat man on the ground and asked coldly, "Did you also drink the taro ball milk tea?"
The man trembled and replied, sweating profusely, "I drank the pearl milk tea."
Wei Dongling turned around and shouted, "A Cheng! Bring out the pearl milk tea and all the raw materials!"
"Yes!" A Cheng led the others and carried out another large bucket of pearl milk tea.
Wei Dongling took out a porcelain bowl herself, scooped up a full cup of pearls, and handed it to Dr. Feng for inspection. Without saying a word, the old doctor took out a silver needle from his medical kit and examined it carefully. Then he nodded and said, "These are all fine." He then took the bowl of pearl milk tea that Cui Huan handed over, smacked his lips, and said, "It's quite delicious!"
"Thank you, Dr. Feng, for clearing our name!" Wei Dongling bowed and asked A Cheng to send the doctor back with a generous reward.
The three people who had been lying on the ground unwilling to get up immediately changed their expressions. They quickly got up and knelt down.
The people at the door were chatting away, spitting on the three people on the ground.
Wei Dongling stared at the three of them and said coldly, "It seems that you three deliberately came to cause trouble for me. Tell me, who instructed you to come here? If you confess honestly, I might spare you."
The three of them never expected that Wei Dongling would invite a doctor so quickly to prove her innocence and expose the truth. And there were so many on - lookers at the door sneering at them and scolding them. The thin man blushed and lowered his head to plead for mercy, "Maybe we accidentally ate something else that caused the abdominal pain, so we misunderstood and wronged the girl. We hope the girl can be more forgiving. We'll never dare to do this again!"
Wei Dongling snorted, "Just saying you'll never dare again is enough? How about the business you've delayed for me today?"
Hearing this, the three people on the ground looked extremely ugly. The short and fat man hesitated and said, "Then what do you suggest, girl? How about... you name the amount of silver for the losses?"
Wei Dongling sneered, "Fine. Then let's go to the yamen together and see how much silver you should compensate me. Cui Huan, prepare the carriage!"
"Yes!"
The three kneeling on the ground were scared out of their wits when they heard that Wei Dongling was going to report them to the authorities. They kowtowed and pleaded for mercy one after another.
Wei Dongling snorted, "Tell me, who on earth instructed you?"
The three of them looked at each other for a long time and dared not say a word. Seeing that Wei Dongling was determined to go to the yamen, they finally told the truth, "We really don't know who the person is. He paid us a deposit and asked us to take the pills that cause abdominal pain and come to make trouble for you, saying that you would give us silver as compensation. After we succeeded, we were supposed to come here to get the remaining five thousand taels."
Just as she thought! Wei Dongling waved her hand and said, "Get up. I'll find out when, where, and who instructed you. Then you'll be off the hook." Then she waved for Yu Haiming to take the three of them to the backyard.
The on - lookers outside started chatting even louder.
Wei Dongling gave Cui Huan a look. Cui Huan quickly stepped forward to greet the customers and shouted, "Thank you, folks, for your support and love for our Tingfeng Tower! The pearl milk tea that Dr. Feng said is delicious will be 20% off today to show our gratitude to all the customers!"
"20% off? Such a great deal?" Xiao Yang from Changyun Cloth Shop was the first to rush in. He shouted to Cui Huan, "I'll have another cup of pearl milk tea!"
"Coming right up! Please come in, sir!"
So, the crowd, who had their doubts dispelled, were excited. They came in one after another to buy milk tea. Yu Haiming and the others were extremely busy.
Ruan Niang drove the carriage, taking Wei Dongling, Cui Huan, and the three hooligans to the western suburbs. They stopped near a remote inn.
The short and fat man pointed at the inn and bowed to Wei Dongling, "Miss Wei, we really don't know the person who instructed us. After he paid us the deposit, he asked us to take the pills that cause abdominal pain and come to make trouble for you to get compensation. After we succeeded, we were supposed to come here to get the remaining five thousand taels. We were just blinded by money for a moment. Please be magnanimous and forgive us this time! We guarantee that we'll never dare to do this again! From now on, we'll unconditionally promote Tingfeng Tower!"
The other two quickly echoed, "Yes, yes! Please, Miss Wei, be magnanimous and forgive us!"
"All right. I won't deliberately make things difficult for you. Take us in." Wei Dongling waved her hand and got off the carriage. She looked up at the small and shabby inn and subconsciously squeezed the meteor blade tied to her wrist.
The room on the second floor was empty. It seemed that the person had left a long time ago, and the innkeeper had even had the room cleaned.
The three hooligans were so anxious that their faces turned green. Afraid that Wei Dongling wouldn't believe them, they kept shouting, "Miss Wei, we're absolutely not lying. That man instructed us here this morning!"
Wei Dongling nodded and went downstairs to chat with the innkeeper. Cui Huan and the others waited outside the door.
After a while, Wei Dongling came out and smiled calmly, "The innkeeper said that the man left a while ago and headed in the direction of the capital."
Cui Huan lowered her eyes and sighed, "So the clue is broken. We still don't know who did this?"
Wei Dongling smiled, "What's so unclear about this? The Crown Prince's people either play dirty or go all - out. They would never use such a low - class method to deal with me."
Cui Huan thought for a while and realized that was true. She bit her lip and said, "Then it can only be her?"
Wei Dongling smiled, "Who else? She lost both her wife and her troops. She must be furious at home. If she doesn't send some people to cause me trouble, how can she sleep at night?"
Cui Huan snorted, "I really want to drag her out and beat her up! It's a pity that we don't even know where she is now."
The three people behind them looked at the two women talking in riddles with a confused look on their faces, completely at a loss.