The next day, after Xia Qianqian sent Xia Yu to the private school, she began to wander around the town out of boredom.
Xia Qianqian was not used to the stall after two days of not setting up the stall. She was bored and anxious. She intentionally or unintentionally wandered towards Jingxia Restaurant.
It was still early, and street vendors were selling breakfast items like soy milk, tofu, and fried cakes. Jingxia Restaurant had just opened, and two waiters were pulling a cart to go to the market to buy things.
Seeing Xia Qianqian, they stopped politely and greeted her: "Miss Xia."
"Good morning." Xia Qianqian smiled awkwardly, "Are you guys at work?"
"Yes, I'm going to buy groceries."
"It's so early." Xia Qianqian glanced at the inn and asked casually, "Where is your third young master?"
The waiter said, "The Third Young Master went to the county town the other day, and he may not be back yet! Miss Xia, if you have anything to do, please wait in the restaurant."
"It's okay, I'm just asking casually, you guys go and do your work!" Xia Qianqian waved her hand and continued wandering around.
The end of the year was approaching and the market was very busy. Xia Qianqian also took a fancy to several things, but unfortunately she was not able to shop freely at the moment, so she could only look and ended up buying nothing.
I strolled around until noon and unknowingly arrived near Jingxia Restaurant again.
Many people gathered outside the restaurant, including those who had food poisoning the day before yesterday and those who were just there to watch the fun. Everyone was waiting for Gu Changsheng to give an explanation!
"The Third Young Master said he would give us the results within two days, and today is already the second day."
"Yes, why hasn't the Third Young Master shown up yet? Isn't it because he is partial to me?"
Xia Qianqian stood silently in the corner without saying a word.
Gu Changsheng, will you be partial to someone who is partial to you
Ding-ling-ding-ling—
The crisp sound of horse bells was heard, it was Gu Changsheng's carriage!
Xia Qianqian perked up and looked in the direction she came from.
Qing Tong was driving the cart, swaying towards the restaurant, and the bells on the horse were swaying rhythmically.
"The Third Young Master is here!"
Everyone made way and waited.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the restaurant. Gu Changsheng lifted the curtain and came down, smiling and saying, "Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."
"Third Master, where is the murderer?"
Gu Changsheng clapped his hands, and two servants dragged Dahai out. Gu Changsheng said, "He is the murderer!"
"who is he?"
"He was a servant of the Han family. He had a grudge with a clerk in my shop, so he attacked me. As for Xia Qianqian, she was injured by mistake."
"Oh my god, he's actually a servant of the Han family? The Han family is a family of scholars, how could they raise such a servant?"
"Is this true? Was it really done by the Han family's servants?"
Gu Changsheng glanced at Dahai, who knelt down and kowtowed to everyone to admit his mistake: "I was fooled for a moment and put croton in the oil. I'm sorry, I was wrong..."
"You are such a bad person. Look at how many people you have harmed. Fortunately, it is not poison, otherwise we would all have been killed by you."
"You big bad guy, I'm going to beat you to death."
"… "
The villagers cursed angrily, and some even went forward to kick the sea.
The sea did not dare to fight back and allowed itself to be beaten and scolded.
Gu Changsheng stood aside and said, "Please show some mercy and don't beat him to death."
The honest townspeople did not dare to beat Dahai to death. They vented their anger for a while and then backed off: "Third Master, what are you going to do with this murderer?"
"Master Han said that this man has tarnished the reputation of the Han family, and he wants to expel this evil man from Pan County. Because he has no way of managing his subordinates and has caused harm to the villagers, the Han family is willing to compensate." After Gu Changsheng finished speaking, Qingtong began to settle claims according to the previously registered list of poisoned people, paying two taels of silver to each family.
(End of this chapter)