Chapter 124 Confidence(2/2)
Only official wineries, official wineries and private wineries in Beijing are qualified to brew and sell wine. Otherwise, it will be considered a felony. Naturally everyone knows this, but in fact, this is only for civilians.
Even high-ranking officials and powerful people can brew wine privately, while the government turns a blind eye.
To put it bluntly, using moonshine as a crime is just a deceiving name. There must be other reasons behind it, such as not benefiting an official or being coveted by someone behind his back.
Such a delicious wine will definitely bring a lot of business, and this will inevitably attract covetousness. Although this is a very common thing, I didn't expect it to come so quickly.
The maid smiled.
"Master, you misunderstood. We don't have private wine, let alone sell it." She said, "Our wine was bought from Laosi's winery on the road outside the city. It was only slightly improved and was only used for funerals.
You can use it, and you don’t need to pay for it. Now that it’s sold out, where can you sell the private wine?”
Is that so? It turns out I bought it at Lu Laosi Winery!
Everyone present had bright eyes, and some even stood up impatiently to leave, but were held back by their companions.
"You're stupid. They clearly said they were improving it, but you think the wine made by Lu Laosi is just that good."
"Whether it's true or not, at least it has a source. Let's go there first to satisfy our craving."
The guests here are talking louder and louder, and the officials' faces are not good-looking.
"Of course there are witnesses," the leader said.
"That's impossible." The maid shook her head and said decisively, "We have never sold it, and we have witnesses."
She said and looked at the people in the hall.
"Have you ever bought our wine?" she asked.
"No."
"If anyone can buy it, I will buy it from him, no matter how high the price is."
There were responses and laughter in the hall.
Seeing the bustle of people in the hall, the government officials were a little uneasy and a little angry.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, close the store and follow us." they shouted loudly.
The maid looked at them and smiled coldly.
"Master, do you have to give me a reason?" she said.
"Reason, reason, you used alcohol as a gimmick to gather people to cause trouble." A government official had an idea and said, "Spread rumors and incite the people!"
The maid looked at him and was stunned, then raised her hand to cover her mouth and giggled. The more she laughed, the harder she laughed. The hall became quiet when she laughed, and the government officials who laughed felt terrified.
"Why are you laughing?" the yamen servant shouted angrily.
"Thank you." The maid looked at him and said suddenly.
Thanks?
The yamen officer was stunned for a moment, but before he could recover, he saw the girl in front of him stop laughing, her expression darkened, and she took a step forward.
"We let the people drink and the people came, so why are we the ones gathering to make trouble?" she shouted, pointing outside, "Then so many people gathered outside at this time are all because you came to us to ask questions, so what do you mean?
Is there a crowd gathering to cause trouble?"
The government officials subconsciously turned around and saw that the door had been filled with people watching the excitement, and more people were rushing over to crowd the street.
The expressions of several people suddenly changed. Why have you been talking for so long?
"If you have anything to say, let's talk to the Yamen. Come with us..." the leader of the Yamen shouted, reaching out and shaking off the iron chain.
Before he could step forward, the maid took another step forward and stood in front of him.
"Are you going to arrest me? Are you going to close our shop? We bury our boss and hold a wine festival on the road. Are we gathering people to make trouble? Our boss is dead, are we spreading rumors? Our boss is dead, and we have a grand burial. Is this called inciting the people?"
She said, "Master Cha, which one is the rumor? Is it that our boss is not dead, or is our boss not killed in the war?"
The little girl was young and spoke so fast and crisply that she made several government officials feel dizzy. They couldn't help but take a few steps back, feeling a little confused.
What are they talking about now?
"Stop talking nonsense..." The leader raised his voice to cover up the little girl's voice.
But the maid only gave him the chance to say these three words, and she immediately took over the conversation.
"Nonsense? Is this nonsense I'm talking about? We don't ask for rewards, so we can't even tell how our master died? Is it just a rumor?" The maid screamed, reaching out and grabbing the lapel of her clothes, with tears in her eyes.
Twinkle, "What on earth is this? Why did you come to arrest us and seal our shop? We don't want anything, we don't ask for anything, what? Can't we even have an honorable burial? Our boss died in the war.
, it’s upright. Just because we didn’t bury them secretly like thieves, does that mean we are guilty? Well, if this is a crime, then arrest them! Arrest them!”
The government officials stepped back and hit the door frame and stopped, looking at the people in front of them in disbelief.
What's going on? Why are you talking about this? They didn't say anything!
They turned their heads and looked at the crowd outside the door. The crowd had stopped making noise and looked at them angrily. Looking inside, everyone in the hall also stood up.
On the other side, Fan Jianglin watched as the government servant stepped forward and stretched out his hand to take out a bow and arrow.
Several government officials immediately took a few steps back as if they had seen a ghost, and raised the swords in their hands.
Although a long time has passed, and although there are not seven men in front of you but one man, the five gangsters who broke in in front of Taipingju were shot to death on the spot. The news that Taipingju has a Vajra protector is still being circulated in the yamen.
"Fan Jianglin, what do you want to do? Resist arrest and kill someone?" they shouted.
Fan Jianglin looked at them and smiled, throwing the bow and arrow in his hand to the ground.
"I can't kill anyone now. I can't draw my bow or shoot arrows. Even if I really want to kill someone, I can only use a crossbow." He shook his head and said, reaching out and tearing open his robe, revealing his naked body.
Upper body.
People in the hall were caught off guard, and the women screamed and hurriedly covered their faces.
"I can't kill anyone now, and I won't kill you. My brother died in the hands of the Western thieves. I was lucky enough to survive. I'm still here to kill the Western thieves. How can I aim my arrow at you?
Aim at you who protect my brothers to the death." Fan Jianglin said slowly, laughing and spreading his arms, "Come on, arrest me, I listen to you, if you say I am guilty, I am guilty, arrest me.
"
The government officials were stunned, and everyone in the hall was also stunned. They looked at the naked man in front of them, and the scars crisscrossing his body were shocking. Only those who crawled out of the mountain of corpses and seas of blood could have such terrible wounds.
Yes, every scar is real and not fake at all.
"Grasp…"
"Grab your mother's head!" Someone suddenly shouted loudly in the hall, and at the same time a plate was smashed over, "It's your mother's fault!"
This shout was like water being poured into the oil, causing the oil pan to explode and roll.
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Chapter completed!