Chapter 1687: Chapter 1688: Bribery
Su Yunjin observed the expression on the Shopkeeper Liu’s face closely.
“So it seems, Shopkeeper Liu, you’re familiar with this secret redy?” Su Yunjin fixed her gaze on Shopkeeper Liu, her tone neither light nor heavy.
After the initial astonishnt, Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly shook his head in denial, “No, no, no, madam, I don’t recognize what you’re holding, never seen it, never seen it. I’ve never seen it before.”
“Is that so?” Su Yunjin obviously didn’t believe it.
Not caring about whether Su Yunjin believed him or not, Shopkeeper Liu directly started to shoo them out, “Madam, if you’re not here to buy dicine, then please leave! I still have a business to run! Madam, you may have nothing to do, but I have no ti to entertain you, go, go, go, hurry up, don’t disturb my business and my earn silver.”
Shopkeeper Liu was eager to send them away and even thought of physically pushing Su Yunjin, but before he could even touch the hem of Su Yunjin’s sleeve, Xue Chu grabbed his wrist to stop him, “Aiyo, it hurts, it hurts, let go, let go, let go quickly.” Shopkeeper Liu yelled in pain as Xue Chu held his wrist.
Xue Chu coldly tossed Shopkeeper Liu backward, with a bang, Shopkeeper Liu hit the wooden table behind him, crying out in agony again.
“Xue Chu, you bastard, don’t think that just because you know so martial arts you can act wildly in front of , do you believe I can have you running away in panic today?” Shopkeeper Liu knew Xue Chu, knew that Xue Chu lived in the alley across from Sheng’an Hall, and also knew Xue Chu had a large family to support.
Xue Chu completely ignored Shopkeeper Liu’s threat, pointed coldly at Su Yunjin and said, “This is our Madam Gu, and our madam is here today to ask you sothing, you’d better speak honestly, otherwise, don’t bla my fists for being impolite.” Xue Chu swung his fist, scaring Shopkeeper Liu into another shiver.
“Madam, please go ahead and ask!” Xue Chu retreated behind Su Yunjin.
Su Yunjin stepped forward to Shopkeeper Liu again and asked, “Shopkeeper Liu, do you really not recognize this secret redy in my hand?” Shopkeeper Liu was about to say he didn’t know, but saw Xue Chu glaring at him threateningly beside Su Yunjin, quickly shifting his gaze away from Xue Chu, and continued to deny, “I don’t recognize it, I don’t recognize it, I’ve already said I don’t know, aiyo—.” Xue Chu kicked Shopkeeper Liu, making him scream out in pain.
“Shopkeeper Liu, I advise you to honestly confess, if you hide even a single detail, be careful it won’t be just your own head on the line, you might even implicate your son.” Xue Chu sternly threatened Shopkeeper Liu, who, after all, had been in business for more than twenty years and wasn’t easily fooled, “You Xue, what nonsense are you spouting? What have I done to deserve to get my head chopped off? And even implicate my son?”
This ti it was Su Yunjin who spoke, “Shopkeeper Liu, the last ti you provided my mother-in-law with poisonous dicine that could kill, if you don’t explain clearly, you’ll naturally face the heavy punishnt from the County Magistrate!”
“Wha… What? Poisonous dicine that could kill?” Shopkeeper Liu looked at Su Yunjin with an incredulous expression; he truly didn’t know that the dicine he provided to Mrs. An would be lethal poison. That day, three won approached him, gave him a large sum of silver, and told him to mix the pills they brought with Mrs. An’s dicine. Shopkeeper Liu, although greedy, never intended to harm, and without knowing the composition of the pills, he dared not readily agree.
Those three won later assured Shopkeeper Liu that the pills were not any kind of poison, prompting him to agree to help them. The three won asked Shopkeeper Liu to assure that he would not speak of this matter to outsiders, which was why he initially didn’t admit it when Su Yunjin questioned him.
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