Why marry someone when you are reborn?

In response to Luo Zhan's question, Xu Yun answered honestly, "A little earlier than you. I just knew about it when you called me to eat cake just now."

Luo Zhan: ...

No one discussed it with him.

No one asked him to eat cake.

Xu Yun tilted his head, took a piece and handed it over: "Try it? The champion cake is delicious."

Luo Zhan was speechless for a moment, but finally took it and broke off half for Luo Yuan.

Both brothers tried it and said it was delicious.

The next day, there were more people carrying baskets selling zhuangyuan cakes on the street.

Most of them are children and women.

Whenever I see someone wearing wide robes with big sleeves, I can't help but go up to them and try to sell them to them.

For a while, Zhuangyuan Cake became very famous.

Xu Yun ordered a basket and asked Gao Yu to help deliver it to Mr. Song to try.

They were also given to Zeng Wuji and Zhao Mu.

Three days after the Zhuangyuan Cake was sold, snack shops on the street also started making and selling Zhuangyuan Cake.

On this day, a fly was found in the Zhuangyuan Cake.

The customer was so angry that he grabbed the child and slapped him twice on the spot. He dragged the child and refused to let him go. He stood on the street and shouted: "This Qingji Zhuangyuan Cake is so dirty! What the hell is it!"

The child covered his face and cried loudly. The cakes were scattered all over the floor, rolling far away and many of them were crushed by the people who gathered around to watch the fun.

There were also old people who bent down, picked up the cake tremblingly, blew away the dust, and quietly put it in their arms.

The child cried even harder and struggled to pick up the cake: "My cake——"

But the customer refused to let go and instead yelled even louder.

The yamen runners patrolling the street discovered this, quickly squeezed in, pulled the man away, and took both of them back to the yamen for punishment.

Xu Yun and the others knew about this, and it was the government office that came to notify the child's family to come over.

There were only a widowed mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and two children in the family. The younger one had just learned to walk, and the one who went out to sell cakes was the older brother, who was only eight years old this year.

At this moment, both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were panicked. The daughter-in-law hurriedly handed the child to her mother-in-law and ran to find Aunt Deng.

When Aunt Deng heard this, she was so angry that she put down the wooden bucket with a thump, took off her apron and threw it down, and was about to reach for her butcher knife: "I want to see who dares to talk nonsense!"

Xie Wanqing quickly held Aunt Deng down and said, "Let's go take a look first!"

She was also a little panicked: "We did it very carefully, this couldn't have happened!"

Xu Yun was reminded by the librarian that there was a quarrel outside, so he went out to see what was going on.

After listening to Hongyu's words, Xu Yun reached out and grabbed Aunt Deng: "Come on, I'll go with you, let's go and get the child back. I think he's scared. Sister Hongyu, you come with me. Mother - just wait at home."

It would be useless even if Xie Wanqing went.

Mainly because she cries too easily.

I'm about to cry now.

Gao Yu did not hesitate at all: "Let's go, I'll go too. I'm watching the cakes being made, how could there be flies?"

The group went to the yamen in a mighty procession.

The situation was better than expected. The child didn't suffer, but both sides of his face were still red and swollen, but he was carefully comforted and didn't cry all the time. But when he saw his mother, the child couldn't help but throw himself into the arms of the daughter-in-law and cry again.

The bailiff bowed and said politely, "Please wait a moment. We need to investigate this matter thoroughly later."

Just as Xu Yun was about to speak, Aunt Deng frowned and stepped forward: "Where is that person?"

The yamen runner said, "He is now vomiting and having diarrhea. We have just asked a doctor to see him."

Aunt Deng sneered at the time: "Oh, you still want to blame us? Then you should ask a doctor to take a look."

Xu Yun pulled Aunt Deng.

After all, the bailiff did nothing wrong, and he didn't take the other party's side, so it would be inappropriate for us to keep talking to him.

Xu Yun thanked her politely, then pulled Aunt Deng aside and whispered, "Auntie, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple."

If it was just a fly and he hit someone impulsively, maybe it was just a problem with the other person's temperament.

But now the other party is vomiting and having diarrhea - isn't this a frame-up?

Xu Yun lowered his voice even more: "We must investigate this matter thoroughly, otherwise, our credibility will be gone. We won't be able to continue doing business."

How could Auntie Deng not see all this? It was because she saw this that she was furious: "Someone wants this little money! And they use such dirty tricks! Aren't you afraid that your baby won't have an anus?"

Xu Yun: …

Gao Yu also wanted to curse.

But she didn't expect Aunt Deng to scold so harshly. She couldn't think of anything harsher to say, so she could only hold it back.

Hongyu was worried: "What if we can't find out clearly?"

Xu Yun was extremely determined: "We must investigate thoroughly."

After comforting the anxious daughter-in-law of the Zhang family and looking at the child's face, Xu Yun felt a little apologetic.

Because she knew clearly in her heart that this matter was probably influenced by her.

Soon, the bailiff came over and asked Xu Yun and the others to come over.

The official who was handling the case was wearing a seventh-rank official uniform and was very polite. "I have basically found out what happened. I called both of you here to ask if we can settle it privately."

The bearded man, with pale lips, leaned weakly on the chair and spoke weakly, "It's not that we can't settle it privately. One thousand dollars, isn't it too much?"

One thousand dollars.

This is not a small number.

Xu Yun did not hesitate: "Not a private matter."

The bearded man was stunned.

After all, this matter... wouldn't it be better if you were willing to settle it privately?

Even the seventh-rank official advised softly, "It's best to settle this matter privately. It's not a good thing to keep making a fuss about it. Besides, you might even end up with a criminal record—"

His tone became a little serious: "The impact is huge. It will even affect future generations taking the imperial examinations."

Xu Yun and the official looked at each other and said, "Then I'm going to report a case. Someone is blackmailing us and framing us at Qingji Pastry."

Aunt Deng was a little panicked at first.

I thought one thousand dollars wasn't too much.

However, when Xu Yun said this, Aunt Deng swallowed her words and made up her mind to listen to Xu Yun.

After all, Xu Yun looked very confident and not panicking at all. One could tell at a glance that he had a plan in mind.

If I don’t listen to her, who should I listen to?

Originally, the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family still looked up to Aunt Deng and regarded her as the backbone. But seeing that Aunt Deng listened to Xu Yun so much, she also looked up to Xu Yun.

Xu Yun continued to speak without changing his expression: "Moreover, according to Chinese law, this person beat the child in the street, which is intentional injury. We will sue him too!"

"If you want to settle it privately, that's fine. Each slap costs a thousand coins!"

Xu Yun's words were completely powerful.

There was silence in the room for a long while.

The official looked at Xu Yun for a long time, revealing a trace of helplessness - since they mentioned the laws of China, it would be difficult to fool him. Threatening was useless.

I thought the case could be solved with just a few words, but now it seems...

The official's expression was somewhat resentful: "Why bother? It's just a small matter——"

"None of them is a small matter." Xu Yun refused to agree with him, and stared at him closely: "Still, the government is not going to do justice for us?"