I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

"Is this new?"

Zhu Shi is slender and petite, and she has the strongest temper among the three.

She ran to Cui Tao and saw that the porcelain vase in Cui Tao's hand was not only brightly glazed, but also painted with gold. She estimated that the price of this one vase was nearly two thousand Wen.What is contained in such a precious bottle must be a rarity.

The hair conditioner and flower soap from Cui Qiniang's shop are very useful, so she is even more curious about what Cui Tao claims is 'fairy water'.

"If there's nothing new, I'm afraid the shop won't be able to continue. Of course, the most important thing is to meet your needs and compensate you."

The three of them laughed with satisfaction, and Mrs. Zhu hurriedly asked Cui Tao what the effect of the fairy water was.

"Purifying the skin, making the stained skin white, tender, hydrated, and broken by blowing a bomb." Cui Tao explained with a smile while holding the porcelain bottle carefully.

"Then why would such an ugly person like you sell such good things?" Mrs. Zhu was suddenly puzzled.

Cui Tao stretched her neck so that they could see her face, "Can't you see the freckles?"

"So there are freckles?" The three asked suspiciously.

"Yes, but now it's gone." Cui Tao said, "This really useful thing is not afraid of being sold by ugly people like me. Beauty is already very beautiful, so what's the use of using it? Ugly people can use it even if it's useful, everyone Wouldn't it be better to use it?"

The three felt that what Cui Tao said made sense, and they happily agreed.

"How much is it? Let me try it!" Mrs. Zhu spoke first, and the other two also paid for a copy.

Cui Tao stopped immediately, "This fairy water cannot be sold to the three ladies."

Mrs. Zhu immediately lowered her face, "What do you mean by that? Do you think we are causing trouble? Don't forget, it's the things in your shop that caused us to have itchy skin or rashes on our bodies. We didn't even get a penny of compensation. I want yours!"

"We want to pay, but ladies don't want it." Cui Tao answered helplessly.

"That's because we understand that it's not easy for you to do business. We also know that the shop is really a good thing, but it's just not suitable for us. This woman, who doesn't love beauty? We are not short of money, I just want to find a place for us A good thing that becomes beautiful." Zhu said unhappily, "If you want to treat guests like this, don't blame us for being rude, let everyone judge."

After saying that, Mrs. Zhu took the two followers with her, and pretended to go to the street to call people.

"The three ladies misunderstood. What I mean is that no one can sell this item to the three ladies. Isn't this ruining our shop?" Seeing that the three were still looking at her angrily, Cui Tao laughed, "You can't take money, give it away for nothing!"

Only then did the three of them realize that they had misunderstood, and they suddenly felt embarrassed.

Afterwards, Zhu Shi and the others confirmed again and again that they asked Cui Tao that it was really a free gift, and they became even more happy.

"Don't worry, I will never accept money from you! However, this fairy water is the first birth, and there are counts for each bottle. You have to sign the paperwork before you can take it away. Otherwise, you will have nothing to say, and I can't give it to our shopkeeper. If I confess, I’m afraid that the shopkeeper will think that I used it secretly.”

After Cui Tao finished speaking, she asked Zhu and the others if they usually wash their faces with warm water.

"It's so cold, who would wash their face with cold water. Why, before using this fairy water, you have to wash your face with warm water? It's also used in summer?" Zhu asked the reason carefully.

Cui Tao smiled and nodded, "Washing your face with warm water will absorb it better."

Mrs. Zhu asked Cui Tao again, where is the essence of this fairy water.

Cui Tao pretended to look around mysteriously, and whispered to Zhu Shi: "The shopkeeper will not allow me to reveal the formula."

Mrs. Zhu froze for a moment, then nodded, indicating that she would not ask any more questions.

The three of them signed the contract afterwards, and there was nothing special written in the contract, it just stated that they were free of charge of white-collar fairy water.

"This fairy water is extremely mild, colorless and odorless. You may not see the effect in the first few days of use, but it will definitely work after a long time." Before handing over the porcelain bottle to them, Cui Tao repeatedly asked them to just dip in the water every day. Take a little and lightly press it on the face.

After the three of them took the porcelain vase, they said a few words of thanks and went their separate ways.

Seeing Mrs. Zhu walking towards the west of the street, Cui Tao quickly closed the shop, put on a blue quilt and a hat, detoured from the back door to the end of the street on the west side of Luxi and waited.After a while, I saw Mrs. Zhu coming over.

Cui Tao followed Zhu's all the way to the back door of a shop in the west of the city. Before entering the door, Zhu looked around cautiously, looking like a thief.But this just showed Cui Tao a result, that is this place.

Cui Tao walked around to the front of the shop and found that it was called Huaniang Rouge Shop.

Cui Tao asked for a room in a nearby inn, washed off the ugly makeup on her face, painted thick eyebrows and big eyes, and put a veil on her face.

When she arrived at Huaniang's rouge shop, there was a waiter to receive her.Cui Tao opened her mouth to ask for the best rouge and gouache, but she felt that she didn't know what to ask, so she alerted the shopkeeper Jin to come and entertain her in person.

The gold shopkeeper is in his thirties, with apricot eyes and peach cheeks, radiant and well-dressed.She speaks sharply and treats customers with great enthusiasm. You can tell that she is a beautiful and powerful lady boss.

After Cui Tao paid, she counted the things she bought, and sighed: "Almost everything is complete, now I just need to go to Cui Qiniang's shop to buy hair lotion and floral soap."

"Guest officer, wait, guest officer, haven't you heard about that shop yet?" Shopkeeper Jin hurriedly called to Cui Tao.

The next thing is the old drama, one pretends not to know, and the other exaggerates the story to solicit customers.

"Is that so, someone actually used his hair conditioner to show itching and hair loss, and made the whole body red and swollen after using the flower soap? Oh my god, then I dare not buy her products."

"If my wife wants to buy hair lotion and flower soap, we actually have them here, and I promise that nothing will happen to that family." Jin smiled and showed Cui Tao what she made, asking her to try it.

After Cui Tao brought the things back to the house, Wang Siniang and Ping'er identified them together.

The hair lotion smells more fragrant than theirs, and it feels almost the same as what they make.The same is true for floral soaps, but subdivided into more flavors such as peony, orchid, and clove.

"Shameless! This is obviously stealing from us!" Wang Siniang gritted her teeth in anger.

Cui Tao pondered for a moment, then asked Wang Siniang and Ping'er: "When you encountered this situation at the beginning, when you met the officials, in order to prove that the hair conditioner and floral soap are non-toxic, did you disclose the formula to the drug test doctor?"

"I didn't disclose the dosage of the formula, but I just mentioned what was used in it—" Ping'er said this, realized something, and immediately covered her mouth with her hands.

Wang Siniang became even more angry, "It turns out that this is a trap! It turns out that they have figured out a way to trap us and bring us down!"

"I'm so mad, where's my knife!" Ping'er, who was always gentle, couldn't help it, and was so angry that she wanted to kill someone.

"I'll go too!" Wang Siniang immediately went to get the knife, threw Ping'er's knife to her, then held up her own knife, and rushed to the door together with Ping'er.

Cui Tao didn't raise her eyes, she just poured a cup of tea for her thirsty self.When the two walked to the door, they realized that something was wrong, so they hurried back and asked Cui Tao if he had already figured out how to deal with it.

"With such a big backer in Kaifeng Mansion, you have to put yourself in. How smart do you think you are?"

"Yes, we are smart." Wang Siniang agreed.

Ping'er pushed Wang Siniang, and immediately corrected her: "We are stupid again."

"That's right, that's stupid." Wang Siniang hurriedly corrected her.

Cui Tao originally thought that there would be no news until tomorrow at the earliest, but she didn't expect the other party to be so impatient.

After lunch, Zhu went to the shop. Her face was flushed with red bumps.She claimed that her face became like this after using the fairy water given by the shop.

Wang Siniang and Ping'er repeatedly insisted that it was definitely not a problem with the fairy water.

"I gave you a chance with good intentions, but you are deceiving people too much! Come and take a look, everyone, the store is deceiving customers. I clearly bought things at their house, and after using them, I have such a face, and they still don't recognize it! "Zhu ran to the door of the store, shouted at the people on the street, then sat down on the ground, patted her thigh and started crying.

The passers-by didn't know, so they surrounded him after seeing the situation.After a while, two other middle-aged women also came. Their faces were similar to Zhu's, with red and swollen faces.

"I think the three of you are here to make trouble together! It's likely that some shop is envious of our business, and ordered you to make trouble!" Ping'er pinched her waist and scolded.

The three of the Zhu family felt a little guilty when they heard the words, but they didn't admit it, calling Ping'er, Wang Siniang and the others to bully them.

"I'll give you one last chance now, get out of here, or you'll be reported to the police, and you won't get any good results!" Wang Siniang roared, shaking the whole street.

"I'm afraid you won't succeed? It's not that we haven't met the officials! We are still looking for officials to judge, and there is no such thing as your shop that deceives customers! How many times has this happened? We understand you, and we don't even ask for compensation. Come and ruin our faces!"

"No, my man was so scared that he almost called for divorce!" Cheng's face was the most swollen, and when he opened his mouth to speak, he felt his tense face was about to split open.

Some of the surrounding audience supported the shop, thinking that these three people were causing trouble.Some supported the three of the Zhu family, thinking that if there was a problem with the things they used in the shop, the shop should be responsible.In short, both parties are suspicious, so it is better to go to the government to find out.

So under the crowd watching, Wang Siniang, Ping'er and Zhu Shi went to Kaifeng Mansion.

Han Zong was still in charge of interrogating this case.

Han Zong felt troubled when he saw them again.From a selfish point of view, he really wanted to favor Wang Siniang and Ping'er.Because of Cui Tao, now that she is gone, Han Zong hopes most that the shop she left behind can continue to operate for a long time.

But in the last trial, after the three of Zhu's used hair lotion and floral soap on the spot, they really developed rashes on their bodies, and it was impossible to judge that they were causing trouble.

"What was used in this fairy water to make the three of them look like this?"

Just as Han Zong finished asking, Cheng suddenly became short of breath and fell to the ground.

Wang Siniang thought Cheng was pretending, so she gave a cold snort with a blank look.

Mrs. Zhu took the opportunity to yell and kowtow to Han Zong repeatedly: "Please judge Wang to make the decision for us, look at Mrs. Cheng, she has passed out!"

Seeing that Cheng's breathing became more and more rapid, Ping'er felt something was wrong, so she hurriedly begged Han Zong to ask the doctor to check it out.

But by the time the government officials arrived, Mrs. Cheng had already passed away.

Everyone in the courtroom was shocked, Zhu Shi and others were completely dumbfounded, and the people watching outside the hall never expected that someone would die, causing an uproar.

In a blink of an eye, a simple dispute case turned into a major case involving human life.

The stunned Mrs. Zhu came back to her senses, pointed at Wang Siniang and Ping'er's noses, and scolded them for being devoid of conscience and killing people.

"What kind of fairy water, it's clearly hell water, it's more poisonous than Crane Crown Red!"

Wang Siniang was so angry that she wanted to beat Zhu Shi, but was stopped by Ping Er who had expected it.

Pinger asked them for the remaining water in the porcelain bottle. After confirming, she accused Zhu and others of spitting blood and plotting to frame them.

"We expected that you were deliberately making trouble and framing us, so this time we only filled the porcelain bottle with water. May I ask that you can wash your face with water every day, but why do you get red, swollen and rash after using our water?"

"You said that water is water?" Zhu's rhetorical question at this time was already somewhat false.

Ping'er immediately invited witnesses, who were the shopkeeper and waiter of the porcelain shop opposite.This exquisite small porcelain bottle was purchased from their shop, and the well water from their shop was also used. They all witnessed it with their own eyes.

"But you say it's fairy water, which will make people's skin clean, white, tender, and moist after a long time. You use water to deceive us, dare not say that it's all fraud!" Zhu shouted angrily.

"If the face is dirty, wash it with water, it will be clean naturally. After soaking in water for a long time, human skin will be white and tender. Everyone needs to drink water every day. Isn't it called fairy water if you don't drink water that will kill you? ?”

Ping'er refuted Zhu's every sentence with reason and evidence.

"Furthermore, if you have established a document, the Immortal Water System will give it away for free. Since there is no charge, how can you cheat?"

Ping'er presented the contract signed by Zhu Shi and others before, leaving no loopholes for the other party.

Pinger then reported to Han Zong that they followed Zhu to Huaniang Rouge Shop, which sold hair lotion and flower soap similar to their shop.They had reason to suspect that Mrs. Zhu was employed by Huaniang Rouge Shop to deal with them.

"Quickly recruit from the ground!"

Han Zong suddenly patted the gavel tree. The other middle-aged woman who came with Mrs. Zhu thought that Mrs. Cheng's sudden death was frightening, but now she heard that the whole story had been found out, and kowtowed in fright Please forgive me and tell the truth.

"The folk women are just ordinary women in the market. Because when they apply gouache, their skin becomes red, itchy and has rashes. They were invited by the gold shopkeeper of Huaniang Rouge Shop. The gold shopkeeper hired us to deal with Cui Qiniang's shop with a lot of money..."

At first, Mrs. Zhu wanted to keep going, but she tried to quibble again, but now she was completely dumbfounded, sat on the ground, and then honestly explained everything that happened under the pressure of the yamen servant.

It turned out that Mrs. Zhu was the manager of Huaniang Rouge Shop, and had stayed with the shopkeeper Jin for many years.She has developed rubella when she was exposed to orchid pollen since she was a child, and later found that there are also people who have the same situation as her.

Nowadays, the most popular plum blossom dew sold in Huaniang Rouge Shop is the family recipe that the shopkeeper Jin cheated other people through dirty tricks, and then sold it for a profit.

A few months ago, the treasurer Jin had his eye on Qiniang's hair care lotion and flower soap. He was jealous for a long time and wanted to replace them.However, she was afraid of Cui Qiniang's background related to Kaifeng Mansion, so she never dared to do anything.Now that Cui Qiniang had been dead for a while, she couldn't bear it any longer, and based on Zhu's case of rubella after being exposed to pollen, she figured out this "magical method" to deal with Cui Qiniang's shop.

After confronting Wang Siniang and Pinger for the first time in the government office, they bought the doctor who was in charge of testing the poison, learned the general formula of hair lotion and flower soap, and then hired someone to make it, and then made further improvements to produce the finished product .But if you want to make a big sale, it is best to close down Cui Qiniang's shop, which is why Zhu and others followed up to harass her.

When Mrs. Zhu heard that Cui Tao's shop had released new products, Mrs. Zhu did not change her mind, and wanted to continue to use the old method to deceive the formula, and by the way completely destroy Qiniang's shop, but she did not expect that this time it was the other party who set up a trick to expose their scandal. up.

Next, the Kaifeng government arrested the gold shopkeeper of Huaniang Rouge Shop, and further interrogated the gold shopkeeper and Zhu's charges.

As for Cheng Shi, it was because the impatient shopkeeper Jin smeared too much pollen on her face, which caused her severe allergic reaction. In addition, she failed to receive timely medical treatment, which led to her death.

The crime of shopkeeper Jin will be charged with homicide.

After the public trial of the case, the innocence of Qiniang's shop will be cleared, and the business in the shop will resume as before.

Cui Tao has been hiding at home.The case was so clear that she didn't need to do it herself.

But who knows that two days later, the Kaifeng mansion said that no one's evidence should be missing, and asked Ping'er and Wang Siniang to bring the "waiting hall" to Kaifeng mansion to fully testify.

In desperation, Cui Tao had no choice but to dress up, and specially passed on the shoes with increased inner height, and came here to sign the documents of Kaifeng Mansion.

"Are you the waiter?" Han Zong waited for a long time, and after Cui Tao entered the door, he carefully looked at Cui Tao with suspicious eyes.

It stands to reason that the magistrate of Kaifeng Mansion is very busy and there is no need to stay here. Obviously, Han Zong stayed here specially to wait for her.

Cui Tao silently saluted Han Zong and agreed.

"What's your name, who's your last name, and where do you live?"

When Cui Tao assumed her identity, she prepared her life experience and answered her alias and address.

Han Zong took a look at Cui Tao, and immediately ordered someone to check.

Cui Tao is not afraid either, she said her family is in Qiongzhou, far away, and it will be two months after he finds out.

"You came to Bianjing from such a far place three years ago to resettle, and you will always leave some records." Han Zong seemed to understand Cui Tao's "satisfaction", and suddenly said something.

Indeed, according to the usual practice, Bianjing will register foreign long-term residents.

Cui Tao was indeed a little worried, but she would definitely not admit it until the last moment.

"Then if Judge Han is fine, let's go first?" Ping'er asked with a smile.

"You can go, but she still has to stay and wait for verification."

Ping'er hesitated for a while, then greeted Cui Tao as the boss, and told her to stay in Kaifeng Mansion to be obedient and not to cause trouble for them.

"What's the matter? Because I'm ugly, I'm going to be left alone?"

"Be obedient." Ping'er scolded.

Han Zong in Cui Tao's industry didn't pay attention, silently mouthing Ping'er.Ping'er immediately understood that she was referring to Han Tuiguan, so she hurried away.

Han Zong looked at Cui Tao's figure again, and he always had an indescribable feeling in his heart, but he didn't know what he wanted to check.Wang Siniang and Ping'er's clever tricks against Huaniang's rouge shop made him inexplicably familiar, and he couldn't help but think of Cui Tao.But the person in front of him is different from Cui Tao in terms of appearance, accent and height, but he is still...

Han Zong couldn't help remembering that two days ago, his friends said that he was in a daze, that he was always easily hurt, and he thought of Cui Tao.Could it be this time too?

Half an hour later, the little official who checked the household registration files rushed back and told Han that there was indeed a registration about Liu Erga in the comprehensive book.

"You are a girl, how can you be called this name?"

"My mother said that when I was young, I didn't cry like other children. I quacked like a duck. And because I was the second among my sisters, I got the name Erga. I despise this name. It doesn't sound good, but why? Parents gave it, and you can't change it." Cui Tao answered eloquently.

Han Zong nodded and didn't have anything to ask.

Cui Tao waited for a while, and found that Han Zong had been silent, so she tentatively asked Han Zong if she could leave.

Han Zong nodded and turned to leave first.

Cui Tao ran back home in a hurry, closed the door, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Immediately after, she was embraced by Han Qi from behind.

"Fortunately, there is Rokuro."

Fortunately, Han Qi helped forge the brochure, so there was no danger.

Cui Tao promised Han Qi that she would not go out casually next time.

"It doesn't matter if you reveal your identity," Han Qi said, "We can discuss our marriage in a fair and honest manner."

"I'm afraid that if someone finds out that we're playing him, they will step up their guard and become even crazier. Until the suspicion is completely cleared, it's better for me to hide my identity."

For some reason, Cui Tao has no evidence to prove that Zhao Zongqing has done any evil, but Zhao Zongqing feels very dangerous and scary to her.

It was probably because when she first met Zhao Zongqing, he was a Taoist priest who seemed lazy and ruffian, but later he turned out to be a gentle and gentle son of the emperor, which made her still puzzled.

……

Even in winter, Mo Zhuiyu still wears flowing white clothes.

When he was riding past Huaniang's rouge shop, he saw the government servants of Kaifeng Mansion finish their search and put a seal on the door.

Mo Zhuiyu then reported the situation he inquired to Zhao Zongqing.

"My subordinates don't understand why the young master cares about the matter between Huaniang Rouge's shop and Cui Qiniang's shop? Cui Qiniang is dead, so the young master's eyes are hindered by staying in this shop?"

"Confused! The young master suspects that Cui Qiniang is not dead." Mo Zhuifeng scolded his younger brother and explained, "My people found out that Han Qi ran into a man named Choutong on the way to Quanzhou, and now he is going to send this The ugly boy was brought back to Beijing. When this ugly boy was in Quanzhou, he used silver needles, and he was able to heal and save people. In addition, now that someone has used such a clever method to deal with Huaniang Rouge Shop, it can be seen that this Cui Qiniang is very likely... Although she is dead , the soul is still there."

Mo Zhuiyu was stunned for a moment, shocked for a long time before remembering to apologize to Zhao Zongqing.

"You have always been simple-minded, so it's not surprising that you didn't expect this."

Zhao Zongqing smiled, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly laughed again.

Both Mo Zhuiyu and Mo Zhuifeng fell silent, and the room fell into a terrible silence.

Click!

Zhao Zongqing suddenly shattered the teacup in his hand, and the porcelain piece pierced into the flesh of his palm. Blood snaked down the white porcelain piece and fell to the ground drop by drop.Zhao Zongqing didn't seem to feel the pain at all, and there was still a gentle smile on his face.

"very good."