Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

Upon hearing this, the customers in the store were surprised and sympathetic, and started asking him questions one after another.

"There is such a thing?"

"In business, harmony is the most important thing. How could he abuse and oppress you like this?"

"I think this is lawless. Tell us where it is and we'll go check it out for you and we can all judge for ourselves!"

……

There were still quite a few righteous people in the inn, many of them expressed their support, and many people agreed. Anyway, no matter whether they could help or not, it was good to go and see the excitement.

Zhao Gui was deeply moved and bowed repeatedly to express his gratitude.

Everyone was talking to each other, and some kindhearted people brought food to Zhao Gui, saying, "You finally managed to escape, don't worry, eat your fill, and then take us to reason with that guy!"

Listening to these words, Shen Nankui already had a bad guess in his mind.

She looked up at Cai Ling, who also had a serious expression on his face.

Seeing her looking at him, Cai Ling said slowly: "...In order to facilitate you to handle the workshop matters, I specially found an inn nearby yesterday, which is here."

Shen Nankui asked: "Is the workshop nearby?"

"It's next door."

Shen Nankui sighed silently. Then there was no chance of running away. The workshop that Zhao Gui mentioned should be the one under his name.

After all, what he had just said matched Tao Ru's experience one by one.

It's really no coincidence.

Shen Nankui stood up and asked, "Zhao Gui, is the new owner of your workshop called Tao Xin?"

Zhao Gui nodded quickly, "Exactly, exactly, you know him?"

Most of the people who come to stay in this inn are from other places and have never heard of this name. However, the waiter has lived in Yunxi Ancient Town for a long time and is not unfamiliar with it.

"Your surname is Tao? The Tao family's workshop? Isn't it next door?"

He was shocked. "I heard that the ugly girl from the Tao family killed someone, so she gave the workshop to Tao Xin as compensation. If that's the case, why did he treat you like this? Isn't that the truth?"

Zhao Gui made a bitter face, "How should I know?"

"I am just a laborer. I only know that the workshop makes rouge for a living, and the rouge formula has always been known only to the original owner and a few managers. Tao Xin got the workshop but couldn't get the formula, so he made fun of us. It's really hateful!"

Everyone showed sympathy after hearing this.

Someone said, "You are so unlucky to follow such an unreliable boss. If this woman hadn't killed someone, how could these things have happened?"

Shen Nankui immediately corrected him, "Miss Tao didn't kill anyone. This was all a conspiracy by Tao Xin."

Someone asked her, "Who are you? You don't look like a local, so how do you know these things?"

Shen Nankui ignored him and just looked at Zhao Gui.

"Uncle Zhao, I'll take care of this matter. Please lead the way."

Zhao Gui was a little hesitant when he saw that she was a woman. After all, Tao Xin was not someone who could be easily dealt with...

But when he looked closely, he saw that the woman had an extraordinary demeanor, and the man sitting at the same table with her did not look like an ordinary person either. These two men might be of prominent backgrounds. If they went there, they would surely be able to scare Tao Xin, and then everyone would be saved.

He grabbed two more buns and stuffed them into his sleeves, then calmed himself down and said, "Follow me!"

Shen Nankui and Cai Ling followed closely behind and were the first to leave the inn.

Everyone looked at each other, paid their bills, and went over to watch the fun.

……

at the same time.

In the workshop next door.

Tao Xin grabbed a man's head and pressed it hard into a large vat full of water in front of him. He let go after a while. The man quickly raised his head and gasped for breath.

"Manager Wang, you still won't tell me the formula?"

"The formula... only Miss Tao knows..."

"Humph, you are just being stubborn!"

Tao Xin's face darkened and he pushed Manager Wang's head into the water again.

Manager Wang struggled desperately, but his hands and feet were tied with ropes, so how could he resist Tao Xin?

The middle-aged woman who was also tied up saw this and shouted angrily, "Tao Xin, you will be punished for treating us like this!"

Tao Xin smiled contemptuously, "Don't worry, Manager Wu, it will be your turn soon. Tell her to be quiet first."

As soon as he finished speaking, two burly servants came forward and started punching and kicking the female steward again.

Tao Xin gradually showed some impatience, "You are so stubborn. Even when I gave you a raise, you refused to tell me the formula. What kind of magic potion did Tao Ru give you to make you so devoted?"

Manager Wang took a breath and said in despair, "…It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's that we really don't know. Only Miss Tao knows the complete formula of Chixia Rouge. The rest of us only know part of the formula, and…"

"What's more?" Tao Xin asked.

Manager Wang smiled bitterly and said, "Before we became managers, we signed a contract with the boss. If we leak the formula, we will lose all our property. How dare we say it?"

"So that's it!"

Tao Xin's eyes flashed and he suddenly laughed.

"Why don't you tell me earlier? I have all the documents in my hands. As long as you tell me the formula, I will immediately throw it into the fire and burn it. How about that?"

Steward Wang hesitated and asked, "Are you serious?"

"Of course it's true. Tao Ru committed a capital crime. It's only right that I inherit this workshop. I can make the decision on a few documents, but -"

Tao Xin changed the subject, "If you don't accept my toast, I won't hold back. You all know that I like to gamble, but you don't know that I have learned a lot of ways to torture people from the workshop. Manager Wang, it must be uncomfortable to choke on water, do you still want to try it?"

Hearing this, Manager Wang shrank back a bit, then seemed to have made up his mind.

"I said...but you have to promise me to return the deed to me!"

Tao Xin showed a satisfied smile on his face.

But Manager Wu, who was beaten, shouted, "Brother Wang, we can't tell! The boss and Miss Tao have treated us well, how can we betray them?"

"Besides, if he really had the deed, why didn't he take it out earlier? He is trying to trick you, don't be fooled!"

As managers of the workshop, they naturally knew that Tao Ru was not the real owner of the workshop. They had signed the contract with Gu Qingrong.

Of course, the methods of managing the formula and signing the contract were all ideas proposed by Shen Nankui.

"You bitch! You're still not obedient after being beaten?"

A hint of anger flashed across Tao Xin's eyes. He threw Manager Wang aside and grabbed Manager Wu and pushed her into the water.

"You damned bitch, you have no right to speak here! You two must hand over the recipes in your hands to me word for word, otherwise, you will never be able to leave this door!"