Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

After listening to Luo Hao's narration, everyone suddenly understood.

"So, whether it's new or aged, the only one that will have problems is the batch from half a month ago?" Karen asked.

"That's right, that's why I said this can't be used as evidence of our shop's innocence." Luo Hao smiled and then looked at Shopkeeper Yao standing beside him. "Shopkeeper Yao, don't you agree?"

Shopkeeper Yao gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, yes, the military advisor is right, but unfortunately, we only have the newly brewed ones in our store now, not the ones from half a month ago. Even if we did have any, they'd already been sold."

"Oh, is that really the case?" Luo Hao smiled lightly.

At this time, there was a noise outside the door, and then Kami came into the store with a dozen people.

"Sir, the man has been caught."

The sergeant behind Kimi was escorting 6 to 8 people dressed the same as the waiters in the store. What was even more eye-catching was the wine jars behind the sergeants, because the name of the hotel was marked on the wine jars.

"Well, well done." Luo Hao smiled and turned to look at Shopkeeper Yao behind him. "Shopkeeper, do you know these people my students brought with them?"

"No... I don't know them. How could I, a liquor store owner, know a few outsiders?" Shopkeeper Yao explained in a panic.

"Outsiders? Please take a good look. They are all wearing the work clothes of your store, and the wine jars are all marked with the name of your store." Luo Hao said with a smile.

"What does that prove? They are just some former employees. Maybe they acted on their own and I was not aware of it." Manager Yao defended.

"Really? But I heard that it was you who asked them to steal the wine secretly to destroy the evidence?" Luo Hao smiled and then looked at the employees.

For a moment, they were completely panicked: "No... That's right, he was the one who asked us to secretly dispose of this batch of wine through the back door, Your Excellency, please understand!"

Kailin walked forward and looked at Manager Yao angrily: "Okay, now we have the evidence and witnesses, how are you going to explain it?"

"Slander, this is pure slander!" Shopkeeper Yao said in a panic. "We're a time-honored brand. How could we possibly be selling fake wine? Your Excellency, these guys must have sold the fake wine behind my back before, and their eyes got lost midway, so they're trying to destroy the evidence. Your Excellency, please investigate!"

"This guy is completely putting the blame on others!" Karen said angrily, her hands on her hips.

"Oh, so this is what the shopkeeper thinks?" Luo Hao said with a slight smile.

"That's right, that must be the case. These guys are usually dishonest, and since we had some conflicts at work before, they wanted to take this opportunity to frame me!"

Luo Hao sneered, "They're incredibly powerful. Not only did they steal the key to the back door without telling you, but they were also able to carry more than a dozen jars of 'vintage wine' through this narrow corridor without making any noise. This is truly unbelievable."

Hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought, including Shopkeeper Yao himself. Luo Hao's words made him realize that even in his defense, his arguments were full of loopholes. He hesitated, unable to find a reason to refute.

"Boss, at this point, you should stop trying to hold on." Luo Hao's eyes grew stern. "Or, even at this point, do you still want to excuse your crimes?"

"You... I don't understand what you are saying. In short, let me reiterate that this matter has nothing to do with me. Lord Military Advisor, please don't listen to the words of a few servants and force false accusations on me!" said Manager Yao.

"A false accusation?" Luo Hao sneered. "Now, despite witnesses and physical evidence, you're still denying it. Do you really have to wait for me to bring the fake liquor dealer here to confront you face to face before you admit it?"

"Fake...fake liquor dealer? What a joke, didn't that guy run away long ago?" Shopkeeper Yao was a little panicked, but pretended to be indifferent.

"Well, it should be so, but..." Luo Hao nodded and clapped his hands. Then Kami brought three wine dealers in strange clothes again. At this moment, Shopkeeper Yao's eyes widened.

"He...they are?"

"Oh, it seems you recognize them."

"No, I don't recognize them. How could I know these fake liquor dealers? I think you must have made a mistake, sir." Manager Yao explained again.

"Is that so? But I didn't say they were the fake liquor dealers I was talking about."

"What..." Shopkeeper Yao was shocked.

Under Luo Hao's command, the military advisor removed the hoods of two of the wine dealers. It turned out that they were also soldiers in disguise, and their purpose was to defraud people.

"Just yesterday, I ran into these three liquor dealers on the road. Two of them resisted arrest and accidentally fell off a cliff. They were dead when we found them. So we had to find someone to disguise themselves as them. And according to this gentleman, half a month ago, it was you, Boss Yao, who heard that the liquor they sold was cheap, so you took the initiative to find them to discuss cooperation. Am I right?" Luo Hao looked at the liquor dealer and asked.

The wine seller nodded quickly and replied, "That's right, that's right. Half a month ago, this shopkeeper came to me and said he wanted to discuss business with me. At that time, I told him that although he only runs a wine cellar, he has several wineries outside and the demand is really insufficient. So he paid me 300 Yan coins as a deposit on the spot, and the money bag he gave me also had their name on it!"

Luo Hao smiled softly, then looked at Shopkeeper Yao and said, "So you should admit it now, right? Or do you still want to deny it?"

Seeing that the situation was not good, one person knelt directly on the ground, but it was not Boss Yao, but the guy next to him.

Pfft!

"Sir, please spare me, sir, please spare me, I confess everything!" At this moment, the young man knelt on the ground, attracting everyone's attention. "Half a month ago, our boss did secretly find someone to order a batch of cheap wine. He and Yang Yang got a great deal at the time. As a result, the next day after the goods arrived, rumors spread throughout the city that fake wine dealers were selling fake wine. At that time, we wanted to throw the fake wine out, but we found that all the wine was wrapped in our own wine barrels. Later we learned that our boss did this intentionally to confuse people. If we threw away the wine, the loss would be too great, so the boss came up with a plan. He mixed the fake wine with the real wine and sold it slowly, thinking that this way he could make money without being discovered."

When Shopkeeper Yao heard the waiter say this, his face turned pale. He glared at the waiter fiercely and roared, "How dare you, a traitor, talk nonsense!"

The clerk shrank back in fear, but still mustered up the courage to say, "Boss, now that things have come to this, there's no point in hiding it any longer. The military advisor already has so much evidence, we can't escape."