Bloody Kyoto

Zhao Rongyuan: "Where is your ancestral home? What is your name? Where do you live now? How many people are in your family?"

Li Nanle: "My name is Li San Niang, and my ancestral home is Shangyang, Ganzhou. I have a daughter named Li Nanle."

"Due to a family tragedy, the woman came to the capital alone and bought a shop in an alley on West Street. The shop is still under preparation and has not yet opened."

As soon as she finished speaking, the people outside the hall started talking again.

Most of the voices expressed pity for her. They reasoned that if she had a daughter, she must have had a husband. Now that she was alone and there was a misfortune in her family, it was likely that her husband and daughter were gone.

Zhao Rongyuan also thought of it. Regarding why her husband and daughter did not come to the capital, he did not press the matter further, after all, he did not have the habit of reopening old wounds.

All we need to do is check her household registration to find out what happened.

Let's confirm whether she actually bought that shop.

He then asked other questions, "Ms. Li, you said you sold this..."

"Cake," Li Nanle replied.

"So your shop is planning to sell cakes, so you're selling them on the street in advance?"

Li Nanle reacted quickly. She didn't answer, because she remembered that she hadn't been hawking her wares along the way, something that would be easily found out once she went out and checked.

Then the official will know she is lying.

"The shop doesn't sell cakes, but steamed buns, and the cakes aren't sold on the street either. The young woman plans to have the teahouse try them so that we can cooperate."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Rongyuan nodded, finding it reasonable, given that the incident occurred outside the Qingyou Teahouse.

At this point, most of her suspicions were cleared.

Zhao Yuanrong glanced at the woman who was lying on the ground, not daring to lift her head, and then turned to look at the yamen runners outside the crowd.

The bailiff nodded.

Zhao Rongyuan did not continue to question Li Nanle or the woman.

Instead, he teased Xiaodoudou, asking her questions as he did so.

"Little Bean, is the cake delicious?"

"It's delicious, Aunt Gao's cakes are delicious."

"Aunt Gao's basket was covered, how did you know that Gao was in there?"

"Little Bean smelled something fragrant."

"Oh, our little DouDou has such a keen nose." Zhao Rongyuan gently flicked her nose.

"Not only does she have a keen sense of smell, she's also incredibly brave. She can go anywhere by herself just because she smells something, isn't she afraid of being kidnapped?"

Little Bean blinked. "Don't be afraid. Aunt Gao smells so good. Second Uncle said that people with a nice smell are good people."

When Xiaodoudou mentioned her second uncle, Zhao Rongyuan nodded secretly, confirming that what he said was indeed true.

Lu Xue, the second young master of the Lu family, is thirteen years old. In the eyes of others, he is a good-for-nothing playboy.

But only a few people know that he is a person with special abilities, and that these abilities are innate.

However, the fragrance that Xiaodouzi described was not something that ordinary people could smell.

With Xiaodoudou's presence, he completely ruled out the possibility that Li Nanle might be a human trafficker.

"Li San Niang, you may leave now."

Knowing that she was no longer a suspect, Li Nanle stood up and curtsied to Zhao Rongyuan.

"Thank you for your keen observation, sir."

"This is my duty."

Thinking that she might face many inconveniences running a shop alone in the capital, Zhao Rongyuan asked again, "Is there any help you need for opening the shop?"

Li Nanle shook his head, "Reporting to my lord, everything is almost done, and we can probably open for business the day after tomorrow."

Zhao Rongyuan nodded.

Li Nanle glanced at Xiaodoudou, then secretly took some cakes from her spatial storage and put them into the basket.

She handed the basket to a bailiff standing nearby, saying, "Little Bean loves this cake, so save these for her."

The constable glanced at Zhao Rongyuan, who nodded, and then the constable took the item.

Little Bean watched Li Nanle leave with bated breath, her eyes unknowingly filling with tears.

"Gao Gao..."

Zhao Rongyuan quickly comforted her, "Little Doudou, don't cry. Tomorrow, your grandpa or your second uncle will take you to see Aunt Gaogao."

Although the details of Xiaodoudou's situation are still unclear, Li Sanniang's actions were all aimed at saving Xiaodoudou.

Knowing my old friend's nature, he will definitely express his gratitude in some way and will visit tomorrow to thank him.

Little Bean stopped crying instantly, "Really?"

"Really!" Zhao Rongyuan said as he saw a dignified and handsome middle-aged man walk into the hall.

When the middle-aged man saw Xiaodoudou, his serious face instantly turned into a smile. He strode over, took her from Zhao Rongyuan, and examined her carefully.

After checking and finding nothing wrong, they visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

"grandfather."

The person who arrived was Lu Zheng, the head of the Lu family. When Xiao Doudou saw him, she grinned.

Lu Zheng hummed in agreement, then looked at Zhao Rongyuan, who gave the clerk a wink.

The advisor immediately stepped forward and recounted what had happened.

When Lu Zheng heard that his eldest daughter-in-law had sent Xiao Doudou to her parents' home, his face immediately darkened.

*

Not far from the yamen, Li Nanle was stopped by a well-dressed man.

"busy?"

The man smiled and introduced himself, "I am Liu, the manager of Qingyou Restaurant. I stopped Madam Li to discuss the cake."

Upon hearing this, Li Nanle realized he was in trouble. What he had said in the yamen was just a temporary excuse.

Actually, she didn't want to do business with the teahouse at all, because it would increase her workload.

I don't want to, and I'm unwilling to!

But they had to cover up the lie, otherwise people would have all sorts of suspicions.

"Manager Liu, there's really no need to discuss this. You just need to agree to my cooperation method."

Liu An's expression turned somewhat unpleasant; he understood what she meant.

We'll proceed according to her terms of cooperation. If she agrees, we'll cooperate; if she doesn't, there's no need to talk, much less cooperate.

He suppressed his anger, smiled, and gestured for her to come forward, "Madam Li, why don't we go to the teahouse and talk things over?"

Li Nanle didn't move, and calmly explained his cooperation method: "I won't sell the cake recipe, and I will make the cakes by myself every day. I will supply your teahouse with one hundred cakes every day, and each cake will cost fifty coins."

Liu An put his hand down. "Madam Li, do you know how many people come to our teahouse every day? One hundred yuan isn't enough."

"let it go."

"Madam Li, don't rush off. Listen to my proposal for cooperation."

Liu An blocked her way. "I'll offer you one hundred taels for your prescription. What do you think?"

"Not good at all!" Li Nanle looked at him coldly. "Is Manager Liu hard of hearing? I just said I wouldn't sell the goods."

Liu An's expression instantly turned sinister. He stared at Li Nanle and said, word by word, "Don't be stubborn. Even if you die here right now, no one will care."