Shengjing Noble

Chapter 356 Shouting

Liang Youdao frowned and squinted at Song Rui, and said in a cold voice: "The law of the Great Sheng Dynasty stipulates that you cannot beat your wife. Even if she is a slave, you cannot abuse her at will. Do you know your crime?"

Song Rui looked aggrieved: "Captain Liang, I am innocent! I just tried to scare her and didn't do anything..."

"Wenli's body is covered with wounds. I saw it with my own eyes!" Su Lanyin interrupted him.

"You..." Song Rui's eyes widened in frustration, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't have any evidence!"

"Since you said I was talking nonsense, then why did you say Wenli disappeared? Could it be that she was beaten to death by you, and then you destroyed her body to avoid being exposed, and then you came to blackmail me, just to pin the crime on me?"

"You're talking nonsense! Captain Liang, don't listen to her nonsense. This is simply slander!"

"Alright!" Liang Youdao shouted, "Whether it's nonsense or not, we'll know once we investigate thoroughly."

"How to investigate?" Su Lanyin looked curious.

"To be honest, a citizen reported this morning that two bodies were found outside the city. Although their faces were unrecognizable, we can tell from their body shapes that they are probably a man and a woman."

"A man and a woman? Could it be Wenli and that adulterer Liu Cheng?" Song Rui suddenly became alert.

"It's possible. Come with me to the government office to identify it first."

"it is good!"

Liang Youdao turned and walked out, with Song Rui following closely behind him.

Seeing this, Su Lanyin thought this was a great opportunity to watch the fun, so she took Cuizhu with her.

A group of people came to the yamen to identify the body.

I heard that someone fished them out of the river. Their appearance could no longer be identified because they had been soaked for so long, but from their clothes it could be determined that they were Wenli and Liu Cheng.

Song Rui was stunned. He didn't expect this to happen. He thought Wenli was hidden by Su Lanyin.

"Are you sure this is the person you are looking for?" Liang Youdao confirmed again.

"Yes..." Song Rui nodded woodenly.

"The initial judgment is that it should be a suicide for love."

"This bitch..."

Song Rui clenched his fists, looking humiliated, and Su Lanyin felt refreshed when she saw it.

In her previous life, she supported him wholeheartedly, but what did she get in return?

Betrayed her, chopped off her legs, and even let the beggars torture her.

In this life, she will repay them one by one.

Thinking of this, the sneer on Su Lanyin's lips quickly fell, and was replaced by a sad look.

"Song Rui, you really have such a hateful heart. Wenli grew up with me after all. She would rather betray me and become your concubine, but you forced her to death!"

"I don't!"

Song Rui panicked, turned around and glared at Su Lanyin and yelled, "Don't slander me. When did I force her? It was clearly her who cheated on me and shamelessly committed suicide with her adulterer!"

"Have you ever thought about it? Why would she rather die than come back to you? If there was a way to survive, would she commit suicide? It's because you abused her!"

"What's wrong with me beating her? It's my fault that this bitch cheated on me! Besides, she was not clean when she was with me, so she deserves it if I beat her!"

Song Rui was so angry that he admitted it directly. When Liang Youdao heard it, he immediately pushed him aside.

"It seems that the deaths of these two people are closely related to you. Come, take them away!"

"I didn't! I just hit her a few times. What does her suicide have to do with me? Let me go. Do you bastards know who I am? I am the prince's man. Let me go..."

Song Rui was so angry that he shouted loudly, but unfortunately, no one in the cell paid any attention to him.

The jailers kicked him into the cell with expressionless faces and locked him up.

Su Lanyin smiled with satisfaction, walked to a place where no one was around, and handed the banknote to Liang Youdao.

"Thank you, Uncle Liang."

"No need."

Liang Youdao rejected the banknote and said coldly, "He made a mistake, I will punish him according to the law, so you don't have to give me this money."

"Please accept it. Consider this money as a token of my appreciation. I heard that the government is in a tight spot lately and can't even pay out monthly salaries."

"Alas, I don't know what happened, but the treasury is suddenly empty. It seems that things are really going to change."

Su Lanyin thought of something, but she couldn't say anything, so she could only smile and say, "It's just a transition, it should be over soon. I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now."

After saying that, he left the yamen and headed straight for Zuixianlou.

Su Shengming has been away these days and Lu Wanjun has been busy taking care of Su Shengyan, so the Zuixianlou has always been managed by the shopkeeper.

Su Lanyin felt better today, so she thought about going over to see him in person.

It was noon, and the place should have been crowded with people as usual, but today it was unusually deserted.

When Su Lanyin entered, there were only two tables of guests sitting in the hall, all of whom were individual customers of two or three people. The elegant room upstairs was completely empty.

"what happened?"

This had never happened before, so she immediately went to the counter to inquire.

When Shopkeeper Qian saw her coming, he immediately came out with the account book and reported respectfully: "Miss, you are finally here. Our business has been bad in the past half month. If it continues like this, I am afraid we will have to close down."

"what's the situation?"

"Would you like to take a look at the account book first?"

Shopkeeper Qian handed it over with both hands. Su Lanyin took it and flipped through it, reading it quickly. The more she read, the more she frowned.

"Why is the turnover so low? The sales in half a month are not as good as what we made the day before?"

"A new Chunfenglou restaurant has just opened not far ahead. It has luxurious decoration, novel dishes, and many exotic beauties singing and dancing, which has attracted all our regular customers."

"It shouldn't be so quiet then."

"I went out to ask around, and found out that business in Shengjing has been bad recently. It may be related to taxes."

Su Lanyin knew about this. Natural disasters have occurred frequently recently and there have been wars on the border. The court needs disaster relief silver and even more military pay, so additional taxes were imposed this year.

However, Zuixianlou usually receives high-ranking officials and royal relatives, so they should not be affected.

How come there was no business all of a sudden?

"Alas, we are about to pay the monthly salary, but there is not much money in the account..." Shopkeeper Qian looked embarrassed.

Su Lanyin knew that the worse the business was, she couldn't let her employees down.

So he said, "Let's go to the Lu family this afternoon to get the banknotes. Even if we lose money, we won't let everyone starve."

Hearing her say this, Shopkeeper Qian was deeply moved: "Miss, you are just like Mr. Lu, you are willing to consider us little people. Don't worry, we will definitely be loyal to Zuixianlou."

"You don't have to say those nice words to me. The most important thing is to get things done. The fewer customers there are, the more we have to cheer up. We must not let people see that we are perfunctory. Do you understand?"

"Yes, I understand."

"Regarding the matter of all the guests running to Chunfeng Tower, I will investigate it thoroughly, don't worry."

"With the girl here, I feel totally relieved."