The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Chapter 476 Aunt Zhao

Xue Shao discovered this, so when Wang Zhen was released from prison, he tried his best to lure the emperor out of the palace.

He took him to the cloth shop.

The little emperor felt relaxed as long as he left the palace. He walked in front with Xue Shao, waving a fan, and was curious about everything in the cloth shop.

When you see people dyeing cloth, you should stop and watch. When you see people weaving or spinning, you should also stop and watch.

The shopkeeper accompanied them throughout the whole process and enthusiastically and in detail introduced the advantages of their shop to them. "The price is cheap, the fabrics are exquisite, and we have spinning, weaving, dyeing, embroidery, and ready-made clothes. We have everything you want."

Zhu Qizhen nodded perfunctorily, opened his fan to cover half of his face, approached Xue Shao and asked in a low voice: "We are not doing business, what are we doing here?"

Xue Shao whispered, "Don't you want to know the public opinion on the reversal of the husband's murder case?"

Emperor: "Shouldn't we go to a teahouse or a restaurant?"

Xue Shao shook his head: "For ordinary people, this case is just another topic of conversation after dinner. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, as long as another case or anecdote comes out, this topic of conversation will be forgotten.

It will have a profound impact on the parties involved, their families, and the people around them.”

The emperor frowned and asked, "Who is in this cloth shop?"

Xue Shao: "What a coincidence, the families of the two cases are working in this cloth shop."

The emperor subconsciously suspected: "How could such a coincidence happen in the world?"

Xue Shao: "Sir, this cloth shop is the largest in the capital. There are nearly a thousand people working for it in the capital alone, starting from planting mulberry trees, raising silkworms and harvesting silk. Because the cloth shop is big enough and employs many people, they don't delve too much into the details of the lowest-level workers.

If it were another small workshop, they would have to check the other person's three generations of ancestors before hiring a worker. "

Xue Shao whispered, "They have a mother who killed her husband, so they can't find a job."

He paused and said, "Here, they also suffer more grievances than others and get paid less."

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said nothing.

The shopkeeper stood aside and waited. When he saw that they had finished their whisper, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Dear guests, what would you like to see next?"

Xue Shao said: "Let's start with textiles."

The shopkeeper agreed with a smile and took them to the workers to weave.

As soon as he entered the room, Zhu Qizhen noticed something different without Xue Shao pointing it out, because he saw a woman with half-white hair squeezed into a corner, and the yarn piled around her was the messiest.

Zhu Qizhen frowned slightly, pointed at the man and asked, "What's going on?"

The shopkeeper saw this and his eyes flashed with displeasure. He immediately bowed and apologized: "Please forgive me, dear guest. That female worker was disobedient and she has been fired from our cloth shop. It's just that it's not the end of the month yet and it's difficult to settle her wages. We are kind-hearted and have kept her for a while. I didn't expect that she didn't learn her lesson and her work is a bit rough. I will kick her out soon."

Zhu Qizhen walked up to her and looked carefully at the fabric she was weaving. "But I think she's weaving it pretty well."

The shopkeeper took a closer look and found that it really worked. He was speechless for a moment.

Zhu Qizhen frowned, "From what I see, it seems that the other workers in this cloth shop are ostracizing her. Are they jealous of the good cloth she weaves? If so, how can the cloth woven by others be good?" The worker who was pushing and pulling the loom nearby was unhappy when he heard this, and put down the spindle with a snap, "This young man's words are so baseless. What do you mean that if we exclude her, the cloth we weave is not good? Whether our weaving is good or not, can't we tell by looking at our cloth?"

She picked up the cloth she had woven and slapped it over, then asked Zhu Qizhen, "Sir, look, how is my cloth worse than hers?"

Seeing her rudeness, the shopkeeper waved his hand and said, "Go away, this is a distinguished guest, why are you making a fuss?"

"Boss, I'm not making a fuss. You said I can do everything else except my cooking skills!" She pointed at the woman with half-white hair and said, "We usually take good care of her because she is old. We told her all the bad things about everyone in this room, and she lied to us from beginning to end."

The woman's mouth moved as she murmured, "I, I didn't lie to you..."

"How can I not lie? Your husband's surname is Qiu, but you never mentioned it. You only asked us to call you Aunt Zhao. You and your daughter-in-law Yang worked in the cloth shop. We felt sorry for you two widows, and we had to help your daughter-in-law's brothers make a living. We usually helped you with a lot of things. But in the end, your son is a poisonous person who colluded with his mother-in-law and poisoned his father-in-law to death!"

"Your family is so perverted and vicious, how dare we associate with people like you?"

"That's right, that's right. We have been tricked into working for you two in the past two years. I feel so upset just thinking about it."

Aunt Zhao turned pale. Seeing the shopkeeper's unhappy face, she fell to her knees and begged, "Shopkeeper, we didn't mean to deceive you. We are just too ashamed to speak. Besides, my son is innocent..."

She kowtowed and begged, "Boss, please don't chase me and my daughter-in-law away. We rely on this little salary to make a living. We are willing to take less salary, two-thirds is fine, or even half is fine."

She cried, "My son is really not the murderer, and my in-laws are also wronged. They are not bad people, and our family is not bad people either..."

Aunt Zhao kowtowed repeatedly, facing the direction of Zhu Qizhen. After more than ten times, her forehead turned red and blood oozed out.

Zhu Qizhen faced the pain and sorrow on her face and was so shocked that he took three steps back.

The shopkeeper thought he was frightened by Aunt Zhao, and became even more angry, shouting: "What are you shouting about? The boss is kind enough to keep you here, but you come to scare the guests of the cloth shop. We can't keep you here. Come on, come on, kick her out!"

Someone came in immediately and dragged Aunt Zhao away.

The shopkeeper still felt that this was not enough, so he ordered, "Find those people in the cloth shop as well, and kick them all out!

"The boss is so tolerant, does he really think that anyone can come into our cloth shop? Look at what he has done to our cloth shop in the past few days, it's so messy!"

The guards agreed, leaving two behind to drag Aunt Zhao away, while the others went to look for other relevant people.

Zhu Qizhen's face darkened, and he quickly stopped him: "Wait, they... you are a cloth shop, as long as they have good skills and don't cheat in the cloth shop, why do you want to drive them away because of their family members?"

The shopkeeper said, "Sir, their family members are involved in a criminal case. How many good people can there be in their family who can raise a son like that? The court always punishes people for their crimes. It is only natural that I will not indict them."

Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth but couldn't say anything for a long time.

The shopkeeper thought he had spoken to his heart and continued, "Besides, they are also affecting other workers here. Ever since they found out that her son was Qiu Yong, who colluded with his mother-in-law to kill his father-in-law, there has been no peace in this cloth shop."

He sighed and said, "We don't know what evil has happened to our cloth shop. There have been two murder cases in the capital. Hey, the families of the two murder cases are all working in our cloth shop. The workers have been in a panic these days."

Zhu Qizhen: "...Who else is here?"

(End of this chapter)