This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 232 Revenge
midnight.

A black cat quietly left the Bai Mansion, holding a paper bag in its mouth.

Walk carefully along the way.

Soon, we arrived at Lai’s Winery on Qilin Street.

It went around the alley to the back of the winery, then jumped onto a big tree and observed the situation in the yard.

There was a dim light in the room, and the sounds of drinking and playing finger-guessing games could be heard.

Down the corridor, a big black dog was lying there, dozing off.

The black cat observed carefully for a while, and suddenly a shadow flew out of its body, then held up the paper bag and floated silently into the courtyard wall.

The paper bag landed in the garbage pile in the corner of the backyard.

The phantom gently opened the paper bag, wrapped a pinch of white powder and a silver needle with his divine consciousness, and then took advantage of the dark night to fly to the wine warehouse in the middle of the yard and quietly passed through the crack in the door.

The room was filled with wine barrels and the aroma of wine was everywhere.

The first few rows of wine barrels have labels on them, indicating which restaurant and which mansion they belong to.

Apparently it will be sent out in the next few days.

The phantom started with the barrels.

He first came to the first wine barrel, then drove the silver needle to the mouth of the barrel and began to carefully drill a hole in the wax seal.

The sharp silver needle quickly made a small hole in the wax.

Then, the white powder on the ground flew up, and under the cover of divine consciousness, it easily passed through the small hole and entered the wine barrel.

Then, the phantom drove the silver needle and flew to the second wine barrel.

After the powder was used up, the phantom went out through the wooden door again, took more powder from the corner of the courtyard, then returned to the house and continued to administer the medicine.

From beginning to end, the big black dog didn't react at all.

It took nearly two hours.

More than half of the wine barrels in the wine warehouse were drugged.

The shadow then passed through the wall and searched by the river for a while, found the little black cat that was looking around in a daze, then possessed the cat and returned to the Bai Mansion.

The next day.

Before daybreak, the people at Lai's Winery began to get busy.

The door of the wine warehouse opened, and barrels of wine that had already been labeled were moved out.

Outside the wine shop, there were many horse-drawn carriages bound for various places.

Lai Qinglai, the big boss of the winery, also came with his people and personally supervised everyone in moving the wine barrels.

It was not until noon that all the labeled barrels were delivered.

Lai Qinglai took one of the carriages, took a carriage full of newly brewed wine and left the city, and personally delivered the wine to the southern suburbs of the city.

The labels on those wine barrels had the words "Jile Villa" written in large letters.

This night.

In a restaurant in the inner city, a wealthy businessman was holding a banquet.

When everyone was toasting happily, a wealthy businessman suddenly had a stomachache and went to the toilet.

Then, more people began to have stomachaches.

Some people vomited and had diarrhea right in the hall.

In an official's residence, a family had just finished their meal and were about to rest when they suddenly suffered from vomiting and diarrhea.

"Mom, is there something wrong with your drinks?"

In a certain brothel, several guests had just arrived and, after drinking only a few glasses of wine, suddenly began to vomit and have diarrhea.

The madam quickly asked, "Did you have an upset stomach from lunch? Our wine was just delivered by Lai's Winery this morning, there can't be any problem."

At this time, more guests started to hold their stomachs and growl.

at the same time.

In the Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion of the Jia family, many people also held their stomachs and scrambled to go to the toilet.

On that day, anyone who drank the wine from Lai’s Winery, whether in the inner or outer city, suffered from vomiting and diarrhea and was in great pain.

That night, Luo Zijun was in a trance again and secretly took some moldy and rotten grain and threw it into the granary.

the next day.

Lai Qinglai was eating breakfast at Lai's Winery and supervising the servants at work when Wang Jushan, the owner of Xiangmanlou in the inner city, came with three barrels of wine and an angry face.

"Manager Lai, there's something wrong with the drinks you sent this time!"

Lai Qinglai immediately stood up to greet him and said with a big smile, "Manager Wang, you are joking. We have been making wine at Lai's Winery for so many years, but there has never been any problem. Manager Wang, did you misunderstand something?"

Wang Jushan angrily walked to the back carriage, pointed at the three barrels of wine and said, "We held a banquet in our restaurant yesterday, and all the guests who drank this wine had vomiting and diarrhea. I also tried a glass at the end, and I had diarrhea several times that night..." Lai Qinglai walked over, looked at the three barrels, and said with a smile, "Manager Wang, is there something wrong with the food in your restaurant?"

Wang Jushan said angrily, "How is that possible? Many guests only drank this wine and started to have stomachaches before they even had time to eat."

Lai Qinglai frowned and was about to speak when he suddenly saw the madam of Chunxianglou with a group of people coming angrily and shouting, "Manager Lai! We have cooperated for so many years, and I have always trusted your Lai's Winery. This time you actually sent unclean wine to us, causing our Chunxianglou guests to vomit and have diarrhea last night. You must be responsible for this!"

Just as he finished speaking, another group of people came over from the street on the right. They were from another restaurant.

"Manager Lai, you've caused me so much trouble! Last night, Lord Chen from the government office held a banquet at his home. The guests drank the wine you sent and all suffered from vomiting and diarrhea. Lord Chen drank too much and passed out in the toilet and fell into it. You...you..."

Lai Qinglai's expression suddenly changed.

At this time, several more waves of people came angrily. When they saw so many people coming to question them, they immediately started cursing.

"Lai Qinglai, what kind of wine did you bring yesterday? Was it brewed from bad grain? Alpaca! Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?"

"You bastard! You made our restaurant pay tens of thousands of taels of silver yesterday! A few customers even burned our restaurant down! Damn you, your ancestors! Pay me back!"

Soon, the streets on both sides were blocked by people who came to settle accounts.

There were even people from the Marquis' Mansion, the General's Mansion and other government offices. Some of them cursed loudly, while others could not help but step forward and smash things.

Lai Qinglai was so frightened that his face turned pale. He quickly apologized, "Please calm down, please calm down. I will definitely give you an explanation..."

After saying that, he quickly ordered someone to go to the winery to check other wines.

This matter soon alarmed the authorities.

The government personally sent people to the winery to check the wine one by one, but found nothing abnormal. It was not until they checked the grain in the granary that they discovered some moldy grain mixed in.

When everyone heard this, they became even angrier and gathered in front of Lai's Winery to demand compensation.

Lai Qinglai was shocked and angry. He beat up his cousin who was in charge of purchasing grain. Then, under the supervision of government officials, he signed the compensation contract with a sad face.

The restaurants, brothels, and various mansions that had been harmed then dispersed and went back to count their losses, and most of them demanded high compensation.

After all, for those who do business, damage to their reputation is very serious.

Lai Qinglai was so sad that he could not even cry. He immediately gathered all his money and prepared to pay compensation.

When Lai Da heard the news, he also rushed over, scolded him, slapped him a few times, and said angrily: "No wonder I had diarrhea all night last night, and the first and second masters also had diarrhea all night. The whole mansion has been looking for the reason today. It turns out that there is something wrong with your wine! I told you a long time ago that when you drink wine, you must not be greedy for cheap and buy bad grains..."

Lai Qinglai knelt on the ground and begged: "Uncle, I'm afraid my nephew's money is not enough to compensate, please help me through this..."

Lai Da beat and scolded him again before he gradually calmed down.

This matter involved various restaurants and brothels with strong backgrounds in the inner city, and even some noble houses. Naturally, the Lai family did not dare to deny the debt.

If the compensation is not paid in full, not only will Lai Qinglai be arrested, but he will probably be implicated as well.

So he had to help with this matter no matter what.

After all, the real boss behind Lai’s Winery is Lai Da.

He decided to take out the money first, appease the buyers, and then apologize and explain to them one by one.

The New Year is coming soon. If they can appease the people and use the Jia family's reputation as a guarantee, they can still recover a lot of losses.

"Destroy all the grain in the granary, pour out all the wine in the wine cellar, and clean all the utensils. This time, you will personally supervise the purchase of grain and the brewing of wine. You must personally supervise every process. You must hurry up and prepare all the goods for the New Year. If you make any mistakes again, you will be beheaded!"

"I'll go to the bank to get the money, and then apologize to everyone one by one, hoping to restore some of my reputation and reduce some of the losses."

After Lai Da gave his stern instructions, he left in a hurry.

Lai Qinglai did not dare to be careless anymore, and quickly ordered everyone to destroy the remaining grain and wine in the winery, and then clean all the wine-making tools.

After doing all this, he personally took people to buy food.

Then he personally supervised the winemaking.

It was five days later when all this was done.

This compensation almost cost Lai’s Winery half its life, but it also recovered a lot of losses.

In consideration of Lai Da's personal apology and the Jia family's sake, everyone said they would continue to buy wine from Lai's Winery.

In order to recover his losses, Lai Qinglai not only asked Lai Da for a lot of silver, but also used the winery as collateral to borrow some money from the bank, and then bought a lot of good grain, preparing to make a big move.

This time, Lai Da sent people to his son in Lin County and brought some warriors with him, all of whom were stationed at the winery to supervise.

After more than half a month, all the wine was brewed successfully.

Lai Da went to taste some himself, and was relieved when he saw that there was no problem.

During this half month, Luo Zijun practiced every day and went to the ghost world to practice every night. His skills in controlling objects became more and more proficient, his strength became stronger and stronger, and the distance he could control became farther and farther.

The Moon Palace Fairy found the jade pendant and Miss Bai's hair that he wanted, and he handed them over. The other party didn't seem to find anything unusual and even praised him for his good work.

As for refining the flying sword, the other party said that he was still looking for materials.

That night, seeing that the time was almost right, Luo Zijun made preparations, left his body, and went to Lai's Winery again with the medicine.

This time, he wants to make Lai’s Winery completely bankrupt!
(End of this chapter)