The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 49 Losing Both Money and People
That night, Gan Minglan, feeling relaxed and happy, slept soundly.

After dawn.

The innkeeper, however, sensed that something was amiss today.

In fact, he was also one of the accomplices in this farce last night.

They also received a hush money payment of one hundred taels of silver from the Huang family leader.

When it came to sprinkling seasonings on the roasted lamb, he asked the barbecue chef in the shop to turn a blind eye.

After dinner, I gave some more instructions to the staff on night duty at the shop.

Tell them not to go and see what's going on, no matter what noise they hear, and that they don't need any help from them.

He was certain that the female prisoners were tightly controlled by the guards escorting them.

I never thought these people could cause any trouble!

Little did I know, it was already broad daylight.

It's already past Chen Shi (7:00 AM).

There was absolutely no movement in the front yard where the officials were staying!

This group of people had clearly told him last night that they would be leaving this morning after breakfast.

In order to keep quiet for the hundred taels of silver, the boss decided to go to the Huang family leader's room in person and provide a cozy wake-up call.

Little did they know, his footsteps were just getting closer.

Inside the house where the Huang family leader lived, there was a loud banging sound as he pounded on the door.

The impact was very forceful.

Just hearing that makes my bones ache!
He quickly asked, "Uncle Huang, Uncle Huang, what's wrong?"

His response was another excited banging on the door.

There were also cries for help.

Help?

This is how the same thing?

The innkeeper got anxious and started banging on the door.

He shouted loudly:

"Master Huang, what happened? Move aside, I'll have someone open the door from the outside!"

After shouting, he quickly summoned several waiters, who all pushed with all their might.

"Ouch!"

"Whoosh!"

"Master, this door seems to be locked from the inside. We've used up all our strength, and we can't open it at all!"

The boss got angry and yelled, "Kick it! Everyone, kick the door as hard as you can!"

He knows better than anyone the quality of his door lock.

Seven or eight men couldn't push it away; was it possessed?
If your hands aren't strong enough, don't you have any strength in your legs?
As a result, my legs also stopped working properly!
The guys kicked until their toes were swollen, but they still couldn't kick the door open.

Those inside, hearing the commotion outside, were also enraged.

"Don't waste your energy, hurry up and find someone to take the door panel off, we'll pay for it!"

"If you don't get me out of here right now, I'll make you regret it!"

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The innkeeper couldn't think of a better solution, so he had no choice but to comply.

At first, I couldn't find the technique to pry open the door, and it took a lot of effort to finally remove the door panel completely.

When the door opened, the scene inside stunned the innkeeper and the waiters.

Yesterday, Huang Ye was full of vigor, but now he was lying naked on the kang (a heated brick bed), not moving at all.

The injuries in some places were quite horrifying.

After just one glance, everyone looked away.

In the corner of the room, two courtesans, their faces pale, huddled together, trembling. Their hearts were pounding.

The three burly merchants glared at the shopkeeper with hatred.

They complained that they were too slow in removing the door.

In the end, he only threw ten taels of silver at him and then swaggered away!
Before the innkeeper could even react, he received another request from the shop next door to remove a door.

Two quarters of an hour later.

The innkeeper and his workers were all in a daze.

This inn, which has been passed down for four generations, has never seen such a grand spectacle!

Tsk tsk, what right do they have to sympathize with officials and wealthy businessmen!
The only thing the innkeeper could do was to have his waiter quickly bring over the best urologist in the entire prefecture.

The leader surnamed Huang was in so much pain that he couldn't breathe, and he could barely speak.

Before the old doctor could even examine his injuries...

Then more than twenty merchants stormed into his house in a fit of rage.

She immediately asked him to return the deposit.

Merchant A: "What kind of mess is this? You tricked us into coming to find the young lady, but then you locked us up with you stinking officials!"

Merchant B: "This is disgusting! Absolutely disgusting! I threw up everything I ate last night! You stinking officials who don't even shower before bed, how dare you take our fifty taels of silver as a deposit!"

Merchant C: "Tell me, is this a conspiracy you yourselves orchestrated?"

Merchant A: "I'm telling you right now, if you don't return our deposit and make up for our medical expenses today, you can forget about leaving Yuzhou Prefecture!"

Merchant C: "That's right, we must tell the Prefect of Yuzhou about your evil deeds! Although we are not important figures, we can still exchange a few words with the Prefect!"

Faced with these accusations, the Huang-surname gang leader could neither continue to play dead.

Taking advantage of a lull in their conversation, he struggled slightly, then broke out in a cold sweat from the pain: "Gentlemen, gentlemen, please let me explain."

Merchant A: "I don't want to hear your excuses. I'm giving you back your deposit! I'm giving you back your deposit!"

Merchant C: "Even if you come up with a brilliant idea today, we still won't let you off the hook!"

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The Huang family leader was speechless with fear and trepidation.

Everyone knows the inherent relationship between officials and businessmen.

In the eyes of these nobles, he was nothing more than a lowly prison guard.

We can't afford to offend them, we absolutely can't afford to offend them.

He was trying to take the opportunity to play the victim, but the merchants weren't buying it at all.

Merchants: We've been hunting geese all day, only to have our eyes pecked by them!
They privately believed that these officials were not the masterminds behind their scheme.

But he couldn't remember how he got to this state!
Especially those doors at the inn, they just wouldn't open no matter what!

That's absolutely terrifying!

All they want now is to get their deposit back and compensation, and get out of this place that gives them nightmares.
In the end, the boss surnamed Huang not only refunded most of the deposit he received last night.

They also gave most of the money that the nine women, including Lu and Mu, had earned from selling themselves into servitude to these customers.

They ended up losing both their money and their life.

The elderly doctor with a white beard, who had been called in for a consultation early in the morning, quietly squatted in the corner and watched the whole farce unfold.

Right now, I'm struggling to control my facial expressions.

What betrayed his mood was the slightly trembling beard on his chin.

The old doctor internally groaned: "The world is going to the dogs! People's hearts have lost their ancient virtues!"

As an expert in a certain field, he usually sees cases of infertility, erectile dysfunction, or venereal diseases.

This was the first time he had ever seen someone suffer such severe injuries from walking on dry land and playing until their intestines spilled out!
Because of the generous consultation fee, he decided to go all out today.

The old doctor, with a trembling hand and a numb heart, carefully pushed that section of intestine back into the patient's body.

"Ouch...it hurts."

(End of this chapter)