The guards of the Cao Mansion had already brought all the people related to that batch of mutton back to the Cao Mansion.

"Your Majesty, is there any misunderstanding here? Our Tian family has lived in Chenliu for generations, but we have never committed any crime... My Tian family is also loyal to your Majesty. We just did it a few days ago.

I offer you ten thousand stones of grain so that you can learn from it!"

As soon as the leader, a fat middle-aged man, saw Boss Cao, he burst into tears and howled, his eyes turning slightly red. It was a sincere expression.

This man is called Tian Weng, and he is the head of the Chen Liutian family.

Although the Chen family's power in Chenliu is not as good as that of the Zhu family, it still has some cards.

The meat shop where Boss Cao purchased mutton a few days ago is one of the industries under the Tian family's name.

"I don't mean to embarrass you. I'm just here to ask you questions."

Boss Cao glanced at him noncommittally, pointed at Wu Liang and said, "I have said ugly things in my head. Whatever General Wu asks you next, you should answer truthfully. There must be no lies, otherwise you will be asking for trouble."

Eat, you can’t blame me.”

"You must tell me everything you know, General Wu."

How could Tian Weng not see that Boss Cao was not joking with him? He nodded hurriedly and said.

"The Cao Mansion purchased a batch of adult sheep from your butcher shop a few days ago, totaling fifty sheep. Do you know about this?"

Wu Liang asked bluntly.

"You know, I know that when the imperial guard came to purchase, there was not so much inventory in the butcher shop. The showcase even came to me for instructions. I approved some money and ordered the shopkeeper to temporarily purchase a batch of live sheep.

After slaughtering it, I taught him to deliver it in person."

Tian Weng said cautiously, and then asked subconsciously, "General Wu, what happened to these sheep?"

"Yes, nearly twenty of them are inedible."

Boss Cao blocked the news, so Wu Liang naturally didn't explain it. He just nodded and said vaguely, and also tested Tian Weng's reaction.

"How do you do things so that you dare to pass off the meat you want as good quality?"

Upon hearing this, Tian Weng didn't even ask why he couldn't eat it. He immediately came to a bald man with big shoulders and a round waist, and was covered in oil. He raised his hand and slapped him hard.

"Master, I..."

Although the bald man was a head taller than Tian Weng, he did not dare to make any move after receiving this slap. He just tried to defend himself with an aggrieved look.

"From now on, you are no longer the shopkeeper of the meat shop. You can go back to my house and carry your father!"

Tian Weng didn't give him a chance to explain at all. He turned around and bowed to Boss Cao and Wu Liang and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, General Wu, this matter is due to the villain's poor discipline. I will ask someone to send five more people later."

I'll hang up a good sheep to express my apology."

"That meat is a reward given by your envoy to our army. You don't need to send it here. You can just send it directly to the station of the army in Yongqiu."

Wu Liang said calmly, but at the same time he was trying to figure out a key word in Tian Weng's words: "Shocking the inferior for the better."

The meaning of "shoddy goods" has many meanings.

Either it is a general "substandard quality", such as spoiled meat that has been stored for a long time, or using thinner or other cheap meat instead. Some merchants in later generations also used this routine.

Or... what Wu Liang is investigating is the "substandard quality" related to the "Nightmare Art".

However, since Tian Weng can say this so straightforwardly, it is most likely to be the former. After all, if the latter is exposed, it will not be a trivial matter. At the very least, someone will be killed. He should not be so stupid, right?

at the same time.

"..."

Hearing that Wu Liang actually directly asked Tian Weng to send the compensated meat to the Qian army station, Boss Cao and Xi Zhicai couldn't help but look at each other. The relationship between the two was not an ordinary monarch-minister relationship. They understood each other very well. In an instant,

There has been some divine communication between them:

Zhicai, I want to beat this guy to death!

Don't argue with him at this time. It's not like you don't know what kind of virtue this guy usually has...

Even if I knew it, at this time, this bastard was still thinking about his little bit of flesh. He didn't care about the importance of it, so I wanted to beat him to death even more!

Please calm down your anger and put the overall situation first. This guy is quite quick-witted sometimes. Maybe this is part of his strategy.

What's the plan?
Chapter completed!