Nancheng Pinganfang, Xiangyun Store branch.

The sunshine in early autumn was as hot as summer, but it still could not dispel the enthusiasm of the people watching.

The woman holding the child knelt beside the door. Although she looked sad but said nothing, a familiar neighbor pointed out that the man lying on the door was her husband. The two were an ordinary couple in Ping'an Square.

, the man is a butcher, and the woman helps others with needlework at home, and they can barely make ends meet.

Now the woman was covered in plain clothes, holding the little girl and kneeling at the door of Xiangyun Store, which soon attracted crowds of people in the shop. The guys from the store came forward to ask, but the woman still refused to speak. They had no choice but to not dare to do so in front of her.

Many people drove the woman away, but they did not dare to continue business as if nothing had happened. They had to stand in a row at the door to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos and attacking the store.

The store manager was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot in the store. The messenger had been sent out long ago, but there was no reply from the main store, which made the huge stone in his heart unable to fall.

When the business first started operating last year, Pei Yue specially borrowed 60 soldiers from Sun Qi and others to guard against trouble, and arranged them in the first twelve branches. Later, as time went by, the operation of the business

It has always been stable and normal, and the number of branches is increasing every day. It is impossible to continue to assign personal guards to guard it. Now, except for the main store and a few branches with very important geographical locations, there are only shopkeepers and clerks in the other branches.

"The official is here!"

Someone shouted loudly, and the crowd outside the store suddenly became commotion. Then several Kyoto Prefecture police officers separated the crowd and came to the kneeling woman.

"What are you doing kneeling here?" the head catcher asked the woman.

The woman hugged the ignorant little girl and said sadly: "I'd like to inform you, my husband is a butcher. He has always been in good health and has never been sick in these years. He didn't come home last night, and the slave family was very worried.

I went out to look for him early this morning, and then found his body behind the butcher shop. I beg you to make the decision!"

The head catcher looked at the subordinate behind him, looked at the woman in confusion and asked: "This matter is indeed strange, but why are you kneeling here? Since your husband has met with misfortune, you should go to Kyoto Prefecture to report the case."

The woman nodded repeatedly, raised her finger and pointed to the store of Xiangyun Store and said: "About a few months ago, my husband had a quarrel with the shopkeeper of this store because of the purchase of briquettes. At that time, they took advantage of the crowd and beat him up.

Dun. Official, my husband couldn't bear that tone, and later I found an opportunity to have a fight with the shopkeeper. At that time, the shopkeeper told my husband that one day he would definitely kill him."

The people who were watching were immediately in an uproar, and the faces of the clerks standing at the door of the branch turned pale.

After all, there was a conflict with the butcher at that time, and they also fought for their own shopkeeper.

The catcher stepped forward and lifted the white cloth covering the body, and found that the butcher's body indeed had many external injuries. He turned around and looked at the guys in front of the shop, frowned and said, "Let your shopkeeper come out."

After a while, the shopkeeper of this branch walked out nervously, and without waiting for the headhunter to ask, he quickly explained for himself: "Master, I did have a conflict with this butcher, and I also said a few angry words at that time, but Xiao

How can I have the guts to kill someone? To be fair to the official, Xiao Min was in the store doing accounts last night and never left for a moment. The clerk in the store can testify for Xiao Min."

The catcher raised his head and glanced at the plaque of the shop. The four large characters of Xiangyun Trading Company with silver hooks and iron paintings were a bit dazzling. He turned to look at the woman and said with a troubled expression: "You should get up first."

The woman slowly stood up holding the ignorant little girl in her arms.

The catcher held the knife and said: "I will have your husband be carried back to the government office first. After the widower has verified the cause of death, you can bury him. The weather is still very hot now, so it would be inappropriate to leave him like this. As for this

The shopkeeper in the shop..."

He suddenly fell silent.

The woman asked in confusion: "Master, can't you take that man back to the government office for interrogation?"

The head catcher said in embarrassment: "This place is not like anywhere else. Who in the capital doesn't know the reputation of Xiangyun Company? The briquettes alone have benefited countless people. You have no real evidence, how can I take the person back after listening to your words?"

The shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead, nodded repeatedly and said, "What the official said is that the common people are innocent."

When the woman heard this, she lowered her head and cried, her voice so sad that it was unbearable to hear.

Of course, the boss can take the shopkeeper away by force. If he is the big shopkeeper from the main store in Xicheng, he will need to go back and ask the governor of Kyoto for instructions first, but the shopkeeper of a small branch in Nancheng will not let him do this.

He was afraid. But he did nothing. He neither took the shopkeeper away nor tried to dissuade the woman, but allowed her cries to spread around.

When the little girl saw her mother so sad, she started crying too.

Her cry was extremely loud, and soon made the people standing around angry.

For more than a year, the affordable briquettes of Xiangyun Company have benefited the people of Kyoto a lot, so they have always respected Xiangyun Company. However, today the cries of two women and children, one old and one small, spread throughout the long street. These people

Anger gradually emerged in my heart.

"So what about Xiangyun Company? Can their shopkeeper get away with murdering someone? This is Kyoto, at the feet of the emperor, and a business dares to be so presumptuous. Isn't there no royal law in this world?" A loud voice came from the crowd.

He yelled out from a certain corner and soon received responses from other people.

"That's it, catch him!"

"If this company dares to protect such evil people, then we will go to Kyoto Prefecture to play drums together!"

"I saw with my own eyes the shopkeeper and his assistants beating people!"

"He also said he wanted to kill Butcher Wang. I heard it with my own ears!"

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The shopkeeper and the clerks looked pale and shivered amidst the roar of scoldings.

On the periphery of the crowd, Pei Yue and Ye Qi had been watching coldly, until then they took a step forward.

Ye Qi did not go with Pei Yue, she walked directly towards the crowd in the east.

Pei Yue walked through the crowded onlookers and came to the front of the branch.

Several police officers stepped forward to stop him: "Who are you?"

Pei Yue replied calmly: "My name is Pei Yue, the owner of Xiangyun Trading Company."

The detectives saw that he was still young and were about to scold him when the chief suddenly came over and saluted with a slightly unnatural expression: "I have seen Lord Pei before."

Pei Yue looked at him with a smile and said, "What do you call me?"

The arrester bowed his head and said: "Young man Sun Yutong, the arresting officer of Class 3 of Kyoto Prefecture. This case is related to the shop owner of Sir Alex's business. I don't know how to deal with it."

When Pei Yue's identity was exposed, the people watching gradually became quiet.

The so-called shadow of a famous tree, even though he is just an ordinary viscount without an official position, the people of Kyoto are no stranger to him in the past two years. The bandits in the Hengduan Mountains are harming the outskirts of Kyoto, and under the deliberate publicity of some thoughtful people

Go down and destroy the bandits

Most of the credit falls on Pei Yue. This is the first time the people of Kyoto have heard of his name. Then there is the Xiangyun Company that sells honeycomb briquettes. After the clever propaganda of those under Qi Min, Pei Yue once again became a member of the people of Kyoto.

The focus of discussion.

Everyone loves young heroes, especially the two major things Pei Yue did that were beneficial to the people of Kyoto.
Chapter completed!