The villain and traitor is my brother

Chapter 47 Pei Yuanqi’s Promotion
Since the audience of garlic was the rich and powerful, Zheng Qiuyun sent some garlic to Pei Yuanqi when he wrote a letter. The letter included instructions on how to do it and asked him to publicize it widely.

When the garlic was sent to the capital, the capital was in turmoil and many people stayed behind closed doors.On the street, there were only a few pedestrians coming and going.Vendors who were forced to set up stalls to make a living did not dare to shout loudly, for fear of accidentally bumping into someone noble.

There was an air of uneasiness and tension in the air.

Suddenly, dust was flying in the distance, and a group of people came galloping on high horses.The leading man was wearing a black robe, with auspicious clouds and beasts embroidered with gold thread on the corners, billowing in the wind.He held the bleeding saber with his left hand, held the reins tightly with his right hand, and wore a dazzling cinnabar bracelet on his wrist.

The horses neighed, dust and sand filled the air, and the people did not even dare to breathe.

After he passed by, the dust settled, and it became quiet, the people began to whisper.

"That is the newly appointed General Xuanwei. In the past month, many dignitaries have been killed by him."

"Yes, I heard that his bracelet was stained red by the blood of these people. I wonder whose house he went to raid this time."

"Look, he has a bag of something on his horse. It's bulging. It can't be someone's head."

"Maybe, I look like it."

"A few days ago, Taiwei Song's house was ransacked. I heard that the Song family's legitimate daughter had escaped. Is this her body?"

"Oh, it's hard to say."

After everyone finished talking, they went about their own business and did not notice that Pei Yuanqi led a group of official servants and went straight to Zuiyun Tower, the largest restaurant in the capital.

Two lines of officers and soldiers stood at the door of the restaurant, and Pei Yuanqi walked in.When he entered the restaurant, the officer put away his knife and stood behind him.

With so many officers and soldiers pouring into the restaurant, the shopkeeper hurriedly notified his backers that the restaurant was a small matter to be sealed off, but he was afraid that he would have to arrest people and ransack their homes.

He was sweating profusely and stood aside, forgetting to clear away the people who were eating in the restaurant.

After a while, Zhou Shilang arrived after hearing the news. When he came up, he stuffed the banknotes into Pei Yuanqi's hand and asked, "How dare you ask the general, what did Zhou do?"

Pei Yuanqi returned the banknote to him and frowned. Before he could speak, Zhou Shilang said with a deathly expression on his face: "Please be accommodating, sir, and allow me to say goodbye to my wife and children at home before you put me in prison."

Pei Yuanqi tilted his head again, looked at him strangely, and asked the captain to bring up the bag.

When Zhou Shilang saw the bulging bag, he immediately rushed towards it and cried loudly, "It's no harm to my wife and children. How could you kill my wife and children before you find out the truth!"

The captain said kindly: "Why don't you open it first and take a look, so that you don't have to admit your relatives in a hurry.

It felt slightly hard under his hands, so Zhou Shilang boldly opened it, only to see white and plump fruits.

Pei Yuanqi walked up to him at some point and said coolly: "Pei doesn't know that Mr. Zhou's wife and children are this garlic?"

Zhou Shilang knew that he had misunderstood. He wiped away his tears and repeatedly handed over his hands, "It made the general laugh."

Pei Yuanqi had pulled out a chair and sat down, "I'm not here to arrest you."

Zhou Shilang's face drooped and he joked: "Is it possible that you are still here to eat?"

Pei Yuanqi turned the beads on his bracelet boredly, "Exactly."

Zhou Shilang immediately raised his head and carefully distinguished the true from the false.

The captain really couldn't bear to see him suffer such torture, so he explained: "General Pei got a new bag of garlic for seasoning, and the detailed instructions were written on the paper. I heard that the cook in Zuiyunlou is the most powerful, so you ask the chef to follow the instructions Do what it says and see how it tastes.”

Zhou Shilang was completely relieved now, "Okay, I'll let the chef do it now. General Pei will wait a moment."

After a while, the dishes were served one after another.

As soon as his spirit relaxed, Zhou Shilang felt hungry. He sniffed the delicious food on the table, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Seeing that Pei Yuanqi was in a good mood, he asked: "Sir, how do you feel?"

Pei Yuanqi's favorite dish is the lettuce, which is flavored with garlic. It tastes refreshing and delicious.After rinsing his mouth, Pei Yuanqi said generously, "Yes, I brought a lot of garlic. Minister Zhou can also taste it."

Then, the chef brought over a few more dishes, and Zhou Shilang fell in love with the white meat with garlic paste.

"General, where did you get the garlic? Maybe sell me some."

Now that Zhou Shilang had eaten and drank enough, he became more courageous, and he no longer looked as timid as before.

Pei Yuanqi put away the remaining garlic and said, "If Mr. Zhou thinks it's good, I'll find someone to send it to you next year. There won't be any this year."

With that said, he went to the kitchen again and took away the remaining half of garlic.

Zhou Shilang said angrily: "This man just said that he brought a lot, but now he doesn't even leave half of it for me."

Pei Yuanqi finished wandering around Zuiyun Tower and then went to West View Pavilion.

Li Changshi from Xijing Pavilion thought this was a new torture thought up by Pei Yuanqi. He was about to stuff garlic into his mouth, but Pei Yuanqi stopped him.

The people in the city saw that he was coming and going so frequently these days, and they didn't even dare to come out to set up a stall.They speculated at home that some kind of falsified accounting must have been done in the restaurant, and someone would suffer in a few days.

Even the Holy Emperor speculated that there was something wrong with the restaurants in the capital, and was just waiting for Pei Yuanqi to report to him.

Pei Yuanqi has been busy these days. No matter how worried the people and officials are, he thinks he has perfectly completed the task assigned by Zheng Qiuyun, and writes a reply to Zheng Qiuyun proudly.

The letter wrote: "Garlic is very popular in the capital. Zhou Shilang is obsessed with it and recognizes it as his wife and children."

"Li Changshi loves it so much that he wants to eat garlic raw."

"Sun Youcheng held garlic in both hands and burst into tears.

"Yuan Qi asked himself that he was handsome and amiable, but the ministers in the capital often avoided me when they saw me, and Yuan Qi was alone.

Reflecting on himself, Yuan Qi didn't know what was wrong with him. He hoped that the girl would tell the truth and Yuan Qi would correct it.

I wish you all the best and good health.

The old friend Pei Yuanqi stayed. "

When Zheng Qiuyun read the letter, he felt that Pei Yuanqi was too exaggerated and was just a condiment. Why did he think he was his wife and children, and burst into tears.

As for what Pei Yuanqi said was inappropriate, Zheng Qiuyun really couldn't think of his shortcomings for a moment. It might be that those officials were afraid of power.

"Autumn Clouds."

"Qiuyun, are you looking for us?"

Cuihua, Zhao Dahu and Chen Ergou called her at the door.Zheng Qiuyun folded the letters and greeted them to come in.

Zheng Qiuyun said: "In the future, I will focus more on garlic and not take care of the workshop."

Zhao Dahu said anxiously: "You won't want to disperse the workshop, right?"

Zheng Qiuyun waved his hand, "That's not true. I'm very relieved about the three of you. I want Cuihua to direct people to collect and process the pepper. Zhao Dahu is responsible for supervising the production of the workshop, and Chen Ergou and shopkeeper Li are responsible for handling the pepper."

"In terms of money, I will give you dividends. Every month, I will give you [-]% profit."

She asked for their opinions: "Would you like that?"

The three people looked at each other, and then they all said happily: "Of course we are willing."

A dozen pepper tubes, even if the profit is only [-]%, it is still a very considerable amount.

(End of this chapter)