The Prodigal Son of the Empire

After entering the gate, just like what I saw before, there was no diner in Nuo Da's outer hall, and even the table was covered with dust. It seemed that it hadn't received guests for a long time.

"Is anyone there?" Wang Kang asked.

"I said that you are endless. I have already said that even if I die, this grade building will not be sold to your Liu family."

At this moment, there was a stern voice, and behind the counter, a scruffy young man stood up, holding a flagon in his hand, looking drunk.

Huh?Is it really related to the Liu family?Wang Kang became interested and walked towards the sloppy young man. It turned out that he was sitting behind the counter, no wonder he didn't see him when he entered the door.

"Why did you say that the Liu family wanted to buy your restaurant?" Wang Kang asked.

"You are... Young Master Kang?" The sloppy young man wiped his eyes and asked suspiciously.

"you know me?"

"It's really Young Master Kang. I went to your mansion with my father before and saw you from a distance." The sloppy young man hurriedly put down the jug and explained.

"Why did you say that the Liu family wanted to buy your restaurant?" Wang Kang asked.

"Master Kang, don't get me wrong. I didn't scold you just now. I thought the Liu family was here again."

The sloppy young man said, and then said ruthlessly: "The Liu family is really going too far. It's not enough to forcefully buy my Du family's Drunken Immortal Residence, and I have to make an inch to buy a first-grade building!"

"What did you say? That Zuixianju belongs to your Du family?" Wang Kang asked in surprise.

"Yes, Young Master's Drunken Immortal Residence was indeed theirs before." Before the sloppy young man could answer, Zhou Qing said first.

"If I remember correctly, your Excellency must be the successor of Du's Winery, Du Yuanqiao!"

"Yes, I am Du Yuanqiao!" The sloppy young man nodded, and then sighed: "There is no such thing as Du's Winery, I am ashamed of my father!"

As he spoke, a look of grief appeared on Du Yuanqiao's face.

"Is there something hidden in this?" Wang Kang asked tentatively, he felt that he might have discovered the secret of the Liu family's fortune.

"Does Young Master Kang really want to hear it?" Du Yuanqiao asked.

"I want to hear it," Wang Kang nodded.

"Forget it, this matter has been in my heart for a long time, so I will talk to Young Master Kang about it today."

Du Yuanqiao came out from behind the counter, found a clean table, invited Wang Kang to sit down, and then started talking.

"When I mentioned my Du's wine in Yangzhou, no one knew about it. My Du family has its own winery, and there are two largest restaurants in Yangzhou City!"

"Yipin Pavilion, Zuixiangju sits across the Luohe River, business is booming, and my Du family can be regarded as the family of rich merchants in Yangzhou."

"But two years ago, something happened," Du Yuanqiao recalled with a look on his face, "In this Pin Pavilion, six people died because of drinking my Du's wine,"

"Soon the government came to investigate and deal with it, and it was determined that there was something wrong with my Du's wine. Not only did my Du's winery be shut down, even my father was arrested and put in prison."

"People in my family drank to death. The Dushi wine that everyone sought after fell to the bottom, and the business plummeted."

"Just when my family was in the most difficult time, a person appeared. He said that he could rescue my father, but there was one condition. He had to sell him a restaurant..."

"Could it be this person?" Hearing Wang Kang's interjection, he thought of someone.

[Author's digression]: Please collect, ask for a bank note, thank you for your support

Chapter 27 You don't believe me?

"Could it be Liushan?" Wang Kang asked tentatively.

"Master Kang is right," Du Yuanqiao looked at Wang Kang in surprise and said, "That person is Liu Shan."

"Liu Shan proposed that he would find someone to rescue my father through his relationship, but in exchange he would buy my family's Zuixianju at an extremely low price!"

"But Zuixianju was the painstaking effort of several generations of my Du family, how could it be sold so easily? Besides, I don't believe that Liushan can rescue my father..."

"Since then, Liu Shan has come to me frequently to talk to me. In order to save my father, I almost agreed. At this time, my father asked someone from the prison to hand me a message, saying that our Du family has attracted people's attention. This accident , was completely framed!"

"Then is there any problem with your wine? Why do you drink to death?" Wang Kang asked curiously.

"My family's wine will definitely not be a problem!" Du Yuanqiao said affirmatively.

"My Du family has been making wine for generations. How can there be any problems with its reputation? After my father's message, I am also secretly investigating. We have indeed been framed, and the person who framed us is Liu Shan!"

Du Yuanqiao said with a resentful expression in his eyes: "After that happened, a brewer in my winery left directly. I was suspicious and sent people to follow him many times, and found that he went to Liu's house several times. Meet Liu Shan."

"It was he who poisoned the wine, causing six people to drink to death, and only he has this opportunity!"

"After I found out about this, I went to the government, but no one paid any attention to it. Even spending money was useless. At this moment, I understood that someone was going to mess with us."

"Sure enough, not long after, another person came to the door in person. He threatened me that I had to sell Zuixianju, or my father would go directly to the execution ground."

A look of grief flashed in Du Yuanqiao's eyes, "The person who came is the eldest son of Governor Dong, Dong Gan!"

"I never expected that the person behind this would be the governor? To protect my father, I sold Zuixianju to Liushan at a very low price!"

"But in the end...they still didn't release my father in the end, and let my father die in prison!"

Wang Kang breathed a sigh of relief, everything became clear after hearing this.

Liu Shan and the governor first framed the Du family, then arrested Du Yuanqiao's father and imprisoned them, and finally bought Zuixianju at a low price by coercion and lure.

What an empty-handed white wolf, it's really a good strategy. Dong Yiwu's support of the Liu family is probably for the purpose of suppressing the earl's mansion.

But why did he do this? There must be deeper problems that he can't touch.

"Master Kang also felt shocked?" Du Yuanqiao laughed at himself, "The thing that shocked you even more is yet to come."

"After they bought Zuixianju, they were not satisfied, and wanted to get their hands on my Du's winery, but how could I agree, and then they used various means to kill the winemakers of my Du's winery, and even dry winemakers. The living men were all dug up."

"The reputation of my Du's distillery has been ruined, and no one cares about it, but they just changed the name and sold it as Zuixianjiu!"

Ruthless, really ruthless!

Wang Kang was also surprised in his heart.

"Hehe," Du Yuanqiao laughed at this moment, "but they miscalculated. The secret recipe of my Du family's wine making has always been in my father's hands, and even experienced winemakers don't know much about it."

"Just the drunken flower wine? Can it be considered real wine? But it's a little stronger than the ones on the market!"

Wang Kang felt the same way. The wines in this world do taste a lot worse.

"What about the secret recipe for wine making? Didn't they force you to hand it over?" Wang Kang asked.

"I ruined it!" Du Yuanqiao said expressionlessly: "I ruined it in front of Liu Shan! I'm afraid it's precisely because of this that they think I'm worthless, and that's why I've lived to this day with this rank. The court depends on each other."