Black Lotus Concubine's Case-solving Notes

The person who came was a woman, wearing a crescent-white satin dress. She covered her face and stared at him with resentment.

The doorkeeper immediately opened the door and asked in confusion: "Dear guest, our store is closed today. Do you have any…"

Before he could finish his words, the boy's shoulder was pushed hard, and he stumbled back a few steps. The woman stood at the door and shouted angrily, "Why are you closing the door? Your hair oil has ruined my face. Hurry up and call your boss over! Let's discuss compensation!"

But she saw a man staring at her and couldn't help but scold, "Are you the boss?"

The man was a middle-aged man in his early fifties with a beautiful beard on his face. Hearing this, he saluted and said, "I am the owner of Linglong Xiangfang. My surname is Zhu. If you have any questions, you can discuss them with me directly."

The woman in the moon-white robe sneered, "You are the one who makes the decision? You are nothing but a guard dog. Call the one who makes the decision here!"

Even so, the shopkeeper surnamed Zhu still maintained a good manner and said, "Although I am a watchdog, I can still make decisions on some things. The girl said that my hair oil ruined your face. Do you have any evidence?"

"Evidence?" The woman in the moon-white robe slapped the small table, "My face is the evidence!"

The woman took down her hand that was trying to cover her face, revealing that her left cheek was red and swollen, with densely packed small bumps, some of which had been scratched and were bleeding.

The woman in the moon-white robe threw a bottle of hair oil from her sleeve onto the ground. The name of Linglong Xiangfang was clearly printed on the porcelain bottle.

The shopkeeper surnamed Zhu picked up the small porcelain bottle, opened it and smelled it, then put it in his sleeve, and then the servant said, "Go, bring a hundred coins to this distinguished guest!"

The woman in the moon-white robe refused to give up: "You want to get rid of me with just one hundred dollars? You wish! At least one or two ounces of gold!"

One tael of gold is equivalent to ten taels of silver, which is equivalent to ten strings of coins.

The shopkeeper surnamed Zhu's smile disappeared: "Miss, my hair oil only costs thirty coins, and this hundred coins is one thousand coins, which is more than enough to find a doctor. It's not good for you to ask for such a high price, right?"

"You've ruined my face like this, what's a hundred bucks worth? I'm telling you, if you don't give me one ounce of gold today, I'll definitely file a complaint with the government! Let's see if your Linglong Xiangfang still has a good reputation!"

"I think you're here to cause trouble," the shopkeeper surnamed Zhu took a hundred taels of silver from the counter and threw it on the small table, flicking his sleeves and saying, "Miss, I'll leave this money here. If you take it, this matter will be over. If you don't, then you can report it to the government! Linglong Fragrance Shop has been open in this capital for so many years, and the last thing I fear is going to court! Someone, show me out!"

The servant pushed the woman out and slammed the door in front of her.

The woman in the moon-white robe stomped her foot in anger, turned around and walked away. When she reached a street behind Kanglefang, she bowed to the girl in a green shirt and a white veil hat.

"Miss, I have done what you ordered, but the shopkeeper there is not a fool. Before I could expose the boss behind the scenes, he was driven out."

Feng Jia seemed to have expected this. There was not much disappointment on her face. She just winked at Qingshu behind her.

Qingshu immediately stepped forward and applied the antidote in his hand to the face of the woman in the moon-white robe. He then took out a gold ingot from his pocket and said with a smile, "This is half of the reward my daughter gave you. Please accept it. When you perform another play tomorrow, I will give you the rest of the reward."

"It's just this matter, please keep it secret."

The woman in the moon-white robe felt that her cheeks, which had been numb and itchy, were much more comfortable. She clutched the gold ingot and said with shining eyes, "Don't worry, young lady. I will keep my mouth shut. You will just watch the show at noon tomorrow!"

After saying this, she walked away happily, twisting her slender waist.

At noon the next day, there was a constant stream of distinguished guests coming in and out of Linglong Incense Shop to buy incense, including even a wealthy woman dressed in gorgeous clothes.

Suddenly, a sharp female voice was heard, and then a woman in a moon-white gown with red and swollen pimples all over her face hugged the legs of the man in front of her, sat down at the door of Linglong Xiangfang, and cried loudly.

"Let me go, you bitch!" the man cursed, pointing at the disfigured woman.

"I won't let go! You scumbag! You heartless man! Everyone, come and give us some advice!"

With all this shouting, a lot of onlookers gathered at the entrance of Linglong Incense Shop, and even people who were originally buying incense in the shop stuck their heads out.

"Everyone, look! This unfaithful man! I have been married to him for more than three years, and he has never touched me even for one day. I originally thought that he was sick, so he refused to do it, but I didn't expect that I would catch him in bed today! Caught him in the act! In broad daylight, the two of them took off their clothes and committed adultery in bed! A man like you who cheats after marriage will not have a good death!"

"I have worked so hard these past few years to earn money for your studies, hoping that you would pass the imperial examination and become a government official's wife. But I never expected that you would use my money to support others! You have read the books of sages in vain! You are so shameless! Bah!"

The man was furious: "You bitch! I told you to let me go! Did you hear me?"

"Oh my! Everyone, come and see! This scumbag is going to beat his wife in public! I have been married to him for more than three years, and he beats me every five days and every three days. He beat me so hard that there is not a single piece of intact skin on my body! That's fine! He even dared to cheat on her! Cheating on a woman is fine! He actually cheated on a man! And that man is his cousin's son! This man's cousin!"

"Oh my God! How could you do this to me! I might as well just hit my head and die!"

……

I thought it was just a simple quarrel between a couple, but I didn't expect that this man was a gigolo. It would be fine if he was a gigolo, but he even dared to cheat on his wife. It would be fine if he was cheating on his wife, but he was a deadbeat! The man he cheated on was actually his cousin!

The amount of information was too great, and the onlookers immediately exploded. More and more people gathered, forming a circle around the couple in three layers.

The man said at this time: "You are a slut! How dare you say that! Look at your face! Who in the world would dare to get close to you! I just made a mistake that every man in the world would make!"

The woman seemed to suddenly remember something, and pointed at the Linglong Xiangfang and said, "It's because of this shady shop! I bought hair oil from this shop two days ago, and the next day I had pimples on my face. I didn't pay attention to it at first, but later the area became larger and more serious, so I went to find the shopkeeper of this shop and asked for an explanation! But the shopkeeper kicked me out without saying a word! My face became like this! I was betrayed by my husband! I was disliked by my parents! It's all because of this shop! Don't be fooled!"

Suddenly someone in the crowd asked, "What? This person's face was caused by Linglong Xiangfang's hair oil?"

Someone else echoed: "His hair oil is not cheap, how could such an accident happen? This little girl is quite pitiful, look at her face, it's creepy!"

"Now, the girl's face is ruined, and her husband has run away with someone else. This Linglong Xiangfang hair oil is really harmful to people!"

"Haven't you heard that people have been saying that the hair oil from this perfume shop can ruin your face since the beginning of the year. It's been a long time since the issue was resolved, and I didn't expect it to happen again today. Anyway, I dare not buy the hair oil from Linglong Xiangfang anymore. If it ruins my face, it's really not worth it!"

"Let alone the hair oil from this perfume shop, I don't even dare to buy anything else from this shop now!"

……

Several people in the crowd were talking at the same time, causing the people around them to follow suit and talk. When the original spectators in Linglong Xiangfang saw this scene, some turned pale and looked left and right in the mirror, while others were already clamoring to ask the shopkeeper for an explanation.

The scene was chaotic.

Shopkeeper Zhu was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but look outside. He saw that among the couple outside, the wife looked familiar. She was the woman in the moon-white robe who came to make trouble last night and was driven out by him. He also saw that there were only a few people in the crowd who were leading the commotion, and he understood everything.

He immediately winked at the doorman, who understood and left through the back door. He left in such a hurry that he didn't notice the two women following him.