Chapter 515: 515. Chapter 515: Truly a sin

515. Chapter 515: Truly a sin

The shopkeeper saw Qiao Sheng and Yin Li walk in from outside, and hurriedly brought a young attendant from his staff to greet them: 'Honored guests, are you here to buy something or to rent the shop?'

Qiao Sheng said nothing, she looked around.

Yin Li said from the side: 'We came...'

She hadn't finished speaking.

Qiao Sheng interrupted her and asked the shopkeeper: 'We're here to buy things.'

Yin Li's expression froze.

The shopkeeper, noticing this, calmly introduced: 'Honored guests, although our shop sells fabric, we also buy ready-made clothes, shoes, and such. What would you like to buy?'

'We want to buy everything.'

Qiao Sheng asked the shopkeeper to recommend something for them.

The shopkeeper recommended at a steady pace, starting with fabric.

Our shop has several kinds of fabric. First is cotton, which is further divided into grades one, two, three, and four; second is hemp, divided into high, medium, and low; third is silk, divided into upper, middle, and lower grades...

He hadn't finished introducing.

Qiao Sheng directly had him bring each piece of fabric for them to look at.

Upon hearing that,

The shopkeeper couldn't help thinking to himself: Could they also want to open a shop like this? Coming here now, they're not looking to rent the shop but to inquire about prices?

Too bad they came to the wrong place.

Although he thought that in his mind, he still brought each one out for Qiao Sheng to see.

After Qiao Sheng had looked at them all, she felt they were all not bad.

When she asked about the price,

It was cheaper than elsewhere.

Qiao Sheng raised her eyebrows slightly and said: 'Shopkeeper, there won't be any problems with the goods you sell here, will there?'

The shopkeeper, a man of several decades' experience who had dealt with many people, replied calmly to Qiao Sheng's inquiry: 'Madam, we're planning to close this shop, so naturally our prices are lower than elsewhere. These items are all clean and proper; how could there be any problems?'

'Really?'

Qiao Sheng casually examined the items he had recommended once more.

Yin Li was about to speak.

A woman carrying a bamboo basket walked in from outside: 'Ladies, you must not buy their goods; if you want to buy fabric, go elsewhere, don't buy here—their wares are poisonous.'

'What!'

Yin Li's face showed shock.

The shopkeeper, with a dark face, snapped angrily: 'What nonsense are you spouting...'

The woman, hands on her hips, declared righteously: 'When have I been talking nonsense? Earlier, that girl who tried your clothes and was poisoned—we all saw her; her lips turned dark purple, and she died before the doctor could arrive. Truly a sin...'

She said that's why no one comes to their shop to buy anything.

It turns out something like this happened.

Qiao Sheng was thinking about that.

The shopkeeper spoke.

'That day, more than just her bought clothes—why are others fine? The Magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture has already ruled that our boss is innocent, yet you keep spouting nonsense! Say another word and I'll have our boss sue you at the yamen!'

'Exactly.'

The two shop boys in the store echoed in agreement.

The woman spat, turned, and left.

She had just stepped out.

An Yi then walked in from outside and whispered beside Qiao Sheng: 'Madam, someone has died in their shop.'

'I already knew that.'

After Qiao Sheng answered, Yin Li interjected: 'Sister Qiao, we'd better not rent a shop like this...'

'Actually this shop is not bad, but... sigh, let's go.'

Qiao Sheng said with feigned regret.

Seeing them leave, the shopkeeper hurried after them: 'Honored guests, the girl's death really has nothing to do with our shop; although poison was found in our shop, later investigation showed it was their own people who gave her the medicine, intending to frame our shop.'

Qiao Sheng turned and said: 'Even if the girl's death has nothing to do with your shop, she still died in your shop, didn't she?'