Chapter 331: Not Yielding an Inch

Bai Wei stood in front of the carriage, refusing to budge an inch.

"No matter what you say, in short, you cannot search my carriage."

Eunuch Song pointed a finger at Bai Wei and barked, "Are you not afraid of being taken to the magistrate's office?"

Bai Wei sneered, "On what grounds would you take me to the magistrate's office? Just because of his fabricated words?"

As she spoke, she pointed at Young Master Li.

"If no items of suspicious origin are found in my cargo, will you charge him with false accusation and throw him in jail?"

Young Master Li was instantly choked for words, "Shopkeeper Bai, it is just a search, why are you so guilty?"

He was very cunning, dodging the question about false accusations and instead biting back, accusing Bai Wei of having a guilty conscience.

Bai Wei did not fall for it and retorted, "If you want to search, produce a search warrant from the magistrate's office! Furthermore, you must write down the reason for the search and exactly which items are of suspicious origin; otherwise, I will not let you search the carriage."

Seeing that Bai Wei was immovable, Young Master Li grew anxious and turned to quickly say to Eunuch Song.

"There really are items of suspicious origin in her cargo."

"Bai's Grocery Store is just a tiny shop, yet she not only has Tribute Fruit that only the Emperor can eat, but also various Mountain Delicacies, and she can casually produce items from the Western Regions; she definitely has problems."

Eunuch Song's face darkened as he lifted his chin to berate Bai Wei.

"A mere woman, yet so stubborn; I see you will not shed tears until you see the coffin."

After speaking, he looked up and shouted loudly.

"Men, surround the carriage fleet of Bai's Grocery Store, dump all the cargo on the ground, and search it thoroughly."

"If any items of unknown origin are found, arrest her and take her to the magistrate's office."

Instantly, the group of government soldiers behind him swarmed forward.

These soldiers were all from the palace and did not take a small grocery store owner seriously at all.

Seeing Eunuch Song give the order and truly intending to arrest Bai Wei, the few Beijiang Army soldiers nearby all grew anxious.

With Xiao Moting currently absent and Xiao Lujing out walking the horses, if they failed to protect Shennü Daren, what face would they have to see the Prince?

The surrounding Beijiang Army soldiers were not to be outdone; they swarmed forward, blocking Bai Wei behind them.

"Get moving, don't touch our shopkeeper."

"Scram, is Shopkeeper Bai someone you can just shout at?"

Eunuch Song was so angry his face changed color; he was a Chief of the Imperial Household Department, holding a high and powerful position, able to speak before the various consorts, and even Yuan Canghai had to be polite to him.

Yet, this obscure little grocery store, from the shopkeeper to the clerks, did not take his words seriously at all.

Young Master Li took the opportunity to fan the flames, "Eunuch Song, these people are just unruly mobs; they don't take you seriously, this is a challenge to your authority."

Eunuch Song roared, "Arrest them! Whoever they are, if anyone dares to obstruct my search of the vehicles, treat them all as rioters!"

After speaking, he pointed his finger at Bai Wei again.

"And you, a mere unruly commoner, daring to be so arrogant, do you know..."

"She has the qualifications to be arrogant, because I allowed it." Behind them, a cold, ruthless voice suddenly rang out.

The surrounding Beijiang Army soldiers looked up, their faces breaking into smiles of surprise.

"Pri... Steward Xiao, you have returned?"

"That's great, Steward Xiao is here."

Eunuch Song was stunned and turned around in annoyance.

He raised his head, about to start scolding, but when he saw the other person's face, his expression changed instantly.

"You... you..."

Xiao Moting's handsome face was icy, his eyes filled with a dense chill.

He glanced at Eunuch Song and barked coldly, "Take your hand away."

Eunuch Song came to his senses and realized he was still pointing at Bai Wei, so he quickly lowered his hand.

Fearing he had seen wrong, he quickly looked Xiao Moting over from head to toe, finally confirming the other's identity, his expression one of shock and terror.

To confirm his identity, Eunuch Song bowed down tremblingly.

"You, you are..."

"I am Steward Xiao of Bai's Grocery Store." Xiao Moting interrupted coldly, "You brought so many people to our carriage fleet, what exactly do you want to do?"

"This..." Eunuch Song panicked.

But before he could answer, a figure suddenly rushed over.

Young Master Li took a few steps to stand in front of Eunuch Song, staring viciously at Xiao Moting.

He remembered that this person's attitude toward him yesterday was extremely poor, and today he wanted to settle a private score.

"Eunuch Song, this Steward Xiao of Bai's Grocery Store is not a good person at all." Young Master Li complained loudly, taking the opportunity to smear dirt on Xiao Moting, "He bullied my son yesterday, the murderous aura in his eyes is too heavy; how could such a person be a grocery store steward?"

"I think he shouldn't be a steward, but a robber who raids homes and plunders."

"A robber?" Bai Wei was stunned and couldn't help but look at Xiao Moting.

Although Xiao Moting's murderous aura was a bit heavy and he indeed didn't look like a grocery store steward, he had nothing to do with being a robber.

Xiao Moting's long, narrow eyes narrowed as he looked at Young Master Li with amusement.

"Interesting, you think I look like a bandit?"

Eunuch Song was startled.

Young Master Li did not know Xiao Moting's identity, but he knew it clearly!

In the palace now, Consort Yun was deeply favored by the Emperor, and her only son, Xiao Moting, held military power in the Beijiang.

Now, even the Emperor was wary of Xiao Moting and dared not issue orders to reprimand him lightly as before.

If he offended Xiao Moting, even if he were to kill him with a Long Sword, it would be no different from killing a chicken.

Eunuch Song quickly scolded Young Master Li, "Do you know who he is? What nonsense are you spouting? Why don't you shut your mouth at once..."

He wanted Young Master Li to shut up, but Young Master Li misunderstood his meaning and kept explaining away over there.

"Eunuch Song, you must not be deceived by this bunch! They beat my son yesterday; just think, what kind of good people would beat a child?"

"Furthermore, the origin of their goods is unknown, and these people carry a murderous aura; they must be bandits."

Eunuch Song was about to be blown up with anger by him, stamping his feet desperately.

"I told you to stop talking."

After saying this, he hurriedly walked to Xiao Moting in two or three steps.

"Your Hig..."

Xiao Moting coldly interrupted, "I am Steward Xiao."

"Right, Steward Xiao, this man surnamed Li is spouting nonsense; please do not take it to heart." Eunuch Song stood before Xiao Moting, his waist bent almost to ninety degrees, extremely terrified.

Seeing that Eunuch Song, who had just been acting so bossy, became as humble as a servant the moment Xiao Moting arrived, Young Master Li was stunned, his mouth hanging open and unable to close.

"Eunuch Song, what has happened to you?"

"He is just a small steward from a general store, perhaps even a bandit from the mountains; your status is noble, why are you bowing to him?"