Chapter 308: Taking Private Action
“Consort Li, bad news, they’re fighting!” Yi Nan ran in in a panic.
Consort Li slowly put down the bird’s nest porridge in her hand, “What’s the rush, speak slowly, who is fighting?”
“Reporting to Consort Li, it’s those two from Zhuyu Courtyard and Ningcui Pavilion!”
“If they’re fighting, let them fight, as long as they don’t harm the innocent! Grandma Zong, pass on the order that this Consort Li is going into secluded cultivation again and needs quiet, no outsiders are allowed to disturb!”
“Yes.”
Li Xi’er had only enjoyed a few days of peace when Dong Wen brought unfavorable news!
“Uncle Dong, speak slowly, did you just say someone is impersonating our Heng Can Glazed Ware and caused trouble?”
Dong Wen had rushed over early in the morning, so anxious that he was incoherent,
“That’s right, right now in Fengjing City it’s spreading like wildfire, they say the glazed ware made by our Heng Can contains highly toxic substances, and that glazed ware utensils holding heated things and eaten will cause poisoning!”
“Outrageous, those family members have already gone to the factory to block the gate and make trouble, Uncle Dong sneaked over, alas, Xiao Xi, quickly think of a way, what if the Emperor finds out? Someone is already threatening to smash the glazed ware lamps they bought and demand compensation, what should we do about this?”
“How is that person?”
“Poisoned and in a coma, probably not going to make it!!!”
“This matter in less than half an hour has already spread to everyone, the rumors say this glazed ware is not only toxic when heated, even playing with it for a long time will cause poisoning, eventually leading to death by bleeding from all seven orifices, if the rumors continue like this, our Glazed Ware Company will have to shut down!”
Li Xi’er stood up and paced back and forth a few times, she didn’t believe they would really smash it unless that item was fake, and said indifferently, “It’s not made by us, we must report to the government officials first!”
“They might have already reported it first!”
“What?”
“Uncle Dong came personally to notify you of this matter, to discuss with you and prepare in advance!”
“Originally that person is in a severe coma at this stage, the whole city is full of gossip saying that person is already dead, Heng Can caused a death, everywhere it’s spreading that the glazed ware produced by our Heng Can Glazed Ware has highly toxic, that colorful substance is the toxic material!”
“Isn’t this slander!”
Empty words without evidence, how can they prove it, Li Xi’er said angrily.
But since they dare to report to the officials, they must have made full preparations.
“However, that’s not right, Uncle Dong, our Glazed Ware Factory is now producing only glazed ware lamps, everyone buys them for collecting and appreciation, who would use them to hold things to eat? Moreover, all the pieces sold have records of who the buyers are!”
Including the imperial utensils for the Imperial Palace.
“Uh, Yao Dingyuan!”
“Yao Dingyuan, who exactly are you talking about, I didn’t see this name on that book, he actually really used it to hold things to eat?”
Li Xi’er to be safe, indeed required that every piece of glassware after being made must be numbered and the name of every buyer registered.
To ensure the information was accurate, she even went to the desk to find that book and flipped through it!
“Indeed his name is not there!” That means it was never sold to him!
Dong Wen’s face showed some unease, awkwardly: “Xiao Xi, this matter is Uncle Dong’s fault.”
“Uncle Dong, you didn’t…”
Disappointment appeared in Li Xi’er’s eyes.
“Sorry, Xiao Xi, Uncle Dong did wrong, but Uncle Dong promised someone, so had to rush the production and made a few extra pieces!”
Not just simply a few extra pieces, this was huge benefit!
He broke the rules, she suspected if it was those few glazed ware lamps that didn’t pass through her hands, without registration or numbering, that had the problem?
Li Xi’er’s expression was very serious, every production order for glazed ware lamps also needed her confirmation to produce, how dare the factory masters produce without her confirmation?
Moreover, because each production batch is small, the special pigments are added by her personally, without her involvement how could they operate it?
Dong Wen felt complex and extremely guilty inside, “Sorry, Xiao Xi, Uncle Dong used his own authority to apply pressure, it has nothing to do with them, every time you added the pigments and there was some leftover molten glass, Uncle Dong instructed them to collect it and make another product.”
“I’ll go turn myself in right now, this matter has nothing to do with you, nothing to do with the Glazed Ware Company! You should leave first!”
“Stop!”
Li Xi’er blocked him as he turned to leave.
“Uncle Dong, you indeed did wrong in this matter, very wrong! It disappointed me greatly! But this matter not only concerns the future of the Glazed Ware Company but also our lives and safety! It seems these people deliberately sabotaged this batch of glazed ware!”
“Not to mention other things, our Heng Can Glazed Ware pieces are all fine products, are the glazed ware lamps from the batches you made defective, is the quality up to standard, how much does this affect our Heng Can Glazed Ware’s quality reputation!”
Dong Wen was left red-faced by her words!
“However, now is not the time to hold you responsible, and as the boss of the Glazed Ware Company how can I just run away?”
“Xiao Xi, Uncle Dong judged by his own standards.”
“Violating the production plan will definitely be held responsible, but let’s deal with today’s matter first!”
“Alas.”
“Uncle Dong, first tell me exactly how many pieces you made and who they circulated to?”
“Uncle Dong had them work overtime to make ten pieces, respectively sold at low price to some of my friends, those friends of mine come from all over, it’s also possible they resold to that Yao Dingyuan!”
“What? Ten pieces?” Li Xi’er let out a long breath, “This will affect the price of glazed ware lamps so much, fortunately the buyers on her book are still unaware they were low-price purchases.
But, if they find out, who knows how they’ll make trouble! They bought at high price, it affects the value of glazed ware too much, however, now we can only investigate the poisoning incident first!”
“This… sorry!” Dong Wen regretted endlessly, if he had known earlier, why did he do it?
“Uncle Dong, this matter is not small, please write down their names, addresses, positions, I’ll send people to check.”
“Good!”
Dong Wen had no choice but to write it down, trembling with self-blame as he gave it to her: “This… is it still in time?”
Li Xi’er looked at it, not wanting to comfort him with lies, “Uncle Dong, since they reported the case, soon the government officials will come to arrest the person in charge, so you’ll have to endure grievance first, I’ll go find evidence right away!”
Most importantly, confirm what poison that Yao Dingyuan was exactly poisoned with?
She figured she couldn’t run either, she was the first responsible person, could only strive for a little time, escape for a moment is a moment, let Dong Wen hold them off first!
After Dong Wen left, Li Xi’er ran into the yard, calmly shouted into the air: “Bu Wei!”
A man flipped a few somersaults in the air and flew in front of her.
“Bu Wei, any progress on the matter I asked you to handle last time?”
Bu Wei nodded.
“Good!”
Li Xi’er ran into the house to instruct Si Yu and the others a few words, then ran out from the backyard with Bu Wei!
Not long after, sure enough, the government officials’ bailiffs with sabres came to the door and surrounded the Li Residence.
The leader said they were to arrest the suspect Li Xi’er, and negotiated with Si Yu and them!
***
Li Xi’er was brought by Bu Wei to a remote house, then taken inside.
Inside, a person was tied up with cloth stuffed in his mouth, they had been waiting for today!
Seeing the newcomer, a trace of fear seemed to flash in that person’s eyes!
“Li, Owner Li!”
“Wu Dong! So, have you thought it through?”
Wu Dong’s face stiffened, he didn’t expect that the night before he just delivered the goods to that person, he himself was caught!
Previously after doing it a few times nothing happened, he had always been puzzled why this person wanted to capture him and lock him up privately without reporting to the officials?
“Bu Wei, how do I generally treat traitors?” Li Xi’er sat on the chair and said indifferently.
“Beat to death, feed to wolves! No trace of man or ghost!” Bu Wei grinned sinisterly!
Wu Dong shuddered!
“Owner Li, please spare the little one, the little one just wanted to earn some silver to spend, anyway those defective ones with flaws you don’t want, instead of destroying why not let the little one take them out to sell for some silver!” This person was Wu Dong, formerly the boiler burner at the Glazed Ware Company’s factory, an old man.
Bu Wei had followed him for a while, let him take out piece by piece the defective products to sell, finally boosting his courage!
“Heh, defective products, how did I stipulate the handling method?”
Wu Dong: “Des-destroy!”
“Since it’s to be destroyed, you dare use your position to secretly hide them and take them out to circulate in the market?”
“Owner, isn’t that wasteful? You don’t want them anyway, giving to the little one is no loss to you!” Wu Dong was still arguing, like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water.
“Got guts! Reality will tell you how ridiculous you are, you also know if I sue you for compensation you’re done for life, pity, you’re in luck, this time I’m interested, want to make it stimulating!”
“No-,” couldn’t understand what he was saying! What stimulating?
Li Xi’er’s gaze was like looking at a dead man, calmly picked up a club from the ground, staring at him excitedly like a wolf cub, approaching…
“You dare use private punishment?”
Wu Dong’s eyes widened like in disbelief!
“Right! Don’t you know I’m the Oldest Brother of the Burial Blade Gang?”
“What?” He, he is the leader of the Burial Blade Gang? He thought at most she would report to officials, they would hear the news and come save him!
The Burial Blade Gang are a bunch of black-eating-black rule-breaking thugs, killing and arson are nothing to them!
Whatever kind of subordinate, that’s the kind of master, he is the leader?
This matter exceeded expectations, what to do, what to do? Not like Boss Meng and Wang Zhangsong preset!
Legs shaking like chaff wanting to urinate, but no chance given to him.
“Say, who gave you the idea to secretly hide that thing, and sold it to whom? What are they planning?”
He thought he didn’t know, pretended to take it to the market to wander around, saw no one following then turned to go elsewhere!
“If you don’t say, I also know who it is, Wang Zhangsong, Boss Meng of the Meng family, right!”
Wu Dong’s heart skipped a beat, “How, you came time after time to steal, they didn’t figure out my glazed ware lamp?”
“You think they would really come save you? Figure out the thing and then give you huge profits?”
“Fool!”
Li Xi’er roared angrily, picked up the club and struck one of his legs!
Wu Dong let out a miserable scream, Li Xi’er wickedly curled her lips!
Seemed not satisfied yet, jumped up and swung backhand another club strike on the other leg!
Accompanied by a cracking sound, both legs consecutively broke,
“Ah!”
“Idiot! You think my things are so easy to imitate?” “Ah!”
One sentence one club then smashed on the arm! “For stealing my defective products!”
Wu Dong was already in too much pain to shout,
“Scream! Why stop screaming? Which hand stole?”
“Oh, I get it, the other hand!”
Backhand one club! Another club!
“Ah!”
“Wondering why I caught you and kept silent, locked you up for days?”
Wu Dong was gasping his last, arms and legs useless in pain driving him mad, looking at the dangling limbs connected only by skin and flesh, terrified, are they all broken?
“If I didn’t lock you up, how could they let things develop smoothly?”
“Hmm, not broken enough, how can the wolf cubs chew it up?”
“Again!” Raised her hand and struck another club on his head, blood flowed down from his head, Li Xi’er shook her hand,
“Bu Wei! You come!”
Bu Wei after hearing her finished, threw out a iron fist striking his belly!
Bu Wei sneered coldly: “Dare provoke the Oldest Brother of the Burial Blade Gang, tired of living?”
Only heard a hollow sound from the belly, the man painfully spat out mouthfuls of bloody water.
“Say or not say?”
With his guts and intelligence, he still didn’t dare! Moreover Bu Wei had tracked him for a while, actually tracking that Wang Zhangsong, saw them contact, just waiting for today!
Li including the Glazed Ware Company’s trademark, every item has the design, this matter let Bu Wei go to the government officials to handle, except their family others are not allowed to use this special trademark.
“You don’t say, I have ways to toy with those two, make you say is giving you a chance, let you have one last breath to live!” These two not walking the right path, despair in Wu Dong’s eyes!
As for Dong Wen, she had long discovered, let him truly feel the consequences of his sneaky operations, with this lesson would he still dare fool around?
This time, she was going to smash their lair!
