When the guests saw the ferocious officials, they no longer dared to stay and eat. They rushed towards the door one after another.
Gu Fei’s heart bleed as she watched them. None of these people paid their bills yet!
With this number, she lost at least ten or twenty taels of silver.
However, these people didn’t leave the area and gathered outside the door to watch the excitement.
Gu Fei looked at the several yamen runners and understood that these people must have been sent by the Housekeeper Wu. The so-called harboring of criminals was just an excuse. In short, they wanted to drive her away.
Housekeeper Wu said he would give her half a day, but it seemed he couldn’t wait for a moment.
After several yamen runners drove the people away, they began to overturn the tables and chairs. The plates and bowls on the tables were broken all over the floor.
After overturning the tables and chairs in the lobby, the yamen runners went upstairs with their swords in hand.
Gu Fei was furious and wanted to go forward to stop them. As soon as she took a step, Lian’er and Aunt Liu held her back.
Aunt Liu whispered: “Miss, these are officials. No matter what, you can’t fight them.”
Gu Fei knew this well, but seeing her hard work being destroyed before her eyes was unbearable.
In the blink of an eye, the officials were upstairs. There were only the sounds of chaotic footsteps and furniture overturning upstairs. Soon, many guests were driven down.
They looked terrified, unsure of what was happening.
A guest with disheveled hair came down from upstairs and found Gu Fei. He yelled: “Boss, what’s wrong with your store? Can’t we even stay here in peace? Damn it, I was sleeping soundly, and the officers kicked the door open and dragged me off the bed.”
“They said they were searching for fugitives, but is this how they search?”
Gu Fei was full of bitterness and bowed to the man: “Sir, I apologize. It seems you can no longer stay here. Once the officers leave, I’ll refund your payment for the room.”
The man shook his head as he said: “Damn it, I wouldn’t have stayed in your store if I had known.”
As he was talking, Young Master Zhou and Sister Dan from next door came over after receiving the news.
Young Master Zhou pulled Gu Fei aside, his face heavy: “What’s wrong? I heard that the yamen runners came to search. Was it the people from Prince Qi Mansion who did it?”
Gu Fei smiled bitterly: “Yes, I went to see him this morning, and he asked me to close the store and leave. I hadn’t decided whether to close the store, but he couldn’t wait to drive me away.”
Old Man Huang was also driven out from the backyard at this time. Looking at the tables and chairs in the store, and the plates and bowls were broken all over the floor, his brows were twisted into a ball.
He looked at Gu Fei and wanted to say something. He opened his mouth a few times and closed it again.
There was a lot of commotion upstairs, and several yamen runners came downstairs. The head of the yamen runners pointed at Gu Fei and said: “We didn’t find the fugitive. I now suspect that you hid the fugitive somewhere else. Come with us to the yamen.”
Seeing this, Young Master Zhou was secretly anxious. If Gu Fei went into the yamen, she would be skinned alive. He quickly put a silver ingot into his sleeve and walked forward with a smile: “Brother, look, did you misunderstand? This Shopkeeper Gu is just a little girl. How could she harbor a fugitive?”
The head of the yamen runners glanced at Young Master Zhou and pushed him away: “Get out of here – don’t disturb me while I’m investigating the case.”
Young Master Zhou staggered and almost fell, and Sister Dan quickly stepped forward to support him.
Gu Fei looked at Young Master Zhou with an apologetic look on her face: “Thank you, Brother Zhou. There’s no need to reason with them. It seems I can’t keep my shop open.”
“I’ll go with them.”
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