Speaking of this, Zheng Wen sighed: "I asked for a pot of Fule Tea House's special oolong. I drank a small cup and found that it didn't taste good. It wasn't moist in the mouth. Instead, it had a pungent smell.
."
"The taste felt very familiar to me, but it was very weak, so I couldn't decide whether to drink one more cup."
"But I sat there and smelled it for so long, and I still couldn't figure out the strange smell."
"What does it smell like?" Xu Fanming asked him.
Zheng Wen closed his eyes and shook his head gently: "I wasn't sure at first, so I thought about buying one or two of their oolongs and coming back to take a closer look, but they don't sell them."
"At this point I felt something was wrong."
"I returned to my seat and discussed this pot of special oolong with an old tea drinker next to me. The old man took a sip of my pot of special oolong and said the taste was too bland, so he poured me a cup of his, followed by
I said his pot tastes good, let me try it."
Zheng Wen's anger was visible to the naked eye: "As soon as I picked up the teacup and smelled it, I knew exactly what kind of filthy stuff this Fule Tea House special oolong was."
Chen Jinjun asked curiously: "What dirty thing?"
I saw Zheng Wen becoming more and more excited, the veins on his neck popped out, and the thing he hated most in his life was squeezed out of his throat: "Big smoke."
Everyone in the whole room took a deep breath.
Big smoke.
It is something that the entire Chen family has repeatedly emphasized not to touch. If anyone touches it, they will be beaten thirty times with a stick and driven out of the capital.
Among the many shopkeepers in the Chen family, the one who hates smoking the most is none other than Zheng Wen.
Chen Jinjun somewhat understood why Zheng Wenhui had a conflict with Fule Tea House.
"I, Zheng Wen, hate the people who smoke and sell cigarettes the most in my life." Zheng Wen gritted his teeth.
Xu Fanming bumped Xu Sheng with his elbow: "Why does this shopkeeper hate smoke so much?"
"The ancestors of the Zheng family were tea merchants and opened many teahouses in the capital. Unfortunately, shopkeeper Zheng's father was led by his concubine and became addicted to smoking. The whole Zheng family was reduced to only one teahouse. Shopkeeper Zheng
He sold himself and the teahouse to the Chen family and separated the family from his father," Xu Sheng told Xu Fanming in a low voice, "Shopkeeper Zheng has watched his father smoke this thing since he was a child, and he is very sensitive to the taste of it."
Chen Jinjun also figured out why Zheng Wen, who had always been low-key, was so impulsive.
"Shopkeeper Zheng, are you sure there is smoke in Fule Tea House's oolong?" She asked Zheng Wen for confirmation.
Zheng Wen said very decisively: "I knew how to make tea when I smelled the old tea customer's tea. The oolong tea was smoked after being lit with smoke. If the smoke was directly mixed in, I might not be able to detect it.
, but he chose to smoke tea."
He gritted his teeth: "I will never admit the smell of burning smoke in my life."
All the shopkeepers present agreed with his words. Zheng Wen was well-known as a non-smoker in the entire Chen family.
If Zheng Wen was walking on the street and pointed at a person and said that this person was a smoker, he would just arrest the reporting officer without even asking.
Chen Jinjun rolled his eyes: "So, the reason why Fule Tea House's special oolong is its signature is because it is smoked?"
Zheng Wen nodded: "The pot of smoked flavor that was served to me was relatively weak. I drank two cups and didn't notice it. But the old tea customer's tea had a strong flavor. I just touched it under my nose and knew it was
Big smoke is a dirty thing."
Chen Jinjun was thoughtful: "I remember... the Huo family issued a smoking ban in Yongzhou."
Hearing what she said, Xu Fanming snorted: "Everything that is prohibited by the government can make a lot of money. Money can make people go around, and there are always people who are willing to take the risk."
"This stuff is given to new customers with a light taste at first. At first, they just think it tastes weird. After drinking a few more pots, they will become addicted. The waiters at Fule Teahouse probably serve the special oolong of different concentrations to the customers' faces."
Zheng Wen himself owns a teahouse, so it's easy to see what's going on inside.
Chen Jinjun thought carefully and realized that this kind of special tea must be fried in a special workshop. No one in the market dares to do this kind of business openly.
She pondered for a moment and then asked: "Who is the shopkeeper of Fule Teahouse? Who is the tea frying master?"
"The shopkeeper is the tea roasting master, Yang Qing." Xu Fanming had already dug up all the information about Fule Teahouse immediately after the incident.
"I've never heard of this person..." Chen Jinjun frowned and thought carefully.
Zheng Wen interrupted her: "It's no longer a question of whether you've heard it or not, boss. This kind of dirty thing can't harm people anymore!"
He was lying on the bed, his face flushed with anxiety, wishing that his injuries would be healed immediately, so that he could burn down the Fule Teahouse.
"Don't worry, Fule Tea House has been hidden for so many years and no one has discovered it. We are new here and we can't rush into it."
Chen Jinjun walked up to Xu Fanming and said, "Please ask Xu Fanming to help me check."
Xu Fanming raised his eyebrows: "What do you want to know?"
"Yang Qing's origins, his main customers, and does he have a backend?"
Chen Jinjun has a serious expression and a murderous look on her face. Anyone who knows her well knows that she wants to ruin Yang Qing's reputation.
"It's easy to handle. Let Xu Sheng tell you when I find out?" Xu Fanming was even more curious about how she escaped.
"I have a way to escape." Chen Jinjun said that everything is under control.
She took a look at which shopkeepers were present and determined how to proceed.
By the time Chen Jinjun went out, it was already dark.
"He must have run out secretly." Xu Fanming leaned against the door frame and looked at her funny.
"I can't help it, I have to come this time, otherwise I'll be sorry for these shopkeepers who have been following me."
"Aren't you afraid that Huo Tingyu will catch you?"
"I'll just arrest you. The worst is to break up. This time, Zheng Wen was beaten into such a miserable state without me being present. Who knows whether a shopkeeper will be directly tricked next time?"
Chen Jinjun didn't care what Huo Tingyu thought at all. Anyway, he had already signed a tax agreement with the Yongzhou government. Even if he was kicked out of the Huo family, it didn't matter. As long as the agreement on the two percent tax was still there, it didn't matter whether he was in the Huo family or not.
Anyway, I don't think Huo Tingyu would dare to give up a contract that was so beneficial to him in Yongzhou for such a trivial matter.
Xu Fanming was amused by her: "It's true that Dong Chen's family can just throw it away after using it."
Chen Jinjun also smiled: "If it weren't for the Huo family's power in Yongzhou, I wouldn't be willing to force Huo Tingyu like that."
"Now the whole Yongzhou says that you, Chen Jinjun, are the widow of his Huo family."
"Just say it. The more you say, the easier it will be for the Chen family's business to grow." Chen Jinjun didn't care about this.
Xu Fanming raised his head and looked at the sky: "It's getting late, aren't you going back?"
"What do you think about the Qinghong Association?"
"The brothers have been dispersed to various places and settled. I remember that the Lei family of the Qinghong Association ran to Yongzhou and had to find time to visit a dock." Xu Fanming squinted, and Chen Jinjun couldn't tell his intention for a while.
"acquaintance?"
"There is only one child left in the Lei family now. I hugged him when he was young." Xu Fanming's eyes dimmed. He didn't expect that only the Lei family who had fought to the death with the Xu family had only the same child left.
A little brat who can't speak fluently.
Chen Jinjun nodded: "Then you really should go and see it."
"Things are different and people are different..." Xu Fanming sighed.
Chen Jinjun learned about Xu Fanming's next plan. He planned to go back to Huo Mansion first and then sneak out: "I'm going back first."
"Be careful on the road. If you need anything, let Xu Sheng tell you."