Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1315: Failure of the Game
In the courtyard.

Yang Qi, who had just changed his clothes, bowed and sat down. He subconsciously lowered his head and smelled his clothes. He seemed to smell the smell of rotten eggs, and his brows knitted unconsciously:
These damn bastards!
Chu Chengyao showed some concern and then asked about the business:

"Aren't you setting up a trap for Jimintang? Why would you include your own pharmacy in it?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Qi's expression became even more unfriendly:
“I don’t know who did this, not only did they switch the fake medicine I prepared for Jimintang and put it in my own pharmacy, but they also brought a large amount of medicine that Jimintang was short of to Kyoto, cheating me out of a lot of money and ruining my business.

Not only are my several idle houses now filled with medicinal herbs, but also, starting the day before yesterday, patients have claimed that they had taken bad medicines in my pharmacy.

Today, more and more people gathered. I thought it was a little strange so I wanted to go and take a look myself. But as soon as I entered through the back door and hadn’t finished asking questions, the troublemakers surrounded the medicine shop and started smashing things up as if they had heard the wind!”

Yang Qi became more and more angry as he spoke. He angrily slammed the armrest and thought carefully about who had tricked him:

He suffered a great loss this time. Today he was blocked in the pharmacy and many people saw him. Naturally, he could no longer hide it. This secret shop would be put in the open in the future.

The most infuriating thing was the bastard who set up the scheme behind the scenes. So many medicinal herbs were shipped into the city in batches and sold everywhere, and the quantity was very small each time. He thought they were just dealers reselling medicinal herbs, so he let his men buy them all.

Who knew that when all the bits and pieces were added together, there would be so many of them, and they were all crooked and stale stuff!

Chu Chengyao: "It seems that Jimintang is the one with the most motive. This medicine shop is now managed by Lin Jinyan, but there is no guarantee that the Gu and Lin families are secretly interfering."

Yang Qi: "I was also the first to suspect the Gu and Lin families. I sent people to investigate privately. Neither of the two families knew about this matter. They didn't even know that there were not enough medicinal materials on the market."

Chu Chengyao was puzzled:
"Didn't you say that Jimintang was short of medicine? Why didn't they know about it?"

Yang Qi: "I bought out the original drug dealer, and another drug dealer supplied them with medicinal materials. I am investigating the details of this new drug dealer, but there is no result yet."

Chu Chengyao: Yang Qi has many spies under his command. If a drug dealer who has not been found out after many days of investigation cannot be an ordinary drug dealer... Yang Qi took out the secret letter from his arms:
"Li Siyu sent it, saying it was news from his shop in Pingzhou."

Chu Chengyao took it and read it, his brows furrowed deeply:

"Bandits with official weapons?"

Yang Qi also felt puzzled:

"It is said that a local rich kid was kidnapped by bandits, and was rescued by chance when the government was cracking down on the bandits. I heard from the soldiers that the knife used by the bandits was a government-made weapon.

This person thought it was strange, and after being rescued, he talked about it with his friends over a drink, and many people heard it.

Chu Chengyao picked up the letter again. With the Han family's incident in mind, he instinctively sensed something was wrong:
"A few days ago, the government issued a warning to all those who knew about this to shut up. This rich kid was even arrested for spreading rumors..."

After thinking for a long time, Chu Chengyao made up his mind to send someone to investigate immediately. He also instructed Yang Qi to pass a message to Li Siyu, asking Pingzhou's people to find out more about the matter.

After finishing the serious business, Yang Qi talked about tomorrow's flower show. The eldest princess also sent an invitation to his sister.

Chu Chengyao: "The case of Qin Zongliang will soon be settled. Lin Jinyan didn't know about this flower party. It was the prince's order. She should be there. Let your sister test whether Lin Jinyan knows about the medicine shop."

Chu Chengyao felt strange when he thought of Lin Jinyan. Although she was a sickly person, he always felt that she was involved in many things, but whenever he checked carefully, there was nothing wrong.

But...why do I always think of her every time I suspect someone?