female catcher

Chapter 135
Shopkeeper Tang said that he and Yu Wenping are quite familiar. In the past, Yu Wenping would stay in their store every year when he went out to buy medicines. He would sometimes collect some medicinal materials from passing porters or herbal pickers. Buy it from him.

"Has he also stayed in your shop this year?"

"Here we come." Shopkeeper Tang wiped his sweat, "His son came here for the first two years, and this year he said that his family had a baby, so he took another trip on behalf of his son, and said that life will be better in the future. Rest and enjoy the family happiness."

"Do you remember the day?"

"Oh..." Shopkeeper Tang rolled his eyes and thought for a while, "Is it the end of March, March [-]th?" He pushed the guy next to him, "Is it March [-]th?"

The clerk nodded hurriedly, "Yes, the wages will be paid the next day, I remember."

"And then? When did he leave the store?"

Shopkeeper Tang pushed the waiter again, and the waiter said: "It's early in the morning. The merchants are leaving early, so it's ugly, it's not bright yet."

"Yu Wenping also left at that time?" Xia Chu asked.

"Really?" The clerk looked at Shopkeeper Tang, who gave him a glare, and said through his teeth: "Ask you! What do you think I am doing, I am not here at that time."

The buddy smiled wryly, "It should be. If we want to leave, why don't we all leave together?"

Jiang Xiyuan put down the teacup, looked up at Shopkeeper Tang, "What did you do?"

Shopkeeper Tang's fleshy cheeks trembled, and sweat dripped down at a speed visible to the naked eye, "I, I..., my family lives in the city, and I went home the night before. My mother is sick, really, and she is still alive now." It's lying on the bed, you, you can send someone to look."

"Were you there when Yu Wenping came?"

Shopkeeper Tang nodded sharply, "Yes. Well... I received a pound of Dendrobium officinale from a passing porter a few days ago. The price is a bit high so I kept it on hold. Recently, I went to Xingzhou to collect the medicine. There are many merchants, and I want to sell it. Yu Dong’s family bought it after he came, so I went home.”

"Dendrobium candidum?" Jiang Xiyuan tapped the table with his fingers, "How much did you sell for?"

"120 taels."

Xia Chu was startled, and blurted out: "So expensive?!" She didn't understand the price of medicinal materials at all, she only knew that antler, ginseng and ganoderma were expensive, and what was this Dendrobium candidum?Eight taels of a catty weighs only a small pot of porridge, how can it be sold for so much money?

Xia Chu shouted how expensive it was, startled Shopkeeper Tang, and quickly explained: "Master, this is really not expensive. There is also a two-dollar Fengdou in it! You can't just buy it if you want it." Arrived. The porter doesn’t understand the market price, in fact, the price of this little thing in the capital is far more than this price. What’s more, the price of medicine is expensive this year.”

Xia Chu blinked his eyes, he was in a fog, and he still felt the same way after listening: so expensive!

"Dendrobium candidum grows on the edge of the cliff, so it is difficult to pick, so the price is naturally high." Jiang Xiyuan smiled, and said: "Nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, it is a tonic thing, and the poor can't afford it. The price of Fengdou is especially high. high."

"Your Excellency, you still understand medicinal materials?" Xia Chu looked at him with admiration.

Jiang Xiyuan put his hands on his mouth, and whispered close to Xia Chu's ear: "My grandfather is eating, so I know."

Hussar General is eating?Chu Xia was relieved, it seemed that it was expensive for a reason.Yu Wenping bought it at a high price, and nine out of ten he kept it for himself, for nourishing the kidneys.

At this point, Xia Chu had a rough guess in his mind, and asked shopkeeper Tang and the guy about Yu Wenping's movements that day, and then sent them back.

As soon as shopkeeper Tang and the others left, Xia Chu wanted to talk about the case with Jiang Xiyuan, but Jiang Xiyuan wanted to take Xia Chu to dinner even more, "Chang Qing went to Liujiabao, and it won't be too late to talk to him when the news from his side comes back. You analyze now After a long time, when he turned around, he brought back a counter-evidence, and it’s useless to say it.”

Xia Chu thought it made sense, so he temporarily put the case aside and stood up.I felt sore all the way up, and sat down again, "I forgot, my feet are still hurt, so don't go out for lunch."

"It's not a big deal to ask for a carriage from the Yamen."

"I'm too lazy..." Xia Chu paused, lowered his head and pondered for a while, then changed his mind and said, "That's fine too. Does your lord know any special products here in Guanyang? I want to see the market or something."

"What are you doing?" Jiang Xiyuan wondered, he didn't even bother to walk just now, why did he want to go to the market again in the blink of an eye?

Xia Chuban closed his eyelids, brushed his hair, and said nonchalantly, "Oh, bring me a gift for my friend."

"Friend?" Jiang Xiyuan looked at her, feeling a little upset, but deliberately smiled and said: "No, I'm in Guanyang now, so the gift will be waived."

"Who said it was for you, my lord." Xia Chu looked at him and said with a smile, "It's for Mr. Huang."

"I knew it." Jiang Xiyuan snorted very softly, lowered his head and brushed his sleeves to show disdain in his heart, "It seems that your sleeves are broken, don't you?"

"You just broke it." Xia Chu retorted casually, looked down at him after thinking for a while, and asked in confusion, "My lord, what does 'also' mean?"

There was a buzzing in Jiang Xiyuan's head, he felt sweat seeping out of his forehead, he reached out to touch it but there was nothing, and during the moment when his hand was slowly stroking his forehead, he hesitated whether to just confess to Xia Chu or not, When he put his hand down, the blurted words turned into: "I mean that Mr. Huang."

"Don't talk nonsense." Xia Chu wiped his fingers, frowned slightly and looked out the window, "Master Huang is getting married soon, I want to buy a gift as a congratulatory gift."

Jiang Xiyuan picked up the teacup and said nonchalantly: "So what if you get married, that doesn't mean anything."

"Do I need to explain something?" Xia Chu glanced at him, then turned around and said, "My lord, can you put your mind on it? You are a romantic son, why do you always linger on the word 'broken sleeve'?"

Jiang Xiyuan was a little guilty, and blew on the half-cold tea without making a sound.

"My lord, are you going or not?" Xia Chu supported the table and stood up, "Anyway, I will definitely buy something, I have already said it, if you don't go, I will go by myself."

"No!" Jiang Xiyuan said.

"Row."

A quarter of an hour later, the driver of Guanyang Yamen stopped his carriage at the alley of the market, turned around and said to the car: "The market in front of you is the market of Guanyang City. There are many restaurants in the east. Going all the way down is Willow Lane..."

"Thank you." Xia Chu lifted the curtain of the car to stop the driver's words, bent down and walked out of the car, and stretched out an arm from the car to grab her, "Are you going to get off? Come back first!"

"Underestimate people." Xia Chu carefully sat on the car floor, his right foot touched the ground first, and put his body's center of gravity on it, then his buttocks moved down.She dusted off her trousers, turned around and raised her head to smile at Jiang Xiyuan, "It's not difficult. Don't say sprained one foot, even if two legs are broken, I can still take care of myself."

Jiang Xiyuan followed him out of the car and jumped off lightly, "You mean I don't need to come out with you?"

"That's not true. It's really unnecessary to take care of me, but..." Xia Chu chuckled, "My lord, you have a good eye, and you must be better at picking gifts than me."

"I haven't given gifts to men before, so I don't know how to choose them." Jiang Xiyuan said angrily.Having said that, he still asked: "What kind of business does Mr. Huang do? Is it big?"

Xia Chu didn't know his intentions, so he said cautiously: "Does this have anything to do with the gift?"

"Why do you think I'm asking? Naturally, it's related." Jiang Xiyuan glanced at her, patted his arm for her to support, and walked slowly forward while saying, "If you're a small merchant, just buy as you like." Lucky things are fine, but if you are a big business, you still have to pay attention to it."

"No matter how big or small, I can only afford the so-called 'casual' things." Xia Chu said, looking at the bustling market on the road ahead, and sighed softly, "It's not a question of whether you can afford it or not." , The value of the mind is not measured by money."

She suddenly missed Su Zhen a little bit.Maybe Su Zhen could appear in front of her at this moment, and she might not be able to help asking him, if she was a woman, would it change anything?
But it is impossible for Su Zhen to appear, so it is destined that nothing will change.It's a really stupid idea.

"Will?" Jiang Xiyuan smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled, and said a little sourly, "Then I may really be unable to help you. I don't know what you think about him."

"What are you going to say, my lord? What kind of heart can you have, the heart of a friend." Xia Chu turned to look at the small stall on the street, "A very good friend."

"What kind of business does that Mr. Huang of yours actually do?"

"What do you mean 'My Young Master Huang'? My lord, don't keep taking me into the pit." Xia Chu glanced at him, turned his head and thought for a while and said: "I guess the family is an imperial merchant, he looks very rich, and Maybe it’s an official businessman? In short, he’s a very nice person, and he doesn’t smell like copper at all, and he doesn’t show off.”

"You don't even know what his family does? What kind of friend is this?" Jiang Xiyuan said disdainfully.

"Whether they are friends or not has anything to do with what the family does? I don't do business." Xia Chu said disapprovingly, "The friendship between gentlemen is as rare as water."

"You don't look as light as water, but as thick as a pot of porridge. Then you know what his name is?"

"Huang Zhen. True or false." Xia Chu turned his head and smiled at him, "Does your lord know him? But he said he didn't know you, but he had heard of you, saying that you are a character."

Huang Zhen?Jiang Xiyuan searched in his mind, but he didn't remember that there was such a young master in Xijing.According to Xia Chu's description, he has a handsome appearance and a good family background. Even if he doesn't know him, he should have heard of it.

Keep a low profile like this?Jiang Xiyuan was even a little skeptical that Mr. Gui He had returned with a different face, but the name was too common, unlike the alias that hypocritical scholar would give himself.

It seems that after returning to Beijing, I have to ask someone to ask.

(End of this chapter)