Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 269
She told everyone to go their separate ways, leaving only Tao Shi by her side.

"It was like going mad just now, I don't know how scary it is." Tao Shi talked about the previous situation, "I just ate a few mouthfuls of food, and it suddenly happened like this. I called Xiao Shitou to find my wife."

After hearing this, Du Xiaoyu asked the doctor, "Doctor, can you tell what kind of poison it is?"

"It's toad poison. Fortunately, I came in time, otherwise I might have died." The doctor frowned, shaking his head and said, "Did I offend someone? I haven't been poisoned by anyone for several years. "

Toad poison is the secretion on the surface of toads, which can be used as medicine after drying. This kind of thing is easy to obtain. It is summer, and there are toads everywhere in the mud by the pond, so if you want to find the murderer from the source of the poison, It seems unlikely.After Du Xiaoyu sent the doctor away, Mrs. Ding also boiled the medicine, and she and Tao Shi fed it to Sun Xiaoshan.

"It's really a crime. Someone actually wanted to kill Master Sun. He is a little cunning, but he is still very sincere to others. His wife is also a good person. Every time she comes back, she will bring something to share with us." Tao Shi smashed He pursed his lips, "I really can't figure out how this kind of thing happened!"

Du Xiaoyu still has some understanding of Sun Xiaoshan's behavior. As Dow said, he looks a little foolish on the surface, but once he starts working, he is extremely serious and focused, otherwise he wouldn't have spent all these years working hard. Research and study.But then again, he owed some debts, could it be because of this grudge?

She waited in the workshop for more than half an hour, and Sun Xiaoshan finally woke up slowly.

Hearing that he was poisoned, he looked at a loss, "Someone poisoned me? How is this possible?"

"You really don't have any enemies?"

"No." Sun Xiaoshan said with certainty, "Even if I owe money to others, now they all know that I am working for my wife, and they are willing to accommodate. If they kill me, how can I pay them back?"

This is strange, so what is going on?

"Could it be..." Sun Xiaoshan slapped himself on the forehead suddenly, "Someone asked me to go to their workshop earlier, but I didn't agree. They threatened to give me some trouble."

"Who are they?" If it was a business matter, it would make sense.

Sun Xiaoshan said, "There are two people, one surnamed Huang and the other surnamed Duan, but they didn't dare to stay in the county, so they just asked me to go to Lingcheng with them."

That's because she was concerned about her status as the wife of the county mistress, and if she went to Lingcheng, she would naturally have no control over them.

"What did you eat before dinner today?" she asked.

"I drank a bowl of almond tea." Sun Xiaoshan shook his head, still feeling a little dizzy, and said with his fingers, "I bought a sesame seed cake, a steamed bun with sugar meat, honey cake, water ball..." Eloquently said more than a dozen kinds , Hearing that, several people beside him all showed strange eyes.

Dow glanced at him up and down, "I didn't expect Master Sun to be so thin and so edible."

Sun Xiaoshan scratched his head in embarrassment. In fact, he has lived a very difficult life these past few years. There is delicious food on the street, no matter how hard you can stand it, you have to let go of your stomach and eat it once.

After going to so many stalls, it was really difficult to find out where the poison was caused. Du Xiaoyu told Sun Xiaoshan to rest more, so he went back home first.

He didn't know what happened, so he asked Li Yuanqing to send his subordinates to investigate the two businessmen. If Sun Xiaoshan survived the poisoning this time, he wouldn't dare to go out to eat again, and now he still concentrates on dealing with Yao Guanshi.

On this day, the person Ding Fengnian recruited went to Lin's pharmacy pretending to be a wealthy businessman.

His name was Xu Xiang, and he pretended to be a wealthy businessman with a loud voice, and he reported several expensive medicinal materials in succession, and the clerk hurriedly called Yao Guanshi to come over to preside over the overall situation.

The person opposite is dressed in silk and satin, with an emerald ring on his finger, and the jade pendant on his waist looks like suet jade. Although there are not many accessories, it can be seen that it has a lot of background.

"May I ask your name?" Their pharmacy is not a well-known pharmacy in the county, and no one has ever come to buy so many medicinal materials. Manager Yao couldn't help feeling strange.

"Miangui's surname is Zhang." Xu Xiang turned the ring in his hand, "Since you are in charge, why don't you tell me how to sell these? I am waiting to use them urgently. If the price given by your shop is right, I will buy them together."

It turned out that we still had to shop around, Yao Guanshi smiled and said, "It's easy to say, our prices are always fair." He took Xu Xiang into the inner room, and after drinking a cup of tea, he picked up the abacus and typed out a number, "You Take a look, how about it? This is the lowest, and our medicinal materials are all the best, you will definitely not suffer a loss if you buy them."

Xu Xiang's complexion changed slightly, and he said calmly, "You are bullying me for not knowing medicinal materials, are you a layman? How unreasonable!"

Seeing that he was angry, Manager Yao didn't let go, and said with a smile on his face, "You get what you pay for, this customer is also in business, so he should know the truth behind it."

"It seems that you have no sincerity in doing this business!" Xu Xiang snorted, "I know that you are a newly opened store, and you originally wanted to take care of the business, but the price you paid was higher than other old stores! If I had known that the lion opened its mouth like this, I shouldn't have come!"

If you really want to make a deal, there is no manager like Yao, who will not persuade the customer when he sees his anger. This is a big deal, a business worth tens of thousands of taels. In the shop, Xu Xiang saw that the temptation was almost over, and left with his sleeves flung.

A few of the guys didn't know, so when Manager Yao let the guest go, he said anxiously, "Didn't it work out? It's rare to see such a generous guest!"

"Think of our shop as a charity hall!" Guanshi Yao was angrily, as if the rich businessman just suppressed the price arbitrarily and that's why the deal didn't happen.

Xu Xiang immediately went to report to Du Xiaoyu, "It seems that he doesn't want to ask other shops for hundreds of taels of silver, only a fool would buy it, and he doesn't intend to talk about it at all."

As she expected, it can be seen that it was not accidental that the purple ganoderma was not placed on the counter that day.

"Have you seen those things? Are they all on the table?"

"Some have it, some don't, musk and bezoar are not, and they are empty, but Manager Yao didn't say whether the store has any stock."

Du Xiaoyu nodded, she already knew what she wanted, so she let Xu Xiang go, she didn't go to the shop that day, but after five days, she went to greet the old lady, and then came to the shop with Mrs. Lin.

Lin Shi wanted to follow her, and Du Xiaoyu didn't refuse.

"Would you like to go to the jewelry store?" Mrs. Lin strongly demanded, because just now Du Xiaoyu and the old lady only mentioned medicinal materials, saying that during the rainy season, medicinal materials are easy to get wet, and they want to go to the warehouse to see if they are properly placed.I really don't know what she thinks, jewelry is much more valuable than medicinal materials.

She really didn't have a clue about the jewelry store, people always have their pros and cons, but to catch Manager Yao, all he had to do was catch a mistake, no matter what the store was, he would have to explain it properly.

"Let's go and see later, anyway, my aunt is not in a hurry to leave." She smiled slightly.

Lin's complexion froze, and he stopped talking.

When Manager Yao saw Du Xiaoyu coming, he was not surprised at all when he heard that he was going to the warehouse. He immediately led her there. The warehouse is two streets away from here. It would take about half a stick of incense to walk there. It's really not long, and it seems impossible to make a remedy within this period of time.

Du Xiaoyu walked to the door of the warehouse and glanced at Guanshi Yao. He was still very calm and showed no signs of guilt.

"Why would Madam want to see the storeroom?" He asked with a smile, "It smells very strong, I'm afraid Madam won't get used to it."

"She wants to see it and needs your approval?" Lin rolled her eyes, "Could it be hiding something shameful? Why don't you open the door!"

Manager Yao didn't care about her, took out the key and opened the warehouse door.

Sure enough, a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine rushed towards her face, and Lin couldn't help pinching her nose. Du Xiaoyu had been used to treating rabbits and dealing with herbal medicine all day long, so she walked around and looked around.

It is still well taken care of, afraid that the ground will be wet, the Chinese medicinal materials are placed in high places, and the more expensive ones are placed in brocade boxes. Du Xiaoyu glanced over, and immediately saw musk, purple ganoderma and other medicinal materials. Putting them all in one place, she went to pick up a box and opened it.

"This is Musk, ma'am." Guanshi Yao introduced it carefully.

It smells slightly bitter. There are quite a few in such a big box, exactly as it is recorded in the account book, but why is it not placed on the counter?Du Xiaoyu asked, "Are there many people buying this thing? It seems quite expensive."

The ones from small households naturally feel expensive, Manager Yao twitched his lips, and smiled again, "Not too many, so I put them in the warehouse, and the fragrance will dissipate when I take them out. If anyone wants to buy them, call the assistant to come over." Take is the same."

Sounding reasonable, Du Xiaoyu closed the brocade box again, and then looked at the other brocade boxes.

Purple Ganoderma lucidum, bezoar, and ginseng are all available, and there is nothing missing. If you check with the accounts, there is absolutely no mistake or omission. Is this Yao Guanshi really talented?Where did he get those banknotes?

Mrs. Lin saw that Manager Yao was not pleasing to her eyes. Seeing that Du Xiaoyu hadn't found anything wrong, she snorted and said, "Young Madam is in charge of the shop now, why do you have the key back? Xiaoyu, I'll go back and tell my mother, since You don't care, this warehouse has to be watched by you, so what's the matter with calling an outsider?"

When Guanshi Yao heard these words, his complexion finally changed slightly.

Du Xiaoyu hurriedly said, "It's not necessary. Manager Yao should take care of the warehouse. I can't be in the shop every day. If someone comes to buy, they can't all come to me to pick up the keys." Forget it? It’s too troublesome, so I still have to work hard to manage Yao.”

She is still busy with the silk quilt business. After all, it is a business with her own money, so she must be more distracted. Manager Yao thought to himself, and his face relaxed again.

(End of this chapter)