"Master, something happened."
Before it was fully light, the attendant knocked on the door of the Han family's patriarch's room.
The Han family patriarch put on his coat and sat up. "What's the matter?"
"To the east of our two acres of land where we tried to plant new crops, several acres of vegetable fields all died overnight..."
"And the rice seedlings that the nearby farmers had grown are all wilted..."
"What?" The head of the Han family was startled and completely sober.
He quickly got out of bed, put on his clothes, and went to look for Wei Yunlan and Princess Daning.
Although it was not yet daybreak, there was no time to worry about that.
Wei Yunlan and Princess Daning were still staying in the same inn as they had been two days ago. When the Patriarch of the Han family came over, the two were having breakfast in a private seat by the window on the third floor.
"Hey, two ladies, it's already this late and you can still eat!"
The head of the Han family said anxiously: "We just planted the new grain seeds in the two acres of land yesterday, and today all the other crops planted nearby have withered and died..."
"Master Han suspects that there is something wrong with the new grain seeds?" Princess Daning asked with a raised eyebrow.
"That's not the case." The head of the Han family sighed, "How can it be such a coincidence? It's obvious that someone did it on purpose. Otherwise, why did the new grain seeds, which have been planted in so many places without any problems, have problems only after they came to our Hanzhou?"
"Could it be that our Hanzhou is just so unlucky? How is that possible?"
"Master Han is quite clear-headed." Wei Yunlan exclaimed.
The Han family's head smiled bitterly, "Miss Wei, please stop praising me. We need to think about how to deal with this matter."
"Although I know there is no problem with the new grain varieties, the people of Hanzhou do not know. Once the people mistakenly believe that the new grain varieties will be harmful to the original crops, I am afraid that the promotion of the new grain varieties will be difficult."
"No." Wei Yunlan said confidently, without a trace of worry on his face.
The patriarch of the Han family was stunned for a moment, then looked at Princess Daning who was standing beside him.
The same is true.
"Miss Wei, Princess, could it be that you knew this would happen?"
"I'm really not surprised." Wei Yunlan put down his chopsticks and clapped his hands.
Brothers Tang Chuan and Tang Hai came over with a short, dark and thin middle-aged man with a cloth ball stuffed in his mouth.
"Boss, this is what we found on him."
"And this is what we found in a nearby field. It's the same oil paper he used to wrap the bag he was carrying."
Tang Chuan brought two things over.
It is also the size of a palm and neatly wrapped in oil paper.
The other one was a piece of oil paper that was completely open and had nothing inside.
There were a few traces of gray-brown color similar to that of soil on the oil paper.
Open the oil paper bag on the side, and it is filled with powder of this color.
"What is this?" It has color but no smell. The head of the Han family bent down and looked closely for a long time. If the powder had not been wrapped so carefully, he would have thought it was just ordinary sand that could be found everywhere on the ground.
"Nothing more than something that caused the nearby fields to wither." After Wei Yunlan finished speaking, he winked at Tang Chuan and Tang Hai, "Take the thing out of his mouth."
Tang Hai did as he was told and pulled off the ball of cloth.
The short, dark-skinned middle-aged man, realizing that he could finally speak, shouted at the top of his voice, "It's unfair! It's really unfair to me!"
"I didn't come to Qincheng to visit my relatives. I was just passing by the farmland in the suburbs. Why did you arrest me?"
"You're still being stubborn." Wei Yunlan's eyes turned cold, and he held up the unfolded oil paper bag and instructed the Tang brothers, "Since he is innocent, feed him this bag."
The man who was originally shouting "it's unfair" suddenly became silent.
With a look of horror on his face, he said, "No, don't give me this food!"
The Han brothers did not stop until Wei Yunlan gave any instructions.
One of them grabbed the man's chin and forced his mouth open, while the other took the oil paper bag, curled it slightly, and prepared to pour the powder inside into the man's mouth.
The man's eyes were filled with horror, and he tried hard to break free from the grip of the Tang brothers, but with his small body, how could he break free?
"Now, can you tell the truth?"
Just as the powder was about to be poured into his mouth, Wei Yunlan spoke again.
The man nodded hurriedly.
The Tang brothers slowed down their movements, temporarily released his chin, and kicked him hard on the knee, forcing him to kneel down on the ground and answer.
"I, I'm from Zhoujiatun... When I was drinking last night, someone told me that if I just scattered these two bags of stuff around the two plots of land they pointed out, I could make up for the money I lost in gambling two days ago..."
"I don't know what these two packages are. I am so wronged! If I had known that these were things that could harm people, I would definitely not agree to their request. My dear nobles, please be kind and let me go. I promise I won't do it again!"
"Miss Wei." Zou Yun walked in from outside.
"We found out that this man is indeed from Zhoujiatun nearby, and the situation is roughly the same as he said. The gambling house he went to was also visited by a group of people recently. We followed the clues and found the young master of the Kang family, Kang Jing."
Tianshu Pavilion is an organization that even dares to explore palace secrets.
The family has a deep foundation, and it is difficult to explore the private affairs within the family, but it is not difficult to just investigate the recent movements of a person.
"It's Kang Jing again." Shocked at the speed of Wei Yunlan's men's actions, the head of the Han family frowned, "He really made it clear that he doesn't want our Han family to have an easy life."
Wei Yunlan glanced at the head of the Han family.
He misunderstood this.
It is true that the Kang family has ulterior motives towards the Han family, but the reason they are so eager to come out these days is not for the Han family, but for them who have come from afar.
The Kang family obviously received instructions from the Empress Dowager.
However, the Queen Mother wanted to use the Kang family to deal with them and King You, but she might have made a wrong calculation.
Today, they are no longer the penniless and fledgling people they were two years ago.
As for the misunderstanding in the heart of the head of the Han family, Wei Yunlan did not intend to explain. In short, it was a fact that the Kang family had let the Han family down. If the Kang family could be overthrown, it would be regarded as revenge for the deceased previous head of the Han family.
"Have you found out where Kang Jing is now?"
"I haven't found it yet." Zou Yun glanced at Hei Yun who was lying at Wei Yunlan's feet, "But if you want to check, Miss Wei, you will be able to find it soon."
"Miss Wei, are you going to arrest Kang Jing?"
The head of the Han family asked, "Don't you need to explain to the people nearby why the farmland is withering?"
"No need. Rumors are just rumors. Send the old farmers who have learned to grow new crops in the past two days to the place we have selected in advance, and everything will be fine as usual."
"As for the Kang family." Wei Yunlan paused, his eyes becoming colder.
"If you do too much evil, you will eventually perish."
"Master Han might as well wait and see what happens to the Kang family."
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