414 Thousand Miles to Save People
Ming Wanli returned to the inn, and the next day Wanhua and others also returned.
"Brother Ming, the medicine store is operating as usual. The head of the store didn't even notice anything was wrong. He meets the old manager every year, but the old manager and his son are both sick. His nephew is very good at dealing with people and is more capable than Li Chengwang."
Ming Wanli told the story again.
Wanhua, Dazhuang and the others were so angry: "Brother Ming, what do you think we should do?"
"I have the eldest son's name card here. We should report this matter to the government. We don't have many people with us, only five or six in total. Li Sheng and his son have been operating here for three years. We don't know what's going on behind the scenes, but they must have thugs around them.
The old shopkeeper said that both father and son were good at using poison, and that he was paralyzed on one side because of poison, and he was also under control, so there was no chance of finding a good doctor.
If it were just him, he would have done everything he could when he met the village head at the end of the year, but his son was in the hands of Li Sheng and his son, so he didn't dare to move.
If there is just the slightest hint of news from us, the father and son will flee, and the Sun family's money will be taken away, and the old shopkeeper and his son might even be silenced.
The eldest son has sent a pigeon letter and will arrive in Minzhou in half a month, but we can't wait any longer. I won't be willing to let someone get away."
Wanhua nodded.
This arrangement does make sense. There are only six of them, and three of them who were brought in to be the village leaders can barely protect themselves.
The next morning, Wan Li went to the yamen. When he took out Sun Sicheng's business card and explained his purpose, even the prefect was alarmed.
Prefect Zhou said, "The eldest son went to the border town to serve as a military doctor, but his property was seized right under our noses. This is really hateful. Manager Ming, your people had better protect the old shopkeeper. I will have people capture Li Sheng and his son in one fell swoop to ensure that nothing goes wrong."
Ming Wanli naturally agreed.
Several people thought about the plan carefully again until they were sure that there were no omissions. They decided to lock on to Li Sheng and his son in the morning and capture the two of them and the people behind them as soon as possible.
Li Sheng has been feeling restless these past two days, and he was thinking about waiting for his son to come over today, so that the father and son could take the money they had saved over the past three years and run away.
It's time to go.
He had wanted to leave two months ago, but his son insisted on waiting until after the autumn harvest. There was a large amount of medicinal herbs that could be harvested in autumn, so since he was leaving, he would take them all with him this time. It would certainly not be like the past three years when he had to hand over some of them.
He couldn't bear to do it either.
He glanced at his elder brother who looked like a man lying on the kang, and felt a little guilty for a moment, but it was only for a moment. They, father and son, came here for refuge, but his good elder brother said that he couldn't employ people casually, saying that the eldest son had rules. Bah!
Things are in the hands of man, and the emperor is far away. The eldest son will not come for three to five years. What's wrong with changing the village head? What's wrong with him being a big accountant?
He also wanted them to work as clerks in his own small shop. He didn't know how his elder brother could say this.
In this case, we can't blame them for being cruel. Besides, are they cruel? The eldest brother takes care of him personally every day, and he is alive and well. The nephew didn't let his son kill him, and now he is living well in the big cellar. After they leave, he will set them free.
He never intended to take their lives.
Would it be possible if it were someone else?
"Brother, I know you are awake. You can't blame me for what happened today. If you had let me enter Baicaotang, or given that shop to Chenghuan, none of this would have happened.
You have worked for the Sun family all your life, and you said that you only saved up a shop. Who would believe you? You are the head shopkeeper of the only Baicaotang in Minzhou Prefecture. You are in charge of the three medicine shops here. You can make a few thousand taels a year.
Yes, you are upright. Not to mention that you are a spendthrift, but Sun Sicheng has always been good to his chief manager. Your monthly salary is several hundred taels a year, but you only bought a small courtyard for your nephew, which is less than a thousand taels of silver, and the gift for the meeting is only a hundred taels of silver.
Brother, you know very well that we came here with nothing, not to mention a small house with two entrances, what can one hundred taels of silver be worth?
Brother, you have been unkind to me, but I cannot be unkind to you. You and Chengwang are both alive and well. Chenghuan is coming today, and I will discuss with him to turn our house into cash. I will take him away, and from now on, we will never see each other again."
The old shopkeeper burst into tears and finally couldn't hold back and said, "When you were sick, I was only two years older than you. I sold myself just to save you. Fortunately, I met a good master.
You and your son came here. I bought you a house and gave you money. But you were unwilling to do the things I arranged for you to do. You always said that I had money but I didn't give it to you.
I am a shopkeeper, but also a servant. I bought a house and a shop for Chengwang. He has been weak since childhood, and half of my monthly salary was exchanged for medicine for him. When you came, I bought you a nice house. Tell me, how much do I have left?
I was in good health and only in my early fifties, but now I have been poisoned like this by my own brother and nephew. I don’t know whether my son is still alive or not, ah, ah.”
The old shopkeeper burst into tears and the more he thought about it, the more hateful he became.
Li Sheng was getting annoyed: "Brother, if you continue to be so careless, I won't be able to take care of your son's life. Cheng Huan is already impatient."
The old shopkeeper stopped crying suddenly, and he thought of Wanli. Yes, he couldn't be impulsive now, because Wanli would bring people to save him and his son.
The eldest son will be here soon, and neither of these damned father and son can escape.
…
Noon time.
The yamen runners arrested Li Chenghuan and his twelve men in total. Ming Wanli also brought people to tie up Li Sheng, and both father and son were taken to the government office.
In the afternoon, Li Chengwang was brought out of the large cellar of Li Sheng's house. He was already dying. If it had been two days later, he would have died.
Wanli hurriedly sent the person to Huichuntang. The two old doctors in Baicaotang had already resigned and returned home. Now Baicaotang could only wait for the eldest son to come and then reorganize it.
Ming Wanli didn't know what to say when he saw the miserable state of Li Mao and his son. Brothers who he hadn't seen for many years, he didn't even know their current character. How could he take out half of his fortune to buy a house for them and even send them to work in his shop?
Wealth should not be shown to others. How could a big boss like you not know this?
The old shopkeeper is quite good at doing business, otherwise the eldest son would not have handed over Minzhou to him.
But he placed too much emphasis on family ties, which ended up harming himself and his son, and also caused losses to the eldest son.
Li Mao and his son were caught, but they had supported many people over the years, and it cost money to support these people. Wasn’t the money the eldest son’s?
Wanli sighed deeply and rushed to the yamen with Dazhuang. They caught the person yesterday afternoon and sent the old shopkeeper and his son to the clinic. He immediately arranged for Wanhua to take charge of Baicaotang.
The medicine store must be rectified, but not now. He has to rush to the government office now and make Li Sheng and his son return the money they have embezzled in the past few years.
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