Chapter 140:

Feng Muzhang was not willing to let Xu Yi fall into the trap alone. He immediately became impatient and shouted, "I'm coming too!

" Check with me to determine whether these soaked medicinal materials can be used."

He spoke so quickly that Xu Yi couldn't stop him, and his eyes darkened.

This person really affected his next move, but fortunately the impact was not big.

And what Feng Muzhang said played right into Dr. Wang's wish. He had no chance to regret it. He didn't even care about his demeanor: "Okay, I'll do it as you wish."

Qian Pharmacist laughed openly and was very satisfied with this.

Not to mention the level of these doctors, even if they are causing trouble and want to find something, just judging from the number of people, there are only three of them. There are so many medicinal materials in the warehouse, can they check them one by one?

After the decision was made, drug dealer Qian looked at the other people present very politely and asked with a smile: "Is there any other doctor who also wants to test it?"

After a few breaths, no one came out to answer.

It seemed that the doctors at several other medical clinics did not want to get involved.

Xu Yi squinted his eyes and glanced at the familiar ones. The ones that caught Xu Yi's gaze opened his eyes slightly.

He secretly thought, these people also got the news, but they were not sure and wanted them to be a stepping stone.

Uncle Tang, who was hiding in the crowd, was unhappy. This group of people is really too mean-spirited. He is afraid that Xu Yi, who is young, will end up earning a bad reputation and go back home.

He looked like he was breaking a jar, and he raised his hand and pointed at the other doctors: "Aren't you, and the two of you, doctors from Yanting County? Why, don't you even know how to test medicinal materials?"

"You What nonsense!" One of the doctors replied angrily.

"We didn't say we wouldn't test it, it's just that the drug dealer Qian said that only a small part of the medicinal materials were soaked in the snow, so so many people wouldn't use it." The other doctor was much calmer, and when he saw that Uncle Tang was not polite, he took it easy. Indifferently, "You are just a businessman. You came here under the orders of your customers. If you are worried, you can go and check it yourself."

"Yes... why are you rushing others?"

I don't know who it is, but the voice is not loud in the crowd. He added nonchalantly.

Others had strange expressions, and those uninformed businessmen also noticed that the atmosphere was getting tense.

When they realized it later, they could see that the leading wealthy businessmen were indifferent. They were greedy and unwilling to back down and leave.

During the dispute between the two parties, the doctors were not very courageous and did not want to get involved.

Uncle Tang knew that he couldn't bring them together, so he had to give up reluctantly. He wanted to test the medicine together.

Xu Yi gave him a look, signaling him not to join in.

The latter's expression changed again and again, and he struggled for a long time before retreating into the crowd with a gloomy face.

No one made any more noise. Drug dealer Qian didn't want to make things too complicated, so he immediately ordered the guards guarding the warehouse to come in.

After receiving the order, several guards came in from the outside. They first moved the sacks containing medicinal materials piled outside to the cart and pulled them in front of Xu Yi and Feng Muzhang.

The sacks in front of them were opened one by one, and the guards opened the mouth of the sacks to reveal the medicinal materials inside.

Xu Yi and Feng Muzhang stepped forward and held some medicinal materials in their hands. These bags were made of yellow cypress, and the color was darker than usual.

Pharmacist Qian explained at the right time: "These cork trees are soaked in snow and dried over charcoal fire. What is the taste and efficacy of the medicine? Do you think there is any problem?"

The next moment, Doctor Wang spoke first. : "No problem."

Feng Muzhang thought about it. He thought there must be something wrong with these medicinal materials, but when he saw these yellow cypresses, he hesitated.

Although the quality of these yellow cypresses looks average, they are usable.

Just as he was about to nod, Xu Yi, who was standing next to him, spoke before him: "Can I ask Mr. Qian to give me a bowl of hot water?"

"Hot water?"

Qian Pharmacist smiled and said, "Okay, go get it."

He ordered that he take it with him . The boy went to pour water. After a while, the boy came back with a bowl of hot water filled with white mist.

Xu Yi grabbed a handful of cork and threw it into the hot water.

Soon, the hot water turned a slightly yellowish color, making the water in the bowl look like brewed spring tea.

Xu Yi fanned his palms and smelled the smell of medicine. After savoring it for a few seconds, he nodded to Feng Muzhang.

"It's available." Xu Yi didn't talk nonsense and ordered the boy holding the bowl to fall down.

Qian Pharmacist couldn't help but feel unhappy when he saw that he was so handy with his servant. He

smiled and said, "Doctor Xu spends so much time and effort. Could it be that there is something special about soaked cork in water?" Xu Yi said, "Qian Pharmacist can Have you heard of one thing?"

Pharmacist Qian chuckled and said, "I have been a pharmacist in Xingxing for many years and I have heard hundreds of things. I don't know what Dr. Xu is talking about."

Xu Yi said, "There is a tree. , called Qinglang. After its bark is peeled off and dried, it will appear yellow or brown. Its taste is bitter. When you first see it, you will always mistake it for yellow cypress, but the bitterness is not as good as that of yellow cypress. "

"If you take it. How can you tell the difference between Huang Bai and others?" Someone took the opportunity to ask.

Xu Yi secretly said yes, and then said: "Of course there is a way to test it. As I just showed, put it in the water. The real cork will be dyed yellow, but it will not fade. If it is fake, not only will it be dyed, but the outer rough skin will also be dyed. It will turn gray-black, turn brown-black, and have a tingling smell. You can smell the difference as soon as you smell it."

He and Uncle Tang were not sure what tricks these medicine dealers had done, but they could take out the medicinal materials in front of everyone. , I guess it’s really second-rate stuff.

I just don’t know how much of it is true or false hidden inside.

Xu Yi has been in Yanting County for so long, and this is the first time he has faced such a problem. He is also not very sure.

As for why he took risks with his own reputation, it was because he wanted to do what he wanted.

"He's right." Feng Muzhang supported from the side. Doctor Wang looked on coldly and secretly winked at Qian Pharmacy.

After a while, the guards tightened the bags containing cork and put them back in place, thinking about stacking them up.

Xu Yi, who was watching their movements silently, suddenly stepped forward and pulled away the guard among them, attracting everyone to take a look.

Uncle Tang took advantage of everyone else's attention to Xu Yi and muttered: "I almost forgot about this."

He hurriedly squeezed forward, looking around with curiosity, and shouting: "Hey, what are these?"

"It's Sichuan Wu," Xu Yi said.

He opened one of the sacks and recognized the medicinal materials inside.

Chuanwu is Aconitum, which is exactly the medicinal material he wanted to buy this time.

It was thrown on the ground casually and turned over casually. The quality inside was mixed, some of it had turned black, but it was still mixed in.

Not to mention the medicinal properties of the blackened Sichuan Wu, the inside is most likely corroded. You can easily break it open with your hands, revealing the dark brown powder inside.

Xu Yi rubbed it with his hands and found that the inside was already severely calcified. With a little force, it was broken into slag.

"Mr. Qian, what's the explanation for this?" Xu Yi turned around and looked at Qian Pharmacist with meaning.

Drug dealer Qian's expression remained unchanged, and he cursed secretly in his heart that Xu Yi was meddling too much. He said: "It is not easy to save this batch of medicine. Maybe it took too long and some of them are broken. It doesn't matter, just let the guards pick out the bad ones."

Finally found the gap, and Qian, the drug dealer, just said it. It was clean. How could Uncle Tang let it go? He said bluntly: "I don't think so. Qian Guanren, you have been a drug dealer for so many years. How come you don't even understand this?"

Yuan Guanren's eyes lit up: If you really didn't know anything about it, , then why not let the guards take it out for inspection? Perhaps, as the Tang official said, there are other reasons.

Thinking of this, Yuan Guanren couldn't help but glance at Xu Yi, and stood up thoughtfully: "Cuanwu is poisonous. If this thing is used incorrectly, it can kill people. You have to be careful when using it. If this happens It would be difficult to deal with problems with the medicinal materials. "

Uncle Tang didn't know why this man spoke out, but it was a good thing for them, so he immediately agreed: "To say the least, this medicinal material can kill people at any time. Don't be cautious."

Someone started, and everyone present couldn't help but fall on one side, subconsciously siding with Yuan Guanren and Uncle Tang.

Several doctors who didn't want to get involved gritted their teeth and stood up: "Qian Guanren, you are not going to..."

Doctor Wang panicked, and became more hesitant and harsh. He had calculated everything, but he didn't. Counting the extra person Xu Yi, not only did he not speak out against him at all times, but now he was overwhelmingly pushed aside.

On the other hand, Qian Pharmacist, Jin Pharmacist and others were much calmer.

Facing the questions from these businessmen, he raised his hand and told them to be quiet.

"What I just said is true. If you don't believe it, you can leave." Qian Pharmacist had a clear conscience and spoke plausibly, "I have been doing business for many years and rely on this word of trust. If I violate it, I will be punished." If you want to believe it, you can stay. If you don't believe it, I won't force it."

He looked magnanimous and resentful at being questioned, showing no mercy.

On the contrary, those who had doubts in their hearts, but were uncertain, gave up their doubts.

Even Feng Muzhang, who was originally standing with Xu Yi, became dubious.

Although he instinctively preferred the other party's words because of Xu Yi's status, in his heart he still hoped that Qian Pharmacy would be fine. The price offered by the other party for this batch of medicines was 20% lower than that of the Cooked Medicine Store. If he could succeed, he would have done a good deed for Miaoshou Pavilion.

Xu Yi stared at Qian Medicine Merchant. After a moment, he smiled and said: "Qian Guanren is right, it's just Chuanwu, it's nothing. As long as the other medicinal materials are good, it's good."

As he spoke, the Chuanwu in his hand Wu waved his hand and threw it back into the bag, "Since we have to pick them out, Mr. Qian must hurry up, there are quite a few of them."

Qian Pharmacist's mouth twitched slightly, but he agreed.

This test passed without any danger, but for some reason, he still felt uneasy and felt that there would be changes.

At this time, drug dealer Qian regretted letting Xu Yi jump in. This young man looked harmless, but he was very thoughtful.

Next, Xu Yi and the others inspected several medicinal materials, and they all showed obvious signs of being reprocessed after soaking.

The other party was telling the truth. Although the quality of these processed medicinal materials was a little different, they could all be used.

After Xu Yi was sure that the other party would not interfere with these substandard goods, he focused on other places. The medicinal materials they were currently testing were all brought by the guards. Next, he wanted to change the method and choose them himself.

He left the crowd and walked inside.

Unfortunately, Pharmacist Qian and others had been observing Xu Yi secretly for a long time, and reacted immediately when they saw him making other moves.

"Doctor Xu, where are you going?" the drug dealer named Jin asked with a smile.

Xu Yi said: "With this kind of inspection, I don't even know when it will be completed."

He pointed upward and said casually, "If not, let's try another method."

"What method?" The gold medicine merchant said When I asked, I knew something was wrong. These words gave the other person a step down.

The gold medicine merchant hurriedly changed his words and shouted: "It is indeed getting late now, why don't you all stay in the villa first and check again tomorrow."

Xu Yi rolled his eyes and said: "Okay, then I accept your kindness. , You have to bear too much."

"Haha, that's easy to say." The gold medicine merchant gritted his teeth secretly.

He conspired with Qian and the medicine merchant, and then sent the female envoys to take them to the settled houses.

Xu Yi wanted to be with Ah Xu and Ah Jin, so he was shown a courtyard. There were several wing rooms in the courtyard, and each wing room was divided into left and right rooms.

In addition to Xu Yi, A Xu, and others, there were also Yuan Guanren who were assigned to this courtyard.

As for Uncle Tang, he was arranged to another courtyard.

Thinking about it, the other party was not willing to let them live in the same yard.

The villa is cold, and the climate in the mountains is a bit colder than outside. When it gets dark, the mountain wind makes the vegetation in the courtyard sway unsteadily. It was cold outside, and people were reluctant to come out and walk around inside the house. The yard suddenly became quiet.

After a while, a female servant came over carrying a food box.

Ah Jin took the food box and said to the good-looking female envoy: "Thank you, sister."

Hearing this, the female envoy covered her mouth and arched her eyebrows, and said softly: "You have such a small mouth. "Tian, ​​it's cold. We can't delay the food in the food box."

"Okay." Ajin nodded and asked, "Sister, are you the envoy of the Qianguan family?

" " This..." She hesitated for a moment, and when she saw the young girl's eyes were clear and bright, she said, "We are not the maidservants, we were hired by Qian Guanren at Qingfang Garden at the foot of Lei Gong Mountain."

"Qingfang Garden is... ..." Ah Jin opened his eyes in confusion.

The female servant froze, not wanting to let dirty words be spoken to this innocent girl.

She just smiled and bowed, and when she left, she couldn't hold back and pinched Ah Jin's cheeks with baby fat, "You are so beautiful."

"Sister looks much prettier than me." Ah Jin shook his head. She shook her head and curled her lips in frustration, "My husband often says that I am just a yellow-haired girl who hasn't grown out yet."

The female servant smiled and said, "Your husband treats you very well."

When someone praised him, Ah Jin Immediately he nodded heavily: "Yeah."

Farewell to the envoy, Ah Jin closed the door and came back with the food box. Xu Yi sat at the coffee table and read a book. Seeing her coming back, he asked with a smile: "What did you talk about with her?"

Ah Jin raised her thin eyebrows and looked like a young adult: "I didn't ask for any useful information. These female envoys are not from the money officials. They were hired temporarily with money."

After that, she He asked worriedly, "Lang Jun, do we still want to stay here?"

"Yes." Xu Yi turned over a new page without looking up.

Ah Jin couldn't get any news and was completely discouraged, but he still didn't forget to open the food box and take out the food inside.

When the lid of the food box is opened, the aroma of meat can be smelled.

Everyone had only eaten a few pieces of pastries at noon, and they were already ravenous. When they smelled the aroma, they all couldn't wait.

A Jin was serving dishes, and A Xu stood up and came over to set the dishes and chopsticks for Xu Yi.

Xu Yi put down the book in his hand and looked at the dishes on the dinner table, a plate of stir-fried pork with winter bamboo shoots, a plate of fish dumplings, a plate of spicy vegetable pancakes, and a pot of black plum sake.

It was quite a generous move. In order to prevent the businessmen who came over from becoming suspicious, these people spent a lot of money on reception and food.

The more this happened, the more worried Xu Yi became.

A Xu and A Jin didn't know what he was thinking about. They saw that the plum sake was a warm hot wine, so they wanted to pour Xu Yi a glass.

Xu Yi picked up the wine, smelled it, and was about to drink it when he sighed and put it down.

He doesn't like drinking, so he always drinks two drinks with me.

Tonight, his thoughts were confused and he didn't want to drink anymore, so he picked up the wine and put it back.

Seeing that Lang Jun didn't drink, A Xu asked in confusion: "Lang Jun, isn't this wine good?"

"The black plum sake is very good. It's on par with the sake we drank in Sifang Pavilion today." Xu Yi said. , "If you want to drink, you can have a drink."

People at that time loved to drink. If Xu Yi hadn't often restrained children from drinking, other people would have started drinking in their teens.

After A Xu brewed medicinal wine with Xu Yi, he would occasionally drink two glasses.

He smelled the plum wine, which had a sweet and sour aroma and a strong plum aroma. His mouth secreted saliva. He took a small sip and narrowed his eyes.

Ah Jin quickly asked: "Does it taste good?"

A Xu opened his eyes and said happily: "It tastes good!"

The happiness of the little guys is very simple. After eating delicious food and drinking something delicious, they can temporarily relax. Forget your worries.

Each of them took a sip of wine, and soon they drank half of the pot of wine.

Xu Yi saw them just drinking and not eating any meat or vegetables. He flicked their foreheads with his hand and said angrily, "No more drinking. Let's eat." "

Oh." Ah Jin stuck out his tongue and put down the wine glass obediently. Eat honestly.

...

More than an hour later, A Xu and A Jin slept soundly in their clothes.

Xu Yi's room was still lit with lights. He continued to open the books calmly, and the lights flickered.

There were footsteps outside, Xu Yi's hand holding the book paused slightly, and he squinted his eyes and looked outside.

In the light, the screen window shines with a light, and it is pitch black outside. If someone comes close, a shadow will appear.

Suddenly, a figure stopped at the door. After a few seconds of silence, the man knocked on the door.

Xu Yiyi was brave. Apart from being nervous at first, he shouted out loud: "Who is outside?"

The people outside obviously didn't expect it, but they still said: "It's me. Dr. Xu can open the door.

" Yi frowned. He stood up and opened the door. He looked at the person standing outside the door. Seeing his expression was different, he asked, "Why did Mr. Yuan come outside my house so late?"

Yuan Fei said with a cold air on his body: "Take a step to speak."

After he came in, he was not in a hurry to say anything, but walked quickly to the dining table, picked up the wine bottle, opened the lid and smelled it.

Xu Yi asked, "What's wrong with Mr. Yuan?"

"You didn't drink this wine?" Yuan Fei put down the wine bottle in his hand, stared at Xu Yi deeply for a while, and then said, "You didn't drink this wine. He was not drugged."

Xu Yi's head buzzed, and he quickly pushed aside the person in front of him, and quickly lifted up the heavy curtain and entered the next room.

Seeing A Xu and A Jin sleeping soundly with their eyes closed, he leaned over and grabbed their wrists and quickly felt for their pulse.

After learning that the two of them were just sleeping and had no other symptoms, his tense nerves relaxed a little.

Then, he suppressed his anger and glared at the person following him, and asked in a cold voice: "Who are you?"

Yuan Fei met his eyes without any flinching, and simply said briefly: "Maybe we are on the same side, you I want to investigate this money merchant and others, too."

In fact, he doesn't need to say anything, as long as he reveals his purpose, no matter what the reason is, Xu Yi will cooperate.

But he also underestimated Xu Yi.

When he said this, Xu Yi analyzed it carefully and figured out the loopholes. He pointed out the key point: "Are you from the government?"

Surprise flashed in Yuan Fei's eyes, and his hands unconsciously pressed on his waist. At the hilt of the knife: "How do you know?"

Xu Yi said: "You came here tonight and changed your clothes. This silk dress with a coiled collar and narrow sleeves suits you better than the brocade clothes you wear during the day."

In the impression, Xu Yi I have only seen one person wearing this turtleneck with narrow sleeves, and that person was Tandutou who had previously asked him to treat his younger brother.

Apart from that, few people would wear such clothes.

What's more, Yuan Guanren is a wealthy businessman during the day. Most wealthy businessmen like to wear patterned brocade clothes and wear wide sleeves to imitate the style of literati.

Among the wealthy businessmen Xu Yi met, no one liked to wear such dark clothes.

Suddenly, he felt that the confusion here became more interesting.

The other party came to him in the middle of the night, obviously not wanting to have a heart-to-heart talk with him, but because he wanted to cooperate with him on something.

When his identity was revealed, Yuan Fei was not angry. He raised his head and smiled at the person sitting by the bed: "You are very smart."

There were high stools and low tables on both sides of the bed, and on the left and right were the luggage brought by the two little guys. .

Xu Yi was actually upset. If he hadn't smelled something wrong with the plum wine, the two children wouldn't have been tricked.

If it were the other party... He thought about the bad things and his face turned slightly ugly.

Yuan Fei thought about Xu Yi's performance during the day and found it interesting to see his change of expression. He said, "I thought you smelled something wrong with the wine so you didn't drink it."

"I don't have that ability yet." Xu Yi Slightly stunned.

The plum wine has a strong smell, and even if you put the plum wine in it, you can hardly smell it even if you smell it carefully.

But he couldn't figure out how this "Yuan Guanren" knew that there was medicine in the wine but he didn't drink it.

Yuan Fei said: "It's simple. Didn't I bring my entourage with me? He drank first. Half an hour later I asked him to check the situation and found that he was asleep."

Xu Yi: "..."

Suddenly, Xu Yi fell down His heart suddenly rose, his and "Yuan Guanren's" wine had been drugged, so Uncle Tang must have been drugged as well.

Yuan Fei was still there and continued: "I came to see you tonight because I have something to ask." After he said that, seeing Xu Yi distracted and thinking about other things, he raised his eyebrows and shouted coldly.

Xu Yi raised his eyes, his eyes low and emotionless.

"Then I said it." Yuan Fei himself was very straightforward. Seeing Xu Yi looking over, he said, "How did you find out that there was something wrong with this group of people?"

Xu Yi was sweating in his heart, thanks to his previous fights with people from the government. Otherwise, in ancient times, although the status of a shop owner was not very high, it was much higher than that of ordinary people. He could be charged with jailing in minutes.

He didn't have much confidence at the moment, but the other party showed good intentions first, and he didn't reveal everything timidly.

Xu Yi said: "A few days ago, there was good news from Yanting, saying that some drug dealers wanted to sell medicinal materials at low prices. Since ancient times, the price of medicines has risen in winter, and their sudden low prices will always arouse suspicion. So I did it Some money was found to be shoddy."

He pretended to pause, and then said: "You also know what happened next."

"Is this why you took the risk?" Yuan Fei was very puzzled. Why? Aren't you afraid that the other party is a vicious person? "

After all, even the news of the death has spread, which would have left others long ago.

Xu Yi looked deeply for a moment. He didn't want to care, but Feng Muzhang couldn't even deal with Doctor Wang. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the dim light in his eyes dissipated: "If there is something wrong with this medicine, how many people will be delayed if so many medicines fall into medical clinics everywhere."

"Damn it, this batch of medicine We can't let him show it, otherwise we'll be in big trouble." Yuan Fei's face was full of anger, and his fingers pressing on the handle of the knife were clenched until they turned green and white.

Xu Yi looked up at him in surprise.

I don't know if what he said is true or not, but at this moment the two of them thought about it together.

Yuan Fei lifted up his robe and sat on the stool. He looked at Xu Yi with a stern look, lowered his voice and asked with a smile: "If you have the guts, why don't you follow me to the warehouse again."