Chapter 141

The night is getting quieter, and everyone in the villa is sleeping peacefully. Two people in black clothes are holding fire sticks in their hands to explore the way. The cold dew is like beads, hanging on the tip of their noses, cold and cold.

The surroundings were so quiet that Yuan Fei took the initiative and said, "When I first met you, I felt that you didn't look like a doctor."

Xu Yi stared at the darkness of the corridor and twitched the corner of his mouth: "I am a doctor."

Yuan Fei glanced at him with his hand holding the Huozhezi, and was amused: "When you walk, your body is steady and steady, and your limbs are agile. Although there are no calluses on your palms, there are calluses on the tiger's mouth. I think you often hold a knife."

In the past, Yuan Fei might not be so attentive, but before setting off, he got news that he could use Xu Yi's help to investigate the case.

Since he can catch Captain Pan's eye, he must have something special about him.

It's just that he was temporarily appointed, and a lot of information was learned from Lei Gongshan. I'm afraid not much more information is known. In order not to alert others, he had been wandering around the edges for the past few days, calmly playing his role as a wealthy businessman.

Xu Yi couldn't help but let out a "tsk": "I go up the mountain to dig medicinal materials all the year round, holding a machete in my hand, and there is a thick callus in the tiger

's mouth." He responded to this sentence, without relaxing his frown, and asked him: "You Why do you want to cooperate with me? Are you really a catcher?"

Although Xu Yi followed him out to explore the situation, he stayed three steps away from the catcher who called himself Yuan Fei when he came out of the yard. far away.

Yuan Fei was not angry at his doubts, but was very happy: "Yes, I am indeed the head catcher of Xiling Town, Yanting County."

Xiling Town is the ancient town under Leigong Mountain where they are now.

The main peak of Leigong Mountain stands among the mountains, and the villa is built on the mountainside. In the daytime, you can see the strange mountains and rivers, the Zen sounds of the ancient temples, and the breathtaking scenery.

It's a pity that during the day, they were testing Qian Pharmacy and others and had no intention of enjoying the scenery. The night was so dark that I couldn't see clearly the surrounding area three meters away.

Xu Yi was about to speak when suddenly a faint light flashed in front of him. Yuan Fei's eyes were quick and he blew out the fire stick in his hand.

The two of them hid behind the column, looked sideways, and saw a group of patrolling guards passing through from the front.

"Son of a bitch, who would come out in such a cold weather?" came a complaining voice.

"Isn't that right? I don't see anyone here. There is no need to guard anywhere."

"Let's go back." The leading guard said.

...

After the people left, Xu Yi let out a breath of cold air and heard Yuan Fei say unquestionably: "Let's go to the warehouse now."

Yuan Fei waved his hand, held down the handle of the knife at his waist and put it in the scabbard. He pulled out the knife, and a cold light flashed across his cheek. It was a nearly three-foot-long knife, and it was bright all over, which showed how good the training master's skills were.

Xu Yi looked again and again, and moved his hand to his chest. This time he came out with only a short knife.

He sighed silently, it was a mistake.

The night was really long. They followed the road back before dusk, and after a while, they finally saw two bright lights.

It was a lantern in the warehouse. They hid next to it and observed it for a moment, and found that the two guards guarding outside were no longer there.

For some unknown reason, no one was guarding him, which did give them a chance to take action.

Xu Yi and Yuan Fei looked at each other, and Yuan Fei pointed towards the window: "Enter from there."

He pried open the wooden bars against the window with ease, carefully placed them, and quickly crossed the window edge with his hands.

Xu Yi blinked: "..." This man didn't look like he had done this for the first time.

"Come in quickly." Yuan Fei urged in a low voice.

Xu Yi no longer hesitated and turned over and entered after him.

A "chi" sound.

Yuan Fei took out the fire stick from his waist and lit it, carefully illuminating the surroundings. When he found that no one was around, he quickly ran towards the back of the warehouse.

The two of them walked in tandem and soon arrived at a place they had not noticed during the day. Smelling the stuffy and strong medicinal smell in the air, Yuan Fei frowned and whispered: "You are a doctor. Come and see if there is something wrong with these medicinal materials."

There was not enough light and they had no other choice. Xu Yi opened the sack, reached inside and took out a handful of dodder.

He took Yuan Fei's arm and shined the light of Huozhezi on the dodder.

Normal dodder is brown in color, with varying shades of color, and is slightly smaller than black sesame seeds.

Xu Yi pinched two pieces and ate them in his mouth. Yuan Fei next to him saw this and exclaimed in surprise: "Why did you eat it?"

Xu Yi ignored him and chewed carefully. The taste of dodder seeds was very light, much like the taste of grass. It tastes pungent and slightly sweet. But these dodder seeds have a musty smell.

He spat out the dodder in his mouth.

"These dodder seeds have been stored for too long. They can be used, but they cannot be used." Xu Yi explained with a frown.

Yuan Fei's veins swelled and he said angrily: "These people are really hateful."

Xu Yi shook his head: "They arranged it very well. Although the quality of this dodder is extremely poor, it is not a big problem for some businessmen. Even if they know that the quality is poor, They will also bargain for it. "

This group of people is very smart, or in other words, they understand the profit-seeking nature of businessmen, and will not let go of anything that is beneficial to them.

Even if we know that these medicinal materials may have some hidden dangers, as long as they don't kill people, then there is no problem.

"Damn it, we really can't do anything to them." Yuan Fei frowned coldly and slapped the sack with his palm.

Xu Yi raised his eyebrows and took the bag of dodder away to prevent it from flying around.

It would be troublesome to pick up something so small if it falls on the ground.

They don't have time to waste here.

Xu Yi gestured to give him the Huozhezi in his hand. He wanted to go inside to see the situation today, but the drug dealer named Jin stopped him. He couldn't tell what was inside.

He explored the inside of the warehouse, stopped in front of two carts of sacks, and opened the nearest sack.

This time it contained lumps of Qianghuo. Later, they checked several more places and found that they were all ordinary drugs.

There are mugwort, parsnip, calamus, galangal, etc., there is no exception, these medicines are all good and bad.

It can be said that these people are very bad, but they act with the bottom line of crime.

Even if Yuan Fei is the headhunter and knows that they are selling shoddy goods, they are selling them at a low price, not a high price. If you want to use this as a basis to arrest them, it will be difficult to convict them.

Yuan Fei stared at the medicines and sighed: "Did we make a mistake?"

Xu Yi glanced sideways at him: "It's not a mistake, they are all substandard and have evil intentions." He raised his hand to hold the sack. , feeling depressed.

So many years of upbringing told him that this was a bad thing and he had to stop it.

But reality told him that he couldn't stop this kind of thing.

There have been many cases of buying and selling counterfeit medicines since ancient times. Even though the Song Dynasty officials tried their best to strictly investigate and deal with them, there were still unscrupulous traders who were greedy for some gray profits.

Xiling County is originally the hometown of silk. It is rich in mulberry silkworms. Most traders stay here for a day or two and then leave. They do not sell medicinal materials here with great fanfare.

If there hadn't been a murder inside, the government wouldn't have secretly sent people to investigate.

Yuan Fei couldn't figure out why the other party would do this. Wasn't he afraid of being reported to the government and seizing the drugs?

Seeing that Xu Yi was still rummaging around, he shouted, "Let's go, I'm afraid we won't find anything tonight."

"Wait a minute." Xu Yi called to him, but somehow he felt as if he had missed something. , feeling a little restless.

Yuan Fei walked over with a knife, looked at the sacks, and said, "Haven't they all been checked?"

"Yes." Xu Yi pursed the corners of his mouth and said thoughtfully, "Do you feel that we are Isn't there something missing?"

Yuan Fei: "We have checked these, and there is nothing missing. But so what? Qian Yaoshang and others clearly did it on purpose, even if we knew that what he did was wrong. I can't control him."

As he spoke, he felt restless and had nowhere to vent his anger, so he struck the sack with the knife.

Xu Yi did not move. Instead, he narrowed his eyes. Something flashed through his mind and he hurriedly said, "Take it again!"

"What?" Yuan Fei was surprised.

Xu Yi couldn't help but say something. Seeing that he didn't react, he had no choice but to step forward.

He patted the sack hard with his palm, and there was a muffled sound inside.

The sound is wrong!

Yuan Fei finally realized something and his eyes gleamed.

Without a moment's hesitation, the two of them immediately pulled down the sack, opened the mouth of the sack, stretched their arms inside, and while exploring inside, the two of them felt panic in their hearts.

At this moment, a crazy idea ran through my mind.

"This is..."

Yuan Fei shouted after seeing something clearly. Perhaps he was too surprised. He accidentally bit his tongue and his fingers trembled in pain.

Xu Yi closed his lips tightly and stared at the thing he took out in his hand with an unkind look on his face.

It's sawdust!

Chopped sawdust!

The doubts in his heart finally had a source. No wonder he always felt that something was wrong. It turned out that the real method was here.

Xu Yi stood up suddenly, turned around and went to another bag of medicinal materials, followed the same instructions, and indeed took out chopped wood pieces from it.

These people made hay, wood, firewood and other things into similar shapes according to the sizes of different medicinal materials.

But those dodder seeds are easier to handle. They are all finely chopped grass. Looking from the outside of the burlap bag, you can't tell there is anything wrong inside.

This group of people... are crazier than they thought.

At this time, Yuan Fei returned to Xu Yi with a gloomy face and said: "These medicines are all like this. They only contain 30% of the medicinal materials. The rest are these junk things." There are

hundreds of stones of medicinal materials, and one stone of medicinal materials is about one hundred . About twenty kilograms, so many medicinal materials, it is tens of thousands of kilograms.

Yuan Fei estimated the price. If they successfully sold it, wouldn't it cost tens of thousands of dollars?

He smacked his tongue slightly. This group of people had such a grand conspiracy and they were not afraid of being discovered.

Immediately, Yuan Fei immediately made up his mind and shouted to Xu Yi: "We have to go down the mountain overnight and report this matter to the people above to send people to arrest it."

Xu Yi did not answer immediately, but packed the medicinal materials. Go back and set it up. Naturally, these people cannot be let go, but there are dozens of people living in the villa. If those people are cruel, these people will become hostages.

"I have to stay." Xu Yi shook his head at him, "Axu and Ajin are both sleeping, and Uncle Tang has also been tricked. I can't leave them behind."

Yuan Fei wanted to persuade: "You..." But Looking at Xu Yi's expression, he knew that he couldn't be persuaded.

So he changed his words of persuasion and said: "Okay, we will cooperate inside and outside when the time comes. You can work around inside and don't let them find out."

Xu Yi nodded silently.

...

The night dew was heavy, and the two of them returned to the yard. The black clothes on their bodies were covered with a layer of dew. He touched his wet cheeks and changed out of his clothes.

This black suit was lent to him by Yuan Fei.

Yuan Fei did not change his clothes. He carried the baggage he had brought with him and came to Xu Yi's house to say goodbye: "Sending people takes time, so please take care of it."

Xu Yi handed over his hand and said, "Take care."

After speaking, he looked at Yuan Fei . Fei's figure disappeared into the black before closing the door.

After about half a stick of incense, Xu Yi came to the next room. He sat by the bed and looked at the two sleeping little guys silently.

The changes that took place tonight were so great that Xu Yi was in a state of confusion and could not calm down for a long time.

Thinking back on everything he had just discovered in the warehouse, he just felt it was ridiculous. This group of people were messing things up in front of everyone, and no one noticed.

If it weren't for the wrong sound from Yuan Fei's sword, they would have had a new plan to entertain them after tonight.

Thinking of this dangerous scene, Xu Yi's heart instantly dropped.

No, he urgently wanted to find someone to discuss.

Xu Yi was worried about Uncle Tang after all. He worried for a moment, got up and left the house.

This time he was honest and upright. He found a lantern in the house, lit the candle inside, and walked out of the yard with the lantern.

After passing through two quiet courtyard paths, he walked through an arched stone door and came to the next courtyard, where he saw a faint light coming from a door and window.

It seemed that someone heard footsteps and opened the door slightly.

When the man saw that it was Xu Yi, he moved harder against the crack of the door. There was a creaking sound, the door was opened, and Feng Muzhang hurried out of the room.

Seeing him like this, Xu Yi was also surprised. Could it be that Feng Muchhang didn't drink black plum sake.

"Why are you here?" Feng Muzhang asked without suppressing his voice, and the echo rippled in the empty courtyard.

Xu Yi said with a calm expression: "I'm here to see Uncle Tang. Where are you? Why aren't you sleeping?"

Feng Muzhang sighed softly: "I fell asleep, but my mind was restless, so I woke up in the middle of the night. When I woke up, I planned to take a look. I know how to read, and when I hear the voice, I wonder who it is."

Xu Yi glanced at him and did not tell him what happened tonight.

To him, this was a very dangerous matter, and he didn't want more people to take the risk. However, seeing the innocent look on his face, he seemed to be thinking of buying some after checking the medicinal materials tomorrow.

Xu Yi didn't know what to say for a while.

But it was too late at night, and it felt a little cold for them to stand there dryly. Xu Yi found an excuse to leave.

Feng Muzhang was a little suspicious, but he didn't think much about it. He returned to the room with trembling shoulders. When he saw the books on the table, he suddenly didn't want to continue reading because of this interruption.

"That's all, let's go to sleep." Feng Muzhang blew out the candle.

On the other side, Xu Yi came outside Uncle Tang's house and he raised his hand to knock on the door.

For a few moments, there was no response in the room.

Xu Yi half-squinted his eyes, took out the knife from his arms, and pushed it up along the crack of the door. There was movement inside. Soon, the door bolt was opened, and Xu Yi slipped in quickly.

He closed the door again, held up the lamp and shouted: "Uncle Tang, Uncle Tang."

He shouted several times, but still got no response. Xu Yi stopped delaying and hurried towards the bedroom.

Sure enough, Uncle Tang fell into a deep sleep.

He went to get the wine bottle on the table, which was empty: "..." With so much wine, the medicinal effect is not enough.

Half an hour later.

Uncle Tang woke up in a daze after Xu Yi lifted and retracted the needle. When he opened his eyes and saw Xu Yi, he was stunned for a long time, and then got up in shock, with many thoughts flashing through his mind.

"Brother Yi, why are you in my room?" Uncle Tang swallowed, and belatedly felt that his limbs were weak and sore.

There was fear in his eyes: "Did I get tricked?"

Xu Yi sighed and told him about the drug in the wine.

Uncle Tang was frightened for a while after hearing this, and felt a chill down his back. These people are really vicious. Aren't they afraid that if they take too much of this medicine, they won't be able to wake up?

Xu Yi said: "The person who administered the medicine was very measured. I only gave him two injections, and Uncle Tang woke up."

This was after Uncle Tang drank all the wine. If he only drank a few glasses, he should I only feel tired and sleepy, but will not fall into coma.

Uncle Tang was still shocked. He had been in business for so many years, and he had only encountered this type of deodorant twice. One time was when he was still young. At that time, he was still an inconspicuous guy in the caravan, responsible for helping with cooking and collecting firewood. At that time, they met a fellow caravan on the way. At night, the two teams fell asleep, and they were unaware of the situation. He was drugged unknowingly, and when he woke up, all the trucks in the caravan were gone and had been taken away by the other party.

The caravan suffered serious losses and was hit hard, and the caravan disbanded soon after.

Later, Uncle Tang went into business on his own, and when he ran out of a small and famous place, he met his subordinate again.

At that time, they stayed in an inn, which was crowded with people. Someone in the team accidentally leaked some money. The Mongolian sweat medicine was stolen at night, and he lost more than ten taels of silver.

Although he went to the Yamen to report the crime as soon as possible, the matter was ignored and no one knew the culprit.

After these two experiences, Uncle Tang will not easily eat other people's food when outside.

This time was an exception. They came to the villa to discuss business, and the other party always treated them as guests.

Unexpectedly, it was a vicious smiling tiger with a hidden agenda.

Uncle Tang rubbed his sore and weak legs, and his eyes became blurry in the dim light. He asked Xu Yi: "Brother Yi, how did you know?"

Xu Yi sighed and said, "I didn't know at all. "It was the official Yuan who told me."

He did not disclose Yuan Fei's identity, but said that the official Yuan was also investigating this matter and belonged to their side.

However, after the other party knew that there was a scam, he left in the middle of the night.

However, he did not take away his entourage. He probably planned to do something secretly. But soon, Xu Yi denied this speculation, maybe it was too late to take it away.

I heard from Yuan Fei that his entourage drank a lot, and the situation was almost the same as that of Uncle Tang.

But no matter what, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

"So, Brother Yi, what are you going to do?" Uncle Tang asked.

He believed that Xu Yi would touch him in the middle of the night and not just prick him to wake him up. There must be other explanations. This young man is much more reliable than he thought, and his brain is very flexible, not inferior to a seasoned person like him.

Xu Yi said: "Then official Yuan has other plans. We don't need to take action. We can just wait and see what happens."

After that, he explained the countermeasures he had thought up to Uncle Tang in detail.

Uncle Tang expressed doubts about whether the man named "Yuan Guanren" would come back since he ran away. But since Xu Yi believed in him, presumably the two of them had already discussed a countermeasure.

According to Xu Yi, tomorrow they will just do samples and check the medicinal materials as they did today.

As for whether anything wrong will be detected, I will throw this question to the other party. According to the mantra: "drag"

to delay the other party and buy time for the person named Yuan.

"I'm still curious, how did he find you?" Uncle Tang smiled happily. In his heart, Xu Yi was a junior after all.

Xu Yi shook his head in confusion. In fact, he couldn't figure out how the other party chose him.

It's just that the other party didn't feel bad to him, and he was someone he could cooperate with.

"I don't know much. Maybe I can ask him when the matter is over."

Uncle Tang also felt the same way. No one was here at this moment, so he couldn't ask him if he wanted to.

...

After staying up all night, Xu Yi returned to the yard where he lived before others woke up when the sky was slightly bright outside.

The two little guys were still awake, so Xu Yi showed off his skills in the room and practiced a set of Hu Lei Tai Chi without waking them up.

After Xu Yi finished practicing, the two finally woke up leisurely.

After sleeping for five hours, they still felt that they had not slept enough. They sat on the bed in a daze with bleary eyes and did not move.

"Brother, why do I feel so sleepy today?" Ah Jin yawned and got up, rubbing his eyes and looking out the window.

A Xu echoed: "Well, my neck is so sore."

"Ah."

A Jin heard the movement in the room outside, thought of Xu Yi, and hurriedly put on his shoes and came out.

Seeing that Xu Yi was already sitting on the stool having breakfast, his face immediately fell.

"Mr. Lang, we overslept." The little girl came over in annoyance, lowered her head, curled her lips and said, "I didn't even know someone was bringing food from outside. I really should be scolded."

A Xu panicked . He ran over and stood beside him, lowered his head in the same posture as Ah Jin and said, "Lang Jun..."

"Okay, I don't blame you." Xu Yi smiled, "You were tired yesterday, so you won't be able to sleep a little longer." No way."

I don't know if it's because the children are big-hearted, but A Xu and A Jin immediately became happy when they heard that Xu Yi was not angry.

They sat down at the table and said with bright faces: "Lang Jun, there are meatloaf for breakfast today."

Xu Yi said "yes" and asked them to rinse their mouths and faces before eating.

He only ate a piece of cake with quinoa porridge, and put down his chopsticks after filling his stomach.

He was hiding something in his heart. Listening to the increasing noise outside, the businessmen all got up.

Not long after they had finished eating, a female servant came to invite them to the Sifang Pavilion where they were yesterday.

Xu Yi picked up his sleeves and pocketed them in his arms, glancing at the female envoy who was leading the way.

This female envoy is exactly the girl who had a good chat with Ah Jin yesterday. Xu Yi had never been to any Goulanwashe. When he heard about Qingfang Garden yesterday, he had no idea what kind of place it was. It was only after Yuan Fei told him what these female envoys did before that he realized that Qingfangyuan was the name of Goulanwashe.

Seeing the female envoy again, Xu Yi could tell from her appearance that the girl was only fourteen or fifteen years old. She was wearing a thin skirt that wrapped her waist thinly. Her figure was soft and her every frown and smile showed tenderness.

If you are a lustful person, you will inevitably get your hands on such a beautiful lady and appreciate this fragrant and beautiful waist.

Xu Yi frowned tightly. In his eyes, these little girls were all underage.

"Lang Jun, what's wrong with you?" Ah Jin heard Xu Yi sighing and looked up at him in confusion.

Xu Yi shook his head and put his thoughts elsewhere.

When they arrived at Sifang Pavilion, others arrived one after another.

Uncle Tang and Feng Muzhang also arrived. Seeing Xu Yi coming, they came over.

"Brother Yi." Uncle Tang glanced somewhere vaguely.

Xu Yi looked over and saw Yuan Fei's follower. As the "master", Yuan Fei disappeared. The entourage acted very calmly, sitting cross-legged on the mat and drinking the tea brought by the female envoys.

Feng Muzhang came over and asked, "Where are you looking?"

"You're not looking at anything." Uncle Tang blurted out instinctively. Even a relatively slow type like Feng Muzhang felt something was wrong. He looked there, Several people didn't know who Xu Yi and the others were looking at.

"Why is it so mysterious..." Feng Muzhang was puzzled. As soon as one night passed, Xu Yi and the others became alienated again.

But soon, Qian Pharmacy and others came and interrupted Feng Muzhang's trance.

After a while of greetings, Drug Merchant Qian got straight to the point and asked: "Do you have anything else to ask me today? You might as well ask them all. I invite you to come here this time for cooperation. How much does this medicine cost? I don't know how much it costs." I'll keep it secret."

The wealthy businessmen at the head of the table reacted.

One of them stood up, cupped his hands, and asked bluntly: "I have a question, how do you divide so many medicinal materials?"

Qian Pharmacist said with a smile: "It's not difficult. If you believe me, you can divide them into batches. There are three grades: upper, middle and lower. The upper grade is worth fifty stone, the middle grade is twenty stone, and the lower grade is five stone. What do you think?"

Everyone heard this and understood that the drug dealer is quite knowledgeable and knows. They all have different levels of money and have come up with such a good idea.

After a while, several people stood up and expressed their desire to buy medicinal materials.

Feng Muzhang was a little hesitant when he saw this. He went out this time with two hundred guan. The money was used to buy medicinal materials, which could buy 20 guan.

Just as he was hesitating whether to stand up or not, the person next to him suddenly held him down.

Feng Muzhang turned around in surprise. He thought it would be Xu Yi, but he didn't expect it to be the middle-aged man with a dark and sullen face.

Uncle Tang whispered in a slightly rude tone: "What are you in a hurry for?"

Feng Muzhang: "..." What is this person doing?

Did he behave in an unreasonable manner just now? Feng Muzhang was interrupted like this and his mind wandered elsewhere.

Xu Yi stood up, his movements were fierce and fast, he ran to Qian Yaoshang and others, and said with a smile: "Mr. Qian, I have a question."

Qian Yaoshang stared at him: "Oh, Doctor Xu has What do you want to ask?"

Xu Yi's expression did not change and he said, "I saw that Mr. Qian brought many kinds of medicines. I didn't have time to take a closer look yesterday, so I wanted to ask, is there frankincense in them?"

Qian Pharmacist asked. He laughed out loud and said, "Yes."

Xu Yi thought for a long time and then asked, "Is there Drynariae?"

"Yes."

"What about benzoin?"

"...Yes."

A cup of tea passed by, but Xu Yi was still there. Thinking hard made others a little impatient.

But some people found it interesting and wanted to know what other medicinal names the young doctor could come up with.

After a while, Xu Yi's eyes lit up, and he asked Qian Pharmacist with a smile, "Do you have sea octopuses here?"

Qian Pharmacist breathed heavily for a moment, and looked at him with a strange look: "Xu Yi." The doctor was joking. Where did the sea octopus come from in Shu? This thing is probably only found in Guangnan Road. "

Xu Yi said "Ah" with regret on his face: "It's a pity, this is a cure. Good stuff for nocturnal emissions."

Hearing the last four words, Qian Pharmacist's eyes twitched.