"Young Master Ye, you must believe me! How could I dare to lie to you!"
Zhao Mengde hurriedly explained to Ye Qianqiu, "The young man who went to collect the silver notes is named Zhao Ziao. Just by hearing his name, you can tell that he is one of the most valued members of the collateral branches of our Zhao family. His name was personally bestowed upon him by the head of the family."
"Please wait a little longer. Zhao Ziao is always reliable and will definitely get the banknotes as quickly as possible."
The old man's tone was almost pleading.
"snort!"
Ye Qianqiu's lips curled up slightly as he sneered, "I'm certainly pleased to have won a million taels of silver from your Zhao family in the gambling today. However, the real thrill would be to smash your so-called pill shop to pieces, inside and out!"
As he spoke, he scanned the bottles and jars in the medicine shop, his eyes revealing a ruthless glint, as if he were about to take action at any moment.
Then, he looked at Ye Qianqian beside him and said, "Sister, in my opinion, we didn't smash it enough or thoroughly enough just now. Since the Zhao family is taking so long to get the silver notes, then we don't need to be polite to them."
"Brother, let's keep smashing!"
Ye Qianqian responded without hesitation, her eyes sparkling with excitement.
She seemed to enjoy this wanton destruction.
After saying that, she casually picked up a porcelain bottle containing pills from beside her and made as if to smash it down.
Ye Qianqiu immediately took action, kicking the counter next to him. With a loud crash, the counter was overturned, and the pills on it scattered all over the ground, causing the surrounding crowd to gasp in surprise.
"Young Master Ye, Miss Ye, wait!"
Just as Ye Qianqiu and Ye Qianqian were becoming increasingly unscrupulous and preparing to launch a new round of vandalism, a slightly anxious voice came from the doorway.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Zhao Ziao arriving, covered in sweat and panting heavily.
At this moment, his clothes were somewhat disheveled and his hair was loose, clearly indicating that he had rushed here.
"Did you bring the silver notes?"
Upon seeing this, Zhao Mengde felt as if he had been granted a pardon. He quickly stepped forward, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked with a hint of urgency in his voice.
"I've brought it."
Zhao Ziao, slightly out of breath, calmed himself down and carefully took out the million-tael silver note from his pocket, handing it to Zhao Mengde.
"Young Master Ye, Miss Ye, please take a good look. This one million taels of silver is presented to you in full, not a penny less."
Zhao Mengde held the silver notes in both hands, walked respectfully to Ye Qianqiu, and handed them over with a fawning smile on his face.
Ye Qianqiu held up two fingers, casually took the silver note, waved it lightly in his hand, and curled a mocking smile at the corner of his mouth: "Hmph, you know what's good for you."
After saying that, he casually stuffed the silver notes into his pocket, as if the million taels of silver were nothing more than a trivial matter to him.
With the handover of this banknote, this uproar-filled farce seemed to have finally come to an end.
However, the impact of this incident was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, creating ripples that lingered for a long time.
This farce was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Zhao family's sales of medicinal pills.
The customers who had been lingering in Zhao's medicine shop, who had been watching the commotion with great interest, quickly left as soon as they saw that the matter was over.
As if drawn by an invisible force, they swarmed toward the Fang family's medicine shop in droves.
The Fang family's eighteen pill shops, which had just opened and were initially deserted, soon became unexpectedly bustling.
The store was instantly packed with people, with customers crowding around and making it impossible to move.
In the Qiankun Continent, where strength reigns supreme, people know that breaking through realms with the help of elixirs is far faster than cultivating diligently on one's own.
In no time, the news that the Fang family had refined a top-grade Meridian Opening Pill, and that it was even cheaper than the low-grade Meridian Opening Pill from the Zhao family's medicine shop, spread like wildfire throughout Yanming City.
People were talking about it everywhere. The Fang family's pill shop was becoming famous, while the Zhao family's pill business was in an unprecedented predicament with a bleak future.
...
Two days passed in the blink of an eye. Zhao Banshan and his son Zhao Tiancheng, along with some key figures in the Zhao family, remained like frightened birds, hiding in a dark and cramped underground chamber in the suburbs.
In the largest secret room, candlelight flickered, casting distorted shadows of Zhao Banshan and Zhao Tiancheng on the walls in the dim light.
Their faces were full of anxiety and exhaustion. They were restless and fidgety, like ants on a hot pan, being roasted by a raging fire, yet unable to find a way out.
Zhao Banshan would stand up from time to time and pace back and forth in the secret room, each step heavy and hurried, as if he wanted to wear a hole in the stone slab beneath his feet.
The Wu family patriarch they were waiting for showed no sign of life.
Meanwhile, the Wang and Feng families, far away in Tianyuan County, remained completely silent, as if their mission had vanished without a trace.
They had expected the two major powers to be enraged by the Fang family's offense and launch a swift retaliation, but reality was like a bucket of cold water, ruthlessly extinguishing the flame of hope in their hearts.
The Valley of Divine Healers, on which so much hope was placed, also remained silent, as if all the forces in the world capable of saving the Zhao family had fallen silent at this moment.
"Father, are we just going to keep waiting like this?"
Zhao Tiancheng's face was full of sorrow, and his voice trembled with despair, "If we wait like this any longer, the managers, shop assistants, and guards of the pill shop will be so panicked when they see the family in such a state that they will all scatter like birds and beasts. At that time, my Zhao family will truly be doomed and completely destroyed!"
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