Chapter 700: Start Layout
"Sir, the people have been brought here. There are a dozen people outside who have been knocked down by Baizhi and I. They are preparing to set fire and want to burn down the charity cemetery. The firewood has been prepared." Banxia said and kicked the man on the ground.
The man cried out, and fell to the ground, right at Jia Yanbing's feet.
"Banxia, let's interrogate this man together. Baizhi, help your young lady test for poison."
"yes."
Banxia grabbed the man by the back of his collar and took him to the yard.
Baizhi holds the lamp for Fubao, and Fubao begins to test for poison.
In the yard, Banxia held a sword and was about to cut one of the man's tendons.
"Auntie, why don't you ask first? Why did you start right away? Ask me, and I promise to tell you everything I know."
Banxia sneered, "You're actually a coward."
Banxia put away the sword in his hand and stood aside.
"Who asked you to burn down the charity cemetery? Why did you want to burn down the charity cemetery?"
Jia Yanbing looked down from above, his hands behind his back, looking even taller against the darkness.
The man swallowed his saliva and said quickly, "It was a steward. He gave me 100 taels of silver and just told us to burn down the charity cemetery."
"Think carefully before you answer. I heard your conversation just now." Banxia reminded.
The man shuddered suddenly and his voice became lower.
"It's for us to burn the bodies."
Jia Yanbing did not ask any more questions about the corpse, but continued to ask: "People in your line of work should have a backup plan, right?"
The man's eyes rolled slightly and he hesitated for a moment, then Banxia slashed the man's arm with a sword.
"Ah! I'll tell you, I'll tell you, please spare my life." The man screamed and immediately calmed down.
"If you keep hesitating, I'll cut off one of your hands. Don't even think about playing tricks on me."
The man's forehead was covered with sweat, and he dared not have any bad thoughts anymore.
"I said, I did have a backup plan. I had someone follow the manager. He went into a shop. I know the shop. It was owned by Zhou Biao."
"Zhou Biao?" Wan Lao Er asked with gritted teeth.
"Yes, it's Zhou Biao. His family specializes in the fur business. They own almost all the fur shops in the entire county."
Jia Yanbing's eyes turned slightly, and he looked up at Banxia and said, "Banxia, take the man to the county government office and hand him over to the county magistrate."
"yes."
Banxia found a bundle of hemp ropes in the charity cemetery, tied up the dozen people together, woke up those who were unconscious, threatened them, rode a horse holding the rope in front, and trotted all the way. Those people were tortured so badly that they also trotted along. If they were not careful and fell to the ground, they would be dragged forward, so no one dared to relax.
"Mr. Jia, I didn't expect it to be Zhou Biao. He sent people to hunt down Fubao and me before, and we taught them a lesson. I didn't expect him to show up again. I will definitely not let him go this time." It was rare for Wan Laoer to hate someone to such an extent.
"Brother Wan, don't worry, I will make him lose everything this time."
Wan Laoer believes that Jia Yanbing has this ability.
Fubao has already got the results.
"Sir, Father, we have learned from experience that this person has taken a chronic poison. This kind of medicine must be taken continuously for more than half a month. If the dosage is suddenly increased after half a month, the poisoned person will die within half an hour."
"Do you know what kind of poison it is?"
Jia Yanbing asked in a gentle voice.
"It's a poisonous insect. I saw it in the medical book that my elder brother bought for me. There is a kind of insect in Miaojiang called the golden silkworm insect. If you add a small amount of toxins it releases into food many times, it will cause chronic poisoning. When the insect matures, its toxicity will increase, causing people to die suddenly."
Fubao expressed his previous guess.
"That's easy. The poisonous insect is not that easy to deal with. As long as we find evidence, Zhou Biao will not be able to escape."
"Bai Zhi, you must rush back to the city tomorrow morning and find a way to sneak into the Zhou family. Be sure to find the poisonous insect, but don't alert the enemy. Just send me a message."
"clear."
"Mr. Jia, what should we do now?" Wan Laoer didn't expect Zhou Biao to be so cruel and spend money to buy poison to harm them.
"Of course it's a setup. Fubao, did you bring your jade token? We need help from our family, we don't have enough manpower."
"I have it. My mother gave it to me yesterday." Fubao took out the jade pendant hanging around his neck.
"Come on, let's go to the same shop."
Jia Yanbing was the first to mount his horse and leave.
The plaques of the same shops all have an icon on a jade plaque.
So it didn't take them long to find a grain and oil shop.
Bai Zhi went forward and knocked on the door.
After a while, footsteps were heard.
"Who is it? It's so late. Our shop is closed and we are not doing business anymore." A middle-aged man's voice came from inside. He should be the owner of the shop.
Fubao pulled Baizhi aside and she stood at the front.
"Shopkeeper, I am the granddaughter of the same family, Fubao. I need your help with something. Please open the door."
As soon as Fubao finished speaking, he heard the door open from the inside.
A middle-aged man was holding an oil lamp in his hand, and his face looked very respectful.
"Young lady? You really are here. Please come in." The shopkeeper recognized Fubao at a glance under the light.
Fubao handed the jade token in his hand to the shopkeeper.
"Young lady, there is no need to look at the jade plaque. I have your portrait here. The second young lady has left a copy of your portrait in all our shops, just in case we are not good at seeing and offend you."
Fubao finally understood. No wonder they had such a smooth trip to the new house last night. It turned out that her aunt had already arranged everything. Fubao felt that her aunt was so thoughtful. She had saved her a lot of trouble. In the future, besides the jade token, her face would be more useful than the jade token.
After the group was invited into the house by the shopkeeper, he quickly closed the door.
"Young lady, what kind of tea would you like to drink? I have the best Biluochun, West Lake Longjing, and Dahongpao."
"No need, Uncle Shopkeeper. I came here today to ask for your help with something important."
Seeing that Fubao was in a hurry, the shopkeeper stopped working and sat down and asked, "Miss, please tell me what you need help with. I can help you."
Fu Bao looked at Jia Yanbing and said, "Let my husband speak."
The shopkeeper also looked at Jia Yanbing.
"Shopkeeper, this is what happened. Last year, there was a businessman named Zhou Biao who wanted to kill Fubao. This year, he wanted to ruin the Wan family's business and caused a death. It was the Wanji Potato Noodle Shop in your county. Shopkeeper, you should have heard about it, right?"
"Yes, I have heard of that Zhou Biao you mentioned. He is a businessman. His shop is next to ours, a few shops away. He sells furs."
When the shopkeeper heard that the other party had chased Fubao, he immediately became unhappy. This was a good opportunity for him to make a contribution.
"Sir, if you need any help from our family, please let us know. This man dared to chase our young lady. He is simply courting death."
Jia Yanbing glanced at Fubao and Wan Laoer, then slowly said, "Killing Zhou Biao is a piece of cake, but letting him die like this would be too easy for him. I want to make him lose his reputation, suffer the calamity of prison, and finally die in that dark corner."
The shopkeeper agreed very much.
"What are your plans, sir?"
"We already have evidence that he framed the Wan family's business. Now we just need physical evidence. As long as we get the physical evidence, he will be arrested. Now I need the help of the Tong family to set up a trap. I want him to suffer a big setback in the business world."
"Sir, please speak." The shopkeeper had been listening carefully.
"Their family is in the fur business, and the furs are always shipped to the capital. I need the Tong family to spread the news and increase the price by 20% to buy the furs. Then let the Tong family's caravan pass by here and say that wearing furs is very popular in Yue country now. If the Zhou family increases the price, you should increase it too. Let the Zhou family buy all the furs on the market at the highest price. I think your Tong family should be able to do it, right?"
Jia Yanbing felt that this was not difficult, and it only required people from the Tong family to go through the motions, without the Tong family having to spend a penny, and in the end they could make a profit. They could purchase the furs at a lower price than the Zhou family, and then sell them to the Zhou family at a higher price. The difference in price was the kickback fee given to the Tong family.
"Of course it's not difficult. I already understand what Mr. Jia means. Don't worry, within half a month, the Zhou family will buy up all the furs on the market."
Jia Yanbing has completed the layout, and the rest is left to the Tong family.
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