Zhou Xiang's hands trembled slightly as he looked at the two packets of powder he had found at the bottom of one of the boxes. "Ling Ran, what is this?"
Ling Ran sighed and took the two oil-paper bags from her hand. "Why don't you try getting an old hen?"
At this time, Zhou Xiang no longer cared about feeling sorry for the two old hens who were trying hard to survive.
She attracted one and tried hard to grab the chicken leg, trying to pry open its beak.
Ling Ran picked up the old hen and said, "Get a hemp rope from the warehouse."
The next second, Zhou Xiang handed him a bunch of hemp ropes. After tying the chicken legs, he was about to pinch the medicine powder with his hands to feed the chickens, but was stopped by Zhou Xiang.
"Wait a moment."
She disappeared in a flash, and came back in a flash again, with a branch in her hand and a broken bowl filled with freshly scraped juice.
He handed the branch to Ling Ran and said, "Use this to dip a little bit."
Ling Ran was too busy to handle the chicken's movements as he grabbed the chicken's mouth with one hand and dipped the other hand in powder.
Zhou Xiang squatted down, reached out to grab the chicken's head, and pried open its beak.
Ling Ran put a little bit of powder picked up by a branch into the chicken's mouth. After the chicken swallowed it, less than a minute later, it stretched out its legs and foamed at the mouth, and it was obvious that it was dying.
Zhou Xiang quickly gave the juice to Ling Ran. She opened the chicken's mouth and Ling Ran poured the juice into the chicken's mouth.
The old hen gulped down a lot of food, and even more was spilled on the ground.
The old hen swallowed the juice and collapsed on the ground weakly. Zhou wanted to untie the rope on its legs.
Looking at the dying old hen, Zhou Xiang felt very heavy.
Ling Ran wrapped the oil paper and said, "This might be arsenic."
Zhou Xiang was stunned. These were found from Grandpa Zhou's batch of goods. She had marked them. Grandpa Zhou's batch was less than Chief Jiang's, but there was more gold and silver in it. Chief Jiang's batch had more antiques.
Chief Jiang should have taken the lion’s share.
Chief Jiang said that no life was lost. There are two possibilities: one, he was telling the truth, but he was also deceived by Mr. Zhou. Arsenic is unsolvable. Two, he was lying. He knew about it, but he deceived her.
There is another possibility. The arsenic was not used after it was bought. The Kong family killed the uncle purely in revenge for the theft of so much property. There are nearly two hundred wooden boxes in front of them.
The Kong family, usually so high and mighty, were suddenly bullied by a dog. They were furious and wanted to vent their anger. Perhaps it was because their uncle was right in the line of retreat. A head offered to them was not to be wasted.
However, although there are many treasures, there are no national treasures or heirlooms. Although Zhou Xiang doesn't understand, these things look worse than those obtained from the Heike clan!
So, there might just be servants leading the charge on the boat, carrying ordinary belongings. Could there be members of the Kong family?
If he was just a family servant, wouldn't it be too much for the Kong family to kill the uncle?
It's not that Zhou Xiang doesn't treat his servants as human beings, but considering the ancient times, with the background and arrogance of the Kong family, would they take revenge on their enemies and wipe out their descendants just for the sake of servants and ordinary property?
Zhou Xiang told Ling Ran about this idea. Ling Ran pondered for a moment and said, "It's possible that the Jiang Province incident was done by relatives of the servants on the ship, seeking revenge for their own relatives.
It's also possible that this was indeed an order from the Kong family. The Kong family has always been proud and overbearing, and they don't tolerate provocations from others. Even taking servants and ordinary property is considered a provocation."
Zhou Xiang nodded and said, "In short, no matter what, don't even think about turning hostility into friendship. Even if these properties are returned in full, they will not give up revenge, because you can't touch a tiger's butt.
Like the royal family, when dignity is challenged, it must be redeemed until it is fully recovered."
Ling Ran rubbed her head, "Okay, don't think about it. Aren't you planning to go to Chief Jiang tomorrow to ask about the photo?
Let’s go out and sleep!”
Zhou wanted to put all the boxes back into the corner of the warehouse, put the oil paper bag next to the powder, squatted down to look at the old hen, it was already dead, even drinking juice immediately couldn't save it, the arsenic was more powerful than the powder.
She quickly put the arsenic on the bottom shelf of the bookshelf. Still feeling uneasy, she cleared out a storage box, put the two oil paper bags in it, attached a note with the word "arsenic" written on it, closed the lid, and put it in a corner of the lower bookshelf.
The jade pieces in the storage box were placed in an uncovered wooden box. When the gold in the wooden box was almost used up, she buried the rest in the yard of the market town.
She moved some gold from the Kong family's things, "Ling Ran, I moved some gold bars, is that okay?"
Ling Ran shook his head. "These gold bars are the same as they were during the Republic of China period. No one can tell the difference. Besides, you have these jade artifacts to cover up the truth. The Kong family won't be able to find any evidence against you."
Zhou Xiang felt relieved. At worst, she could insist that it was dug out from the bed leg together with these jade artifacts.
Speaking of the bed, "Oh! Ling Ran, my bed is still at Feng's house. When I get back, I'm going to Feng's house to get it back. It's evidence. I'm going to take it back to the upstairs of the Water Conservancy Bureau."
"good!"
The two buried the chicken at the edge of the shelter. It was not safe to take it out, so they buried it in the soil in this space to see if it could be digested.
When the two of them left the space and prepared to rest, they looked at the time and Zhou Xiang felt something was very wrong.
"Ling Ran, how long have we been in there?"
Ling Ran thought for a moment, "It's been five or six hours at least."
The difference is ten times, so it should take about half an hour outside, but, "Ling Ran, it seems like we've only been inside for a few minutes."
Ling Ran looked at the time, really, "What's going on?"
Zhou Xiang shook his head. "The time inside is more than ten times longer. It could be dozens or even a hundred times longer. What on earth is this space trying to do? Why is it suddenly widening the time difference?"
"Okay! Don't think about it. There will always be benefits, right? Won't your ginseng be a hundred years old soon? There's hope for a thousand-year-old ginseng in this lifetime."
"Humph! Based on past experience, giving benefits out of nowhere must be the carrot in front of my donkey, hanging me by my leash."
Ling Ran laughed, "Then you are also a cute little donkey."
Zhou wanted to pounce on him and tickle him. He dared to laugh at her and she was furious.
Ling Ran was actually very afraid of people tickling his armpits, and this weakness had always been unknown to others. However, the little girl discovered it when she was playing around once, and she jokingly said that men who were ticklish were afraid of their wives.
When he heard this, he felt extremely proud. He was a man who was afraid of his wife, and he was proud.
After being tickled by the little girl for a while, Ling Ran laughed so hard that he was out of breath.
Zhou wanted to let him go, so he lay in his arms and touched his face. "Ling Ran, tell me, is the inexplicable change in space related to what happened today? Is it related to the Kong family? I really don't want to have anything to do with the Kong family."
Ling Ran grabbed her hand, put it in his mouth and bit it gently, saying, "If that's the case, you might actually take the lead. That's even better. Okay, time to sleep."
"Well! Go to sleep. If the enemy comes, we will fight him. If the water comes, we will block it with earth. I don't care about it."
"That's right! That's the attitude. There's always a way out. If there's really no way out, I'll take everyone and live in space."
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