Pianzhou,
Zhao Yingman’s territory.
"Boss, I secretly heard those people say yesterday that they were preparing to pack up and run away." Ergou, Zhao Yingman's subordinate and the supervisor of the Zhao family workshop, spoke up.
"Oh? Want to run? No way. This is not a place where you can come and go as you please." Zhao Yingman spoke, holding a walnut in his hand.
Ergou couldn't help but nodded, "That's right, Boss. We have never suffered any loss."
"If you do this, the others have learned almost everything anyway. These people are useless. It's a waste of my food to keep them. It's better to just..." Zhao Yingman made a gesture of wiping his neck.
Ergou's eyes rolled, and he quickly understood Zhao Yingman's idea. "Leave this to me, Boss. I promise to do it beautifully for you, without leaving any traces."
Zhao Yingman smiled and said, "I trust you to do the job. After the job is done, I will not treat you unfairly."
Er Gou laughed his ass off, "Of course, when has the boss ever treated us unfairly? I'll do it right away."
At night, Ergou brought a few of his men and quietly approached the group's sleeping place.
They hid in the dark, observing the movements around them, waiting for the best opportunity to strike.
The dozen or so people were chatting, completely unaware of the approaching danger.
Ergou originally wanted to kill these people directly, but after thinking about it, he thought that this would leave too many handles for himself, so he decided to deal with them in a roundabout way. Ergou led his men away quietly, and when he reached the kitchen, he said to the cook Aunt Wang, "Aunt Wang, we workers have worked hard. Please make us a midnight snack to reward these brothers!"
Aunt Wang was a little unhappy, thinking to herself: "Oh, they're working hard, but I'm not. Really, they're bothering me in the middle of the night!"
Ergou smiled and took out a tael of silver. "Aunt Wang, you've worked hard, too. This is your hard work fee."
Aunt Wang took the silver and smiled, showing her yellow teeth. "Oh, steward, you are too polite. This is not hard work at all. It's my duty. Just wait, I will do it for you!"
Aunt Wang took the money and was overjoyed, not knowing that a conspiracy was about to unfold on her head.
When Aunt Wang was done, she was about to take it to those people to eat, but Ergou stopped her and said, "Aunt Wang, you've worked hard. Go and have a rest. My brothers and I will carry the rest. It just so happens that we brothers are hungry too."
Aunt Wang initially felt it was inappropriate, after all, the other party was a manager, but seeing that he insisted, she had no choice but to thank him. "Thank you very much, I'm really sleepy too. I'll go rest first. Manager, just leave the bowl there and I'll wash it tomorrow."
Ergou suppressed his impatience and nodded with a smile, "Okay, I understand."
After Aunt Wang left, he took out the poison he had prepared in advance and carefully sprinkled it into the food of the group of people.
"Hehehe, you guys are lucky. You can eat your fill and hit the road like a glutton!" Ergou used a spoon to stir it evenly so that no one could see anything unusual.
The dozen or so people were talking excitedly when Ergou pushed the door open and the voices stopped abruptly.
"Butler, how come you have time to come to our room?" Zhou Dadong came forward.
Ergou smiled and said, "It's not that business is booming, but I think everyone has been working overtime lately and it's been hard. The boss asked me to ask the kitchen to make you some midnight snacks, and also to reward the brothers!"
Zhou Dadong smiled and said, "That's great. Thank you, Boss and the Manager!"
Ergou didn't care. He waved his hand and several of his men brought up the food and bowls and chopsticks.
"Why isn't Aunt Wang here to see me off?" Zhou Dadong wondered.
"You know Aunt Wang, she's a sneaky person. She complained of being tired right after we finished, so I had to bring people to deliver her here." Ergou explained helplessly.
Zhou Dadong heard this and said, "Oh, this won't do. Aunt Wang is really something. No matter how tired she is, can she be as tired as the head steward? She actually dared to let you deliver it in person. It's really outrageous!"
Ergou smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay. It's just a small matter. Don't take it to heart. You guys eat. I'm going to go back and rest."
Zhou Dadong looked at the food and said, "Big Steward, let's eat together. There are so many brothers that can't finish it. Why don't we eat together?"
Ergou shook his head. "No, I haven't been feeling well lately. I've been belching a lot. The doctor told me to go to bed early and not to eat at night."
Seeing this, Zhou Dadong had no choice but to give up.
Ergou led his men out.
The dozen or so people were still discussing that they would have food to eat tonight and then prepare to escape. They planned to escape tonight.
Although Zhou Dadong was suspicious, one of his brothers said, "Zhao Yingman had prepared food for us brothers before and also given us generous money to reward us for working hard. So there is no doubt that he is just rewarding us for our hard work."
After listening to it, Zhou Dadong also felt that it made sense.
These dozen people ate the poisoned food without any precautions, and soon began to show symptoms of poisoning. Their faces turned pale, their breathing became rapid, and their bodies began to tremble violently.
Ergou was secretly watching from a high place not far away. He knew that Zhou Dadong was suspicious. If they didn't eat, he had plenty of ways to kill them.
Ergou felt a surge of pride as he watched them suffer. He knew his plan had succeeded. He led his men away quietly, preparing to report to Zhao Yingman, leaving the poisoned people to struggle in agony.
However, as fate would have it, misfortunes and blessings can happen at any time. Among the group of people who were poisoned, two people luckily escaped the clutches of death.
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