Chapter 55 The bell said it hurts
Siming knew that he had given up on the Liu family: "I need a batch of anti-inflammatory drugs."
"General Si, this anti-inflammatory drug is difficult for me to get, let alone you." Chen Yongnian looked at him and said.
"If it were easy, I wouldn't come to you, Director Chen. As long as you let me go, I will naturally find a way to get these things." Si Ming looked at him and stopped talking.
How could Chen Yongnian not know what he was thinking.
Letting go means allowing some ships to go out to sea, but it is hard to say what they will bring back.
At this time, there was a knock on the door: "General Administration, the banquet is ready."
Chen Yongan looked at him with a smile: "Let's eat first, and then talk after we finish eating."
Siming looked at him: You old fox, you just won’t give in unless there is something good for you!
"Okay, let's talk after dinner." Si Ming said as he took Juanjuan and Si Jinchen's hands and walked out of the living room.
The banquet began and everyone took their seats. The governor's family naturally sat at the main table with Chen Yongan and others.
At this time, the servants began to serve the dishes, placing them on the table one by one.
Just as a servant put down a bowl of soup, Juanjuan climbed onto a stool, stood up, and reached out to take the fried fish on the table.
When going out today, Bailing specially brought her a pair of silver bracelets with two beautiful carved little bells on them.
A light touch will make a crisp sound.
At this time, the small bell on Juanjuan's wrist was soaked in the soup.
Siming was startled by her sudden action, fearing that she would miss a step and fall: "Be careful."
Chen Yongnian and the others looked at the bowl of soup one by one, considering whether to remove it.
Juanjuan was carried back by Siming and sat on the stool.
"Dad will get you whatever you want to eat. What you did just now was very dangerous."
"Dad, Lingling said it hurts." Juanjuan said as she showed him the little bell in her hand.
Chen Yongnian originally wanted to make a few sarcastic remarks to Siming, but when he saw the bell on Juanjuan's bracelet, his face immediately changed.
Siming's face was also terribly gloomy. The pair of bracelets on Juanjuan's hands were newly bought, and the bells on them had just touched the soup and had turned all black.
This means that someone poisoned the soup, but was this person trying to kill him or Chen Yongnian?
Or is it to take the lives of both of them?
He looked at Chen Yongan, and they both understood each other tacitly.
Chen Yongnian's eldest wife suddenly covered her chest, tilted her head and fell towards Chen Yongnian.
The originally lively banquet had to be forced to stop.
The seventh concubine looked unhappy, but seeing that Chen Yongnian was in a bad mood, she could only force a smile and send the other guests away.
The Si Ming family did not leave. Old Madam Si and Si Tian were sitting in the living room with their two children.
Mrs. Chen came down from upstairs after seeing that all the guests had left, and looked at Juanjuan who was frowning.
Juanjuan's bracelet had been taken off: "Grandma, will the bell still ring?"
Madam Si smiled and touched her little head: "It's okay, I'll buy you a new pair when I get back."
"Juanjuan likes it very much!" Juanjuan lowered her head and shook her little feet.
"Then wait for Second Uncle to have someone make a new pair for Juanjuan, okay?" Si Tian touched her little head.
Juanjuan smiled and nodded: "Okay."
Mrs. Chen looked at her with fondness on her face. If it weren't for this child today, they and the guests who came today would have been infected.
She just asked someone to check and found that all the soups were poisoned. They had no intention of letting the guests they were hosting today leave alive.
She said a few words to the servant beside her.
The servant nodded and turned away, and after a while he came back with a box.
"Madam Si, I'm so sorry for not treating you well today." She pushed the box forward and said, "This is for Juanjuan, as a meeting gift."
Madam Si opened it and saw a pair of gold bracelets for children, as well as a pair of small bells: "This gift is quite expensive."
"This child is very lovable at first sight, much better than those naughty monkeys in our family. This is the first time the child has come here, so you must accept this welcome gift."
"Then I won't be polite with you." Madam Si said and looked at Juanjuan: "Juanjuan, thank you grandma for the gift."
Juanjuan thanked her obediently: "Thank you, Grandma Chen."
Madam Si looked at Madam Chen: "Are you feeling better?"
"Much better. He's getting older and has more old ailments. He had an attack today and ruined everyone's mood." Mrs. Chen said apologetically.
"No, you can host the party yourself when you feel better." Old Madam Si played along with her, and they both understood each other tacitly.
Seeing that Juanjuan was in a good mood, Si Jinchen pulled her into the house to play.
On the other side, Chen Yongnian looked at Siming and said, "If it weren't for your little girl today, I'm afraid no one at this banquet would be able to leave."
"Who do you think is going to attack us?"
"I'm going to say something you may not like to hear. Although you've been a bit greedy, you never make mistakes based on principle. That's why we've been living in peace all these years."
"As for who wants us to die, isn't it easy to guess? Whoever wants to cause chaos in Beiyang City is the person behind this." Si Ming looked at him after he finished speaking.
A person appeared in Chen Yongnian's mind: "Pei Jingming."
"It seems we think the same thing." Siming looked at him with a smile.
"This guy has approached me many times, saying he wants to bring in some stuff to sell, with high profits, and he wants me to keep 70%. I was wondering what could have such high profits."
"If he tells me about opium, I definitely won't release it. Even if I'm a jerk and greedy for money, I still have a bottom line."
"It would be a disaster if this thing entered Beiyang City."
Chen Yongnian didn't want Beiyang City to become a place controlled by others. If that happened, not only him but also his descendants would become slaves of others.
"What role did the Liu family play in this?" Siming looked at him and asked.
"Liu family?" Chen Yongnian frowned. "Isn't he just a businessman?"
"Have you ever thought about why they don't sell the grain? Have you ever thought about why they destroyed the medicinal garden in Beiyang City?" Siming looked at him.
Chen Yongnian fell into deep thought, and after a long while, he seemed to understand something: "I thought they just wanted to use this method to marry their daughter to you and get on board with you."
"Now it seems that I am old and some things are no longer clear to me."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Siming and said, "I will nominate you to take over the position of the General Administration of Customs, but I cannot guarantee that it will succeed. Also, I will release the ship you mentioned, but you cannot claim that I did it."
"I'm old now, you have to let me protect myself!"
Siming: "Don't worry, you can blame me if anything goes wrong. Just keep the door secure, and I'll make it stronger."
"None of my sons are capable of anything. If they were half as good as you, I wouldn't have to worry so much." Chen Yongnian smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Have you found the person who poisoned him?" Siming looked at him.
"No, this guy is very cunning. He chose a day like today to strike. I'm afraid he has been hiding near me for a long time. I'm afraid he has been spooked today, but I don't know if I can catch him."
It was unlikely that the guests at the banquet would have come into contact with all the soup, so the only possible person would have been the servants in the house.
These servants are all old servants who have been employed by me for many years. There are no new faces today, so it is not easy to check them out.
Siming tapped his fingers on his crossed legs: "If we don't catch this guy, he will always be a time bomb if he stays around."
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