Chapter 119: Poisoning
Gu Tingchuan successively topped the county, prefectural and academy examinations and was called the "Little Three Yuan". Such talents would be valued even if they went to Jiangzhou.
In order to celebrate Gu Tingchuan's winning of the imperial examination, the Gu family held a grand banquet and sent out sacks of wedding candy. After three days of busy work, the guests finally disappeared.
During this period, the prefect Liang also sent people to deliver good gifts and mentioned that he could go to the provincial capital to study.
Gu Tingchuan felt that having Gu Lang's teaching was enough. After all, the knowledge taught by Mr. Liang Cheng was not as good as that taught by Gu Lang, who once held the first-rank official position.
However, considering the gentleman's letter of recommendation, the Gu family was in a dilemma.
A letter of recommendation is just like a letter of recommendation from some modern university professors. With these professors' letters of recommendation, your chances of finding a job or further studying will be much better.
Although Gu Lang used to be a first-rank official and his academic qualifications were certainly good, the Gu family was now a registered citizen and had no roots.
If you want to become an official in the future, you must study in an academy and obtain the recognition and recommendation letters from those teachers. In this way, you can make many friends and strengthen your network. If you can make friends with a teacher who can predict the questions in the high school entrance examination, there will naturally be many benefits.
"Then what about our business in Liangcheng?"
Gu Feixue recalled what the owner of Zuixianlou, Bao, had told her about the Bao family's trip to Jiangzhou a long time ago.
When this matter was told to everyone, everyone in the Gu family looked hesitant.
"Mom and Dad, let's stay in Liangcheng. I believe I can get good grades even without a recommendation letter."
Gu Tingchuan naturally didn't want to put his family in a dilemma.
Gu Lang shook his head:
"Tingchuan, no one in the officialdom cares about a letter of recommendation, but it is a message."
Gu Feixue thought about it for a moment and understood.
Officials in any era were afraid of offending others.
A letter of recommendation not only represents connections, but also means that being close to you will not offend other important people.
After all, people seek benefits and avoid harm, and excellent candidates who have nothing may offend others.
If you have similar academic performance and want to be safe, it is naturally more suitable to contact the former.
Although Gu Tingchuan was intelligent, he had not seen much of the world. He looked confused at this moment, and it was obvious that he only had a vague understanding of the information that Gu Lang said.
Wang came from a prominent family, so naturally she understood what Gu Lang said.
"This matter still requires further consideration, so we won't discuss it today."
After returning to the house, Gu Feixue felt a little irritated, so she took out the secret book of Qimen Formation to read.
In fact, her inner choice is not very clear.
On the one hand, he didn't want Gu Tingchuan to study in the countryside without connections and affect his career, and he didn't want the family to be separated.
But on the other hand, she couldn't let go of Liangcheng's businesses.
Especially since the Gu family spent so much effort to set up the formation. Even if there is no tunnel dug now, it is still a relatively safe place.
If I go to Jiangzhou, I will have to start all over again.
Moreover, the journey from Liangcheng to Jiangzhou is long, and there is a risk of encountering robbers.
Not to mention that if the person behind the scenes knew that the Gu family had left Liangcheng and sent assassins to kill them on the way, the Gu family would be helpless.
"Well, let's just take it one step at a time."
For several days in a row, the Gu family had not come up with any conclusion, but the business of Jinxiu Shop was getting better and better.
That day, Gu Feixue had a vague premonition, so she gave the method of purifying rouge to Chunyue.
He also gave her a set of laboratory tools and asked her to try to take over Jinxiu's business from Li Tiezhu.
Jinxiu's business is booming now. Every day, foreign businessmen come from far away and want to cooperate with Jinxiu. However, Jinxiu only sells finished products and does not sign contracts.
Chunyue also recruited several capable assistants, each of whom had some talent in makeup and had better aesthetic taste than Gu Feixue.
On this day, Gu Feixue surveyed the geographical location at Gu's house and selected an entrance suitable for digging a tunnel.
But unexpectedly something happened on the farm.
"Oh no, Miss Gu! The cows on the farm are all vomiting and having diarrhea!"
Gu Feixue rushed to the farm and found that the cows were all sick.
Although she was not a veterinarian, she could see that the cows were in poor condition.
"Did you have an upset stomach? What did you feed the cows today?"
Sun and his group recalled for a moment and then said:
"Just like usual, I fed her fodder and water, the proportions were adjusted according to what the caregiver said, nothing else."
Gu Feixue frowned. If it wasn’t a problem with the herbs, then it was a problem with the water.
"You bring the water for the cows."
After taking the bucket, Gu Feixue squatted down and observed it for a while, then took a cooked egg and put it into the water.
A raw egg will float on water because it is less dense than water, while a cooked egg will sink because it is more dense than water.
But now the cooked eggs float on the water, which means something has been added to the water!
"There's something wrong with the water. Remove all the water. Who will feed the cows today?"
Sun couldn't believe it and said:
"This water was fed by Qian'er, how could there be a problem?"
Gu Feixue's expression froze when she heard this. Qian'er was bought by her when she and Chunxiang arrived. Chunxiang and her friends were good at cooking, so they learned from her.
Because Qian'er had very poor talent, she took care of the cows with Sun and others.
As the group was talking, the eldest son of the village chief rushed to the farm with an anxious look on his face.
"Oh no, Miss Gu, my father and many people in the village are suddenly vomiting and having diarrhea, you should go and take a look!"
Gu Feixue's face changed, and then everyone in the Gu family rushed to the village chief's house to check the situation.
There were many villagers lying inside and outside the village chief's house, their faces pale and screaming.
Seeing this, Gu Feixue's heart grew heavier. These cows and people were obviously poisoned.
After questioning the poisoned villagers, we learned that after drinking the milk sent by the farm, they began to vomit and have diarrhea.
The farm produces a lot of milk every day. In addition to selling it to Zuixianlou, it is also given to many families in the village to drink.
After asking these people, I learned that usually Sun personally drove the ox cart to deliver milk to each household. Today, the cows on the farm were in poor condition, and Sun was too busy to take care of the cows, so how could he have time to deliver milk?
"Who brought you milk today?"
So Gu Feixue got an expected answer.
"It was sent by Miss Qian."
Gu Feixue's expression turned even colder, and then she remembered something and quickly looked at Gu Tingchuan and said:
"Oh no! Brother, hurry to Zuixianlou and tell them not to use the milk today!"
If there is a problem with the milk and water in Anju Village, will Zuixianlou let it go?
Everyone also knew that this was a serious matter. If someone died, not only the Gu family, but the entire Anju Village and everyone working on the farm would be affected.
I saw Gu Tingchuan and the village chief's son planning to drive the ox cart over.
It was getting late. Zuixianlou had already received the goods and taken them back half an hour ago. Now that Zuixianlou was about to open, how could it be possible to make it in time by driving the ox cart over?
So Gu Feixue said solemnly:
"I'll go ahead and make them vomit with soap first!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Feixue used her lightness skills to leave in front of everyone.
"Miss Gu's martial arts skills have actually recovered!"
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