Detective in the Red Chamber

After a moment of hesitation, Sun Shaozong said, "Beat me first..."

Just as he was talking, he suddenly saw the door rushing over again, saying that it was a young man surnamed Li who came back to the mansion for a banquet, and came to visit again.

The child prodigy Lee Hyun has arrived?

Sun Shaozong hurriedly ordered the people to be brought in quickly, and after a while he saw Li Xian's childish figure, trotting through the door opening, and just as he stepped down the steps, he knelt down on his knees with a plop, and said in a trembling voice, "What can you do, boy?" , Dare to work and welcome!"

In fact, the reason why Sun Shaozong was in the yard was because he had just sent Xue Pan away.

But seeing Li Xian's grateful look, he was also happy to make mistakes, stepped forward and pulled Li Xian up from the ground, and said with a smile, "I welcome you for no other reason than because you have the courage to avenge your father at a young age. "

Then, he asked with concern, "How is your father's injury?"

"Thanks to your lord, my father's wound has begun to scab. The doctor said that although he will not be able to exert much effort in the future, he will be able to walk, sit and lie down without any hindrance."

While speaking, Sun Shaozong led him into the living room, and was about to tell him to sit down, but Li Xian saw that there was no one in private, but suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Students come here today, come out to thank you for your kindness, but actually I have something to report to my lord."

Hearing what he said was quite mysterious, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but aroused a little interest, pointed to the grand teacher's chair at the bottom, and said, "Don't worry, just sit down and talk—come on, let's serve tea!"

Then Li Xian thanked his seat solemnly, and he acted in a calm manner, until the tea-delivering maid exited the door, then she cupped her hands and said, "Speaking of which, a student happened to encounter this incident by accident. I went to fetch medicine for my father that day. Coincidentally..."

But it turned out that two days ago Li Xian went to the pharmacy to get some medicine for his father, but at the same time, the pharmacy ran out of the main medicine for nourishing blood and Qi.

Li Xianzheng was planning to go to another place, but the shopkeeper of the pharmacy got annoyed first, called the clerk to be furious and cursed a few times, and then told the clerk to go to the store to fill up the medicine.

The store clerk's face was ashen after being scolded, and he rushed out after receiving the money for the medicine.

After listening to their conversation, Li Xian figured that the medicinal materials in the business would be cheaper, so he followed the shop assistant all the way.

At first the clerk was only focused on rushing forward, but he didn't realize that Li Xian was following behind. He murmured along the way, constantly complaining that the pharmacy boss was mean, and that sooner or later he would be killed by his wife who stole a man.

Because Li Xian heard what he said was interesting, he got closer without realizing it, but was caught by the shop assistant.

The guy was afraid that he would tell the boss what he said, and seeing that he was only a half-grown child, he made a serious effort to scare him.

But at such a young age, Li Xian was able to calmly stand in court and clear his father of the crime, so how could he be intimidated by a pharmacy clerk?

He only smiled and said that he only wanted to buy medicine cheaply, but as long as he could save money, he would not care about other people's business.

When the guy heard this, he patted his chest and promised that he would help him buy some cheap and good medicinal materials from the business store.

From then on, the two walked together.

The guy was probably holding back, and felt that Li Xian had already heard it anyway, and it didn't matter if he said some details, so he described the anecdote of the proprietress stealing to Li Xian vividly on the way.

Many of the shop assistants these days are apprentices, eating, drinking, and messing up in the shop. This guy named Wang Ergou is no exception. He usually lives in the woodshed behind the pharmacy.

But the proprietress of the pharmacy was about thirty years old, she was tall and tall, with big breasts, high hips, and although she had no children, she still controlled her husband submissively.

Wang Ergou had always been afraid of her, so when he got up to go to the latrine more than ten days ago in the middle of the night, he saw the proprietress strolling in the yard, so he held back and dared not come out.

Originally, he wanted to wait for the proprietress to return to the house before going to the hut.

At this moment, two cat meows came from outside, and then the proprietress opened the back door and introduced a strong man wearing a bamboo hat.

Seeing the proprietress and the man whispering a few times at the door, and then quietly groping into the pharmacy in front, it was so dark that there was not even a light on, Wang Ergou stared wide-eyed.

Adultery, this must be adultery!

At that time, Wang Ergou wanted to touch it and have a look, but due to the prestige of the proprietress, he still didn't dare to move. He even held his urine in the middle of the night and didn't dare to go to the toilet until dawn.

After that, Wang Ergou paid more attention, whenever there was a disturbance in the middle of the night, he would get up and quietly look into the courtyard.

In the end, he really bumped into him twice again!

Once, he could vaguely hear what the adulterer said, but he couldn't hear the specific content clearly, but it must be a foreign accent.

And Li Xian didn't take it too seriously when he heard the pornographic news.

When he arrived at the commercial store, he pretended to be Wang Ergou's younger brother, and when he went in to buy medicine with him, he heard from the shop assistant that at the beginning of the month, the pharmacy where Wang Ergou was located had already purchased this medicine, and the portion was large. Enough to sell for half a year.

How come it's been less than a month, and you have to come over to buy it again?

Wang Ergou was also at a loss, saying that the business hasn't been doing well these days, but the medicine went down quickly, and he didn't know that it was stolen by the rat.

It was after hearing this conversation that Li Xiancai suddenly became suspicious.

"Master Sun."

Li Xian slightly said awkwardly, "When I went back, I specifically asked that Wang Ergou, and the medicinal herbs in his pharmacy were inexplicably reduced. Not only this one, but also several other medicinal herbs, which are also commonly used to treat wounds. "

Speaking of this, he looked up at Sun Shaozong's face, and carefully pursed his lips and said, "My house is near Qingxu Temple. A few days ago, someone was arrested, and the killing blood flowed like a river. I also... I heard someone mention it." After a few words, I wondered if there was anything to do with it?"

This person is really different from other people!

When I was 12 years old, I still seemed to be obsessed with arcade games. How could I have such meticulous ability?

When Sun Shaozong heard this, he was already filled with admiration, but asked calmly, "How can you see that?"

Li Xian had clearly prepared the draft, and when he heard Sun Shaozong's question, he immediately replied, "The woman led people into the front shop in the middle of the night, but she didn't light the lamp, obviously she wanted to avoid people's eyes and ears."

"But according to what Wang Ergou said, the pharmacy owner was resting in the house at that time and didn't go out—this is a bit strange. When the woman came out of the house in the middle of the night, wasn't she afraid of disturbing her husband?"

"This obviously doesn't make sense!"

"That's why the student thought, maybe the woman didn't lure the outsider in because she wanted to do something wrong, but just gave him the medicinal materials!"

"But if ordinary people want to take medicinal materials, why do they need to be so sneaky?"

"So the students thought of those thieves who fought with the officials!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Sun Shaozong anxiously, trying to deduce from Sun Shaozong's expression whether what he said could be approved by Sun Shaozong.

However, Sun Shaozong was expressionless at first, and when Li Xian started to feel uneasy, he suddenly smiled at him and asked, "Li Xian, would you like to worship me as a teacher?"

Li Xian was taken aback for a moment, then quickly jumped up, knelt down in front of Sun Shaozong, and said loudly, "Master, please accept Li Xian's worship."

It is said to be one bow, but it is only three bows and nine kowtows.

Chapter 523

Weishi was just after three o'clock in the afternoon, which is supposed to be the time for buying and selling, but Wang Ergou, the clerk of Ruyifang Wuya Pharmacy, was lying on the counter, as if he was sleeping in a refreshing autumn air.

But shopkeeper Wu and his wife, who were always mean, didn't mean to blame him for it.

This is because the people of the capital love to win a good fortune, so the first day of every month is the most deserted time in the medical hall and pharmacy. Even the regular customers who can't stop the medicine will buy a few days' supply in advance, and they will never buy it at the beginning of the month. Come to touch the mold.

Only those who are suffering from emergencies, or who are not particular about their lives, will choose to go to the pharmacy to buy medicines on the first day of junior high school.

As time passed, the first day of junior high school became a good day for pharmacy apprentices to take a break from their busy schedule.

bump!

Wang Ergou was taking a nap, when suddenly there was a loud noise in his ear, which made him jump up three feet high, and held up the medicine jar to take a closer look, but he saw that at some point in the store, there was already a raised eyebrow. The purpose is a middle-aged strong man.

And the movement just now was precisely the middle-aged man who slapped the counter.

Before Wang Ergou could take a closer look, the man cursed, "What? Why do you want to beat people?! Come on, come on, I want to see, you people in the capital can still bully people What is it like!"

The non-local accent was urgent and fast, Wang Ergou could barely hear the general idea, but seeing him staring at the medicine jar in his hand, with a disheveled appearance on his body, he roughly guessed the truth.

Needless to say, he must be a newcomer from other places who was deceived by the rogues in the capital, so he was full of resentment.

Although he felt a little gloating in his heart, Wang Ergou didn't dare to provoke him carelessly, he quickly put down the medicine jar in his hand, and asked casually, "What kind of medicine does Master Ke want to grab?"

Snapped!

The foreigner slapped his face on the counter again, lifted the medicine jar and raised his hand, and when he raised his hand again, there were already many prescriptions on the table.

"That's it, look at it!"

Damn foreigner!

Wang Ergou cursed secretly, picked up the prescription and glanced at it twice, only to find that half of the words on the prescription were blurred by sweat, no matter how hard he tried, it was difficult to distinguish Zhouquan.

He couldn't help frowning and said, "Master Ke, your prescription is covered with sweat, I'm afraid you have to go back and ask for another one."

"What? Missed!"

When the man heard this, the veins on his neck were all bulging, and he spit and shouted, "I'm waiting for the medicine to save my life, and I delayed my brother's life, can you afford it?!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Wang Ergou's collar and yelled at him to complete the medicine quickly.

Wang Ergou said that the man just didn't listen, and he tore it down randomly, and the commotion became louder and louder, which soon alarmed the Wu shopkeeper and his wife in the backyard.

The proprietress grabbed Wang Ergou, shopkeeper Wu stopped the foreigner, and asked the ins and outs in a hurry, the shopkeeper Wu went through the prescription, scanned it carefully for a while, and then laughed and said, "No need, Mr. Ke." Worry, this prescription should be written by Dr. Liu of Huichuntang, he often asks people to get medicines here, even if the handwriting is blurred, I can roughly see it."

Then, he took the paper money and copied the prescription again, and asked Wang Ergou to make up the medicine, and handed it to the man from other places, and said, "Although this medicine is a good medicine, don't dare to make a mistake in the dosage and heat." .”

Seeing that he was so amiable, the man from other places softened his attitude immediately.

He murmured several times of "Thank you", and after asking the price, he frantically took out two hanging copper coins from his belt, counted them clearly, and handed them to the proprietress Xu's hands, and carefully took out the rest of the money. After wrapping it up, I hurried out of the pharmacy and went in a slant wind.

"Oh, what a blind thing!"

Wang Ergou chased to the door and spat, turned around and said with a smile on his face, "You still know how to do business, and you charged twice as much money, just to let those two idiots thank you a lot."

Shopkeeper Wu's face darkened, and he scolded, "Monkey boy, if I can't see it at a glance, you will cause trouble for me! There are not many customers around here today, so you recite the soup song backwards. If you recite it at night Don’t even think about eating if you don’t come down!”

Saying that, no matter how Wang Ergou pleaded, he and Mrs. Xu went back to the backyard on their own.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

But the man from other places who was buying medicine ran two streets away, walked through alleys and alleys, and arrived at a dilapidated small courtyard, where he knocked on the door several times, long and short.

The gate of the courtyard opened in response to the sound, and a woman dressed in plain clothes flashed out, and greeted the man directly into the main room.

As soon as he crossed the threshold, the man immediately knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists in salute and said, "Yang Licai, a lowly post, I have met Mr. Qianhu!"

This voice is straight and round, and it is the most authentic Beijing dialect.

In this dark and narrow room, six or seven dragon guards were crowded, and there was a strong man sitting on a stool in the middle, who else could it be if it wasn't Sun Shaozong?

Sun Shaozong leaned forward slightly, "How about it, have you seen everything you should see?"

"seen."

Yang Licai hurriedly said, "According to my lord's order, I pretended to be a wronged outsider, and indeed lured the Wu shopkeeper and his wife out."

As he said that, he couldn't help sneering, "The shopkeeper Wu is really a man with a hidden smile. Seeing that you are a newcomer from other places, you can't help but charge me twice as much for the medicine!"

Sun Shaozong didn't care much about these trifles, he waved his hand and ordered, "It's not too late, Yang Baihu should choose someone first."

As soon as the words fell, a woman's voice came from inside, but the content was a hammer and a stick, without any point at all.

And when the woman finished speaking, another woman spoke.

Just like that, the five women made high-pitched or soft voices, and then fell silent again.

Yang Licai immediately said firmly, "The voice of the fourth, the fourth is most similar to that of Xu's."

Before the words were finished, a woman came out from the room through the curtain. Her figure and appearance were three points similar to that of the Wu family.

Then Yang Licai did the same thing again, choosing the man with the voice most like shopkeeper Wu.

When both of them reached the outside room, Yang Licai pointed out several obvious loopholes, and the spy next to him, who was good at disguise and disguise, stepped forward and made some adjustments, until Yang Li felt that there was a half-dozen similarity, so he gave up.

"Try it."

At this time, Sun Shaozong raised his hand, and the spies in charge of disguise surrounded Yang Licai and went to the inner room, followed by the gatekeeper Long Jinwei Xiaoxiao, who led in a frightened man from the outside.

After the man entered the door, he saw Sun Shaozong sitting on the bench with a big horse golden knife, and immediately fell to his knees with a plop, and was about to complain to Lord Qingtian, when someone suddenly shouted urgently, "Doctor Liu!"

The man was stunned for a moment, then raised his head to look around, but saw a man and a woman standing in the dark corner, vaguely they were his acquaintances, he blurted out, "Master Wu, you... why are you here?!"

The two impostors got closer to him after hearing his words, and the person pretending to be Mrs. Xu scolded sharply, "It's not all your fault! What kind of prescription was prescribed, and three people were killed!"

"Three... three lives?!"

Doctor Liu was taken aback, and sat on the ground in a panic, "I... how is this possible? I have never sought merit but no fault. I have never prescribed tiger and wolf prescriptions. How could I kill people?" , and three of them died at once?!"

"Why is it impossible!"

'Master Wu and his wife' stepped forward again, and said harshly, "Could it be that Master Qingtian will wrong you?!"

Dr. Liu was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly got up again and kowtowed like smashing garlic, calling for grievances to Sun Shaozong repeatedly.

Sun Shaozong spoke in an official tone slowly, and asked, "If you really have any grievances, you should first stand up and confront shopkeeper Wu—if it's not that your prescription is wrong, or there is something wrong with the medicinal materials of Wuya Pharmacy."

When Dr. Liu heard this, he jumped up immediately, his neck stuck like a fighting cock, and he blamed shopkeeper Wu for all his crimes.

The shopkeeper Wu argued a few words at the beginning, but later he was stumped by Dr. Liu's plausible medical theories.

Seeing that shopkeeper Wu couldn't stand it anymore, and retreated in succession under his spitting star, Dr. Liu was complacent, when he heard Sun Shaozong say, "That's enough, let's take this Dr. Liu down first."

Dr. Liu was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask if he was exonerated, when the two dragon guards who guarded the gate rushed up, wiped his shoulders, folded his arms, and dragged him out with his mouth gagged.