Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 127
Say Cao Cao is here, Cao Cao is here.

"Treasurer Wang, are you questioning my young master?"

Following a haughty voice, a young man in fine clothes and holding a birdcage walked into the lobby with two servants.

Shopkeeper Wang's face changed a bit, and finally he had to force a smile to greet him: "Don't dare..."

In the end, Qin Shou sneered: "Shopkeeper Wang, you guessed it right, the young master really found them.

From now on, they will come every day.

If they are in a happy mood, they may order a jug of wine and drink for a long time.

If you're not in a happy mood, maybe you'll just sit here in a daze, chatting or something..."

"you……"

Shopkeeper Wang flushed with anger.

Isn't this clearly bad for his business?With these plague gods here, they would buckle their feet, spit on people, and scold people, how could there be any guests?

Doesn't this mean that he wants to close his restaurant?
It's a long story.

The reason why Qin Shou pressed on every step of the way was because he wanted to get the eight-treasure duck marinating recipe handed down from the shopkeeper Wang's family.

The Qin family mainly deals in medicinal materials, but in recent years they have continued to expand their business, opening a medicine shop, a pawn shop, a cloth shop, and last year a restaurant.

The restaurant was opened by Qin Shou arguing. His original intention was to let the family invest money, and he would sit back and enjoy the benefits.

Although there is no shortage of food and clothing on weekdays, after all, you can't do whatever you want, and you will still be subject to certain restrictions.

Therefore, Qin Shou wanted to own an industry of his own.

It was okay at the beginning, after all, the restaurant was newly opened, and relatives, friends, business partners, and some customers who were trying to adopt the mentality of early adopters all came to cheer.

I never thought that the restaurant's food was unpalatable and expensive, and the business suddenly became deserted.

Within two months, he was reduced to the point where he could not make ends meet.

At this time, some friends suggested to Qin Shou that the business of Wang's Restaurant was the best in the county.
Hearing this, Qin Shou couldn't help being overjoyed, and really paid a high price to hire a chef from Wang's restaurant, and also used the eight-treasure duck as the restaurant's signature dish.

The result is still one word: cool.

Not to mention other customers, even Qin Shou can taste it. The eight-treasure duck made by this chef is not at all comparable to the taste of Wang's Restaurant.

In a fit of rage, Qin Shou punched and kicked the chef, thinking that the chef was deliberately hiding his own interests and was unwilling to go all out.

The chef was very aggrieved, saying that the cooking method is completely fine, the difference lies in the method of pickling.

Because, the eight-treasure duck in Wang's restaurant is marinated in advance, and only the Wang family knows the marinating recipe.

In desperation, Qin Shou went to shopkeeper Wang again, saying that he was willing to pay a high price for the formula.

The pickling formula is the foundation of the Wang family restaurant, and it is the precious experience accumulated by generations of the Wang family. How can it be sold to others?

Therefore, no matter how intimidating and tempting Qin Shou was, shopkeeper Wang politely refused.

Seeing that his family's restaurant could not continue to operate, Qin Shou became angry and started to play various tricks.

"Old fellow, this young master's patience has a limit, if you are smart, hand over the formula, and this young master will compensate you a sum of money.

In the future, you will do your business, and I will do mine. Everyone is well.

If you are obsessed with your obsession, then don't blame this young master for being ruthless and making your restaurant unable to open in Liuhe County. "

"Master Qin, don't go too far!"

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing an apron came out with a livid face.

This person is the eldest son of shopkeeper Wang, and also the chef of the restaurant.

"Hahaha, too much? So what?"

Qin Shou grinned a few times, and winked at the gangsters before him.

A few gangsters understood.

At this time, there were still four or five tables of customers in the store who had not yet left.

Several gangsters walked to the table separately, coughed loudly on purpose, and spit on the ground.

However, when one of the gangsters walked up to Zhou Yu and Bai Miner's table and was about to make trouble, Zhou Yu glared at him and said coldly, "Get out!"

"What did you say?"

The bastard thought he had heard wrong.

There are still people who are so ignorant that they dare to let him go?
"boom!"

Zhou Yu responded lazily again, and with a flick of his wide sleeve, the guy fell to the ground and turned a few somersaults.

Such a change of events immediately caused everyone to glance over.

"Damn, it's against the sky, dare to hit my brother."

Another gangster cursed and picked up a bench, and rushed over like a ghost...

"call out!"

Bai Min'er didn't even look back, a chopstick flew over.

"boom!"

A small piece of chopsticks contained amazing power, causing the gangster to fly upside down from the bench and hit a table heavily, smashing the table to pieces...

"puff……"

The gangster spat out a big mouthful of blood, tilted his head, and passed out.

Now, no one dared to move.

Including Qin Shou, his face was livid with fright.

No matter how stupid he was, he knew that he had met a master, as the saying goes, a good man never suffers from immediate losses... So, this guy turned around and slipped away without saying a word.

slipped away...

Qin Shou slipped away, would those bastards still want to stay and die?
So, hurriedly picked up the half-dead accomplices and followed suit.

A crisis was resolved, but the hearts of the shopkeeper Wang and his son became even heavier.

Because they knew Qin Shou well, they knew that what they were about to face next was a bigger crisis and Qin Shou's crazy revenge.

"Shopkeeper, what kind of trouble did this young master have with your restaurant just now?"

Zhou Yu took the initiative to ask.

His character has always been like this, or he doesn't care, since he has already made a move, he might as well deal with it to the end.

"This……"

Shopkeeper Wang hesitated for a moment, and finally explained the cause and effect.

"So that's how it is..." Zhou Yu nodded, and said again: "Then the other party won't let it go, otherwise, you should sue the officials..."

"No, no, no!" Shopkeeper Wang hurriedly waved his hands: "The guest officer may not know that this kid is the county magistrate's brother-in-law..."

This matter has to start with Qin Shou's sister, Qin Xiaohua.

Qin Xiaohua got married at the age of 16, but after several years of marriage, her stomach has not moved. In addition, she was bitter and mean at her husband's house, and she was at odds with her in-laws, so her husband divorced her in a rage.

Not long after returning to her natal home, one day, Master Qin hosted Ye Chen, the county magistrate.

It stands to reason that Qin Xiaohua came out to meet up out of courtesy, just say hello.But this woman was scheming, took the initiative to accompany her at the wine table, and danced a coquettish song.

Ye Chen is already over fifty years old, but he doesn't care. Seeing Qin Xiaohua's expressive look, he already knows it.

Although Qin Xiaohua has been married before, she is not bad at first, and the important thing is that she is young, more than 20 years younger than Ye Chen.

One has intentions, the other has intentions, and it didn't take long for Qin Xiaohua to get her wish and get together with Ye Chen.

Later, he did not know what tricks he used to make Ye Chen formally accept her as his concubine.

This time, Master Qin straightened his back even more, and announced to the outside world that his daughter was the magistrate's wife.

Qin Shou also became the county magistrate's brother-in-law.

With the county magistrate as their backer, the father and son acted even more unscrupulously, bullying men and women, doing all kinds of evil, and the common people hated not being able to eat their flesh and drink their blood.

Let's say that after Qin Shou left the restaurant in embarrassment, he walked not far away and saw a few police officers patrolling the street. He was overjoyed and ran over quickly.

"Master Qin..."

Several catchers greeted one after another.

"Hurry up, go to Wang's Restaurant and arrest people."

"Wang's Restaurant? What's wrong?"

The lead policeman asked with a puzzled look.

Qin Shou also lazily concealed the matter, briefly explained the previous incident, and finally said: "The couple must be people in the Jianghu. They ruined my young master's big business. You pretend to catch the Jiangyang thief and arrest them."

As a result, several catchers looked at each other in blank dismay.

Just kidding, with a chopstick you can beat someone until they vomit blood, so what if they go?
For the sake of this kid's conflict of spirits, they are unwilling to go into this troubled water.

So, the leading arrester urged: "Young Master Qin, just listen to the villain's advice, it's better for these people in the world to make less trouble. Have you forgotten what happened last year?"

Having said that, Qin Shou couldn't help being surprised.

Last year, a major case occurred in Liuhe County. A wealthy businessman surnamed Lei was bloodbathed by a group of gangsters and nearly wiped out.

It is said that it was because of a momentary thought, thinking that the other party could not do anything to him, but in the end it caused a catastrophe.

Another policeman echoed: "Yes, yes, Young Master Qin, those two people are just passing through, and they will leave in a while, there is no need to cause trouble. It's not too late to find that surnamed Wang Huoqi later."

"All right……"

Qin Shou had no choice but to answer.

After all, before he saw Bai Min'er knocking her into the air with a single chopstick without even turning her head.

If that chopstick flew onto his head... just thinking about it would give him chills.

In the restaurant, the Wang family father and son continued to tell about the Qin family.

"It's also strange to say that the Qin family used to just pour out herbs, never cure diseases...and they don't know how to cure diseases at all.

At the beginning of last year, I did not know where to find a doctor surnamed Chen, and opened a medicine shop, which he said could cure all kinds of diseases.

Few people believed it at first.

Later, Langzhong Chen cured several patients who had been ill for a long time, and only then did he become famous.

Some wealthy people in the city also began to seek medical treatment from him, and found that the effect was quite good, which made Mr. Chen more and more famous.

But there is one thing that makes people puzzled. Anyone who has gone to Dr. Chen for medical treatment, once they feel unwell, they can only go to him to get a prescription. It is almost useless to take other medicines..."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu couldn't help asking: "Is there such a thing? If you just ask him for a prescription, it's okay to go to another house to get the medicine?"

Shopkeeper Wang shook his head: "That's right, it's useless even if you take his prescription to another house to get medicine. It doesn't work. You can only go to the Qin family's pharmacy to get medicine."

"Um……"

Zhou Xin nodded thoughtfully.

It seems that Mr. Chen is a bit mysterious, and it is necessary to see and see.

In the afternoon, a middle-aged man who coughed frequently came to the rejuvenation drug store run by the Qin family.

This middle-aged man was dressed up by Zhou Yu, who changed into the clothes of ordinary people.

The business of the pharmacy seemed to be doing well, with seven or eight patients lined up.

Zhou Yu waited for quite a while, and just now a waiter led him into the inner hall.

"Hello, Mr. Chen."

Zhou Yu greeted Chen Langzhong who was sitting in the hall, and sat down at the table.

With just one glance, Zhou Yu guessed that there was something wrong with this guy, that he belonged to the category of dishonesty, and that this guy was definitely not as simple as an ordinary doctor.

"Um……"

Chen Langzhong responded casually, and then asked about the cause while taking his pulse.

"It's like this. I came from another place to work. I just came here not long ago. Maybe I caught a cold... Cough, cough, cough during the day, and cough at night..."

"Well, I think it's your first time here to see a doctor, do you know the rules?"

"Rules?" Zhou Yu was stunned, he really didn't know what the rules were here.

"Our pharmacy is different from other stores. It starts with at least one tael of silver for medical treatment..."

A tael of silver is not a small amount for ordinary people, and some poor people have never even touched silver in their entire lives.

"Isn't one tael more expensive?"

"Hehe, expensive? There is a reason why you are expensive. We can cure diseases that cannot be cured by other families. This is the reason why you are expensive."

"All right……"

It's not that Zhou Yu really thinks it's expensive. With his current status, will he be short of money?You have to dress up, right?
After taking the pulse, Chen Langzhong began to prescribe medicine.

After the medicine was prescribed, it was convenient to hand it to Zhou Yu: "Okay, take it to the front and go to the buddy to grab the medicine."

"Thank you, Mr. Chen."

Zhou Yu came to the shop and handed the prescription to the clerk.The clerk finished grabbing the medicine according to the prescription, and explained: "This packet is for decoction, and this small packet is for pills. You don't need to decoct it, just swallow it directly... It's a total of two taels of silver."

"Didn't you say a tael of silver?"

The clerk said coldly: "Guest officer, one tael of silver is just the starting price, there is no upper limit!"

Zhou Yu talked more lazily, took out the money and put it on the counter, took the medicine and left.

Soon after, he returned to the inn room.

"Husband, is there any problem with that doctor?"

Bai Min'er put down the book in her hand and stepped forward to ask.

Zhou Yu nodded: "According to my observation, that doctor should be a charlatan."

Bai Min'er frowned involuntarily: "Warlock?"

"Yes, first look at the medicine he prescribed."

Zhou Yu unwrapped the paper bag and began to examine the medicinal materials carefully.

Bai Min'er also came up to check it carefully, rubbed it away and smelled it.

After checking for a while, Zhou Yu said: "There should be no problem with the medicinal materials, they are all medicines for treating wind and cold."

Next, check the pills again.

"That guy really has a problem!"

Before Zhou Yu could speak, Bai Min'er couldn't help shouting angrily.

"what happened?"

"Husband, there are Gu worms in this pill."

Zhou Yu was taken aback: "Gu worm? Then what does this guy want to do? Why did he put Gu on the patient?"

"This guy must be using the patient to help him raise Gu. Back then, my master encountered a similar situation when he went to southern Xinjiang.

Local people often disappeared for no reason. Later, my master accidentally discovered that some passers-by were beaten unconscious and taken away.

Instead of alarming the other party, she followed them quietly, and finally discovered the secret of the disappearance of the people.

Those missing people were captured by the disciples of a Gu master, and they used the bodies of the people to raise Gu..."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu couldn't help but wondered: "Min'er, you mean to use living people as Gu cups?"

Bai Min'er nodded: "That's right, this method is called living body Gu, and it's an unscrupulous method adopted by some unscrupulous Gu masters in order to cultivate powerful natal Gu.

They use the bodies of living people to raise Gu. Although the Gu insects cultivated in this way are not very toxic, or even completely non-toxic, they are full of spirituality and are of high value.

However, those living people who are regarded as nourishing bodies are swallowed by Gu worms day and night, and often within a few years, they will run out of oil and die..."

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(End of this chapter)