Noble First Daughter-in-law

Today is the eighth day, that is——

In fact, he had already calculated in his heart countless times before, and knew what would happen at this time, but Shang Ruyi couldn't help but take a deep breath, and his complexion turned serious.

It turned out that this day has come.

She sighed softly in her heart, but the expression on her face calmed down.

The busyness of the past few days has made her realize a truth, the more high-ranking the person who controls the fate and life and death of others, the less able to show joy and anger, because a little bit of sadness in her will make the people below rely on her These people who survive have uneasiness and anxiety. Once this uneasiness and anxiety start to spread, it will be even more difficult to control than the plague, and it will be easier to cause chaos
So, Shang Ruyi made a faint smile: "Maybe he got up late."

As he spoke, he looked around again, and then said with a smile: "Since the closure of Changle Square until now, everyone has worked very hard, and he—I know he is usually a lazy person, and he sent here eight consecutive days of decoction, Maybe he was tired too, so he came a little late today."

Her explanation is quite reasonable.

But Wu Zanzhi didn't intend to let go, on the contrary, his expression was more dignified than before, and there was even a faint hint of anger between the frowning brows.

He looked at Shang Ruyi, and said in a deep voice, "It's not a big deal to be late."

"..."

"However, if there is something wrong with the soup he sent, it will be a big deal. Young Madam, you—"

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes behind him.

Looking back, it was Pei Xingyuan who had come.

I saw him wearing a jade-colored robe, jumping off the carriage briskly, still looking like a jade tree facing the wind, with a graceful demeanor, but he was a bit out of tune with this gray market.Moreover, after getting off the carriage, he didn't come up immediately, but turned around and looked to the other side of the long street.

In the same smoky Yanzuo Square, at this moment, there seemed to be faint noises.

Inside, people like Jin Daji should be applying the medicine.

And they came later than usual today, judging from this time, the patients in Yanzuo Square should have almost finished their soup for today.

and so--

Pei Xingyuan's eyes that always had a little smile flashed a little light, then turned his head the next moment, and greeted the guards of Changle Square with a smile: "Morning, everyone."

Although those guards were dedicated to their duties and unsmiling, they had become familiar with him in the past few days, and they all nodded.

Pei Xingyuan smiled and waved again, and the people behind him immediately came up.

These people familiarly placed the long table in front of the entrance of the square market, put empty bowls on it, a few servants waited with medicine pots, and several accountants also sat behind the long table and opened the account books.

Everything is the same as the previous few days.

The only difference is that there are more people here today than usual, and most of them are guards.

However, the patients in Changle Fang didn't care so much. When they saw them delivering the medicine, they all smiled happily, and immediately stood up and rushed forward.

Pei Xingyuan smiled and said: "Line up, don't squeeze, everyone has it!"

As a result, all the patients lined up in several long lines from Shanruliu.

The condition of these people was much better than before, so their faces were not so gloomy, and they even became more energetic when they walked. Looking at the soup poured out of the medicine pot in front of them, one by one seemed to be walking in the dark for a long time, and finally Seeing the light appearing in the front, they are all excited.

Seeing the happy faces of these people, the tense expression on Wu Zanzhi's face did not ease at all.

He even frowned even tighter, staring at the soup poured out of the medicine pot.

At this time, the few people at the front of the line picked up the medicine bowls on the table after recording their names and addresses, but when they looked down, they immediately frowned.

The people behind were only waiting to be seated in the queue, and when they saw that they were not moving, they all urged——

"Why don't you drink your medicine?"

"Get out of the way after drinking the medicine, don't delay us."

"That's right, what are you dragging?"

One of the patients holding a medicine bowl frowned and said, "Why, today's soup seems to be... a bit weak."

As soon as he opened his mouth, another person next to him who was still hesitant immediately said, "That's right, the bottom of the bowl couldn't be seen in the previous soup, but today's soup is all transparent."

As soon as they said this, people in the back row came forward one after another.

Taking a closer look, sure enough, in the medicine bowls in the hands of those people, the decoction was quiet and quiet. Compared with the muddy and rich decoction in the first few days, today's decoction is obviously much weaker.

Immediately someone said: "Sure enough, it's faded, I discovered it yesterday."

"That's right, the soup and medicine these two days are different from the previous one, much weaker than the previous one."

"Isn't this cheating our money!"

As they talked, the doubts in everyone's hearts gradually turned into anger. Although Pei Xingyuan suppressed the trouble once because of the high price of the soup, after all, they were also a little dissatisfied. It's just that their condition has improved in the past few days. The talent didn't say anything more, but if something goes wrong with the soup, who can feel at ease?

Several people holding medicine bowls immediately said to Pei Xingyuan: "Second Young Master Pei, what do you mean?!"

Without waiting for the other party to respond, people at the back of the line rushed forward one after another, pointing at Pei Xingyuan and chattering: "You sell such expensive medicine, but you still cut corners, do you have a conscience!"

"That's right, it's a wolf-hearted dog!"

Seeing this situation, Pei Xingyuan took a few steps back calmly.

No matter how many patients there were, they all pointed at him and cursed at him, but the ones in front were cursing furiously, but the people in the back didn't know what happened, they just kept stretching their necks and looked forward, curiously. Ask this: "What's going on up front? Why are you arguing?"

Some people heard half-knowledge, and said in doubt: "It seems that there is something wrong with the medicine."

"what?!"

When those patients heard this, they immediately opened their eyes wide in surprise: "What happened to the medicine?"

"Is there a problem with the medicine?"

"There's something wrong with the medicine. Could it be--?"

A few timid ones were even more terrified: "No, it can't be poison?"

Hearing this, the people around were even more shocked and angry. Originally, spending money to buy expensive medicines every day made people resentful, but in order to survive, everyone could only swallow their anger, but if even the expensive medicines can't cure Sickness, or even problems, who can bear it.

These people in the back row couldn't figure out the situation, and after hearing a few words, they infinitely magnified the fear and anger in their hearts, and immediately burned with anger. Some of them were young and strong, and their condition was not so serious. He even said angrily: "Damn it, you dare to harm us and fight him!"

Saying that, he rushed forward.

As soon as they charged, the other patients also began to yell at each other, rushing forward while cursing.

"Don't let him go!"

"This man is going to kill us!"

"Let him make enough money, and now he is going to murder for money!"

In an instant, the lines that had been neatly lined up suddenly became chaotic. The crowd was a little angry, some echoed their voices, and some timid people who dared not make trouble were also coerced by the crowd and walked forward. All of a sudden, Changle Square The entrance of the hospital was immediately crowded, and the angry patients even rushed towards Pei Xingyuan!
Seeing these people rushing closer and closer, the guards who had been standing aside immediately stepped forward at this moment and stopped Pei Xingyuan in front of him.

And Pei Xingyuan took advantage of the situation and took two steps back.

However, although the crowd in front of him was already excited, he didn't panic at all. Instead, he turned his head and glanced across the long street.

I don't know if it's because Changle Square is too noisy, but the voice in Yanzuo Square has dropped down instead.

Seeing that he was even a little careless, Wu Zanzhi, who was already extremely dissatisfied with him, showed a third of anger at this time, and he said to Shang Ruyi in a deep voice: "Young Madam, it's all like this, you still don't know what to do?" Don't you care?"

"..."

"A piece of medicine sells for a penny, and for the common people, it is like taking advantage of the fire and stealing the marrow."

"..."

"Now, even the medicine can't be boiled well."

"..."

"If this goes on—"

When he said this, he gritted his teeth, and a few words seemed to burst out between his teeth uncontrollably, but he was still hesitant about something, so he didn't say it.

But, even if he didn't say it, Shang Ruyi knew the words——

The hearts of the people are lost.

If things go on like this, even if the people here are saved, she and Yu Wenye will already lose the hearts of the people in this plague.

but--

Shang Ruyi gritted her teeth, and still didn't speak, but seeing her as if she had made up her mind to go with Pei Xingyuan, and the patients here, and the common people to the end, Wu Zangzhi had nothing to say, and he let out a long sigh , turned around and left.

At this time, the word that the decoction "has a problem" and "it's poison" has spread to most of Changle Square. The patients were so enraged that they rushed towards Pei Xingyuan and his subordinates in a rage, almost about to strike, but Seeing that the patients were about to rush out of Fangshi, the guards didn't dare to let them go, they stepped forward to stop them, and stopped at the gate of Fangshi together with the guards brought by Pei Xingyuan.

However, there is no way to stop the crowds on both sides.

Seeing that the patients in the workshop were about to rush out, one of the guards was kicked and beaten by the crowd, and suddenly his anger went straight to the top of his head, and he subconsciously pulled out the knife from his waist.

At this moment, the hearts of the surrounding people raised their throats.

You know, in this situation, using swords may scare some people away, but it will definitely irritate more people. After all, they have accumulated a lot of resentment after being ill for many days and forced to buy high-priced medicines. Emotions are in the heart, once the sword is facing each other, it will completely cause riots here!

Suddenly, even Shang Ruyi broke out in a cold sweat!
At this critical moment, a few people suddenly walked out of Yanzuo Square across the long street.