Chapter 124 The Old Man

"You still don't admit it?!" The big gangster took out a bunch of things from his arms with trembling hands, and threw it at the door, "Look! This is the paper bag I left when I bought the caterpillar fungus this morning!"

The oiled paper that was kneaded into a ball was slowly spread out, and it was indeed the kind of oiled paper used to wrap the caterpillar fungus in the shop.

The second gangster hunched over, poked Xiaoruo with his fingers, and cried, "You, you brought the three of us here, you don't pay us an apology, we will never let it go!"

Hearing the request for an apology, Xiao Ruo was even more certain that the three of them were definitely not poisoned by eating Cordyceps, but probably wanted to make trouble and extort money.

She snorted coldly and looked down at the three people who were still clutching their stomachs and complaining of pain, "I believe that Li Cordyceps is doing the right thing and sitting up straight, it is our responsibility and we will not shirk it. Buckle on the head!"

Walking out from behind Xiaoxun, Xiaoruo bypassed the three people on the ground, walked to the gate, and said to all the onlookers: "Please also be a witness, we will report to the officials!"

The abdominal cramps were unbearable, and the situation did not develop as expected, the three gangsters, the most courageous of the three, couldn't hold on any longer, approached the boss with a chrysalis, and said under his throat, "Brother, brother, she wants to report to the police! What shall we do... ouch..."

"What are you afraid of!" the big gangster scolded in a low voice, "We are not pretending! It really hurts my stomach!"

He struggled to stand up staggeringly, leaning on the wall and said to the crowd: "Report to the official, report to the official! Ouch! Just let the official also look at this black shop that seeks money and murder! Ouch! It hurts..."

As he spoke, he slipped along the wall and fell to the ground again, his face full of pain.

"Officials! Officials are coming!" The crowd receded to both sides like Dharma dividing the sea, and a group of soldiers wearing reddish-brown scale armor and wearing swords at their waists walked towards the shop.

"Why report to the officer?" A majestic voice sounded from among the soldiers.

It came so fast!They said it took only a few minutes to report to the official!Xiaoruo was secretly speechless at the speed of the police dispatch.

When the gangster saw the officers and soldiers, he jumped up from the ground, knelt down on his knees, clutched his stomach and cried out.

"My lord! My lord, you have to decide for the common people!"

The second gangster and the third gangster also followed suit, shouting along with the big brother.The three voices of howling ghosts and howling wolves were piercing, making everyone present frown.

"Quiet!" There was a stern cry, and the three gangsters immediately remained silent like ducks being strangled by their necks.

A soldier in red scale armor and a silver half-historical helmet came up from behind the soldiers. He was the leader of the soldiers at first glance.

He said to the three people on the ground expressionlessly: "If you have a grievance, say it, don't make any noise!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The three gangsters didn't dare to shout any more. They all stood up tremblingly holding their stomachs, lowered their heads and said, "The three of us bought medicine at Xinli Cordyceps this morning, and we will eat it after lunch. The abdominal pain is unbearable, it must be caused by the poisonous caterpillar fungus in her house!"

After listening to the three people's narration, the officer looked up into the shop and asked, "Where is the other party?"

Xiao Ruo bowed profusely, and replied: "Xiao Ruo, a folk girl, is the shopkeeper of Xinli Cordyceps."

"Miss Xiao?" The soldier asked in surprise, "Why are you?"

Afraid that Xiaoruo would suffer, Xiaoxun and Zheng Dongyang also walked out of the shop and stood beside Xiaoruo.

"Brother Xiaoxun? You're here too!" The soldier's voice was tinged with excitement.

Seeing their confused faces, the soldiers opened their eyes wide and said in a slightly suppressed voice, "It's me! I'm Wu Yi!"

Only then did Xiaoruo see that the face under the silver half-hidden helmet was indeed the school lieutenant Wu Yi who had met once.

"It turned out to be Captain Wu, Xiaomin's eyesight is poor, I didn't recognize Captain Wu at the moment, please forgive me." Xiaoruo bowed again,
Wu Yi waved his hand, expressing that he didn't mind. "It's because I'm on official business, so I can't take off the helmet casually. I can't blame you for that."

Eyebrows are flying, and the bright smile is mostly covered by the helmet, "And I'm not the captain now..."

The soldiers and generals who seemed to be acquainted with the shopkeeper Xinli Cordyceps, the three gangsters were horrified.

Could it be that they kicked the iron plate?Now that the matter has come to this point, I can't change my mouth and say that I made a mistake, besides, Mrs. Cao will pay 100 taels per person after the matter is completed...

Thinking of this, the three of them exchanged glances with each other, covered their stomachs again and kowtowed tremblingly.

"My lord! Master Qingtian! You have to be the master of Xiaomin!"

"Xinli uses Cordyceps to seek wealth and kill! Master Qingtian is clearly investigating!"

"It hurts me, it hurts me!"

The three of them yelled and rolled on the ground again.

"Presumptuous!" Wu Yi tightened his grip on the knife, and turned his head nervously to look behind the soldiers.

At the end stood a hale and hearty old man, beside him was a slightly bent middle-aged man with a fair complexion.

The old man nodded slightly, and Wu Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He turned back to the gangsters and Xiao Ruo Xiaoxun and said, "We will deal with it impartially. Don't make noise in the street. Let's talk inside."

"Wait." Xiaoruo took a step forward and stopped Wu Yi who was about to enter the shop, "Master Wu, I have a way to prove that the illnesses of the three of them have nothing to do with my belief in Cordyceps."

She stood up straight, glanced at the crowd calmly, and said: "Please also see clearly whether there is something wrong with my belief in Cordyceps, or someone has a ghost in their hearts and deliberately smeared it."

Xiaoruo's clear voice was carried into everyone's ears along the cold winter wind. The slender girl is like a willow by the river in spring. She looks weak, but she has vigorous vitality and strength. People can't help but want to see looking at her.

"Then follow what the girl said, so that everyone will be convinced." The middle-aged man with a fair complexion suddenly said.

Others didn't think his words would have any effect. People's eyes focused on Wu Yi, wanting to see how he made a decision.

Unexpectedly, Wu Yi nodded, fully agreed with the middle-aged man's words, and asked the soldiers to spread out and form a big circle, enclosing Xiaoruo, Xiaoxun, Zheng Dongyang, the three gangsters, and himself in the circle.

"Miss Xiao, please." He nodded towards Xiaoruo, indicating that Xiaoruo can do whatever he wants.

Xiaoruo bowed gratefully in the direction of the middle-aged man, and she felt that he was a good man who could help him when he saw injustice.

"Master Wu, please allow me to go to the shop to pick up something."

Wu Yi naturally agreed, the soldier circle opened a gap, and after a while, Xiao Ruo returned to the original place holding a few yellow-brown medicinal slices in his hand.

Handing the slices of medicinal herbs to Wu Yi, Xiaoruo said: "Master Wu, this is Changshan, which has the effect of spitting saliva and cutting off malaria. As long as the three of them eat Changshan slices, we will know that they have abdominal pain Is it unbearable caused by Cordyceps."

After taking the pill, Wu Yi put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, and a faint bitter fragrance came from the medicine.

He divided the medicinal slices equally between the three gangsters, and ordered: "Eat."

The three gangsters looked at me and I looked at you, feeling very reluctant in their hearts, but the oppressive feeling of the red scale armor forced them to do what Wu Yi said.

Chang Shan's bitter and pungent taste spread in his mouth, and the three of them couldn't help but feel nauseous and vomited without chewing twice, and vomited out the contents of their stomachs with a few whimpers.

The filth was accompanied by a pungent smell, and the white-faced middle-aged man hurriedly stood in front of the old man, bowed his head and said respectfully: "Master Huang, let's go to the Fugui Building to rest, and the general will report when things are over... ..."

The old man waved his hand and said, "No problem, get out of the way."

The white-faced middle-aged man should retreat to his original position.

The onlookers were so disgusted that they couldn't help taking a step back, even Wu Yi couldn't help leaning his upper body back, only Xiao Ruo and Xiao Xun looked as usual, Xiao Ruo even took a few steps closer to the three of them, and took a wooden stick casually Rummaging through their vomit.

"Sure enough." After getting the answer she wanted, Xiaoruo stood up and said to Wu Yi: "Master Wu, according to what the three of them said, it was because they ate my caterpillar fungus at noon that caused the unbearable abdominal pain. Meals usually take three to four hours."

"From lunch time to now, less than an hour, there is no trace of Cordyceps in their stomachs, which shows that they did not eat Cordyceps at noon."

After finishing speaking, she pointed to a few small yellow grains on the ground with a wooden stick, "Master Wu, please look, this is a euphorbia fruit, which is somewhat similar to a crushed croton. Eating this fruit will indeed cause stomach cramps , diarrhea, and life-threatening if overdose.”

The faces of the three gangsters became paler with Xiaoruo's words, and when they heard the last sentence, the three gangsters wailed: "I don't want to die yet! Didn't I agree that it would only hurt my stomach! Woooooo...I don't want to die!" Die!"

This is tantamount to admitting that the three people have falsely accused Xinli Cordyceps.

With a wave of Wu Yi's hand, the soldiers immediately stepped forward to hold down the three of them, and tied their hands behind their backs.

"Say! Who ordered you to do this!"

(End of this chapter)

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