Chapter 33

Langzhong Xiao looked at him suspiciously, and said, "It means literally."

Yan Ziqin's face turned black, he withdrew his hand, and looked at the opposite person displeased.Xiao Langzhong thought this person was very strange, got up and said: "I'm just telling the truth, if the guest doesn't believe me, there's nothing I can do. It's not a serious illness anyway, so I don't need to take medicine."

After finishing speaking, he got up and went back to the back hall. The clerk standing in front of the counter smiled apologetically and greeted: "Mr. The velvet antlers are all top-notch, would you like to take a look?"

Du He said in a muffled voice from behind: "Give him three catties of Shiquan Dabu tiger penis soup." As he was speaking, Yan Ziqin glared at him, and then stopped his mouth and dared not make a sound.

The man obviously knew that the two of them were joking, so he didn't respond and continued to smile.Yan Ziqin cupped his hands and said: "I came to your store this time to find a medicinal herb. There is a folk prescription at home, which uses the venom of the five-paced snake as a medicine. I have searched all over Linchuan, but I can't find it. Tell me, let me come to your store and ask."

The so-called poison is also a medicine, and medicine is also a poison. The efficacy depends on the dosage. Even the venom of the five-paced snake has the effects of dispelling wind, activating collaterals, and calming shock. Take a very small amount, soak in wine, make soup, or take it orally. It has excellent curative effect on the treatment of stroke and joint pain.

Hearing that he wanted to buy snake venom, the clerk first shied away and said that this is a decent medicine shop, and that he doesn't sell that kind of dirty stuff, but he couldn't stand Yan Ziqin's repeated requests politely, and promised a high price. Finally, the clerk let go and said: : "These things are not always stocked in the store. We just have this channel. It's okay to ask for you, but whether you can get the goods depends on God's will."

After all, the guy also entered the back hall.Du He asked Yan Ziqin in a low voice, "What should we do now?"

Yan Ziqin said: "Looking at his expression, there must be a mystery, it should be here."

Du He asked again: "Should we call the outsiders in now, to catch a turtle in a urn?"

Yan Ziqin shook his head and said: "If the surname Deng is alarmed, he will be dead if he thinks about it, and he will probably hurt Ziyu in despair. When the buddy comes back, let's find a way to enter the back hall and see what it looks like here , Wait for them to show their feet before making a decision."

In less than a stick of incense, the guy came back, winked, and said softly: "It's not convenient to talk in detail outside, please follow me to the back hall."

Yan Ziqin and Du He were about to get up together when the clerk suddenly stopped Du He and said with a smile, "It's just to look at the goods, I'm not going to bother you both, it happens that there is no one in the shop in front, can I invite this master here?" Watch, if there are guests, ask them to wait a while."

Du He frowned and glanced at Yan Ziqin, thinking that there must be ghosts in the back hall, and he couldn't be allowed to go alone, but Yan Ziqin said, "Wait a minute, I'll go back when I go, keep your eyes and ears alert. Let me know if there is any movement, so that the people behind can come out to look at the shop."

Du He nodded, knowing that this was Yan Ziqin's idea of ​​what was going on around him, and if there was any change, he would immediately ask people from outside to rush in, so he nodded and watched him enter the back hall.

It was getting late, and Mingshu waited at home for no news. When she went out to ask, she found out that Yan Ziqin had already left the house. There was no reply until the sky darkened. Even Xu, who has always been cold and reticent, was a little impatient. , asked how the situation was going on several times, but it was useless, because everyone was at home, how could they know what happened in Changqing Pharmacy?
After the second watch, Mingshu would have gone to bed at this time in the past, but now she couldn't sleep at all. First, she personally arranged for her mother-in-law to lie down and rest, and advised her to take care of herself, and then arranged for someone to prepare a guest room for Wang Yi and Wang Anshi. Wait for the news in the room, don't stand in the hall and wait, so as not to suffer from the cold. As for Aqiong, after being frightened during the day, he fell into a deep sleep. Now that he just woke up, he nestled in Mingshu's arms and comforted him softly, saying repeatedly : "Auntie, don't be afraid, Brother Ziyu and Brother Master will be back."

Mingshu rubbed her hair, thinking that she must be too nervous, even a child could see her restlessness, and at some point, the fate of this family seemed to share weal and woe with her. Is it just because we have been together for a long time and have a feeling of care and love?
She recalled Ah Qiong's words, suddenly frowned, and asked: "Why am I an aunt and Yan Ziqin is a brother?"

In her arms, the little Arjun couldn't resist the growing night, and fell asleep breathing evenly, turning a deaf ear to her questions.

But it’s okay, after she interrupted, the tension in Mingshu’s heart eased a lot. She carefully put Arjun on the bed, went to the atrium for a walk, and saw the moon in the sky as round as a mirror. May this full moon night be tainted with the shadow of life and death, and only hope to hear the news of the safe return of Yan Ziqin and his brothers sooner.

Xia Chong hummed lowly, the moon was in the middle of the sky, and everyone in the Yan family did not fall asleep. From time to time, they could hear coughing from Wang Yi's room. Yan Ziyu had such a big accident near his house, which must have made him feel uncomfortable. Blame endlessly.

Suddenly, the gatekeeper yelled first, saying that he saw a light approaching, Mingshu hurriedly put on his clothes to check, it turned out that the people from the government sent Yan Ziyu back, except that he was crying because he was frightened, and there was a scratch on his wrist. There were no other bruises on his body.

Xu held the child in his arms and asked, "Where's his brother?"

The man from the government said: "Officer Yan is fine, now he has proved his innocence in the Yamen, and he should be back later."

Mingshu asked: "What is self-proving innocence? It is obvious that the gangster took my brother-in-law abducted, and they used my family members to prove their innocence? How are others doing now?"

The yamen servant shook his head embarrassingly, and said: "Facing the murderer alone, can you not get hurt? Although nothing serious happened, but I heard that he was injured a little bit. I also believe that Yan Guan is innocent, and the masters in the county yamen will always Find out the truth."

The yamen servant only heard about it from his colleagues, and had never seen Yan Ziqin with his own eyes. After talking for a long time, he couldn't explain clearly. The more Ming Shu listened, the more anxious he became. He was afraid that he was being perfunctory. , but also sent to the Yamen for identification, the murderer cannot be caught, and in the end the good guy will be beaten up.

Mingshu, who had been waiting at home all night, was unwilling to wait any longer, and ordered someone to carry the sedan chair to the yamen to have a look and see what happened to Yan Ziqin.The yamen servants at the gate of the yamen naturally wouldn't let her in, but the title of privy envoy is still useful. When she saw the beloved daughter of a high-ranking official in Beijing, she didn't dare to make trouble, let alone her husband, an upright official. It's hard to decide on housework, not to mention that they are just petty officials, and there is no reason to stop them.

When we arrived at the courtroom, we saw Deng Langzhong standing in the middle of the floor, everyone's eyes were originally focused on him, but when Mingshu entered the courtroom, everyone looked at her in surprise.

"Who are you, dare to trespass into the court? Why didn't the yamen guards stop you!" It was the county magistrate who spoke, no wonder the murderer couldn't be caught, just by looking at his fat-headed appearance, you can tell that he is a superficial person.

Mingshu looked at Deng Langzhong suspiciously, and said: "He is the murderer who intends to murder the Wu family, and now he has kidnapped my family. He is guilty of two felonies, why doesn't he kneel down?"

The county magistrate shouted angrily: "Abduct your family? Are you the wife of the man who destroyed the drugstore without authorization? It really is a nest of snakes and rats. How dare you roar in court, get it out of me."

Ming Shu said: "You still know that this is a court. If I don't come here to rant tonight, I'm afraid God will really make you, the 'Master Cloudy', lose your eyes and let the good people be tortured by mistake."

The master who got the news whispered a few words in the county magistrate's ear, and this "Master Yintian" realized that the aggressive daughter in front of him was actually the daughter of a privy envoy. Come on, sit down, sit down, why didn't Yan officials say his surname was Yan earlier, making me think he is a young man who breaks through the empty door."

Mingshu sat down angrily and asked the county magistrate to torture Deng Langzhong and force him to tell the truth. It turned out that after Yan Ziqin entered the back hall, Deng Langzhong who was hiding inside had already vigilantly guessed that the person who came to inquire about the five-step snake venom was in Wu The person who exposed him by the family took precautions first, and wanted to take Yan Ziqin down in one fell swoop, but he practiced martial arts with Du He for more than half a month. Langzhong Deng and Langzhong Xiao are too good, when they scuffled, Yan Ziqin did not lose the wind.

During the scuffle, Du He outside heard the sound, rushed out with the servants who had ambushed, and just caught Deng Langzhong, Xiao Langzhong and the guy, and when they asked Zi Yu's hiding place, the government officials also rushed out. When they arrived, it turned out that a nearby businessman reported it, thinking that someone had come to the pharmacy to make trouble, so an oolong situation happened, and Yan Ziqin, who was supposed to be the troublemaker, was actually taken away as a troublemaker.

After Mingshu heard this, she was indignant, and asked someone to bring a sea arrest document that had just been issued, on which Deng Langzhong's name was written and his portrait was drawn, and she said: "Now all the nearby counties are looking for this person's whereabouts. As the parent officer of Linchuan County who is the closest to Jinxi, he doesn’t know that this person in front of him is a fugitive, and instead allows him to spray blood?”

The county magistrate widened his squinted eyes, looked at the portrait, then at the real person, and said in a low voice, "This portrait doesn't look like a painting. I'm a poor official, so I can't tell it's a person."

Mingshu took a look at the portrait in person. The technique was indeed not very good, and the similarity was almost zero. She sighed and said, "You can go to Wu's house to verify his identity. Let me see my husband first. If there is nothing wrong with him, you can handle the case well, and I can let the past go, if he makes a mistake, I will file a complaint to the capital, and go to Datian to listen to it, so that you can't eat and walk around!"

The county magistrate was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he repeatedly said yes, and ordered the yamen servant to take Ming Shu to meet the man. Ming Shu asked, "Where is the man, why do you want to see him? Just ask him to come over."

Seeing her majesty, the yamen servant was already terrified, and told the truth in a flash, "Yan... Officer Yan was injured on his leg, so it's inconvenient to walk around..."

(End of this chapter)

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