Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

After a conversation, Gu Yue learned from Mrs. Zhou that Boss Lu's whereabouts had been strange since half a year ago.

First, he attended banquets more and more frequently and did not step into the house for half a month; then, he spent all his private money when he came back and embezzled the payment for goods from the cloth shop several times.

The manager of the cloth shop was visited by someone demanding a debt, and he had no other options, so he dared to ask Mrs. Zhou for advice on the matter.

But when Mrs. Zhou found out about this, it was a little too late. Boss Lu had already sold nearly half of the shop, so she sold off a batch of materials and took some of her dowry to make up for the shortfall, and also sent someone to capture Boss Lu.

Boss Lu was so sick that he was unconscious. When he woke up occasionally, he was still rational. He said that he was harmed by a villain and asked her to seek medical treatment secretly and not to make it public. He also wanted her to lock himself up.

"It seems that the antidote was invented by Boss Lu himself, just a little at a time..." Gu Yue said, "He is not completely hopeless."

"His character is generally acceptable, otherwise those people wouldn't have come up with such a sinister method." Mrs. Zhou said with a sullen face, "Oh, but that's it."

Gu Yue did not comment on the matter. He was not involved and had no right to judge right or wrong.

"Madam." Gu Yue said.

When Mrs. Zhou saw his serious expression, her heart skipped a beat.

"Although we cannot reveal our identities, your master may have made a big mistake this time. You should make plans early." Gu Yue said.

"What do you mean? This isn't... isn't the work of those colleagues?" Mrs. Zhou's eyes widened.

"Let's wait until he wakes up and ask him about it." Gu Yue waved his hand.

Mrs. Zhou seemed to lose her strength all of a sudden. She was dazed for a moment, but quickly pulled herself together again.

"You...you are not ordinary people. I will fully cooperate with you. I only ask..." Mrs. Zhou stopped talking halfway and said, "Let's talk about it after he wakes up."

……

In the Ganzhou Army.

The prince's troops have all been settled. Deputy General Sheng Sheng has coordinated military affairs with the prince and inspected the troops, which has greatly boosted the morale of the Ganzhou army.

Outside the border, the Left King of Xidi received news that the Xidi cavalry was ready to move.

……

At night, Mr. Lu finally woke up.

As soon as he opened his eyes and saw the bed curtains, he let out a long sigh.

"Lu Jucai?" Gu Yue stepped forward and asked when he saw the man's pupils slowly focusing.

"Yes, it's me." Lu Jucai's voice was hoarse. The poison basically destroyed his voice.

"Do you know what you have done?" Gu Yue asked, sitting on the stool beside the bed.

Gu Xu stood aside, looking down at the skinny figure on the bed, and played with Gu Yue's hair.

“I know…” Lu Jucai blinked.

It was only thanks to his remaining sanity that he did not sell all his property overnight.

"You should explain yourself clearly. The matter you are involved in is not a simple dispute over trade routes, nor is it related to treason. Think carefully about which is more serious, telling the truth or concealing the truth." Gu Yue said.

Lu Jucai remained silent for a long time.

Seeing this, Gu Yue said, "You don't want to live a life where you are neither human nor ghost, do you? The reason you woke up this time was not because of the medicine powder, but because our people helped you suppress the toxicity temporarily."

"If you still want to live and get rid of this thing's control, tell me everything honestly."

Lu Jucai's eyes seemed to light up: "It's you..."

Gu Yue stared at him.

After a while, he said, "Sure enough... Speaking of this, if they hadn't asked me to exchange silver for gold, I would still be in the dark and think they were just tricked..."

"What do you mean by exchanging silver for gold? Explain it clearly." Gu Yue asked immediately.

Gu Xu finally gave up his gaze.

"Half a year ago, a sesame merchant named Yin Shun contacted me and said he wanted to buy a batch of sesame fabrics that are unique to the northwest." Lu Jucai seemed to have gained some strength. "In order to lower the price, he invited me to dinner several times. I don't know which dish was wrong, but I felt ecstatic after eating it..."

"Originally, Yin Shundao added a special seasoning from India, which made me feel very comfortable, as if I had forgotten all my troubles... But I didn't expect that after just a few days, I felt uncomfortable all over and missed that feeling very much." Lu Jucai closed his eyes, "Later, a mysterious man came to me and sold me that white powder at a high price, but he didn't want cash, he only wanted the gold produced in the nearby Horseshoe Mountain."

Gu Yue pricked up his ears.

"I am familiar with the local county magistrate and have some connections, so I spent some money to get acquainted with Meng Jincheng, the iron official in charge of the gold mine. This man was not willing to take the risk of giving me the gold mine under the exclusive control of the government. I had no choice but to go back to find that man... and he..."

"He gave you a packet of powder and asked you to use the medicine to control him." Gu Xu said suddenly.

"That's right!... For this damn medicine, Meng Jincheng and I transported more than 3,000 kilograms of bare ore. According to Yin Shun's request, we put it in the inn at the east end of Pinghu Town." Lu Jucai coughed, "My health became worse and worse, and I realized that the powder was a deadly poison. It happened that my wife found out that I had sold the shop, so I risked my conscience and asked her for help..."

Oh, it turns out that you only realized you were dying before you knew how to remedy the situation.

Gu Yue asked: "Who is Yin Shun?"

"As far as I know, he is a famous Hu merchant in Ganzhou City, and he also has business dealings with the capital. It must be him! But it was not this person who sold the powder to me. That person must have received his instructions... But he does not have any house nearby, otherwise I would have..."

Same situation as in Nasarhan.

"Is there any news from Chang'an?" Gu Yue asked in a low voice.

Gu Xu said: "No, everything is very peaceful."

Gu Yue took his hand off his face and frowned in thought.

"Boss Lu, how did your drug powder trade with that mysterious man?" Following the clues from this person, perhaps we can find this mysterious Yin Shun.

"We agreed to trade once every ten days, with a bag of powder worth about five taels each time, and three carts of gold ore." Lu Jucai said weakly, "The meeting place is the charity cemetery outside Pinghu Town. But I haven't traded with him for a month..."

Three cars! Gu Yue was horrified.

"That gold mine produces a lot of gold? You were able to get three carts at once?!"

"At the beginning, there weren't so many." Lu Jucai coughed, "At the beginning, there were only ten kilograms, and it was stolen by Meng Jincheng. Later, I don't know what means he used to transport it out in trucks..."

Gu Yue and Gu Xu looked at each other, and they both guessed that the mysterious man might have also contacted Meng Jincheng.

"Where is the gold mine?"

"I don't know. Meng Jincheng refused to tell me."

"...Well, there is a way to completely detoxify you now, but you need to cooperate." Gu Yue said.

"I am willing, I am willing to cooperate..." Lu Jucai nodded. He finally stopped feeling the pain and itch that penetrated his bones when he was awake, and just for this feeling, he was willing.