Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

When he used the sixth handkerchief, Ji Shuo finally realized that something was wrong.

He glared at Madam Ji: "You...you poisoned me?"

Madam Ji looked at him calmly and curled her lips: "A few years ago, the master won the first place in the imperial examination. At that time, I thought the master was extremely smart. Later, although the master only won the second place in the palace examination, I still did not dare to look down on the master, but the master should never have poisoned me."

Because her biological mother was of low status, she was just a pawn of her father, Huang Shangshu. When her father promised her to Ji Shuo in order to win him over, she was actually happy in her heart because Ji Shuo was good-looking and talented.

As a result, less than a month after their marriage, she discovered that Ji Shuo had secretly poisoned her food.

She went to see a doctor and learned that it was a chronic poison that would erode her body bit by bit. When the toxicity accumulated to a certain amount, she would die suddenly.

It's not that she hasn't been sad, because she had hope in Ji Shuo, but Ji Shuo only regarded her as a chess piece to curry favor with her father. He planned to kill her when Prince Hui's rebellion succeeded.

She was unwilling to accept why she had to be treated so badly, so after being sad, she decided to kill Ji Shuo.

Didn't Ji Shuo want to make a big splash in the officialdom? She didn't let him have this opportunity, so she had been secretly drugging Ji Shuo for the past few years. She didn't give him too much, only once every few days, and a little bit at a time.

For Ji Shuo, it manifested as nosebleeds, which occurred once every one or two months at the beginning, and then became more and more frequent.

She had not intended to kill Ji Shuo today, but Ji Shuo was leaving the city, and she was afraid that she would not have the chance to drug him when he returned to the capital, so she simply put all the remaining medicine into the chicken soup.

She wanted him to die when he was closest to success.

*

Mrs. Ji looked at Ji Shuo, who was covering his nose helplessly, and smiled bitterly, "Master, you have been taking medicine for several years. There is no hope."

After saying that, she turned and left.

Ji Shuo was so furious that he wanted to strangle her to death. He started to chase after her, but after taking two steps, he found that he could not see clearly.

Blood was also flowing from his eyes, and his vision seemed to be blurred by a bloody mist.

He finally realized that he should call for help.

But no one responded when he called out twice.

He decided to go out, but the door was locked from the outside, and then smoke filled the house and a huge fire was burning...

*

When Li Yu was sitting in the house listening to Han Zheng talking about the whole story of the evening court meeting, footsteps were heard outside.

She and Han Zheng went out to take a look, and saw a fire in the southwest corner of the inner city.

"Which house is on fire?" Li Yu was surprised.

Han Zheng: "Maybe I wasn't paying attention when using fire."

Li Yu: "The footsteps outside just now were chaotic and anxious. They must be going to put out the fire. I have to talk to everyone tomorrow. The weather is getting drier, so everyone needs to be careful when using fire."

The two stood at the door and talked for a while, then returned to the main room to continue their conversation.

When Li Yu heard that Emperor Tianyuan finally took action against Prince Hui, he didn't know how to comment.

If Emperor Tianyuan had not been so indulgent to Prince Hui in the past few years, what happened today would not have happened. What he arranged now was just to make up for it afterwards, because his mistakes had already caused many people to lose their lives.

Sighing, Li Yu said, "I don't think the Prince of Hui will surrender so easily. The capital will be unstable for a while."

Han Zheng thought similarly to her, but things had come to this point and it was not something they could change at will. They could only wait and see, and then do what they could to benefit the situation at the appropriate time.

*

That night, the two chatted for almost an hour before falling asleep.

The next day, Li Yu wanted to see what was going on outside, so after breakfast he wandered around the street with his purse.

The news that Beiqing, Nanyue and Xirong were invading Dayu had spread in the capital. Most ordinary people were not afraid of Xirong and Nanyue, but they were afraid of Beiqing.

Because the Northern Qing Kingdom has entered Yanzhou Prefecture, which is very close to the capital.

Li Yu saw some people carrying bags and walking towards the South City Gate, and many people were crowding into the grain store to buy food. Even the places for buying oil, salt, sauce and vinegar were packed with people.

The snack stand that was bustling in the past now has only a few customers and the stall owner looks worried.

Li Yu looked for a while and turned to Taiping Street.

Inside the hot pot restaurant, Aunt Tian was talking to the waiters.

Seeing Li Yu coming, everyone surrounded her.

"Boss, I'm afraid there aren't many customers in the store today. Is our store still open?"

"There's talk of a war going on outside. Should we pack up and head to other states over there?"

"Boss, what should we do?"

Li Yu swept his eyes over everyone's face, took a deep breath, and said, "If anyone wants to leave the capital, go get your wages, and you can leave later. For those who don't plan to leave the capital, just work one more day today. Our store will be closed tomorrow and will reopen when the situation stabilizes."

She didn't seem to be joking, so after they dispersed, several of them went to ask Nanny Tian to settle their wages.

Li Yu watched from the side, and when Nanny Tian finished her work, she went up to talk to her.

Only then did Li Yu realize that it was the Ji family that caught fire yesterday, and Ji Shuo died in the fire.

She was extremely surprised. Ji Shuo had high aspirations, which could be seen from what he said after the results of the imperial examination came out that year.

In the past few years, he worked in the Ministry of War. Thanks to the support of Minister Huang, he was promoted quickly, but he died just like that.

Totally unexpected.

After all, Ji Shuo had nothing to do with her family, and he supported Prince Hui, so Li Yu didn't feel sorry for him. Besides, she had something to do now, so she forgot about Ji Shuo.

*

After staying in the hot pot restaurant for half an hour, Li Yu walked to the barbecue restaurant.

The barbecue restaurant was open, but there were few customers. The guys were standing in groups of three or four, chatting.

Li Yu went over and repeated what he had said in the hot pot restaurant.

The guys looked at each other, and finally a few of them apologized to Li Yu, saying that their families were planning to head south to avoid the disaster, so they had to leave.

Li Yu did not blame these people. Faced with a matter of life and death, their choice was understandable.

Pei Mingzhu's family, Han Rong and her mother, Mrs. Yan and Xiaonan, who came out of Qingshui Village with Li Yu, did not plan to leave.

"We have lived in the capital for several years and have a lot of belongings. How can we just leave? We might as well stay here. The emperor hasn't left anyway, so what do we have to be afraid of?" Madam Yan spoke as a representative of the group.

Li Yu was amused by her, and after laughing, she decided to let them live in the guards' place first. In order to support the guards, she bought two large courtyards in the outer city, and there were several empty rooms in them, so it was not a problem for them to live there.

When the situation is unstable, human nature will be infinitely magnified, and perhaps some people will take advantage of the chaos to do evil things. These people were brought by her, and she must ensure their safety.

In addition to them, Chen Jiu and four others who had been in charge of delivering takeout at the hot pot restaurant in recent years also moved there. They had done a good job in the past few years and did not mention leaving today, so it would be safer to let them go as well.

*

In the next two days, General Xiao Liang rushed to Changzhou with food and fodder. Qin Ci left early because the situation in Yanzhou Prefecture was tense, so he had to hurry there.

Rumors spread throughout the capital, and some people left one after another.

On the fifth day of August, many people were still heading south with their luggage on their backs, but they were stopped as soon as they reached the South Gate.

It’s not that the court doesn’t let them go, but it’s not safe for them to go out.

Because Prince Hui officially rebelled.