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There were four or five little beggars wandering in front of Jishiditang. They were dirty and hungry, with pale faces and thin bodies, just skin and bones.

They didn't look very old, probably around eleven or twelve years old. They were all abandoned children and orphans, wandering the streets.

One of the older beggars was carrying a tattered cloth bag on his back and stretched his neck to look inside.

Suddenly, he covered his stomach with a look of pain, fell to the ground and wailed:

"Ouch, my stomach hurts so much! It hurts so much!"

Upon seeing this, the other little beggars immediately surrounded him, lifted him up and wanted to send him into Jishiditang.

"Please, save Er Gouzi, he looks like he's about to die."

The secret guards guarding Jishiditang saw that they were just a few little beggars and did not interfere too much when they saw that they were not threatening.

At this moment, a young man happened to pass by the door. Seeing this situation, he immediately came out to greet them.

"What's wrong? Don't worry, carry him in quickly, I'll ask Doctor Meng to take a look at him."

Song Wanyin felt something was wrong. How come the little beggar named Ergouzi, who was acting sneaky just a moment ago, suddenly fell ill?

Even if it was a stomachache, it wouldn't suddenly cause excruciating pain, so he was cautious and hid outside with Tiancheng and waited and saw what would happen.

In a short while, these little beggars came out carrying Er Gouzi.

At the corner, Ergouzi jumped up instantly and became lively again.

Song Wanyin saw all of this. Seeing them sneaking into the alley, she followed them.

Tiancheng didn't understand her master's intention at first, but when she saw the huge contrast between Ergou's before and after, she suddenly understood.

It seems that these little beggars have big problems.

Maybe they wanted to cheat people into eating and drinking for free because they saw that Jishidiang gave special treatment to the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and provided free medical treatment to poor families.

Song Wanyin and Tiancheng followed the little beggars all the way, shuttling back and forth in the alleys, but they lost sight of the little beggars at the fork in the road.

Suddenly, a figure rushed towards them from behind, and then several little beggars appeared from the pile of groceries in the corner, threw some bamboo baskets, firewood and weeds at them, and ran away very fast with their bare feet.

It turned out that the little beggars had long realized that they were being followed, so they deliberately led them to the depths of the alley.

Tian Cheng accidentally touched her waist and was suddenly startled:

"Oh no! They stole my purse! There were several thousand taels of silver in it!"

Song Wanyin felt more and more that the origins of these little beggars were unclear, so she and Tiancheng immediately surrounded them.

"You take a shortcut through this road and go around it. I'll block their retreat from behind."

After the little beggars succeeded, they ran for a long time and found that no one was chasing them. Then they leaned against the wall, gasping for breath, and took out their purses to count how much silver they had.

"Wow, it seems this is a wealthy family, there are so many silver ingots and banknotes."

"If we divide this money later, won't we be able to fill our stomachs?"

"This is more silver than we usually steal. It looks like we've made a fortune."

Just as the little beggars were excitedly dividing the spoils, a scolding voice suddenly came from the front:

"Okay, I finally caught you, hand over your money bag!"

The little beggars were so frightened that they trembled all over and almost dropped their purses. They turned around and tried to run away, but suddenly they were stunned.

The way was blocked from all directions, but I didn't expect the owner would catch up with me.

Song Wanyin looked them up and down warily, pointing at Er Gouzi and questioning:

"Weren't you sick just now? I saw that you were able to run quite well, you didn't look like you were sick."

Er Gouzi saw that his trick had been discovered, but he was surprised that there was still a loophole, and guessed that they might be from Jishidiang.

"It's none of your business, why are you following us?

Since Jishidiang has opened free clinics to poor families, why can't we go?

You are chasing us now, could it be that you have changed your mind and want to ask us for the money?

I tell you, I don’t have any money, but I have my life!”

Tian Cheng couldn't help but rolled her eyes at him and said:

"Just get it straight. It was you who stole my purse first. Why don't you return it to me quickly?"

Er Gouzi straightened his neck, hid the money bag in his arms, and said unreasonably:

"I stole this with my own ability, why should I give it back to you?"

After saying this, he led the other little beggars and tried to force his way out.

When Song Wanyin saw them rushing towards her, she immediately dodged to the side and grabbed the cloth bag on Ergouzi's body.

With a "swish", the already tattered cloth bag was torn into pieces in an instant, and a bag of medicine flew out and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Er Gouzi turned pale with fright and immediately rushed over to pick it up.

Song Wanyin was quick to grab the medicine package and when she opened it, she was extremely shocked.

There are a lot of black medicinal residues in it, as if they were carefully ground by someone. The more I look at it, the more familiar it looks.

"What's in this?"

Er Gouzi felt inexplicably guilty and refused to tell the truth. He only wanted to get the medicine package back.

"Give it back to me. This is the medicine the doctor prescribed for me."

Seeing that he was looking away and had a guilty look on his face, Song Wanyin knew that he was lying, so she pressed him:

"You'd better tell the truth, otherwise I will send this package of medicine to the government.

Not only will you be punished, but you will also be imprisoned and may even be beheaded."

Er Gouzi was very afraid that he would be arrested by the government, so in desperation, he stepped forward, grabbed a handful of black medicine residue from the medicine package and stuffed it into his mouth.

"If you don't believe me, I'll eat it for you to see. This is the herb the doctor prescribed for me."

Song Wanyin was shocked and reached out to stop him, but it was too late. She watched him swallow the medicine residue.

The next moment, Ergouzi suddenly convulsed all over, fell to the ground, rolled his eyes, foamed at the mouth, and gradually lost consciousness.

Tian Cheng thought he was pretending and was trying to play some tricks, so she stepped forward and snatched the purse back from his hand, snorting coldly:

"Humph! Are you still pretending? You should be scared now, right?"

The other little beggars initially thought that Ergou was pretending, but later they found that he started to bleed from the mouth and nose, and then they realized that the situation was not good.

"Er Gouzi, what's wrong with you? Don't scare us!"

"Er Gouzi, you must not die!"

"Er Gouzi, if you die, what will we do?"

"Er Gouzi, hurry up and get up. We still have to rely on you for a living."

Song Wanyin found that Er Gouzi's symptoms were exactly the same as those of the patients when they were ill. She thought that this matter was not simple, so she immediately put away the medicine package and said to Tian Cheng:

"Tiancheng, quickly carry him back to Jishiditang and ask my sister-in-law to treat him."

Tian Cheng was carefully counting the money in his purse to see if there was any missing silver. When he heard this, he said in disbelief:

"What? I carry him?

Boss, although this little beggar is pitiful, he is a thief after all. Why should we save him? "

Song Wanyin said without delay:

"Perhaps, they have important clues closely related to the fake medicine incident in Jishidiang this time."