I am the Holy Poisoner, the Empress advised me to calm down

"Mr. Zhang, take a look at this." I pointed to his sleeve. "There's a hidden pocket here with a few cards hidden inside."

Sure enough, a few mahjong tiles fell out of his sleeves.

Zhang Jun's face turned pale when he saw this scene: "You...you are really lying to me?"

"Zhang Jun, let me explain..."

"What else is there to explain?" I sneered. "The three of you set up this scheme together just for that thousand-year-old ginseng, right?"

The three men's expressions changed, and one of them simply admitted: "Yes, we did come here for that ginseng. But what can you do?"

"Well?" I smiled. "Of course I want you to return the money to Mr. Zhang."

"Why?" the man sneered, "There are five or six of us. Do you think the three of you can handle us?"

As soon as he finished speaking, three big men came out from the inner room. Together with the original three people, a total of six people surrounded us.

"Now you know how powerful we are, don't you?" the leader said proudly, "Just follow us and bring us that ginseng, and we'll let you go."

I looked at the six people surrounding me and couldn't help shaking my head.

"It seems you won't cry until you see the coffin."

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up..."

Before he could finish his words, I was already in action. These people were nothing to me, and I took them all down in no time.

The room instantly became quiet, and all six people lay on the ground groaning.

"Can we talk about compensation now?" I looked down at them.

"Brother, we were wrong." The leader quickly begged for mercy, "We'll do whatever you say."

"It's simple. Return all the money you won from Mr. Zhang during this period to him."

“But part of the money has already been spent…”

My eyes turned cold, and the man quickly changed his words: "We will find a solution right away, right away."

In the end, they raised 200,000 yuan in cash for Zhang Jun and promised to pay back the rest within three days.

After leaving the building, Zhang Jun still couldn't believe it: "Have I really been deceived for so long?"

"People's hearts are hard to predict." I patted his shoulder. "But the losses have been recovered now. Just be more careful next time."

"Sir, thank you so much for today," the old man said excitedly. "If it weren't for you, our family would be finished."

"Old man, you should think about the herbs first," I reminded him. "Now that they know you have thousand-year-old ginseng, maybe someone else will be interested in it."

The old man nodded: "You are right, I will be careful."

Back at the old man's house, we talked about the medicinal herb trade again. After what happened today, the old man trusted me even more and readily agreed to my offer.

"Master, you were truly amazing today," Liu Ying said with admiration. "Not only did you identify the fake medicine, you also saved someone, and you're even so good at fighting."

I smiled and said, "These are all basic skills. You will learn them slowly in the future."

As the sun set, we left the old man's house with the herbs we had purchased. It was a great harvest today. Not only did we buy the herbs we needed, but we also unexpectedly helped others.

But I know that this kind of thing is not uncommon in this industry. The more precious something is, the more likely it is to attract others' covetousness. It seems that I still need to be more careful when traveling in the world. Chapter 1: The Old Man's Medicinal Herbs

When we returned to the old man's home, Liu Ying helped me into the simple house. The old man was sitting by the bed, still holding the crutch I had broken.

"Young man, are you okay?" The old man looked at me with concern.

"I'm fine, but you..." I went forward to check the old man's injuries and found that the swelling in his legs had subsided a lot.

Liu Ying told the old man in detail what had just happened. After listening, the old man showed an angry expression on his face.

"These people from the Wang family are really going too far!" The old man stood up with the help of his cane. "Young man, you have offended the Wang family because of me. This is no small matter."

"It's okay. The Wang family and I have always had conflicts." I waved my hand. "How is your leg injury?"

The old man stretched his legs and feet. "Strangely enough, I feel much better after you left. My legs don't hurt much anymore."

Liu Ying looked at me in surprise, "It worked so quickly?"

"Traditional Chinese medicine focuses on conditioning, not treating headaches with head and foot pain with foot treatments," I explained. "The old man's leg injury may seem like an external injury, but it's actually caused by excess dampness in the body."

The old man nodded and said, "Young man, you are right. My legs hurt a lot every time it rains."

"Wait." The old man suddenly remembered something and turned to walk into the house. "Come with me."

Liu Ying and I followed the old man into the inner room, where we saw a wide variety of medicinal herbs: ginseng, polygonum multiflorum, angelica, astragalus...all sorts of precious herbs.

"Old man, what are you doing..." Liu Ying widened her eyes.

"When I was young, I followed my master into the mountains to collect herbs. I've accumulated this over the years." The old man took out a piece of excellent ginseng from a wooden box. "I found this ginseng deep in the mountains ten years ago. It's at least a hundred years old."

The old man handed me the ginseng and said, "Young man, you saved my life. This is for you."

I quickly waved my hands and said, "Old man, this is too valuable. I can't accept it."

"If you don't accept it, it means you look down on an old man like me." The old man said stubbornly.

Liu Ying advised from the side, "Please accept this gift from Grandpa."

"How about this, Liu Ying, you buy this ginseng and give it to the old man at the market price." I thought about it and said.

The old man shook his head. “How can this be possible?”

"It's settled." Liu Ying had already taken out her wallet. "Grandpa, how much do you want?"

Finally, under our insistence, the old man accepted the money, but he also took out many other medicinal herbs.

"These are what I usually collect. Although they are not as precious as ginseng, they are also good things." The old man pointed at the herbs and said, "Since you understand medicine, these will definitely be useful to you."

I carefully examined them and found that these herbs were indeed of high quality. Some of them were even hard to find on the market.

"Old man, the herbs you have here are much better than those in the pharmacy."

"Of course, I go up the mountain to pick them myself, and I know when is the best time to pick them." The old man was quite proud.

Liu Ying asked, "Grandpa, do you still remember the effects of these herbs?"

"Of course I remember." The old man introduced them like a treasure. "This is wild Gastrodia elata, which is good for treating headaches and dizziness. This is snow lotus, which nourishes yin and strengthens the kidneys. This is..."

Listening to the old man's introduction, I was secretly impressed. Although he had no formal medical training, his knowledge of medicinal herbs was no less than that of a professional pharmacist.

"Old man, where did you learn all this knowledge?"