The boy is hard to handle

April has just passed, and early summer is here.

Benshantang's business is getting more and more prosperous, but Xuanjizhai is not doing well. The matter of imperial medicine has been completely ruined, and because of the previous price war, they have suffered serious losses. Now they have raised the price, but no one buys it , If things go on like this, no one can bear the large sums of money invested in it.

Before the kidnapping of Song Mengcong, Xue Yanrong also asked Xu Yu to investigate in private. It is basically confirmed that Sun Maoda did it, but there is no evidence, even if it is reported to the Yamen, it is useless.

Xue Yanrong looked at the plaque of Xuanji Zhai, but he was not in a hurry, he wanted to see for himself how long they could last. The shopkeeper Qian was even more amazing. He sat at the door with a pot of tea and a chair all day long, holding a book The tall ones, tell the other side clearly, let's see how you lose.

But what is strange is that Sun Maoda seemed to be in a hurry with Xiang Chong for only a few days, and he was not even half nervous or anxious for the rest of the time.

Is this fake or real?

Could it be that the family background is strong, so you don't care?But no matter how strong the family foundation is, it can't stand such a toss.

Just when Xue Yanrong couldn't figure it out, an imperial decree came from the palace, saying that a plague broke out in Nan County, and a large number of medicinal materials were urgently needed to be sent.

Human life was at stake, and it was the emperor's life, Xue Yanrong didn't dare to delay, and immediately sent documents to the medicine stores in various places in the name of Benshantang, and all the medicinal materials were first to deal with the plague in Nan County.

Even then, he was ready to leave for Nan County.

Jiang Youqing didn't say anything, but his expression was obviously wrong. Since he accepted the order, he didn't even say a word all day, and the taciturn one didn't look like her anymore.

Seeing that Xue Yanrong was very uncomfortable, she wanted to coax her, but before she could say anything, her waist tightened.

"Youqing."

"You are just a businessman, why do you have to let you go? Just because you took the imperial medicine, then we can't do without it. Didn't you say that the Xue family is not short of money."

"What's the matter?" Xue Yanrong stroked her black hair, which was as soft as silk. I'll be back right away after the county magistrate has completed the handover procedures."

"Don't talk to me here, what happened to the plague in Nan County?" Jiang Youqing's nasal voice became more serious, "Do you understand the plague? It's the kind that kills people."

"Look, I'm thinking about it again, I'm not a doctor or an imperial physician, I'm just a delivery man, what can happen—"

"Then you take me there!" Jiang Youqing blocked Xue Yanrong with one word, sniffled, "Don't try to lie to me."

The little girl has grown up, so it is not easy to cheat.

Xue Yanrong lifted Jiang Youqing's chin, leaned down and kissed——

"When I come back this time, I will take you back to Jinling, okay?"

After speaking, he stretched out his hand to pick up the bed curtain.

next day

Jiang Youqing got up early in the morning. In fact, she didn't sleep at all. Right now, she was packing her bag and specially added a few thinner clothes to the package——

"Although it's not very hot in Beijing, it should be hot in Nan County."

The little girl's eyes were full of reluctance, she tugged at her belt and refused to let go——

"Can't I go with you? I'll just follow you and promise not to run around?"

Xue Yanrong was also reluctant to part with her, but this trip was on official business, and it was a place full of plagues. If we took her there, what if something happened?

I had no choice but to be cruel, and took the hand off the belt, "You wait for me at home obediently, and I will come back within seven days at most."

Jiang Youqing understands that this person will not let go, but he is not a vegetarian either.

Sending her to the gate of the mansion was very different from the previous state of mind. Just these few steps seemed to be stepped on the tip of a knife, and every step was painful.

But that person seemed to be determined, he didn't even turn his head to look at himself——

"Xue Yanrong!"

The sudden sound made everyone startled, and saw the little girl running forward with her skirt in hand, grabbing the curtain and trying to get into the carriage.

"Don't fool around."

Xue Yanrong frowned, and grabbed the man's shoulder. The next moment, the little girl's eyes filled with mist, followed by her heart aching. I didn't look at her just now because I was afraid of being soft-hearted. I didn't expect this People even stopped the car.

Seeing this, Xu Yu's eyes were also a little red, and he turned to look at Yao Shichu, and retreated involuntarily.

The curtain was tightly held by Jiang Youqing, if Xue Yanrong frowned again, the little girl might cry out.

After a stalemate for a long while, I still had to resist the tenderness of the fingers——

"Running along the road—"

"I'm not afraid to run around!"

"We still have to go by water on the way."

"I'm not afraid of water either."

He raised his head, as if if you don't take me there, you don't want to go either.

"Just let me go with you, otherwise, or as soon as you leave, I will run around and run around."

"Where do you want to run?"

"I don't know, anyway, I'll make you invisible when you come back!"

A chuckle escaped from the tip of Xue Yanrong's nose——

"The daughter-in-law you got so easily, you can't run away easily."

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Youqing raised his head, and his eyes were full of light——

"You agree!"

Xue Yanrong smiled, what if he disagreed?

Lift the curtain and go down.

"what are you doing?"

"Are you planning to go just like this?" Xue Yanrong glanced at her up and down, and said with a smile, "Go and change your clothes, and be my personal servant."

Jiang Youqing blushed, but did not refute, as long as Xue Yanrong took her, not to mention the personal servant, even the bed warmer would be willing.

To be on the safe side, Xue Yanrong also brought Song Mengcong with him. If something happened on the road, this person would definitely be useful.

Departing from the capital, we first traveled by land for three days, and then turned to the waterway on the fourth day. Since it was an official ship of the imperial court, the journey went smoothly.

One thing is, Jiang Youqing is dressed as a man, she is naturally petite, and she doesn't look like a servant in any way, and she is inseparable from Xue Yanrong all day long, which seems to be a bit of a male favorite.

But no one will pursue it, after all, raising a male favorite is not a big deal.

On the seventh day, the official ship arrived at Nan County.

If there was a plague, the place that was supposed to be crowded with people turned out to be so depressed. There were only a few people on the streets of Nuo Da.

Master Zhang of the county government specially hosted a banquet for——

But the food on this table was very unpleasant.

There are so many people suffering on the road, but they are here to eat and eat, and in the end they even have singers as their companions.

But compared to Li Zhong and Xue Yanrong's discomfort, Mr. Zhang is very comfortable.

"They're all home-cooked dishes, I still hope Haihan."

The singer has an enchanting figure, and Xue Yanrong is good-looking, so naturally the pipa can't stop.

Xue Yanrong is fine by himself, but there is a small vinegar vat beside him, looking at that calm face from the corner of the eye, his head hurts, how long will it take to coax him back?

really--

As soon as he arrived at the inn, the vinegar jar fell over as soon as the door was closed.

"Does the pipa sound good?"

"Did the dance look good?"

"That diva's waist is really thin, the second master can hold it with one palm."

Xue Yanrong really couldn't laugh or cry, he raised his hand and stretched it out in front of the man——

"The back of your hand is blue, and your strength is too great."

"I don't want to? I don't want you to find someone else~~~"

The little girl was awkward, and Xue Yanrong hurriedly held her in her arms, "Who doesn't want to? I like you like this."

After saying that, his finger touched Jiang Youqing's temple——

"I'll rub it for you. Didn't I say that you get dizzy on a boat?"

While rubbing, he turned his face to the side, biting the little girl's ear, and after a while the person in his arms laughed——

"Hey--"

"how?"

"Go and bolt the door."

next day

After Jiang Youqing was settled, Xue Yanrong went to the yamen, first handed over the medicinal materials, and then went to the concentrated place of the plague.

Song Mengcong was the first to discover something was wrong——

Why are old and weak women and children getting sick, but not strong men?

But she didn't say much. After all, there is still an imperial doctor from the Imperial Hospital. She came here this time only to protect the safety of Xue's family. If she said too much, she might be disgusted.

But paper can't cover fire, since Song Mengcong can see it, the people in the Tai Hospital can also see it.

This aroused Li Zhong's suspicion.

After several days of donating medical supplies and administering medicines, the epidemic in Nan County was finally brought under control, but several counties in the neighboring suburbs began to break out again.

Seeing that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, if the delay continues like this, once it reaches the capital, it will be out of control.

The scheduled seven-day return trip has passed for more than half a month, and I have not been able to return.

"I'm afraid the medicinal materials will not be enough if we continue to consume them like this."

"It's better to let local merchants raise funds together, so that it can last for a while."

"It can be done now."

Speaking of raising funds for charity, it is difficult to actually do it. After all, no one is willing to contribute the money.

Xue Yanrong ran away with Li Qin for three full days, and they talked about it, but they didn't raise much money.

Instead, two large blisters appeared on the soles of the feet.

"Does it hurt?" Jiang Youqing pierced the bubble with a silver needle, squeezed out the water inside, and asked Song Mengcong for some medicine powder to apply on her.

"It doesn't hurt."

Xue Yanrong took this man's hand, but felt sorry for the little girl——

"In a few days, when this matter is over, we will go home."

"I'm not in a hurry, even if you run outside like this all day long, don't be exhausted."

"No." After speaking, he hugged him into his arms, "Don't move, let me hug you."

While being tender, the door was pushed open with a bang, and Song Mengcong suddenly rushed in——

"Second Master!"

The two separated quickly.

"You won't knock on the door?"

"Second Master, it's not dark yet."

Xue Yanrong was too lazy to talk nonsense with Song Mengcong, he was a stubborn person, so what he said was useless.

"Are you in trouble?"

Song Mengcong's eyes widened, he took out a pack of herbs from his pocket, and slapped it heavily on the table——

"what is this?"

"Medical materials, medicinal materials to cure the plague!"

Song Mengcong's face flushed red with anger, and he cursed with a raised voice——

"Do you know how much this pack of medicinal materials sells for?" After speaking, he stretched out a finger, "100 taels!"

Not to mention Xue Yanrong, even Jiang Youqing next to him was stunned.

100 taels, how can ordinary people afford it?

"These profiteers pretend that there is a shortage of medicinal materials on the surface, but in fact they are making a lot of money in private. We donate medicine and dispense medicine day and night, and run away to raise money. In the end, they do this under the hood. trick!"

"How did you know about this?"

"I bumped into it! It was the servant girl from the He Mansion who secretly traded with the guy from the medicine shop."

Song Mengcong gasped for breath, and then finally expressed his doubts, "Second Master, this plague is not right, it's not like a natural disaster, but more like... like man-made."

"How to say?"

"The people who get sick are all in poor health, but anyone who is young and strong is fine, and I asked the people in Nan County, the source of the disease is a few foreign Zi people, and they broke out in Nan County within a few days There was a plague, and the Nan County had just stabilized, and the plague broke out in several nearby counties. I asked Mr. Li about the local people, and they also said that they wanted to repair the temple, so I found a lot of Zi people. I don’t think this is like It's a coincidence..."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

"I'm not talking nonsense, Second Lord, think about the profit. A pair of medicine is only a few taels of silver. He sold it for 100 taels of silver. According to this way of earning, it won't take long to sell it to a county. One side is rich, but if there are several counties in succession, it is an incomparably rich country."

The more Xue Yanrong listened to it, the more his heart jumped. If someone really planned it on purpose, who would it be?With such courage, don't you want to kill yourself?

"Keep quiet about this."

Second day

Xue Yanrong asked Yao Shichu and Xu Yu to go to the sky-high price pharmacies in these counties respectively. After inquiring, they found that no one knew who the owner of the pharmacy was. , this accountant should be the same person, there is no doubt that the several high-priced drug stores in Lin County should be the same owner.

"Hehe - it's so good."

Xue Yanrong's smile was extremely unkind, and even showed a hint of sinisterness, which made people shudder.

"I was worried that there would be no way to rule them, so here I am."

"Second Master, do you think they did this?"

"Whatever, they can't escape anyway!"

At that moment, Xue Yanrong went to find Li Zhong. After half a month of running around, she could tell that this man was a parent official who wholeheartedly served the people.

"Master Li."

"Brother Yan Rong, is there something wrong?"

Xue Yanrong nodded, and then took out the medicine bag of that day's price——

"Nowadays the common people are in dire straits, and someone took advantage of our helplessness to commit such absurd and rebellious acts in this market!"

Li Zhong was not surprised, it seemed to be all expected

"I just found out about this yesterday, but it can't be revealed right now."

Then he walked to the cabinet and opened the door to reveal the silver inside.

"It was all given to me by Mr. Zhang, and he said it was a token of his kindness."

Li Zhong narrowed his eyes, "He must have known about this a long time ago. I have already written to inform the emperor about it. The people from the Ministry of Punishment will arrive soon."

"Then, I..."

"Stay with me for another three days."

----

Mr. Zhang seems to have really put down his guard against Li Zhong and Xue Yanrong, inviting them to drink and have fun all day long.

Xu was a little drunk, so he pulled Xue Yanrong and said——

"There are people in my capital, and there are great people."

Xue Yanrong and Li Zhong looked at each other, and then took the opportunity to follow his words——

"Jingli? Then I have to trouble Mr. Zhang to introduce someone to Xue. If I can gain the honor of that expert in the future, I will definitely benefit from Mr. Zhang. I just don't know, who is this expert?"

"Haha——" Master Zhang raised his head and smiled, "They all have a share, they all have a share."

After speaking, the person was drunk.

"Master Zhang, Master Zhang?"

Xue Yanrong shook him——

"Was drunk."

Immediately, the two of them drove Mr. Zhang straight to the study.

One guarded the door, the other rummaged around in the study, and finally landed on a locked wooden box——

Just as he was taking the key from Mr. Zhang's waist, he woke up——

"What are you doing?! Come, come, come!"

Jiang Youqing in the inn didn't understand why he couldn't wait for her here, he had to go to the pier first, but Xu Yu and Yao Shichu accepted their fate, even if Jiang Youqing made trouble again and didn't want to, they had to tie him up even if they knocked him unconscious to the pier.

Jiang Youqing had no other choice——

"I just want to ask, is she dangerous?"

"The second master said, he must come back."

"Okay, then I'll wait for her at the pier. If something happens to her, I...I will never forgive you two."

The entire Zhang Mansion is a black hand, but at a moment of night, the lives of the two today will be confessed here.

Fortunately, the people from the court arrived in time, and they had the emperor's order in their hands, so no one dared to stop them now.

When we got to the pier, it was already dark, but we could still see the girl waiting for him at the bow of the boat.

The blood oozing from her shoulders blurred the little girl's vision. She hugged her domineeringly and gently, biting the corner of her lips tightly, not allowing anyone to touch her except herself.

The boat moved slowly, shaking occasionally.

Xue Yanrong, who took off his clothes, showed his injured shoulder——

"I'm fine—"

"You are not allowed to speak." Jiang Youqing stared, obviously in a tone of reproach, but it made people feel extremely distressed.

The medicine was applied bit by bit and wrapped in muslin.

Afraid that she would be in pain, he lowered his head and blew again.

Xue Yanrong turned sideways and put her in his arms——

"I don't hurt, not at all."

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