I Made a Fortune by Marrying a Sick Girl!

Chapter 21 Where is my wife?

The next day, the sun was soft in the early morning, and it fell warmly on people.

Qin Chi woke up a little later than usual.

Stepping out of the west wing, he walked around the patio.

The door to the east wing is closed.

That graceful figure was nowhere to be seen in the hall. It seemed that she had just arrived in a new environment and she was not the only one who was not used to it.

Qin Chi sat in the hall.

Mrs. Huang came over and asked if she wanted to serve breakfast.

Qin Chi nodded.

After a while, Mrs. Huang brought breakfast to the table.

"Why are there only dishes and chopsticks for one person?"

Qin Chi looked at Granny Huang with a sharp look.

Mrs. Huang quickly knelt down and reported in a trembling voice: "Sir, my wife went out early and took Old Li Tou's mule cart, saying she was going to East Street."

Qin Chi picked up the chopsticks with a cold expression and started eating.

"Get up and tell me this kind of thing earlier in the future."

"Yes, please keep this in mind."

Mrs. Huang and others were slaves bought by Qin Chi. If Qin Chi was in the county, they would take care of him.

Wait for Qin Chi to go out.

There was already a carriage waiting outside.

Qin Chi first went to Shun'an Bookstore.

The shopkeeper welcomed him into the inner room.

"How is the investigation of the Song family's whereabouts?" Qin Chi asked as he sat down.

The shopkeeper wiped his hands with cold sweat.

"Sir, no clues about the Song family were found. As soon as Lao Huo found the Zhu family's cargo ship, he was chased and killed. He was stabbed several times. He is currently recovering from his injuries at a business in Tunxi. Doctor Jing said he would be bedridden for half a month..."

The shopkeeper shed a cold sweat for Lao Huo because of the danger involved. Who would have thought that what was originally a simple investigation would almost cost him his life.

The shopkeeper took out another file from the darkroom.

"Prefect Yang ordered the arrest of the Song family, and then closed the door to thank guests."

He handed the investigation information to Qin Chi.

Qin Chi asked while flipping through the pages: "Where did the people who were chasing Lao Huo come from?"

"There are six people in total, wearing evil ghost masks and using uniform ring-head swords. Lao Huo said that the moves of those people are like death warriors trained by a big family."

It didn't take long for Qin Chi to finish reading.

The above is a detailed list of the whereabouts and trivial matters of the prefect Yang Lingyu for half a month before the Song family was convicted.

All Magistrate Yang saw were colleagues.

I go to the Yamen every day and go to the Yamen at the appointed time.

No abnormalities were seen for half a month.

"According to the investigation, on the day the Song family was arrested, a cabinet document was delivered to the government office. Magistrate Yang immediately dispatched men to arrest them as soon as dark. The next day, a fire broke out in the government archives, and the official documents were burned..."

The shopkeeper told what he found out from the investigation.

Qin Chi read through the investigation about Magistrate Yang again.

Finally, his eyes fixed on one place.

Three days before the accident happened to the Song family, Magistrate Yang received a letter from his family from Beijing.

Qin Chi said thoughtfully: "Is Magistrate Yang Yang Zhengkai's nephew?"

"Yes, Yang Ge is always his uncle."

Mr. Yang Ge is Yang Zhengkai, a cabinet minister, a bachelor of Dongge University and the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He is a third-rank official and holds real power. He has always been an upright person and does not collude with treacherous people.

Qin Chi was thoughtful after hearing this.

Yang Zhengkai holds a high position, so is it necessary to target a Huizhou merchant family far away from the capital?

The Song family is famous in Huizhou Prefecture.

It’s really not ranked nationwide.

If Qin Chi hadn't investigated the Song family inside and out in order to cooperate with the Song family, he would really have suspected that the Song family was backed by some force. But the Song family did rely on the skill of preparing medicinal materials to establish a foothold in Huizhou Prefecture for a hundred years.

It is a famous kind house in Huizhou.

Now we are waiting for the investigation from the northwest.

It's only a matter of time to find out who is causing the trouble, but it may not be easy to find the whereabouts of the Song family.

Qin Chi deduced based on the existing clues.

The person behind the scenes took the Song family to Tunxi, most likely to use the waterway to hide their whereabouts. If the cargo ship carrying people went to Jiujiang Prefecture, it could still be traced; if it passed through Shaoxing Prefecture and then entered Hangzhou and then entered the East China Sea, it would be extremely difficult to trace it.

But there's no point in rushing now.

Just at this moment, someone outside asked to see the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper went out for a while and came back in a hurry.

"Sir, there is an urgent message coming from Hangzhou."

Qin Chi took the secret letter from the shopkeeper.

It's just a small piece of paper with densely written small words on it.

After reading it, Qin Chi put down the note and said, "Shopkeeper Tao, do you know where my wife is?"

"Madam is at Jifang Pharmacy."

After moving from Song Jin to the county seat, his whereabouts were under their noses.

The backyard of Jifang Pharmacy.

Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!

In the courtyard are rows and rows of wooden shelves, divided into upper and lower floors, each filled with bamboo dustpans.

Various medicinal materials are drying on the dustpan.

In the well next to it, there are several people washing the medicinal materials. After washing, they have to select and divide the medicinal materials into three grades: upper, middle and lower.

In the innermost room.

Song Jin asked Xing Lunzheng to make it.

There are brand-new tools in the room, such as steamers, woks, forging pots, mortars, rollers and baskets, medicine knives, grinding grooves, etc.

"My boss, I've brought you the newly dried loquat leaves."

Two medicine boys lifted a large basket.

It is full of dried loquat leaves cut into shreds.

After Song Jin checked it, he asked them to put it down if there was no problem.

Most of the loquat leaves sold in the market are freshly picked leaves, with impurities and fluff removed, sprayed with water to soften them, cut into shreds, dried and then used as medicine.

The loquat leaves sold by Song's are different, they are processed through honey roasting method.

The loquat leaves after being roasted with honey can enhance the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs. This is why outsiders say that Song's medicinal materials are good.

There is not only one method of roasting loquat leaves recorded in the "Song Pharmacopoeia", but also licorice scalding, crisp roasting, fire roasting, **** juice roasting and jujube juice methods.

In the previous life, Song Jin mainly studied the honey roasting method.

This time, this is what I will use.

Now she needs to make money.

Xing Lun came over and asked, "Did my boss roast the loquat leaves himself?"

"Yes, does your mother still have honey to refine?"

Refined honey is refined honey.

During the refining process, impurities will be removed, part of the water will evaporate, kill microorganisms inside, and enhance adhesion.

The big honey pills in traditional Chinese medicine are made from refined honey.

Xing Lun's mother Yinlong often makes honey pills and sells them in the store, so she has ready-made honey there.

Just as Xing Lun was about to go out, Jin Ling came in a hurry.

"Little miss, Shopkeeper Tao sent someone to send a message that their boss is at the bookstore and wants to meet you."

"Oh, I'll be there right away."

Song Jin thought that the person who made the appointment might have found clues.

Jin Ling said, "Ask Xing Lun to accompany you. He is familiar with Shopkeeper Tao."

"Master, let the medicine boy go get the refined honey, and I'll accompany you to Shun'an Bookstore."

Xing Lun and Jin Ling were mainly worried.

Song Jin thought for a while and nodded.

It's better to have Xing Lun follow than Aunt Ling, because you can help her if anything happens.

So I touched it for about a quarter of an hour.

It’s the same tearoom where I last had a guest.

Across the screen, Qin Chi vaguely saw Song Jin walking in, wearing a power hat, a woman's bun, and a simple cotton dress.

The figure is shadowy and hazy.

This scene is inexplicably eye-catching to him, what's going on?

(End of chapter)