Faced with the growing demand, Zhang Laoer was not troubled by it. Instead, he further expanded cooperation through the village chief and shared his pharmaceutical skills with more villagers.

However, as demand surged, the herbal resources in the mountains began to become stretched.

At this time, Zhang Laoer showed extraordinary insight and business acumen and decided to develop a new product - beauty pills to meet the diversified needs of the market.

He revised the contract with Baicaotang again, with the pharmacy responsible for providing raw materials and the secrets of medicine making being selflessly passed on to the villagers.

During this process, the prescription became Zhang Laoer's deepest secret, which he kept firmly in his own hands and never leaked to anyone else.

Even though Baicaotang knew the medicinal materials it needed very well, it never tried to produce them on its own. They knew very well that Zhang Laoer was not only a partner, but also an irreplaceable and trustworthy choice.

As for other pharmacies in the county that coveted this business opportunity, they once joined forces with the Wang family to try to trip up Baicaotang, and even spent a lot of money to buy information from herbal medicine merchants in an attempt to crack the formula of Tianxian Pills.

In their opinion, with the superb skills of their own doctors, it seems only a matter of time before the secret of the Tianxian Pill is revealed...

However, few people know that the true essence is often hidden in the most inconspicuous yet most solid places, which are difficult to reach and even more difficult to copy.

A month's hard work had all gone to waste. The formula for the legendary elixir that could nourish the soul and restore vitality had still not been revealed after repeated attempts and explorations.

Not only that, it not only cost countless days and nights of hard work, but also bags of precious herbs and huge amounts of silver.

The shopkeeper's face was so gloomy that it seemed as if ink could drip out of it. His jealousy and resentment towards his rival Baicaotang and the magical elixir were becoming increasingly difficult to contain.

However, a wise man can always find a glimmer of hope in a desperate situation. The shopkeeper secretly planned and a plan gradually emerged in his mind. He secretly contacted the powerful second young master of the Wang family again.

Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Laoer, the second in command of the Zhang family, and Xu Liyun, the gentle and housekeeping woman, brought their children into the city with great anticipation, planning to buy some warm clothes for the coming cold winter.

On the way, they happened to pass Baicaotang on the road they had to pass, and there were crowds of people there, attracting a lot of onlookers.

Zhang Laoer's irrepressible curiosity drove him to squeeze into the crowd involuntarily, wanting to find out what was going on.

At this moment, a heart-wrenching cry broke through the sky, piercing the bones and heart:

"Help! Baicaotang has lost all conscience. The expensive miracle medicine has killed people! Tianxian Pill? That's a life-threatening pill!"

Zhang Laoer's body froze, with complex expressions flashing in his eyes.

In the center of the crowd, a young man in coarse linen clothes knelt beside an extremely weak and pale old woman, tears streaming down his face, snot and tears mixed together. He portrayed the image of a filial son so vividly that it was hard to watch.

"The immortal pills from Baicaotang are so good that they can kill people! My mother took one pill this morning and died without doing anything. Baicaotang, you have to give us an explanation. Life for life!"

The young man cried out in grief, and every word struck everyone's heart.

Seeing this, the waiter in the store hurriedly pulled out the young master Zhou Rong.

When Zhou Rong heard this, his face suddenly turned pale.

Faced with this unprecedented crisis, he was at a loss for a moment and his mind went blank.

Fortunately, he quickly adjusted his mood. On the one hand, he told the waiter to report the case immediately and seek help from the government. On the other hand, he wanted to go forward and take the old lady's pulse to try to find out the truth.

Unexpectedly, the young man suddenly stood up, pushed Zhou Rong to the ground, and said sternly: "You evil monsters, don't even think about touching my mother again! There is no good person in Baicaotang. You sell such expensive medicine and kill people. If you don't give us an explanation today, we will never give up!"

The waiter quickly helped Zhou Rong up, and said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "You said that he died after taking our medicine, what evidence do you have? Look at your clothes, you don't look like someone who can afford the Tianxian Pill."

Zhang Laoer thought to himself that this was not good when he heard this, as he thought this was undoubtedly asking for trouble.

Sure enough, the young man sneered and took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms: "For my mother's health, I worked hard for several months to save enough money to buy three Tianxian Pills from you. Don't the poor have the right to treat illnesses and save lives? The medicine in your Baicaotang is extremely expensive and only available to the rich?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd was in an uproar, and the originally neutral people also changed their expressions, looking at the waiter with eyes full of dissatisfaction and doubt.

The surroundings were filled with discussions, covering the entire square:

"The Baicaotang pharmacy is really cunning. When someone died from taking their medicine, not only did they not reflect on it, but they also framed the victim. We ordinary people should stay away from them in the future, so that we don't end up taking their medicine and being accused of having it all our own fault!"

Baicaotang, a time-honored drugstore that once relied on its reputation, has seen its reputation decline in recent years. People have been talking about it privately, lamenting that each generation of its operators is worse than the previous one.

In the past, even if the business was sometimes slow, the shop owners always adhered to the benevolence of doctors and never did anything against their conscience.

Now, in pursuit of monetary gain, they have disregarded the safety of patients and treated human lives as worthless, causing indignation among neighbors.

Such voices were heard in the crowd. Someone warned the neighbors excitedly: "Fellow villagers, we can't go to Baicaotang to buy medicine anymore. They only care about the money of the rich! In comparison, Huichuntang is more reliable. The price of medicine is fair. They will not sell poisonous drugs that cost two hundred coins a pill against their conscience!"

During their conversation, a few busybodies even added fuel to the fire, praising Huichuntang's various advantages and disparaging Baicaotang, clearly intending to use this incident to stir up a bigger disturbance.

A wise person would know that there was deliberate incitement in this, but most of the onlookers could not tell right from wrong. Thinking of the safety of the old and young in their family, they naturally sympathized with the young man who lost his mother, and the emotional balance naturally tilted.

As the rumors spread more and more widely, the situation escalated rapidly, and the curious crowd gathered in front of Baicao Hall almost broke down the threshold.

The rumored tragedy touched people's hearts. Customers who were waiting to buy medicine became terrified. Some even didn't even bother to take the medicine bags in their hands and hurriedly wanted to escape.

As the shopkeeper of Baicaotang, Zhou Rong led the shop assistants to do their best to explain and clarify the situation, but in the torrent of anger and suspicion, their voices seemed particularly weak and no one was willing to listen.

Just when Zhou Rong was getting extremely anxious, the guy who had been sent to ask for help earlier came hurriedly with several serious-looking officers.

However, this glimmer of hope was short-lived. The young man fell to his knees with a plop, tears streaming down his face. He told the officer about his experience and took out the remaining Tianxian Pills as evidence.

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