Ximenqing loves Wusong [Water Margin]

In the middle of the night, the sky suddenly began to rain, which? smashed the lotus leaves in the pond, and knocked down the golden osmanthus flowers to the ground.

There is no bright morning, but the morning star is shining in the cold blue sky.

I asked my servant to get a thin jacket and put it on, and asked Dai An to prepare a horse. I went to the cabinet to have a look.

Yue Niang was chasing after me, saying that it was cold so I had to drink some hot porridge before going, so as not to catch the cold.

I said that I ate a lot last night, and I am not hungry now, and it is the same when I go to the counter to eat with the guys later.

It was just dawn when I ran to the cabinet, and the guys were a little surprised to see me coming.

I had breakfast with them at the same table as the shopkeeper, and fully experienced the staff meals.

To be honest, it is not without reason that Ximen's family can make such a big business.

The employees here are in charge of food and lodging, and are given work clothes. The wages are not low. The breakfast is millet porridge with a few grains and two cold dishes. Although simple, it is very refreshing.

The shopkeeper, Uncle Chen, was a little embarrassed: "I didn't know that the master's family would come, so this breakfast is a little simpler."

I stuffed pickles with my chopsticks and stuffed them into my mouth: "I eat pretty well, do you eat these on weekdays? Is it a bit bland? Or I'll ask the cook to bring over some good dishes tomorrow?"

Shopkeeper Chen waved his hands again and again: "The high officials don't dare to add more dishes. It's not enough to let the guys get used to not worrying about work, and just think about the good dishes."

After dinner, I ordered all the medicines together with the shopkeeper, checked all the accounts, and checked everyone in the store.

Shopkeeper Chen was still talking behind me at first, but as he was talking, his voice was not quite right, as if his throat was choking.Looking back, I was startled, why did the old man have tears in the corners of his eyes.

I quickly asked him: "Shopkeeper Chen, what's wrong with you?"

Shopkeeper Chen wiped the corners of his eyes, and said in embarrassment: "The master's family never cared about things in the past, but today they are suddenly so diligent, but do you think I'm not good enough?

I have been working as a clerk in Ximen Pharmaceutical since I was 13 years old, and I have never missed a single thing. If the owner thinks that I am not doing well, just tell me, please don't drive me away. "

But I was so embarrassed, I quickly persuaded him: "Shopkeeper Chen, where are you thinking? In the past, Ximen Qingguang knew how to walk around and have fun, and seldom cared about business matters. Now I know that I have changed it. Why are you so scared.

For a talent like you, I am afraid that you will leave, how can I drive you away?You really think too much.In the future, I want to double my business and become stronger. How can I do it without your support? "

Hearing what I said, Shopkeeper Chen felt relieved just now, and said embarrassingly: "Don't blame the senior officials, it's the little one who thinks too much. Don't worry, I will work harder in the future to discipline Ximen's business. good!"

The voice fell silent, and suddenly someone shouted outside the door: "Get out, the old dog of Ximen's family! Look at the good medicine you prescribed, and poisoned my nephew to death!"

Everyone was startled and ran out the door quickly.

But he saw a strong man standing at the door with his hands on his hips, followed by a woman, dressed in brocade clothes, white and fat, with the same ferocious expression as the strong man.

Behind them lay a child on a stretcher, his face dark and purple, his whole body convulsed and foaming at the mouth.

Shopkeeper Chen was taken aback, and rushed forward to roll the child's eyelids, but was pushed to the ground by the strong man: "You still dare to touch our child? Are you a quack doctor who intends to kill someone?"

Shopkeeper Chen said anxiously: "Guest officer, there is no reason why any medicine store would intentionally poison people. Could it be that you took the wrong prescription for the medicine?"

The woman behind the strong man came up with her hips on her hips and said, "Put your mother's stinky farts on. Yesterday, a child with diarrhea came to your cabinet for treatment. Your doctor said that his stomach was spoiled by eating, so he prescribed medicine and asked us to go back and cook it. The medicine was taken. , people have fallen like this, didn't you poison it on purpose?"

The maid behind her was holding a stretcher and crying loudly: "Young Master, you must be safe. If you have any troubles, how will the masters and wives live?"

I waved my hand at the guys: "Take that child in first for rescue!"

After listening to my words, the guys went forward to grab the stretcher, but the fat woman stopped him: "What do you want?? Put my son to death secretly, and then destroy the body and wipe out all traces, right?"

I said angrily, "You mother is really weird? If something happened to the child, why don't you save him first? Instead, you come to the door to blackmail me. Tell me, are you his real mother?"

The woman didn't say a word, she was tearing at the staff with a fierce face, the two sides were in a mess, and suddenly shopkeeper Chen shouted loudly from behind: "Master, be careful!"

Before I could turn around, I was kicked and lay on the ground.

The strong man stepped on my back and said with a sneer: "It seems that you are not afraid of death? Lao Tzu Zhu Anxin's martial arts! Dare to fight with Lao Tzu. Is it because I am tired of life? Someone? Give me a rush Go in and smash their medicine shop first!"

I was also annoyed, I grabbed his ankle and threw him away, raised my hand and hit him.

That man was not a vegetarian either, he suddenly pulled out a knife from his pocket and slashed at my face.

Yesterday he got hangover and got sick several times in a row, his body was also weak, seeing his shining blade stabbing towards him, he didn't even dodge it.

Seeing that the blade was about to hit his forehead, a hand suddenly stretched out in front of him, holding the blade firmly.

"Dare to do something on the territory of my second master Wu, you are so brave!"

Wu Song exerted a little force on his hand, and the blade broke into several pieces in his palm.

Seeing how powerful he is, Zhu An was startled but didn't show weakness. He puffed out his chest and said, "The black-hearted pharmacy run by this fellow poisoned my nephew, so I want... ah!"

Before he finished speaking, Wu Song punched him on the face. Before he opened his mouth to scream, Wu Song kicked him in the chest again, and he flew straight out, landing on the ground with a "slap".

Wu Song rolled up his sleeves, rode on his stomach and punched him: "Sister, you dare to do something on Lao Tzu's territory? See if I won't take your dog's life!"

With one punch, Zhu An's chubby face was colorful, and blood burst out.

After two punches, the guy rolled his eyes and fainted.

I knew the strength of Wu Song's hands, and I was afraid that he would beat this man to death, so I quickly hugged him from behind and dragged him back!

The fat woman next to him yelled and jumped on Zhu An and shouted loudly: "My brother is a martial arts man with official positions. If you dare to kill him, see if I don't ask the grandfather to punish you."

I dragged Wu Song into the room, opened his palm and took a look, only to see that the skin was a little scratched.Concentrated, he picked up the seven poisonous weeds from the cabinet and smeared them on his palm, shouting loudly: "That man's knife is poisonous, Wudu's head is poisoned!"

Wu Song came back to his senses and jumped out of anger: "How dare you play me..."

I took out the antidote and stuffed it into his mouth, and covered his mouth by the way, before I thought, this thing bit my hand!

I groaned in pain, straightened my body and swung my legs, as if the second child Wu next door had a stroke.

Shopkeeper Chen was smart after all, and shouted at the guys: "It's terrible, Wudu was poisoned on the head, and bit our senior officials too. This time, two people were poisoned! The guys put the murder weapon Collect it, let's go to the police together!"

The servants brought the carriage over, I strangled Wu Song, Wu Song bit me, and the two got into the carriage entangled.

The woman also yelled and asked for his brother to be carried to the county government office together.

After getting into the carriage, Wu Song loosened his teeth, hugged his black and purple wrist and said angrily, "I scratched a little skin on my hand, so you poisoned me? How cruel!"

I covered my hand with the pain of being bitten by him and scolded: "Didn't I hear that person say he was a martial artist? He is an official and you are an official. It is a felony for an official to beat an official. If I don't blackmail him, you will go to jail. This poison It looks scary, but it will be fine after taking the antidote for a while."

He said angrily: "I have always acted in an upright manner, and I can't see the behavior of a villain like you! When I see the grandfather in a while, I will tell you directly that I was the one who beat him, and it has nothing to do with you!"

I was really defeated by his weird brain circuit, I could only shake my head and smiled wryly.

"All right, all right, Second Lord Wu acted in an open and aboveboard way, and he disdains the behavior of a villain like me. Do you smoke? Have some?"

He glanced at the porcelain bottle in my hand: "What smoke?"

"Snuff from the West is very expensive. Take a sip to calm yourself down. If the grandfather asks a question later, you will be able to answer more candidly."

Puzzled, he took the snuff bottle and took a sip, saying, "It smells weird, this thing is from the West..."

As soon as the voice fell, the person fell limply on the car seat.

I really can't cure you without some tricks!

I shook my head and sighed, and put the snuff bottle back on my body: "When will you change your temper? If you say anything directly, you will suffer a lot."

When they arrived at the county government office, those people also arrived, and several government servants got into the carriage and took Wu Song to the back hall for "first aid".

The fat woman pulled my collar as soon as she came up: "You poisoned people who run a pharmacy! Why don't you just lay down the law on the spot?"

Grandfather patted the gavel: "Who is making noise? Everyone kneel down!"

The woman knelt on the ground with a "plop", covered her face and screamed.

I was about to kneel, but Grandpa waved his hand: "A senior official is poisoned and cannot kneel, come here, give him a chair to teach him to sit."

Seeing the situation, the woman immediately shouted: "Grandfather! My family's officials are the servants of Mr. Cai in the capital, and my brother is a martial artist!"

When the grandfather heard the name of Mr. Cai in the capital, he immediately changed his words: "Oh, even those who are called high officials should kneel."

I knelt down and listened to the woman chattering aside, saying that my pharmacy poisoned her child.

Looking back at the child, the three souls have lost the seven souls, and he can't even smoke.

I said angrily: "You woman, the child was poisoned, and instead of talking about getting medical treatment, he came to make trouble at my door. Is there a mother like you in this world?"

The woman was stunned for a moment, and said in an annoyed voice, "Don't argue, let's talk about you first!"

"You don't need to say anything about me. Your lord will learn from you. Your brother drew out the poisonous blade and slashed at my face. It can be seen that he wanted to kill me. What kind of enmity does my Ximen family have against you? Do you want this kind of revenge? "

The grandfather took the knife that Wu had tested. There was poison on the knife, which was the seven poisonous weeds.Wu Song was also examined for injuries, and his hands were indeed poisoned by the seven poisonous weeds.

Whether that child became like that after taking the medicine from my pharmacy, no one can tell right now, but this surname Zhu wanted to kill me with a poisoned knife, but everyone in the street can testify.

Ordinarily, the truth is all on my side now, but the county magistrate's expression is obviously a little hesitant.

The master whispered in his ear, and vaguely heard: "If Wu Song didn't block that knife, the high officials would have died at that time. Now Wu is dizzy. It seems that the poison is very strong. It can be seen that this woman and him Brother does have the intention to kill, but..."

The voice became a few percent lower, and I couldn't hear it anymore.

Seeing that the grandfather's expression was unpredictable, he looked at the woman more and more hesitantly, and then he simply led the master to mutter behind the screen.

Instinctively felt that the situation was not good for me, so I had an idea and turned on the system: "Help me listen to what those two people are talking about?"

The system directly zooms in on the screen.

I just heard the master say to the grandfather: "The villain just went to investigate carefully, and the woman's husband is indeed a staff member under Cai Taishi in the capital, and is very popular. We really dare not offend such a character."

Grandpa pondered: "But Ximen Qing and I have always been friends. If we are biased in this matter, I'm afraid it will..."

"Grandfather? You should think carefully. You and Ximen Qing have only been friends for the sake of friendship. If you offend Grand Master Cai, it will ruin your own future."

Grandfather is silent.

The master said again: "Master? The other party has such a powerful background, we dare not easily offend him. As for the high official, he has plenty of money, and if he walks around, can't he find himself?"

The grandfather immediately understood and smashed his fist into the palm of his hand: "Forget it, that boy Ximen Qing is very lucky, let's teach him that auspicious people have their own appearance!"

As soon as I heard this, I knew I was going to die today!

Sure enough, when the grandfather came out again, he slapped the gavel on me first: "Ximenqing, you are so bold that you have poisoned other people's children and you still refuse to admit it? Why don't you hurry up and do it honestly."

I smiled wryly: "Master, I have no reason to poison his child. Either the child ate the wrong food, or his family members poisoned themselves. It has absolutely nothing to do with the villain."

The grandfather slapped the gavel again: "Bold and unreasonable, how dare you deny it? Someone, bring that heavy shackle, and take this guy down!"

Then he said to the woman and Wu Juren: "You are the family members of the victim, so you don't need to kneel. Wu Juren has injuries, so quickly take a chair and tell him to sit on it."

The yamen servant walked up to me, clasped his hands and made a sound of offense, took a [-]-jin heavy shackle and put it on my neck, and my body immediately fell a lot shorter.

The grandfather yelled: "Put the prisoner, Ximen Qing, into the prison right now!"

The yamen servants dragged me up and were about to push me back, when a voice suddenly came from behind: "Wait a minute..."

Looking back, it turned out to be Wu Song!Why did this guy wake up so quickly?