The villain is far from my CP!

Bai Qiao: "..." Help.

Qi Changting: "!"

He was indeed very skillful in hugging, and he still remembered to carefully bypass the girl's hair so as not to hurt her.

The boy let go of his arm as if suddenly burned, causing Baiqiao to almost fall to the ground, and finally managed to grab something before he could stand still.

She looked down...

It was a snow-white, palm-wide cloth belt embroidered with faint cloud patterns, and it carried a warm body temperature.

—The boy's belt.

Bai Qiao: "..."

Qi Changting: "..."

Nine nine nine nine nine nine Min!

Baiqiao immediately let go of his hands and took three steps back, and finally turned around, his ears still reddened wildly.

It's a pity that when she turned around, she couldn't see that the young man standing in front of her was so red that his neck was flushed.

The skin covered under the robe was flushed red, and his throat rolled twice uncontrollably.

Fortunately, Qi Changting's belt used the most advanced jade belt hook in the Eastern Capital, which was very secure, so he didn't have to take off his clothes on the spot.

"Yes, I'm sorry!" Bai Qiao's voice was trembling with embarrassment, "I, I don't know how I fell."

As she spoke, she couldn't help raising her eyes to look at the ceiling above her head.

The roof made of square pieces of pineapple wood has no signs of damage.

—Of course not.

The young man pinched his fingers behind his back with erratic eyes, hesitating in every possible way whether to tell Baiqiao that there is a secret door there, and that she fell down just now because he activated the switch underneath.

Qi Changting had been listening to the situation above in the private room downstairs - the two rooms were connected by copper pipes for sound transmission.

So every move upstairs was under his surveillance. Later, when he heard Xiao Hui calling for someone under the bed, he felt something was wrong and acted decisively.

Otherwise, forget it...

She must be able to understand it by herself soon, it is too embarrassing to say it from his mouth.

The two remained silent for a while, and the strange and soft air slowly caught the breath of the boy and the girl.

Qi Changting was sneaking a peek at the girl's back, but suddenly heard the girl take a deep breath, and instantly lowered her eyes.

Bai Qiao took the lead in sorting out his mood, turned around, first made a vague bow to Qi Changting, and thanked him for helping her escape from that room.

She figured out the ins and outs, but she was still so embarrassed that she didn't dare to raise her head, she just said sullenly: "I don't think Shopkeeper Xiao is as good as he said."

Qi Changting didn't say anything, but Bai Qiao saw him raise his hand sideways, motioning for her to sit with the young couple beside him.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the iced mint tea was placed in front of the two of them. The clear taste finally drove away the last trace of heat. Baiqiao took a deep breath and calmed down.

"It took about two days from the time of the rumors to the loss of the secret recipe of Santang Pharmacy and sued the officials, but it took another two days for shopkeeper Xiao to take the initiative to come to us, acting as if he had just reacted." Bai Qiao took a sip of mint tea , said slowly: "But I don't think he is a person who responds so slowly."

After all, when Santang Pharmacy came to Qianfang Cabinet to repay the silver taels, Xiao Hui was so clever that he stood at the door of Qianfang and started advertising himself, and he also figured out the needs and thoughts of Qianfang very accurately, knowing that The dry party will not drive him away.

Is there a problem with such a person taking so long to realize that the secret recipe was lost?

"Presumably this is also the reason why shopkeeper Qi used that chair to test him." Bai Qiao added, and finally mustered up the courage to look up at Qi Changting.

The young man had gentle eyebrows and eyes, and nodded slightly, "This is why I will appear in Qianfang tonight."

He seemed to be explaining, but he didn't know who he was explaining to.

Baiqiao reacted a little slower, and let out an "oh".

The young man couldn't help his ears getting hot again, he calmly took a sip of herbal tea, and then he heard Bai Qiao continue: "But Santang's secret recipe should indeed be lost, maybe it was stolen, maybe it was kept in storage The Lang Zhong lost it 'accidentally', in short, it should not be that Xiao Hui did it on purpose."

"Why?"

Qi Changting felt a little dissatisfied, the little shopkeeper had a lot of ideas, and the cheeky operation at the beginning almost spread the rumor that he was going to marry the only daughter of the shopkeeper Qianfang.

Bai Qiao didn't know Qi Changting's careful thinking, and said while thinking: "He is the first merchant who feels the energy contained in Qian Fang. He has tasted the sweetness of someone lending him silver taels. How can he take such a risk?"

The girl groped for the cold teacup with her fingers, "What's more, when borrowing the silver taels back then, Qianfang had already verified it from the people around him. The secret recipe was indeed a family heirloom of the Xiao family. Give him the benefit."

Qi Changting finally nodded.

Knowing that Bai Qiao didn't judge people by their appearance because of the boyish face of shopkeeper Xiao, he was satisfied.

The young man followed her words and continued: "The shopkeeper of Santang probably wants to take this opportunity to get closer to Qian Fang. Gan Fang is in such a catastrophe, it is better to let Qian Fang fully Feeling the power of rumors, he will help when he is helpless."

Bai Qiao was very happy that Qi Changting was completely on the same frequency with her thoughts, and couldn't help but frowned and said with a smile: "This shopkeeper Xiao is young, but he is a decisive talent."

The most precious part of the secret recipe is the word "secret", so as long as the recipe is lost and outsiders see it, there is no difference between finding it in one day and finding it in a year.

It's better for a strong man to cut off his wrist, and quickly see if this matter can bring some other benefits to Santang Pharmacy.

However, this time, Baiqiao did not wait for Qi Changting's approval or supplement.

The girl turned her head, and saw the young man pursing his thin lips lightly.

She had an intuition that the boy seemed unhappy, but she couldn't find any evidence.

It's just that her mouth has once again exceeded the calculation speed of the brain, and Fu Zhixin said:

"Of course, he is still far inferior to the astonishing talent of the young master."

The young man visibly relaxed the corners of his lips, coughed lightly, lowered his eyes and said reservedly: "Girl, thank you."

Bai Qiao: "..."

Gee.

At this time, a loud and piercing sound suddenly came from the inconspicuous copper pipe in the corner of the room.

Like a chair across a wooden floor.

"They're done talking." Qi Changting turned his gaze to the door.

Sure enough, after a while, the sound of messy footsteps and a few polite farewells came from outside.

The sound of footsteps paused for a moment, and they approached the room where the two were. The closer they got, the thinner they became, and finally there was only one person left.

After a few breaths, the door was knocked, and the voice of Qi Tonghe appeared outside the door.

Qi Changting didn't ask him to come in immediately, but turned his head to look at the girl at the table.

"About this matter, does the girl have any regulations?"

I saw the girl smiling brightly in the light, her eyes flashed with determination.

But in his mouth he said leisurely: "There is no charter."

Just a small gamble and we'll see.

In the next few days, the rumors that "the cadres took advantage of the money to steal the secret recipes of the merchants and resell them for profit" have always been the best talking points in the streets and alleys after dinner.

But the strange thing is that the person involved in Ganfang Cabinet has no intention of clarifying it at all. The guys still open the door to welcome customers with a yawn every day, and they are more leisurely than the salted fish on the beach.

This can't help but make everyone think a little bit.

Several parties argue loudly, which means that there is nothing credible except for a mouth, but now they are silent, it seems that they have some cards.

Merchants from all walks of life, who were originally fluctuating in their minds, stretched their necks in fear, hoping for a turn for the better.

Finally, two days later, Santang Pharmacy issued a statement.

It proves that at the beginning, the Ganfang Cabinet only knew that there was a secret recipe in the medicine shop, but never knew the content. The reason why the prescription was leaked was that an old man from the Xiao family was dissatisfied with the treatment given by the master, and leaked the secret recipe to others. Dongdu government office.

However, it is a pity that this statement did not cause a particularly big splash.

Fang Shijian had already thought of such a development in advance.

They can think of it, but can't Qian Fang think of it?Maybe Qianfang bribed the old doctor and asked him to take the blame?

So new rumors started again, and soon the city was conquered.

However, Qian Fang still remained silent.

Finally, someone got completely angry.

——Not Qianfang, or even the merchants who have already lost their details because of borrowing money, but those merchants who originally wanted to borrow money from Qianfang, but they will not be able to in the future.

Yes, from the beginning to the end, it was ordinary people who went around telling each other.

Don't look at the fact that Ganfang has lost a lot of merchants who want to borrow money in the past few days, but do they really not want to borrow money?

The monthly interest rate is three cents. I am not a real businessman, so I have no idea how attractive this sentence is.

What the common people see is only the gap between the usury and the interest rate received by the party, but the shopkeepers have a deep understanding of what this gap means.

Businessmen are profit-seeking and greedy.

They were cautious, so when they first learned that the Qi family had put money at a low interest rate for no reason, no one took it seriously because they felt that the Qi family was unprofitable.

But when they understood the thoughts and process of the sponsor to earn the interest rate difference, they felt at ease because they knew that the sponsor was serious.

——So they also seriously thought about the future after the dry party.

In the end, I came to the conclusion that this future is extremely bright, irresistible, and mouth-watering.

So they have been waiting, waiting for Fang Fang to slap them in the face and tell them Fang Fang is still safe.

And Ganfang's current negativity is like he has already drawn up the blueprint and then ran away.

Can this be tolerated?

I can't stand it!

In the dream, there are white money running all over the place!

Finally, after another three days, several shopkeepers united and went to Ganfang to ask for an explanation.

They were greeted with strange looks from the guys.

"Ask for an explanation? What kind of explanation are you asking for? If the cadre did not disclose the secret, it means that he did not disclose it. The shopkeeper said, whoever advocates will provide evidence. There is no reason for us to prove that we did not do anything."

The shopkeepers: "..." It makes sense.

"No," someone came to his senses, and said with hatred, "Even if you clean up yourself, we are afraid. Why don't you explain why you are the shopkeeper and save us?"

The shopkeeper felt like an old eunuch, and the emperor was not in a hurry, he was already getting angry.

Unexpectedly, the guy laughed and said with the broom in his hand: "Originally our shopkeeper said, you will figure it out yourself, but it seems that you didn't understand it, so please come in and explain."

The shopkeepers looked at each other, feeling that the words were too much to beat, but they had no choice but to go upstairs with the cheek.

Qi Tonghe was waiting for them in the private room on the third floor, with a fully embroidered crane screen beside him, hot tea on the table, obviously not as disdainful as the guy at the door said, but had been waiting for them for a long time .

Qi Tonghe straight to the point: "Everyone sitting in front of me now, it means that we have reached a consensus: money is wasted if left untouched, right?"

The shopkeepers are all obedient old foxes, their faces are slightly dark when they hear the words, what does this mean?

Think they only have one place to go, so they have nothing to fear?

Someone said with a dark face: "But we can also borrow money from each other. Although it is more troublesome, shopkeeper Qi, you are not the only choice here."

Qi Tonghe glanced at the screen imperceptibly, with a steady smile on his face.

"Oh, let the other party check it out, and if it's all right, can I send you the money?"

"This..." Everyone was stunned.

Yes, unless it is borrowing usury, as long as it is borrowing silver, it must mean letting others grasp your information.

So instead of handing it over to the merchant itself, it is better to hand it over to the middleman, the dry party.

Under such a premise, if some parties dare to leak the details, it will destroy their reputation, which is the cornerstone of the dry party's career.

The complexions of the shopkeepers changed slightly, they were all downcast in deep thought, so that they didn't notice that a small ball of paper suddenly flew out from behind the screen, and landed right in the teacup that Qi Tonghe was about to deliver to his mouth.

Qi Tonghe: "..."

A tic-tac-toe flashed across the forehead of the man, but he finally endured it, picked it up and took it apart for a look.

Then, a layer of weirdness gradually appeared on his face.

"Cough," he said again, with a hint of pity in his eyes, he smiled and said, "Of course, if you are really worried..."

"Why don't you bring your old rivals over here?"

"In this way, you are all in charge. If the other party can buy yours from here, you can naturally buy theirs, right?"

Shopkeepers: "Yes."

"……?"etc!

Fuck, there is such a saying? !

Do you dare to make their intention to solicit business more obvious?

Does this old man know how to write the word shameless? !

However, 5 minutes later, the shopkeepers left Ganfang one after another, and went to have tea with "old friends" they hadn't seen for a long time.

Bai·Shameless Old Man·Qiao: Blocking is worse than sparse, perfect.

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