NOVEL NEXT Chapter 184 Misty Rain River
In the early morning, Chen's fruit cake shop in Kaitang County was busy as usual. At the same time, he had to teach the newly recruited assistant cook Ayuan to make various drinks.
The beginning of summer is coming soon, and the sugar water shop starts to serve sour plum soup.
Xiao He, the maid of Lin Mansion, finally waited for the opportunity to go out to buy ingredients, and hurried to the fruit cake shop and found Mrs. Chen.
She informed Chen about the Lin brothers and sisters' plan to poison Mao Xi.
"Aunt Chen, my young master and young lady may poison the shopkeeper. Please tell shopkeeper Shu Xi to be more careful."
Mrs. Chen was not sure whether what the little maid said was true or false, but just to be on the safe side, she hurried back to Liuxiang Snacks and conveyed the news to her daughter.
"Ah Shu, you'd better be careful. Is Ammu back?"
"Brother Mu is out on business, there is no news about him."
Mu Zhiyuan came to the Yanyu River alone to investigate. The Cao Gang lived in the water and relied on the mountain. The entrance to the mountain was heavily guarded and difficult to enter.
When it was time to change the guard at night, he knocked down one of the soldiers, put on gang clothes, and sneaked into the gang camp.
In order not to alert others, he didn't go into the tent to investigate until everyone was asleep late at night.
Finally, letters between Lin Mansion and Caobang were found in the camp.
Mu Zhiyuan wrapped some of the letters with him and sneaked out of Caobang safely.
When we arrived at the ferry before dawn, the old boatman said that the fog was too heavy to sail, and the ferry could only be made at dawn.
Mu Zhiyuan sneaked into the wild forest on the shore and put on the clothes he had hidden in the tree hole.
Come and go, it's dawn.
The people of Caogang found out that the patrolling soldier had been knocked unconscious and lost his clothes. Then they learned that someone had sneaked in and conducted a strict inspection of the ferry.
Mu Zhiyuan was hiding in the reed bushes when he saw a group of Cao Gang people boarding the old boatman's boat at the ferry to search.
After the Caobang people left the boat, Mu Zhiyuan returned to the boat and asked the old boatman to take him back to the city.
The old boatman recognized Mu Zhiyuan and asked, "Little brother, it was you who beat up the guard of their Cao Gang just now, and you wore his clothes, right?"
"Old man, how can you tell?" Not knowing whether the other party was a friend or an enemy, Mu Zhiyuan clenched the dagger in his hand.
"I can smell the people in Caobang with my nose, but you can't smell them."
Mu Zhiyuan asked the old man about the details of the Cao Gang, and found out that they lived in a corner. They used to carry goods for others and occasionally robbed passing merchants. They had a close relationship with the Lin family who worked in Lingnan Freight. Everyone said that the Cao Gang and the Lin family were in the same place. Yinan, if you want to sell private goods, go to them.
"Old man, who are these people traveling to and from the Yanyu River?"
Old Boatman: "Some of them want to do serious business, and some of them want to make money on the sidelines. But as long as you take the official road and go north, you will be fine. Little brother, are you going to Lingnan to do business?"
Mu Zhiyuan pretended to nod: "I want to open a shop in Lingnan and do some small business."
"Anyway, remember, don't mess with the Cao Gang and the Lin family. Anyone who offends them will get nothing good."
We talked all the way, and before we knew it, the boat also docked.
Mu Zhiyuan left in a hurry with the letters he brought from Caobang.
The old boatman shouted to him: "Little brother, I wish you a prosperous business. If you want to take a boat in the future, remember to come see me~"
As soon as Mu Zhiyuan returned to Kaitang County, he went to the county government office to find Zhou Rusheng, the magistrate, and handed him the correspondence and jade pendant certificates of the Lin and Cao families.
Zhou Rusheng read the contents of the letter carefully and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, this... this may be a mess."
One of the letters was signed, in addition to the signatures of the two families, there were also black orchid marks and red flame marks.
Although the content of the letter only involves the sale of goods from the north and the south, this red flame mark is the totem of the Great Liao Kingdom.
Da Liao and Da Huai are enemy countries, and the front line is still fighting.
Zhou Rusheng accepted the evidence and rushed to Beidu overnight with Mu Zhiyuan.
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Lihua Town, inside Liuxiang Snacks.
Mo Xia came to Mao Xi's snack shop for dinner again. This time Mao Xi followed Mo Xia's method last time and personally made a portion of king fish for her to eat.
The sour and sour fish meat will make people salivate as soon as it comes out of the pot.
After eating, Mo Xia praised Mao Xi and learned the essence of the Miao tribe leader's taste.
"Amao, you can add this dish to the menu. I think it tastes very authentic."
Zhang Xiucai pulled the food card and showed it to Mo Xia: "Miss Mo Xia, the shopkeeper added it to the food card that day."
At this time, a delicate female voice came from outside the shop, and it was still as teay as ever.
"Ouch~ What does fish taste like? It's sour~ Could it be bad?"
Lin Qiaoer came to Liuxiang Snacks with two personal attendants. One of the maids in green was holding a plate with both hands. There was a pot of wine and two teacups on the plate.
Mao Xi had already received the news from A Niang in advance and knew that Lin Qiaoer was planning to poison herself, but she didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
Lin Qiaoer sat down in the outer hall and whispered softly: "Miss Shu Xi, let me apologize to you on behalf of my brother. I came to the shop to disrupt your business before, and I will punish myself with a drink."
After saying that, she took the wine bottle and wine glass from the plate held by the maid to the table, and poured herself a glass of wine.
This wine smells like glutinous rice wine and has a light yellow color.
Lin Qiaoer drank the wine in one gulp.
Then he poured another glass for Mao Xi. She pressed a small hole on the handle of the jug, and the poisonous wine on the other side of the Yuanyang jug was poured out.
Lin Qiaoer raised the wine glass and brought it to Shu Xi. She bent her knees slightly and said cleverly: "Shopkeeper Liu, after you drink this glass of wine, you will forgive my brother. You don't remember the faults of villains. I hope you will pay attention!"
"I don't drink!" Mao Xi pushed the wine glass back to Lin Qiaoer.
"Isn't it just a glass of wine? Why are you so stingy?"
Is this a matter of being stingy or not? Mao Xi still wants to live for a few more decades, how can he drink this poisonous wine?
Lin Qiaoer poured herself another glass of wine and said, "Are you worried that there is something wrong with this wine? Haha... It seems that our shopkeeper Liu doesn't give our Lin family face anymore?"
Ma Xi stepped forward, grabbed the wine bottle, and threw it to the ground.
The wine jug was smashed, and the two kinds of wine were mixed together and spilled on the ground.
The poisonous wine bubbled like strong acid when it touched the floor.
Good guy, it is indeed poisonous.
Lin Qiaoer immediately threw the glass of poisoned wine on the table to the ground, destroying all traces of the corpse.
"Shopkeeper Liu, you are really ignorant. I respectfully brought my old osmanthus wine to make amends for you. You poured it well, but you also broke my antique wine pot?"
Mo Xia knelt down, took out the silver hairpin she carried with her and tested the poison on the ground. The silver hairpin immediately turned black.
"Ah Shu, look, this is really poisonous."
"With no proof or evidence, you just scratched the dirt on the ground and falsely accused my sweet-scented osmanthus wine to be poisonous? Why is it okay if I drink wine? Come on, let's go and take my antique wine flask away."
The maid on the side lay down on the ground, picked up the broken wine pot and wine glass, and wrapped them in cloth.
The farce ended when Mao Xi saw Lin Qiaoer arrogantly displaying Liuxiang snacks.
She asked the waiter to clean the floor and started greeting customers again.
Lou Lan'er and Mo Xia pulled Mian Xi into the kitchen and asked Mian Xi why he didn't pursue Lin Qiao'er: "Ah Shu, you can't escape the first day of junior high school, but you can't escape the fifteenth day. Since the two Lin brothers and sisters came here to harm you, today If you don't succeed, there will be other tricks in the future, so report it to the official!"
Mao Xi knew very well that in ancient times, dealing with powerful people could not be solved by reporting to the official.
He hurriedly reassured: "The wine is gone and the jug has been taken away. They have been prepared for it. Brother Mu will go to Caogang to find evidence of collusion between the Lin family and the gang. When the time comes, the good days of the Lin family will be over. .”
Lou Lan'er: "That maid from the Lin family, Xiao He, should be a reliable person. I'll go find her to find out. Before Brother Mu comes back, we have to be on guard against the two Lin family brothers and sisters."