Chapter 005: Baiwei Building
"Xi'er, is arsenic a poison that can be bought in any drugstore?"
"No, arsenic is highly toxic, the government has always strictly controlled it, ordinary pharmacies can't sell it at all, and the only ones in our town's pharmacies that sell arsenic are Huichun Hall and Baicaotang." Xi'er thought for a moment and then returned.
"Can anyone buy arsenic?"
"No, you can only buy arsenic if you have a doctor's guaranteed medicine order." After Xi'er finished speaking, she paused for a while, but she couldn't help but speak, "But there is another kind of person who can also get it, and that is the person who has something to do with the government." β
"Then if it's really according to what you said, even if someone wants to frame Senior Brother, it's obvious that the means are not high, once this kind of thing is investigated, won't everything be revealed?" Jian Ning really didn't know what to think at this time, if his senior brother hadn't bought arsenic at all, then how could he say that he had poisoned people!
"But Miss, if the person who harmed the shopkeeper has something to do with the government, then he must not be able to find out!"
"This is not important, the most urgent thing is to prove the innocence of the senior brother first. Go and see if the guards at the gate have withdrawn, and if so, let's go out. "Jian Ning can probably know what the purpose of this matter is now.
"Miss, are we going to the medicine hall?"
"No, let's go to Baiwei Building!" Jian Ning smiled meaningfully.
"Baiwei Building?" Xi'er wondered why this young lady suddenly thought of going to Baiwei Building at this time.
"It's useless for us to go to the pharmacy, there is no evidence, the people in the pharmacy won't let us check the records of the medicines, besides, if we don't check this kind of thing, the government will also send someone to check. But this Baiwei Building needs to be visited. β
Xi'er is not stupid, so she can naturally guess some reasons, so she immediately retreated.
Around noon, the official at the gate was indeed withdrawn, and the ban on the food garden was lifted. Jian Ning and Xi'er went out and went straight to Baiwei Tower not far away.
Standing at the door of Baiwei Building, Jian Ning had to sigh, the decoration of this Baiwei Building is really luxurious, even a faΓ§ade can be vaguely seen to be gilded, presumably needless to say, if it is according to modern standards, Baiwei Building is a five-star restaurant. On the other hand, although the area of Shiwei Garden is not small, the decoration is a little old, and it looks a lot shabby compared with Baiwei Building.
Jian froze, raised her head, and walked straight in. As soon as he entered the door, the shopkeeper behind the counter saw Jian Ning with sharp eyes, put down the abacus in his hand, and walked out without hurry.
When Jian Ning saw this shopkeeper for the first time, she remembered the kind of vitriolic villain face that she often played on TV, and there was obviously a disgust in her heart. And the shopkeeper didn't put Jian Ning in his eyes at all, with an arrogant expression, and even the words he said had a superior tone.
"Yo, isn't this Miss Jian of Shiweiyuan, why did you come to my Baiwei Building, it won't be that even you think that the dishes in Shiweiyuan are not as delicious as my Baiweiyuan, and it's hard to swallow!"
"The shopkeeper is really good at laughing, if it is really as you say, then how can you still live to this day, shouldn't you have starved to death a long time ago?" Before Jian Ning came, she had probably thought that Xi'er had understood, the current boss of Baiweilou was his father's apprentice, that is, his second senior brother, and the shopkeeper in front of him was once the shopkeeper of Shiweiyuan. As soon as Jian Ning opened her mouth, she directly and unceremoniously sarcastically mocked the shopkeeper's ungrateful face.
"You" Wu shopkeeper was angry, and now no matter what he said, he couldn't avoid telling the truth.
"Shopkeeper Wu, when my junior sister comes, she won't tell me a word." Just as everyone was looking at it, a young man dressed in white and wearing a jade crown on his head came out from behind.
Jian Ning felt that this person looked very uncomfortable at a glance, although he was not ugly, but he always gave people a sinister image, which made people not feel good at all. Judging from the way he called himself and what he was wearing, Jian Ning was already sure that the person in front of him was his second senior brother who betrayed his master, Yin Jian.
"Why is my sister still standing at the door?" Yin Jian pretended to be angry and said to Xiao Er, "Why don't you go and prepare a private room yet!" β
"Senior sister, please upstairs!"
Jian Ning hadn't said a word since she saw Yin Jian, and followed Xiao Er straight to the private room upstairs. Entering inside, Jian Ning no longer sighed, anyway, the entire Baiwei Building is magnificent, not to mention the private room, but Jian Ning also had questions, Yin Jian left Shiweiyuan a year ago and opened this Baiwei Building, with the economic strength of his original little cook, it is already rare to be able to afford to open a restaurant, where is there still money to decorate the restaurant so luxuriously.
After Xiao Er served some wine and food, he consciously closed the door and went out, except for Xi'er, only Jian Ning and Yin Jian were left in the house.
"Senior sister's body is completely recovered, how can you have time to come to my Baiwei Building today?" Yin Jianwu poured himself the wine, and asked Jian Ning casually.
"Senior Brother Yin, Ming people don't say secret words, don't you know why I came here today?" Jian Ning was not in a hurry, picked up the teacup on the side, and tasted it slowly.
Yin Jian's hand holding the wine glass suddenly paused, and then quickly returned to normal, and laughed twice and said: "Senior sister has been polite and calm down a lot after this illness, but it has surprised senior brother a little." β
Jian Ning was embarrassed, but her face remained unchanged, she put down the teacup and said with a slight smile: "People always change, is Senior Brother Yin right?" β
Although Jian Ning smiled, that kind of smile made Yin Jian feel strange, and even had a hint of fear, and he always felt that Jian Ning in front of him was a little different. Although Jian Ning was also very smart in the past, some of them were all clever, and they were impulsive, and they often got into trouble, when did they have such a calm face.
Looking at Yin Jian's slightly stiff expression, Jian Ning didn't care, and said directly: "Senior Brother Yin's bothered design this time must not be Senior Brother!" β
If Yin Jian was still in a stunned state just now, then Jian Ning's words undoubtedly made Yin Jian completely come back to his senses. Yin Jian stared at Jian Ning's face tightly again, but Jian Ning was still drinking tea elegantly without looking at herself at all.
After settling down, Yin Jian smiled awkwardly and said, "Senior sister, why did you say this, you can't say this nonsense." β
"Senior Brother Yin, you and I know what I mean. Baiweilou is good, but Shiweiyuan has been able to become famous in Yuanchu for more than ten years without falling, not by luck. After Jian Ning finished speaking, she got up and walked out directly, leaving Yin Jian alone to stand still.