Just when Huang Li and Huang Ying were two girls arguing, there was a sudden commotion outside, and there were originally a few tables of guests sitting scattered in the restaurant, and almost all of them ran out to see the excitement after hearing the sound.

The two girls also stopped arguing, stood up and poked their heads out of the window to look out, only to find that the commotion came from the front of a grain store not far away, but after a while, the outside of the grain shop was already full of people, and they couldn't see it from their angle.

"Ma'am, shall we go out and have a look?" Huang Li sat down and asked, although she was asking Qu Wurong's opinion, the glint in her eyes clearly expressed her desire to see the excitement.

Qu Wurong naturally saw her thoughts, thinking that they had been resting for a while, so he nodded, "Okay, let's go out and see what happened?" ”

So a few people after settling the account went out of the restaurant, towards the front of the grain shop not far away, just a moment of effort, the crowd of onlookers outside the grain shop was a lot more, they finally found a vacant seat to stand, and heard the people inside say loudly: "I sold two bags of millet from your shop a few days ago, and I didn't eat two meals when I went back, my father suddenly had a severe stomach ache, and even the doctor didn't have time to look at it, it must be that there is something wrong with your millet rice!" ”

Eating the dead? Qu Wurong couldn't help frowning, and something suddenly flashed through his mind.

But before she could figure out anything, she heard another retorting voice: "Then I said that your father himself died of illness!" Saying that it only died after eating our millet did the ghost believe it! There are more people who buy millet from us every day, and I haven't seen a person who died because he ate our millet rice, so you don't put the pot on Lao Tzu's head! ”

Naturally, it was the owner of the grain store who said this, and when he shirked his responsibilities like this, the middle-aged man standing in front of him was so angry that his face turned red, "You are talking nonsense!" My father's health has always been very good, the fortune teller said that he could live to be a hundred years old, but he died suddenly after eating the millet sold by your family, you still dare to shirk responsibility, do you have a conscience? ”

"That's it!" Followed by a loud female voice, it was the middle-aged man's wife, the bowl of millet rice was still served to her father-in-law to eat, but she didn't expect that her father-in-law had just eaten two bites, so he suddenly held his stomach and shouted, and soon lost his breath.

After echoing her father-in-law's words, the woman continued: "My father-in-law usually eats two bowls of rice, but since he ate the millet he bought from your family, his appetite has become poor, and he was killed after the third meal. ”

"What a joke!" Hearing the words of the husband and wife, the owner of the grain store couldn't help but sneer, "According to your statement, if you eat our millet rice, you will lose your life, so don't you two eat it?" If you two eat too, then why are you all right, but the old man is dead? ”

As soon as these words came out, the middle-aged man and his wife didn't know what to say for a while, and there were a lot of discussions among the surrounding onlookers, some people stood on the side of the middle-aged man and his wife, and some people thought that the grain shop owner was very reasonable.

Seeing that the couple was stopped by themselves, the owner of the grain shop showed a smug look, and continued in hot pursuit: "I'm afraid that you don't dislike the old man for eating too much and doing unsightly things in secret, but now you come to blame me and want to blackmail my money, right?" ”

"You ......" Hearing him say this, the middle-aged man's face turned even redder, and he didn't know whether he was right, or simply angry by his unbelievable words.

However, the woman reacted quite quickly, jumped up and pointed at the nose of the grain store owner and scolded: "Bah! If you refuse to admit that there is a problem with your millet rice, then we will go to the yamen to sue you, I don't believe that there is no explanation under this Lang Lang Qiankun! ”

Hearing her say that she was going to sue the official, the grain shop owner's face not only showed a panicked look, but the corners of his mouth hooked up a vague smile, as if he wished she would sue herself, "You go to sue, if there is evidence, you can just sue, is Lao Tzu still afraid of you poor bastards?" ”

His fearless attitude made the middle-aged man and his wife stunned, they didn't really plan to go to the yamen to complain, they just wanted to get justice for their father who died in vain, but now it seems that there must be a tough backstage behind the grain shop owner, so that he can be so arrogant and domineering when he hears that he is going to sue the official, thinking of this, they are a little hesitant in their hearts.

"What? Didn't you say you were going to sue me? What are you still doing here? The grain shop owner showed a mocking look on his face, "If you don't know where the yamen is, I can let someone lead you there, as long as you can win, Lao Tzu can promise you any conditions!" After speaking, without waiting for the middle-aged man and his wife to react, he flicked his sleeves and walked into his shop.

The couple watched his figure disappear into the grain shop, and remembered what he had just said, both of them looked a little bad, but they had no choice, the official just wanted to threaten the owner of the grain shop, they didn't really think about going to the yamen to complain, after all, they still understand the principle of protecting each other.

After standing in place for a while, the middle-aged man and his wife left with gloomy expressions.

Qu Wurong, who saw the whole process in his eyes, slowly raised his hand and made a gesture after watching the two of them leave, and then walked into the grain store in front of him with the people behind him.

The owner of the grain shop was no longer in the shop just now, and it was a guy in the shop who greeted them, because they had just come in and asked about the price of grain before, the guy still had an impression of a few of them, and when he saw them coming to the door again, he took the initiative to ask: "How many people have discussed what to buy?" ”

Qu Wurong glanced at him and nodded, "Weigh me two catties of millet for me." ”

I didn't expect that there was a big fuss just now, and at this time, a guest came to the door to buy millet by name, the guy was stunned for a moment, and then asked with a smile: "A few people must have seen the scene that happened just now, right?" Aren't you afraid that there is a problem with the millet in our shop? ”

"Is there a problem with your millet then?" Qu Wurong didn't answer, but threw the question back to him.

Hearing her ask, the guy was stunned again, but this time he didn't joke anymore, but replied seriously: "Our family's shop has been open in Xiaocheng for almost twenty years, and this millet has also been sold for twenty years, how can it be possible to eat dead people?" The family came here just now to make trouble, maybe it was An's heart, don't be deceived by them! ”

"I think so." Qu Wurong nodded matter-of-factly, "Since you all said that there is no problem with this millet rice, then I have nothing to worry about, hurry up and weigh me rice." ”

"Okay!" Hearing her say this, the fellow didn't say much more, and quickly weighed two catties of golden-looking millet with his hands and feet, and found that they had not brought a container for rice, so he found a small bucket in his shop, packed the millet and handed it to a few people.

Huang Ying stepped forward to take the rice, and took out some loose silver from his sleeve pocket and paid him, and then the few people did not linger any longer, and turned and left the grain shop.

After leaving the grain shop for some distance, Huang Li asked strangely, "Madam, do you really believe that there is no problem with their millet rice?" ”

"I don't believe it." Qu Wurong shook his head, turned his face and asked Xu Tianming beside him, "Is there a medical hall around here?" ”

Xu Tianming thought for a while, stretched out his finger and pointed ahead, "There should be one not far away." ”

"Then let's go over and have a look." Qu Wurong said, and took the lead in walking in the direction he pointed.

Behind her, Huang Li pulled Huang Ying's sleeve next to her in confusion, and asked quietly, "Why does Madam suddenly want to go to the hospital again, is there something uncomfortable?" ”

Huang Ying looked at her helplessly, "Why don't you just ask Madame?" ”

"I'm afraid that Madame dislikes me too many questions!" Huang Li pouted and said, she couldn't understand what her master was doing since just now, if she kept asking, Qu Wurong should be annoyed, right?

"If you know you have too many problems, keep your mouth shut." It's rare that she still has a little self-knowledge, so Huang Ying won't hit her anymore, "Madame always has her reason for what she does, let's just follow her, ask so much what to do?" ”

When the two of them were whispering, they had already come to the front of the medical hall, and Qu Wurong turned around and instructed them, "You two take this millet in and let the doctor see if there is any problem." ”

Huang Li and Huang Ying did as they were told, and Xu Tianming, who stayed outside, rarely took the initiative to ask: "Madame suspects that this millet has been adulterated with poison, so she caused the sudden death of that old man?" ”

"Hmm." Qu Wurong nodded, "Otherwise, how can you explain the problem of eating dead people?" ”

"But this is just the one-sided words of the middle-aged couple, and the death of the old man may not have something to do with this millet rice." Xu Tianming said disapprovingly.

Guessing that he would say this, Qu Wurong smiled and signaled him to be calm, "Guards Xu don't need to worry, what kind of reason did that old man die, we can investigate slowly, and now let's identify whether there is a problem with this millet first." ”

After listening to her explanation, Xu Tianming somewhat understood her intentions, "The subordinates noticed that the signboard of the grain shop just now has the mark of the General's Mansion, which should be the property of the Yu family. ”

"That's right." Qu Wurong nodded, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes, "If that's really the case, then it's a godsend for us." ”

"But what if not?"

Qu Wurong naturally thought of this question, "No, it doesn't matter, just think of us as a favor to the middle-aged couple, presumably after finding out the cause of the old man's death, they can also rest assured." ”