As soon as Zhu Zhilian heard that there was a problem with the tribute medicine, he was immediately frightened, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans appeared on his forehead, and even Inspector Cao, who was sitting on the side, had a serious face and seemed to be thinking about something. Feng Zhijiang, who was kneeling on the ground, was even more frightened when he heard this, and he even scolded: "I know that you kid is uneasy and kind, and he calculates me like this, you can tell me what is wrong, if you can't say why, I will not spare you." ”

Zhu Zhilian was furious when he heard that there was a problem with the tribute medicine, and then where did Feng Zhijiang shout again, it really made him angry, and he kicked Feng Zhijiang on the shoulder. Angrily frightened: "You shut up for me, I haven't finished talking about what happened just now, and now there is a problem with the tribute, and you are all in charge of the entry and exit of this tribute medicine, how do you do this stewardship, and let you do the steward is not for you to make money and take money." It seems that you are hard-hearted and can't get along with me, if there is a problem with the tribute medicine, I will definitely send you to the yamen. ”

After scolding Feng Zhijiang, he turned his head and said to Ling Haoran: "You go on, something is wrong." ”

Ling Haoran scratched his head and smiled and said, "The problem was discovered by Ziqi, or is it up to Ziqi to tell, I'm afraid that I will say that I have omitted some key information." ”

Zhu Zhilian was slightly stunned and said to Wen Ziqi: "Ziqi, what did you find yesterday, is it really a problem with the tribute medicine?" ”

Wen Ziqi stepped forward and said: "Back to the hall master, the thing is like this, due to the improper placement of Steward Feng, the rain in the past few days has made the medicine a little damp, and the drugs that are originally difficult to distinguish are easier to confuse in the humid situation, but some herbs that are difficult to distinguish on weekdays are very easy to distinguish when they are damp and watery, such as the Xuanshen mentioned by Master Cao just now, it is gray-black inside when it is dry, and there is also a kind of herb that is similar to Xuanshen and is also gray-black, this kind of medicine is the raw land, One of the easiest ways to distinguish the two drugs is to encounter water or dampness, raw land and scrophularia in the case of damp water can be distinguished as long as you see whether sticky or not, and there is also a way to distinguish is to take two herbs and put them in water, raw water does not change color, but the water liquid of scrophularia spp. turns black, originally in the humid situation The scroaculus in the warehouse should be no different, but now the scroaculus placed in our warehouse is slippery and abnormal, the apprentice feels that this matter is very important, or report to the hall master. That's why I dare to say that there may be something wrong with herbal medicine. ”

After listening to Wen Ziqi's description, Zhu Zhilian hurriedly ordered: "Deputy Hall Master Yao, go and get the Xuan Shen in the warehouse." ”

Yao Bingkun knew the seriousness of this matter and turned around and hurriedly left, Feng Zhijiang, who was kneeling on the ground, seemed to be paralyzed on the ground with a pale face after hearing this, as a procurator, he knew very well what would happen to him if there was a problem with the tribute medicine. Not long after, I saw Deputy Hall Master Yao walking in with a basket of black herbs in his hand with a panicked face, Zhu Zhilian and Deputy Hall Master Yao have been working together for more than 20 years, and they know what Old Yao's state means. Hurriedly greeted it, grabbed a piece and looked at it. Even Lord Cao, who was on the side, stood up and walked over, took a piece from the basket and looked at it in his hand. Both of them are not ordinary people, so they naturally know that the thing in their hands is definitely not a ginseng. There is still one last glimmer of hope.

"Go, get me a basin of boiling water," Zhu Zhilian hurriedly said outside the house.

After a while, a handyman walked in with a basin of boiling water, Yao Bingkun stepped forward to take the basin and motioned for the handyman to retreat, turned around and put the basin on the desk in the middle of the seat.

Zhu Zhilian and Inspector Cao threw the black herbs in their hands one after another, staring intently, but the water surface did not change in the slightest except for a little ripple, and the black color that should have appeared did not appear. Seeing this, Zhu Zhilian looked at Yao Bingkun. The two have been together for a long time and already have a good tacit understanding. Now it's more like a glance to know what it means. This Deputy Hall Master Yao turned around and came to the door to dismiss the miscellaneous servants, and when he came in, he reached out and closed the door with his backhand. At this time, there were a total of five people in the room, Feng Zhijiang, who was already paralyzed on the ground, Zhu Zhilian Yao Binkun, who frowned, and Cao Inspector, who was happy, and Wen Ziqi Ling Haoran, who was calm and relaxed.

Zhu Zhilian saw Inspector Cao with a happy face and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Brother Cao is really a god, it turns out that I have long known that there is a problem with my Xuanshen here, so I deliberately asked the question to point out my two bad criminals, and I only blame me for not being able to understand Brother Cao's good intentions in time." This makes Brother Zhu embarrassed. ”

Inspector Cao was slightly stunned and laughed: "Brother Zhu's words flattered me, I don't have the magic skills of an unpredictable prophet, all this is all a coincidence." ”

Yao Bingkun hurriedly laughed; "Lord Cao is really a man of God, if he hadn't deliberately ordered us to wait, how could there be such a coincidence. This kind of ingenuity is really admirable! ”

Zhu Zhilian saw that Inspector Cao was not angry, so he knew that there was still a turning point in this matter, and hurriedly said to Yao Binkun: "Lord Cao is tired of carriages and horses, and you are stepping on cheap land, we should do our best to be a landlord to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Lord Cao." ”

Yao Bingkun hurriedly continued: "That's that, there will be no shortage of delicacies in the prosperous place of Kyoto, but our Qingzhou Four Uniques also have a unique flavor, today Lord Cao might as well taste our Qingzhou flavor." It's a big deal to starve your body. ”

Zhu Zhilian nodded and said: "What Lao Yao said is very true, Brother Cao must listen to Lao Yao in this matter, he is a native of this place, you should give me a thin noodle, what's the matter?" ”

Inspector Cao sighed and said: "Brother Zhu, you see you say this, if I really don't taste you, the four uniques of Qingzhou, I have a feeling of entering Baoshan empty-handed, then I can only bother, I really don't want to let the Yao Hall Master break the bank, then Lao Cao, I will listen to you today, and everything will be done according to what you say." ”

Yao Binkun hugged his fist when he heard this: "Okay, Lord Cao, you can take a break here and have a cup of tea, and I will go to give you Zhang Luo.!" After that, he glanced at Zhu Zhilian and turned to leave.

Zhu Zhilian saw Yao Bingkun leaving, so he said to Wen Ziqi and Ling Haoran: "You two have made great contributions, and you will have your own rewards in the future, so go back now, and call the sixth child to come over after you go out!" ”

Wen Ling and the others bowed to Inspector Cao and Zhu Zhilian respectively, and turned around to leave. Not long after, there was a voice outside the door: "Hall Master"

At this time, the two people in the house were already sitting in danger, and when they heard the sound outside the door, Zhu Zhilian said in a deep voice: "Come in"

Pushing the door in, a six-foot-tall man with a thin body came in, only to see the person who came with a dead wood face, a pair of triangular eyes hanging upside down, a rosacea nose and a toad mouth, and a scabies scar on his face. This person came to Zhu Zhilian and stood with his hands down, and said expressionlessly, "Hall Master"

Zhu Zhilian held the teacup in his hand and said coldly: "Drag it out, clean it"

The sixth child answered and pulled one of Feng Zhijiang's feet and dragged him out, at this time, Feng Zhijiang was already only inlet and not out, so he was dragged out like this. From the time he entered the house to the time he went out, he didn't glance at Inspector Cao, who was sitting in the first place. With the sound of the door closing, only Inspector Cao and Zhu Zhilian were left in the house.

Seeing this person's behavior, Inspector Cao nodded and said, "This person is good, he is a person who does things, I don't know where to find such a good general?" ”

Zhu Zhilian put down the teacup in his hand, stared into the distance, and said coldly: "The Cave of the Dead, there is still a phenomenon of eating in that place. A few years ago, I heard that there was a Tai Sui there, so I drove my horse there, but on the way there was rampant banditry, I was kidnapped, and I knew this man in the dungeon, who was seriously ill at the time, and was no different from a dead man, and I took action to heal him. It took a few days for the soldiers of the Governor of Yanagi's Mansion to pass by and rescue me, and he has followed me ever since. ”

Cao Inspector asked in surprise: "Governor Liu?" Why did his soldiers appear there? ”

Zhu Zhilian smiled dumbly and said: "Lord Cao, you are really a noble person who forgets things, do you remember why I went to the Cave of the Dead?" ”

Cao Inspector suddenly realized: "Tai Sui, I understand, then did you continue to look for Tai Sui after you came out?" ”

Zhu Zhilian sighed and said, "I went, but there are no clues?" ”

Cao Inspector was surprised: "Why don't there be any clues, is the rumor false?" ”

Zhu Zhilian lowered his voice and said: "There is no way to know whether it is true or false, because there is no one at all, and when I arrived at the place, I found that the entire village had already been burned to the ground." Later, I heard that it was the bandits who set it on fire, and the prefect on the way to visit relatives accidentally found the fire at night and drove the troops to come, and found such an angry and resentful act, so he sent troops to wipe out the bandits entrenched in this place to calm the people's grievances! ”

Cao Inspector frowned and muttered: "The bandits are so dehumanized, and they even do this kind of fire prevention and slaughter village thing?" It's really satisfying to believe. ”

Zhu Zhilian pondered quietly for a moment and said slowly: "Those bandits were originally villagers of this village, and they had no choice but to rob passing guests with the intention of food and clothing. ”

Hearing this, Inspector Cao's head buzzed and shouted, "According to what you say, is it..."

Zhu Zhilian sighed and calmed down the tumbling qi and blood, and said to Cao Inspection: "What do we mention him for such an old thing, thank you Brother Cao for today's matter." ”

Inspector Cao waved his hand and said, "Each other." You tell me the truth, just now you shook your head to stop me from talking about your apprentice, I was so surprised? Why? This person's background is so big that he can't be judged? ”

Zhu Zhilian nodded and said, "Do you know what his surname is?" ”