"Uncle Li, how far is it from the nearest medicinal herb collection and sale place here?" Gu Mingqin asked unequivocally and straight to the point.

As soon as these words came out, the two old men in front of them were taken aback, Gu Xin also stopped crying, glanced at each other, and Uncle Li wiped his eyes: "The closest medicinal herb collection and sale place from here is about two hundred miles away." That place, a few years ago, the owner took me there. Although the place is full of medicinal materials, the price is outrageous. So in general, we go further afield. ”

It turned out that this was the case, Gu Mingqin nodded, indicating that he understood. Then he instructed: "You go to the account office now to pay the money, and early tomorrow morning, take the people and set off, and go to that place, no matter how expensive, the more the better, and ensure the supply of medicinal materials for two or three months as much as possible." Do you understand? ”

"Yes." Lao Li nodded heavily, not daring to be ambiguous, turned around and left.

Looking at his back, Gu Mingqin frowned and was a little uneasy. Let a servant go to buy medicinal herbs alone with a large sum of silver, to be honest, Gu Mingqin really can't rest assured, but now he has no choice. Gu Jiawei is unreliable, Gu Jiadong has not come back yet, Gu Xin is old, and it is not appropriate to go by himself; The most critical problem is that this batch of medicinal materials is urgently needed. There is no choice but to let this Lao Li go alone. Fortunately, this Lao Li has been in the Gu family for more than 30 years, he is honest and loyal, and his own family is also here. As the saying goes, a monk can't run the temple if he can run......

"Girl, what the hell are you going to do?"

Hearing this, Gu Mingqin turned his head and saw the old man with tears in his eyes, looking at him, his eyes full of pity. This made Gu Mingqin very moved, and she tossed and turned in her heart, and after a while, she said: "Gu can't fall." ”

was stunned for a moment, and then, Gu Xin found the firmness in the girl's eyes, and he was even more emotional, holding her hand and patting it gently, but he couldn't speak. Because he didn't know how to express his gratitude and affection for this girl, he could only smile and nod heavily at her with tears in his eyes. Girl, it is the most correct choice for my uncle to hand over this Gu family to you.

Smiling slightly at the old man, Gu Mingqin raised his head and looked ahead, before he said, "Uncle, the fire has been extinguished, and no one has gone in to destroy it now, let's go over now and see what is going on." ”

"Can you figure it out?" The old man was full of regret and some lack of confidence.

Gu Mingqin smiled: "If you can figure it out, you will find out after you go to see it." Nowadays, the climate is humid and rainy, and it will never catch fire easily, and someone must have done it on purpose. Although the fire burned everything, there is no guarantee that there will be anything left. You may find nothing if you look at it, but if you don't look at it, you will definitely find nothing. I can't tell you what you can find, but I don't know until I see it. Uncle, I'll help you up. ”

With that, he helped the old man to stand up from the stone bench and walked forward slowly. After a glance, it was Gu Jiawei who supported the ground with his hands, trying to get up from the ground. Gu Mingqin was afraid that he would run away, so he instructed the people around him: "Help the second uncle up and go to the medicine depot together." ”

Hearing this, Gu Jiawei, who was lying on the ground, was slightly stunned at first, and couldn't help but raise his head and look at the girl opposite. The girl also looked at him, smiled slightly, described as cunning, and with just one glance, she turned her head, helped Gu Xin, and continued to move forward. Gu Jiawei was angry, and felt that this girl was clearly aimed at herself. Obviously, she is the elder of this girl, but this girl doesn't take herself seriously, which is simply unreasonable.

Supporting the ground with his hands, Gu Jiawei still tried to get up as he did just now. Unexpectedly, as soon as he got up, a sharp pain in his back pressed his body down violently, and he couldn't help but scream. This old thing, I didn't expect to be old, and my strength is not small. Looking at the trembling figure in front of him, Gu Jiawei gritted his teeth. At this moment, two men came to him, one on each side, and pulled himself up from the ground, dragging himself forward.

"What are you going to do, let go of me, I'm your second master, let go of me...... Uncle, this matter really has nothing to do with me......"

The medicine depot was a mess, and there were slag burned to black ash everywhere. Gu Mingqin knew that they were all medicinal materials stored here, and it was a pity that a fire destroyed them all. In addition to pity, Gu Mingqin was more worried, after all, he was in charge of the Gu family for the first time, and after a month, Gu's business finally returned to normal, but it was also in a state of making ends meet. Now, the medicinal materials stored in the medicine inventory have been destroyed, and this amount may be a big expense. Thinking of this, Gu Mingqin could only sigh in her heart.

At this moment, a sigh also sounded in my ears. Gu Mingqin knew that it was Gu Xin beside him. Subconsciously patted him on the back, which was considered comforting. After a while, I heard Gu Xin shouting—

"You've done a good job." Gu Xin was excited, rushed over, and slapped Gu Jiawei's face fiercely.

Gu Jiawei felt aggrieved, covered his face, and was full of embarrassment: "I don't know anything......"

"I don't know anything, I don't know anything......" Gu Xin muttered to himself, looking left and right, as if looking for some weapon.

"Uncle, uncle, calm down, if you have something to say......" Gu Mingqin hurriedly pulled the old man and persuaded him like this. I didn't think about it, but he shook it off vigorously—

"You leave me alone, if I don't kill this evil obstacle today, I'll be sorry for my eldest brother." Gu Xin saw the big wooden stick lying on the ground not far in front of him, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he rushed over to pick it up, but at the critical moment, he was stopped by Gu Mingqin—

"Second uncle, calm down, even if you beat the second uncle to death, these medicinal materials won't come back."

Hearing this, Gu Xin was stunned, and with a "clang", the wooden stick in his hand fell to the ground.

Gu Mingqin was startled, jumped up, took a few steps back, away from the big wooden stick, and saw that it was lying on the ground, without any threat to himself, so he patted his chest, walked back to the old man, and continued to persuade: "Uncle, even if you want to punish the second uncle, at least you have to clarify the matter and confirm that this matter is related to him." In this way, even if he is killed, he will be convinced. ”

Speaking of this, Gu Mingqin couldn't help but raise his head and look at Gu Jiawei opposite. Coincidentally, the other party was also looking at him, as if he was not convinced, snorted lightly, and turned his head. Gu Mingqin didn't plan to deal with him, after all, a three-inch tongue can never compare to the evidence, as long as there is evidence, the Gu Jiawei in front of him can be held in his hands. The question is, where is the evidence?

Looking left and right, suddenly, Gu Mingqin found that there was a silver shining thing in the corner, and by the moonlight, it was particularly dazzling in this warehouse without wax. So he let go of the old man and hurried over.

"Girl, what are you going to do?" Gu Xin looked back at her and wondered.

"Find something, uncle, you'll find out later." Gu Mingqin didn't have time to turn back, he just walked towards the silver light. Squatting down, I found that it was a broken porcelain piece, carefully picked it up, compared it to the moonlight, and looked at it carefully, although it was only a broken porcelain piece, it could still be seen that the exquisite blue and white porcelain pattern on it, if I guessed correctly, this should be a wine jug.

Flagon? Thinking of this, Gu Mingqin couldn't help but turn her head and look at Gu Jiawei, who was being dragged behind her. He hung his head as if he were despondent, sensing something, looked up at himself, and turned away. Picking up the porcelain piece and putting it in his hand, Gu Mingqin stood up, walked towards Gu Xin again, beckoned, called a guy from a medicine storehouse, and asked, "Do you usually place some bottles and cans in this medicine storehouse?" ”

The guy thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No, there are only herbs in the medicine store, and there are never any bottles and cans." Shopkeeper Li said that it is easy to accumulate water in the bottle and jar, and if you accidentally pour it out, it is possible to wet the medicinal materials, making the medicinal materials moldy and deteriorating, I am afraid it will be useless; Also, if you are not careful, the bottle is broken, the crumbs are mixed with the medicinal materials, and the patient is accidentally allowed to use it, the consequences are unimaginable. Just in case, we never bring bottles and jars into the medicine warehouse. ”

Gu Mingqin nodded, I see. In this case, things are in sight. Just thinking about it, he was about to say it, but before he could speak, he heard Gu Xin ask puzzled-

"This is the rule of the industry, a medicine depot does this, girl, why are you asking this?"

"Uncle, please take a look at this." Gu Mingqin said, handed the broken porcelain piece in his hand to the old man, and did not forget to advise, "Be careful, it is easy to cut your hands." ”

Gu Xin didn't seem to care about this, took the things in her hand, half-squinted her eyes, and looked at it: "This is porcelain, blue and white porcelain." It's impossible to be in the medicine storehouse. Even if there are any bottles and jars in the medicine storehouse, they should be pottery, not porcelain; And ......" put it under the nose and sniffed carefully, "there is wine, this is a bottle." Which of you has been drinking? At this time, Gu Xin suddenly shouted, startling everyone and retreating one after another.

After a while, everyone slowly calmed down, especially those guys, who looked at each other. At this time, a young man stepped forward and said tremblingly: "This afternoon, when the second master came, it seemed that he had brought a pot of wine......

"You ......" Hearing that someone accusing him, Gu Jiawei was furious and rushed up to teach this person a lesson. At this moment, I only felt that my eyes were dark, and I blinked my eyes, and when I opened them again, it was the girl standing in front of me. "Gu Mingqin." Gu Jiawei gritted his teeth and shouted his name, trying to get rid of the two people pressing him beside him, and prepared to rush towards her. I never thought about it, but I only heard a crisp sound of "pop", and in an instant, my face was as hot as fire. The person in front of him became Gu Xin, and Gu Jiawei felt as if he was dreaming.