Chapter 223: The Shopkeeper's Anomaly
Yue Zhanyan was a little puzzled, how could she have a feeling that the shopkeeper was avoiding her, forget it, after all, it was Lu Wenkang who found it, and there was no reason to suspect it.
I didn't come today, and I guess it was something that delayed, and Yue Zhanyan didn't think that the other party would have bad thoughts about her.
After all, the monthly salary she gave was not low, and she would never be harsh to the people below, and she said this to Lu Wenkang at the beginning.
In another place, a dilapidated yard was covered with cobwebs, and at a glance, there was a thick layer of dust everywhere.
Outside the yard, overgrown with weeds, you can see that this yard has been left behind for a long time, and no one lives here.
At this moment, there are a few people standing in this dilapidated courtyard, among them, there is the shopkeeper of Yuezhan Yan Rouge Shop.
"Everything that should be given to you has been given to you, what do you want?"
The shopkeeper spoke, and the other party sneered and said: "I don't want to do anything, but these formulas you gave, we don't have many precious things, and the things that are made are very different." β
"Then what do you want, I have betrayed the owner, and now that Madame is already investigating this matter, I can't provide you with anything more."
"Don't forget, your son is still in our hands, and now, it's all grasshoppers in the same boat, and you want to quit halfway, do you think it's possible? Besides, huh. β
The man snorted contemptuously and continued: "Don't think I don't know, the prime minister's wife is just a fool, now the rumors outside, you haven't heard it, she estimates now, hide in the quilt and cry." β
"You...... You said that as long as those formulas were given to you, you would let my son go, and you didn't mean what you said. β
The shopkeeper was obviously anxious, he was old and had a son, and now he was almost forty years old, and his son was only five or six years old, and his wife had a difficult birth when he gave birth to a son, and he didn't take care of it later.
When his son was about three years old, he still couldn't be cured after all, and he died.
He didn't think about remarrying, he raised the child alone, and now at the age of six, he sent him to a private school, and as a result, because of this, his son will be targeted.
There is no way, in order to save his son, he can only compromise and betray the owner's formula, and it is also when Lu Wenkang is not there that he will be so bold.
And just as the person in front of him said, the Prime Minister's wife is a fool, he didn't take her to heart, and the words he said to Yue Zhanyan yesterday were just to make her feel that she was still loyal, to guide her, and to make her feel that the formula flowed out of the factory.
But now, it is difficult for him to ride a tiger, and the other party is obviously not ready to stop there, his shrewd eyes have become a little cloudy, and he said tremblingly: "What do you want to do?" β
"I know that there are a few important recipes that you don't have in your possession, and I need you to get them, and I need a few precious nectar flavors of these recipes you gave, and I believe that you can get them for me."
The man whispered in the shopkeeper's ear, and the shopkeeper staggered back two steps, and when the man had finished speaking, he took his own people and left, leaving the shopkeeper alone in this dilapidated courtyard.
After a long time, he slowly got up, walked outside, looked up at the sky, he always felt depressed, but he couldn't help himself.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I can't help it, I can't help it."
He suddenly crouched on the ground, buried his head and began to cry, no one could come to save him, if it were not for his son, he really wanted to die.
After venting his emotions, he cleaned up his facial expression, and then slowly walked towards the shop.
As soon as he returned to the shop, the man saw him and greeted him and said, "Shopkeeper, where have you been, Madame came in the morning and said that you should go to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but it is so late, you better go again tomorrow." β
The man was very arrogant, and he didn't see the abnormality of the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper didn't speak, but walked upstairs.
And Yue Zhanyan didn't wait for the shopkeeper to come, and she didn't get entangled, Jing Hanyu didn't come over today, and she didn't bother him, she ate at night, bathed and washed up, and went to bed early.
At this moment, in Jing Hanyu's study, Zhan Feng was reporting to him, and after listening to Zhan Feng's words, the cold on Jing Hanyu's body suddenly rose.
"Go and find out, if you have committed anything before, and also, find out who is behind him, and collect evidence."
After Jing Hanyu finished explaining, he thought of something and said: "Lu Wenkang suddenly left the south, do you know what he did?" β
"Back to the master, he seems to be going to talk about embroidery, Jiangnan water embroidery, it is said that there is a hidden woman with superb skills, he is to invite this person out of the mountain."
"Send him a letter and keep an eye on when he will return."
"Yes."
Zhan Feng received the order, and was about to leave, as if he thought of something, he turned around and said: "Recently, the prince has been moving frequently, King Ye is in contact with the eldest lady of Yuefu, and the person who captured the lady before has appeared in the capital again, specifically, I don't know what he wants to do." β
"Send someone to keep an eye on it first, this person is very evil, let our people be careful, once discovered, don't be hard, just retreat."
"Yes."
Zhan Feng really went out this time, and just after Zhan Feng left, another black shadow appeared in the study.
"Master, a letter from Northern Xia."
As he spoke, he presented the letter, Jing Hanyu took the letter, and the black shadow withdrew directly, as if he had never come.
Jing Hanyu opened the letter and looked at it, with an expression on his face, he directly put the letter on the fire and burned it.
In the evening, the prince also received a mysterious person, looking at the clothes, not the dress of the Beili people, but the opening, the accent is very different from the Beili.
"The prince wants to cooperate with us in southern Xinjiang, but you have to be sincere."
The woman's enchanting voice was full of charm, Gu Changhuan looked at her with gloomy eyes and said: "What your young master wants to do, this palace can help, of course, except for this palace, no one will help you, and no one has the strength to help you." β
"The prince is very confident, I like it, a confident man, very attractive."
The woman's posture was like a water snake, and the whole person almost wrapped around Gu Changhuan, and lifted her long fingers to pick up his jaw.
"So, yes?"
Gu Changhuan was unmoved in the face of such a bewitching woman, and when the woman heard his words, she laughed and said: "The prince is really naΓ―ve, I have to go back to report this matter to the young master, tomorrow, I will wait for the prince in Zuixianglou." β
After speaking, the woman's ghost-like figure disappeared into the prince's mansion, while Gu Changhuan sat motionless in his position, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a dreamless night, Yue Zhanyan stretched her waist and asked Lincui to come in to freshen up for her, and after breakfast, she still had important things to do.