Huang Wuniang's death, has always been a soft thorn in Yijing's heart, whenever touched, there will be a dull pain, followed by a more obscure uneasy mood, as if the early spring of the five years of Yuanqing haze, people are uneasy, when I learned that Huang Liuniang also had a general opinion with her, thinking that the incident was strange, coupled with Jiang Yue's distraction, vague language, Yijing became more and more suspicious, so one day in mid-March, he returned to the eldest princess, saying that he learned that his grandmother was not in good health and wanted to visit Houfu.

Naturally, there will be no rejection.

On this day, together with Liuniang, when I arrived at Houfu, Yijing saw that my grandmother had only gone through a short period of time, and her body was not as good as before, even the eldest aunt, her hair and temples had added a little silver and white, and her heart was even more sour, and she didn't dare to mention her fifth cousin again, so she tried her best to comfort and please.

It wasn't until I was alone with Huang Liuniang that I asked for details.

"Don't hide it from my cousin, I heard the bad news last year, and I was very puzzled, but I couldn't figure it out." Yijing sighed.

Bringing up the old things again, Huang Liuniang couldn't help but be sad and indignant, and her eyes immediately reddened: "I heard from the elders in the family, Sister Jing also invited Mr. Jiang Gu's daughter to be diagnosed and treated, and it can be regarded as doing her part for my poor fifth sister, I am grateful in my heart, but I have been depressed these days, and I have not been in the mood to go to the door, and I have never thanked her." ”

"Don't say these polite words, I just heard Jiang Yue mention it that day, cousin, you don't seem to have let go of your suspicions, and you were punished by your eldest aunt for this, is that really the case?" Yijing asked again.

Huang Liuniang knew that Yijing and Jiang Yue had always been friends, although there was a feeling of unwillingness and resentment on her face, she was also a little hesitant.

"Cousin, to be honest, I have always felt that the Yunshui monk is strange, I heard that my uncle also looked for him, but there was no news, and I feel more and more that there is an article in it, I don't know if my cousin is also suspicious because of this reason?" When Yi Jing saw Jiang Yue, Huang Liuniang actually looked like this, and she was even more puzzled in her heart.

Finally, Huang Liuniang sighed: "I don't believe in those gods and ghosts...... Because at the time of the incident, I was far away in Cangzhou's grandfather's house, many details do not know, after returning to hear that my mother actually sent Qingmei, I was very anxious, blame my mother for being confused, the disease was contracted by the maid first, if someone wants to assassinate, send those outside the 'dirty' in, it is not impossible. ”

This is indeed in the same place as the beautiful scenery.

"But I think the elders also have this suspicion, so they should have asked Qingmei." Yijing said that Jiang Wei asked the saved Qingmei that day to make sure that she had not accepted anything outside or had contact with outsiders.

"Everyone missed a point, Qingmei did not have contact with the outside, but ......" Speaking of this, Huang Liuniang paused, and finally made up her mind: "I asked Qingmei carefully, did the family give her anything, especially ...... Don't worry about my sister, because it's really hard for outsiders to do harm, I suspect that there are ghosts in the family...... The most suspicious thing is the second uncle......"

Yi Jing was stunned, and said in her heart that it was no wonder, the second uncle was a concubine after all, and even the third aunt had been guarding against the two brothers and sisters of the second uncle and stepmother?

Qingmei denied it, saying that her mother had already told her, and the second uncle and second aunt had never approached the fifth sister...... But she remembered that once the seventh sister came to visit the fifth sister, chatting with them, and heard Qingmei complaining about Baiguo, saying that she had soiled the newly cut embroidered skirt when she was playing, Baiguo was not convinced, and Qingmei choked a few words, the fifth sister was already bored during that time, so she had to punish the two maids, or the seventh sister was calm, saying that Qingmei's size was the same as the third aunt, so she wanted to give the third aunt's old clothes to Qingmei, so that she didn't take these little things to heart, and after a few days, she really asked for a few half-new dresses from the third aunt and gave them to Qingmei. ”

"Are the dresses still there?"

"It's all been destroyed by my mother's order." Huang Liuniang sighed: "Because the fifth sister is infected with such a vicious disease, not to mention the maids' things, even the fifth sister's things have been burned and landfilled." ”

"Cousin is suspicious of Jiang Yue and the third aunt?" Yi Jingda was surprised, although her impression of Jiang Yue was greatly subverted, but if it was Jiang Yue who killed Huang Wuniang...... They are cousins, and they have always been close, and there is no contradiction between gains and losses, even if Huang Wuniang dies, Yu Jiangyue will not benefit from half of it, if Jiang Yue has intentions for the three princes...... No, Yi Jing is sure that although Jiang Yue has the heart to climb the nobles, she is not aimed at the three princes, and she has never been jealous of Yi Chen in her previous life, and she has no relationship with the three princes.

"I didn't suspect the seventh sister and the third aunt, but I thought it was a clue, so I asked the third aunt if she knew about it, the third aunt admitted, I asked her where the dresses came from, I suspected that someone had moved her hands and feet, and the third aunt herself didn't know, the third aunt denied it, and didn't want the matter to spread, they all said that I was suspicious and suspicious, and I suspected blood relatives...... My grandmother was angry and sad, and she fell ill, so she reprimanded me and prevented me from asking about it again, so that the house was restless. ”

It's no wonder that Jiang Yue mentioned this matter, she would be vague, Yijing solved the doubts in her heart, but she formed another dead knot that could not be untied, she thought with some horror that Jiang Yue had been inoculated with acne clothes when she was young, and she was not afraid of getting "pox" again, if she really sent a dress infected with sores and poison, it was theoretically possible!

However, she had no evil cause, and Yi Jing never dared to believe that Jiang Yue would be so vicious that she murdered her blood relatives, and she was a sister without resentment.

Perhaps, it was just a coincidence.

And now that the physical evidence is destroyed, it can no longer be confirmed, if it is only based on these speculations, it is doubted that the third aunt and Jiang Yue are indeed suspected of "suspicious ghosts" and "provoking trouble", because of this incomprehensible doubt, Yi Jing has no mood and Jiang Yue, who "came after hearing the news", has too much gossip, sat for a while, and then returned to the Guogong Mansion with Liuniang.

It is precisely because these doubts are only limited to speculation and inference, and cannot be confirmed for the time being, that the beautiful scenery can only be temporarily put aside, and continue to worry about another "big event".

In the memory of the five years of Yuanqing, the waters of the Dinghe River were flooded, so that the five counties along the coast of the state were affected, and the beautiful scenery vaguely remembered the outbreak of plague in the disaster area in August, and the disaster even threatened the county of Zhili, but because she did not pay much attention to political affairs in her previous life, she only listened to some discussions, saying that there were herbs for the prevention and treatment of malaria, because of the spring drought, a large area of death, the market was not much, and because of the sudden outbreak of the plague, the original cheap medicine, the price was better than the mountain ginseng, although the saint ordered the household to allocate silver for disaster relief, but because the drug dealer sat on the ground to raise the price, it caused a controversy between the DPRK and China, However, because the medicinal materials were indeed rare at that time, the pharmacists claimed that the cost of buying a large number of them from all over the place was too high, and if it was suppressed, wouldn't it be unprofitable, and it seemed that some courtiers said that what the pharmacists said was true, and the imperial court should not force it to be suppressed, otherwise it would cause the pharmacists to suffer serious losses and profits, and even bankrupt their families, and the pharmacists were also the people of Dalong, and they should also be protected by the Son of Heaven.

Yi Jing doesn't remember what happened later, but I still remember listening to my aunt's complaints-those so-called courtiers who asked for the people's lives were all blinded to the Holy Hearing, the flood came suddenly, and no one expected a sudden plague, even if because of the spring drought, so that the herbs died, but it was not urgent, it must be the collusion between profiteers and filasterous officials, taking advantage of this to make profits, poor those who were infected with malaria, and did not receive timely diagnosis and treatment, but the pharmacists made a lot of money.

Natural disasters are merciless, and man-made disasters are even worse!

She is a boudoir woman, her ability is limited, but because of her insight into the future, if she does nothing, thinking of those who destroyed their homes in the flood and died of the plague, her conscience is really uneasy, and the natural disaster can be avoided, even if she admonishes at this time, claiming that there will be floods, persuading the people of the five counties to relocate, I am afraid that it will be regarded as "crazy words", not to mention that what is even more shameful is that she can't even remember the details of the disaster that year.

The reason why I remember the annex is because it was my grandmother's fiefdom.

Although the princess is one level higher than the county lord, she only enjoys the tax of food and taxes, and has no right to interfere in government affairs, so the state suffered, although the eldest princess is concerned, and the disaster relief with finance and silver, she has also been very angry at the price increase of the pharmaceutical merchants in the state, and said to the saint, proposing that the imperial court forcibly stabilize the price of medicine, and send the imperial history to the local supervision of disaster relief, rescue the victims, the former proposal was not adopted, but the latter proposal is in line with the holy will.

Yi Jing doesn't remember who the Qincha was at the beginning, but it obviously had no effect, only five counties were affected by the Dinghe flood, and the disaster was not terrifying, but the people who died in the plague amounted to tens of thousands.

In order to relieve the disaster, the imperial court allocated millions of taels of silver, and the result turned out to be so.

I still remember that the person who was later blamed seemed to be several county orders, saying that the embankment was not built strong enough, and it seemed that there was a concealment of the disaster, and he was beheaded.

He also said that the pharmacy in Yijing's dowry, the shopkeeper was an old man surnamed Zhu who was over fifty years old, and he was only slightly familiar with medical skills, but this pharmacy was not the property of the Guogong Mansion, but the dowry of Yijing's biological mother, but when Wanniang got married, the pharmacy was still just a shop, and it was rented out for others to operate.

The shopkeeper Zhu was originally a house slave in Jianning Houfu, and later became a husband and wife with Wanniang's nursing mother, and the family became a companion.

Later, because of the excellent location, this shop was rented out to deal in silk brocade, but the merchant was poisoned because of his grudge.

The shop with an excellent location has a bad reputation for "feng shui", and it is difficult to rent it out.

Before the shopkeeper Zhu was sold into slavery, he was originally an apprentice in the pharmacy, which made great sense, but because the shop was difficult to rent out, Wanniang's nurse died of illness, so Wanniang simply handed over the shop to the shopkeeper Zhu, and let him change it into a pharmacy, only operating some precious medicinal materials, such as Ganoderma lucidum ginseng bird's nest, etc., which can be regarded as allowing the father and son of the Zhu shopkeeper to have a place to settle down and no longer practice slavery.

Yi Jingxun Zhu shopkeeper inquired about the medicine for malaria, and he still had some understanding: "Wu Niang should be talking about penny, this medicine is available in the north and south of the grassland, and it is also commonly used in the treatment of malaria in Langzhong, but the effect is not significant, but in the previous dynasty, there was a famous doctor, and found that among the penny, it was the yellow artemisia used by ordinary people to repel mosquitoes that was a good medicine for malaria, and it has been proved by practice...... However, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Dalong has been in good weather, and there are not many epidemics, so this medicine cannot be sold at a high price on the market. ”

"But this year's spring drought in many places, will it have an impact on the stock of this herb?" Yijing asked.

The shopkeeper Zhu was very puzzled: "Wu Niang actually knows about this? Artemisia annua is not afraid of cold and wet, but it is the most drought-resistant, and it has died a lot this spring, and the ones on the market are processed after the autumn harvest of the old year. ”

"Do we have one in the pharmacy? How much is the stock? Yijing asked hurriedly.

Shopkeeper Zhu shook his head: "Our pharmacy deals in some precious medicinal materials, and there is no Langzhong sitting hall, so they are all purchased by some aristocratic mansions to make medicinal food and tonic soup, and there are no such herbs." ”

"If I buy it now, how much will it cost?"

Shopkeeper Zhu was surprised: "Wu Niang, even if this year's medicinal materials are in an emergency due to the spring drought, because they are not commonly used, there is not much benefit in buying and hoarding, as for the cost...... But the old slave didn't pay attention. ”

Yijing couldn't explain carefully, so he had to ask the shopkeeper Zhu to inquire quickly, and the result would be available in a short time, and the price was not high, but if he wanted to play a significant role in disaster relief and save people's lives, the principal would be at least tens of thousands......

This is undoubtedly a dumbfounded number for Yijing, although she has a lot of property in her hands, the cash she can use is greatly insufficient.

However, if the purchase amount is too small, it is okay to make a small fortune by taking advantage of "natural and man-made disasters", but it is a fool's dream to try to stabilize the price of medicine.

Yijing sighed, but he didn't want to give up lightly, so he hit the idea on his grandmother, the "big rich man", but he wanted to buy a large number of medicinal materials for no reason, and he really needed a reasonable explanation, and the difficulty was in this explanation.

Even the shopkeeper Zhu was very surprised by Yijing's "hoarding" of a small amount of Artemisia, not to mention the large amount of hoarding, after thinking about it, Yijing finally thought of a helper - Master Tongji!